What a surprise! The result of Australia’s federal election was the opposite of what nearly all the pundits had been predicting. And in a sense, nothing actually changed.
Once again, I’m joined by Nicholas Fryer. Apart from the election, we talk about Jacqui Lambie, 5G technology, the nature of Senators, Twitter mistakes, Tiddlywinks, dead cats, space squid, the statistics of extinction, and television newsreaders.
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Episode Links
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#OnThisDay 1943: Should a woman or even a Yorkshireman be allowed to read the BBC news? Of course not. John Snagge explained why.
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This @jimhunter481 is Gerry Adams' sock puppet account. The one he forgot to switch over to here.
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“Pirates threaten the open seas, and the same is possible in space. In this same way, I believe we too must now recognize the necessity of a Space Force to defend the nation and to protect space commerce and civil space exploration,” Cruz said.
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The official truth and facts about Huawei.
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Huawei is a mysterious and secretive company, right? Wrong. Take a look at the normal lives of #Huawei employees, who are just like you and me. #HuaweiFacts
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Huawei is China’s most valuable technology brand, whose global expansion has become controversial particularly in regards to 5G technology. Photojournalist Kevin Frayer was given access to Huawei’s Bantian campus in Shenzhen, China’s Silicon Valley, and shows us what it is like to work there.
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That voter in Corangamite.
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#milkshakegate Victorians were inveterate missile-throwers. Most notably, Victorians often threw dead cats - that's right, DEAD CATS - at politicians/during riots. Look closely at this contemporary drawing of Chartist rioting, and you can spot one flying through the air.
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In the hysteria that followed the effortless invasion by an alliance of three countries, he and his brother Cornelis de Witt were blamed and lynched in The Hague, whereafter rioters partially ate them.
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