Software Engineer at Prime Video. Personal account; opinions are my own. He/him. 🏳️🌈
Victoria, Australia
Joined January 2018
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Like a lot of people, it is getting harder to ignore the flames getting higher here. I’ll continue to monitor this account somewhat regularly for at least a bit but likely I will be elsewhere. I’ll be in the Swift forums/slack for Swift stuff, instagram at simonmpilkington
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The real difference Fiona Patten @FionaPattenMLC has made in politics:
"In the past 4 years alone, she chaired 10 parliamentary inquiries & was responsible for more than 20% of all private members’ bills introduced to the 59th parliament." 💪
#springst
theage.com.au/politics/victo…
While the end result is disappointing, I’m very proud to have volunteered for @FionaPattenMLC. She will continue to be an inspiration for so many who want to have a more progressive society. Politics can be done right! Looking forward to helping out with whatever comes next!
Olivia Colman is such a treasure
darkhorizons.com/olivia-colm…
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Absolute tragedy, Patten was ahead of her time & tabled truly progressive, evidence based legislation to the Vic parliament. 😢
She truly cared about people, her replacement only cares about himself.
Slept through the night for the first time this trip, feeling good AND it’s the weekend and I’m in London!
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Kicking off the final sessions is @tachyonics talking about not worrying at Prime Videos massive scale!
ALT Prime Video talk
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🚀🚀🚀 So excited: Read all about the new unified Swift Foundation that was announced at @SwiftServerConf today. This will have a huge impact on server deployments where binary size matters. Incl. AWS Lambda swift.org/blog/future-of-fou…
If you are interested in Server Side Swift and want to hear from people (including me!) who are helping build out the eco-system and building stuff with it this is the place to be!
On a related note, I will be in London next week!
🚨 Ticket sales close on Friday at 1PM
Last chance to get your tickets! We have an amazing line up of speakers and sponsors and can't wait to see you there! 🚀
serversideswift.info/tickets…
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Today's the day.
Never before has there been a greater threat to a women's bodily autonomy in Victoria.
It's time to put women first; at last.
Vote [1] Reason #VicVotes
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While the major parties stick their heads in the sand, we deal with the complex issues facing Victoria, looking at the evidence and leading with compassion. Find out more > pulse.ly/xpyf02588c
If you are handing out how to vote cards at a pooling booth and shouting about how yours is a “mainstream” party then chances are it actually no longer is.
One guess for the party.
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Less than 48 hours to go!
For reproductive health ✔️
For better health & mental health ✔️
For more affordable housing ✔️
For drug law reform ✔️
For climate action ✔️
For integrity & transparency ✔️
For getting religion out of politics ✔️
... Vote [1] Reason. #VicVotes2022
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Friends don't let friends accidentally elect Adem Somyurek.
Labour DLP's anti-choice, anti-women, anti-LGBTIQ+ views do not reflect Northern Metropolitan — a diverse, caring & compassionate community.
Vote [1] Reason to keep him out. #VicVotes2022
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We need to lighten the caring load on individuals and provide services which strengthen communities.
For strong advocacy to bring better services to the North, and to put women first, at last: #VoteReason.
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Whatever happens in the lower house, the upper house will be crucial in the next Parliament. It's never been more important to Vote 1️⃣ Reason. #VicVotes2022 #VoteReason
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It’s alarming to see the increasing infiltration of religion in our government. Reason has a plan for a secular society, free from religious privilege: 1/4