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@galumay

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unverified twit, macnerd, lover, rocket surgeon & father. I started with nothing & i still have most of it living in paradise, Arnhem Land NT

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@galumay
Ricky🏄🏼‍♂️🦋
3 years
@aidenarata I don’t think any of you are giving him enough credit for realising he crossed the line, and then apologising.
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@galumay
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3 years
The whole Ben Roberts-Smith defo trial is the most hilarious self-own. Better even than the Christian Porter one! This one is truly unravelling like an episode of the Goon Show. Our very own Major Bloodnok.
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@galumay
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@DalaiLama People with a strong interest in religion often disregard qualities like patience and compassion.
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@galumay
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5 years
@mirandadevine I realise ad hominem attacks are your modus operandi, but if you want to rebutt the questions raised about the ethics and legality of the actions of @Barnaby_Joyce & @AngusTaylorMP you would be better served by actually finding any factual errors in the allegations (if any exist)
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@galumay
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7 years
@SkyNewsAust Many real Australians (aborigines) dont speak english at home, its a 3rd or 4th language for them. They might well argue its more recently arrived australians who only speak english who have failed to integrate!
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6 years
I met a newly arrived family in town last week, I was helping them sign up for NBN, got talking and found they had come from Iran. I talked about travel & food with them, they invited my family for a Persian dinner one night, I invited them over for coffee this morning....
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@galumay
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5 years
@MichaelWestBiz @mirandadevine @Barnaby_Joyce @AngusTaylorMP If I were a guilty man, Miranda leaping to my defence would be the last thing I would want. The historical record suggests that would simply confirm my guilt!
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5 years
Looks like @Barnaby_Joyce & @AngusTaylorMP are starting to panic as the MSM start to close in on the stories about the corruption and rorting with water rights. Oh for a retrospective ICAC. #watergate
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@galumay
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4 years
@BarbaraHFlowers Its really time that so called "journalists" like these be singled out and black banned from press conferences. They are a direct & real threat to democracy. Decent journalists, if there are any left, should be hammering the PMO about this.
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5 years
@RyanSheales Not self funded, funded by taxpayers with wealthfare.
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6 years
@TheManyFaced @BroderickGreer You missed lack of privilege.
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@galumay
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4 years
You could just about hear the footsteps of female voters leaving the room. Gold medal #Mansplaining
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4 years
The question is specifically addressed to the minister. She gets out eight words before ....
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@galumay
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6 years
@PatrickW Nearly, but Magellan was killed in the Philippines so he didnt make it all the way! Juan Sebastián Elcano replaced him and led the expedition home to Spain.
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@galumay
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6 years
@nicsigni As a vastly experienced cook, I know that a head of garlic is what every recipe means when it says 'clove'. Dont @ me.
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@galumay
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6 years
@Kirstin86066317 @geoshotss @viveca_love @PeterDutton_MP Another bot identified, by username, so far every supporter of Dutton in this thread has been a newly created bot!
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@galumay
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3 years
Doh, i thought you said you tied it on?!
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@galumay
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6 years
@LudlamDavid @MrKRudd No one with any serious knowledge of telecommunications thinks mobile wireless is a solution for a national broadband network. It has a small part to play, thats it. Abbot was rightly ridiculed, for that and most everything else he ever said.
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@galumay
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8 years
My adoptive father, #indigenousdads a wonderful father and role model!
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@galumay
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3 years
@10kdiver Excellent thread mate, I modified my approach to investing as a result of similar insight about returns on capital, this article helped me develop a process to identify the characteristics,
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@galumay
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3 years
John Howard, bigot, war criminal and xenophobe destroyed the Australian spirit of tolerance & generosity and introduced fear & loathing.
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@galumay
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6 years
@LudlamDavid @MrKRudd With the greatest of respect, you actually dont know what you are talking about. I work in the sector, I know the abilities and limitations of the various technologies and the infrastructure costs. Wireless wont replace fibre.
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@galumay
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3 years
@dannolan The stupidity of conflating vaccination with lockdown is astounding. The two are quite different and work together, along with border closures, masks, quarantine and personal spacing, to mitigate risk. Shows a total ignorance of the impacts of Long Covid on the vaxxed & at risk.
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6 years
@TomMcIlroy But he thought Dutton had even more potential?? The bar is low when a war criminal like Howard is the mark.
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@galumay
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6 years
Hey @Mitre10 I see your ads were on the 'Outsiders' on @SkyNewsAust - given their racist, bigoted and divisive vitriol, your advertising reflects very poorly on your brand. My company will stop doing business with you if you choose to continue. #AdShame #NotMyAustralia
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@galumay
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2 years
My happiness with arriving home is offset by the tragic news that my malu, (father), D. Gurruwiwi has passed. Arnhem Land & the world will mourn the loss of the Galpu clan leader, Yidaki master, husband to Dhopiya, father of many and an inspiration to all. Nharma yalala, malu.
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@galumay
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4 years
So true, @yaneerbaryam was warning the world from the start that elimination was the only viable approach. Australia & most of the world ignored the area expert and made poor decisions that have cost countless lives, and tanked economies anyway.
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@galumay
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3 years
@erfbeeass There are almost no Baristas anyway, totally misused term. 99% are coffee machine operators who could learn the job in 10 minutes. No experience of operating a coffee machine should be irrelevant, if the applicant had used a TV, a toaster, or a microwave they can make a coffee.
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@galumay
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5 years
@shaun_jen @stufromoz One thing we can do to help is reframe the reactionary pejorative “political correctness” for what it really is, civility, respect, politeness.
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@galumay
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3 years
@TrevorABranch I think its such a dynamic field that its almost impossible to map, eg sensibly Israel has simply stopped all international arrivals as its clear it has spread from Southern Afirca to numerous countries already. Will change rapidly in the next few days until we know more about it
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@galumay
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4 years
We spent the day at Bawaka yesterday prepping for our annual fishing camp we do there each year, country looks beautiful in its wet season colours.
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@galumay
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5 years
@matttburke Meh, I like it. Thats the great thing with comedy, if it doesnt appeal to your particular sense of humour, move on.
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@TarragonKath Yep, that and if we had a fit for purpose quarantine system. Those 2 simple & obvious failings, repeatedly pointed out to the Feds, led to every single case of Covid this year in Australia & is now responsible for the outbreak in NZ. We squandered successful elimination.
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6 years
@ajplumley @drdisco_ ..or Monty Python. Either way its pure comedy, and the best bit is ScoMo has not the slightest idea of what a dill he is!
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@galumay
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2 years
@swandane I have found in life that when you make a really embarrassing and stupid mistake, you get most respect by owning it. You have a great opportunity here to do some self reflection, own your actions, apologise to anyone you have offended and be a real man. The choice is yours.
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...It made me think about all those who decry multiculturalism, and what could possibly motivate them. Multiculturalism is one of the major things that makes Australia such a great place to live. ,,,,
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@galumay
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6 years
@PeterDutton_MP Oh the irony, coming from you. You are one of the key enablers.
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@galumay
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3 years
Somehow after attending school rarely and always in bare feet, my beautiful boy has passed Year 12! Well done, Kai.
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@galumay
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4 years
Some wanker called AusGov just sent me a text message, blocked now.
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@galumay
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3 years
@giteau_rugby I am not sure that high income, sportsball celebrities whinging about the quarantine requirements of their home country in a global pandemic, is a great look. Just accept it as the price you pay for your lifestyle and be thankful your home country has eliminated Covid internally.
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@galumay
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2 years
I will never cease to be amazed by how many people on #fintwit think its appropriate to monetise their research & analysis. Not a great look if you cant make enough from your supposed investing skills & you need to supplement with a substack etc. Either share or shutup.
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@galumay
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6 years
@abc730 @realDonaldTrump @Nigel_Farage I had disagreed with the cuts to @ABC funding, but I am inclined to think it should be slashed much more if they going to interview @Nigel_Farage about anything at all.
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@galumay
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6 years
@ibrariemovic @PatrickW I guess I dont know the names of the ships in the expidition that first circumnavigated the world! Typically Magellan gets the credit, although he didnt make it. Beside my pedantry the main point is that its centuries since the first "zero emissions" ship sailed around the world!
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@galumay
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2 years
Unfortunately Sal has had a relapse of her Crohns, she is being medivacced to Darwin tomorrow for an MRI. She has been basically symptom & medicine free for 13 years since surgery that saved her life. (Osteomyelitis). A nervous few days until we find out the next steps.
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4 years
@googlenest @BroHilderchump Its VERY pervasive isnt it?! Stalking you on twitter now. I reckon all trace of you ever existing will be gone by the morning. Phteven, Phteven who?
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@galumay
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3 years
If you are having trouble being a patient investor and holding for the long term, I suggest buying international shares with @CommSec . Their outright daylight robbery on exchange rates and brokerage will mean you have to hold for years to break even.
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@galumay
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4 years
@_ArseFace @merkinabout Indeed, I wrote him a letter when i was 11, he replied with a beautiful hand written letter. Then 30 years later when I was helping run the Garma festival & he was a regular, i told him the story & the impression he had made on a little boy. @PhillipAdams_1 is a national treasure
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@galumay
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6 years
@Channel7 @sundaynighton7 @AirtaskerSYD @maccas @RedRoosterAUS @heinzaus @JetstarAirways @ancestrydna @_Hottresses_ @JohnWest @PricelineAU All appear to advertice on Ch7 Are you comfortable advertising on a TV station that promotes this sort of sensationalist, inaccurate, bigotry? #NotMyAustralia #AdShame
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2 years
@chrismurphys Any update on the investigation into the corrupt @nswpolice ? MSM seems to have gone very quiet on this appalling assault.
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6 years
@HumanHeadline Your'e not a blackfella, eh, Derryn? Big tip, cops and airport security already racially profile. There is no need for ID demands anywhere. Concentrate on the men murdering their wives and kids before worrying about non-existent terrorism.
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5 years
My step Dad died last night, a wonderful man who met my mum when she was in her 50's & thought she would be single for the rest of her life. He was witty, urbane, clever and a loving partner. Vale Bob Matches. So happy we spent time with him in January.
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@galumay
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4 years
@BroHilderchump Yes, because it is an increased risk across vulnerable parts of society. Also they will still want to be treated in our public health service.
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Those interest rate rises are starting to effect the primary economic indicator in Australia - Landcruiser prices. This would have been wun fiddy a few months ago.
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4 years
At the end of year 11 Kai won the Lynne Walker Literature Prize at school, this is the piece that won him the prize. The words in italics are from a poem that Djawa (Timmy) Burrrawanga's mother in law wrote when he was born, about him. My proudest moment as a father.
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3 years
@JacquiLambie @franksting You dont have a great track record on this issue, or a number of others where you took the pieces of silver and sold us out. I will bet its either watered down so it achieves nothing, or you sell out again and drop it.
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6 years
...So why is it there is a sub set of people so terrified of other cultures and multi culturalism? I dont think they are in the main, evil. I suspect most racists, bigots and xenophobes are simply insecure, fearful, ignorant. They are terrified of ghosts, ideas that are phantoms,
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@galumay
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3 years
Oh fuck off, you run torture camps specifically to cause mental illness. Your tweet is an obscenity.
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@galumay
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4 years
Couldn’t decide what to for my b’day, so….
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@galumay
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2 years
FARRRKK! After 3 years of cautious behaviour, still wearing my mask in shops or round groups of people, I am pregnant.
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3 years
Congratulations to Sal, the woman who completes me, my love, my lover, my reason, my compass, my balance, my best friend and my partner - happy 18th wedding anniversary dear. 18 years of putting up with me deserves a special prize!
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2 years
@IgnoreNarrative Phone number of new CFO.
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@galumay
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6 years
Rather than arguing with these poor people on twitter, which is pointless because reason wont overcome fear, just outwardly interact across culture, race and other social sub-sets and help appease their terror of diversity!
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@galumay
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3 years
@Henry27820185 @TamePunk Says the voice of experience. Be gorne bot.
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@galumay
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2 years
We caught a decent mackerel this morning.
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@galumay
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2 years
Sitting in the cockpit, lightning and thunder all around, enjoying a beer, watching the cricket, listening to Santana, life is good!
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4 years
In great news, Sal got a text from the beast care nurse last night to tell her all biopsies following her mammogram & ultrasound all came back benign.
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3 years
@LukeBartolo1 @Bwonwen Funny what incentives are created by a 1 seat majority.
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@galumay
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5 years
Just got Sal's DNA results back, Low risk, so no chemo, I will set off about 5am tomorrow and drive to Darwin, she will fly over Saturday, radiation therapy starts Monday, we are there for 4 weeks. Once again, best result possible in the circumstances!! Bubbly tonite!
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3 years
Sunset over Hervey Bay.
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@galumay
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3 years
2021 has been a good year for us, Sal is healthy, Kai is finished school, working full time as a carpentry apprentice, my company continues to allow me to have the perfect life balance, we are sitting on the last day of the year on our lovely new yacht...
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@PeterDutton_MP I think John Howard's dog whistling racism and xenophobia is past its use by date Pete.
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@galumay
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2 years
@AndrewBGreene @David_Speers @Optus How about just repealing the ridiculous and unnecessary harvesting of data required by previous LNP governments for political ends? This is the root cause of the issue, if the data had not been collected then it couldn't have been taken.
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3 years
First fish of the trip trolling! Nice Spaniard.
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5 years
@realCarrickRyan @dobes I get your point, but dangerous to assume that academic qualifications mean more knowledgeable or intelligent.
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@galumay
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@billbowtell @Bwonwen Every misstep with dealing with this pandemic in Australia is the direct outcome of Federal Government incompetency. There is a significant lesson to be learnt from this for much more than just pandemics.
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3 years
Happy 18th Kai.
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@TheIdiotTax Imagine being in that situation and thinking Reddit was an appropriate source of info. Mind boggling.
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3 years
@TamePunk Grace by name, grace by nature.
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5 years
@BarrysChins Hilarious, but begs the question, why would anyone go to a wikipedia page about Prue MacSween??
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4 years
Sal's Mum just passed, she went back into hospital yesterday, Sal spoke to her last night, she didn't wake up this morning and passed away in her sleep just now. So she got her wish to stay at home as long as possible. Rest in peace , Mahni Dugan.
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@LyleShelton Thats like saying 'not everyday your confession gets read out in a murder trial" hint - its not a good thing.
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2 years
@PeterDutton_MP @MaimonAmir @Birmo Ask him about the genocidal holocaust Israel is waging on Palestinians. Ironic that the victims have become the perpetrators The wrong and damaging decision was the original one by the Morrison government, and you know the Machiavellian political reasons for that.
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5 years
@yassmin_a Some of the people I most strongly disagree with on certain topics, are the ones that I learn most from about other topics. Echo chambers and confirmation bias are the result of shutting out contrarian views.
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My beautiful, intelligent, caring, tolerant, wife celebrates her 55th b'day today. She has had a tough couple of years, losing both her parents & beating breast cancer - and took it all in her stride. My rock, my anchor, my love. Hope you have a wonderful year my dear.
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2 years
I just don’t understand why an investor would sell a business they own part of on a day like today. What has changed to make you believe it’s not worth owning today?? Weird.
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So boomer wife flew to D-Town for Bass on the Grass, zoomer son drove the track to get there. Boomer wife now has the plague, zoomer son got home 3am, announces he feels unwell too. I have fled the scene, went shopping, filled the tinny up & am on the yacht until plague clears.
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@thebettinaarndt Thats certainly an interview that conjours up a host of negative descriptions! Can you imagine two people on this planet you would be less interested in hearing the views of? Have a go at the setting! How out of touch with reality can you get?!
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4 years
I will do a blog post when I get home, but just for @bouta_nt a pic of Sir Greg Norman in his cap with a 80cm Wessels Goldy and a decent reddy.
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@hughriminton @verbaliza Thats like me saying I helped get Tony Abbott elected.
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@ComicsbyGCNO @KristenObaid @lingerie_addict Funnily enough, I have no problem understanding 1 billion is 1000, millions. The counterintuitive one for me is that 1000 x 12 days is 32 years.
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@TonyAbbottMHR Today is the 28th anniversary of the formation of One-Tel. Its a good company, getting better!
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6 years
@oos_chris @MrKRudd No, 5G will not make fibre obsolete. There is no way a 5G network could economically replace the NBN. It has a small part to play in the national network, thats it.
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3 years
@erfbeeass Mining industry workers - "Hold my XXXX"
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@SDawlatly @SkyNewsAust Thank you, i am privileged to live in a part of Australia where the Yolngu people have kept their land, language & culture. This has greatly helped inform me about our country.
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2 years
Little danger log crossing Melville Bay Rd last week. Quite a long way from water.
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Ricky🏄🏼‍♂️🦋
2 years
@Jack_Raines On form, Taleb in attack mode. Does he ever articulate anything without insulting someone who doesn't exactly share his world view? Mind you, surprised he hasn't blocked you & Peterson, must be the last 2 unblocked left. 😜
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Ricky🏄🏼‍♂️🦋
2 years
MASSIVE ROLLING EARTH TREMOURS, MUST BE A HUGE EARTHQUAKE SOMEWHERE. Whole house shaking for 3 minutes, never felt anything like it in Australia.
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@galumay
Ricky🏄🏼‍♂️🦋
5 years
@PeterDutton_MP So you turned back 8 legal, potential refugees, but meanwhile let in how many hundreds of overstayers by plane?? Its about cruelty, nothing else.
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Ricky🏄🏼‍♂️🦋
3 years
@_itsashleeee_ Wayne Carey getting any airtime is a reflection on the TV channels that buy it. They are actively supporting DV. It just shows how entrenched misogyny is in Australia. @7plus have no moral compass at all to allow this grub on their show. #SASAustralia
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Ricky🏄🏼‍♂️🦋
3 years
I cant read the story- paywalled, but seems i made the AFR today!
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