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Simon Vandore

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Homepage Editor and stuff at SBS http://www.sbs.com.au Previously long reads/features and tech/internet. Began on Gen X student newspapers. Mzungu. Born a Scot. Probably on a bicycle.

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I did try them. Too lazy to activate them now.

11.03.2026 22:19 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

she forgot aCtiVaTeD aLmOnDs #activatedalmonds

09.03.2026 22:30 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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This is some proper politicianing.

06.03.2026 06:11 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
β€œRutherford Statement on Operation Epic Furry” 

β€œFurry” highlighted by me

http://rutherford.house.gov/media/press-releases/rutherford-statement-operation-epic-furry

β€œRutherford Statement on Operation Epic Furry” β€œFurry” highlighted by me http://rutherford.house.gov/media/press-releases/rutherford-statement-operation-epic-furry

Google result showing the presser for Rutherford’s statement on β€œOperation Epic Furry” was posted 11 hours ago

Google result showing the presser for Rutherford’s statement on β€œOperation Epic Furry” was posted 11 hours ago

What a time to be alive

01.03.2026 01:58 πŸ‘ 2487 πŸ” 558 πŸ’¬ 68 πŸ“Œ 154

That's how we felt as journalists when the internet came along and publishing died. That our industry had merely changed. Fast forward, and very few of us still have journalism jobs. I'm sceptical of all this, but... just saying 🀷

18.02.2026 03:13 πŸ‘ 16 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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RFK Jr: I'm not scared of a germ. I used to snort cocaine off of toilet seats.

12.02.2026 19:29 πŸ‘ 3463 πŸ” 1300 πŸ’¬ 1185 πŸ“Œ 2685

*Pooh

03.02.2026 07:41 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

You can test new tech ideas using the Seinfeld Test

Would the product eliminate the plot of an episode? (Google maps, cell phones, paypal, battery packs)

Good tech.

Would the product inspire new Seinfeld plots? (NFTs, AI chatbots, crypto currency, blindboxes, metaverse land sales)

Bad tech.

31.01.2026 06:57 πŸ‘ 8859 πŸ” 2866 πŸ’¬ 76 πŸ“Œ 149

DOJ has since killed this link. This is what was there:

30.01.2026 18:28 πŸ‘ 5585 πŸ” 2957 πŸ’¬ 281 πŸ“Œ 491

with another chess-playing robot, and so on

08.01.2026 02:09 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Italian PM greets Mozambican President :)

16.12.2025 02:44 πŸ‘ 1055 πŸ” 121 πŸ’¬ 47 πŸ“Œ 55

I live near the Welcome To Sydney sign in the bush to the north. I have the same feeling whenever I go south, even though I'm technically in the metropolitan area. There's so much that people there are used to, from which I am now totally removed!

10.12.2025 01:22 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Uh, before even The Hobbit? Meanwhile my six year old can identify every country, flag, and capital city but does not care for Bilbo. I've never been so reality-based.

24.11.2025 13:53 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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25 and 25 in the rubble of 2025 😒

20.11.2025 00:46 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

next: AI protein in everything!

18.11.2025 10:38 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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18.11.2025 04:35 πŸ‘ 651 πŸ” 152 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 5
A LinkedIn ad showing Jensen Huang shaking hands with some vague fashion executive:

L'OREAL
6,204,444 followers
Promoted
We're thrilled to announce a collaboration with NVIDIA to supercharge beauty with next-gen Al.

WELCOME TO
NVIDIA

L'ORÉAL
GROUPE

A LinkedIn ad showing Jensen Huang shaking hands with some vague fashion executive: L'OREAL 6,204,444 followers Promoted We're thrilled to announce a collaboration with NVIDIA to supercharge beauty with next-gen Al. WELCOME TO NVIDIA L'ORÉAL GROUPE

I don’t want to seem out of touch but I don’t actually understand the economy anymore.

18.11.2025 03:23 πŸ‘ 12739 πŸ” 2245 πŸ’¬ 484 πŸ“Œ 553
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If you need me, tap me on the shoulder. I’ll be happily working all day listening to this on a loop.

13.11.2025 13:49 πŸ‘ 7430 πŸ” 2564 πŸ’¬ 108 πŸ“Œ 187
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Australia's dispute with TΓΌrkiye over COP31 hosting rights could see both miss out Ethiopia will host the UN's COP32 climate summit in 2027, but next year's COP31 remains a contest between TΓΌrkiye and Australia.

How do nations respond when scientists predict the end of the world as we know it? Compete to host the conference, of course! www.sbs.com.au/news/article...

12.11.2025 02:35 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Trump: "Nobody knows what magnets are."

10.11.2025 21:07 πŸ‘ 4639 πŸ” 1137 πŸ’¬ 1117 πŸ“Œ 1296

He could even smell The Onion.

05.11.2025 00:00 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
X Post by Michael Adams, Kentucky Secretary of State: 

"We’re getting calls about polls being closed. They are closed because we do not have elections today. Kentucky votes next year. You cannot vote today in Kentucky for the mayor of New York City or the Governor of Virginia. Sorry."

X Post by Michael Adams, Kentucky Secretary of State: "We’re getting calls about polls being closed. They are closed because we do not have elections today. Kentucky votes next year. You cannot vote today in Kentucky for the mayor of New York City or the Governor of Virginia. Sorry."

What happens when you distill 2025 into a single social media post?

This.

This is what you get.

04.11.2025 20:05 πŸ‘ 7958 πŸ” 1563 πŸ’¬ 195 πŸ“Œ 213

The new Lily Allen album is quite a thing, if you're not already on board. I keep needing another listen.

02.11.2025 13:43 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I think it's a deliberate syncopation. There's a hi-hat beat in the space between.

02.11.2025 13:12 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Trump: "We have Darth Vader. You know Darth Vader, right? Darth Vader is a man who is sitting -- is that Darth? Stand up please. Does everybody know -- they call him Darth Vader, I call him a fine man. But he's cutting Democrat priorities and they're never gonna get them back."

21.10.2025 17:13 πŸ‘ 2513 πŸ” 665 πŸ’¬ 747 πŸ“Œ 895

Trumpymetal

21.10.2025 05:02 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Drop kid at school gate. Kids at school gate are going "1 2 3 4 5 SIX SEVEN!" and falling down laughing. I mean, I'm Gen X and I know about it. When will it get old?!

20.10.2025 21:43 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I've noticed that in Australia, where I drive a BYD. I now have to check whether I'm really looking at a Tesla.

20.10.2025 04:22 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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US revokes visas of six foreigners over Charlie Kirk comments According to the US state department, one foreigner whose visa was revoked accused Kirk of spreading "racist" rhetoric.

Look, I'm just posting it on social media. www.sbs.com.au/news/article...

15.10.2025 03:49 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Young Asian person holding a protest sign that reads "First they came for the journalists, we don't know what happened after that."

Young Asian person holding a protest sign that reads "First they came for the journalists, we don't know what happened after that."

First they came for the journalists, we don't know what happened after that.

10.10.2025 19:51 πŸ‘ 78 πŸ” 18 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0