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Simon Morton

@simonmorton

Curious and easily distracted neophile. Enough https://teapaw.org/t.co/CEOJKvvd3E 0272245403

 Lyttelton, Christchurch City
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Joined March 2008
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Need sourdough delivered.....we got you shellybaybaker.co.nz/
Shelly Bay Baker - Baker of Sourdough Breads, Bagels, Baugettes & Loafs

Shelly Bay Baker - Baker of Sourdough Breads, Bagels, Baugettes & Loafs

Shelly Bay Baker is a small bakery in Wellington, NZ that believes in real bread. We use natural levains for sourdough breads, loafs, bagels, & baguettes.

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Nice to meat you? Pro-meat protesters fined for eating raw squirrels at vegan stall theguardian.com/uk-news/2019…

Pro-meat protesters fined for eating raw squirrels at vegan stall

Pair ate fur-covered dead animals in front of children in London despite pleas to stop

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Pearson shifts to Netflix-style subscription model for textbooks theguardian.com/media/2019/j…

Pearson shifts to Netflix-style subscription model for textbooks

Academic publisher hopes to convince students to subscribe to access online materials

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NHS teams up with Amazon to bring Alexa to patients. Impartial health advice? theguardian.com/society/2019…

NHS teams up with Amazon to bring Alexa to patients

Voice assistant enlisted to aid elderly and blind patients who cannot easily search for advice

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Replying to @kendallflutey
@kendallflutey Hola. Keen to chat Kendall. DM me your contact details please. Cheers
Air boarding. Everyone’s doing it....aren’t they! Great session off Island Bay Island.
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Is streaming killing the radio star? theguardian.com/media/2019/f…
Is streaming killing the radio star?

Is streaming killing the radio star?

As more young listeners switch off, broadcasters are having to ring the changes

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Mussels lose grip when exposed to microplastics – study theguardian.com/environment/…
Mussels lose grip when exposed to microplastics – study

Mussels lose grip when exposed to microplastics – study

Researchers say effects will be felt beyond molluscs as reefs shelter other marine life

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Replying to @xandvt
@xandvt Hi Xand -keen to talk for a radio doco I am working on. Best email please. Cheerio
HELP! I'm on the hunt for people who have lost a loved one to suicide, it's for a doco I am working on. Please DM or contact me on [email protected]
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Nine in 10 operations to remove children's tonsils 'unnecessary' theguardian.com/society/2018…
Nine in 10 operations to remove children's tonsils 'unnecessary'

Nine in 10 operations to remove children's tonsils 'unnecessary'

Vast majority of those undergoing procedure in England did not appear to need it, report shows

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Sounds of the youth? BBC radio app targets next generation theguardian.com/media/2018/o…

Sounds of the youth? BBC radio app targets next generation

Corporation hopes to better compete with on-demand rivals in age of podcasts and Spotify

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Replying to @UKinNZ
@UKinNZ Help! Can I email you the LS01 form to report our passports have been stolen please. Thanks
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Using their loaf: baker reuses leftovers to make 'waste bread' theguardian.com/food/2018/oc…
Using their loaf: baker reuses leftovers to make 'waste bread'

Using their loaf: baker reuses leftovers to make 'waste bread'

Gail’s Bakery pulps old artisan bread into a porridge which is added to traditional ingredients to make a fresh sourdough

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Nursing home lets people with dementia live down memory lane theguardian.com/society/2018…
Nursing home lets people with dementia live down memory lane

Nursing home lets people with dementia live down memory lane

Vintage setting in Yorkshire building aims to calm residents amid era they remember best

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Supermarket sourdough is often sourfaux – here’s how to make the real thing theguardian.com/food/shortcu…

Supermarket sourdough is often sourfaux – here’s how to make the real thing

Mass-produced sourdough has been found to be adulterated with everything from vinegar to commercial yeast. Why not bake your own?

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tap tap endorsements: Instagram is supposed to be friendly. So why is it making people so miserable? theguardian.com/technology/2…

Instagram is supposed to be friendly. So why is it making people so miserable?

For a growing number of users and mental health experts, the positivity of Instagram is precisely the problem, with its relentless emphasis on promoting ‘perfect’ lifestyles. Should everyone just...

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Councils use 377,000 people's data in efforts to predict child abuse theguardian.com/society/2018…
Councils use 377,000 people's data in efforts to predict child abuse

Councils use 377,000 people's data in efforts to predict child abuse

Exclusive: Use of algorithms to identify families for attention raises stereotyping and privacy fears

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'The next billion users': Google targets India's lucrative mobile market. theguardian.com/world/2018/s…
'The next billion users': Google targets India's lucrative mobile market

'The next billion users': Google targets India's lucrative mobile market

As mobile markets in developed world near saturation, Google rolls out Neighbourly, its first Indian-inspired social network

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New edible mushrooms among thousands of recently discovered fungi theguardian.com/environment/…

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