@martinmiles Thanks, I was assuming coloured crest meant male. He was a perky chap.
New photos: Today’s avian visitor, the Gang-Gang Cockatoo. flic.kr/p/bq2ua7 Ping @R_Chirgwin
Is “pandaslut” a thing? #sexpo
Why are my pockets full of lubricant and strangers’ business cards? #sexpo
“ELECTROMAGNETIC RAYS”!
Last repimp: Me at @zdnetaustralia: “Australia deserves its internet enemy status” arseh.at/t6t #openinternet
So I am back safely (?) in my hotel room and @nanopunk reckons I look like this. twitpic.com/8w3gex
If forgot to tag the last tweet #Sexpo … also I am sure that’s smelling salts.
Oh, I did think I’d tweet more but it’s a stand-up event and #batterylife and research and shut up this is none of your business.
Trying to find a free hand to tweet with. #Sexpo
Feeling unwanted.
Pie Face… Herpes… I’m sure there’s a difference.
Word indeed.
People still say “lame”? That’s still a thing? How toy is that?
OK, mobile again. Heading to CBSi at World Square for a video shoot, then back to the hotel by 1730. Yeah sure. WILL THERE BE BEER?
Silly question to ask, right @kierankrud @SusinNaomi @grantshow?
Who just phoned me? Own up!
Oh noice!
RT @SnarkyPlatypus: Waiting for a Frontline-style feature on the “Streets of Fear” in Sydney. [You won’t have to wait long…]
If anyone has criticisms of my article (what it actually says, not what your in-head voices say), do please add a comment there.
Wandering back to the hotel to check in, write a story, and then hit my 1630 video shoot.
@JeParrot What does the article say, fuckwit? I refer to Australia as a democracy. I don’t know what your agenda or beef is. Ignoring you.
@JeParrot Tosser. The article couldn’t be clearer about the status and you are deliberately misrepresenting it. Why?
@JeParrot Headline says we deserve our enemy status, which is “under surveillance”. Do your fucking background checks next time.
@JeParrot Oi, arsehat (since you’re calling me a liar and clearly didn’t read the story)! What does the first sentence say? “Watch list”.
@GreenJ See? The ABC trusts my content. ALP staffers, less so. ;)
RT: Me at @zdnetaustralia: “Australia deserves its internet enemy status” arseh.at/t6t #openinternet
Arrived early for my 1345. Checking the state of the universe before the interview.
Taking the Sydney Harbour Bridge for granted.
Loose in The Rocks. #notaeuphemism
Arriving at Circular Quay.
In the Sydney CBD. My special room is not ready yet so I’m wandering to Millers Point for my 1345, snacking along the way.
Get out of my way, Protestant k
Crossing the Nepean.
@GreenJ I’ve just emailed you a thing, which I hope made it through your corporate protection mechanisms. ;)
Me at @zdnetaustralia: “Australia deserves its internet enemy status” arseh.at/t6t #openinternet
@R_Chirgwin Cab driver was most enthusiastically impressed that I’d seen a Gang-Gang. So they’re rare now, eh?
@SnarkyPlatypus Sequins and a Union Jack, ah how can that combination ever be beaten?
@semiboganman “Pi Day”? Fuck off, this isn’t backwards America! I refuse to celebrate arbitrary artifacts of a notation system.
RT: New blog post: “Twitter avatars for Empire Day” arseh.at/t6m Ping @MetaMikeBiggs @stusheridan
@R_Chirgwin He was fearless and quite inquisitive. I got close shots, but the lighting may be dodgy.
Adding an @ABCthedrum piece to my writing roster for today. This’ll be interesting.
@andrew_hedge Yes please, if @sspencer_63 is OK with that I’d very much like to see that commentary. I am open-minded on this.
I was visited by a friendly Gang-Gang Cockatoo this morning, @R_Chirgwin! arseh.at/t6q My photos will be posted late today.
@edklein_ Erm, that was my signal to folks that need to know that I don’t want to be interrupted. After that I’m not watching you.
Whew! @zdnetaustralia story filed! Still more or less on track, but it’s still also hectic.
Because America.
Giggling like a schoolboy.
Right. Writing. Finally. To remain on schedule, I must finish this first piece by 0830 AEDT or so.
Losing half an hour out of a packed schedule because technology. This brings joy, not.
Wed plan: Write for @zdnetaustralia, @CSO_Online; 1031 train to Sydney; 1345 meeting Millers Pt; errands; 1630 recording; 1800 Sexpo launch.
Ermph. Here we go. A long and varied Wednesday begins after nowhere near enough sleep. Please be gentle.
Unfollowed. By an ALP staffer. For being offensive. I might need to calm my nerves with an episode of “The Thick of It”.
@thornae Yeah I’m having a little trouble with the concept myself. It might be the one thing that finally drives me offline.
New blog post: “Twitter avatars for Empire Day” arseh.at/t6m Ping @MetaMikeBiggs @stusheridan
@franksting I’m sure I’ve done a rant about the whole boat thing, and having a labour shortage but not letting in people who’d happily work.
RT @liam_dwyer: Don’t be silly. If you want real change you need a twibbon [Yeah, I was just thinking that.]
A blog post will change everything.
I should put all that into a blog post.
My genuine understanding is that the level of boat arrivals tracks the level of refugee movements globally. Happy to see counter evidence.
Besides, over my three decades in media Ministers and their staffers have used that sort of language and worse about me so it’s hypocrisy.
And I reserve the right as an Australian to express the true strength of the emotions behind that by using equally strong language.
And I still think it’s disgusting that politicians use their arrival as a trigger to attempt to score party political points…
But I still think it’s disgusting that the richest nation in the world continues with this outrageous treatment of desperate people…
Oh. He’s Minister Bowen’s deputy chief of staff, according to LinkedIn. arseh.at/t6k Well if I’m wrong I’m happy to be corrected…