April 23rd: #OTD in the #Falklands war 'Argentine Annie' begins broadcasting to the task force: 'Why don't you give up and go home, British soldiers? You stand no chance of winning. Your families are missing you...' She soon becomes satirised as 'Korn Beef Kate'.

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The perennial issue facing Western democracies. Find and replace Soviet in this with other Authoritarian states (and some non-state groups) and it becomes perhaps more prescient today.

Most surreal photos you'll ever see - thread 🧵

1. Eruption on Mount Etna gives the illusion of a Phoenix in the sky

That message pre-testing in retirement homes is really paying off in coherent and effective lines of persuasion …

This might be the hardest I’ve laughed at SNL in years.

#horde and #swarm John Robb

“Almost a surprise packet, without being a surprise packet.”

Insightful commentary from Sonny Bill (again and always).

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Stan Sport Super Rugby Pacific #WARvCRU

I seem to remember another high-profile defamation accuser did the same thing not that long ago. I wonder if Bruce is in Bali?

Aussies out there furiously wargaming best approaches to Purplepingers call to arms ... oh wait.
Sorry, wrong game.
#squatters

Important news:

After 15 years of search efforts, a team including Australian veterans have helped Vietnamese authorities to identify the resting place, in Binh Duong province, of a large number of fallen 🇻🇳 soldiers.

The veterans, from the 3rd Battalion Royal Australian
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“This is the Age of Anxiety for the reason of the electric implosion that compels commitment and participation, quite regardless of any ‘point of view.’”

Marshall McLuhan
‘Understanding Media: The Extensions of Man’
1964

Ol’ mate Abu Nick al-Zarqawi Fuentes over here just … i don’t even know what this is apart from a grift for more money from the equally worm-ridden.

You know how you know women are smarter?

None of them showed up for this PRC PR exercise and then said stuff like 'we were very impressed with Xi'

#canberra looking a bit special this morning. @ Belconnen Bus Interchange

1935

Time to build my 'airmindedness'.

Yes, apparently that is a thing.

Before Dawn (2024) - Official Trailer youtu.be/q-ibQNR11tE?si… via YouTube