Lachlan Bowden @TechTragic

@ShatteredSFW If you were that annoying, nobody would bother following you on XTwitter, let alone read & reply to your tweets? 😉

@DrDoyleSays Protective trauma response?

@DougWahl1 Yes, and twice on Sundays (or other holy day of her choice). First amendment isn't just for the powerful &/or right wing! 🙂

Growth that kills its host isn’t growth. It’s cancer with good PR.

@VeryBadLlama I mean Corsica is abit of a stretch, but the rest seems uncontroversial 😉😂

@Bloke_Baz It's somewhat problematic even under universal free at the point of delivery healthcare. (GPs generally have better things to do with their time than write medical certificates for 1-3 days off for the common cold, especially if there's a shortage of GPs in the first place!)

@Autistic_Lauren Meh

@jens_wieseke @simongerman600 @Civixplorer This may be a very German perspective 😉

@thetomcelica That would explain his cluelessness regarding the basics of Catholicism

@notchrisvolpe So thats the bread & the vote is the circus?

@Mr_Considerate I'd be option C: hell no, neither! Having said that, at least some of some of Tehran's issues are down to foreign meddling, whereas Tel Aviv is self inflicted!

@jiangyin Yes, there is someone in my life who has a similar issue with medication timing. Even without that, struggling to wake up and get going is tough. Speaking of which, I'm going to go take my meds and have a coffee! 😉

@datadriven_tdoc Yeah, i thought it was pretty good 🙂

The Most Powerful Moment in Australia’s Parliament — 1996 A Liberal MP stood up and dismantled Pauline Hanson’s claims — with facts, data, and courage. On 12 September 1996, Liberal MP Peter Nugent (Aston) rose in the House of Representatives and directly rebutted Pauline Hanson’s maiden speech delivered two days earlier. Nearly 30 years later, his words still hit hard. 🔥 1. ARE INDIGENOUS AUSTRALIANS REALLY “NOT THE MOST DISADVANTAGED”? Hanson said she was “tired of the assumption” that Indigenous people were the most disadvantaged. Nugent replied: It’s not an assumption — it’s fact. • Life expectancy: Indigenous boys lived 18 years less; girls 15 years less. • Health: Up to 50% of children in some Indigenous primary schools had chronic ear infections. • Housing: Nugent visited NT communities where 38 people lived in a single 3‑bedroom house with one toilet and one shower. • Unemployment: National rate was 8%; Indigenous communities often sat at 80%. • Youth detention: In WA, Indigenous teens (15–19) were 50 times more likely to be detained. He stressed this wasn’t about race — it was the result of deep socioeconomic deprivation. 🔥 2. ARE INDIGENOUS PROGRAMS “REVERSE DISCRIMINATION”? Nugent said Australia had already tried “treating everyone the same” for 200 years — and it failed every time. Special measures exist because disadvantage is real, just like support for people with disabilities or mental illness. It’s not racial favouritism — it’s practical reality. 🔥 3. WILL NATIVE TITLE MAKE NON‑INDIGENOUS AUSTRALIANS “LOSE THEIR HOMES”? Hanson: “Where do we go?” Nugent: Nowhere. This is nonsense. • Your home is unaffected • Native Title applies only to unallocated Crown land • Claimants must prove continuous connection for 200 years • At that time, not a single Indigenous person had gained land from Native Title • Only lawyers had benefited so far He called Hanson’s claim “the lowest form of scaremongering.” 🔥 4. “WE SHOULDN’T PAY FOR WHAT HAPPENED 200 YEARS AGO.” Nugent: Assistance programs address today’s problems, not colonial reparations. 🔥 5. IS THE RECONCILIATION COUNCIL A “GRAVY TRAIN”? Hanson accused members of clinging to allowances. Nugent — who served on the council for five years — clarified: • Government‑paid staff (including him) did not receive meeting fees • Many members refused or donated their allowances • The council met four times a year plus weekend events • He said giving up weekends for reconciliation was absolutely worth it 🔥 6. “ASIAN IMMIGRANTS DON’T INTEGRATE AND FORM ENCLAVES.” Hanson warned Australia was being “swamped by Asians.” Nugent: Completely false. Show evidence. • Asian Australians in his electorate were widely dispersed and well integrated • He cited Chinese‑Australian doctors, engineers, scientists, business leaders, athletes • Religious freedom is a democratic foundation — keeping one’s faith isn’t “failing to integrate” • In recent years, most top academic scholarship winners in his electorate were Asian Australian students He said this was the clearest proof of contribution and integration. 🔥 7. IS FOREIGN AID A WASTE? Hanson said $1.5 billion in aid was lost to corruption. Nugent replied: • It was only 0.2% of GDP • He had just visited slums in India and Pakistan • “If a country like Australia cannot spare this small amount to help, we should pack up and go home.” He described a children’s aid program in Pakistan — directly supervised by Australians — that ensured every dollar reached the kids. Budget cuts were ending it, and he called that one of his greatest regrets.

@GrimmUkufa @LucifersTweetz Why not both? Stairs first I think, to get up the momentum to take him through the window? 😉

@TasDevyl @noplaceforsheep 🔥🙂

@francysromeroFR Will he get opportunities as a two way player in KBO (that he wouldn't get in MLB)?

@juan_krepecki @SamaHoole Don't be too hard on yourself, the information may not have been available until recently 🙂