FBDonkey

All bombers supporters right now googling this guy

@SupaCouchPotato Did you watch the half be played forward last week? He is not good.

For people worried about Marshall being forward cos of lukosius out now, it could happen yes, but Lukosius was playing wing, or starting HF and moving up the ground alot more. Marshall might not be impacted as much as we expect, unless someone has heard from direct sources 🤔

@SilverTopHurls Riewoldt definitely seems to have an anti-essendon bias. His comments on the Merrett trade were completely uninformed

Ess win their first game in forever and what are we served up on On The Couch ? Jack Reiwoldt talking about Caddy being perfect for Tasmania to target in 2 years Fuck our media is a joke Jack Reiwoldt could be the biggest hack media performer ever to be given a platform

@JoeAlderman11 Should have got the cheese pizza. Rookie error

So Ive been a Costco member for about 15 years now, but never tried their hot dog, pizza, or chicken bake even though they are cheap as hell. $8 for all of this. My wife and I ate a couple bites and we threw it in the trash. I can see why its so cheap, it’s freaking disgusting! 2/10, wouldn’t recommend at all!

@PatrickRyen What are the odds on him playing less than 65% game time even tho he is fit?

Elijah Tsatas will play this week at Gather Round versus the Dees . Go well young man, you've most definitely earned your opportunity! ❤️🖤👊 #elijahtsatas #godons #essendonfc

@chrisbowditch @TracyWesterman $50 says you didn't read the whole post

@TracyWesterman Consuming more news doesn’t mean you know more. It means you’ve been lied to more.

There is now substantial research — both in Australia and the United States — on who engages with political detail and how that shapes voting behaviour. The findings are striking and consistent across both countries. In the 2024 US presidential election, pre-election polls found Americans who consumed no political news at all said they’d vote for Trump over Kamala Harris by a whopping 20-point margin — 60% to 40%. The more engaged they were in politics — the more likely they were to support Harris. Data for Progress found that support for Harris decreased as a voter’s news consumption decreased. In other words: the more people knew, the less likely they were to vote for Trump. The Australian data tells the same story. Australian Election Study research found that Greens voters decided their vote disproportionately on the basis of policy issues, while Liberal voters were more likely to decide based on whether they liked party leaders or the party brand as a whole. One Nation voters were found to have the lowest institutional trust of any party’s supporters — consistent with international research on the rise of socially conservative populist movements. Australian research also found that voters with negative economic expectations are significantly more likely to support minor parties — and this association has strengthened since the mid-2010s. ANU research on political knowledge found that consumption of political information online is narrowing among a younger, better educated and politically interested group — meaning the internet is reinforcing the advantages of the most knowledgeable while increasingly failing to draw in the most politically disengaged. This connects to something deeper and more disturbing. Belief in conspiracy theories has increased dramatically over the last decade — and the research is unambiguous about why. A study published in Nature Human Behaviour across 26 countries found that conspiracy thinking is significantly more prevalent at the extreme right of the political spectrum, strongest among supporters of populist parties not in government, and amplified by feelings of political powerlessness and low institutional trust. Multiple peer-reviewed studies confirm that right-wing populist politicians don’t just attract conspiracy believers — they actively cultivate them. Research found that populist radical right parties deliberately use conspiracy rhetoric to frame politics as corrupt elites against ordinary people — a simple story that requires no engagement with evidence and is nearly immune to facts. Trump’s “fake news” rhetoric accelerated this dramatically. By systematically attacking credible institutions — media, science, courts, electoral systems — he created a permission structure for dismissing any inconvenient fact as manufactured. The result is cult-based politics: a closed information loop where the leader is the only trusted source, where evidence is irrelevant, and where loyalty replaces analysis. Australia is not immune. The same pattern — institutional distrust, grievance, simple explanations for complex problems — is the entire operating model of One Nation. Populism — whether Trumpism in the US or Hansonism in Australia — is not a coincidence. It is specifically engineered for low-engagement, high-grievance voters. Simple slogans. Single scapegoats. No policy detail. No accountability. The moment you examine the actual voting record, the actual economic data, the actual legislative outcomes — the whole platform collapses. This is why detail matters. This is why the threads I’ve been posting matter. Engagement is the antidote. Which is exactly why the people who profit from grievance work so hard to keep it simple.

@Bombers_Boss Prior would be top 5 in the b&f right now.

Surely Prior goes out for Ridley

@JG232_ I'm in the same boat. Now looks like Richards will miss more games

My round actually looked decent until Richards was a late out and English got injured on 79 after Gawn went 175 and Grundy went 184 Richards has been the most frustrating pick. Two sub ton scores of 90 and 94 then misses an easy matchup after a 16 day break. #SuperCoach

Tsatas still can't kick but surely he comes in for Parish. He is dominating the VFL and Parish isn't offering much

@AdamAnt_46 @essendonfc He was playing well last year

Drapes performance tonight reconfirms what everyone knows when talent leaves the Dons and goes to another club with good coaching and high standards culture @essendonfc

@BOSSportsGordo It is so much easier than driving in forwards. The angles just work better and you can see more clearly with the cameras. Especially true in big cars

Serious question for people who back into parking spaces - what’s the point?

It's half time in the Eagles game and Coles/Woolies aren't even open yet. #WAlife

@MatthewGrimston Yeah it's always about expectations. I didnt hear the finals chatter much. I think Eagles and Tigers also get a pass because they have recent premierships .

@FBDonkey I think its expectation, im not an Ess fan but i heard more chat that maybe Ess could make finals than i heard they will be terrible during the preseason. People leave Eagles and Tigers alone cos they know they are rebuilding. Im not sure if the club has owned this or not?

Essendon are going to be bad for at least another couple of years. We can't do the full media inquisition every week.

@RM_19844 Pretty sure this video is related to this one youtube.com/shorts/FvhShny…

Gary Ablett Snr Treason, corruption and deception within Australian parliament. youtu.be/Zm9-o92hx7s?si…

@fvckerysprinkle Yes to both of these things. No homework for teachers or students. Makes total sense for everyone.

So my daughter had a test and asked her teacher if she was going to grade them over the weekend so she could know her grade on Monday. Her teachers reply “I’m not spending my weekend grading papers.” Okay then.. moving forward my children will not spending their after school hours doing hours of homework. They will not spending their weekend working on projects. They can do that during school time then.

@DAJKeffa @JacintaAllanMP Maybe underpaying the teachers is why they have a strong budgetary position 🤷‍♂️

@JacintaAllanMP How about the gall from you to claim that Victoria has “a strong budget position” when you are paying your public school teachers the lowest salaries of teachers across Australia!? Whilst simultaneously collecting the largest salary of ALL State Premiers? Disgusting behaviour.

Over half a million under 18s are travelling for free with their Youth mykis.

@ScottDa41811108 @MatthewGrimston Well clearly you would think wrong?

@MatthewGrimston @FBDonkey Don't disagree but I think they have Schoenberg ahead of him

Coaches who didn't start any of Gulden, Trac, Rozee, Milan all being rewarded for the mistake FMSC #supercoach

@ScottDa41811108 He was in my starting side. He was pretty high on the draft boards for a reason given his previous playing history

@FBDonkey Milan relied on a suspension and injury to get a game