Ross Duckham
@RossDuckham
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Cities & Places Nerd • Profitable Sustainability Nerd • Politics Nerd • Sport & Travel Nerd • Language & History Nerd • Nerd
Perth, WA when standing still
Joined May 2012
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How did this Swedish room from 1725 achieve modern levels of fire safety without plasterbords, mold free draught free walls without plastic housewrap? By sealing the indoor walls with a mud-straw slurry. Free, carbon negative, recyclable for ever and ever. #TraditionalInteriors
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Why is Megamind bowling the last over for the Scorchers? #BBL15
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#280characters? Sheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee-it!
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This is legitimately one of the greatest accomplishments in the history of Humanity Everyone needs to see this
It took 9 years and 3 billion miles to get this shot. Pluto’s icy Mountains. https://t.co/jpj3kSYQoz
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⚫ Brigitte Bardot, actrice française légendaire, icône féminine des années 1960 et fervente protectrice des animaux, est décédée à l'âge de 91 ans, a annoncé ce dimanche la Fondation Brigitte Bardot.
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The best story you’ll read this Christmas
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An arrangement Rob and Dianne Parsons thought would last a few days ended up changing their lives.
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Santa, this is Rudolph. He is one of the most undervalued reindeer in the North Pole. His only defect is he has a red nose.
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Ahmed al Ahmed, a Muslim father of two, risked his life to disarm a murderer who was shooting down Jews celebrating Hanukkah in Sydney. Religion must not divide our common humanity. We must stand together and end antisemitism, Islamophobia and all hate — no exceptions.
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'Hero' who wrestled gun from Bondi shooter named as Ahmed al Ahmed
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Ahmed al Ahmed has undergone surgery after intervening in the attack which killed 15 people at an event to celebrate Hanukkah.
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How to overcome adversity (According to Marcus Aurelius) 1. Use it to do good for others 2. Be ruthlessly objective 3. View everything as an opportunity 4. Cultivate an inner citadel 5. Take it action by action 6. Prepare for the worst 7. Focus exclusively on what is in your
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6 Stoic don’ts: - Don’t look outside yourself for approval (Epictetus) - Don’t suffer imagined troubles (Seneca) - Don’t care what other people think (Marcus Aurelius) - Don’t seek fame (Marcus Aurelius) - Don’t be a know it all (Epictetus) - Don’t put stuff off (Seneca)
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Something deep in the Anglo soul simply rejects the concept of new houses. It even impacts the Dutch (the most Angloid of the continentals)
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Urban economics research shows that denser, more walkable neighborhoods financially support less dense areas.
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This seems like a really bad press conference by the Federal Libs, narrative is that they are whingeing that they didn’t “win” govt negotiations on the environmental laws, that they “lost” to the greens #auspol
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it’s so beautiful. If we weren’t a stupid country all of Canberra would look like this we have corridors like this everywhere just need to lay track.
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On This Day in 2023,Glenn Maxwell Played The Greatest ODI Knock of All Time.His 201* will never be forgotten.Battling injuries throughout the innings in the extreme heat of Mumbai and Batting on One Leg,he single handedly took Australia to win from nowhere https://t.co/4S7zSWJ7Rz
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