#purpletrain, again. Yes, I made the 2218.
@expectproblems Not with these girls. They’re settling in for the night.
@davispg That sometimes happens with a sportsball match or a concert, but on quiet Mondays like this it’s just a few stragglers.
Well obviously the 2118 is gone. And the band is setting up. Will this end well?
@davispg At this time of night? On a Monday? There might be a total of 20 people on a 4-car double-deck V-set.
@SnarkyPlatypus Helping.
Or the 2318? Or the 0018? Or the 0420?
I should probably think about getting a train back up the hill. So, the 2118 or the 2218?
@expectproblems Clearly a girls’ night out is in progress. It will not end well.
@staticsan Fortunately the Punter’s friend has taken him elsewhere. We’re still laughing though.
@expectproblems Well said Thai lesbian, with two of her compatriots, is currently doing Jägerbombs at the adjacent table. Sanook maak.
I should be clear, the Barman was politely trying to quickly dissuade the Punter from annoying a regular customer. We seem to have failed.
OH, drunk male punter: “Who is she? Who is that Thai girl?”
Barman: “She’s a lesbian.”
Punter: “I don’t care.”
Me and Barman: [Roll eyes]
ตับหวานอร่อยมาก.
@tim_rutter Sure, but I’m hoping it’s more capable than a Nimrod.
@coldsnacks Boeing P-8 Poseidon. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_P-…
Soon, my precious, soon… though it probably won’t rain in Sydney. pic.twitter.com/k9FKzUfSZW
Purty. So many lumps and spikes. twitter.com/tacticalmaid/s…
@MikePresland Yeah, @Forbes, you should never neglect your map of Tassie.
“But it’s something that I must believe in / And it’s there when I look in your eyes.”
#on #itison #corymentum
“And I don’t know if I’m being foolish / Don’t know if I’m being wise…”
“On is in the air everywhere I look around / On is in the air every sight and every sound…”
I’m smelling quite a lot of on at the moment. Does it seem on to you?
latikambourke My EXCLUSIVE Inside Story. How a conversation with Tony Abbott persuaded Cory Bernardi to quit the Liberal Party:..twitter.com/i/web/status/8…2K
Forbes Only 3 million of Trump’s 20 million Twitter followers are active domestic users on.forbes.com/60148r68O pic.twitter.com/hRaeICw4hq
ellipsii @stilgherrian @joshgnosis funny thing about that domain is the other domains that share the same name server :) who.is/nameserver/ns1…
Oh yes, @davpope has also been doing wonderfuls. canberratimes.com.au/photogallery/f… pic.twitter.com/DjydCjm3tA
BernardKeane Also don’t wreck, undermine or snipe. Period. twitter.com/TonyAbbottMHR/…
OK then. twitter.com/TonyAbbottMHR/…
@joshgnosis @ellipsii So yeah, I should’ve just asked. I blame the beer.
Meanwhile, yet more wonderful work from @roweafr, God bless him. twitter.com/roweafr/status…
Anyway, I’m enjoying this COLD BEER. Someone else can join the rest of the dots. If they haven’t been joined already. 5/5
Senator Bernardi’s office is around the corner at 36 Grenfell Street, Kent Town SA 5067. corybernardi.com/contact 4/
And at clf.org.au/about … /pic.twitter.com/7Ze9dleaL4L4
hesse:~ stilgherrian$ whois am.org.au
…
Registrant: Conservative Leadership Foundation 2/
So, there’s an Twitter account called @realAusMajority, which has a website at am.org.au 1/
@ataraxite Sadly no.
Snail bait is also a thing. twitter.com/GreenJ/status/…
cushbomb Harry Potter is the Anime of the West. Growth-stunting mind poison.
One more beer, I think, Or maybe two. And then, if nothing interesting has happened, มันเป็นเวลาสำหรับอ่ตับหวาน.
ChipRolley Bernardi Party. It rhymes.
@expectproblems No, not that. Someone here is already taking care of that.
FrogTips FROG CAN WALK FIVE HUNDRED MILES, AND FROG CAN WALK FIVE HUNDRED MORE WITH AUXILIARY BATTERY PACK CW-67 (SOLD SEPARATELY; SEE CATALOG).
Sometimes I think people say things that are deliberately designed to confuse me.
Very confused now.
@jplonie No-one told me.
@jplonie What, at 2am? Actually I think it goes later.
Hurrah! Melbourne wins again! twitter.com/GizmodoAU/stat…
@daviottenheimer Cool cool. I’ll have my people call your people.
@daviottenheimer I’m in town Sun 12 to Sun 19. RSAC is Mon 13 to Thu 16.
@daviottenheimer Oh right! Well the NPS site says the Nike base is open on Saturdays, so if it happens it’s 18 Feb.
@daviottenheimer So I understand. I’ve only been on those headlands briefly, ‘cos it was fogged out, and I walked back over the Golden Gate.
@manthatcooks Heh. Yeah a lot of early Cold War stuff does.
@manthatcooks Yep. The idea of Nike is that when the Soviet bombers come in with their nukes, you lob your own nuke into the middle of them.
Anyway, for now, in Sydney. I’m sitting with a beer in the corner of the place, and I’m likely to be here for a number of hours.
NicoleWill100 No joke if someone wants to crowdfund The Corey Party Party 🎉 up against the other guy count me in for a few hundre..twitter.com/i/web/status/8…UF
I definitely want to go to the old Nike missile base though. nps.gov/goga/nike-miss… pic.twitter.com/PGtk8BjbAB
@voltagex You’re not helping.
After this SFO trip I’m going to need a liver transplant. A whole week of open-bar parties is dangerous. And I do need to do some work.
@caseyjohnellis Hmmm. I do fly in on the Sunday morning, so maybe I could pop in for some of it. I’ve got a press briefing Monday arvo.
@caseyjohnellis So, I’ll be at RSAC and we should… must… need to… have a drink.
Cannibal When you mess up your routing tables. pic.twitter.com/nBGofcgpZc
James_Jeffrey But elsewhere, the dream lives on pic.twitter.com/6lqIAao81y
James_Jeffrey Stop all the clocks, cut off the telephone… pic.twitter.com/Bmo9ojEfby
I am not saying anything more about Senator Bernardi today. I’ll just drink instead. #thiswillnotendwell
Hmmm… The kitchen re-opens at 1700, which is only minutes away, and I have a very early lunch. How much more to drink before eating?
MichaelPascoe01 Not surprised but somehow sad our local RWNJs are so derivative - not capable of an original dumb thought smh.com.au/federal-politi…
koertdebeuf Wow. Bucharest, Romania tonight. The people ask the government to leave. pic.twitter.com/mllyuRLaLE
oberonsghost Trump’s ego? twitter.com/CNN/status/828…
And now, to change the subject completely, some cybers. twitter.com/stilgherrian/s…
Look I was going to stop retweeting these, but this one… this one… shuddtwitter.com/AussiePeteC/st…E6jH
@markhumphries Thanks. Looking back at that, it actually has more layers than In remember.
But on that theme, @markhumphries … pic.twitter.com/9LDBGvqEmO
Yes thank you @markhumphries love your work. twitter.com/markhumphries/…
So is that enough speculation about Senator Bernardi’s Bedroom Biases?
Worst. Euphemism. Ever. twitter.com/timwilsoncomau…
@oberonsghost Now there’s an interesting image.
@andrewdotnich Nitrate. They may have misunderstood it as nitrite. There are clinical uses but, yes, WTF.
@PeteLawler Well played.
As always, @NewtonMark cuts to the key questions. twitter.com/NewtonMark/sta…
@paulkidd I’m just curious.
By the way, I understand that St Vincent’s A&E has had a number of admissions of people who’ve actually injected amyl nitrate. #notagoodidea
I hadn’t thought of this. twitter.com/Retrovertigo/s…
A number of you have made comments along these lines. I tend to agree. twitter.com/maddythecatlad…
Well this is another possibility, I guess… though already the consensus seems to be “dud”twitter.com/loddlaen/statu…ur
Do you reckon Cory Bernardi would be a good root, or a dud? I’m thinking dud.
So, a “Trumpian fringe” is a fancy name for a combover, Dom? twitter.com/domknight/stat…
GreenJ evolving twitter bios … pic.twitter.com/JAtLRMhr7y
NuclearAnthro If your clothing is contaminated then stand outside, in the fallout, to bury it immediately.
#DeusExAtomica pic.twitter.com/IslNGLX0Xa
decryption has this guy ever used whirlpool? what community? pic.twitter.com/QseiHTjdjB
@kcollasarundell Well that’s cheerful. And, alas, true.
@coluanaigh It was part of my ancient comp sci major. I did a stream of language/compiler/interpreter construction, did a lot of languages.
@coluanaigh Well, in SNOBOL. I can’t remember what version we were running back before the war.
@coluanaigh OK so I’ve actually written stuff in SNOBOL4, which means I’m not sure whether this is a good thing or a bad thing.
Why is WebEx even a thing?
“Hey, everyone, it’s FORTRAN for Oculus Rift!” twitter.com/jperlow/status…
@Asher_Wolf It’s kinda like horseshoes and prog rock. Only throwbacks are involved these days. (I am so going to get grief for that.)
See, I knew we’d be able to make it through these troubled times. twitter.com/Asher_Wolf/sta…
Jesus, @crikey_news, this is not a good mental image. twitter.com/crikey_news/st…
NicoleWill100 Nothing says I love you like a clean pair undies: donate undies or cash to the @WaysideKingsX for Valentines Day..twitter.com/i/web/status/8…81
I assume that a press release is like a flag, in that inverted it’s a distress signal. twitter.com/PSyvret/status…
@jonoabroad Way ahead of you, mate. #pixtofollow
nswpolice Police raid a Hydro-house and seize almost $2m worth of Cannabis
police.nsw.gov.au/news/latest_re… pic.twitter.com/ad4zYZWzKU
Also, this air conditioner has been set to “Bangkok Shopping Mall”, so it’s using enough electricity to power Wollongong.
The downside is that everyone downstream gets to breathe my sweat vapours. But that doesn’t affect me directly.
Even though a Certain Person is trolling me, he’s actually made things more than comfortable for me. pic.twitter.com/ykgkyIAd3x
@SnarkyPlatypus Yep, in 2008 MySpace was definitely the thing, not Facebook. pic.twitter.com/gb4ORuAM5e
jeamland Has anyone looked in to any recent Russian business deals @corybernardi may have had?
TrumpInTheWild Primate is “obsessed” with redecorating every part of the nest.
Especially the refined wood pulp sheets labeled “..twitter.com/i/web/status/8…B4
@SnarkyPlatypus It was 2008. And I’m quoting the artist. Facebook started 2004, may well have still been smaller than MySpace. Need a #SMEG.
“Jesus was crucified to pay for the sins of man, and Corey was crucified by the media to pay for the sins of the MySpace generation.”
Saint Corey. theage.com.au/articles/2008/… (Image by Dean Sewell) pic.twitter.com/lNv1Ed3Glh
@davcams @phbarratt He used to phone his secretary straight after each meeting to brain dump, and then email to confirm the understanding.
I do like the idea of George Christensen as a “dissident”. Fight the good fight, George. Reality can’t hold up for that much longer.
GreenJ mission control … twitter.com/AndrewBoltsBlo…
dtsmith_sydney I remember the last party started by a Corey. pic.twitter.com/0q4CbMhXOD
@davcams @phbarratt On that point, I know of an AU oil exec who was functionally illiterate yet negotiated deals in the Middle East.
jamiesont This season’s must haves -
ELLE: Heels
MARIE CLAIRE: Tuxedo jacket
TEEN VOGUE: A hatred of Nazis & a working knowledge of the constitution
In the corner. It’s nice in the corner.
intelwire If only someone could come up with some kind of analogy between politics and football. If only.
ambiej Compare and contrast: Trump v Obama at their first presidential Super Bowl parties (Trump pic by @jeneps) pic.twitter.com/qhX3hzzZZN
@bastardsheep This is true. I haven’t checked yet, but I’m hoping it’ll be the wet season when I’m in Vietnam in a couple weeks.
@felicia_coco Chookas.
@BrigadierSlog @zdnetaustralia Thanks, but ASD did all the heavy lifting on that one.
Please use another door. pic.twitter.com/120oYtoHLp
Timeless tweet. twitter.com/Margarita890/s…
Bugger. @BOM_NSW has downgraded the likelihood of a thunderstorm to 20%. Disappoint. pic.twitter.com/AgxorDRNc0
Crunch! That’s that done. And now we move on to the final item on the agenda.
GiovanniTorre President Trump signs Executive Orders without reading them.
This, from the @nytimes, is very, very important…twitter.com/i/web/status/8…vb
Meh. It’s not like it’s anything important. twitter.com/Green_Football…
@twiddlekins He was on the lower deck of the train and I didn’t have time to check, but it didn’t sound like Mr Johns.
scott_kerr Some wiseguy falconer put a pair of googly eyes on the hood of his Harris hawk… pic.twitter.com/gt5p7m3DQW
Tesseraconteur “counter-antifa”
if only there was a shorter word to describe anti-anti-fascism pic.twitter.com/fns4LJ7HAH
@jeffsonstein Yeah well ASD can’t force anyone to do anything if they’re not a government agency. ;)
@philipdalidakis @rachael_falk @helen_hollins I’ll check that out this afternoon while I’m avoiding the heat a one of my regulars.
@philipdalidakis @rachael_falk @helen_hollins Thank you, Sir. BTW, I think I did find some countries with things like fish on their arms…
There’s a guy on the Eastern Suburbs line train doing an acoustic guitar rendition of Silverchair’s “Freak”. Voice ain’t bad.
@rachael_falk That skyrat was just a little too roadkill for my liking.
@jeffsonstein Indeed. And I love the subtle passive-aggression in this line. ;) pic.twitter.com/SXXR7yoKlf
@jeffsonstein Absolutely. Anyway, the Top Four was the baseline standard for AU government agencies. This will presumably be the new one.
@jeffsonstein ASD is much smaller than NSA, so presumably less bureaucracy to cut through. And, you know, Australian.
@jeffsonstein And then there’s more detailed docs for the key items. It’s your whole cybersecurity work plan linked from one page.
@jeffsonstein Grab the first three. Intro, details, and a version for the PHBs. asd.gov.au/infosec/mitiga…
ClickHole Can You Help Your Dad Lose His Virginity At The Super Bowl? clckhl.co/oeYsr6e, pic.twitter.com/ku1OCJvEwV
@realist Like many breakthrough inventions, obvious in hindsight.
@jeffsonstein Have you seen the full docs yet? The ASD checklists and procedures are rather good.
Mon plan, update: Write for @zdnetaustralia; 0915 US Consulate (done); 1400 back repair, Potts Point; drink until ตับหวาน and thunderstorm.
How ALL the best days begin. twitter.com/bernietb/statu…
Bring back Don Lane.
Me at @zdnetaustralia today: “Block adverts, delete Flash, kill Java: ASD” zdnet.com/article/block-… The Top Four is now the Essential Eight.
dog_rates Next year we’re raising money so I can pay for a 3 second #SuperBowl ad spot that just says “They’re good dogs, Brent”
Goddam I missed this bit. twitter.com/lachlan/status…
PersianRose1 The new, bagless, Dyson soul harvester pic.twitter.com/KoA2XRn9EF
GreenJ hmm. someone tries to get 1.4 tonnes of cocaine into the country. Cory launches new conservative movement. coincidence? you decide.
The ABC releases further details of its new business model. twitter.com/GreenJ/status/…
Just so you know, @SenatorMRoberts, you’ve been right all along. I was part of the global conspiracy, but I’ve defected. I can name names.
seanilling “This game is not over. Period.” #SuperBowl pic.twitter.com/Vr3AUhcrIt
umairh every ad anyone’s talking about at a fairly crap football game is politically charged, that’s a huge shift in pop culture. and a good one.
So about that “live” drone footage of the Superbowl half-time show… twitter.com/supersat/statu…
@katinacurtis I gave up on and embraced “cyber”. I am at one with the cyber. But no, margin or error must remain pure. #iamanidiot
ericgarland THEY CAN’T FIND THE LIGHTSWITCHES. twitter.com/JuddLegum/stat… pic.twitter.com/yR9ivN1lhi
abbydphillip Yup, “Apprentice” ratings are posted on the walls of the Trump International Golf Club pic.twitter.com/tuQuj5c9GS
@rachael_falk @helen_hollins I could put down the kangaroo quite easily, because it would then become food. They’re yummy.
@liquidparanoia I like your thinking.
Also, I reckon the margin of error should be expressed as “percentage points” not a percentage. But then I’m not a..twitter.com/i/web/status/8…Q6
hxelprincess well I’m never using tinder again pic.twitter.com/Sj0tUknUGq
Well obviously this is a completely different question. This one is perfectly good. In fact I think I’ve seen this..twitter.com/i/web/status/8…wj
@helen_hollins Yes, @rachael_falk, put the cyber kangaroo down, and step slowly back from the internet.
@alliecoyne This is what I’m hearing too.
@alliecoyne Oops, ta, I’d missed that one. I’ll read and plug momentarily. (And ain’t it all fun and games!)
Can you still get these? Maybe on eBay? twitter.com/NuclearAnthro/…
Correct. twitter.com/johnb78/status…
Timeless tweet. twitter.com/MalwareJake/st…
Wow, I’m kinda… well… more than a little excited by this photwitter.com/thehill/status…9ype
“I’m leaving to start a new conservative party.” pic.twitter.com/K0JIYsumd3
@vortexau This befuddlement befuddles me. I am befuddled.
No, it does not. twitter.com/jeamland/statu…
@ResignInShame I have no idea what you’re talking about.
OK, the ASD has managed to get their website back up without my help. The new Essential Right strategy is at asd.gov.au/infosec/mitiga…
Befuddled! twitter.com/iTnews_au/stat…
@martinwalsh Well, it is in the sense of producing such a focused list. It’s certainly better than most equivalents.
I think you’d have to do it in hours to provide a reasonable spread of possibilities. #wehavesuchconfidence twitter.com/oliyoung/statu…
Is anyone running a book on how long the ATO’s systems stay up this time?
dobes Anyone got a handle on which Cory party account is the actual one?
Probably not this one. twitter.com/realAusMajorit…
“ATO services begin to return, again”, writes @ashabeeeee zdnet.com/article/ato-se… Uhuh. Whatever.
@rycrozier Nothing to see here. Move along. Move along.
MikeLupica So far this is worse than Bowling Green massacre
@aqualung Yeah ASD knows exactly who I am.
However @alliecoyne has been following it more closely: “CEO ousted in AISA coup” (27 Jan) itnews.com.au/news/ceo-ouste…
I haven’t personally dug into the @AISA_National drama, but I get the feeling it isn’t the “small number” of disgru..twitter.com/i/web/status/8…rk
Meanwhile, over at @AISA_National ..twitter.com/jturner_ibrs/s…wt
Hurrah! pic.twitter.com/EBQYqzabWJ
It’s a great day when you can fix links for the ASD. Although maybe that’s a test.
Oops. We were given the wrong URL for the Essential Eight. Try asd.gov.au/infosec/mitiga… The story will be fixed shor..twitter.com/i/web/status/8…Ih
@darrenpauli Oh I do like the whenyagettoitmate sixteen.
@MadScotty @zdnetaustralia Fuckin’ ace cybers, sweet as.
@thatjeffsmith My pleasure, Jeff.
Possibly the worst superhero team ever.
Me at @zdnetaustralia: “Block adverts, delete Flash, kill Java: ASD” zd.net/2lcYKbF The Top Four becomes the Essential Eight.
US visa renewal approved. Now we hope I get my passport back by Friday, because I need to fly out on Sunday.
And… up to the US Consulate I go. Transmitters off.
It’s a hub! pic.twitter.com/XNVNzUN5tm
Column filed for @zdnetaustralia. It has quite a few cybers. Good cybers The best cybers.
Goddam cudmunchers.
It won’t be a dry heat, will it.
Dear Commuters, we say “Thank you” on our planet.
I step out of the air conditioned train. The wave of heat hits me. Oh boy, today is going to be fun.
@jplonie Oh dear. Duly noted.
I’m about to arrive at Sydney Central Station, and I’ve pretty much finished writing my column. All goes to plan.
OK, I need to write this thing. See you down in Sydney.
Oh FFS. Just to be clear, I did not invent the Cyber Kangaroo. @rachael_falk is somehow to blame for that…twitter.com/i/web/status/8…Me
Goodbye, Sydney. You’ve either been nuked, or about to be fried. I’ll find out when I get down there. pic.twitter.com/APdo0lH2Am
Mon plan, draft: 0636 train to Sydney (now); write for @zdnetaustralia en route; 0915 US Consulate; 1400 back repair, Potts Point; rest TBA.
@DavisMktng @R_Chirgwin And yes, it’s pure project management genius. Lifts completed in November, rewiring the entire station expected May.
@DavisMktng @R_Chirgwin I have many American followers, so I speak American from time to time. Non-Americans will still understand.
Beautiful click-here psychology, this. “Trump admits to using brain pill for powerful decisions.” pic.twitter.com/capLzDGfsD
@miss_shiny Hey I didn’t put it there! That was the spider’s idea.
Five minutes until sunrise. pic.twitter.com/779QXluF7Y
So the story was true. They did forget to check the electrics before installing the elevators. Arsehats. pic.twitter.com/k1gTlSL566
Oh that’s right, The America is doing its sportsball thing today. (Should Australians care, it’s at 1030 AEDT.)
@ArmsControlWonk @AaronMehta My last two tweets may perhaps be of interest. twitter.com/stilgherrian/s…
Here’s footage of a catapult test on HMAS Melbourne, back when steam catapults were a new thing. youtube.com/watch?v=u3ync0…
Legend has it that when HMAS Sydney (Majestic-class light aircraft carrier) was retired in 1973, they did this to t..twitter.com/i/web/status/8…cr
@miss_shiny I have quite enough, thank you. I don’t mind the huntsman on the ceiling, they’re my friend. But this little bugger… grrrr.
kinlane My view of immigration debate, I took nazi poster trained machine learning model & applied to reflection of ellis i..twitter.com/i/web/status/8…7y
I wish President Trumble would do something about all these damn spiders.
Goddam spiders.
People with stereotyped views of Australia will be thrilled to know I just had to remove a spider from my face. But it’s OK, it’s poisonous.
joshgans Me: You know it is wrong to take cookies without asking.
Child: You’re not so innocent.
@AndrewRiddell1 One can never forget President Trumble.
juhasaarinen The @Trump_Regrets feed is amazing.
Mon plan, early draft: 0636 train to Sydney; write for @zdnetaustralia en route; 0915 US Consulate; remainder TBA, depending on offers.
Monday. What do doom, loom, room, zoom, boom, and voom, have in common, apart from the obvious narrative? Monday.