@Nullgnostic

Accountant // Copywriter // Creative : rambling semi-coherently about politics, gaming, travel, food, and miscellany.

 Adelaide, Australia
Joined September 2010
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I'm looking for a great candidate to take up a PhD scholarship with Meg Samuelson and me @UniofAdelaide working on the ARC-funded project 'Between Pacific and Indian Oceans: Reframing Australian Literature.' Please share widely! @ASAustLit @AAPSPacific Try out your idea!
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Desperate South Australian and Victorian cross-border residents call on Prime Minister to intervene - ABC News abc.net.au/news/2020-08-13/v… @abcnews

Desperate cross-border residents call on Prime Minister to intervene

Residents living along the South Australian-Victorian border call for urgent help from authorities as fears grow they could be exposed to coronavirus through government restrictions.

abc.net.au
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"Please scream inside your heart" basically sums up 2020
Ben Pershing@benpershing8 Jul 2020
Japan’s theme parks have banned screaming on roller coasters because it spreads coronavirus. “Please scream inside your heart.” wsj.com/articles/reopened-th…

Reopened Theme Parks Ban Screaming on Roller Coasters. Riders Are Howling.

Japan’s amusement parks ask visitors to suppress their screams to help prevent the spread of Covid-19, but it isn’t always easy. ‘That’s the idea of a roller coaster—you scream.’

wsj.com
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I want to talk about something called "performative contrition". It is a term common in abuse survivor circles, and is a VERY common abuse tactic. It's an abuse tactic that's been on full display in the SFF community the last few days. So, let's break it down. A THREAD.
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If you’re unbothered or mildly bothered by the 1st knee, but outraged by the 2nd, then, in my father’s words, you’re “more devoted to order than to justice.” And more passionate about an anthem that supposedly symbolizes freedom than you are about a Black man’s freedom to live.
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xkcd@xkcd_rss31 Mar 2020
Pathogen Resistance xkcd.com/2287/
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Max Opray@maxopray19 Mar 2020
With Morrison threatening to strip public funding from private schools today over their COVID-19 response, you might be wondering how much taxpayer money actually goes to non-government schools. The answer is: a lot!
The Saturday Paper@SatPaper19 Mar 2020
“We have a model locked in where private school targets will get fully funded by government, and virtually no public school targets will.” @maxopray on Australia’s private school infrastructure arms race: satpa.pe/private6f5f0
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When I hear men worshipping guns and talking about how there’s nothing that will stop them from defending their family, my mind goes to Naaman in the Bible. Do you remember Naaman? He was a great military leader, and he also had leprosy. 1/
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An astrophotographer has clicked an exceptional video, wherein we can feel the rotation of the earth Using a tracking mount, aligned with North Star, he kept clicking images every 12 seconds for the next 3 hours. The camera is looking at the same portion of the Milky Way Fab!
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TS Eliot@TSElibot10 Jan 2020
Thoughts of a dry brain in a dry season
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Hi twitter. A general thread about a group calling themselves NSW Volunteer Firefighter's Association. They have been spreading the "greens to blame for fuel reduction" myth as well as claiming climate change has nothing to with increased fires. with @jommy_tee
Josh Butler@JoshButler24 Dec 2019
The Volunteer Fire Fighters Association wants firies to at least get their expenses covered RFS boss Shane Fitzsimmons has lashed the VFFA, claiming he doesn't know much about them, "their motivations are really unclear." 10daily.com.au/news/politics…
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Australia is likely to be a wrecker on global climate change policy in the 2020s and I don't see that much hope of it changing. A quick thread on why:
Brigid Delaney@BrigidWD31 Dec 2019
Maybe these fires will be Australia’s Sandy Hook/Parkland moment. We urge the government to “Do Something!” and if they don’t create a meaningful climate policy after this epic, destructive summer - they probably never will.
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Word for "tea" in various languages English: tea Irish: tae Danish: te Spanish: té Italian: tè French: thé German: Tee Afrikaans: tee Portuguese: chá Mandarin: chá Russian: chay Turkish: chay Hindi: chaay Arabic: shay Japanese: ocha Polish: herbata #InternationalTeaDay
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Universal human rights ❤️Life 💼Work 🗽Liberty 🙏Religion 📚Education 🏠Own property ✈️Free movement 🇺🇸Nationality 👥Assembly ⚖️Equality 🍿Leisure 😴Rest 🗳Vote 🏥Health 🕶Privacy 💍Marriage 🎭Cultural life 👩🏻‍⚖️Access the law 📢Free expression Belong to everyone. #HumanRightsDay
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We are a nation of whimpering slaves to Fear.
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Argentine artist Marta Minujín's monumental replica of the Greek Parthenon created with 100,000 copies of banned books, to symbolizes resistance to political repression and tyranny and attacks on free speech #womensart
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Max Opray@maxopray24 Nov 2019
My story for the @satpaper on how controversial scientist Peter Ridd sees a government review of Great Barrier Reef research as the first step in undermining confidence in climate science thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news…
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damn kid
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Good news is rare these days, and every glittering ounce of it should be cherished and hoarded and worshipped and fondled like a priceless diamond.
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INCREDIBLE NEWS! we have massive amounts of HARD SCIENCE on how to bring the world closer together, diminish loneliness, enhance learning, improve health, reverse inequity, & create happiness. and guess what?!! extractive, surveillant, manipulative tech isn't the answer😮 1/4
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