To understand Musk's renewed obsession with X and focus on financial services, you REALLY need to understand the X/Confinity merger that became PayPal. And, particularly, the Peter Thiel-led coup that kicked Musk out as CEO/Chief Strategist. Here's how that happened. 1/🧵

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Favourite Sinead O'Connor song: youtu.be/n14lwdpYkAA. RIP. She was awesome and I'm really sad she's gone.

First trip overseas Bret McKenzie and I played a show to 1 in Vancouver. Didn't find out till the end that they'd left during the show. We based a scene in our tv show on it. Years later we did the pretty much the same show at the Hollywood Bowl to around 18,000 people.

You’ve asked, we’ve answered! We now have Yes23 profile pictures! Upload to your profile, tag us, use the #yes23 and get your friends and family involved. #yes23

This is the best summation I’ve seen.

Awesome news!!

Me too

I chair the Misconduct Hearings for my School. It's a tough job and I wish it wasn't necessary.

Sounds pretty simple to me. From VACCHO.

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I also have invite codes for the blue place, dm me if interested

Far Enough? Remember when you wanted to find the best coffee within walking distance of where you’re at and you googled it? You can apply the same tactic to so many other aspects in life! Nash Edgerton Jenna Owen vic zerbst Blue-Tongue Films VOTE YES youtube.com/watch?v=SAqIyp…

Detailed article from Meriki Onus, Lidia Thorpe’s sister, on why she switched from No to Yes on Voice, which she acknowledges as imperfect but says: “I don’t want to wake up on the 15th and feel even more hated than I do right now.” indigenousx.com.au/no-to-yes-on-t…

Also, I have a couple of invite codes to pass on to mutuals who want to move. Dm me please.

Just back here briefly on this site to give a shout out to Brigid Delaney, whose lovely book on Stoicism, "Reasons not to Worry", I have nearly finished, and have been absolutely loving. Thanks so much for putting this together!

In 1958 Roger Penrose and his father Lionel presented the following interesting "room." The curved walls bounding this room are mirrored, yet a light source placed anywhere in region A will leave region B dark, and vice versa. 1/4

Work news from me: I'll be leaving Western Sydney Uni after close to 24 years, to take up a new role at the Uni of New South Wales, in May this year. I'll join as Head of the School of Maths and Stats. Very exciting move for me, and I'm looking forward to it!

Woah!