NYE Media Suggestion #5: Scott Morrison’s NYE Message. OK, OK, but it’s always worth seeing what the PM things we want to hear from him, no matter who it is. abc.net.au/news/2020-12-3…
Why the fuck is he doing a walk to a second mark as if he’s Simon fucking Schama?
And of course the cunt has turned it into a party-political. Anyway there it is.
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Looking at the Royal Botanic Garden’s lichen page, I believe it’s two different types of lichen, and that there are way too many kinds of lichen for me to explore just now. rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/Science/Our-wo…
Not only is this map appalling misinformation by including stale data, it’s also using big scary icons a kilometre across to mark a single shop where a COVID-positive person might have been present for 10 minutes. Thoroughly irresponsible scaremongering.
Literally NONE of these places are exposure sites “today” because any potential for infection happened back when a COVID-positive person went there and was later detected.
Let’s revisit 2020 courtesy of my most popular tweets! (“Let’s not,” you reply, but you don’t get any say in this matter.) Right, let’s see what Twitter Analytics has to say. He we go...
January 2020: My top tweet was a link to my @zdnetaustralia story about bushfire misinformation on Twitter, which is delightfully meta. @Timothyjgraham’s research did me well.
Having been a sausage-maker of news, and in a way still am, I really don’t care to watch the sausage-making of news of NSW public health orders. I’ll just read the one-page summary when it’s posted without having wasted an hour of my life watching arsehats ask arsehat questions.
Also, I’ll avoid the waves of sookage that follow every damn announcement from people who don’t like the rules, or think they know better, or think that anyone gives a flying fuck about what they think. The order has been made, and there it is. Deal with it. #howlintothevoid
Far more efficient: Wait to read the usual short list of new or changed rules. Flip through the new locations list. If any of that changes your plans for the day, make those changes. Get on with your life.
And now a happy-making Christmas story. “Alan Jones settles defamation lawsuit with SBS.” smh.com.au/national/nsw/a…
“SBS filed a defence of truth to the imputations that Jones was a racist, a misogynist, a liar and a disgraceful high school teacher.”
“SBS also denied the meanings claimed by Jones, pleaded the defence of honest opinion, and asserted that Jones’ reputation was already so bad it could not be damaged by the broadcast.”
This relates to a tribute segment on “the Feed” by Alex Lee which said Jones "made a career out of bullying people", "gleefully used racial slurs" and "spread lies and fake news".