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Therapist: Do you hear voices?
Voices: Say no.
Me: No.
Voices: Good job.
Voices: Say no.
Me: No.
Voices: Good job.
July 17, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Therapist: Do you hear voices?
Voices: Say no.
Me: No.
Voices: Good job.
Voices: Say no.
Me: No.
Voices: Good job.
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Philip Low’s brain-mapping breakthrough made him a billionaire.
Now a blistering Facebook post has thrust the neuroscientist into a new fight – with his old friend, Elon Musk.
Low called Musk a “narcissist with an obsessive lust for power” in a post shared nearly 50,000
youtu.be/rrAqDCRp5mk?...
Now a blistering Facebook post has thrust the neuroscientist into a new fight – with his old friend, Elon Musk.
Low called Musk a “narcissist with an obsessive lust for power” in a post shared nearly 50,000
youtu.be/rrAqDCRp5mk?...
‘A total, miserable, self loathing poser’: The neuroscientist taking on Elon Musk | 7am
YouTube video by The Saturday Paper
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May 29, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Philip Low’s brain-mapping breakthrough made him a billionaire.
Now a blistering Facebook post has thrust the neuroscientist into a new fight – with his old friend, Elon Musk.
Low called Musk a “narcissist with an obsessive lust for power” in a post shared nearly 50,000
youtu.be/rrAqDCRp5mk?...
Now a blistering Facebook post has thrust the neuroscientist into a new fight – with his old friend, Elon Musk.
Low called Musk a “narcissist with an obsessive lust for power” in a post shared nearly 50,000
youtu.be/rrAqDCRp5mk?...
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Streaming and social media have transformed the way we discover music. But algorithms and programming formats mean local artists are disappearing in the global mix.
Discovering new NZ music in the streaming age is getting harder – what’s the future for local artists?
theconversation.com
May 27, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Streaming and social media have transformed the way we discover music. But algorithms and programming formats mean local artists are disappearing in the global mix.
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Because free speech.
May 27, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Because free speech.
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This person seems concerned about the United States becoming like “North Korea”.
There are not many clearer ways to take America a step closer to North Korea than seizing central government control of private universities, and professors, and students, and research.
Which is what he’s justifying.
There are not many clearer ways to take America a step closer to North Korea than seizing central government control of private universities, and professors, and students, and research.
Which is what he’s justifying.
May 25, 2025 at 12:45 PM
This person seems concerned about the United States becoming like “North Korea”.
There are not many clearer ways to take America a step closer to North Korea than seizing central government control of private universities, and professors, and students, and research.
Which is what he’s justifying.
There are not many clearer ways to take America a step closer to North Korea than seizing central government control of private universities, and professors, and students, and research.
Which is what he’s justifying.
I miss the days when the most terrifying security crisis was the Naruto Run into Area 51
May 24, 2025 at 5:06 AM
I miss the days when the most terrifying security crisis was the Naruto Run into Area 51
I scutineered at Sandringham Primary School last night
A rogue saxophone player hovered around outside for 20m playing some pretty chill stuff annoying the AEC Officer In Charge
The US 🇺🇸 has assault rifles we have jazz
#auspol
#goldstein
A rogue saxophone player hovered around outside for 20m playing some pretty chill stuff annoying the AEC Officer In Charge
The US 🇺🇸 has assault rifles we have jazz
#auspol
#goldstein
May 3, 2025 at 11:30 PM
I scutineered at Sandringham Primary School last night
A rogue saxophone player hovered around outside for 20m playing some pretty chill stuff annoying the AEC Officer In Charge
The US 🇺🇸 has assault rifles we have jazz
#auspol
#goldstein
A rogue saxophone player hovered around outside for 20m playing some pretty chill stuff annoying the AEC Officer In Charge
The US 🇺🇸 has assault rifles we have jazz
#auspol
#goldstein
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Cancer: Like a piece of toilet paper stuck to the wheel of a mobility scooter, you occupy an uncomfortable liminal space between comedy and tragedy.
April 6, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Cancer: Like a piece of toilet paper stuck to the wheel of a mobility scooter, you occupy an uncomfortable liminal space between comedy and tragedy.
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Meet the man who keeps the world’s busiest railways running from a shed in Melbourne
Meet the man who keeps the world’s busiest railways running from a shed in Melbourne
From Dubai to the Hong Kong metro, train operators rely on this service to maintain reliability. So why is it so hard to get a contract in Australia?
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When a train on Hong Kong’s metro is speeding along its route slightly bumpier than usual, Ravi Ravitharan’s phone buzzes in Melbourne – at all hours of the day.
“My phone is next to my bed when I sleep, because we will get calls in the middle of the night.”
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www.theguardian.com
April 27, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Meet the man who keeps the world’s busiest railways running from a shed in Melbourne
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I guess Trump was the real panican all along
April 9, 2025 at 11:40 PM
I guess Trump was the real panican all along
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Georges Benjamin, exec director of the American Public Health Assn, calls on Secretary Kennedy to resign, calling him "a danger to the public’s health.”
www.statnews.com/2025/04/09/r...
www.statnews.com/2025/04/09/r...
National public health group calls for RFK Jr. to resign, citing 'complete disregard for science'
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has shown "complete disregard for science” and should resign, says Georges Benjamin of the American Public Health Association.
www.statnews.com
April 9, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Georges Benjamin, exec director of the American Public Health Assn, calls on Secretary Kennedy to resign, calling him "a danger to the public’s health.”
www.statnews.com/2025/04/09/r...
www.statnews.com/2025/04/09/r...
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A story in two parts.
April 6, 2025 at 9:37 PM
A story in two parts.
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NEW: The doctor behind breakthrough Parkinson’s research was among the scientists purged from the National Institutes of Health, the US’s leading medical research agency. www.wired.com/story/doctor...
Doctor Behind Award-Winning Parkinson’s Research Among Scientists Purged From NIH
Leading scientists at the National Institutes of Health, the US’s leading medical research agency, were swept up Tuesday in the Trump administration's latest firing blitz.
www.wired.com
April 2, 2025 at 12:13 AM
NEW: The doctor behind breakthrough Parkinson’s research was among the scientists purged from the National Institutes of Health, the US’s leading medical research agency. www.wired.com/story/doctor...
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Congratulations to Judge Susan Crawford on her victory, and to the people of Wisconsin for electing a judge who believes in the rule of law and protecting our freedoms.
April 2, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Congratulations to Judge Susan Crawford on her victory, and to the people of Wisconsin for electing a judge who believes in the rule of law and protecting our freedoms.
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Gavin Newsom's like hmmm should I hold a 24-hour podcast séance with Hitler's ghost
April 1, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Gavin Newsom's like hmmm should I hold a 24-hour podcast séance with Hitler's ghost
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Booker: "I confess that I have been imperfect. I confess that I've been inadequate to the moment. I've confess that the Democratic Party has made terrible mistakes that gave a lane to this demagogue. I confess we all must look in the mirror and say 'we will do better.'"
April 1, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Booker: "I confess that I have been imperfect. I confess that I've been inadequate to the moment. I've confess that the Democratic Party has made terrible mistakes that gave a lane to this demagogue. I confess we all must look in the mirror and say 'we will do better.'"
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Cory Booker nearing the 24th hour of his filibuster: "We are in this moral moment now. We are in this moral moment now. This is not right or left, don't let them say this is partisanship. This is not left of right, this is right or wrong, does the Constitution live in your heart?"
AMEN.
AMEN.
April 1, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Cory Booker nearing the 24th hour of his filibuster: "We are in this moral moment now. We are in this moral moment now. This is not right or left, don't let them say this is partisanship. This is not left of right, this is right or wrong, does the Constitution live in your heart?"
AMEN.
AMEN.
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March 30, 2025 at 3:04 PM
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Enough with soft-pedaling from the media. Clarity! Courage! The truth! … My call to arms in American Crisis on Substack https://open.substack.com/pub/margaretsullivan/p/the-need-for-straight-talk-right?r=1yc91&utm_medium=ios
The need for straight talk right now
Enough with soft-pedaling from the media. Clarity! Courage! The truth!
open.substack.com
April 1, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Enough with soft-pedaling from the media. Clarity! Courage! The truth! … My call to arms in American Crisis on Substack https://open.substack.com/pub/margaretsullivan/p/the-need-for-straight-talk-right?r=1yc91&utm_medium=ios