Stilgherrian (@stilgherrian)

Wentworth Falls NSW AU

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May 2021

RT @benpartridge: Dreaming of the days when we’ll be able to freely socialize at the urinal once more ❤️ https://t.co/mWgFV2b0rY

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RT @Picketer: My mate @redrabbleroz should not have had to write this. But he had to, sadly. Read it. Particularly, but only, if you are a…

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arusbridger Guardian letter pic.twitter.com/kEdCb1KCo2

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@NewtonMark It’s World Parrot Day, so only parrots.

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@phil_sec_mel Thanks. They are indeed elusive bastards.

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@iborgward That’s an excellent selection, thank you.

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@wasbooping And Happy Parrot Day to you and Mr Seven. Lovely galah!

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@maddy_jones15 Ta. I thought so but as I say I was being lazy.

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And finally for World Parrot Day, something we should all pause to consider. #WorldParrotDay https://t.co/eMtg40I8Sm

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Here’s some corellas at Cabramatta in 2014. Someone else can ID the specific species. I am lazy. Just reply to this… https://t.co/7qH4Fg7Shg

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Here’s my favourite photo of a yellow-tailed black cockatooapic.twitter.com/bNDr8rE2xpxp

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Meanwhile, as anyone down in Sydney will tell you, the rainbow lorikeet (Trichoglossus moluccanus) owns the city. H… https://t.co/T1mlzkEQ5n

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Here’s a brief video. Only uploaded at 480p, sorry, but your cat will enjoy the sound. #WorldParrotDay https://t.co/mLEjxn0Vfu

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I do like this photo. The flower it’s about to descend upon is called a mountain devilapic.twitter.com/ShJnwJUClqlq

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Of course we have lots and lots of crimson rosella (Platycercus elegans) here. They’re the most common ones we see,… https://t.co/1iNJm4S17I

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What else do we have? King parrot (Alisterus scapularis)! #WorldParrotDay https://t.co/pYFl1z1NXe

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Here’s an inquisitive fellow from 2012. #WorldParrotDay https://t.co/RrmxBChGAD

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One of my favourites is the gang-gang cockatoo (Callocephalon fimbriatum). #WorldParrotDay https://t.co/TAJljmcwqD

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There’s the equally lovely and more common yellow-tailed black cockatoo (Calyptorhynchus funereus). #WorldParrotDay https://t.co/1irFH6qQGz

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Anyway at @bunjaree we sometimes see the glossy black cockatoo (Calyptorhynchus lathami) with its bright red tail f… https://t.co/SYJEyRkCEK

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There’s heaps of the bastard jerkbirds up in Katoomba and they’re happy to line up to be ftpic.twitter.com/u46d3YvWAPvWAP

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RT @_BertHandsome: “I think” - Ancient proverb of someone who know is talking out their arse. https://t.co/qqsZ3YKRna

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@purserj @jeamland We do have yellow-tailed blacks and the occasional glossy blacks, but they’re way too timid and… https://t.co/GkiTKUXnqW

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@purserj @jeamland I don’t think I’ve ever seen corellas up here. I think it gets a bit cold for them.

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@jeamland Alas, currently when the 12+ jerkbirds arrive in the morning, every other species stands back and lets th… https://t.co/a8MCvXH2iY

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@dobes “Angel Number 1818 tells of achievements, success, striving forward, progress and attainment, and brings a m… https://t.co/crnz4HxKj2

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@dobes Not a bad turnaround time for a Monday evening. Bravo.

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RT @chelsea_hetho: “Has the COVIDSafe app been used at all during the outbreak?”

Vic Health Minister Martin Foley: “No… I’m sure in such…

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@ShaneBryan_IT They’re more used to humans where you are. They’re a bit skittish here.

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This is your routine reminder that “Attorney-General Michaelia Cash” is a valid noun-phrase.

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RT @ABCMediaComms: ABC statement: Christian Porter has decided to discontinue his defamation action against the ABC and Louise Milligan. ht…

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Going from Newcleus straight to Mike Oldfield’s “Tubular Bells” was unexpected but glorious. And after many twists… https://t.co/Xtp2Rla1id

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Just quietly, this Apple Music “radio station” is quite good: “Classic Electronic: Early Essentials” https://t.co/DPExBQqbmW

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RT @harrisony: Everyday I look for this tweet, how is the poor person with an ICU ward to themselves going.
Hang in there nameless person…

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Meanwhile, I am being observed from on high. pic.twitter.com/NQvJ8qeEvr

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From earlier, some of my magnificent Magpie Army. pic.twitter.com/7xRZgGKP7l

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@jpwarren @moylecroft I don’t know why people get so worked up. They’re just nuclear weapons.

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@JustJimWillDo @dobes I am already well aware of Goat Moisturising Lotion and other goat-based products. No one wants a dry goat.

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RT @glengyron: Whale sushi pizza on the menu tonight in Lockdown Town. https://t.co/KV5jBWKuPd

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Well then. My deadline has been moved because circumstances, so I’m back for a little bit of shitposting while I wa… https://t.co/ThPA2mr7q9

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But for now I am going away to write this thing and I will be back once it’s been filed.

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Oh, and today is World Parrot Day, so tonight I’ll post some of my parrot-related photos. https://t.co/PzPrMZhkNZ #WorldParrotDay

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Mon confirmed: It’s all about that lingering story for @zdnetaustralia, which I’ll file whether I get the informati… https://t.co/3Q0cnvhpOd

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Now playing: Newcleus, “Jam On It” https://t.co/BY1MJtusoa Contains cowbell.

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cameronwilson checkmate atheists pic.twitter.com/uEWYvpYjeE

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RT @olafurw: I have an idea for a data structure, hear me out.

A linked list where every node contains a hash of all the data in the nodes…

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@tomasseytw Oh so it is! Thank you, I’ll do some appropriate things later up.

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@4rizmendi The word is “infestation”.

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@4rizmendi This is an excellent jerkbird. I had a few too many this morning. https://t.co/Pfm4YZIAnX

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Recently received from one of my weevil correspondents, something for @NewtonMark and @expectproblems to consider,… https://t.co/a1gf4b86zy

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RT @jephjacques: *stomping angrily out of the porno shoot* when they said monster cock I was expecting eyeballs, or teeth, or tentacles, or…

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Listening to today’@abcnewsws Coronacast, “But vaccination is a race, isn’tpca.st/tccw9kjf6IyMUmsI

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@FlyOpineMonkey @dobes @purserj They’re part of a very healthy and rather large clan of jerkbirds that’s based up o… https://t.co/BMBkVmQGCV

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Further alleged plans may be found in the Weekly Wrap, along with links to lovely things like a lovely podcast and… https://t.co/uIqqDYppQM

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Mon plan: It’s all about that lingering story for @zdnetaustralia, which I’ll finish if I get the information I’ve… https://t.co/gOXJgRk6aE

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@oberonsghost @purserj @dobes Old Greek blokes never tell tall stories, so clearly it is 100% true. :) On the other… https://t.co/awgdfRlBR7

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@purserj @dobes It all started so innocently.

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@dobes @purserj Of course if I cleaned the windows I could film them from in here where it’s warmpic.twitter.com/49wBfuVmvivi

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@dobes @purserj Many of the jerkbirds are this year’s crop of “teenagers” and they are squabbling in a distinctly b… https://t.co/0HgmYPum2g

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Meanwhile it’s going to be another sunny day in the Blue Mountainspic.twitter.com/HVhDzaFAz6z6

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The forecast minimum temperature of -3C was not achieved. Not even close. @joannejacobs @oberonsghost. pic.twitter.com/D9nILkLdb4

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Today’s jerkbird count is at least 13@dobese@purserjrjpic.twitter.com/X9pbZSN5jCjC

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Monday. Mud wrestling is strictly forbidden in the boardroom. Monday.

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Histreepix The ghost of Disneyland stalks more unsuspecting victims. Omaha, 1968. pic.twitter.com/FFCmvULFoR

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RT @RAF_Luton: Photo of the Day: Sent in by Mr P Isstaker shows one of our F117 Stealth fighters releasing #CovidVaccine over #london durin…

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@CptHollingworth “The Hollowmen” remains the masterpiece in my book, though “Utopia” is way more accessible.

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So yeah with all of “Frontline” on Netflix currently I’m catching up with some truly timeless television. More time… https://t.co/dwnAHjmujm

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@dobes @oberonsghost @roweafr I’m not sure, put the pandemic didn’t end until at least four years after the Gallipo… https://t.co/fPCMO52tBG

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@joannejacobs @oberonsghost @cathywilcox1 True, but we weren’t that serious about it.

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@dobes @oberonsghost @roweafr Either way, Mr Rowe’s grotesqueries continue to delight and horrify me.

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Annoyingly, @dobes, this cartoon by @roweafr is not as erotically appealing as it might be. https://t.co/A6NQ5BuhbT

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RT @patricksturg: This is a terribly sad story in @thesundaytimes. By admitting more kids from state schools, Oxbridge are forcing the priv…

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RT @cafesittingbot: Sitting at a Cafe today, I gave a cat down on their luck a banana to buy crystal meth. Not half a lunar year later they…

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cameronwilson the key to twitter is trolling enough so that when you do have a legit bad take you can play it off as if you were joking

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chrisberg i get it, the art of politics is mostly just-continuing-to-say-words-in-public, but why aren’t we pickier about which words

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@joannejacobs @oberonsghost Oddly enough @cathywilcox1 and I spoke about this on the podcast.

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@joannejacobs @oberonsghost They’re the apparent temperatures, but I see the K-town numbers are -3°C for the indicated. Ouch.

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RT @samishah: Just one. I’m telling you. We eat just one billionaire and the rest will fall into line.

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@Davelennonabc @sexenheimer @JoshButler Yeah I know, the trick is to go early and go hard.

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@TheIronMonk3 @electronicos_f Well it’s what it is, geologically speaking.

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@oberonsghost @joannejacobs The CARROT interpolation from those Katoomba figures is a little less fierce. pic.twitter.com/0t5aCcJUBk

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RT @ToshGreenslade: Harvey Norman is the perfect place to shop if you don’t mind paying a bit more to ensure your money goes to a miserable…

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@R_Chirgwin There have been wallaby scats near the bird-feeding zone because there’s some munchy grass there, and s… https://t.co/ASezJWR2dH

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@R_Chirgwin Oh? A stinky one or a non-stinky one?

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And as promised, here’s the live performance by @electronicos_f from last Sunday which some of you missed because y… https://t.co/aoWnKtvTDz

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The week’s highlight was of course the podcast posted on Saturday. https://t.co/hbpZrKRqmU

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NEW BLOG POST: “Weekly Wrap 574: Jabbed, but not very productive” https://t.co/WI1uB4PGik Covers 24—30 May 2021 and… https://t.co/M1C9MKAodD

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@dobes @NewtonMark @rohan_p @cameronwilson Also the question cutaways are dreadful.

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IMPORTANT VIDEO: Extended Interview: Mr “Democracy Manifest” and his “succulent Chinese meal”… https://t.co/eNbgwiad4j

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cameronwilson big screen tvs are a scam. you want things to see bigger? sit closer to the television i saved you 2000 dollars

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@EnsignR @TooheyMatthew They were flares, Ross. That’s one of the most important parts of the story.

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“Seeing old friends for the first time in years,” being a very good short fillum about consent. https://t.co/pHb8Q9lb0u

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@david_heath @adam_turner Yes, yes… Blame the “enablers”.

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AlecStapp Capitalism finds a way. pic.twitter.com/4DQuYN9CuY

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RT @abcnews: Michael Daley announces he will run for leader of NSW Labor https://t.co/k0HaU8W0vq

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@david_heath @adam_turner I can’t help but think these are problems people create for themselves.

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RT @CptHollingworth: It’ll probably go for half a million. https://t.co/j38FuGhvkB

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@evanspw @rovingrob Which is all lovely, but I just want to see how much power a rice cooker uses when on keep-warm… https://t.co/AlXfjWEob6

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RT @caseyfeigh: My niece turned 3 today!! She asked for a Lion King cake but specifically the moment where Mufasa dies, because “everyone w…

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@ok_lyndsey Sometimes we really should shoot the messenger.

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That one on the right is from TP-Link. There’s some whateverthegoddambandis ones at two for AUD 30. But I don’t wan… https://t.co/MT1lOaSqsL

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@ok_lyndsey Is that a thing from The Bad Program? If so, I am not interested. It already sounds like a terrible idea. Do not send links.

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I just want to measure individual appliances for actual versus max rated power consumption for various tasks so I d… https://t.co/KUR3BscgKj

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Curious price comparison. An old-school dumb but quite nifty-looking power measuring thingy like the first photo wi… https://t.co/wBRyj8nQLf

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@littleread @JaysProofs @HHackenbecker I’m quite happy to not be part of this conversation thanks.

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SlurrieFamily The Skipper and Gilligan. pic.twitter.com/7SC22CkmNg

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@NewtonMark Yes but the CPRS caused all this and we should never forget.

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RT @emmavj: Shouting ‘freedom’ inside an open Westfield 🤪 https://t.co/2AOpk0Hvg9

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RT @MavenofHonor: Overheard someone hiss into their phone, “I realize that, but I cannot miss Theodore’s bassoon recital,” and now I have a…

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@NewtonMark Oh cool, I was just thinking you had a fuckton of 9s there.

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littleread Every fucking time. Every single one. pic.twitter.com/6ZhTyF557G

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@oberonsghost You did that deliberately didn’t you.

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@PeteLawler I want to mumble something about consensus formation. It’s not that overworked phrase “echo chamber” bu… https://t.co/pAdQg2vvUS

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“Bitey cockatoo steals my shoe right off my foot!” https://t.co/D5Dz8qi4H4 Seriously jerky jerkbird action for @dobes @purserj.

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@PeteLawler It’s a sickness, certainly.

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@jonkudelka It’s one of my brand values.

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@jonkudelka “… riding our fingers and we are so cross.”

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Sun plan, translated: I need to get the chores done, but the rest is just all the shit that I never got to during t… https://t.co/C42QapYxLq

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Sun plan: Household chores; minor leftover tasks from last week; organise next week as much as can be organised, We… https://t.co/jFamBkqM3W

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RT @HartWexford: “Learn your lines”? Bloody hell, ok Stanislavsky. https://t.co/oTsmgA5JGR

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Stallone really needs to check these screenplays before signing on. https://t.co/c8Yuj4f3ki

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It’s meant to be “mostly sunny” in the Blue Mountains today but right now it isn’t and it’s not appealinpic.twitter.com/ae4yBqYb8kae4yBqYb8k

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Look, there’s a podcast! https://t.co/hbpZrKRqmU

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Reminder: Do not watch The Bad Program (Sunday).

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Sunday. The highway does not run where you expect it to. Sunday.

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I’m going to bed now but hey there’s this podcast what I posted earlier which is quite fun and Cathy and I ended up… https://t.co/PdDE6i1JQ2

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jzux sorry i freaked out it will happen again soon

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RT @PajamaStew: I’m standing next to my wife, holding her hand during an ultrasound. Suddenly the technician gasps and zooms in on our bab…

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Histreepix Supportive WAGs attend the national glory hole championships. Oslo, 1905. pic.twitter.com/gJ2UZ5EDoF

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RT @fesshole: Our safe word is ‘Margaret Thatcher’.

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@mattcdef2000 Actually this is the article I was looking for. https://t.co/GGxpkYAf4k

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Mr Musk clearly has no friends or colleagues with enough honesty to tell him his stupid tunnel is stupid and that w… https://t.co/wz1ORHbDsj

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@developerjack On the other hand well could probably get more people using the AstraZeneca vaccine if we used the O… https://t.co/VT2icWAOP2

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Overall this thread presents a pretty solid proposal. Approve. https://t.co/HD0UTOzZ3F

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@expectproblems @NewtonMark Ah yes, back when you were young and foolish!

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@expectproblems @NewtonMark One thing I do love about the Fairburn lads is how much effort they put into their sets and props.

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“The Worlds Worst Pilot” who is neither @NewtonMark nor @expectproblems https://t.co/cha8Sgnxji

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“Blade Runner But Mr Blobby Is There” by @MisterABK https://t.co/Ezm09ZEmJF

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“The Problem with Reunion Shows” by @MrMichaelSpicer https://t.co/nYrjmj9g9H

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@JustJimWillDo @cathywilcox1 Yes indeedy. Thank you for contributing to the ongoing madness.

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I still don’t understand how this happened. https://t.co/Nn4LcxjpPA

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RT @stilgherrian: NEW PODCAST: “The 9pm Overshared Hate Mail Ant Infestation with cartoonist Cathy Wilcox” @cathywilcox1 (1h3m57s) https://…

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@LLah_Nomis @JohnBirmingham Quite probably. Which reminds me, I should learn to monetise my own jokes more effectively.

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@JustJimWillDo @R_Chirgwin To be fair, this is taking it from a raw 4k HDR original to a 720p slow-compressed MP4. But yes.

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@R_Chirgwin Yes 115MB is much better than 5.83GB lol.

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RT @kph3k: My 6-year-old, working on a bead design: “Do you want to help me?”

My 8-year-old: “Yes. Do you want me to follow your directio…

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RT @akent: It’s true, haven’t been able to get anywhere since they decommissioned the Sydney Monorail https://t.co/zvyQ8BrGeh

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Note to self: If you’re going to shoot and cut a quick video fo@R_Chirgwinin don’t shoot it in 4k HDR with all the bits and bytes turned on.

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RT @HartWexford: Melbourne has unique challenges fighting covid. Unlike Sydney, in Melbourne people live in groups, several in one house, r…

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@JustJimWillDo @cathywilcox1 On the other hand, you’re meant to be looking at the lovely subject of the photo and not being creepy.

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JFrankensteiner Amazing that copyright protection used to just be stickers trying to scare the shit out of you pic.twitter.com/6hhdzrg4Il

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@MatthewBevan Isn’t it gorgeous, for so many reasons. A longboat is still needed.

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NEW PODCAST: “The 9pm Overshared Hate Mail Ant Infestation with cartoonist Cathy Wilcox” @cathywilcox1 (1h3m57s)… https://t.co/o486v2Cpw1

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ShaunLeaneMP So please everyone get their injection of steadfast resilience
ASAP pic.twitter.com/9B2JEXCmjP

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@cathywilcox1 Anyway it’ll be on the line in about an hour from now.

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As I edit this podcast with @cathywilcox1 I’m thinking, yeah, I was having a Friday gin, and maybe so was she? I sa… https://t.co/IbfhFvclaa

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And a link should you wish to retweet the original. https://t.co/ZWTP66mj8Y

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My attention has been drawn to this information and I think you will enjoy it. pic.twitter.com/YzFkJiNlLI

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@cathywilcox1 Actually I’m going to get into the podcast editing straight away because I’m In The Mood. https://t.co/2w4LCfHAUI

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Q3w3e3 literally how private insurance is supposed to work. pic.twitter.com/wzHQ2TMUu4

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@paulkidd @jpwarren @NewtonMark @GordyPls Well if Antony Green has tortoise anything, yes…

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RT @NewtonMark: 49% of Melbourne’s population this coming Wednesday. https://t.co/TODQzvorYg

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@KarlettaA @cathywilcox1 Well you’ve just told her yourself in this thread. :)

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RT @RikeFranke: What the what?! 😳

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