Tegan Jones

📱Award-Winning Journo 💻Deputy Editor of SmartCompany 💼 Prev: Gizmodo(Ed), Business Insider, Kotaku, Queens of the Drone Age

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@jemelehill They also completely miss the fact that ASL, Auslan and other sign languages aren’t a direct translation of English. They’re completely different languages

English may not be the first language of the deaf and hard of hearing people watching, hence having both

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I’m attempting to make ✨black garlic✨ from regular sized bulbs @dippizuka and I recently harvested.

We’ll see how it went in about 3 weeks

For scale, the “small” bulb in picture 1 is a normal sized garlic. The monster to its left is about the size of my fist 🧄

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Every tough workout this week is simply Christmas Eve Costco Run prep

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@trash_addict Payouts!

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I sure didn’t have Cambridge Analytica Redux on my December 2024 bingo card

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🔥Some news🔥

I’ve been promoted to ✨Deputy Editor✨ at SmartCompany!

Excited to help lead this amazing team while still covering tech + startups.

First stop, Re:Invent in Vegas this week!

Fun facts:

💰We have freelance budget for good pitches

💅 Ed team is now 75% women!

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Update on this one:

MK has admitted that it is down to two board members.

As per the Corporations Act 2001, publicly listed companies must maintain a minimum of three directors.

More in the updated story above.

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🚨 Exclusive 🚨

🎮 Mighty Kingdom's AGM = two non-exec directors leave the board

👋 This follows CEOs resignation this week

💰 It's my understanding that questions around cash flow went unanswered during AGM. Latest quarterly report showed $891k.

👀⬇️

https://t.co/YeBqFDGL7N

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@Alicedkc Also getting a source’s name wrong

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Read the full story here:

https://t.co/xA4g4bjBjP

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🚨New🚨

Mighty Kingdom CEO leaves after 8 months: 3rd CEO exit in 2 years.

I interviewed him in June.

Some highlights

🤖 AI Lab plans, led by their CTO, who also recently left
💰 ASX suspension
🤯 Persistent instability w/share price plummet, boardroom power struggles

👀⬇️

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@trash_addict @WeirdTechMedia Hahaha 100%

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It’s our final spooktober episode (Happy Halloween!!) so @raejohnston thought she’d explain the science and tech used to produce ectoplasm!

@tegan_writes had her own ideas though….

Listen here: https://t.co/T3GjRwU5fb

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@KylieParkerCA @sxsw Thank you! Ash C, hmmm trying to think. Surname?

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@paulbentleymelb @sololakir Wild right.

I wrote about a US company fighting this recently - they're trying to get free period products in workplaces, conventions and schools

The idea is for them to be treated as essential as toilet paper

https://t.co/92fRDAxrbw

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First #SXSWSydney blog update:

A vending machine at the ICC doesn't have prices displayed...

The kicker?

Gum and tampons are $12!?

Thats a 370% markup on the latter, which you don't know until you make a selection

Big thanks to @sololakir for spotting this

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Hey Harboursiders, knock-off Gossip Girl here.

And I'm after all you juicy #SXSWSydney whispers for @SmartCompany's rolling blog

👀 Have you heard anything juicy?

DM me! Anonymity guaranteed 🫡

❤️ xoxo

https://t.co/qeQHLXgmjx

#SXSW

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@KylieParkerCA @sxsw Thanks for the update and oh deeeear. Mind if I use this pic?

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Correction: 240% on the RRP. 370% was based on a sales price

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@gusseting @megcevans @sxswsydney @FestOfDanger Hey there! I'm writing a rolling blog about what's happening at SXSW Syd this week.

Would you mind elaborating a bit more on the panel you're talking about?