iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Ian Gay @iangay.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Every journo should feel free to go hack an Aussie govt website today rather than bothering with FOI requests. Cheaper, quicker and the only consequence is "we are concerned" #auspol

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Ian Gay @iangay.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

You know what I looked like in the 80s? I looked cool and happy, because the planet wasn't on fucking fire, the great barrier reef was still worth a visit, and it was still possible to believe humanity had a future.

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Ian Gay @iangay.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

All these pics of people using AI to show themselves from the 80s makes me want to heave. Let's just try and mainstream normalize our hideous misinformation tech with this fun little game. Geez I'm a grumpy bastard.

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Ian Gay @iangay.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

ALP has rolled out Ros Kelly's whiteboard. Rutherglen Golf Club in #Indi is nearly 100, clubhouse falling apart. Can't even apply. Marrickville GC in PM's Sydney seat got $6mill for clubhouse refurbs, including fixes to the septic system, which I can still smell from 250kms away #auspol

abc.net.au

'Misuse of public money': Allegations of pork-barrelling hit government

The Centre for Public Integrity warns that the federal government appears to have pork-barrelled a $560 million "invitation-only" fund, directing the vast majority to safe Labor seats and marginal sea...

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Ian Gay @iangay.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Brisbane coach Chris Fagan : "I do feel sorry for Sydney because they have been such a terrific club in that regard for a long, long time but these sorts of things happen." GET IN THE BIN. #AFL.

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Ian Gay @iangay.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

What a day for our pissweak mainstream political parties to choose to ignore the will of the Australian people and prop up the #AFL and their gambling paymasters. Perhaps like Pavlich, Albo and Angus are 'disappointed to find themselves in this situation'? #auspol

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Lachlan Musicman @datakid.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Wowsers. That has to be the end of Pavlich at the Swans. What an appalling thing to say. #afl

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Ian Gay @iangay.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Andrew Denton has got a hall of fame gong at the Logies tonight, and so well deserved. But his work advocating for Voluntary Assisted Dying legislation, now in place around the country is a lasting achievement for all of us #logies

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Ian Gay @iangay.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

If we must put up with tedious #melongate stories for yet another day, perhaps it is time for Tim "just wear a jumper" Wilson to get traction on Lib housing policy by shoving a couple of hot melons up his jumper to show how he and Bragg think people can stay warm in a shit house #auspol #jumpergate

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Ian Gay @iangay.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Does arguing with people on the internet who are clueless about how to fill out the #census religion question count as "unpaid voluntary work"?

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Ian Gay @iangay.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Forget the religion question, that is EASY. Big shoutout to 10 million households having a massive argument right now about about the "hours of unpaid domestic work". #census

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Ian Gay @iangay.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Would likely be closer to $90-120 million extra (on top of the $560m) to revert to a paper processing model for the #census for every household in Australia. And the last census in 2021, also with a digital first approach had a higher response rate than in 2016.

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Ian Gay @iangay.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

What a lot of alarmist nonsense, @news.abc.net.au. My 90yo mother managed to navigate 150yo telephone "technology" to call the number in the letter and request a paper form in under 5 minutes. The same basic process as last time. #auspol

abc.net.au

People still awaiting Census instructions less than a week out

The ABC has received reports of some people not yet receiving instructions less than a week out from Census night.

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Ian Gay @iangay.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Some big names doing the Welsh dub here. Matthew Rhys as Solo, Rhys Ifans as Obi-Wan and Aimee-Ffion Edwards as Leia. No mention of it here, but surely they are in talks with Tom Jones to be Chewbacca? #starwars

independent.co.uk

Star Wars dubbed into Welsh to mark sci-fi classic’s 50th anniversary

Acting royalty have been cast to dub George Lucas’ sci-fi classic into Welsh

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Ian Gay @iangay.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Hey @abcnewsaustralia.bsky.social if you must keep giving "Former home affairs secretary Mike Pezzullo" airtime and relevance, at least have the decency to refer to him by his correct title: "DISGRACED former public servant". Using this turd as a source is as appalling as #AUKUS. #auspol

abc.net.au

'Time-limited rotation': Conroy puts an end date on US subs in WA

AUKUS submarines rotating through Western Australia's HMAS Stirling naval base appear set to stop after 2032.

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Ian Gay @iangay.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Maybe it's just me, but by the time you fuck off to Syria and start allegedly killing people, I don't think your defining identifying feature is "Gold Coast mobile phone technician".

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Ian Gay @iangay.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

These gag orders for rich defendants are unjustified in the first place, but surely the *second* the jury says "guilty" it should be lifted automatically, without need to hold a bloody hearing. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07...

abc.net.au

Breaking: Melbourne businessman found guilty of rape

A County Court jury has found beyond reasonable doubt that the man, who can't be named for legal reasons, raped and sexually assaulted a woman at his home in March 2023.

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Ian Gay @iangay.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Is the triple 0 emergency service offline because the lines are jammed with woke right politicians test calling the service? #auspol

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Ian Gay @iangay.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

According to this chart, precisely zero people who were too young to vote in 2016 have died. Must be a paradise for genZ in the post Brexit UK.

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Ian Gay @iangay.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

Forced to sit through #Insiders on the ABC today. Really past due to rename this to "The Footy Show". Zero discussion about anything substantive. Just tactics, polls, personalities and predictions. If they added live crosses to Mahatma Coat the transformation would be complete. #auspol

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Ian Gay @iangay.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

I just don't understand why so many Aussies are getting so sentimental about Colbert. Seems like a decent enough guy, but to me it just shows how captured by the USA our culture has become. Nauseating.

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Ian Gay @iangay.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

X has been fighting this in court for what, about 3 years? 2 hours is about how long it takes for X to generate the revenue to pay the piss weak fine. Just block that shitty site FFS.

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Ian Gay @iangay.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

When I was an ADFA cadet in the 80s, the 3rd years routinely bullied and bastardised the shit out of the 1st years. The 2nd years were split. Half wanted it to stop immediately, the other half, only after they got their turn the following year. Pretty much sums up tax debate right now #auspol

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Ian Gay @iangay.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

If Delta Goodrem sings a cover of "Two Strong Hearts" in the GF, I'll tune in. Otherwise it remains a hard NO from me. #eurovision

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Ian Gay @iangay.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

Farrer electorate result is a big yawn. 2PP Conservative vote 57% this time. 56% for Ley last year. The ELEVEN elections over 40+ years prior it was between 65% and 73%. #auspol

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Ian Gay @iangay.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

If the Liberals were a business, they would be Myers. For decades, steadily sacrificing product quality, service and brand loyalty to compete on lowest prices, until one day they wake up and find all their new customers have pissed off to The Reject Shop. #auspol

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Ian Gay @iangay.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

This article is such a disappointing misfire. The real story gets killed by the headline-inducing clickbait rage about what constitutes 'income support'. The focus shouldn't be about where the money comes from. It *IS* worth examining deteriorating physical/mental health in work age people. #auspol

abc.net.au

More than 8 million Australians now receive income support

The number of people accessing income support payments has risen by 2 million in the past decade, with more Australians unable to work due to deteriorating mental and physical health.

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Ian Gay @iangay.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

A lot of people losing their minds because Bezo 'bought' his way into The Met Gala with $10 million bucks, instead of just buying a few $100,000 tickets like regular people do.

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Ian Gay @iangay.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

All that product trapped in the cloakroom is gonna spike the price of cocaine for sure.

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Ian Gay @iangay.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

So hear me out, we need to speed up the #AUKUS subs, so we can fill their ballast tanks with diesel and sneak them through Hormuz undetected. Problem solved.

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Ian Gay @iangay.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

Damn right they should. And so should the rest of us.

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Ian Gay @iangay.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

It is tough being a regular human. I imagine being Carrie level omnipotent, and setting a random billionaire on fire each day. It does make me feel slightly better for a few delusional moments.

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Ian Gay @iangay.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

"Grace immediately catches Albo in his blind spot, with a brutal 'Dorothy Dixer' to the left kidney. Difficult stuff to watch.." #auspol

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Penny Allman-Payne @pennyallmanpayne.com · 31/03/2026

The National Press Club needs to explain why they think it's appropriate to invite the Israeli ambassador to speak - a man representing a country that has murdered 300 journalists since it started is genocide in Gaza. Hillel Newman should be expelled, not honoured by the media.

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Ian Gay @iangay.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

When it takes that long to spit out a thankyou to your wife, it looks like you have forgotten her name #sapol

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Ian Gay @iangay.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

Bullshitting lobbyists warn of dire consequences if we stop letting them rob us. You know, unprecedented stuff like "price rises" and "shortages".. Happy to pay more if it goes in our own damn bank account #auspol

theguardian.com

Gas giants warn against windfall gains tax as Pocock says ‘wartime profits’ should go to struggling Australians

Government faces political fight as industry says mooted 25% levy on exports would hurt Australia’s economy and energy security

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Ian Gay @iangay.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

#Raiders #Brumbies can buy their own damn stadium. The Canberra biz I worked at for 30 years employed more local people, built product for export and use by most Canberra public servants every day. Nobody bought us an office, and we didn't have billions in gambling $$ to buy our own shit.

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Ian Gay @iangay.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

Trump shat the bed, and is now having a big sook when nobody else wants to help him and Bibi lick the sheets clean.

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Ian Gay @iangay.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

If Albo was to announce he has accepted a request from Queen Mary of Denmark to send our Navy to patrol and protect the fjords around Greenland, he will be PM for decades. #auspol

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Ian Gay @iangay.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

"RONALD REAGAN WAS VERY SUPPORTIVE, WE SPOKE FOR 45 MINS..." 🤣🤣🤣 #iran #trump

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Ian Gay @iangay.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

"Hi Don, sending our military immediately, as per your request. We'll be sure to keep them well back from the front lines, consistent with your opinion of our help last time.. 10,000 fucking kilometres back, to be precise. Best regards to Vlad, hope that rash you gave him is clearing up." #iran

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Ian Gay @iangay.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

So while USA F35s are bombing the shit out of things, an RAAF one is doing loop the loops in Canberra for shit and giggles at a fireworks show. Ghoulish stuff.

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Ian Gay @iangay.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

I suggest "From The Tailings Dam To The Reef" would offer QLD protestors a legal loophole AND a multitasking opportunity. #qldpol #auspol

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Ian Gay @iangay.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

Can always count on The Nats to replace a lunatic with a bigger one. #auspol

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Ian Gay @iangay.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

I like to think that while all us long time despisers of #vilekyle are delighting in his demise, the real payoff is knowing that most of his listeners will turn on him like arsehole seagulls on a soggy chip, because that's the type of fanbase he has created for himself.

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Jewish Council of Australia @jewishcouncilau.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

The Jewish Council of Australia condemns Benjamin Harnwell's appalling comment at the Advance conference and call on our leaders and the Antisemitism Envoy to speak out in condemnation.

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Ian Gay @iangay.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

The Valentines Day adverts in my feed are trying to get me murdered.

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