Well that was refreshing.
And now if you’ll excuse me a moment, I’ll be huffing Bitcoin and masturbating to archive photos of Ayn Rand.
shit_rbtc_says the billionaires of the future could well be crypto-anarchists and not brainwashed statists
ShittingtonUK I can’t believe they’re making my favorite childhood book into a movie. pic.twitter.com/mIeqWFR2Ro
JustinianNews Ruddock aware Military Commission would allow evidence obtained under torture at Hicks’ trial: bit.ly/1kR9Azx
StephenAtHome If you’re doing nothing wrong, you have nothing to hide from the giant surveillance apparatus the government’s been hiding.
collision #30c3 “For convenience, I have underlined all the weasel words in this statement.” pic.twitter.com/d8dD6CHXMT
UnlikelyWorlds Researchers extract recognisable faces from reflections in the eyes of photographic subjects: tinyurl.com/lnk57og
RT @jeamland There’s a place in Victoria called Huffers Lane. @stilgherrian, do you feel qualified to comment on this? [Yes, I do.]
Those three retweets really do illustrate something about how our attitudes to the world are shaped quite early.
phyllisofickle Two kids held a funeral on the beach. They held hands, faced the sea and said in Spanish that he was a good penguin. pic.twitter.com/WMFpXKJXbV
bitcoin_txt Don’t really know what I’m doing or what to do with all these doge coins I’m getting, but I’m hooked.
LOUDBOT PONIES. JUST DO IT.
Last night I dreamed that I was trying to design a combination splayd/spork and wine glass, but kept running into difficulties.
May I present you Sunday, with a lazy lie-in.
Gorn.
@lukehopewell Poor bugger.
Is @lukehopewell still a thing?
@monsieurpotts Well neither am I, but we all have our crosses to carry.
@NewtonMark @oBleeter Ta for that. I’ll look at it tomorrow, because wine.
@monsieurpotts Have you considered taking Xanax?
@RealDavidHeath @mpesce Oh don’t get me started!
OK, this is just wrong, @harlyey https://t.co/QcbJRFq2VZ
@monsieurpotts Why would I pay more than $10 for a t-shirt?
@jeamland @blastnost @fakeedbutler “Let’s create labels that make us feel good but which make communication with others utterly opaque.”
@jeamland @blastnost @fakeedbutler Heh! Let’s not recall my time in policy development where I railed against the GLBTIBBQ bullshit.
@mpesce Speak for yourself. I love everyone. Obviously.
explanoit Just a few days left to reflect on how you’ve let yourself and everyone you know down this year.
@BXGD OK, that’s the second request for more explanation of the racism thing. I’ll dig out the reference at some point. Not this weekend.
@SmurfingBeer Fair point, tho the “Cro” part was intended to be description. My gripe was more about the muscle culture. Is that Muscleism?
@mpesce Oh yes. I saw a very eloquent article on this recently. If I see it again when I’m next sober I’ll post the link.
RT @blastnost: Are you holding any summer classes? [Yes. I did one the other night, in fact. It was hot. No wait.]
Some might say that inner urban gay culture is nothing but narcissist racist consumerism. You might think that. I couldn’t possibly comment.
@ericscheid Well played.
RT @ericscheid: does that include those string mesh singlets? [No, special measures for that. Shotgun. No warning.]
@blastnost Nah, just pour a drink and enjoy the carnivale.
@RedbayPuppy You’ll go blind.
Yes, @IceMoonPrisoner, you are quite right. So we should just kill them outright.
IceMoonPrisoner But those people are probably just hiding hideously misspelt tattoos, otherwise they’d be shirtless @stilgherrian, no #icemoonprison
JESUS WEPT, PEOPLE, FEELS ABOUT DOCTOR WHO IS NOT NEWS IT IS ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY MARKETING BULLSHIT. STOP BEING SUCH USELESS MUPPETS.
RT @blastnost: But what if tequila shrinks my suprachiasmatic nuclei? #thenImFucked [Dunno what that even means. Switch to absinthe.]
RT @IceMoonPrisoner: People in ‘tank tops’ acceptable? [No. They’re not only wearing a singlet, they’re being dishonest about it.]
RT @jplonie: I blame the sum of us movie. [No, that’s just bad filmmaking.]
RT @blastnost: What precautions do you suggest I take to shield myself from lascivious gaiety? [Tequila. I prescribe tequila.]
@ashedryden @jacobian You can pretty much assume that ANYONE using the word “disrupt” non-ironically is a wanker. Saves time.
@blastnost … which is a bit like equating the entire “being heterosexual” experience with drunken Friday nights at a strip club.
@blastnost I refer to the quaint inner urban idea that “being gay” means you subscribe to a whole package of fashion, bars, mannerism etc…
@blastnost Perhaps we need to differentiate between “being gay” and “inner urban gay culture (really a marketing ‘lifestyle’ demographic)”.
@blastnost Not overtly. But every (sub-)culture has its signs, symbols and sociolects. Inner urban gay culture displays them in spades.
@jarrodbooth That doesn’t strike me as a genuine request.
@BXGD Well, you don’t read the books on the mantlepiece when you’re stoking the fire…]
RT @blastnost: @stilgherrian how do you identify a gay man in public? @fakeedbutler [You can’t tell? Don’t worry, they’ll tell you.]
MT @juhasaarinen: Let’s face it, gay men have no sense of fashion. [Oh no, they know exactly which fashion marketers have told them to buy.]
RT @JoelStanton: I bet he lives life to the fullest and enjoys working out. [Nah, this guy doesn’t manage phrases, let alone sentence.]
@jarrodbooth Feeling a little personally hard done by there, are we? Excellent.
Here’s a Croation chap with a profile name “Muscled cro”, headline “Muscled”, the sole description “Muscular”. Great conversations there!
Yes, this wine seems to be helping the situation immensely.
RT @sylmobile: especially if they are covered in axle grease. [You cover gay men in axle grease? Explain further, in more detail…]
People, particularly gay men, who think that wearing a singlet to the pub WHILE PEOPLE ARE EATING is acceptable. #icemoonprison
So I’m pretty much destroying all my chances of scoring a root here.
Another, “Looking for surprises in life. I tend not to reply to profiles without face… I just don’t feel comfortable.” With surprises.
Laughing at someone’s profile which reads “Yes, my tan is real”. Excellent. You know how to lie around in the sun. Well done you. [Pats.]
Anyway, @RealNickHodge, you have a photo in your email, which you can pass on to @yinettesys.
Yeah look, @RealNickHodge @yinettesys, there are limits. I will not retweet that link because it it too many kinds of wrong at once.
I mean, most of the time you wouldn’t think that a Christmas Tree is something you’d hump like a dog on heat, but there you go.
Sometimes I just don’t understand the photos I see on personals sites.
@scottcarson1957 Yes, and sometimes that sort of shit needs doing. Why am I having to point this out?
@jfan2 @ClaireRPorter @TheTweetOfGod Yeah, God is such a plagiarist.
@scottcarson1957 No, I mean REALLY low-grade. You have life skills and stuff, things that can help Solve Situations.
RT @ClaireRPorter: @stilgherrian People are the worst. :p [And I have a plan for dealing with them… with all of them… once and for all.]
You two seem to have become jaded very early in the process, @RedbayPuppy @sw, which is sad.
My God there are some low-grade people on the internet these days.
Well I see that another Saturday arrived more or less on schedule. Personally I don’t know why they bothered.
@semibogan I don’t understand how your request could even be possible.
Look, People, I’ll promise not to have violently dangerous mood swings if you promise to all stop being such complete and utter arsehats.
Hey do you remember when people used to run “Jam ECHELON” days? Yeah, a few thousand people saying “bomb” will totally overload the NSA.
@sylmobile Yeah! Stick it to the Man!
RT @dannolan: “Fourteen of your Facebook friends have shed their corporeal forms and are now beings of pure energy. Would you like to join …
@leslienassar Yeah, that kinda crossed a boundary. To the side of the boundary that’s full of angry people with pitchforks. Sorry.
What? People might be able to find out your email address? But… but… that means they could… SEND YOU EMAIL.
@leslienassar “There are some terrible, terrible pedophiles out there, but I’d suggest they’re not all as terrible as Robert ‘Dolly’ Dunn”?
Of course Snapchat is the only crap mobile app ever. Every single other one is thoroughly secure, built with users’ safety the only goal.
It’s a shame we outlawed child labour, ‘cos back then when we stole their childhood, at least they got paid actual money for it.
How startups work: “Hello, I have a hessian sack full of teenagers’ private lives that we, um, obtained. They’re yours for three billion.”
It’s a shame, because the internet has such a serious shortage of methods for sending a photo to a friend. We’ll have to go back to faxes.
Snapchat really is the poster-child for the startup world, isn’t it. A badly-constructed house of cards made of straw built on quicksand.
OK, so Snapchat has been pwned right up to the chest cavity. Here’s @violetblue’s story. http://t.co/3i2BSBHoHL
@dannolan @leslienassar Actually, sorry, that detracts from the seriousness of Snapchat’s incompetence. I withdraw my comment.
@dannolan @leslienassar Yes, I live in fear that someone might find my phone number, which is, you know, on my website.
RT @sylmobile: RT [locked] This is how Snapchat’s security works: https://t.co/9GcceVCvBr
@dannolan @leslienassar Snapchat. Yes. I see your problem.
You know, @expectproblems, this could be @dannolan RIGHT NOW. http://t.co/mADrDVni6f
Should I be paying attention to @dannolan’s rant today, or has he just gone face down into the Christmas Cocaine?
@scottcarson1957 Soap powder companies would make shit up? TELL ME IT ISN’T TRUE!
@R_Chirgwin Ducks are tough to understand, I agree, but you gotta follow one important rule. http://t.co/2m0si0DuUG
@R_Chirgwin Would it be cruel to point out you could have just stopped that tweet after the first three words? [Ducks.]
@scottcarson1957 Exactly. I thought the point of all the enzymes and other Washing Powder Science shit was to make it work in cold water.
@scottcarson1957 Yep, I generally do everything in one load, in cold water when in the Mountains on solar power. OK, I look like a hobo.
@jeamland Sir, it all went all wrong a very long time ago. I think it’s a bit late to try to skin that squid.
Maybe I should just spend the rest of the day eating chocolate and drinking wine. To start with.
Though perhaps wearing last year’s clothes isn’t quite as deep a plane of hell as wilfully washing socks at the wrong temperature.
“Oh, but the fabric will last longer!” Yeah? So what? The rag trade convinced us that “last year’s clothes” are a moral failing.
I’m pretty sure the Mayan empire didn’t collapse because their underwear had been washed in water that was 5C off the “right” temperature.
Why, as a species, did we let these people convince us that we needed to decide which of six temperature settings was “right” for our socks?
Every single person involved in the “design” of washing machine controls should be rounded up and shot in front of their families.
RT @thisischristina: “scientists†http://t.co/9nCkRKofbv
@yinettesys Well it’s about time, because 2013 was just so dull and empty on that front.
Vice_Is_Hip Why Miley Cyrus’ new music video is just two dogs having sex in an alley
Both those posts are part of an annual ritual that’s probably past its use-by date. Most of my writing is elsewhere these days.
New blog post: “Fine posts for 2013, such that they are”, being what I think was better. http://t.co/KfpRATp1xj
New blog post: “Most popular posts of 2013”, well, from my blogue anyway. http://t.co/vwKW38HI4B
A list of things US emergency rooms have removed from people in 2013, “sorted by orifice, working south”. http://t.co/zHPH7NnD5B HT @ozdj
ozdj What’s better than a region-free DVD player? instagram.com/p/iZzvTIB82c/
Fri plan, draft: A day of pottering around tidying up various loose ends, with intermittent coffee, wine and other distractions.
@R_Chirgwin @garystark I’m fairly sure that’s about as far as you should take this particular line of inquiry.
Hello and welcome to the Fridayest Monday in the history of Mondays. Or vice versa. Please give me something to put in my mouth.
@leftventricleau Yeah I’m not sure that I have all my faculties. But I have survived, yes.
Thu plan: There is no plan, apart from slothing around the house. This is a good plan.
Well I think I successfully avoided Christmas for another year.
The final bus journey has ended. The final errand has been running. I am approaching wine on foot. Sneaking up on it unawares.
Too many errands today. So I am now approaching wine at the speed of a bus.
Bridge, en passant instagram.com/p/iSk91MiFg4/
@ajhill_alan @elronxenu Alright, maybe it was a soprano sax, but either way it should be banned.
Drugs and a Christmas hug. That’s proper medical care.
I am one with the antlered creature.
CLIFF RICHARD “WINTER WONDERLAND” WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK IS GOING ON WITH THIS PLANET.
“REJOICE REJOICE EMMANUEL” DOES NOT NEED TO BE EQUIPPED WITH DOO-WOP BACKING SINGERS.
I am going to ask my doctor for better drugs to cope with these shit Christmas carols.
THEY ARE PLAYING “LITTLE DRUMMER BOY” ON A MUTED COR ANGLAIS AND ALSO JAZZ TRUMPET IT IS WORSE THAT HITLER.
The people need more serious judging. With a broken broom handle.
Judging people. Well, they purport to be people.
@iain_chalmers Ribs in jelly!
@deejbah Oh not MY antlers. I am sitting near the Antlers of Patience. They are always beguiling.
Beguiled by the antlers.
I don’t normally retweet the compliments, @kofeyh, but I wanted to preserve the “polite rant” comment. That doesn’t happen often.
RT @kofeyh: A jolly polite rant from @stilgherrian - http://t.co/cZVW69Lnqh - sumerisies the points (cluster-fuck) that is new #nbn thinkin…
The other day I heard the tragic news that the White Cockatoo Hotel at Petersham no longer has its Schnitzelbistro. Sad.
Ubertarians. http://t.co/Om314d6RMs HT That man who knows who he is.
cjjc Nigella: more shocking revelations… pic.twitter.com/UUFeZ2UqOn
Safariland Ballistics instagram.com/p/iSB3jJCFvd/
Being trolled by cockatoos.
Mobile.
Tue plan: Administrivia; errands Enmore, Sydney CBD; 1215 medico, Darlo; lunch (where?); 1400 meeting; yet more errands; an evening of wine.
Well I suppose I should eventually switch into the appropriate mood for the season.
Vice_Is_Hip Why Dubai was all just a practical joke after all
@chrisjrn Well that’s what I just did, pretty much.
I’ve just caught up on all my Weekly Wrap blog posts at stilgherrian.com, but I won’t bother linking individually to them all.
@JanJoostBouwman @mrtiedt Oh dear. I didn’t notice that. One step at a time, I guess…
TumblrTXT I wore my leg hair with pride yesterday at a Birthday and forced every guy to Touch it because fuck you
Tue plan, draft: Administrivia; train to CBD; haircut; 1215 medico (routine); lunch (where?); 1400 meeting; many errands; evening of wine.
mrtiedt Did man really go to the moon? NOBODY KNOWS @kcarruthers @Kevin_Ashton @DoktorZoom @Wonkette bit.ly/1a3KLIX pic.twitter.com/WyL2cuXfcQ
Tuesday. Being trolled by random fauna. Disgruntled.
@Selyst @maureenjohnson This what you’re after? support.twitter.com/articles/15789
@TheStallion88 To be honest, I don’t think it’s about party politics. It’s about setting good long-term targets and trusting the engineers.
@elronxenu @ResignInShame @BrigadierSlog Sorry I missed goatgate.
@TheStallion88 Thanks very much. It frustrates me that the politicians are quibbling over the details and forgetting the big picture.
Sweating like a pig. A pig made of sweat, but without a pig in it.
Transition complete.
Il pleut, a bit.
The Transition proceeds according to schedule.
@expectproblems “Monsieur Pasteur’s Improved Bovine De-Farter”
@expectproblems Milk is essentially cow-juice with the farts pasteurised out.
This all seems eerily familiar.
Beginning The Transition.
bitcoin_txt is there any bitcoin chan or something like that?
Preparing for The Transition.
Watching an odd and distinctly out of place little dance. Curious.
Oh FFS.
If that just means “beer” then I think even less of your planet than before.
@Tilaurin @JohnBirmingham May I suggest “Sharehouse Zombie Apocalypse” from @expectproblems? It’s KINDA good… http://t.co/4xdvVIrXLC
explanoit We’d be lucky if a sucker was only born once a minute. If that were true we’d be living in a scifi utopia with sexbots and no-hangover beer.
bitcoin_txt For the first time in our lifetimes we are dealing with a Currency that encourages us to be conscious of our Consumption.
I think it’s worth reminding people that this is what startup people do when left to their own devices. http://t.co/scDMkRDBZG
“Giant Christmas goat”?
ReprieveAU Seeking Vietnamese speaking law students for a special assignment. Email seasia.coordinator@reprieve.org.au for further details. #internship
RT @PointZeroOne: so many goats. [I know it can be overwhelming. Just start at one end, and take rest breaks as you need them.]
RT @BlogsofWar: Afghans set up Belgium protest camp goo.gl/ynyZtZ [Yeah about time someone did something about Belgium.]
Eating with a Splayd, partying like it’s 1979.
People celebrating their status as independent thinkers unsullied by religious dogma with a joke festival from a TV show. #icemoonprison
expectproblems Beaches are basically just really badly maintained pools with bonus poisonous things.
johnb78 About to go to Australia. Hoping I won’t get interned, separated from my family and resettled on a malarial rock. Just kidding, I’m white.
I never even knew that ducks WERE a dynastic society until this week.
RT @Lyall: I’d be smug if I was an oversized kingfisher that ate snakes. [Fair point.]
“Det Sen-Constable McKinnon alleged the incident was fuelled by alcohol.” Uhuh.
“A man allegedly bit off part of another man’s ear after an argument over kittens escalated,” as they do. http://t.co/MtyHNs51vg
SHUT UP KOOKABURRAS YOU SMUG FUCKING TROLL BIRDS.
RT @AstroKatie: Utah compared ER visits + jail ($16,670) for homeless vs apartment + case worker ($11,000) & decided to be frugal: http://t…
RT @ben_hr: Pedestrian may not have fully thought this through… or maybe they have. http://t.co/7PCiZDtp4Q
AstroKatie America. RT @calestous: Paid maternal leave around the world- pic.twitter.com/7lFrgkED9Y via @Amazing_Maps
GreenJ The rest of you can go as fast as you like pic.twitter.com/cj8INwc1oV
I see that The America has tuned into “60 Minutes” so they can shout at it again. Well done.
RSAsecurity RSA categorically denies it entered into secret #NSA agreement to weaken #security ow.ly/s0c0q
RT @spikelynch: And they knelt and paid him homage, and offered him gifts of beta-carotene, salt, and monosodium glutamate.
—the Adoration …
Vice_Is_Hip ‘I think I can really make a difference’ - Why Robert Downey Jr wants to adopt himself
bitcoin_txt Bitcoins teaches us how to Value Real things.
jeanburgess If “only 2 out of 10 customers get their Australian passport application right the first time,” SHOUTY INSTRUCTIONS may not be the answer
@snerdish Isn’t that a “Lost in Space” episode?
RT @lukehopewell: “Intimate cocktail briefing at CES†sounds like an invitation to get roofied. [So where can I get one of these invites?]