Culture editor-at-large, critique de télévision for The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age; mithril frequent flyer, minor European royal. | midato@smh.com.au
Joined March 2009
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Apr 20
.@BlueShieldCA ... in case nobody told you, your phone system is terrible. Like, signal quality terrible. (Call drop outs, unstable/distorted line ...) 2 hours on the phone (and still there ...) for a vacation override is absurd. Please let me know who to invoice for my time?
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Mar 19
You know @Starbucks, you should hang your head in shame for your POS hard plastic coffee cup. Within 24 hours: jammed tight. And it broke in the struggle to reopen it. Key takeout: it's junk, and looking online it feels like *everyone* has the same experience.
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If Alexis Carrington turns up tomorrow morning as the surprise witness in Federal Court, somebody has to give this show a full season order ... #Lehrmann #LawAndOrderFCU #FederalCourt
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29 Oct 2023
Reflections on a character named Chandler Bing, and the man who played him. #MatthewPerry #Vale
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12 May 2023
Warning: this story contains spoilers. And crazy outfits. And Australians doing splendidly overseas. And brilliant songs. And a dash of camp. #eurovision smh.com.au/culture/music/aus…
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19 Mar 2023
I’m Star Trek old school. Like TOS-Saavik-TWOK old school. And I was so down for Strange New Worlds. But I have never been more down for a show than a USS Titan/Captain Shaw series. (Please) make it so, @TerryMatalas. @ToddStashwick @Alex_Kurtzman denofgeek.com/tv/picard-acto…
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9 Mar 2023
.@jonathansfrakes is the best director in Star Trek, bar none. (Okay, Frakes *and* Nick Meyer.) S3 of Picard is next level. @StarTrek @StarTrekOnPPlus #StarTrekPicard #StartrekPicardSeason3
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18 Feb 2023
I was today days old when I realised @Orla_Brady (Laris in @StarTrek: #Picard) is the nurse in #AbsolutelyFabulous who recognises Patsy and says: "That's that old slag in the papers last week!" Already loved her. Could not love her more. @TerryMatalas @Ferrifrump @LlewellaGideon
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17 Feb 2023
“Equal parts nostalgia and subcutaneous menace.” Season three of Picard is Star Trek’s Mandalorian moment. @TerryMatalas @SirPatStew @jonathansfrakes @levarburton @gates_mcfadden @akaWorf @JeriLRyan @ToddStashwick @BrentSpiner #StarTrekPicard #StarTrek smh.com.au/culture/tv-and-ra…
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16 Feb 2023
I am madly in love with Philomena Cunk. #CunkonEarth @missdianemorgan @netflix @NetflixANZ smh.com.au/culture/tv-and-ra…
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9 Feb 2023
So, ten users in one house is okay, but two in two is not? Nuts. (Not to mention terribly analog.) What about a parent and child who do not live in the same house using one account? What about partners who do not live in the one house using one account? 🤷♂️
8 Feb 2023
We know there’s confusion about sharing Netflix.
A Netflix account is intended for one household, so we’re rolling out new features in New Zealand (and AUS in the coming months) to give you more control over your account...
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25 Jan 2023
The second half of #AwardsSeason gets underway ... #Oscars #Oscars2023 smh.com.au/culture/movies/ac…
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10 Jan 2023
Kate Winslet is all class. Junkets are quite silly when you’re experienced, but they’re intimidating when you’re the new kid on the block. Such kindness. 🥰
9 Jan 2023
Kate Winslet reassuring this young girl that her interview will be amazing is the most precious thing I’ve ever seen
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28 Dec 2022
This is confusing. According to DFAT, we prohibited the "import, purchase or transport of oil, gas, refined petroleum products and coal" from Russia in April. So how is this a "major blow" to us? 🤷♂️
28 Dec 2022
Vladimir Putin has placed a ban on the sale of oil to countries, including Australia, that implemented price caps on Russia in an attempt to put a dent in its war chest.
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28 Dec 2022
This is extraordinary. Sadly, I think everyone accepts that politicians lie as a matter of course. But to begin a political career on a bedrock of falsehoods is actually shocking.
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In my 500 years in this gig, I have seen a *lot* of dumb decisions. But this is surely top five. Not just CNN's best show, but easily one of the best shows on TV. #stanleytucci #searchingforitaly @cnn independent.co.uk/arts-enter…
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22 Nov 2022
No, no, no. A thousand, million times no. 👀
22 Nov 2022
YOUR SAY: Should co-pilots be removed from commercial flights?
In a bid to lower costs and the pressure of crew shortages, more than 40 countries have asked the UN to help make single-pilot flights a safe reality. #9News
DETAILS: nine.social/2ih
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22 Nov 2022
Not surprising: the #KathandKim two-part anniversary shed audience from night #1 to night #2. (Sunday: 1.29 million viewers, Monday: 809,000 viewers.) Among the problems: lamentably bad green screen. smh.com.au/culture/tv-and-ra…
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