Fuck it.
Breaking all the rules.
Like you care about Queensland, you frauds.
Oh FFS.
Cloud. instagram.com/p/yeBhlbCFum/
Money. pic.twitter.com/MVOoIa9j6p
@jpwarren @CreetureNZ Sure. But we have to deal with the world as it is, not as we might wish it to be. And some people have advantages.
@jpwarren @CreetureNZ Like this doesn’t already happen.
@CreetureNZ @jpwarren Sure. I agree it’d be bad, from my POV. But in a democracy we all get to lobby for what we want to happen.
I think I might see if I can meet with my federal MP next week, before parliament goes back in session.
@CreetureNZ @jpwarren Really? That’s cute. But I think the head of any agency should be lobbying government to make their job easier.
@OaaSvc @jonoabroad There’s no need to point out how gloriously stupid this is.
@jpwarren I will recording an episode of “The 9pm Edict” tomorrow. Somehow.
What does that say about the self-respect of the individuals involved? Maybe ask your local Coalition MP how they feel about that.
What’s funny* is that the individuals who constitute the ruling political party seem happy to have chose this muppet as Attorney-General.
Nice bookshelf, though, Soapy. Well done.
Mind you, the alleged Attorney-General is too dumb to even explain the fundamentals of what he’s trying to introduce.
That is to say, we have an Attorney-General who’s already decided that the views of the citizens are irrelevant. What a cunt.
Except for one point. Politicians, especially our alleged Attorney-General, have decided in advance that only “national security” counts.
And I have no problem with that. That’s how a democracy works. We all put forward our views, and the politicians balance it out.
Yes, @jpwarren. The AFP officer said it’s his job to lobby for what they think they need, and it’s our job in a democracy to lobby our view.
RT @jpwarren You did a podcast once about how this was their job. Our job is to resist them, and we suck at it.
Seriously, I get that being a police officer ain’t an easy job. Respect. I couldn’t do it. But it’s MEANT to be hard. Because you have guns.
When will the police forces of this nation understand that structuring society to make their job easier is not the only rights issue?
Where am I? Gawd, it’s all terribly obvious.
“NSW Police Force seeks 7-year data-retention scheme”, writes @joshgnosis zdnet.com/article/nsw-po…
Waiting for one of these to have its keg restored. Because I’m patient. pic.twitter.com/uI5bdLZYbT
Nick Cave. That is all.
Where to begin…
jturner_ibrs @stilgherrian whatever you’re on, it’s time to share
Now playing: Rome’s “The Ballad of the Red Flame Lily” youtube.com/watch?v=RdVs6B…
Imagining the face of Australia’s lovely Prime Minister in front of me right now, and disintegrating into a puddle of love.
@jonoabroad @OaaSvc “Sensible explanation”? Not my department.
RT @weigh4d @stilgherrian there’s always IIS [Yes. Yes there is.]
Perhaps we should ask Philip Ruddock what the flaw in glibc means for Skype.
g lib c. Hahahahahahahahahahahaha. Like, der.
Some people think I’m joking. Fools.
So just how long are we going to pretend that the entire foundations of the internet aren’t completely, utterly fucked? Seriously. How long?
Has anyone given Brian Kernighan a quick call today? Or checked gin futures?
Thud. Thud. Thud. Thud. Thud.
No, there is no need to recompile your kernels.
Here we go. youtube.com/watch?v=yuTMWg…
We should just be thankful that glibc isn’t used anywhere important.
Oh, and in case you didn’t think I’d noticed. glibc? HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. Oh FFS.
“The Microscopic Structures of Dried Human Tears” smithsonianmag.com/science-nature… pic.twitter.com/ZWY3GYt2U4
“Newsweek’s cover is being called sexist, but we can’t help thinking that’s exactly the point,” says @crikey_news pic.twitter.com/NhuZeZbF9g
@StatNerdery @nphair Hmmm… It all comes to the numbers, right? Nice internet you have there, shame if something should happen to it.
RT @davethebinman @stilgherrian @glengyron how about brownie [Oh grow up.]
Oh thank you, @deptofaustralia! pic.twitter.com/kHioSaWOpD
The staff at this establishment are not helping.
Still, “Optus” and “brown tongue” are pretty much synonyms. Like a Singaporean company would consider, like, human rights.
“Optus says data retention is ‘workable’”, writes @joshgnosis zdnet.com/article/optus-… Well done, Optus. “Workability” wasn’t the issue.
Look, however this turns out, if Tony Abbott is still PM on Monday I am going to laugh andlaugh and laugh and laugh and laugh and laugh.
Have I ever spoken about the chat I had with Wyatt Roy’s parents aboard the SS Jeremiah O’Brien in San Francisco? ssjeremiahobrien.org
RT @bradsprigg @stilgherrian Deputy Prime Minister Wyatt Roy [Yep, I’m for that. He seems quite level headed.]
RT @Retrovertigo @stilgherrian Minister for Women George Christensen [Well obviously.]
Sorry. I need to be accurate. Prime Minister Philip “Skype” Ruddock.
Look, I’m just putting it out there, but… Prime Minister Philip Ruddock.
@dobes He is a river to his people.
Jesus wept.
Meanwhile, if I read @BernardKeane correctly, he’s going for @JulieBishopMP as PM and @TurnbullMalcolm as Treasurer.
I assume that the Liberal Party has Philip Ruddock for the same reason that ships have anchors.
Which raises the question, why is Philip Ruddock even there? What purpose does he serve? For himself? For his party? For Australia?
RT [REDACTED]: his pension kicked in about 72 years ago… [Oh. Yeah, there is that.]
It goes to character, Philip Ruddock, it goes to character.
I wonder whether Philip Ruddock is interested in being anything other than a seat-warmer until his parliamentary pension kicks in?
Hahahahahahahahaha Queensland.
Still, you go on a pay out Comic Sans and everyone will think you’re so, so clever. [Sips from a jam jar.]
Oh that’s right. You call it a “font”. Because you’re completely and utterly ignorant of the history of typography.
Go on, kiddies, why don’t you start a fucking meme? Use the right typeface and the politicians will quake.
@nolobe_matt Lovely work. She’s part of a gutsy generation that wouldn’t put up with today’s bullshit politicians.
@jplonie Meh. I’m beyond caring.
MT @akent Remember when Hockey apparently didn’t understand the difference between marginal and average tax rates… [Yeah. Hockey. HAHAHA.]
Laughing.
And if you wish to infer that I’m calling for the crucifiction of federal MPs, yeah fuck it why not? Do it. (The AFP knows where I am.)
We’ve had internet longer than we’ve had GST. Any politician who couldn’t explain GST would rightly be crucified. So why let this happen?
In a more civilised aged, these people would be [REDACTED UNDER LEGAL ADVICE IN CONSIDERATION OF THE CRIMES ACT.]
These are people whose JOB it is to understand the world and legislate for its future. And they can’t even be arsed to bother with basics.
So consider this. People who don’t even know what Skype IS, let alone how it WORKS, are deciding on our digital surveillance future. Bonus.
Yes, fellow Australians, politicians deciding how much we’ll be surveilled approach Skype, used by grandparents everywhere, as a mystery.
Ruddock MP in Thursday’s Joint Parliamentary Committee on intelligence and Security: “Skype. That’s a telephone that you use on a computer?”
@scottcarson1957 That’s a bit unfair on the young lady, Sir. Whatever happened to gallantry?
Scams in AU cost $64M Jan-Oct, $5.20 per internet users. A profile by @nphair canberra.edu.au/cis/storage/Sc… (PDF)
Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott investigates the national broadband policy. pic.twitter.com/GCzu3Biovf
In further news, the Australian government updates its definition of “aircraft” to include anything not actually hauled by an ox.
Lies, damned lies, and the Australian government’s broadband statistics.
RT @reselsnark ouch - as of June 2014 ABS reporting anything over 256kbps as broadband :/ abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs@.… [Up from 128 kbps.]
@reselsnark There’s a definition used by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). I haven’t checked to see if it’s been updated recently.
“15 Megabits Is Not Enough”, writes @simonhackett , deconstructing how a certain bullshit meme came to be. simonhackett.com/2015/01/14/is-…
FCC Commissioner Mignon Clybur: “The broadband speeds of yesteryear are woefully inadequate today and beyond.” theverge.com/2015/1/29/7932…
US FCC changes its definition of broadband to a MINIMUM download 25Mbps, upload 3Mbps. theverge.com/2015/1/29/7932…
Akamai’s Q4 “State of the Internet” report is out. DDoD attack numbers nearly double YoY, duration up 31%. stateoftheinternet.com/resources-web-…
@logichappens You’re more than welcome to run that theory past my creditors.
Fri plan: Train to Katoomba; lunch; plan next week, after a terribly unproductive January; @5at5daily; return for a quiet evening, I guess.
A brilliant collection of semi-abstract aerial photos from @big_picture bostonglobe.com/news/bigpictur… Ping @ApostrophePong
deptofaustralia Should The Government Stop Dumping Money Into A Giant Hole? youtube.com/watch?v=JnX-D4…
Fri plan, draft, unordered: Plan next week, after an unproductive week this week; lunch and shopping, Katoomba; quiet evening, inevitably.
@SnarkyPlatypus “Escape” is too strong a term, but things were less bad.
Friday. Fresh asparagus. You know it’s the only way. Fresh asparagus. Friday.