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@JamieSeidel

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Freelance Journalist and Digital Content Producer. Striving to bridge the Geek-Muggle gap through plain language.

Adelaide
Joined February 2009
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@JamieSeidel
Jamie Seidel
3 years
@sallyrugg Why would any woman go behind closed doors with the BigSwingingDicks of National Cabinet? Isn't that the whole point?
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6 months
@Aviation_Intel That's the PR line. But questions remain as to why Australia is the only nation allegedly having problems with them, and why Ukraine's calls to receive them have been ignored.
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6 months
@WarintheFuture Do I smell the influence of one of the big consultancy groups here? One who perhaps has dealings with a Taipan competitor?
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2 years
@JohnBlaxland1 This is better:
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3 years
Wow. Scott Morrison has only just now "heard" of all these horrible things ... What planet has he been on? This isn't a Canberra Bubble. This is much, much worse.
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2 years
@BeijingPalmer I guess Singapore and Darwin weren't American civilian targets. But Manila? Or doesn't that count as it won independence from the US in 1946?
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4 years
I'm seeing an interesting correlation here between zombies and the #COVIDIOT strain: They both need brains ...
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3 years
@maz_jovanovich @JohnBlaxland1 I know it's not the whole world. But this one tells me what I need to know!
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4 years
@DanielMOakes According to the AFP, journalists cannot act in the public interest. But does the AFP have issues when a senior minister or assistant leaks a classified Cabinet defence white paper? Where are the raids? Where are the recommend charges? Why double standards? Politically sensitive?
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3 years
LeoLabs Australia's Terry van Haren: “This is the most irresponsible action we have seen for some years. It is probably at the worst altitude you could imagine, above the ISS at 420 km and just under the mega-constellations. What were they thinking?”
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@JamieSeidel
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5 years
@weatherdak @EarthObserved Here's a sense of scale:
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5 years
The #AusArmy is keen to harvest the imaginations of its soldiers and science fiction, especially @WarintheFuture . But it's the job of @DefenceScience to put it all the reality test. Out of it is emerging Kath & Carl ... our future soldiers!
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@JamieSeidel
Jamie Seidel
10 years
@navalhistorian The National Film and Sound Archive released this silent movie of the Emden: http://t.co/O1KZ4Yu9bZ http://t.co/XSiNNOhENZ
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4 years
@dom_ma @Rob_Stott Then they all raced back home to watch themselves on the T.... oh, S#!^
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3 years
Why does a supposed search-and rescue / fishing safe haven have cannons mounted on towers covering the four quarters of a multi-storey, sensor-festooned barracks?
@chiarazambrano
Chiara Zambrano
3 years
This is Gaven Reef, one of China’s 7 artificial islands in the South China Sea. I joined another maritime patrol today and saw this - more than 100 Chinese fishing vessels massing up by Gaven alone. It’s not just about the islands anymore. The swarm is here. @abscbnnews
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10 years
@navalhistorian Narrative: Australia's first victory at sea - HMAS Sydney v. SMS Emden. http://t.co/xGxINuTtL5 http://t.co/jemP80lwUq
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@JamieSeidel
Jamie Seidel
5 years
@Joe_Hildebrand History lessons should also include the cutting of national parks rangers by up to one third (the guys who do the burnoffs), and the refusal to meet fire chiefs trying to warn that there is no longer a 'safe' controlled burnoff season as there was 10 years ago.
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3 years
@saline @AdamCSchembri My kids call it 'yuck'. Does that count?
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5 years
Thanks to these guys for showing me just how much we can learn from history ... and how pressing those lessons can be: @digkabri @jens2go @DSAArchaeology @drspacejunk
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@JamieSeidel
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1 year
@LincolnParker5 How do you profile the other 99pc of the long-lens photographers at the air show? I mean, cameras at air shows? Who wud hav thunk it 🙄
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3 years
@DSAArchaeology Motel of the Mysteries ...
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4 years
The Washington Post's graphic team has nailed the visualisations behind each 'flatten the curve' tactic: Here's quarantine, and why it doesn't work:
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5 years
#ehrlichflinders if you want to do anything about the world, the first thing you have to do is unchain 50pc of the world and fully liberate women
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1 year
Buyer beware? @AUKUS has the shades of HMAS Kanimbla and Manoora lurking in the wings ... @SamRoggeveen @JohnBlaxland1 @Rory_Medcalf @AC_NavalHistory
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Jamie Seidel
9 years
Is dark matter behind mass extinction? The idea sounds good. But the facts don't add up. http://t.co/l5Abc7YCF5 http://t.co/NuQEiZiREj
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@JamieSeidel
Jamie Seidel
3 years
@ToryShepherd @AmyRemeikis "As a father of daughters" ... should I consider deliberately scarring and disfiguring my children to prevent them from overwhelming the moral defences of any male they happen to enter the proximity of?
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@JamieSeidel
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4 years
@whereisdaz Perhaps we could organise special flights and free tickets to New York? For a 'study tour'?
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4 years
@PaulBongiorno @abc730 Eliminates their superannuation problem, I suppose. Not sure it's a platform to get re-elected upon, though.
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3 years
@graham_euan Sigh. It wasn't named after a capital city. I know it's just a little thing ... but it's important. I was named after an Australian warship that was sunk and suffered casualties while fighting alongside its US allies at the battle of Savo Island.
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2 years
@Dr_M_Davis @AusAirForce But, if can only afford to buy three or so of these things, would it be better spent on something like THAAD? Would that give us something approaching a practical force other than a boutique/artisan one?
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@JamieSeidel
Jamie Seidel
4 years
Italy’s space agency head welcomes the birth of a “younger sister” agency, and promises to help guide her to maturity #SASpaceForum
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4 years
Yeesh. I wrote this more than a year ago. Now it's unfolding before our eyes ...
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4 years
I thought Dutton was dead! I mean, he's the Minister for Emergency Management. Didn't see or hear from him during the bushfire emergency. Didn't see or hear from him during the COVID19 emergency. But now someone dares link colonialism with invasion, he's everywhere!
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@JamieSeidel
Jamie Seidel
3 years
Yes, I should probably point out that I'll be pitching in to help @CosmosMagazine tackle digital news from time to time. Great to get back into the sciency-wiency world of inspiration and problem-solving. Even if I only get to live it vicariously through my reporting!
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Cosmos
3 years
ANU research spinoff Quantum Brilliance has found a way to use synthetic diamonds to drive quantum calculations 💎 Now, the Australian startup @QuantumBrillia1 has won $13 million to make its diamond-based computing cores shine. @investible @ANUmedia
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4 years
History repeats? Australian steel built the Japanese navy in the 1930s. Perhaps this explains why our iron exports to Beijing continue to rise despite the wolf-warrior rhetoric ... China has two more aircraft carriers under construction
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5 years
#ehrlichflinders Ehrlich: if we were to write The Population Bomb today, it would not be such an optimistic book ... and there’d be much more about consumption. We need politicians aiming for and cheering falling growth figures... Perpetual growth is the model of the cancer cell.
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1 year
We'd better get our best metallurgists figuring out how to detect that low-quality steel delivered by that corrupt Virginia-class supplier. I'm having flashbacks to the "trust me" Manoora and Kanimbla fiasco.
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Indo-Pacific News - Geo-Politics & Defense
1 year
No clunkers: #Australia buying ‘highest quality’ secondhand submarines from #US , congressman says Australia to buy up to 5 Virginia class subs to cover a gap in the 2030s before working on a next gen sub with the UK, based on the Astute submarine class.
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4 years
C'mon Australia ... Don't squander what little time we have left to get on top of #COVID19 Italy is a clear warning. The US is a template for what not to do. South Korea and Singapore reveal the power of 'tough love'. So ... why are governments hesitating?
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@JamieSeidel
Jamie Seidel
5 years
So I've started the following list (on a separate twitter account for TweetDeck management): I will share it among my colleagues. And feel free to fire it at those you think will benefit. @drrocks1982 @geophysichick @suresh_arvind
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8 years
America, what's gotten in to you? A dive into the psychology of Trump voters.
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3 years
@dom_ma @ProfPCDoherty I've had my first shot. But I have to say, it's the 60pc effectiveness rate that has me down on AZ.
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4 years
@fiftysitesbook @drspacejunk Religious sacrifice ritual stones? I mean, it's the usual go-to explanation ...
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5 years
#ehrlichflinders The ‘notorious’ Professor Ehrlich pulling no punches. Australia ... ‘It’s a great country, it’s a disgrace these people are allowed to run it”
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5 years
@WarintheFuture @DefenceScience Scifi is great for stretching the imagination. But cool doesn't always equate with practical. It's something we're learning about exosceletons. Not to mention AT-ATs... as I discussed with @ASPI_org
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@JamieSeidel
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4 years
@AndrewBGreene Why do I get the feeling we're never going to see these things? Not 12. Not 6. None.
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3 years
@Dr_M_Davis @JackNorton8064 And then there's the back porch (the Himalayas). And the side door (the East China Sea).
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2 years
@ToryShepherd Instead, you got "thoughts and prayers".
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Jamie Seidel
4 years
With #Covid_19 likely to break loose in Australia within weeks, here's some tips on what you can do to prepare:
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3 years
@DrIanHall @NatSecPod False equivalency is when you put a young woman under house arrest for more than a year for inking a Xi poster and posting it to social media, and when an independent corporation bans an individual equal under the law for inciting insurrection ...
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Jamie Seidel
5 years
Thankyou. Yes, I have been engaging with #scicomm geologists such as @geophysichick to deconstruct the weaknesses in my "broad stroke" narrative.
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Jamie Seidel
11 months
@SWDWilliam This makes sense. But don't underestimate the value of the patrol boats to give real training value and experience to young officers and sailors. Graduated operational experience - something the USN is lacking!
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@JamieSeidel
Jamie Seidel
4 years
@sanj971 @deniseprobe @CNN It's so hard to be a human in the public eye. Don't let it stop you. , your willingness to share your knowledge and expertise means so much!
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2 years
Another satisfied customer. Interesting that they chose @ASIOGovAu as their identity.
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Jamie Seidel
10 months
If you're interested in how Australia's #hypersonic technology is racing ahead, grab yourself a copy of this month's Cosmos Magazine. Thanks to @HypersonixAU and @Dr_M_Davis for guiding me through this high-velocity deep-dive!
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3 years
Investigation reveals history of sexism and inappropriate behaviour by Attorney-General Christian Porter
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Jamie Seidel
9 years
How many #apocalypse predictions to go before someone gets it right? http://t.co/ErPYEtcVFE http://t.co/Vz4Hcf66YE
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5 years
#ehrlichflinders Ehrlich ... society can change quickly if it has to. GM stopped producing cars to build tanks in world war 2, then started building cars again after. That is the commitment needed now to limit climate change impact
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9 years
#OTD 1915: Charles Suckling and AE2 are stuck in Malta as 'competition' arrives. #AnzacLive http://t.co/5mOo6YbZp7 http://t.co/vMjLA0Qd1G
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4 years
@JodieBradby @emmadavidsonACT I think Douglas Adams went down a similar wormhole in his search for missing biros ... Don't go there!
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@JamieSeidel
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4 years
The "fair and balanced" editor-in-chief of the Chinese Communist Party's "Global Times":
@HuXijin_GT
Hu Xijin 胡锡进
4 years
The PLA on Wed released a video of Tibet military command’s live-fire drill on the plateau. PLA also conducted a drill of airborne troops. Yes, these are all aimed at the situation on China-India border. The Indian army will either stop provoking or be prepared to be defeated.
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4 years
@jens2go @DSAArchaeology @JMDesplat Sounds like just about any modern suburban office!
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@maz_jovanovich @eamonhamilton No. Read the book AFTER the movie. Movies never live up to the expectations generated by your own imagination. But reading the book after a movie can be a revelation, I've found.
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@Dr_M_Davis @MatthewsECLIPS @EliLea1 Most importantly, how do they remain relevant?
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4 years
@Dr_M_Davis @usairforce Grand Slam allegedly 40m earth, 6m concrete. So still up there with the mainstream, according to that graphic. Not sure the modern stuff would produce the same camouflet (cavern) effect, though. I also suspect the modern ones are easier to deliver!
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5 years
@drspacejunk I have to admit, such phrasing sometimes automatically comes off my fingertips. But in my recent Moon stories, upon reviewing them an apparition of a certain Dr Space Junk appears with a frown ... and I scramble to rephrase my sentence!
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2 years
@SamRoggeveen @VKAbramowicz @arzandc I think there is also an argument of scale. Given Australia's enormous coastal and territorial water domain, any vessel will need long-range weapons - and lots of them. There's a long way to go to reprovision those 48 shots in our air warfare frigates.
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4 years
Just another day at the office for a historian ...
@digkabri
Eric H. Cline
4 years
Viewer #5 : “What do you mean IF IT TOOK PLACE? What the hell is wrong with you? Viewer #6 : What about asteroids?” Me: 🤔 end/
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@SeanAndrews65 @Dr_M_Davis @PJD_DefStudies @redunley @defence_wonk With Hunter, the policy seems to be “with, but not for”
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4 years
The Washington Post's graphic team's brilliant visualisation of how 'social distancing' works to 'flatten the curve':
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Jamie Seidel
4 years
Iit is because science is getting more complex. Every published paper widens the gap with the high-school educated public just that little bit more ... "Scaffolding", building the bare-bones of a story with minimal words is the best tactic. Those gaps can be fleshed out later.
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Jeff Craig
4 years
We are losing the ability to communicate science simply. We need less jargon, fewer acronyms and shorter sentences. In short, use more Plain English. "Science is getting harder to read" | Nature Index
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3 years
For @ASDGovAu and @ASIOGovAu ... anyone have any other suggestion on how to discipline this little boi?
@JamieSeidel
Jamie Seidel
3 years
Awww... some poor little wannabe is having a meltdown.... use your words mate, use your words ... let us know what caused your tanty and don’t resort to breaking things and death threats because you can’t get your own way.
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9 years
New 3D ESO study of Pillars of Creation nebula shows how they are 'dying' in starbirth. http://t.co/ifIX9ntHmE http://t.co/fZz9yLSWa0
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1 year
Not seen your bats lately? What about Bogong moths? @conservbytes modelling shows how the loss of just one more piece in struggling regional ecosystems could mean it's already dead: it just hasn't realised it yet. @greeningaust @AusLandcare
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4 years
Forget a space force. We need a Resliance Corps to deal with the weather, tidal and fire shocks to come. And while COVID19 is supposed to be 1-100 year event, it's now something like 1-25 years due to population pressure and transport networks.
@graham_euan
Euan Graham
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A question that won’t go away, and can only be properly answered by an in-depth post-Covid debate about a national standing/reserve emergency response force, what part the military should play, and how to resource it.
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@Dr_M_Davis @drspacejunk Dayna Mellenby: "Don't you ever get bored with being right?" Kerr Avon: "Just with the rest of you being wrong."
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5 years
@Dr_M_Davis @sciam It's the short-term that is the problem...
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4 years
@sciencesarah @holkershaw And remember: lockdown means you will still have access to supermarkets and chemists. But not bottleshops ...
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1 year
@saline @ABCaustralia The US has a bunch of "clunker" submarines because they were built with cheap, low-quality steel instead of the expensive stuff. Naturally, the steel supplier pocketed the difference.
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4 years
Gentlepeople, I present to you ... the face of America!
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5 years
#ehrlichflinders it’s time for polite, timid scientists to make waves. Australia: ‘Stop censoring your ecologists ... you citizens are paying for science but are being denied access to it by a bunch of idiots’
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5 years
@drrocks1982 @geophysichick @DrWendyRocks @kaseyaderhold @IRIS_EPO Thankyou. I will build a "geology" twitter list and add you all to it. That way I'll get at-a-glance assessment on what you are all talking about, and a pool of willing & eager respondents all in one place!
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3 years
@JohnBlaxland1 @graham_euan Operation Meridian: the raids on Palembang’s refineries.
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9 years
@MJIBrown @astroduff @drspacejunk Always fun to talk to people who both know what they're talking about, and patient enough to explain. Ta
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2 years
@CatVanHelsin @FlintDibble @DSAArchaeology Oh, I agree. Any (insert prefix here) Civilisation has nationalist overtones. But the raw definition of civilisation is what is being questioned here.
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5 years
@dang79525789 @chodpollard @ArmouredCarrier @FlyNavyHeritage @faaoa @FleetAirArmMus @NatMuseumRN Thanks for sharing your opinion. Unfortunately, I cannot hide behind anonymity as you do. So I'll simply ask if you can offer some substance beyond dogma to support your assertions?
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4 years
@alex_brandsen @DSAArchaeology Post Covid-19 society?
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6 months
@CroakeyNews We can learn how quickly such a national organisation can be rendered useless by dogma-obsessed politicians. The US CDC's utter failure at the start of COVID is a case in point. Australia's State-based system could not be controlled and embarrassed politicians into action. I
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3 years
@graham_euan I hear the French have a design looking for a customer ...
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3 years
@maz_jovanovich @BuchananLiz So why not a 3D printed, self propelled JDAM? A loitering sonar-dipping rotor? A tethered, recoverable Nulka? A collection of “crows nests” on the horizon? How many of these can fit in an Anzac hangar … and how much extra capability does that add? Needs serious war gaming.
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@geoff_p_wade There's a lot of weirdness going on out there in the China media arena. Just check out this odd (bribe?) to promote this oddly anonymous group's message ...
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