Tony Ate… at Eight #62: The ladies always love a tonguing by Tony. (Photo: Alan Porritt/AAPpic.twitter.com/qbHWGgx2XJXJ
“Tony Ate… at Eight†is a tribute to Abbott’s love of things in his mouth, or on his tongue. 0800 AEST, repeated 2000 AEST
PT_delays Annual Boomer Ascendency at Armadale. Everyone out!
CAREFUL IT MIGHT HAVE A BOMB IS IT A HEDGEHOG. https://t.co/uP2bHbodpP
Here’s some programmatic specificity fro@Telstrara. Some customers somewhere in might have some problem some timepic.twitter.com/YEBSI5OPMJMJ
All the copper is in perfect working order. Sigh.
So yeah, this probably explains why the Lilyfield internet wasn’t working. Troubleshooting b@R_Chirgwininpic.twitter.com/Pq0sCE8g4r4r
@ApostrophePong There is high praise in that article. I can get most of it via Google Translate.
@R_Chirgwin The outage was PSTN, cable and NBN in Lilyfield and Rozelle etc. This is obviously something else.
@R_Chirgwin Oh. Yeah, that’ll do it. Wednesday night or so? I assumed it was the Lilyfield PSTN outage listed by Telstra, but obviously not.
@ApostrophePong Of course I remember her! [Waves to Chef Pu]
@HyperBrendan As I mentioned to @franksting earlier, I want to do more impromptu interviews. But not tonight.
@ApostrophePong Aha! So “executive chef” here. Good on her.
Her view on politicians who reckon there’s no climate change: “Pfffft! They’re idiots.”
Waiting for the taxi at Wentworth Falls, chatting with an 84yo local woman about climate change and being a kid in Wales during WWII.
Rabbit! https://t.co/CJGvORtrTR
Meanwhile @ApostrophePong is posting food pics from Bangkok, including some work from his sister who is a chef, and it’s just not fair.
This is actually pretty good, given they didn’t have the part in stock on Thursday afternoon.
Hahaha yes of course my MacBook Pro is now ready to pick up, because I’m nearly back at Wentworth Falls. Still, bonus 48-hour turnaround.
Crossing the Nepean instagram.com/p/BE0F0PjCFjH/
Clock. instagram.com/p/BEz9AFlCFlW/
If you’re desperate to hear me, try @HumansOfThis episode 101 from last week. https://t.co/MzCjwRTpEH
@franksting Oh good, because I want to do more of them.
@SnarkyPlatypus Indeed. Well, he’s just perky, though not Thai. Still, he’s a good source for local gossip.
@pandymonium01 Well, not here, but elsewhere. Sydney licensing laws are stupid.
@SnarkyPlatypus The perky one. He joined me in the corner after his shift and we ended up taking until well into the band’s first set.
jackschofield I installed Windows 95 on my Apple Watch, by @nickplee at @Medium ~ bit.ly/1O1yLMa < takes an hour to boot pic.twitter.com/yOIXRmalve
Things have moved to a new level here after I got rat-arsed with the barman after his shift the other night.
@SnarkyPlatypus Well that counts as masturbating.
Just as Stephen Colbert called out “truthiness”, this sort of bullshit is “mathsiness”.
I masturbated more times in the last month than I voted, Labor, Liberal or National in all elections ever. So what? https://t.co/bvgqNdgOnM
Sadly, The Chef Who Wants To Kill Me isn’t on today, so it’s not quite as good.
More tub waan! #tubwaan instagram.com/p/BEz2KngCFrL/
Tub waan! #tubwaan instagram.com/p/BEz1—SiFq2/
Soon there will be tub waan. #tubwaan
RT @BernardKeane: Old white male enjoys company of future old white males https://t.co/QU2zXEx4D9
So who’s going to eat the pizza bits that have been sliding all over the back seat of some muppet’s low-end sedan? https://t.co/hQTm48Ea82
GambitiousInc The future of gaming. pic.twitter.com/TbcYhpTkDy
As opposed to “export quality”… instagram.com/p/BEz064DiFox/
@franksting Tomorrow at the latest. I’m just having lunch before catching the train up the hill.
I seem to have stirred up some of the Young People in the Media.
@markhumphries I think I’m dissing ancient Queenslanders. That’s like, compulsory.
@SnarkyPlatypus Yeah, looking further than the XXXX and unmistakeable signs in both fashion* and accent.
@markhumphries This… This is a bit awkward.
@garthk Look, I’m a professional.
RT @RidT: UK gov claims it deanonymises “dark web”—most likely: Tor traffic—through bulk data analysis https://t.co/YO7SbugLdO https://t.co…
@rpy That was an observation, not a recommendation.
I think they might be on a package tour, ‘cos most of them are drinking XXXX.
Chuck a hand grenade in here and you’d halve the Liberal vote at the next election.
I’m in the corner, and the pub is full of ancient people having lunch before the matinee of ‘Fiddler on the Roof’.
Passing Sydney’s proposed new innovation silicon hub precinct. pic.twitter.com/p5A7gN6OXU
I may regret this, but I think I’ll get The Chef Who Is Trying To Kill Me to make me some lunch before heading back to the Mountains.
The things you find on the internet… pic.twitter.com/sl4KwKzEnG
samanthamaiden As an aside, @RichardMarlesMP is well aware of my long running observation he reminds me of a quokka @cpyne pic.twitter.com/dwB5ZYlFUD
But @SnarkyPlatypus, look what you’re missing@cpynene’s work is unmissabpic.twitter.com/W2m6QuQ4T5Q4T5
“Nothing about Arianna Huffington joining the Uber board is surprising.†https://t.co/AC0p5Kl5tb
@ericscheid Eric.
I would like to repeat what I said the other day. https://t.co/2v3SWmS93P
@irisherself What’s wrong now?
Pondering where to have lunch before departing Lilyfield for the Blue Mountains. Somewhere nearby, or maybe somewhere near Central.
Also, “duck†and “fuckâ€. #nowonder https://t.co/Meic5K6dsW
@darkhorse166 There’s some fascinating stuff over there.
There, that should get things going.
Are #stopwestconnex people the anti-vaxxers of urban development?
I see. https://t.co/ETuNhUx44k
Well this seems clear. https://t.co/Ai4VyoW8zA
Bop the stoats, baby! @gordonkerry https://t.co/lvBcAh3nnT [Also, I see what you did there.]
@gordonkerry If we start seeing Future Weasels then we’ll know for sure.
@sylmobile @jeffsonstein Oh.
@jeffsonstein Do hedgehogs even have thumbs?
@jeffsonstein One thing I will say, it’s all very complicated.
True. https://t.co/mXCD96bMzj
I can see that I’ll have to spend most of the weekend explaining hedgehogs to slow people.
@jeffsonstein There can be no doubt about this. https://t.co/lVXlrNWqSJ
Be the! We should all aspire to be the. https://t.co/LCgrtM3VyM
@jplonie Never you mind.
@jeffsonstein IT IS A HEDGEHOG SUIT PLEASE TRY TO KEEP UP.
Sadly @OnesieZoosie does not have a hedgehog but they do have a flying fox. https://t.co/MLX7ZMAPky https://t.co/pLxYrD6W4r
@MicheleS_Aus No, that bit has been sorted. https://t.co/QJQiTKuwBP
@MicheleS_Aus Thank you again. I think you’ll agree, this is a fascinating story.
SPIKES! https://t.co/qGez5n2X0e
@rpy Beer. Have beer.
stonesthrow Dead Kennedys cassette 1981: “Home taping is killing the music industry. We left this side blank so you can help.” pic.twitter.com/tmno3N1c5E
Who said anything about hate? https://t.co/xCZPBmP5Nh
I wonder if I could do an entire podcast just of me shouting about hedgehogs.
There are many unanswered questions in this whole Adult Hedgehog Onesie Bomber saga. Baltimore deserves answers. https://t.co/lrzLiJCYZb
WHAT IS ON THE FLASH DRIVE, ALEX? pic.twitter.com/YqPlr7ZoVb
@ResignInShame Shut up.
The face of the (alleged) Adult Hedgehog Onesie Bomber. pic.twitter.com/FmldG6prG7
@MicheleS_Aus Oh sorry, there is new info further down that story. Thank you.
@MicheleS_Aus Yes. Beanbag rounds etc etc. I mean an update more recent than 24 hours ago. Hence, “updateâ€.
Honestly, you people.
THE HEDGEHOG IS NOT A PANDA AND THE WEASEL IS NOT A HOAX.
No look we’ve been through this it’s a hedgehog. https://t.co/QJQiTKuwBP https://t.co/cf2J3XajsN
WHY HAS NO-ONE GIVEN ME AN UPDATE ON THE ADULT HEDGEHOG ONESIE BOMBER WHAT EVEN IS TWITTER FOR.
HEY EVERYONE IT’S JUST THREE SLEEPS UNTIL BUDGET NIGHT.
@markhellewell So it does. And it’d be the codename for a hack on a printer or something.
@sylmobile Well, there is that. I’ll make that judgement in due course.
Sat plan: Laundry (in progress); pack; lunch (where?); train to Wentworth Falls; work on that podcast, and record it if nausea permits.
I’m assuming the LHC Weasel has its own Twitter account already? If not, why not?
“Large Hadron Collider: Weasel shuts down world’s largest particle accelerator†https://t.co/Y8l0gMFrU9
OK, I’ll get this out of the way now, and then move on: Sky Muster is a fuckin’ stupid name for a satellite internet service. There. Done.
thomas_violence it depends. am I allowed to drive the truck pic.twitter.com/ZR50nzBSVV
samanthamaiden This week on Pyne and Marles. @cpyne tells @RichardMarlesMP he has “fabulous olive skin”. pic.twitter.com/yyM8WXJvuJ
@NuclearAnthro Who said “testicles� (Now there’s a sentence!)
@NuclearAnthro Yeah, you could go with that, though “highly†is a judgement call, so I wouldn’t use it in news, but might in an op-ed.
@NuclearAnthro Adding “on children†is always good. Were they under 10? Then “young childrenâ€.
@NuclearAnthro Accurate but catchy. “Unethical medical experiments using radioactive tracers†might do the trick. Accurate, uses the R-word.
@NuclearAnthro Unethical, yes. “Radiation experiments†is a bit of a stretch though. Radioactive tracers aren’t that scary.
@OaaSvc @Asher_Wolf @BernardKeane @MsLods Oops. I thought we were talking about the law enforcement biometrics. As you were.
@OaaSvc @Asher_Wolf @BernardKeane @MsLods It’s a nuanced thing, certainly. The databases already exist. This may even help reduce abuse.
In which wordfluencer @bgzimmer thinkfluences the growing influence of ‘influencer’. https://t.co/pnRSRRi3T2
@jeffsonstein That’s generally how I feel about my scripts, yes.
You should probably read the whole thing to avoid getting too tinfoil about this stuff.
Last night AU’s Justice Minister dropped a press release about the biometrics program. My commentary from https://t.co/2uQDAUU8bT
Blog post: “Talking yet more cybers on ABC @774melbourneâ€, 20 min audio from Tuesday. https://t.co/ejSxmKH4fI https://t.co/g5DihgpfMx
In hindsight, the caption should have been something like “The ladies always love a tonguing by Tony.â€
Tony Ate… at Eight #62: Tony is such a big lick. (Photo: Alan Porritt/AAPpic.twitter.com/jQUE7GGd3N3N
“Tony Ate… at Eight†is a tribute to Abbott’s love of things in his mouth, or on his tongue. 0800 AEST, repeated 2000 AEST
Gotta love a good clinch. https://t.co/5Z76l1655D
@ReneeStephen Thank you. I guess this is something other than food poisoning, but I’m slowly getting better. I think.
I feel terrible.
Sat plan, draft: Laundry; pack; lunch (where?); train to Wentworth Falls; work on that podcast, and record it if nausea permits.
Discovering, in the most annoying way, that my gastro-intestinal tract has not yet returned to full health.
@R_Chirgwin I mostly just want to avoid having to wade through all the “jokes”.
Oh dear God… https://t.co/OXBonffDqb
So has anyone thought about making a movie about something new?
RT @rachelking: Holy crap it is a slow news day. https://t.co/CtPlGHfwva
Update on the Adult Hedgehog Onesie Bomber please.
Don’t blame me. It was part of the dream.
Saturday. The arty lesbians have brought half a bottle of dessert wine and a bamboo umbrella. At least they tried. Saturday.
“Well, Jedward didn’t send troops into Iraq, did they.†https://t.co/TPRT0utMtC
@katska I’m not sure. There’s just so many of them.
Tony Ate… at Eight #61: Tony grabs some supplies for the weekend (Photo via PMOpic.twitter.com/YCLi2NPNLMLM
“Tony Ate… at Eight†is a tribute to Abbott’s love of things in his mouth. 0800 AEST, repeated 2000 AEST.
@SnarkyPlatypus The 1970s and 1980s were tumultuous times in South Australian politics.
@bernietb I think @JustinianNews is aware of this.
@SnarkyPlatypus Bannon was classic SA Labor. Went to St Peters, edited On Dit, worked for Gough, set up F1 race. https://t.co/t9AmL7Xjmm
Anyway, has anyone tar-and-feathered Sinodinos yet?
Meanwhile… https://t.co/ytKN9uBevt
The Bannon Years, when the same man was both state Premier and Treasurer. #whatcouldpossiblygowrong
@nicilind Ah, wasn’t it inspiring stuff!
YES THESE WERE THE TIMES. https://t.co/Umb5TUiL9y
Ah, the Royal Commission into the State Bank of South Aust, those were the times! Per capita worse than Pyramid and US Savings & Loans!
It was a time when a man could buy an office tower for $90M and, 3 months later, sell it for $270M to a company with his wife as director.
Now THIS was a time to be alive! Well, except for the haircuts. And the “fashionâ€. And pretty much everything. https://t.co/p82RdsG1qq
@paulwiggins @NicholasFryer Correct.
I remember a time when I could get 17.5% interest on a 3-month term deposit. Admittedly, everything was fucked. https://t.co/qrNsF6T1Jv
@Info_Aus @R_Chirgwin I’m not across that stuff, I’ll have a squizz tomorrow.
They never finished it at the BBC, @NicholasFryer, and had to move it to Cheltenham. pic.twitter.com/x83Pp2MkjM
NicholasFryer There are people who still believe the BBC TV Centre isn’t a front for a secret particle accelerator? Wake up, sheeple.
RT @Grindrod: What is Ladybird modernism? This should help: https://t.co/hMLdHcQ2kY https://t.co/QHgRTsT07Y
@Info_Aus @R_Chirgwin The “national security†wand is being waved. That trumps OGP.
@kels_316 If we do, it won’t be NEC’s fault. My understanding is they know what they’re doing.
Love your work. https://t.co/W74BCG2qrm
Yeah I just told NEC’s internal PR and they’re not exactly happy. They were told to release it on Monday. https://t.co/azSxvGe18q
What shits me is there’s lots of upsides to this project, but the minister’s office can’t explain it and instead @AICriminologynology work.
And all this stuff too. We shouldn’t be too tinfoil about this. (But watch the paranoids kick off.) https://t.co/gW4ytzdmwm
As @maelorin rightly notes, these databases will have plenty of duplication, which this project will help fix. https://t.co/EqitnknXkK
@R_Chirgwin HAHAHAHA. So I see.
That figure presumably includes visitors to Australia, and there’s a lot of them. Also good citizens applying for security clearance etc.
Here’s a number. “12 million images already held nationally in police databasesâ€. Australia’s population is 24 million.
God I have no life.
Time required to do that basic research following the arrival of the minister’s press release: 12 minutes, including the tweets.
Here’s the caveat fro@AICriminologygy. See how many news stories mention itpic.twitter.com/RyN3x3AIHKHK
Is “misrepresents†unfair? Justice Minister does mention the report’s title. But it says “Australians’ willpic.twitter.com/UYeIaxTjrUo/UYeIaxTjrU
Justice Minister misrepresents this @AICriminology research, saying “in one survey†without mentioning it’s a survey of victims only.
“Use and acceptance of biometric technologies among victims of identity crime and misuse in AU†by @AICriminology https://t.co/xJqnQvZ208
So that’s $52 million to NEC Australia, who must be pretty chuffed about that.
Key sentence: “CrimTrac has awarded NEC Aust Pty Ltd the contract to deliver the nation’s next generation biometrics crime-fighting tool.â€
Oh look, the Justice Minister has dropped a press release about the biometrics system at 1750 on a Friday evening.
New blog post: “Talking yet more cybers on ABC @774melbourneâ€, 20 min audio from Tuesday. https://t.co/ejSxmKH4fI https://t.co/g5DihgpfMx
Now there’s a movie. “Divine Retributionâ€. https://t.co/mXv61X3epZ
Sounds more like a John Waters film than Alfred Hitchcock though. Maybe Andy Warhol.
Actually I’d watch that.
Is there some movie she’s seen that we’ve all missed? Maybe Hitchcock’s ‘The Trannies’? Set in a seaside village…
So what does this woman imagine will happen? https://t.co/G6Mh0P90vl
And don’t get me started on Padre Antonio Soler@davecallantwitt@nazeem_hussainsain
davecallantwit Enough is enough #lemonade pic.twitter.com/OhVgVgGxQz
Now there’s a thought. https://t.co/be6LLtK238
HEY EVERYONE IT’S JUST FOUR SLEEPS UNTIL BUDGET NIGHT.
Well, not “completelyâ€, but… yeah. https://t.co/LQRSSiAIuV
RT @thegrugq: Are we losing Iowa to the Russians?
Strong enough to disperse chemtrails. https://t.co/9NLrR2njn1
Good advice. Ping @firstdogonmoon. https://t.co/fFcq4ayFGO
So, um, this was just posted. Ping @juhasaarinen @dobes @SnarkyPlatypus @TimWattsMP https://t.co/uL3gBjt7gq
reubenacciano #Sydney people, avoid #Bankstown Central shops. Shots fired, 1 dead, 2 injured, area in lockdown. #breaking
@Taco_Lad Oh we’ve known that for hours.
Ah @mscott, forever the optimist! [Bon chance, Monsieur.] https://t.co/p4nqmKuLG7
juhasaarinen Guys, that was rhetorical question, I don’t want to know about your dopey gasmasking capers.
Does anyone have an update on the Adult Hedgehog Onesie incident?
@TimWattsMP Thank you again for bringing this important issue to my attention.
@dobes @TimWattsMP It’s one hell of a deflection move, I’ll grant that.