Jason Andrade
@jasonandrade.bsky.social
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🔍 Work: Research IT Infrastructure Consultant 💡 Interests: politics, renewables, energy, education, numismatics, health & aviation 🤔 Observational humor and sarcasm 🤷🏾
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It feels like I should put up a disclaimer that I may occasionally (very rarely!) post something here that is either funny, witty or informative (only one at a time though).

Past performance is no guarantee of future results and you should think carefully about following my account on that basis. 🤪
This is why they are on the 5c coin.

Which almost no-one will stop to pick up if they see one on the ground.
The Mayor of New York is the primary adviser to the Secretary of State. It’s in the Constitution.

@lowqualityfacts.bsky.social
You can’t run AOC in 2028 because it would be too confusing with the American Olympic Commission in an Olympics year. 🤷🏾
ABC News is reporting “If you have a social media account and are under 16, you will want to download any photos and videos now because your account will be deleted”.

How is this going to work for your team @6newsau.bsky.social ?
“You used your brain in a certain way to win at the card game but didn’t also use your brain to ensure the casino didn’t figure that out? Too bad”.
And of course not his *actual* birthday (14th November).

Merely his official one.
It didn’t need a web server to provide basic data..

That said, lots of units now come wifi enabled.

My point is that I don’t want a *control plane*.

I just want a *data plane*.

Sadly aircon manufacturers aren’t going to give me the latter without also deciding I just want the former.
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Might have got it in three if i had remembered to use one of the letters in 2.. 🤷🏾🥲
Congratulations on the release of her book.

I can confidently say I would never have heard of her, this book, the movie - Hester Street or director Joan Micklin Silver - except for this post.

For anyone else, a source including links to Bloomsbury to order directly.

juliawagnerfilm.com
Dr Julia Wagner
Film and Television Lectures, Writing and Events
juliawagnerfilm.com
Gonna be incredibly funny if it’s both opt in and you can choose your COO identifier.

Every single Russian misinformation bot will do what exactly..
Sad Robin Williams is no longer with us because he would absolutely slay as Rosie the Robot.
It could be a “Hate Speaker Johnson” rally though.
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“The content of that image does not reflect the values or standards of this office, my staff, or myself, and I condemn it in the strongest terms," Taylor said in a statement.

“It’s simply not big enough or prominent enough” he said.
a swastika? in a republicans office? of the republican party who all explicitely endorse fascism? no way this could have been predicted
EXCLUSIVE: Capitol Police are investigating a swastika found in GOP Rep. Dave Taylor’s office.

“The content of that image does not reflect the values or standards of this office, my staff, or myself, and I condemn it in the strongest terms," Taylor said in a statement.
A reminder, this was 6 journalists murdered, 50 years ago.

The IDF has murdered over 270 journalists in the Gaza war over just 2 years.

The vast majority (265+) of those were Palestinian.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing...
It's a little funny seeing that we're in 2025 and around 10% has been built. I remember when the project was in the "awarded" stages and even did a small amount of work (on the network side of things) more than a decade ago :-)
I just wanted to say that you using the word condescending is amazing. It means "talk down to".
The Prime Minister at the time was Gough Whitlam.
The Foreign Minister at the time was Don Willesee.

By November 1975 this was:

Prime Minister, Malcolm Fraser
Foreign Minister, Andrew Peacock
This fact sheet from the National Archives of Australia is worth a read:

www.naa.gov.au/sites/defaul...
www.naa.gov.au
The man adjudged to have ordered the murders - special forces captain Yunus Yosfiah - went on to have a successful military career and eventually, to become an Indonesian government minister.

He retired from the military as a decorated general.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yunus_Y...
Yunus Yosfiah - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
Roger East, 53, (Australia) - reporter (AAP-Reuters) travelled to East Timor to investigate the murders, was captured by the Indonesian military and executed on 8th December, 1975.

His body was dumped into the ocean.

There has never been an inquest into his death.
The Balibo 5:

Greg Shackleton, 29 (Australian) - reporter
Tony Stewart, 21 (Australian) - sound recordist
Gary Cunningham, 27 (New Zealand) - cameraman (HSV-7)
Brian Peters, 24, (British) - cameraman (TCN-9)
Malcolm Rennie, 29 (British) - reporter (TCN-9)
Today is the 50th anniversary of the murders of the #Balibo5.

The Indonesian government has never acknowledged this (much less apologised for it)

The Australian government has agreed with Indonesia's version of events (and also never apologised for this either).

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balibo_...
Balibo Five - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org