arwon
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i live in canberra and i think it's neat
"ken behrens" is my fault
"ken behrens" is my fault
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You will never guess what this is in reference to.
The damned in hell are not more powerful for the fact that the fires do not consume them; it is part and parcel of their torment.
November 23, 2025 at 11:27 AM
You will never guess what this is in reference to.
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When pregnant woman boarded a subway car, 38% of the time someone offered her a seat. If someone dressed as Batman was also in the car it rose to 68%.
phys.org/news/2025-11...
phys.org/news/2025-11...
The Batman effect: The mere sight of the 'superhero' can make us more altruistic
If "Batman" appears on the scene, we immediately become more altruistic: in fact, research conducted by psychologists from the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milan, shows that the sudden appear...
phys.org
November 21, 2025 at 4:34 PM
When pregnant woman boarded a subway car, 38% of the time someone offered her a seat. If someone dressed as Batman was also in the car it rose to 68%.
phys.org/news/2025-11...
phys.org/news/2025-11...
Tim Tam is short for Timothy Tamuel
November 20, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Tim Tam is short for Timothy Tamuel
I've now got one of these bad boys embedded into my chest near my shoulder and I get to go back to Canberra today. #cyborg
www.biotronik.com/en-au/patien...
www.biotronik.com/en-au/patien...
Implantable Defibrillator: | Biotronik
This page will provide you with general information about implantable defibrillators, things you need to watch out for before and after potential implantation, as well as what the implantation process...
www.biotronik.com
November 20, 2025 at 11:05 PM
I've now got one of these bad boys embedded into my chest near my shoulder and I get to go back to Canberra today. #cyborg
www.biotronik.com/en-au/patien...
www.biotronik.com/en-au/patien...
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I wonder why people don’t like landlords
November 19, 2025 at 10:06 PM
I wonder why people don’t like landlords
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Since March 2021, public sector wages have fallen in real terms by more than private-sector wages.
www.theguardian.com/business/gro...
www.theguardian.com/business/gro...
November 19, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Since March 2021, public sector wages have fallen in real terms by more than private-sector wages.
www.theguardian.com/business/gro...
www.theguardian.com/business/gro...
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The Americans seem fascinated by Olivia Nuzzi as a celebrity figure whose sole talent is a shameless willingness to debase herself in the presence of power, and the coarsening effects such a person’s success has on media culture.
But the flags on the Harbour Bridge are at half mast for Lawsy
But the flags on the Harbour Bridge are at half mast for Lawsy
It would be crass to include a sponsorship arrangement or paid product endorsement in the eulogy at a State funeral. But in the case of John Laws you can rely on it being there
November 18, 2025 at 10:04 PM
The Americans seem fascinated by Olivia Nuzzi as a celebrity figure whose sole talent is a shameless willingness to debase herself in the presence of power, and the coarsening effects such a person’s success has on media culture.
But the flags on the Harbour Bridge are at half mast for Lawsy
But the flags on the Harbour Bridge are at half mast for Lawsy
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POV: you are a young woman celebrating a recent academic success
November 17, 2025 at 7:20 PM
POV: you are a young woman celebrating a recent academic success
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nothing but respect to the urban assault smart car
November 15, 2025 at 3:55 AM
nothing but respect to the urban assault smart car
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EVERY SINGLE FOSSIL FUEL IS MORE EXPENSIVE IN THE TRUMP-PLEASING HIGH-FOSSIL-FUEL SCENARIO
I wish I'd had the time to read this whole report properly earlier this week: the scale of this rake-step / self-own is absolutely incredible
THANKYOU donald trump for pushing the IEA to include all of this
I wish I'd had the time to read this whole report properly earlier this week: the scale of this rake-step / self-own is absolutely incredible
THANKYOU donald trump for pushing the IEA to include all of this
November 14, 2025 at 12:21 PM
EVERY SINGLE FOSSIL FUEL IS MORE EXPENSIVE IN THE TRUMP-PLEASING HIGH-FOSSIL-FUEL SCENARIO
I wish I'd had the time to read this whole report properly earlier this week: the scale of this rake-step / self-own is absolutely incredible
THANKYOU donald trump for pushing the IEA to include all of this
I wish I'd had the time to read this whole report properly earlier this week: the scale of this rake-step / self-own is absolutely incredible
THANKYOU donald trump for pushing the IEA to include all of this
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remarkably significant downwards projections to population growth across the many years of the world energy outlook
November 14, 2025 at 12:02 PM
remarkably significant downwards projections to population growth across the many years of the world energy outlook
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For the insomniac Americans around right now: is this really true about the crutches? I didn't even think underarm crutches were still made, unless you're staging an adaptation of A Christmas Carol and you need props for Tiny Tim.
Why America Uses The Wrong Crutches
YouTube video by Idea Soup
youtube.com
November 14, 2025 at 9:21 AM
For the insomniac Americans around right now: is this really true about the crutches? I didn't even think underarm crutches were still made, unless you're staging an adaptation of A Christmas Carol and you need props for Tiny Tim.
Sport is a better expression of culture than colonial boundaries and as such New South Wales' four neighbours should annex areas already ceded by cultural reality, as reflected in the cross-state AFL body affiliations of Australian Football clubs. In this essay I will...
November 5, 2025 at 4:51 AM
Sport is a better expression of culture than colonial boundaries and as such New South Wales' four neighbours should annex areas already ceded by cultural reality, as reflected in the cross-state AFL body affiliations of Australian Football clubs. In this essay I will...
AFLW crowds up 6% vs last year for primary city games.
GWS is missing the last Henson crowd.
The SA and WA movements are down to who hosted derby (Crows and Freo this year).
Note that my simple average of the 18 teams' averages over-weights teams who send home games elsewhere.
GWS is missing the last Henson crowd.
The SA and WA movements are down to who hosted derby (Crows and Freo this year).
Note that my simple average of the 18 teams' averages over-weights teams who send home games elsewhere.
November 3, 2025 at 5:48 AM
AFLW crowds up 6% vs last year for primary city games.
GWS is missing the last Henson crowd.
The SA and WA movements are down to who hosted derby (Crows and Freo this year).
Note that my simple average of the 18 teams' averages over-weights teams who send home games elsewhere.
GWS is missing the last Henson crowd.
The SA and WA movements are down to who hosted derby (Crows and Freo this year).
Note that my simple average of the 18 teams' averages over-weights teams who send home games elsewhere.
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Extraordinary violence unfolding in Darfur
What is unfolding in Sudan, where the armed group RSF has taken control of the key city of El Fasher, is "the sum of all our fears," says human rights investigator Nathaniel Raymond. "RSF is killing at a scale and a velocity that I haven’t seen since Rwanda."
Mass Killings Reported in Sudan as RSF Seizes El Fasher; 460 Killed at Hospital
Sudan’s military is accusing the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces of killing at least 2,000 people since seizing control of El Fasher in the Darfur region, including some 460 at the Saudi Maternity H...
www.democracynow.org
November 2, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Extraordinary violence unfolding in Darfur
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October 30, 2025 at 11:14 PM
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the detestable neelix
December 26, 2024 at 6:32 PM
the detestable neelix
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Zohran Mamdani called someone ‘mate’. But his tone made it very clear that the person wasn’t his mate at all. When will Mamdani address these lingering accusations of being Australian
October 29, 2025 at 6:52 AM
Zohran Mamdani called someone ‘mate’. But his tone made it very clear that the person wasn’t his mate at all. When will Mamdani address these lingering accusations of being Australian
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i love the logic of “it we purposely misunderstand a cultural difference people will start to turn on zohran mamdani!”
October 28, 2025 at 9:53 PM
i love the logic of “it we purposely misunderstand a cultural difference people will start to turn on zohran mamdani!”
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"a band, Joy Division, whose origins are steeped in antisemitism" Clueless dilettantism. Calling a suicide victim who voted for Thatcher an anti-semite. Dumb and trash politics. I move that the member be no further heard.
October 28, 2025 at 7:57 AM
"a band, Joy Division, whose origins are steeped in antisemitism" Clueless dilettantism. Calling a suicide victim who voted for Thatcher an anti-semite. Dumb and trash politics. I move that the member be no further heard.
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the American century of humiliation is in full swing
October 22, 2025 at 8:03 PM
the American century of humiliation is in full swing
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Do you think I’d explain my masterstroke if there remained the slightest chance of you affecting its outcome? I made the NYPD woke 35 minutes ago.
October 18, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Do you think I’d explain my masterstroke if there remained the slightest chance of you affecting its outcome? I made the NYPD woke 35 minutes ago.
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I'm not sure there's ever been a more amoral man than this. There have been more evil ones, sure, but has there ever been someone as utterly empty of all moral character?
You really do wonder about the people who were taken in by this guy in the 90s. It's so transparent.
You really do wonder about the people who were taken in by this guy in the 90s. It's so transparent.
The Palestinians are having the Prince of Infleunce imposed on them
October 18, 2025 at 9:24 PM
I'm not sure there's ever been a more amoral man than this. There have been more evil ones, sure, but has there ever been someone as utterly empty of all moral character?
You really do wonder about the people who were taken in by this guy in the 90s. It's so transparent.
You really do wonder about the people who were taken in by this guy in the 90s. It's so transparent.
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kids teacher just sent this home as part of an assignment he's doing and i want to smash every computer at the school
October 15, 2025 at 7:45 AM
kids teacher just sent this home as part of an assignment he's doing and i want to smash every computer at the school
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probably my most deeply-held belief: it is not possible for a slide deck to be both (1) a good presentation aide; and (2) a standalone document that can be read and understood in isolation.
October 14, 2025 at 8:08 AM
probably my most deeply-held belief: it is not possible for a slide deck to be both (1) a good presentation aide; and (2) a standalone document that can be read and understood in isolation.