Trying to leave something behind......

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Joined May 2012
I miss when x (twitter) was 140 characters. 😒
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Peter Colbert retweeted
the physics behind the roadster - roadster.pplx.app/
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If all @elonmusk & @Tesla did with this launch is inspire the next generation that "the impossible is possible" then the world is already in a better place. 🙏 youtube.com/watch?v=7p5LxFdc…
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DEAR AUSTRALIANS‼️ I love your beautiful, rugged and unique country and culture. Literally EVERY Aussie I have met ALL over the world has an open mind, is adventurous and trusting in the goodwill of humanity. It is a wonderful trait that I admire and envy greatly. But your ELECTED LEADERS continue to ABUSE your TRUST and YOUR GOODWILL by STEALING AWAY your LIBERTIES; YOUR FREE SPEECH, YOUR GUNS, and THEN allowing the IMMIGRATION of people who HATE WESTERN CIVILIZATION and have NO INTENTION of ASSIMILATING to your culture. This is even a greater BETRAYAL than what your TYRANNICAL Government did to ALL Australians during the cruel and inhuman (and unnecessary) Covid lockdowns. It is my sincere hopes that the people of Australia will WAKE up and reclaim your rights and VOTE OUT these AUTHORITARIAN ASSH@LES! Good on ya, Love Rob
THIS CRAZY CENSORIAL AUSTRALIAN BI-AHTCH @AnikaWells IS A CRAZY LIAR!!!
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Peter Colbert retweeted
Nobody hands you a manual for managing a parent’s administrative affairs. Today we launch Navikin, the checklist for managing your ageing parent’s administrative affairs. Free in Australia and New Zealand. navikin.com #Navikin #caregiving
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Nobody hands you a manual for managing a parent’s administrative affairs. Many of us have looked after a loved one’s affairs and know how time consuming and emotionally draining it can be. If not, you eventually will. I decided to spend more time back in Australia as my stepfather had been diagnosed with Parkinsons and since my mother passed away he was on his own. Overnight you realise you've become a project manager hunting through websites, payment notices, bank statements, council rates, telcos and a growing list of passwords you don’t have. The first brick wall I hit was not understanding the nuance between a Power of Attorney and an Enduring Guardianship. One covers financial and administrative matters, government departments, banks, telcos. Without it, no one will deal with you. Without an Enduring Guardianship, doctors, hospitals, specialists won’t release health records. Caring for a loved one administratively isnt one problem. Its thirty problems that don't connect. Federal and State Government departments don’t talk to their counterparts. Meanwhile, you’ve got to get on with your own life and nobody warns you about the emotional toll that slowly sneaks up on you. What you work out pretty quickly is that this isnt a sprint; its a navigation problem. Having spoken to many people in a similar position, I was surprised by their reaction, Groans, frustration and some were just plain angry. I asked whether anyone had built a website or app and surprisingly, no one had; even globally, which I found strange given the reaction I was getting. So I built Navikin (navikin.com). You get a dashboard with a clear checklist, sorted into categories. Federal and State Government come with official contact numbers and links already built in. I’ve also added categories like Banking, Digital, Financials, Professionals, and more, where you can add your own contacts. In every category, you can clear a task as done, set a reminder with a note to follow up, mark it as ‘Doesn’t Apply,’ and track your progress, all in one place. From my own experience, I decided to build the website first rather than an app as most of the work happens at the laptop, and it also allowed me to move faster early on. Navikin is free and available only in Australia and New Zealand, with other countries being added. I’ll also be adding an app once I get feedback, and sending out weekly tips. Love to hear your feedback and your own experiences. Cheers, Peter Ps: Navikin (Navigate / Kin)
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Peter Colbert retweeted
One of the most underrated startup skills is getting people excited about something that barely exists yet.
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Peter Colbert retweeted
From Lee Hanson - One Nation Sharing this from Facebook I do not normally respond to things like this, but this one genuinely hurt. Richmond Reading Room is my local coffee shop. I have been going there since it opened. I have always been greeted warmly, enjoyed stopping in, and deliberately chosen to spend my money there because I believe strongly in supporting local Tasmanian small businesses. So to see this post today came as a complete shock. Apparently, while I was being welcomed through the door and buying my coffee, I was privately regarded with such contempt that the business has now made this public announcement. If the owners had an issue with me coming into their business, why not simply talk to me? I am a person. I am a local. I am a customer who has supported your business for years. You do not have to agree with my politics. I would never expect you to. But surely we have reached a pretty sad place when someone's political beliefs determine whether their presence or their custom is considered acceptable. What makes this particularly disappointing is that I have always believed in supporting small local businesses regardless of the political views of the people who own them. I do not ask how somebody votes before I buy a coffee from them. I do not expect everyone I meet to agree with me. That is part of living in a free and diverse community. The irony of preaching inclusion while publicly singling out customers because of their political association is difficult to ignore. At least I now know where I stand. I will continue supporting local Tasmanian businesses, just not businesses that publicly make people feel unwelcome because they happen to hold different political views, despite claiming to be for inclusivity. We can disagree politically and still treat each other with basic respect. I genuinely wish that courtesy had been extended to me.
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Peter Colbert retweeted
BREAKING: In a script that couldn’t be written, the lights have GONE OUT at the Pre COP climate summit in Fiji as renewable energy goes bust. You cannot make this up. The Australian government just threw a $150 million “pre COP” climate conference in the Pacific, and the power went completely out, killing the air conditioning and leaving delegates sweating in the heat. The supreme irony? Co hosts PM Anthony Albanese and Energy Minister Chris Bowen are constantly lecturing everyone about transitioning to 100% renewables. Yet, the moment they host a massive global summit to brag about it, the lights go dark, using you guessed it - renewable power. Even independent MP Zali Steggall and the Opposition are calling it a “farce” and a “diplomatic embarrassment” If they can’t even keep the AC running for their own photo op, how is anyone supposed to trust them to run an entire power grid? Absolute clown show.
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Peter Colbert retweeted
Anduril is building America's largest shipyard since WWII. This space needs bold investment and decisive action. In the 1790s, Baltimoore clippers were the fastest and most advanced sailing ships of their time. King George III didn't stand a chance. Time to run the same play.
Anduril is investing $3.7B into Arsenal-2. The next great American Shipyard.
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Peter Colbert retweeted
So excited for the launch of Australia.gov in 6 to 12 business years, after spending $3B of taxpayer money, brought to you by the Bureau of Meteorology.
Chief Design Officer @jgebbia officially unveils America.gov, the new online home for the United States of America
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Just say’n 🥱 😉
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Peter Colbert retweeted
Liftoff of Starship!
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Starship landing
Splashdown confirmed. Congratulations to the entire SpaceX team on the first orbital flight of Starship!
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Peter Colbert retweeted
The word "awesome" is awfully overused by Americans (and me too). So I'll just cut it down to AWE 😲
From concept to reality. @SpaceX has successfully deployed Starlink V3 satellites into Earth’s orbit and made contact with them for the first time. At scale, one Starship carries 60 V3 satellites, the same network capacity as about 20 Falcon 9 launches.
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Just when you thought @4corners was doing a great job then @abcnews & @4corners doing the hit job on @PaulineHansonOz - never learn. They are only fuelling her base and independents.
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Peter Colbert retweeted
Sound bite of the Year!
Can we please have this woman run for anything so that we can elect her and ultimately make her POTUS?
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So, @9NewsAUS @9NewsSyd always has on @lauraschwartz pretending she’s independent when in fact this is her history “Laura Schwartz, a former White House events director who served as an on-air political contributor for Fox News Channel from 2004 to 2007. She appeared on programs including The O’Reilly Factor and Hannity & Colmes before moving to CNN and CBS. “ She has no access to the @WhiteHouse or @PressSec but they (Nine) want to make you feel she does & is credible. 😏 It’s embarrassing. @matt_barrie @DHughesy
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