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flathead @lemm.ee 2y ago

I'm Brian, and so is my wife.

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flathead @lemm.ee 2y ago

TIL there is vim for Windows.

https://www.vim.org/download.php

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flathead @lemm.ee 2y ago

this is especially rich coming from a Queensland paper.... how soon we forget...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joh_Bjelke-Petersen

Here are some snippets to save you reading the whole thing...

"Within months of becoming premier, Bjelke-Petersen encountered his first controversy over allegations of conflict of interest"

"three weeks after becoming premier, Bjelke-Petersen's government gave two companies, Exoil NL and Transoil NL—in both of which he was a major shareholder—six-year leases to prospect for oil on the Great Barrier Reef "

"Plans by Country Party members to support a Labor Party vote of no confidence in parliament were quashed after the intervention of party president Robert Sparkes, who warned that anyone who voted against Bjelke-Petersen would lose their status as the party's candidate at the next election."

"Bjelke-Petersen seized on the controversial visit of the Springboks, the South African rugby union team, in 1971 to consolidate his position as leader with a display of force."

"A crowd of demonstrators also mounted a peaceful protest outside the Springboks' Wickham Terrace motel and were chased on foot by police moments after being ordered to retreat, with many police attacking the crowd with batons, boots and fists. It was one of a series of violent attacks by police on demonstrators during the Springboks' visit to Queensland"

"Bjelke-Petersen praised police for their 'restraint' during the demonstrations and rewarded the police union for its support with an extra week's leave for every officer in the state. He described the tension over the Springboks' tour as 'great fun', 'a game of chess in the political arena'. The crisis, he said, 'put me on the map'."

"Bjelke-Petersen began regular media and parliamentary attacks on the Whitlam Labor government, vowing to have it defeated, and he and Whitlam exchanged frequent verbal barbs, culminating in the prime minister's 1975 description of the Queensland premier as 'a Bible-bashing bastard ... a paranoic, a bigot and fanatical'"

"Bjelke-Petersen also vehemently opposed the Whitlam government's proposal for Medicare, a publicly funded universal health care system."

"In 1975, Bjelke-Petersen played what turned out to be a key role in the political crisis that brought down the Whitlam government. Bjelke-Petersen alleged that Queensland police investigations had uncovered damaging documentation in relation to the Loans Affair. This documentation was never made public and these allegations remained unsubstantiated"

"television cameras captured an incident during the confrontation in which a police inspector struck a 20-year-old female protester over the head with his baton, injuring her. When Police Commissioner Ray Whitrod announced he would hold an inquiry, a move supported by Police Minister Max Hodges, Bjelke-Petersen declared there would be no inquiry. He told reporters he was tired of radical groups believing they could take over the streets."

"In 1977, Bjelke-Petersen announced that 'the day of street marches is over', warning protesters, 'Don't bother applying for a march permit. You won't get one. That's government policy now!'"

"When, after two ugly street battles between police and right-to-march protesters, the Uniting Church Synod called on the government to change the march law, Bjelke-Petersen accused the clergy of 'supporting communists'"

"The government's increasingly hardline approach to civil liberties prompted Queensland National Party president Robert Sparkes to warn the party that it was developing a dangerous 'propaganda-created, ultra-conservative, almost fascist image.' "

"Florence Bjelke-Petersen (his wife) was elected to the Senate in October 1980 as a National Party member and six weeks later Joh was successful for a fifth time as premier at the 1980 Queensland election, with the Nationals converting a 27.9 percent primary vote—their highest ever—into 35 of the parliament's 82 seats, or 43 percent of seats."

"In 1984 Bjelke-Petersen was created a Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (KCMG) for 'services to parliamentary democracy'. Author Evan Whitton suggests the premier had made the nomination himself."

"A 'Joh for PM' campaign was conceived in late 1985, driven largely by a group of Gold Coast property developers, promoting Bjelke-Petersen as the most effective conservative challenger to Labor Prime Minister Bob Hawke, and at the 1986 Queensland election he recorded his biggest electoral win ever, winning 49 of the state's 89 seats with 39.6 percent of the primary vote."

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flathead @lemm.ee 2y ago

“Mark Zuckerberg made more than $28 billion this morning after Meta stock makes record surge” https://www.cnn.com/2024/02/02/business/meta-stock-surge-mark-zuckerberg/index.html

seems fair.

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flathead @lemm.ee 2y ago

The highlight of the flip is that you can't sell it.

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flathead @lemm.ee 2y ago

“It was obviously really tough, we parted with a lot of talented people we cared about" - Mark Zuckerberg

"Mark Zuckerberg made more than $28 billion this morning after Meta stock makes record surge" https://www.cnn.com/2024/02/02/business/meta-stock-surge-mark-zuckerberg/index.html

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flathead @lemm.ee 2y ago

Easily amused, you might say.

flathead @lemm.ee 2y ago

The US Attorney General John Ashcroft singing his wonderfully jingoistic 2002 masterpiece "Let the Eagle Soar"

https://yewtu.be/watch?v=woLQI8X2R6Y

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flathead @lemm.ee 2y ago

yeah, but now it's even funnier to read complaints about Swift-plane memes.

flathead @lemm.ee 2y ago

je ne sais quoi

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flathead @lemm.ee 2y ago

Published Feb 19, 2023 12:37 PM by The Maritime Executive

Sailing cargo ships are making a genuine comeback. Japanese bulk carrier MOL is operating a wind-assisted ship. American food giant Cargill is working with Olympic sailor Ben Ainslie to deploy WindWings on its routes. Swedish shipping company Wallenius is aiming for Oceanbird to cut emissions by up to 90%. The French start-up Zephyr & Borée has built the Canopée, which will transport parts of European Space Agency’s Ariane 6 rocket this year.

https://maritime-executive.com/editorials/sailing-cargo-ships-are-making-a-genuine-comeback

flathead @lemm.ee 2y ago

Well, the colonies certainly know all about catastrophic ground offensives.

flathead @lemm.ee 2y ago

No need for /s - this is no less illogical than most of their other arguments.

flathead @lemm.ee 2y ago

Nup to YouTube videos so didn't watch - but you cannot possibly hate vim if you started with vi.

Edited to add that Edlin was even worse than vi, but apparently Microsoft is still shipping it. It was released 44 years ago. Now I shall return to contemplation of the great void that lies ahead. Have a nice day.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edlin

flathead @lemm.ee 2y ago

ad free link https://yewtu.be/watch?v=Ud3btbISggA

flathead @lemm.ee 2y ago

Unshittification

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