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simonthomsen.bsky.social
Journalist covering tech and startups who likes a bunch of things, including a kinder world. As Guru Adrian said: "Having fun is half the fun".
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Same. Miss his wisdom and wit daily. And his wicked side. Covering tech now, I often think of how he called it early when he deleted his Facebook account about a decade ago.

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UPDATE: Elon Musk is attacking the Musk Watch DOGE Tracker because he's upset that we are exposing the truth about his efforts. Musk is grossly overstating the scope of the cuts. See what Musk is upset about: www.muskwatch.com/p/introducin...

submitted 13 hours ago • 78 comments

Welcome to my new startup. Still in stealth mode, working on the name - either Giardiasis or H2oooooooh!

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I am so impressed by the level of skill Leavitt demonstrates in propping up the regime. She makes Comical Ali look like an intern.

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In a world of Matts, be a Derek.

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I'll give them 48 hrs to act, then you bet i'm going cancel culture on Spotify chng.it/5XMHQgCqWd

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I’ve been remiss in reading this, so when I found @squigglyrick.bsky.social’s My Year of Living Vulnerably in an Adelaide CBD bookshop, it felt like the perfect travelling companion as I sat under the shade of a tree at Womadelaide between people also pouring out their hearts on stage. And it is. ❤️🙏

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Got to something and someone remarkable Womadelaide -Inuktitut singer Elisapie in full flight #music #Canada #Womad

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If you liked my latest article in Lively vs Baldoni, watch my YouTube video breaking down the entire Misogyny Slop Ecosystem, piece by piece, w @ophiedokie.bsky.social 👇👇👇

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A friend included this anti-acknowledgement section on her PhD thesis. She also added the proposition: “Systematic bullying and undermining of girls and women in STEM starts early on and is the reason why they do not stay in science and related fields.” Absurd we still need to go through this 🧪👩‍🔬

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@karaswisher.bsky.social rocked it 😎

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Our new show, Startup 360, this week celebrates #Pride & Mardi Gras www.startupdaily.net/advice/start...

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Elon Musk recently posted on his site that another lawyer and I are “undermining civilization.” He goes on to ask if we suffered childhood trauma and concludes by suggesting we are suffering from “generational trauma.” This is my response. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/my-o...

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please don’t fire me President Musk

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So I've been doing this thing for the past two weeks, Startup 360, which I describe as "more founder fun than founder mode" and the startup guide to staying human. Ep 2 just dropped #startups #startupaus #founder www.youtube.com/watch?v=thE2...

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Hey Grok 3, explain Elmo’s take on the 1st amendment and being a free speech absolutist to me…

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New: DOGE's spending has been secret. No longer. My colleagues have uncovered it. www.propublica.org/article/doge...

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BREAKING: Creative Australia has banned Picasso from exhibiting at the Venice Biennale in 2026, saying art like this divides people, with the arts minister describing the work as "deeply unsettling and confronting and likely to cause community tensions".

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More Strumpet of Patriarchs

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@karaswisher.bsky.social how do I get to chat to you about Thorn Birds as an Australian journalist who’s old enough to have watched it when it first came out?

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Apparently it's hard to find a babysitter in Washington DC, even when you're a billionaire.

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Every time Russell Vought gets a mention, I read it as Russell Coight, because if you think about it, their world views are not dissimilar.

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To be fair and balanced, who hasn't employed a racist eugenicist without noticing, let them spew their hatred on your own communications billboard, coz, free speech, and then promoted them to the inner echelons of government? After all, he's probably just a bit socially awkward 🤔

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Great piece by @andrewstafford.bsky.social on Dutton’s long historical context: www.crikey.com.au/2025/01/29/p...

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When irony and karma collide: www.404media.co/email/855bf8...

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