**Bismarck’s Britain**
“_The German chancellor Otto von Bismarck saw himself as a puppet-master, engineering British politics from afar in his feud with Gladstone._”
https://www.historytoday.com/archive/history-matters/bismarcks-britain.
#History #Histodon #Histodons #Germany #UK #UnitedKingdom #Europe #Bismarck #Gladstone #Politics @histodon @histodons
It was all fun and games when #GLADSTONE was going to get hit, but now #brisbane is going to cop a storm it's panic stations! #QLD
Queensland—and Australia as a whole—must implement a tax on gas exports from Gladstone. An alarming 75% of East Coast gas is shipped overseas, mainly to China, while households and businesses in the eastern states struggle with shortages and soaring prices. We need to put Australians first and secure an affordable domestic supply.
#GasCrisis #EnergySecurity #Australia #QLD #Gladstone #GasExports #FairShare #DomesticSupply #EnergyPolicy #ABCRadio
#Gladstone #QLD just had a massive explosion. A truck carrying ammonium nitrate caught on fire after an accident this morning and just exploded. The Bruce Highway is probably catastrophically damaged.
Here's a wrap-up of #EverythingOpen, held last month in #Gladstone.
We cover our brilliant #keynotes, Geoff Huston AM, Jana Dekanovska, Professor @aquigley and @raejohnston highlight standout talks, and present the findings of our #conference #survey 
https://2024.everythingopen.au/news/thats-a-wrap-for-everything-open-2024/
We have a wonderful pipeline of Linux Australia-auspiced events coming up for the back half of 2024, after fantastic conferences earlier in the year by the teams at #DrupalSouth in #Sydney and @everythingopen in #Gladstone
#Drupal meetups:
https://drupalsouth.org/events/drupal-meetups-2024
#KiwiPycon, brought to you in conjunction with @nzpug is on in August in #Wellington for the #Python fans
https://kiwipycon.nz/
Back over the ditch, @pyconau heads to Naarm/Melbourne in November #pyconau
https://2024.pycon.org.au/
@Dreamtilt good to know! Will the #GCCI at the #GECC be in #Gladstone #QLD?
When I was trying to tag @Dreamtilt to say thank you for donating a huge amount of new storage space to #mastodonau I realised they didn't have a MAU account. NOW THEY DO! Thanks Ado, and thanks Dreamtilt, for helping us out! If you're in #Gladstone #QLD, you need to speak to them for awesome non #NBN internet!
@everythingopen such a peaceful beautiful place <3 #GladstoneToday #Gladstone
Our incredible team is doing bump out today, and we want to wish you a safe journey back home. It was a delight to host everyone in #Gladstone, and we can't wait to welcome you to #Tarndanya / #Adelaide in January 2025 for the next #EverythingOpen.
A huge thank you to all our Speakers, our #Volunteers, and to all our incredible #Delegates who made it a magnificent event.
Please don't forget to fill in your #conference #survey, and we'll email an update on videos in a few days 
We're delighted to have the #Gladstone High School band provide entertainment for us at #EverythingOpen today - a huge thank you for your musicianship!
Copyright @xrobau used with permission and gratitude
As people start (or continue) their journeys to #Gladstone for #EverythingOpen, we'd like to wish you all very safe travels - and we're super excited to welcome you to Central Queensland, and to our home town.
We'd love to hear about your travel journeys - the highs and lows - and we can't wait to see so many of you in person again.
Thank you for making long journeys, and we will do our very best to make it worth your while.
Safe travels 
- Team #EverythingOpen
More news.
I'm still in Toronto. We boarded the plane 45 mins ago, after a delay of 2.5 hours, and the crew just showed up. 
I was supposed to be in #Gladstone by now, but it looks like I'll be taking my overnight flight from Vancouver to Brisbane tomorrow, instead. So, I'm essentially taking a flight per day, when I was originally scheduled to have three flights on April 11th and arrive in Gladstone on April 13th. On the bright side, I've got free food! 
Reporting from Toronto. My entire itinerary has changed due to a flight disruption. I'll arrive in #Gladstone one day later than originally planned. 
(actually, I wasn't supposed to stop by Toronto, but here I am)
@gustavoars we're looking forward to welcoming you to #Gladstone shortly, Gustavo! Very safe travels 
Buen viaje!
@vik Safe travels from Aotearoa, Vik, and we look forward to welcoming you to #Gladstone shortly!
ICYMI: We're now going to be running a bus between #Brisbane #BNE and #Gladstone #GLT to help you get to and from #EverythingOpen! 
It's super cheap compared to the flights that are available.
HURRY - we'll be closing bus registrations soon 
