Maria Spackman

Australian Hongkonger filing on the past, present and future of journalism and anything else that takes my fancy.

[Sean Keeley @seanrkeeley]

AI news story writing technology has the working title 'Genesis', apparently. Seems appropriate, seeing as Genesis is immediately followed by Exodus. #journalism #JobTerminator # I'llBeHack

[Sean Keeley @seanrkeeley]

So, somewhere on a sliding scale between Gandhi and Stalin then.

[Pulp Librarian @PulpLibrarian]

We didn't want Blue
We didn't want Tip Jar
We didn't want Fleets
We didn't want Spaces
We didn't want multiple competing platforms in walled gardens

All we wanted was an edit button.

[Paul Syvret @PSyvret]

"I don’t understand why the famously mild-mannered Usman Khawaja didn’t act more grateful for this lecture in dignity and personal responsibility from a bunch of baying gin-hounds whose wives buy their pants." https://t.co/WNaW7Fm48H

[Maria Spackman @AGirlReporter]

@seanrkeeley True. But for real immorality it's hard to walk past the sandpaper incident, particularly since the only one who really paid the price was the kid who was just following orders

[Maria Spackman @AGirlReporter]

Personally I'd be prouder if we didn't have a couple of cheaters representing us, even if no actual cheating occurred on this occasion #Ashes23

[Paul Karp @Paul_Karp]

Anthony Albanese backs ‘always winning’ Australian cricket team after Ashes controversy #auspol #Ashes23 #Bairstow https://t.co/l005xVXi9D

[Maria Spackman @AGirlReporter]

Girl Reporter down. Safe journey, Ann Leslie as you join the ranks of our #AbsentFriends 🥃 https://t.co/6d7elaN7q2

[Irvine Welsh @IrvineWelsh]

All that Thatcherite pish we’ve had spewed from the media for 40 years about how privatization was going to cut costs for the consumer and save the taxpayer millions.

It is what it’s always been: a scam for the super rich shareholders of these companies to shaft the citizen.

[Maria Spackman @AGirlReporter]

@paul_steele great news from Queensland Paul - the island is now officially known as K'gari 😍https://t.co/MCc41ayLYG

[Sean Keeley @seanrkeeley]

The Daily Star just about sums it up. #Ashes23

[Dogs doing things @dogsdoingthings]

Dogs holding out a red pill and a blue pill, explaining, "People are capable of believing the most absurd shit."

[Maria Spackman @AGirlReporter]

@TheKateWall sad news Kate. To Maxxie and many happy memories 🥃

[Lindy Asimus @lindyasimus]

Hmm. Could we swap him for Assange?

[Possum Comitatus @Pollytics]

@ALeighMP @QandA Too often what gets overlooked is that it isn't 'social media' as some abstract thing with an abstract label, but our actual society and participants within it. It's not social media, it's "particular people"

[The Chaser @chaser]

Robot outsources menial job to low-paid human so it can focus on painting and writing
https://t.co/qZfttiq9L5

[Catherine Curzon @MadameGilflurt]

Medieval Star Wars with added penis.

[Ed Cumming @edcumming]

I don’t believe in an interventionist God
But I know, darling, that you do

[Tony Windsor @TonyHWindsor]

The real damage to Royal etiquette occurred when she attacked his consonants.

[PEN International @pen_int]

Today on #WorldPressFreedomDay, we feature the case of imprisoned journalist, media publisher, activist, writer #JimmyLai, who faces life in prison for his work in Hong Kong. Send Lai a solidarity message via @englishpen PENWrites campaign: https://t.co/paYYGM8DUg #FreeJimmyLai

[Maria Spackman @AGirlReporter]

When you've made it out of the jungle alive but there's no sign of your cheese dealer #PakKokked #LammaLyfe #SendHelp