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Gary Jun 17, 2023

@pluralistic
Your piece caught my eye because of Benn wondering whether Google has manipulated some of the content of it's search results for the anti-abortion lobby. Attached is the card for the film "Love for a Proper Stranger". The basic plot description is ok but the tone of the description is weird and doesn't gel at all with my memory of the film.

Gary May 7, 2023

"September 16, 1784

The voluntary declaration and deposition on oath of ELIZABETH BRETT, Spinster... she perceived a man in it; that the person in the Machine, which she knew not what to make of, but which the person in it called an Air Balloon, called to her to take hold of the rope, which she did accordingly; that John Mills and George Philips, labourers with said Mr. Thomas Read, came up soon after, and being likewise requested to assist in holding the rope, both made their excuses, one of them, George Philips, saying he was too short, and John Mills saying that he did not like it..."

#balloon #EighteenthCentury

Gary Mar 24, 2023

@nf3xn
I saw them around the "Talk Talk Talk" phase. To be fair the venue's acoustics defeated most bands (it was an old boxing hall in Brisbane). The only band to nail it was Peter Tosh and Burning Spear - but their mixing desk looked like it had been ripped out of a studio.

Gary Mar 24, 2023

@nf3xn
How were they. When I saw them they were a bit wobbly. Took them a little while to find their stride. Still a fan though🙂

Gary Mar 21, 2023

How did millions of fish die gasping in the Darling – after three years of rain?

https://theconversation.com/how-did-millions-of-fish-die-gasping-in-the-darling-after-three-years-of-rain-202125

#waterExtraction #ecology #darlingRiver