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Melbourne (sometimes Perth)
Joined April 2010
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Hello! It may be already obvious to some of you that I don't post here any more. I noticed there was an influx of people following me on Bsky recently so that's prompted this tweet to say.. you can find me there and other places too! All my links: rith.id.au
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Great show tonight from @nickbelling & the content team. Team Quantum took the win to bring the series score to 1-1. I have full faith @rubyinnes & her team will bring it home next week. Thanks to @rithmaster & @NikitaRiseley for being stellar teammates!
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hey soccer twitter, I've got about 100 playing jerseys that @TheFlyingBats are wanting to donate to under-resourced or under-privileged groups/clubs/communities that need them, ideally in Aus but can also look OS. anyone know of any non-profit orgs that do this sort of thing?
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The perfect way to play Bluey The Videogame: with a #Bluey Xbox! Follow and RT with #BlueyXboxSweepstakes for a chance to win a custom @OfficialBlueyTV Xbox Series X & controller. Ages 18+. Ends 12/13/23. Rules: xbx.lv/47iZyTV
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Putting it out to the Twitterverse that I'm looking for opportunities going in football/sports media surrounding digital marketing, socials, broadcasting, radio, gameday logistics etc! I've had previous experience with Paramount+, Football SA & FIFA. Would love to chat! ✌️🎤
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Guaranteed goosebumps listening to World Cup winner @J_Mac1422 ❤️ 'This country gave me a second chance. This country changed my life. I have to root for @TheMatildas. I feel like an adopted Australian.' 🇦🇺🥰 #FIFAWWC #OptusSport
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long shot but does anyone have an old CRT tv and a camcorder that can live feed through it that i can borrow?
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Good morning 🙌 #Matildas #FIFAWWC #TilitsDone
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that one person watching LOTR though ☠️
That moment for women’s sport ❤️⚽️👑🦘
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This moment.
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Under the sun in Melbs 😌 #SWE | #FIFAWWC
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Fifa said "you can't show support for LGBTQ people during games. No armbands". Ali Riley, New Zealand captain: "try & stop me". Look at her hands.
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It’s official: @TeaganMicah is a Red 🇦🇺🔴
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Like many intentionally confusing corporate crisis response messages, this says a bunch of things that are true but don’t mean what you think, like for example: “On April 5, during a World Health Organization meeting, the GDF shared its intent to launch a tender for generic versions of SIRTURO® 100mg in the third quarter of 2023” This sounds like it says “everybody can have generic bedaquiline!!” But actually they *had to allow* the production of a generic because some countries had the power and systems in place to reject their attempt to extend their patent. The generic will not be available in countries where the patent extension wasn’t rejected, just like John said in his video. Unless that’s not the case @JNJNews!! If you’re telling us that you will allow the sale of generics anywhere in the developing world then we will happily send thank you baskets to your entire c-suite! Please let us know! Maybe we got it wrong and you only did the arduous work of extending the patent in a bunch of developing countries for funsies!
It is false to suggest—as some recently have—that our patents are being used to prevent access to SIRTURO® (bedaquiline), our medicine for MDR-TB. In fact, we have already entered into a collaboration with the Stop TB Partnership’s Global Drug Facility (“GDF”)—the largest procurer of TB medicines—which enables them to invite potential generic suppliers and purchase generic versions of SIRTURO® 100mg. On April 5, during a World Health Organization meeting, the GDF shared its intent to launch a tender for generic versions of SIRTURO® 100mg in the third quarter of 2023: social.jnj.com/3XSgjRZ In addition, we have shipped more than 660,000 courses of SIRTURO® to 159 countries since launch. Our patents made this possible, enabling us to assist countries to scale-up their use of our medicine responsibly and sustainably and invest in multiple, critical, anti-TB efforts. For instance, in the face of rising drug resistance, we support stewardship efforts that ensure MDR-TB patients can benefit from our medicine today and in the future. Unfortunately, the most significant barrier to treatment access for patients today is the fact that millions of patients with TB go undiagnosed every year. This is a challenge that we have invested significant resources to overcome and must all get behind if we are to achieve the global goal of ending TB.
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J&J continue to limit a lower pricing of $1,200 for 20 months to the Global Drug Facility. Only South Africa has been granted access to this pricing outside the GDF. Researchers suggest that Bedaquiline could still be sold at profit for as little as 25 cents per day. msfaccess.org/jj-can-you-hea…
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I HAVE RETURNED TO MAIN because I am FURIOUS that @JNJGlobalHealth is preventing millions from accessing life-saving treatment with bedaquiline, thereby costing innumerable lives and increasing the global risk of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis. youtube.com/watch?v=tMhgw5SW…
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from the fans in the stands to the players on the pitch, women's football has always been a safe-haven and platform for LGBTQIA+ people. which is why FIFA's recent armband decision feels so out of touch. my first #FIFAWWC feature, on queerness in woso: abc.net.au/news/2023-07-02/h…
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