@thepoopyeater @sovietvisuals Mate, you’re nearly out of toilet paper.
jonkudelka We’re all sick of it, Pauline.
@awelder I still watched it though.
@ItsReallyNick @Neighorn Thanks, Nick. The situation fascinates me, so I’m bound to return to it.
@awelder I wasn’t. ;) twitter.com/stilgherrian/s…
@jxeeno This is very good.
Fair enough. twitter.com/UnusualVideos/…
@classiclib3ral @kcarruthers It’s a rich vein right now.
classiclib3ral Reading about what’s going on in Australian politics pic.twitter.com/g5Q5Dcf6Hh
stilgherrian Me at @zdnetaustralia: Vietnam ‘on the edge’ of becoming a mid-tier cybercrime hub” zdnet.com/article/vietna… Or wil..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…fI
jxeeno the one nation how to vote card is great for working out which other parties are terrible and should be put last
“6 Signs Gonzo Has Been Wearing The Wrong Bra Size For Years” lifestyle.clickhole.com/6-signs-gonzo-…
@c_nafryy @michael_ASPI @fryan @richardaedy For sure. It’s an interesting report, and I don’t see any reason to doubt it.
@dobes @swearyanthony @ashabeeeee @joshgnosis Oh THAT stuffed tiger. Yeah, much better than an innovation mug.
@JustJimWillDo @SnarkyPlatypus Browsing the Pussers Slang Index. pussersgreenies.org/glossary.html
Listening to a fascinating interview with documentary-maker Adam Curtis by @AdamBuxton from the end of 2016…twitter.com/i/web/status/1…1H
@callum90ish True enough. And now I don’t care any more.
Attn: @jpwarren. twitter.com/The_Maintainer…
@JustJimWillDo @SnarkyPlatypus How dare you insult dogs.
@DanielOCnr No, as it happens.
MatthewBevan Dickson and Hanson DEMANDED al-Jazeera release the rest of the footage. Unedited. The sheer incompetence of this, I..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…tE
@SnarkyPlatypus It was a tad out of focus so hard to tell. Silverside is delightfully traditional white person food. ;)
@michael_ASPI @fryan @richardaedy “… according to Vodafone’s security briefing documents from 2009 and 2011 seen..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…FC
@michael_ASPI Is this the same Bloomberg that did that not-especially-confirmed report abiout Chinese hardware hack..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…jn
michael_ASPI So, Vodafone found backdoors in Huawei software giving Huawei unauthorised access to a network serving millions of..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Lb
@kcarruthers @CarnegieEndow Exactly.
@SnarkyPlatypus What is it meant to be?
Salad eaten. Now eating grapes.
@dobes @swearyanthony @ashabeeeee @joshgnosis BTW, which stuffed tiger is this?
@dobes @swearyanthony @ashabeeeee @joshgnosis Wow tough choice.
@dobes @swearyanthony @ashabeeeee @joshgnosis Why don’t I get one?
@jpwarren @CarnegieEndow It’s in the mail.
@benpobjie I am not prepared to try.
“Comforted by Tracy Grimshaw” doesn’t strike me as a desirable situation. twitter.com/marrowing/stat…
oberonsghost I have aunts who would kill for this. twitter.com/whingewine/sta…
glengyron Andrew Hastie is like a stupid version of Jim Molan. Just think about that for a moment. pic.twitter.com/CuiIecIhe5
@jamescmcpherson Of course. There’d be no point otherwise.
Since I can’t post the thing on my website or plug the links while the website itself is down, the remainder of tod..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…8P
@HamishMack @CarnegieEndow Not that I know of, but I’ll ask them face-to-face next time I’m in DC.
@JustJimWillDo @CarnegieEndow Well YOU don’t.
arizclint This makes me respect childbirth so much more… twitter.com/marklisseman/s…
@max_au I’ve had a huge level of CBF regarding CDN. :)
@CarnegieEndow Anyway, it’s great to finally be part of the Illuminati’s World Government.
@CarnegieEndow My contribution is bound to disrupt that entire process, leading to unprecedented conflict and cyber..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…SE
This paper I’ve been poking at for a few months now is for the new Encryption Working Group, a project by the Carne..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…zy
I got all the edits done. Hurrah! But they won’t arrive in DC until my email comes back up. Or I use my standby email, I suppose.
@zdnetaustralia Right, I’m doing those edits now, so I can get it all done before 7pm.
GreenJ Have A God To Get A Go …
The Pm’s Pentecostalism and the undeserving poor.
meanjin.com.au/blog/have-a-go…
@expectproblems @JohnBirmingham I’ve decided to spend time in Brisbane every time I cover an event on the Goad Coas..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…ms
Oh @dobes @ashabeeeee @rohan_p @davidgerard they’ve been at the huffing feathers again. twitter.com/Gartner_inc/st…
@kels_316 @egadheg @matttburke And 5% is within acceptable cost estimates standards. ;)
Hmmm. “Identified - We have identified the cause of the issue as a core networking component failure.” This is not reassuring.
@kels_316 @egadheg @matttburke 25 million now.
@expectproblems @JohnBirmingham Sadly JB and I are rarely that organised.
MichaelRoddan They’re practically givin em away pic.twitter.com/0JtBFau8d4
knausc Andrew Hastie and fellow WA Liberal had ‘brief meeting’ with far-right extremist Neil Erikson | scoop from @msmarto theguardian.com/australia-news…
@JohnBirmingham @SnarkyPlatypus @LowyInstitute Exactly. :)
@JohnBirmingham I’ll be having dinner with @SnarkyPlatypus then. And on deadline before that, reporting on what Sen..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…kN
@JohnBirmingham Will you still be in Sydney tomorrow?
MikeCarlton01 You can almost feel the entrepreneurial energy radiating from the five thrusting capitalists in the room. And ain’..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…4o
srpeatling This seems a little extreme. pic.twitter.com/AYFfVIYPvJ
Everything is going very well indeed. pic.twitter.com/uq1pYXrbne
dgolumbia “cryptography justifies #cryptocurrency in the same way that transistors justify crystal healing” @davidgerard davidgerard.co.uk/blockchain/201…
Qldaah Mystery over why Warren Mundine is driving a bus around saying the Coalition will increase the aged pension…twitter.com/i/web/status/1…ct
My website is currently offline but it’s not my fault.
@jonkudelka That’s really rather good, Jon.
@Taco_Lad @dobes @joelpmichael The Blue Mountains are higher than their highest points in England*. True story.
*..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Sp
@zdnetaustralia Tue plan, remainder: The edits I delayed from yesterday but which I said I’d get done before midnig..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Um
@SenatorCash Quite a good ratio so far too. pic.twitter.com/nXnd5zKowY
@SnarkyPlatypus Potatoes!
@dobes @joelpmichael They are not mere “hills”, @dobes, they are Mountains. And yes.
“The ATO [Australian Taxation Office] extends data matching to cryptocurrency” by @ashabeeeee..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…9s
@joelpmichael I’ll certainly be giving it a red-hot go. Unless @dobes sends the case of Passion Pop, in which case I have no idea.
@jpwarren @GordyPls @mattjhatton So this event photo demonstrates that they’re either:
1. incompetent because they..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…SE
NGruen1 Give us this day our daily #ScoMo pic.twitter.com/cy11bjtJ3F
@GordyPls @mattjhatton Mixed with Kool-Aid™ and bile.
@dtsmith_sydney @SenatorCash It’s the Northern Beaches. Who can say?
Apropos of nothing at all, I was just thinking about this tweet from last week. twitter.com/stilgherrian/s…
@GordyPls @mattjhatton Maybe they’re planning to have… wait for it… a Tea Party!
“Huawei Australia sees large profit and revenue growth while skirting ban impact” by @dobes zdnet.com/article/huawei…
@mattjhatton I suppose it does. Sigh.
“Minister for Skills” is a great title.
Note to @SenatorCash, Minister for Small and Family Business, Skills and Vocational Education: People running small..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…h8
Well there’s some of Australia’s most dynamic small businesspeople right there! No, they’re not at all retired peop..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…vS
cqr With just 1 day remaining to register for the CQR NSW Cyber Security Policy Webinar, don’t miss your chance to hear..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Pt
Me at @zdnetaustralia: Vietnam ‘on the edge’ of becoming a mid-tier cybercrime hub” zdnet.com/article/vietna… Or wil..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…fI
@CptHollingworth @JustJimWillDo @joelpmichael Sorry to hear that.
@CptHollingworth @JustJimWillDo @joelpmichael I don’t know what this means.
I know what it means. It means you should lock the studio after dark. twitter.com/LouiseASaunder…
johnb78 The American thing of washing your chicken before you cook it, so that you cover your sink in raw chicken germs ins..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…W4
@JustJimWillDo @joelpmichael That’s been the trend of my entire life for some decades now.
@zdnetaustralia Time for lunch.
glengyron Uncle Kevin keeps inviting you to the beach house to go fishing. pic.twitter.com/9K8dqBhz5a
Thank you, @joelpmichael. #9pmlive pic.twitter.com/zS2PC09qAd
VERY USEFUL CYBER RESOURCE: Malpedia. malpedia.caad.fkie.fraunhofer.de Keeps track of all the different names given to threa..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…cV
NewtonMark This is also precisely what happened to the telecommunications industry when the Commonwealth Government helped it,..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…zU
NewtonMark This headline make it sound like they’re fleeing a multi-thousand-year-old industry because the Commonwealth Govern..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…oM
@zdnetaustralia I’ll explain the flapping later.
Story filed for @zdnetaustralia. It contains a lot of cybercriminals but only one sociologist. Flap! Flap! Flap!
GrogsGamut *Looks at calendar*
Yep, this story checks out. twitter.com/CanberraCamper…
NewtonMark Why must they, though? Do you think they will? twitter.com/withMEAA/statu…
Yes, writing now.
@zdnetaustralia Tue plan, confirmed: Laundry (in progress); write for @zdnetaustralia (now); the edits I delayed f..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…2M
davidghamilton1 Disputable fact - 95% of all images captured on Australian camera traps are close-ups of a brushtail possum’s face twitter.com/firstdogonmoon…
BrigadierSlog As political PR photoshoots go, this probably isn’t the picture you want to be remembered for after being forced to..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…IW
FactSoup If you don’t care, stop talking about it.
@david_obrien @developerjack @NewtonMark The atmosphere is very poorly designed.
@NewtonMark @developerjack Aha! You need a @flightrader24 Gold membership to unlock GPS altitude.
@mwyres Given that it’s painted Vietname-era army green, maybe it serves some related purpose?
@developerjack I think “Meh close enough” is fine over the city.
I doubt it. Nowhere near where we are, and wrong kind of helicopter. twitter.com/je_au/status/1…
So today was presumably the return flight.
And @flightradar24 shows just two flights in the last 30 days, which are probably segments of the same flight on 29..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…5C
National Helicopters is a charter company, so that chopper is usually rented out by the hour unless it’s a longer-t..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…6o
Now I’m confused. The altitude of the village of Wentworth Falls is “only” 2844 feet, and that location isn’t much..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…X7
AusElectoralCom Early voting & postal vote application statistics are uploaded daily at aec.gov.au/election/downl… (csv files). Compar..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…2w
More to the point, it’s moving systematically up and down that section of the valley at minimum altitude and just 1..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…K2
@GulsonKalervo Yeah helicopters can do that.
Not many clean beacon fixes when it’s so low.
It’s just faffing about over Wentworth Falls Creek. pic.twitter.com/5eAF0HR36Z
AusElectoralCom A total of 122,771 votes were cast yesterday. This compares to 66,894 on the first day of early voting at the 2016..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…qM
@AlbionLoveDen I can identify the rescue AgustaWestland A139 flights by sound alone because their route west takes..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…73
The good ol’ Huey is such a distinctive sound. Guessed in… um… tpic.twitter.com/TnTCgWnhh1nhh1
This is going to cause certain people’s heads to explode, but it’s so good to see this Australian invention get mor..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…aM
cxi What programming language does Cleopatra use?
Not the most brilliant photograph, but today’s breakfast chicken fried rice is really quite yummy pic.twitter.com/S9nMRygzwB
TheShovel Steve Dickson: “I went to a strip club and then tried to secure $20 million from a foreign organisation in order to..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…pJ
NewtonMark Sounds like a good application for a błöçkčhåīñ. twitter.com/unixbigot/stat…
MarkScherz VERY IMPORTANT FROG CONTENT:
This is Rhombophryne testudo, described in 1880 by Oskar Boettger. I have longed to s..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Ql
erstkate Schadenfreude aside, One Nation senators are like zombies. One falls, another one crawls out of the soil, decomposi..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…PE
Charalanahzard I just came across a thread where a dude who photoshops my face onto porn was arguing with another dude who leaves..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…fP
@trentyarwood @R_Chirgwin @LRussellWolpe @whereisdaz The practice I go to also. But then they’ve been involved in i..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…bv
HeerJeet This exchange distills a lot of libertarian vs. non-libertarian arguments. pic.twitter.com/dq7WJQ1MNu
@dahowlett Hah! Well played.
@thetomzone @Slade Also, if it’s an O, shouldn’t we see the background through the hole?
@dahowlett What have you been charged with?
Slade This Chase tweet isn’t quite Brand Tweet Hall of Fame, but it’s very, very good. For the record, these are the top..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…GQ
Slade This would be a weird tweet from a thirsty instagay named Chase, let alone a bank that got $12B in bailout funds. pic.twitter.com/lqhsbLAk48
rachelking I know I shouldn’t be laughing…but I can’t stop laughing. twitter.com/marklisseman/s…
Tue plan, draft: Write for @zdnetaustralia; laundry; the edits I delayed from yesterday because I had a much-needed..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…ci
@jeffsonstein Exactly. And thank you. twitter.com/stilgherrian/s…
Tuesday. Whenever you see a melon, point and laugh loudly. You will be protected. Tuesday.
Today is Day 20 of the federal election campaign, or E minus 18. Enjoy. #ausvotes
I should be asleep. I will now attempt to rectify this situation.
@franksting Yes. I see what you mean.
@franksting Britain is deeply troubled.
@SnarkyPlatypus @johnb78 Poor turtle.
Oh is Ian Duncan Smith an actual person.
glynmoody Drop Huawei or we could cut intelligence ties, US warns UK - theguardian.com/technology/201… US tells its poodle to come to heel…#brexit
@strikhedonia01 @ausgeo Or at least pretends to. :)
QUOLL. (But check the replies for a “clarification”.) twitter.com/ausgeo/status/…
@strikhedonia01 @ausgeo QUOLL!
MikeStuchbery_ Pro-tip: If you have aspirations of a political career, don’t do a line of coke during a livestream. pic.twitter.com/v51h7V4CTo
One last plug for the night. Livestreamed stupidity on Saturday night. Details at stilgherrian.com/edict/00084a and half..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…n5
@Ifearforfuture I have not. Noted, and added to the check it out list. Thanks.
@jennylmackinnon It’s a comedy news panel game show. Probably nothing suitable?
@AusRob It’s certainly a 1970s interpretation of a 1960s concept.
@jennylmackinnon It’s probably on YouTube, but I have a VPN with unlimited data transfers so yes I am currently connecting from London.
Now I want borscht. twitter.com/sovietvisuals/…
@jennylmackinnon I’m watching it on BBC iPlayer through, ah, technical means.
@gilfer @SnarkyPlatypus @oberonsghost Yeah I’m seeing @samanthamaiden confirming that. Gawd people Do get worked up!
I know this illustration from way back when and I could never work out why they were all on sticks. twitter.com/70sscifiart/st…
@mattgillard It’s always warm in that tunnel.
Lately I’ve been watching “Breaking The News”, a panel show from BBC Scotland. Not bad at all, provided you can cop..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Ib
@mattgillard Quiet, Sir, or everyone will want one.
@NewtonMark @SnarkyPlatypus @oberonsghost @erstkate Probably just a Latham Stare Moment, wondering whether he rooted her at uni.
@jennylmackinnon @oberonsghost Well there you go.
@oberonsghost @erstkate @SnarkyPlatypus At the very least it’s awkward.
MalwareJake A tale of diversity at @cynetsystems in two pictures… pic.twitter.com/li8aKl9M5Z
@oberonsghost I don’t know that we can read too much into one still image though. Too easy to selecting out of context.
@oberonsghost I saw the photo. It’s not a good look.
@SnarkyPlatypus @Rhys_Needham The meaning of the final punchline has been lost in the mists of time, but apart from..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…fw
@oberonsghost I chianti believe it!
@Rhys_Needham @SnarkyPlatypus I don’t know if @SnarkyPlatypus knows this sketch. twitter.com/stilgherrian/s…
@dobes @garthk @NicholasFryer @jeamland Fair point.
@SnarkyPlatypus @Rhys_Needham You can’t buy broom handles online either.
@SnarkyPlatypus @Rhys_Needham Also, they are not available for online order, though fuck knows why.
@SnarkyPlatypus @Rhys_Needham Delivery options are going to depend on size and weight, obviously.
@Rhys_Needham @SnarkyPlatypus So, you want to erase your tweet?
Here all week, folks.
Oh yes! @dobes @garthk @NicholasFryer @jeamland. twitter.com/HistoryMuppet/…
@Rhys_Needham @SnarkyPlatypus If only there were some way we could find out.
@SnarkyPlatypus Don’t they do delivery?
I’d forgotten about this wonderful song! twitter.com/gavmacn/status…
NewtonMark I know you despise them all, but when you vote have a think about who should be getting your $2.35 worth of AEC ele..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…kN
@twcau It’s an external event management company, so no they don’t. :)
@Shiv1000 No no, still with the gin. I think for the UK’s National Archives that gin is the way to go.
@SnarkyPlatypus I am shocked to hear this.
Hey does anyone want a Monday night rabbit-hole to go down? The The National Archives UK’s Flickr account…twitter.com/i/web/status/1…dl
I support this proposal. twitter.com/arizclint/stat…
@RealNickHodge @SnarkyPlatypus Most things., I’d have thought.
@upulie @SnarkyPlatypus @RealNickHodge This is one of my favourites. “Wind Costume’. Late 19th century Japanese han..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…PU
@upulie @SnarkyPlatypus @RealNickHodge Indeed. As I say, High Victorian portrait photograph is a fascinating genre. :)
@SnarkyPlatypus @RealNickHodge “Photograph of Ching Hook in fighting attitude. One of three photographs of boxers r..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…5P
@NewtonMark @dobes I’m now with @NicholasFryer in that The Engadine Maccas Incident needs to be acknowledges as canon.
“More than 270 died from overwork-related illnesses in Indonesia elections” reuters.com/article/us-ind… Attn: @SnarkyPlatypus.
@SnarkyPlatypus @RealNickHodge No, but you can have leaves in salad. In fact they’re quite common.
(Also, the musc..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Tu