Gorn.
erstkate I’m thinking these pants pic.twitter.com/QAAMs8ZeDf
@SnarkyPlatypus I thought @dobes’ headline was about right. zdnet.com/article/nbn-re…
@SnarkyPlatypus The whole thread is quite familiar…
@SnarkyPlatypus @jonoabroad You do need the first series to understand how the universe works though.
@wolfcat @Spannerx12 I am sick of these lies.
BBCPolitics Labour will back an amendment next week calling for a referendum on PM’s #Brexit deal says Shadow Brexit Secretary..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…qu
@_skeletonmeat Oui. It’s not the file system, because that’s the same as last month. I’m more just curious than irritated.
Ah, it’s probably just being throttled to a lower priority. I am fine with this.
Since upgrading to the latest macOS and iOS my Time Machine backups have been taking fucking forever.
@NickyWill100 @JWestgarth @SnarkyPlatypus NO SPOILERS! ;)
stilgherrian It’s Aussie Bird Count this week, starting Monday! aussiebirdcount.org.au #AussieBirdCount
@NickyWill100 @JWestgarth @SnarkyPlatypus I’ll definitely start at the beginning, cheers.
Listening to an episode of The Ron Burgundy Podcast from February, “The Top 10 Women with RuPaul” pca.st/7m15
@NewtonMark You can’t just turn the plane upside down and shake? :) Nah, you’ll need to give it a good suck.
@NickyWill100 @JWestgarth Ooh! This sounds like @SnarkyPlatypus content!
@NewtonMark Except with the washing machine, at the end of it all your underpants would be clean.
@NewtonMark [Nods] I was thinking about the lumpiness as well as the dust.
@NickyWill100 The Herald knows its readership. ;)
@NewtonMark Did the dust storm actually disrupt your schedule?
There’s also a push for me to do a live dramatic reading of @CyberGovAU’s “Cyber Security Terminology” glossary wit..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Bo
If you’ve not listened before, the most recent episode was “The 9pm Authoritarian Tentacles” in August…twitter.com/i/web/status/1…pu
PODCAST UPDATE: I hope to do an episode of “The 9pm Edict” on Thu or Fri. Remember to throw a few coins into the ti..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Nq
NEW BLOG POST: “Weekly Wrap 490: Spring continues, with out-of-touch cyber bosses” stilgherrian.com/weekly-wrap/49… Covers 1..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…CS
@swearyanthony I have zero sympathy for arsehats like them.
Ah. “Shooting pets, spying and no washing on balconies: Australia’s strata wars” by @GaryNunn1 theguardian.com/australia-news… HT @swearyanthony.
@swearyanthony Quite possibly, though I don’t recall seeing it. It’s a rich vein.
Maybe I should do an essay or photo essay on all the entitled whinges that happen in strata title apartment buildin..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…r4
Yeah? And then what? What do you think will happen? #StrataTitleArsehats pic.twitter.com/C9DyiWKwoQ
@glengyron Yes. Chatswood.
madd_sarah I just saw mashed potato referred to as Irish guacamole and I am done
Sun plan, remainder, now that we’re back at Chatswood: Nap; Weekly Wrap (written but not yet posted); quiet evening..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…0v
@Patrickavenell Your next door neighbours.
Most of the time I don’t feel like fellating Scott Morrison. twitter.com/haruki_zaemon/…
drunkenmadman The rest of the world have things called “laws” enforced by people broadly termed “law enforcement”. That’s how I’m..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…qi
MavenofHonor {camera pans to silver cocktail shaker grasped by tentacle}
NewtonMark This doesn’t happen, and the extent to which Liberal Party members are “concerned” about it is simply a measure of..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…8c
Well Danny Said is clearly a twat. twitter.com/smh/status/118…
GordyPls Ok but Nest owners are unlikely to have friends. twitter.com/justinhendrix/…
@DanielOCnr @garthk @GordyPls @NewtonMark Ah, so Twitter bot into IoT prayer device? This could work.
HALESCOUSE @ByDonkeys And of course, not far from Castlebank Street in Partick was this classic of our time. pic.twitter.com/RPIutcvlIK
@davpope @meggsy46 @brucerossbrc @canberratimes @dobes @SnarkyPlatypus @jpwarren Meh. The pianola metaphor is superb.
Thanks, everyone. The consensus seems to be along these lines. Generic American English now, with no specific marke..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Bf
Look over the years I’ve made some seriously poor choices about who I’ve woken up with, but never anything this hor..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Y6
@munin Ubiquitous then? You have the sense I mean, but I’m wondering if there’s a sociolinguistic aspect.
@jpwarren Then we must irradiate the children in an organised fashion!
Dear Americans and Linguists, is using “hoops” for “basketball” ubiquitous, or particularly black or white, or regional, or what?
juhasaarinen The Great Magic Pine Cone Sceptre pic.twitter.com/bxlPHgh6wp
katinacurtis The Sultan of Brunei opened his meeting with Morrison by complimenting him on how well Australia was doing in the r..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…vt
CosmicRami My views are that Neil D. Tyson and Lawrence Krauss are garbage human beings.
If this offends you, just use the un..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…i5
ElsaSketch I collected every single item in the game and brought it back to the goose lair. I think I officially completed the..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…X9
@NuclearAnthro Oh it’s magnificent.
D_Keating What your mates say when you ask if they brought the cheap vodka twitter.com/railmaps/statu…
Why people watch the series “The Big Bang Theory”. twitter.com/Forbes/status/…
Support this. More children should be randomly irradiated. twitter.com/jpwarren/statu…
Oh. That hashtag looks like “Arouse Hill”.
“My God, it’s full of bogans.” #2019arousehillodyssey
pookleblinky I bet you solid money elon musk would take a pill of horse shit every day if you told him to
@GordyPls @garthk @NewtonMark Bah, like I would ever abuse this kind of responsibility.
41Strange Artist and designer Rob Loukotka has drawn every product the ACME Corporation ever sold to Wile E. Coyote pic.twitter.com/lHst7M7l4d
@NuclearAnthro Also, I’m pretending to have not seen the second half of that tweet.
@NuclearAnthro I read that as “axolotl medication” and now I think you should get an axolotl.
Providing rugby commentary to the burghers of Rouse Hill. No, really.
@garthk @GordyPls @NewtonMark No I should come up with the prayers.
Of course they fuckin’ aren’t. twitter.com/chronicle/stat…
@GordyPls @NewtonMark But why?
@GordyPls @NewtonMark You mean pwned by someone other than the Pope?
The outer suburbs, where we’ll just close the footpath without offering an alternative. A complaint shall be filed. pic.twitter.com/ZcaZMZi8zh
Honk!
Arriving at Kellyville. One stop to Rouse Hill. Very excite.
RichardAOB The White Australia Policy was dismantled in 1973, shortly after the election of the Whitlam Government.
It was als..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…yz
@jxeeno @SnarkyPlatypus Hahaha that is indeed very nerdy.
@jxeeno @SnarkyPlatypus Yep. They do an adequate lunch, and there’s enough hidey-holes to avoid the majority of the fuckheads.
@jxeeno It does. @SnarkyPlatypus and I will have Sunday Lunch in Rouse Hill.
It’s Aussie Bird Count this week, starting Monday! aussiebirdcount.org.au #AussieBirdCount
Red-Bellied Black Snake is a very good snake, unless it bites you. twitter.com/le_rako/status…
@misosusanowa Some pedantry is good pedantry. :)
@NewtonMark @jpwarren @staticsan @moylecroft @dobes Just checking.
@BlueJayGliding @erstkate @katticus28 @NewtonMark @camulust @nowimcarol @SnarkyPlatypus Hmmm. Maybe. I’ll think abo..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…ma
@playswithf1re That IS interesting. I think I agree with the argument too. But yeah, the ending is stock and trite,..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…AB
@jstogdill Once you hit about 15 or 16 it’s all the same, I think. At least until the toilets back up.
TheRetroRoomRoo This is Charles, the man who took the Windows XP background photo in Sonoma, California. 😎🤘📷 pic.twitter.com/NoRFGKDQIo
Sun plan, confirmed: Ponder the week ahead (done); Sunday Lunch, Rouse Hill; Weekly Wrap (written but not yet posted); quiet evening.
@BlueJayGliding @erstkate @katticus28 @NewtonMark @camulust @nowimcarol @SnarkyPlatypus Wait. I’ve had an idea. pic.twitter.com/ibFLAphvbR
@BlueJayGliding @erstkate @katticus28 @NewtonMark @camulust @nowimcarol @SnarkyPlatypus Nothing offhand that would..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…2D
@dobes @glengyron @jeamland @joshgnosis Emma Chissitt?
@misosusanowa Thanks, yes, I know the nature image is vital, tho I wasn’t sure if a laughing continent counted. :)
@jstogdill Yeah it’s impressive stuff. I’ve flown SYD-SFO and return on a 787 and it’s comfy. Well, as comfy as 13…twitter.com/i/web/status/1…xX
@jstogdill Yeah the Trans-Pacific Fly-Bus to our patch looks scarier but the routing takes you past some suitable e..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…VO
@jstogdill Actually the Wikipedia article is probably better. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ETOPS
@jstogdill That Pacific is already routinely flown with twin-engined aircraft like the Boeing 777 and 787. Has been..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…j6
@garystark Indeed. It’s been two steps forward, etc, but there is progress.
@kcarruthers Wow. So these are new multi-use gloves? Because that’s serious commitment.
@kcarruthers So is he cleaning the windows with implements and chemicals, or just by licking them gently?
ICYMI last night, a brief film review. twitter.com/stilgherrian/s…
@kcarruthers You make him sound like a dog accepting a new kitten. I suppose that was your intention.
Sun plan, an outline: Lazy morning; Health Patrol* to Sunday Lunch (time and location TBA); ponder the week ahead;..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…6I
rodneyheron Have they moved to blockchain twitter.com/engadget/statu…
“Making it up as you go along” is also the meta-theme for Brexit.
Hmmm. I could have threaded the Time theme a little more artfully there, but I was busking before I’d had my first..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…1Y
Once it was so bold
Now, eternal October*
Time itself is dead
#haiku
* See “Eternal September”
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eternal_S…
The pensioners march,
Say they want a final say
Autumn never ends
#haiku
upulie Do YOU have a wild ass problem? twitter.com/popsci/status/…
Now to Brexit news
The unkempt man writes letters
A continent laughs
#haiku
@NewtonMark @jpwarren @staticsan @moylecroft @dobes Do you think the NBN will actually be finished by 2913 though?
Sydney’s spring continues. pic.twitter.com/4hN68he1YA
Sunday. You call, but there is no echo, and no response. You are alone in the world, and everything is your fault. Sunday.
@JustJimWillDo @dobes @JohnBirmingham *h*
@JustJimWillDo @dobes @JohnBirmingham I’m a cunt, but not that much of a cunt.
Never forget.
Ping @SnarkyPlatypus @dobes. pic.twitter.com/AEH0fa9nvh
deapoirierbooks Voldemort didn’t try to kill Harry Potter until he was 55
Darth Vader was nearly 40 when he built the Death Star
Ha..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…i5
@JustJimWillDo @dobes @JohnBirmingham Ah yeah I remember this crash now. I don’t know what to say.
@JustJimWillDo @dobes @JohnBirmingham It’s OK. Like at this hour do I even care?
Reuters BREAKING: UK lawmakers accept Letwin amendment to withhold approval of #Brexit deal until legislation to ratify it..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…0S
Oh that’s right, the British Parliament is sitting. HAHAHAHAHAHAHA.
@JustJimWillDo @dobes @JohnBirmingham Anyway, things just fall out of the sky sometimes.
@JustJimWillDo @dobes @JohnBirmingham You tell me?
@JustJimWillDo @dobes @JohnBirmingham Haven’t they fixed that?
“MV-22’s Retractable Belly Gun: 360°, Remote Controlled, HELLISH Firepower From The Sky” youtube.com/watch?v=KYJML7… Pi..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…xi
PessimistsArc 1931: Einstein blames machines for unemployment in great depression… 🕳️timesmachine.nytimes.com/svc/tmach/v1/r… pic.twitter.com/hhjTlzjnn8
leifnixon @stilgherrian Random association; Swedish Cold War-era coastal artillery bunkers had this big ass breaker.
“KRIG”..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Tr
@leifnixon That’s magnificent!
@leifnixon This is the Time To Intercept computer. pic.twitter.com/Lcsr4v5TCp
@leifnixon Time to intercept! pic.twitter.com/IGslU8Wv1n
@leifnixon Indeed. :) I’ve actually visited the restored Nike base north of San Francisco. Fascinating stuff.
@NewtonMark I note also that the Spitfire has a German civilian reg.