Gorn.
@kcarruthers That’s not important right now.
@kcarruthers Define “important”.
@ApostrophePong Hehe exactly. Or in the Riverland, where a flock of 200 will arrive and trash your fruit crop.

stilgherrian For my American friends, some ram parts. pic.twitter.com/OAryKvFE8k
SwiftOnSecurity If you feel good about tweeting, that’s a major warning sign you’re being taken advantage of. Tweeting should alway..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Kx
@ApostrophePong Here’s another photo from a few weeks ago. twitter.com/stilgherrian/s…
@ApostrophePong They make great pets. They live up to 20 years in the wild but as pets to 40 years or even more.
@stacejarman I wish I’d been there when he was doing it. These birds can be so determinedly methodical.
I hope @ApostrophePong has seen the excellent work of this sulphur-crested cockatoo in Katoomba. It made the news b..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…7h
@holly @adegiulio I don’t think he’s ever been named. He’s still a wild bird, technically. He does have a mate, but she’s more stand-offish.
@adegiulio @holly Here’s a close-up taken a few months ago. twitter.com/stilgherrian/s…
@adegiulio @holly Oh yes, as tweeted earlier today, and as cited in the Guardian article, I know this specific bird personally.
@JohnBirmingham I’m appreciating how Muffingeddon has begun.
@JustJimWillDo @JohnBirmingham He seems to be surviving so far.
@adegiulio @holly They are jerks. :)
(We tend to take their beauty for granted. It’s less appealing once they start eating your house.)
@JohnBirmingham And it’s a phrase that can be used in so many circumstances.
I very much appreciate, @JohnBirmingham, that the last three words of chapter 14 are “… but with muffins.”

Also for my American friends, a before and after pair for 4 July from the redoubtable @roweafr. pic.twitter.com/gn1I6aMiLK
@Caroleina2 @erstkate Well… Now that you mention it…
Chapter 13: Demonstrable stupidity.
@ahermitsvino Ah yes, so I can.
@erstkate [Blink]
@parsect Eek, I’ll pay that.
@JustJimWillDo Both Mr @JohnBirmingham’s story and the narrator, a Mr Rupert Degas, are very good. Degas captures JB’s wry asides perfectly.
@JustJimWillDo I understand. Which is why I listen at some times and not at others.
@erstkate Aren’t they… extensive.

For my American friends, some ram parts. pic.twitter.com/OAryKvFE8k
erstkate This is frightening real. twitter.com/destroy_robots…
@oberonsghost @NewtonMark I’m just trying to help.
I’m only up to chapter 12, but that’s because I’m savouring it, and don’t want to listen when I’m drowsy. twitter.com/JohnBirmingham…

This graphics-heavy explainer of the Strait of Hormuz is very good. It’s from @Reuters. graphics.reuters.com/MIDEAST-ATTACK… pic.twitter.com/Ursrh6OHET
JohnBirmingham See. Jan bought a copy and now he is happy. End your misery and the grinding pointlessness of your existence with a..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…8q
@DavidFeng Can’t show you one of those S-Set trains, though, that was their last day.

Noodles, etc. pic.twitter.com/O9HcrkpQu1
The tl;dr of this: “Human Services claimed people wouldn’t pay debts if informed about its IT systems”..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Pp
Attn: @DavidFeng. twitter.com/TrainsInfo/sta…
@jpwarren This is all quite amusing*.
jpwarren I will take this shit to the High Court if I have to. DHS need to realise this is not a rational negotiation, and I..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…0m
jpwarren DHS have just emailed me to say they’ve appealed this to AAT: austlii.edu.au/cgi-bin/viewdo… #FOI
They *really* want to ke..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…29
Bay-bee Trump doodoo do-do do-do… twitter.com/CNN/status/114…
@marcuskelson Indeed. We have a selection to choose from.
@UnaBubba Poor horse.
@weezmgk @paulbrislen @R_Chirgwin @purserj @joshgnosis @dobes This sounds quite messy.
I think @CptHollingworth is obsessed with elves and poo.
MsLods PJCIS committee members: aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_…
Chair & Deputy Chair same as last Parliament.
New members: David..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Lj
@playswithf1re Pffft!
michael_ASPI Neighbours want more commitment from Australia than us using their territory to defeat attacks on ourselves. A mar..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…99
newsrolando Top questions on Google today:
1 Why do we celebrate 4th of July?
2 When is Independence Day?
3 How many days unti..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Cn
@playswithf1re Well I did post that three hours ago, so it’s hardly my fault.
Stuartcorner The Victorian Government is looking for up to 600 farms to take part in a trial of on-farm Internet of things devic..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Rm
@paulbrislen @R_Chirgwin @purserj @joshgnosis @dobes [Making a note]
Ciaraioch People that say they don’t “get” Twitter are always the ones that just use it to post occasional photos of themselv..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…eS
@paulbrislen @R_Chirgwin @purserj @joshgnosis @dobes How do you “make” these sulphur-crested bastards do anything? :)
@R_Chirgwin @purserj @paulbrislen @joshgnosis @dobes Plus two or three really big mobs of the fuckers nearby.
stilgherrian “Encryption laws are creating an exodus of data from Australia: Vault” by @dobes zdnet.com/article/encryp… “Detriment..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Ym
@marcuskelson @niltiac @joshgnosis @dobes @purserj Though I see that Josh has cited a WA story of corellas ripping up anti-bird spikes.
@niltiac @marcuskelson @joshgnosis @dobes @purserj Well, true, but odd on etc.
@paulbrislen @R_Chirgwin @joshgnosis @dobes @purserj I’m amused that some of us know specifically which individual jerkbird it is too.
@marcuskelson @joshgnosis @dobes @purserj Lol what else would it be?

@R_Chirgwin @joshgnosis @dobes @purserj Oh sure, he’s eminently approachable. pic.twitter.com/EclyTAubGf
@dobes @joshgnosis @purserj I’ve been called worse.
@joshgnosis @dobes @purserj As long as we’re covering the important news here, Josh.
@joshgnosis @dobes @purserj He tried to steal the shopping from my supermarket trolley once.
@joshgnosis @dobes @purserj Heh. That wall is on Katoomba Street. This is the spot. He cons tourists out of their s..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…QN

@joshgnosis @dobes @purserj I have several photos of that specific jerkbird. He is a liar and a thief. pic.twitter.com/epo20crrEE
@purserj @dobes I also know this jerkbird personally. For that one and its mate, that’s their window sill. They’re..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…cE
As usual, the score is Jerkbirds 1, Humans 0. theguardian.com/environment/20…
@davispg Heh.
@parisba My pleasure. Or possibly your pleasure.
@trentyarwood Thanks for the shout-out in your post, but if you want to link directly to that clip it’s here. twitter.com/andthomsydney/…
@jeamland You’re going to milk this joke for all it’s worth, right?
@JustJimWillDo @djackmanson This is capitalism gone mad!

I am still laughing about this. pic.twitter.com/rMVQ55J7mx
@JustJimWillDo I’ll see how I go. I’m really quite tired today.

Just think about this for a while. pic.twitter.com/Unarb9ifuZ
“Anaconda, the Lady of the Snake, is now taking private bookings.” twitter.com/parisba/status…
What else can I complain about?
Some people shock way too easily. twitter.com/Cosmopolitan/s…
@ashabeeeee @dobes @rohan_p Crying now.

Hahahaha so why are we even listening to these two officials? nbcnews.com/news/china/chi… pic.twitter.com/n0zWnNKH39
pptsapper “nothin more American than hot dogs, hamburgers, and apple pie,” says the denizen of the suburbs, about food introd..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Dl
@insurgoformica Sad but true.
This is for @SnarkyPlatypus. twitter.com/evaindira1/sta…
@insurgoformica I can’t wait. Well, actually I can, because I still won’t be watching “The Bad Program (Sunday)”.
Also, CHINA CHINA CHINA CHINA CHINA CHINA CHINA CHINA CHINA CHINA.
@RealNickHodge Yes, I know this, but I’m having a sook anyway.
@vealmince Yes. Grrr.
Shut up I’m having a sook.
To be fair to @abcnews, they’re only echoing the original international reporting, but still, the headline strikes..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…I1
IMPORTANT CORRECTION: This is from 2016, not last week. Going back three years to find a good example is not a good..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…ms
@swearyanthony Ah.
@teambuild3r @ashabeeeee You’ve gone soft.
Don’t @ me.
The important issue in the @abcnews story should* be that it’s a big grunty anti-shipping missile, not that it’s “b..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…ij
“Ballistic” just means “moving under the force of gravity only”. Someone walking nearby just threw a carton at me…twitter.com/i/web/status/1…pJ
China has led the way with this sort of thing. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-ship… I can’t find anything saying what sort of mi..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…mm
“Beijing conducts ‘concerning’ ballistic missile testing in contested South China Sea” abc.net.au/news/2019-07-0… IMPO..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…bj
@teambuild3r @ashabeeeee You mean going for the ID and voting stuff?
This is from last week, and it’s 12 minutes of Senator Cash’s dulcet tones to endure, but it’s also yet another exa..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…6L
@RealNickHodge @ashabeeeee I’m just liking how @dobes made @ashabeeeee go across the road to take a photo of a post..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…xF
Rule 34. twitter.com/ellinghausen/s…
GrogsGamut That’s probably something you’d want checked twitter.com/guardianaus/st…
@RealNickHodge @ashabeeeee I will refrain from commenting on Australia Post today.
Today’s @7ampodcast “Faith and taxes” is the weekly wrap with @PaulBongiorno and therefore it’s quite good. pca.st/0IB5
@ashabeeeee I’m sure that @jpwarren will be shocked and surprised by this news.
“Audit finds Australia Post not effectively managing cyber risks” by @ashabeeeee
zdnet.com/article/audit-… AustPost “..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Fk
campuscodi @Techmeme Per local media, Tokyo police arrested two Chinese men in their 20s earlier today after they tried to use..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…R7
campuscodi @Techmeme In two days, hackers hijacked 900 accounts and made unwanted charges for a total of half a million dollar..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Gx
campuscodi @Techmeme 7-Eleven’s newly launched mobile payments app barely lasted a day without being abused.
A day after laun..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…6G
campuscodi Hackers exploit 7-Eleven’s poorly designed password reset function to steal ¥55 million ($510,000) from 900 users o..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Sq
@davispg I don’t have a handy sandbox to open that .zip with, alas. I’m guessing this one is credit cards. As for t..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…zD
Fri plan, draft: After another series of vivid nightmares, it’s a slow start. Given how tired I am, I think today w..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…JO

I like a day when the weather is consistent. pic.twitter.com/e7wQGYRtDM
@davispg But that said, yep, still plenty of .zip attachments out there.
@davispg I don’t have stats about this, or even feels. I only tweet what jumps out at me, and I personally hadn’t s..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…iX
RadioFreeTom Never be the last comrade to stop clapping twitter.com/AriFleischer/s…
NSW DRIVERS: There’s fake RMS E-Toll statements out there. Do not open the attachment, obviously.
More generally,..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Q4
@GreenJ That is… magnificent.
GreenJ what Jonah Ryan did next … twitter.com/FordFischer/st…
@dobes @munin It’s a mess. It’ll be interesting to see the Carnegie Endowment’s Encryption Working Group policy res..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…p3
@dobes ICYMI in May, my 5000-word paper “The Encryption Debate in Australia” for @CarnegieEndow..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…x4
@dobes This is all wonderful stuff. #aabill twitter.com/dobes/status/1…
@dobes I imagine the data is surging to countries that might have something called, oh, the Patriot Act, say. So that’s all fine.
“Encryption laws are creating an exodus of data from Australia: Vault” by @dobes zdnet.com/article/encryp… “Detriment..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Ym
@oberonsghost No power tools, alas. Can we make a joke about “cultivators”?
@oberonsghost These Saxon people do quite the range of garden products. bunnings.com.au/our-range/bran…

What an ironic product name. Att: @oberonsghost and all historians. pic.twitter.com/ATfT8xdVsi
@NewtonMark @baxters My phone is only not on silent when I’m expecting a specific call in a next few minutes, say f..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…G9
@CosmicRami @Nextlaunch Thanks for the reminder. I’ll be looking at next week today. I know I’m definitely in Sydney on Thursday.
@CosmicRami @Nextlaunch Thank you so much! There was no huge rush, but if I can make my silly idea work, I will.
@oberonsghost Thank you. We all need to take part, though.
@jpwarren @dobes Alas I think it’s a fake. Nothing showing up in Google News, there’s a location mismatch, and no o..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…JR
The people have spoken, if unimaginatively. twitter.com/stilgherrian/s…
Friday. Destroy all of the paperwork. Friday.