Damon
@thatdamonguy.bsky.social
Changemaker. Stigma smasher. Ice cream destroyer. Dad. Husband.
Veteran, ex-cop & teacher, cannabis advocate, harm reductionist, budding psychonaut, pro saunterer.
Veteran, ex-cop & teacher, cannabis advocate, harm reductionist, budding psychonaut, pro saunterer.
One of the good ones. 🫶🏼
The naturalist Jane Goodall died today at 91. Hope, she argued, is not merely “passive wishful thinking” but a “crucial survival trait.” Revisit a conversation with Goodall, from 2021: nyer.cm/F55JtsS
October 1, 2025 at 10:34 PM
One of the good ones. 🫶🏼
The ANZAC’s were antifa. ✌🏽
September 18, 2025 at 11:10 PM
The ANZAC’s were antifa. ✌🏽
Some perspective, for those that need it.
September 11, 2025 at 3:31 AM
Some perspective, for those that need it.
What an utter shitcunt.
July 25, 2025 at 3:51 AM
What an utter shitcunt.
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Plenty of public schools in Canberra have demountables instead of permanent buildings, but Canberra Girls Grammar received nearly $4m in tax-deductible donations in 2023.
Why are we subsidising swimming pools for private schools instead of fully funding education for every student?
Why are we subsidising swimming pools for private schools instead of fully funding education for every student?
‘Cruel joke’: tax concession drives donations to Australia’s richest private schools and must stop, critics argue
Eleven private schools received more than $3m from donors in 2023, topped by St Aloysius’ College in Sydney with $9.1m
www.theguardian.com
June 25, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Plenty of public schools in Canberra have demountables instead of permanent buildings, but Canberra Girls Grammar received nearly $4m in tax-deductible donations in 2023.
Why are we subsidising swimming pools for private schools instead of fully funding education for every student?
Why are we subsidising swimming pools for private schools instead of fully funding education for every student?
Bunnings have got a sale on lumber and nails this Easter.
April 18, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Bunnings have got a sale on lumber and nails this Easter.
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A paper that understands its responsibility, in a country that knows it when it sees it.
Impressive from Die Zeit. Refuses to show the salute, but calls it out for what it so obviously was.
Headline: “A Hitler Salute is a Hitler Salute is a Hitler Salute”
Impressive from Die Zeit. Refuses to show the salute, but calls it out for what it so obviously was.
Headline: “A Hitler Salute is a Hitler Salute is a Hitler Salute”
January 21, 2025 at 5:50 PM
A paper that understands its responsibility, in a country that knows it when it sees it.
Impressive from Die Zeit. Refuses to show the salute, but calls it out for what it so obviously was.
Headline: “A Hitler Salute is a Hitler Salute is a Hitler Salute”
Impressive from Die Zeit. Refuses to show the salute, but calls it out for what it so obviously was.
Headline: “A Hitler Salute is a Hitler Salute is a Hitler Salute”
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In Australia its a cheaper to cause an oil spill than to get a nursing degree
In Norway they tax their oil industry and give kids free degrees while in Australia we subsidise the oil industry and charge kids a fortune to go to uni
Priorities matter
In Norway they tax their oil industry and give kids free degrees while in Australia we subsidise the oil industry and charge kids a fortune to go to uni
Priorities matter
Accused by a whistleblower of covering up an oil spill that killed dolphins and sea snakes, Santos get fined just $10k 🤯
Santos spends up to $US3.3m per year on a private jet for their executives so I don’t think AUD10k is going to hurt them.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-01...
Santos spends up to $US3.3m per year on a private jet for their executives so I don’t think AUD10k is going to hurt them.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-01...
Gas giant Santos fined $10,000 for 25,000-litre oil spill off Pilbara coast
The energy giant has pleaded guilty to causing an oil spill in 2022, that leaked 25,000 litres of oil off WA's north-west coast. Santos will pay a $10,000 fine and $9,700 in court costs for failing to...
www.abc.net.au
January 7, 2025 at 5:45 AM
In Australia its a cheaper to cause an oil spill than to get a nursing degree
In Norway they tax their oil industry and give kids free degrees while in Australia we subsidise the oil industry and charge kids a fortune to go to uni
Priorities matter
In Norway they tax their oil industry and give kids free degrees while in Australia we subsidise the oil industry and charge kids a fortune to go to uni
Priorities matter
Little fella just had his umbilical cord cut a couple days ago and they’re already celebrating his demise with delicious moist buns.
It’s the 30th of December.
Only 111 days until Easter.
Only 111 days until Easter.
December 30, 2024 at 4:38 AM
Little fella just had his umbilical cord cut a couple days ago and they’re already celebrating his demise with delicious moist buns.
Humanity has put nuclear powered robots on another planet, but we still have to maintain oral hygiene by brushing a paste onto our teeth with plastic bristles every single day.
December 12, 2024 at 1:32 PM
Humanity has put nuclear powered robots on another planet, but we still have to maintain oral hygiene by brushing a paste onto our teeth with plastic bristles every single day.
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So past time to legalise cannabis.
Even when you give police the option to not charge for possessing cannabis they charge 90% of people anyhow.
Did I mention we should just legalise it?
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Even when you give police the option to not charge for possessing cannabis they charge 90% of people anyhow.
Did I mention we should just legalise it?
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
More than 90% of people caught with small amounts of illicit drugs criminalised in NSW despite diversion reforms
Exclusive: Police used discretion to divert just 6.9% of people caught with personal use quantities of drugs from criminal justice system, data shows
www.theguardian.com
December 4, 2024 at 8:10 AM
So past time to legalise cannabis.
Even when you give police the option to not charge for possessing cannabis they charge 90% of people anyhow.
Did I mention we should just legalise it?
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Even when you give police the option to not charge for possessing cannabis they charge 90% of people anyhow.
Did I mention we should just legalise it?
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
While cannabis companies are taking in bulk profit, patients are still struggling to access affordable cannabis medication.
Put patients before profit. #auspol
Put patients before profit. #auspol
Australia’s ‘booming’ medicinal cannabis trade on track this year to quadruple 2022 sales
Australia’s ‘booming’ medicinal cannabis trade on track this year to quadruple 2022 sales
As market nudges $1bn, industry report calls for government to replace current criminalised model with a regulated adult-use approach
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The medicinal cannabis business is “booming”, with Australian sales likely to have quadrupled in the past two years, according to a new report.
The annual Cannabis in Australia report released by the Penington Institute, a research organisation that promotes harm reduction approaches to drug use, shows the money Australians are spending on medicinal cannabis products is on track to reach $1bn by the end of the year.
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November 27, 2024 at 8:09 PM
While cannabis companies are taking in bulk profit, patients are still struggling to access affordable cannabis medication.
Put patients before profit. #auspol
Put patients before profit. #auspol
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The Australien Government has made an ad about our next federal election, and it's surprisingly honest and informative.
#auspol #preferentialvoting #twopartysystem #2025election www.youtube.com/watch?v=-oxQ...
#auspol #preferentialvoting #twopartysystem #2025election www.youtube.com/watch?v=-oxQ...
Honest Government Ad | 2025 Election
YouTube video by thejuicemedia
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November 23, 2024 at 4:21 AM
The Australien Government has made an ad about our next federal election, and it's surprisingly honest and informative.
#auspol #preferentialvoting #twopartysystem #2025election www.youtube.com/watch?v=-oxQ...
#auspol #preferentialvoting #twopartysystem #2025election www.youtube.com/watch?v=-oxQ...
Something tells me there’s going to be a new colony of Emperor penguins on the Australian mainland soon… #recongus
Emperor penguin that travelled 3,000km to West Australian beach begins long journey home
Emperor penguin that travelled 3,000km to West Australian beach begins long journey home
Gus gained 3.5kg during his 20-day stopover before being released back into the Southern Ocean on Wednesday
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Gus, an emperor penguin who gained international fame after travelling about 3,000km from Antarctica to the West Australian coast, is on his long way home after being released into the Southern Ocean.
Emperor penguins can travel up to 1,600km on foraging trips, when they hunt fish, squid and krill. So Gus’s arrival on Ocean Beach, Denmark, on 1 November sparked surprise.
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www.theguardian.com
November 23, 2024 at 2:42 AM
Something tells me there’s going to be a new colony of Emperor penguins on the Australian mainland soon… #recongus
Post a non-religious photo you think of as holy.
November 22, 2024 at 2:17 AM
Post a non-religious photo you think of as holy.
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I urge all Senators to vote yes to legalising cannabis - for more money for health and education and less people being locked up.
Call your Senators and tell them why they should vote to legalise it!
Call your Senators and tell them why they should vote to legalise it!
November 21, 2024 at 4:45 AM
I urge all Senators to vote yes to legalising cannabis - for more money for health and education and less people being locked up.
Call your Senators and tell them why they should vote to legalise it!
Call your Senators and tell them why they should vote to legalise it!
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It's Go Home on Time Day
You better go home on time.
You better go home on time.
November 19, 2024 at 10:13 PM
It's Go Home on Time Day
You better go home on time.
You better go home on time.
November 19, 2024 at 8:20 AM
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Under his eye
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#Trump #USElection2024
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November 13, 2024 at 9:35 PM
Under his eye
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#Trump #USElection2024
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I’m a dad. I also use cannabis. I also speak lots about cannabis, and how we can educate all ages of people about it, not just kids and politicians.
I will answer your cannabis questions. 🫡🌱
I will answer your cannabis questions. 🫡🌱
November 13, 2024 at 11:04 AM
I’m a dad. I also use cannabis. I also speak lots about cannabis, and how we can educate all ages of people about it, not just kids and politicians.
I will answer your cannabis questions. 🫡🌱
I will answer your cannabis questions. 🫡🌱