damon
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Same @damonism as all the other places (probably).
Those who are following the count closer than me: why all the consternation about the postal swings? Wasn’t that accounted for in the matched historic votes?
May 6, 2025 at 4:02 AM
Those who are following the count closer than me: why all the consternation about the postal swings? Wasn’t that accounted for in the matched historic votes?
Old boss: Do you miss it?
Me: No. Sort of. A bit.
Me: No. Sort of. A bit.
May 3, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Old boss: Do you miss it?
Me: No. Sort of. A bit.
Me: No. Sort of. A bit.
Early voting for the 2025 Australian federal election still going gang-busters, substantially more votes than this time in previous elections.
April 29, 2025 at 6:48 AM
Early voting for the 2025 Australian federal election still going gang-busters, substantially more votes than this time in previous elections.
Reposted by damon
Bit of a screed from me about how the website They Vote For You can mislead the voting public.
It has a reputation for being non-partisan and fact-based. This is being misused by partisan campaigners to make misinformation for the middle class.
patleslie.net/blogs/blog_t...
It has a reputation for being non-partisan and fact-based. This is being misused by partisan campaigners to make misinformation for the middle class.
patleslie.net/blogs/blog_t...
How They Vote For You can mislead the voting public
patleslie.net
April 28, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Bit of a screed from me about how the website They Vote For You can mislead the voting public.
It has a reputation for being non-partisan and fact-based. This is being misused by partisan campaigners to make misinformation for the middle class.
patleslie.net/blogs/blog_t...
It has a reputation for being non-partisan and fact-based. This is being misused by partisan campaigners to make misinformation for the middle class.
patleslie.net/blogs/blog_t...
Line goes up – the early voting line, that is.
April 26, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Line goes up – the early voting line, that is.
I’m not sure if anyone is still posting/cares about this stuff, but I dusted off my R skills and ran the early voting numbers for the 2025 Australian federal election. And yep, there are a lot of them – we may beat 2022 at this rate.
April 25, 2025 at 6:54 AM
I’m not sure if anyone is still posting/cares about this stuff, but I dusted off my R skills and ran the early voting numbers for the 2025 Australian federal election. And yep, there are a lot of them – we may beat 2022 at this rate.
With a federal election on the way, my only voting advice is to give your first preference vote to a candidate you think will get less than four per cent of the vote, and save the tax payer $3.386 in public election funding.
March 27, 2025 at 11:57 PM
With a federal election on the way, my only voting advice is to give your first preference vote to a candidate you think will get less than four per cent of the vote, and save the tax payer $3.386 in public election funding.
Birthday boy – 13 today.
March 22, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Birthday boy – 13 today.
I don’t think AusPost will be texting from the Philippines (+63), but also the “you must have interacted with a sender before the link is clickable” thing is a smart and significant roadblock for these sorts of scams.
March 19, 2025 at 2:14 AM
I don’t think AusPost will be texting from the Philippines (+63), but also the “you must have interacted with a sender before the link is clickable” thing is a smart and significant roadblock for these sorts of scams.
Anyone know why they’re apparently running a pipe under Lake Burley Griffin by the Commonwealth Avenue Bridge in Canberra? Is it a light rail thing?
March 18, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Anyone know why they’re apparently running a pipe under Lake Burley Griffin by the Commonwealth Avenue Bridge in Canberra? Is it a light rail thing?
The way that the ACT times its driver’s license expiry means that you can let people know you have a significant birthday coming up by saying you have to get your license renewed.
March 17, 2025 at 8:37 AM
The way that the ACT times its driver’s license expiry means that you can let people know you have a significant birthday coming up by saying you have to get your license renewed.
Was just shat on by a currawong.
February 25, 2025 at 7:48 AM
Was just shat on by a currawong.
As someone who drafts and deletes a lot more posts than I ever post, I love this idea – writing the posts in a notebook and not posting them at all. writingatlarge.com/2025/02/20/h...
How I Use My Notebooks: Twitter Replacement Field Notes
I used to be a heavy Twitter use. I discovered the service pretty early on through webcomic artists like Scott Kurtz, and I found the challenge of crafting short tweets to be a fun writing exercise…
writingatlarge.com
February 24, 2025 at 7:22 AM
As someone who drafts and deletes a lot more posts than I ever post, I love this idea – writing the posts in a notebook and not posting them at all. writingatlarge.com/2025/02/20/h...
Hey look, my old stomping ground. Perfect job for politics nerds (who don’t talk about politics on social media).
New researcher positions in the Parliamentary Library, across politics & public admin, social policy and defence. Here's the link to the PPA job (you can get to the others via APS jobs): www.apsjobs.gov.au/s/job-detail...
APS Jobs
APS Jobs, gateway to the Australian Public Service.
www.apsjobs.gov.au
February 17, 2025 at 7:42 AM
Hey look, my old stomping ground. Perfect job for politics nerds (who don’t talk about politics on social media).
Now that I don’t subscribe to any streaming music services I only discover new music is out by serendipity, so happened to stumble across the fact yesterday that Lacuna Coil have just released a new album centurymedia.bandcamp.com/album/sleepl...
Sleepless Empire (24-bit HD audio), by Lacuna Coil
11 track album
centurymedia.bandcamp.com
February 17, 2025 at 1:53 AM
Now that I don’t subscribe to any streaming music services I only discover new music is out by serendipity, so happened to stumble across the fact yesterday that Lacuna Coil have just released a new album centurymedia.bandcamp.com/album/sleepl...
Irregular Canberra bus ticketing update: On the 182 and for most customers the credit card tap function isn’t working until the driver does something on his console. Weird.
February 16, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Irregular Canberra bus ticketing update: On the 182 and for most customers the credit card tap function isn’t working until the driver does something on his console. Weird.
Dog is currently demanding that everyone goes to bed because he is very tired (because we have had a visitor over during the day and he can’t relax when we have a visitor around).
February 15, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Dog is currently demanding that everyone goes to bed because he is very tired (because we have had a visitor over during the day and he can’t relax when we have a visitor around).
When your regular coffee place has a new staff member and they ask how they can help you.
a man is talking to another man in a store and says i know more than you
Alt: a man is talking to another man in a store and says i know more than you
media.tenor.com
February 14, 2025 at 2:25 AM
When your regular coffee place has a new staff member and they ask how they can help you.
Resisting reading the actual political donations bill because it’s not something you’d do for free but can’t help but think that all the public/media analysis I’ve seen of it in the last few days feels pretty… crap?
February 13, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Resisting reading the actual political donations bill because it’s not something you’d do for free but can’t help but think that all the public/media analysis I’ve seen of it in the last few days feels pretty… crap?
Though anyone who comes near Musk is irrevocably tainted by association, Kill V. Maim somehow remains a banger.
February 13, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Though anyone who comes near Musk is irrevocably tainted by association, Kill V. Maim somehow remains a banger.
I was early and the bus was early and now I’m about to be at work quite early.
February 12, 2025 at 8:30 PM
I was early and the bus was early and now I’m about to be at work quite early.
Good day to post this, I guess. law.unimelb.edu.au/__data/asset...
law.unimelb.edu.au
February 12, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Good day to post this, I guess. law.unimelb.edu.au/__data/asset...
The ABC News website has a sidebar for “World politics” and I read it as “Weird politics” and frankly my version fits better.
February 12, 2025 at 4:24 AM
The ABC News website has a sidebar for “World politics” and I read it as “Weird politics” and frankly my version fits better.