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Abandoning Aunty and Twitter for a couple of months to join hordes in Europe for summer, running hopefully towards art while dodging viruses various and milestone birthdays. Talk to

@ABCmediawatch

for show business. And I'm at jasonawhittaker@gmail.com until Sep 19.

One of the sillier quirks of our constitutional monarchy is having an unelected STRICTLY APOLITICAL representative of the Queen read out policy talking points of a new government. #auspol

Gay Manly young gun 'devastated' by boycott

Anonymous gay Manly "young gun" is "devastated" by the boycott ... according to an anonymous "close friend". Not sure that's as sexy as you think it is, Nine.

wwos.nine.com.au

'He thought they would accept him'

... I can't find the video. You'll have to turn on the telly.

The only House speaker skillset I'm interested in is the playacting while being "dragged" to the chair. Milton Dick came up short, I'm sorry to say. Barely any resistance. No pained expression. Utterly unconvincing performance. One star. #auspol

I THINK Bob Katter has risen to support Milton Dick as speaker but he's now talking about the gold rush and his ancestors so it's not quite clear ... #auspol

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Seven Manly players to boycott NRL match over pride jersey

If only the ratings of THE PROJECT matched its ability to generate tabloid stories. Every. Single. Day.

"The

has been told the Sea Eagles did not consult the players." Regardless of what the players' views are ... A bit of prior consultation over wearing a particular social change message before having A MEDIA LAUNCH was probably a good ideas, guys.

smh.com.au

Manly officials held emergency talks on Monday night before seven of their players said they would boycott Thursday’s game against the Roosters over the club’s pride jersey.

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@theshineline

I can’t stop farting since eating ham roll 5 years ago at market, says Dad

🚨 #journojobs alert. Come and work alongside the Melbourne morning team as a Presenter/Producer for the new ABC News for Qantas. You’ll need to love coffee and an early alarm. Job deets here: careers.abc.net.au/en/job/502584/ 🚨 ✈️ .. (there are also part-time roles going in Sydney)

#breaking #exclusive "GUFF JUSTICE I can’t stop farting since eating a ham roll 5 years ago & my flatulence even wakes me up, says dad as he sues for £200K"

thesun.co.uk

A DAD who claims he cannot stop blowing off after eating a ham roll in 2017 has launched a legal bid for £200,000. Tyrone Prades, 46, says the snack sparked life-changing flatulence which wakes him…

I was thinking being a foreign ambassador to Australia would be pretty cool/cruisy but then I remembered you have to live in Canberra so ...

Why Big Tech Is Making a Big Play for Live Sports

Apple, Amazon and Google bidding for NFL broadcast rights in the US,

@nytimes

reports. But as

@australian

says today, the AFL has failed to get any of them interested in broadcast rights here, making it difficult to inflate the bids from Seven/Foxtel.

nytimes.com

Competing for rights to broadcast games from the N.F.L. and other leagues could be hard for broadcast and cable companies that “aren’t playing by the same financial rules.”

Musk’s friendship with Sergey Brin hit by affair

... Billionaires are so messy.

Whoops Elon Musk accidently had an affair with the wife of Google founder Segey Brin. "... Mr. Musk dropped to one knee in front of Mr. Brin and apologized profusely for the transgression, begging for forgiveness ..."

theaustralian.com.au

Elon Musk engaged in a brief affair last fall with the wife of Sergey Brin, prompting the Google co-founder to file for divorce earlier this year and ending the tech billionaires long friendship,...

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Stan Grant appointed host of Q+A

The ABC is delighted to announce that Stan Grant is taking over as full-time host of

@QandA

. Grant begins solo hosting duties with a special edition of Q+A from this year’s Garma Festival next Monday August 1. #qanda

about.abc.net.au

With Stan at the helm we’ll continue to explore ways to further develop Q+A, including how to get audiences even more involved.

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As Omicron strains spread, is this the forever plague?

Perhaps I haven't been paying enough attention. Perhaps I'm in a darker mood than usual. But I found this very good state-of-the-pandemic piece from

@liammannix

utterly depressing. It feels like we are nowhere.

theage.com.au

Almost a year ago to the day, in the middle of a freezing Melbourne winter, a young woman fell sick. The bug soon spread to her young housemates.

Must be some graph.

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Alan Kohler

@AlanKohler

· Jul 24

Wow

The President who stood still on Jan 6

... (There was a similar piece in the

@nypost

, I should have said.)

Interesting that The

is also running with the strong

@WSJ

editorial attacking Donald Trump for his role on January 6. If the message isn't co-ordinated from News Corp, it's certainly united - Donald Trump is not fit to hold office again.

theaustralian.com.au

No matter your views of the Jan. 6 special committee, the facts it is laying out in hearings are sobering. The most horrifying to date came Thursday in a hearing on President Trumps conduct as the...

If you're a HAMILTON hater may I suggest the stirring AXE-ASSASSIN ALBERTSON? #BadLipReading

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"AXE-ASSASSIN ALBERTSON" (Segment 1 of 5) — A Bad Lip Reading of...

The year is 2122...Subscribe and click the bell so YouTube will notify you of new videoshttps://badlipreading.com0:00 Intro0:50 Theme1:29 Pregnant and Unwell...

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Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooo. Marvel is the real global virus.

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&rs Furze

@Anders_Furze

· Jul 24

Olivia Colman joins the Marvel Machine twitter.com/MarvelStudios/…

David Folkenflik

@davidfolkenflik

Jul 23

The 73 minutes in which the Murdochs dumped Trump: The NY Post editorial page: "Trump's silence on Jan 6 is damning" - 5.39pm Friday. The WSJ editorial page: "The President Who Stood Still on Jan. 6" - 6.52pm Friday.

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Thank you to all the twits who convinced me I had the dreaded lurgy because they only had headaches as symptoms. Fortunately I have now tested negative for the dreaded lurgy. My impossible streak of being untainted by the dreaded lurgy continues another day.

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· Jul 23

What is a constant headache for 48 hours? No throat thing, no fever thing, just the concrete head. Is that anything …?

Jul 23

What is a constant headache for 48 hours? No throat thing, no fever thing, just the concrete head. Is that anything …?

Jul 23

“I think the sanctions list that was drawn up makes absolutely no sense … I think it’s just some lazy embassy official who in between trading Bitcoin and downloading porn has pulled together a lazy sanctions list. They really are that bad.”

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Antoinette Lattouf

@antoinette_news

· Jul 22

“I’ve been dealing with PTSD for nearly 30 yrs, I think most correspondents are the same. Fortunately now we seek help & don’t self-medicate with alcohol like the previous generation did… it never leaves” ⁦@ericperipatetic⁩ Loved reading this smh.com.au/culture/tv-and

Jul 22

My list of TV I have to watch - yes, I maintain a list; I'm a really fun person - is now so long that unless your SHOW YOU HAVE TO WATCH is wildly dramatic/funny and radically redefining what television can be then I'm just not interested sorry.

Jul 22

A real Sophie's choice here ...

Jul 21

Did you get a chance to look over that press release I sent you containing not a skerrick of essential information and totally outside your brief? Happy to jump on the phone if you have any questions!

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“I have been listening to the

@sydsymph

in this hall for 49 years and, although never among the hall’s most trenchant critics, it did not occur to me the current refurbishment would achieve this level of transformation.”

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Lucy Turnbull AO

@LucyTurnbull_AO

· Jul 21

Fantastic review. Cannot wait to see the Concert Hall and hear the SSO.

Like chardonnay: How the ‘new’ Opera House sounds smh.com.au/culture/music/

Jul 21

Oh god Microsoft Teams is down I might have to talk to my colleagues with my own mouth.

I don’t know why they couldn’t find an actually old actor to do this … But I’m front row for a Bernstein bio-pic.

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New York Magazine

@NYMag

· Jul 20

A visit to the Central Park set of "Maestro," starring Bradley Cooper as Leonard Bernstein. @JDavidsonNYC reports

: Andres Kudacki nym.ag/3cocH6D

Bradley Cooper as Leonard Bernstein on the set of "Maestro" in Central Park.

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Sheryl Lee Ralph radiates pure joy as she learns of her Emmy nomina...

… This time, prompted by a NEWS ALERT that some sort of brutish bout is happening somewhere.

Sometimes I think about how boxing exists and I can’t quite believe it.

Awards are dumb, etc. Sheryl Lee Ralph learning she was nominated for an Emmy is a joy. #AbbottElementary #Emmys2022

youtube.com

Ralph was nominated for outstanding supporting actress in a comedy series for her role as Barbara Howard on ABC’s “Abbot Elementary.”SUBSCRIBE to GMA's YouTu...

YOU SAY YOU KNOW ME BUT SOMETIMES I THINK YOU DON’T KNOW ME AT ALL*. *Me in my head to the Spotify algorithm

Australia’s new world champion: Eleanor Patterson wins high jump gold

Two personal bests. Australian record. Oceania record. World champion.

smh.com.au

Australia’s Eleanor Patterson has won gold in the high jump at the world championships, becoming just the 10th Australian athlete to win a world track and field title.

Is this the end of short flights around Europe?

Imagine having a rail network so efficient the government can start banning domestic flights ...

theaustralian.com.au

Europes domestic flight industry is set for a shake-up as governments move to eliminate short-haul flights.

Profile of a GOP voter: Meddling Dems target hunters, country music lovers

Jul 19

How’s this for election meddling: Democrats are boosting harder-right Republican candidates in primary contests on social media because they believe more moderate candidates will be tougher to beat.

axios.com

Facebook and Instagram data offer a detailed look behind the tactics of Democrats meddling in GOP primaries.