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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Peter Lewis

As 2022 comes to a close, Australians can enjoy a reprieve from the algorithms of fear and outrage

‘The voice to parliament is not so much a political contest as a test of our national capacity to be part of an act of collective mindfulness.’
‘The voice to parliament is not so much a political contest as a test of our national capacity to be part of an act of collective mindfulness,’ writes Peter Lewis. Photograph: Lukas Coch/AAP

When the world’s richest man restored Donald Trump to Twitter, God finally intervened.

“Well, I’m out. This is My final tweet,” intoned @TheTweetOfGod – an acerbic handle that regularly passes judgment on humanity’s stupidity – before deactivating their celestial being from Elon Musk’s own act of creative destruction.

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