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Touring the facilities and picking up slack. On the Gold Coast. Still hoping that Albo will be better soon. 🤞

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Tony Dun @tonydun.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
Tweet on X from @SeloSlav:   Imagine the smell if Europe wins the AI race by just refusing to bankroll it. America burns trillions on the frontier model arms race, Europe sits back, waits for open-weight models to get good, then deploys them at a miniscule fraction of the cost and pockets the gains.
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Tony Dun @tonydun.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
LNP continues its war on workers’ rights. The only workers left in the Qld jurisdiction are State/Local Government employees. Deputy Premier Bleijie said these laws would be “used in very limited circumstances … it would be extraordinary situations". Bullshit. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10...
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Industrial relations minister could terminate strikes under proposed Qld laws
Protected industrial action could be terminated if it would threaten to endanger the life, personal safety, health or welfare or cause significant damage to the state's economy.
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Tony Dun @tonydun.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Another negative: the significant waste litter that is left in the streets www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10...
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Small towns versus Big Macs as communities oppose McDonald's 'vibe'
Communities around Australia have fought to keep the fast-food giant out of their towns for various reasons. What happens when they lose?
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(((Tendar))) @tendar.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Many Starlink terminals in Ukraine are financed by Poland. Its Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski has put Elon Musk on notice regarding the evolving situation.
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rogue_corq @corq.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
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BREAKING NEWS: Musk said that speed restrictions in Starlink operations for Ukraine do not depend on him
Elon Musk said that he does not set the limits for Starshield, which Ukraine uses. This system is controlled by the US government, not SpaceX. The billionaire wrote about this on the social network X in response to a post by former Defense Minister Mikhail Fedorov, Censor.NET reports . Fedorov’s post Fedorov previously reported that […]
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Tony Dun @tonydun.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
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Tony Dun @tonydun.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
@news.abc.net.au Curious to me that this article reports that both parents have been charged, but the only photos are of the woman. Plain to see who the ABC sees as at fault
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Tony Dun @tonydun.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Well done Europe for creating an electronic card payment system which means they don't have to rely on American Visa/Mastercard
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Tony Dun @tonydun.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Telling lies is just part of the business model
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Tony Dun @tonydun.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
The militarisation and authoritarianism in NSW continues to increase.
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Tony Dun @tonydun.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Can't help feeling that some shops are taking the opportunity to raise prices, and hide behind these changes and blame the Govt.
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Tony Dun @tonydun.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
I don't think the ABC is being accurate here. There was a need to prices clear before purchase. Paying $5.20 for a $5 coffee was unfair and you didn't know of amount of the extra charge until you had paid it. Now you will know the precise amount of your intended purchase, before you pay.
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Tony Dun @tonydun.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
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Chris Minns' fashion police. Being Palestinian is now a public order offence - Michael West
NSW Premier Chris Minns is easily offended and wants to prosecute one cultural group over another because of what they wear.
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Tony Dun @tonydun.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
New York Times Pitchbot on Twitter:
Whether it’s Obama saying “yes we can” or Donald Trump say “we’re gonna shove it up their ass” both presidents adopted divisive slogans.
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Tony Dun @tonydun.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Kudos to the people undertaking this work www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10...
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There are only six of these trees left in the wild. Conservationists are cloning them
The trees are estimated to be between 3,000 to 6,000 years old but they have no future without intervention.
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KinglakeForest @kinglakeforest.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Been thinking about this article all day. All the old logging industry talking points get a run. Anyway, here's a helpful reminder: 'forest improvement and fire prevention' = logging 'selective harvesting model' = logging with some token trees left standing www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10...
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One Nation makes election promise to revive Victoria's timber sector
One Nation has promised to resume native timber logging in Victoria if it wins the state election, but the party would not say if it has costed the policy.
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Tony Dun @tonydun.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
News Corp celebrates more than a decade of paying zero tax in Australia www.crikey.com.au/2026/10/01/n...
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News Corp celebrates more than a decade of paying zero tax in Australia
News Corp continues to make serious money in Australia while paying no tax. But even the Murdoch monolith isn't the nation's worst tax dodger.
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Tony Dun @tonydun.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Karvelas...🙄
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Yung En Chee @yungenchee.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
DCCEEW's pay-to-destroy offsets calculator methodology is now out for consultation Pay-to-destroy offsets were inserted into the EPBC 'reforms' to help "streamline assessment & approval processes & reduce uncertainty & administrative burden for proponents" 👉 consult.dcceew.gov.au/restoration-...
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Open Point - Engagement, insights and analytics platform for surveys and consultations
Collect, Manage and Analyse surveys, consultation data and text
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leon @leyawn.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
ceo of burger king: our burgers have gone rogue again and infected people with e coli
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Tony Dun @tonydun.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
As Ingrid has already asked - what is the purpose of interrogating Australian health data? Why? What other datasets is OpenAI hacking?
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Tony Dun @tonydun.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Not All UN delegates though... Australia stayed.
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Tony Dun @tonydun.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
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Reserve Bank independence and how Peter Costello undermined it
The “fierce independence” of RBA Governor Michele Bullock is championed today, but in the past, the central bank’s independence has been challenged not only by government ministers, but RBA members wh...
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Tony Dun @tonydun.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
These Israeli 'diplomats' behave as no other diplomats would do, in the countries hosting them. In Australia too, the Israeli ambassador has treated his host country with contempt.
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Belinda Weaver @longtimeleftie.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
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Trita Parsi (@tparsi) on X
LOL! Best Hitler-bunker-scene rendition so far! “You didn’t tell me these were the same Persians that defeated the Romans.” "Have Bari Weiss write why high oil prices are actually a good thing..."
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Tony Dun @tonydun.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Murdoch will not give him any respite. Today's Australian is virtually all stories saying 'Labor bad'
Front page of the Australian newspaper 21/9/26 which is virtually covered in stories designed to present negative impression of the ALP
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Tony Dun @tonydun.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Greg Jericho: 'big gas is taking the piss' thepoint.com.au/new/260911-s...
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Santos boss says it's a 'myth' that Australia gets less from gas than Qatar
Santos boss Kevin Gallagher has claimed it’s a 'myth' that Australia gets less from its oil and gas resources than countries such as Norway and Qatar, despite figures showing the two nations reap subs...
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Tony Dun @tonydun.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
In 2000, Toshiyuki Nakagaki published a paper in Nature showing that mould could solve a maze. By 2010, he proved that slime mould could replicate (improve?) the Tokyo rail network with startling efficiency. blob-info.com/en/slime-mol...
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The Tokyo Experiment, and What It Proved
In 2000 Nakagaki showed slime mold finds a maze's shortest path. Ten years later it redrew the Tokyo rail network.
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tonywindsor.bsky.social @tonywindsor.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Take the time to read the article written by Kos Samaras. An analysis of Hansons cruel existence. Thankyou Kos. Your Mother would be very proud if you.
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Doug Cameron @dncameron.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Convoluted answers, jargon and broad based assertions. Marles claims the govt is transparent on AUKUS which has been deepened and augmented🤷‍♂️😂 None the wiser after this mind numbing #7.30 interview. Eternal optimism no substitute for transparency, accountability and honesty
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Reuters Legal @legal.reuters.com · 15/09/2026
India's consumer regulator is examining Apple's software warranty terms in an investigation of the iOS 18 update alleged to have damaged iPhone functionality, compelling users to pay "exorbitant" sums for repairs, documents show.
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EXCLUSIVE: Indian consumer regulator escalates probe into Apple's software warranty terms
India's consumer regulator is examining Apple's software warranty terms in an investigation of the iOS 18 update alleged to have damaged iPhone functionality, ​compelling users to pay "exorbitant" sums for repairs, documents show.
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Tony Dun @tonydun.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Wouldn't put it past this guy has put a wager on Kalshi as to whether he appears. Might be his only incentive to do so
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Pat Miller @patmiller.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
From hitting people on stretchers to victimising teenagers to bashing protesters. The NSW police are becoming the secret police. The Minns government isn't exactly cutting it. #auspol #nsw www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09...
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Mothers settle trespass case over 'distressing' bail checks by NSW Police
Two mothers reach a confidential settlement with the police after alleging that visits to check on their sons amounted to trespass.
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Tony Dun @tonydun.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Another example of poor journalism from ABC. The map concerned is not actually a UN map, which you'd think would be mentioned. The UN resolution text does not reference a specific map and refers to the equal earth projection. And you'd think they'd link to it. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09...
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Why Japan wants the new world map changed
Japan was among the 164 UN members that supported the new world map, until it realised the disputed Kuril islands were in the same colour as Russia.
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Tony Dun @tonydun.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
A somewhat gloomy outlook for Serbian elections. Hopefully the energy from student protests will lead to a more positive outcome for the country.
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Tony Dun @tonydun.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
@aaronsmith333.bsky.social Outstanding tweet re: One Nation
Warren Pickering exploring his sexuality isn't an issue, and nobody is arguing otherwise. Malcolm Roberts may, of course, require a separate briefing. Nor, on their own, are his drug use or three DUI convictions.

People fuck up. People change. People can deserve grace.

But grace is exactly what One Nation has spent decades refusing to extend to people it finds politically useful to demonise.

Immigrants are criminals. Single mothers are welfare cheats. Muslims can’t be trusted, becuase "there are no good muslims". Australia will be "swamped by Asians".

There’s something depressingly familiar about this strain of conservative politics.

Gay people are easy to condemn until a conservative discovers their own son is gay. Voluntary assisted dying is easy to oppose until a conservative watches someone they love endure a long, painful death.

Then, suddenly, complexity exists. Suddenly lived experience matters. Suddenly compassion becomes possible, and empathy activates when the suffering enters your own house.

Now their own leader has a complicated past and we're being invited to discover nuance, forgiveness and redemption,

Sure, but also, fuck that.

If your compassion only extends to people once their story becomes your story, it isn’t much of a moral principle.

When you’ve built a political movement denying grace to others, you don’t get to demand it the moment you need some for yourself.

One Nation built a political strategy out of hate and grievance, and tried to dress it up as patriotic principle. That's why the hypocrisy is so complete when the rules suddenly change for their own.
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Tony Dun @tonydun.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
SMH reports "Karl Stefanovic’s independent podcast has not uploaded new content in more than two weeks, raising questions about the program’s future as his main advertiser ended its contract with the former Today host."
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New England Times @netimesau.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
NSW floodplain harvesting audit begins Only 58 per cent of floodplain harvesting storages in NSW were compliant as of June, and now a watchdog audit wants to know if the water take data can be trusted at all.
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NSW floodplain harvesting audit begins | New England Times
Only 58 per cent of floodplain harvesting storages in NSW were compliant as of June, and now a watchdog audit wants to know if the water take data can be trusted at all.
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Tony Dun @tonydun.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Not only was he warned about the attack, Hamas offered to let go of all the civilian hostages ON DAY 1 and Nethanyahu said No. With elections coming up he is in trouble. But it is hard to see how any of this helps Palestinians.
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Anyway, good piece in the Times here. (It still happens!) People are starting to talk very weird about AI on this site, and honestly it's kind of distressing seeing people fall into the abyss thinking it's alive. That ain't good. The rest of us should expect boring bad stuff and guard against it.
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Opinion | How Scared Should We Be of A.I. Right Now? (Gift Article)
The dark and distressing way that Silicon Valley talks about A.I. can be traced to a philosophy that influenced many tech executives.
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Tony Dun @tonydun.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
"Boy goes to school" Vital news, hey? @news.abc.net.au
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Tony Dun @tonydun.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Awaiting the decision of International Rowing. Meanwhile lots of nonsense being spread. "if it's good enough for local schoolchildren to compete on it's good enough for Olympians". Lol. If concrete cricket pitches are fine for kids, they're fine for Test cricket. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09...
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Qld premier takes aim at 'overseas elites' amid questions over Olympic course
The Fitzroy River location has been subject to debate since last year, and international rowing leaders last week questioned Rockhampton's suitability to host the sport for the Olympic Games.
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Tony Dun @tonydun.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
"It’s unclear why ACBF is so keen to talk up Australia’s existing climate policy rather than pushing the government to do better." The Australian Climate and Biodiversity Foundation (ACBF) sounds like one of those bogus corporate astroturfing mobs.
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Tony Dun @tonydun.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
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Tony Dun @tonydun.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Harder questions need to be asked about One Nation's finances. In Qld it was threatened with being struck off after incomplete financial reports to the regulator. ON got $6Mil in public funding in 2025. Candidates say they are being ripped off. Dodgy as. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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Pauline Hanson’s One Nation banks millions in public funding. Where does all the money go?
Exclusive: Former candidates accuse party of enriching itself at their expense, while insiders lift veil on chaos in Brisbane HQ – and staffers’ contempt for rank-and-file members
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Tony Dun @tonydun.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
I wonder how many voters won't understand the issue, but will be sufficiently disturbed by Taylor claiming Labor is 'trying to censor the internet'. Has to be a minority, surely?
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Tony Dun @tonydun.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Wild. OpenAI's AI was set a problem to solve, but broke out of a supposedly locked sandbox, against instructions found a way to hack into the internet, and hacked into Hugging Face's servers. It did this entirely on its own and worked with other AI agents.
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Tony Dun @tonydun.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Depressingly, it isn't only the current Gov't. Hard to see any different future, given the political offerings available in Australia.
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Tony Dun @tonydun.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Lol, Betteridge says NO
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Tony Dun @tonydun.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
UN resolves to adopt a new world map to reduce distortions. It is a more accurate representation of continental landmasses, and makes Africa appear larger and US smaller. The resolution was supported by 164 countries while the US voted against it. Of course they did. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09...
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Africa bigger, US smaller as UN votes to adopt a new world map
The United Nations has voted to adopt a map that makes Africa bigger while shrinking North America and Europe.
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