The Null Device
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2005/4/26
Could Microsoft's new search engine be giving higher rankings to sites hosted on Microsoft IIS?
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2019/5/18
In other news, today was the Australian federal election, and another Labor landslide that dissolved into thin air upon contact with reality, with a terminally unpopular conservative government romping home to a resounding victory. You canTwo years ago:
2018/5/26
Yesterday, the Republic of Ireland held a referendum on repealing its near-total ban on abortion. The referendum had been many years in planning: other similar referenda had failed in the past, and most infamously, one inFive years ago:
2015/6/28
The rumours coming from Australia recently have been of preparations for an early federal election; Tory MPs have been sent offers to get updated photos with Team Australia Captain Tony Abbott, and the tragicomically misnamed LiberalYou have been reading The Null Device.