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simongarlick

@simongarlick.net

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Literally an NPC. Brown, Ngāi Tahu/Ngāti Whakaue/Tainui, on Kaurna land. Abnzg. Beach bum, history nerd, gamer, grower of chilli peppers, rescuer of bees, bad writer. Apparently I also compose music for podcasts. Slava Ukraini.

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simongarlick @simongarlick.net · 1h

no idea what you're talking about about. there's an arrow literally pointing at the word "nothing"

simongarlick @simongarlick.net · 1h

about what?

simongarlick @simongarlick.net · 5h

Me, nodding before giving up and using tables: mm-hmmm

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David Gilbert @davidgilbert.bsky.social · 6h

BREAKING:

"Just landed."

Mark Bray confirms to me this morning that he and his family did, on the second attempt, make it out of the US and to Spain

www.wired.com/story/mark-b...

He Wrote a Book About Antifa. Death Threats Are Driving Him Out of the US

Rutgers historian Mark Bray is trying to flee to Spain after after an online campaign from far-right influencers was followed by death threats. He was turned back at the airport on his first attempt.

www.wired.com

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simongarlick @simongarlick.net · 6h

But the UN ruled that the blockade was legal

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Guardian Australia @australia.theguardian.com · 14h

Former Wallabies star David Pocock booted from parliamentary sports club

Exclusive: Senator accused of bringing social club into disrepute after raising concerns about its association with betting lobby Independent ACT senator David Pocock – a former Wallabies captain – been banned from attending parliament house’s social sports club after raising concern about its sponsorship by the gambling industry. The former rugby star was on Thursday night told he was no longer welcome at Australian Parliament Sports Club events, and accused of politicising the organisation. He has been removed from group chats discussing its events. Continue reading...

www.theguardian.com

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simongarlick @simongarlick.net · 14h

🤣

simongarlick @simongarlick.net · 14h

Have they not heard that there's a ceasefire in place?

simongarlick @simongarlick.net · 16h

God, me too.

simongarlick @simongarlick.net · 17h

Vancouver R U OK

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Park Board apologizes for Vancouver Harry Potter attraction amidst outcry | News

An official Harry Potter event weeks away from opening in Stanley Park has had its future in Vancouver confirmed by the Park Board this week.

dailyhive.com

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 18h

Drake’s federal defamation suit against Universal Music Group has been thrown out of court, TMZ reports

Drake's Federal Defamation Lawsuit Against UMG Over 'Not Like Us' Dismissed

Drake just took a big legal loss against his own record label ... because his federal defamation suit against Universal Music Group has been thrown out of court.

www.tmz.com

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simongarlick @simongarlick.net · 17h

Replacing an amoral toddler with a tiny attention span with an amoral adult with intelligence, determination, and focus? What could go wrong

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Cameron Yarde Jnr @cameronyardejnr.bsky.social · 1d

The BT Tower is 60 years old today. Famous for its revolving restaurant...and a giant kitten courtesy of The Goodies.

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simongarlick @simongarlick.net · 1d

Now imagine an AI-CG Happy Feet

No, wait, don't

simongarlick @simongarlick.net · 1d

Remember we're talking about the Australian Government, so tech-savvy that its Minister for Telecommunications once explained that there was no need to regulate offshore gambling websites because the cost of making international phone calls would deter gamblers

simongarlick @simongarlick.net · 1d

Nope!

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simongarlick @simongarlick.net · 1d

Thread!

Jack Sapoch @jacksapoch.bsky.social · 1d

NEW: Since October 2023, the IDF Spokesperson's Unit has released dozens of 3D animations illustrating alleged Hamas, Hezbollah, and Iranian sites

The style is now unmistakable: satellite zoom-ins, black & white wireframes, and red-textured houses - a new visual language of war

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Jack Sapoch @jacksapoch.bsky.social · 1d

We traced over 30 unique assets to Washington-based 3D creator Ian Hubert, who makes bespoke models created for his sci-fi project Dynamo Dream, available to his Patreon subscribers.

Scans of parking lots, antennas, and pipes were repurposed as Hamas and Iranian military sites

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simongarlick @simongarlick.net · 1d

Hoo boy:

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Mark Bray @mark-bray.bsky.social · 1d

“Someone” cancelled my family’s flight out of the country at the last second.

We got our boarding passes. We checked our bags. Went through security. Then at our gate our reservation ‘disappeared.’

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simongarlick @simongarlick.net · 1d

Who could possibly know his motivation, it's a mystery

simongarlick @simongarlick.net · 1d

Anne also gets death threats from women who have been gaslit into agreeing with Tom, which is weird

simongarlick @simongarlick.net · 2d

A while back I sprained my ankle bad and got laid up to recuperate. Hooray I said, I'll catch up on some books, and I couldn't read them. Brain broken like yours. Deleted my socmed accounts; this is as socmed as I get online. But I read lots of books again.

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Naomi Alderman @naomialderman.bsky.social · 2d

feels like yet again time to mention that the *videogames* industry (that's a creative industry, which people do creative degrees in) brings in more than twice the amount to the British economy as the fishing and steel industries *combined*

Naomi Alderman @naomialderman.bsky.social · 2d

I cannot understand what these people think the purpose of human life is?

It is *not* "pursue joy, deal justly, love well, try to understand as much and see as much of this beautiful world and of the deepness, richness and variety of human culture and experience as you can before you die"?

Tim Worthington @outonbluesix.bsky.social · 2d

How is this repeatedly made into a policy issue - by *all* parties - when the blunt fact of the matter is that grown adults who are obliged to pay for their own education, and relentlessly pursued to repay their loans, should be able to study whatever the fuck they want.

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simongarlick @simongarlick.net · 2d

Reminder that the area of forest and bushland lost to wildfires each year is plummeting

simongarlick @simongarlick.net · 2d

Imagine how many Israeli hostages - and executed-hostage bodies - are under there too