I followed the herd to Bluesky where I’m opdiner.bsky.social
Joined May 2008
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I feel very old. When I was living in Bali 20 years ago we were thrilled when a decent deli opened or they sealed a road. Now they have IKEA maps.app.goo.gl/nHAp7YQ69xjt…
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"New Orleans named an airport after Louis Armstrong, and in Warsaw the airport is named for Frédéric Chopin. There’s a bridge in Pittsburgh named for Andy Warhol and one in Georgia for Otis Redding. Sonny Rollins would stand easily among them."
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Today Donald Trump turns 80 and I am so, so sorry.
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Now it's delayed because of "late arrival of aircraft", the universal TG delay. So gone from final call at wrong gate to not yet boarding at another gate.
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The bus arrived and took us back to the main terminal - to domestic for an international flight. I just know my bag has gone to Shenzhen.
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20 plus when you’re with me Simon because I always get us lost 😜
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Swampy complete boarding chaos. Go to gate. Changed. Sign still has old gate. Bemused passengers. Staff yell out new gate. Go. It's changed again. Original still on board. Changes go on board with Final call. Finally get to gate and they are all waiting on a bus as people arrive.
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Air France's aggressive carry on policies and rude ground staff out of its homebase at CDG make Easyjet look welcoming, luxurious and generous. connexionfrance.com/news/air…
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Jun 13
This is incredible. Wonderfruit's Sonic Minds Lab in Silom tonight (and tomorrow) but most especially the @NickDwyer doco The Insect Musicians, just stunning. instagram.com/p/DZCUlR8mjGy/…
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Jun 12
From 2019 twitter, when you could refer your NZ music questions to the Minister of Finance.
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This gets worse.
So not only did the US Navy fire two missiles and kill three Indian sailors they refused to rescue the 24 Indian crew despite saying they are on fire, the vessel is sinking and that they are an all Indian crew.
The Omanis rescued them.
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Jun 11
a brilliant playlist of 80's hip hop house and edm, the very best.
Jun 10
For the Auckland whanau. A few musical memories of my friend, Roger Perry.
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Jun 10
For the Auckland whanau. A few musical memories of my friend, Roger Perry.
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The tragic death of one of the greatest DJs New Zealand has ever produced happened over the weekend, leaving the dance music and club community in the country bereft. RIP Roger Perry - you were supreme. I wish you could have played longer.
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Jun 7
Indeed. There's much sadness in the Auckland music community. He told me you taught him how to cue up a record and gave him the freedom to play what he wanted. It worked.
Jun 7
Ah Simon. Thank you for getting in touch. Terrible news. He was far too young for this kind of conversation.
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Jun 3
The most darkly funny aspect of this video is that Ivanka Trump speaks as if she went on some profound, prolonged spiritual and philosophical journey to ascertain the meaning of life, and concluded that the most elevated human state is to live on a gigantic private island in the Mediterranean, in a sprawling mansion paid for with the billions of dollars given to her husband by the Saudis and Emiratis to ensure favorable treatment by him and by her dad in their exercise of the powers of the American Presidency. Real uplifting stuff. 🙏
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Ivanka Trump announces that she and her husband, Jared Kushner, are building a massive off-the-grid private island in the middle of the Mediterranean.
The island spans 1,400 hectares and currently has no power.
They will be working with some of the world's greatest living architects to bring this vision to life.
"It's massive in scale."
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The purity of it all. Plus, fuck me, what a voice John Lennon had …
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Seeing the Beatles playing live in front of audiences in this period with very minimum of hysterical girl's shouting, was truly refreshing.
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Jun 2
Hi everyone, I'm sad to say that @DarrylDaugherty passed away yesterday evening BKK time.
Thank you to everyone who sent messages last week.
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