Stilgherrian (@stilgherrian)

Wentworth Falls NSW AU

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May 2020

RT @sovietvisuals: Not a Soviet visual but a deepfake of Elon Musk singing 1983 Soviet space song “Grass Of Home” by the band Zemlyane (The…

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@NewtonMark Still might be worth trying to reduce the other fires though? I am no expert.

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timurkuran A 56-second overview of the first 5 months of 2020. pic.twitter.com/WRpdHxSc4P

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shane25873 Six hour poll….

Do you think Trump still has a real chance of serving a second term as President?

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RT @smolrobots: Now we’ve slowed down the blades and put up a warning sign, from tomorrow you can safely walk into a combine harvester. htt…

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SunApology Flash some cash. pic.twitter.com/nCOYnB1WFl

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@misosusanowa Basically anything could happen at this point. :(

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@jodiem Of the podcast? That’s just the standard macOS speech synth, with the Australian female voice chosen. Which… https://t.co/UKWhHynBNY

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@arizclint “Don’t think of a hippopotamus.”

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RT @NewtonMark: It blows my mind that the NRL thinks they have “power brokers.” I mean, seriously? Your stadium development just got shot i…

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Sure. Four more years. And then Jared. So twelve more years. https://t.co/NtE8omi6Iv

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@jonoabroad Thanks. :) I’m good though. I am used to managing the occasional bad times. How are things your end?

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All I really did this week was make two very short episodes of His Plague Diary, the current format for “The 9pm Ed… https://t.co/u5E490FicG

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NEW BLOG POST: “Weekly Wrap 522: And now America burns…” https://t.co/H92untbJ7L Covers 25—31 May 2020.

This pho… https://t.co/HxK1cZgiZs

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RT @AnnastaciaMP: BREAKING: Start planning your holiday! We’re opening Queensland for Queenslanders from noon tomorrow.

Queenslanders will…

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RT @tkerssen: Share widely: National guard and MPD sweeping our residential street. Shooting paint canisters at us on our own front porch.…

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RT @legind: OMG people are calling it the ACAB Spring

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RT @rynobi: My three-year-old just came out with this. I’ll by thinking about the layers for days.

Q. Why did the chicken cross the road?…

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bubbaprog “Unclear where they may have gotten that cheesecake.” pic.twitter.com/mLfSJvMGvZ

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RT @Dali_Yang: Quite a find: 1968 Chinese map of black protests against violence in the U.S. https://t.co/5rxsE7L9Ed

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RT @GabbyOrr_: Pretty surreal scene here. POTUS awaits SpaceX Crew Dragon takeoff as “Macho Man” blasts from speakers on the rooftop. https…

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“Trump is reportedly insisting the Republican National Convention be held without face masks or social distancing m… https://t.co/aQHjvYiBR9

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I’ve deleted my retweet of a video that purports to be a protester in Chicago riding a “borrowed” police horse. Th… https://t.co/MfpfEKC5y6

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markhumphries CONSPIRACIST WAREHOUSE pic.twitter.com/SFujqHOgcf

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RT @joewilliams_tew: Jus heard a reporter on @TheTodayShow
interview a LA local about tensions. He said ‘this country is built on violence…

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@MsLods [Nods] Adopting a sociolect that’s not naturally theirs. A clumsy kind of code-switching. https://t.co/SZCtCMtcOF

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Sun plan, eventually: Laziness; not the shopping, unless I notice something missing that can’t wait until Tuesday;… https://t.co/NcGJ8zyyld

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grugstan happy 13th birthday to this little angel pic.twitter.com/ZoucQMTH9k

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This makes sense, and now I’m wondering whether I have memory loss because I should’ve known this. https://t.co/EvEdTBCphR

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RT @JoshuaPotash: In New Jersey police have literally started marching with protesters.

#BLACK_LIVES_MATTER
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Apparently it is. There you go. https://t.co/ur8mRUJl4n

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“Tradies on the tools” is a phrase now, apparently. https://t.co/ifMZHRVppB

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@alexdante @_DaveKnowles The general and the specific often work in parallel.

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Sunday. Do not trust anyone with an inflatable head. Sunday.

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Given all the things that are happening in the world right now, whinging about Finnish gin is WAY down the priority… https://t.co/O9FAqYelcp

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@franksting @mikko @iblametom @Kyrodistillery OK, so I am now being a sook about Finnish gin. But hey this is how I work.

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@franksting @mikko @iblametom @Kyrodistillery I am not. But @mikko is (nice chap) and whatever goddam distillery is.

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@mikko @iblametom @Kyrodistillery If Finnish gin is a thing then I am happy to sample it.

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@awelder @jamnic77 So you’re saying I should drink more whisky.

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@ilan_peer @mikko @iblametom Wait, what is going on here? :)

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@kcarruthers @joannejacobs I believe I have already said something along these lines.

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@mikko @iblametom Pffft. There is no such thing as Finnish gin.

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@joannejacobs @kcarruthers Correct. Twelve more years (including relatives).

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RT @JayHulmePoet: The damage Little Britain did (and continues to do) to the perception and acceptance of trans women in the UK is incalcul…

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@SnarkyPlatypus I’m sorry for “and his wife” but I’ve been drinking and I forgot her name. I do know she’s a human in her own right.

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@SnarkyPlatypus The idiocy is that Obama and his wife have been making statements all day.

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Wait? There’s a series of “Archer” I haven’t seen?

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@steampowerednet “Here we are”, I meant before automangle got to work. And yes.

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This does show how good the original theme is, as well as the remix. https://t.co/2bWP9vytl8

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RT @CcpBureau: BREAKING: British Foreign Secretary offers Beijing straight swap, Northern Ireland for Hong Kong, in a move designed to solv…

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@expectproblems Look, Ma’am, I just pass on the news. I am merely the messenger.

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What the fuck is this bullshit? pic.twitter.com/4myZM06iiw

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RT @PMBarraclough: What does this even mean? Wtf is a proper political hack? I think Insiders is so inside that it’s inside its own arse ht…

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botandy everything is accelerating

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RT @botandy: Sascha, have you been…to Europe https://t.co/kdV88NbNwF

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@R_Chirgwin @bgosford I’m glad* she can’t turn her head because she’d kill me with a glance.

* Obviously I am not glad of this.

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@purserj @SnarkyPlatypus Hahahaha right. So the key story facts are: (a) This is the $3 billion cost; (b) person no… https://t.co/PeLL7xPzHT

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@SnarkyPlatypus Well to random single-source “small business owner” apparently it is. https://t.co/9ue8SwWjmH

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@SnarkyPlatypus I’m also loving how the person tagged as “small business owner” is trying to fit up the state gover… https://t.co/gXQTo3Yn5q

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@R_Chirgwin @bgosford Why wouldn’t I credit that? I’ve met her. I know this is the truth.

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shane_bauer 880 freeway in Oakland. pic.twitter.com/8hjCXiKWOq

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@_midofo_ Exactly. I mean, it’s Lancashire.

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@SnarkyPlatypus Correct. And you weren’t even there! :)

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@_midofo_ Well no I am looking at this and if it is a “shepherd’s pie” no of course there is no tomato in it. What… https://t.co/cIQb9K2g46

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@bgosford I was often supervising producer for the 0900-1200 classical music programs that followed. We had to be t… https://t.co/XlgA6Kh9lc

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@bgosford Oh fuck yeah! Even by 1981 in Adelaide, at what is now Radio Adelaide, at 0800 Saturdays there was a “Yug… https://t.co/ocGIK7FRsh

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@_midofo_ Not in a cottage pie, I agree. But the local bakery does a bacon, egg, and tomato pie which is a very goo… https://t.co/LU96bjt8Ar

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@SnarkyPlatypus @sylmobile For the meaning of “Ersatz” please see https://t.co/2WedK5Fh9z.

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@SnarkyPlatypus @sylmobile Is “Ersatzkrautwein” racist? I know that “Kraut” for “German” is literally “cabbage”, bu… https://t.co/yQbQFyaMN7

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@SnarkyPlatypus @sylmobile Oh wait, I see they got it made in France. Somewhere.

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@SnarkyPlatypus @sylmobile Sure, but since this is some Ersatzkrautwein why not choose a name that reflects Germany… https://t.co/45XQUTAMjp

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@_midofo_ I’m thinking as an amateur — in strategic analysis not masturbation @SnarkyPlatypus — that the PLA’s main… https://t.co/wi71CGgthQ

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@_midofo_ So yes people are bringing this to my attention. [Rolls eyes.] I really don’t think this is the PLA’s main problem.

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Agreed. But let’s not make all this about journalists.

(Sorry, hot button issue dating from major mastheads’ cover… https://t.co/uExKuIfXw3

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@glengyron @ChrissieM @SuperCroup @SnarkyPlatypus I am refraining from commenting on that.

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@bgosford [Nods] Our friends at Crikey did a spotter’s guide to the far right not long ago. It seems that most of t… https://t.co/c1ZKnz65F9

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@bgosford Thanks, Bob. I hadn’t realised the Klan made it here.

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@glengyron @SuperCroup @SnarkyPlatypus The Jacob’s Creek is good, yes, but I also have some 12yo single malt to hand for Ron.

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RT @realCarrickRyan: Seeing what’s happening in the USA, I thought I’d create a thread of all the acceptable peaceful protests that we allo…

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RT @bgosford: Part 2 of my look at the Klan in the NT: Constable David Jennings. NT cop and Ku Klux Klansman: From KKK “White Giant” to an…

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RT @bgosford: Part 1 of my look at the KKK in the NT: Constable David Jennings. NT cop and Ku Klux Klansman: https://t.co/Q18KHawc36 #KuKlu…

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@bgosford I suppose I could read the linked-to article…

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@bgosford I’ve missed the start of this, Bob? When was this? Newspaper typography looks 1970s.

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@kels_316 @JustJimWillDo There’s a lot of that about. And our friends in St Petersburg will be working double shifts right now.

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@nickheathsport This first one has some superb footage of feline psychological warfare. https://t.co/JW9TUVl6m4

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@kels_316 @JustJimWillDo @Qld_Steve [Nods] I keep forgetting that, being more towards the other end of the richness… https://t.co/KFVe0wAzaS

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unixbigot Which emergency service do you call if you find out one of your kids has brought home a sourdough starter?

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@hereforthehops @SnarkyPlatypus I know of a bar that will serve doubles of navy strength gin, at least when you loo… https://t.co/UNAlhxx4Ou

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@hereforthehops @SnarkyPlatypus Alas no. I think I’ll fix that mistake next week.

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@kels_316 @JustJimWillDo @Qld_Steve So, can you just make up your own police forces?

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RT @NyadolNyuon: If conversations about racism make you feel uncomfortable, you can do two things:

1. ignore; or
2. ask yourself about whe…

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@SnarkyPlatypus I have a bottle of gin which should see me through, though I may switch to whisky later.

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I hadn’t realised that @nickheathsport is now doing weekly #LifeCommentary compilations. https://t.co/aSza00PeSl

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RT @Crashingtv: “Finally some signs of spring today in Norway. The cars are beginning to show up again.” https://t.co/SqGKlDXpuJ

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@JonoH @kcarruthers @annie_parker “An ample sufficiency.”

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@kcarruthers @JonoH @annie_parker Well yes you can, and you end up shitting out bright red jelly-like fragments for two days.

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@JustJimWillDo I knew the Texas Rangers were still a thing. And I knew the “Here, have some hand-me-down military k… https://t.co/R3u17QOc2l

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RT @NickyWill100: Monkeys attacking lab assistants and stealing Covid-19 test samples was not on my #2020BingoCard @kcarruthers

https://t…

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@SnarkyPlatypus I sort of got that at one point, but then the fascination came back as I absorbed the sheer scale of the damn thing.

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@SnarkyPlatypus Awww… Poor little young person with no attention span… :P

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“The Swish Machine: 70 Step Basketball Trickshot (Rube Goldberg Machine” https://t.co/bYqPG2BxbG (3m19s)

You may h… https://t.co/F2xhxIGVZN

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@JustJimWillDo I once saw an excellent piece by a guy who was either 82nd or 101st Airborne saying that local cops… https://t.co/PWd1bhidv5

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@JustJimWillDo Yeah I was very impressed with how she handled that. Maybe because it contrasts so much with the inc… https://t.co/5zemEQacGt

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Let’s just open fire because someone is blocking traffic. Sure, at the ground with what I assume are rubber bullets… https://t.co/4geoUYxk33

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RT @annie_parker: Wow. The whiteness. It’s overwhelming. https://t.co/srxmqXgsqW

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The white woman in the background of this video is the police chief in Atlanta. She’s been down in the streets in h… https://t.co/ZQnLQ61HYg

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@reselsnark I don’t know what to think any more. I’m just confused.

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RT @arizclint: Trying to avoid schadenfreude here … https://t.co/wdajMiMWTf

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According to the thread this is @TamikaDMallory and this is one hell of a speech. https://t.co/Hk7CdXH9GF

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“Far-Right Extremists Are Hoping to Turn the George Floyd Protests Into a New Civil War: Armed extremists are showi… https://t.co/8dY8TALuS1

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@damana @sylmobile I hope not. :( Good luck, though. The dumb seems to be spreading.

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This data visualisation of US vs CN trade is excellent and very @SnarkyPlatypus @dobes @glengyron areas.

It’s from… https://t.co/l4r7FQHp3F

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RT @NewtonMark: He didn’t quite make the grade for his inauguration, but it’s great to see that Trump has finally managed to draw a big cro…

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@republic2809 Pyjamas, batons, and riot shields. Let’s get the full list out there.

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RT @CNNPR: This is not accurate - our CNN crew identified themselves, on live television, immediately as journalists. We thank Minnesota @…

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Perfectly normel country, The America. https://t.co/ptnFo7pGt1

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RT @ratemyskyperoom: This room is a feast for the senses. One of the kindest and most philanthropic humans on the planet, @DollyParton will…

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@PaulHenry524 @SnarkyPlatypus @OurNewHomecoach Fwiw the History Channel offers these 8 points. Is this more reliabl… https://t.co/di47MDnST7

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Have you subscribed to @cameronwilson’s new newsletter? It contains rare plant crime! https://t.co/bzli2wRHjd

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@manindotblack @dobes @davidgerard @rohan_p Thanks, that one has been kicking around for a while. Needs a bigger audience I suspect.

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RT @Pinboard: If I had a libra for every time some brain fart from inside Facebook was reported as actual news, life would pretty much go o…

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TheOnion Insecure, Frustrated Bully With Something To Prove Considering Career In Law Enforcement bit.ly/3ch6B2j pic.twitter.com/s56Dfg08yJ

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b3ta “Us…… and them….” by Bod- - just FP’d: ift.tt/2MdOMXm pic.twitter.com/UFo5PPsyq6

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@JustJimWillDo @DavidFeng Oh lying down Grass Mud Horse
Oh running wild Grass Mud Horse
They defeated river crabs**… https://t.co/JxyTCMjLlW

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@JustJimWillDo @DavidFeng There is a herd of Grass Mud Horses*
In the wild and beautiful Ma Le Desert**
They are li… https://t.co/g4aiLgOWfa

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@JustJimWillDo @DavidFeng Well now you know why soft-toy alpacas or llamas are commonly seen in the windows of cars… https://t.co/eYlexnB2hF

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Sat plan, an outline: Chores; fried rice; reading; podcast listening; gin (maybe). I know I’ve had some lazy days b… https://t.co/ZbtDvk9bVh

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RT @xor: I can’t tell you how many times, when I was working on police drone policy, law enforcement reps would get upset over the use of t…

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@JustJimWillDo River Crabs. https://t.co/i7EihL9ftF

See also this, which I has perhaps mistakenly assumed you knew… https://t.co/2yTLumOcoD

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@JustJimWillDo Ah. Good. If there were actual River Crabs they might have had three wristwatches. 和谐.

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ScottFitzG One of the many beyond deluded Trump supporters. Be a shame to lose the 80 mil from the Twitters. pic.twitter.com/t27Xb095wy

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Waiting for the Sun to emerge fully. I am hopeful that this will happen. pic.twitter.com/H49cgmoTKr

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@joannejacobs Thanks, but it’s OK. It’s just everything being as things usually are. :)

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RT @ellehardy: Three years ago, I was investigating the small but growing industry of insurance and reputation management for individual po…

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Saturday. Think about where you would put a staircase. Saturday.

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Things are a bit crazy around the world right now so I’m going to bed and I expect everything to be sorted out by the morning.

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JamColley ‘it’s something good ruined by americans’ pic.twitter.com/FUre84uZKh

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RT @glengyron: Very weak. He should be begging them to arm themselves like covid19 protestors. https://t.co/AUR4M0FDhU

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AstroKirsten On one hand, the scientist hand, COOL.

On the other hand, HELL NO. pic.twitter.com/FolXplPDVz

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@dmsbriz I think you overestimate how well coordinated different divisions of an organisation are. :) But yes it ca… https://t.co/8h7bSUBcB8

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@R_Chirgwin I have no idea what any of this is about.

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RT @WilliamYang120: A sticky note that #Taiwan President @iingwen left at the new Causeway Bay Bookstore in #Taipei - A free Taiwan will su…

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Wow what timing! (No I am not suggesting it’s anything other than coincidence. Stop being so paranoid.) https://t.co/QPlPL23vPR

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“A student activist highly critical of the University of Queensland’s ties to Beijing has been handed down a two-ye… https://t.co/qHbAhfOkiK

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RT @NickGjerde: Camera is now on the ground as entire camera crew is arrested and led away. No explanation given. All handcuffed and led aw…

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NickGjerde CNN producer and camera crew are all being arrested. They’re all being led away. pic.twitter.com/7Qm5Nx9bHL

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NickGjerde Police are arresting a CNN reporter live on air. pic.twitter.com/kjmRYqH5Va

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