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David Paris

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comms strategist/activist/stirrer for sale or hire, disinfo, digital rights, privacy, more, find me here: https://davidpar.is stories/complaints about life with chronic pain were once and may again be here: https://pain.paige.paris he/him

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David Paris@dave.paris · 13h ago

With folks in Oz (rightly) concerned about the Kmart pervert glasses, it's a good time to learn about how insidious surveillance tech the cops use is. Latest ep of Last Week Tonight is a great intro. (Privacy protection lesson 1, use a VPN to watch it)

Police Surveillance Technology: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

John Oliver discusses the tools police are using to keep track of civilians – whether or not they’re suspected of a crime – and some creative ideas about how to use wigs. Subscribe to the #lastweektonight YouTube channel for more almost news as it almost happens: www.youtube.com/lastweektonight

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David Paris@dave.paris · 2w ago

Knowing lots of strayans pronounce T sounds more like D sounds in words where a vowel follows the T, Pet Warehouse rebranding to Pet O was quite a choice.

David Paris@dave.paris · 2mo ago

Read this it is good The State Of Sportswashing | Defector

The State Of Sportswashing | Defector

On Dec. 5, 2025, FIFA President Gianni Infantino presented Donald Trump with the inaugural FIFA Peace Prize, nominally for Trump’s “tireless efforts to bring people together in a spirit of peace.” I found myself less interested in the cynicism of placating Trump with the sort of bribe one would bestow upon a recalcitrant 10-year-old—nobody considers…

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David Paris@dave.paris · 4mo ago

Trump has been saying for weeks that the Iranian military has been entirely destroyed. So how was the mission to rescue the F-15 pilot one of the most daring in history? With no enemy capacity it would have just been a basic passenger ride in and out. Weird.

David Paris@dave.paris · 5mo ago

You should read some excellent words from Tim Hollo about the words you aren't allowed to use. You have to forgive the bad pun title, he is always like this. Globalise the how's-your-father

Globalise the how's-your-father

On language, coercion, and action "it is as though we were caught in a maze of abstractions, metaphors, and figures of speech in which everything can be taken and mistaken for something else, because we have no reality, either in history or in everyday experience, to which we can unanimously

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David Paris@dave.paris · 5mo ago

Scott Morrison was such a control freak that he secretly appointed himself as a Minister for 6 additional portfolios when he was PM, but he did not have any responsibility for Robodebt when he was just the Minister in charge of it. OK.

David Paris@dave.paris · 5mo ago

150 years ago today Alexander Graham Bell made the first successful voice telephone call. That someone you love that you haven’t talked to in too long? Give them a call today imo.

Tim Hollo@timhollo.bsky.social · 8mo ago

I find it incredibly difficult to write about my Jewishness. I didn't want to write this, but I did. We need to re-embrace complexity and nuance in thinking about and discussing the Jewish future.

Holding complexity amidst catastrophe

I didn't want to write this. I don't want to write this. I feel like I need to write something. I am writing this. I am not good at writing about my Jewish experience. I am still writing this, ei...

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David Paris@dave.paris · 8mo ago

I feel compelled to write some feelpinions about the social media ban, except like everyone else my age I stopped blogging over a decade ago, I don't substack, and I haven't submitted to an actual publication in years, so, I guess its... Facebook?

David Paris@dave.paris · 8mo ago

Nothing more unAustralian than prolonged whinging about English whinging. Tell the poms to have a cry about it, point to the scoreboard, laugh, and get on with your life. #ashes

David Paris@dave.paris · 8mo ago

I’ve heard two different Australian commentators sulking about the BA booing Steve Smith. The barmy army are tedious, for sure, but Smith was caught in the biggest cheating scandal in years and then rewarded with the captaincy. What the fuck do those commentators expect? #ashes

Scott Santens@scottsantens.com · 9mo ago

BREAKING: Marshall Islands becomes the first country to launch a Universal Basic Income program. Every resident (about 33,000 people) will receive $200 every 3 months. This works out to being about 11% of GDP per capita. If the US did that same percentage, the UBI would be about $770/mo.

Marshall Islands Launches Nationwide Universal Basic Income Program Using Digital Infrastructure

Majuro, Republic of the Marshall Islands — November 19, 2025. The Government of the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI) has introduced a nationwide Universal Basic Income (UBI) program, marking the...

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