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@antipodean Terrible news, he's been in the best form of his career.

At least, it's not longer.

@No-Quarter said in Musk & Twitter:

Twitter had some teething issues when Musk took over while they tried to remove all the terrible code and activist bullshit. It's now undoubtedly far superior than it was before, and it's nice that arbitrary bans for incorrect opinions appear to have stopped.

For me, he should focus next on removing the porn accounts and addressing a recent issue where people are posting unrelated stuff in the replies as it takes away from the conversation. I.E. people are tracking viral tweets and just trying to promote their own content in the replies instead of responding to the original post.

I'm a fairly avid Twitter user, although read way more than post (who wants to hear my opinions after all...) and the user experience is way worse now than it was before. The bots were bad but the porn messages and destruction of conversations by prioritising blue tick click bait accounts in replies is painful. I think some of the changes are positive but i'd be hard pushed to describe the overall change as positive. I think Twitter has an identity crisis, its user base has been static for a long time and i don't see how it ever justified its valuation.

@antipodean said in Stupid shit you see on the internet:

The fuck has happened to Tucker?

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@Duluth said in Highlanders 2024:

In general I think all the teams should put more up on social media/youtube.

Yep, a good portion of the Warriors hype train is down to social media, for some reason rugby has been useless at it.

@Kiwiwomble from what I understand the franchises were free to do their own but all decided to sign on with Classic.

@Canes4life said in Crusaders 2024:

@Chris said in Crusaders 2024:

@Canes4life said in Crusaders 2024:

Interesting that Aaron Cruden turned down an SOS call from the Crusaders after their 10 woes this year.

When did this happen ? It is the First I have heard about it.

World Cup winner Aaron Cruden reveals he almost joined Crusaders World Cup winner Aaron Cruden reveals he almost joined Crusaders

Rugby World Cup-winning All Black Aaron Cruden has revealed he was “pretty close” to joining the Crusaders this season.

That almost made me throw up in my own mouth, it's bad enough he has the stain of being a Cane and a Poo without adding being a Crusader as well.

@antipodean said in Aussie Community Rugby:

@NTA said in Aussie Community Rugby:

@antipodean said in Aussie Community Rugby:

To save laundry costs we subsidised the players purchasing their own jerseys, with whatever numbers/ letters they wanted on the back.

What is two dickheads think they're Dan Carter and want #10?

Just two? They get what they ask for, it hasn't been a problem yet.

Ah right playing numbers stay the same. Confused by having "whatever numbers ... they wanted"

@Cyclops said in NFL:

So that draft was Lawrence, Wilson, Lance, Fields and Jones. Lawrence is a decent starter, who might be growing into more. The other four have all been traded away with the guy with the least starts getting the highest return. What a rubbish QB crop it turned out to be.

Kind of shows how tough the position is/how big the step up to the NFL is though - every one of those guys (except Lance I guess, thanks to injuries) dominated college, and none of them really showed more than the occasional flash that they could play QB.

Shows how hit and miss drafts are too, and perhaps suggests that the metrics teams use to assess college QBs aren't very good. In contrast guys like Brady and (I know it's early, but the signs are good) Purdy were picked late. Maybe there is no way to measure work ethic, mental toughness and all other qualities that lie above the shoulders

@antipodean said in Aussie Politics:

And just in case anyone missed it, the Albanese Government via its eSafety Commissioner, has decided that X (twitter) must remove the video of the stabbing of bishop Emmanuel. Not just censor it in Australia, but around the world.

This call for censorship is bipartisan, which isn't surprising in the slightest, especially when you consider it's the child of the potato headed leader of the opposition.

I propose that another country demand that all videos of Australian politicians be deleted everywhere too. See if these halfwits get the point.

I am quite torn on this one.

I understand why they want it to get taken down. I don't necessarily support it, but I do understand where they are coming from.

It would also not surprise me if they are not aware that removing it on X means removing it globally, just not from Australia.

@Canes4life "the" bookmakers are trying to make money.

@mariner4life said in NRL 2024:

I would be happy if Jazz never played NRL for the Warriors ever again.

he still gets himself in good positions and does some good work, but now has more jazz hands moments than not unfortunately, Niukore the biggest out right now for sure

Mad displays of class by the Number 1’s in Men and Women’s golf at qthe moment.
Nelly Korda has won 5 of her last 5 to match the LPGA record.
Scottie Scheffler has won 4 of his last 5. The other tournament he was second.
Actually amazing!

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@Cyclops

There is so much wrong with VAR and the control of it from the PGMOL that the whole thing needs binning and created again.

The fact that Forest feel they have to release that statement and not through proper channels shows there is little faith in the organisation.

Otago BHS 22 - 26 St Thomas of Canterbury College
St Patrick's College Town 12 - 43 New Plymouth BHS

I am so looking forward to seeing this.

@mariner4life

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Highlights from Petone's win over OBU on Saturday.

Petone's side featured a raft of current/former Super Rugby and NPC players including Harry Godfrey, Riley Higgins, Ngani Punvai, Losi Filipo, TJ Clarke, Belgium Tuatagaloa and Kaliopasis Uluilakepa. Petone also have Brad Shields, Peter Lakai and Logan Henry in their ranks so pretty stacked if all those players were available at the same time.

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