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More if this please. Fewer people. More distance.

This is today's handiwork: https://lauraelvery.com/

Laura is at the Brisbane Writers Festival tomorrow if you're looking for something to do.

Talking about Magical New Fiction along with Ben Doherty and Nick Earls

https://bwf.org.au/2018/brisbane-writers-festival/magical-new-fiction

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big news today in Europe for scholars... all publicly funded research must be published #openaccess as of 2020 https://www.volkskrant.nl/nieuws-achtergrond/11-eu-landen-besluiten-vanaf-2020-moet-alle-wetenschappelijke-literatuur-gratis-beschikbaar-zijn~be002c39/

Looking for #cooking and #gardening instances.

My google alert for "ministerial discretion" is getting a fair workout this month.

aka: being a normal human being

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Reminder, Google AMP is bad for the open web. It was bad at inception and it just gets worse.
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Ugh. Google AMP is now “improving the performance of mobile content and advertising” by jamming ads *into* photos.
https://twitter.com/strobist/status/1036612428468027392

Going back for some more Gavin and Stacey. I'm into the third season and already disappointed it's almost over.

I love* how much data the writers of this report on data misuse and trust ask for before they'll let you see the report.

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y'all, please send virtual hugs to the Brazilian people tonight, who lost their entire national museum in a catastrophic fire. thousands of artifacts that date back thousands of years were lost, as well invaluable artworks from many cultures. this is a terrible loss for humanity.

https://www.cnet.com/google-amp/news/20-million-historical-artifacts-destroyed-in-brazil-national-museum-fire/

as an anthropologist, artist and a lover of brazilian culture, and as someone who studied tupi, this loss is staggering and tremendous.

People in #Australia are experiencing more hostility based on #religion according to an annual study by Pew Research http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-09-03/chart-of-the-day-religious-hostility/10187746 #ChartOfTheDay

Check it out! I finally found @mattliddy's prolific Mastodon presence.

This list is SHORT and Trick of the Light by Laura Elvery is on it. 🙂

Today is a chicken curry day.

None of this requires a blockchain. Can anyone explain what actual benefits it would bring? https://www.themandarin.com.au/97957-data61-joins-ibm-and-herbert-smith-freehills-to-build-the-australian-national-blockchain/

Personally I think opinion pieces that don’t even attempt to address opposing arguments are a bit shit.

'Someone should tell Julie' http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-08-28/julie-bishop-women-in-politics/10174136

This is complex and important journalism by reporters at Guardian Australia.

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/ng-interactive/2018/aug/28/deaths-inside-indigenous-australian-deaths-in-custody

Honestly, Ticketek should be better at this by now. http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-08-28/afl-finals-tickets-meltdown-leaves-fans-furious-at-ticketek/10172560

Delightful:

https://theconversation.com/curious-kids-do-butterflies-remember-being-caterpillars-99508