Dave Bath
@davebath.bsky.social
Greybeard leftie West Victorian. Biologist by training, computer nerd since punched paper tape days by trade, until body said "nope". Soothed by Bach and hopes of seeing a Cats AFLW flag.
@instanterudite.bsky.social - The little red books really stand out, especially about a lot of black books (my eyes, shot, give me an impressionist view). Loebs? My reds are the Cicero with De Finibus, the Suetonius with Claudius, and Lucretius. If you've only 1-6, they're selective/personal.
November 16, 2025 at 3:11 AM
@instanterudite.bsky.social - The little red books really stand out, especially about a lot of black books (my eyes, shot, give me an impressionist view). Loebs? My reds are the Cicero with De Finibus, the Suetonius with Claudius, and Lucretius. If you've only 1-6, they're selective/personal.
More MPs means more snouts?
Well, it might cost lobbyists more if they have to bribe more independents, or pay the back rooms more because more party room members are harder to pay off. More post-parliamentary posts are harder to find too.
More chance news of bribery might leak.
Well, it might cost lobbyists more if they have to bribe more independents, or pay the back rooms more because more party room members are harder to pay off. More post-parliamentary posts are harder to find too.
More chance news of bribery might leak.
November 16, 2025 at 1:50 AM
More MPs means more snouts?
Well, it might cost lobbyists more if they have to bribe more independents, or pay the back rooms more because more party room members are harder to pay off. More post-parliamentary posts are harder to find too.
More chance news of bribery might leak.
Well, it might cost lobbyists more if they have to bribe more independents, or pay the back rooms more because more party room members are harder to pay off. More post-parliamentary posts are harder to find too.
More chance news of bribery might leak.
The ABC, terrified of being seen as "biased"?
Actually, terrified of being seen as even slightly even-handed by the worst, and most powerful, sort - the sort that have perverted the ALP.
And thus the ABC have, ironically, been MADE (or made themselves) biased.
Actually, terrified of being seen as even slightly even-handed by the worst, and most powerful, sort - the sort that have perverted the ALP.
And thus the ABC have, ironically, been MADE (or made themselves) biased.
November 16, 2025 at 1:43 AM
The ABC, terrified of being seen as "biased"?
Actually, terrified of being seen as even slightly even-handed by the worst, and most powerful, sort - the sort that have perverted the ALP.
And thus the ABC have, ironically, been MADE (or made themselves) biased.
Actually, terrified of being seen as even slightly even-handed by the worst, and most powerful, sort - the sort that have perverted the ALP.
And thus the ABC have, ironically, been MADE (or made themselves) biased.
The problem with the ABC interviewing them is not whether we give a shit about the LNP's policies, it's that the ABC never asks, especially forensically, whether the LNP and their policies give a shit about us.
November 14, 2025 at 6:45 AM
The problem with the ABC interviewing them is not whether we give a shit about the LNP's policies, it's that the ABC never asks, especially forensically, whether the LNP and their policies give a shit about us.
"it is impossible to even imagine any single party ever having a Senate majority." ...
The problem is LNP and ALP act as a coalition, with a super majority, on every issue where they have, or seek, significant common donors - and seems ESPECIALLY true whenever good governance is an issue. via grok:
The problem is LNP and ALP act as a coalition, with a super majority, on every issue where they have, or seek, significant common donors - and seems ESPECIALLY true whenever good governance is an issue. via grok:
November 14, 2025 at 6:24 AM
"it is impossible to even imagine any single party ever having a Senate majority." ...
The problem is LNP and ALP act as a coalition, with a super majority, on every issue where they have, or seek, significant common donors - and seems ESPECIALLY true whenever good governance is an issue. via grok:
The problem is LNP and ALP act as a coalition, with a super majority, on every issue where they have, or seek, significant common donors - and seems ESPECIALLY true whenever good governance is an issue. via grok:
Perhaps "A Canticle for Liebowitz", with a dark age treating our archives as relics, monks making illuminated manuscripts of circuit diagrams they don't comprehend, preserving them until they can be understood. A funny, tragic, poetic book with (unfortunately) renewed relevance.
November 12, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Perhaps "A Canticle for Liebowitz", with a dark age treating our archives as relics, monks making illuminated manuscripts of circuit diagrams they don't comprehend, preserving them until they can be understood. A funny, tragic, poetic book with (unfortunately) renewed relevance.
OECD stats show Australians skip health consultations (not just specialists) because of cost far more than other OECD countries (where data available) other than the USA. Almost 20% of Australians over 16yo did it last year.
Source: data-explorer.oecd.org
Source: data-explorer.oecd.org
November 11, 2025 at 10:16 PM
OECD stats show Australians skip health consultations (not just specialists) because of cost far more than other OECD countries (where data available) other than the USA. Almost 20% of Australians over 16yo did it last year.
Source: data-explorer.oecd.org
Source: data-explorer.oecd.org
I wonder which of the two main alpha-alphas Elon identifies with most - Achilles who sulks all the time, or Agamemnon who more than ego and bad temper than anything else (and, in backstory, who treats his kid so badly and comes to such a messy end)
November 11, 2025 at 2:39 AM
I wonder which of the two main alpha-alphas Elon identifies with most - Achilles who sulks all the time, or Agamemnon who more than ego and bad temper than anything else (and, in backstory, who treats his kid so badly and comes to such a messy end)