Collapsed. Gorn.
I am back at @bunjaree, and concluding that the taxi driver’s proposals for the Middle East are unlikely to be adopted.
@Rundll Why watch it?
@mpesce That doesn’t make any sense.
@mpesce Snakes scare me, but I don’t feel the need to talk about them.
Why are you talking about Kevin Rudd?
Too tired to walk to @bunjaree. WAITING PATIENTLY for a taxi.
@andrewfaith @prestontowers Linden is just bullshit.
Sunset over Lawson from the #purpletrain instagram.com/p/-s-IxQiFq0/
So yeah I’m pretty sure this isn’t how it works. https://t.co/99EtPFAt6l
@smartbrain Wait, what?
So this is an all stations to Lithgow train, doing a normal run now. I’ll be back later than planned but good work b@TrainLinkWestst so far.
@prestontowers It’s not a real place anyway, so spelling doesn’t matter.
Departing.
@druey I sort of tweeted something like that late one night.
We have been provided with a #purpletrain and I am first into the lead car. instagram.com/p/-s66w4iFnw/
There’s another bus passing us. This bus is complete shit.
Not a place either. https://t.co/uCH7wlfQKI
@ElishaPearce I should check it out one day.
Valley Heights. Silly place name.
@kjmci It’s getting too late for that. In about 90 minutes they shut down the trains for scheduled maintenance anyway.
Warimoo, which as I have explained previously, is not an actual place.
@ElishaPearce Sorry, I stand corrected. Blaxland is the ultimate in lower Mountains cosmopolitan.
One of the other buses just overtook us, doing twice our speed. #shitbusisnotpurple
Blaxland. Home of teen pregnancies and cheap weed.
This bus is a bit shit. Crawls up the hills. Rear suspension bottoms put when crossing speed humps on the side roads.
@michaelneale Oh yeah, that’s original Victorian technology.
Ascending the Great Western Highway instagram.com/p/-s304hiFkp/
“Anyone for Glenbrook?†the driver calls. “Yes!†says one woman. “Jeez, there’s always one…†Friendly laughter all round as we settle in.
“Anyone for Lapstone?†calls the driver. Cries of “No!†ring down the bus in reply.
@SusaninRaraLand Hardly Orwellian. We’ve got replacement buses arriving randomly, and unknown passenger loads. Stressful job.
@SusaninRaraLand Someone who organises which buses are going where, and organises people onto the right bus.
Crossing the Nepean, differently instagram.com/p/-s2dT_CFi-/
Passing under the railway. instagram.com/p/-s2N6uiFil/
Rolling.
Marshalls are still discussing whether to run direct Springwood shuttles or whether that’s too confusing.
@brentspargo Looks like I’ll be a few buses ahead of you.
One passenger is upset that the bus marshall is telling her they “hope†there’ll be trains from Springwood.
Boarding the bus that’s planned to be an all stations to Springwood. #purpletrainisnothappening instagram.com/p/-s1eFjiFhz/
Passengers at Penrith make their way to the first five replacement coaches. instagram.com/p/-s0soUCFhQ/
They’ve just announced the availability of buses. I won’t rush. There’s a bit of a crowd.
God there are some prima donnas in these events, wanting a detailed personal explanation from random platform staff.
@druey The thought had occurred to me.
@boymc We abandoned the #purpletrain at St Marys, as there’s alread#purpletrainin clogging at Penrith.
@boymc Yep.
Arriving at Penrith.
@rpy So how might one get a copy of that app?
@boymc Yeah you’ll have a slow journey ahead#purpleeverythingisfuckeded
@rpy I was quite the railway enthusiast in my teens. Track layouts, timetabling and signalling rather than rolling stock.
@rpy I’d guessed it’d be something like that.
OK, we’ve been told to abandon th#purpletrainin and catch a suburban train to Penrith and then get the replacement bus.
Whacko.
RT @TrainLinkWest: Shuttle train service operating btwn Valley Heights & Lithgow. Buses will supplement these services also. https://t.co/4…
RT @TrainLinkWest: Please allow plenty of extra travel time & delay journey if possible. https://t.co/48Fc32VGlb
TrainLinkWest Services suspended #BlueMountainsLine btwn Penrith & Springwood due to urgent overhead wiring repairs at Emu Plains. ow.ly/VfsIR
They’re opening the doors so passengers to Penrith can get the next suburban train. Mountaineers sit and wait patiently in th#purpletrainin
@NuclearAnthro Yes, a real place. Just beyond Penrith and over the Nepean River, approx 50km west of the Sydney CBD.
We have stopped at St Marys and will be “delayed here until further noticeâ€. Major overhead problem at Emu Plains.
The train guard does not yet seem to be aware of the problems ahead. Or if he is, he’s not telling us.
RT @StartupLJackson: This job must require a sense of humor. https://t.co/Ypx30ecphO https://t.co/ub8WMdvpGc
I am not in the mood for this. :( https://t.co/1XFRgrSPDY
This compliment didn’t cost me very much at all. https://t.co/L4a99oD3KN
#purpletrain, again.
Seriously, the NSW government couldn’t organise a fuck in a brothel.
Makes sense. https://t.co/NedhbigFYR
Given that Sydney Light Rail is already packed, what happens when all those Lewisham West apartments are finished and occupied?
The future on a billboard instagram.com/p/-soDLeiFkS/
True fact. https://t.co/aiwAmXhgAX
I can see how this could work. https://t.co/qBdpJvaaeX
@parisbcowan I was just about to send you a link. :) Though this doesn’t discount the roof-collapse theory.
@vealmince Just seeing those words assembled in that way make me queasy.
@vealmince Yeah, I just twigged the new signage. I had a very nice pickled squid salad.
@parisbcowan Was it? This looks far more comprehensive than that.
@michaelmeloni Sort of. It was a reflection of what Alan Dupont said on Lateline the other night.
I hadn’t realised the White Cockatoo had been renovated. Reopened about a month ago. I think this will be the venue.
@cheshireb Fair point.
Leichhardt Council is where they dumped all the bad drugs. https://t.co/l51poJF3FS
@nancycato1 I’m sure you do.
I hadn’t intended to come this far into the heart of Sydney today.
Changing trains at Strathfield instagram.com/p/-sQ_RLiFkQ/
@KarlskiB I can’t really pull it back earlier. Commitments, etc.
I won’t be able to respond to all the suggestions, but I’ll certainly consider them all. Well, I’ll look at their websites at least.
@jryderau I know the pub, but not the room. I wouldn’t want a dark cellar on a summer day.
“Nail technician†is also a job title. https://t.co/RyRON0aEUL
I’ve had some good suggestions from people just now. I’ll be checking them out. But more ideas are welcome.
@rpy Oh, I hadn’t thought of the CBD at all, but that end of town is likely to be OK. Shall consider, thank you.
@johnb78 Now that’s an interesting thought. I have’t been to the General Gordon in ages. Noted. And it’d be a nice choice.
@max_au Well I’m in Parramatta right now. It’d be 1327 before I could get there. Does that fit your plans?
@yinettesys It’ll be packed out on Sat 19 Dec, so not suitable.
@yinettesys I know The Hive quite well, having had a significant birthday party there, and being known to the owners at the time.
@max_au The thought had occurred to me. I might pop down there shortly.
I need a Sydney pub near rail transport that’s not too busy on Saturday afternoons to records the next Public House Forum.
Hmmm. A staff member at the Commercial has told me they’re incredibly busy on Saturday afternoons. I may have to reconsider the location.
@jamezpolley Yeah, but that often means that I’ll find surprising things.
Parramatta.
I think I’ll have to explore Seven Hills one day.
Crossing the Nepean, through a smudged train window instagram.com/p/-sFGH-CFuE/
@PlaneTalking Yeah, the little bastards are spreading fast. But they’re so cheerful.
“@joe_hildebrand’s banana skin†currently in the lead for today’s worst euphemism. https://t.co/QghhufEQlZ
luriethereal Is Sherlock available to solve this mystery? #PPShooting #PlannedParenthood pic.twitter.com/uYJ34V46Iq
Another dreadful spring day in the Blue Mountains… instagram.com/p/-r6gquCFqm/
Mobile.
Today I am confirming a location for the next Public House Forum, to be recorded on Sat 19 Dec.
My ABC @RNFutureTense doco, “Bug bounties and pentesting: the Wild West of online security†is up. https://t.co/k2gVhuGnCz
I was thinking it, but the frog said it.
@NewtonMark Now look. I don’t think you’re focusing on the important aspects of this task.
historyinflicks I think i just drove into a Philip K Dick story pic.twitter.com/d6wkIejuy5
Mon plan, draft: SEKRIT task list of geeky tasks; 1024 train to Parramatta; podcast location scouting and negotiations; 1646 return train.
@AshGhebranious @kcarruthers I am already sick of your so-called “factsâ€. We live in a post-factual world now.
@AshGhebranious @kcarruthers Oh ye of little faith.
laurenduca CURRENTLY SINGLE DOT TUMBLR DOT COM (h/t @UweBollocks & @ItsTheBrandi) pic.twitter.com/i6iqiK9m3b
TheLadBible Trolling level: 1000 pic.twitter.com/SjHEaEy0Jn
Moi aussi. https://t.co/BdkOrxYTgs
@jonoabroad I fold up real small. They’ll never see me.
Hey @leslienassar we can all go home now. bubble.is HT @alexcpsec via @gattaca
The current view from @bunjaree’s Rosella Cottage is kinda like this one I prepared earlierpic.twitter.com/aQwj6Jjdvdvd
Story pitches emailed off before 0530 on a Monday. This is wrong. So wrong.
Apple Music’s House channel is currently playing me a bunch of Inner City and Frankie Knuckles, and I approve.
Mon plan, early draft: SEKRIT task list; 1024 train to Parramatta; podcast location scouting and negotiations; 1646 return train.
I WANT TO HIRE THESE PEOPLE. @gattaca https://t.co/R0r9Sksnqi
As I keep telling you, just say it. “President Trump.†Better start getting used to it. Say it. “President Trump.†https://t.co/xVRdBZStOY
cjwerleman Since 2001, the FBI has warned of 48 Islamist terror attacks. There’s been 7.
FBI has warned of 0 right wing attacks. There’s been 22.
@gattaca It must be a very special kind of Hell. And your shins are going to be SO bruised.
Somehow these two tweets seem like they should go together, @gattaca @missrogue. pic.twitter.com/mxuo4p8ppu
Re-plug: My ABC @RNFutureTense doco, “Bug bounties and pentesting: the Wild West of online security†https://t.co/k2gVhuGnCz
Wherever @gattaca is right now, I couldn’t have designed it better myself.
Monday. Did you do this? Answer honestly. They will know if you are lying, and They will adjust the controls. Monday.
Gorn.
GordyPls Lots of people in my feed bewildered that a climate march didn’t get any press. Need to talk to your PR firm. You hired one right?
@HumphreyPL Noted!
@HumphreyPL I’ll make contact during the week. I’m brain-dead right now. But I plan to do some features on fintech in the near future.
@HumphreyPL Good to hear. I was reacting with horror to the idea of a “social credit score†out of context. We should talk some time.
Noted aviation engineer Peta Credlin… https://t.co/RaimooR8y8
jasemurphy At Smith St Coles a robber stole a whole box of cigarette cartons worth $6k. Manager checks CCTV - all angles obscured by tinsel. #xmas
@troyhunt My pleasure. I appreciate your work because you think beyond the technical to the human implications of what’s happening.
EconBizFin Once a wind farm is up, the marginal cost of its power output is close to zero econ.st/1Ia2Lbg pic.twitter.com/Q5jJCTxAyg
Wokking.
@i_j_oliver Further on that at https://t.co/Nz6bzdFY4M and https://t.co/GmuRT6I01W quoting some arsehat in Australia.
@ClintonDucas Yeah, that “quarter of a million dollars†line is the program’s money shot, I reckon.
@noreasonspec Yeah, @troyhunt usually has sensible and insightful things to say re this. His blog is always worth reading.
I posted a Weekly Wrap, with links to all my other stuff, earlier today. Yes, I posted it on time for a change. https://t.co/zDE5wQ8kFR
My @RNFutureTense doco “Bug bounties and pentesting: the Wild West of online security†https://t.co/k2gVhuGnCz https://t.co/VuGQOshhzJ
@ClintonDucas Oh good, because I wanted it to be an accessible “Cyber 101†documentary.
Arr Oh god… I’m getting married, but what if my startup takes off!? pic.twitter.com/7hkvit9SPf
@itgrrl Indeed. But for all the talk of “big dataâ€, #nabhackhack#hack4refugeesgees#govhackhack collect even this “little dataâ€?
@dahowlett It’s to the south of Spain.
SwiftOnSecurity Looks like Samsung released a bad smart TV update and now they’re randomly turning off (h/t @ejwillingham) pic.twitter.com/SNkDVMSVkx
Goodbye, Brisbane. https://t.co/bzLtHPwTPr
RT @MalwareJake: Bringing encryption into this argument is every bit as stupid as it was with Paris. Sadly, most don’t get that. https://t.…
Seems that while people at #NABhack design a way to judge whether people are creditworthy, #hack4refugees is working out how to help people.
@avulkan @leslienassar Yes, our great disruptive idea is to treat anything that doesn’t fit previous patterns as an unacceptable risk.
RT @swearyanthony: So disruptive, copying dystopian shit from the Chinese govt https://t.co/OQb2feF3jq (ht @leslienassar) https://t.co/15Id…
Of course it’s already a crime. It’s called “assaultâ€. This is a daft politician’s “murder on Tuesday†law. https://t.co/p3yl9SoMs8
RT @leslienassar: I wonder how many hackdays have been won with the help of https://t.co/aUQYzuuugK
Jesus Fuckin’ Christ. “Social Credit Scoreâ€. Your future is a bunch of geeks deciding your life worth by hit points. https://t.co/2dVaMLdBSz
@ClintonDucas Glad you liked it, despite the lack on swearing.
How quotes work when live-tweeting an event. pic.twitter.com/7F1yxyPP2m
Based on facts.
“DELETE ONE OF THESE ENDINGS TO THE SENTENCE AND DELETE THE OTHER BASED ON FACTS.†#templatenews HT @BernardKeane https://t.co/UPBYDcljtS
Hah! “Your Guide to Ashley Madison — Told With Bad Stock Footage†https://t.co/QeDLtVzM3k HT @troyhunt
@Telstra I believe one neighbour is also on this cable, though @R_Chirgwin is the account-holder and can confirm.
@Telstra It’s stayed working through some huge rainstorms and winds, with just minor dropouts, so it’s more an amusement than a problem.
@Telstra Yep. As each reel of copper was added, the splice was packed with grease into one of those protector caps and taped up a tree.
@PlaneTalking @bunjaree I’ll go for the third option, chewed into destruction by show-off cockatoos.
@Telstra Until they do that, and you guys are dealing with council, it’s 200m of copper unspooled through the scrub#modernsciencece
@Telstra Thanks for picking up on the tweet, though. I understand the delay is a neighbour giving permission to dig a microtrench.
@Telstra Oh no, Ern, that’s how your guys built it to repair a lightning strike in January 2014. No new fault to report. It works.
@R_Chirgwin @SydneyTom_ I know, it’s so inconvenient.
@SydneyTom_ Grrr.
@SydneyTom_ We’re about 1.5m from the local exchange, one of those little automated huts. Better here tha@R_Chirgwinin’s Lilyfield home.
Nice day for it. https://t.co/rxrv6IORB1
@SydneyTom_ The backhaul dies when kids get home from school, or during the Sat-Sun afternoon traffic jams on the Great Western Highway.
@R_Chirgwin @michaelneale Makes sense. Even back in the 1980s RAAF P-3C Orion carried two tactical officers who worked 20 min on 20 min off.
@michaelneale @R_ChirgwinThat cascade of errors is typical of wartime fuckups. Even with humans in the loop, it’s hard to recover.
@SydneyTom_ Between 6 and 8Mbps down, about 650kbps up, depending. Backhaul capacity seems to be a problem.
@michaelneale @R_Chirgwin Yes and no. https://t.co/MUJhqmh9Qc
@michaelneale @R_Chirgwin Indeed. Modern C4I systems, “networked warfare†and the like have now made phenomenal changes.
@SydneyTom_ @R_Chirgwin @Telstra It’s only susceptible to upward splashes, and it’s a good metre and a half up the tree trunk.
@SydneyTom_ @R_Chirgwin Heh. Well, we are looking at the same basic technology, right?
This pic of field telephone line laying is from Guadalcanal WWII. https://t.co/9TKeKI9duk @michaelneale @R_Chirgwin https://t.co/Dn7aoGJVQZ
@michaelneale @R_Chirgwin Oh ever since WWI, reeling out phone lines has been an important infantry task, and telegraph lines before that.
@R_Chirgwin @michaelneale January last year, you mean. This photo is dated June 2014. https://t.co/myPTZwbTEN
@michaelneale First half of 2014 some time. I have photos dated June 2014, but it might have been earlier.
@BundyB @bunjaree Um, the forest undergrowth is a trip hazard. I don’t think a length of copper makes much difference.
People think us @bunjaree folk are joking about our Internet of Trees, but there it is.
The best bit are these junction points where a new length of copper is added. pic.twitter.com/6lKraWLjwH
Some of Telstra’s best work at @bunjaree… pic.twitter.com/ocjgwNiSaC
Good to see that @bunjaree’s Internet of Trees is still operational. pic.twitter.com/2y9khvAKAq
@liquidparanoia @SidusNova Yes. That’s the point. “Butt-chuggingâ€, it’s called. Links on this podcast estilgherrian.com/edict/00030/75oLiDVH
@tveastman I didn’t have particular tech in mind, just the everyday meaning of the conversations being listened to somehow.
SidusNova “Girl at party chugging cough syrup with her ass” ok cool thanks reddit pic.twitter.com/qAFEAl5s2N
Nap time.
@swearyanthony Yep, made that connection yesterday. It should hit mainstream news tomorrow.
@admmo Yeah, journalism moves fast, even on the analysis side. Even turning it around overnight is a luxury most times.
@admmo Indeed. Though even the first problem is a consistent taxonomy for such things. I gather this is on ACSC’s agenda though.
@admmo Hindsight five months later always improves the editing process. ;)
@admmo You’re preaching to the choir here, Sir! :) I drop that very point from time to time.