Gorn.

randomswill @Colvinius A 2015 nativity scene… #Christmas pic.twitter.com/ZVzUIYvgU4
THE CYBERPOWER OF CYBERFUNGUS. twitter.com/CyberPrefixerA…

OrkneyLibrary Left in the library recently:
1. Fish hat
2. Nashville DVD
3. Weird horse thing you look through to see cats etc pic.twitter.com/ZgJN0LkJ84
Hmmm. All this music started with my D:Ream tweet, so really, it’s Vladimir Putin’s fault.
Now I’m trying to remember when I’d have seen Pansy Division live, and who I went to the gig with.
Actually, I’ll throw in this. Pansy Division’s “Smells Like Queer Spirit” youtube.com/watch?v=xeCAI3…
@SnarkyPlatypus Indeed. So much… um… important history of Australian music.
Anyway, that’s enough music for now.
@jmpcallpoppush It’s OK, I know why.
@RealNickHodge Oh God.
@SnarkyPlatypus Yes. If only to see how close it is to, um, the legends.
@SnarkyPlatypus I kinda went off on a different tangent.
Donna Summer, “I Feel Love” youtube.com/watch?v=Nm-ISa…
Bronski Beat, “Hit That Perfect Beat” youtube.com/watch?v=9Nq2ZX…
This is why Molly Meldrum is a national treasure. Beaming this into Australian living rooms at 6pm on a Sunday.
That Countdown audience doesn’t quite know what’s hit them.
Divine, “You Think You’re A Man” youtube.com/watch?v=4TXoGj…
@paulkidd Smirks.
Dead Or Alive, “You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)” youtube.com/watch?v=PGNiXG…
Hmmm… There’s a couple of ways I could go now… But…
@paulkidd FUCKIN’ SHAKESPEARE EH.
Guru Josh, “Infinity” youtube.com/watch?v=z2CIiE…
@SnarkyPlatypus What. What?
@SnarkyPlatypus HEXAGON.
Inner City, “Good Life” youtube.com/watch?v=KJxJxr…
@paulkidd I’m sure I don’t know what you’re taking about.
2 Unlimited, “No Limit” youtube.com/watch?v=RkEXGg…
Snap, “I’ve Got The Power” youtube.com/watch?v=_BRv9w…
M|A|R|R|S, “Pump Up The Volume” youtube.com/watch?v=w9gOQg…
And now, Mel & Kim’s “Showing Out (Get Fresh At the Weekend)” youtube.com/watch?v=14b-BA…
Also, cows. twitter.com/stilgherrian/s…
This video was always my nomination for “Best Gratuitous Helicopter”. twitter.com/RealNickHodge/…
This is why @RealNickHodge must be stopped. twitter.com/RealNickHodge/…
Wow, I know some of these people, and most of them are not dreadful. You might want to listen. twitter.com/humphriesmark/…
Fair up the Bosphorus? twitter.com/patrickgjackso…
Cue the D:Ream! youtube.com/watch?v=XTWm0s… twitter.com/patrickgjackso…
@DrJaneLS @whiteswine The declaration was in January 2014, but, you know.
@SnarkyPlatypus Music promoters are some of the most honest and reliab… sorry, where am I? What is happening?
Evening reminder: “The 9pm Edict’s Public House Forum” with @JazzTwemlow @kcarruthers @NicoleWill100 etc this Sat. twitter.com/stilgherrian/s…
@DDsD Not in relation to anything here. It’s just a style of defence that always amuses me.

internetofshit If only there was another way to stick notes to a fridge before now pic.twitter.com/c3lwSfgfzS
@whiteswine Philip.
‘Jealous haters’ defence. “Fairfax [are] essentially just enablers for gossip mongers and people with axe to grind.” musicfeeds.com.au/news/aj-maddah…
Now we are finally getting somewhere. twitter.com/RealNickHodge/…
@0x1C So we’re back to that tweet again?
@swearyanthony I don’t know the individual.
Vladimir Putin is giving his keynote and “annual press conference” right now. Live stream with EN interpreter at bbc.com/news/world-eur…
There’s going to be some sulkage when some bands see what certain other bands were (meant to be) paid. musicfeeds.com.au/news/heres-muc…
swearyanthony Good luck to anyone who thinks they might get a refund for their Soundwave tickets.
musicfeeds.com.au/news/heres-muc…
@TimStephens10 @davispg @UQ_News Ah, that’s different, and more reassuring. Thanks for the clarification. [Clicks through.]
@mattdasilva I think you mean “Another journalist writing about his subject area”.
This book is good even if you’re not at the beach, and no matter what you’re wearing. twitter.com/NickBryantNY/s…
@TwoGlassTaste Would you like me to be?
@cammackellar Usually, yes. Especially if it involves a pig.
To be honest, @UQ_News, I’d rather hear from a climatologist or an atmospheric chemist or somesuch on this one. twitter.com/UQ_News/status…
@Retrovertigo Why do you know this?

I have questions. pic.twitter.com/qDe7Yi2emv
@semibogan @cynicalsecurity @antisnatchor @0x1C @threatbutt I have pork being delivered any moment now, as it happens. Also, um… wow.
@NicholasFryer It’ll be posted on 29/12 or 30/12, so closer to NYE than Christmas.
@cynicalsecurity @antisnatchor @0x1C @semibogan @threatbutt Please stop now.
@johnthelutheran Maybe I should send her @danger5tv as some historical background.
@antisnatchor @0x1C @semibogan @threatbutt @cynicalsecurity Mmmmmm… Pasta.
@NicholasFryer Of course. If the second can be a 2015 retrospective, that would be lovely. Or a prediction for 2016. Or whatever.
Meanwhile in Illinois, “Do Muslims and Christians worship the same God? College suspends professor who said yes.” washingtonpost.com/news/acts-of-f…
@marshontap Excellent news, Tim!
@NicholasFryer Well, it’s evening now, so today’s had about as much productivity as it’s going to get. But we are go for Saturday.
“Sure, call Trump a Nazi. Just make sure you know what you’re talking about”, writes Mike Godwin (@sfmnemonic) washingtonpost.com/posteverything…
There’s this, I suppose. twitter.com/NicholasFryer/…
@mattdasilva She. And I think just not as well educated as you might hope.
I think @OaaSvc’s tweet would be appropriate now, even though it comes from a different conversation. twitter.com/OaaSvc/status/…
“My goal is to make a German style Nazi History monopoly… It’s fun and refreshing.” kickstarter.com/projects/47185…

Meanwhile, in Yarnell, Arizona, a game designer is at work..kickstarter.com/projects/47185…iY H@swearyanthonynpic.twitter.com/7dz2stvtGiGi
The great thing about talking with @0x1C is for once it’s not always my fault.
It certainly brings tears to the eyes.
Is this related to my previous tweet, @0x1C? twitter.com/0x1C/status/67…
@0x1C @semibogan @threatbutt Well, we’re winning already then, right?
@semibogan @0x1C @threatbutt Well that’s almost what I suggested!

@0x1C This one? pic.twitter.com/x7QbxFig0v
It’s OK, @DrMobs, it’s not like @Forbes ever has to report on anything involving numbers. I think. twitter.com/DrMobs/status/…

emotionalpedant kangaroo + trampoline goes about as well as can be expected pic.twitter.com/xBvoduokjS
johnmcternan After Fall of Endor there was a lack of ‘boots on the ground’! Fantastic on Rebel Alliance failures: foreignpolicy.com/2015/12/16/sta… @ForeignPolicy
@DianneCostin Ah. In Dodoma, our driver stood guard over the 4WD while we had dinner, so it wasn’t stolen.

bdkjones This is what a great bug report looks like —> pic.twitter.com/h5gfO23G1A
@DianneCostin Indeed, I daresay it’s very different now. Much bigger. More sprawling middle-class compounds topped by razor wire. Bandits.
@TACJ True.
@DianneCostin I was only in Dar es Salaam a very short time, the base for 10 days in Tanzania. I’d like to spend more time there.
@MartinCuddihy I am easily amused. :) Just watching how a different village or city works, I find it endlessly fascinating.
@MartinCuddihy Wow that is most generous. I only changed flights in NBO, at around 0500, so I didn’t really see it.
@MartinCuddihy Indeed. I really want to go back some time, do that trip properly. Or just see how Dar es Salaam has changed.
Twitter is difficult.
Africa is big.

Playing at thetruesize.com, remembering all that upfuckage from Dar es Salaam to Dodoma to Mwanza and back. pic.twitter.com/kqzAb4gjed

That said, some of the comments from TalkTalk’s Dido Harding are quite amusing. theregister.co.uk/2015/12/16/did… pic.twitter.com/vS3P7EJxtv
Yes, I suppose it does, Ms Harding. #cyber twitter.com/jleyden/status…
@GeorgeWHerbert @einspruch Every time there’s some lost or broken nuclear weapon there’s @NuclearAnthro nearby. It’s more than suspicious.
@druey I see.
@druey Have you been chewing your mouse?
@R_Chirgwin Well before time, I’d have thought.
0x1C Meep meep. twitter.com/braddybb/statu…
SEE IF YOU GAVE ME A HYDROGEN BOMB I WOULD TAKE PROPER CARE OF IT. twitter.com/NuclearAnthro/…
For you, yes. twitter.com/SnarkyPlatypus…
@SnarkyPlatypus I may still add a fourth. If I stop falling asleep.
@SnarkyPlatypus We have added @NicoleWill100, and three works. It’s only my stubbornness which meant I was aiming for four.
Annoyed. I fell asleep for another hour just before. Today has been somewhat unproductive. Sulking.
@whiteswine Indeed. Jimmy Barnes most of a bottle of vodka down before 8am. Molly Meldrum hurling bread rolls back at us. Ah, happy days!
@whiteswine Such an excellent breakfast.
@whiteswine Well, it was that at the Prosh Breakfast too. People were hurt. One girl has three broken ribs and a fractured skull, I think.
@whiteswine I suppose this is what happens at an all-you-can-drink breakfast.
@whiteswine Now you’ve brought back memories of when Cold Chisel played for Prosh Breakfast and it degenerated into a food fight with Molly.

chrisleben Filming with @LeeLinChinSBS in my lounge room. She’s unimpressed with my furniture pic.twitter.com/IQkTsJQ80C
gths Vengaboys: The Role Playing Game

dobes Anything they want to tell me? pic.twitter.com/pDiPkZds6A
“Tonight on ‘I’m an Instant Fucking Expert’, Corporate Tax Accounting! I’m Dwayne Arsehat.”
@GordyPls Thanks. I’ll add @syncplicity to my list of factors contributing to the destruction of family and leisure time.
joshgnosis I have so many questions. twitter.com/AlboMP/status/…
Name names, @GordyPls. These people need to be moved mercilessly. twitter.com/GordyPls/statu…
@jodiem Yep, just the upside-down version, for obvious reasons.
@jodiem Just roll a couple of grenades down the stairs and sit on top of your desk for 15 seconds. Keep your legs up.
sallywhyte ACMA says it’s okay to say “cuntstruck” on TV: crikey.com.au/2015/12/17/no-… (free)
I’d have worded this question slightly differently, but agree with its broad intention. twitter.com/LowyInstitute/…
@Mikenicholls88 Everything is true.
SavedYouAClick A dead whale. RT @UberFacts: You won’t believe what they pulled out of the depths of the ocean…
@Retrovertigo What an odd euphemism.
Optus says HFC cable had ‘NBN-like speeds’, gets fined $51k for false advertising. Turnbull buys Optus HFC for NBN. zdnet.com/article/optus-…
It’d be a shame to burn down the Sydney Opera House, obviously, but we could deal with all of these people at once. twitter.com/oberonsghost/s…
Agreed. This gift looks awesome. twitter.com/James_Jeffrey/…
Completely ducked.
@DavidParis And don’t you forget it.
@DavidParis No, I haven’t.
Yeah, watch these people. twitter.com/DavidParis/sta…

This is actually quite a disturbing image. pic.twitter.com/1AlZrgQVlE

Star Wars fans are so behind the pace, and the numbers. pic.twitter.com/S0mlXslYrj
@astudentnow Of course it’s dead, you sicko.

Emergency Duck! instagram.com/p/_YEIcSiFm_/
Being mocked by the duck woman.
What is a “GOP chair probe”, and does it hurt? twitter.com/BlogsofWar/sta…
joshgnosis Exclusive: 30,000 Optus customers had their personal data posted to Freelancer dot com. Huge privacy breach. ($) crikey.com.au/2015/12/17/ove…
@rwerkh Stop that.
I so want to press this button now. twitter.com/andykisaragi/s…
Then again, I could go the Utter Geek route. Given that we live in Nimbledon these days, this could be an interesting path too.
NOW WE ARE TALKING. twitter.com/dakami/status/…

bengrubb The amount of cash the NSW government is giving 5800 NSW taxi plate owners because they’ve been disrupted by UberX pic.twitter.com/cgPSq2Ya95
You can’t get more on than this, people! twitter.com/NicoleWill100/…
The final panelist will have to be so not a geek, I think, otherwise this entire thing will implode somehow. Then again…
If you haven’t booked a free audience spot yet, this tweet contains the links you need. There is beer and souvlaki. twitter.com/stilgherrian/s…
Ahoy! @NicoleWill100 will join @JazzTwemlow @kcarruthers and me for “The 9pm Edict’s Public House Forum” this Sat arvo. One more TBA.
@SydneyCyber You’re getting a bit spammy there, folks.
@michaelneale I know. It’s… eerie.
@edhusicMP @James_Jeffrey @StarbucksAu Well he’ll need it, I guess.
@edhusicMP @James_Jeffrey @StarbucksAu What did you do to his fingers, you monster?
I’m sorry. twitter.com/leighsales/sta…
This street doesn’t look very safe. No proper footpath. No shelter from wind or rain. Is there even proper lighting? twitter.com/agdgovau/statu…
By this logic, Wells Fargo would still be America’s greatest employer of horse transport. twitter.com/GreenJ/status/…
It’s true, this really is the best description of That Movie Franchise ever. twitter.com/marcuskelson/s…
@daviottenheimer Gravity is just a theory.
Well heck, they don’t want you discovering the secret UFO base. twitter.com/nampix/status/…
“Ugly, annoying, and often full of lice”? twitter.com/ThreatConnect/…
Of course it did. #nimble twitter.com/alliecoyne/sta…
@MrCsandDs @JazzTwemlow @kcarruthers That’s wrong, isn’t it.
@MrCsandDs @JazzTwemlow @kcarruthers I’d LOVE to chat with Ita Buttrose. I could ask whether a buttrose is like a chocolate starfish.
@OzNigel @JazzTwemlow @kcarruthers @leslienassar I like your thinking.
@Spikesaurus @JazzTwemlow @kcarruthers All noted. I do have a particular (SEKRIT) mix in mind, but they are all interesting suggestions.
I seem to have lost my iPhone earbuds. This means returning to every pub I’ve been to this week in reverse order.
johnthelutheran Hmm, sounds like the sort of thing a Vatican press officer denying papal rummaging rumours would say. twitter.com/FatherRosica/s…
See what I mean, @expectproblems? twitter.com/reverseocr/sta…
michaelneale Oh found them.
*takes the silencer off the barrel*
michaelneale Really annoyed that one of you took my headphones.
I have a particular set of skills….
@cafuego @jturner_ibrs Hey I am a gentleman who has reached a certain age, I know exactly what “digital” means. Once a year.
Hey is there anyone Sydney-based you’d REALLY like on the Edict panel with @JazzTwemlow @kcarruthers on Saturday? Let me know!
@jturner_ibrs Ah. Yes. And now I’m suddenly interested too.
@BundyB Exactly.
Did you punch them, @jturner_ibrs? You’re a big guy. You should have punched them. twitter.com/jturner_ibrs/s…
@BundyB Sounds excellent. I should be able to figure that out. I mean, how hard can it be?
Me at @zdnetaustralia Tuesday: “Hey Australian businesses, if you fear it, do something about it” zdnet.com/article/hey-au… #cyber #cybercyber
SydneyCyber Our first tweet! @FLSiii @colwight @dhutchman @profbensaul @robertvk @aimsinpeng Website coming soon!
There was a time when I thought that Denmark was a civilised nation. I was wrong. twitter.com/profbensaul/st…
I seem to have forgotten how to use the kitchen taps. In related news: Saturated. #iwouldliketooperateheavymachinerynow
safimichael call it the Tone’s law: the less actual responsibility you have for fighting terrorism, the wilder your pronouncements on Islam
Oh. I accidentally just fell asleep for two hours. Annoying Side Effects are annoying.
pptsapper An African or European drone? twitter.com/AthertonKD/sta…
Cue 10,000 #SMEG blog posts about how pre-testing your selfies is vital to the success of your personal brand. twitter.com/ljarratt/statu…
Is this what they refer to as a “prolapse”? twitter.com/SnarkyPlatypus…
Well he’s got a point. twitter.com/TheFix/status/…
Thu plan, draft: Finalise podcast panel and promote same, while clearing the inbox and sysadmin task list at a sensible pace.

necrosofty “don’t worry sir the system is completely secure” pic.twitter.com/mcqx5eITkc
Those goddam Commie government lawyers! twitter.com/Paul_Karp/stat…
@garystark That doesn’t make it any more pleasant.

TheOnion Cost-Cutting Measures Force Company To Start Hiring More Female Employees onion.com/1ktOCL1 pic.twitter.com/maHIywWBqG
Four hours with NSW Greens? I feel real sympathy with the Rabbit this time. What an awful experience. twitter.com/carolduncan/st…
The folks at @wordfence have just launched a WordPress Security Learning Centre. It’s free. wordfence.com/blog/2015/12/a… wordfence.com/learn/

TheFix A visualization of a normal day in our lives. flowingdata.com/2015/12/15/a-d… pic.twitter.com/pZEUjOkiFC
I see that we have an audience of 10 so far, which is perhaps a little too intimate. twitter.com/stilgherrian/s…

This is your morning reminder to book for “The 9pm Edict’s Public House Forum #2” this Sat. publichouseforum2.eventbrite.com pic.twitter.com/aTk2MZORKK
KKeneally Yep. 2007-2009, especially, was riotous fun. twitter.com/hecivan70/stat…
@TheEbizWizard We live in terrible times, and we are sick of the word “agile” coming out of Malcolm Turnbull’s mouth. It must end.
Thursday. Nobody cares. Nobody cares at all. Just don’t bother, OK. Thursday.