@swewing

A tech geek, cat dad, and a collector of PBXs and telephone systems going back decades. Also runs a global hobbyist telephone network called PhoneNet. 🏳️‍🌈

 Sydney, Australia
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Joined April 2008
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Gary Oldman giggling at farts dubbed into his movies, then laughing 'til the tears roll down his cheeks, may well be the happiest minute of your day.
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The Vanishing Culture report arrives today at a critical moment: While @internetarchive recovers from a cyberattack, it’s a reminder of how fragile our access to knowledge can be. Preserving culture & history requires resilience—and collective action. 🔗 blog.archive.org/2024/10/30/…
The image shows the cover of the Internet Archive's Vanishing Culture report. On the left, the words "Vanishing Culture" are prominently displayed in bold, dark font against a neutral background. To the right, a set of cultural artifacts including a VHS tape, an open book, a film reel, a vinyl record, and a web link icon appear to disintegrate into pixels, symbolizing the disappearance of analog and digital media. Below these icons is a pixelated computer hand cursor pointing to the word "SAVE," emphasizing the need for preservation. The Internet Archive's logo is placed in the bottom-right corner.

ALT The image shows the cover of the Internet Archive's Vanishing Culture report. On the left, the words "Vanishing Culture" are prominently displayed in bold, dark font against a neutral background. To the right, a set of cultural artifacts including a VHS tape, an open book, a film reel, a vinyl record, and a web link icon appear to disintegrate into pixels, symbolizing the disappearance of analog and digital media. Below these icons is a pixelated computer hand cursor pointing to the word "SAVE," emphasizing the need for preservation. The Internet Archive's logo is placed in the bottom-right corner.

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Nat Martin@NatMartin3031 Jul 2024
Ariha Fatimah Arain@arihafatimah28 Jul 2024
what are aussies feeding their kids? a nation of 26 million sent 460 athletes ffs.
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Denise C.@SpudBenBean7 Nov 2023
A woman who rang ABC Sydney radio said she found out about the Optus outage from her cat. The cat has an automatic wi-fi feeder (connected to Optus) & when breakfast wasn't delivered at 6:10 am, the cat went to the bedroom to lodge a complaint with management.
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Whatever that guy is smoking I want some.
The Good Liars
@TheGoodLiars2 Nov 2023
Had a conversation about the sun at a Flat Earth Convention and it almost broke us.
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Dr Jos@redruby1726 Oct 2023
The Montague street bridge
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We’ve spent 20 years getting people to stop rendering text as images on the web. And that’s about to see a big reversal with twitter’s new link policy
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This is horribly bleak. Literally nobody in NSW likes V sets, and we all wish they were fed into crushers decades ago. If this is what Granville trains are like, please send in the Chinese ones ASAP.
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Walkmans and pay phones at stations are out - but these NSW made V set trains are still going strong! Built in Granville, this train travels from the Central Coast and Newy to Central via Epping and Strathfield. They're made in NSW and they're made to last.
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Cupid Stunt@crk520 Jul 2023
The birth of id Software theverge.com/23796894/john-r… via @Verge

The birth of id Software

From John Romero’s upcoming autobiography.

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Aussie 🇦🇺 icons above and below. Qantas Boeing 707 flying over Sydney Harbour Bridge in 1960. Love this image? Start exploring the collection and find hidden gems from Australia’s past: bit.ly/3zOLymA NAA: A1200, L36636
Black-and-white photograph of a Qantas Boeing 707 flying over Sydney Harbour Bridge in 1960.

ALT Black-and-white photograph of a Qantas Boeing 707 flying over Sydney Harbour Bridge in 1960.

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Wasn’t me
Empire State Building Observation Deck
@EmpireStateBldg7 Jun 2023
Where are my friends?
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Adolfo Arranz@adolfux15 Mar 2023
Today marks ten years since this infographic back page about the Kowloon Walled City was published by South China Morning Post. I explained in a few lectures the ins and outs of this project, and now I will do it here. Long 🧵
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In honor of the 6th Anniversary of @Robert_E_Kelly’s iconic @BBC appearance we are awarding the whole family a Room Rater Lifetime Achievement Award.
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Here’s a better idea: cars designed to obey the law
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No jerks here 💪
Neil O'Brien
@NeilDotObrien29 Jul 2022
Been alive 43 years but only just learned that East Yorkshire used to have double decker buses specially designed to fit through this medieval arch in Beverley. Intensely pleasing.
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mariana Z
@mariana05729 Jul 2022
I've joined a Carpenter's class today. We haven't made anything yet. We've only just begun.
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Millennials are 40. They're project managers with two kids, a mortgage, hypertension medication, and an expired passport they haven't renewed because it costs $400 and their toll road bill has just come in. They don't remember who Joe Hildebrand is, and don't care to find out.
Nick Schadegg@nickschadegg6 Jul 2022
this guy just rehashes the same four or five articles every week and calls it “work”
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Replying to @NewtonMark @AltMediaWatch @PaulineHansonOz
Our perspective as non-ICT experts on social media is that it appears to be a technology designed to facilitate the theft of pictures of monkeys. Not sure how it would be relevant from an electoral standpoint.
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NEW: In the office of Ukrainian president Zelensky there are some interesting telephone sets, including one that's especially for calls to US president Biden: electrospaces.net/2022/03/th…

The phones of Ukrainian president Zelensky

Interesting telephone equipment in the offices of Ukrainian president Zelensky

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Absolutely horrendous idea which would be a significant accessibility drawback. Don’t do that, ever. Downright terrible—it’s not a CSS tip, it’s a CSS mistake.
Ajay Yadav
@ATechAjay24 Mar 2022
💚CSS Tip💚 🛠 Now you can not select the text of the website. 👀👇
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