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Dave from Down Under
@yungdza.bsky.social
Australian lawyer, menswear enthusiast & photographer, currently taking a break in Asia. Bear with me as I occasionally comment on things in the zeitgeist.
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Well done, Australia—98% of eligible voters cast their ballot last night, including so many from the most remote parts of the country. What an incredible turnout, and a testament to the hard work of the electoral workers. A moment of reflection for other democracies on their voter turnout perhaps?
May 4, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Damn, @noaa.gov really do be out here quietly dropping new lore

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tybg...
April 4, 2025 at 5:27 PM
#Wordle was way too close today 😅😮‍💨

Anyone get it in 1 or stumble on the options like I did? 😬
April 3, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Susan Crawford (D) projected to win 54-46 the Wisconsin State Supreme Court Election!

#Wisconsin crushing fElon’s machinations and money.

Congratulations Justice Crawford 👩‍⚖️

decisiondeskhq.com/results/2025...
Wisconsin Election Results, 2025 General | DDHQ
Live election results, and analysis of the Wisconsin 2025 General elections.
decisiondeskhq.com
April 2, 2025 at 3:58 AM
March 29, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Senators @davidpocock.bsky.social and @jacquilambie.bsky.social telling it like it is. Especially as a Darwin resident directly impacted by INPEX / Ichthys—enough is enough. $150 off my bill is a pisstake.

Thoughts @punterspolitics.bsky.social?

www.youtube.com/watch?v=YdN6...
Big Gas is taking the Piss - Press Conference
YouTube video by The Australia Institute
www.youtube.com
March 28, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Reposted by Dave from Down Under
😂🤣😂
March 28, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Hi Dr Wong @labmuffin.com, I’ve been following your content, especially around sunscreen for some time, and I am also an advocate for using sunscreen after growing up with ‘Slip, Slip, Slap’. Now I’m seeing an increase in anti-sunscreen sentiment, even in Australia. What’s going on? What can we do?
March 27, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Reposted by Dave from Down Under
March 25, 2025 at 8:03 AM
The Bambu Lab H2D is released tonight at 3PM CET—the latest product from the Apple of 3D printing. Keen to see how much broker I’m going to be later this year 🥲

I hope someone on here is doing a live report of the release!

#3dprinting #bambulab
March 25, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Good way to transfer tangible assets to the already extremely wealthy (read: Musk), while the working class get to hold the bag, convinced by the rich to buy these digital assets on the basis they are gold-backed.

This is NOT a return to the Gold Standard.

coinstats.app/news/4429482...
White House Says Gold Reserves May Be Used to Purchase Bitcoin
Crypto Price Tracker, Market Cap, News. CoinStats is a crypto portfolio tracker that provides live prices for Bitcoin, Ethereum & 5000 altcoins.
coinstats.app
March 25, 2025 at 7:26 AM
Australia Post would do well to remember this also.
Via mail carrier Bob Frantz
March 24, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Reposted by Dave from Down Under
Empathy, can you imagine not having it?
March 23, 2025 at 2:54 PM
There is a 94% chance you don’t live in a full democracy:

mail.latinometrics.com/p/democracy
🗳️ Democracy
There's a 94% likelihood that you don't live in a "full democracy."
mail.latinometrics.com
March 24, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Jeremy Clarkson spitting facts about his 17 year long feud with Elon Musk and Tesla:

“I should really have sued him back, but I feared he’d call me a paedo, so instead I just waited on the river bank for his body to float past. And now it has.”

www.thetimes.com/comment/colu...
Seventeen years after that nice Mr Musk sued me, victory is mine
The Tesla boss is so touchy he filed a lawsuit when I gave him a bad review. So how will he cope now that the eco hippies who used to idolise him have turned on his cars?
www.thetimes.com
March 23, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Street cat from Hong Kong’s Sham Shui Po district for #caturday
March 23, 2025 at 2:49 AM
花 - I visited the 2025 Hong Kong Flower Show (Ablaze With Glory). A spectacular display replete with every colour you could imagine.

Last day tomorrow, and a must do if anyone has even a few minutes to kill!

#hongkong @hongkongfp.com
March 22, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Life under Charlie Boy ain’t all it’s cracked up to be. You’re never going to be King Trump, if that’s how you think it works.

www.newsweek.com/donald-trump...
Donald Trump suggests US could join British Commonwealth
"I Love King Charles," the president said in a Truth Social post.
www.newsweek.com
March 22, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Playing spotto with cats while travelling has to be one of my favourite pastimes. Check out this gorgeous Bengal I met walking along the entrance of the National Taiwan Museum. Those eyes are electrifying.

#taiwan #bengalcat #travel #nationaltaiwanmuseum #taipei #bengal #catsofbluesky #caturday
March 21, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Reading this for the very first time. What does #georgeorwell have in store for me, #booksky?
March 20, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Started Gary Stevenson’s The Trading Game a couple of days ago and absolutely could not put it down until it was done.

A great introduction into the veiled world of trading, and hammers home the reality that few economic experts have been accurate over the short- or medium-term.

#booksky
March 20, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Why do US firefighters use fire engines the size of a city block when these bad boys are so much more versatile? #firefighting #hongkong
March 19, 2025 at 10:27 AM