Stilgherrian (@stilgherrian)

Wentworth Falls NSW AU

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June 2018

@NewtonMark Meh. It all is scheduled to be nuked when the Soviet tanks roll through the Fulda Gap.

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So for reasons I have just become aware of Trumpy Bear and I so want one. You know what to do. https://t.co/4zkGOMPuw8

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@oberonsghost Everything was a cover-up according to Mulder.

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@NewtonMark Sadly it’s only the one.

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RT @PulpLibrarian: Louis Wain was born in #London in 1860. Although he is best known for his drawings of cats he started out as a Victorian…

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RT @PulpLibrarian: Today in pulp let’s take a look at the extraordinary work of Victorian illustrator and cat lover Louis Wain… #Caturday…

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@myofoz @NewtonMark Pssst! Check what the account is about.

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@NewtonMark This is the biggest problem in all this, yes.

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RT @MatthewBevan: Moses was a refugee leading a caravan of people fleeing oppression looking for a new home. I doubt he’d get into the coun…

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Correct. No one outside the Canberra even notices this shit. And it’ll all be forgotten by the Gallery by Wednesday… https://t.co/E3a3YGYeMI

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RT @NewtonMark: Adelaide University’s new Bachelor of Mansplaining. https://t.co/R3e5NJGEIw

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@DavidFeng I’ve missed where the proceeds of this swear jar go.

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RT @DavidParis: Tesla Used An Artist’s Work Without Permission And Elon Musk Was Unsurprisingly An Arse About It https://t.co/1pZyi8RS3a ht…

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@arizclint @Net_Metalrat @SydneyAirport That’s why I’m on The Lists.

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RT @kcarruthers: Hope she enjoys her unwinnable spot on the ticket. Go Libs. https://t.co/Bk4N6zGWtv

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@Net_Metalrat @arizclint @SydneyAirport Not about some American academic skiving in Australia and making rubbish decisions at an airport.

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@DavidFeng Your wife must be a goddess to put up with you.

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UkNatArchives Occupation?
The Queen.

Queen Victoria’s census entry in 1851.
socsi.in/6cEFL pic.twitter.com/8K4v20AMku

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@sylmobile Well something is wrong with you.

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@SnarkyPlatypus @JonathanPieNews Well this is where it gets very, very meta. I don’t know that I can tell any more.… https://t.co/An7WphNLh5

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@JonathanPieNews I think @SnarkyPlatypus would appreciate the description of Vogue magazine’s comments on the Suffr… https://t.co/dUkzym44DB

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@Taco_Lad @NewtonMark Ah OK, I was fooled by the perspective. As you were. They fly.

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ATTENTION: New @JonathanPieNews “Oppression Obsession” https://t.co/KXVV4SPZ9l

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@NewtonMark They’re just buttresses. They’re not flying.

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SaywhatNathan How deadly are these museum stickers pic.twitter.com/yX1kUwAyeC

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@arizclint @SydneyAirport Well, you’ve come to the right* place.

* Very wrong.

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RT @HoskenS: Arnold is the best, listen to Arnold. https://t.co/HYadGCmzFB

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@paintsandsings @JohnBirmingham Indeed. That whole East Timor debacle is a scab that Australia really needs to pick at some day.

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@BlueJayGliding I did not. Thank you, will read when I’m back at base.

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@timehhh Sure, but it’s not a bad whisky.

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@NuclearAnthro Well we have possums to fill that niche.

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1. Sigh, it’s that’s time of year. 2. We don’t have squirrels in Australia, nor are acorns indigenopic.twitter.com/kRImcP32i432i4

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RT @paulestorey: @MikeCarlton01 Angry ex employee rants about the good old days, laments the demise of tea ladies and calls for government…

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RT @MikeCarlton01: I also began as an ABC cadet before Michelle Guthrie was born. As a sub editor, I occasionally had to rewrite Geoffrey…

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I could eat Japanese pickled seaweed all day. I could fill a bath with it and eat my way to ecstasy.

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RT @MartynMcL: My excl story in tomorrow’s @TheScotsman. US taxpayers are footing the bill for trips to @realDonaldTrump’s Turnberry resort…

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@CosmicRami It’s an alien stealth ship.

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RT @NewtonMark: Homeowners have known there’ll be an airport there since the Government bought the land in 1971, and should go fuck themsel…

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What a strange way of describing a perfectly ordinary construction project. https://t.co/dUnoK4n9Ps

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RT @DansMonArbre: No immigrant has taken a job from a “real american”. You were laid off by a capitalist who took advantage of that immigr…

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RT @monicabyrne13: Also, since a troll seemed to think my photo of flipping off Trump with menstrual blood was a sign of “mental health iss…

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@GordyPls @purserj OK, I think that tights as pants is WAY worse that “to verse” as a verb. Way, way worse.

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The game gets more complicated. “Huawei intensifies 5G push, says Australia could become cyber security leader” https://t.co/aMOsIlIVJ0

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@melissamadsen Oh. There’s a point. I have no answer.

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RT @MapPornTweet: In lieu of an address, a tourist to Iceland drew this map of Búðardalur and surroundings on an envelope. The postal servi…

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@JohnBirmingham Yes well this is indeed an interesting question. https://t.co/bQ3Yz9RpKT

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@CosmicRami There’s clear nights up here right now. Get yourself up to the Mountains, or maybe further west. I shou… https://t.co/Fg1rl1T2aP

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@mrowe Yeah, when I was producing outside broadcasts etc I’d encourage my crew to stay moderately sober until every… https://t.co/Rh70h3QW8c

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RT @TeaPainUSA: Have you folks noticed that Rudy Giuliani has suddenly disappeared from TV after the IG report suggested the FBI leaks tied…

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@mrowe So no one will know. When is the first tech run-through?

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@purserj @GordyPls Of course not. It’s a natural evolution from saying “Tomorrow, A versus B”, especially if you un… https://t.co/HlqYfd4p5w

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@purserj @GordyPls Could you please justify that apostrophe or withdraw your tweet.

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@mrowe How many beers will the cast have had? Because as lighting designer you’re allowed double that.

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erstkate Had to screencap this because I didn’t want to ruin the perfect no. of RTs there. pic.twitter.com/mPljBUXR6H

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Counterpoint: Your son is a cunt and it’s nothing to do with PayPal. https://t.co/fteZqg9rLr

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@CosmicRami Ah, the Celestron reflector! That’s the descendant of scope us students had when doing Astronomy 1H at… https://t.co/3xWcBshDlP

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@Messenger_74 @_midofo_ @sydneyswans OK, we cannot agree on this. And that’s fine. Also, you are obviously wrong.

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I’m not sure I agree with how the tweet characterises the issue, but this is a solid detailed analysis of the econo… https://t.co/x9KWOgoSn4

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RT @HunterFelt: The Birth Of Twitter

EXECUTIVE 1: How about a site where, when news break people could all make the same exact joke.
EXECU…

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@JeffCurless It is. And after a couple of doubles of that,I decided to pace myself with a pint of cider — which the… https://t.co/4JFUGxldSI

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@SteveMolk My pleasure. So many people enjoy TV of so many kinds, and who am I to criticise that, even though my tastes are different?

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@Messenger_74 @_midofo_ @sydneyswans It’s like insisting people report on the Bank of NSW rather than Westpac. It’s the name of the thing.

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Correct. And much as I love my friends at @BuzzFeed, this is a VERY narrow view of what constitutes “healthy”. https://t.co/8xFED8PznE

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@JeffCurless Well this is what I’m drinking currently. https://t.co/7khdD0OgVV

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@JeffCurless … I’m just flagging that “having a bank account” is being positioned as an obvious benefit (and ther… https://t.co/QgrV0OtRlE

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@JeffCurless Cool. No drama. It’s nothing more complicated than that banks charge money (because obviously they pro… https://t.co/21yqonNMvM

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_midofo_ Is it right to block anyone who still calls the @sydneyswans South Melbourne Football Club.

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RT @JohnJHarwood: if you wonder why some NFL players take a knee, watch this https://t.co/1j2XfqYZqa

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Kill them. It’ll be better in the long run. https://t.co/lqzLVY1HPG

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RT @AnachieGordon: Dickwit on abc radio saying that revenge porn laws won’t work because once the photos are online prosecution won’t undo…

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I’m really hoping this tweet is a joke of some kind. It’s late Saturday afternoon here so I can’t tell. https://t.co/ujDGNHCM5O

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@juhasaarinen @tacticalmaid I think it’s fairly clear that everything is proceeding to plan. Just no@tacticalmaidid’s plan.

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@JeffCurless Is this a serious question, or sarcasm?

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Or, to put it another way, 1.7 billion adults conduct their financial affairs without a parasite removing a signifi… https://t.co/EY91Wfzx7m

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Hey @BlogsofWar this is RTYI. You should get @JohnBirmingham on that little @CovertContact podcast of yours, even i… https://t.co/nA1lUCW5oA

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ATTENTION: @JohnBirmingham has made free his magnificent op-ed on the Australian government’s decision to prosecute… https://t.co/IufHvacaoz

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@JohnBirmingham Thanks for this, John, because I accidentally deleted the email. Like, properly delete. And this is an excellent column.

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Hey @SteveMolk maybe they could move the Logies to Chiangrai! https://t.co/CwFz563wp5

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Fuck ’em, Steve. If their tongues were any further up each other’s arses they could taste what everyone had for bre… https://t.co/MncyUBrpPx

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@SnarkyPlatypus Here’s an interesting quote from that article. I’d missed it originally. In diplomatic language, th… https://t.co/p6HaZq4cMN

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RT @DeptDefence: Western Australia will be home to a new Hunter class training and capability centre, known as ‘Ship Zero’, as part of a $6…

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This whole thread on the Logies is on-point, but this tweet in particular gets to the nub of it. https://t.co/opBeo90RU6

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RT @SteveMolk: Alright people - I’ve been mulling over this and now is the time to talk it out.

My thoughts on… the #Logies.

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@morebento Oh yes! I worked my way through the Hellyers Road range when I was in Launceston earlier in the year. Very good stuff.

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@aleeb88 @SnarkyPlatypus Oh, I’m not across that one. I know that historically there’s been occasional talk of a ba… https://t.co/00SgZ1FkRS

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RT @DeptDefence: Western Australia will be home to a new Hunter class training and capability centre, known as ‘Ship Zero’, as part of a $6…

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Just look at this pathetic cunt missing the entire point of what happened this week. https://t.co/7lcG8J4h5R

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@Gwyntaglaw @SnarkyPlatypus @oberonsghost @ArmsControlWonk I haven’t been up there. The invitations have always bee… https://t.co/BTtKBiz9xR

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As I said earlier, if you’re in the Blue Mountains today, stay out of the wind. pic.twitter.com/0d0iszKttg

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@erstkate @JohnBirmingham @aspi @ASPI_org @tweetbot It’s called “maximising engagement”.

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@JohnBirmingham @aspi @ASPI_org @tweetbot HAHAHAHAHAHA. Good luck with that.

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See? This whisky is recommended globally! (Meh, close enough.) https://t.co/MRoUlxLly1

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@JohnBirmingham @aspi @ASPI_org The answer to your problems is @tweetbot. Trust me on this.

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@SnarkyPlatypus @Gwyntaglaw @oberonsghost @ArmsControlWonk As you know, both my work and my other interests mean th… https://t.co/6E9Uny1Nwt

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@Gwyntaglaw @SnarkyPlatypus @oberonsghost @ArmsControlWonk Indeed. There’s quite an engineering and logistics tail… https://t.co/li0WujWiGf

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@JohnBirmingham @aspi You mean @ASPI_org, but yes. Riper’s work in that exercise was something else again. Reminded… https://t.co/fTRLs7wU86

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I may have just had the barman pour me a small* one.

* Large.

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PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT: Despite looking like it’s sold in a bleach bottle, Bruichladdich’s The Classic Laddie… https://t.co/PVIwAy4K1f

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@SnarkyPlatypus @oberonsghost @ArmsControlWonk Townsville was being bombed by Japan and was somewhat north of the B… https://t.co/SYWMCMd7KN

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@SnarkyPlatypus @oberonsghost This IS the empire we’re in, and it’s why we can eat bananas in winter.

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@SnarkyPlatypus @oberonsghost @ArmsControlWonk I’d assume that RAN assets would be taken out by tactical stuff like… https://t.co/Z0f4hMH9zJ

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RT @EsotericCD: It’s been a grim, cheerless week on social media , so let’s all relive the single greatest Twitter exchange ever together.…

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@SnarkyPlatypus @oberonsghost Yes and no. “Nuke Pine Gap” was certainly part of the Soviet equivalent to SIOP, and… https://t.co/GkZVpbZFoq

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RT @LoisLoanKY: So a white guy tells people that the press is our enemy, then another white guy tells people to go out and gun down journal…

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@oberonsghost @SnarkyPlatypus Sigh. The more material from proper policy and strategic analysts I read, the more de… https://t.co/3bUoLioNN6

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Finally, something sensible! https://t.co/RpoZNZfmsz

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@SnarkyPlatypus As the article explains, this is really about creating force projection capabilities that parallel… https://t.co/soqThNW4ij

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@SnarkyPlatypus “The name change, Mattis explained, reflects ‘the increasing connectivity between the Indian and Pa… https://t.co/6ulIywseLS

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@SnarkyPlatypus Meanwhile, “Girding for Confrontation: The Pentagon’s provocative encirclement of China”… https://t.co/GKKSv7bKPP

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@SnarkyPlatypus “In the 1930s, it was the punitive U.S. Smoot-Hawley tariff that helped spark the devastating cockt… https://t.co/h5cwRbDJAl

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@SnarkyPlatypus “How Donald Trump’s Trade Wars Could Lead to a Great Depressiwarisboring.com/54284-2/GtYdQK

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“China Is Muscling India Out of the Maldives” https://t.co/DgrOwqQfWb @SnarkyPlatypus

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RT @HoarseWisperer: The year is 2009.

The financial markets are nearing collapse.

Lenders have all but shut down lending for even auto lo…

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RT @cstross: I … I don’t think they’re fighting. https://t.co/WBhjHCXsLY

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Anyone interested in US force projection should remind themselves of Millennium Challenge 2002 and the work of reti… https://t.co/X71k7UT8I7

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RT @kcarruthers: If only we had some kind of national broadband network 🤔 https://t.co/FOLrBkWCiu

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RT @alpsa: Of corse Julie Bishop is in town, the West Coast Eagles are playing at Adelaide Oval. https://t.co/EWEpgRVJYC

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dobes True 5D chess pic.twitter.com/q5l5IMZGHw

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@jpwarren @healthengine Well that’s part of why this is so hilarious, right?

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RT @Malfrid_BH: Working on nuclear weapons? Want to live in a welfare state? Come join us! 3,5 year position Assistant Professor/Postdoctor…

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This certainly have been the cheeriest timeline. https://t.co/WCwlQ52ffn

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RT @mattblaze: Old school phone-based social engineering still alive and well. https://t.co/F2XS4nPNPS

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@jeamland Well Mr @ememess does have a point.

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Demonstrating strike capabilities. In the Pacific, for example. https://t.co/TZMBP9s7qf

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Just 90 minutes remain to get your cheap digital subscription to the excellent @SatPaper. https://t.co/OtgwExNHQX

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RT @CosmicRami: Today is International Asteroid day! Here’s a nice little thread about nuking high velocity mountain bullets in the big bla…

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@jpwarren @healthengine It’s clear that @healthengine will stay on this path, presumably because they think they ju… https://t.co/PaY3P38SL1

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RT @jmartNYT: Tells his non-Ivy crowds they’re the super elites, but is more taken w elite credentials than Obama

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botandy I call this self care pic.twitter.com/zHPNPQR3Lz

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@jplonie Your son is choosing well, though of course I’ve never met him. He is exhibiting Independent Thought, it seems.

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Sat plan, confirmed: Slow start, with chores (done); minor errands, Katoomba (no rush); reading, or maybe rewriting… https://t.co/sczJBoj0sJ

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Cruel but fair. Though it’s probably more a Peter Thiel / Palantir thing these days. https://t.co/Rv2O3eVCa1

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RT @AllanSeymour1: The digital edition of the Saturday Paper for 1 year for $59.40 if you subscribe by 3.00 pm this afternoon. Just over $1…

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@DDsD @SnarkyPlatypus @kcarruthers @michaelmeloni It’s based on the Victorian-era “curry powder”, of course, and pr… https://t.co/uDWUo8PGba

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@DDsD @SnarkyPlatypus @kcarruthers @michaelmeloni Some of the pseudo-Irish pubs have curry gravy as one of the opti… https://t.co/mwZNH6GLPg

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@DDsD @SnarkyPlatypus @kcarruthers @michaelmeloni And now, partly to annoy @SnarkyPlatypus but mostly because it’s… https://t.co/HI2wAsLB6E

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@SnarkyPlatypus @kcarruthers @michaelmeloni I would counter that you may have had some poor gravy experiences.

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RT @Josh_Moon: Wellllll… Let’s look at the evidence.

1. She’s black
2. She beats a lot of white girls

I think you see their problem. ht…

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These two @onthemedia segments on civility in public discourse, and the problems thereof, are worth listening to.… https://t.co/lVz9uHftFs

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davpope Stop the press pic.twitter.com/s98QdJe2Em

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RT @PhilipSoos: This op-ed by the IPA head, John Roskam, on the Bank RC is terrible. He compares the RC to the 1930s Soviet show trials - w…

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Stilgherrian is an alleged journalist who is the best.

So there. https://t.co/mb9vk60Kst

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To be fair, this is largely because they’ll all be incinerated in the inevitable nuclear conflagration. https://t.co/4SiwD2I0Rh

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RT @Kaneryyy: 2009: “As Twitter grows, it will increasingly become a place where companies build brands, do research, send information to c…

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Sat plan, outline draft: Slow start, with chores; lunch, Katoomba; rewrite a thing, probably; shopping. Exciting, eh?

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Saturday in the Blue Mountains. Deceptively sunny. If you’re exposed to the wind you’ll freeze.… https://t.co/qSoKaSGjMW

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RT @NeilMcMahon: The Prime Minister has appealed for calm. https://t.co/ir8oqY0WEz

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RT @DeptDefence: This year marks the 30th anniversary for the graduation of the first female @Aus_AirForce pilots. Flight Lieutenant Robyn…

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PulpLibrarian “Your is weak! Suffer! Suffer!!”

Forth on the Atari, by E Fliegel (1982). pic.twitter.com/InI4aMPZtR

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Saturday. Toilet brush or butter knife? It’s a personal choice. Saturday.

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Hey kids, @SatPaper has a 40% off sale for digital subscriptions right now, until 1500 AEST tomorrow. The coupon co… https://t.co/M7zdJIOgh1

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Ah, Friday night! Red wine and corruption allegations. Welcome to Australia.

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RT @7NewsSydney: There are calls for former army chief General David Morrison to be stripped of his Australian of the Year title after an o…

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@whiteswine Or, for that matter, the VICPOL Armed Offenders Squad.

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@whiteswine Thanks for the reminder of this history. I’d forgotten so much of this. So very Adelaide.

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RT @QuentinDempster: How strange: @BernardKeane reports lawyer Bernard Collaery’s DPP summons lists each ABC staff interaction “but strange…

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@whiteswine Ah yes. You’re just slightly older than me, but now this is all coming back to me. Happy times, eh?

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