Stilgherrian (@stilgherrian)

Wentworth Falls NSW AU

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March 7th, 2022

WYR_bot Would you rather have a beer button or have the devil be real?

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RT @emma__jayne14: International Women’s Day tomorrow means that it’s 3 years since Scott said:

“We want to see women rise. But we don’t w…

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upulie Elon’s idea of mass transit is going to be a bunch of DeLoreans connected to each other human centipede style

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@stukhan No wonder the insurance companies are making changes. Interesting times ahead.

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RT @fesshole: My 10 year old was struggling with some homework where she has to write a poem about the spring.

I helped her out and wrote…

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@stukhan Yeah the statistics get quite complex when things are changing too. But is a “1000 year flood” an actual t… https://t.co/MM2R8DiP9y

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We’re now 31% of the way to Target One thank you. I’ll keep the promotional activities light tonight because there’… https://t.co/663hnDECGc

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@annie_parker @developerjack The storeroom in the building I inhabit has gone the same way. Sigh.

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@_BertHandsome That seems more than enough. Excessive, even.

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RT @TrainLinkWest: Due to severe weather conditions, significant delays and cancellations are expected on most Sydney Trains, NSW TrainLink…

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THEY’VE BROKEN OUT THE TEXT BOX.

“Detailed Severe Thunderstorm Warning for INTENSE RAINFALL”… https://t.co/aVvIqgbyP0

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@jpwarren @LapTop006 @jeamland @NewtonMark Oh this customer spent TONS on such things, trust me.

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@jpwarren @LapTop006 @jeamland @NewtonMark I don’t think I ever had to deal with NIS+ but I can guess at some of th… https://t.co/XCTFSsWEbd

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RT @stilgherrian: Yes I know that’s a really bad joke, and I know it stands for Zardoz.

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RT @stilgherrian: Theory: The “Z” on the Russian vehicles stands for Žižek.

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RT @stilgherrian: REMINDER: The term is “100 year flood” not “1-in-100 year flood”. It’s a straightforward concept in risk management and p…

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RT @stilgherrian: A brief thread of OSINT footwear analysis.

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RT @fesshole: I’m a bus driver. If I’m having a bad day at work, I’ll look in the mirror while driving, and mutter to myself “you’re all cu…

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@jpwarren @LapTop006 @jeamland @NewtonMark Wait, that’s “advanced”? Gosh. I must’ve been an “expert”.

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RT @emilycmulligan: Sydney is basically just various patches of mould that will all soon join and become a perfect mouldy blanket 😇

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RT @tanaka_tatsuya: 「ムンクの叫び」あらため「デンキの遊び」 https://t.co/ZOpBmDTQfc

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RT @RosieisaHolt: Lady Edwina Lee gives her thoughts on Ukrainian refugees on this week’s @wtfisgoingonpod https://t.co/Vq2PQw8tGQ

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@wheelyweb @chrissteinplays They do OCR it, that much I know. That’s been a thing in content moderation for quite some time now.

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@staticsan @expectproblems There’s a story for one of the real estate writers. :)

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There are *some* things to like about the weather. https://t.co/zufYeNrgAH

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@expectproblems I am becoming less and less enchanted by La Niña as each day passes.

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RT @_BertHandsome: This remains a very upsetting part of this whole saga.

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thehistoryguy Bismarck decided to annex Alsace Lorraine because the French had grown effete reading Balzac.

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@damonayoung And Winston Churchill. George Orwell worked as his body double for the final two years of the war.

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@_BertHandsome You might well be staying at home tomorrow.

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RT @chrissteinplays: Instagram just deleted this from my stories for “ bullying and abusive behavior” 😂 https://t.co/ABm0WWvMfK

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@boymc @damonayoung Sadly they appear to be quite serious.

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@damonayoung Everybody knows that one isn’t Mark Twainpic.twitter.com/xcaXjvkhF3F3

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RT @damonayoung: Please, please, please stop retweeting this crap.

The first isn’t even a Mark Twain quote.

This account is just scrapin…

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@_BertHandsome Your final sentence appears to be the correct forecast.

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@jpwarren @morebento @trentyarwood The great thing about a sugarcane growing area is that there’s a lot of cheap ways to make pure alcohol.

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@pmprideaux @jpwarren I don’t know enough about the specifics of the architecture to know whether this can be fixed… https://t.co/VbqnqnefzF

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RT @MatthewBevan: In case you were wondering if the war in Ukraine is having any effect in Australia, here’s the price of a tonne of coal o…

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“A large area” indeed. https://t.co/ImYZtQ9mxY

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@jpwarren @trentyarwood There’s also a whole outtake section about gin that I’ll post for supporters at some point.

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@itgrrl @expectproblems Yeah I’m getting tyred of all that.

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@itgrrl @expectproblems This thread had gone bad again. :(

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RT @hatr: Colleagues of mine analyzed A.I.-based job interviews. The software promises to be able to detect personality traits and be “fast…

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@trentyarwood @jpwarren Thanks, Trent. There’s been some great conversations lately.

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RT @MaxPendelton: @shaunmicallef The Nucular submarines will be the Morrison class, with the great advantage of being undetectable during t…

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DrEricLevi The nose goes back, not up. Aim for the back, not for the brain. Take care, friends. pic.twitter.com/omHETpADX1

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@expectproblems @itgrrl And yes Elissa and I have discussed the pickle cravings previously. Others came into the co… https://t.co/RTnowYEL4A

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@trentyarwood @jpwarren There’s quite a few amusing details in that episode.

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RT @CSIRO_ATNF: #DYK After WWII, scientists began studying radio waves, exploring the ‘hidden’ Universe. The ‘hole-in-the-ground’ telescope…

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@itgrrl @expectproblems I think you need to know more about pickles. Perhaps we could run a pickle webinar.

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This is such an excellent idea. News editors, please take note. https://t.co/a8bvWIyUz2

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RT @TrainLinkWest: 2 shuttle trains are running back and forward between Penrith and Springwood. These trains are not showing in transport…

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Anthony Albanese’s speech is on Thursday. https://t.co/S6VbCxc5Z7

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Oh, and of course the video of Scott Morrison’s speech is on the line. https://t.co/FzDmjQ70iw

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@itgrrl @expectproblems This is simply a scientific inquiry. I’m trying to learn.

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RT @NSWRFS: Flooding in Lismore saw the collapse of the internal roof at the iconic Mary G’s tavern. The crew of #NSWRFS Davidson 1 along w…

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@manaz_d @SuperCroup No one made anyone do anything.

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RT @NewtonMark: Well … 30% is less than a third, yes. So this is a tautology, right? https://t.co/04RyyGXacb

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@itgrrl @expectproblems WHAT IF GENDER FLUID WAS VINEGAR ALL ALONG?

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@itgrrl @expectproblems Does it taste like pickle water? Because trans women keep telling me about the whole pickles thing.

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mdowd Due to the unfolding crisis, I expect precious commodities to go through the roof - such as gold, silver, and cartoon pictures of apes

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RT @SuperCroup: I regret to inform you all that the cishets are At It again. https://t.co/ZFTDAKma2e

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Coming up shortly at 1730 AEDT, “Who Works? The Crisis of Automation in the Indo-Pacific”, part of @ASPI_org’s The… https://t.co/Aph8jfuTbG

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@dobes It’s not my fault people have short memories.

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@dobes And of course they had the fires the other year. And tHe TrAiNs ThAt DiD nOt FiT tHe TuNnElS.

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Here’s the transcript of Scott Morrison’s speech to the Lowy Institute today. https://t.co/nRX7U3RNG7

And the Q&A. https://t.co/ZHOhOSYXZ7

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@FlyOpineMonkey @allrite @NewtonMark @purserj We’re halfway there in the Blue Mountains.

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RT @TrainsInfo: These photos give you some idea of what we’re working with at the moment. Disruptions due to severe weather can have a flow…

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@nephstar @purserj Depends whether we want the submarines to run on coal or not.

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Congratulations to @Craig_Harvey for solving the dead pet challenge. https://t.co/fRTBieWcsw

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I’m originally from Adelaide where the total average annual rainfall is 520mm. Here we’ve had that across just a fe… https://t.co/D0aii4e23Q

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@purserj @NewtonMark Oceanic pedestrians is more and Biblical thing.

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@purserj @NewtonMark I hear the navy prefers submarines that can turn corners.

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@jeffsonstein Thanks. I’m not in a flood zone but the roof is being challenged.

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@darrenpauli We all need our alone times.

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@purserj Dutton says we’ll know US or UK hardware in the next couple of months. Morrison says it won’t be before th… https://t.co/kfEzgOANeo

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@purserj Slightly longer answer, the short list is Brisbane, Newcastle, and Pt Kembla.

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@OdinsToenail Yeah that’s the chap. Thanks.

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@jpwarren I tell you what I reckon. I reckon they found the flaw in just a few phones, maybe even just one, and now… https://t.co/b75peZkddK

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@jeffsonstein I’ll have some facts for you within hours.

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RT @mylesdavies: Ha…love how 7news has whacked on the watermark to footage that every other network and FB group has been showing all day…

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@Ex_spurt @juhasaarinen Not that one. It marches on its rims.

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RT @jkass99: The guy Glenn Greenwald is promoting as being “thoughtful” and “not having his mind warped by propaganda” is a covid truther w…

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Yes I know that’s a really bad joke, and I know it stands for Zardoz.

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Theory: The “Z” on the Russian vehicles stands for Žižek.

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RT @Ex_spurt: That central tyre inflation system is struggling a bit there https://t.co/bHC5We7V1q

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From this week’s “Le Show” from @theharryshearer, “The Putin Table” https://t.co/rUp9gvx4e5

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baaaadscience Four out of every five adults do not even know they are on fire.

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@jetztgibtshaue Wow that’d be a challenging wank.

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Well this should prove problematic. https://t.co/ByuQQfFLYI

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RT @stilgherrian: You might also like to pledge your support to “The 9pm Autumn Series 2022” crowdfunder, which currently sits 25% of the w…

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RT @stilgherrian: Hello yes a new podcast appeared yesterday and you might like to listen to it. https://t.co/0XlCgrLWq5

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jason_a_w by being invaded? very cunning. pic.twitter.com/8MA65eMN63

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@darrenpauli Any 22yo cam girl can produce better quality video streams than the prime minister of a significant we… https://t.co/OQGTuZ1tRE

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Meh. I’ll read the transcript later. I wasn’t one of the Special Stenographers of the News Media who got a copy yesterday.

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I deleted a tweet about it starting more than 15 minutes late. My YouTube window didn’t auto-start the stream.

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REMINDER: The term is “100 year flood” not “1-in-100 year flood”. It’s a straightforward concept in risk management… https://t.co/LZRBY86Bnh

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Plus he seems constitutionally incapable of turning up on time. Lowy Institute has a tradition of starting and fini… https://t.co/jHa6Yp4jlv

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Mind you getting Scott Morrison to explain foreign policy is like getting a moose to explain calculus.

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@jpwarren @trentyarwood I’ll have to add an errata section to the podcast. And yes OK I’ll mention the hippopotamus.

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Scott Morrison is on in 10 minutes. https://t.co/9LbFPXGgM5

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RT @TrainLinkWest: #BluemountainsLine trains are not running between Springwood and Lithgow due to a Landslip near Zig Zag earlier.

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RT @HeyThatsMyLeg: The six stages of grief:
• Denial — “What’s a matter you?”
• Anger — “Hey! Gota no respect.”
• Bargaining — “What do yo…

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@rhinoz @ServiceNSW Name-matching is *really* hard and is fundamental to securely handling transactions, yet it’s often so badly handled.

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@spansexual @ServiceNSW Excellent. I do find courtesy titles to be a quaint echo of Victorian classism, and try to… https://t.co/cQK3Vc52IB

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@HHackenbecker @ServiceNSW Counterpoint: They’re better than all the other states and certainly better than the federal government.

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@jpwarren It’s probably boilerplate from across the site.

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About half the entries are tweets from @cameronwilson @dannolan and @sexenheimer. https://t.co/LksBLOB9bE

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Of course the real irony is that I *want* to give Service NSW my information to score a voucher, but when I give th… https://t.co/aoSF3KjRkD

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“Your personal information will normally be used for the primary reason that it was collected or a directly related… https://t.co/sZP05F2mE4

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Service NSW is reading out this very memorable URL on the phone for Stay NSW vouchers’ privacy policy:… https://t.co/MVwRRiCmbc

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@ServiceNSW No need to try to solve it here. :) We are already WAY ahead of these canned answers.

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@ServiceNSW Your customer service people try their very best, but the system hasn’t been set up properly to handle this.

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@ServiceNSW Yeah this is the difficulty. A mononym = a single given name with no surname. Each agency uses differen… https://t.co/1JUKa4TB6b

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Today’s adventure in having a mononym: Getting my @ServiceNSW account to recognise both my passport (DFAT) and my M… https://t.co/97jhPKbFFQ

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Water has overflowed from somewhere I didn’t know about and it has penetrated the living area. Towels are being dep… https://t.co/6iU7FiWMuE

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RT @TrainLinkWest: #BluemountainsLine trains are not running between Srpingwood and Lithgow due to a Landslip near Zig Zag earlier.

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cameronwilson This is cool: AEC is launching a searchable register of misinfo in the lead up to the election pic.twitter.com/zsUEX97D5o

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RT @notreallyjcm: The name of this book sounds like what the two gendered bathrooms that would be labeled as at a quirky Irish-themed pub i…

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@expectproblems @NewtonMark @fictillius Thank you, Elissa. Happy Monday.

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@jamescmcpherson @jpwarren This could help with the so-called “budget repair” process.

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RT @Scientits: Just checked and yes, the German Embassy really did say this 💪🏻 🇺🇦 https://t.co/eV1ZyifF85

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RT @arielbogle: A rather rapid devolution of the so-called alliance between the United Australia Party and anti-lockdown group Reignite Dem…

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RT @ArmsControlWonk: Their lies are a welcome moment of comedy in between their war crimes. https://t.co/dBKRGkhNFQ

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MikeRampton If anyone ever needs a nickname for their anus I recommend the Valspar sample shelf at B&Q pic.twitter.com/3I4PL61LBf

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A brief thread of OSINT footwear analysis. https://t.co/WVZignnMAq

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RT @HeerJeet: This is evidence of what many have suspected, that London has one of the most corrupt banking systems and is awash in looted…

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RT @Noleli: I made a browser extension that changes the word “billionaire” to “oligarch” and, well, it’s about as perfect as I was hoping.…

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Thanks to that spike I’ve just poured out another 100 litres of water from the storeroom where various containers a… https://t.co/TBIqSVed5p

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RT @TrainLinkWest: #BlueMountainsLine trains are not running between Mt Victoria and Lithgow due to a Landslip near Zig Zag earlier.

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RT @TrainLinkWest: ⚠ Due to severe weather conditions, significant delays and cancellations are expected on most Sydney Trains, NSW TrainLi…

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Australia, home of the ant-arsed spider! https://t.co/G4PKx2aobN

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@reselsnark No you don’t. You need to trust your intuition.

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RT @EleanorMorton: Adverts for startups: Do you pick up deodorant at the supermarket for £1? Is it too easy and cheap? What if you got a su…

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Anthony Albanese is also doing a Lowy Institute speech, on Thursday. https://t.co/GipgqJoGZz

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Morrison’s speech is at 1230 AEDT and will be streamed on YouTube. There will be a Q&A. https://t.co/FzDmjQ70iw

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I see that Scott Morrison has prepared the ground for his Lowy Institute speech today. I was wondering how he’d see… https://t.co/KEbtfaC4nQ

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As usual, the rest of the alleged plans and a whole bunch of recommended links are in the Weekly Wrap. Enjoy. https://t.co/80A4kuvV5W

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Mon plan: Gentle start; stay dry; 1230 AEDT Scott Morrison at the Lowy Institute https://t.co/FzDmjQ70iw; a bunch o… https://t.co/AWGKWNBHaG

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You might also like to pledge your support to “The 9pm Autumn Series 2022” crowdfunder, which currently sits 25% of… https://t.co/vJASqG5L2o

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Hello yes a new podcast appeared yesterday and you might like to listen to it. https://t.co/0XlCgrLWq5

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@dprk_ebooks It’s about luck, not drinking.

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RT @LiveTrafficSyd: SYDNEY HARBOUR BRIDGE: The bridge is closed in both directions due to a multi vehicle crash & car fire. Avoid the area…

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@AusBerlin84 It’s been a long time since I did my course. They’ve changed all the planets.

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RT @bensilvey: Writing notices for consent to change things @BristolCathedra isn’t always this satisfying… (nor does it normally get so muc…

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markcwalton This explanation of why Bristol cathedral is replacing the plaque celebrating the ordination of women is priceless pic.twitter.com/hPi3cL1SQ9

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The Great Sog continues in the Blue Mountains today, just as it does elsewhere. The forecast is remarkably consiste… https://t.co/QQm8Q3felr

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Monday. The second cupboard from the left contains all that is needed to conquer the universe, if used wisely. Are… https://t.co/DRrRWvS7Xv

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