Australia-based finance journalist for Bloomberg @business. Economics and central bank buff. Trivia queen. Opinions my own, RTs not endorsements
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I train these clever creatures to save victims trapped in collapsed buildings after earthquakes. We kit them out with a rat backpack, and train them to trigger a switch when they find a victim & come back for a tasty treat 🐀
#herosnotpests #science #weirdjobs #WomenInSTEM
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The #rocketship is done!
Some thread notes:
I KNOW it’s extra. This took a REALLY long time, 1-2 hrs a night for WEEKS. Am going through a LOT & poured all my grief & bookstress into this for my baby. The last thing I said to my aunt was I’d send her pics. Here you go, Cyd.
This fascinating thread by @davidfickling ....
Do you want a thread exploring the links between:
*that ship stuck in Suez
*the Trojan War
*the founding of Singapore
*and Chinese foreign policy, from the Belt and Road and South China Sea to Taiwan?
Of course you do!
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Remembering Elizabeth Cotten who was born 125 years ago this week. Here she is performing “Washington Blues,” a song she wrote in January 1965 at the age of 70.
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In the past, you could be reckful (considerate) as well as reckless. People were also gormful (careful); feckful (responsible), ruthful (compassionate), wieldy (agile), ept (adroit), and definitely gruntled.
Bring back the lost positives.
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That debate was the worst thing I've ever seen & I was in The Star Wars Holiday Special.
Wow
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Australia-China relations haven't been great the last few years. Some of the immediate issues are the same as other nations are facing - Huawei, trade, the territorial disputes in the South China and East China Seas, and some are specific to Australia.
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I keep thinking of this quote from Frank Snowden, about the way epidemics exploit the underlying pathologies of the societies they infect:
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Ikea seeks to assemble its own solar power-generation project bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via @business
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Today I learned...
The white man in this photo was Peter Norman from Australia who finished 2nd the 1968 200m final. Norman stood in solidarity with the American Black athletes. It was Norman who suggested, when discovered they only had 1 pair of gloves, to each wear one. (cont)
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Between 1978 and 2018, this is how much inflation-adjusted pay rose:
👷🏽♀️Workers: 12%
👨🏻💼CEOs: 940%
Corporate leaders' pay is about to get its coronavirus reckoning
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Greece won praise for its handling of coronavirus. Now it wants foreign tourists to save its summer trib.al/o2qych4
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At Bloomberg News, we're serious about investing in the next generation of talent, and applications open in August for our 10-week, paid annual internship program in Australia.
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Over the past two years, Bloomberg has funded media training for more than 150 female executives, economists and finance professionals around the world and we're delighted to bring New Voices back to Australia again in 2020. Join us June 9 for our virtual launch and hear from...
