Ex-advisor to professional killers, ex-associate international arms merchants, lapsed physicist, wannabe writer, victim of overeducation, paused dromomaniac.
Sydney, New South Wales
Joined May 2012
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When #Vesuvius erupts it can throw city-killing pyroclastic flows (IIUC in unpredictable directions). When it erupted In 1631, forty thousand people sensibly fled from cities and towns within the potential kill zone. And went to Naples, also inside the PKZ.
[Moving to BlueSky]
Interesting that being the most successful Australian rugby coach in living memory rates lower than being an English teacher or writing speeches for Malcolm Fraser.
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[I am gradually relocating to BlueSky.]
Just saw #osagecounty at the #belvoir in #sydney. Really good dialogue, Excellent delivery, great acting (though I think they were tired by Act III). I had minimal sympathy for any of the characters and I still loved it. Pamela Rabe is some kind of genius. [Moving to Bluesky]
Never been an early adopter but I think the time has come to migrate to B1ue$ky. If you've enjoyed what I had to say then feel free to follow me there.
Until at least 2029 we can't be confident the US nuclear deterrent, which includes the UK's, protects anything. All that's standing between Europe and potential Russian nuclear blackmail is France. Japan, Korea, Taiwan &c are even more exposed to China.
Even if the Haitians actually were eating cats outside RWNJ paranoid delusions, I think the cats had it coming.
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JD Vance says he's influenced by Lord of the Rings and some have been suggesting he's playing the role of Sauron or Saruman. I think he's more like Denethor: hates everything Trump stands for, but convinced Trump's too strong to fight he's decided to acquiesce.
"I heard a whizzing sound, shots..." Except bullets don't make a whizzing sound. Even when the truth serves him perfectly well, and there's absolutely no need to lie, Trump can't help himself.
So if Trump wants a "unified reich" in the Bismarck, rather than the Hitler, sense, what does that mean in policy terms? A reduction in state rights? #unifiedreich
#TaurusLeak seems no big deal. So Western powers are helping Ukraine with intel and planning, that's been known a long time. Most interesting line is when Inspector General(?) of the Luftwaffe says, "Nobody knows why the Federal Chancellor is blocking these deliveries."
If the survival of US democracy now depends on Nikki Haley and Charles Koch then it is in desperate straits indeed.
Maxwell catches the ball, tries to duck away from it and stands there looking confused, pointing at things, like he doesn't remember the rules of cricket. #AUSvsIND
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