Stilgherrian (@stilgherrian)

Wentworth Falls NSW AU

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March 24th, 2020

OK, I’m out of here.

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The new one was recorded earlier this evening. I did one on Sunday too. They are both a bit odd. https://t.co/D8Q5k7ArMq

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NEW PODCAST: “The 9pm His Plague Diary 2” https://t.co/Zv6rjCfUwp

Also on Spreaker https://t.co/lovZF8jNmA and Sou… https://t.co/mAE4T2qSoH

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@domknight But you know, this is from epidemiologist, who at the state level are working double shifts, rather than… https://t.co/tNJgpetLGp

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@domknight It’s the other way around. Closing schools is pretty much meaningless unless all the other things aren’t done.

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@domknight The first bit isn’t aimed at you, but reality can be counter-intuitive sometimes. https://t.co/0yOvpQXqn2

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RT @Rtreatwilliams: My son said watching Trump do a press conference is like watching the kid who didn’t read the book give his book report.

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@jeamland @dobes @jpwarren Dammit this is REAL science!

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@calebcluff @beefanddairy It is pro beef and dairy propaganda, both hard and soft. Mind you, starting at the beginn… https://t.co/0vaSa6kCYK

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RT @riayn: I love that Patrick Stewart is now reading us a Shakespearean sonnet every day. https://t.co/lCVBdp0RoF

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RT @NSWHealth: NSW Health is aware of people self-medicating to treat COVID-19 or using medications in an attempt to prevent COVID-19 disea…

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Should anyone have the need… https://t.co/fqWor6y4Ju

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PulpLibrarian Working from home tips: The Detective’s Handbook. Usborne Books, 1979. pic.twitter.com/Cp9gOJR7vZ

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Here all you amateur epidemiologists, start learning. But still keep your fucking mouths shut. https://t.co/s4ZkZr3Lu7

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vizcomic pic.twitter.com/SlX53h8XyB

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RT @SixthTone: Update: Starting Wednesday, Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport will suspend all cross-border flights to curb the rising…

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@phbarratt Someone just needs to pop down to the storeroom for a pad of verbal agreement forms.

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New Moon is right now, 2028 AEDT.

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“The Effectiveness of Social Distancing in Mitigating COVID-19 Spread: a modelling analysis” (Preprint)… https://t.co/uCQapVFF9a

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@NickyWill100 Sure, but you won’t get through.

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@NickyWill100 Yes, well, this is one of the best-organised operations in Australia so I’m sure it’s all been thought through.

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Oh good, there’s a new episode o@beefanddairyrypca.st/k5ykcmrsmS

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RT @GMegalogenis: @PSyvret @Pollytics Meanwhile, the Mexicans should extend the Victorian border to the Murrumbidgee (based on the old Barr…

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Yes, and for one week. Hilarious. https://t.co/0GT7yO3WJO

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What this seems to mean is merely that if you can’t get thru to report your “obligations” then they won’t automatic… https://t.co/RdA2eslf1i

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@SnarkyPlatypus Well as you know they’re a bit average. I’ll be reporting from Coles Katoomba tomorrow.

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@ChrissieM Good to know. The flu is a cunt of a thing.

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Hahaha oh dear. I’d missed this from Fox News. (Screenshots vi@ABCmediawatchch.pic.twitter.com/jEvHpsZr1U1U

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Well, @SnarkyPlatypus, looks like there’s quite a few of those Aussie Legends to get rid of. https://t.co/6niW6VovTQ

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Octopuses are for the three things you can’t talk about at dinner parties: politics, sex, and religion. Also, they are for dinner parties.

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Octopuses aren’t just for sex. https://t.co/4boOv5OGa8

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@NewtonMark @Airminded @expectproblems Well, as long as you’re not in a hurry, I guess.

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@errolwi @NewtonMark @expectproblems This must be worse than owning a Jaguar.

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@upulie @SnarkyPlatypus @NewtonMark @dobes @rohan_p @jeamland A Google Images search for “political propaganda octo… https://t.co/PPytFjs5yl

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@upulie @SnarkyPlatypus @NewtonMark @dobes @rohan_p @jeamland See also “ The Octopus in Political Cartoons”… https://t.co/9WrYdJqGyn

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So am I. make that 2028 AEDT. https://t.co/vKTbbmpPtl

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Look I’m not sure how you accidentally make a podcast, but here we are. It has a very different feel from Sunday night’s episode.

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NEW PODCAST: “The 9pm His Plague Diary 1” https://t.co/Zv6rjCfUwp

Also on Spreaker https://t.co/WmuD5p1mMF and Sou… https://t.co/UgxkI2GOrD

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New Moon is in two hours, at 1828 AEDT.

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“Sydney bars can sell take-away cocktails under revised coronavirus licensing laws” https://t.co/SUavUAvoSo

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New Moon is in four hours, at 1628 AEDT.

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@dobes @rohan_p @jeamland I should’ve tagge@NewtonMarkrk on this, since he’s a chemtrail enthusiast, and maybe e@SnarkyPlatypusypus.

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RT @MoscowTimes: A Russian television anchor got an exclusive interview with none other than the coronavirus itself, asking it questions ab…

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RT @NewtonMark: The Parliamentary Budget Office thinks @nbn_australia, a $51 billion project with $27.5 billion worth of government funding…

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dobes Remember February? That was 8 years ago.

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RT @WorldBollard: ⚠️⚠️PLEASE STAY AT HOME AND SPEND TIME ON THE INTERNET RESEARCHING BOLLARDS⚠️⚠️ Not only will this save lives, it will al…

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RT @TheGMcConnachie: The moment you realise coronavirus boredom has set in 🤣 https://t.co/19czrGux3u

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Please let’s stop calling them “peaks” then because, you know, they’re not. It’s not a peak until it starts going d… https://t.co/viccJa8YpB

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RT @rhi_stevens: Huge lines of motorists trying to cross the WA border on the Nullarbor before the self isolation rule begins at 1:30pm tod…

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@Kimota Libraries already have the people to do this, and it’s a weekly thing or more. Just need a camera and a mic… https://t.co/BBgSHj23o7

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@CosmicRami Thanks for checking. We’ll be clouded out up here too, but hey someone may get to enjoy it somewhere.

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@munin There’s a lot of that about.

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RT @jpwarren: All the poorly considered automation in Centrelink is gonna make everything so much worse. https://t.co/W4HHMCj94x

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@munin Yeah there seems to be a lot of that going around.

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As the Texas Lt. Gov says, “Grandparents would be willing to die to save the economy. https://t.co/fCtLMNbCVm

Just… https://t.co/EOyPULl4Nr

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Or we could just herd them back into the ships. “CDC says coronavirus survived in Princess Cruise ship cabins for u… https://t.co/UOudoeAzm9

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During Sydney’s smallpox epidemic 1881, retributions hit the local Chinese community because they were thought to h… https://t.co/lB3Z9QTPCw

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@developerjack Correct. Bloody Marys is the right way to do things. Or bourbon.

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RT @evolutionarypsy: DO *NOT* CONSUME FISH TANK ADDITIVES CONSIDER THIS ONE TWEET MEDICAL ADVICE thank you https://t.co/2pcGvINZaO

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@glendturner Yes, but please Dear God we don’t need any more polling! :)

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Donald Trump is a grandparent. Just sayin’ Patrick could be onto something here. https://t.co/J7SA9gjv4n

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This is dated 20 March, but yes Donald Trump is deliberately making it a “Chinese Virus. That’s the sort of cunt he… https://t.co/pEIIK2YHeG

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@catherinedowlan My pleasure. Now I just need to follow my own advice.

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@NickyWill100 Gawd. I have none of those things. But I will be having a quiet moment. By myself.

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I should add that the Essential polling was done “live from the Wednesday night of each week and closed on the foll… https://t.co/3KtgBags8P

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@_ClaireConnelly Polling was done “live from the Wednesday night of each week and closed on the following Sunday”,… https://t.co/06ZxzdQoHi

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New Moon is in eight hours, at 2028 AEDT.

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RT @beneltham: CDC says coronavirus survived in Princess Cruise ship cabins for up to 17 days after passengers left https://t.co/mZEvSwPhbY

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RT @JoshNBCNews: New: More than 2,400 NYPD officers are now out sick, or 6.6% of the department. 100 sworn members of the police force have…

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@developerjack Also not much point me going thru the amendments because I didn’t read the original Bills. And readi… https://t.co/sMqAsFeUq4

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@developerjack This is the only Greens amendment that passed, and it’s part of the Second Reading motion rather tha… https://t.co/lV4LWANMNT

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@developerjack “Sheet 8924 - Australian Greens - negatived” https://t.co/fvBw36Pz3n https://t.co/cA9VoHxBok

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@developerjack Didn’t happen. (News reports generally don’t include what didn’t happen. Well, that’s the rule at some news outlets anyway.)

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Oops, that’s actually the whole thing, but click through for the commentary. The Graun led with “one-third say ther… https://t.co/p5PmmB2wmR

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Q. Which of the following is closest to your view on the role of the Federal Labor opposition during the response t… https://t.co/5wArft0e3J

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Q. Which of the following best describes your financial situation during the Covid-19 outbreak?… https://t.co/7vqPn2aGPf

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Q. Have you changed your behaviour in any of the following ways since the beginning of the Covid-19 outbreak?… https://t.co/9PBVQRGxVD

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“Q. To what extent do you agree or disagree with the following statements about the information you’ve received abo… https://t.co/x1IToM4JNG

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“A third of people believe there has been an over-reaction to the threat of Covid-19,” etc. https://t.co/KFzbhr87TZ https://t.co/jCpefPhboL

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Q. How likely do you think it is, that you will develop Covid-19? https://t.co/I6rD7fWz7v https://t.co/ahpQqqvkry

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RT @samanthamaiden: REALITY TV IDEA

Every MP and minister should be forced this year to apply for welfare without a home computer

Shoul…

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RT @stepville: Texas just used a pandemic to criminalize abortion. https://t.co/HItCvdNr5s

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@SnarkyPlatypus @TelumMedia Well we live in strange and difficult times.

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@jonoabroad @TelumMedia Dunno. Maybe they’ll keep it to straight news. But the constant demand for new material wil… https://t.co/Vmlgpy7tvs

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Gawd. “Sky News Australia has launched a new channel dedicated to providing 24/7 news coverage of the coronavirus.”… https://t.co/EowwMiXxz5

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RT @jstogdill: This is not oversight. #bullshit is what it is. https://t.co/0YiZQHqWap

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Oh dear God I just got a PR pitch from a “data strategy and enablement firm” that’s thrown together an “interactive… https://t.co/l5ZOcS1iiU

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RT @cameronwilson: The Mayor of Norfolk Island emailed Australia’s government to check that a satirical article about Australia offering th…

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@NewtonMark @expectproblems I continue to be impressed that aircraft from the 1930s and earlier can still be flown.

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@expectproblems @NewtonMark Or for something really scary, from the US National Archives,“The Negro Sailor” from WW… https://t.co/ib3OtAF4vH

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@expectproblems @NewtonMark Yeah the period stuff is all VERY dated. But try this one. The “2008” is the catalog nu… https://t.co/DjEMKrRkYo

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@expectproblems @NewtonMark Once you go down the PeriscopeFilm rabbit-hole it’ll be very hard to come back out.

“1… https://t.co/wmP5JtV7BX

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WWII Flying Cadet Instructional Movie “Introduction To Flying” Stearman Biplane https://t.co/EnvNoYRlIR Attn:… https://t.co/GDikqQMA35

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Listening to today’@7ampodcastst, “Coronavirus, part two: How the government failpca.st/kxsg2l28HYv3Nj

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Locking in two writing jobs for July and November. I remain optimistic, apparently.

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@DrRhysPockett Indeed. I’ll add that into a re-done thread, I think.

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RT @sarahlostctrl: Pigeons in London are returning to their natural colours now that pollution levels are lower. The Earth is healing ❤️ ht…

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I’m told that tonight will be the best time to view Venus since it will be at its highest point above the horizon i… https://t.co/fGHbP7jcWt

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@ewe2 @wellmaywesay Well as I said I’d forgotten to check the podcast’s language policy. Not my house, not my rules… https://t.co/OnwWpaQngo

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@MsLods @trentyarwood Good luck with all this, Trent.

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@abcnews Listening to Monday’s @7ampodcast, “Coronavirus, part one: The frontline” https://t.co/o7y9uXQq5F

(It’s… https://t.co/Vy9iOkSyCt

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Remembering when Malcolm Turnbull said I was “barking mad” for suggesting that all four or five members of a family… https://t.co/Gd16ovXCx7

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Listening to the today’s @abcnews Coronacast, “How do I stay fit (and not go crazy) if I can’t go outside?”… https://t.co/kfLFd1EmLd

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Anyway I’ll stop there for now, otherwise I’ll become part of the problem. Back to the shit posting, Kids!

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Here’s one for Australians. I’m assuming other outlets have it too. And email update is good like this. But again,… https://t.co/UNFoWoNda6

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Yeah, choose inputs that are a distraction. But also remember that you don’t have to be constantly stuffing things… https://t.co/SkR3tyPkpO

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… and this was the second. https://t.co/mEtrM0b6tw

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This is just a brain dump, but I do spent most of my time indoors and it’s sometimes been my job to absorb the news… https://t.co/k9sWLyjqb5

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If you’re new to spending days at a time indoors, you may be tempted to put on rolling news or talk radio. Don’t. P… https://t.co/Jo0iMFUqSY

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Seriously, if you watch the rise and fall of every wave you’ll go crazy. Rolling news is addictive. Just enough new… https://t.co/MNct2sxVlQ

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If someone starts doing a “This is what you need to know today” thing, like 500 words top, do that. Read it in the… https://t.co/53hrpmTuIK

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My advice is to choose, say, two main sources of information and limit yourself to them. One potential mix could be… https://t.co/C6ZlUquCid

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Re those last two RTs, yes they’re good advice. I sometimes warn of wallowing in the endless stream of news about c… https://t.co/OsQPRCtlQI

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RT @expectproblems: A quick note: me not tweeting about the Pandemic shouldn’t mean I am not taking it seriously, or it isn’t scaring me. M…

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@TheDanAnimal @vlad_hernandez_ This doesn’t surprise me at all.

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RT @decolonialatlas: Seemingly chaotic, Nature’s stability lay not in a fixed endpoint, but a reliable journey. We’ll get through this - ou…

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RT @phbarratt: If a third of the population thinks this is an over-reaction (ie not to be taken seriously) we are all stuffed.

We are reap…

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@twcau Thanks heaps for all this. I shall digest later today.

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RT @CurseYouKhan: NARRATOR: What could possibly go wrong? https://t.co/ZCVAEQ50Be

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I recorded this podcast on Sunday evening and already my worldview has changed about eight times. How’s yours? I th… https://t.co/XztWAUomWv

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tfswebb do you pronounce COVID

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RT @vlad_hernandez_: Extraordinary times. Unbelievable if true. https://t.co/s9WW7pYpOp

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I’ll look at the @ on the Twitters shortly.

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Tue plan: Much like yesterday, I’m going to keep it simple. Mainly it’s about absorbing and understanding our new w… https://t.co/PoUdIPghVJ

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The Blue Mountains weather is unattractive today but the advice is good. pic.twitter.com/XAv7WLQ2jX

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Tuesday. Horses will not be required, but may be used if desired. Tuesday.

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