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Oh my god, Eric Adams is going to accidentally free Luigi. Amazing.

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Imagine being a career civil servant and you find on a Saturday night that you have 5 days to personally justify your job to Elon Musk’s AI.

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If the pope dies (not saying I want him to) before the Oscars, does that hurt or help Conclave?

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The best part of the Olympics basketball docuseries so far is when Kevin Durant is crying about how beautiful basketball is and how it brings people together. Smash cut to the Serbian team, miserable, as their coach screams at them for failing to guard Kevin Durant

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This weekend I’m cleaning out a storage unit I haven’t opened since 2016 and it’s quite a time capsule. Anybody need a 35mm trailer for the 1994 film Quiz Show?

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Life pro tip: Train your passport to automatically fall open at the picture page by leaving it on the photocopier for 3 weeks

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This ad about the gas industry in Western Australia is masterful.

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bring back ‘maximalism’ in home decoration. gimme those TGIFridays living rooms

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A neurodivergent story:

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My conversation with Shaun Micallef from my Saturday Evenings program on ABC radio. (The last 40 minutes of the link below) www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...

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1. Made a voodoo doll of a billionaire. 2. Stuck needles in in it while muttering dark incantations. 3. Dropped it in a jar of goat urine, rusty coffin nails, and mirror shards, then sealed the jar with black candle wax. 4. Buried it at a crossroads. 5. Smiled and had a nice cup of tea.

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Flying over Ingleborough per @hatmanalchemy.bsky.social's suggestion. The viaduct was so friggin' cool! I hope Flight Simulator did it justice.

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How many "coincidences" are required before everyone sees what is in front of them?...... #ukpolitics

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President Donald Trump once again put MSNBC in his sights, calling the network a “threat to democracy” in an all-caps early morning rant on Truth Social. www.mediaite.com/politics/tru...

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Be careful out there today, kids. You never know when Trump might demand a bribe or a tribute! It’s the CORRUPTION.

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The inertia today is really nerting

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Wonder what percentage of backup drive sales are down to undiagnosed autism/ADHD/people forgetting what's backed up where and deciding yet another complete backup/drive is the best solution. I'm guessing at least 60%

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As Ted O'Brien recently said - we can "learn a lot" from the Koreans ... www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

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wayne's world, hidden image, game boy (1993) 'to see this image, while playing, hold start, then press right, a, down, a, right, b, right, a.' tcrf.net/Wayne%27s_Wo...

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"They are highly intelligent, with good memories, capable of mimicking human speech, and have been known to hold grudges, as well as bring “thank you gifts” to people they like or in exchange for regular feedings." #weirdnews #weird #offbeat #odd #news pethelpful.com/pet-news/flo...

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I hope you are all having a happy Richie Benaud Day on this 22/2

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WYOMING: “Thank you, Madam chairman.” “I prefer ‘Mister’ chairman.” “Well you all voted preferred pronouns cannot be compelled speech.”

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If I were a famous actor I would be called Tom Hardly

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Also clearly not a meritocracy to replace Generals with Lt. Generals lol

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Upper ocean heat content is also soaring off the chart with the latest data update from the Japan Meteorological Agency... 0-700 meter graphic at zacklabe.com/climate-chan... 🌊

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The Pentagon announced Friday it plans to ultimately fire five to eight percent of the military’s approximately 950,000 civilian employees with an initial tranche of 5,400 probationary workers who don’t have “mission-critical” roles. www.cnn.com/2025/02/21/p...

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Presumably from now on Bond will be part of the woke deep state, and the billionaire supervillains will somehow turn out to be the good guys. Ah well, it was probably time to retire this franchise anyway. theconversation.com/...

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“The Cook government’s fealty to the fossil fuel industry, backed by local press barons, is almost tribal. Despite the science, they want to back the likes of Woodside to drill & pollute for another 50 years. … a death warrant for Australia’s corals.” #climate www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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So… Amazon #JamesBond

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Hey all, if you haven't yet had the chance, check out this thread I did last night about a Japanese pirate who allegedly buried $100mil worth of treasure in Australia in the 1600s. It's got all the hallmarks of a classic Wikipedia rabbit hole, so enjoy! #Australia #history 🗃 🧵

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why is it called “getting a head injury” when you trip on a rug and get concussed, and not a “magic carpet ride”

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im a jenius

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The Perfect Rule of politics is that you win an election before the campaign starts. But this Parliament isn't that capable -so we're in a world where, by my calcs, around 4 million voters will have to make a decision over a campaign period according to what's in or not of that campaign. It's unique

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Not long after I submitted my application to the national redress scheme I received a phone call from the local police where the abuse occurred. The Catholic church had reported my application to police after the government provided my application to the church.

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uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

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I have an author signing this Saturday night. I will be signing authors between 6 and 9 PM.

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I thankfully don't have a gambling addiction, but I'm betting on "They die in threes" to win big for us.

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Ukraine gave up their nukes for global security, in exchange for security guarantees. The US has reneged. The world sees - and if this path continues, Germany will get nukes, then Turkey, then Japan, then South Korea, then Australia, then South Africa etc and someone will fuck us all with a mistake

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We're pretty much at a point in the downfall of American democracy where one must hope that such a purge might provoke a military counter-coup.

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Notice the placement of the stars pickets here . . . . . . they’re much better than treated pine for ensuring the dead don’t rise I don’t care how undead you are, you ain’t going marauding through open windows & billowy curtains, if you’re pinned to the ground with a star picket #UndeadAustralia

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It's like living through a Kurt Vonnegut novel, but with all the wit, warmth, and humanity stripped out.

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What do people use instead of Audible?

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Waiting for an election to be called so the ugly repetition of slogans can begin, like being trapped inside the percussive onslaughts of a licence plate factory.

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Well, this is something

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