It’s about to be tomorrow.
The Modern World, Part 372. pic.twitter.com/sjEa81JuHZ
@_midofo_ I always thought those guys were Russian.
Or more likely, “See that dipshit with the stupid makeup on Screen 24? Pull ‘em and fingerprint ‘em. Heck, cavity s..twitter.com/i/web/status/9…pX
Finland, eh. twitter.com/PulpLibrarian/…
Connect. Buy your own drinks. pic.twitter.com/K4jykDiWsX
@peter_hill_ @UTSEngage Meh. Fuck ‘em.
@NewtonMark I agree. But she was in Adelaide on a promotional tour, and I was booked to have breakfast with her. Po..twitter.com/i/web/status/9…lO
_F_B_G_ Happy Reformation Day! Here’s Martin Luther midway through his 14th attempt at ‘Hotel California’ during the Diet o..twitter.com/i/web/status/9…hT
@UTSEngage It has gills! 2/2 pic.twitter.com/g8Okg3XAT5
Building 11 at @UTSEngage is a favourite of mine. Faculty of Engineering and IT. goo.gl/maps/v6S3zj5CJ… 1/2 pic.twitter.com/Z8c5Zr93EJ
@MsMountebank @abcmelbourne Thanks very much.
@LaLegale I don’t know the High Court of Australia well enough. I plan to head inside on my next visit to Canberra.
BennettArron Son: What’s a clitoris?
Dad: As you’ve asked a grown up question I’ll explain
Dad explains.
Son: Oh. So when does it
turn into a butterfly?
RobDotHutton Thankfully, no one in British politics has ever done this. twitter.com/ShippersUnboun…
@abcmelbourne And the @abcmelbourne spot is done. That was fun. I haven’t been posting the audio lately, but I’ll see how I go.
I took some more photos as I idled along Broadway, but I’ll post them after I’ve done this radio spot.
Wow. The next morning I had breakfast with her childhood friend Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, of Five Stages of Grief fame..twitter.com/i/web/status/9…Bs
@mm_ssssshh Fact or speculation?
@SnarkyPlatypus I believe so. I worked on the community consultation website in the first round of proposals. They..twitter.com/i/web/status/9…Pb
Still one of my favourite examples of brutalist architecture. pic.twitter.com/hVPWXpIwV7
I wonder who’ll pick up the license for The Australian on Broadway. pic.twitter.com/DLzWVEYPpZ
Interesting to see the rest of the Central Park precinct take shape. pic.twitter.com/d03Ifirngq
@dobes I loved the evidence that they sometimes sleep in the corner of the office.
@dobes Wow. That’s a classy booth. Did you see my pic of the BBC office?
@DavidFeng @SnarkyPlatypus There’s… there’s a lot going on in that tweet.
@NewtonMark Ain’t it just. And the tweets just keep coming. Man, this is such a great show!
@DavidFeng @SnarkyPlatypus Yes I keep forgetting you’re an alleged “academic”.
@DavidFeng @SnarkyPlatypus South Korea just terrorises us with exploding smartphones and K-Pop.
@DavidFeng @SnarkyPlatypus Love your work. :)
@DavidFeng @SnarkyPlatypus You mean on the train? I mean, @SnarkyPlatypus has tweeted some magnificent food. But th..twitter.com/i/web/status/9…lx
@DDsD @NewtonMark Correct.
One hour until this @abcmelbourne radio spot. twitter.com/stilgherrian/s…
@SnarkyPlatypus @DavidFeng That said, the observation that Turnbull’s “Stable Government” is the same as Korea’s “Juche” is magnificent.
@DavidFeng @SnarkyPlatypus What I like about you, @DavidFeng, is that you speak like 28 languages, and English with..twitter.com/i/web/status/9…6N
@DavidFeng @SnarkyPlatypus I have my methods. It’s really obvious when someone not used to alkaloid stimulants has, like, a go.
@DavidFeng @SnarkyPlatypus Have you been drinking coffee again, David?
@SnarkyPlatypus That’s some fine terracing work. I can see from here how rich that soil would be.
Look, @DavidFeng! The @SnarkyPlatypus is on the High Speed Rail in The China. twitter.com/SnarkyPlatypus…
@swearyanthony @SnarkyPlatypus @johnb78 By Regulation.
Even Asians have scenery now. twitter.com/SnarkyPlatypus…
@SnarkyPlatypus @swearyanthony @johnb78 No. It doesn’t. But on a related note, consider the existence of the Acts I..twitter.com/i/web/status/9…b3
@NewtonMark Read this, @NewtonMark. It’s long, but read all of it. twitter.com/SethAbramson/s…
Having the kitchen open until 2am (11pm on Sundays) is excellent. It fills a gap left when The Duke in Enmore, um, “changed hands”.
Well done, Lansdowne Hotel. There were fears you’d fuck it up. You have not. You have done very well indeed…twitter.com/i/web/status/9…gr
jonkudelka “Senator Parry, a former Tasmanian police officer and detective…”
Not exactly Sherlock Holmes, one imagines.
In further news, Mark Zuckerberg is full of shit.
Popehat “YOLO” IS NOT A FEDERAL CRIMINAL DEFENSE STRATEGY
Well this is a novel interpretation. twitter.com/verbaliza/stat…
@dobes Fuck you.
Should I have watched this presser for the lel? Nah. twitter.com/dobes/status/9…
@dobes Remember, “no reason to believe” has a specific legal meaning.
@dobes “Stasi”? Excellent work.
I’m on @abcmelbourne at 1930 AEDT tonight (in two hours) talking some bullshit or other. abc.net.au/radio/melbourn… and on ABC apps.
If you ever need a reminder of just how oblivious the Dept of Immigration and Border Protection is, please see the..twitter.com/i/web/status/9…jH
@ShaquilleRay I don’t think we can do two Double Dissolution elections in one year. Amirite, @AntonyGreenABC?
Why yes, I did make sure to chose a Webley Revolver for the task. It’s traditional here in the Empire, right?
ATTENTION MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT. Senator Abetz would like you to do the honourable thing. pic.twitter.com/F3Fhg9iZxo
Good on you, Erica. twitter.com/rharris334/sta…
@ShaquilleRay Alas, that card has already been played.
Clockwork, with a small conical pendulum governor to prevent over-speeding. twitter.com/R_Chirgwin/sta…
ericgarland Reminder: It’s the 17 best prosecutors in America versus guys that tried to collude with Russia using Facebook Messenger.
Place your bets.😂
URGENT SOAPYGRAM. Presser at 1730 AEDT / 1630 AEST, so in 15 minutes. I wonder what that’s about. Smirk. pic.twitter.com/W4Soh45MUp
botandy toilet seat so warm you know the devil himself sat here just before you
Karajo__ “Do not desecrate nature!”, 60s Soviet anti-litter poster. pic.twitter.com/mOaTy5wi0a
@SnarkyPlatypus I thought of a worse one before tweeting that.
@SnarkyPlatypus What? Slow, inefficient, and behind the times?
BernardZuel Also known as “yep, we stink to high heaven on this too but when the portaloo stopped spinning we weren’t the ones..twitter.com/i/web/status/9…x6
MatinaStevis Greeks 🙌🏽 twitter.com/feeonlyplanner…
@CptHollingworth Sadly, the pie always ends.
CitizenshipN++ twitter.com/glengyron/stat…
samanthamaiden Statement: Stephen Parry says he will resign from Parliament and not await High Court ruling pic.twitter.com/UYda8OTaVc
@SameGuy i thought it looked familiar. Yes, this is exactly the building I was thinking of.
@dtsmith_sydney Bushrangers always improve a sunny afternoon, hallucinatory or not.
Not in a tree. Fail. pic.twitter.com/YzaaHulU0Z
It’s the first time I’ve been into the Institute Building at the University of Sydney. Nice. pic.twitter.com/O0lN1vkvHQ
Well that was all very interesting.
@CptHollingworth @JohnBirmingham @dobes @Rory_Medcalf @oliyoung I think the meaning came through, despite the excel..twitter.com/i/web/status/9…3g
@T4SydneyTrains Thank you, @T4SydneyTrains. Now my magic number is 422 and the idea of a 10-minute journey is hilarious.
@CptHollingworth @JohnBirmingham @dobes @Rory_Medcalf @oliyoung Ages ago, a friendrephrased the P-3 mission simulat..twitter.com/i/web/status/9…LF
JamesFallows To clarify for some readers:
-Unified Mueller team is one maintaining silent discipline;
-Trump team giving rise to..twitter.com/i/web/status/9…Z4
@dobes @JohnBirmingham @Rory_Medcalf @oliyoung I just remembered that JB once cited me as his “inappropriate muse”..twitter.com/i/web/status/9…7l
Wot. Ping @NuclearAnthro. twitter.com/ComfortablySmu…
NuclearAnthro BEST COUPLES COSTUME IDEA EVER! twitter.com/nuclearanthro/…
So here’s the plan. @T4SydneyTrains then a bus down City Road will deliver me to the USSC precisely on time.
Oh wh..twitter.com/i/web/status/9…R8
JamColley dear god pic.twitter.com/B75J7KBycp
A “source familiar with Bannon’s thinking” is magic sourcing. twitter.com/ShimonPro/stat…
mediahunter Fox News is to journalism what WWE is to sport pic.twitter.com/hbu1mTMNa1
@dobes @JohnBirmingham @Rory_Medcalf @oliyoung This is how it started, of course. pic.twitter.com/wfeMC1I0xg
@dobes @JohnBirmingham @Rory_Medcalf @oliyoung “Expeditionary Militia Units”, surely?
@JohnBirmingham @dobes @Rory_Medcalf @oliyoung You. Know. You. Want. To. Do. It.
@dobes @JohnBirmingham @Rory_Medcalf @oliyoung A “vignette”. I’m not sure that JB does “vignettes”.
“Manafort, Stone, Trump, Papadopoulos, Kushner, Mueller, Russia: All the tech angles in one place”..twitter.com/i/web/status/9…9K
Stonekettle Really?
Name them, White House. Go on. No, no, don’t look it up. Name them. I’ll spot you one, Chris Stevens and..twitter.com/i/web/status/9…dj
@DrMoniqueMann Heh. Sure. But I’ve already written down half a dozen talking points. I mostly just have to listen.
@JohnBirmingham @dobes @Rory_Medcalf Guys! Guys! twitter.com/oliyoung/statu…
@tassagency_en “Putin puts digital economy on list of main goals of Russia’s strategic development” (19 Jul)
tass.com/economy/956958
Stonekettle Another Trump record! twitter.com/thehill/status…
“Russia and China discuss setting up cyber defense system for key infrastructure facilities”, reports @tassagency_en tass.com/economy/973146
@dobes @Rory_Medcalf How about cows? #cybercow
BrianKarem Age as an excuse? I’d covered a war, fathered a son and been to jail to protect a confidential source by that age…twitter.com/i/web/status/9…NK
Hey @dobes, I have been out-cybered again. @Rory_Medcalf . “The charge of the Australian cyber Light Horse” afr.com/opinion/column…
Definitely preparing for today’s discussions about international cyber policy and not just having fish and chips and ale in Kings Cross.
@SnarkyPlatypus @getkrackinshow The old Chinese-Australian manicurist berates the young Korean-Australian presenter..twitter.com/i/web/status/9…5F
@SnarkyPlatypus Vietnam has a more coherent tourism effort, I suspect. They’re after. and need, fast economic growth.
@SnarkyPlatypus Speaking of which, did you see the @getkrackinshow episode where the Chinese manicurist mentioned chafing?
RECTIFY THE IRRITANTS. twitter.com/zdnetaustralia…
Of course, because Israel is the second-largest player in the cybersecurity market after the US. And they’re very g..twitter.com/i/web/status/9…uT
@flatgard @BrendanTN_ @CovertContact On another related note, the US Deputy Attorney-General is a big fan of KEEP A..twitter.com/i/web/status/9…33
@flatgard @BrendanTN_ On a related note, I spoke about AU’s aggressive stance in the crypto wars on this week’s..twitter.com/i/web/status/9…55
@flatgard @BrendanTN_ It most certainly has. “Australia’s diplomatic challenge is to avoid a cyber arms race” (5 Oc..twitter.com/i/web/status/9…SG
@flatgard @BrendanTN_ “The AU government has made a public display of announcing its capacity and intent to use cyb..twitter.com/i/web/status/9…p8
“Does cyber deterrence work?” by @flatgard & @BrendanTN_ ussc.edu.au/analysis/does-… I’m meeting these guys this afternoon.
Shaun.
vanOnselenP Malcolm Roberts is as confident he’ll win a state seat as he was that the High Court would rule in his favour. 🤔
Oh I’d missed this little* twist in the news from Washington. Goodness me. twitter.com/SethAbramson/s…
itzzkait as a gay, I have two moods pic.twitter.com/mDzOdFjIVt
#blueandyellowtrain, briefly.
@DavidFeng Yep, the XPT design is based on the British Rail Class 43 HST. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_R…
@DavidFeng You’re always on an HSR service.
XPT power car 2013, which needs a bit of work, on Sydney Central station platform 3, with XPL car 2521 behind it on..twitter.com/i/web/status/9…2F
Approaching Sydney Central station. pic.twitter.com/uXqFHPXX3i
“Trump administration does not want limits on war authorization” reuters.com/article/us-usa… #unlimitedwar #hurrah pic.twitter.com/kSbP54AKEa
@moylecroft @AusAmbCyber I’ve read all the strategy documents and can find no reference to dating sites.
abcsydney #BREAKING: RAMS Home Loans founder John Kinghorn charged with fraud offences after allegedly avoiding taxes worth more than $30 million
@SnarkyPlatypus Yes, on a river like that you’d have all been taken by crocs by now, after the dropbears had capsized the boats.
I’ve just discovered that this is how Australia’s Ambassador for Cyber Affairs @AusAmbCyber has been representing o..twitter.com/i/web/status/9…1P
“Weird Theories of Uranus.”
Look, someone had to do it. twitter.com/DavidFeng/stat…
Yeah that said, as @dobes reported in Jun 2016, only 6% of voters had NBN as an important issue. I wonder if that’s..twitter.com/i/web/status/9…KL
Ah yes, I’d forgotten that ReachTEL’s polling was even more damning of Turnbull re the NBN. twitter.com/delpjm/status/…
So all in all, the NBN has been a fabulous success* for Mr Broadband himself, Prime Minister Marvin Trumble.
Only 23% think the NBN will adequately meet Australia’s future Internet requirements. essentialvision.com.au/future-interne… pic.twitter.com/Y8sYGWcOtn
Essential’s polling shows 92% agreeing that the internet is an essential service. essentialvision.com.au/internet-essen… pic.twitter.com/d70CXH3ZWl
What I see right there is reason enough for politicians to hammer the NBN as an election issue. May God have mercy on our souls.
People also tend to say Labor’s was the best plan, though 33% “don’t know”. essentialvision.com.au/best-nbn-2 pic.twitter.com/VJdKPH4AAr
Essential Research polling shows people tend to blame Turnbull for the NBN, not Labor, but 42% are “not sure”…twitter.com/i/web/status/9…Ox
@DavidFeng For you, maybe. I generally need something stronger.
Crossing the Nepean. instagram.com/p/Ba4_vwmnHaY/
I support this proposal. twitter.com/dobes/status/9…
This is a bus, @DavidFeng. The thing that drives on roads without tracks is called a bus. STOP ENABLING THIS BULLSH..twitter.com/i/web/status/9…8x
BernardKeane thanks Facebook pic.twitter.com/SdiXQFKSBQ
NuclearAnthro Yup, that’s Louisiana.
😑
#FromLouisiana twitter.com/jamessurowieck…
ben_hr The problem with “disruption” is that it’s usually replacing one privileged vested interest with another. #HealthJustice2017
KJBar PM Turnbull: “I have never had more fun in my life.” pic.twitter.com/6GH498DZVs
Before you ask, I’m getting this information from @jxeeno’s excellent Anytrip live map at anytrip.com.au/map T..twitter.com/i/web/status/9…z4
It’s back on the map again. Run ER02. A normal passing, @druey, or is it another broken one? pic.twitter.com/zXKwomS2YY
Goddamit. I know the up road is physically down, and vice versa, so I reversed it in my head. Twice, to make sure. twitter.com/druey/status/9…
We’re passing a coal train at Valley Heights, though it suddenly blipped off the map before I could take a screensh..twitter.com/i/web/status/9…VU
Departing Springwood, the #purpletrain has switched to the up road. This is most exciting.
Some high-volume chemtrail work over the lower Blue Mountains today. pic.twitter.com/ldeffXu8Pv
Histreepix ‘Living statues’ emerge from the underworld kingdom of Dis to assail and torment shoppers nationwide. 1993. pic.twitter.com/klUtyOQNXN
RealTimeWWII Mr. Smallbones, ex-Consul: “Mass sexual perversity may offer explanation. Perversion, especially homosexuality, very prevalent in Germany”.
Chelsea_Elle Asked a Target employee if I could open this camera before I buy it and he said he wouldn’t even care if I killed someone in front of him.
botandy to be fair, my LinkedIn says I’m the Pope twitter.com/RebeccaShabad/…
Pollytics Turning to the stupid things people say in election campaigns. There’s not that many spare people in the labour for..twitter.com/i/web/status/9…S7
@SilvesterSJ Certainly not me. [Shrugs]
@abcmelbourne Tue plan: 0924 train to Sydney (now); editing en route; errands inc haircut; 1400 meeting USyd; 1530..twitter.com/i/web/status/9…zw
NickEvershed dammit I had my money on SA FIRST twitter.com/kloussikian/st…
How they fixed the electrical supply problems at Wentworth Falls station: a diesel generator running 24/7. pic.twitter.com/kqOVjR4f43
glengyron They’re just so much better at organising? 🤔 twitter.com/oz_f/status/92…
@LaTrioli @SnarkyPlatypus @BreakfastNews I see.
NewtonMark This is some legacy: Highest career achievement for everyone’s favourite Attorney-General. theguardian.com/australia-news…
And people complain that five level of DEFCON is confusion. #mauvealert twitter.com/NuclearAnthro/…
@Resign_In_Shame Maybe a quick one, yes.
thegrugq @cyberwar @MikeScarcella My personal email retention policy is that delete all PGP messages. Usually before opening..twitter.com/i/web/status/9…Jz
thegrugq @cyberwar @MikeScarcella … this looks like a really ham fisted transparently failing attempt to do just that. I r..twitter.com/i/web/status/9…zA
thegrugq @cyberwar @MikeScarcella As you know, the only way to evade “destroying evidence” charges is to demonstrate that de..twitter.com/i/web/status/9…1y
Pinboard Even Bond villain henchmen had the guts to demand private offices, overtime, and a health plan. Facebookers ruin the world on the cheap
“This Is Where Your Money Goes When You Buy A T-Shirt” buzzfeed.com/ginarushton/th… Just 10c more on a $10 shirt means a living wage for workers.
Yes, dear. [Pats head gently] twitter.com/RealPressSecBo…
This week’s @BlogsofWar @CovertContact podcast is “The Crypto Wars: Update from the Australian Front” with, erm, me. covertcontact.com/2017/10/30/the…
“Fine, OK, no backdoors, says [US] Deputy AG. Just keep PLAINTEXT copies of everyone’s messages” theregister.co.uk/2017/10/30/enc…
I see @achanthadavong has written about ATO and DIBP failing to meet ASD Top Four mandatory cybersecurity targets. innovationaus.com/2017/10/A-blin…
ACSGN (@AustCyber) is readying nationwide standards for TAFE cyber education, writes @denhamsadler innovationaus.com/2017/10/AustCy…
@SnarkyPlatypus @BreakfastNews @LaTrioli Look I’m not desperate.
@SnarkyPlatypus Well so am I, but I’ve only been on @BreakfastNews the once. I blame some random ill-defined conspiracy.
MatthewBevan So here’s what you need to know about what happened overnight in Washington. <thread>
Tue plan, draft: 0924 train to Sydney; editing en route; errands inc haircut; 1400 meeting USyd; 1530 meeting Ultimo; 1930 @abcmelbourne.
HolidayComplain “The brochure stated: ‘No hairdressers at the accommodation’. We’re trainee hairdressers - will we be OK staying there?”
How is this about demography? twitter.com/BreakfastNews/…
Tuesday. Your furniture despises you. Tuesday.
OK, kids, that’s enough from me tonight. I’ve got an early-ish start tomorrow. Try not to get arrested.
jaketapper Also a good time for public to see which media outlets have been reporting the actual story vs which are obedient vassals of people in power
dandrezner Oh hey you guys as Manafort surrenders himself to the authorities I thought I’d highlight some facts not in dispute. wapo.st/2gNltew?tid=ss…
DavidCornDC My scoop from a few months ago. Seems relevant today. twitter.com/motherjones/st…
qjurecic shoutout to all the reporters sadly deleting the phrase “pre-dawn raid”
CillizzaCNN Conspiracy theorists everywhere twitter.com/KatrinaPierson…
@DamienCWalker At the very least.