We were just talking about this @liamodea
New data from @podtrac shows further decline in US podcast downloads and audience last week, as people work from home, avoid the gym, etc.
Last week I reported that Overcast was seeing ~20% decline in weekday user sessions and 60% drop in CarPlay usage. newconsumer.com/2020/03/podc…
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Trump just said Seoul has "38 million people" in it. That's such an oddly wrong and yet specific number, I did a google search for Seoul.
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Imagine making stopping boats the centrepiece of your entire political platform for 10 years, and then failing to stop the one boat that actually fucking mattered.
Even the direct effects are not (or anything like) the same @liamodea @JasonParkes
Cannot wait for this...
I've been reading a lot of articles about #homeschooling while #SelfIsolation is in place. And they are not helpful. Buckle up folks - we're going to get real on this thread
Data @liamodea
The #COVID19 numbers below are not guesses they are clear projections from the data we have today. It will likely shock you. It should not.
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More exciting than some classes @WayneSpratford
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I've hardly seen any reports on what happens to people when they contract Coronovirus... unfortunately I have first hand experience of it as my wife is currently hit hard by it and I mean absolutely floored by it...
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I for one welcome the fact that the desire for Scott Morrison to go and get fucked stretches right across the political spectrum
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so rage against the machine just announced their european tour dates and we were shocked to discover that apparently they are playing at the bookshop on august 14th. first we've heard of it. having an emergency staff meeting now about how we can make this work
For you @vanaalst
Always good to see a debate over the definition of a recession:
My take from 4 years ago
What is a recession thekouk.com/blog/what-is-a-r…
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Stromlo Forest Park will be CLOSED on Saturday 1 February '20 due to EXTREME weather conditions.
Please check tomorrow for our status regarding the days ahead...
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Spectacular submission on the Religious Discrimination Bill from the Noosa Temple of Satan
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Extraordinary research. And yet in Australia the govt refuses to raise Newstart. Argues for low wages growth, cuts to penalty payments usually concentrated towards low income earners.
A new study suggests that raising the minimum wage may lower the suicide rate — and that doing so might have saved tens of thousands of people from dying by suicide in the last quarter century.
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Stumped at how much to donate I came up with the idea of asking people to #giveitupforthefires - pick a luxury you can do without for a week/month/year and give that amount. #AustralianBushfire #AustralianFires #AustraliaBurns
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David Allen, the pub owner spruiking for the PM here, is the son of the local councillor who manhandled & shushed the pregnant woman after she refused to shake the PM's hand.
Erin Molan, who interviewed Allen here, is the daughter of Jim Molan.
You can't make this shit up.
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It's clear that government funding cuts in the first instance, & rejections of extra funding in the second, have contributed to the severity of the fire catastrophe.
Think of that the next time you hear someone extol the virtues of a budget surplus & low government spending