My last post. Inspired by (tinyurl.com/2rbayhhb), Zoe Williams, The Guardian, 05Sep2024. I will delete my account in the next couple of minutes. It's been good in many ways, but it has to stop! Bye all.
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Steve Dyson
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Steve Dyson
@DysonSdc
Translator, technical journalism, naval, French to English
Lisbon, Portugal Katılım Ocak 2013
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I've been thinking of leaving X for a while. Today's article -- Racism, misogyny, lies: how did X become so full of hatred? And is it ethical to keep using it? -- by Zoe Williams in The Guardian(tinyurl.com/2rbayhhb) tipped the balance.
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"But we don’t need a government to step in and tell us to stop using X; we could do that on our own." (tinyurl.com/2rbayhhb), Zoe Williams, The Guardian, 05Sep2024.
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"Musk’s commitment to free speech is jaw-droppingly unconvincing: he used it to reject Lula’s demands in Brazil, yet readily acceded to Narendra Modi’s demands in India ..." (tinyurl.com/2rbayhhb), Zoe Williams, The Guardian, 05Sep2024.
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Todd @tpornowitz. Hi (from a retired FR=>EN technical translator). I'm reading this and am very impressed by the fluidity and idiomaticity of your translation (#xl8) and, of course, the author's scholarship and science communication skills.
Todd Portnowitz@tportnowitz
Very pleased to say that my translation of Silvia Ferrara's THE GREATEST INVENTION (@fsgbooks) has been shortlisted for ALTA's Italian Prose in Translation Award. Thank you ALTA and judges and congrats to the fellow nominees.
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Should we use powerful metaphors when discussing climate change? #3 (#xl8, #t9n, #xl8or)
Here's the best article I've encountered. "With Temperature and Other Climate Extremes Shattering Records, Should We Call it 'Global Boiling'? 'Weirding'? Or...?" (tinyurl.com/23bs7k4c)
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.@Richard_D_Boyle called out unethical conduct by the @ato_gov_au and is now facing jail for doing so. Even though @AlboMP & @MarkDreyfusKCMP know our whistleblower laws are broken, they’ve failed to intervene. Retweet this video and join our campaign. 👉 droptheprosecutions.org.au
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Do you have a link to this video that does not require Twitter/X? I want to forward it to friends who don't follow any social media.
Sarah Winters (in California 🇺🇸)@SarahBWinters
If you have 15 minutes and are a curious person this video explains why many intelligent people become politically tribal.
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An Australian/Inside Story piece on The new Asian order and Aukus (insidestory.org.au/the-new-asian-…). Important food for thought.
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Important topics indeed. But perhaps the world should also recall that most Europeans are descendents of serfs and most other people from almost anywhere have ancestors with very sad stories to tell. Perspective people!
Penguin Classics UK@classicpenguins
@RosSchwartz, translator for The Need for Roots by Simone Weil, highlights two iconic reads by Maryse Condé: ‘[She] was a trailblazer whose hard-hitting novels, Segu and Crossing the Mangrove, tackle the legacy of slavery and colonialism in Africa and the Caribbean’ #WITMonth Segu translated by Barbara Bray. Crossing the Mangrove translated by Richard Philcox. More on Segu: penguin.co.uk/books/303709/s…
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Labor, with Coalition support, designed the NACC to be a toothless tiger. The old parties lack ambition to root out corruption. They've let those responsible for #Robodebt slip away. Fixing the NACC must be high on agenda of the next parliament. #auspol michaelwest.com.au/why-did-nacc-d…
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Like @ScoMo30, @AlboMP has sought political advantage from his control over MP’s staff numbers. Staffing levels should be set in a transparent way by an independent statutory body. Well done @DavidPocock for pressing for this reform. #auspol theconversation.com/albaneses-righ…
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Gareth Evans - #AUKUS is “one of the worst foreign and defence policy decisions our country has made, not only putting at profound risk our sovereign independence, but generating more risk than reward for the very national security it promises to protect”. theconversation.com/gareth-evans-a…
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@MrRexPatrick. What will #China's new #roboticwhaleshark have evolved into by the time the RAN gets its first Aukus subs? (armyrecognition.com/news/navy-news…)
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Australia has been dudded.
New documents reveal we may never get submarines under AUKUS.
That's despite it costing us hundreds of billions!
Listen to what’s in the fineprint HERE.
🎧2gb.com/dodgy-detail-w…🎧
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Well, I hear that Space Nazi will interview DonOLD the felon to support his attempts to destroy US democracy, so this is my last post on Xitter. I'll be found henceforth on Mastodon, Substack & LinkedIn.
The Elongated Muskrat should be imprisoned for voter registration crimes.
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