Barney Langford

mine's great

i hardly think chai is going to ruin fast. i'm always in 2 minds as to whether to get up or not. I'm dealing with an historical issue atm. never! never feel uneasy about seeking counselling

interesting i'm getting some counselling ATM and i'm finding it really worthwhile.

Article on partner income testing for Disability Support Pension

With Tom Lehrer's passing, I suppose this is a moment to share the story of the prank he played on the National Security Agency, and how it went undiscovered for nearly 60 years.

absolutely

Reminder of what Latham said about me in 2017... got him punted from Sky News:
"A proven commercial failure, so naturally she got a job at ABC radio at the sheltered workshop there for all the leftys.She fits the criteria, she's female, she's got a disability, that's what they mean by diversity"

Them: Why are you always dropping the F-bomb all the time.

Me: What the fuck is an F-bomb?

Single frame. Title: Relatable. Two well-groomed women in their après-gym gear at outdoor cafe table. One says: “Honestly, she was so busy monitoring anti-semitism, she could hardly be expected to notice her husband finding a racist propaganda outfit…” second woman: “I mean, give the poor woman a break!”

Relatable.
My @smh @theage cartoon.

#wry

it'll get over it

@greencate.bsky.social‬ i thought your eulogy for Sinead yesterday was terrific. i thought it struck exactly the right note and was obviously heartfelt. Thank you.

bignoting himself. being a media tart. grasping his one moment in the spotlight

ludicrous

As a German, for a personal meeting 12 means 12 but for a professional meeting 12 means be 5 minutes early. Any alternative interpretation hurts my little German brain.

#pollshapedobject seen - IPA/Dynata Welcome to Country

- negatively framed questions
- acquiescence bias
- tunnel of agreement a la "Leading Questions" skit
- unreliable pollster

ignore.

Bezos wedding guest takes us through her extravagant goodie bag from the wedding 💗

ludicrous

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#politas

sure. now i understand. in those terms 1 - 0

my brief acquaintance with yr post suggests staffers will be sticking solidly to that line. from what i saw & i heard on radio they sounded like they were on solid ground - or at least ground they could defend & argue for (not necessarily talking about truth here but the process they are following)

just read the article. felt like Deuce to me (he said totally scrambling his sporting metaphors). But what would i know?

scientific clickbait.

That is the worst drilled bunch of military I've ever seen. Browns cows.

Think you mean fission

Like fusion will be commercially available tomorrow so we'd better get to work on lithium

What we have is not men competing against women.

Transgender female athletes take drugs to be fair & limit their ability, it's the opposite of an athlete who takes (steroids) to be unfair.

it was explained to me that youth workers are downstream from a place where young people are thrown into the river & the youth workers wade out to save them. what nobody seems to pick up on is that we should be stopping the kids being thrown in in the first place ie prevention rather than punishment

take that pearl