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Snarky Platypus

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A platypus of many talents, he/him, 🏳️‍🌈 🇨🇳🇮🇩🇦🇺 (is that enough flags), politics, food, pop music and women’s basketball.

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Snarky Platypus @snarkyplatypus.com · Dec 10

Love this pic I took in 2016 (I found it through Twitter search believe it or not )

Snarky Platypus @snarkyplatypus.com · Dec 10

Found it!

Kookaburra in front of Sydney Harbour in 2016

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Snarky Platypus @snarkyplatypus.com · 5h

I have eaten chocolate this morning. It was busy.

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Snarky Platypus @snarkyplatypus.com · 5h

Eating a mini-Picnic bar.

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Snarky Platypus @snarkyplatypus.com · 5h

Being a Nine Newspapers Content Director is more worthy of ridicule than anything else tbqh

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Snarky Platypus @snarkyplatypus.com · 5h

Impressive.

Snarky Platypus @snarkyplatypus.com · 7h

This seems over the top to me but we live in strange times.

Snarky Platypus @snarkyplatypus.com · 7h

Breakfast: steamed pork and tofu with lap cheong (Cantonese sausage). Healthy protein 😍

Pieces of steamed pork and white tofu with slices of red sausage on a bed of white rice.

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James Kelleher @jameskelleher.pilcrow.ie · 15h

Next time somebody asks me what Bluesky is like, I'll send them this

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Snarky Platypus @snarkyplatypus.com · 7h

Crossing a bridge

Vehicles crossing a steel arch bridge underneath a cloudless blue sky seen through a scratched train door

Snarky Platypus @snarkyplatypus.com · 7h

Washing your hands often is one of the best things you can do for infection control!

Stilgherrian @stilgherrian.com · 7h

Today, Wednesday 15 October, is Global Handwashing Day. www.daysoftheyear.com/days/global-...

Also, Global Ethics Day. www.daysoftheyear.com/days/global-...

And it’s happy 56th birthday to actor Dominic West. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominic...

Global Handwashing Day

Help prevent disease by getting in the habit of regular handwashing, and raise awareness to encourage others to do the same and improve global health.

www.daysoftheyear.com

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Snarky Platypus @snarkyplatypus.com · 7h

lol, I see.

Snarky Platypus @snarkyplatypus.com · 7h

Yes. Glad to see he managed to turn things around after having his health issues in the media (never a good thing)

Snarky Platypus @snarkyplatypus.com · 7h

Steve Bracks’s son was kinda hot IIRC.

Snarky Platypus @snarkyplatypus.com · 8h

ABC News Breakfast is doing a story on Good Charlotte and I am checking I haven’t slipped into a weird time warp.

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Snarky Platypus @snarkyplatypus.com · 8h

IKR. It’s so fucking annoying. They should STFU and learn.

Snarky Platypus @snarkyplatypus.com · 8h

Most supplements are un-necessarily taken. Of course, it’s a multi-billion dollar industry in Australia *alone*. Anyway, yes, I wouldn’t be sourcing supplements from the United States anytime soon with their weak regulatory environment.

Snarky Platypus @snarkyplatypus.com · 8h

Honestly, Americans think they have to try and save a world they try so hard to stay ignorant about. It’s impressive. Protect the world from your own ridiculous government is the first step.

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Snarky Platypus @snarkyplatypus.com · 8h

Given the United States’ extremely poor history in relation to this, I think world would be better off if they didn’t try to do this for a while, especially with their current domestic political situation.

Dr. Samantha Hancox-Li @sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com · 1d

we have to be willing to just fuck with foreign governments in order to promote pro-democracy forces and harm pro-authoritarian forces in those countries

*that's* our actual interest, not whatever faff natsec heads preach about "the rules based order"

Snarky Platypus @snarkyplatypus.com · 8h

Good morning all. A typical sunrise over Cammeraygal Country-Sydney today. Nice to see the sun slowly shifting southwards as summer approaches. Happy Wednesday everybody.

Pastel blue and orange sky over an urban landscape.

The bright orange sun rises behind a band of clouds into an orange sky

The bright orange sun dominates the sky and radiates orange light over an urban landscape

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Snarky Platypus @snarkyplatypus.com · 18h

Night all.

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Snarky Platypus @snarkyplatypus.com · 18h

I noticed that.

Snarky Platypus @snarkyplatypus.com · 19h

I love his accent.

Snarky Platypus @snarkyplatypus.com · 19h

Japan is a lot cheaper to travel around nowadays. This was not always the case!

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Snarky Platypus @snarkyplatypus.com · 19h

Still think the Chantoozies are a very odd musical act. They probably would have been a proper pop girl group if they were from the UK but instead in 1980s Australia, they’re an awkward midtempo rock band with superfluous men. Still, ‘Wanna Be Up’ is kinda pleasant

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Snarky Platypus @snarkyplatypus.com · 20h

Or at least stuff that’s better dealt with away from courts. Anyway it is clear the journos want to cheerlead for the DPP and AFP so whatever.

Snarky Platypus @snarkyplatypus.com · 20h

The article is opaque about what the bulk of caseload actually is. I have a feeling in my waters it is mostly not very meaningful stuff.

ABC News Bot (unofficial) @abcnewsbot.bsky.social · 20h

The ACT Director of Public Prosecutions says her office does not have enough funding to deal with an increasing annual caseload of more than 23,000 charges.

ACT top prosecutor says they might have to start turning away cases

The ACT Director of Public Prosecutions says her office does not have enough funding to deal with an increasing annual caseload of more than 23,000 charges.

www.abc.net.au

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