chris23 So, who’s gonna pay for Ello to scale? Hmm?
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RT @leslienassar: @hughstephens @stilgherrian valleywag.gawker.com/anti-corporate… [Yeah you go, Ello.]
RT @9NewsBrisbane: Police are searching for a man who held up a Brisbane service station with a boomerang. #9News [He’ll be back…]
And now to deal with this blinding headache.
leslienassar Clouds are bullshit.
And the radio spot is done.
On hold for @abcgoldcoast to talk about this social network thing Ello. The listening place is abc.net.au/goldcoast/
Stratfor Stratfor Map: Military Assets and Airstrikes Against #IslamicState as of Sept. 29 info.stratfor.com/twlg/ pic.twitter.com/TMUH9YA9GG
cathywilcox1 Is the state a tinderbox yet?
I think I’m taking about Ello on @abcgoldcoast in about half an hour or so. The listening place is abc.net.au/goldcoast/
Tue plan, draft: Produce an episode of “The 9pm Edict”, I reckon; breaks for noodles and occasional stretching; complain about the weather.
DanielPRose Good God. pic.twitter.com/fFBjABGvCO
Tuesday. Burn everything. Tuesday.
anguslivingston ANZ tells my mum her family would be less stressed if she were no longer around pic.twitter.com/yZ4fjk3IxW
@SnarkyPlatypus Non.
SparkyROAR WOMEN LAUGJING WHILE EATIG SALAD COSPLAY pic.twitter.com/GPdLodm00X
@SnarkyPlatypus Bonjour. Je souffre de la bêtise. Et vous?
ThePoke Stingrays that look like David Cameron.
(by @deathstairs)
#CPC14 pic.twitter.com/Hhtw8ruVl8
The Sun must be extinguished.
I suppose I’ll have to look at that goddam site myself now.
KetanJ0 No, it’s not a parody pic.twitter.com/Q9kq4XROpG
tinderfessions 90 percent of the time I’m tindering while taking a dump. All that dirty sexy talk takes places mid shit. - Chelsea
“The invasion of corporate news”, an excellent feature from @FT, 19 Sep. ft.com/intl/cms/s/2/9…
crikey_news Labor’s current political strategy, as explained by @deptofaustralia pic.twitter.com/tFbfH4nif3
RT @ClickHole: The Future Of Food Is Here clickhole.com/r/748tsd #HoverHam pic.twitter.com/44xqnUSbXj [Can’t wait for this to come to Sydney.]
Laughing.
SwiftOnSecurity What if selfies are a social fad secretly promoted by the FBI to populate their facial recognition database.
Monday. Everything is still as stupid as previously. Monday.
Look, who cares where Shorten is? He’s about as useful as a meringue condom.
abissicus No one grizzles when the Queen covers her head. pic.twitter.com/Qz3U48GiyP
thegrugq 75% of 35,000 .gov requests to Microsoft were for metadata (“non-content”). Can we start calling “data” yet?
blogs.microsoft.com/on-the-issues/…
@JohnBirmingham Yes. Yes, it is.
Mind you, re that @9NewsBrisbane RT, “it is believed” hasn’t had a good run in terms of factuality this week.
9NewsBrisbane Police are investigating two shootings at Mount Gravatt where it’s believed Muslims have been targeted #9News
@MikeCarlton01 You’re right. In the current climate I cannot afford to be so lax.
@hughriminton @MikeCarlton01 Yeah yeah, I’ll add it to the list. Got a second sheet of paper I can borrow?
@humphriesmark I suspect it has always been thus. It’s lonely work, challenging the narrative.
@MikeCarlton01 They hate you for your chooks of freedom.
@stitchsarah I tend to agree, but there’s nothing with the level of taboo and intensity, I fear.
RT @PointZeroOne: Was he really a terrorist? [Stories such a s @feed_the_chooks’ suggest he was considered at-risk, not a threat.]
@humphriesmark That’s another of those “one person” stories, isn’t it.
Wow, just how much of a cunt would you have to be to treat a family funeral like this? pic.twitter.com/AyZPmgQlrv
RT @beautifulepics: German Police Rescue Squirrel from Manhole Cover pic.twitter.com/3dYA8kcyVi [Germany has a Police Rescue Squirrel? AWESOME.]
@michaelneale There’s a couple bits that might make you angry.
Re-plug time: Me at @zdnetaustralia yesterday: “Senators’ ignorance isn’t bliss with new surveillance laws” zdnet.com/senators-ignor…
@humphriesmark @paulwiggins @DailyMailCeleb It’s sheer brilliance, isn’t it! The skill required to turn nothing into news is… um, yeah.
FatherBob “They hung people by their feet and shot these people in their stomachs”…. ISIS today?….Warsaw uprising 1944….the “civilised” West.
RT @paulwiggins: Tom Jones trends on Twitter, leaving fans to believe he is dead dailym.ai/1uuza4h via @DailyMailCeleb [Well is he?]
Hey @abcnews, I reckon the home page link “iPad prompts security scare” is straight up factually incorrect. Unscreened entry was the prompt.
JamilaRizvi Just witnessed a man hold 14 unbroken, Cheezles in his mouth at once. We saw the face of God.
DE_fromMB Just so we are all clear on the strategy as to why we are heading to war again. pic.twitter.com/SYv5eUOD9k
I agree with @GreenJ, @feed_the_chooks is very good on Abdul Numan Haider today. thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/politics/…
NicholasFryer This government makes every day special. Who ever imagined I’d eat a lasagne more intelligent than the Prime Minister of Australia?
Vivienneclore Have we all seen the dog that looks like Richard Branson? pic.twitter.com/s9MSHmKxXk
Gavin_Conroy Always watch your 6. pic.twitter.com/Hd2rauTqNl
RT @R_Chirgwin: What would happen if I suddenly went sane? [Ooh! I love fantasy hypotheticals. Like, what if dogs were made of plutonium?]
Well that always works.
What even is “New Zealand”?
RT @dannolan: Social media experts should be tarred and feathered as charlatans discuss [What’s to fuckin’ discuss? Temperature of the tar?]
BlogsofWar People are afraid to point and say “Wow. That’s some ignorant redneck shit you just said there.” They shouldn’t be.
@damobfc @BlogsofWar Then again, maybe it’s beer and early starts that will be the death of our species. Hard to say.
@damobfc @BlogsofWar Dull literalism, and the inability see quote marks, will be the death of our species.
GonzoHacker So imagine it’s like your first time taking acid and then BAM #shellshock happens and you have to update bash on all your shit
@BlogsofWar “Shut up. What would you know? I support Freedom. We must kill these people who think differently.”
j_hutch News.com.au is looking for a Tech editor - seek.com.au/job/27350340
It might be safer not to leave the house today. There’s three bottles of wine left, so I should make it through to nightfall.
@scottcarson1957 Are they asbestos roofing shingles? ‘Cos I could go with that.
@scottcarson1957 And at least you have the decency not to push your kale perversions onto others. Privacy of one’s own home, Freedom etc.
RT @PatricLand: Uber driver allegedly bashed passenger in the head with a hammer flip.it/lgpHo [There is no justice.]
RT @dmflower: “@stilgherrian: What if that guy had sneaked some kale into Sydney airport?” Things would’ve eskaleted? [Oh Jesus wept…]
EDBBeirut No one in the Israeli government has proposed a connection between Hezbollah and Ebola? You’re fired. (h)e(z)bol(l)a(h)
What if that guy had sneaked some kale into Sydney airport?
That @UNSWLawJournal issue on ‘Communications Surveillance, Big Data and the Law’ is now online. Enjoy. unswlawjournal.unsw.edu.au (2/2)
Remember the @UNSWLawJournal mentioned in my “Why big data evangelists should be sent to re-education camps”? zdnet.com/why-big-data-e… (1/2)
@kcarruthers True. But kale.
rklau Don’t ever change, Google Voice transcription. pic.twitter.com/bQcgpfFiuY
@kcarruthers You can always kill him in his sleep. You have bushland nearby.
RT @bjkraal: @stilgherrian there is no plan for a security breach, other than “everyone out of the pool!” [Fuck knows, all is SEKRIT.]
kcarruthers Stop encouraging people to consume kale
RT @SBSNews: Security breach at Sydney airport caused by man concentrating on his iPad, not where he was going - bit.ly/1rr0bTI
Many have said that @murpharoo’s piece on the test facing Australian journalism is excellent. I tend to agree. theguardian.com/world/2014/sep…
In which we learn how utterly disrupt air travel at a major airport without needing a plan or a weapon of any kind. abc.net.au/news/2014-09-2…
@SwiftOnSecurity Sometimes I just want to cry.
BlogsofWar If everyone called out stupidity when they saw it stupid people would feel much less empowered. Instead, they think they’re in control.
SwiftOnSecurity You have no idea how deep the rabbit hole goes. pic.twitter.com/R0OA7vjx1U
Me at @zdnetaustralia yesterday: “Senators’ ignorance isn’t bliss with new surveillance laws” zdnet.com/senators-ignor…
Saturday. It is all far too frightening to contemplate. Pretend that they do not exist. Enjoy the game. Saturday.
mscott Daughter’s Friday night cuisine advice. pic.twitter.com/rZKdBxi95L
TheMediaTweets I see Stephen Fry has shocked the media by sensationally revealing he has a new book coming out.
Me at @zdnetaustralia today: “Senators’ ignorance isn’t bliss with new surveillance laws” zdnet.com/senators-ignor…
@piecritic @joshgnosis You are too kind. But that reminds me, I should do an evening plug.
smartbrain “@TheMafiaJoe: Thai PM bemoans divisive soap operas, offers to write better ones feeds.reuters.com/~r/Reuters/wor…”
“‘Scorpion’ Brings the Stupidest, Most Batshit Insane Hacker Scene Ever”, yes, @jeamland, but a glorious insanity. io9.com/scorpion-bring…
antloewenstein Tone deaf RT @Independent: Tony Blair has been named the top gay icon of the last 30 years. ind.pn/1uLmWk2 pic.twitter.com/6Hq8jSHu42
NewtonMark Nick Faukner: More anger was directed at Apple for a free U2 album than at governments shredding democracy. (Paraphrase)
RealNickHodge All this is exactly how Nazi Germany started
Apple seems to be alleging that there’s a new iOS update ready to download, but who can tell?
@SnarkyPlatypus Je vais commencer par l’ouverture d’une bouteille de cidre. Après cela, je ne suis pas sûr.
@shiftkey Agreed.
@shiftkey My memory is not the best to rely upon, but there was at least some broad “national security is important” blather.
@SnarkyPlatypus Bonjour. Je suis heureux d’annoncer que c’est vendredi. Dans la mesure où je suis jamais content de rien. Et vous?
@shiftkey @zdnetaustralia Well that’s the thing about representative democracy. We rely on the representatives to do their job.
Me at @zdnetaustralia: “Senators’ ignorance isn’t bliss with new surveillance laws” zdnet.com/senators-ignor…
RT @chrisbrownie: pic.twitter.com/OvQ1vgRuyx [Wait, what’s happening in this photograph, @SenatorLudlam?]
I’m talking about Shell Shock bug theage.com.au/it-pro/securit… on @1395FIVEaa at 1245 ACST / 1315 AEST. Listens happen at fiveaa.com.au
Asher_Wolf No, srsly GetUp, where the fuck where you when the nat sec legislation was under debate? RT @GetUp: #heyASIO, does my bum look big in this?
Reading Hansard.
Right, I’d better get down to this writing thing. Try not to break the internet while I’m away.
bairdjulia It would be hard to find a better review, anywhere. This is Esquire’s take on Two and a Half Men. Via @_youhadonejob pic.twitter.com/VYV1yVSG1o
RT @guardianvideo: Female pilot in Isis mission ‘boobs on the ground’, says Fox News presenter - video bit.ly/1mvtofT [Progress!]
@maninultimo I’m kinda full up for the day now, sorry. I just slotted in the last few commitments.
DanAmira threw my iPhone 6 into a volcano and it melted wtf is this crap
@FarrellPF @gazzy_d @MsLods Thanks. The committee Hansard won’t have been turned around before my deadline, yet I must rant.
@gazzy_d @FarrellPF @MsLods Thanks very much. It fits perfectly into a piece I have to file today, about fear and ignorance.
@rohan_p @MsLods The sense of born-to-rule arrogance coming from certain sections of the government fit poorly with this century.
@jamesroywriter That seems like a sensible move to me, provided the definition of what data is and isn’t retained is clear.
So the Attorney-General can decide which submissions to public inquiry will or won’t be published. Open* democracy in action.
nidhalaigh @efa_oz has stepped up & will publish individual #copydis submissions refused by ADG on its website. send PDFs to memberadmin@efa.org.au
Christ, if that senator has failed to notice even the widely-reported stuff about metadata, imagine how well they’ll deal with the nuances.
If someone could let me know which ornament* to democracy that was, I’d be most grateful. I didn’t have the audio up.
FFS. A Senator on this inquiry has managed to remain ignorant of the standard example to metadata overreach for three years. Bravo!
FarrellPF A senator is seriously asking where we find that the RSPCA is able to access telecommunications data. Really need to do more homework.
Smirking, for unrelated reasons.
@gregkcarson @yinettesys I’m curious about how much new knowledge is actually gained by that, though. Risk vs gain etc. [Shrugs.]
CyberPrefixerAU Shellshock cyberbug leaves up to 500 million cybercomputers at cyberrisk
@yinettesys @zdnetaustralia Nah, nothing on Shellshock from me today. I have nothing to add. Yet. This may change.
“Weaponizing #shellshock is bullshit”, writes some anonymous but sensible person. pastebin.com/a7KrYNqr
Fri plan, confirmed: Write for @zdnetaustralia; resurrect @5at5daily, finally; wine; more wine; shut up I am drinking wine right now.
@ashthoughts @Mvhak @amworldtodaypm No worries. It’s good that the story was there at all. Times are at least changing in that regards.
RT @MsLods: Sen McDonald greatest human right I have is to stay alive. [The spirit of heroism that built this nation. Lazy self-interest.]
@ashthoughts @Mvhak @amworldtodaypm Oh they’re not. Embedded devices are rarely patched. That’s why the Internet of Things will be “fun”.
@juhasaarinen Clearly.
RT @juhasaarinen: @stilgherrian pic.twitter.com/NEqmvXhmO2 [I thought we’d agreed that you’d stop sending me selfies?]
@ashthoughts @Mvhak @amworldtodaypm The report itself was fine. The teaser line by itself was what irked me. [Shrugs.] I’ve moved on now.
@ashthoughts @Mvhak @amworldtodaypm Yeah, I see what you’re saying, but to me it felt a tad alarmist. Those devices were already a problem.
“First Shellshock botnet attacks Akamai, US DoD networks”, writes @juhasaarinen itnews.com.au/News/396197,fi…
@Mvhak @amworldtodaypm Most kinds of Unix, including OS X, but not BSD according to some earlier.
“ASIO powers to spy over the entire internet pass the Senate”, writes @joshgnosis zdnet.com/au/asio-powers…
=The Senate inquiry on communications interception chaired by @SenatorLudlam is about to begin for the day. aph.gov.au/live
j_hutch So has anyone used the “Apple applies Bendaid” pun yet?
@BXGD @ArielleDRoss All that may well be true, but the simplified version is what’ll stick in people’s heads.
“iPhone ME — Apple risks becoming the new Microsoft”, writes@paulwallbankkpaulwallbank.com/2014/09/25/iph…V [Cruel but fair.]
jonkudelka It’s actually ASIO that’s bending your iphone btw.
Fri plan, draft: Write for @zdnetaustralia; resurrect @5at5daily, finally; wine; more wine; shut up I am drinking wine right now.
RT @HeyVeronica: It Bends?! 8 Major Defects Of The iPhone 6 clickhole.com/article/it-ben… [Wow, this is worse than I thought…]
RT @matthew_d_green: “Apple will become the phone of choice for the pedophile.” Ugh. Vomit. washingtonpost.com/business/techn… [I can see the TV ad…]
“Update On Xen-Alypse—All You Need To Know”, writes @benkepes forbes.com/sites/benkepes…
“Apple promised an expansive health app, so why can’t I track menstruation?” writes @ArielleDRoss theverge.com/2014/9/25/6844…
@bsveen You are most kind.
In a separate of media excellence*, Fairfax looks set to be making one hell of a defamation payout. abc.net.au/news/2014-09-2…
I hope someone is keeping Senator Lazarus briefed on all these developments.
Hey @amworldtodaypm, calling Shellshock “a hacker’s doorway to your desktop” is a bit rich. You Do know it doesn’t affect Windows, right?
Hey @abcnews, Shellshock is not a “virus”, so using that word in your radio news reports just makes you sound stupid.
That link you sent me to story about the hacking? I don’t what you think is wrong with that scenario. I’ve head about this sort of thing.
@SnarkyPlatypus Bonjour. Je crains que le lapin a échappé à la cage. Et vous?
So what did Crusader Rabbit tell the UN first? That he’d Stopped the Boats or Axed the Tax?
Eventually, all of us will be tranquilised and fall from a tree.
ThePoke Remember the tranquilized bear falling out of a tree? You do? Well - here he is again. pic.twitter.com/I70Jk85I5P
Friday. The sun is shining, but don’t let that fool you. Darkness remains at the heart of everything. Friday.
RT @bengrubb: “The internet poses one of the greatest threats to our existence…,” says PUP senator Glen Lazarus #senate [EXACTLY.]
MariaSharapova Hey buddy, I’m right behind you… :) pic.twitter.com/deVaMfetzr
@SnarkyPlatypus Je veux dire quelque chose à propos de l’ail et de vinaigre balsamique, mais qui sonne faux.
@SnarkyPlatypus Je ne comprends pas la question, je vais supposer que la réponse est «oui».
@SnarkyPlatypus Bonjour. Je suis frais et parfumé, d’une manière plus agréable. Et vous?
@R_Chirgwin No, such things are managed in other ways.
Judging by the things in the news, my decision to spend the morning ignoring the internet was the correct one.
Thursday. The world is no safe. Do not exist in the world. Thursday.
RT @andrewdotnich: @stilgherrian I always picture you up a tree, in a nest, screeching. Am I far off? [Not so much, no.]
3. Friday’s @zdnetaustralia column struck a chord. “Why big data evangelists should be sent to re-education camps” zdnet.com/why-big-data-e…
2. “The 9pm Operation Budget Repair” is on. Please help ensure it fails to meet its target by a smaller amount. skank.com.au/news/subscribe…
1. “The 9pm Get Some Goddam Perspective” was posted Monday night. stilgherrian.com/edict/00029/ It’s also on SoundCloud. soundcloud.com/skankmedia/e00…
I am now back at the SEKRIT southern Sydney eyrie, preparing for a lazy spring afternoon, so I shall re-pimp three things.
@DokterW Yes, and? Hyperbolic mock-anger in a conversation with acquaintances isn’t a “direct, specific threat of violence”. Get a grip.
RT @DJBentley: @stilgherrian #stilgherrian #stilgherrian #stilgherrian [If you say it seven times, I appear in a puff of smoke. And lycra.]
Doesn’t the constant sprinkling of hashtags make one look like a puppet. #smwsyd #smwpol #hashtags #morehashtags #authentic #lookatme
Social Media Week panel “Politics of Social” led by @kcarruthers starts 1000 AEST. Live streamed from socialmediaweek.org/sydney/events/… #smwsyd #smwpol
Typical. The speaker briefing notes said it was an 0915 call. I’m obviously the only one who can read and act.
I have arrived. #smwsyd #smwpol instagram.com/p/tTl9CaCFsb/
I understand that the Beresford Hotel has renovated since then, but hey it’s still a Surry Hills hotel so I expect some commercial offers.
The last time I was at the Beresford Hotel, I was offered to buy a stolen police ID badge and a pistol. Good price on both, as I recall.
Walking to the Beresford Hotel. I haven’t stepped foot in the place for years.
@BSBG_Bot @brookecooks Maybe I would, but it doesn’t seem to be available right now.
@brookecooks I reviewed a couple draft scripts, but most tech consulting, and all during production, was done by the guy credited on-screen.
I should also plug “The 9pm Operation Budget Repair” subscriber drive, which is sadly more parked than being driven. skank.com.au/news/subscribe…
ICYMI, “The 9pm Get Some Goddam Perspective” was posted Monday night. stilgherrian.com/edict/00029/ Also on SoundCloud. soundcloud.com/skankmedia/e00…
@1johnhampshire @robbie_buck @702sydney @smh Umm I just did that. I linked to the source summary data and inflation rate calculator.
The Social Media Week panel “Politics of Social” will be streamed live from 1000 AEST. socialmediaweek.org/sydney/events/… #smwsyd #smwpol
Wed plan: 1000 Social Media Week’s “Politics of Social” panel socialmediaweek.org/sydney/events/…; clean kitchen; spring afternoon and evening TBA.
@SnarkyPlatypus Correct.
Laughing at the people boasting that they’re eating some kale or quinoa fad food right now. Talk about Stockholm Syndrome.
@wsn1411 There’s basically something wrong with you.
I love* it when @MikeCarlton01 retweets me, ‘cos I get to see a little of the bullshit self-righteousness he has to put up with daily.
@bastardsheep @robbie_buck @702sydney I believe “average” also takes into account discounted and concession tickets proportionally.
@julesaly @MikeCarlton01 @Karlcastan Of course I’m annoying, but the conflation of the two awful foods was just a mid-read.
So, in brief, @MikeCarlton01 @julesaly @Karlcastan, kale and quinoa food snobbery is just another example of neo-colonialism. Excellent.
MT @Karlcastan: .@stilgherrian @MikeCarlton01 Demand has upset the food intake of the people for whom this is part of their staple diet.
MT @julesaly @stilgherrian @MikeCarlton01 Except for ppl in South America. [Quinoa] been their staple food & commodity for 1000s of years.
@bastardsheep @robbie_buck @702sydney Hint: Sydney is not the only place in Australia.