one of the most soothing tunes on folly, by Shakespeare 'the fraud of men was ever so, since summer first was leafy'
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lecturing in comms, phd was 'On the rhetorical function of fictional worlds', fool for Parisian swing
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“Live for the future. Long for the past.”
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Some years back I had a happy ending in my grasp...
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"Once I go to the square hospital, I will become positive," the wife continued to insist. "Is this now an echo chamber where you are the only one with the power to claim whether my #COVID19 test result is positive or negative and I can't push back with evidence?"
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As you may have seen, we just released Gephi 0.9.3. Download it there:
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Blog post: gephi.wordpress.com/2022/04/10/gep
No crazy new features, but many improvements and bug fixes. Here are 5 highlights (thread):
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it's not that there's nothing to talk about, it's that there's a lot of nothing to talk about.
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tomorrow, tutes are focused on agenda-setting and framing.. an election ought to be a gift for that tute. so, class, what are the burning issues of the day, to be addressed with bold programmes, being staked out as priorities by parties keen to differentiate themselves in 2022..
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Who else is sick of the election already
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John Lee’s campaign team has ‘not thought about’ how to engage Hongkongers in person amid Covid-19
hongkongfp.com/2022/04/11/joh
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What happened in a secret facility that led to torture charges being recommended against Australian soldiers. #4Corners
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Veteran journalist Allan Au, who wrote opinion pieces for Stand News, was arrested for publishing seditious publication.
news.mingpao.com/ins/%e6%b8%af%
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Some Wechat conversations go viral overnight, like this community one from Shanghai at the start of the lockdown when some resident suggested they should eat the "black guy from the 7th floor," not knowing he could see it.("Don't eat me," he responded.) Tshirt followed, sold out.
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this is the eighth or ninth time an election's rolled around and I've heard people hoping lots of first preference votes for Greens that then end up in Labor's hands by virtue of second preference will give Labor pause on its ever less humane and equitable policies.
remember you can vote twice in the upcoming australian election if you vote once with a moustache and once without. this is the first year "going moustache mode" is allowed at the polls
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My court case against Sussan Ley brought me into the public spotlight two years ago. Since then I’ve been constantly hit by absolutely vile racism. Here’s a tiny sample, because enough is enough and now I’m going to talk about it.
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this politician and his party could not be more committed to coal and gas. growth in production - new projects - growth in exports, regardless of exacerbating climate change.
none of the below contradicts this at all.
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“The cheapest form of energy is renewable energy…Let’s make more things in Australia using cheap, clean energy”. Spot on @AlboMP
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best antidote to a small group potentially holding balance of power in Parliament is not to have an always far more powerful, and democratically limiting, duopoly.
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most of my concerns about a platform like Twitter potentially hiding wartime propaganda could be addressed by siloing it somewhere it can be accessed as an archive
one crucial consideration is that propaganda from conflicts becomes a very important part of the historical record
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BBC news covering the Aus election just described the ALP as the 'left of centre Labor Party', even the ABC's 'Vote Compass' doesn't go that far.
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Dubious milestones. Oz has reported >5 million Covid cases, #20 in the world. Once the gold standard NSW has reported >2 m cases (24% of popn), highest in Oz then Vic (21%), Tas (20%), Qld (16%). But Vic has had most deaths: 415/m popn, NSW 308/m. 7 day aver now NSW 19K, Vic 11K.
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Privileged to be in #Yarrabah to hear from 98 yr old 1967 referendum campaigner Pop Neal! He encouraged us to join together & continue the work of those before us. We now push ahead for a constitutionally enshrined First Nations Voice to Parliament! It’s time!@UluruStatement
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Pat Anderson speaks out: An enshrined voice to parliament would end generations of being forced to “beg” government for money and policy change to benefit Indigenous Australians.
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Australian election imminent. do want to hear about ~policies.
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still think Labor could have won in 2019 on a platform of fast energy transition, a humane approach to refugees, and a Republic with a Treaty (if that was within the realms of possibility for them, notwithstanding ideology and interests). that goes doubly this time.
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myself and 2 million or so other people ~won't vote formally for the House of Representatives (always higher than the Senate non-vote), some of us as it just seems to endorse more fossil fuels, etc., and then that number wont be factored at all again into analysis of the result.
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Aus PM calling an election seems imminent but expecting it'll make a smaller dent this time in news appearing in the twitter feed. on the day most will vote for fossil fuels again, not being able to do otherwise, whatever their view on fossil fuels, resulting in more fossil fuels
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Tomorrow is the big day. If you are in #Canberra tomorrow please join us, our speakers Hasiba Ebrahimi & Bishop Carol Wagner + dozens of churches, community groups, unions and political parties to stand up for refugee rights #PalmSunday #RefugeesWelcome
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Rally #Justice4Refugees this Palm Sunday 10th April 2022 Canberra #GameOver
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after inconsistent walks due to rain, has that look again that might signal doubt about prioritising being a good boy.
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The academy delivering a verdict
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Announcing his candidacy for Chief Executive, former security chief John Lee repeatedly stressed the need for a stable and secure environment. "This will be a new symphony and I am its conductor."
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Is 'algospeak' another form of 'voldermorting'? It really goes to show with enough motivation, language will vary and change regardless of standardisation efforts.
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Go Jang Hye-Young! Opposition against Barossa Gas is growing amongst South Korean Politicians. #stopbarossagas #nonewgas #auspol
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Not #Ukraine, but beyond the glare of satellite news cameras, #Myanmar’s military junta is slowly, methodologically, burning villages and killing civilians. These atrocities in Sagaing Region also demand a robust international response. #EndImpunity
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Residents who fled a village in Sagaing Region after an April 5 junta raid dare not return as regime troops are still deployed in the village. Two locals were killed and over 200 homes destroyed in the raid. (Photo: CJ)
#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
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sometimes the adblocker drops out, a reminder that underneath it there are 'promoted tweets' and that twitter's only like it was because of the combination of an adblocker and a plugin that forces a chronological timeline without likes or replies or 'who to follow' etc.