David Branch
@dbranch9.bsky.social
Retired, living in Wadawarrung country 🇦🇺. Exiled long-suffering Norwich City supporter. 1/8th Canadian 🇨🇦. Climate action now. I hate corruption in politics so I hate the LNP, Tories and the GOP. I get my daily Ukraine update from balloon-juice.com.
A masterpiece! But not something I'd want to hang indoors. Completely unrelated but I think Sooke is the farthest West I've ever been. www.timescolonist.com/entertainmen...
A portrait in dung: Artwork of Trump by Sooke artist gets international attention
Wendy Chartrand’s piece, aptly titled “The Don of Dung,” has created quite the stir on social media since the brown, close-up portrait was sold for $1,800 at the Sooke Fine Arts Show.
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An update on the Irkutsk plague death that is well worth reading, plus grim news on the Ebola outbreak (and any Americans exposed to it) and RFK Jr's problems with facts. balloon-juice.com/2026/10/07/l...
Balloon Juice - Longer Notes On Our Current Healthcare Situation
Really informative article on what we know / don't know about the reported Russian plague (?) case, from an actual biologist: alexwasburne.substack.com/p/the-irkuts… [image or embed] — Anne Laurie (@a...
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Mildly surprised Angus hasn't announced a return to the White Australia policy. Still, it's only a matter of time. #auspol www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Has YouTube recently been "improved" by AI. I've never had a problem before but now I'm getting videos lagging or not loading at all. If I switch to a different video within YouTube it works fine. It's definitely not my internet connection.
I had to check this was real and not slop generated. 😂
New-Cleckit Dominie@ncdominie.bsky.social · last wk.Great moments in Scottish engineering history: James Watt tries to work out how his phone attaches to his selfie stick.
If you love football, this is a fantastic article by, you can tell, a real football lover that tells the story of the 'Thatcherite' sell-off of football just when there was money enough for everyone. www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
Manchester City’s guilty verdict brings football’s great sell-off crashing to earth
On the day Andy Burnham spoke of the wrong turn Britain took under Thatcher, football was facing a day of reckoning over its own story of corporate acquisition
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I... this could save Maine tourism. The number of Canadians who would line up for this.
The good news - I'm seeing more insects on my windscreen after a drive. The bad news - they're all mosquitoes!
When it comes to RFK Jr and "unsettled science," the only thing that's unsettled is the *exact* body count resulting from his anti-science, anti-vaccine, conspiracy theory-based policies
Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD@elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 2w agoRFK Jr. has a contract for a book entitled “Unsettled Science”. He likely means it in the sense of “not yet resolved or decided” (as he falsely claims about vaccines). I think the title works in the sense of “feeling nervous, upset, or worried; not comfortable” (with him in charge).
If you're interested in health and what to keep up to date with what the US is doing to kill its citizens, this weekly update is well worth your time. balloon-juice.com/2026/09/30/p...
Balloon Juice - Plagues & Pandemics Update – September 30, 2026
Fake. USDA. Seals. Used by an NC meat processing plant on 83.5 TONS of meat. Produced entirely outside the federal inspection system, according to news reports. We are pretty close to The Jungle (seco...
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An interesting view from Germany. It’s never going to happen with the Liberal/Labor coalition deeply in love with the US. #auspol youtu.be/tKvtkIez7LU?...
Australia is being forced to rethink its US dependence | DW News
YouTube video by DW News
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Today’s king tides, tomorrow’s high tides. youtu.be/5bYLqWQqspc?...
King Tides flood South Florida coastal homes, businesses
YouTube video by NBC 6 South Florida
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Something to make you smile www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
The kindness of strangers: Two helicopter pilots flew down low to wave to my three-year-old son – he was beside himself with joy
My son adores helicopters, so we waved as hard as possible as it flew past. Then it suddenly looped and came back around
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Absolutely wonderful. 😍 It would have been Jim Henson's 90th birthday today. RIP, Jim.
Brian Jay Jones@brianjayjones.com · 2w agoLook a child in the eye and treat them with respect when you talk with them. You might find they're wiser than you are. Teach them. Motivate them. And for god's sake, make them laugh. They need it. And you need it, too.
Here's a well constructed piece about AI, it's current status, risks and ability. Well worth a read. balloon-juice.com/2026/09/24/t...
Balloon Juice - Don't Panic: The AIPocalypse Is Not a Thing
i asked Carlo if he would be up for putting together an update for us – given that the news about A.I. has been so disturbing lately. And of course he came through! Don’t Panic: The AIPocalypse Is Not...
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If you've got 16 minutes available, this is absolutely fascinating youtu.be/q6zrUyIC8sU?...
How Volkswagen’s Flagrant Fraud Screwed Over Russia’s Refineries a Decade Later
YouTube video by William Spaniel
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If you want to see how bad the healthcare system is in the US, and why it's going to continue to worsen in the next two years, these madmen and women are in charge. balloon-juice.com/2026/09/23/p...
Balloon Juice - Plagues & Pandemics Update – September 23, 2026
Did you know this Thursday 9/24 is a national day of visibility to bring attention to the attacks on health care and public health? Find an event near you or host your own: sosforhealth.org [image or ...
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The first question is why is a declining population bad news? GDP might go down but GDP per capita probably wouldn’t . Obviously the answer is increasing immigration, but the billionaires have decided that racism is the wedge they’re going to use so 🤷♂️ www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Australia’s economic challenges are mounting as deaths start to outnumber births. But ‘baby bonus’ policies would be pointless | Nicki Hutley
Slower overall economic growth doesn’t have to be a bad thing. It is the quality of that growth that matters
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Today has got off to a good start. My local coffee shop is celebrating its first birthday today so free coffee and donut!
I’m on a quiz show that only tapes 46 days a year and even I think this schedule is a little light.
Jamie Dupree@jamiedupree.bsky.social · 3w agoHouse GOP leaders cancel votes on Thursday - sending lawmakers home later today until after the elections. That means the House can avoid a vote on the Hegseth impeachment plan from Rep. Thomas Massie R-KY.
How corrupt is Trump II? Here's an in-depth measurement for you. TLDR: He wants to leave a legacy. This is probably it. substack.com/home/post/p-...
THE MOST CORRUPT PRESIDENT IN AMERICAN HISTORY: A CORRUPTION MODEL
I put every president since Eisenhower on the same scale as the men who looted their countries.
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I see that any TV station in the US interviewing Democrats faces government sanctions. I'm not sure how the US will recover from this assault on democracy. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Kimmel says interview with Talarico won’t air on TV after threats from Trump’s FCC
Host says he’s interviewing Senate candidate ‘under unusual circumstances’ and it will be posted on YouTube
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If you’ve watched the NFL game in Melbourne you’ll have seen from the drone shots what is great about the city. Everything is walkable from downtown - the MCG, the tennis centre with Rod Laver Arena, AAMI Park (soccer and rugby), Albert Park for F1. #NFL
Not the climate change solution I would have chosen personally, TBH. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
More Anthropic researchers warn of AI’s perils as Musk terms fears a ‘psyop’
Insiders at the firm fear tech’s advancement could cause human extinction while others are calling it a ‘setup’
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