If @QandAÂ broadcast from@OrkneyLibraryy I might take them seriously. But Geelong? Geelong doesn’t even have bubblers.
OrkneyLibrary For your entertainment we are about to present the Top 10 fashion/dressmaking books from our stacks. You have been warned…
@jeremysear But in re being on that TV show, I don’t understand why anyone would demean themselves like that. It’s a no-win arsehatfest.
TumblrTXT I just kind of grew up a little more, got a little life experience, heard some more words, and eventually determined that I am a dragon.
@jeremysear You know I don’t actually watch TV?
@jeremysear There’s no such thing.
@KarlskiB A transcontinental plague. How excellent*.
People actually watch QandA, that’s so cute.
Judging by the coughing and the sore throat, Sydney has already given me the plague. Sydney is such a bullshit city.
@SnarkyPlatypus With careful editing this could out-drama Mastercard. But so could a dead pig.
PCI DSS only exists because it has to exist.
Now I’m thinking about a new reality TV series, “Sex Lives of the Middle Managers”. It has failure written all over it.
Look, PCI DSS is basically a sex toy without the sex or the toy. But I suppose it keeps middle management happy.
@chrisjrn @swearyanthony In what context?
Re-entrammed.
So should I visualise @swearyanthony masturbating over PCI DSS v3 standards documentation? Should you? Yes, I think you should.
@timb07 Cool, thanks, I’ll look it up. Obviously we both trawled Freesound for theme music.
Excellent. That probably won’t kill me.
@timb07 Oh really? Which podcast? (And thank you.)
@joshrowe @crikey_news Thanks. I did quote some chunks of it, but I was edited for length. They don’t get it.
@christopherneal Ta for that, added to the reading list.
@michaelneale I kinda buried that line. I’m thinking I should do a whole column arguing that point some time.
@playswithf1re Ah yes, thank you, I am aware of Goat Simulator, and I understand there is now a Mac version. It shall happen.
@RealNickHodge @chrisjrn This is one of the most important cultural references in the entire podcast.
@chrisjrn And a dog. Mostly a dog.
@juhasaarinen You’re thinking of cyberdick.
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Me at @crikey_news: “Facebook manipulation yet more evidence of Silicon Valley’s contempt†http://t.co/0hPbl2ycov
@CosmicRami Tram arrives at Haymarket at 1730. Might I suggest the C Bar, Pitt and Campbell, because I get discounts.
Me at @zdnetaustralia: “Do the Privacy Commissioner’s teeth have any bite?†http://t.co/TfKHNnrGvE
While I’m catching a tram into the Sydney CBD, here are some tweets plugging some things for you to consider.
Mobile.
@CosmicRami It is. I shall be catching the tram back into the CBD fairly shortly, ETA 1730 to 1745.
@AnnabelAstbury If they want to show you a secret monolith, politely refuse. That never ends well.
“Sydney Opal card travel history can be accessed by policeâ€, writes @joshgnosis http://t.co/Re3uWPPP1H
RT @fieldproducer: WANT: Suarez biting bottle openers now for sale on Ebay. bit.ly/1jBmNtF pic.twitter.com/tqI3iDB9Lp [Capitalism wins!]
RT @5at5daily: RT @5at5daily: “5at5 number 71 | 30 June 2014â€: Foxes, bubbling, Planet Earth, how to be a spy, and a TV quiz show. http://t…
RT @sylmobile I hope I am never forced to choose between my children and cheese… [Can’t you eat both?]
Once I’ve done a couple things at Lilyfield, I shall probably come back into the CBD for an urgent drink or even an urgent dinner.
@bastardsheep @Dame_Mochuck Well now that we have a global digital distribution network, an Australia-specific distributor isn’t needed…
@bastardsheep @Dame_Mochuck So what we have is irrelevant and unimaginative fools trying to justify their existence. In this they will fail.
If Tim Wilson represents Freedom then you guys can cuff me at your leisure.
Entrammed.
The #purpletrain is about to arrive at Sydney Central instagram.com/p/p2ya5_iFvd/
@elronxenu Indeed. And nobody needs to watch a movie or TV series TODAY, they can just chill for a bit and get a fucking life.
“It’s time to play everyone’s favourite game show, ‘Put Them In The Van’!†Thank you, @firstdogonmoon http://t.co/hHJVEp2z7q
@elronxenu Indeed, it’s a classic example of when the median is more helpful than the mean.
RT @leslienassar: Uh oh. RT @TrendsAustralia: Leslie Nassar, @leslienassar is now trending in Australia [With or without “urine�]
RT @sylmobile: trying to work out how to kill an app on a windows phone. [Throw the phone into the ocean.]
So, Village Roadshow co-CEO Graham Burke’s claim that movies are rarely delayed in Australia is bullshit. Gosh. http://t.co/jNBlGUVjxM
RT @leslienassar: That’s some champagne polititrolling from Scott Morrison. Five stars. pic.twitter.com/zwzpykY8Vm [Kafka on peyote.]
@PaulMcEwan6 This is a fair request, and I’ll let you know when I’ve got it set up. Thanks again.
Crossing the Nepean instagram.com/p/p2soNhCFpV/
@rohan_p @ScottRhodie In a similar vein, “shuttered†for when a business closes.
Oh. So @mpesce wrote about the Facebook thing too. He’s so derivative. http://t.co/qBVhbVni2W
RT @ScottRhodie: Words only used by journalists in news stories: trysts, romp, boffin. Can you name any more? [Verbs: Wed, ink, mull.]
RT @AnnaNotKarenina: JOB ALERT: Random House Australia are seeking an Editor - Children’s & YA m.seek.com.au/job/26754620 [No, “is seekingâ€.]
@PaulMcEwan6 Gosh. I’m creating some more packages this week, so I’ll add that thought to the list. Thanks.
@expectproblems Oh thank you. I seem to have been in a bit of a mood for my last few things.
@semibogan Essentially, yes. I was also told someone tried disposing of an entire dead goat in the recycling. Hell of a mess when shredded.
Me at @crikey_news: “Facebook manipulation yet more evidence of Silicon Valley’s contempt†http://t.co/0hPbl2ycov
@semibogan There are important differences between the ways you operate a McDonald lift versus a finger lift.
@eldonnn No, the server is in a data centre.
I have just learned a lot about the art and craft of operating a garbage truck. It’s a complicated thing.
@eldonnn “Them”? I run this server. Anyway, I’ll work on it later.
@bastardsheep Well that must have been very helpful.
@MsLods Damn, I was going to mention that the OAIC is being abolished, but I forgot.
Hmmm… My WordPress admin interface isn’t loading styles and JavaScript. Something weird is going on. Th site itself is fine.
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There are reports that some people have survived listening to the new episode of “The 9pm Edictâ€, so my next tweet will contain links.
As lunchtime approaches, I prepare to catch the 1324 train to Sydney, and then to be in Sydney for nearly two whole weeks.
RT @jperlow: Printer Dissatisfaction Has Been Resolved youtu.be/1aBqlGFmGvY [Yep, this of how HP’s printers should be dealt with.]
@AdrianDeLuca76 Thanks, Adrian. It’s an interesting question. Pilgrim has given some good indications, but all this stuff costs money.
@trentyarwood Yeah, I didn’t trace back the references, at least not yet. Deadlines etc.
@MsLods Would you like me to send paramedics? You’re still OK? (Also, thank you.)
@garystark @zdnetaustralia Possibly. We shall have to see, won’t we.
@jonoabroad Thanks very much. It felt patchy to me. Subscriptions can be left alone until I have a process for moving them. No rush.
@monsieurpotts Oh ta for that, I’ll be reading it tonight.
@jon_lawrence @BernardKeane Yeah @666canberra has really gone to the dogs. And not in a wholesome Chris Kenny kind of way.
Me at @zdnetaustralia: “Do the Privacy Commissioner’s teeth have any bite?†http://t.co/TfKHNnrGvE
Story filed for @crikey_news. It’ll make me some new friends*.
@joshgnosis A goodly few do end up there, alas.
@joshgnosis Apparently skateboarders get taught bubbling by their fathers. http://t.co/RWflMoJXmB
OK, back to the writing.
@jonoabroad @666canberra Yeah, I’ll post the audio later, probably not until this evening.
And the radio is done. Apparently @666canberra listeners now have an insight into how my mind works. Not sure how to take that.
Here we go…
RT @semibogan: I really can’t be arsed with doing anything today. [I’m sure something will bubble to the surface…]
What? Listening to a Coldplay song, @666canberra? This is a deliberate attempt to troll me, right? [Reaches for razor blades.]
On hold to talk about Bubbling and Facebook on ABC @666canberra, and you can listen at abc.net.au/canberra/
This is essential story research.
“Pissing into Your Own Mouth Is ‘Huge’ in Australiaâ€, reported @VICE six days ago, so there’s that. http://t.co/RWflMoJXmB
Thank you, @cathywilcox1. pic.twitter.com/ad1NGWaAVZ
I vote for @umairh getting his own TV talk show.
umairh There should be a Gay Pride parade every weekend until the US grows up.
umairh This is what happens when you invent human civilization. 5000 years later, it’s penalty kicks.
RT @jon_lawrence: You’re an expert on this, because…? [Look, I just work here, OK?]
TheMediaTweets Here’s that Costa Rica goal plotted on a graph. #CRCvsGRE… pic.twitter.com/WwKHKZNoUK
OHnewsroom Veteran reporter: “Do we have a phone book newer than 2010?”
Editor: “Yes — the Internet.”
So, it’s like this. I’ll be talking briefly about “bubblingâ€@666canberracanberra at around 0920 AEST. Liabc.net.au/canberra04APtvDD
Mon plan: Write for @crikey_news; tidy & pack; 1324 train to Sydney; migrate to Lilyfield; blogs x several; @5at5daily; evening TBA.
RT @gusworldau: @stilgherrian @katecrawford @zephoria Perhaps Google+ could sponsor it [Now I’m thinking a Hangout with actual hangings.]
RT @Slanecartoons: ‘The Far Left’. My most popular cartoon so far this year. #nzpol pic.twitter.com/k0tvnPARrX [And it’s very good.]
I’d pay to watch an event where @katecrawford and @zephoria stake out Facebook execs on the ground and perforate them with spears.
I prefer to think of the dog as conscientious.
“Facebook Doesn’t Understand The Fuss About Its Emotion Manipulation Studyâ€, writes @kashhill http://t.co/fj27xezD9W
RT @katecrawford: Or possible harm. MT @grimmelm Researchers regret “the way the paper described the research and any anxiety it caused,” n…
RT @NewtonMark: Today we’ll find that Facebook didn’t run an experiment, but merely SAID they did to pimp their data mining services at adv…
RT @trentyarwood: since when is it “conventional wisdom” that having happy friends makes people feel sad? [Exactly. Is a psychologist here?]
And “Everything We Know About Facebook’s Secret Mood Manipulation Experiment†is a great summary. http://t.co/EppdcFW8nB
This is the Facebook paper, “Experimental evidence of massive-scale emotional contagion through social networks†http://t.co/vmsrywaSLw
@oberonsghost Oh. Yes. That does look good. I shall allocate it some of my copious* spare time.
In which a Facebook drone says “sorry for the way the paper described the researchâ€, but not for, y’know, doing it. https://t.co/4D2DTu6AXt
So did you know there’s a new episode of “The 9pm Edict� https://t.co/n4fMhHvRR9 It’s also on SoundCloud! https://t.co/WJHoD1BhS9
@oberonsghost Ah, no, I don’t need to be drilling down into that just now.
Yes, a routine εá½Î¸Ïνη for every politician. Alas, it doesn’t mean to euthanise them. Still, handy. http://t.co/zdiyQ40Ruw
RT @oberonsghost: Are you thinking of the euthunai of Ancient Athens? [I am, yes, I’m thinking of exactly that. Thank you.]
@garystark Steady there, Tiger, one disruption at a time.
@cafedave My pleasure. This episode felt a bit scattered and lacking, to be honest, but that’s something I’m working on.
@juhasaarinen Will I want to look at this, or will it just make me angry?
RT @juhasaarinen: “Twitter launches Ramadan hashtags”. Uhh… [HAHAHAHA Twitter’s idea of “modesty†oh you fucking arsehats.]
Anyone working with classified material is subject to routine security checks. Maybe every politician should face routine corruption checks.
Wasn’t it the Romans who did an anti-corruption investigation into all Senators as a matter of course?
Ah, the ICAC investigation into Ryde Council is handing down its report today, so there’s something to look forward to.
@cafedave For some reason this pleases me. That’s probably wrong.
RT @MatthewBevan: @stilgherrian is a Oberon the SI unit for snow? @702sydney @robbie_buck [Um, imperial. Der.]
@SnarkyPlatypus Le petit-déjeuner est livré avant l’écriture, mais l’écriture d’aujourd’hui sera très rapide.
According to a caller on @702sydney @robbie_buck, it’s currently snowing a Oberon.
@bigrb M’pleasure.
“The next thing Silicon Valley needs to disrupt big time: its own cultureâ€, writes @Archivd, and he’s right. http://t.co/ac1YoNGtfE
@SnarkyPlatypus Bonjour. J’attends le lever du soleil, afin que je puisse se plaindre du Soleil. Et vous?
Hah! @robbie_buck: “… and Eid will then involve a lot of food?†Sheik: “Insha’Allah I hope so!’ I think I know where he’s coming from.
Grrr.
Mon plan, draft: Write for @crikey_news; tidy & pack; 1124 train to Sydney; migrate to Lilyfield; blogs x several; @5at5daily; evening TBA.
Monday. The ninety-six minutes remaining until sunrise give plenty of time to ponder the pointlessness of your own existence. Monday.
GreenJ Dear me.
@BXGD Yeah we’ve got everything under control down here, no need to be concerned.
@jon_lawrence I’m more generous than that, but broadly agree.
RT @theretronaut: 1990s: buff.ly/1nSL93i (buff.ly/1nSL7s5) pic.twitter.com/CdYsrj0CTj [I miss these days…]
@jon_lawrence I’d recommend he start immediately, in case there’s an appointment in the offing. I expect a resignation or two.
@swearyanthony Undoubtedly. Their integrated strategy is obvious even to a fool.
@CanberraMemes Is this the Hairy Knoll theory?
@franksting Mostly to personally spite you. Personally.
@jon_lawrence “Freedomâ€. Or something.
@Colvinius Alas, I was told earlier it’s not from Glastonbury. Been kicking around since at least 2010, apparently.
@yinettesys Check for yourself. pic.twitter.com/Yyvi3N58Va
Meh, I might as well just link to it nowâ€pic.twitter.com/DDjalWeT4W4W
Oh no. There are Carney Truthers already.
@yinettesys Have you met Decipher Dog®? http://t.co/1pqvdkBBSm
@yinettesys There’s Cyndi and Cy, the Cyber Twinsânsa.gov/kids/b78Ea8
@yinettesys Yeah this edition is from before all that. It’s got a cartoon eagle and stuff.
thegrugq_ebooks This could be your big chance to flee outside China got trapped at a train station and when on a suicidal knifing rampage.
@yinettesys Well I still have an NSA Crypto-Kids Activity Book for you. There’s colouring-in and cyphers and shit.
@yinettesys I’d always thought you were more of a ROT13 kind of girl.
Trying to tame down the joke I just thought of so I can tweet it without being lynched.
@JrehnJ Yeah I think so too.
And just think, I started the day with a reference to the need to preserve the purity of our precious bodily fluids.
@djackmanson Damn tempting offer.
@safzoro Ah, you have quite a bit of catching up to do. I’m afraid I can’t help you right at the moment.
RT @sylmobile: People with bushier left eyebrows have a greater tendency to drink their own urine. [Ah! So that’s settled then. Poor Tim.]
I mean, I can obviously visualise it. But would he actually do it?
What about Tim Blair?
Michelle Grattan must have a list stashed away somewhere. She’d know these things.
I’m thinking Miranda Devine probably not, but am I an accurate judge in these things? And Gerard Henderson must be a huge “Yes please!”
Actually the real issue is knowing which columnists and talkback hosts do or do not piss in their own mouths. Is it a party-political thing?
@RealNickHodge Spoken like a true @smh reader. I think we have our story.
Maybe @smh could provide a definitive list of where you are and are not allowed to piss. There must be a real estate angle in it somewhere.
@organicperson @bunjaree Beats having a real job, certainly.
@CarmelNunan Oh yes, I remember seeing that, and making a (forgotten) mental note to check whether it was a hoax or not.
Jo_Tovey Yep. RT @TrendsAustralia ‘urine’ is now trending in Australia trendsmap.com/au
GrogsGamut McClure report shows welfare dependency lowest in 17yrs. So yeah, put it in Appendix G, p162… HT @BenPhillipsUC pic.twitter.com/Xa09vvYZP5
I’m back a@bunjareeee, I have a bottle of wine, and I have to write an op-ed first thing in the morning. So you know how it goes from here.
I must thank the Abbott government, however, for saving me a fortune in entertainment costs over having to fill a dancing bear with vodka.
The apparent temperature is up to -6C now, so I think I might strip off while waiting for the train.
I should not be allowed to watch television.
@SnarkyPlatypus Peut-être. Est-ce la même chose que le canal de neuf?
@BlowUpthePokies @tmc071 You’ve utterly missed the point. Please, just stop. I think even less of you with every attempted justification.
@johncarneyau @98FM Thanks.
@johncarneyau @98FM Goddamit. Deleting.
@SnarkyPlatypus Bonjour. me suis arrangé pour un groupe de dix ans les enfants à effectuer pour votre plaisir. Et vous?
If using Hitler and Nazis to justify your argument is losing to a Godwin, what is it when it’s a Leunig cartoon?
Oh good. The barman has switched the video feed to something wholesome, namely young men crashing motorcycles into trees.
garwboy Confused as to how to respond to Richard Dawkins’ latest claims? Try this handy flow chart. #Dawkins pic.twitter.com/yPdsqKIVH0
98FM The funniest picture from #Glastonbury! pic.twitter.com/Z56sYdu64T
@BlowUpthePokies @tmc071 Yeah cult leaders have traditionally trotted out the same rationalisation. Wow. So. Fucking. Wrong.
I thought that people who gathered 13yo kids and younger for their “entertainment” were meant to end up in front of a criminal court judge.
@BlowUpthePokies Seriously, children are not for chewing up and spitting out for your Sunday evening entertainment. What is WRONG with you?
@BlowUpthePokies Fuck off. Anyone who’s deluded a 13yo into thinking they need to apologise for not being “professional†is a danger.
“I haven’t been singing professionally, but…†NO, BECAUSE YOU’RE FUCKING WELL JUST 13 YEARS OLD WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU.
Apparently there is a thing called “The Voice Kidsâ€, which indicates which parents need to be reported to DOCS immediately.
@dannolan @franksting They’re mostly Protestants up here, plus some Seventh Day Adventists.
Hypothetically speaking, how could we inject @franksting with a massive dose of novocaine?
I’m now thinking that “put to death†is an interesting and quite useful phrase.
In which @Colvinius calls for football players to be put to death. Can’t blame him. https://t.co/iACXGy0bVo
Damn typo. Let’s try that again.