Wendy Harmer

Broadcaster, author, columnist,stand-up.
Memoir "Lies My Mirror Told Me" now out in the wild ... " all good bookshops" etc.
BEWARE ACCTS PRETENDING TO BE ME!

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@JoaoToporovicz @wendyharmer 👍

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Like lots of good folk here, you can now find me @wendyharmer.bsky.com
(Leaving this account up for a bit, if you need to DM or for the occasional post as needed.)
Wxx

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@JLCauvin You on Bluesky yet? Sorry if I missed you there

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@devalara44 Nothing can kill off "The American Dream" - that ingrained notion that you can make it if you try hard enough. Not "making it" ? Dream harder!

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@LanceMi85530671 To "aspire" is a completely normal human trait. It's the way labour is organised and exploited that sets workers against each other to get ahead.

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@MichaelEMann @bencubby @Samoskal @PhillyInquirer @willbunch That earns a "follow" from me.

[Lucy Turnbull AO @LucyTurnbull_AO]

For anyone interested in age verification ID and implications for risk of identity theft and cybersecurity in the US👇 Age Verification Systems Will Be a Personal Identifiable Information Nightmare | Communications of the ACM https://t.co/4jORvGXzl1

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Deny #globalwarming all you like. No need for science. Insurance Cos will tell you if it exists or not.
Capitalism giveth... and taketh away.

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@WAppleyard @MikeCarlton01 This was in the early 2000's... and you think kids aren't savvy enough to get around such rules?

[David Shoebridge @DavidShoebridge]

If they cared about online safety they would make platforms safe for children.

If they cared about safety they would look to ensure algorithms weren't driving extreme content.

If they cared about safety they would require tech companies to properly moderate their sites.

[roweafr @roweafr]

here we go..#USAElections2024

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@cathywilcox1 Whatever you come up with will be brilliant... you can't help yourself, genius.

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@thomas_violence Hah!

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You already know this, but anonymous bots are out and about here in their multitudes ATM. Don't respond. Just block, quick smart :)

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Will never understand how anyone could vote for Trump given his public abuse of women... and those who stand by and excuse it. And yet...

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Overhead the winner of the Cup as "noice choice" and for a moment thought Kath & Kim were calling the race . LOL 😂

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hahhah, what a genius he was x

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Today I'm reminded of great John Clarke quip from "The Gillies Report" 40 years ago.
Clarke, grizzled reporter, walks the 'abandoned' streets on Melbourne Cup day, and opines...
"You could fire a cannon down Collins Street now and not hit anyone... if you were a very good shot!"

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@allenanalysis Must have played this a dozen times... LOVING!