David Branch
@dbranch9.bsky.social
Retired ex-CIO, living in Wadawarrung country 🇦🇺. Exiled long-suffering Norwich City supporter. 1/8th Canadian 🇨🇦.
Climate action now. I hate corruption in politics so I hate the LNP, Tories and the GOP.
I get my daily Ukraine update from balloon-juice.com.
Climate action now. I hate corruption in politics so I hate the LNP, Tories and the GOP.
I get my daily Ukraine update from balloon-juice.com.
My new hobby - watching porch pirate videos
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Top 10 Porch Pirate Fails 😂 (Caught On Ring Doorbell) Part 10
YouTube video by Daily Door Cam (SUBSCRIBE)
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November 29, 2025 at 7:02 AM
My new hobby - watching porch pirate videos
www.youtube.com/shorts/mzf5G...
www.youtube.com/shorts/mzf5G...
That’s just what we wanted to hear in Victoria and Tasmania. More (relatively for Australia of course) cold and windy weather for the start of summer.
This is the best forecast for Australia IMO, not just what but why as well
youtu.be/Ri2yomNm9wQ?...
This is the best forecast for Australia IMO, not just what but why as well
youtu.be/Ri2yomNm9wQ?...
Oz: December may kick off cold, windy, wet in south-east (27/11/25)
YouTube video by WeatherWatchTV
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November 27, 2025 at 12:52 AM
That’s just what we wanted to hear in Victoria and Tasmania. More (relatively for Australia of course) cold and windy weather for the start of summer.
This is the best forecast for Australia IMO, not just what but why as well
youtu.be/Ri2yomNm9wQ?...
This is the best forecast for Australia IMO, not just what but why as well
youtu.be/Ri2yomNm9wQ?...
Walking Wombats - The job you never knew you needed
YouTube video by Australia Zoo
youtu.be
November 26, 2025 at 4:36 AM
Stop fucking outsourcing skilled jobs to poorly trained low paid staff. This Labor government isn’t worthy of the name. They’re just the New Liberals. #auspol
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
‘The whole thing stinks’: outsourced ATO call centre workers shocked by conditions as callers complain about inexperienced staff
Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand also say the ATO’s ‘phone system just doesn’t work’
www.theguardian.com
November 23, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Stop fucking outsourcing skilled jobs to poorly trained low paid staff. This Labor government isn’t worthy of the name. They’re just the New Liberals. #auspol
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
So, US citizens’ movements are being tracked and they are being stopped based on ‘suspicious behaviour’.
I’m guessing Palantir is running this
youtu.be/MQxw9fhmBv4?...
I’m guessing Palantir is running this
youtu.be/MQxw9fhmBv4?...
Secretive Border Patrol program is detaining US citizens for ‘suspicious’ travel
YouTube video by Associated Press
youtu.be
November 23, 2025 at 7:48 AM
So, US citizens’ movements are being tracked and they are being stopped based on ‘suspicious behaviour’.
I’m guessing Palantir is running this
youtu.be/MQxw9fhmBv4?...
I’m guessing Palantir is running this
youtu.be/MQxw9fhmBv4?...
Reposted by David Branch
I thought this was going to turn into a story needing its own True Crime Netflix series, but no.
This is quite something.
metro.co.uk/2025/11/18/w...
This is quite something.
metro.co.uk/2025/11/18/w...
'We invited a homeless man for dinner - he stayed for 45 years'
The man was only meant to stay for a day.
metro.co.uk
November 18, 2025 at 2:35 PM
I thought this was going to turn into a story needing its own True Crime Netflix series, but no.
This is quite something.
metro.co.uk/2025/11/18/w...
This is quite something.
metro.co.uk/2025/11/18/w...
Ive just discovered Fesshole.
😂😂
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Fesshole Live is hitting the road! See us in Leicester and Leeds – tickets out now. Then it’s the Sweden Tour (Malmö, Göteborg, Stockholm) and Anon Opin in London and Leicester. https://sites.google.com/view/fesshole
November 16, 2025 at 7:56 AM
Ive just discovered Fesshole.
😂😂
😂😂
😱
November 12, 2025 at 11:30 PM
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Russia’s deficit grows. A tariff on consumer electronics. Don’t rehabilitate Stalin. And more.
youtu.be/BpmwE0742Po?...
youtu.be/BpmwE0742Po?...
Russia: budget deficit grows and new "tax on gadgets"
YouTube video by Steve Rosenberg
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November 12, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Russia’s deficit grows. A tariff on consumer electronics. Don’t rehabilitate Stalin. And more.
youtu.be/BpmwE0742Po?...
youtu.be/BpmwE0742Po?...
I remember reading about at the time and thought it incredible that people would do this. But there again, do you know anyone like this?
“We are talking about people who love guns who perhaps go to shooting ranges or on safari in Africa.”
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
“We are talking about people who love guns who perhaps go to shooting ranges or on safari in Africa.”
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Milan prosecutors investigate alleged ‘sniper tourism’ during Bosnian war
Groups from Italy and elsewhere alleged to have paid Serb soldiers to shoot Sarajevo residents during siege
www.theguardian.com
November 12, 2025 at 3:01 AM
I remember reading about at the time and thought it incredible that people would do this. But there again, do you know anyone like this?
“We are talking about people who love guns who perhaps go to shooting ranges or on safari in Africa.”
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
“We are talking about people who love guns who perhaps go to shooting ranges or on safari in Africa.”
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
If you want to know what’s going on in Russia, Steve Rosenberg of the BBC regularly reviews Russian newspapers. Well worth watching as it adds a great deal to the big picture regarding the war in Ukraine.
The Russian economy is not in good shape.
youtu.be/MgkJREIbo2U?...
The Russian economy is not in good shape.
youtu.be/MgkJREIbo2U?...
Russian paper points out that "almost everything is prohibited" in Russia
YouTube video by Steve Rosenberg
youtu.be
November 11, 2025 at 12:44 AM
If you want to know what’s going on in Russia, Steve Rosenberg of the BBC regularly reviews Russian newspapers. Well worth watching as it adds a great deal to the big picture regarding the war in Ukraine.
The Russian economy is not in good shape.
youtu.be/MgkJREIbo2U?...
The Russian economy is not in good shape.
youtu.be/MgkJREIbo2U?...
30 HITS in 1 Postseason! Blue Jays' Ernie Clement makes HISTORY! 😱 (Every hit!)
YouTube video by MLB
youtu.be
November 7, 2025 at 10:06 AM
If you want to know what happens in Australia when a party is taken over by the Talibangelicals, read this 👇
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Liberal women react with ‘horror’ to abortion comments from Coalition colleagues
Jane Hume says politicians should not be using straightforward legislation as a ‘Trojan horse’ for personal opinions
www.theguardian.com
November 5, 2025 at 7:28 AM
If you want to know what happens in Australia when a party is taken over by the Talibangelicals, read this 👇
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
How did the ‘Puffer Jackets on the Field’ competition go?
#MelbourneCup
#MelbourneCup
November 4, 2025 at 3:34 AM
How did the ‘Puffer Jackets on the Field’ competition go?
#MelbourneCup
#MelbourneCup
One of the best signs I’ve seen
November 4, 2025 at 12:12 AM
One of the best signs I’ve seen
On Insta - too good not to share
November 2, 2025 at 8:46 AM
On Insta - too good not to share
November 2, 2025 at 4:53 AM
So tied up in it I couldn’t even tell you which inning that was. ☹️
November 2, 2025 at 4:21 AM
So tied up in it I couldn’t even tell you which inning that was. ☹️
A broken bat just about sums it up
November 2, 2025 at 4:18 AM
A broken bat just about sums it up
Yamamoto wants to pitch 9 innings doesn’t he cos he missed out last night.
November 2, 2025 at 4:06 AM
Yamamoto wants to pitch 9 innings doesn’t he cos he missed out last night.
Reposted by David Branch
James Earl Jones agrees.
November 2, 2025 at 3:59 AM
James Earl Jones agrees.