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    @apaipi @TheCodePixi @ASpittel Hehe, quite a few! There are a few videos of different versions here: https://t.co/XbMBQ6BGuR


    @gilmae I see nothing wrong with this.


    RT @newschambers: The German Government’s new #COVID19 campaign is very clever and, dare I say it, funny.

    https://t.co/bP8jTNFShr



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    @ssharwood Hi! I moved from Sydney to Munich at the end of August. 👋 Will DM.


    @damana I haven’t owned one in twenty years. Don’t plan on it ever again if I can help it.


    @damana Moved out of the US to cities with actual public transport. In London – used PT. In Sydney – used PT with share car every now and then. In Germany – PT and bicycle.


    RT @skorfmann: Very honored and excited to be among the first AWS dev tools heroes 🎉


    @dylanbeattie But props for having your own Dreamatorium!


    @darkosubotica Safe travels!!


    @rotnroll666 People have shared me that link about six times now!


    Show me the celebrities you’ve been told you look like. https://t.co/IDEH6bNmN1

    Personally I don’t see it, but I’ve gotten Kaylee from folks multiple times over the years. 🤷‍♀️ https://t.co/4cugD7qbN5


    RT @hannahyanfield: Tempus is growing! And we’re looking for our next Investment Associate. This *isn’t* for someone who just wants to ‘do…


    @DHLPaket Ich hatte heute eine Lieferung erwartet und war den ganzen Tag zu Hause. Der Lieferbote klingelte nicht an meiner Tür. Er hat eine Karte in meinem Briefkasten gelassen. Das ist schon mal passiert! ARGH. 😠


    @annie_parker I can definitely see that for you!


    RT @eduvos: @web_goddess @jeffbarr + a UKI Developer Advocate https://t.co/k1ikTzof4a !!!


    About to go live on @BuildStuffConf ! https://t.co/SCgYtl96iC


    For those that attended my @BuildStuffConf talk, here’s the link to the values exercise that I talked about: https://t.co/YApicpONqt


    @BuildStuffConf I also mentioned this presentation from Damian Conway, which is mandatory viewing if you want to level up your tech presentation skills! https://t.co/JeWuYdUchf


    RT @karocigaro: What an amazing and inspirational talk from @web_goddess !!! This is how I wanna roll when I professionally “grow up” 👏🙆‍♀️…


    @karocigaro @lynnlangit I’ll have you know that I name checked you during it. ❤️


    @karocigaro You *had* to go and look up the salami tweet, didn’t you. 😂


    @cliffetters A lot of people were also mad I didn’t work in “wurst”. What can I say? Not a pun girl.


    RT @womensart1: ‘Capitalism also depends on domestic labour” (1970s-80s) poster by See Red Feminist silk-screen collective #womensart http…


    @debs_obrien @BuildStuffConf During my post-session Speaker Room chat, I asked the participants what their favourite sessions were, and yours was mentioned specifically!


    So @BuildStuffConf had a special “room” at the virtual conference where you could turn on your camera and get a caricature done! I was ENRAPTURED when he added my red lippie. Thank you #BuildStuffConf!! ❤️💋 https://t.co/ATLkOOqtb7


    @Gaohmee We got ourselves and our shit from Australia to Germany. You can do it. It’ll be painful but worth it.


    @Gaohmee Damn, sorry to hear it! 🙁


    RT @annie_parker: Well this is slap me on the ass awesome! https://t.co/55dIhuJGpr


    Would you believe I’ve never seen this before? “I’m calling it now. SHE’s the fifth element. Or maybe it’s love. One of those two options.” https://t.co/fJSRQQRzUa


    He was so pretty. https://t.co/YaEmbl6tD2


    Why do I feel like the President is a wrestler?? https://t.co/VzXLGHM5xH


    Okay, 3-D printing a person from a cell is pretty cool. https://t.co/GK4PTr3QjR


    Me: “What part of her DNA encoded dyed hair?”
    Him: “She has 200 chromosomes.”
    Me: “But how did she know she could drive through that wall?”
    Him: “She HAS 200 chromosomes!” https://t.co/bKqLbfeMCF


    This is very distressing. https://t.co/v737w2Vy4I


    @datenwesen HAAA! 😂


    Pausing. I cannot with this movie without some serious alcohol. (Was that it for Luke Perry?! He had a big credit!)


    @KenScambler I couldn’t quite figure out the vibe. What was it trying to be? We stopped halfway through. I think I enjoyed Zardoz more. 😂



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    Happy birthday Ailsa!! ❤️


    27% positivity rate in the county where I went to high school. Multiple family members have now tested positive. And still there are those who refuse to acknowledge the seriousness of the situation. I despair.


    One of the highlights of this Friday the 13th was getting to close out a track at Build Stuff 2020, sharing advice and tips for building a tech career that makes you happy. While I was sad not to visit Vilnius in person – our trip last year was a big inspiration in the decision to move to Europe! – the organisers did a fantastic job at pivoting the event to virtual. I was even able to get a caricature done! 😂 Well done to Neringa Young and the whole #BuildStuffConf team… 👏



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    @Jaitsu It’s a novelty sticker to make it look like a power cord reel. There are others.


    @bazscott It’s a sticker for maximum novelty factor. There are others.


    @TheRyusui It does. It’s a sticker. There are others. 🙂


    More than 50 people on the @GGDSydney AWS “speed hiring” event! I’m so excited to get to chat with everyone. 👋❤️ @AWSCloudANZ https://t.co/yrw3c3Zu3U


    Rather appropriate that Peggy Olson is joining me for the @GGDSydney meetup this morning. 😎 https://t.co/gMMgzSffJo


    @kcarruthers It took me 1.5 seasons. It’s a slow burn. But the end of season two pays off the entire slog, and then it gets amazing. Just know that character growth means you have to put up with them being awful, so you can see how far they go.


    @TheGaynor79 I checked for the USA, because if they did, my Dad would 100% be getting this for Christmas. Alas, looks like shipping meat products is a no go.


    @kcarruthers Fair enough. The Snook never warmed to it either.


    @factory_sausage @drahcir_rahl If I visit UK in 2021, maybe I’ll bring a suitcase-full. 😂🤞


    @arnibirgisson GROOOOOAAAAAAN


    @msharp I will never sleep again.


    how it started: how it’s going: https://t.co/Bc9EM8uNEF


    @vertis We’ve still got quite a bit back in storage there! Luckily we rented our place out and were able to store it there. This was mostly just clothes, stuff for our offices, and a few pieces to make us feel at home.


    @Leekshooter It’s a novelty sticker. There are others.


    @stu_axon @AmigaBeanbag It’s a novelty sticker. There are others.


    @geospacedman @EddieRobson It’s a novelty sticker. There are others.


    RT @AmazonScience: This week is #AfroTechWorld, a multi-day digital experience from @AfroTech. As a Diamond sponsor of the event, we asked…


    @dsuffling @secvalve Novelty sticker. There are other options. 🙂


    The Snook: “Your salami tweet is going viral. My biggest social media success was about a goon bag. We’re quite a pair.” 😂


    @janineveazue IT’S STILL PICKING UP STEAM. MY BIGGEST TWEET EVER IS ABOUT SALAMI. 🤦‍♀️


    @Mandy_Kerr Over 1000 retweets wtffffffff 🤯



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    How’s the unpacking going, you ask?



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    @steven_bryen They sell them on https://t.co/6zGnQK9OD1!! Believe me, I’m very tempted.


    @teroterotero Your ideas are intriguing to me and I would like to subscribe to your newsletter.


    @JustinRThiessen Okay, that did make me laugh a bit. 😂


    @thecolourfool 😳 Now there’s an idea. I’ve actually seen things knitted with licorice string, but never salami…


    @vmbrasseur @The_McJones I discovered later it’s on https://t.co/6zGnQK9OD1 too, and you can get the spool personalised with the receiver’s name! (Presumably so you don’t get them mixed up when you’re all carrying them around at parties.) 😂


    Our stuff has arrived from Australia! It’s like early Christmas, except it’s all our own crap. Hilariously frank Dutch mover: “Excuse my language, but why the f*ck did you want to move to Germany??” 😂 https://t.co/aeB82gKKvl


    @dtraub There’s no way it’s going to fit. 😂


    RT @094459: This is a great post from @adhorn ; if you are looking for a good way to measure your progress, understand what you need to pla…


    @emd3737 Oh that’s very cool. Was that prompted by the Covid vaccine numbers that got reported this week?


    @emd3737 I love a good diagram to explain it! Reminds me of the precision vs accuracy one with the dart board from high school physics. 🙂


    New series auf Deutsch, kicking off soon! https://t.co/YM7VTZnsEu


    @codepo8 Amazing. I went down a sausage Wikipedia rabbithole last night while prepping Käsekrainer for dinner. I had no idea the Serbs tried to make it a protected appellation!


    @codepo8 Correction, apologies Serbs, it was the Slovenians!


    @LapTop006 LOOOOOOLLLLL (and *groan*)


    @LapTop006 Yeah, there have been a lot of “wurst” puns in my mentions of late.


    @jeffbarr I’m also hiring a Russian-speaking Developer Advocate for Europe! Would love a retweet if you can. 🙂 https://t.co/yhysUgc6Gd


    @frankarr Are you awake at 3am?? Or just being clever and scheduling tweets? 🤔


    @charlesv @lazerwalker @janklausa This is amazing.


    @apocraphilia The contempt. He was telling me that the Netherlands was much nicer, and Spain, and Switzerland… 😂


    RT @julielerman: Boy do I love reading this. I love to help people get over the first hump of new technologies so they can go forth and lea…



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    Our stuff has arrived! We plan on spending all day tomorrow unpacking. It’s like early Christmas, but it’s all our crap. 😂



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    RT @paulg: I feel like someone killed a background process that had been consuming 5% of my CPU for the last 4 years.


    RT @alex_casalboni: New – Export @dynamodb table data to your data lake in Amazon S3, no code writing required 👌
    https://t.co/uFEMWOMREd


    Honestly, it’s like something out of Utopia or Veep. @ScottMorrisonMP should be ashamed. https://t.co/U1BFFcyQIT


    TIL that in Germany you can order a 3.5 METER SPOOL OF SALAMI. This is a thing that exists in our reality. You could mount it on your desk and gnaw on salami all day long. I can’t decide if that is insane or BRILLIANT. https://t.co/lehu4rwnDk https://t.co/AZQTWXWUkP


    @abertrotzdem Definitely! I’m not a scientist, but will definitely follow the list…



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    TIL that in Germany you can order a 3.5 METER SPOOL OF SALAMI. This is a thing that exists in our reality. You could mount it on your desk and gnaw on salami all day long. I can’t decide if that is insane or BRILLIANT.



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    @darthted @dmcgahan @hannahyanfield Given that I’ve already seen one idiot in my network on FB proposing that voters should have to turn up in person on polling day, it almost feels like tempting fate. Ugh.


    Most of my @coronawarnapp encounters have now dropped off the app, which points to them being from our trip to Garmisch-Partenkirchen and the Zugspitze two weeks ago. I’m still happy we went, but we will be keeping all travel to a minimum going forward… https://t.co/RgfwpHHMQ8


    @devdevcharlie That’s amazing! Looks like you’re having a wonderful time. 🙂


    RT @LauraJHyatt: For all of you in Australia and New Zealand, I’m speaking at the #AWSCommunityDay Anz on the 11th November. It’s going to…


    RT @codepo8: 👉🏻 “Make an awesome profile pic”

    🔗 https://t.co/Bvh5hWW3bF

    Cute, pretty good shape detection.


    RT @codepo8: Amazon Wins Sheppy https://t.co/RCfF7KyMld

    Wow, that is a big win for Amazon. @sheppy is an amazing tech writer and one of t…




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