David

David

@dvdhlo.bsky.social

Social Policy researcher, Tasmanian, Quaker, lots of other things.

165 Followers 217 Following 121 Posts Joined Nov 2024
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Two robodebt officials engaged in serious corrupt conduct, Nacc finds, but Scott Morrison cleared Anti-corruption watchdog makes adverse findings against two former public servants but clears four other individuals

Robodebt was the worst failure of public administration in Australian history. It raised est. $1.73 bn of illegitimate debts from over 430,000 vulnerable Australians and plunged thousands of families into distress and grief. And still no real consequences.

www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

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6 days ago
How we blocked people in the 1980s

New phone...Who dis?

“There cannot be mental atrophy in any person who continues to observe, to remember what he observes, and to seek answers for his unceasing hows and whys about things.”
— #AlexanderGrahamBellDay

The Influence of Alexander Graham Bell 🧪
gallaudet.edu/museum/exhib...

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Hello, when you use the idiom “perfect is the enemy of good,” that’s intended for skills and hobbies, not as a justification to vote for politicians that will fund genocides.

Thanks

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Podcast - Pulling the Thread: How Everything That’s Overwhelming Us Right Now is Connected From bombed oil fields to your grocery data to a cringe-worthy singing MP in Canberra - the single logic behind our most alarming news stories, and why seeing it clearly is the first act of resistance

From Sue Barrett
Podcast - Pulling the Thread: How Everything That’s Overwhelming Us Right Now is Connected open.substack.com/pub/suebarre...

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Westminster Meeting House raided by Metropolitan Police again. Statement: “For Quakers, faith and action are inseparable. Peaceful protest, prayer and nonviolent action are integral parts of many Quakers' religious life.

Whilst we take the planning of criminal acts very seriously, we believe that this incident is a deliberate targeting of committed young people who want to make our country a more equitable place. This raid is part of a systematic stifling of dissent.

That this is the second time in a year that the police have raided our meeting house dramatically illuminates the broader trend in the UK of cracking down on those who disagree with the government. The right to protest is fundamental to our democracy. It's a key part of how people make their voices heard between elections.” – Oliver Robertson, Head of Witness and Worship
Quakers in Britain, 5 March 2026

Yesterday evening, for the second time in a year, the Met Police raided Westminster Quaker Meeting House and arrested a number of young nonviolent activists.

STATEMENT: www.quaker.org.uk/news-and-eve...

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Quaker Meeting House raided by Metropolitan Police again Yesterday evening, 5 March 2026, for the second time in a year, the Metropolitan Police raided a Quaker Meeting House and arrested a number of young nonviolent activists who were meeting there, on the...

#Quakers
#PeaceAndJustice
#PeacefulCivilResistance to #Injustice #Corruption
#StateRepression
www.quaker.org.uk/news-and-eve...

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Tested the line this morning - on hold for 90 minutes and the auto-script is directing me to hang up and consult the website to resolve my issues

I've gone to the website and, welp - it's down

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Spanish PM "If we really care about Iranian women we need to stop blowing them up."

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There is no just war - QUNO In 1660, George Fox and other early Quakers presented King Charles II of England with a declaration outlining core Quaker beliefs. At QUNO, grounded in Quaker

“We utterly deny all outward wars and strife and fightings with outward weapons, for any end...” QUNO echoes the testimony of #Quaker leader George Fox nearly 400 years ago. We mourn the lives lost and call for an end to military action in #Iran: https://quno.org/newsroom/there-is-no-just-war/

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Can you spare a minute to help this campaign? Enforce losing sounds in Australian poker machines

c.org/KjM5BJ2Xz9

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I can always tell when I'm up too late because after 10 PM my feed gets taken over by Australian politics I don't understand

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I think about this Tony Benn speech much more than I used to

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Damn i wonder who this guy speaking out against the Iraq War is. Wonder what he's up to these days

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BREAKING: Trump hails strikes on Iran as “roaring success” as talk of Epstein files drops by over 90%

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The image presents a study design, with sections labelled 'a' to 'd'. Section a outlines primary and secondary study objectives: association between two doses of RZV and reduced dementia risk in adults over 65. Sections b and d show KPSC EHR search flow, RZV vaccination status.

Vaccination with two doses of recombinant zoster vaccine is associated with a 51 percent reduction in the risk of dementia in adults over 65 years, reports a study published in Nature Communications. go.nature.com/4aHg6rM #medsky 🧪

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This is the front cover of the new edition of @thelancet.com (thanks to @profstevegriffin.bsky.social for sharing) #HealthPolicy #Science 🧪🧵

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“Sometimes as Prime Minister you need to make the tough calls."

theshovel.com.au/2026/02/25/b...

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2 weeks ago
Albanese, selfie with Trump. Both grinning. Both sickening.

This bloke says he’s disgusted by the Andrew formerly known as Prince.

Here he is grinning like a fucking idiot in a selfie with a rapist and associate of Epstein.

Seriously, he can’t be this ignorant, or expect us to be this ignorant.

#AusPol

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2 weeks ago

A Neighbourhood House can’t get a stove hot plate fixed (Homes Tasmania are landlords), yet Libs can throw $10 million at a convention centre.

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Social media post:
Image of two hospital ships bearing red crosses near each other flying the Danish flag.
My country, Denmark,
Is going to send two mental hospital ships to the US to treat the government.
You're welcome.

But only two?

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please..

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🤣🤣

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Convicted rapist runs One Nation election campaign Pauline Hanson's party has quietly rehired convicted sex offender Sean Black a second time — this time as campaign director.

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-02...

That’s the party surging in the polls. Thats who they are.

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3 weeks ago

This is satire!!!! It hassss to be

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