Dave
@dave29.bsky.social
Lives on unceded Dharug land in Australia. Loves science, history, & writing fiction & non-fiction. Would love to ignore politics but with the rise of the far right & bigotry, can no longer opt out. No DMs please.
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Dave
@dave29.bsky.social
· Nov 11
GIs in Germany: First Impressions of the Former Third Reich | The National WWII Museum | New Orleans
By VE-Day, 1.6 million American soldiers stood on German soil. Their first months in the land of their former enemy were marked by a number of surprising observations and interactions.
www.nationalww2museum.org
“Even if the civilians didn’t do it themselves, they put up with it. Let it happen. And how could one lunatic man and his gang of thugs get such a hold on people he could get by with just anything he wanted to do. It beats me.” www.nationalww2museum.org/war/articles...
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Government now clear to hack your phone. No warrant. Israel group Cellebrite paid to do it.
Is this not fascist?
@michaelsainsbury.bsky.social
#cellebrite #auspol #nswpol
michaelwest.com.au/cellebrite-g...
Is this not fascist?
@michaelsainsbury.bsky.social
#cellebrite #auspol #nswpol
michaelwest.com.au/cellebrite-g...
Cellebrite gets Government blessing to share your phone - Michael West
Cellebrite has government clearance for use by law enforcement agencies to pry into your personal life, and you can't stop them.
michaelwest.com.au
September 17, 2026 at 1:08 AM
Government now clear to hack your phone. No warrant. Israel group Cellebrite paid to do it.
Is this not fascist?
@michaelsainsbury.bsky.social
#cellebrite #auspol #nswpol
michaelwest.com.au/cellebrite-g...
Is this not fascist?
@michaelsainsbury.bsky.social
#cellebrite #auspol #nswpol
michaelwest.com.au/cellebrite-g...
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We need a royal commission into Israeli foreign interference in Australia .
First witness called should be the PM
- to explain why he appointed Special Envoy for Israel, Jillian Segal, to direct his approach to ‘social cohesion’. #auspol
First witness called should be the PM
- to explain why he appointed Special Envoy for Israel, Jillian Segal, to direct his approach to ‘social cohesion’. #auspol
Israel funded the legal assault on Mary Kostakidis
Stephanie Tran and Michael West reports.
Read it here:
https://michaelwest.com.au/israel-funded-the-legal-assault-on-mary-kostakidis/
Stephanie Tran and Michael West reports.
Read it here:
https://michaelwest.com.au/israel-funded-the-legal-assault-on-mary-kostakidis/
September 14, 2026 at 8:55 AM
We need a royal commission into Israeli foreign interference in Australia .
First witness called should be the PM
- to explain why he appointed Special Envoy for Israel, Jillian Segal, to direct his approach to ‘social cohesion’. #auspol
First witness called should be the PM
- to explain why he appointed Special Envoy for Israel, Jillian Segal, to direct his approach to ‘social cohesion’. #auspol
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The Israel lobby put this prick into office
It has returned our policing to the brutal days
It has undermined our ability to protest
To have a voice
All because of the Israel lobby and their poisonous money
Buying politicians worldwide
#MinnsMustGo
It has returned our policing to the brutal days
It has undermined our ability to protest
To have a voice
All because of the Israel lobby and their poisonous money
Buying politicians worldwide
#MinnsMustGo
In 2003, before he held any significant office, Chris Minns was selected for the AIJAC Rambam Israel Fellowship – an all-expenses-paid program with one purpose: take promising Australian political figures to Israel, immerse them, and bind them. michaelwest.com.au/groomed-capt....
Groomed, captured, deployed. How the Israel lobby runs Chris Minns - Michael West
Police brutality, intimidation, harassment, free speech attacked. NSW Premier Chris Minns was groomed for Israel, writes Andrew Brown.
michaelwest.com.au
September 11, 2026 at 12:21 AM
The Israel lobby put this prick into office
It has returned our policing to the brutal days
It has undermined our ability to protest
To have a voice
All because of the Israel lobby and their poisonous money
Buying politicians worldwide
#MinnsMustGo
It has returned our policing to the brutal days
It has undermined our ability to protest
To have a voice
All because of the Israel lobby and their poisonous money
Buying politicians worldwide
#MinnsMustGo
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I've had it with One Nation's distraction politics.
They want attention for their unconstitutional, dangerous political antics so that you forgot they're schmoozing with the billionaire class poolside in Europe.
They want attention for their unconstitutional, dangerous political antics so that you forgot they're schmoozing with the billionaire class poolside in Europe.
September 10, 2026 at 12:53 AM
I've had it with One Nation's distraction politics.
They want attention for their unconstitutional, dangerous political antics so that you forgot they're schmoozing with the billionaire class poolside in Europe.
They want attention for their unconstitutional, dangerous political antics so that you forgot they're schmoozing with the billionaire class poolside in Europe.
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This is beyond diabolical.
‘In Queensland, a state health staffer sent a spreadsheet listing more than 100 examples of “unexpected IAT outcomes” to the federal government on 18 November.
In all but a few cases, the algorithm had under-assessed the person’s needs.’
‘In Queensland, a state health staffer sent a spreadsheet listing more than 100 examples of “unexpected IAT outcomes” to the federal government on 18 November.
In all but a few cases, the algorithm had under-assessed the person’s needs.’
Can we not just bring back 'common' into the 'common sense' equation?
When you have qualified & experienced human beings in a given field, sounding alarm bells as to 'catastrophic' fears for its use, why would we be so idiotic as to continue using a machine algorithm that causes that?
When you have qualified & experienced human beings in a given field, sounding alarm bells as to 'catastrophic' fears for its use, why would we be so idiotic as to continue using a machine algorithm that causes that?
‘Catastrophic’ fears: health staff made lists of concerning cases days after Australia’s aged care funding tool launch
Exclusive: Documents reveal assessors’ grave fears if client needs are underestimated by tool that can’t be overridden
www.theguardian.com
September 8, 2026 at 8:50 PM
This is beyond diabolical.
‘In Queensland, a state health staffer sent a spreadsheet listing more than 100 examples of “unexpected IAT outcomes” to the federal government on 18 November.
In all but a few cases, the algorithm had under-assessed the person’s needs.’
‘In Queensland, a state health staffer sent a spreadsheet listing more than 100 examples of “unexpected IAT outcomes” to the federal government on 18 November.
In all but a few cases, the algorithm had under-assessed the person’s needs.’
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No words. But please read.
This is beyond diabolical.
‘In Queensland, a state health staffer sent a spreadsheet listing more than 100 examples of “unexpected IAT outcomes” to the federal government on 18 November.
In all but a few cases, the algorithm had under-assessed the person’s needs.’
‘In Queensland, a state health staffer sent a spreadsheet listing more than 100 examples of “unexpected IAT outcomes” to the federal government on 18 November.
In all but a few cases, the algorithm had under-assessed the person’s needs.’
Can we not just bring back 'common' into the 'common sense' equation?
When you have qualified & experienced human beings in a given field, sounding alarm bells as to 'catastrophic' fears for its use, why would we be so idiotic as to continue using a machine algorithm that causes that?
When you have qualified & experienced human beings in a given field, sounding alarm bells as to 'catastrophic' fears for its use, why would we be so idiotic as to continue using a machine algorithm that causes that?
September 9, 2026 at 12:22 AM
No words. But please read.
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An Australian government who never says no to the Trump regime has a very strange idea of what “sovereignty” means. #EndAUKUS #auspol
I just asked Minister Wong about the reporting from the
@australia.theguardian.com that uncovered the US has either direct control of, or access to, over 100 Australian military bases.
Why has Labor signed Australia up to the next US war?
@australia.theguardian.com that uncovered the US has either direct control of, or access to, over 100 Australian military bases.
Why has Labor signed Australia up to the next US war?
September 7, 2026 at 5:42 AM
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September 7, 2026 at 4:35 AM
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The Guardian and Ben Doherty have delivered a must read/ listen expose of how Marles, the ALP and Coalition have allowed the military colonisation of Australia by the Trump regime.
This reinforces the importance of the AUKUS Public Inquiry.
AUKUS a dangerous, disgusting sellout.
This reinforces the importance of the AUKUS Public Inquiry.
AUKUS a dangerous, disgusting sellout.
September 6, 2026 at 9:18 PM
The Guardian and Ben Doherty have delivered a must read/ listen expose of how Marles, the ALP and Coalition have allowed the military colonisation of Australia by the Trump regime.
This reinforces the importance of the AUKUS Public Inquiry.
AUKUS a dangerous, disgusting sellout.
This reinforces the importance of the AUKUS Public Inquiry.
AUKUS a dangerous, disgusting sellout.
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"…Why has caucus allowed Marles to turn our nation into a servile, simpering, servant of Trump and the US military machine?” #auspol #ALP #AUKUS
The Guardian and Ben Doherty have delivered a must read/ listen expose of how Marles, the ALP and Coalition have allowed the military colonisation of Australia by the Trump regime.
This reinforces the importance of the AUKUS Public Inquiry.
AUKUS a dangerous, disgusting sellout.
This reinforces the importance of the AUKUS Public Inquiry.
AUKUS a dangerous, disgusting sellout.
September 7, 2026 at 7:53 AM
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You’ve ruined red for me
Now you’re ruining pink - my favourite colour
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You’ve ruined red for me
Now you’re ruining pink - my favourite colour
.
September 7, 2026 at 12:24 PM
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You’ve ruined red for me
Now you’re ruining pink - my favourite colour
.
You’ve ruined red for me
Now you’re ruining pink - my favourite colour
.
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An Iranian woman left Islam for Christianity. In Iran, that’s a death sentence. She fled to America for refuge.
We’re deporting her to the Central African Republic — a country the State Dept says “do not travel to for any reason.”
The GOP isn’t defending Christianity. It’s killing it.
We’re deporting her to the Central African Republic — a country the State Dept says “do not travel to for any reason.”
The GOP isn’t defending Christianity. It’s killing it.
September 6, 2026 at 8:42 AM
An Iranian woman left Islam for Christianity. In Iran, that’s a death sentence. She fled to America for refuge.
We’re deporting her to the Central African Republic — a country the State Dept says “do not travel to for any reason.”
The GOP isn’t defending Christianity. It’s killing it.
We’re deporting her to the Central African Republic — a country the State Dept says “do not travel to for any reason.”
The GOP isn’t defending Christianity. It’s killing it.
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No delusions here about what we've become - a base for B-52s (and anything else Washington fancies)
B-52s Deploy for Bomber Task Force to Upgraded Australia Base share.google/eHpH8kptrq57...
B-52s Deploy for Bomber Task Force to Upgraded Australia Base share.google/eHpH8kptrq57...
B-52s Deploy for Bomber Task Force to Upgraded Australia Base
Air Force B-52 bombers landed at an air base in northern Australian in a demonstration of the U.S. ability to project force in the Pacific.
share.google
September 5, 2026 at 11:36 AM
No delusions here about what we've become - a base for B-52s (and anything else Washington fancies)
B-52s Deploy for Bomber Task Force to Upgraded Australia Base share.google/eHpH8kptrq57...
B-52s Deploy for Bomber Task Force to Upgraded Australia Base share.google/eHpH8kptrq57...
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When Donald knew there was no real threat to his life, he preened for photographers, yelled “Fight, fight, fight!” and didn’t care if a fireman died.
When Donald knew there was a real threat to his life, he hid in a catering truck and didn’t care if his staff died in the decoy plane.
When Donald knew there was a real threat to his life, he hid in a catering truck and didn’t care if his staff died in the decoy plane.
September 5, 2026 at 2:03 PM
When Donald knew there was no real threat to his life, he preened for photographers, yelled “Fight, fight, fight!” and didn’t care if a fireman died.
When Donald knew there was a real threat to his life, he hid in a catering truck and didn’t care if his staff died in the decoy plane.
When Donald knew there was a real threat to his life, he hid in a catering truck and didn’t care if his staff died in the decoy plane.
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2/ Its board is chaired by former PM John Howard & includes former PM Tony Abbot. It finances "Western Civilisation" undergraduate degrees at Australian universities.
www.ramsaycentre.org/news-and-med...
THE GREENS greens.org.au/news/speech/...
www.greenleft.org.au/2018/1187/ne...
www.ramsaycentre.org/news-and-med...
THE GREENS greens.org.au/news/speech/...
www.greenleft.org.au/2018/1187/ne...
Western civilisation courses among most competitive in Australia - The Ramsay Centre
Sydney, 20 April 2022: Times Higher Education recently published this news article online. For the full article as it appears on the Times Higher Education website click here By John Ross, Asia-Pacific Editor. Published April 14 2022 While staff hostility towards philanthropically backed humanities courses has not abated, entry and satisfaction scores suggest students take […]
www.ramsaycentre.org
September 4, 2026 at 11:19 PM
2/ Its board is chaired by former PM John Howard & includes former PM Tony Abbot. It finances "Western Civilisation" undergraduate degrees at Australian universities.
www.ramsaycentre.org/news-and-med...
THE GREENS greens.org.au/news/speech/...
www.greenleft.org.au/2018/1187/ne...
www.ramsaycentre.org/news-and-med...
THE GREENS greens.org.au/news/speech/...
www.greenleft.org.au/2018/1187/ne...
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Horrifying
US declares it will accelerate military presence in Australia
US declares it will accelerate military presence in Australia
Defence Minister Richard Marles has met with his US counterpart in Washington DC and discussed an expansion of US presence on Australian military bases.
www.abc.net.au
September 3, 2026 at 10:53 AM
Horrifying
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Thanks to Michael West and team for reporting honestly as the mainstream stenographers ignore the horror in Gaza. #auspol
Israel’s 'Facts on the Ground' - razing Gaza and South Lebanon - Michael West
Israel is destroying evidence in the world's largest crime scenes Gaza and South Lebanon, obliterating Palestinian lives and identity.
michaelwest.com.au
September 2, 2026 at 9:38 AM
Thanks to Michael West and team for reporting honestly as the mainstream stenographers ignore the horror in Gaza. #auspol
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Please watch and share youtu.be/WBPVeqVuOAs?...
Truth About Natalie Harp Just Leaked...
YouTube video by Harry Sisson
youtu.be
August 31, 2026 at 1:04 AM
Please watch and share youtu.be/WBPVeqVuOAs?...
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So #Insiders credit the Left for forcing a retreat on the refugee intake.
I hope this is the start of a return to the parliamentary Left using their influence after a period of muted compliance.
Would be great to see a pushback on AUKUS, militarism and neoliberalism.
I hope this is the start of a return to the parliamentary Left using their influence after a period of muted compliance.
Would be great to see a pushback on AUKUS, militarism and neoliberalism.
August 29, 2026 at 11:27 PM
So #Insiders credit the Left for forcing a retreat on the refugee intake.
I hope this is the start of a return to the parliamentary Left using their influence after a period of muted compliance.
Would be great to see a pushback on AUKUS, militarism and neoliberalism.
I hope this is the start of a return to the parliamentary Left using their influence after a period of muted compliance.
Would be great to see a pushback on AUKUS, militarism and neoliberalism.
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A valediction.
My @smh @theage cartoon.
My @smh @theage cartoon.
August 27, 2026 at 9:04 PM
A valediction.
My @smh @theage cartoon.
My @smh @theage cartoon.
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Onya Nick. 👍🏾
In which @nickmckim.bsky.social delivers a truth bomb (with delightful swears) to Dave Hughes.
In related news, I am quite fond of Nick McKim.
#auspol
In related news, I am quite fond of Nick McKim.
#auspol
August 26, 2026 at 10:22 PM
Onya Nick. 👍🏾
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Everywhere.
My @smh @theage cartoon.
My @smh @theage cartoon.
August 26, 2026 at 10:18 PM
Everywhere.
My @smh @theage cartoon.
My @smh @theage cartoon.
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Uninvited.
My @smh and @theage cartoon.
My @smh and @theage cartoon.
August 19, 2026 at 9:29 PM
Uninvited.
My @smh and @theage cartoon.
My @smh and @theage cartoon.