John Hampshire
@johnhampshire.bsky.social
X no longer marks the spot for this Australian, a metro media journalist since 1969, interested in tech & especially security, politics, media and common sense. Greetings!
Can't resist this one from @cathywilcox.bsky.social ...
November 14, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Can't resist this one from @cathywilcox.bsky.social ...
Really? Perhaps, but let's face it: America & the world were doomed the instant #Biden decided not to keep his promise to quit after one term. Any "advisers" who urged him to go for another term were spectacularly wrong.
November 3, 2025 at 5:54 AM
Really? Perhaps, but let's face it: America & the world were doomed the instant #Biden decided not to keep his promise to quit after one term. Any "advisers" who urged him to go for another term were spectacularly wrong.
For me, this #Barnaby_Joyce summation by #BernardKeane of #Crikey neatly encapsulates Joyce's preference for Trumpian chaos over constructive contribution. #auspol
October 20, 2025 at 11:05 PM
For me, this #Barnaby_Joyce summation by #BernardKeane of #Crikey neatly encapsulates Joyce's preference for Trumpian chaos over constructive contribution. #auspol
Is this a hidden cost of offshoring customer support? Perhaps an onshore call centre would have had more robust anti-phishing protocols in place... #tech #CyberSecurity
October 13, 2025 at 4:55 AM
Is this a hidden cost of offshoring customer support? Perhaps an onshore call centre would have had more robust anti-phishing protocols in place... #tech #CyberSecurity
Here's a great take on any "new New Deal" thinking from George F Will...
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
October 3, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Here's a great take on any "new New Deal" thinking from George F Will...
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
Quite possibly the Illustrated London News, published from 1842 to 2003...
September 16, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Quite possibly the Illustrated London News, published from 1842 to 2003...
You know, it's beginning to look like #DonaldTrump has mastered the art of sleeping on his feet like a horse, or maybe a donkey... how many times have we seen him sitting at the Resolute desk with his eyes mostly & even totally shut while one of the minions drones on ad nauseam?
September 16, 2025 at 10:18 AM
You know, it's beginning to look like #DonaldTrump has mastered the art of sleeping on his feet like a horse, or maybe a donkey... how many times have we seen him sitting at the Resolute desk with his eyes mostly & even totally shut while one of the minions drones on ad nauseam?
It seems the Polish Foreign Affairs Minister agrees with me...
September 12, 2025 at 1:01 AM
It seems the Polish Foreign Affairs Minister agrees with me...
(sigh) Just what, exactly, is the hold that Mad Vlad #Putin has over #DonaldTrump? A "mistake", my arse!
September 12, 2025 at 12:33 AM
(sigh) Just what, exactly, is the hold that Mad Vlad #Putin has over #DonaldTrump? A "mistake", my arse!
This item comes from a group of Sydney etc journalists... sometimes we're lucky enough to find someone who has the grasp of events and perception to encapsulate something perfectly.
September 9, 2025 at 3:19 AM
This item comes from a group of Sydney etc journalists... sometimes we're lucky enough to find someone who has the grasp of events and perception to encapsulate something perfectly.
Another topical classic from #moir_alan...
September 7, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Another topical classic from #moir_alan...
This just in... "Fox News Host Nails The Nightmare Haunting Republicans At Home, Because Of Trump". Reality starting to bite, it seems. Good.
au.news.yahoo.com/fox-news-hos...
au.news.yahoo.com/fox-news-hos...
September 3, 2025 at 10:42 PM
This just in... "Fox News Host Nails The Nightmare Haunting Republicans At Home, Because Of Trump". Reality starting to bite, it seems. Good.
au.news.yahoo.com/fox-news-hos...
au.news.yahoo.com/fox-news-hos...
Reminded me of this...
August 31, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Reminded me of this...
#Barnaby_Joyce accused of generating a "clown show" with his efforts to zero in on net zero... But who knew he sometimes moonlighted in #TheSopranos? #auspol
www.thenewdaily.com.au/news/politic...
www.thenewdaily.com.au/news/politic...
August 25, 2025 at 7:00 AM
#Barnaby_Joyce accused of generating a "clown show" with his efforts to zero in on net zero... But who knew he sometimes moonlighted in #TheSopranos? #auspol
www.thenewdaily.com.au/news/politic...
www.thenewdaily.com.au/news/politic...
Re what Australians call postal votes, here's a link that covers our Electoral Commission's security: www.aec.gov.au/FAQs/integri.... Also, in our compulsory voting system, here's a recent reference to the total of "multiple mark-offs" — not just fraud, as in fact they're usually just mistakes.
August 19, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Re what Australians call postal votes, here's a link that covers our Electoral Commission's security: www.aec.gov.au/FAQs/integri.... Also, in our compulsory voting system, here's a recent reference to the total of "multiple mark-offs" — not just fraud, as in fact they're usually just mistakes.
With at least 100k on the Sydney Harbour Bridge & another 100k or so behind them in appalling weather for a pro-Palestine march, all #Israel can do is point to a single person to dismiss the vast crowds as allied with "fundamentalist Islam". Clearly the inmates are in charge of the #Israeli asylum.
August 4, 2025 at 9:42 PM
I love this Carl Jung intro quote from Graeber & Wengrow's "The Dawn of Everything". A new zeitgeist is in the making. The "mood" is making itself felt in response to the inhuman excesses of capitalism's paradigm. Translation: #Trump is doing us a favour by accelerating change.
July 19, 2025 at 1:44 PM
I love this Carl Jung intro quote from Graeber & Wengrow's "The Dawn of Everything". A new zeitgeist is in the making. The "mood" is making itself felt in response to the inhuman excesses of capitalism's paradigm. Translation: #Trump is doing us a favour by accelerating change.
Another interesting #CyberSecurity & #PhishingAlert to take on board: using RCS or iMessage instead of plain old SMS can be a wealth hazard.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07...
July 16, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Another interesting #CyberSecurity & #PhishingAlert to take on board: using RCS or iMessage instead of plain old SMS can be a wealth hazard.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07...
"We have a PERFECT Administration, the TALK OF THE WORLD!" says @realDonaldTrump. The "talk of the world" all right, but only because #Trump seems unhinged. Will the US and Americans survive Trump's presidency? I recall his mother saying something like, "Heaven help us if he goes into politics".
July 13, 2025 at 6:32 AM
"We have a PERFECT Administration, the TALK OF THE WORLD!" says @realDonaldTrump. The "talk of the world" all right, but only because #Trump seems unhinged. Will the US and Americans survive Trump's presidency? I recall his mother saying something like, "Heaven help us if he goes into politics".
Yeah, thanks a lot, #tedobrienmp, don't call us, we'll call you... maybe. Ted's response to the #RBA's non-event has the weirdly desperate overtones that were a feature of his pre-election flogging of #nuclear everything. Australia is doing very well thanks, on #OECD etc metrics
July 8, 2025 at 7:38 AM
Yeah, thanks a lot, #tedobrienmp, don't call us, we'll call you... maybe. Ted's response to the #RBA's non-event has the weirdly desperate overtones that were a feature of his pre-election flogging of #nuclear everything. Australia is doing very well thanks, on #OECD etc metrics
#sussanley displays unexpected strength against the #LiberalAus dinosaurs — Taylor, Stockdale, Alston (as he unwittingly nailed the heart of the matter), Ruddock, Abbott et al — who seek to thwart her efforts to revive the party. Unfortunately. #auspol
insidestory.org.au/a-self-procl...
insidestory.org.au/a-self-procl...
June 30, 2025 at 10:37 PM
#sussanley displays unexpected strength against the #LiberalAus dinosaurs — Taylor, Stockdale, Alston (as he unwittingly nailed the heart of the matter), Ruddock, Abbott et al — who seek to thwart her efforts to revive the party. Unfortunately. #auspol
insidestory.org.au/a-self-procl...
insidestory.org.au/a-self-procl...