Turning off the internet before I fuck it up any more.
Maybe I should get a proper job.
I am not happy with that at all.
Well, I’ve pressed “send” on that. Good luck with that, @thelaughingsub! I think I might have to crawl away and cry now… @SnarkyPlatypus
That feeling when you’re 15 minutes from deadline and suddenly overwhelmed by the thought that every single word you’re writing is shit.
RT @kcarruthers: @stilgherrian WHY YOU HAVE NOT OPENED MY SNAPCHAT? it’s not rude or anything [Because I haven’t been 13yo for a long time?]
And now I have a little over two hours to turn my disjointed thoughts into a coherent column for @zdnetaustralia. This’ll be fun.
RT @deanog: ASIO use “My Family” stickers on cars to track the movements of citizens and their pets #FunFacts
Thank you, Lt Gen Morrison. http://t.co/DwYjxifNUj
Suffering from cyberrhoea.
adamrichard This is what will happen if gays can marry. Lesbians ruining it for everyone! RT @Hannahgadsby: bitchin’ pic.twitter.com/u7HtOTBjm7
RT @firstdogonmoon: today’s first dog on the moon cartoon is free and may contain traces of racist gay cat http://t.co/782cKlE2tL [It does.]
Clearly the only solution to these controversies is to put Howard Sattler in charge of the NSA.
@SnarkyPlatypus While I understand the joys of deadlines, yes, that TIME piece is remarkably weak.
James Bamford has been writing about the NSA for decades and his books are, IMHO, definitive. So, yeah, read that article.
Wow. @Wired has got the inimitable James Bamford on “The Secret War”. Serious must-read, folks. http://t.co/jLatGcWkhz #NSA
Dear America, criticising government agencies, or pointing out potentially illegal behaviour, isn’t “treason”. It’s “democracy”, remember?
@shiftkey Good, isn’t it?
It is, of course, TIME’s cover story this week. http://t.co/sKMkSqt0t3
That TIME story is a glorious effort at mashing up a variety of people into some supposedly unified geek-enemy. http://t.co/exXaPuWB9N
US Senator Graham: “I don’t care what we need to do. We need to bring this guy to justice for deterrence sake.” http://t.co/0y0zG3SzvL
Have you noticed how the phrase “bring to justice” really means “punish regardless”, or even “revenge on that motherfucker”?
“Adult Onesie Madness!” “THE craze of the moment!” “Super soft & fuzzy!” catchoftheday.com.au/event/22398 HT @Rellarc79 via @ChrissieM
benhammersley “The metadata is not the communication, so it’s not subject to a need for a warrant” is a genius-level legal hack, you have to admit.
RT @chris23 How DARE they exploit our meek acquiescence to power! instagram.com/p/agb1w5oFEW/ [The very thought!]
CityRail manners instagram.com/p/ahWLzKiFsZ/
RealBlueMeanie If Cheney and Rumsfeld were both drowning and you only had time to save one, what kind of sandwich would you make? #UniteBlue #libcrib
Scalable.
@scottcarson1957 Absolutely. When (if?) we get past the initial problem of making NSA’s records available for criminal cases. Fun times!
From the blog Hacker OPSEC, a guide to “Compartmentation For Dummies” http://t.co/rDXlQ2GapF #NSA
“Australia gets ‘deluge’ of US secret data, prompting a new data facility”, wrote @Ausflatfish yesterday. http://t.co/lD39MFV8qG #NSA
“Bank robbery suspect wants NSA phone records for his defense” http://t.co/rVAglq3IlN
So @catoinstitute is now Libertarians for Total Surveillance? Very amusement. Who pwned them? http://t.co/NegmVxDxsa
GooglePoetics I have earned the Germans’ trust
I have eaten the plums
I have eliminated all the juice
I have excessive gas
- pic.twitter.com/wrX0aKaeko
RT @kimogrady1: @stilgherrian @phildobbie Remember it’s ASD now. And that is an ominous development [Ah yes, the name change…]
“If that’s PRISM, what’s ASIO up to?” asks @phildobbie’s Crosstalk podcast. (Not DSD?) http://t.co/n05tLM1cMC #NSA
“Vladimir Putin defends the US on spying programs, drones and Occupy Wall Street” http://t.co/wV13rHBDwv @zoetica via @m1k3y
@llament You did. But I won’t tell anyone.
RT @BXGD: How about sassy wombats? http://t.co/pVxx9uRXKJ [This generates more despair than anger. @zdnetaustralia]
Unfocused anger is for tabloids and talkback.
I should’ve mentioned that for @zdnetaustralia my anger does need to have at least a vague technology focus.
Maybe I’ll find something to be appropriately angry about over breakfast or the quick errands I must do. Though I’m remarkably uninspired…
Let’s all be classy.
AlanKohler Mr Abbott, is your wife a lesbian?
@SnarkyPlatypus I believe the #SMEG metric for ethics is a measure of how far up the broom handle goes before they notice. In metres.
RT @jeamland: The “X copied Y†fanboy brigade? (in re iOS 7 et al) [Possibly. Imagine cars if every brand had to have different controls.]
RT @MikeCarlton01 It’s radio for the foolish, the failed and the fearful. The shock jocks reassure ‘em it’s all someone else’s fault. [Yep.]
I have no idea what to be angry about for @zdnetaustralia this week. That’s really my main problem this morning.
Fri plan: Invoicing (done); write for @zdnetaustralia (about what?); train to Wentworth Falls, probably, writing en route; TGIF, TBA.
@MikeCarlton01 Indeed. I don’t understand why anyone would want to wallow daily in such bile. The world is a nicer place than that.
Forthcoming “webinar” [ugh!], 20 June: “Hacking an Aircraft using an Android Phone” http://t.co/K1gxpfVaRy
@juhasaarinen I assume it’s just matching the presenter to the audience, and then people mistaking this dialog for something important.
RT @KateRichardson: Why buying Facebook fans = flawed maths via @socialmedia2day ow.ly/m15oF [“Totally unethical” ain’t enough?]
RT @juhasaarinen: @stilgherrian Mate, don’t do yourself out of a job like that. [At least I’m not ignorant.]
I wonder whether commercial talkback radio stations will ever realise that their presenters don’t have to be bitter, ignorant old turds?
RT @gattaca: BREAKING NEWS: Millions of people who use computers will die…
…eventually
O_o
#cyber
@SnarkyPlatypus Bonjour. Je crois que nous sommes devenus un monde de vendredi perpétuelles. Avec un excès d’oies. Et vous?
I see a bunch of messages for me. I will get to them as the day unfolds. Thanks to yesterday’s spectacles incident I’m half a day behind.
What I don’t like about that plan is that I don’t particularly want to be in Wentworth Falls tonight. Oh well.
Fri plan, draft: Invoicing; write for @zdnetaustralia; train to Wentworth Falls, probably, writing en route; TGIF, details TBA.
Friday, ermph.