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Frith @pluckyloser.bsky.social · 10h

but sumos buying Paddington bear plushies and riding lime bikes are my absolute favourite

Two sumo wrestlers wearing traditional dress smile at the camera. They are standing behind a rack of plush Paddington Bear dolls and the sumo on the left is cuddling a Paddington to his chest

Three sumo wrestlers in traditional dress on Lime bikes, in a line one behind the other as they wait at a red light on Park Rd, in London.

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Frith @pluckyloser.bsky.social · 10h

All of these poses are perfect

Two Japanese sumo wrestlers in traditional dress pose in front of an ancient Assyrian relief sculpture. The sumos - Abi Masatora and Takakeisho Mitsunobu - are in traditional dress and hold their hands upturned in mimicry of the sculpted figures.

A Japanese sumo wrestler stands in front of the gates of Buckingham Palace. He is smiling towards the camera and pointing two fingers at the gate.

Hōshōryū Tomokatsu, a sumo wrestler stands on the bridge in London. He's dressed traditionally, grinning widely, and gesturing to the houses of Parliament and Big Ben which are behind him.

Four sumo wrestlers in traditional dress pose on a pedestrian crossing, replicating the famous photo of the Beatles at Abbey Road.

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Spook Davis 👻 @lukealexdavis.co.uk · 11h

you must be fun at parties (flirting)

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Frith @pluckyloser.bsky.social · 10h

Sumo tourism is my absolute favourite thing at the moment. An unexpected delight in this age of horrors.

Wangle-BOO-ry @wangleberry.bsky.social · 12h

Mitakeumi and Tobizaru my precious precious boys

two sumo rikishi, dressed in yukata, pose with stonehenge

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Ben Eltham @beneltham.bsky.social · 3d

Setting the “days since an Australian university admitted to wage theft” back to 0 www.canberratimes.com.au/story/908934...

Second Canberra University reports staff were paid incorrectly

Vice-chancellor apologises after $1.5m blunder hits staff.

www.canberratimes.com.au

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Frith @pluckyloser.bsky.social · 6d

Wheeeewwwwwww that was an absolute banger from Freo and Melbourne
Thrilled for the Dockers #AFLWFreoDees

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Raf Nicholson @rafnicholson.bsky.social · 7d

Cricket: a sport where waving gets you a demerit point, but not shaking hands has no consequences whatsoever 👀

www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/s...

Mlaba handed demerit point for waving at Deol

South Africa left-arm spinner's celebration of a wicket lands her in trouble

www.espncricinfo.com

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Frith @pluckyloser.bsky.social · 7d

Andrew @tuttscorp.bsky.social has just explained "Cricket Central" to me and I'm very put out by this name. Call it Richie Benaud Oval and bang up the Ellyse Perry High Performance Centre, and for goodness sake put up a stand.

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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 12d

They are proud of committing genocide.

Aaliyah 🇮🇪🇵🇸 ‼️SAVE GAZA‼️ @aaliyahxx.bsky.social · 12d

Watch | Israeli occupation forces have released new drone footage from Gaza, revealing the mass destruction and the erasure of every means of life in the Strip.

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Rick Morton @squigglyrick.bsky.social · 12d

De Brouwer made the exact same argument two years ago after the Robodebt Royal Commission report was delivered. This is how I treated it in Mean Streak: "Grow up."

Screenshot of the book Mean Streak by Rick Morton. The text reads:

for the past decade and half, when conclusive certificates were
discontinued, is counterproductive to the Parliament’s intent.
‘When it comes to deliberative material, FoI does not ensure
transparency (because advice is not being written) and it
undermines integrity (because advice is not being written).’
So officials don’t put things in writing because they might get
released under Freedom of Information laws, therefore the FoI
laws aren’t working?
Grow up.
De Brouwer is not alone in his views. Former secretaries have
been doing the rounds making exactly these kinds of noises, as if
the outcome of poor professional behaviour is the result of some
law and not … poor professional behaviour.

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Frith @pluckyloser.bsky.social · 13d

Brisbane🏆🏆
Queenslanders do it better, hey?

Frith @pluckyloser.bsky.social · 14d

I tasted blood and got shivers just reading your tweet

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Frith @pluckyloser.bsky.social · 14d

When I got my wisdom teeth out I lay down for three straight days and it was a whole production
I was in distress if I had a flag it would have been upside down I was not receiving visitors my curtains were DRAWN

Courtney Nguyen @fortydeucetwits.bsky.social · 14d

Crazy. Amanda got her wisdom teeth out THE DAY SHE FLEW.

“I think when I'm not feeling my best physically or I'm facing a challenge, I think I pay so much attention to that that I actually play better 'cause I don't have as much pressure and I'm just seeing how far I can get.”

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Larissa Waters @larissawaters.bsky.social · 14d

DFAT has now confirmed Australians and others have been abused by Israeli authorities after their abduction from the flotilla.

Assaulted and injured. Deprived of sleep and medication. Still illegally detained.

The PM and Foreign Minister must urgently demand their safe release.

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Frith @pluckyloser.bsky.social · 20d

Yes. He's deleted it now, but my first post was in response to this ridiculous article saying that robodebt would not have gone the way it did with the addition of AI. Truly mind boggling stuff.

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Courtney Nguyen @fortydeucetwits.bsky.social · 20d

she WHAT??

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Frith @pluckyloser.bsky.social · 20d

reposting because of this villain's insidious presence in tennis

Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 20d

Larry Ellison envisions a surveillance state in which techbros rule. '“Citizens will be on their best behavior, because we’re constantly recording and reporting everything that is going on,” Ellison said in an hour-long Q&A during Oracle’s Financial Analyst Meeting last week.'

Larry Ellison predicts rise of the modern surveillance state where ‘citizens will be on their best behavior’ | Fortune

Oracle's Larry Ellison believes citizens and police alike will be under constant surveillance of each other.

fortune.com

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Frith @pluckyloser.bsky.social · 21d

Not you Zorko I hate ya stinking guts

Frith @pluckyloser.bsky.social · 21d

All for one and one for all up the Lions let's go Royboys Fitzroy to Carrara to Brisbane to the G allez davai kaman let's go vamosssssss #AFLGrandFinal

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Frith @pluckyloser.bsky.social · 21d

I walk past a 90s Ford Laser Ghia hatchback most days and long for this kind of design
In a city overrun by giant twin cab utes and suburban 4wds they feel tiny and delicate