Stephen Lyon
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Stephen Lyon
@StephenLyon
Mostly sport, some food, and the occasional cat.
ÜT: -36.89164,174.73948 Beigetreten Mart 2009
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@necky_fade @frank_nobilo and who cares except for Frank and his family?
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1996 Masters
Whilst everyone got consumed with the Faldo victory and Norman collapse they forgot about @frank_nobilo finishing 4th
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If they lose whatever remains of their Catholic vote -- on top of the near total collapse in non-white support we're seeing play out in election after election -- MAGA’s coalition starts to look a lot like the 1920s Klan with a few Mormons tacked on.
thelettersfromleo.com/p/the-pentagon…
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If only there was time travel. Anyone who thinks that Augusta National needs to grow the rough or plant some more trees should be made to go back in time and explain to Alister McKenzie and Bobby Jones why it’s a good idea.
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@plug_instrument @Opdiner I can’t play a note of any instrument but there are some guitars that are just some of the most beautifully designed objects you can find. Not to mention their utility. The Telecaster is almost perfect to my inexpert eye. Even I would look cool with one of those.
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1950年代にニュージーランドで生産されていたという幻のコモドールギター。
もう文句なしにかっこいい。
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Seems more like a lack of general knowledge to me.
Megan McArdle@asymmetricinfo
A thing I will never convince non-journalists of--but that every journalist knows in their bones--is that it's harder to spot mistakes like this than you think. We get most of them. But even with multiple layers of protection, some are gonna slip through.
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@BenThomasNZ @Jandal_It @winstonpeters Would it also not be the case that the pool of people with the requisite skills to take on work in a Minister’s office is relatively small and thus some might bounce around and work for Ministers of different stripes?
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Apparently, @winstonpeters, you have been economical with the facts again.
Ben Thomas@BenThomasNZ
@Jandal_It Some ministerial staff are true believers (lotta Young Nats and Young Labour in the bigger parties), customarily less so for NZF - I wrote an excellent column touching on this after the election thepost.co.nz/nz-news/350098…
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@BenThomasNZ Apologies for not giving this a golf clap at the time. Some good stuff here.
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Throwing away your cushy public-funded sinecure to get more expensive bathroom fittings, call that undone by vanity
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I was absolutely not across the Eagle thing, I assumed it was his own house, but he spent half a mil tricking out his work residence?! He doesn’t even live on the island, it’s basically his work-week Airbnb lmao, insane way to blow up your career
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@BenThomasNZ @Tom_R_Alliance Thank-you both. Still little pockets of value/humour on this god-forsaken platform.
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@Tom_R_Alliance @A_Contrary_Kiwi I’m not going to commit to engaging in unprecedentedly massive electoral fraud by pledging to vote for anyone who can beat me in a footrace
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No idea who Mike Davidson is, but this seems crazy re: Steve Abel, who not only is a wildly hard working and knowledgeable MP, but also represents an important continuity with Green tradition having spent much of his adult life living up trees
Jamie Ensor@JamieEnsor
The Green Party's initial list has three current MPs ranked below new candidates - Steve Abel, Scott Willis, and Mike Davidson. Tamatha Paul is ranked very high, as the party makes a big deal about its Māori representation. Story below -
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@BenThomasNZ Those of us old enough to remember are struggling with this social media thingy.
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Great, the funniest thing you’ll ever say & it’s 30 years too late to be culturally intelligible
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There are exceptions of course but it’s not that easy to find someone in NZ Rugby’s commentariat who isn’t hopelessly conflicted. stuff.co.nz/sport/36094317…
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Also the music is great. The weird moments of sweetness in between something very gross are incredible. It should be a cult classic. It’s the best.
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People’s short memories (or lack of encyclopaedic knowledge) is shocking. Here’s a 90’s only list:
The Larry Sanders Show
Mr. Show with Bob and David
Tenacious D
Oz
Tales from the Crypt
The Chris Rock Show
cinesthetic.@TheCinesthetic
What’s an HBO series (that’s not The Wire, The Sopranos or GOT) that y’all would recommend?
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Live
I mean it’s obviously not the greatest innings ever played but has to be one of the more remarkable
espncricinfo.com/series/men-s-u…
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@clairlemon This mandelson stuff seems p spicy, albeit not really part of the main Epstein narrative
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Since being piled on for expressing *boredom* of all things, I find that I am still quite nonplussed by the whole thing. We've known about Epstein's crimes for a decade now, what new prosecutable information is there that requires all this hysteria?
x.com/clairlemon/sta…
Claire Lehmann@clairlemon
Am I the only person who finds the Epstein story incredibly boring?
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