@nom_chomsky There you go!
Bankstown Airport (BWU/YSBK). pic.twitter.com/7t3JnMoP0f
Touchdown Sydney. instagram.com/p/BZqAGN-HM37/
Transmitters off. See you in Sydney.
The view from 27F. instagram.com/p/BZp3xpgH2rD/
Boarding.
@paulkidd I was booked on the 2pm flight on Wednesday which, it turns out, was three days ago. This proved to be sub-optimal.
VH-VUQ is nine years old. https://t.co/roIRyGUxNl
My sky-chariot for VA859 today. pic.twitter.com/SdeiORLhJ7
RT @free_facts: Finland is the least important country
“The Repressive, Authoritarian Soul of ‘Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends’†https://t.co/phyBN5fuNA
As is traditional. pic.twitter.com/O9Q8MjAooV
MaddowBlog Asking people with no electricity to register for FEMA aid by phone or internet is not a well-considered plan. snpy.tv/2woiAH1
davpope (Tone Def in his glory days, spinning his hits at the National Press Club after the 2015 Qld election) pic.twitter.com/44hLNdWdXl
davpope Half time in the marriage equality postal survey
*heads outside for some kick-to-kick* pic.twitter.com/SC9dkubpMk
RT @wordpressdotcom: We’re proud to announce a 4,294,967,295 character count limit on all https://t.co/eRvNKWrZcZ blog posts.
ProductHunt Stack Overflow just released a keyboard pic.twitter.com/cBkKHcB2RE
OARSUM. https://t.co/eGH1suiTJ9
Sat plan, version 2: 1600 VA859 MEL-SYD; head to Ashfield. That’s DEFINITELY all I can cope with today.
RadioFreeTom You can all stop tweeting me with your expert views on disaster relief and your plan for PR. All I said was: Berlin airlift analogy is dumb.
@JonoH Apparently so.
How long should I wait for a reply, I wonder.
@jodiem Thanks. If it wasn’t the end of the month and gutted account time I’d just fly and then claim back. I am ju… https://t.co/oSOohQRn9I
Messaging the person who booked the ticket, hoping they’re not at the football, because that would be even more hilarious.
So I’ve arrived at MEL to discover that my flight back to SYD was booked for three days ago, not today. Laughing.
@SnarkyPlatypus Oui.
@RealNickHodge Oddly enough you’re the second person to point me to that post. Is it something about nuclear reactors?
@paulkidd Au contraire.
Sat plan: 1400 VA849 MEL-SYD; head to Ashfield. That’s all I can cope with today.
RT @franksting: Lucky them. NWA are awesome. https://t.co/psEmO6UL1S
Twice as much Cupboard Boy at a time, eh?
Me at @zdnetaustralia Friday: “Technology innovation is about knowledge not gadgets†https://t.co/14YaZYd7aH
RT @GiovanniTorre: Puerto Rico: Help!
Trump: ?
PR: It’s a crisis
T: uhhuh
PR: People are dying
T: Things going well. Great response!
PR: H…
RT @selectedwisdom: “The alphabet…it’s got letters, lots of them are consonants, lots of them, but some are vowels & we all know what the…
@garthk Excellent, thank you. I suspect nuclear reactors could be a lot of fun.
@Gin_ev_ra These are good ideas. There are many reasons to love wedgetails.
RT @NarratedUSA: Actually, this was the third time this month such a situation had occurred. https://t.co/n5X0jZTzVt
Wedgetails know what’s what. https://t.co/JHkI3pBfUl
Locals suggest naming new Melbourne railway stations Brockway, Ogdenville, North Haverbrook, etc. https://t.co/8DqqNmHu2c
RT @HardDriveMag: Why Spend $80 on an SNES Classic When You Can Install Emulators on Raspberry Pi and Never Shut the Fuck Up About It?
http…
RT @TimBartholomaus: I have never seen a better photo of an ice shelf (ice sheet gone afloat) than this. Contrast w/ sea ice, which you can…
@AussiemacJ Yes I really don’t know how you ordinary people get along.
RT @MalwareJake: Someone, quick record the date! Linux is finally usable (maybe) for home users! https://t.co/RE4EIRaoZR
Well @marquelawyers in Friday’@crikey_newsws is to the pointpic.twitter.com/VIDyVWhWByBy
@ladyhana @danilic No no, in the context that getting help to Puerto Rico is difficult because of the big water.
RT @danilic: Who knew islands could be so complicated— https://t.co/cl8cYuv2L7
Restaurant Manager: How are you this morning?
Me: Dreadful, thank you.
RM: Excellent. Your coffee is coming now.
RT @TKoutsantonisMP: Tell @TurnbullMalcolm he is the PM of the entire country not just Sydney. Grow up & do your job or get out of the way…
RT @maddow: hahahahahahahahaha https://t.co/NgMBX4NYfH
RT @UnburntWitch: hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahah…
RT @NewtonMark: We are mere hours away from Tony Abbott being asked what he thought about the Macklemore performance. #nrl
Big water. https://t.co/WW5LR2F7hW
GonzoHacker Meanwhile, at Peter Thiel’s compound pic.twitter.com/6mqfXuKMZX
@max_au Yeah they doled them out to the media when Twitter opened its Sydney office. Massive suck-up.
@max_au Probably.
@Davelennonabc Yeah I think it must’ve been.
I’m pretty sure I can blame someone else for this.
Je suis very untidy.
@michaelneale All of them. Yes.
Sat plan, very early draft: 1400 VA849 MEL-SYD. That is literally the only thing I need to or even could focus on today.
TechnicallyRon Men: Feminists are ruining what it is to be a man and making us look like fools
Also men: pic.twitter.com/sjvCWyAFEp
I’m fairly sure I’m not dead. Despite how I feel. About 80% sure.
That thing where you have to use Find My iPhone and Google Maps to reconstruct the last few hours.
Saturday. You are in for a big surprise. Saturday.
@Asher_Wolf Exactly.
Melbourne is cunt of a city.
@Asher_Wolf Well exactly. Terrible people have been involved. Terrible people.
This will not end well.
YES OF COURSE I KNOW WHERE I’M GOING.
Orange Penguin. pic.twitter.com/aVPZ44NEsf
This is the other relevant thing I wrote this week. https://t.co/jPil4Uixul
This is one of two relevant things I wrote this week. https://t.co/aOmUV3npBJ
@JohnBirmingham There is that. How could any of us hope to achieve Danger 5?
In Fitzroy, earlier. pic.twitter.com/HyiXTDll40
In Fitzroy, earlier. pic.twitter.com/YMhlernF29
@expectproblems Having a unisex toilet at this pub helps.
Correct. pic.twitter.com/2a3rvfxqRq
@BeverleyHead @paulwallbank Indeed.
Hey Melbourne! Here’s some more general advice, from the same toilet cubiclepic.twitter.com/2mV2PFvQHiHi
Hey Melbourne! Here’s some info for ladies who might want to make games, courtesy of toilet graffitipic.twitter.com/p7uPxcpfKpKp
@presroi Oh well this is true.
@JohnBirmingham Indeed. Maybe an Axis of Time reboot should do a Danger 5 into this universe.
@scarlett_scarr The pulp fiction era had so much lesbian and S&M imagery, something that’s often forgotten.
OK, this is much better. https://t.co/WS2QHJSGL7
“Space Sluts†2pic.twitter.com/vk4acreslTeslT
@paulkidd Or this. https://t.co/C4id5Cp4lL
Pffft! Same thing. https://t.co/V4ZAZqv4Cw
Still, at least the Muskotykes can look forward to having a crane. The crew of the Luna from “Destination Moon†jus… https://t.co/TcJ6E88Nkv
Of course the French have also proposed this sort of mission. pic.twitter.com/H0Zoqzm9AY
… and here’s NASA’s Mars Excursion Module (MEM) concept from 1964. https://t.co/pAeD7Xplu4 https://t.co/uI14TxBOfn
So there’s this image… https://t.co/9Ml1fWGwEs
I particularly like this one, because the artists ran out of ideas — but didn’t think of “fpic.twitter.com/MXGdwDAA5HGdwDAA5H
Some of us have seen previous drawings of spaceships. pic.twitter.com/x9U4neUato
To be clear, it’s a drawing of a big spaceship. https://t.co/NPW4Raq5n0
RT @deadfirstwife: christ… you can’t even be alone in death without a man coming over and going “so, is this seat taken?” while sitting d…
@pietro159456 @davispg That’s where I was coming from, but with added snark.
Should anyone be interested, I’m at The Workers Club, where a couple of old friends will be joining me in about an hour.
The cult of personality building around Elon Musk is embarrassing. I hereby name these people Muskotykes.
Melbourne has a few more examples of the British council flat genre than Sydney. This one is very well known, eh ki… https://t.co/BryqcGbqja
40 Gertrude Street. pic.twitter.com/4cOK9znmuo
@MsLods I haven’t. Is that the same building where Senator Conroy’s office used to be?
This is also true. https://t.co/3O1f7wpZC6
Royal Exhibition Building, Carlton Gardens. Completed in 1880, when gold made Melbourne the world’s second-richest… https://t.co/5e77GF5NR1
This is clearly a new usage for the word “amazingâ€. #maybetroyneedstogetoutmore #maybeheneedstoliedown https://t.co/aWFRwkKYDf
I Tried to Fight Racism by Being a ‘Model Minority’ — and Then It Backfired†by @yassmin_a at @TeenVogue https://t.co/qXXw5ilpuj
@alfiedotwtf @abcnews I know, but that doesn’t answer the question.
Me at @zdnetaustralia: “Technology innovation is about knowledge not gadgetszd.net/2xCpqwoSLGZ
What a time to be alive! pic.twitter.com/RyypuWCIY9
Boeing B-17 bomber pre-flight checklist, from “Life†magazine, 24 Aug 19pic.twitter.com/lruPENNAX9NAX9
RT @Stonekettle: Told you https://t.co/MtJpTL7DdT
Column filed for @zdnetaustralia. It contains pirates, an old Greek man, and iatrogenic deaths.
“I think the parties probably do need a good cyber disaster to focus on this issue, as is now happening in the United States.â€
“Former ASIO head questions why political parties are exempt from breach disclosure†by @ashabeeeee https://t.co/JUuICVD56b
RT @dobes: If I am reading this right, next time he talks about refugees, Dutton will give equal air time to a people smuggler! https://t.c…
TheNTNews ANOTHER IMPORTANT EX-CHEW-SIVE ON P3 OF TODAY’S PAPER bit.ly/2yvWD9D pic.twitter.com/tyLPsno5Ku
@dobes @Taco_Lad @joshgnosis It’s a talent.
@dobes @Taco_Lad @joshgnosis So for some reason my brain just threw up the phrase “anthracite dildoâ€.
This good bot is good. https://t.co/AQKOaKojKX
RT @_robcorr: PLEASE somebody ask Dutton to name the anti-SSM song he wants to see performed https://t.co/bcHEhVh5U1
@TwoGlassTaste @Stonekettle @achorowitz Roger that.
RT @free_facts: There are more atoms in your brain than there are in the whole universe
@abcnews But “audio surveillanceâ€, @abcnews? You haven’t confused metaphorical “listening†to radio transmissions e… https://t.co/O7U4Z6BcYH
“Australia launches $10m satellite program to help spy planes detect warships, asylum seeker boatsâ€, from @abcnews https://t.co/QTOlbxMglI
Fri plan, draft: Eggs (now); write for @zdnetaustralia; lunch TBA (anyone?); 1600 drinks with old friends (+ others?), Fitzroy; dinner TBA.
RT @helveticade: Pure tech optimism 🃠https://t.co/oZ7gW9ltlt
RT @TimWattsMP: The Victorian Liberal Party:
https://t.co/CSwJJdJUVb https://t.co/KfGp5pqcvV
The other day I said it’s less a dog whistle, more a hog klaxon. The better gag would have been “hog hornâ€.… https://t.co/JcT3HWjFyn
@expectproblems I’m sure this would be in breach of any non-interference treaty.
Wow, a Russian Meddling Probe sounds like some pretty cool space technology. https://t.co/F5CLb7sNZm
RT @riskybusiness: 200???
🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂 https://t.co/XRlOcRSwnv
SofieHagen A male comedian told me that three years ago, he got a really mean tweet. I was like ‘aw shame’ and showed him this pic.twitter.com/f4eFNYJMok
“Lorem ipsum†is the new “#!/usr/bin/perlâ€. https://t.co/2vDgTz40M1
MuckRock Amtrak offers up a solid contender for greatest #FOIA redaction of all time buff.ly/2xzzV3L pic.twitter.com/7vIGr93YLd
LizHackett Screech up to a yard sale. Ask if they have any haunted amulets. Yell at the dog in your backseat, “I’m GETTING the spell reversed, Greg!”
This @onthemedia extra is a must-listen for journos. “OTM live at the Texas Tribune Festival: The Journalistsâ€â€¦ https://t.co/qVcPCZrnn4
Is @mjrowland68 looking for a date? https://t.co/4m6tiU8CnF
I would support this institution. https://t.co/ZUyvbfXNPn
True. So true. https://t.co/lDd5LmhYeZ
There’s an evil superhero under there, you just know it. HT @umairh. https://t.co/iRB0T1Cqva
RT @MikeCarlton01: Taxi ! https://t.co/0jRcDEwjBo
Fri plan, supplemental: I know it’s a holiday here in Melbourne, but revenue has been a bit shit this month. Sigh.
RT @SimoneGiertz: Guy comes up, points at the shelf & asks @thephysicsgirl if she can figure it out
She was like: did you just ask if I ca…
Fri plan, early draft: Data wrangling; write for @zdnetaustralia; lunch TBA; 1600 drinks with old friends (+ others?), Fitzroy; dinner TBA.
Histreepix Chickens were first invented in the 1950s as a way to smuggle chicken meat out of farms. Wyoming, 1954. pic.twitter.com/usQjXFTNFB
RT @NinaDSchick: One of my favourite statements on Brexit ever. Don’t think she meant it ironically. https://t.co/j0p1AsyIaG
I say that ’cos initial reactions can tend to be based on reactions to reactions to people who may not have read the details. Or not.
There’s a change in YouTube’s linking policy. What this means in practice may or may not be exactly as described in… https://t.co/bIvpF5Vaq4
@NewtonMark I get confused very easily.
@NewtonMark Why do you always have to make things worse?
SenJeffMerkley Hey @washingtonpost, everyone in Puerto Rico is American. pic.twitter.com/BHgzYS0PDw
Friday. You don’t think you’re a prat, which is quite endearing, really. Friday.
Gorn.
Rule 34. https://t.co/6SROzqoAFq
CrapLocalNews Breaking news: pic.twitter.com/pB5xaaX43D
This is genius. “Lingua::Romana::Perligata — Perl for the XXI-imum Century†https://t.co/hQCahFypqk HT @heycam
“Sassy Loses His Fucking Mind In Alabama†by @serafinowicz https://t.co/AE8G3TSY0E
I quite enjoyed this week’@getkrackinshowow, for obvious reasonspic.twitter.com/Hf5zLqUpkIkI
@oliyoung @jonkudelka Well I think I’m @stilgherrian, but some days I’m not sure.
RT @helveticade: “Former Googler†is becoming tech capitalism’s “Florida Man†https://t.co/jN2nTq0lW5
@engin_eer @StrtegicRetweet @JoshThomas87 I’m pretty sure Josh isn’t in the Illuminati. I haven’t seen him at any of the meetings.
@heycam Oh dear God.
@BennettArron If it helps, I think that gag is in the category of “Compulsory floor exercise for 10 pointsâ€.
@BennettArron So, you reckon that gag is worth retweeting? Good on ya, champ.
RT @JohnJohnsonson: I never thought “I wish the president had the grace and class of Hugh Hefner” was a sentence I’d say but here we are. h…
@PeteLawler Don’t you fuckin’ dare.
RT @oliyoung: This can’t possibly be bad can it? https://t.co/Z6uZWceqVw
RT @jrobertlennon: Hi so I’m calling about the baby shoes? Are they still available? Great! I just had a baby and, you know, haha, baby nee…
@PeteLawler I’m sure he knows my number.
@juhasaarinen @GreenJ Yes, the internet is surprisingly technical. I’ve been speaking with people.
@kheitman_au Oh excellent! Thank you. That’s probably overkill, but I’ll stick the feed into my calendar.
@juhasaarinen @GreenJ This is all very complicated, Juha.
RT @PRESlDENTBANNON: Day 251
Wall length: 0
Tax reforms: 0
Clintons jailed: 0
Golf club visits: 60
Hands: tiny
Swamp: vast
Healthcare: Oba…
@oliyoung You’re a fool. @TheCalebBond has got it all sorted. He says so himself.
The dynamic of so many stories coming out of DC right now. https://t.co/HoyQseApcC https://t.co/0stJTBd0Mp
RT @Pollytics: He reckons he’s found a safe space https://t.co/HaSCMTtn8R
RT @MrSimonTaylor: Oh look https://t.co/D0W3lBy8WY
RT @free_facts: Your phone is bad for you if you eat the whole thing
“Good Morning America,†indeed. https://t.co/qpzCB9mZs5
Hey @juhasaarinen, Bing is failing @GreenJ and me here. Can you assist? pic.twitter.com/WQccogidji
@GreenJ Isn’t late-1920s to early-1930s Futurism just wonderful!
@kcarruthers @tacticalmaid Almost impossible to jam.
@pelagikat My flight out is 1400 Saturday, a time I chose quite deliberately.
@tacticalmaid @kcarruthers Feel your pain?
BernardKeane Which is your favourite place that @TonyAbbottMHR wanted to invade? VOTE NOW!
RT @TrainsInfo: We hope you’re all enjoying tonight’s stunner sunset! Thks for sharing Nina. #ILoveSydney #seesydney https://t.co/UPSyen1ApJ
@tacticalmaid @kcarruthers Or Lorraine.
@pelagikat I was booked into a speaking gig last night, and just stayed for a couple days. All this other stuff was unknown to me.
@kcarruthers I mentioned that GSP thing in this yarn. https://t.co/HE1HXhUKtH https://t.co/AJh4vNWxTx
The next two days will be unbearable. https://t.co/5JJKEhX8ZT
RT @nehadk: Because of course they did. https://t.co/amNCvLSbRt
And the Editor did smile upon the Pitch, and all was good with the world.
@dobes @JustJimWillDo I just did.
@JustJimWillDo Thank you. I’ve got a lazy one planned, although I did just think of a quick column I could pitch to @dobes. Sigh.