@realDonaldTrump HONK!
I’ve got to be up in six hours. Try not break anything while I’m gone.
That’s probably enough for now.
@realDonaldTrump Hey Donnie, I’ll have a beer, a large fries, and I take a size 11 shoe.
@realDonaldTrump That’s such spectacular failure that you shouldn’t be left in charge of a suburban bowling alley, let alone a nation.
@realDonaldTrump I still have trouble understand how someone can invest their inheritance in casinos and make less..twitter.com/i/web/status/9…Qy
@realDonaldTrump Except, @realDonaldTrump, raccoons are smarter, a shitload less racist, and a shitload less narcis..twitter.com/i/web/status/9…RY
@realDonaldTrump It’s like someone has put a raccoon in control of a forklift.
@realDonaldTrump There’s a truth in my avatar. I really do enjoy waking up each day to yet another hilariously stup..twitter.com/i/web/status/9…CR
@realDonaldTrump I’m still amazed at how quickly @realDonaldTrump has turned the White House into an object of ridicule.
@realDonaldTrump Dear @realDonaldTrump, I think I speak for 98% of the world’s people when I say that this is how w..twitter.com/i/web/status/9…DU
Beaker So…you’re saying a security professional found a bug… twitter.com/hackingdave/st…
benraue For next 3 years, every time someone refers to Ruddock as the mayor of Hornsby I’ll say “really, *Philip Ruddock* is the mayor of Hornsby??”
@franksting @mpesce @kcarruthers You don’t really get an earthquake from an airburst.
Oh make up your mind. pic.twitter.com/lw6x0wX6dX
Has this Classic Countdown series explained the spa bath yet? Or will they skip that bit?
@mpesce @kcarruthers Well there’s a bar I go to.
@mpesce @kcarruthers Look, I’ve already explained how to fix Silicon Valley’s ethical and cultural problems. twitter.com/stilgherrian/s…
@SnarkyPlatypus Well I’m going to change mine to Supernaut.
O saw this not quite satirical tweet so now I am changing my vote to mauve. twitter.com/GiovanniTorre/…
@absalomedia It’ll be lucky if it can get a fart to go in the right direction.
How is Latham’s video blog going?
MikeCarlton01 Blabblabble. Yers wouldn’t believe it, but once I was the Parliamentary leader of the Australian Labor Party. Got t..twitter.com/i/web/status/9…l7
No no, Red Dwarf is a proper Bussard ramjet. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bussard_r…
@dobe Oops. This is from @dobes not @dobe. From all of the @dobes. twitter.com/stilgherrian/s…
free_facts Most people like to piss in a white room
Australia’s space future! pic.twitter.com/rYKRFhc4wu
NewtonMark “We have broken CSIRO so badly we can’t fix it, but look at this new shiny.” twitter.com/ABCscience/sta…
@Asher_Wolf @zdnetaustralia Nah. Just the pigs. Or some kosher and halal-friendly animal in a barrel. A Halal Space Pack.
tanya_plibersek From a government in its fifth year… twitter.com/skynewsaust/st…
And from @dobe, “Australia to fire its pork barrel into space” zdnet.com/article/austra…
Me at @zdnetaustralia today: “Cuts could threaten Australia’s cyberscience future” zdnet.com/article/cuts-c…
@jonoabroad @dobes The whole concept is stupid, in my view.
Ping @dobes. twitter.com/NGruen1/status…
BIacknmild This isn’t how birthdays work twitter.com/ivankatrump/st…
SarahJamieLewis Your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, they didn’t stop to think if they should. pic.twitter.com/XMnpGT5ja5
“London taxi controversies of yesteryear” ftalphaville.ft.com/2017/09/25/219…
CONSCIOUS UNCOUPLING.
Not to be confused with unconscious coupling. twitter.com/crikey_news/st…
Crossing the Nepean, again. instagram.com/p/BZdcu8XnGD1/
@NewtonMark @jpwarren @oberonsghost @phbarratt @dobes They’re not all that interesting to look at.
wintnation i will soon be leaking a list of my favorite pasta shapes by 6am. i will not relent
erinrileyau It’s only “identity politics” when people who aren’t straight white men do it.
@jpwarren @oberonsghost @phbarratt @dobes @NewtonMark If the RNZAF can have a flightless kiwi as its mascot then th..twitter.com/i/web/status/9…4X
I think @phbarratt has understood how this new Australian Space Agency will work. @jpwarren @dobes @NewtonMark twitter.com/phbarratt/stat…
@phbarratt I see you’ve done this before. :)
@phbarratt I think @dfpiii made a solid observation. twitter.com/dfpiii/status/…
@phbarratt And also not have anyone stand up and say AU doesn’t have a space agency. And NZ got theirs recently.
FINALLY. twitter.com/botandy/status…
BrigadierSlog This civil and respectful debate brisbanetimes.com.au/politics/feder… pic.twitter.com/42YuTxBD07
NewtonMark These are the permissions the SA drivers license app wants? Why the fuck does it want my contacts list?! twitter.com/swearyanthony/…
@phbarratt Key driver: Adelaide hosting a big international space conference, and AU being the only OECD country ex..twitter.com/i/web/status/9…yG
@phbarratt The tech press has been unanimous in canning it. This thread has some links. twitter.com/stilgherrian/s…
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. twitter.com/phbarratt/stat…
Not as shiny, but mmmm… twitter.com/ROD558/status/…
Mmmm… shiny. twitter.com/AvroVulcan617/…
@JustJimWillDo During the transition we’d refer to them as #purpletrain or #greentrain as appropriate. They’re all purple now.
@JustJimWillDo Yep, the (relatively) recent renovation saw seats, carpets, side wall (to pelmet), and toilets make..twitter.com/i/web/status/9…u6
On the 1918 #purpletrain from Central to Mt Victoria, you’d better observe quiet carriage protocols or your life will be short.
@ashabeeeee @dobes Cool. BTW, are we meant to be running @zdnetaustralia as a collective?
@ashabeeeee @dobes We can clearly sort this out via the intertubes en route.
@ashabeeeee @dobes I’m getting the one after than, the so-called Fish. (0556 out of K-town.)
@ashabeeeee @dobes I’ll be there a few minutes after 0800, grabbing a bite of the brekky before the 0830 kick-off…twitter.com/i/web/status/9…yW
A cunt. twitter.com/deemadigan/sta…
@dobes @ashabeeeee Anyway, I’ll be at @SINETconnection SINET61 all day tomorrow, if anyone needs me. security-innovation.org/events/sydney/…
@scott_thewspot @petergaskin814 Took me a while there to figure out who “Jay” was.
@bgosford Indeed. I’m hoping to spend some more time looking at them. Will they become a book at any point?
I should also have spoken with @dobes and @ashabeeeee about our plans for SINET61 tomorrow. security-innovation.org/events/sydney/… But that’s tomorrow.
I should probably head back up the hill soon. I have to wake at 0430 to catch the 0606 train, then I’m away from the Mountains for a week.
swearyanthony Cops insist you install their app on your phone and can force you to unlock the phone. No thanks twitter.com/KetanJ0/status…
benpobjie It’d be underwater probably twitter.com/guardian/statu…
IT’S LESS THAN 48 HOURS UNTIL THIS HAPPENS AND THERE’S A GOOD* CHANCE I’LL HAVE FINISHED PREPARING MY PRESENTATION. twitter.com/stilgherrian/s…
free_facts Water is made invisible with simple scientific logic
Thank you for tweeting these, @bgosford. It’s an amazing series of photos. twitter.com/bgosford/statu…
@markhumphries @SBSVICELAND I continue to be astounded by your* ability to turn around a proper 30-minute film in a..twitter.com/i/web/status/9…K9
markhumphries Tonight’s #thefeedsbs piece is the most ambitious one we’ve made in a single day. Somehow it’s about ATM fees. 7:30..twitter.com/i/web/status/9…MV
@JustJimWillDo The former. I only got caught by the cable. The box itself bounced past me and blew my beer into the..twitter.com/i/web/status/9…Ub
@NewtonMark Yes, I’m whitesplaining Chinese migration. Deal with it.
@NewtonMark Please pass on: It’s 165 years. First big chunk of Chinese migration was the VIC gold rush starting in 1851.
NewtonMark My mate Roland’s response to a racist thread on Facebook. 😂 pic.twitter.com/YwrZpxheB8
Things that happened in the last 30 minutes:
1. Heard true stories about the pawnbroking business.
2. Nearly killed* by a falling speaker.
@NewtonMark @zdnetaustralia See? It’s not that hard to understand.
@dfpiii Exactly. They’d be the same MPs and Senators, too.
@sennekuyl Oh good. Because it seems to be a hollow promise for now.
@NewtonMark @zdnetaustralia It IS a thing. Well, it is now.
Me at @zdnetaustralia: “Cuts could threaten Australia’s cyberscience future” zdnet.com/article/cuts-c…
@rpy Exactly. twitter.com/stilgherrian/s…
@Davelennonabc @TasnuvaB @dobes Also, completely coincidental that it was announced today, the start of a 5-day int..twitter.com/i/web/status/9…Ix
@_Desmoden Don’t get me started.
WilmaSlurrie Breaking: Deputy PM Barnaby Joyce says Australia’s Space Agency will launch coal-fired rockets into space. pic.twitter.com/DaG0OC6jtQ
“Australia to fire its pork barrel into space” by @dobes zdnet.com/article/austra…
HURRAH! twitter.com/smidgey/status…
wintnation I can’t wait until an Apple town square is used as a place in which people can peacefully and securely enjoy Australian values and culture.
I AM LATHERING MY BUZZWORD BOLLOCKS RIGHT NOW. twitter.com/jpwarren/statu…
“Tumblr rejects Korea’s porn deletion requests” by @joechomuhyun zdnet.com/article/tumblr…
wintnation incorrect, please read the consittution which says I can do it, anyone can drive it.
Think of it more as a MULTI-DIMENSIONAL POLIS. twitter.com/oberonsghost/s…
The story so far…
People who read the headline: HURRAH A SPACE AGENCY!
People who read the details: THIS IS ALL BULLSHIT.
My backgrounder: “The space age Australia never had” (3 Oct 2007) crikey.com.au/2007/10/03/spu…
Backgrounder: “Do we need a NASA? Sinodinos invites ex-CSIRO chief on a space odyssey” (13 July) by @Stevie_Easton themandarin.com.au/81213-sinodino…
@TasnuvaB @dobes This whole space agency thing looks like bullshit, but I’ll be Christopher Pyne had a porkgasm..
@NuclearAnthro @ssharwood That’s the entire Australian space program right there in that drawing.
As an aside, I’m lurking in or near The Corner, and will be for a little while before heading back up the hill.
“Australian government promises national space agency” by @TasnuvaB zdnet.com/article/austra… Op-ed from @dobes coming soon.
@haruki_zaemon He have written a political memoir.
@haruki_zaemon Well played. @jpwarren
@ssharwood “Australia to get a space agency: Don’t expect spacecraft — or too many details” by@bengrubbbitnews.com.au/news/australia…Q
“Australia commits to establish space agency with no budget, plan, name, deadline …” b@ssharwoododtwitter.com/i/web/status/9…uLih
@JustJimWillDo Why do you think I’m down in Thaitown being trolled?
What’s the penalty for arson in Hong Kong? twitter.com/jpwarren/statu…
Goodness me, @JohnBarronUSA! twitter.com/JohnBarronUSA/…
@SnarkyPlatypus Well anyone can look good when they’re fisting Nelson Mandela.
@SnarkyPlatypus Possibly even more frightening. pic.twitter.com/78G60sXE45
Which benefits are these? Alcoholism? twitter.com/jpwarren/statu…
@SnarkyPlatypus For reasons, I am prompted to ask you whether (a) you’ve been watching @getkrackinshow, or (b) you’re a burden to society.
Email subject line: “A message from Gareth Evans”
[checks calendar]
Column filed for @zdnetaustralia. Cyber count: 13, I think. A poor effort.
joshgnosis So many opinions for a ticket machine. twitter.com/Ticket_machine…
Rob_Stott A simpler time pic.twitter.com/6baD5QFICA
@haruki_zaemon Excellent.
tomrjoyner I’m not sure print newspapers are the best place to reach international students pic.twitter.com/MrVuLE1iFM
Note to self: When using Google to convert nautical miles to kilometres, don’t abbreviate. pic.twitter.com/QMxd4hALBP
@ResignInShame We shall see.
A second #blueandyellowtrain, briefly, will soon deliver me to a place of boat noodle and workbench.
@ResignInShame No, no Antlering involved. This happens at another place.
@ResignInShame Yeah, just had my back “adjusted” and I’ll have to do it again on Wednesday. I am only in a shitload of pain so that’s OK.
@dobes @purserj @NickEvershed This is why millennials will never be able to afford to go to space.
Fuck that hurt.
Fair call. twitter.com/JohnBirmingham…
@dobes @oliyoung @jworthington Tell you what, run it past me and I’ll let you know if there are too many bad jokes.
@dobes @oliyoung @jworthington It’s always difficult to self-censor when it’s hard.
@NickEvershed Take a number, Tiger. Some of us were here for the first Space Age and know shit.
@oliyoung @dobes Well @dobes and I have just agreed that he’s going space and I’m doing the other one.
So, so true. twitter.com/dawnstarau/sta…
Making sure my #deeplyofftherecord DM is, in fact, a DM.
@oliyoung I don’t know how many of these jokes @dobes will let me use today, because I wasn’t originally going to drag space into this.
SPACE PORK! twitter.com/ScienceGovAu/s…
Worst. Pick-up. Line. Ever. twitter.com/SquigglyRick/s…
Rob_Stott If ever an email subject line was absolute clicktonite pic.twitter.com/mpYidcoDHm
@joshgnosis @seamus If that’s true, then that’s even more cluelessness that I’d imagined possible.
@jeamland It does.
@WhofanRachel Would you like me to send you a card?
La Croix.
@dobes On a related note, the codeine restrictions start 1 February, I am reliably informed.
#blueandyellowtrain, briefly.
Wow talk about moody. pic.twitter.com/dc7je6a3mD
@expectproblems Nope, HARS near Wollongong, at the Illawarra Regional Airport.
Adding to that, not space but at least Australian aerospace, the Turana. pic.twitter.com/VNlS0x2Gd3
@vealmince It was only necessary because of the spam etc filters at the time.
Well, that and “Toucha toucha toucha touch me, I wanna be dirty / Thrill me chill me fulfil me / Creature of the ni..twitter.com/i/web/status/9…Uo
@dobes Well right then, obviously. He was into it from day one.
My timeline includes ALL the key events in Australia’s space history. pic.twitter.com/h1JyuCyBep
My backgrounder on AU’s space waste: “The space age Australia never had” (3 Oct 2007) crikey.com.au/2007/10/03/spu…
@terencehuynh @lanesainty HAHAHAHAHAHAHA.
@lanesainty Oops, sorry, I ws conclusion-jumping there. TBH, I’m amazed* there’s so much fuss over an SMS when peop..twitter.com/i/web/status/9…ZQ
Forgive my shouty, @lanesainty, but in radio spots today I had to keep saying “The Spam Act doesn’t apply, the Privacy Act doesn’t apply.”
That, and it’s not a commercial message so THE SPAM ACT DOESN’T EVEN APPLY. twitter.com/lanesainty/sta…
@dobes Do you mind? I was planning to stretch that argument out to something longer than a single tweet.
Correct. And nearly all of Twitter is subhuman. twitter.com/AustCyber/stat…
@riskybusiness Actually, rereading that yarn, I reckon this is a step up from what a data diode does. The compartme..twitter.com/i/web/status/9…iK
@riskybusiness As an aside, here’s the brochure for the BAE Systems version. baesystems.com/en/product/dat…
@riskybusiness Sure, and other vendors I think. But the formally proven correct microkernel makes a difference. I k..twitter.com/i/web/status/9…7o
Crossing the Nepean. instagram.com/p/BZchDqQHw0q/
dobes Cannot wait for gallery journos to detail how this is bad for the No campaign. twitter.com/patrickbilling…
@trentyarwood Well obviously.
ScottyLiterati Players didn’t routinely stand for the anthem until 2009.
It only began as a marketing strategy.
The gov’t PAID..twitter.com/i/web/status/9…Gk
I reckon the lede is buried. This is about running classified and unclassified data on the same network and devices..twitter.com/i/web/status/9…Da
“Data61, Defence partner for seL4 microkernel-based network access tool” (6 Sep) zdnet.com/article/data61…
@trentyarwood @SnarkyPlatypus Thanks, Trent. But I thought you didn’t have time? ;) #getonwithhealingthesick
@SnarkyPlatypus @trentyarwood Or @DrRhysPockett, for that matter. Doctors of both kinds know this shit.
@SnarkyPlatypus It’s also bullshit as far as morbidity and mortality effects go, as @trentyarwood will doubtless now explain to us.
@CARROT_app @SnarkyPlatypus @jeamland So was the Gestapo.
MichaelWestBiz Ex-CBA lawyer & mate of Mal to head up corporate regulator ASIC bit.ly/2jVTOMK How press spun it for govt
JohnJohnsonson No shit, Australian Financial Review. pic.twitter.com/WxNaroImIp
@SnarkyPlatypus @jeamland @CARROT_app It’s for people who care. There’s also a fitness app, to-do list, and alarms,..twitter.com/i/web/status/9…oo
@dawnstarau @Telstra Oh good, because I’d have thought that would be one of their high-return investments.
@SnarkyPlatypus @CARROT_app It’s a nice change when @CARROT_app isn’t making or implying death threats at me, thoug..twitter.com/i/web/status/9…kG
This @CARROT_app Weather joke is terrible. pic.twitter.com/ZrJptA6J1g
Haha my phone finally autocorrected “ducks” to “fucks”. Of course I did actually want to say “ducks” this time.
@dawnstarau @Telstra This mob have been running for quite a while too. Seem to have their ducks in a row.
@AdrianJSClark @dawnstarau @Telstra @Outlook Yeah that one is really good, as are some of the energy company attempts.
Lovely day. pic.twitter.com/nyy9xzqVNz
@VickiAbby @BlueJayGliding @TimWattsMP @samdastyari Hallways are the big one. Fear of hallways can be a killer.
@Telstra Yep yep. Watch out for ALL utility bills, actually. There was a road toll one this morning too. twitter.com/dawnstarau/sta…
If you’re a @Telstra customer, or relatives or friends are, show them this. twitter.com/Telstra/status… Thanks, Jo.
Most of you getting @Telstra bills my email know they don’t look like this, but even so… better tell relatives an..twitter.com/i/web/status/9…XG
chiefbrody1984 Somewhat dubious scenes spotted in the background of a friend’s 4yo’s school book pic.twitter.com/opF9ogsQwO
NewtonMark Good morning @SenatorMRoberts, I hope you have a LOVELY day.
@SnarkyPlatypus I’ve also been pointing out that anyone can SMS as anyone, and messages at 0300 could be designed t..twitter.com/i/web/status/9…gP
Mon plan, redraft: 1024 train to Sydney; write for @zdnetaustralia en route; 1315 back repairs; finish writing; return train; quiet evening.
@haruki_zaemon @abccanberra @abcadelaide There’s no sense yet of targeting, that seems to be what ABC stations are..twitter.com/i/web/status/9…j3
Listening to the audience messages into @abccanberra and @abcadelaide, this SMS message has REALLY pissed off a lot of people.
@abccanberra Do Not Call now applies to mobiles too (originally only landlines).
@abccanberra Here we go…
AlexJLamers What a NWS radar normally looks like from the exterior, versus @NWSSanJuan radar now after Hurricane #Maria. pic.twitter.com/p631LLuobx
@maddy_jones15 @abccanberra Already sorted, thank you.
@dobes Serial killers get busy too, you know.
You know he’s right, @dobes. twitter.com/jeamland/statu…
@JamieTravers @abccanberra No worries, Jamie. It’s no big deal, I’m just amused.
@HappySinger @abccanberra Both you and @BryceWeiner have suggested that, but I wouldn’t sabotage someone else’s show. Mostly.
@abccanberra Hah! What have I done to upset @abccanberra? Can someone ask them for me? pic.twitter.com/fNKLKjWW9I
I’m be talking about SMS spam, for some reason, on @abccanberra at 0910 AEST. abc.net.au/radio/canberra… or ABC apps.
@doctormcdougall @PPantsdown Bill had the sense to wear makeup on TV.
PPantsdown Caleb Bond gradually morphing into 80s movie critic Bill Collins. When they finally merge, the world will end. pic.twitter.com/iseMyiA7NT
edbott No wonder his companies keep going bankrupt. twitter.com/arappeport/sta…
Oh this is reassuring. See much of this shit, @bbotezatu? pic.twitter.com/ing5a4LD7I
@michaelneale In hindsight, I’d have aimed more precisely at certain corporate headquarters.
@michaelneale Not really. I just started at Palo Alto and Mountain View and moved out, then deciding five warheads was enough.
free_facts Valentines Day is named after the guy who invented USB and ate his children
Also from yesterday, my Modest Proposal for fixing Silicon Valley’s cultural and ethical problem. twitter.com/stilgherrian/s…
As I said yesterday… twitter.com/stilgherrian/s…
There should be more laughter in this tweet. twitter.com/SnarkyPlatypus…
And don’t forget the DESTRUCTION OF DEMOCRACY in Melbourne on Wednesday night. Come help us. twitter.com/stilgherrian/s…
Further alleged plans may be found in the Weekly Wrap. It’s a busy week. twitter.com/stilgherrian/s…
Mon plan, draft: Write for @zdnetaustralia; 1024 train to Sydney; 1315 back repairs; return train; writing en route each way; lazy evening.
I did put the proper apostrophes in there, but my phone had other plans. So much for technology.
Exactly. And the light rail already serves the terminals too. Brilliant! twitter.com/michaelmeloni/…
Here’s where I’d have put a new Sydney airports two runways and terminals. pic.twitter.com/k5FGQN8wK4
@glengyron Sorry, alas it’s not obvious. I recommend* listening to the talkback shows today to hear the Geriatric Engineers™.
On @abcnews @abcadelaide just now they said the problem at SYD is a software issue. So everyone will be an instant fucking expert today.
glengyron They should close Canberra airport and make them all use Murray’s Bus Line. It’s all they deserve as a link to the world.
Oh FFS not the high-speed rail canard again. #headdesk
Everyone whinging about flight delays should look to themselves and ask why they didn’t have a backup plan for their obviously vital flight.
@glengyron @SnarkyPlatypus My mistake then. There’s strong winds up here right now, and I just made assumptions about @BernardKeane’s sook.
That’s right, no other city has weather. twitter.com/BernardKeane/s…
@abcadelaide And that’s the radio spot done. I love this industry. Elapsed time from eyes open to on air: 11 minutes.
In a few minutes I’m on @abcadelaide to talk about passwords and getting into WhatsApp for some reason. abc.net.au/radio/adelaide… or ABC apps.
Monday. Add three, and it’s more than before. Monday.