Simon on stuff
@simonthomsen
Journalist covering tech and startups who likes a bunch of things, including a kinder world. As Guru Adrian said: "Having fun is half the fun".
I have this feeling that if Donald and Gianna had a love child, he’d look just like this:
💯 Sepp. It should done the proper way - via a sports bag stuffed full of Riyal or Rubles converted into US$100 notes
My dog is looking at me & nodding off right now, grateful for walks, bones, pats, dinner, grooming & a bed
I told them not to get the guy who did this restoration, but they didn't listen...
I'm often struck by how regularly wealth is inversely proportional to intellect. I wonder which way this ethnically Dutch/English guy swings. Or does he update his hardware every couple of years too?
Is he dealing with Trump's "hot potatoes hot potatoes" or the "mashed bananas, mashed bananas"?
If I understand the conclusion to this AFR editorial, it’s that arts organisations should hold neutral views, and STFU, except to say thanks for taxpayer $, with the RC schooling them hard. Its author probably thinks Picasso’s Guernica was a little OTT and unnecessary in the circumstances too.
Post a pic of the venue where you saw your first concert and the band or artist. And yes I was an atypical teen in the early '80s.
A decade ago I wrote an essay for Business Insider Australia about the Adam Goodes booing. It's something I'm most proud of writing, but alas it's gone (Nine deleted the entire site). Anyway, tried to Google, and, well, don't ever change AI. I hope Goodesy feels the same about my AFL career 🙄
This is the one that does it for me - David Moore, from 16,000ft, 1966 (he also did a follow up in 1992 from 20k ft)
That moment you see dad down on the front lawn and realise he now knows you're growing personal use plants in pots on the roof.
Imagine being the leader of the free world and making where 10 teaspoons of sugar in a can of Coke comes from a priority. btw. More than half of US sugar production comes from sugar beets.
He's just setting the scene for you to be the 21st century Max Dupain
Tuning out for 70 minutes, thanks to the ACO. Don’t let anyone dismantle the country in the meantime
My favourite part was putting the Bumfart of Pissants last on both ballot papers #auspol