Stilgherrian (@stilgherrian)

Wentworth Falls NSW AU

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February 2023

@mittens_narwhal I’m not sure what more I can say. I was asleep.

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Uploading big audio files to the cloud-based processing thingy, because reasons. I’ll have time to make supper. Thanks, Malcolm.

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RT @timothy_mcd: I’ll save you the trouble. Every “29 year-old entrepreneur making $23k a month from multiple income streams” is just doing…

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RT @howlingdingo: Scrolling through 30,000 captures from one camera at a water hole in the desert. And it is just full of brolgas! Hit me u…

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JMaguireCritic AI can’t do hands pic.twitter.com/LPsdPdQZsr

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@DavidFengTrains That would be the floods.

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Tue plan, remainder: Disco nap; podcast post-production, with the aim of posting the finished podcast early tomorrow; soup.

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HartWexford Ladies bring a plate pic.twitter.com/T08hho7SfU

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Ah, no, as it happens I’ve just finished recording with @trentyarwood because one of us, or possibly both, can’t do… https://t.co/LsLHjNyrhX

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The podcast recording appears to be scrubbed, so I might have a little nap and come back to all this later.

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Ready and waiting for @trentyarwood. I hope he’s OK. #PassiveAggressiveMuch

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“PCR-test blitz urged to counter Melbourne’s syphilis surge” https://t.co/SVgcVsyhvK

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@jsleeio “Now there’s a name,” etc. I know I used to listen back in the day.

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@jsleeio Ah, it’s as if the 1970s never ended! Vivaldi really lends itself to this treatment because it was the mid… https://t.co/XyBL5PKv5n

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d_feldman At a Unicode meeting in 2016, a mouse fell out of the ceiling and was added to the meeting agenda pic.twitter.com/CFtSGpjCKQ

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@jsleeio It’s an exciting morning!

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It being a Tuesday, I’ll also mention that further alleged plans and links to Interesting Things may be found in th… https://t.co/GQINxQTN6z

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Tue plan: 0900 AEDT client meeting; podcast pre-production; 1200 podcast recording; then either some work that come… https://t.co/pcj0mjGC26

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It’s moist in the Blue Mountains today. It’s not raining as such. We’re just inside a cloud. pic.twitter.com/t5Ylc74P0q

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Tuesday. If it is significant, it will happen this morning. Your afternoon is of little relevance. You are of littl… https://t.co/55disNZt57

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RT @ZiziFothSi: I wish I’d never seen this proof that you can sail from the UK to New Zealand in a straight line, it feels like cursèd know…

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RT @ACarpenDigital: “Further tomato chaos” 🍅🍅🍅💀😱 https://t.co/lDt9JDkVB1

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@JustJimWillDo @SuperCroup On a related but quite different note… https://t.co/BK1U1Y9Zr2

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RT @demant_daniel: HIV was an existential threat to my community, the community acted accordingly. Mpox was seen as a potentially significa…

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RT @BOM_NSW: ⚠️ Severe thunderstorms for the eastern ranges and coastal hinterland this afternoon and evening. Severe storms may produce da…

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@ssharwood Same. Fashions come, fashions go. :)

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RT @jukic_d: We need to stop fawning over billionaires and giving them gongs and and start recognising they’re hoarding at the expense of e…

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CheapeDouglas It is the end of days. pic.twitter.com/Xu56C22zEd

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RT @dialecticious: Typical uniform of the troops stationed on Trotsky’s armoured trains during the Civil War. https://t.co/Uy8FHl1Wc3

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@AusBerlin84 That’s quite the look. And I think I’ve seen it somewhere before.

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RT @lionel_trolling: nice everyone can do a stalin now https://t.co/TqJeJNAex6

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The next special-guest episode of “The 9pm Edict” podcast is with infectious diseases physician @trentyarwood. He’s… https://t.co/3nJSIOER5b

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Further alleged plans, and lots of links to interesting stuff, may be found in the Weekly Wrap. https://t.co/Z1dvuAZi1Z

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Mon plan: Gentle start; 1100 press briefing on some medical stuff; podcast pre-production; an afternoon of bookkeep… https://t.co/OzKK1QLQDM

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It might be sunny in the Blue Mountains today, it might be moist. No one knows. pic.twitter.com/V7NLBBSTar

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Monday. Everything is going terribly well and it’s down to you, so obviously that will change today. Who is your al… https://t.co/Fgp5W0B4tX

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RT @Ned_Donovan: Since 2007, Welsh election law has misspelt “ballot” as “ballet”. 16 years later this has been corrected. https://t.co/03P…

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MDRBrown That precious moment when out of all the historians in all the world you decided it’s NF you’ll cite pic.twitter.com/QLOTpc11YU

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TerribleMaps Map of all the countries that start with O pic.twitter.com/OkL3RQmu6U

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johnb78 Savage ATM pic.twitter.com/Hir1wtbESY

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@BXGD Anyone name someone uses is their name in that context.

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If it’s called Alcoholics Anonymous, why does everyone start by saying their name?

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@Cybermindz Very short notice I know, but you might like to support this organisation.

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This Tuesday, @Cybermindz* fundraiser gala dinner and farewell for NSW services minister Victor Dominello… https://t.co/GoJka3lN5C

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NEW BLOG POST: “Weekly Wrap 665: Future memories of flight, plus gentle progress” https://t.co/ObPpfpbEj9 Covers 20… https://t.co/WDhPSI8dnZ

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RT @ughfinewhatever: Remember to pee after sex or you’ll get a UFO

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Thanks for these suggestions. I won’t reply individually unless I have questions, but I’m taking notes.

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@RichardManes5 @Sheps71 @schnerring65 Dull literalism will be the death of our species.

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@regan_k_ Not too busy on weekend afternoons?

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HEY MELBOURNE PEOPLE: What pub in the CBD would be good for gathering people for lunch and drinks next Saturday aft… https://t.co/qicB7fkaMf

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lochieaxon you may not like it but this is what peak UX looks like pic.twitter.com/k5Pr0sywrP

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@rustyalex2 It also has big feet relatively to its body, so I reckon it’s quite young. I’m told there’s heaps of fo… https://t.co/5aFeAQRvSr

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@MarissaInHeels @mwyres It’s up to us to make sure things are better than just “sounds about right”. :)

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RT @DerfBackderf: Today’s Cleveland Plain Dealer. I can state, with absolute honesty, that this the first time a Dilbert strip has made me…

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@BXGD Welcome to 21st century news. :) Mind you, I seem to recall some adage that for every person who says it out… https://t.co/RvvGopETZm

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“The Far Right Is Calling for the Execution of Teachers and Doctors,” so The America is going swimmingly. This luna… https://t.co/yhVwgNOVoZ

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ByrneBook I think the proper term is cashier pic.twitter.com/yL5FX1EIJS

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Here’s the video. One visit at 0014 AEDT and the other at 0318 AEDT. This is less than 10 metres from the house. Th… https://t.co/Gr1oC8Axsq

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RT @HartWexford: The world has become complacent https://t.co/CfMqU4fsmO

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RT @Shayan86: It is not true that Twitter is asking users who don’t subscribe to Twitter Blue to remove Ukraine’s flag from their tweets an…

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@drspacejunk Isn’t “uncrewed” the usual formula these days?

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@Sheps71 Excellent point. I will now start my plans in 1975.

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RT @bartlebooth45: At no point during Cocaine Bear does the bear trap someone in the corner and talk for 45 minutes about their plan to ‘re…

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Lol. Mate, your reputation was destroyed years ago, and by your own actions. It’s just taken this long for your syn… https://t.co/k3mr3PA1Mu

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“Middle Australia” for John Howard would seem to consist of about 40,000 people, or around 0.2% of the country’s ad… https://t.co/vBxKOwfMiQ

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@Andrew_Zammit @drspacejunk @feraldata @CosmicRami Thanks, I’ll have to check them out.

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This time next Sunday I’ll be at The Australian Airshow at Avalonairshow.com.au/airshow2023/2c

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This is fine, because this coming Thu and Fri won’t be well suited to getting work done — because I’m going to Melbourne for a little bit.

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Sun plan: I’d planned a slow start and then some client work, but I see from a flurry of emails overnight that both… https://t.co/kSu0jau3ed

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RT @rob_sheridan: Saw this Hellraiser pizza on Instagram which I guess is funny but my Old Internet damaged brain can only see something mu…

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@melbomartin Yes, the phone apps keep reverting to “For you” instead of “Following”. It’s very annoying.

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It’s a lovely day in the Blue Mountains today although there’s a little breeze currently. pic.twitter.com/QG0cvEAc9M

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@FrKarlSinclair “Hate” is such a strong word. :(

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Sunday. Your childish enthusiasm is heartwarming but oh so annoying. Try to bring a mature approach to your challen… https://t.co/Os3LYZZbdu

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@brentspargo The likes I’ve punched in are not representative of my whole music taste range though. I’ve only start… https://t.co/T4impDEr2X

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@brentspargo This probably works, my likes plus random recommendations, but no I have not selected lossless. https://t.co/3bjfK0IBZC

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@LukeCostin To be fair, that’s kinda true. :)

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Sneak preview: My special guest on a forthcoming episode of “The 9pm Edict” podcast is ChatGpic.twitter.com/7uNbm90rK30rK3

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RT @BennettArron: Oh it’s sadly worse than that https://t.co/KRO7bqJ9hJ

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Google Translate tells me the title is “Sleepwalker Country”.

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Apple Music has been sending me down an East Asian indie rock rabbit-hole lately, and I am not complaining.

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Now playing: OHAN, 夢遊者國度 https://t.co/YOtAJ9h9hv

The more I listen to this song the more I love it. He’s from Taiwan.

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@EllenHrebeniuk Lol no rush. Nominations close 8 March.

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ElmerRudd @RonniSalt How clever the IPAA — managed to get a group photo of all the witnesses 4 years ago pic.twitter.com/v956o10jMt

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@GJosephRoche I didn’t read the rest of the thread. I just saw this one tweet and immediately thought of the song.

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I’m a little teapot
Short and stout.
Here is my handle,
Here is my spout.
When I get all steamed up
Hear me shout:… https://t.co/wX0a6zy47Z

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I see that Kerbal Space Program 2 is out in “early access” so that’s a thing. https://t.co/RI7PbUTh6T

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@annie_parker Lol writs haven’t even been issued yet. :)

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28 sleeps until the NSW state election.

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@Bibbitybobbit13 I wouldn’t be at all surprised. They’re smart.

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@jennylmackinnon @ianbfarquhar Seems there’s a lot of it about.

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@Bibbitybobbit13 Yep. I’m tracking its activity for a few days so we can then plan the delivery of a cage trap that… https://t.co/ig9kj3MI4x

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@derekbradley Fortunately one of the neighbours down. the road is already supplying them, which is why the fox hunt is ramping up.

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Focks! I put out the cameras out again last night and, yes. pinged a fox first time. pic.twitter.com/AyzmuK7Kpe

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@Ng88Mr Nah, I’m not one for big-crowd events of any kind. I have other, more philosophical complaints, but it’s to… https://t.co/8D4ytOuCgp

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@ianbfarquhar Ouch. Yeah that’s no good. Fortunately I can kick off with some low-intensity document proofreading a… https://t.co/0QqwVyYgcf

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@ianbfarquhar Same thing, yes. Fortunately I have a bunch of things which will fit that category.

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@_midofo_ Yeah voiceovers are harder than most people think.

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Sat plan: Slow start with the usual chores plus some laundry; poke at whichever work-related loose ends seem least… https://t.co/j6REM2nvKv

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It’s mostly sunny in the Blue Mountains today. pic.twitter.com/FpIGoXx0YB

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Saturday. Your world is a pond and you are a tadpole. Beware the axolotl of your metaphor. Take photographs. Smile.… https://t.co/yklYDDDYJb

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margarethodge At least when Liz Truss was Prime Minister there were fresh vegetables to measure her time in office.

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MrMichaelSpicer Of all the 1970s public information films, this was the strangest. pic.twitter.com/RT1wheA3XY

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@JustJimWillDo I get the feeling that this series might get to that.

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Would you like a 20-minute documentary about the earliest history of spreadsheets?

“The Story of VisiCalc” https://t.co/8JaCrOt0Xt

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This week’s AlienSideBoob from @JohnBirmingham is titled “Fear, loathing and deranged bullsh!t” and it’s free to re… https://t.co/HnRk2CgUI1

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@JustJimWillDo Also, “It’s only a model.”

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RT @CovertShores: In case you missed it

First look at #Chinese XLUUV design. Few details available but analysis points to much larger pro…

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hardmaru “Baby carriage designed by Jony Ive at Apple”

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NEW BLOG POST: “Digital developments from Canberra 26” https://t.co/3yJFECGi9x

After two and a half years, the gov… https://t.co/YvHAWD1tUS

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RT @AdrianRMG: Unbelievably I am the new voice of the London Underground announcements. Thank you such @TfL for making this happen :) https…

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RT @edwereddie: 2,300-Year-Old Plush Bird from the Altai Mountains of Siberia (c.400-300 BCE): this artifact was crafted with a felt body a…

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@kcarruthers Aloud or to themselves? And the number of words would be a more useful measure. Also, what is their reason for reading it?

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baaaadscience All the phlogiston that has ever been created is still on Earth today.

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@HartWexford Are you sure that’s not rushing it?

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We finally have the government response to the Senate review of the mandatory data retention regime, the report of… https://t.co/OuIK3NSsVZ

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“Recruitment starts for the High Speed Rail Authority” https://t.co/UPH8YNd7mG

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“Australia’s high-speed rail should be rolled out in small stages with Sydney to Canberra first, experts say,” for… https://t.co/bzY45i9knw

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RT @CaseyNewton: Slack is gone, Jira is busted, and other woes inside Elon Musk’s Twitter. From @ZoeSchiffer and me

https://t.co/y4DoJKeGiâ…

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@jfm92870773 I love excursions like that.

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Fri plan: I’d kept the day relatively free in case I had post-vaccination fatigue, but in fact I feel no worse than… https://t.co/3WoiViZ7K8

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It’s a cloudy day in the Blue Mountains today. pic.twitter.com/vi592WQcpq

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Friday. Is a cycle ending, or is a cycle beginning? Is Time a circle or a spiral or a series of loops? How Loopy is… https://t.co/KDVDeY3Sbb

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@qoifoog I know that vibe. :)

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@qoifoog Hah! As I have said to so many employees and contractors over the years, you are probably not the first pe… https://t.co/jgi1JY2YR9

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@qoifoog It’s the full resource. Have fun!

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RT @stilgherrian: @trentyarwood @markhumphries @cathywilcox1 That composite photo is from today’s promo email to people on my list. If I we…

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RT @stilgherrian: Some of you here may not know my podcast, so I encourage you to look for “The 9pm Edict” in your podcast app. Or if you d…

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RT @stilgherrian: The CONFIRMED DATE for the next Public House Forum recording and livestream is the afternoon of Sat 1 April at a pub in t…

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RT @stilgherrian: The next special-guest episode of “The 9pm Edict” is with infectious diseases physician @trentyarwood. He’s been on the p…

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RT @stilgherrian: HEY PODCAST FANS! I’ve locked in a few interesting episodes in the coming weeks and you, right here right now, are the ve…

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@_midofo_ @JustJimWillDo @SuperCroup From memory part of the “new” (probably a decade or more now) system wads t in… https://t.co/xw82i632DK

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@qoifoog So the other day I stumbled across https://t.co/C2AT8vN5BP, “Obsessively documenting the international Tas… https://t.co/XBv7zZ6hmX

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@_midofo_ @JustJimWillDo @SuperCroup Reminder: I have never served and have no idea what I’m taking about, Your Honour.

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@_midofo_ @JustJimWillDo @SuperCroup So we have RAN and RAAF represented, and my experience was from rubbing up aga… https://t.co/59VWPg8bhk

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@_esther I’ve always appreciated it when spokespeople reveal their general level of competence.

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This is true. I was in Penrith earlier but my iPhone’s location was showing as Lemongrove. Magical! https://t.co/TJtW7HSe4G

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RT @TheShovel: “Too often we sympathise only with the person who was allegedly raped, and not the person who called her a lying cow” https:…

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@_esther Counterpoint: No, never change.

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I worked for the ABC in the 1980s and into the 1990s and this is exactly how Sydney publicity worked. https://t.co/g5wxps9toj

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RT @bryandawe_au: Poster design by bryan dawe, c. 1980s. it was rejected because “sydney publicity told me he had his back turned, you coul…

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@JustJimWillDo Yeah that stuff swaps and changes all the time.

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“The NSW govt has taken the extraordinary step of shutting down parliament early, potentially blocking Labor’s abil… https://t.co/TwaDiAtR22

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@JustJimWillDo Indeed we are. And it’s my fault not nothing that computers and languages make you a very attractive… https://t.co/SYLt5urZuY

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OK I take that back. “In mid-2022, he came out as a genderfluid trans woman and announced plans to get further surg… https://t.co/ztNIKC2ejf

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@HartWexford Well I guess we should be happy he’ll now make bank from this?

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@JustJimWillDo Sorry, yes, I should’ve let him avoid all this old-people carry-on.

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@JustJimWillDo @SuperCroup That’s also an amusing* medal to hold. Nice work, I guess? Lol.

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@JustJimWillDo @SuperCroup Oh I thought TS/C was Top Secret Compartmentalised, and then ALPHA through DELTA (and mo… https://t.co/HjZQC4IUru

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@JustJimWillDo @SuperCroup And then there was that whole amusing* parallel system that… well never mind.

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@JustJimWillDo @SuperCroup That would be the old system? I know TS/C of course, not E, wondering if the D is what w… https://t.co/ukrwbxWrIJ

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@HartWexford Sadly I think he may well have some challenges in his head, but yeah I seem to remember he went to Kor… https://t.co/S7FNqm9xpN

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This is literally nothing to do with gender but sure, boy, let’s cash in on the cycle of politics. What a fuckin’ f… https://t.co/31myhqeFdl

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RT @capybaroness: it’s crazy how this guy wasn’t even transgender he’s the guy who got all the surgeries to look korean. “detransitioning”…

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@JustJimWillDo @SuperCroup Does it? I don’t know that one.

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@BeerRabbi @NoContextBrits That’s so, so sweet. Someone did say they thought I was a racoon but they were also on a… https://t.co/RTXWwp1cUI

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@SuperCroup You mean “the phone book”?

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@SuperCroup And I’m liking that “Dinosaurs!” has an exclamation mark. That’s classy.

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@SuperCroup This is all awesome stuff. Spookland will want to have a quiet chat with you.

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NoContextBrits The empire strikes back. pic.twitter.com/yaoJrAP1xo

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It’s pleuting in Penruff.

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@jjjove Excellent. I shall await orders.

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@vbhvsgr I am getting mixed reviews since I mentioned this, so I’m guessing that once again individuals’ experiences vary wildly.

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@iyalode43 I’ll have to remember that tactic. :)

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@jfm92870773 I’m resisting the temptations of Pamfers.

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Mission Accomplished. Awaiting improved 5G reception. pic.twitter.com/R2N2MiJPcw

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Spotted earlier, a yellow-tailed black cockatoo. pic.twitter.com/YZmLc3UuQQ

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