Reposted by David Crabbe🗽LOLGOP🗽 @lolgop.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Not fair to call it treason but absolutely accurate to call it treachery. 916762
Reposted by David CrabbeRex Patrick @mrrexpatrick.bsky.social · 02/10/2026The Govt has appealed another of my #FOI wins to the Federal Court. Again it’s seeking costs against me if I’m unsuccessful defending my win. It turns out winning an FOI in a Tribunal is expensive - and that’s exactly the message the Govt wants to send to citizens. 1/2 #auspol 1117090
David Crabbe @oidatsmyleg.bsky.social · 01/10/2026The death penalty is barbaric, and unbecoming of a modern democracy, as recent events in the US are demonstrating. www.nytimes.com/live/2026/10...nytimes.comLive Updates: Tennessee Inmate in Critical Condition After ‘Torturous’ Botched Execution, Lawyer Says 000
Reposted by David Crabbesamuel mehr @mehr.nz · 01/10/2026this video of Chlöe Swarbrick, who leads the Greens in New Zealand's parliament, is worth your five minutes' time 24411168
Reposted by David Crabbeemptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Bc the last 30 seconds of this are the best, reminder that @amyklobuchar.com's dad was a sports journalist, which may explain her utter contempt for Schmitt mistaking the Hawks and Hawkeyes. 1252603457
Reposted by David CrabbeThe Cathy Wilcox @cathywilcox.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Thanks @crikey.com.au for publishing this great, but sobering, piece by Jason Chatfield. 11287106
David Crabbe @oidatsmyleg.bsky.social · 27/09/2026This is remarkably stupid on many levels. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/26/c...nytimes.comTrump Administration Plans to Gut Clean Car Rules (Gift Article)New fuel-economy standards, which President Trump said he finalized Saturday, would kill a federal effort to speed the transition to electric vehicles. 010
David Crabbe @oidatsmyleg.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Privatise the profits, socialise the costs. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09...abc.net.auCoal mine owners walk away and leave rehabilitation to stateLiquidators surrender the leases of a central Queensland coal mine, with questions around who will manage and pay for the rehabilitation of the site. 000
David Crabbe @oidatsmyleg.bsky.social · 21/09/2026"It's not way to treat a human being" youtube.com/watch?v=RrPb...youtube.com'I didn't know Liberia existed' - deported to Africa by TrumpYouTube video by Channel 4 News 000
David Crabbe @oidatsmyleg.bsky.social · 21/09/2026This "super" El Niño is exacerbated by anthropomorphic climate change built upon a failure of political leadership and courage. www.theguardian.com/environment/...theguardian.com‘Jaw-dropping’ El Niño bursts through temperature record months before peak‘Godzilla-level’ phenomenon is supercharging the climate crisis and will have a huge impact on communities across the world 010
Reposted by David CrabbeThe Saturday Paper @thesaturdaypaper.com.au · 20/09/2026Editorial: As ever, the most vulnerable are being treated most cruelly. No matter Tony Burke’s stated support for immigration, the refugee is always demonised. trib.al/tVEHCFRtrib.alGuildenstern’s suspenseIn the first scene of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, the titular characters pass their time flipping coins in a place without any visible character. That is the scenic description. 032
David Crabbe @oidatsmyleg.bsky.social · 20/09/2026'The rules have changed’: has Russia begun to order assassinations on US soil? www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...theguardian.com‘The rules have changed’: has Russia begun to order assassinations on US soil?Exiled dissidents and an unsealed indictment suggest Kremlin may have abandoned longstanding taboo on attacks on its rival’s territory 000
Reposted by David CrabbePearls and Irritations @johnmenadue.com · 19/09/2026Tighter migration rules will not build affordable homes, raise wages or repair underfunded infrastructure. Australia needs a migration system grounded in evidence, human rights and dignity, Noura Mansour writes. #auspol #immigrationpearlsandirritations.comAustralia needs migration with dignity, not scapegoating and political panicThe government’s new migration measures tighten rules for students, visa overstayers and protection claims. A fair migration system should address genuine policy challenges without turning vulnerable communities into political scapegoats. 24219
David Crabbe @oidatsmyleg.bsky.social · 18/09/2026The medical experts concluded that Trump’s actions, rhetoric and general behavior, "reflect a rapidly worsening, reality-untethered, increasingly dangerous decline" www.nytimes.com/2026/09/15/o...nytimes.comOpinion | Trump Has Untethered Himself From Reality (Gift Article)The president’s distortions have an impact on much more than belief in his claims about what he was doing on Sept. 11. 010
David Crabbe @oidatsmyleg.bsky.social · 18/09/2026The "shining city upon the hill" no more. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/18/w...nytimes.comA Central African Hotel Has Become a Nightmare Prison for U.S. Deportees (Gift Article)Witnesses say men were hooded and beaten in Equatorial Guinea. The autocratic government there is a partner in President Trump’s deportation program. 000
David Crabbe @oidatsmyleg.bsky.social · 17/09/2026These wankpanzers are killing people and should be removed from urban areas where they are most likely to kill or seriously injure pedestrians. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09...abc.net.auResearchers who analysed 10,000 crashes say car size does matterA study of 13 years of crashes in Australia finds a link between car height and risk of pedestrian death, particularly for women and children. 113
Reposted by David CrabbeKetan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 17/09/2026Not really countering the accusations of excessive violence there www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s... 24020
David Crabbe @oidatsmyleg.bsky.social · 17/09/2026"If you speak up years later, it doesn't save anyone." youtube.com/watch?v=OCZP...youtube.comIsraeli filmmakers face backlash over Gaza documentary | DW NewsYouTube video by DW News 000
Reposted by David CrabbeTim Baxter @timinclimate.naruresearch.com.au · 15/09/2026Did you know that Woodside's Browse gas project – starting in the early 2030s at the soonest – will likely get to pretend that it has always existed under Australia's climate pollution laws in order to avoid laws specifically put in place to hold that project to a higher standard? Now you do! 68050
David Crabbe @oidatsmyleg.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Apologists for Israeli war crimes seem to love to embrace straw man arguments whilst being ignorant of history. Unrestricted bombing of civilian population centres was criticised contemporaneously, with accusations of committing war crimes: blogs.lse.ac.uk/lseih/2021/0... youtube.com/shorts/CXza3...youtube.comOwen Jones vs UK Lawyers for IsraelYouTube video by LBC 000
David Crabbe @oidatsmyleg.bsky.social · 15/09/2026"Flouting of ethical norms" is one way of putting it. I'm sure a Russian oligarch was just relieved to find such a worthy cause to donate his money to and wants nothing in return. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/14/u...nytimes.comRussian Businessman With Putin Ties Paid for Donald Trump Jr.’s Wedding Party (Gift Article)The payments, totaling hundreds of thousands of dollars, represented an extraordinary flouting of ethical norms for an American president’s family member. 021
David Crabbe @oidatsmyleg.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Bad Religion hit the name on its head. youtu.be/YjuyS3zB_xw?... www.nytimes.com/2026/09/14/u...nytimes.comTrump Rejects Talk of A.I. Regulation and Calls Out Anthropic’s CEO (Gift Article)The president again rejected calls to try to regulate the industry, even as some of its leaders are speaking more openly about the risks of rapidly developing artificial intelligence. 110
David Crabbe @oidatsmyleg.bsky.social · 13/09/2026This amount of money is extremely concerning, especially given the unique structure of Reform. youtube.com/watch?v=40ds...youtube.comReform’s record-breaking £72m in donationsYouTube video by Channel 4 News 100
David Crabbe @oidatsmyleg.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Sadly, in its reaction to 9/11, I think the US lost a part of itself. Black sites, enhanced interrogation techniques and extrajudicial killings all served to illustrate the idiom about staring into the abyss. youtube.com/watch?v=lL0c...youtube.comWhat America got WRONG after 9/11 - former US diplomat | The Fourcast IndicatorsYouTube video by Channel 4 News 000
David Crabbe @oidatsmyleg.bsky.social · 10/09/2026"Mr. Trump has continued to falsely claim that the United States has already won the war, that the Iranian military has been demolished and that there are no problems with U.S. weapons supplies." www.nytimes.com/2026/09/10/u...nytimes.comBehind the Scenes, Vance Gathered Unvarnished Views of the Iran War (Gift Article)Vice President JD Vance received sobering assessments about the war that did not line up with what he, President Trump and other top administration officials were saying publicly. 000
David Crabbe @oidatsmyleg.bsky.social · 10/09/2026This is horrific. "The Israeli military hacked into phones to identify the location of such targets, and covertly listened into conversations with their wives and children moments before they were all killed." www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...theguardian.comSecret systems used by Israel in mass killings of Gaza civilians revealed in new filmTestimony from Israeli military insiders involved in surveillance and remote killings features in documentary produced by the Guardian 000
David Crabbe @oidatsmyleg.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Trump is as divorced from reality as he is from the truth. Any of the points of his speech covered here would be grounds for a tap on the shoulder if the Republican party wasn't a cult. www.theguardian.com/us-news/live...theguardian.comTrump claims he will give $5,000 to every American if Republicans win the midterms as he defends Iran war and tariffs– livePresident provided no details about where the money would come from or the legality of the incentive 000
David Crabbe @oidatsmyleg.bsky.social · 09/09/2026A thought: this action was taken by 12 counties, including the UK, France and Canada. Was Australia asked to participate? 100
David Crabbe @oidatsmyleg.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Drivers take to obscuring number plates as Brisbane parking fines top $34 million. Bloody cyclists. share.google/4zZQFdy0Mfqo...share.googleBrisbane drivers using everyday items to avoid camera-issued parking finesSome Brisbane drivers are obscuring their number plates to avoid parking fines as council rakes in almost $35 million in 2026 so far. 000
David Crabbe @oidatsmyleg.bsky.social · 08/09/2026I missed this at the time, bloody hell: Robinson "is a useful idiot for a hostile state. What kind of so-called British patriot jets to Moscow to rub shoulders with Putin’s cronies, bankrolled by a US trillionaire?" www.theguardian.com/politics/202...theguardian.comTommy Robinson’s Musk-funded Russia trip spurs call to defend UK democracyEd Davey voices concern about the Musk family foundation taking the far-right activist on a visit to Moscow 000
Reposted by David CrabbeWes Marshall @wesmars.bsky.social · 08/09/2026AVs will follow all the rules of the road, they said… AVs will treat every pedestrian the same, they said… This study did not directly compare the models with human drivers, but some of these results suggest that AI could amplify human bias rather than eliminate it (1/4) arxiv.org/pdf/2609.00192 16424
David Crabbe @oidatsmyleg.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Several years too late but none the less a welcome move. Unfortunately the timing may play into the hands of Likud, or worse, given the upcoming election. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...theguardian.comUK accuses Israeli ‘terrorists’ of ethnic cleansing in West Bank with government backingEd Miliband announces sanctions on trade with settlers as PM says in the Guardian it is time to act 001
Reposted by David CrabbeChris Terry-Enescu @cjterry.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Truly wild to have lived through moral panics about teenagers wearing hoodies and Muslim women wearing the head dress to now experience 'but is a large group of organised far right activists in balaclavas really that scary' 9259931593
David Crabbe @oidatsmyleg.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Interesting discussion on the rise of the AfD however I think the option of banning the AfD as an anti-democratic extremist organisation was dismissed too readily. It's likely to result in a backlash but history shows what happens when democracy is subverted by extremists. youtu.be/bgpWutrX9Yo?...youtu.beThe far-right WIN BIG in Germany - what comes next?YouTube video by Channel 4 News 002
David Crabbe @oidatsmyleg.bsky.social · 06/09/2026"Energy efficiency is not an optional extra, it can be the difference between whether someone on a low income can afford to heat their house or not in winter." Simplifying the building code is commendable; what's proposed potentially locks in inequality. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09...abc.net.auTrading 'woke palaces' for 'basic' homes could come with drawbacksThe shadow housing minister is spruiking a simpler building code to speed up housing construction, but could cutting back on energy efficiency and accessibility cost more in the long run? 000
David Crabbe @oidatsmyleg.bsky.social · 05/09/2026A timeline of the killing of WCK aid workers by the IDF. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...theguardian.comDeath on the road to Rafah: the night the IDF targeted World Central Kitchen aid workersThe Israeli army had helped plan the delivery of food aid on 1 April 2024, but things went wrong from the beginning and ended in seven deaths 000
Reposted by David CrabbeSimon Rosenberg @simonrosenberg.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Despite all the promises about open, transparent, accountable government, the Albanese regime has gone in the opposite direction. Now one of the most secretive and undemocratic in our history. #auspol 611035
David Crabbe @oidatsmyleg.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Hard to see this ending well. Having volunteer poll watchers is good, not requiring them because your democracy is not under threat is better. 000
Reposted by David CrabbePaul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Nigel Farage resigns when he shouldn't, but doesn't resign when he should. 432628534
David Crabbe @oidatsmyleg.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Looks like Farage is digging in. One can only hope he turns out to be trying to dig his way out of his home. youtu.be/Ui89jGhKsiA?...youtu.beNigel Farage breaks silence on Reform donations stingYouTube video by LBC 110
Reposted by David CrabbeGeorge Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 04/09/2026The government must know full well that many people have neither the space nor the money to store extra food in their homes. It is individuating responsibility for a collective problem. As usual, it is the poorest and most excluded who will suffer from it. 🧵 www.theguardian.com/environment/...theguardian.comMinister tells Brits to stock up on days of supplies after ‘supersize’ El Niño warningExclusive: Angela Eagle urges UK citizens to be ‘a bit more resilient’ as they plan for national emergencies 1032071793
Reposted by David CrabbePeter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Just a reminder, Professor James Orr, Reform UK head of policy, teaches 'ethics' to undergraduates at Cambridge University youtu.be/aXut3s90rUI 20836001429
David Crabbe @oidatsmyleg.bsky.social · 04/09/2026If the Electoral Commission doesn't take action on the basis of this report then they are as weak and ineffective as the Reform Party make them out to be in this video: youtu.be/aXut3s90rUI?...youtu.beGoing undercover to expose Reform's secret donations plotYouTube video by Channel 4 News 051
David Crabbe @oidatsmyleg.bsky.social · 03/09/2026I really don't get why Labor are entertaining this idea. Asylum seekers are in the most desperate situation and the government looks to make it impossible for them to support themselves. Talk about punching down. 000
David Crabbe @oidatsmyleg.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Wales can do it. Japan can do it. Can we bring it to Australia and save lives? www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...theguardian.comJapan halves speed limit to 30km/h on all narrow city streetsSpeed limit dropped from 60km/h for around 70% of general roads in the hope of making narrow streets of crowded cities safer 000
David Crabbe @oidatsmyleg.bsky.social · 31/08/2026Everything in this story is bad, but the chaser, blocking press credentials from US and international news agencies, seems particularly petty. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/31/b... 000
David Crabbe @oidatsmyleg.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Effective summary of the housing and rental situation facing younger people in particular. www.sbs.com.au/news/article...sbs.com.au'Alarm bells': How Australia ended up back where it startedDecades after the post-war boom, some Australians are facing a reality not seen since the 1940s. 000
David Crabbe @oidatsmyleg.bsky.social · 21/08/2026Where do drivers learn bad behaviour from? youtube.com/shorts/gwvCo...youtube.comImagine being a driving instructor and behaving like this? #waroncarsYouTube video by Chris Cox 002
Reposted by David CrabbeKatie Mack @astrokatie.com · 16/08/2026Every conversation about bike lanes is like: "Car crashes kill a huge number of people every day, including pedestrians, cyclists, & car occupants. Good bike infrastructure has been shown to make everyone safer (& doesn't increase congestion)." "But sometimes cyclists break rules & hit people!" 1386377916
