Stilgherrian (@stilgherrian)

Wentworth Falls NSW AU

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October 2019

@gavincostello @SnarkyPlatypus And the source of many more interesting maps!

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RT @MatthewBevan: Guess he declassified the dog’s name then https://t.co/AR5fvMb03u

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RT @ABSStats: In the spirit of #Halloween today, we’ve picked the squad we want for the coming zombie apocalypse. Who do you want on your t…

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Cchurchili @decolonialatlas Glad to see you posted my map. Anyone interested can see the original here:

flic.kr/p/25m6KUF

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RT @decolonialatlas: 8,000 years ago the Sahara wasn’t the desert it is today. It was a grassland dotted with shallow lakes. Ancient humans…

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RT @stilgherrian: Hahaha oh God give me strength.
1. “National” for which nation(s)? Not international? Not regional and local?
2. Which le…

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RT @stilgherrian: And for your next trick, Jack:
1. Define “political advertising”.
2. Eat some goddam breakfast. https://t.co/vzitEYYH2j

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@DamoTheGeek I am fine with regional English, but alas I didn’t explore the offer further.

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Listening to “Evil Genius with Russell Kane” on Lou Repca.st/722vi3umEStQ

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@diverdutch @burgotastic @upulie The nearest martinis are somewhat distant, so there’s that problem.

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@upulie Goddammit now I want a martini too.

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RT @chaser: BREAKING NEWS: George Calombaris teams up with Woolworths to launch new line of cooked books https://t.co/PySNjy8j98

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@JustJimWillDo @SnarkyPlatypus @schlutes The verbal equivalent of that is the enthusiastic “I’m glad you asked!”

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@SnarkyPlatypus @schlutes Keynote synced between MacBook Air and your IPhone are perfect for this.

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@AttardMon @MikeCarlton01 @Qantas Yep. If you ever see “How likely are you to recommend?” being asked, it’s feeding… https://t.co/65WkqCeTYF

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Anyway, in theory by changing plans I’ve cut $20pm off my Telstra bill for the same data. In the app Telstra is als… https://t.co/HDFRhO7Fru

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@antoniodini @SnarkyPlatypus Look, it’s the bloody French in 1858… ;)

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This definitely* will not happen. https://t.co/Js4deyqyBf

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@SnarkyPlatypus I’m with a human now, and she’s just fine.

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I’ll skip the proffered up-sell, because I have self-controlpic.twitter.com/HRzS5fxE1f1f

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So both the Telstra 24/7 app and https://t.co/kww1bEeZ1M say my iPad’s data plan is out of contract, but the custom… https://t.co/aQDDG9SIkZ

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RT @TheOnion: Silicon Valley Leaders Sit Down With Wildfire At Investment Meeting After Being Impressed By Its Rapid Expansion https://t.co…

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RT @BobcatRobin: Idea for a YA postapoc dystopia novel: gender reveal parties have evolved to the point that a dozen teenagers are released…

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This is truly fascinating. Amongst a lot of other things, they’re reading out declassified transcripts of “remote v… https://t.co/PBwXpV6fcw

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RT @danger5tv: Works too well, well done @SilentHamish 🍹 https://t.co/CGIfor2W61

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MilesKlee letting the Nazis win because a time-traveler showed you an emoji pic.twitter.com/DKnm2lwYtT

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RT @petercoffee: “Historical data show that when the third interest rate cut is the last cut in the series, stocks get a healthy boost in t…

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Listening to @INTLSpyCast, “SpooooookyCast: DIA* Investigates the Paranormalpca.st/ccf66p2vkyVL

* US Defense Intelligence Agency.

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Some of you may quite like this @TwoSetViolin short film, “If Philip Glass was a Film” https://t.co/grOupaahLl

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@SnarkyPlatypus Yep. California gold rush kicked off in 1949, Victoria in 1951. So 1858 would have been around the height of both.

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Modernister50 It appears @ScottMorrisonMP has lifted his catchphrase from a 1988 Channel 10 promo. pic.twitter.com/Qk8ewGQX32

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I’m not sure that the folks departing Congo in 1858 count as “emigrants” as such. Whaddyareckon, @SnarkyPlatypus? https://t.co/8zopCIriGz

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@juhasaarinen @CherylBernstein That? The ol’ sulphur-crested cockatoo (Cacatua galerita). https://t.co/BH4Oim9jBd

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@jonoabroad Some hotels add a “tray charge” or whatever for providing crockery and cutlery and whatever, some don’t… https://t.co/mNnD3IyjUK

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“Colonial Australia’s foundation is stained with the profits of British slavery” by @ppdaley (21 Sep 2018)… https://t.co/Ky41UoJPtQ

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Appreciating @steve_vladeck’s use of the word “fakakta”.

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This is far from being a San Francisco thing, or even an American thing. Delivery from nearby restaurants and then… https://t.co/JiDoH1eyFV

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@SnarkyPlatypus I’ve seen good mentions of that book. Here’s a brief mention. https://t.co/JyhlNgdYjM

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snurbbotinfo Twitter reverses ban on trust. Well, that’s interesting…

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@SnarkyPlatypus Hardly seems worth going for if the global market is US$4 billion while Australia’s annual iron ore… https://t.co/7RYFYXXCDW

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@SnarkyPlatypus Ask the librarian for some of the new releases. There’s been some fantastic stuff out lately.

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CORRECTED: “A quest for global dominance: China’s appetite for rare earths” by David Uren https://t.co/pDqlhtD38k Attn: @SnarkyPlatypus.

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Clearly I’m going to the wrong parties. https://t.co/i8rl5johMY

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RT @SnarkyPlatypus: This has created a very awkward mental image https://t.co/mS3tg2RSil

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@MatthewBevan @australian This is definitely one for the pool room.

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“What can a Californian ferret teach us about the design challenges of today?” https://t.co/U6K65b5EXq Attn:… https://t.co/BS6P4hFM0l

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This seems like a move that Sydney should follow. https://t.co/ZMyhhSfC9S

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Listening to the latest @NSLpodcast, “The House Has Voted to Authorize This Podcastpca.st/qgf74af9hCVG

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@MatthewBevan This is an excellent 20-minute presentation of the rise of Vladimir Putin. A must-listen. https://t.co/t4EIrS01lD

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RT @parisba: California’s infrastructure is in a bad way https://t.co/a5WwXOFRv9

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DDsD Oh this should be interesting. pic.twitter.com/ktzV5FrcNT

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Listening to the latest “Russia, If You’re Listening” from @MatthewBevan, “From spymaster to president”… https://t.co/HBsL2XbUvv

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@DanielAndrewsMP @VictoriaPolice Re this apparent white supremacist gesture by a Victoria Police officer, VICPOL ha… https://t.co/YTk95gkL1l

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RT @Airminded: The first use of something like the phrase “tyranny of distance” in Trove is in 1916, by Mary Foster, organiser of the WA Fa…

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tfswebb this is a very hardworking relative clause pic.twitter.com/qlygjua6il

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Currently listening to the latest @RatlSecurity podcast, The “There’s No Whimpering in Podcasting” Edpca.st/nwuj56j87vyRB9

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Thu plan, an unfortunate update, a forward-looking clarification: I’ll just work slowly through the random tiny ite… https://t.co/lau7cDsEN7

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@SnarkyPlatypus It look like UNSW records them, so I’ll watch out for that.

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Histreepix Exhausted Britons “power-nap” between elections. London, 2017. pic.twitter.com/zlUsewaq4C

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I think I might ignore my replies for a while.

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@moylecroft Yeah I’m pretty sure it’s within known parameters, or whatever.

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Thu plan, an unfortunate update: A morning of sudden fatigue and relentless bathroom urgencies means that the plann… https://t.co/KCQakVtxZE

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RT @ndrew_lawrence: Actually just said by Donald Trump Jr: “I wish my name was Hunter Biden. I could go abroad and make millions off my fat…

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RT @NSWRFS: Smoke currently being experienced across Sydney, Hunter & Illawarra has drifted south from large fires burning in northern NSW,…

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Very @SnarkyPlatypus content, though its tonight and that’s short notice. https://t.co/WmJ1e5mqXi

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I seem to have found another “confusing categoryâpic.twitter.com/KgLgu0VAv3VAv3

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RT @BernieSanders: No one was supposed to find out about this. https://t.co/cx4vQtFC28

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Let it be known that @Viss wants to harass fish. https://t.co/QAAfvRONyD

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RT @cameronwilson: sound the 🚨🚨🚨TRUMP ALERT🚨🚨🚨

An Australian woman is trying to sell an autographed copy of Art of The Deal in a Sydney fa…

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cashbonez If we fight for the rights of journalists, politicians, and celebrities, their rights will trickle down on the rest of us

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Hahaha oh God give me strength.
1. “National” for which nation(s)? Not international? Not regional and local?
2. Wh… https://t.co/WJl9ClQAKy

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@manaz_d @expectproblems No problem. I seem to remember there’s some better consolidated messaging but can’t find it just now.

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beefanddairy Before the Twitter ban on political advertising comes in…
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Vote Beef

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I’d missed thi@davpopepe from the other day@SnarkyPlatypusus an@dobeses might like itpic.twitter.com/8lqfuOaUyuyu

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evcricket Original formula Codral would have been *great* pic.twitter.com/63hRzj7EoW

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@manaz_d @expectproblems The AQI data alerts are, for media, at 4pm and for anyone here live.… https://t.co/25BGSfl2h2

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[Closes door. Deploys chemical weapons.]

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@manaz_d @expectproblems You can point straight at Teh Medias for that, because there’s a daily feed from RFS NSW a… https://t.co/89Ux3dNZJK

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Me: “It’s a little stuffy in here. I’ll open the door.”

Ten seconds later: [House fills with flies.]

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@SnarkyPlatypus Counterpoint: Maybe you should, if you want The Good Drugsâ„¢.

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computerfact programmers are always worried about “source code” but never “destination code” because they have no idea where any of this is headed

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My dream last night included the discovery that angels are in fact complete jerks, at least the ones that are morta… https://t.co/KjRUK8eqYm

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RT @MatthewBevan: “rt is A NormAl newS OutlET likE thE Abc Or bbc” https://t.co/lvR6wGjjIJ

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RT @Rosievix: Anyone else looked twice ?? Like I just had to 😳😂😂 https://t.co/B4LAN9MTG3

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@expectproblems @manaz_d I will also say “hazard reduction” is not “backburning” but then I will leave it at that.

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@NewtonMark I can’t help but think that’s kinda missing the point.

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@jonoabroad I might leave them until another day.

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Thu plan, draft: The broad theme is “Sort out all the things in the Mountains.” This includes data wrangling; more… https://t.co/2TLT1GIbgI

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RT @LBC: James O’Brien sums up the Tory election slogan: “Vote Conservative to undo 10 years of Conservative policies.”

@mrjamesob | #Gene…

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RT @Pinboard: “Although these ads represent a negligible fraction of our revenue, we remain committed to the destruction of democracy on pr…

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RT @ellle_em: OK I HAVE DONE IT

I HAVE CREATED AN ACCURATE REGIONAL MAP OF THE UNITED STATES

BASK IN MY BRILLIANCE https://t.co/nTPP6lsjxW

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RT @NewtonMark: That thing when they’re booked in between 8am and 12pm, and you know they’ll decide you’d not home and won’t come back for…

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@NewtonMark I wasn’t brave enough to say that.

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@dobes @SnarkyPlatypus @rohan_p @juhasaarinen “‘Job Title’ is a mandatory field.”

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And for your next trick, Jack:
1. Define “political advertising”.
2. Eat some goddam breakfast. https://t.co/vzitEYYH2j

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@morebento And people wonder whether they should take a backup drive with them when travelling.

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RT @seankent: I’m dying at how poorly photoshopped this is. You can see the edges on the dog. 😂😂😂 https://t.co/0rd86UMCiO

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So this is what happens when you reconnect your second backup drive after a month away, macOS and iOS updates, all… https://t.co/FJDRCGRrL6

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@SnarkyPlatypus Excellent. Maybe @dobes and @rohan_p and @juhasaarinen and I need to do the “interactive quiz”.

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@SnarkyPlatypus OK maybe it is smog after all, because of the fog component. Which is to say, a low-level temperatu… https://t.co/LeDFv2vW7g

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@manaz_d @expectproblems Oh whacko. I’m guessing they’re also old enough to kinda have to go out?

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@SnarkyPlatypus Good morning. Hope you’re enjoying the air quality.

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We have spring in the Blue Mountains as well today. pic.twitter.com/cHo8reHXB8

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RT @expectproblems: “Poor” is an understatement. https://t.co/8eQoZQukGM

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Thursday. Please make sure that all cupboard doors are closed between 11am and midday. Check carefully. Thursday.

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RT @anthonypesec: This is one of many economic reasons that demonstrate why Australia needs to transition away from a heavy reliance on coa…

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RT @stilgherrian: Seriously. Non-violent protesters are thumped with batons, hit with the ol’ pepper spray, and trampled by horses, but one…

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RT @MarquisO: It was only after the celebrity chef Illuminati had secretly penetrated the boards of our top brands that we realised reality…

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RT @NavalInstitute: Despite their aversion to water, cats are well-suited for life on the ocean because they produce their own vitamin C an…

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We should set fire to everything more often. https://t.co/rQDsDpTmHm

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ICYMI this morning, my excellent dream. You’re welcome. https://t.co/8lv9zVzX6q

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@DavidFeng @jxeeno Quite a lot of Tallawong, in fact.

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@SnarkyPlatypus It’s all a bit so-what I thought.

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RT @SwedishCanary: If we could just convince all Funeral Directors to tie the shoelaces of the deceased together it would make for one pret…

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RT @USCG: In 1945, Salty, the mascot at Air Station San Diego, became the first cat to take part in a rescue mission when she stowed away w…

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RT @USCG: In 1945, Salty, the mascot at Air Station San Diego, became the first cat to take part in a rescue mission when she stowed away w…

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Histreepix A doctor helps explain to Nobel Prize winner Albert Einstein why Robbie left Take That. Princeton, 1995. pic.twitter.com/wtY1OlYBUj

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OK, “pickled herring” since you are all so fuckin’ hung up on speling.

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Listening to the latest @Herring1967 (who has blocked me) RHLSTP podcast with @BobbyMair and it’s quite goodpca.st/beihog0rQ9

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@jxeeno “Interesting”, you say? Shall we @DavidFengFeng?

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I like picked herring.

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RT @fesshole: I once had ‘slap foot’, an early indication of Muscular Dystrophy. Turns out it wasn’t MD, I had a trapped nerve kneeling for…

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kels_316 Come live our pic.twitter.com/eUrkHBNvbL

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@joelpmichael @bunjaree Nah, that’s long since gone.

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Hey @dobes @purserj this chicken is out of control. Honk! https://t.co/dBXA0gNhJr

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RT @P1ayerOne: @SnarkyPlatypus They should have gone further and done clever riffs on the thoughts of Sozcrates, Aristaustle, Immanuel Stra…

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Wed plan, remainder: Eat the chicken (not a euphemism); settle back into “my” @bunjaree spot, including a look into… https://t.co/pMVhFFkFrQ

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@joelpmichael @bunjaree I haven’t dared look in the fridge yet.

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@bunjaree Also to greet me, all “my” Waratah in flower, though they’re a little past their prettiest spic.twitter.com/23FwvDcfr6vDcfr6

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Here to greet me at @bunjaree, the world’s smallest strawberrypic.twitter.com/3ub25uA9tbtb

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RT @WarrenIsDead: The current joke-to-reality turnaround appears to be almost exactly three years https://t.co/G3lZLgTJdr

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RT @KCCINews: Blast from Waukee gender reveal felt over 2 miles away https://t.co/wH1npl6UxQ https://t.co/UhsfwswsSk

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Cool. More electricity available for Victoria Police to charge up their Tasers. https://t.co/uF4HkmhSWt

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RT @jpwarren: “Do as we say or we’ll beat you up” does not make me feel safe around police. https://t.co/R1mCMBhDOc

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AtticusThomas Australian arms dealers are the loosest units. pic.twitter.com/xD4qptJMYG

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“Victorian Cops Join In On Spring Carnival By Injuring Horses In The Interests Of Millionaires” https://t.co/ucQT09dROG

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@SnarkyPlatypus @SuperCroup At least Pad Thai is an actual dish.

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@SuperCroup I particularly like that Pad Thai is their go-to EKZOTIK FEWD.

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@GuardianAus @naamanzhou Though how Naaman can love the Barossa / Nick Cave advert (correct) but not like Run Rabbit Run is a mystery.

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@GuardianAus That said, “what you hear before you enter a large, sealed compound in Utah” is definitely an apt desc… https://t.co/8fZU5Enx2e

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RT @techoglot: Oh, @NBN_Australia, you absolute arsehats.

We want MORE upload speed, not less. MORE! https://t.co/oUcnKY7jzn

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@juhasaarinen @alliecoyne @R_Chirgwin Is “the sea cucumber of tech journalism” a thing? Because you could be that.

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@flowblok @davispg One of the bags has microphone stands and the like. Maybe I should add a sawn-off shotgun to the mix.

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Crossing the Nepean, and I’m posting a photo for the first time in ages. I’m not sure whether I’ll resume or not. https://t.co/bIHGYZyJJ4

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After not having been at the @bunjaree hidey-hole for two months I wonder what’s living in the fridge.

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