I’ve just been told that because I have the electricity I am “bourgeois”. #blackout
RT @kathleen_w: Russian mob blames blackout on Stephen Conroy.
RT @Fifikins: I think the Sydney blackout has something to do with the Anglicans knocking at @stilgherrian’s door. [Obviously.]
I suppose I should have some breakfast.
Oddly enough, Energy Australia’s website is suddenly v e r y s l o w … #blackout
@rnlrobinson The doorknocking is recent. It’s not “convert the heathen”, but “meet the local community”. Sounds like what they should do.
@drunkenmadman @Fifikins thank you for your concern. @stufromoz @adhoctg Hey I was polite to them!
I must say, the local Anglican church is sending much more attractive chaps around doorknocking these days.
@websinthe You know I’m really Conroy’s special sock puppet. The one with a special ribbed texture and added factionality.
@websinthe You’re tempting me to write a piece slagging off ill-informed #nocleanfeed kiddie-zealots. ;)
@HappySinger @WarWraith I’ll respond to your points soon. Lotsa comments coming in at http://bit.ly/sZ7TI but I have an interview at 1500.
@duncanriley Don’t forget to trawl Libertus.net for links to key Conroy statements too. Particularly http://bit.ly/1b1w1r
Oh. I didn’t get my Crikey email reinstated before today’s was emailed. I’ll have to get someone to email their copy for my archive.
@Nickhodge Agreed. I’m appalled by the politically naivety and ignorance of many folks using the #nocleanfeed tag. “RTFM” in politics, too.
Tom Worthington’s observations of Bar Camp Canberra 2. Good points re impatience of Young Turks. http://bit.ly/xmJU #bcc2
@ashermoses If waiting for the trial results is Conroy’s strategy, that’s 4 to 6 more months of being made to look like an idiot.
@shanewilliamson But even if Conroy is “filtered out”, it wasn’t “his” policy. It’s ALP policy. Conroy is not the target, the policy is.
New blog post: “What now for Senator Conroy and the Magic Filter?” http://bit.ly/sZ7TI What do you reckon is Conroy’s exit strategy?
@bengrubb That’s the EXACT quote? No “all” or “completely”? Do you have more context?
RT @bengrubb: “We’ve never claimed the filter would block child pornography: Senator Conroy. [Um, so what IS it for? Make up your mind.]
Winning friends and influencing people.
@Reemski Hey, Freud’s as good a start as any. He’s discredited. So am I. The food blog remains. What does that say? ;)
@Reemski Bah! Posting photos of your food? Please progress past oral stage of online psychosexual development kthxbai. http://bit.ly/2FxkLS
Yes, I tweeted about my breakfast. I am such a loser. At least I didn’t publish a photo of it. That’s truly loserdom.
“COSBA: The government’s Internet filter plans will harm business” http://bit.ly/2odruA Includes comments from me.
@Mediamum Yes, there is toast. I can also confirm the presence of bacon. And mushrooms. And tomato. And a refrigerator truck.
Waiting for eggs (scrambled). There may be bacon. And possibly a sausage. You know how these things go.
DBCDE info on Consultative Working Group on Cyber-Safety: http://bit.ly/2jLl4v That says they report back soon. Is my May meeting info bad?
@ireckon DBCDE has a “Consultative Working Group” on Cyber-Safety, which first meets in May. Yes, test filter before consult. Arse-about.
@ireckon The difficulty with politics is that it all has to look like the Minister thought of it himself. Or through a process he set up.
@martinlau If cost-benefit analysis has been done, no-one’s seen it. “The filter” was chosen as solution before the problem was defined.
@MediaMook I also see I’ve dropped out of the global Top 500 on Cursebird. http://bit.ly/kuezh I am full of fucking FAIL.
Tue plan: A rainy end-of-month, during which I shall retreat to secret locations and send emails; 7.30pm watch SBS Insight on Teh Filterz.
@jimboot I think examples like DRM and TOR, while true, won’t resonate with punters. They hear techblur vs fear-for-children. Latter wins.
@swbs Ah, man! Some days I could strangle clients! I cleared out this week for “urgent” work. Now they’re not ready. Billable hours FTL.
@irldexter [nods] I get that the online conversation evolves the arguments, but I (personally) see too much of that, not enough emerging.
Dear Client, please don’t rush me to get a proposal to you in 2 days if you’re not even going to look at it for 2 weeks. Rude cunts.
(The brevity of tweets means that I may be talking at cross-purposes here.)
@irldexter “Activists” can be hyperconnected as they want amongst each other, but unless that’s leveraged into action it’s all just a wank.
@irldexter I’m not sure what point you’re making, but politics IS people. By “real” politics I mean what strategies actually effect change.
New blog post: “The Future was 1993” http://bit.ly/H0nyO Have a listen to some music I “encouraged” into the world.
@NathanaelB What pisses me off about “activists” is that too many think the adrenalin surge they get from a fight is anything but selfish.
@NathanaelB The elected politicians are the ones who can effect change. Pissing them off makes them disinclined to help. Human nature.
@NathanaelB There is a distinct lack of communication between #nocleanfeed and… well, everyone else. And an ignorance of REAL politics.
Reading and thinking about the many comments to my blog post about Senator Conroy’s exit censorship strategy. http://bit.ly/sZ7TI
RT @neuraxon77: “Spanking ‘brings couples together’”: New Scientist: Get out those whips! http://tinyurl.com/d7veaj
@SnarkyPlatypus Vous avez résumé toute ma vie, O Ornithorynque, Ami des Éléphants! Réjouis-toi!
@SnarkyPlatypus Est-ce que vous remplissez votre mission d’espoir ou de peur? Est-il neiger?
@SnarkyPlatypus Je pleure l’utilisation incorrecte ou incohérente des majuscules.
@SnarkyPlatypus Bonjour. Il est le dernier jour du trimestre. Il sera … intéressant. Je suis prudent. et vous?
@Alegrya is quite right: “it wouldn’t be BarCamp without Hodges.” http://bit.ly/P5Xx #bcc2
@BernardKeane Oh dear. I have attributed to you words written by the great Mungo Wentworth MacCallum. How careless of me.
Emerges.
Disappearing off grid. Sleep calls. [exit]
@BernardKeane WTF? “Julia Gillard is the secret mistress of Kim Jong-Il”? Well that DOES explain… (Can I have some of what you’re on?)
@kerryank @stinginthetail @smperris You are all sick, sick people. I don’t want to play with you any more.
@mr_billiam Ah no, look, you’re confusing “documentary” with “dromedary”. Again. This MUST stop.
Uhoh. It says “Erk Pod episode 174” and guests include “Stilgherrian” and recorded at “Kelly’s On King”. I worry. http://bit.ly/QiplS
OK, so someone used the word “sprinter” and I read it as “sphincter”. I probably need more sleep.
Oh poo! The Platypus Speaks the Truth. There IS such a weird-arsed new band. http://bit.ly/F9Yul
@SnarkyPlatypus Oh FFS! Now you’re just starting to MAKE UP this music news!
@alpharia Hey! How come you have such accurate insight into the visual aspects of my dreams? http://bit.ly/1ppnZF
@firstdogonmoon Thank you for inventing “Captain Nodule and his Intergalactic Sockdrawer of Love”. It was necessary. Very necessary.
@SnarkyPlatypus You realise this means a massive t.A.T.u tribute episode this Thursday night. ;)
RT @SnarkyPlatypus: t.A.T.u have apparently broken up. One pole of the Pseudo-Sapphic Axis is gone :( [Les Veroniques sont désolé!]
Wow. Great comments on my post “What now for Senator Conroy and the Magic Filter?” http://bit.ly/sZ7TI What is Conroy’s exit strategy?
RT @kalgoorliekid: About to head to Sydney with a rifle and a bag full of snappy one-liners. [See, at least someone’s got some sense.]
I also notice people are trying to trendfist the #zombies. #blackout #fisting Good luck. Can you beat 0.52% of all tweets?
RT @franksting: Well the trains are running on time so we know something must be wrong. #blackout
@FortuneGrey I was thinking of tweeting via laptop, Bluetooth, 3G phone etc. But then, as I say, I have the electricity. #blackout