Indeed, @SnarkyPlatypus, China’s economy is only “statistically” bigger, with numbers and shit.
SnarkyPlatypus @stilgherrian Anyway, I think the TL;DR version is “America’s economy is better than China’s because of *feelings*”
False Sun instagram.com/p/aC1Rg9iFgR/
Fuck it’s cold out here.
If anyone would like me to do 750 words of disjointed shit for their global masthead every Sunday, I drink and I’m available.
Apparently China should stop cyber terrorism [whatever that is] because it damages consumer brands.
RT @S7U: Outstanding RT “@ShitTats: I give up http://t.co/zPfa00DH4Hâ…
@chessiers @Asher_Wolf @CodeCadets Oh. You missed the “joke”.
Also: “The biggest threat to the creativity of American retail may be that we may have run out of countercultures to co-opt.”
The last paragraph is particularly special.
This David Brooks op-ed is hilarious. http://t.co/tqqGC8OqtY Apparently the largest economy isn’t “consequential” without brands.
RT @CodeCadets: We’ll be on SBS News tonight for #GovHack pic.twitter.com/rsCv5Deg5t [Don’t you need permission to film in a primary school?]
What sort of arsehat confuses “the economy” with “brands”? Oh.
The “AusVeg National Awards for Excellence”, says the press release. There’s actually a thing called “AusVeg”?
Sticky date instagram.com/p/aCuC8HCFnk/
@CosmicRami @bunjaree Two weeks is a long way away. Anything could happen.
“Australia’s vulnerable submarine cables”, like many others of course. http://t.co/1HJvemZS6h
Shanks instagram.com/p/aCptL1CFgv/
Oh. It’s 6.6C outside, windchilled to 5C. That explains a bit. http://t.co/ICPZuQ4dB6
@Hung_Mung @0x1C @snare @SnarkyPlatypus There are limits to what they let me do in this front bar, even as a regular.
That awkward moment when you hand the bar staff the wrong pub loyalty card and they know you’ve been… disloyal.
Mobile: Wait outside; taxi to Wentworth Falls; a little shopping, for my pleasure; lunch at The Grand View Hotel.
I was looking for a suitable drawing to use as my new avatar. Can I leave it at that? @0x1C @snare @SnarkyPlatypus
Oh. Of course this exists. http://t.co/mBM3tHeS5C Ping @snare @0x1C @SnarkyPlatypus
@eightiestragic @paulwallbank @franksting Yes, but they were still actual shops with goods for sale, if a quick cash-in, not just photos.
WestWingReport The 50th anniversary of the Kennedy assassination nears. WWR’s @JFKElmStreet covers events as they occurred in real time. Hope you’ll follow
@pingudownunder Stop it.
RT @rantyben: “@stilgherrian: I […] have […] become a cyberbrony.â€
Design Excellence #2: Northern Ireland’s fake prosperity for the G8. http://t.co/PVC3aBJjUp HT @paulwallbank
Design Excellence #1: @phmuseum / Sydney Design get what they deserve for becoming crowd-design bottom feeders. http://t.co/027syx3KfL
Sun plan: Catch up on reading and note-taking, some of it over Sunday lunch at the pub (which one?), followed by a little writing.
GordyPls The doctor should be an African woman whose headmates are a quoll called Jeff and a “grey” called Erin. #socialjustice #newdoctor
Badgers.
@Arash_Mohebbi @SpaceKidette It’s also their goddam job to understand the world around them, and that means putting in some effort to learn.
@SpaceKidette The joys of representative democracy. They choose.
share_s Looks like the kangaroos are curious about what’s happening at #govhack pic.twitter.com/Acq6TKTKlx
Yay.
RT @expectproblems: All we need to do now is finishing the edit and we’ll have a finished space opera!
expectproblems We did everything from the puppets to the script to the sets (the bridge set was about 1M in diameter) to the filming in just 9 hours.
RT @expectproblems: So, we made an entire space opera last night - WITH SOCK PUPPETS! Here’s the teaser: http://t.co/tCIlZWuejC
@SpaceKidette True enough. And to return to that point, I’d filed “Truss” under “ignorant fool” years ago. He’s not interested in learning.
@SpaceKidette I get that, but to me it just perpetuates tribalism rather than looking at policies’ strengths and weaknesses. I despair.
RT @gusworldau: We could reclaim “air gap” to define that disconnection between political perception and security reality [Good idea!]
@SpaceKidette No, I don’t watch pointless “political” TV. But reducing debate to hashtags like #fraudband is equally moronic IMO.
Sudden scary thought: All most politicians know about “hacking” is what they read in mainstream news outlets. Blind leading the blind.
@franksting @seancarmody I can thoroughly recommend reading Bill Drummond’s “45”. http://t.co/AIDxW3m7s8 http://t.co/Y6KGZHBcvU
@franksting @seancarmody That article is somewhat confusing, deliberately, but I’ve learned quite a bit more in the years since.
Sun plan, draft: Looking at this picture; sulking; trying to think of a better plan. twitpic.com/cuuhma
@securityskeptic Ah good, I had hoped that we could make this distinction. ;)
RT @dannolan: If you play the cat vs printer video backwards it’s the cat sending an urgent fax http://t.co/1ocwok225B
@SnarkyPlatypus La situation est plus aigu qu’on ne l’imagine.
RT @jeamland: What’s @stilgherrian been up to now? http://t.co/VfmisEkpFr [Nothing you need trouble yourself with.]
@SnarkyPlatypus Et maintenant, je veux que les créatures de l’océan! Tout cela est très injuste.
@BXGD Stop it.
I will acknowledge that I have seen the conversation between @snare @0x1C @jduck and attempt to move on. Or become a cyberbrony.
@SnarkyPlatypus Bonjour. Je suis fâché avec la pluie, et confondu par cette conversation. Et vous?
So this was the culmination. https://t.co/OOx9DYJimu
Well reading that conversation was a tactical error.
Wot?