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@petermclarty.bsky.social
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Data Analyst & engineer, security nerd, needs to be near the sea in warm places; Husband, dad, bodyboarder, sometimes SUP. Leaning left for good things to happen Comments are my own working at ...

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Data Dot @petermclarty.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
The guy with the most to lose from a slowdown says AI won't kill us. Sure!! I'm not sure I'd trust a rabid capitalist for the definitive statement on whether AI is dangerous or not, especially while he is making an insane amount of money from it #ai #Nvidia
Headline: Nvidia chief: Zero chance AI will destroy humanity
Picture of Jensen Huang NVidia Chief with a thumbs up, wearing his familiar black leather jacket
Start of story: The founder of Nvidia has said there is “0pc chance” AI causes the end of the world by 2030.

Jensen Huang, the chip giant’s chief executive, said claims from leading figures in the tech industry that AI could kill all humans were “completely false” as he branded them “doomsday narratives”.
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Data Dot @petermclarty.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Does anyone know if people have reported the assault? Google doesn't have an answer #auspol
Google AI response to the question about the alleged assault which was to hebe occurredat the Ekka
Appears there has been no report
Asked Google "had one nation spoken to police about the assault"
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Data Dot @petermclarty.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Jude Bolton Channel 7 AFL commentator saying something that will infuriate a lot of men #afl
Post on X by Jude Bolton supporting the victim of the alleged assault of the woman who was in the Swans roo. Someone with a smallamount of authority actually saying somethingsomething about the victim thatisn't derogatory
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Data Dot @petermclarty.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Crisafulli making up policy on the run, because good initial slogan isn't working. Pretty sure this will fall over at its first test, but I'm sure it sounded good to his span makers #auspol #qldpol
Courier Mail front page promoting David Crisafulli attempt at a new crime slogan More in depth article to the front page on the Crisafulli crime slogan Opinion column on same proposal. Opinion piece isn't supportive
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Data Dot @petermclarty.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
Hey all if you're in Western Australia, here's your opportunity to ask some questions. I'd love to see some guys ask some questions, and see if she wants to shit on them as quickly as she does female journalists #auspol
Add from eventbrite on Facebook depicting an event in Perth for Pauline Hanson on the 21st July 2026, in the Grand Ballroom at the Crown. 
Picture of Pauline Hanson's face on the right side of the main image.

A few pictures at the bottom of the image of other unrelated events
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Data Dot @petermclarty.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Bullshit
Text from an AFR headline

SpaceX isn’t just a stock. It’s the next industrial revolution
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Data Dot @petermclarty.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
How many other states are they trying this? The cookers are active FFS is banned because it's dangerous #auspol
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Data Dot @petermclarty.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
29 deadbeats in parliament from one nation. x.com/i/status/204... #auspol @brenthodgson.bsky.social
Screenshot from Twitter(X)


https://x.com/i/status/2049807897627091388

By my count: of the 29 people One Nation has ever had elected to an Australian parliament, only TWO so far hold the distinction of both making it to the end of their term, and never defecting.

(Even Hanson herself left One Nation in 2002.)
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Data Dot @petermclarty.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
He could have said because I'm a racist and used less effort
Text from a twitter post

How come you’re allowed to disrespect First Nations Australians but criticising Israel is wrong?

Because Israel doesn’t siphon billions of dollars annually out of the economy, nor do they have a 50% domestic violence rate, nor do they burn cars and leave them on the road. 

That’s the reason why.
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Data Dot @petermclarty.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
No mention of the cause of the recession. I wonder what the Isralian is trying to hide. You can bet if Iran or any country not considered a good guy world have been the headline "Iran to cause global recession" But not "America and Trumps stupidity causes global recession"
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Data Dot @petermclarty.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
Picked up from @aaronsmith333.bsky.social on the bird place Fair call #auspol x.com/i/status/203...
Text in the screenshot of a post on twitter. This is in relation to a Guardian post about Pauline Hanson again failing to update her declaration of gifts to the Senator


If Pauline can’t handle the basics when everyone’s watching, imagine what slips by when they’re not.

After years in the Senate delivering nothing, this isn’t surprising.

If declaring Gina's donations is beyond Hanson, incompetence isn’t incidental, it’s the norm.
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Data Dot @petermclarty.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
@sherelemoody.bsky.social His admiration society is quite the crowd and appears to be part of a modern church. The church based on their styling would appear to align with a lot of the RW Christians in LNP. I wonder how the church likes one of their flock being a good sinner #mensviolence
Share from Burleigh Heads Facebook group about a man punching a young women in the face and then a guy Andrew Wiltshire from around that region making a comment "What did she do? What drove him to do that?"Profile of Andrew Wiltshire's Facebook profile and his likes page includes Pauline Hanson, Nigel Farage, Dr Jordan B Peterson. Also links him to a church Liberti Church South, which is located on the southern Gold Coast in Queensland
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Data Dot @petermclarty.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
What were you doing tonight A great march. Could have been a few thousand there. Could have been the biggest protest march on a Monday night in Brisbane Great work for all showing up More to come this weekend #auspol ##freepalesti̇ne
Protesters at the march in Brisbane. Moving from King George Square into Adelaide Street.  Left side there's a red sign with Fuck Herzog on itSelfy of me with keffiyeh in the middle of the Palestine march in Brisbane Crowd in King George Square as they moved into Adelaide Street at Palestine protests against Herzog Protesters marching. There's a red and green sign eighth free Palestine and the red one again with Fuck Herzog
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Data Dot @petermclarty.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
Crowd building in King George Square #Brisbane #meeanjin #freepalesti̇ne
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Data Dot @petermclarty.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
Can we apply to the immigration minister to have her citizenship revoked. I'm sure she is in violation of her Australian Values Statement she had to sign a part of immigration processes. #auspol
Australian Values taken from https://www.homeaffairs.gov.au/about-us/our-portfolios/social-cohesion/australian-values. 
It can easily be read there
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Data Dot @petermclarty.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
Some of you have great difficulty with the explanation. It makes sense to me. What's wrong with then choosing not to agree to shit. Seems a bit like how Labor screamed about the Greens opposing their initial shit response to fixing the housing crisis #auspol
Text from the Greens website on why they voted against the CPRS


https://greens.org.au/explainers/cprs
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Data Dot @petermclarty.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
In case you were wondering #ai
Screenshot of a post from Twitter(x)
It repeatedly says"Don't upload your family photos to AI"
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Data Dot @petermclarty.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
US economy is going well NOT 7.23% loss and trending down over the year #finance
A currency chart of USD to AUD from xe.com showing an overall trend of the USD losing value over the last year. Shows a 7.23% loss. It temporarily blipped lower meaning that value loss was higher again, but had a slight recovery in the last 24hrs @ 9th January 2026
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Data Dot @petermclarty.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
This little map will be telling on the Australian government in years to come. Several countries and Europe have enacted AI laws to regulate it. Australia has a plan TBF it looks more like a plan to have a plan #auspol
Global map from Microsoft showing the various enacted laws around the word to regulate AI. 
Australia has an action plan.
Source: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/security/security-for-ai/govern
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Data Dot @petermclarty.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
New Murdoch scam happening This is a redirect from backaustralia.com.au. Saw it on billboards when heading to the office today. QLD goes to CM, I bet Melbourne it goes to the herald-sun. Very biased articles. I few headlines
Screenshot of Murdoch news page with various articles from them purporting to support a better Australia. Things like union bashing, and alleged funding of activist group from government funds
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Data Dot @petermclarty.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
Wow!!! #health #diabetes x.com/SamaHoole/st...
Follow the link to the original post on Twitter

1850: "Diabetic patients must avoid sugar and starch entirely. Meat and fat are safe."

1900: "Diabetic patients should eat only meat, eggs, and butter until symptoms resolve."

1920: "Diabetic patients need insulin but should still restrict carbohydrates significantly."

1950: "Diabetic patients can eat moderate carbs if they take enough insulin."

1980: "Diabetic patients should eat plenty of whole grains as part of a balanced diet."

2025: "Diabetic patients should eat 45-60g carbs per meal and take metformin, insulin, and GLP-1 agonists."

Notice the pattern? As pharmaceutical options increased, carb recommendations increased.

It's not that the science changed. It's that the profit model changed.

The treatment that kept diabetics alive for centuries was progressively replaced by treatments that generate recurring revenue.

Your great-great-grandfather's doctor knew carbs were the problem. Your doctor knows you're a revenue stream.
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Data Dot @petermclarty.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
Was that the Liberals surplus they had the mugs printed for?
Image of Mugs created by LNP on left side,  for surplus that never eventuate and right side Kermit drinking a cup of Lipton's tea
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Data Dot @petermclarty.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
While this was abhorrent, to ignore the Palestinian journalists in this statement is more whitewashing from the MSM. Israel murdering Palestinian journalists while denying access to foreign reporters has been equally abhorrent Do Better @australia.theguardian.com #freepalestine #MSM #journalism
Excerpt from Katherine Viner's Saturday Edition - 22 Nov 2025
The killing of Khashoggi remains the most notorious attack on a journalist in recent memory and US intelligence agencies concluded in 2021 that it was approved by the crown prince himself (Prince Mohammed has denied involvement). Mohamad Bazzi explored in depth why Trump was so happy to lavish the prince with praise, while Karen Attiah’s op-ed reflected on the visit and the “Saudification” of America, something Khashoggi warned of in his columns for the Washington Post when she was his editor.
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Data Dot @petermclarty.bsky.social · 16/11/2025
Matt Barrie outing himself as one of the problem #auspol
Text over 2 images
Headline in News.com.au "Wonder why house prices are up?": Migration fuelled home loans driving the Aussie Dollar creation, Matt Barrie says 
Images are several $50 dollar notes and a second image of people in front of a house, possibly an auction happening
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Data Dot @petermclarty.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
Imagine as AI gets stronger how much worse this stuff gets. Without seeing the bits from any neurons wetter these deliberations were held is difficult Toto believe Blieje in what he says. We know ideologically he was opposed so it's hard to believe he wasn't swayed by these lies.
Front page Courier Mail newspaper with headline " It's a lot of hot air" relating to a misrepresentation of information potentially used to cancel a major wind farm projectThe main body of the article leading on the front page
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Data Dot @petermclarty.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
Admiral Mike Rogers taking why the USA doesn't have key cybersecurity laws #cybersecurity
Admiral Mike Rogers during on stage talking with Gorgi Coghlan at CyberCon 2025
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Data Dot @petermclarty.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
Brian Krebs taking security and AI at CyberCon #cybersecurity #CyberCon
Photo of Brian Krebs aka krebsonsecurity
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Data Dot @petermclarty.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
CoberCon about to get under way May be lots of posts coming 3 days of too much information and too many talks not able to attend #cybersecurity
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Data Dot @petermclarty.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
Heading to Melbourne for CyberCon
Picture of me at the airport
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Data Dot @petermclarty.bsky.social · 12/10/2025
Fixed part of it for @australia.theguardian.com
Text in article linked in part this is areply to
I edited the bit about 1200  people killed by Hamas to say mostly killed by IDF. Which is the correct response with the IDF having used their action known as Hannibal Directive
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Data Dot @petermclarty.bsky.social · 12/10/2025
Heading to the city. #freepalestine
Picture of Pete on the bus heading the Palestine protests in Meeanjin
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Data Dot @petermclarty.bsky.social · 05/10/2025
It's interesting to read this and see how Christianity in America is enabling it all over again. Which will rise and crash this time? There isn't a pretty future for some of these people
From the book Saving a Sick America:a prescription for moral and cultural transformation 

Here in America, “studies find that in the United States the irreligious are far more likely than the religious to believe in a whole array of occult beliefs such as Atlantis, Bigfoot, the Loch Ness Monster, astrology, UFOs, haunted houses, and ghosts.”34 So it is not those following the Scriptures who believe in fairy tales and superstitious myths. It is those who reject God’s Word who are more likely to do this. In the oft-quoted words of G. K. Chesterton, “When people stop believing in God, they don’t believe in nothing—they believe in anything.”35 On October 14, 1941, Adolph Hitler commented: So it’s not opportune to hurl ourselves now into a struggle with the Churches. The best thing is to let Christianity die a natural death. A slow death has something comforting about it. The dogma of Christianity gets worn away before the advances of science. Religion will have to make more and more concessions. Gradually the myths crumble. All that’s left is to prove that in nature there is no frontier between the organic and the inorganic. When understanding of the universe has become widespread, when the majority of men know that the stars are not sources of light but worlds, perhaps inhabited worlds like ours, then the Christian doctrine will be convicted of absurdity.36 Today we can say that it was not Christianity that died a natural death. To the contrary, it was Nazism that died a violent, ignominious death while the Christian faith, despite setbacks in the West, is thriving worldwide like never before. Nazism, for its part, has been “convicted of absurdity”—and far worse.
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Data Dot @petermclarty.bsky.social · 05/10/2025
The headline looks OK. The first part seems reasonable, and then the switcheroo Dan, the expert, spruiks nuclear with his fictional SMRs #auspol
News.com.au headline "Never ending demand: Household bills expected rise due the AI energy consumption " picture of Sky News taking head
The global AI boom is well on its way to Australia, with the prices of energy and property expected to rise as a result.

The government will need to find a solution to prevent Aussies from footing the bill, with a Coalition minister spruiking nuclear energy as a potential solution.

Increased investment from international firms in Australian AI infrastructure over the coming years is set to drive up demand for land and energy to support the technology.

Energy and utility expert Phillip Vrettakis said the demand for energy from technology companies “is much more than we’ve got available”.

“It’s going to be a challenge for the entire energy sector,” he said.

Mr Vrettakis, an executive director of energy advisory firm Rennie, said the increase in energy demand from data centres would lead to “bigger bills for consumers going forward”.Data centres have a “never-ending demand” for energy and are “hungry” for data, land and water to cool their facilities, he said.

“At the moment there’s a real scramble for locations that are close to city centres to make sure infrastructure, especially fibre connections and latency are short.”

The warning comes after US-based software giant OpenAI confirmed plans to open its first Australian office in Sydney, and Amazon pledged a $20bn investment in local data centres.

A spokesperson for the federal government’s trade and investment promotion agency Austrade, said they are “seeing strong interest from international investors” in AI.

An April report from the International Energy Agency projected electricity demand from data centres worldwide is set to more than double by 2030.Coalition spokesman for Energy Dan Tehan said nuclear innovations in the United States including small modular reactors could provide a solution to Australian energy demands.

“There’s basically a nuclear renaissance taking place in the US,” Mr Tehan told ABC Radio National on Thursday following a trip to the US touring nuclear sites.

“Everyone that I spoke to is incredibly confident given the use of AI, given the use of quantum, that they will continue to make rapid developments with nuclear technology.
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Data Dot @petermclarty.bsky.social · 04/10/2025
The irony is elephantine proportions for this mob. But sure, let's have a chat about all the things the government should be subsidizing. Oil, Coal, Gas, capital gains. I'm sure someone better has the other great tax candidates for Matt to start an argument about.
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Data Dot @petermclarty.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
Looks like people are expressing their dissatisfaction with Disney #disney #jimmykimmel
Screen shot of a facbook ad for pay for 10 months for 12 and the majority of comments are from people showing their displeasure with the ABC decision to cancel Jimmy Kimmel. First post shows someone saying "Thanks for the reminder to cancel"
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Data Dot @petermclarty.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
I wonder why Grok would be on there. Could it be that Elon tweaks it to only tell what he wants it to respond? ia.acs.org.au/article/2025...
Text that reads "China-based chatbot DeepSeek, text-to-image generator Stable Diffusion, and xAI’s controversial large language model Grok were found to be among the 10 most blocked AI apps in Australia, according to the company." from Information Age article https://ia.acs.org.au/article/2025/cyber-workers-losing-more-hours-to-burnout--survey.html
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Data Dot @petermclarty.bsky.social · 14/09/2025
We have one like that. She wandered in our door 17 years ago. She been dumped as we could not find an owner
White cat "Crystal" on a timber desk. She has been called a ragdoll as her breed by a vet. A keyboard and monitors can be seen in the background
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Data Dot @petermclarty.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
This will age about as well as "Iraq has WMDs" #auspol
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Data Dot @petermclarty.bsky.social · 19/07/2025
The @australia.theguardian.com has the headline wrong At least 32 Palestinians murdered in Gaza as IDF fires on crowds seeking food I fixed it for you, but maybe you should have gone with massacred. Time for stronger language #freepalestine
Clip of article from the Guardian Headlines, which states. "At least 32 Palestinians killed in Gaza as IDF fires on crowds seeking food" image of a women in traditional black clothing holding someone,  clearly in grief
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Data Dot @petermclarty.bsky.social · 19/07/2025
I dropped into Distillery Rd Markets at Beenleigh this afternoon as a friend is playing. Honestly, this place is a great addition to SEQ, and I hope it has a long and prosperous future. #queensland
Photo of a crowd of people in the area known as the FED in Distillery Road MarketsSienna Larsson on stage playing a guitar dressed in a long chocolate skirt and sleeveless top
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Data Dot @petermclarty.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
My picks for the year triple j hottest 100 I could easily do another 5 sets completely different, all with great songs that should earn their place. I could have done 10 for almost any decade for reasons. It's going to be interesting to see the final result I don't think 10 votes were enough
Triple J  Hottest 100 of Australian Songs list.  
The Church - Under the Milky Way
Divinyls - I Touch Myself
Eskimo Joe  - Black Fingernails,  Red wine
INXS - Never Tear us Apart
Dynamic Hepnotics - Soul Kind Of Feeling
Middle Kids - Edge of Town
Maltreat - Groceries
Gretta Ray - Drive
GANGgajang - Sounds of Then
The Cruel Sea - The Honeymoon is Over
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Data Dot @petermclarty.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
Maybe she should ask her congress member to call for impeachment
Screen shot from Trisha Hope on Twitter stunned that Trump is not who she thought he was
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Data Dot @petermclarty.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
How does Sky News have 5.5 million subscribers on YouTube? Hopefully the majority are bot accounts inflating it
Sky News banner from YouTube showing 5.55 million subscribers
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Data Dot @petermclarty.bsky.social · 04/05/2025
Fuck he's back A good one to block and report
An account sprouting rage bait bullshit.
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Data Dot @petermclarty.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
Cheers to Dutton losing his seat and the LNP losing this election #ausvotes #BinNight
Glass of GlenLivet 15 year old scotch
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Data Dot @petermclarty.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
AEC doesn't have Dickson on close seats. #BinNight Dutton is gone
List of close seats in QLD as listed at 8:42 pm. Dickson is not on the list
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Data Dot @petermclarty.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
Just in case people needed to know the rest of the world hasn't forgotten the Gulf of Mexico #gulfofmexico #america
map of the Gulf of Mexico from Bing Maps still showing it to Australia as the Gulf of Mexico. My text on the map with look and a long arrow point to the text on the map stating it being the Golf of Mexico
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Data Dot @petermclarty.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
The Monday after the election race was kicked off, the Courier Mail had this in it. Somehow, they missed that Dutton had one of the most marginal seats in their breakdown. I'm not sure if the journalist is stupid or if it's lying by omission
Article from the Courier Mail talking about swing seats in Queensland for the upcoming federal election. Oddly, there is no mention of Dutton's seat of Dixon, which is one of the most marginal
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Data Dot @petermclarty.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
The Dow Jones Industrial Average has now lost all gains from the last 12 months. www.cnbc.com/quotes/.DJI Well done Donald. Impressive feat #trumpdump
Chart from CNBC showing the Dow Jones Industrial Average maket  position over 12 months. Market is now down to the same place it was back around the end of January 2024. 
Chart date is at 9th April 2025
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Data Dot @petermclarty.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
Should we trust the USA government on anything if they think this? This is not our friend #auspol
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