Stilgherrian (@stilgherrian)

Wentworth Falls NSW AU

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October 2016

If it does this to frogs, imagine what it does to Tasmanian salmon. https://t.co/512SfCGS2F

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Wait, why is CSIRO creating this “nightmare machine”, exactly? #deathrayprecursor https://t.co/512SfCGS2F

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joshspero Finally, some good news pic.twitter.com/M7W0yEIM40

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I can only hope they’re turning the fire hoses onto all these annoying children. https://t.co/zcbQTtXIef

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“Chemicals”, the magic bogey word. https://t.co/dcsw0qDi9S

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MKPS001 Fun fact: collectively, the Australian cricket team has written more books than they have won tests in the last twelve months.

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@jonoabroad @pluffnub1 No. Appropriate qualifiers were used.

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Well I know for one that @dobes will be shocked by this news. https://t.co/4HIO6RWSAB

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AwardsDarwin You just know someone asked. pic.twitter.com/rTUdo5iN7M

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@jpwarren Pierre is an excellent llama.

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Re llamas, @triplej did this “Follow the leader” campaign. Our response campaign at @ThreeDRadio had a dead llama c… https://t.co/CkspSMDE8D

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@MatthewBevan I think we need more camelid commentators in the media generally.

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This remains one of the greatest moments in American television. pic.twitter.com/5VsUKLfVyB

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Oh @whiteswine, how can you not know Pierre the Celebrity Llama? https://t.co/sW5MFOJgrY

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I was going to listen to a second @pluffnub1 mix just now but then I remembered I’m not completely insane.

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RT @QJernalisms: Nothing. You need to know, quite literally, nothing about her. https://t.co/RdNjp5NVsf

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I see @pluffnub1 has been at work lately. This is excellent. https://t.co/UnB4HhYfbt

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fatimamanji Hahaha pic.twitter.com/6nAMzMSdNi

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MsVeruca Jesus, if people are bedwetting over salmon farming’s processes then keep the hell away from dairy farming!

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This is what happens when you watch Bolt. https://t.co/nDxw5375VF

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@twiddlekins @custaro What, driving Senator Roberts at high speed through spoon drains?

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RT @custaro: My first reply from our esteemed Queensland Senator and not gonna lie, it’s every bit as batshit insane as I could have dreame…

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@hughstephens No we really did this. The child would be an adult now.

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This is good to know and I’m glad you’ve shared this technique with us. https://t.co/m8sbQBxsmc

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Sure, but you couldn’t go as fast. https://t.co/YV3cN89yYM

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i’m also assuming people know what a spoon drain is.

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What I mean is that we drove a car at high speed with her in it, not that we drove her like a horse or a goat or an ox.

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We had to leave town the next morning, for unrelated reasons, but then heard she’d given birth just after we left. So it works.

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A pregnant woman who was overdue, we drove her at high speed through spoon drains in the hope it’d shake it out.

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RT @expectproblems: Further boob conversations with housemate: https://t.co/lwykshyS4h

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Taco_Lad @expectproblems this is legit tho. I can’t tell if I’m traveling at wrong speed on an excessively rutted road. Boob havers know immediately.

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“Spanking the pony”, on the other hand… https://t.co/twu1iprl3O

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RT @michaelkoziol: Exclusive: Liberal Party Parramatta division will debate motion calling for ban on all immigration and refugees https://…

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@ArtoftheTitle @faully33 But yes, not only are you correct, but yours is the better dub. Thanks.

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@ArtoftheTitle @faully33 I already hate you and your so-called “facts”.

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@Aitch_El Enjoy your journey down the rabbit-hole.

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This cock ring looks a little tight. https://t.co/29pkXPir5C

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@Aitch_El The Grass Mud Horse is made of many lessons.

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This is one of the worst crimes in modern Queensland history. https://t.co/GRrRziudhH

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Oh I hadn’t realised this had been done. This work has much subtlety. 草泥马挡中央. https://t.co/zsboJHmpxj https://t.co/zre0BArCxA

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@rpy @dannolan Your cao ni ma is beautiful.

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RT @EX_V19: Australian media has become a strange place where attacking people fleeing conflict is described as being ‘tough’ rather than ‘…

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@SnarkyPlatypus I for one welcome our Indian-Chinese Lesbian Cyborg overlords.

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@dannolan @rpy He is fun-loving and nimble. I’ve been meaning to buy a grass mud horse for ages.

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@dannolan He protects us from the river crabs, and he has a song. https://t.co/KYhxhJm3XM

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“In 2050 Australia would have a lesbian president of Chinese-Indian background called Poona Li Hung who would be a cyborg.”

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I hope Pauline Hanson’s first book is still availablepic.twitter.com/M4Gn7dTe8w8w

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She did. Eleven weeks in a Queensland jail. https://t.co/OoPUYUSTPP

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Hahahahaha “2017”. You reckon they’ll really wait until killing season? Abbott is already rubbing up against everyo… https://t.co/vDklnCfkJC

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@faully33 Oh, I should’ve been clearer. That one is also a Saul Bass title sequence.

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I’ve just thought of a way @VirginAustralia could really scare its passengers… https://t.co/Xr24CUBf21

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I have kangaroo regret.

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The dissolves between the different views of the black cat are sublime.

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I’m a huge fan of Saul Bass’ title design, but this one for “Walk on the Wild Side” (1962) is phenomenal. https://t.co/VDh5FXjtVr

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@Colvinius @MichaeCarey @LindaMottram @R_Chirgwin Seriously, though, they’re all great photos, and I’m looking forward to reading the book.

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At this point I should probably mention @ArtoftheTitle artofthetitle.com.

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@MsPraxis @Colvinius Indeed. As I suggested earlier… https://t.co/Fj7fb1DLwP

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@LindaMottram @R_Chirgwin @SnarkyPlatypus The fag-and-phone intensity is a classc trope, and @Colvinius pulls it off with style.

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Little-known fact: Crawford Productions had a connection to ASIO when writing their “gritty crime dramas”. https://t.co/0kMVM9O84f

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@purserj @R_Chirgwin @Colvinius @SnarkyPlatypus Mind you, the opening titles for “Homicide” were also awesome. https://t.co/NeU3IK8RY4

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@purserj @R_Chirgwin @Colvinius @SnarkyPlatypus I was thinking of making a parody of the “Division 4” opening for “Stilgherrian Live”.

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@purserj @R_Chirgwin @Colvinius @SnarkyPlatypus Remember, too, that screenshots from “The Bill” make excellent Brit… https://t.co/cYJRmZvg4q

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@purserj @R_Chirgwin @Colvinius I was actually going to say this was a still from the failed Crawford Productions series, “Colvin”.

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@R_Chirgwin @Colvinius The floppy fringe over one eye has a lot going for it too.

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This 1970s photo of @Colvinius is still the best, I think. https://t.co/GVplUg4dCf

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@dobes @davispg I’m looking forward to it.

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LeeLinChinSBS When you meet your ex-lovers new partner pic.twitter.com/Ozjk0sXoul

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JazzTwemlow Torture people to stop drownings.
Bury yourself in cement to avoid mosquito bites.
Starve to death to prevent salmonella.

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Hey @dobes, here’s one for the diary. https://t.co/s0ZlHwYdsJ HT @davispg.

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Yes it seems that my.gov.au is running as individuals try to file their income tax returns.

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@davispg My understanding, gained solely by reading news stories, is that my.gov.au is a complete custard duck.

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Oh great work, Germany, both practical and an excellent troll. https://t.co/A4RTTohsgG

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@jonoabroad @MachinePix I would always believe a cow. They are noble, gentle beasts. And they’re yummy.

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@jonoabroad @MachinePix It might have been a xow, xor it might have been something else.

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I find it particularly annoying when government agencies use corporate weasel-words like “issues”. Be honest. They’… https://t.co/hJcpw5VALu

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This was a classic piece of work from last year. Goddam sensor-toting JLENS missile defence balloons.… https://t.co/6RxZwG4mgk

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RT @philipargy: Here’s the best answer the ATO can give to today’s debacle with mygov taking 20 minutes to connect people to their eTax ret…

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At least you didn’t invite someone to the recording of a “Pubic House Forum” on the weekend. https://t.co/l8Ha0ZsoY7

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RT @lana_palestine: Israeli deputy minister says Italy was hit by 2 earthquakes as ‘retribution’ for country’s UNESCO vote on Jerusalem. ht…

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RT @oz_f: Good on ya mate, taking a bit of a time out from screwing over desperate refugees to lay a cheeky punt on the horses. https://t.c…

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@juhasaarinen These are not helicopters. What is wrong with you?

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@manaz_d Ah, you know much more about this than I do, but as soon as you say “retreating blade stall” I know what you mean.

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Much better shot of the Kaman HH-43 Huskie in action. pic.twitter.com/C8Qvbwn7QM

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Here’s the Kaman HH-43 Huskie, a fire-fighting and search-and-rescue beastie use from the 1950s to the 1970s.… https://t.co/em0G2LcFzE

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Of course the first intermeshed rotors were built by Flettner, like the Fl-282 Kolibri. So, you know, Nazis.… https://t.co/zYbsMsz3xz

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I’m not an aeronautical engineer, but it’s always struck me as a more elegant solution than stacked contra-rotation… https://t.co/XbnNHxqDfr

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Kaman has been doing this for a long time. If your rotor gearing disintegrates, broken rotors is kind of a moot poi… https://t.co/OIlq6xrGZJ

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I can’t help thinking… no, never migpic.twitter.com/oMxagzIfQyIfQy

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Today I actually learned something. https://t.co/RLTMQ0Dx56

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Well, @CNN, glad you finally joined us, but you do know “report says” is bullshit, right? https://t.co/7paT7foVCt

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RT @rpy: or visit the “web site” where the news is available in convenient “articles” you can click on https://t.co/rumeNy1dMH

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James_Jeffrey Wyatt Roy isn’t going to end up like one of those child-star-gone-wrong stories, is he? pic.twitter.com/8cXRtp7DPg

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To be fair, this is all you need any day of the year. https://t.co/fnBoizboTM

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@jonoabroad That’s not for me to say. My GP has told me in the strongest terms that I’m not medically qualified.

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@PeteLawler I’m fairly sure we don’t say “reffos” any more.

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Or he’s about to give birth to a goanna. https://t.co/x2rQpfUBp2

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My faith in the human spirit has been restored. https://t.co/8zMTFuHYbg

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A diagram showing how rings of muscle tissue move waste products down the lower intestine. https://t.co/zVsW5OTA3H

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MrHunterSmith Genuinely can’t work out if the IT man at work has a crush on me or hates me. I’ve purposefully destroyed three PCs in the search for truth.

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I’m also glad this retweet from earlier would seem to be true. https://t.co/CiKiNdUnAp

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Well, I hadn’t planned to take the day off, but it seems to have happened anyway.

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[Stretches, cracks knuckles, takes deep breath.]
“Well,” I say loudly, “how many avocados is that going to cost?”
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@Steve_Lockstep You’re just the sort of person who’d complain about improbability in a dream.

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@dtbell91 There is not. They’re a real-time experience only. Though I suppose you could do a pattern-match on them.

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Last night I dreamt about my computer filling up with bolognaise sauce, and having to kill huge spiders by hitting them with a shoe.

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RT @christinelove: I think it’s time that we, as a city, admit that we have a problem https://t.co/V3ZO3eMy6I

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LibyaLiberty I’m not sure what you’ve left for the terrorists to destroy. pic.twitter.com/B0aCdMBmoM

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RT @SnarkyPlatypus: The Clivebot is malfunctioning again. I think it needs maintenance. https://t.co/zdqA5Wj3Nv

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I suppose they would indeed be bizarre links if you could unravel them. Try “threads”, eh @guardianstyle? https://t.co/aa9M0ib3mo

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cathywilcox1 Small fry.
My @smh @theage cartoon. pic.twitter.com/FoXxPISAhf

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BatLabels COMPRESSED STEAM BATPOLE LIFT pic.twitter.com/CSJYnayqt2

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Monday. Have you ever considered the possibility that? Monday.

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TheNTNews THE BEST THING ABOUT LIVING IN DARWIN IS THE VARIETY OF MINIMUM & MAXIMUM TEMPS WE EXPERIENCE pic.twitter.com/OhO8XAoVVm

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RichardTuffin The penny drops. Is the new asylum seeker policy what Turnbull had to promise Pauline Hanson to get her vote for the ABCC legislation?

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I choose to not scroll back, because I’m happy to let my imagination run free with this one. https://t.co/gzhQCagF42

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Departing Melbourne earlier, where the rain had begun. pic.twitter.com/aa6cgfS42G

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Lumpy bits, over northern Victoria I think. pic.twitter.com/P7e1JuHtec

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Rainbow over Kurnell, a few minutes ago. instagram.com/p/BMLhWprAbZ9/

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Transmitters off, see you in Sydney.

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There’s also some loud dickheads on this flight.

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We have been warned it’ll be a lumpy flight.

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@incorrect But wouldn’t it wash off in the rain?

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RT @business: The feds won’t buy this $19 million stealth boat …or let its inventor sell it abroad https://t.co/eQu5NkzxXs https://t.co/B…

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@juhasaarinen Did I ask you to contribute to this experience?

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@swearyanthony I didn’t see that, but that’s classy work.

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I do like the idea of “poorly thought out soup”.

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My Melbourne airport (MEL) pre-flight tradition. pic.twitter.com/l6wfCQ6ZZr

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“Elderly” is a bit cruel, but accurate. https://t.co/M2Po7M2Vog

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Passing a car with a Thermomix sign on its side. The driver looks stressed.

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Goodbye Melbourne and your container terminal. pic.twitter.com/g2Yhq1NjZi

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“SkyBus’in, along the Melbourne roads…”

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Fawkner Beacon, even. Automangle was helping* me.

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I don’t know where Falkner Beacon is, but yeah gusting to 80km/h. pic.twitter.com/Z3C6NEAlgW

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SICKOFWOLVES INSTEAD OF HAVING AN ELECTION HAS ANYONE CONSIDERED SPRINTING INTO THE WOODS AND NEVER RETURNING

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Because the economics don’t stack up, and never have. https://t.co/LrwnZuRLIu

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RT @BOM_Vic: Batten down the hatches #Melbourne & #Geelong! Cold front with showers and squalls above 90 km/hr likely to cross during the n…

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On the plus side, I’ll save a fortune on facial scrubs.

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Those winds have started hitting Melbourne again. St Kilda being hit with wind-blown beach sand. Glasses just blown… https://t.co/ZYhCph1phl

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OH: “Are you sure that wasn’t related to the copycat murders?”

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Walking back down Ackland Street. On an unrelated note, isn’t it a shame that cluster bombs are considered wrong.

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thegrugq_ebooks This is a fascinating activity.

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@BruceHore @GordyPls @NathanLee @zdnetaustralia … though it’s a separate argument whether this was the best choice for that process.

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@BruceHore @GordyPls @NathanLee @zdnetaustralia I’ve no problem with using words that the target audience (senators) might better follow…

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While it’s disappointing, @NickBryantNY @Colvinius, it’s only a misdeweiner.

I’ll get my coat… https://t.co/Bhfcwh8YuI

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@jodiem @kcarruthers @abcnews Probably because it seems to be announcing an intention, so we wouldn’t have an actual bill yet.

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RT @CopyCurmudgeon: I dressed as This Is Fine dog for Halloween because I wanted to dress as 2016 but it was too hard to make a wearable du…

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@chris_bloke @NathanLee @zdnetaustralia That’s because it’s the Hansard of the Senate inquiry, not journalism. https://t.co/ND608jZ8Cn

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@chris_bloke @NathanLee @zdnetaustralia Things in quotes are quotes. That’s the rule. See transcript fragment I posted subsequently.

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“How I found out my dad was a MI6 spy: ABC’s Mark Colvin [@Colvinius]” https://t.co/nIKDN5T9ui

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RobertMLee A plane has an emergency situation with a fire breaking out and the internet assumes its Samsung instead of terrorism. 2016 we did it.

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richarddeitsch Your Sunday front page for the @nypost: pic.twitter.com/EKnvxtIseu

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The Severe Weather Warning for Victoria is good’un. This was posted three hours ago. https://t.co/7owzBUBsMb https://t.co/K4srLgLHGU

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@GordyPls @wibbly @NathanLee One does get the impression that its design was less than optimal.

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@GordyPls @wibbly @NathanLee That’s the point tho. DDoS attacks smaller than 1% of typical high-end attacks still took the ABS systems down.

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Correction, @wibbly @NathanLee @GordyPls, it was the PM’s special advisor on cybersecurity who said it. But I did h… https://t.co/h0cJUIG5Pp

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@wibbly @NathanLee No, he definitely said “coding”. I was watching the evidence being given.

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Hey developers, this should be your new excuse. The coding fell out. #thecodingfellout #fellout #itallfellout https://t.co/ZrMqe1qgu6

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@NathanLee @SydneyTom_ @zdnetaustralia Look, it fell out, and that’s the important issue.

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@NathanLee @zdnetaustralia … although my understanding is that the US convention is to use single quotes for verbatimis

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@NathanLee @zdnetaustralia He did say “coding” not “configuration”. Stuff in double quotes is verbatim, single quotes or none paraphrase…

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@staticsan Heh. I did one in Hurstville, of course. But yeah I haven’t thought of possible locations yet.

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