Gorn.
What would the Greeks know about “democracy” anyway?
CaseyBriggs wait what is this pic.twitter.com/jqMcWgRGlO
@PointZeroOne Well that’s all a bit confused.
Shorten calls for… not a Royal Commission on domestic violence, but for “consideration” of onetheguardian.com/australia-news…e#bigboldbeigeshortenen
ArtyBagger Heartening to see the stoat’s identity being protected. pic.twitter.com/3kDCw1V4yx
@mrgrumpystephen My testosterone levels are just fine, thank you very much.
Look, who hasn’t masturbated to images of British prime ministers? I covered this the other day. twitter.com/stilgherrian/s…
julesmattsson Guardian site’s random pic swapping bug is A+ today RT @PMCallaghan: Some mistake surely by the @guardian pic.twitter.com/Y3Qe3alIEJ
SwiftOnSecurity If China can block VPNs why can’t we block weather. This is America.
Oh wow. @adambrereton has nailed it. “The Aristocrats: why knighting Prince Philip is a joke at Australia’s expense” theguardian.com/commentisfree/…
@Rhys_Needham @mpesce @PSyvret I have received legal advice to the effect that I should not answer your question.
MT @mpesce: watching an animated japanese film about racoon testicles. [#howtobeafuturist]
@mpesce @Rhys_Needham @PSyvret Look, I’m not some sort of Canadian newspaper magnate. I can do only so much.
@SnarkyPlatypus Thank you. YOLO.
@mpesce @PSyvret Give me enough chilli and I’ll excrete anything you damn well like. It’s like a 3D printer but at Bristol Scale 5 and up.
RT @paulkidd: @stilgherrian QI is The Bill for a new generation. [I am in awe right now. Jesus. That truth will burn people.]
How dare you lot think some sort of live sport has precedence over repeats of “QI”. I’m reporting you anti-Commonwealth traitors to @mscott.
@lukehopewell I am here to serve.
@SnarkyPlatypus Sorry, is this some sort of question?
@SnarkyPlatypus it doesn’t present as a curry, though, this dish. It’s a relatively dry stir-fry.
@SnarkyPlatypus You must remember that I absorbed Thai food techniques from people even most Thais think are crazy. Ped ped maak.
I will so regret tonight.
@SteveKinlan @MikeCarlton01 A shame. There’s two careers ruined.
@PointZeroOne Yeah, with a robust meat like kangaroo, you can afford to get a bit gutsier with the flavours. Simple but gutsy.
@lukehopewell I believe a Dr Nitschke can help you here.
SnarkyPlatypus People who speak of ‘pop culture’ like it’s some sort of monolithic entity.
@PointZeroOne It’s a thing I’ve been refining over the past few months. Tonight I realised I can do it on autopilot.
So yeah, marinated kangaroo steak in red curry and lime juice. Excuse me while I a… a private moment#roogasmsm
@MikeCarlton01 Ah yes, I’d forgotten that “gloria’s episode” in Australian media history. Still, reckon I can deck that little turd.
RT @patbcaruana: @stilgherrian I did but see him passing by [See, I knew SOMEONE would understand…]
RT @alexkidman: When you say love, is this affection, passion or restraining order business? [Well ultimately it’s all the same thing.]
I’m not sure when I first fell in love with Prof David Flint. It kind of happened gradually.
GordyPls Learning Javascript brb
Oh dear. The radio station music list feels are getting very strong now, aren’t they.
jonathonio Abbott could claw back some much needed approval by banning australian hip-hop
Yeah, bugger it, that little hopper fucker is going to fry.
sarakgering “We must be people whose dreams are bigger than Ubering in our self-driving cars while we Tinder…”@umairhimedium.com/bad-words/how-…pFQ
So, can I be arsed making the kangaroo steak dinner I’d planned for myself, or shall it be the soup and bread of regret?
@TheDanBarrett Oh I have a billion bullet-point notes for the next “The 9pm Edict”. It’s the whole performance thing that I’m failing at.
@TheDanBarrett Oh well that’s Science then. I won’t bother checking the OED.
@TheDanBarrett Now that you mention it, I’m half-remembering it was used only by historians etc before that. Shall you look it up, or me?
Oh good. I did that without causing an explosion. OH&S and flammable handling rules don’t really matter if you’ve had a few drinks first.
@TheDanBarrett You sure about that? Graffiti, both the word and it’s application to writing on walls, goes back to Roman times, no?
Right. Time to burn a few more dinosaurs.
@SnarkyPlatypus @glengyron Well I know! @ApostrophePong found that video. The kangaroo-hop dancers are a bit speshul, and look exhausted.
MikeCarlton01 What the fuck is it about Abbott that he thinks there’s an answer for everything in 1955 ?
The video ‘Good News - Australia’ that @glengyron and I refer to is this. youtube.com/watch?v=0BCobo…
RT @glengyron Wow. The people behind ‘Good News - Australia’ also did a psychedelic band called Yamasuki. youtube.com/watch?v=XicMot… [Um, wow.]
susanamet a very quick transcribe of Laurie Oakes on Abbott & the Prince (from audio via @mfarnsworth )
soundcloud.com/mfarnsworth/la… pic.twitter.com/p5979ELzLQ
@Straffo @triplej I’m not going to defend that framework, probably for the very reasons you don’t like it, but that’s the age that’s used.
@Straffo @triplej According to the standard demographic framework used by everyone from the ABS to media analysts to marketing types.
@Straffo @triplej No it’s not arbitrary at all. That’s the stated target audience. Youth. That’s defined as ages 15 to 25.
@Straffo @triplej Hmmm. I’m not sure I like the split of target markets into large and small. I see what you mean, but it seems arbitrary.
@Straffo @triplej It’d be like me whinging that I didn’t like a magazine aimed at new parents, or at football fans. Who cares what I think.
@Straffo @triplej That’s a bit hand-wavey for my liking, but sure. If the program isn’t being made for you, then who cares what you think.
@Straffo @triplej I’m quite serious. If you’re 26+ then you’re not in the target audience, so whether you like it or not is irrelevant.
@rgmerk @triplej Exactly. Audience outside the target is always nice, but I don’t think much attention should be paid to whining from it.
@benetsc @triplej Well, there is the Double J audio stream, though I suspect that’s not what you’re after.
RT @rgmerk: @stilgherrian ever looked at @triplej listener demographics?? [Having worked in media for 30+ years, much in radio? No, never.]
RT @voltagex: @stilgherrian I’m 26 :( [Uhuh. Well, it’s all downhill from here until the grave, so enjoy the ride.]
Do you have an opinion of the @triplej #Hottest100? Are you aged over 25? You are? Then perhaps you should just shut the fuck up.
“22 People Who Australia Day Way Harder Than You”, by @BuzzFeedOz buzzfeed.com/gyanyankovich/…
“There is nothin’ like a (knight and) dame,” plus an ode to the platypus, by @AndrewPStreet smh.com.au/comment/view-f…
Tomorrow is going to be a long, long day.
SenatorLudlam (with apologies to #banksy) #electronicgraffiti #zerolikes pic.twitter.com/pdK8tETKk6
LizardMafia @MAS Are you really that clueless? Wait until we package this nice present for you.
MAS [MEDIA STATEMENT]: User data is secured. 26th January 2015. on.fb.me/15JzjHr
troyhunt Looks like @LizardMafia also claiming compromised @MAS data: twitter.com/LizardMafia/st… and twitter.com/LizardMafia/st… pic.twitter.com/b74LncMuWd
Yeah, there shall be wine.
It would’ve taken the biscuit if Crusader Rabbit had called it “eelectronic web graffiti”.
Oh dear. A terrible coincidence just happened.
RT @GordyPls: Curious, why DOESN’T Tasmania have digital radio? [Fades the curtains.]
@AlbionLoveDen Ah yes, that old trope. About how communicating in certain ways either is or isn’t “having a life”. Zero stars.
It’s nearly that time when people who’ve been out all day arrive home and start tweeting the shit “topical” “jokes” we all saw this morning.
Maybe wine will help.
@nickydivision @BlogsofWar WELL DID YOU WATCH THE VIDEO IT IS OBVIOUS FROM THE VIDEO WHY DO I HAVE TO DO ALL THE WORK.
Mmmm… Crustpunching.
Good news! The F-35 can fly higher than a football without falling out of the sky. theaviationist.com/2015/01/26/f-3… HT @BlogsofWar
@Mediamum @kcarruthers [Setting up a mute that lasts for a week, just to be sure.]
Thank you, everyone, but I don’t need any further reminders of how many fucktards there are who think wearing a flag is acceptable.
glengyron Reminder: remove cape from bogan before burning.
TheFeedSBS No Australian Of The Year nomination. Not given a title. Not yet appeared in #Hottest100. OUTRAGE. #KNIGHTSANDDAMES pic.twitter.com/43yGh8ki6l
Right there, @kcarruthers, is yet another Sign that I species probably even last until the asteroid arrives.
RT @kcarruthers: Apparently you can purchase Australian flag capes. I know this because I saw a dog wearing one & asked its person. [I see.]
It is my sad duty to inform you that a checkout assistant at Coles Katoomba was wearing an Australian flag as a cape.
Beaker RT @dguido: If you were 17 and had one summer to help secure the internet, what would you work on? < A social life.
This here is the wattle, it’s the symbol of our land. You can stick it in a bottle, you can hold it in..instagram.com/p/yTRIpGiFna/0E
@smartbrain Thank you very much.
@PointZeroOne It’s an interesting one, that’s for sure. And there’s so many other things I should focus in today… Sigh.
I suppose I should now gird my loins and head into Katoomba. This won’t be pleasant, I’m sure, but it’s necessary.
RT @PointZeroOne: I wonder if that points to the site not being hacked but Unifi DNS [This would also fit some Lizard Squad past claims.]
MT @PointZeroOne: “It is understood that only those using Telekom Malaysia’s Unifi are taken to the hacked page.” themalaysianinsider.com/malaysia/artic…
RT @will_ock: @stilgherrian @PointZeroOne Lizard Squad seem to know all about it. twitter.com/LizardMafia/st… [Colour me surprised*.]
“Cyber Caliphate” seems to have hacked Malaysia Airlines. @PointZeroOne’s screenshot of his wife’s login just now. pic.twitter.com/crdFcYWl7v
PointZeroOne Wife’s trying to checkin online on the MAS website and she got this… fbcdn-sphotos-e-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xap…
Sigh.
SwiftOnSecurity WTF AUSTRALIA
I HOPE KANGAROOS DESTROY YOUR HOMES
@MsLods @ndrewreid @NewtonMark Thank you all. We shall see how it goes.
@ApostrophePong Hey you’ve got more important things to deal with, I’m sure. Add it to the list. Then burn the list.
[Hangs up phone after long call from a journalist.] Seems like I’m not the only one slaving away today.
@ndrewreid @NewtonMark Thank you. There’s been some good news this week. A new diagnosis that may help. stilgherrian.com/weekly-wrap/24…
@ndrewreid @NewtonMark Sorry about that. I lost about two weeks of January thanks to “health”. And the world has been funnier than me.
RT @snurb_dot_info: There you go then. ow.ly/i/8nZDX #straya [You had ONE job, Morrison…]
vanOnselenP I can’t seem to find a Liberal MP willing to do an interview tonight for some reason…
Which continues to this day. Every afternoon at 3.30pm. Except on Bank Holidays, of course.
Liz can’t have married Phil for his vision for her many realms’ people, so I presume it was for the mindblowing phenomenal sex.
CyberPrefixerAU Live: Australians gather around the cyberworld to cybermark Australia Day
Spite is one of the positive emotions, right? Asking for a friend.
mashable The beer can made its official debut 80 years ago this weekend: on.mash.to/15GigWJ pic.twitter.com/PvFkh6pdga
Poor @joeobrien24. No holiday penalty rates can compensate for this sort of thing. twitter.com/ABCNews24/stat…
NewtonMark “Arise, Dame Socmed.”
Outstanding work, @OrkneyLibrary, simply outstanding.
OrkneyLibrary And then when people leave it’s Alf Stewart shouting ‘Flaming Galah’ #AustraliaDay
OrkneyLibrary For #AustraliaDay have rigged up speakers in the foyer so that every time the front doors open ‘Suddenly’ by Angry Anderson plays
But really, if you’re going to celebrate Australia Day, this is the way to do it. The lyrics are exceptional. youtube.com/watch?v=0BCobo…
2008 must’ve been a creative year. I also posted the image “Great Australian Dreaming 1” stilgherrian.com/photography/gr… pic.twitter.com/6feUW0aT1f
I expanded on @ApostrophePong’s 2008 comments in “Are you proud of your culture?” stilgherrian.com/human-nature/p…
Today’s, erm, celebratory avatar photo is by @ApostrophePong, from 2008. outtospace.com/2008/01/28/wha… Alas, gallery broken. pic.twitter.com/MNqp25dXfa
Me from 2008: “Weekly Poll: Who cares about Australian of the Year?” stilgherrian.com/politics/poll_…
From 2008, “New national anthem: ‘I am So an Aussie’”, by @SnarkyPlatypus et moi. stilgherrian.com/politics/i_am_…
Alas, it is not a holiday for me. I have much work to catch up with after a couple of very unproductive weeks.
Mon plan, draft: Triage comms backlog; face the reality of having to go into town to do some shopping; work on a feature I’m writing.
For further advice, please see this tweet. twitter.com/stilgherrian/s…
Monday. The day is but young, but already you have ruined it. But do continue. You’re bound to make it worse. Monday.