I’ve had enough of Thursday. Goodnight.
stilgherrian What I don’t understand is why Peter Dutton always looks like he’s fellating an invisible horse.

stilgherrian A Message from Hive Clamilton. pic.twitter.com/kFxMKLEdrv

stilgherrian I would like to know more about the inner lives of these sunflower seeds. pic.twitter.com/kEvqo5wh5t
Of course you did, @naamanzhou, because I’m sure there’s something wrong with you. twitter.com/naamanzhou/sta…
@LaniRefiti I’ll go further than that and proclaim it the greatest diplomatic communication in American history.
“Turkish president Erdogan ‘threw Trump’s Syria letter in bin’” bbc.com/news/world-mid…
Beautiful: “Samsung: Anyone’s thumbprint can unlock Galaxy S10 phone” bbc.com/news/technolog…
@Davelennonabc Well, yes. Some folks hammer our their award entries, whatever the awards, and some don’t bother.
HAHAHAHAHAHA. twitter.com/NME/status/118…
Pffft. All rooftops are open-air urinals. Stop being such a sook. twitter.com/glengyron/stat…
@swearyanthony Brilliant work.
I am now kinda embarrassed to realise how much of this presumably fine work I’m unfamiliar with, but here’s the ful..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…56
Wow, Al Jazeera up again in this category. twitter.com/walkleys/statu…
If you haven’t seen it…
“How to Sell a Massacre P1”
youtube.com/watch?v=QYyX7O…
“How to Sell a Massacre P2”..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Zd
I only know one of these, the Al Jazeera story, but yeah that was truly awesome. Good luck, folks. twitter.com/walkleys/statu…
Mr @jonkudelka is one of the finalists for cartooning. twitter.com/walkleys/statu…
Gosh, @4corners will definitely will this Walkley because they have all three finalists nominations.
(@walkleys ha..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Dt
@JohnMartinIT @NewtonMark Yes it does, doesn’t it.
“Muffled laughter as principal asked to oink like a pig during court proceedings” abc.net.au/news/2019-10-1… #oink #likeapig
@t_mu Nah, I’m just an idiot.
@t_mu I was trying to make a joke about them not knowing what an indigenous person was, but I fucked it up. :(
GordyPls “The position pays minimum wage.”
“Ok. No thanks. I can get the minimum wage on the couch with a bong.”
“BUTBUTBUTBUT!”
GordyPls I’ve long thought setting the dole to the minimum wage would be hilarious. Not only would it lift huge numbers of p..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Ys
@t_mu A what?

I would like to know more about the inner lives of these sunflower seeds. pic.twitter.com/kEvqo5wh5t
@moylecroft @dobes @jplonie @paulwallbank @Stevie_Easton @thelaughingsub @joshgnosis Wow. I turn away from the inte..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…zU
@dobes @Stevie_Easton @thelaughingsub @joshgnosis The drugs?
@dobes @Stevie_Easton @thelaughingsub @joshgnosis Are there actually Fifield supporters? Ir maybe Fifield Truthers?
Hey @NuclearAnthro, “Chernobyl vodka: First consumer product made in exclusion zone” (8 Aug)..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…SE
Are you people on fuckin’ drugs? twitter.com/LiberalAus/sta…
I would have worded this more strongly, @thelaughingsub @dobes @joshgnosis. twitter.com/Stevie_Easton/…
@z3ndrag0n @NetThing_au Not that I can see, no. ;)
@GiovanniTorre @matkertesz My extensive research just now indicates he was also a Citizens Electoral Council candid..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…kF
@GiovanniTorre @matkertesz This is true. I may have to read these into a podcast too.
@ApostrophePong @erstkate I hope you mean “bugging” rather than “buggering”. ;)
@DanielOCnr A soothing hum…
@peter_tonoli @jpwarren @NetThing_au That or throw bread rolls, yes.
@DanielOCnr I usually have both Safari and Chrome open, though I forget why now.
@ApostrophePong @erstkate But of course. :)
I seem to be doing the appropriate amount of shitposting for a day like this. Win.

matkertesz This is fucking wild… pic.twitter.com/nR9wlAelN6
@ApostrophePong @erstkate It’s at this point I really do have to say it’s “peeling”. ;) “Peal” is what a set of bells does.
@dawnstarau And no upload whatsoever.
@erstkate @ApostrophePong Very reassuring.
DEAR ALL THE WEBSITES DON’T PLAY A FUCKING VIDEO AT ME UNLESS I ASK YOU TO YOU ATTENTION-HOGGING BANDWIDTH-SUCKING PRICKS.
sarahlovescali I love when dogs bark at a guest and you make them stop and they do but then they add this little affronted woof li..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…yk
SCIENCE! twitter.com/tashlee/status…
@johnb78 @ApostrophePong @SuperCroup I want to know which Sir Charles now, and whether that was a hotel, pub, retail store, or what.
@ApostrophePong @SuperCroup @johnb78 Oh wow I’ll have to go find that one. A mission! I have a mission!
@jpwarren @NetThing_au I thought you might be. Personally I’m hoping it kicks off some more focused debate over the coming years.
@moylecroft Yeah this is where it gets tricky.

@ApostrophePong @SuperCroup @johnb78 Have a building from Melbourne. pic.twitter.com/zgLsekUaPM
“Exclusive: U.S. carried out secret cyber strike on Iran in wake of Saudi oil attack: officials” reuters.com/article/us-usa…
MatthewBevan Nobody is better at rhetorically punching himself in the face on television than Donald Trump Jr. twitter.com/ndrew_lawrence…
@ApostrophePong Hahahaha OK, OK, I know.
@Anthony_Caruana This is a fair point, and consistent with what that Jesus bloke seems to have actually said.
@NewtonMark @dobes @rohan_p @jeamland @SnarkyPlatypus @jpwarren @garthk Very happy. :)
@ApostrophePong Anyway, it’s obviously a popular signage technology, and the older stiff is falling apart. Maybe th..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Qr
@dobes Magic, probably.
dobes Locked account people, I have a question.
If you are a locked account, replying to brands that aren’t following yo..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…bI
@Davidramli @dobes Agreed. This case is not going to get any saner as it goes, either.
NuclearAnthro I love that the BBC had to explain what floppy disks were…
…before discussing why the US used them in their nu..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…5w
@ApostrophePong Hahaha.
@ApostrophePong Ah, that’s right, it’s vinyl lettering. The dry heat probably evaporates the plasticisers. vinylletteringdirect.com.au
So @NetThing_au is on 28 Oct at UTS, “Australian internet governance community moving forward”, and the program is..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…HG
@ApostrophePong I need a good camera though. The iPhone can do only so much.
@ApostrophePong Exactly. The letters are some sort of adhesive plastic rather than paint, I believe, which is cheap..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…t7
@rohan_p @dobes @jeamland @SnarkyPlatypus @jpwarren @NewtonMark @garthk I reckon we could learn quite a lot. It mig..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…yE
@JustJimWillDo @dobes @rohan_p @jeamland @SnarkyPlatypus @jpwarren @NewtonMark @garthk Hahahahaha are you new here?
EXTREMELY CONTENT for @dobes @rohan_p @jeamland @SnarkyPlatypus @jpwarren @NewtonMark @garthk. twitter.com/thehill/status…
So the first sentence of this thread is enough for me, @dobes. twitter.com/abtnatural/sta…
CptHollingworth If Musk is right about the whole simulation thing, I want to have serious words with whoever’s writing this shit. twitter.com/abtnatural/sta…
@traceyb65 @franksting @DDsD I mean all this is true, but when I walk past an avenue of plane trees the massive rea..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…t4
@RichardTuffin Sticks in the throat, doesn’t it.
“It’s not known to what extent people have a true allergy to plane tree pollen and whether the airborne fine spiky..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…88
@RichardTuffin Sssthhhwuupt! Sssthhhwuupt! Sssthhhwuupt!
paulwallbank Fun day for CommBank’s IT bods. twitter.com/CommBank/statu…

A beautiful sign at Chatswood which I think @ApostrophePong would like. pic.twitter.com/DfkZppaqKs
@ashabeeeee @dobes @jeamland @rohan_p @jpwarren We all like memes and dreams.
@franksting Yep. Replace them all with river redgums or something, tho then the NUMBYs would complain about the pla..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…1P
@dobes Where is this, and why?
@franksting Goddammit now I’m going to get angry all over again.
@piratetwisty @NewtonMark Engineering continues to astound me.
@nolantium @NewtonMark Heavy breathing is sabotage!
@franksting Note to Self: Do not go to Pyrmont.

A Message from Hive Clamilton. pic.twitter.com/kFxMKLEdrv
@dobes I should put his name on that image. Stand by.

Remembering that Hive Clamilton was on “Four Corners” on Monday night. Right, @dobes? pic.twitter.com/IFUHjkDRBN
@Level20EastGuy Yes, plenty of journalists reporting White House confirmation of its reality.
@adamspong Doubt it’s that, I’m indoors and it’s cool enough.

andrewwhiteau My God I thought this was The Onion buzzfeednews.com/article/juliar… pic.twitter.com/YSwbVNd2OW
@kevthecamel Indeed.
@Stevie_Easton Look I’m sure it’s all just some sort of glitch.
Fair point. twitter.com/doritoeubanks/…
That thing where your MacBook Pro reboots for no clear reason.
Attn: @dobes @ashabeeeee @jeamland @rohan_p @jpwarren. twitter.com/bitcoin_txt/st…
What I don’t understand is why Peter Dutton always looks like he’s fellating an invisible horse.
snipeyhead Man, I’m really punishing the new followers today. twitter.com/crash_the_king…
One of the best things about Peter Dutton is his subtlety.
umairh Congratulations for this year’s no shit Sherlock prize in economics twitter.com/TheEconomist/s…
GrogsGamut Oh piss off. twitter.com/smh/status/118…
aleph3 ah yes, the mysterious new organism Physarum polycephalum, discovered in (checks notes indexfungorum.org/Names/namesrec…) th..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…y9
@punkscience I don’t know how much “interacting” is allowed, but Skywhale’s home base is Canberra and she tours the..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…hs
@Epigrammist @llc1138 @NewtonMark Ah, I was wondering what kind of jumpships you meant, military or civilian.
@NewtonMark And I guess that cowling isn’t *totally* essential to the aircraft working… ;)

Amazing_Maps The red areas contain half the population of Australia pic.twitter.com/03ligi7342
@punkscience Clearly you need to get out more. :)
HMSQNLZ History continuing to be made here on #WESTLANT19 - the first ever take off by a UK Lightning from our British carr..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…zP
joshgnosis This would be the one Australia is trying to copy. theguardian.com/culture/2019/s…
joshgnosis UK drops plans for online pornography age verification system theguardian.com/culture/2019/o…
@punkscience Skywhale! Or rather, The Skywhale (VH-IOQ)! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Skywh…
“NBN rejects speedtest reality for one of its own: If everyone in the world held still for a handful of years, and..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…RL
@Epigrammist @llc1138 @NewtonMark I hadn’t realised. Thanks for that.

I love you, Skywhale. pic.twitter.com/e6t0L9L0IE
@johnb78 We’re off in common law tort land here, I imagine, and US law this might actually be a thing. Worth a go for a ruling though, eh?
@llc1138 @NewtonMark Who calls it that?
I believe that Skywhale VH-IOQ is still airworthy, too.

“Skywhale donated to National Gallery of Australia” canberratimes.com.au/story/6442263/… pic.twitter.com/VlU8SEeSbj
“Newly formed CyberCX scoops up two of Australia’s cyber heavyweights” by @ashabeeeee zdnet.com/article/newly-…
“Alastair MacGibbon pops up as strategy chief at CyberCX, a new firm built via 12-way merger” by @Stevie_Easton themandarin.com.au/118102-alastai…
I don’t really see what’s wrong with this. How about you, @NewtonMark? twitter.com/DavidJay04/sta…
@jonoabroad Thanks, I’ll pass them on.
@jonoabroad @kpfaulkner I have no idea what you’re talking about.
“The Department of the Environment and Energy has been breaching the FOI Act for 10 months now” by @Stevie_Easton..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…cA
Thu plan, confirmed: Yes, it’s a Health Patrol day. We’ve had breakfast out and done some shopping, and now my char..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…rl
@Anthony_Caruana Mine was the dour Methodist / Uniting Church, but I’m guessing you moved to one of the more evange..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…sA
@mrowe It’s what’s inside that counts, so that’s a #blueandyellowtrain. If it has orange livery at the ends then it..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…3h
@Anthony_Caruana Well I was raised Protestant so I couldn’t say.
normative Almost as disturbing as the letter itself: Someone chose to leak this to Fox. Which implies that the White House th..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…d7
If you’re a cyber person near Aldershot next week then this looks a must-attend. Sadly there won’t be a podcast. twitter.com/WarTalks/statu…
@mrowe Sure. I guess.
@mrowe No, the purple ones are the InterCity V-Set stock, use for the Newcastle and Blue Mountains lines…twitter.com/i/web/status/1…H9
@mrowe Where are you catching the train from?
@markc Oh. Flies.
I guess the other thing this eRosary would be good for, what with its motion sensors, is that it can notify your pr..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…zD
“The corresponding app features personalized religious content, as well as health tracking info gleaned from the br..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…pb
It’s a Fitbit for Catholics! “Once activated, the wearer can choose to pray the standard rosary, a contemplative ro..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…tp
@expectproblems See DMs. :)
@expectproblems I am not looking forward to this. I must brave it soon enough for breakfast, because this North Sho..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…yA
@garthk Here are the currently accepted units. twitter.com/stilgherrian/s…
Thu plan, an outline: It’s a Health Patrol day, so I’ll be poking at easy things and maybe getting a little writing..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…ch
Listening to today’s @7ampodcast “Cash and the black economy” pca.st/14cneo6s
But surely this proposed lim..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…LB
Well played, @TrumpsTies. twitter.com/TrumpsTies/sta…
It’s going to be 27C in Sydney today, apparently, so there’s that.

Well this is very good, @davpope at the @canberratimes.
@dobes @SnarkyPlatypus @jpwarren pic.twitter.com/FKU6OIKPeZ
@NewtonMark I was also thinking you don’t stop pilots doing arsehat low-level flying by showing them some rather co..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…jg
“‘Unless You Fly With Safety’ is a short U.S. Air Forces film that stresses the importance of safe flying.”..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…qp
@CosmicRami Some sort of sacred mountain, apparently.

stilgherrian These new photos of Kim Jong Un are wonderful. pic.twitter.com/T7KkicSxh0
Some might consider all recruiters to be hostile, or at least an enemy of the people. twitter.com/iTnews_au/stat…
@garthk @dobes @rohan_p @jeamland @NewtonMark Goddammit.

@dobes @rohan_p @jeamland @NewtonMark There’s an endless supply. pic.twitter.com/osKFb82JgW

My new favourite genre: Paint huffer mugshots.
Attn: @dobes @rohan_p @jeamland @NewtonMark pic.twitter.com/ZI5UXkKUoI
@morebento @dobes @rohan_p @jeamland @NewtonMark Sure. Why not.
@expectproblems Carry a can of spray paint. One short burst to the face. Added bonus: Tag them for others.
@jonoabroad @zdnetaustralia Don’t hate yourself. There’s good money to be made telling people to do the things they..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…OP
RadioFreeTom Holy Mother of God, I hope this is a prank. This can’t be real. twitter.com/trish_regan/st…
Me at @zdnetaustralia Wednesday: “Australian CEOs are too overoptimistic for cybersecurity, out of touch on privacy..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Fs
ICYMI last night, an IMPORTANT POLL. Please retweet for Science. twitter.com/stilgherrian/s…
Annoying Side Effects morning again, I see.
Thursday. One, two, three. Start again. No, start again! Sigh. You will never get this right. Thursday.