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  1. http://artpost.abc.net.au is a bit buggy. I keep getting 404 pages. Not sure how this improves on another govt initiative: http://noise.net
  2. @rachelhills Yeah its a good read, he calls Castells a 'communication fetishist' and has a real dig at the value of news.
  3. @rachelhills He said it in his interview with @markdeuze in 'Journalism in liquid modern times' in the journal Journalism Studies 2007
  4. Zygmunt Bauman: Creating blogs gives people who are engaged, committed, wishing to change something important, an illusion of action
  5. Went to work wearing sunscreen. Next best thing to a day at the beach.
  6. Prepay on Sydney buses inconvenient, what about a ticket machine at railway square rather than waiting in a queue at ticket/info office?
  7. Why after living in Germany and 5 years of study, I still can't master it: Mark Twain on 'The Awful German Language' http://bit.ly/2kp7D5
  8. Look at the page. Then the word count. Quietly realise it won't increase without tapping the keyboard. Look at the word count again.
  9. Brazilian uni student expelled and accused of immorality in newspaper ads. All for wearing a mini-skirt to class. http://bit.ly/2OqkaQ
  10. Sydney University Colleges: Binge drinking, sexual assault, rape. http://bit.ly/2mbSd0 and http://bit.ly/2sfMDd
  11. RT @Meanjin: Where do you write? http://bit.ly/3ihLTk
  12. Paul Sheehan in SMH today: Australia is 'becoming a nation of petty laws and fearful citizens' http://bit.ly/2niEue
  13. RT @katecrawford: 'Grizzly Bear? John Cale? Neko Case? The Books? Damn you, Sydney Festival. You will bankrupt me... http://bit.ly/1NPgru
  14. Maurice Sendak on 'Where the Wild Things Are' being too scary: 'If they can't handle it, go home. Or wet your pants.' http://bit.ly/3K0VyY
  15. Greens Sarah Hanson Young brilliant on #insiders today. Clear clever policies on asylum seekers. Unlike the nonsense from Sharman Stone.
  16. Sarah Murdoch untouched on Women's Weekly cover highly unlikely. Image must be retouched. Colours at least. http://bit.ly/3hXH93
  17. 'Oh yeah - you can't have a one-and-a-half-year-old nude like that.' Sculpture by the Sea and its 'Henson Situation' http://bit.ly/39VzFT
  18. Sharman Stone on #Lateline excuses her lack of policies with her favourite phrase 'We're not in Government' Ugh. Used that line on #Insiders
  19. Moustached Mexican media artist Fernando Llanos and his pet chihuaha wear cameras and walk. Interview at http://bit.ly/16jdCo
  20. Polaroid to return to the shelves. Now if we can just get some Super 8 stock somewhere - I'll be a happy man. http://bit.ly/3gVcHx