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Notices by Matthew Davidson (mjd@microblog.mjd.id.au), page 14

  1. Matthew Davidson (mjd@microblog.mjd.id.au)'s status on Wednesday, 06-Jun-2018 08:02:29 EDT Matthew Davidson Matthew Davidson
    Blimey. Doesn't rain often round here, but when it does it really commits. It's in-the-moment Stanislavsky weather. No phoning-it-in drizzle. "What's my motivation here? Smiting with thunderbolts, torrents, a purgative scouring of the earth. Okay, got it. Stand back, everyone!"
    In conversation Wednesday, 06-Jun-2018 08:02:29 EDT from microblog.mjd.id.au at 33°53'40"S 151°9'18"E permalink
  2. Matthew Davidson (mjd@microblog.mjd.id.au)'s status on Tuesday, 05-Jun-2018 05:53:49 EDT Matthew Davidson Matthew Davidson
    #Nostalgia of the week: "Developers! Developers! Developers!" #Microsoft to embrace and extend a web front-end to #git. Just as #HotMail was rebranded Outlook.com, I dearly hope #GitHub becomes VisualStudio.com. http://microblog.mjd.id.au/url/12503 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-FkalybggA
    In conversation Tuesday, 05-Jun-2018 05:53:49 EDT from microblog.mjd.id.au at 33°53'40"S 151°9'18"E permalink

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      Microsoft is buying GitHub for $7.5bn
      from The Independent
      Terms of any potential deal not known – GitHub was last valued at $2bn in 2015
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      Steve Ballmer Developers
      By EpicVideosChannel from YouTube
  3. Matthew Davidson (mjd@microblog.mjd.id.au)'s status on Tuesday, 05-Jun-2018 01:11:38 EDT Matthew Davidson Matthew Davidson
    #ChristWhatAnAsshole of the week: Floppy-fringed public school bully Niall Ferguson. http://microblog.mjd.id.au/url/12501
    In conversation Tuesday, 05-Jun-2018 01:11:38 EDT from microblog.mjd.id.au at 33°53'40"S 151°9'18"E permalink

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      Leaked emails show Hoover academic conspiring with College Republicans to conduct 'opposition research' on student
      By Brian Contreras from Stanford Daily
      Leaked emails show Hoover academic conspiring with College Republicans to conduct ‘opposition research’ on student
  4. Matthew Davidson (mjd@microblog.mjd.id.au)'s status on Monday, 04-Jun-2018 23:51:01 EDT Matthew Davidson Matthew Davidson
    #Facepalm of the week: "Not raped anybody! Where's my medal?" https://boingboing.net/2018/06/04/woody-allen-i-should-be-the.html
    In conversation Monday, 04-Jun-2018 23:51:01 EDT from microblog.mjd.id.au at 33°53'40"S 151°9'18"E permalink

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      Woody Allen: "I should be the poster boy for the #MeToo movement."
      By Mark Frauenfelder from Boing Boing
      Woody Allen: "I should be the poster boy for the #MeToo movement."
  5. Matthew Davidson (mjd@microblog.mjd.id.au)'s status on Monday, 04-Jun-2018 22:53:04 EDT Matthew Davidson Matthew Davidson
    So, ah. This was a thing. Oh goodness, the company we keep whenever we switch on that wretched box. http://brucesterling.tumblr.com/post/174409609908 #TV
    In conversation Monday, 04-Jun-2018 22:53:04 EDT from microblog.mjd.id.au at 33°53'40"S 151°9'18"E permalink
  6. Matthew Davidson (mjd@microblog.mjd.id.au)'s status on Monday, 04-Jun-2018 21:37:19 EDT Matthew Davidson Matthew Davidson
    Another delightful chat with the dole police. It really is an assault on what's left of one's dignity to be cajoled and threatened by someone half your age, who's never done a day's socially useful work in their life.
    In conversation Monday, 04-Jun-2018 21:37:19 EDT from microblog.mjd.id.au at 33°53'40"S 151°9'18"E permalink
  7. Matthew Davidson (mjd@microblog.mjd.id.au)'s status on Friday, 01-Jun-2018 06:00:04 EDT Matthew Davidson Matthew Davidson
    • kat
    • kat
    @kat Hmm. I've long understood corporate ecosystems as being hardwired to deliver returns in concrete social capital. So your message is that you're a game changer who can disrupt paradigms? I'm on board to workshop this with my team, as soon as our platform is mature. #metaphoritis
    In conversation Friday, 01-Jun-2018 06:00:04 EDT from microblog.mjd.id.au at 33°52'59"S 151°9'0"E permalink
  8. Matthew Davidson (mjd@microblog.mjd.id.au)'s status on Friday, 01-Jun-2018 01:02:06 EDT Matthew Davidson Matthew Davidson
    in reply to
    • Matthew Davidson
    "Multiculturalism" is a terrible word. Like "wholemeal", it implies something you're not going to enjoy, but you should grimly endure because it's good for you. #AU policy should always have been "cosmopolitanism". Nobody would ever name a cocktail the "multicultural". Eww. What's in a multicultural? Wheat beer, yoghurt, and blue cheese garnished with a sourdough crouton?
    In conversation Friday, 01-Jun-2018 01:02:06 EDT from microblog.mjd.id.au at 33°53'38"S 151°9'51"E permalink
  9. Matthew Davidson (mjd@microblog.mjd.id.au)'s status on Friday, 01-Jun-2018 00:52:29 EDT Matthew Davidson Matthew Davidson
    "Council wants ‘English first’ policy on shop signs" - #Strathfield wouldn't have any shops outside of its dingy and miserable mini-mall if it weren't for the people who put up those lovely (and yes, often cheerfully tacky) cosmopolitan signs. Leave them alone to carry on saving your suburb from desolation, you ghastly bigots. http://microblog.mjd.id.au/url/12409
    In conversation Friday, 01-Jun-2018 00:52:29 EDT from microblog.mjd.id.au at 33°53'38"S 151°9'51"E permalink

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      Council wants 'English first' policy on shop signs – what does it mean for multicultural Australia?
      from The Conversation
      Australia has no policy designating English as the official language, but an explicit 'English first' policy for shop signs would treat speakers of every other language as second-class citizens.
  10. Matthew Davidson (mjd@microblog.mjd.id.au)'s status on Wednesday, 30-May-2018 03:04:02 EDT Matthew Davidson Matthew Davidson
    Since #DLW pooled all my minimum possible #superannuation contributions into one convenient scam, I've been getting spam from them like today's "Superannuation in your 40s: what you need to know". I know it's not going to be there when/if I reach my 60s; what else is there to usefully know?
    In conversation Wednesday, 30-May-2018 03:04:02 EDT from microblog.mjd.id.au at 33°50'31"S 151°12'16"E permalink
  11. Matthew Davidson (mjd@microblog.mjd.id.au)'s status on Tuesday, 29-May-2018 20:13:05 EDT Matthew Davidson Matthew Davidson
    Remembering #OpenID: https://bavatuesdays.com/remembering-openid/
    In conversation Tuesday, 29-May-2018 20:13:05 EDT from microblog.mjd.id.au at 33°50'31"S 151°12'16"E permalink

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      Remembering OpenID
      from bavatuesdays
      I need to break through the forming wall of posts I need to write and just blog to get things rolling. And, at least for me, sometimes the easiest way at that is a quick post completely unrelated (…
  12. Matthew Davidson (mjd@microblog.mjd.id.au)'s status on Monday, 28-May-2018 01:06:53 EDT Matthew Davidson Matthew Davidson
    When I was about 12 years old and finding Enid Blyton not quite so compelling any more, these books turned me into a lifelong fan and a devoted municipal library patron. Splendid. All of them. http://dwca.org.au/targeted-a-defence-of-the-target-novelisations/ #DrWho
    In conversation Monday, 28-May-2018 01:06:53 EDT from microblog.mjd.id.au at 33°50'31"S 151°12'16"E permalink

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      Targeted – A Defence of the Target Novelisations
      By Lauren Davis from Doctor Who Club of Australia
      Targeted – A Defence of the Target Novelisations
  13. Matthew Davidson (mjd@microblog.mjd.id.au)'s status on Sunday, 27-May-2018 05:57:00 EDT Matthew Davidson Matthew Davidson
    • Ruben
    @tregeagle Check out Michael Hudson. Our income goes into paying off debts (with interest), insuring against misfortunes for which the state once compensated, and feeding the housing bubble. We are peasants working for the parasitic FIRE (Finance, Insurance, Real Estate) sector. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iZzH8xxCzR0 http://michael-hudson.com/
    In conversation Sunday, 27-May-2018 05:57:00 EDT from microblog.mjd.id.au at 33°50'31"S 151°12'16"E permalink

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      Michael Hudson: The History of Neoliberal Economics
      By McDicker96 from YouTube
  14. Matthew Davidson (mjd@microblog.mjd.id.au)'s status on Saturday, 26-May-2018 10:28:27 EDT Matthew Davidson Matthew Davidson
    • Ruben
    @tregeagle I know! The absence of lack of respect for their elders among youth these days is shocking! I have spent a lifetime working to earn disrespect, and I will not have it wasted! We definitely should set aside some time to be stupidly drunk in public in order to set these kids on whatever is the opposite of the straight and narrow. The wobbly and broad?
    In conversation Saturday, 26-May-2018 10:28:27 EDT from microblog.mjd.id.au at 33°50'31"S 151°12'16"E permalink
  15. Matthew Davidson (mjd@microblog.mjd.id.au)'s status on Saturday, 26-May-2018 03:56:38 EDT Matthew Davidson Matthew Davidson
    A teenage boy called me "sir" this afternoon. Man that's unsettling.
    In conversation Saturday, 26-May-2018 03:56:38 EDT from microblog.mjd.id.au at 33°50'31"S 151°12'16"E permalink
  16. Matthew Davidson (mjd@microblog.mjd.id.au)'s status on Saturday, 26-May-2018 03:20:46 EDT Matthew Davidson Matthew Davidson
    I'm worried. This is how you become qualified to be #US President these days: https://abcnews.go.com/US/pharma-bro-martin-shkreli-owes-irs-16m-court/story?id=55354289
    In conversation Saturday, 26-May-2018 03:20:46 EDT from microblog.mjd.id.au at 33°50'31"S 151°12'16"E permalink

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      'Pharma Bro' Martin Shkreli owes IRS more than $1.6M
      from ABC News
      Martin Shkreli is serving a seven-year prison sentence.
  17. Matthew Davidson (mjd@microblog.mjd.id.au)'s status on Friday, 25-May-2018 07:29:17 EDT Matthew Davidson Matthew Davidson
    Am now only a month behind on my #RSS feeds. Take that, news!
    In conversation Friday, 25-May-2018 07:29:17 EDT from microblog.mjd.id.au at 33°50'31"S 151°12'16"E permalink
  18. Matthew Davidson (mjd@microblog.mjd.id.au)'s status on Friday, 25-May-2018 07:20:12 EDT Matthew Davidson Matthew Davidson
    Yep. Not taking on another non-human family member until I'm reasonably sure they will outlive me. https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/chuck
    In conversation Friday, 25-May-2018 07:20:12 EDT from microblog.mjd.id.au at 33°50'31"S 151°12'16"E permalink
  19. Matthew Davidson (mjd@microblog.mjd.id.au)'s status on Friday, 25-May-2018 05:43:29 EDT Matthew Davidson Matthew Davidson
    • kat
    • kat
    @kat #OMGA! Star Trek used the theme from the Archers? I will have to completely re-evaluate the franchise. Even Blake's 7 didn't go that far! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9nnnM-__JQ
    In conversation Friday, 25-May-2018 05:43:29 EDT from microblog.mjd.id.au at 33°50'31"S 151°12'16"E permalink

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      Billy Connelly : National Anthem
      By Max Kellar from YouTube
  20. Matthew Davidson (mjd@microblog.mjd.id.au)'s status on Thursday, 24-May-2018 04:16:36 EDT Matthew Davidson Matthew Davidson
    Called in for an unscheduled 3 hours. I like #work when it's quiet and it's just me and 1 or 2 permanent staff, so I'm basically doing all the menial stuff by myself, or when it's utterly berserk and _everyone_ is in, working flat out. This afternoon it was the latter, and it was great. It might have helped that I wasn't expecting to be working so late in the day, so I was a wee bit tipsy. (I walked in, of course.)
    In conversation Thursday, 24-May-2018 04:16:36 EDT from microblog.mjd.id.au at 33°50'31"S 151°12'16"E permalink
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