Stilgherrian (@stilgherrian)

Wentworth Falls NSW AU

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November 2017

Why is everything so complicated in the computers?

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@Steve_Lockstep @dobes I do not want this image.

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@vealmince Only IMAP has ever caused this amount of grief for me. YMMV.

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This explains why the client now has 9645 emails to synchronise. Also, why I want several kittens to strangle.

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I would especially like to congratulate Apple for displaying the folder as “Sent” in macOS and “Bin” in iOS, especi… https://t.co/ggRi2vHfnM

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Sometimes I find myself hating IMAP.

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@dobes @Steve_Lockstep WHY DID YOU BRING THIS TO MY ATTENTION.

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THIS IS NOT A DRILL, PEOPLE. https://t.co/bbefjk7nzO

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Thu plan, draft: Slow start, as is the custom these days; work my way through the @director_tech task list. All wil… https://t.co/o3mAwg4x6a

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glengyron Join Milo and Dastyari on the 2018 Triple J Breakfast line up!

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Thursday. You do not get knives with it. Thursday.

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@NicholasFryer I like the use of the word “articulate” there.

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RT @Resign_In_Shame: $31,666 raised.

PLEASE.
Keep on going, friends.🙏
💊💖✊🌹

Phonelines are lifelines.

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@NicholasFryer Like they would. It backfired severely in NSW.

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@thehistoryguy @phbarratt True, though at sub-national it was the colony of South Australia IIRC.

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@gattaca Time zones, man, what even are they?

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RT @kcarruthers: plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose https://t.co/OFam3cEPPZ

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@gattaca Yeah yeah we really agree. I’m just N gins down.

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@gattaca First half of that sentence is wrong. Punters shouldn’t have to know this stuff. But I agree re notify-via-Twitter.

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@glengyron Don’t. Get. Me. Started.

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As usual, Caitlin is spot on here. https://t.co/b8TxSUla7Q

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sudo passwd root

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@jxeeno I’m starting to like you rather a lot.

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botandy the portal is particularly tempting this morning pic.twitter.com/wtmJgOVWV4

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@finishedlast @Spoonyman I would love to be that “silenced”. (The nation, less so.)

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RT @josefoshea: De Valera apparently used to lecture visiting British officials on Irish history.
One UK pol, at end of meeting, was asked…

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@Spoonyman @finishedlast Exactly. And there’s been so much of it lately.

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@mpesce @jdub @Pollytics I’m not sure this speeds things up.

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@jdub @Pollytics Guys, if we’re going to apply fit-for-purpose to senators then we’ll be here for some time.

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@finishedlast @Spoonyman More seriously, I continue to be amused* by the concept of people such as senators, who ca… https://t.co/HvQkbzPfs7

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@drspacejunk Me in 2007: “The space age Australia never had” https://t.co/OhYtkn5941

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You should read the stuff @drspacejunk is linking to. Australia was the third nation to launch its own satellite, 5… https://t.co/6Z9uoY28BZ

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@SMinney I predict this attitude changing over the next few hours.

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I HAVE EXCLUSIVE RECORDINGS.

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The idea of any recordings of Dastyari being *hidden* is surprising.

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verbaliza Wow looks like quite a few outlets got the EXCLUSIVE secret Dastyari recording. pic.twitter.com/R2cHh1mWsO

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That everything is easier if you get handed a free Redstone? https://t.co/ImcNWPFyl5

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@JustJimWillDo Cheers. I’ll have boat noodle and a couple beers and then head back up the hill.

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@michaelneale I’m not across the names of it all. @R_Chirgwin names it as Slack’s Stairs, tho I’m not sure if that’… https://t.co/scNjWgEt4z

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@JustJimWillDo Still, #villagelife, right? It’s a small community. A couple weeks ago the place came to a standstil… https://t.co/B5BCHFlc3r

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@JustJimWillDo Yeah I’m good thanks. Just… introspective. I don’t think I know the guys up there, just that spot… https://t.co/ZbyL1Vw9RK

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Also, they are not small boulders that came crashing down.

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Tell you what, these images hit you harder when you know the exact spot and you’ve always been afraid of it for precisely this reason.

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There’s some video with a closer shot in that @abcnews story. The path is cambered downwards, away from the cliff w… https://t.co/fPyC5qPhfa

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“One man dead, two injured in track collapse at Wentworth Falls in Blue Mountains” https://t.co/4tQb43E4QI This is… https://t.co/X3mF672AZM

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RT @jpwarren: Potential for a worldwide shortage in schadenfreude. https://t.co/LfpD5DdWbl

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@manaz_d @abcmelbourne I think I did say that. If I didn’t@abcmelbournene needs to say it. ;)

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@franksting @purserj @NewtonMark @R_Chirgwin Welcome to the Mountains, which are genuinely perilous. Mostly it’s hi… https://t.co/zplWQ4IJrW

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@R_Chirgwin @NewtonMark @purserj Agreed. I’ve never liked walking along that cliff face.

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ElinorRennie Love this quote by @evgenymorozov pic.twitter.com/3MgQWHzR2Z

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Bmac0507 I love 2017 pic.twitter.com/eGh73Z7q8u

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I’ll be in the corner from 5pm should anyone care.

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@R_Chirgwin @NewtonMark @purserj There’s video at https://t.co/Nanuid9kbv and that looks like the place.

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@Manic_Henry @abcmelbourne Alas no, though I think we may have implied that.

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@R_Chirgwin @NewtonMark @purserj Looks like it from the photo I saw.

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@purserj @NewtonMark @R_Chirgwin Erk, this is not good. I can see where that spot is. This will not be fun.

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So I’ve just been trying to explain “the cloud”, and it’ll be on @abcmelbourne after 2100 AEDT tonight.

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ellinghausen Senator Eric Abetz during debate on the Marriage Amendment Bill in the Senate pic.twitter.com/siZzZfkFen

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Wed plan, remainder: 1600 ABC for @abcmelbourne recording; drinks in the corner, I reckon; dinner; return train.

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RT @anildash: Thank you to the OS X High Sierra team for delivering my feature request. https://t.co/GBOGfHan3e

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@oliyoung You’ll go off the depp end?

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In The Place Where There Are Antlers.

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Approaching The Place Where There Are Antlers.

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I know, I can suck the joy out of any occasion, but we really do have some fucked-up things happening, and this…… https://t.co/NwGMbVMcVU

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Still, my thread from last night is more wrong. https://t.co/Bz2VCAvimn

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Maybe Kenny, C. He’d know how to make me his bitch.

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Sigh. I suppose I’d better figure out who I’m going to marry, now that it’s compulsory. Especially given that the w… https://t.co/GVkV684dCf

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@NuclearAnthro I’m still astounded by how fast the technology evolved from, say, 1950 to 1965.

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@NuclearAnthro Particularly as it’d be a laydown attack. Fine flying required.

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@umairh Oh come ON, Umair. Nuclear armageddon is surely an uptick at this point.

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@NuclearAnthro Meanwhile, there was a plan for the TSR-2 to lay down sticks of four 10kt nukes 900m apart.… https://t.co/5p7uGaWsLF

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@juhasaarinen @riskybusiness I think the -p setting should be “verysafe” just to make sure.

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RT @joshgnosis: Paterson: If you want to know what the Labor party policy will be in five years time, just look at the Greens policy today.…

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RT @riskybusiness: The mitigation for the macOS thing is to set your root password to “riskybusiness”.

Please RT.

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chessninja I wish my to-do list looked more like my daughter’s. pic.twitter.com/5sibgTYIKy

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ClickHole Major Bombshell: J.K. Rowling Has Revealed Daniel Radcliffe Is Chinese clckhl.co/P3OrCet pic.twitter.com/hYIJDZY6p0

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@i386 There’s a few spots I like for the second different perspectives. Maybe next year I’ll make a calendar.

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RT @joshgnosis: There’s no other way to put it except those on the “no” side watching their amendments getting voted down are in full tantr…

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@darrenpauli Don’t say I never do anything nice for you.

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Prediction: Those senators complaining about the scarf are rarely known for their own dress sense. https://t.co/RW0SmurptT

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That’s what he says it’s for, anyway. https://t.co/IDM95MZMLx

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@dobes @explanoit I also like the idea of Bill Gates holding public executions.

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Boomerwrath is descending on two people failing to observe the quiet carriage protocol. The 0924, aka the Retiree S… https://t.co/8vb0krzvYV

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@gths You can get better accuracy if instead of dice you use a gun.

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When you think about it, this is quite acceptable internets from a zooming through Doonside. pic.twitter.com/EWi7DwnFEM

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@BundyB @dobes Because it’s what I have with me on the train?

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And I can roll dice to predict a patient’s chance of mortality too. https://t.co/Mvk8PyBI0B

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RT @bAbAHAdAd: ‘Bottom’ church official said it wasn’t great for him either https://t.co/TZ8QBYuixt

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RT @OmarNajam: My son 🙋🏽‍♂️was SO cute today, he asked me “dad are clouds candy?” 😍 I told him they were water. 💦 Then he asked “dad, what’…

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RT @Ricky_Muir: Glad my political experience with @JimmyBarnes was nothing more than me being star struck by someone who performed soundtra…

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RT @ChristnNitemare: Please shoot me: This limited edition Trump 45 gun finished in 24 karat gold is on sale for between $15,000 and $50,00…

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@dobes Mind you, there’s probably a developer somewhere on this #purpletrain. The Mountains are infested with them.

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@dobes Damn. When the first login fails, Termius goes back to the first screen here. I need an iOS terminal program… https://t.co/o0zgXcqNhO

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@dobes Hold on. My mistake. Let me open few ports…

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Sadly, @dobes, I just turned off my MacBook Pro’s firewall and scanned it from my iPad. Port 22 was not open. (Apac… https://t.co/PhAvDyXWeD

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RT @marasawr: My favourite things about this bug are that it has no name and no logo.

… The mayhem is also endearing. 🍎 ↩️↩️↩️ #iamroot

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Yep, here’s the official statement and fix from Apple (via @BuzzFeed because I’m lazy). https://t.co/uBwPMmdnsZ

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Wow I was only on the phone for five minutes and now this. https://t.co/MS3xMH3f1j

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brucedenby The candidates were evaluated using an algorithm called stoogerank.

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@LaTrioli Also, my phone wanted to autocorrect that to “dumpling infants” and now I want dumplings.

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I never expected @LaTrioli to condone dumping infants in the desert, but here we are. https://t.co/gZo2vsVwKM

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Taxi driver said an older woman was in his cab on Monday while the Burke news was on. She said everything that was… https://t.co/GETa10gQud

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Wed plan: 0924 train to Sydney; writing en route (kinda); 1200 back repairs; haircut; 1400 GP; errands; 1600 ABC fo… https://t.co/LkIyvQODWB

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Yeah, it’s a thing, folks. I daresay we’ll soon have both simple instructions for the workaround, and copy-paste sc… https://t.co/rXKTRDA8cU

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@jeffsonstein Apparently they have quite a lot of physics in North Korea.

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@jeffsonstein Something about distance and direction, I imagine.

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RT @sgtjanedoe: Guys I sometimes worry about the US Senate https://t.co/1cccmPqGMQ

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Because Baby Jesus loves everyone. https://t.co/FGcVuPMSva

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There’s a very quick workaround for this macOS High Sierra vulnerability. https://t.co/zq7zmtC5RJ It’s only meaning… https://t.co/ZnbZ037vW4

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Oh, has there been a new DPRK missile launch? Lovely.

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RT @textfiles: In “oh, that’s a thing now” news, a colleague of mine thought it odd that there was a single “motion detector” in his AirBNB…

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@intrepidfear Yeah I was thinking that just creating a new account would “solve” the old-password problem. Sigh.

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OK, so I am way late to this party. “Pro tip: You can log into macOS High Sierra as root with no password: Apple, t… https://t.co/2uBKdJDBcZ

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Yeah, confirmed. I did thing in this person’s screenshot. Though to change my user password I had to enter the exis… https://t.co/pheTngLXZp

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Wed plan, supplemental: I fear that the en route work may turn into sleeping, because last night I slept like a washing machine.

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Wed plan, draft: 0924 train to Sydney; writing en route; 1200 back repairs; haircut; 1400 GP; errands; 1600 ABC for… https://t.co/fBBG98su6N

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Um. I have not confirmed this yet, but I suspect I am going to discover something hilarious*. https://t.co/MKb7UsRBfs

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Wednesday. A buckle is not a bugle. A budgie is not a buggy. Wednesday.

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Definitely going away now. I have a bunch of things to do down in Sydney tomorrow and you’re probably not one of them.

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RT @NewtonMark: Or live for several years in a cupboard. Your choice. https://t.co/DToLBXqvoA

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@dobes @bernietb I am appalled by your insinuations.

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Oh dear, I was meant to be asleep two hours ago, but I got distracted by those penises in Newcastle.

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@PPantsdown @joshgnosis @BuzzFeedOz Sure, but it’s also interesting to see how well known that story is.

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@dobes @bernietb I can only navigate my way around Newcastle when there’s a bulk carrier washed up on the beach for visual reference.

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@bernietb @dobes I think I’ve seen this DVD.

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@bernietb @dobes I have some of those jars here, I think, so I could conduct some experiments.

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@bernietb @dobes Well that’d be a whole episode in itself, yes.

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I am bitterly disappointed that @unsungsongs deleted his last tweet just as I was about to retweet it.

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@dobes It’s a shame I don’t have a podcast this week to explore these questions. Maybe I should do an emergency episode.

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@dobes I’ve been thinking about this and I reckon it has to have been one of those narrow necked pessata bottles or… https://t.co/a9ccV4JMPX

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RT @JORISLUIJENDIJK: UK productivity by region compared to German productivity. This is the UK’s economic problem. The EU has nothing to do…

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@carolduncan @NewtonMark @BuzzFeedOz They’re great photos, but I’m all for having it demolished. Not that it’s any of my business.

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