Bad debate. Albanese ok. Dutton unconvincing. No alternative to AUKUS? 'No'. Trust Trump? 'yes'. ROFL

Ernie suggesting Bert is a scary prospect to young people is very funny

I believe Ernie is getting confused with his lack of depth

I believe Ernie has a banana in his ear

When presidents ignore high courts and billionaires ignore earthly poverty and climate change with 11 minutes of PR, it may be time for a modern day Robespierre. #TheTerror

Quantitative easing leads to qualitative hardship

Like cows, AI regurgitate the consensus and the average of their database - if not the lowest common denominator - rather than learn a system to evaluate, learn or innovate. Do parrots think? I am impressed by the technology but will wait for the next versions before I get excited.

Election time feels a bit like watching Ernie and Bert.

Everything and everyone is turning into clickbait. #businessmodel

What is incredibly sad is that democracies, civic discourse and international cooperation are declining as we have not managed - as societies - to control rapacious capitalism, inequitable distribution of risks and benefits, short term soundbites in news cycles and our individualised self-centredness.

I admire tolerance and I have plenty of it. But when your idiot, racist uncle ruins every party with witless, useless rants about nukes and flags, is there not a time when he is asked to shut up? #Dutton

@Luke @pixelambacht that's it. Latin for make-little ;)

@Luke @pixelambacht verkleinwoord (literally make-smaller-word). The rule is to add -je and change the ending consonant so it sounds Dutch :)

@pixelambacht @Luke meisje is derived from meid (maid, meged, magat). In Dutch, the d in meisje gets softened to s (or t), but in some dialects meidje was used.

Traitorus

Time for a UN peacekeeping mission to quell unrest in the rebellious province of South Canada.

Leading by distortion, extortion and threats doesn't sound like a recipe for longevity / vainhopes?

Kia now advertises that you can call your car when zombies attack in order to escape #desperation

Regardless of how someone moves their hand, we are in a time where opinions find resonance through organised campaigns to use the instruments of law and state to control the other(s)

@martinemussies @fonolog @GastonDorren @languagelovers dop is fixed, deksel is loose. If you lift a dop the bottle goes up too, if you lift a deksel, the pot will stay down. Also, dop is generally smaller and usually for bottles or tubes.