Dave Versace
@daveversace.bsky.social
Some guy from Canberra. Writes a bit. Games a bit. Tries not to become infuriated with the state of the world or go outside. Likes dogs. Trans rights are human rights. Science doesn't care about your beliefs. ACAB. AWAWB.
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Important to understand the Epstein stuff and the fascism and the corruption are, in a lot of ways, really all the same story from different angles: powerful men who can and do abuse vulnerable people around them because they can, and because systems of elite accountability catastrophically failed
November 12, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Important to understand the Epstein stuff and the fascism and the corruption are, in a lot of ways, really all the same story from different angles: powerful men who can and do abuse vulnerable people around them because they can, and because systems of elite accountability catastrophically failed
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I had stories out in 2025! Seven stories! Please consider them:
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Awards Eligibilty 2025
I’ve spent most of this year concentrating on novel writing, and am about to complete the first draft (literally the hero is facing off with the villain right this minute), but that doesn’t mean my…
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November 12, 2025 at 3:57 PM
I had stories out in 2025! Seven stories! Please consider them:
louisehugheswrites.wordpress.com/2025/11/12/a...
louisehugheswrites.wordpress.com/2025/11/12/a...
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Happy birthday to Wallace Shawn, best known to #StarTrek fans as Grand Nagus Zek on #StarTrekDS9. In addition to being a playwright, he's also known for iconic roles like Vizzini in The Princess Bride and Rex in the Toy Story movies—and dozens more.
November 12, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Happy birthday to Wallace Shawn, best known to #StarTrek fans as Grand Nagus Zek on #StarTrekDS9. In addition to being a playwright, he's also known for iconic roles like Vizzini in The Princess Bride and Rex in the Toy Story movies—and dozens more.
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valve: this is the steam machi-
the collective internet: gabecube
the collective internet: gabecube
November 12, 2025 at 6:35 PM
valve: this is the steam machi-
the collective internet: gabecube
the collective internet: gabecube
I would find the imminent ousting of Keir Starmer immeasurably funnier if not for the fact that he'll be replaced by someone even more inept and amoral.
November 12, 2025 at 7:27 PM
I would find the imminent ousting of Keir Starmer immeasurably funnier if not for the fact that he'll be replaced by someone even more inept and amoral.
I am so tired of people with the power to make the world better who lack the integrity to exercise it
November 12, 2025 at 10:38 AM
I am so tired of people with the power to make the world better who lack the integrity to exercise it
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In a significantly weirder case, "Sleeping Lady with Black Vase" is a 1928 oil painting by Róbert Berény. It was lost in WWII, and considered looted by the Nazis and likely destroyed afterwards in the chaos... until someone recognized it as set dressing in the movie "Stuart Little."
Yes, really.
Yes, really.
November 11, 2025 at 6:18 PM
In a significantly weirder case, "Sleeping Lady with Black Vase" is a 1928 oil painting by Róbert Berény. It was lost in WWII, and considered looted by the Nazis and likely destroyed afterwards in the chaos... until someone recognized it as set dressing in the movie "Stuart Little."
Yes, really.
Yes, really.
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Are you an Australian author of SFF with a book published this year? You have until the end of the month to enter it for the Aurealis Awards.
aurealisawards.org/entry-forms/
aurealisawards.org/entry-forms/
Entry forms
Aurealis Awards entries opened 10 August 2025 and will close on November 30 2025 – please note that the eligible works are INCLUSIVE of all works published in December. ENTER HERE Nomination…
aurealisawards.org
November 10, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Are you an Australian author of SFF with a book published this year? You have until the end of the month to enter it for the Aurealis Awards.
aurealisawards.org/entry-forms/
aurealisawards.org/entry-forms/
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Jupiter says trans rights
🔭 Jupiter in Ultraviolet from Hubble
Image Credit: NASA, ESA, Hubble; Processing & License: Judy Schmidt
star.ucl.ac.uk/~apod/apod/a...
Image Credit: NASA, ESA, Hubble; Processing & License: Judy Schmidt
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November 11, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Jupiter says trans rights
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For some reason the media is not mentioning that the reason GTA6 is being delayed is they fired 40 staff over threats of unionization and now the rest of their staff are revolting
November 6, 2025 at 9:21 PM
For some reason the media is not mentioning that the reason GTA6 is being delayed is they fired 40 staff over threats of unionization and now the rest of their staff are revolting
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"Howard’s laws were also strong enough to let Labor block Woodside’s enormous North West Shelf gas expansion if Plibersek or Watt had wanted to. It wasn’t the laws that were too weak to stop those projects, it was the ministers."
Damned fucking right.
Damned fucking right.
It wasn’t the laws that were too weak to stop those projects, it was the ministers
The Prime Minister is betting that by 2028 people will forget the North West Shelf and EPBC backflips, but it would be a brave backbencher willing to make that same bet.
thepoint.com.au
November 7, 2025 at 5:40 AM
"Howard’s laws were also strong enough to let Labor block Woodside’s enormous North West Shelf gas expansion if Plibersek or Watt had wanted to. It wasn’t the laws that were too weak to stop those projects, it was the ministers."
Damned fucking right.
Damned fucking right.
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The reason our environmental laws are bad is because they fail to protect the environment from the endless capitulation of cowards.
November 7, 2025 at 5:43 AM
The reason our environmental laws are bad is because they fail to protect the environment from the endless capitulation of cowards.
This is fucking psychotic
There are no words for how evil this is
November 7, 2025 at 4:44 AM
This is fucking psychotic
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"World's first potential trillionaire has killed 600,000 people, including 400,000 children" is the only headline that anyone should ever read about Elon Musk
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 7, 2025 at 1:33 AM
"World's first potential trillionaire has killed 600,000 people, including 400,000 children" is the only headline that anyone should ever read about Elon Musk
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Wondering why no one likes your posts anymore, even among your friends? It's because @jay.bsky.team and team have decided to hide a huge amount of content from all of our feeds by default.
Here's how to turn it off.
First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner
Here's how to turn it off.
First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner
November 6, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Wondering why no one likes your posts anymore, even among your friends? It's because @jay.bsky.team and team have decided to hide a huge amount of content from all of our feeds by default.
Here's how to turn it off.
First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner
Here's how to turn it off.
First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner
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✍️ Add your name to the petition telling Parliament to NOT gut our environment laws!
nb.australiainstitute.org.au/dont_gut_env...
nb.australiainstitute.org.au/dont_gut_env...
✍️ PETITION: Don't Gut Australia's Environment Laws
nb.australiainstitute.org.au
November 5, 2025 at 6:52 AM
✍️ Add your name to the petition telling Parliament to NOT gut our environment laws!
nb.australiainstitute.org.au/dont_gut_env...
nb.australiainstitute.org.au/dont_gut_env...
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“He doesn’t have a mandate” are you fucking kidding? Dick Cheney died the day Zohran is elected he has the mandate of HEAVEN
November 5, 2025 at 3:00 AM
“He doesn’t have a mandate” are you fucking kidding? Dick Cheney died the day Zohran is elected he has the mandate of HEAVEN
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It’s cool that Chuck Schumer, Kiersten Gillibrand, and Hakeem Jeffries just proved to every future dem that establishment approval is irrelevant tbh
Q: It's election day in NYC. Did you vote for Mamdani or Cuomo?
Schumer: "Look, I voted, and I look forward to working with the next mayor to help NYC."
Schumer: "Look, I voted, and I look forward to working with the next mayor to help NYC."
November 5, 2025 at 2:27 AM
It’s cool that Chuck Schumer, Kiersten Gillibrand, and Hakeem Jeffries just proved to every future dem that establishment approval is irrelevant tbh
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This account will be equal parts hopeful and gloating for the rest of the evening. To that end: Pour one out for the pile of NYC billionaire money that was utterly incinerated tonight!
November 5, 2025 at 2:40 AM
This account will be equal parts hopeful and gloating for the rest of the evening. To that end: Pour one out for the pile of NYC billionaire money that was utterly incinerated tonight!
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OpenAI pirated large numbers of books and used them to train models.
OpenAI then deleted the dataset with the pirated books, and employees sent each other messages about doing so.
A lawsuit could now force the company to pay $150,000 per book, adding up to billions in damages.
OpenAI then deleted the dataset with the pirated books, and employees sent each other messages about doing so.
A lawsuit could now force the company to pay $150,000 per book, adding up to billions in damages.
November 4, 2025 at 3:30 PM
OpenAI pirated large numbers of books and used them to train models.
OpenAI then deleted the dataset with the pirated books, and employees sent each other messages about doing so.
A lawsuit could now force the company to pay $150,000 per book, adding up to billions in damages.
OpenAI then deleted the dataset with the pirated books, and employees sent each other messages about doing so.
A lawsuit could now force the company to pay $150,000 per book, adding up to billions in damages.
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All day, many of you have been asking for a Cheney obituary from me. Get ready:
His Works Completed, Dick Cheney, Mass Murderer of Iraqis and American Democracy, Dies
As much as the Trumpists claim to disavow the War on Terror, they walk a path paved by the most powerful vice president in U.S. history.
www.thenation.com
November 4, 2025 at 5:55 PM
All day, many of you have been asking for a Cheney obituary from me. Get ready:
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Be proud, fellow neurodivergents: I overrode the ADHD long enough to actually read ALL the directions of a recipe first rather than blindly diving in only to realize at a crucial moment that the next step should have been prepared ahead of time.
Many a planned recipe has been thwarted this way.
Many a planned recipe has been thwarted this way.
November 4, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Be proud, fellow neurodivergents: I overrode the ADHD long enough to actually read ALL the directions of a recipe first rather than blindly diving in only to realize at a crucial moment that the next step should have been prepared ahead of time.
Many a planned recipe has been thwarted this way.
Many a planned recipe has been thwarted this way.
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pleased to advise that I have completed another rant about the #socialmedia #ageassurance shit in #australia
hey.paris/posts/ageass...
#auspol
hey.paris/posts/ageass...
#auspol
Australia's social media ban… A looming implementation disaster
Australia’s world-first ban on social media for children under 16 takes effect in just over a month on December 10, 2025, yet nobody knows exactly how it will work.
The Online Safety Amendment (Social...
hey.paris
November 4, 2025 at 8:07 AM
pleased to advise that I have completed another rant about the #socialmedia #ageassurance shit in #australia
hey.paris/posts/ageass...
#auspol
hey.paris/posts/ageass...
#auspol
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It's so strange. Back in mid 2000s, I really thought that the day Dick Cheney died would be one of joy and celebration. And I was correct.
November 4, 2025 at 5:46 PM
It's so strange. Back in mid 2000s, I really thought that the day Dick Cheney died would be one of joy and celebration. And I was correct.