Ben Cowcher

Punterstech Founder

[Michael Shellenberger @shellenberger]

Anonymous online accounts threaten democracy and must be banned, say politicians. But now, the Australian government wants to use anonymous "sock puppet" bot accounts as part of its broader push for sweeping online censorship. Terrifying, unprecedented, and Orwellian.

[Ben Cowcher @bcowcher]

@GeoffWilsonWAM @vanOnselenP @AlboMP I'm not going to be voting for labour.. but are the Libs going to do anything about it (or even OneNation for that matter!)?

[Ben Cowcher @bcowcher]

@GeoffWilsonWAM @AlboMP Not just investing, startups as well.. even with the carve outs, if you have a very successful startup you give 50% to a government who never risked anything... that's not right..

[Ben Cowcher @bcowcher]

@ellymelly It's the most insane tax ever.. why would the government want to disincentivise employment!?

[Ben Cowcher @bcowcher]

Albanese is a modern day Sheriff of Nottingham

[Senator Babet @senatorbabet]

Capital gains tax shouldn’t exist.

I risk my money. I build the business. I make the investment. I do the work. I take the risk.

So why the hell should the government take a cut of my success?

They risk nothing. They create nothing. They just take.

Parasites. F’en parasites.

[Ben Cowcher @bcowcher]

@AlboMP 'backing aspiration' by killing off entrepreneurs and innovation... thanks albo...

[Ben Cowcher @bcowcher]

Thank Albo... https://t.co/gZRh2UO6ej

[Ben Cowcher @bcowcher]

@JEChalmers The only thing this budget will do is destroy any hope of Australian innovation for the foreseeable future.. Any talent in Australia is simply better off in another country.

If this was truly just about housing affordability, then why not limit the changes to that asset class?

[Geoff Wilson @GeoffWilsonWAM]

Theft from aspirational Australians will be delivered in the budget next week. Young Aussie puts in $10k, compounds at 15% for 50 years → $10.84 million.
Inflation-indexed cost base: just $44k. Current CGT: $2.63M tax.
Labor’s new proposal: $5.23M tax.
They want to seize HALF your life’s work.
This isn’t tax reform — it’s theft from aspirational Australia.
Stop punishing success. #TaxRaid #AussieDreamKiller

[Lucas | 🇦🇺 @TheBlackWallaby]

@JoeRoganRecaps “Everything will kill you” is American fantasy tourism.

The US has bears, mountain lions, alligators, rattlesnakes, mass shootings and fentanyl.

Down here, the spiders mostly mind their business and the snakes do not chase you down the street.

[Ben Cowcher @bcowcher]

@elonmusk Every time I see one of these rockets get caught on descent I am truly amazed!

[Ben Cowcher @bcowcher]

@JoeDescher @Rohant1212 @VigilantFox @joerogan you missed the joke.. one of Sams books was centered around the idea that free will is an illusion.. this was pre-covid when he was actually an intelligent person lol

[Moy Miz @moymiz]

The Muslim world is divided about Iran:

Muslim countries in favor of removing the regime:

Jordan 🇯🇴
Kuwait 🇰🇼
UAE 🇦🇪
Saudi Arabia 🇸🇦
Oman 🇴🇲
Qatar 🇶🇦
Bahrain 🇧🇭

Muslim countries against the removal of the regime:

Great Britain 🇬🇧
France 🇫🇷
Spain 🇪🇸

[James O'Keefe @JamesOKeefeIII]

FBI raided my newsroom and you said nothing.

[Sama Hoole @SamaHoole]

Activist: "You're using an obscene amount of water."
Farmer: "Am I?"
Activist: "Yes. Thousands of litres per cow."
Farmer: "That's rainfall."
Activist: "But they're drinking it."
Farmer: "It rains on my pasture. The grass absorbs it. The cows drink from the stream. Then they piss it back into the soil."
Activist: "It's still water consumption."
Farmer: "Should I... stop the rain?"
Activist: "You should use it for crops."
Farmer: "The rain?"
Activist: "Yes."
Farmer: "The rain that falls on the grass that cows eat?"
Activist: "Grow crops instead."
Farmer: "With what irrigation? I just told you it's rainfall."
Activist: "Find another way."
Farmer: "To make it rain on crops instead of grass?"

[Ben Cowcher @bcowcher]

@JeffNippard This has to be the most insane take I've read on this today... I suppose the day aint over yet though..

[The White House @WhiteHouse]

BREAKING: The Trump Administration announces the 2025-2030 Dietary Guidelines for Americans, putting REAL FOOD back at the center of health. 🇺🇸

https://t.co/tkGF01onpm

[Ben Cowcher @bcowcher]

I love open source but when I see shit like this I lose faith in humanity... https://t.co/qYWrJUyDWf