Gorn.
@kev_martin Now is the time to be ashamed of yourself.
Go for the Google Inbox invites, folks, because obviously that’s what will differentiate you from the lesser people.
@drearyclocks “Veganâ€. You poor thing.
RT @jasonjordan: I HAVE MS. RT @stilgherrian: WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU PEOPLE? [THAT IS A REALLY BAD JOKE.]
RT @mpesce: @stilgherrian HOW LONG HAVE YOU GOT? [I HAVE ALL NIGHT.]
WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU PEOPLE?
Every player wins a prize. pic.twitter.com/mCLJTbGAY1
No seriously. What’s not sexy about thispic.twitter.com/mCLJTbGAY1Y1
RT @lukerhn: I adore flying at sunset. Thanks @VirginAustralia bit.ly/1wQ2dwN pic.twitter.com/A0ElJYl81O [Glorious.]
Bill Shorten is the sexist man in Australian politics.
@nameinuse2 @paulkidd I have no idea.
@kcarruthers We all do.
There is an antechinus somewhere in this room and I don’t know where.
@oliyoung I know.
RFSCommissioner Recently renovated Blue Mountains FCC Ops room was activated for first time today by #NSWRFS members & other agencies pic.twitter.com/9kPdp2Advl
Re-plug because I’m lame: Me at @zdnetaustralia Friday: “On metadata legislation and used-car salesmanship†http://t.co/YIEdlUgORP
@kcarruthers Well that’s a strategy. Right?
@nameinuse2 Yeah so do you know @paulkidd?
@kcarruthers They don’t even seem to be trying any more.
@chrisjrn What?
Look, who can argue with this? https://t.co/Q7V91QjA96 “Scott!”
@paulkidd Rats. Rats.
I love Scott Morrison.
@TJLayton Oh yes, I’d forgotten that “CSI: Cyber†is a thing. I should watch that. I would learn so much.
I just saw the sentence “Facebook has launched its own darknet site†and now I’m giggling uncontrollably again. Facebook is the darknet. Yo.
@MsLods Perhaps. Wasn’t it a shocker? Electromagnetic radiation. Like, what even?
@JonDeeOz I’d suspected that. Wider angle lenses are deceptive. How far was a water-bombing target from your place?
@ringbarkos @semibogan Well, yes. But I also have knowledge of Thaitown in Sydney, thanks to my own history.
RFSCommissioner Great catching up with tired crews rotating through the Blue Mountains FCC for a well earned feed and cuppa. pic.twitter.com/iVdtnoVE4h
@ringbarkos @semibogan I’m not a fan of neutered Thai food. Fortunately I have good links into where I can get real Thai food#verythaiai
@ChazFH No disagreement there. I’ve had to give people the “FFS focus this is a device for killing people†lecture. Idiots.
@jturner_ibrs Ah, I’m glad you connected with my “friends†in Las Vegas.
But look at how many arsehats have put rounds into the ceiling of that shooting range FFS what is wrong with them.
Yes that is me in the photographs. Der.
As an aside, @humphriesmark and I have just privately agreed to kill everyone. You know it makes sense.
I should put this photo into my UTS journalism lecture as advice for handling editorial meetings. pic.twitter.com/9swiq5fstZ
Wow, it’s more than three years since I’ve fired an automatic weapon. No wonder everything is shpic.twitter.com/suBeTd3S8I3S8I
@SnarkyPlatypus What are you on about? It’s nearly lunchtime.
Is @caseyjohnellis being a problem on the internet again?
RT @miaubiz: Ethics in journalism as a service. [I AM SUDDENLY FILLED WITH SO MUCH JOY BY THIS SUGGESTION.]
miaubiz Ethics in journalism as a service.
LGLancaster Could Jesus make a schnitty so big, he himself could not eat it?
Sometimes I wish I were a #SMEG ’cos I’d leverage that into free wine. But I prefer to be able to look at myself in the mirror each morning.
Announcement. Tim Knappstein knows how to make wine. That is all. Please return to your regularly scheduled activities.
RT @happybirthtime: Happy Birthtime to London human HELLO KITTY! 5 today! Happy Birthtime Hello! Is it me you’re looking for?! http://t.co/…
paulwallbank That moment you realize you bought diet tonic water.
Not a close action shot there from @JonDeeOz, but it shows what it looks like from residents’ point of view.
“Helicopters fighting the fire in Cliff Drive Katoombaâ€, shot by @JonDeeOz https://t.co/utSFcQi8I7
RT @NicholasFryer: I suspect that I’m giving my children the childhood I wish I’d had, and it’s turning out to be a really bad idea.
@humphriesmark The interview also conveys the can-do attitude that the ABC had at that time. It has echoes of that when I was there.
@humphriesmark Oh my pleasure. Norman Gunston was one of the most innovative TV in Australia. People need to remember.
humphriesmark Maurice Murphy was EP of The Norman Gunston Show. Here, he told me how Gunston became part of the Whitlam dismissal. tinyurl.com/n6tmp2f
I just used the words “inter alia†in a DM. Kill me.
RT @jyesmith: Why has no one created a hungover #emoji? [How much do YOU create when you’re hungover?]
@jplonie Yeah maybe a bit soon, even for me.
The planet Earth just shrunk to the size of a walnut, although you may not have noticed. Carry on.
@Nightwyrm Indeed. Given how fast that storm rolled in, that was just sheer blind luck.
sylmobile You mean to say, ascend to paradise. RT @witheyesshut: I’m so full of dumplings I might die
Australian_Navy The #AnzacAlbany symbolic ship departure commences in King George Sound #workingnavy #YourADF pic.twitter.com/aU1SgKf3tv
15yo killed near Port Stephens, struck by lightning as he emerged from the water at the beach. http://t.co/khbJmh6aSF
Here’s the 1922 AEDT update on the Katoomba fire that destroyed two homes today. http://t.co/QlC83ZUZUD
Ah. An update. “Crews will be working tomorrow to contain the fire where it is safe to work.†So it’s not yet contain@erkpodkpod
RT @NSWRFS: Cliff Dr Katoomba fire downgraded to Watch & Act. Threat easing but lots of work to contain. http://t.co/u8EeNsR0ep #nswrfs #ns…
@franksting Keep trying. I’m sure you’ll be nice one day.
@erkpod Yeah I was listening to GRN while watching the helicopter movements online, so I could see where they were reporting from.
@erkpod They’re presumably not going to control it overnight, either, ’cos the fire dropped down into the valley below Cliff Drive.
@erkpod I understand the gradations about “controlâ€, and also I was listening in to the GRN earlier.
RT @SnarkyPlatypus: *imagines a social media expert piñata* [I’d klout that.]
@erkpod The wind conditions look challenging tomorrow, and I see the fire is still out of control. Good luck, everyone.
RT @NewtonMark: Three so far! RT @stilgherrian: “Have YOU punched a Social Media Expert TODAY?arseh.at/7fq24xoY [Good man.]
@PeterWJHarrigan @Colvinius @wolfcat Yeah? I have something else in the pipeline, but yes maybe I’ll do one on space too.
semibogan If you don’t like Chinese food, I question your ability to function as a rational human being.
Me at @zdnetaustralia Friday: “On metadata legislation and used-car salesmanship†http://t.co/YIEdlUgORP
mikko Map of industrial control systems connected to the internet: icsmap.shodan.io Oh no. pic.twitter.com/anDTeC6Cej
NSWRFS Fire investigators will look into the cause of the Katoomba fire. Being treated as suspicious. Crimestoppers 1800333000 #NSWRFS #nswfires
RT @jonathonio: hey what’s @ben_hr doing in ashfield http://t.co/yTtMm3qMtv
@SnarkyPlatypus Je ne vais pas spéculer plus loin, parce que je viens de voir que le feu est suspecte.
@SnarkyPlatypus Bonjour. Je ne l’ai pas allumer le feu. Et vous?
@JL_Whitaker Zero risk, but thanks for asking. Nowhere near us, it’s three towns over (about 8km) and on the other side of the ridge line.
Dear @R_Chirgwin @bluntshovels, my immediately previous tweet may provide something of use in your endeavours.
“Have YOU punched a Social Media Expert TODAY?pic.twitter.com/VgFLHQU3wuwu
bluntshovels Always helpful* to see social media ‘experts’ linking to non-RFS websites and twitter accounts.
*not helpful
There is a pause in the radio traffic and air activity now. Nightfall approaches, and @NSWRFS will be deciding what to do overnight.
It’s all so crinklypic.twitter.com/6YC4Mm32dPdP
@RealNickHodge I DON’T KNOW THEY ALWAYS FLY FAST BEFORE I CAN GET GET OUTSIDE TO LOOK.
There’s some other helicopters operating up here without transponders.
NSWRFS Two properties now confirmed destroyed in fire at Cliff Drive, Katoomba. Crews still working to protect other homes. #NSWRFS #nswfires
@yinettesys You’ll start seeing a goodly few evening international flights running much the same track now.
@yinettesys I wouldn’t want to go in by those cliffs with these gusts.
@yinettesys Yeah I heard. I don’t think it’ll be back tonight, ‘cos the light will be fading soon and the wind is getting very gusty.
Here’s a picture of VH-SMI in less happy timespic.twitter.com/BisFd5bbXwXw
@ericscheid That makes sense under US law, at least as I understand it, although of course not logical from an infosec perspective.
@RatbagsDotCom I’m usin@flightradar2424, but their website not the app because Internet of Treesflightradar24.comZu
@arcadiagt5 @Colvinius @wolfcat Well all that sort of stuff is listed on the… oh… what’s it called? The innertube, or something.
Current status. pic.twitter.com/sBeiJUPUqx
The Katoomba fire has destroyed one home, damaged others. I heard one person with smoke inhalation ambulanced away. http://t.co/QlC83ZUZUD
VH-SMI (the Bell 214B helicopter, not actually a jet) has settled into a water-bombing routine. pic.twitter.com/185CYeeVGe
Kurt Gödel was a troublemaker.
Since I last mentioned sirens, I’ve heard two, possibly three more convoys of siren-wailing vehicles head up the hill.
@sylmobile West coast.
@eldonnn Well, VH-NFO (its registration) is a Eurocopter AS350, not the Skycrane. Callsign “Firebird 200â€. http://t.co/J7RYddDTBg
@belindafarrelly Thanks, but there’s no threat here. We’re 8km from the fire, and it’s have to burn uphill through a few towns first.
@yinettesys Except they’re not online, of course.
@yinettesys Also useful is the inter-agency coordinating channel up here. http://t.co/pp1Ise1fwN
@Colvinius @wolfcat Yes, I’m also thinking I might have to write a cranky op-ed for someone for Monday. I am a Space Age kinda guy.
@yinettesys Heh. I recognise that woman’s voice.
VH-NFO has been particularly busy. pic.twitter.com/zUbt4HlqAf
VH-SMI, a Bell 214B (basically an Iroquois) is also firebombing, by the look of it.
VH-NPS goes in for another run across the fire front, Cliff Drive, Katoomba (Screenshot from @flightradar24) pic.twitter.com/6qXpEXUi2C
@purserj The fire is not even remotely a threat for us here, because geography.
There’s a thin plume of white smoke overhead now. We’re about 8km from the fire. I can hear many sirens of further units going in.
NSWRFS It appears a home has been destroyed by the fire in Cliff Drive at Katoomba. Stay up to date at rfs.nsw.gov.au #NSWRFS #nswfires
“Enough With Amateur Hour Space Flightâ€, writes @jeffreykluger, with unseemly haste, and before any investigation. http://t.co/9YZcqSD3fN
@R_Chirgwin @AnthonyClarkAU I have the site working, but not responding to ping. I’m assuming ping is blocked somewhere. Not uncommon.
@R_Chirgwin @NSWRFS @weezmgk What’s “odd†about it? Transient switching around glitches is utterly normal.
@R_Chirgwin @NSWRFS @weezmgk Sites don’t have to respond to ping. But the canonical host irfs.nsw.gov.aukc.
@R_Chirgwin Both times I’ve seen you say it was down, it was fine for me.
@R_Chirgwin I suggest you use downforeveryone.com before assigning blame to @NSWRFS. You can’t reach != site is down.
@ChrissieM Oh the individual tweets aren’t geolocated. But yeah, sorry, I just got a huge burst of “Where are you?â€.
Not rain. Again. And thus ends the third rain band, such that it was.
@ChrissieM My “location†field is always accurate, yes.
Thanks for your concern. I know why I smell smoke. I’m across the fire situation. There’s no threat where I am. The Blue Mountains is BIG.
I smell smoke.
Rain. Very rain. Again.
The third rain band is about to hit, though I think I’m sitting right in the path of a small gap therein.
@retrogrrl Thanks, I’ve been aware of it. It’s small and a long way away, and on the other side of the ridge lines. Emergency there, though.
@iain_chalmers @mpesce Oh. If I were a pastist I would say that that’s very good.
NSWRFS Fire burning towards homes in Cliff Dr, Brougham St, Essendene Rd and Moss St at Katoomba. Fire upgraded to Emergency Warning. #NSWRFS
@TheFailedProjek This is miserable news.
I am now listening to the latest @CBCThisIsThat podcast. So should you, if you have any sense. Learn some Canada. http://t.co/kl6jHy8peE
@mpesce SO WHO TURNED THEM ALL TO STONE? THIS IS FRIGHTENING. YOU MIGHT GET TURNED TO STONE TOO. pic.twitter.com/0Ic58VfFgZ
I don’t think that they did, no.
@jdub Vape and go to nightclubs.
RT @jdub: @stilgherrian No records exist prior to 2006. [Not even King Crimson albums?]
@daniels_den YOU ARE CONFUSING ME DANIEL THIS IS MAKING MY BRANE HURT.
RT @bernietb: @stilgherrian Graph showing number of Twitter accounts and influence of global warming. [But neither are real. Confused.]
@mpesce This is why futurists are useless. We need a pastist. We need quite a few pastists.
Did people have weather before Twitter?
This year’s Andrew Olle Media Lecture by @Kate_McClymont, both audio and transcript. http://t.co/bkBjd9SzHK http://t.co/e7E41XBThb
@juhasaarinen Excellent.
Listen to iPhoto, @juhasaarinen, listen to its instructions. It will tell you what to do. “Face,†it says. “Knife them in the face.”
Clarke_Melissa Selling wetsuits for men. Selling wetsuits for women. *sigh* C’mon @ripcurl sell me surfing, not sex. pic.twitter.com/yZrLHCg7a3
RT @WowSoPunny: They’re never ever, getting back together. pic.twitter.com/6JZxVIPiaW [Ping @SwiftOnSecurity]
@jodiem @SwiftOnSecurity @mpesce @theprojecttv I’ll see what I can do. I’ve also got@ABCNews24ws24 spot soon, which might be easier.
@SwiftOnSecurity I did get you into a @zdnetaustralia story. http://t.co/wColUYLobK TV might be trickier.
@llament This is quite possible. But that said, it’s a fairly regular series of rain bands about 80km apart.
There may be one more rain band here, but so far it looks rather less intense than the first two.
Not rain now. Bright sun now.
@adm_76 @piecritic If we are going to bond over the joys of Date::Manip then we all need to consider our life choices.
Rain. Very rain.
@danilic I learn something every day!
SwiftOnSecurity Gather ‘round, Australians, and I will tell you the story of a former colony that became so important people paid attention to it.
India.
@juhasaarinen Poke those succulents!
@piecritic I suspect @dannolan is right. Too many pieces in the middle trying to be “helpfulâ€. Note that word, though. Suspect.
@piecritic Ah. It’s years since I did anything like this, and then it was in Perl so I used Date::Manip.
@scottcarson1957 Like the Culture Club song, I assume. https://t.co/W1LBnRznq6
@piecritic Date stuff is hard, I’ll say that.
@piecritic Hmmm… Surely that such a thing already exists too. But I don’t have the answer, so I won’t waste your time further.
@piecritic Why are you writing such a thing? Such a thing already exists.
@danilic @HMelvillePhotog Sorry, I forgot to add the important hashtag: #nothelping
@danilic @HMelvillePhotog What’s that brown thing that’s shot out of your ear onto the wall behind you?
RT @KazStocks: Great reminder! RT”@nabil_recruiter: http://t.co/EdETexodAPâ… [Wow, and on the Buddha’s own typewriter.]
The storm is hitting Sydney much harder than it hit the Mountains. Sulks.
@random830 According to @NSWRFS, always a better source than me, there’s a few fires up here, but nothing to worry about.
JazzTwemlow If we invent time travel, I’ll go back and drop a stone tablet that says “God sends drought upon homophobes” out of a helicopter.
@OurNewHomecoach Then, yes.
End of storm.
Storm.
Laughing even harder.
Laughing. On the inside. And I can’t tell you why.
Enjoying @SwiftOnSecurity’s work for Hallowe’en. Go, girl.
Ah, @kcarruthers, RWNJ, the seventeenth Myers Briggs personality type!
My amusing tweet about pumpkins seems to have not been transmitted. That’s a shame.
RT @edbott RT @ASPCA WIN your very own Laser Cat Photo Shoot! Enter here: bit.ly/1v4AvKo pic.twitter.com/Pvf8II9gqr [Look, RSPCA AU!]
@broomstick33 Makes sense. Plus it’d give you a realistic view of your own mortality.
RT @ResignInShame @stilgherrian
Or a nice Filly Mignon. [Yes. Sounds delicious.]
Butcher’s apprentices are always so cheerful.
OH: “BEN PUT THAT DOWN AND COME HERE RIGHT NOW YOU DON’T KNOW WHAT’S TOUCHED IT.” # range10metres #publicparenting
I should wait until Wednesday, when there’ll be horse meat going cheap, and I can make a pie.
#purpletrain, briefly.
erasmuslijn whether you’re a rich white person or a rich white person, our app has what you need pic.twitter.com/R7XRtGGa6y
NSWRFS Aircrane working on fire at Cliff Drive, helping to slow the spread of the fire Pic: Sth Katoomba RFB #NSWRFS pic.twitter.com/ahijIYvgtU
Mobile.
@Beaker @smperris Every time someone mentions HyperCard, all manner of people say how much they loved it. The diversity is pure joy.
Was Apple’s HyperCard a last breath for democratized computing, or can it be revived? https://t.co/j6x73vJtHY
“I see debt people: 10 scary economic charts for Halloween†http://t.co/31bUt394v6
@jeamland Why do you answer the phone when it’s dinner time?
Sat plan: Slow start; brunch and shopping, Katoomba; remainder TBA, depending on whether and when the storm strikes, with cheap wine.
Remember when supporting a charity didn’t involve turning your daily life into a circus act for the amusement of slack-jawed yokels?
@jeffsonstein @zdnetaustralia Indeed, Australia faces some interesting challenges. it needs a government a notch or two up from recent ones.
fanfiction_txt Human Centipede 2, edited to be kid friendly
@jeffsonstein @zdnetaustralia Preaching to the choir here, Sir.
@jeffsonstein @zdnetaustralia The same is happening here. We are, after all, the official US Deputy for the Arse End of the Planet.
@jeffsonstein @zdnetaustralia Indeed. The Quintet is the annual meeting of the attorneys-general of the usual Anglosphere Gang of Five.
@jeffsonstein @zdnetaustralia Yes, I can see that what you say is true. On every level.
@jeffsonstein @zdnetaustralia Well it’s all part of the Quintet nations’ grand plan. http://t.co/1N8nHbGvje
MikeCarlton01 How nice it would be to live again in a country not run by 3rd rate school prefects.
@jeffsonstein @zdnetaustralia If you spend your time reading about the minutiae of foreign legislation you will go mad.
“Why Australia hates Halloweenâ€, writes @Max_Fisher, with more nuance than the headline suggests. http://t.co/5ZZIONpao9
@myrcurial I am now cheering us up with an extra kitten, before we both go to a dark place. pic.twitter.com/ByZ8ITye7L
@SnarkyPlatypus Le monde EST un laxatif géant.
@myrcurial There is that. And then some people are just arseholes, even without imaginary sky-magicians. You know some, I’m sure.
“Twitter is ‘source of all evil’, top Saudi cleric says†http://t.co/uozUqlbOQB All evil.
Sat plan, draft: Slow start; brunch and shopping, Katoomba; remainder TBA, depending on whether and when the storm strikes.
fanfiction_txt Mario dies and people are sad
@gregmcintyre Sure, if the catering is up to scratch.
Also excellent, yesterday’@davpopepe cartoon. Peacefully floating in their metadatapic.twitter.com/DjjKJwaKgOgO
RT @deptofaustralia: #peppaPig http://t.co/Iy2ezgx9Oc [I still think that yesterday’s @DeptOfAustralia was brilliant.]
Me at @zdnetaustralia Friday: “On metadata legislation and used-car salesmanship†http://t.co/YIEdlUgORP
I am a bad person.
dobes Is Glenn Beck ok? RT @cullenroche: Silver down ~70% from peak. Gold down ~40% from peak. This isn’t a bear market. It’s a blood bath.
@PeteLawler @dobes Is it bad that it makes my laughter increase? (Is it bad that I tell you this?)
@myrcurial You know me so well. This both pleases and disturbs me. And you too, I’m guessing.
@dobes Here. Let me start the timer for you. pic.twitter.com/NQDP315TIa
@myrcurial Is that a rhetorical question?
@dobes Oh I admire you for reporting it straight. I’m sure you saw the same comedy angle that I did. I am weak, and couldn’t have resisted.
@SnarkyPlatypus Bonjour. Le monde est comme un côlon irritable géant. Et vous?
“What Celebrities Who Died Young Would Look Like Today†http://t.co/hvePuNXg4a
“Facebook sets up hidden service for Tor usersâ€, writes @dobes http://t.co/PleJ4anZZw [For some reason I’m now giggling uncontrollably.]
SwiftOnSecurity See, you have to know how to talk to Australians. They secretly worship us, The Colony That Became Something. pic.twitter.com/sEfsFBltEf
Another anomaly.
Saturday. The wind will be so mighty as to lay low the mountains of the earth, after which a light afternoon tea will be served. Saturday.