David Astle (alias DA)
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David Astle (alias DA)
@dontattempt.bsky.social
Crossword maker. Evenings host ABC Vic. Writer, and Wordplay columnist SMH & The Age. Verbaholic. My views only davidastle.com
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Just gave ChatGPT a writing deadline and now it’s cleaning the house
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Live you life in such a way that you are recorded in Hansard. In a good way. 💔😢💐
February 12, 2026 at 6:57 AM
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Over on threads someone just use ai;dr and we all need to adopt that right quick
February 11, 2026 at 7:56 PM
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Truth be told I sometimes use big words I don't fully understand just to make me sound cleverer and more ambidextrous.
November 7, 2023 at 4:46 PM
Every Cortina is nicknamed Milano now
February 12, 2026 at 7:58 PM
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i'm not doomscrolling i'm scrollmaxxing
February 11, 2026 at 5:06 PM
How do we incentivise people to stop using that word?
February 11, 2026 at 7:57 PM
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Just so we're all clear, the plural of Roomba is Roombae 

Receptionist quietly into phone: Security? Yeah. He's back
February 9, 2026 at 8:00 PM
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This carpet is super fancy! A shag?

This carpet is super! Fancy a shag?

Punctuation matters.
February 9, 2026 at 11:51 PM
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the use of performance enhancing drugs by olympic athletes is getting out of hand
February 9, 2026 at 9:00 PM
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[breaking up with an english major]

me: it's not you it's me

him: it's not me it's I
February 10, 2026 at 5:12 AM
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So tell me about yourself. Okay, that's enough.
August 27, 2025 at 3:48 AM
SICKLY SONGS

Heaving on a Jet Plane
All the Shingle Ladies
The Sound of Mucus
Monster Rash
Sneeze Frame
My Corona
Born to Runs
Love & Infection
Three Times a Malady
Lipstick on your Cholera
February 10, 2026 at 6:31 AM
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May 9, 2025 at 3:37 PM
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February 9, 2026 at 1:44 AM
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The world tongue-twister champion has just been arrested.

I hear they're gonna give him a really tough sentence.
February 9, 2026 at 1:31 AM
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Midwife for sale.
Can deliver.
February 8, 2026 at 9:31 AM
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Her: How’s your anger management therapy going?

Me: Long time no seethe.
July 18, 2025 at 8:52 PM
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NEW WINTER OLYMPIC SPORT: synchronized snow blowing. 🤷🏽‍♂️
February 8, 2026 at 6:14 AM
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My cartoon for this week’s @newscientist.com
February 8, 2026 at 11:29 AM
I was caught on camera stealing from the Botanic Gardens. It was a little orchid
February 8, 2026 at 7:46 PM
If you want something sweet, sugary, fresh, scrumptious and delicious, I can recommend a synonym roll
February 7, 2026 at 8:02 PM
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Ian McKellen performs “The Strangers’ Case” speech from “Sir Thomas More” on Colbert.
February 5, 2026 at 1:07 PM
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CROW (Palindrome)

Deft,
I saw a crow
over us,
a sure vow or caw
as it fed.
February 4, 2026 at 8:05 AM
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i don’t see how The Who doesn’t open for every superb owl
February 4, 2026 at 5:02 PM
That awkward lag between the TV news host and a field reporter is called a TELECHASM
February 4, 2026 at 7:31 PM