Jonathon Kirkby

Interested in PNG, Nauru, the Pacific, physics and astronomy, archaeology, economics, linguistics

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@CDossarps Speaking as a human, I am in favour of resting.

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@GrammarTable That's why we need a switch-reference system in English

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@LaurenBeldi Just imagine rabid koalas

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@latikambourke The 1967 referendum gave the power to the federal govt to make laws in relation to Aboriginal people. There was no detail on what laws would be made. The same principle in 2022 - there'd be a right to a voice enshrined in the constitution. Specifics would be up to parliament.

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@Conigman @luchilton @rooftopsamoan @NoShins81 @MichaelChammas In Tonga it is illegal to play sport on Sundays, or to work, or do pretty much anything except go to church

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@polqat @stephenrhowes @HuiyuanLiu IFC doesn't provide concessional finance. They lent to Digicel on commercial terms.

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@SkyNewsAust One that she is certainly going to fail

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@Peter_Fitz @MikeCarlton01 @smh I say Boaty McBoatface for President

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@asher_elbein @NYTScience I took a taxi in Port Moresby in 2019 where the driver had cassowary eggs incubating in a cloth on the dashboard. He told me had good success hatching cassowary chicks.

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@tfswebb On the other hand, there's a district in Suva called Toorak.

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@Rob_Smithers This was 29 July, Newcastle lockdown started 5 August.

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@john_overholt Not an American here, but "fortnightly" is quite a good word, you guys should give it a try!

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@informaleconomy Friend's mother got locked up by the police last week for selling buai at Garden Hill settlement against COVID rules. They had to find K300 to get her out. But marketing is their only income. Father laid off from work at a hotel.

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@PPantsdown Would certainly be voting for his stimulus package!

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@GrammarTable Australia

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@Ganjiki Unlike the Trump superspreader events, they are at least wearing masks.

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@CosmosMagazine I'd certainly be a hell of a lot more likely to remember where the chocolate is than where the kale is.

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@neilalexanderw1 luge v louche?

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@EliasClure I found this story really well written and thought provoking. I'm grateful to have read it. Thank you for sharing your experience, it gave me insights I hadn't thought about.

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@siwaratrikalpa @tory_sk Ask a Papua New Guinean - I have friends who eat cassowaries and I've seen them raised from chicks in Port Moresby to sell for special occasion feasts. They can be transported easily as chicks.