Dr Leith Davis
@leith.bsky.social
Australian history; perennial student, post PhD now backed up for another Masters; gardening, family, friends music and fun
Congratulations to DrLeith from a down under follower 🙂
November 15, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Congratulations to DrLeith from a down under follower 🙂
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Albo wants to rush changes to our nature laws in the final week of Parliament before the election. These changes would mean the Environment Minister could not reconsider projects based on new evidence. 🧵
March 24, 2025 at 7:59 AM
Albo wants to rush changes to our nature laws in the final week of Parliament before the election. These changes would mean the Environment Minister could not reconsider projects based on new evidence. 🧵
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This seems like a good time to remind folks of what Hannah Arendt once wrote:
March 25, 2025 at 1:32 AM
This seems like a good time to remind folks of what Hannah Arendt once wrote:
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Alan R MacLeod on Twitter—
"This cartoon is 13 years old, but it could be from today."
"This cartoon is 13 years old, but it could be from today."
March 23, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Alan R MacLeod on Twitter—
"This cartoon is 13 years old, but it could be from today."
"This cartoon is 13 years old, but it could be from today."
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It's enough to give you the sh*ts. @rodcampbell.bsky.social reveals that Tasmanian salmon farms produce 6 times more pollution than all of Tasmania's sewage #OffTheCharts
australiainstitute.org.au/post/the-big...
australiainstitute.org.au/post/the-big...
March 20, 2025 at 1:43 AM
It's enough to give you the sh*ts. @rodcampbell.bsky.social reveals that Tasmanian salmon farms produce 6 times more pollution than all of Tasmania's sewage #OffTheCharts
australiainstitute.org.au/post/the-big...
australiainstitute.org.au/post/the-big...
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Yep. Media, do your fricken job
For the record, Joe Hockey is a defence lobbyist who stands to make millions from defence contracts with the US and other allies. To just describe him in interviews as a former US ambassador and not his CURRENT vested interest role is not just irresponsible, it's lying.
March 20, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Yep. Media, do your fricken job
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Israel is blowing children up again. The images are beyond harrowing.
This ABC news strap reeks of: look what you made me do.
This ABC news strap reeks of: look what you made me do.
March 18, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Israel is blowing children up again. The images are beyond harrowing.
This ABC news strap reeks of: look what you made me do.
This ABC news strap reeks of: look what you made me do.
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One more time, because I’m not afraid of being fired from the VA - and I will NOT let this go quietly.
I don't get personal on main very often, but I spent a few hours writing this, and I want you to read it. It's about my dad and my stepmom, and me, and Stranger Things, and what's happening to the VA right now.
www.cheriepriest.com/blog/the-dep...
www.cheriepriest.com/blog/the-dep...
The Department of Veterans Affairs Gets Well and Truly Fucked — The Haunt*
Sometime in the late 1980s when I was a teenager, I accompanied my dad to the mall. Dad had gotten a pair of un-torn, un-used tickets to Woodstock as a gift and he wanted to have them framed for displ...
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February 20, 2025 at 8:30 PM
One more time, because I’m not afraid of being fired from the VA - and I will NOT let this go quietly.
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Ukraine’s right to independence and territorial integrity must be absolute. Any peace deal must recognise this.
The international community should not concede to aggression and we must not allow Putin’s violence to be rewarded.
The international community should not concede to aggression and we must not allow Putin’s violence to be rewarded.
February 14, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Ukraine’s right to independence and territorial integrity must be absolute. Any peace deal must recognise this.
The international community should not concede to aggression and we must not allow Putin’s violence to be rewarded.
The international community should not concede to aggression and we must not allow Putin’s violence to be rewarded.
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Also known as ‘appeasement’
The Deputy PM is delusional if he thinks not critiquing Trump's plan to illegally take control of another region and displace millions is in our interests. Silence is a political choice. Trump's words and plans echo horrific acts of the past and place us at increased risk of conflict and terrorism.
February 6, 2025 at 6:15 AM
Also known as ‘appeasement’
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Peter Dutton said today about the Coalition's nuclear energy policy that "you would expect a 44 per cent reduction, or of that order, being passed through in energy bill relief".
To say this isn't true and has no basis in the Frontier Economics modelling he cites is an extraordinary understatement.
To say this isn't true and has no basis in the Frontier Economics modelling he cites is an extraordinary understatement.
February 2, 2025 at 6:16 AM
Peter Dutton said today about the Coalition's nuclear energy policy that "you would expect a 44 per cent reduction, or of that order, being passed through in energy bill relief".
To say this isn't true and has no basis in the Frontier Economics modelling he cites is an extraordinary understatement.
To say this isn't true and has no basis in the Frontier Economics modelling he cites is an extraordinary understatement.
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Australian uni Vice-Chancellors are among the highest paid in the world.
You'll be shocked (*shocked*!!!) to discover that higher pay does not lead to a better student experience.
@jack-thrower.bsky.social writes #OffTheCharts
australiainstitute.org.au/post/the-hig...
You'll be shocked (*shocked*!!!) to discover that higher pay does not lead to a better student experience.
@jack-thrower.bsky.social writes #OffTheCharts
australiainstitute.org.au/post/the-hig...
January 30, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Australian uni Vice-Chancellors are among the highest paid in the world.
You'll be shocked (*shocked*!!!) to discover that higher pay does not lead to a better student experience.
@jack-thrower.bsky.social writes #OffTheCharts
australiainstitute.org.au/post/the-hig...
You'll be shocked (*shocked*!!!) to discover that higher pay does not lead to a better student experience.
@jack-thrower.bsky.social writes #OffTheCharts
australiainstitute.org.au/post/the-hig...
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Trying to get some traction on Bluesky as I move from X any reposts of my pub research /work much appreciated @matthew-wright.bsky.social
I don’t drink alcohol so why am I passionate about #ukpubs. The answer is because they provide communities with unique social spaces. They are economically, socially and culturally important. They are sites of our national and local history and heritage
January 1, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Trying to get some traction on Bluesky as I move from X any reposts of my pub research /work much appreciated @matthew-wright.bsky.social
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The level of racism required to liken the first fleet to the first missions going to Mars - a plant with no life whatsoever- is off the charts
January 26, 2025 at 8:34 AM
The level of racism required to liken the first fleet to the first missions going to Mars - a plant with no life whatsoever- is off the charts
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“Ms Ley said Australia's colonisation "could have ended in disaster and collapse", overtaken by the "imperial impulse to extract wealth and rule through naked violence".”
Isn’t that EXACTLY what happened!!!!
Isn’t that EXACTLY what happened!!!!
January 26, 2025 at 9:03 AM
“Ms Ley said Australia's colonisation "could have ended in disaster and collapse", overtaken by the "imperial impulse to extract wealth and rule through naked violence".”
Isn’t that EXACTLY what happened!!!!
Isn’t that EXACTLY what happened!!!!
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Nazis: "that's a nazi salute"
Historians: "that's a nazi salute"
Average person: "that's a nazi salute"
The Media: "Elon Musk makes odd gesture throwing his heart to the crowd."
Historians: "that's a nazi salute"
Average person: "that's a nazi salute"
The Media: "Elon Musk makes odd gesture throwing his heart to the crowd."
January 21, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Nazis: "that's a nazi salute"
Historians: "that's a nazi salute"
Average person: "that's a nazi salute"
The Media: "Elon Musk makes odd gesture throwing his heart to the crowd."
Historians: "that's a nazi salute"
Average person: "that's a nazi salute"
The Media: "Elon Musk makes odd gesture throwing his heart to the crowd."
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How long are we going to keep subsidising these palaces of privilege?
December 7, 2024 at 8:20 PM
How long are we going to keep subsidising these palaces of privilege?
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The Albanese Government committed to rebuilding public sector capacity prior to the 2022 election but reliance on consultants is still an overwhelming feature of its policy making.
The overuse of consultancies leads to bad government decisions ⤵️
australiainstitute.org.au/report/neith... #auspol
The overuse of consultancies leads to bad government decisions ⤵️
australiainstitute.org.au/report/neith... #auspol
December 6, 2024 at 3:54 AM
The Albanese Government committed to rebuilding public sector capacity prior to the 2022 election but reliance on consultants is still an overwhelming feature of its policy making.
The overuse of consultancies leads to bad government decisions ⤵️
australiainstitute.org.au/report/neith... #auspol
The overuse of consultancies leads to bad government decisions ⤵️
australiainstitute.org.au/report/neith... #auspol
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"The bottom line is that every dollar extra Western Australians pay, because we allow the export of domestic gas reserves, is a dollar of windfall profit.
It’s a direct transfer of wealth from Australian households, business & industry to gas producers." - @markogge.bsky.social #auspol
It’s a direct transfer of wealth from Australian households, business & industry to gas producers." - @markogge.bsky.social #auspol
December 8, 2024 at 5:45 AM
"The bottom line is that every dollar extra Western Australians pay, because we allow the export of domestic gas reserves, is a dollar of windfall profit.
It’s a direct transfer of wealth from Australian households, business & industry to gas producers." - @markogge.bsky.social #auspol
It’s a direct transfer of wealth from Australian households, business & industry to gas producers." - @markogge.bsky.social #auspol
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Mad props to @hannahforsyth.bsky.social for her book 'Virtue Capitalists' - everyone should go and read it right now
December 7, 2024 at 10:52 PM
Mad props to @hannahforsyth.bsky.social for her book 'Virtue Capitalists' - everyone should go and read it right now
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Reminder: you don’t have to be good at something to enjoy it, you don’t have to get better at it, you don’t have to monetize it, and it doesn’t have to be useful.
December 1, 2024 at 8:27 PM
Reminder: you don’t have to be good at something to enjoy it, you don’t have to get better at it, you don’t have to monetize it, and it doesn’t have to be useful.
November 21, 2024 at 9:02 PM
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My word of the day (and personal recommendation) is ‘snerdling’ (18th century): nestling cosily beneath the covers and holding off the day a little longer.
Morning.
Morning.
November 16, 2024 at 9:05 AM
My word of the day (and personal recommendation) is ‘snerdling’ (18th century): nestling cosily beneath the covers and holding off the day a little longer.
Morning.
Morning.