David Crabbe
@oidatsmyleg.bsky.social
Developer, news junkie and occasional social commentator.
Do yourself a favour; if Opeth are in town, go see them.
November 20, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Do yourself a favour; if Opeth are in town, go see them.
Opeth. The Fortitude Music Hall, Brisbane.
November 20, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Opeth. The Fortitude Music Hall, Brisbane.
Well played @australia.theguardian.com.
October 15, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Well played @australia.theguardian.com.
This is normalisation of the domestic deployment of military forces in US cities against political opponents.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/30/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/30/u...
September 30, 2025 at 9:37 PM
This is normalisation of the domestic deployment of military forces in US cities against political opponents.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/30/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/30/u...
It would appear this tree has seen it all, and is unimpressed.
September 22, 2025 at 5:53 AM
It would appear this tree has seen it all, and is unimpressed.
Where things stand? Pretty bloody badly.
What a way to start the day: another extrajudicial attack by the US military and the Trump administration doing their best to turn Kirk into the Horst Wessel of our time.
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/09...
What a way to start the day: another extrajudicial attack by the US military and the Trump administration doing their best to turn Kirk into the Horst Wessel of our time.
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/09...
September 15, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Where things stand? Pretty bloody badly.
What a way to start the day: another extrajudicial attack by the US military and the Trump administration doing their best to turn Kirk into the Horst Wessel of our time.
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/09...
What a way to start the day: another extrajudicial attack by the US military and the Trump administration doing their best to turn Kirk into the Horst Wessel of our time.
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/09...
Oh, yes. Won't anyone think of the car parks?
September 1, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Oh, yes. Won't anyone think of the car parks?
This is why we can't have nice things.
August 22, 2025 at 12:05 PM
This is why we can't have nice things.
So many red flags about this situation.
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/08...
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/08...
August 15, 2025 at 9:21 PM
So many red flags about this situation.
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/08...
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/08...
Informative and engaging event with @richarddenniss.bsky.social and @amyremeikis.bsky.social on the occasion of the launch of Dead Centre by The Australia Institute
@australiainstitute.org.au. Feeling some hope for better policymaking.
@australiainstitute.org.au. Feeling some hope for better policymaking.
August 12, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Informative and engaging event with @richarddenniss.bsky.social and @amyremeikis.bsky.social on the occasion of the launch of Dead Centre by The Australia Institute
@australiainstitute.org.au. Feeling some hope for better policymaking.
@australiainstitute.org.au. Feeling some hope for better policymaking.
To provide this missing context, read the ICRC article and highlighted text below.
I'd have thought this was important information to include in the article. Otherwise people may conclude that Israel's actions in laying waste to Gaza are legitimate.
www.icrc.org/en/law-and-p...
I'd have thought this was important information to include in the article. Otherwise people may conclude that Israel's actions in laying waste to Gaza are legitimate.
www.icrc.org/en/law-and-p...
August 10, 2025 at 3:32 AM
To provide this missing context, read the ICRC article and highlighted text below.
I'd have thought this was important information to include in the article. Otherwise people may conclude that Israel's actions in laying waste to Gaza are legitimate.
www.icrc.org/en/law-and-p...
I'd have thought this was important information to include in the article. Otherwise people may conclude that Israel's actions in laying waste to Gaza are legitimate.
www.icrc.org/en/law-and-p...
He's such a small man. When the times call for a moral stand in the face of starvation and potential genocide, you count on Albanese to try to stick it to the Greens.
August 5, 2025 at 5:29 PM
He's such a small man. When the times call for a moral stand in the face of starvation and potential genocide, you count on Albanese to try to stick it to the Greens.
How dare this Senator do, what I myself would do, in the event of an emergency (in this case representing their constituents)?
June 12, 2025 at 9:28 PM
How dare this Senator do, what I myself would do, in the event of an emergency (in this case representing their constituents)?
For the record, thanks to the kids, this was my attire for the day.
It doesn't matter what you wear if drivers aren't looking.
It doesn't matter what you wear if drivers aren't looking.
June 11, 2025 at 11:03 PM
For the record, thanks to the kids, this was my attire for the day.
It doesn't matter what you wear if drivers aren't looking.
It doesn't matter what you wear if drivers aren't looking.
Strong "Release the Kraken!" vibes.
April 23, 2025 at 2:39 AM
Strong "Release the Kraken!" vibes.
This morning's look. Paris-Roubaix? Tour of Flanders? No, just a commute along (through?) the morass that is the Kedron Brook bikeway at the moment. Parts have had standing water for so long that algae has grown on the concrete.
April 14, 2025 at 10:32 PM
This morning's look. Paris-Roubaix? Tour of Flanders? No, just a commute along (through?) the morass that is the Kedron Brook bikeway at the moment. Parts have had standing water for so long that algae has grown on the concrete.
This article has a lot of useful suggestions; foremost are the need for a reduced speed limit and dedicated, segregated infrastructure.
However, given that the first section discusses drivers looking but not seeing, this part seems like victim blaming.
theconversation.com/sorry-mate-i...
However, given that the first section discusses drivers looking but not seeing, this part seems like victim blaming.
theconversation.com/sorry-mate-i...
April 5, 2025 at 4:15 AM
This article has a lot of useful suggestions; foremost are the need for a reduced speed limit and dedicated, segregated infrastructure.
However, given that the first section discusses drivers looking but not seeing, this part seems like victim blaming.
theconversation.com/sorry-mate-i...
However, given that the first section discusses drivers looking but not seeing, this part seems like victim blaming.
theconversation.com/sorry-mate-i...
By way of comparison, 2019 featured a much more progressive policy platform from the ALP (and some political bravery in providing policies to tackle systemic issues around housing affordability and issues with tax rebates).
April 2, 2025 at 8:09 AM
By way of comparison, 2019 featured a much more progressive policy platform from the ALP (and some political bravery in providing policies to tackle systemic issues around housing affordability and issues with tax rebates).
Always an interesting exercise and worth completing as it may throw up a. Few surprises.
Perhaps the biggest takeaway is the ALP's continued slide towards both social and economic conservatism and its supporters continued denialism of the same.
Perhaps the biggest takeaway is the ALP's continued slide towards both social and economic conservatism and its supporters continued denialism of the same.
April 2, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Always an interesting exercise and worth completing as it may throw up a. Few surprises.
Perhaps the biggest takeaway is the ALP's continued slide towards both social and economic conservatism and its supporters continued denialism of the same.
Perhaps the biggest takeaway is the ALP's continued slide towards both social and economic conservatism and its supporters continued denialism of the same.
It's a Safety Zone. I feel safer already.
Seriously this is a joke and often results in pedestrians having to weave through standing traffic before the lights change.
Seriously this is a joke and often results in pedestrians having to weave through standing traffic before the lights change.
March 27, 2025 at 12:49 AM
It's a Safety Zone. I feel safer already.
Seriously this is a joke and often results in pedestrians having to weave through standing traffic before the lights change.
Seriously this is a joke and often results in pedestrians having to weave through standing traffic before the lights change.
If only we had a federal government that was elected on a platform that supported truth in political advertising laws...
March 13, 2025 at 7:16 AM
If only we had a federal government that was elected on a platform that supported truth in political advertising laws...
"Peter Dutton says" will be the epitaph for the ABC.
The comment is left to stand on its own, its veracity left unchecked. This is not journalism.
The comment is left to stand on its own, its veracity left unchecked. This is not journalism.
March 12, 2025 at 8:07 AM
"Peter Dutton says" will be the epitaph for the ABC.
The comment is left to stand on its own, its veracity left unchecked. This is not journalism.
The comment is left to stand on its own, its veracity left unchecked. This is not journalism.
We gained a water feature.
March 9, 2025 at 7:57 AM
We gained a water feature.
I love how the LNP's answer to congestion is always more roads. If "for some residents, driving is the only option" then that's largely the result of decades of poor urban planning and design, and MOAR ROADS™ isn't going to fix it.
January 31, 2025 at 8:01 AM
I love how the LNP's answer to congestion is always more roads. If "for some residents, driving is the only option" then that's largely the result of decades of poor urban planning and design, and MOAR ROADS™ isn't going to fix it.
Recent roadworks on Adelaide St in the Brisbane CBD uncovered the tram tracks that still run down the centre of the road. Can you imagine how much more pleasant the street would be were it to be pedestrianised with the trams providing public transport?
January 1, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Recent roadworks on Adelaide St in the Brisbane CBD uncovered the tram tracks that still run down the centre of the road. Can you imagine how much more pleasant the street would be were it to be pedestrianised with the trams providing public transport?