Stilgherrian (@stilgherrian)

Wentworth Falls NSW AU

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August 2018

anguschampion Oh my God the Pope has ETH scammers pic.twitter.com/cJioEyVFWN

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RT @jackie_french_: Needed: Name for new baby wombat.
The winning entry will be chosen by the wombats.
The names will be attached to carro…

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parsfarce my code. my creed pic.twitter.com/fGwSkiJNoX

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BBCScotlandNews A man has proposed to his girlfriend by writing on the side of her favourite cow bbc.in/2onGikg pic.twitter.com/u7sHXUo59o

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RT @jonkudelka: Stop The Brollies in today’s @australian https://t.co/gGpeb5xmzU

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RT @DrRadchenko: A common-sense piece here by @MarkGaleotti. “Now that Putin’s having a harder time offering his people a good life fueled…

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@rohan_p @davidgerard @dobes If I’d taken a slightly different path I could have ended up working for him, at his f… https://t.co/iiwv4HfNrS

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snurbbotinfo Gods, this bot: Scott Morrison and weep.

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@R_Chirgwin It looks like we’ve seen the bulk of it for tonight, however.

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RT @rdmcphee: Theory: The final scene of virtually every movie would be improved by the inclusion of Cher’s “Super Trouper.”

Exhibit A: TI…

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@kheitman_au “Better”, you reckon?

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I see that 4mm of rain was forecast, @R_Chirgwin, but we’ve already had 3.6mm and it’s a long time until 9am.

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I’ve just remembered that I needed to take in the laundry this morningpic.twitter.com/BN9MN3UH1y1y

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Goodness me, what a strange lost decade it was. https://t.co/1mAIRxbqQO

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RT @AntonyGreenABC: An MP winning for fig jam. You couldn’t make that up. https://t.co/fdHnUO8ZKe

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@Blindsidedly @choiceaustralia @SnarkyPlatypus Clearly. Though this does raise an obvious question about the pig supplies.

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@choiceaustralia @SnarkyPlatypus I note that the testing procedure includes “aged dry blood”, so somehow CHOICE has… https://t.co/g16FcvOPBc

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@SnarkyPlatypus @jplonie @choiceaustralia Oh yes. They even compare their efficacy with plain water, and some of th… https://t.co/kWIiuPhOt3

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“Laundry detergent reviews” from @choiceaustralia https://t.co/NYS5AyPNfx HT @SnarkyPlatypus, A Laundry Expert™.

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@SnarkyPlatypus @jplonie I think you should’ve linked to the original @choiceaustralia report.

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RT @erstkate: 1. These kids are hoing to go all Parker/Hulme in their teens
2. What are the weird mind control disks above their cots? Why…

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RT @haveibeenpwned: New breach: The MMORPG game Mortal Online was hacked and 570k email addresses and cracked passwords were subsequently d…

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“Lapel pins or flag pins or whatever you want to call them, are the political equivalent of grenade pins. You pull… https://t.co/i6DXEi0Tmf

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“Digital Transformation Agency remains an executive agency in the PM and Cabinet portfolio with no change to minist… https://t.co/UArpiHAodV

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RT @JoshButler: In March, Dutton was asked by Adam Bandt if he knew the employers of the au pairs. Here’s the exchange below. Bandt and Lab…

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RT @JoshButler: 🚨Dutton accused of misleading parliament over au pair answer in question time

“he urgently needs to explain himself. If he…

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paul_haine Lots of good advice here pic.twitter.com/jjB1CEuJ25

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I have absolutely no memory of tweeting this, or of any event that might have led me to tweet it. https://t.co/AhFtiVV6EU

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BuzzFeedOzPol Yeah so uhhh yea well ahhh whats the go pic.twitter.com/4i67ESAwUK

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Fri plan, draft: For some reason I’m only just now struggling into wakefulness, and I have a splitting headache, so… https://t.co/Lmrvjisnut

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Friday. Six pieces of wood, each of different lengths, except for one of them. Friday.

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So yeah I have just chased people out of the house because what even is this about.

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@SnarkyPlatypus @_midofo_ So many historical photo and other material about Chinese settlement has been destroyed and I am disappointed.

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@SnarkyPlatypus @_midofo_ OK, kids, I am definitely going to read all this tomorrow but FFS what is even going on?

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@_midofo_ @SnarkyPlatypus OK, I will to read all this tomorrow because I am definitely not drunk right now and I wi… https://t.co/nKMaJp8jFV

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@_midofo_ @SnarkyPlatypus Now I want to know so much more! Us whiteys know fuck all about this part of the history,… https://t.co/5bnHQo7FzP

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@_midofo_ @SnarkyPlatypus I’ve never even thought of linking the NW Chinese links to the SE ones in the gold rush,… https://t.co/T6UseZqdTT

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@_midofo_ @SnarkyPlatypus Oh OK, I didn’t even think of linking Broome CN back to Melbourne CN, because I thought i… https://t.co/JXPA1fc5qs

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@aqualung No, they were doing good. I would never judge someone marking the passing of a friend. I’m a cunt, but not that much of a cunt.

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They are buying a bottle of Bundaberg Rum, a bunch of Coke, and whatever they need to celebrate the life of whoever… https://t.co/vs801tHhit

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@nehadk I can understand. But isn’t it a wonderful judgement.

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McElstuff George Clooney plays an ex qld cop in the latest Coen brothers movie: pic.twitter.com/rcn76xdwNy

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@nehadk It’s Osman v Latham, not that I’m a pedant.

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@jplonie Well onto the Scotch at this stage.

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Me at @zdnetaustralia: “My Health Record woes detailed in leaked document: Report” https://t.co/00ekVwgkI8 HT to… https://t.co/6qt0JdYKT1

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“The Balvenie 17 Year Old DoubleWood Scotch Whisky” is wonderful, I’m told. If anyone would like to buy me a bottle… https://t.co/XM0VkAYMsD

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@bigbadave It’s OK, it also had bacon in it.

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RT @MediocreDave: Researchers have argued that, because more people are spending their commute sending work emails, it should be counted as…

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I’m at The Grand View arguing with old white men. Which is to say, white men who are even older than I am. They’re… https://t.co/B2Iq5BAEYm

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RT @Vic_Rollison: Recapping scandals and missteps in embattled ‘new look’ Morrison govt:
💉🏻Dutton au pairs
💉🏻Water Minister water theft
💉🏻L…

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RT @marcusjdl: By “leftie” she means “school has black and brown children”. https://t.co/dNyMTyhpNm

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There are just SO many good lines in this judgement. https://t.co/T6C3p5h4UU

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RT @JeremyCliffe: He’s… he’s really quite thick isn’t he? https://t.co/RcaKiYLiL5

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@reillystyley @trashyhonky @p_hannam Please do. It’ll be an excellent primer for me. I hope, anyway. ;)

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@reillystyley @trashyhonky @p_hannam Oh good. I am embarrassed to say that while not completely #planespergers, I s… https://t.co/oe2LaL8Bfa

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@trashyhonky @reillystyley @p_hannam I think they all muddle the technology with the business model. Also, insistin… https://t.co/Sz0cNcCAHX

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bhakthi good morning i have some important news about goats, my favourite animal bzfd.it/2NC1TQU

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You can never have too much Uber or too many drones. Apparently. And now I want to cry, @reillystyley. https://t.co/y5lCcqvNhs

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I see that the Latham is having a bit of a sook, quoting a line from the judgement completely out of context. He sa… https://t.co/6ISCGqKvZm

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“Vault, QuintessenceLabs, and Ziroh Labs have joined forces to build a system for strong encryption of user data fo… https://t.co/yeFImO9cOr

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@paulbam3 @SnarkyPlatypus @teasri Mind you, getting humans out of the loop might help reduce the road slaughter — t… https://t.co/BvwTHySc4F

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Me at @zdnetaustralia right now: “My Health Record woes detailed in leaked document: Report”… https://t.co/jslssWw3Sn

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@SnarkyPlatypus @teasri (I have no idea whether your views match these, @teasri, I’m just riffing off the question.… https://t.co/xeqjqOg2C7

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@SnarkyPlatypus @teasri But for rich technocrats — a Silicon Valley software engineer is paid around 8x a typical w… https://t.co/NS40cnT69e

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@SnarkyPlatypus @teasri Driving trucks is one of the few jobs left that can be relatively stable yet require little… https://t.co/hT3fN4bLzW

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@SnarkyPlatypus @teasri “When autonomous vehicle saturation peaks, U.S. drivers could see job losses at a rate of 2… https://t.co/Yti07ucy2c

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@SnarkyPlatypus I see it more as a pushback against the endless techno-optimism. In this example, too, “liberate fr… https://t.co/YAJb3dTcZ5

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@trentyarwood @FutureWiseAU Yes, I am broadly familiar with your views.

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“Elon Musk Unveils New Clean Energy Luxury Car Pulled By 8 Tesla Employees” https://t.co/Bwq7cyxY0y https://t.co/wuzHzMVEQP

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There’s now a Senate inquiry into My Health Record, with broad terms of reference including “any other matters”.… https://t.co/nceAOZwoVI

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ICYMI, me at @zdnetaustralia Wednesday: “Australian government moves to improve My Health Record privacy”… https://t.co/Ap4aP5r62x

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Column filed for @zdnetaustralia. It’s another one abourd, Australia’s latest government success story.

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RT @jonkudelka: What’s the go? In today’s @australian https://t.co/Um2Mtmjwuj

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@zdnetaustralia OK, I am settling into my writing now. Please tell the Federal Court to calm the fuck down for a while.

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RT @jonkudelka: I for one cannot wait for the reviews of Mark’s next submission to come out.

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@GreenJ It is my sad duty to inform you that that joke was already doing the rounds at this time yesterday.

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@SnarkyPlatypus @DrRhysPockett @BOCSAR Quite possibly. Again, I wonder if that’s something borne out in the stats.… https://t.co/jN31m1IXMy

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@DrRhysPockett @BOCSAR Interesting point. Not something that the crime stats alone can reveal, I would assume. I mu… https://t.co/OMglCJq8nr

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@michaelneale @CARROT_app I was just hanging out some laundry, and the line is shielded by the building itself and… https://t.co/YkCHE4uCuQ

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Thu plan, confirmed: Slow start (done); write for @zdnetaustralia (shortly); quiet evening. I’m finally understandi… https://t.co/KZUAdRtkHQ

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It is a beautiful day in the Blue Mountains today. Thank you, @CARROT_app. pic.twitter.com/hIslXWgr9K

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@trentyarwood @maelorin You just fear technology.

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RT @damonayoung: In the matter of Dr. Damon A. Young’s infringement notice for travelling without a valid ticket, Dr. Young offers the foll…

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snurb_dot_info So, has anyone run Latham’s, um, ‘defence’ through a plagiarism detector yet ?

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@maelorin Oh agreed, it’s standard operating procedure. That’s why we have to blokchane all the things, or machine-learn all the things.

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RT @JazzTwemlow: There’s a whole department at the ABC that works round the clock so the Daily Telegraph don’t have to do any actual thinki…

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RT @Picketer: “Your Honour, may I take you to the material we have filed about the genocide of the the Dzungar by the Manchu Eight Banners…

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@arcadiagt5 No no, huffing paint IS a “fairly standard business analyst principle”.

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ginarush RIP meme. Time of death 12:20 Thursday August 30. pic.twitter.com/zcXYVXlKD7

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“If blockchain is melons, how could it apply to driving a tractor?”

This question is the wrong way around. What do… https://t.co/rJ08XYNHKG

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OK, this is the bestest Blokchane Magick™ I’ve seen all week. https://t.co/PnmLu92IDg

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RT @oberonsghost: Troop Cat Ed looks like he’s about to issue the photographer with a ticket for loiter within view of a police cat. ;-) ht…

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@purserj @dobes @rohan_p @ashabeeeee @davidgerard Do they have zombies in Korea? I know almost nothing about Korean… https://t.co/A3BCLnL2xv

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DDsD Bring back the Sydney monorail.

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Latest Blokchane Magick™. (I know @dobes @rohan_p @ashabeeeee and probably @davidgerard have just received this too… https://t.co/0Ob0AXnDCv

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RT @MatthewBevan: Man Dutton really shouldn’t have pissed off Roman Quaedvlieg.

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Hey @SnarkyPlatypus you should read / listen to this and follow RN’s series, because this first one that I’ve seen… https://t.co/5U6G4W7eer

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Gosh. This may have massive knock-on effects. https://t.co/FlYTFVLXIw

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@johnb78 @SnarkyPlatypus @purserj @JohnHMcWhorter @LanguageLog I like that “It can be expected” is expressed as a s… https://t.co/pFvdM30gkf

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@johnb78 @SnarkyPlatypus @purserj I need to run this past some better linguists than me, because that’s an excellen… https://t.co/V2ALpV7h1B

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RT @glengyron: Me chanting: Au Pairs! Au Pairs!

People in the street chanting: Au Pairs! Au Pairs!

Gallery journalists: What the Au Pair…

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@TimWattsMP @MurrayWatt Yeah you don’t have to be a genius to decode that bureaucratic language. But then…

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@SnarkyPlatypus @purserj I haven’t read the judgement yet, but it looks like a hoot. Letting Latham having another… https://t.co/VNlzQ4Rsyt

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RT @MurrayWatt: This is the brief from Dutton’s Dept abt 1 of the au pairs, for whom he personally intervened. Dept clearly warned that gra…

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@scott_thewspot Well I’m looking forward to taking the time to read it properly.

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Latest from NSW @BOCSAR: “Most domestic violence offenders do not specialise in domestic violence”… https://t.co/6fgXMEFsqc

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@scott_thewspot When judges know that they’re setting a precedent and the case will be highly cited, they pull out… https://t.co/4vKQs3JDDi

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To answer a question that was bugging me in that “judgment”… https://t.co/v9VGHnPOA9 https://t.co/JJDHcxCbya

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@joshgnosis @cjjosh You’re asking ME about television and the like? I have no idea.

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@joshgnosis @cjjosh Latho’s next program is going to be… interesting.

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That address again: Faruqi v Latham [2018] FCA 1328. https://t.co/4FPEeAK4cm

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@riskybusiness I’m looking forward to reading the whole thing in detail, slowly and with relish. And possibly with… https://t.co/JFBzs0u92O

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Another pertinent observation. https://t.co/dA6nE2HtzV

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@PeteLawler This is why I want to save it until I’m properly awake and brain-defuzzed.

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Me at @zdnetaustralia Wednesday: “Australian government moves to improve My Health Record privacy” https://t.co/VcuVenJLeS #MyHealthRecord

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My attention has been drawn to the Federal Court judgement in the Faruqi V Latham defamation case. I am reliably un… https://t.co/yj4d2igtuc

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@PeteLawler Christ, I’m not quite up for reading that yet. Bookmarked.

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@dobes @ashabeeeee @davidgerard @rohan_p Yeah @thelaughingsub and I were predicting that you wouldn’t be very good… https://t.co/d2txUkSY2S

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@DDsD @crikey_news @dobes That’s right, he’s also a climate change denialist. I saved this takedown of hpic.twitter.com/TPF27ZyWvdyWvd

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@DDsD Ah yes, I recognise that name. A regular @crikey_news commenter IIRC, and a signatory on this IPA letter of s… https://t.co/K0nrnIkjkZ

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@dobes @ashabeeeee @davidgerard @rohan_p Is this us? This is Australia, isn’t it. There’s a “c” in “defence”.

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Thu plan, draft: Slow start, because as scheduled in the Weekly Wrap this is a take-it-easy day (still in progress)… https://t.co/2gsWmuPYPN

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RT @LukeLPearson: The biggest problem with Abbott as Special Envoy is that the PM didn’t look at Indigenous Affairs and ask “What does this…

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Thursday. A goat in a boat, afloat. Take note, and get my coat! Thursday.

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“Mr Cholmondley Warner - Conjugal Rightsyoutu.be/FUDZOjI_axwVEbX I do wish we’d had this sort of graphic sex edu when I was at school.

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@paulbam3 Yes, Mr Cholmondley-Warner knows about these things.

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RT @nzpolice: That awkward moment when you realize you’ve tried to phone scam NZ Police #scamfail #secureas 🙄🤣🔞 https://t.co/YcfRI2cITh

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RT @johnb78: Fucking hell, that’s nasty even by the extremely low standards of the Murdoch press https://t.co/2DjUHcDR8z

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I’m still trying to get past “sweep the special chimney”. https://t.co/700YRC6Sqs

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@SuperCroup @SnarkyPlatypus Why? Is there a new prime minister?

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RT @thomas_violence: holy fuck this sounds horrible. congratulations on inventing “apartments but worse” https://t.co/azTDnPmVTm https://t.…

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Sneezing. I think I’m allergic to mountains.

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RT @RANDCorporation: This new paper examines Russian media responses to three key events in Turkey:

1) the Turkish shootdown of a Russian…

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RT @MarkDiStef: Woof. BuzzFeed News reveals the Russian government is secretly funding a group of seemingly independent websites pumping ou…

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So, @realDonaldTrump, like when you say “People are telling me” without you saying who’s saying it? ’Cos what news… https://t.co/lqoxrjJmMW

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onlmaps Areas colonized by Europeans and which European country last held them. buff.ly/2NtAgcT pic.twitter.com/BsUq9T4hwD

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manicode LOL @signalapp update notes. pic.twitter.com/iMt4k0bcQm

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Wed plan, tiny remaining part: Reading; stay warm; wait a few more hours until I can take the last dose of annoying… https://t.co/2kbbJxXbVU

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Back at @bunjaree and glad I didn’t have to be WAITING PATIENTLY for very long. pic.twitter.com/6OgEFAdNNj

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RT @ClickHole: When This Boy With A Colostomy Bag Said He Was Sad There Were No Superheroes Like Him, Marvel Told Him It’s Absolutely Cruci…

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RT @AaronBlake: Pearl Harbor happened 5 years before Trump was born. https://t.co/6XHnNpv0Im

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@MatthewBevan @niallj16 You’re doing vital work, Sir.

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RT @jimwaterson: Congratulations to The Times for coining the single worst phrase that has existed in the English language. https://t.co/ht…

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@niallj16 @MatthewBevan We’ll find out tomorrow morning when he wakes up.

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@niallj16 @MatthewBevan It’ll go on forever. Matt has a lifetime of work ahead of him.

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Me at @zdnetaustralia today: “Australian government moves to improve My Health Record privacy” https://t.co/VcuVenJLeS #MyHealthRecord

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@JonDeeOz Thanks, Jon. The burden of proof is on showing that they knew, so that’s trickier than mere ignorance.

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@MatthewBevan I recommend once more listening to this series from the beginning. https://t.co/Pm52fxhokP

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@MatthewBevan You know, @MatthewBevan, this is all getting more and more insane.

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Listening to the latest “Russia, if you’re listening” from @MatthewBevan: “Felix Sater: Criminal, informant, develo… https://t.co/mvOhRdObNP

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