Dan Smith
@sirdansmith.bsky.social
I *still* press keyboard keys in specific combinations for money, and in somewhat different combinations for pleasure.
The Groucho Corollary
“whatever club he’s invited to join has been devalued by the invitation”
November 11, 2025 at 4:16 AM
The Groucho Corollary
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I love* how the UK and Australia are currently echoing one another in the worst ways.
The supposed party of labour licking the corporate & xenophobic boot. The national broadcaster trying desperately to appease those who hate it.
The supposed party of labour licking the corporate & xenophobic boot. The national broadcaster trying desperately to appease those who hate it.
November 10, 2025 at 8:34 AM
I love* how the UK and Australia are currently echoing one another in the worst ways.
The supposed party of labour licking the corporate & xenophobic boot. The national broadcaster trying desperately to appease those who hate it.
The supposed party of labour licking the corporate & xenophobic boot. The national broadcaster trying desperately to appease those who hate it.
these people really tell on themselves when they get up a head of steam and just start chanting their personal hate lists
'The oldest hatred, anti-Semitism, is being turbocharged in Australia on the left by look-at-me, keffiyeh-wearing students, academics, gays and Aboriginal activists.'
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Chris Mitchell & the other trollumnists at Unkle Rupert's zine are deeply -- deeply -- weird Boomers.
archive.is/P6jBO
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Chris Mitchell & the other trollumnists at Unkle Rupert's zine are deeply -- deeply -- weird Boomers.
archive.is/P6jBO
archive.is
November 10, 2025 at 5:29 AM
these people really tell on themselves when they get up a head of steam and just start chanting their personal hate lists
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"*warns* of intense competition"
Your regular reminder that those who cheer capitalism actually hate a free market, and want a rigged one.
Your regular reminder that those who cheer capitalism actually hate a free market, and want a rigged one.
November 9, 2025 at 9:54 PM
"*warns* of intense competition"
Your regular reminder that those who cheer capitalism actually hate a free market, and want a rigged one.
Your regular reminder that those who cheer capitalism actually hate a free market, and want a rigged one.
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This is a good article, worth reading.
Gigantic SUVs are a public health threat. Why don’t we treat them like one?
The anti-smoking playbook is worth studying and learning from, and is completely applicable to oversized cars.
Via @davidzipper.bsky.social in @vox.com #CarBloat
Gigantic SUVs are a public health threat. Why don’t we treat them like one?
The anti-smoking playbook is worth studying and learning from, and is completely applicable to oversized cars.
Via @davidzipper.bsky.social in @vox.com #CarBloat
Gigantic SUVs are a public health threat. Why don’t we treat them like one?
The anti-tobacco playbook could help turn the US public against their beloved oversized cars.
www.vox.com
November 7, 2025 at 11:48 PM
This is a good article, worth reading.
Gigantic SUVs are a public health threat. Why don’t we treat them like one?
The anti-smoking playbook is worth studying and learning from, and is completely applicable to oversized cars.
Via @davidzipper.bsky.social in @vox.com #CarBloat
Gigantic SUVs are a public health threat. Why don’t we treat them like one?
The anti-smoking playbook is worth studying and learning from, and is completely applicable to oversized cars.
Via @davidzipper.bsky.social in @vox.com #CarBloat
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we've reached an inflection point where the NBA2K game now looks more realistic than the actual NBA coverage
November 8, 2025 at 3:53 AM
we've reached an inflection point where the NBA2K game now looks more realistic than the actual NBA coverage
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Well, that's settled.
November 8, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Well, that's settled.
seriously just capitalise the acronyms, this is not helping anyone
November 8, 2025 at 1:50 AM
seriously just capitalise the acronyms, this is not helping anyone
I don't get into the city much anymore, and I just noticed that the Dendy is now a Hillsong venue ... Feel that the universe is trolling me at this point
November 7, 2025 at 2:02 AM
I don't get into the city much anymore, and I just noticed that the Dendy is now a Hillsong venue ... Feel that the universe is trolling me at this point
"Sandwich Guy" found not guilty of assault; jury still out on lesser charge of Social Loafing
November 6, 2025 at 9:43 PM
"Sandwich Guy" found not guilty of assault; jury still out on lesser charge of Social Loafing
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lol
November 6, 2025 at 4:47 AM
lol
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In parliament they're trying to kick people off welfare if they're charged by the police... and they're spending billions on stranding refugees on Nauru. Oh and their 'environmental law' changes.
The teachings of Jesus sure do hit some people differently.
The teachings of Jesus sure do hit some people differently.
At the Christian prayer breakfast this week, Attorney-General Michelle Rowland said that the “principles and values that Jesus lived by underpin the role of Australia’s first law officer” and claimed that “our values and faith” guide lawmakers. Read more: rationalist.com.au/australias-a...
#auspol
#auspol
November 6, 2025 at 6:40 AM
In parliament they're trying to kick people off welfare if they're charged by the police... and they're spending billions on stranding refugees on Nauru. Oh and their 'environmental law' changes.
The teachings of Jesus sure do hit some people differently.
The teachings of Jesus sure do hit some people differently.
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Or as Sarina Russo says, “Check out my Louis Vuitton!”
another utter failure of private delivery of public services
“It’s hard to think of another government-funded industry allowed to operate in this way … to continue soaking up so much public money and to spit out so few results.” @jeremypoxon.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
“It’s hard to think of another government-funded industry allowed to operate in this way … to continue soaking up so much public money and to spit out so few results.” @jeremypoxon.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Nearly 90% of jobseekers unable to get long-term work despite millions spent on private job agencies
Employment department’s annual report shows just 11.7% of jobseekers ended up with jobs lasting at least 26 weeks last year
www.theguardian.com
November 3, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Or as Sarina Russo says, “Check out my Louis Vuitton!”
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First they steal your intellectual property then they make your power bills go up then they demand your tax dollars. How good is AI?
BREAKING: OpenAI is requesting US government support to help guarantee financing for the massive investments in AI chips and data centers it needs for expansion, per Bloomberg.
November 6, 2025 at 3:06 AM
First they steal your intellectual property then they make your power bills go up then they demand your tax dollars. How good is AI?
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Um, no?
Or, if you want me to expand on that: Fuck no.
Or, if you want me to expand on that: Fuck no.
At the Christian prayer breakfast this week, Attorney-General Michelle Rowland said that the “principles and values that Jesus lived by underpin the role of Australia’s first law officer” and claimed that “our values and faith” guide lawmakers. Read more: rationalist.com.au/australias-a...
#auspol
#auspol
November 6, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Um, no?
Or, if you want me to expand on that: Fuck no.
Or, if you want me to expand on that: Fuck no.
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I wrote this article! 🙂
This is IMO one of the biggest discoveries of the year, but you haven’t heard about it bc of a NASA press release/embargo stuck bc of the shutdown. I however have no such constraint (we’re tracking it in radio but haven’t finished the paper) so got to write about it! 🔭🧪
This is IMO one of the biggest discoveries of the year, but you haven’t heard about it bc of a NASA press release/embargo stuck bc of the shutdown. I however have no such constraint (we’re tracking it in radio but haven’t finished the paper) so got to write about it! 🔭🧪
A cosmic explosion known as GRB 250702B is by far the longest gamma-ray burst astronomers have ever seen—if it’s even one at all
These Cosmic Outbursts Normally Last for Minutes. This One Went on for Hours—And Nobody Knows Why
A cosmic explosion known as GRB 250702B is by far the longest gamma-ray burst astronomers have ever seen—if it’s even one at all
www.scientificamerican.com
November 5, 2025 at 4:35 PM
I wrote this article! 🙂
This is IMO one of the biggest discoveries of the year, but you haven’t heard about it bc of a NASA press release/embargo stuck bc of the shutdown. I however have no such constraint (we’re tracking it in radio but haven’t finished the paper) so got to write about it! 🔭🧪
This is IMO one of the biggest discoveries of the year, but you haven’t heard about it bc of a NASA press release/embargo stuck bc of the shutdown. I however have no such constraint (we’re tracking it in radio but haven’t finished the paper) so got to write about it! 🔭🧪
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Australian universities could go on a poaching spree ... oh wait the management class vultures have turned them all into toxic cesspits with no academics
This is absolutely the most obvious thing to do. The govt should be shoveling all the funding it can at getting all the researches in the US who have been cut by Trump.
Monique Ryan urges Australia to fast track medical innovation funding as Trump guts research
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
November 5, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Australian universities could go on a poaching spree ... oh wait the management class vultures have turned them all into toxic cesspits with no academics
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I'm boring & repetitive but The Emperor Has No Clothes:
'The CPSU has said Australia’s employment services system are “a complete failure”'; they're not. They generate incomes (profits) for private owners. That's a success. It's both the intent and effect of privatisation.
'The CPSU has said Australia’s employment services system are “a complete failure”'; they're not. They generate incomes (profits) for private owners. That's a success. It's both the intent and effect of privatisation.
November 5, 2025 at 11:05 PM
I'm boring & repetitive but The Emperor Has No Clothes:
'The CPSU has said Australia’s employment services system are “a complete failure”'; they're not. They generate incomes (profits) for private owners. That's a success. It's both the intent and effect of privatisation.
'The CPSU has said Australia’s employment services system are “a complete failure”'; they're not. They generate incomes (profits) for private owners. That's a success. It's both the intent and effect of privatisation.
modern car technology is amazing ... my car key used to be the size of a car key, but advances in engineering mean that it can now be the size of a small child
November 5, 2025 at 9:31 PM
modern car technology is amazing ... my car key used to be the size of a car key, but advances in engineering mean that it can now be the size of a small child
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New favourite example of structural ambiguity
November 5, 2025 at 4:54 AM
New favourite example of structural ambiguity
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this is the most successful a CIA officer has been at toppling a government in years.
November 5, 2025 at 1:13 AM
this is the most successful a CIA officer has been at toppling a government in years.
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Dick Cheney died an old man, safe and comfortable.
This was a blessing he & his administration took from hundreds of thousands of Iraqis.
A good ol’ American monster.
This was a blessing he & his administration took from hundreds of thousands of Iraqis.
A good ol’ American monster.
November 4, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Dick Cheney died an old man, safe and comfortable.
This was a blessing he & his administration took from hundreds of thousands of Iraqis.
A good ol’ American monster.
This was a blessing he & his administration took from hundreds of thousands of Iraqis.
A good ol’ American monster.
Anyone know what this big chungus is (Brisbane) ... Australian hornet maybe, but it's more dull copper than orange
November 4, 2025 at 5:33 AM
Anyone know what this big chungus is (Brisbane) ... Australian hornet maybe, but it's more dull copper than orange