David Hopkins

The campaign to silence voices opposed to the Israeli govts genocide, starvation, and apartheid against Palestinians continues. The Murdoch rags promote hypocritical attacks on Grace Tame while ignoring the horror of the IDF reducing Gaza to rubble and slaughtering civilians.

BREAKING: Swiss commentator kept on reminding viewers of the war crimes the pilot has openly supported, while the Israeli bobsleigh team was racing on the Olympics.

@cmclymer @Qldaah It’s an awesome story, however, it would be un-Australian not to take the piss and continue to call events like this ‘doing a Bradbury’.

It annoys me that so many people are under the impression that this guy, Steven Bradbury, is some subpar goober who lucked his way into gold. That could not be further from the truth. This is one of the most satisfying victories in the history of the Olympics if you know the full backstory. This medal final was during his fourth Olympics, in Salt Lake City in 2002. Earlier in his career, he was among the best athletes in the world in this specific event, the 1000 meter short-track men's speed skate. But despite his talent, he just had some of the shittiest luck in the sport. We're talking a decade of shit luck. In the '94 Winter Olympics, he was considered the odds-on favorite to take gold, but he fell in his heat after getting illegally pushed by an opponent (who was later disqualified). He didn't get a re-do. That was it. He got shoved by some asshole, and his Olympics was over. Then in the '98 Winter Olympics, he was a favorite to at least medal in the same event but got caught up in a collision that wasn't his fault and failed to advance. In 1994, he got his thigh sliced open by a competitor's skate during a race, which required 111 stitches and 18 months of recovery time. In 2000, he broke his neck during training because a skater in front of him fell and tripped him up. That required a bunch of screws and plates being inserted into his skull and back and chest. And doctors told him that he should stop skating. But he didn't wanna give up. It meant too much to him. So, there he was in Salt Lake City in 2002, past his prime, a walking erector set, going up against opponents who were faster and younger and in their prime. He manages to win his heat and advance to the quarterfinal but then has the shit luck (yet again) of having to go up against the best two athletes in the quarterfinal and only the top two advance. He finishes third and thinks: "Damn, I gave it my best shot." But then, the second place finisher is disqualified, so Bradbury gets to advance to the semifinal. Now, at this point, he's thinking: Well, shit, I'm not as fast as these younger guys, and I got a bad habit of getting taken out by crashes that aren't my fault. So, he consults with the Australian national coach, Ann Zhang, and they decide that he should hang back from the pack and hope the pack crashes. That is a perfectly valid strategy. If you crash, you lose, but speed skaters risk crashing to gain an advantage in order to win. It may not feel exciting, but it is a valid strategy and just as risky: avoid crashes entirely and hope that pays off. It paid off in the semifinal: the pack, including the defending Olympic champion, jostled too much and crashed. Bradbury wins and advances. So, he's improbably in the final and takes the same approach, and it works: the entire pack jostles too much and crashes, and Bradbury's risk of hanging back pays off. This victory was not some un-athletic schlub lucking his way into gold. It was a journeyman athlete who never gave up and played smart after a career of shitty luck and finally got his due after it being snatched away from him so many times. Hands down, one of my favorite Olympics stories.

@JayJay91341991 @ChristyDanFan @AngusTaylorMP What’s this image from? I remember that it’s a top 50… or something.

@AngusTaylorMP Crook

As Liberals, we will ferociously fight Labor's taxes, because the Liberal Party will always be the party of lower taxes. #auspol

@KenMcAlpine Ken, let me stand up for my fellow shit football coaches. If you ever find yourself down by 25 goals at 3/4 time it is completely OK to ask for pride and long kicks up the guts!

Angus is like a shit footy coach with no strategy, no tactics, no innovation. Down by 25 goals at 3/4 time. Just give me a bit of pride in the jumper, boys. Fucken kick it up the guts

@strangerous10 NACC should have come to some conclusions here…

Albanese takes question on “waste” by reminding about LNP’s waste on Robodebt, commuter car parks, Sports Rorts, contract to firm on Kangaroo Island, Leppington Triangle land rip off, $20bill Jobkeeper rort. “When we talk about waste, the Liberal Party are the experts”💥 #auspol

@GrowerOfBeauty @noplaceforsheep I live in bayside and I assume that old mate Tim Wilson put in a complaint?

Here's the photo of the 16 year old volunteer that people in the Bayside Council area found highly offensive and took it all down. The necklace in case you need to squint to see it?!

I'm seriously starting to question the credibility of the FIFA Peace Prize.

@Qldaah It’s in an area that needs infrastructure and it will also be tenanted by community sports groups.

I did see the press conference earlier today. I'm not a big AFL fan so in all honesty I don't know if this is a good project or not. Will rely on Victorians to inform over next days, weeks & months.

Today I learned Anthony Albanese isn’t just the Prime Minister… he’s also the president of a registered lobbying organisation that accepts donations from the gambling lobby:

@somewherein84 Woke lefty!

@therealrukshan Way too many smoking guns to be called a conspiracy though. Why can’t the world have truth?

@DavidHopkinsMEL I doubt any release will end this mate, I don't think the amount matters. Its morphed into something that will persist as a conspiracy.

Reports say that disgraced Epstein sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell has offered up information on 100 Epstein contacts after receiving limited Trump DOJ immunity during a two-day meeting with the Deputy Attorney General. According to Maxwell’s lawyers she answered all questions honestly about Epstein's activities, covering his network of high-profile associates without refusing or pleading the Fifth. Should she be trusted?

@somewherein84 Zoe down 254 but not many left to count. It will be a recount.

@DaveMilbo As the Pope, you’d hope he’d enjoy and respect all pizza.

@Peter_Fitz There are heaps in Cairns at the booths. Bright yellow, big smiles. They hang out with One Nation volunteers.

Serious question for #AroundTheGrounds. Has anyone spotted ANY Trumpet of Patriots volunteers in the wild? And if so, how do we identify them? What is their mating call? #Auspol2025

Peter Dutton has done a preference deal with One Nation. If you didn’t know, that’s the point—they’re hoping you won’t notice. This is what the Liberal Party has become. In Goldstein, we say no to fear and division. #VoteIndependent #Goldstein #Auspol

Great to vote today! Australia has the best electoral system and most reliable electoral regulator in the world, and we should be proud of it. Now back to handing out how-to-vote cards and then the big party tonight.

#auspol #ElectionDay #DeleteDuttonDay

@sallyrugg My 8 year old daughter said we should vote for Sally Rugg 😀👍

It’s a beautiful day to put the Liberals last ☀️❤️