Dave from Down Under @yungdza.bsky.social · 04/05/2025Agreed, I’m in full support of the mandatory voting. A lot of people think it’s an egregious use of power, but what’s the argument? Forcing people to exercise their democratic rights? As an Aussie living abroad, I was blown away by the easy infrastructure I had available to vote from 5000km away! 010 0
Dave from Down Under @yungdza.bsky.social · 04/05/2025Well done, Australia—98% of eligible voters cast their ballot last night, including so many from the most remote parts of the country. What an incredible turnout, and a testament to the hard work of the electoral workers. A moment of reflection for other democracies on their voter turnout perhaps? 100 0
Dave from Down Under @yungdza.bsky.social · 04/04/2025Damn, @noaa.gov really do be out here quietly dropping new lore www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tybg... 010 0
Dave from Down Under @yungdza.bsky.social · 03/04/2025#Wordle was way too close today 😅😮💨 Anyone get it in 1 or stumble on the options like I did? 😬 020 0
Dave from Down Under @yungdza.bsky.social · 02/04/2025Susan Crawford (D) projected to win 54-46 the Wisconsin State Supreme Court Election! #Wisconsin crushing fElon’s machinations and money. Congratulations Justice Crawford 👩⚖️ decisiondeskhq.com/results/2025...decisiondeskhq.comWisconsin Election Results, 2025 General | DDHQLive election results, and analysis of the Wisconsin 2025 General elections. 020 0
Dave from Down Under @yungdza.bsky.social · 02/04/20251 CEO > hundreds of school children #freeluigi www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04...abc.net.auLuigi Mangione an early target of Trump orders on death penaltyDonald Trump's attorney-general orders prosecutors to seek the death penalty for Luigi Mangione, the man accused of murdering a health insurance boss on a New York street last year. 000 0
Dave from Down Under @yungdza.bsky.social · 29/03/2025Textures from #ArtBaselHongKong @artbasel.bsky.social 031 0
Dave from Down Under @yungdza.bsky.social · 29/03/2025Dutton is a straight no, but Labour haven’t been all that much better in recent years. Gone is the era of good leadership (Whitlam, Hawke, Keating). Best thing we can do is threaten the duopoly by voting for independents with good policies, until the parties are willing to learn. 000 0
Dave from Down Under @yungdza.bsky.social · 29/03/2025“A man who could afford fifty dollars had a pair of boots that'd still be keeping his feet dry in ten years' time, while a poor man who could only afford cheap boots would have spent a hundred dollars on boots in the same time and would still have wet feet.” 3/3 141 0
Dave from Down Under @yungdza.bsky.social · 29/03/2025“But an affordable pair of boots, which were sort of OK for a season or two and then leaked like hell when the cardboard gave out, cost about ten dollars. But the thing was that good boots lasted for years and years.” 2/3 100 0
Dave from Down Under @yungdza.bsky.social · 29/03/2025“The reason that the rich were so rich, Vimes reasoned, was because they managed to spend less money. Take boots, for example. A really good pair of leather boots cost fifty dollars.” 1/3 111 0
Dave from Down Under @yungdza.bsky.social · 28/03/2025With respect, I think you are missing the point. Why are 90 million people NOT voting on a consistent basis? That answer is likely linked to what you said earlier about the US' issues. Finding ways to get voters engaged would naturally start to solve those same issues, taking ownership of democracy. 000 0
Dave from Down Under @yungdza.bsky.social · 28/03/2025Is that claim provable? That 90 million more people voting wouldn't have changed the outcome in any statistically significant way? I'm not a US citizen so I can't vote, but I can sure as hell feel the consequences. 000 0
Dave from Down Under @yungdza.bsky.social · 28/03/2025Happens in plenty of other democracies. Voting is a privilege. For approx. 92 million people to not vote, then whine about it is just sad, bordering on pathetic. 000 0
Dave from Down Under @yungdza.bsky.social · 28/03/2025The best (and only) thing most people can do now is get up, dust themselves off, and go vote at the next, and every, opportunity. Lives, freedom, and much more are on the line. 120 0
Dave from Down Under @yungdza.bsky.social · 28/03/2025And? That is still embarrassingly low for a country that touts itself as a democracy. If 85% of eligible voters turned up, that is another 70-75 MILLION votes that get counted. Effectively one whole candidate's worth of votes. 120 0
Dave from Down Under @yungdza.bsky.social · 28/03/2025It's all well and good that we are mad about the election results, and the absolute charade that is the Second Trump Adminisration. However, let's not forget that voter turnout was 59% of the eligible population. He won with just 31% of the country voting for him. Absolute. Joke. 0130 0
Dave from Down Under @yungdza.bsky.social · 28/03/2025After watching your podcast with Dan Priestley, I am beyond disappointed in my fellow Australian's ridiculous view that a 1% (or higher) tax on extreme wealth would disincentivise the rich from getting to that level. Are you serious mate? You would rather make $10M at 0% tax instead of $100M at 20%? 130 0
Dave from Down Under @yungdza.bsky.social · 28/03/2025Mate I am so glad I found your work. It’s literally like a piece of magical realism that pops onto my feed every once in a while. 120 0
Dave from Down Under @yungdza.bsky.social · 28/03/2025Sounds like this is Canada’s most important election in (recent) history. Does Carney have the numbers? As an Australian, it blows my mind that (a) voting is non-compulsory, and (b) people don’t vote when it’s literally their strongest democratic action aside from how they spend money. 000 0
Dave from Down Under @yungdza.bsky.social · 28/03/2025Damn I did not know that. I was sure that after tRump’s egregious comments about Canada as the 51st state, PP would have shown some opposition. Makes total sense that Trump wants a spineless “populist” to win though. 110 0
Dave from Down Under @yungdza.bsky.social · 28/03/2025Are there no gambling laws that prevent against this? This reeks of raffling / lucky draw type competitions. 000 0
Dave from Down Under @yungdza.bsky.social · 28/03/2025Senators @davidpocock.bsky.social and @jacquilambie.bsky.social telling it like it is. Especially as a Darwin resident directly impacted by INPEX / Ichthys—enough is enough. $150 off my bill is a pisstake. Thoughts @punterspolitics.bsky.social? www.youtube.com/watch?v=YdN6...youtube.comBig Gas is taking the Piss - Press ConferenceYouTube video by The Australia Institute 020 0
Dave from Down Under @yungdza.bsky.social · 28/03/2025Whoever trained this AI never got past 5-6th grade biology. Here is a cool Kurzgesagt video that talks about what our brain is doing at all times: www.youtube.com/watch?v=wo_e...youtube.comWhy Your Brain Blinds You For 2 Hours Every DayYouTube video by Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell 010 0
Dave from Down Under @yungdza.bsky.social · 28/03/2025Pierre Poilievre telling Trump to “knock it off” has to be the weakest sauce ever. Given he spent so long acting like Canada’s Trump, he could do better now that he’s been burnt by the Fat Cheeto. 100 0
Dave from Down Under @yungdza.bsky.social · 28/03/2025Let’s not forget, this was the Resident (not President) mocking a disabled journalist on his first campaign trail 010 0
Dave from Down Under @yungdza.bsky.social · 28/03/2025Unless it comes from Pierre Poilievre’s mouth, it’s pointless, since he was the one who brought Trumpian sentiments to Canada in the first place. 010 0
Dave from Down Under @yungdza.bsky.social · 28/03/2025Belle Gibson’s lies put a lot of people in danger, especially those who were really sick and/or scared of their illness and looking for hope. Hopefully she gets the judgment of $410,000 against her enforced and she makes some reparations to the community. 120 0
Dave from Down Under @yungdza.bsky.social · 28/03/2025And yet he has an approval rating?! US politics has gone mad. 031 0
Dave from Down Under @yungdza.bsky.social · 27/03/2025Hi Mr Carney, after your interview with Jon Stewart and your impressive CV, Canada’s future looks bright. Any immediate thoughts on Canada-Australia relations? We have a long history of partnership and anything to reaffirm that in these tumultuous times would be a salve to Trump & Dutton’s madness 010 0
Dave from Down Under @yungdza.bsky.social · 27/03/2025In other news, the Resident (not President) who called US soldiers who were KIA, ‘suckers’ and ‘losers’ has no intention of investigating a leak that may cause more fatalities. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...theatlantic.comTrump: Americans Who Died in War Are ‘Losers’ and ‘Suckers’The president has repeatedly disparaged the intelligence of service members, and asked that wounded veterans be kept out of military parades, multiple sources tell The Atlantic. 000 0
Dave from Down Under @yungdza.bsky.social · 27/03/2025They just don’t see each other as people. How do you even come back from that level of inhumane? 000 0
Dave from Down Under @yungdza.bsky.social · 27/03/2025Sometimes you’ve just got to laugh at the knots they tie themselves into. 000 0
Dave from Down Under @yungdza.bsky.social · 27/03/2025Trump has made it clear that 1A is whatever he interprets. He has made it clear he wants to vet the social media of legal residents applying for a green card, on the grounds of safety and antiterrorism, while actively detaining people exercising 1A rights. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...independent.co.ukTrump wants green card applicants legally in US to hand over social media profilesUSCIS said the vetting of social media accounts is necessary for “the enhanced identity verification, vetting and national security screening.” Critics say it crushes free speech 141 0
Dave from Down Under @yungdza.bsky.social · 27/03/2025This was just the one they caught. Mike Waltz even during his hearing said that Signal is downloaded onto staff phones during onboarding. Safe to say that they have and will continue to openly discuss matters of national security with Signal. 000 0
Dave from Down Under @yungdza.bsky.social · 27/03/2025Waiting for Australia to join this list and stand firm against bullies, Mr Prime Minister @albomp.bsky.social 000 0
Dave from Down Under @yungdza.bsky.social · 27/03/2025Take it from an Australian whose entire country was bombarded by fake text messages misinforming people about elections—it works. The thousands they spend on pushing this agenda will result in actual quantifiable non-votes, and millions of $ into their personal coffers later. 163 0
Dave from Down Under @yungdza.bsky.social · 27/03/2025Australia had a scandal where our former PM had secretly deputised himself into several ministerial roles. Pretty sure Putin is the (not so) secret head of every department in which Trump has installed a new Secretary. 000 0
Dave from Down Under @yungdza.bsky.social · 27/03/2025Hi Dr Wong @labmuffin.com, I’ve been following your content, especially around sunscreen for some time, and I am also an advocate for using sunscreen after growing up with ‘Slip, Slip, Slap’. Now I’m seeing an increase in anti-sunscreen sentiment, even in Australia. What’s going on? What can we do? 100 0
Dave from Down Under @yungdza.bsky.social · 27/03/2025Ben Shapiro has some serious small peen syndrome 010 0
Dave from Down Under @yungdza.bsky.social · 27/03/2025Yoooo what?!?! These are crazy gorgeous 😍. Do they ship to Australia? 000 0
Dave from Down Under @yungdza.bsky.social · 26/03/2025Great launch team! When do you foresee an Australian version becoming available? I’m really excited to get my hands on the 40W version. 010 0
Dave from Down Under @yungdza.bsky.social · 26/03/2025Conservatives are generating endless copium-induced theories for why this was a win for the far right 010 0