@Colvinius

Presenter of PM, ABC Radio. Lifetime Lance-Corporal in the Awkward Squad. In bookshops now from MUP: 'Light and Shadow, Memoirs of a Spy’s Son'

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Joined February 2009
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Mark Colvin retweeted
Ben Knight@benknight384 May 2017
Each week, Bryan Dawe & the Clarke family will choose an archive episode to play in the usual Thursday night slot. Here’s their first pick: xitter.cf/mrjohnclarke/status/86…
Mister John Clarke@mrjohnclarke4 May 2017
Tonight’s Clarke & Dawe from the archives: A difficult but necessary conversation. youtu.be/fHlwN6lbQkc

Clarke and Dawe - A difficult but necessary conversation

"Tony, a schoolboy" Originally aired on ABC TV: 10/09/2015 - replay...

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James Ensor (Belgian, 1860-1949): Rooftops of Ostend (alternative title, Grand View of Ostend), 1884.
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Mark Colvin retweeted
Louisa Lim@limlouisa7 May 2017
Ai Weiwei on Censorship: the selfsilenced majority are doubly bitter bc they know debasement is from their own hand nyti.ms/2pRpSma

Opinion | Ai Weiwei: How Censorship Works (Published 2017)

Those who remain silent to please the authorities make China’s brutal system possible.

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Also the only fare on offer in US military​ mess halls. @Colvinius xitter.cf/JuddLegum/status/86057…
Judd Legum
@JuddLegum5 May 2017
Federal employees are being forced to watch Fox News, according to leaked email thkpr.gs/8845e6e075ca
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Worst fear during Russia hack in our election was they would dump fakes among real documents. Reportedly, this is now happening with Macron.
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"Trump and his ilk effect an odd reversal of Dickinson: they tell all the lies but tell them straight." #reviews harpers.org/archive/2017/03/…

Good Plain English, by Nat Segnit

The problem with writing manuals

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"Asked why reporters were asked to leave, a PR rep, who declined to identify herself, said simply, "This is not the story we want.'"
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"At one point, organizers grabbed a reporter’s phone and backpack to try to force that person to leave."
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Oh look, Trump's son-in-law/senior adviser getting rich off Chinese investors promised "golden visas" to the US washingtonpost.com/world/in-…

In a Beijing ballroom, Kushner family pushes $500,000 ‘investor visa’ to wealthy Chinese

Representatives from the Kushner family business urged Chinese citizens to consider investing hundreds of thousands of dollars in a New Jersey real estate project.

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Ridiculous our patron @stephenfry is being investigated in Ireland for blasphemy. The law must urgently be repealed humanism.org.uk/2017/05/06/b…
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Petit Gennevilliers, Facade, Southeast of the Artist's Studio, Overlooking the Garden, Spring #caillebotte
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Mark Colvin retweeted
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@BBCNews6 May 2017
Stephen Fry faces blasphemy probe after God comments bbc.in/2qMe7vD

Stephen Fry faces blasphemy probe after God comments

Irish police are investigating the comedian after a viewer complained about comments he made in 2015.

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Also delighted to receive this today by superb @Colvinius. He's had such an amazing life.
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Those things only that are in his own power are the objects of his employments, and his thoughts are ever taken up with those things.
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The Breakfast Club now would just be 5 people staring at their phones for two hours
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Lovely story from Alan Johnson, best PM we never had newstatesman.com/politics/uk…
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.@peston on conversations with campaigning Labour MPs @Colvinius @maryellenfield @SteveCannane @LisaMillar pastebin.com/yHsbPK79

Robert @peston observations MP conversations on Labours Camp - Pastebin.com

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@Colvinius @yygall @initialjh @JuliusFlywheel @drng xitter.cf/stilgherrian/status/86…
Stilgherrian@stilgherrian6 May 2017
"Critical vulnerability" in software controlling "sensitive govt facilities" inc Lucas Hts nuclear plant, RAAF base. abc.net.au/news/2017-05-06/s…
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Trump namechecked Greg Norman, Rupert Murdoch & the "gentleman & my friend from Australia" whose name escaped him (Australian PM Turnbull) xitter.cf/JustinWolfers/status/8…
Justin Wolfers
@JustinWolfers5 May 2017
Watch this whole exchange—there's no indication that Trump knows the name of the Australian PM sitting next to him.
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#Chechen authorities tell parents: 'Kill your gay sons or we will', survivor claims independent.co.uk/news/world… #LGBTQ h/t @rerutled @darkmanmj
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