I have some other proposals for improving the process but I’ll save them for another day.
I reckon #estimates would get to the core of the matter quicker if witnesses were hung by their ankles and poked with sticks.
@dobes Exactly. twitter.com/OKCFOX/status/…
I definitely don’t want to hear anyone else’s bad pumpkin opinions.
@DrRhysPockett It’s pig fodder.
@DrRhysPockett Is this about the pumpkin?
@elronxenu One must always follow procedure.
@jonoabroad @manindotblack @kpfaulkner @SnarkyPlatypus I loathe the audience participation stuff. If you’re an actu..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…eC

best_in_dumbest Let’s get the “Hog”
out of “Pathogen” pic.twitter.com/ich9Ls9Q5J

best_in_dumbest You can’t spell
“Shogun” without
“Hog” pic.twitter.com/TMNWn34hOX
welivinasociety this halloween i’m going as someone asking how the writing’s coming along
@manindotblack @kpfaulkner @jonoabroad @SnarkyPlatypus I’m pretty sure there’s NO way I’d get him to do the audience participation version.
@manindotblack No.
@jonoabroad @kpfaulkner @SnarkyPlatypus I was wondering that too. As a tribute to 50s sci-fi and camp, it probably..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…1P

@SnarkyPlatypus @erstkate Big tick! pic.twitter.com/SsB0GvPen8
@SnarkyPlatypus @SuperCroup What have I done.
@Davelennonabc I remember seeing a fascinating interview with Sharon Osbourne about the Kray Twins. It was fascinating.
This is like listing “12 most comfortable ways to shit barbed wire”. twitter.com/GuardianAus/st…
@SuperCroup What have I done…
@kpfaulkner @jonoabroad @SnarkyPlatypus As an aside, @SnarkyPlatypus has never seen “The Rocky Horror Picture Show”..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…kY
Happy birthday to Reggie and Ronnie! twitter.com/FXMC1957/statu…
@jonoabroad @kpfaulkner Only slightly melodramatic. @SnarkyPlatypus would love the production of that song too.
@erstkate I can see @SnarkyPlatypus doing this with his grandchildren.
@joshgnosis Curious.
Which is not the same as saying you hadn’t spoken with someone in the Prime Minister’s office, of course, nor that..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…qV
@chris_bloke @R_Chirgwin @trentyarwood Yes please do.
@kpfaulkner @jonoabroad Oh that’s good.
@jonoabroad Where is Elke going? I am out of touch.
cstross The Glaswegian police plan for the Brexit apocalypse: i.redd.it/3w2mdli5x9u31.…
@jpwarren Why is that woman even laughing? She is not alone with a salad.
@Rhys_Needham Oh there’s something to look forward to!
@dobes @R_Chirgwin @trentyarwood Early days yet.

Walk your own path! pic.twitter.com/KsmxqrSS7i
@maldamkar How would the people die?
“Kanye West’s dome-shaped housing prototypes are demolished” (16 Sep) dezeen.com/2019/09/16/kan…
At Chatswood, a big video screen is promoting this story. Don’t ask. But…
“Kanye Is Building ‘Star Wars’-Inspire..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Bl
Timeless tweet. twitter.com/GreenJ/status/…
@R_Chirgwin @trentyarwood We are so fucked.

Can you issue these for, like, anyone? pic.twitter.com/zAQtGonrZZ
@dobes Oh well I definitely support that sort of thing.

I didn’t realise there was a Zombie Angus Taylor. pic.twitter.com/gL0wldP7DD
UncleDuke1969 There are very few things more embarrassing than finding out you’ve been doing something the wrong way your entire..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Qk
“Let’s have lunch at X. It’s not as bad as it sounds.”
@PointZeroOne @RealNickHodge Pffft!
“What we don’t know: Is our Prime Minister a nutter?” by @MichaelPascoe01 thenewdaily.com.au/news/national/…
“Government underreported sick and disabled people on Newstart by 80,000,” because of course they did. theguardian.com/australia-news…

Unknown air battles of the Emu Wars. @RealNickHodge pic.twitter.com/V60bwnHJHy
Thu plan, kinda: I’ve finally put on some pants and complained about a few things. Soon, I’ll combine Health Patrol..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…j3

@Eccles9 @zdnetaustralia @dobes @campbell_kwan @MacqDictionary Meanwhile, back at “buggerlugs” etc. pic.twitter.com/Z4dX6D0xwq

@Eccles9 @zdnetaustralia @dobes @campbell_kwan @MacqDictionary OED seems to have another view. pic.twitter.com/xve4CvIm0Y

@RhombusHatesYou @abcnews @SnarkyPlatypus “We will fight them on the borders…” pic.twitter.com/Yvpjo1ir6K
@Eccles9 @zdnetaustralia @dobes @campbell_kwan @MacqDictionary Absolutely!
GeneHealy Cartoonish, sweaty, and homoerotic, then?
tmz.com/2019/10/23/con…
The full version of that brilliant @abcnews report on how insurance costs will surge due to climate change…twitter.com/i/web/status/1…R3
Listening to “Former [US] Secretary of Defense James Mattis on Syria, Leadership and Top National Security Threats”..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…nl
D_Keating I think I remember this 90s TV show. twitter.com/ColleenLavelle…
@Eccles9 @zdnetaustralia @dobes @campbell_kwan @MacqDictionary This is getting more and more interesting by the moment!
stilgherrian Me at @zdnetaustralia Wednesday: “‘No such thing’ as cyber warfare: Australia’s head of cyber warfare” zd.net/2BBsDge
“Home Affairs and Border Force executives to appear at ACLEI’s first inquiry with former ABF chief Roman Quaedvlieg..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…e7
christianmccrea What’s the point of Zuckerberg getting flustered every six months and nothing ever changing, exactly? This freak is..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Dy
@JustJimWillDo @veritychambers Excellent.
So to speak. twitter.com/DeptDefence/st…
zzap The myth that humans were ever in control of their actions is AI revisionist propaganda from the future.
@veritychambers My pleasure, and thanks, but do spread your net wider. I’m a bit of a crank.
@RhombusHatesYou @zdnetaustralia @dobes @campbell_kwan @MacqDictionary I was waiting for that…twitter.com/i/web/status/1…QW
@Eccles9 @zdnetaustralia @dobes @campbell_kwan @MacqDictionary I’m still not sure about this etymology. But who am..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…NU
HOW MANY ALDI BAGS WILL THIS BE. twitter.com/GuardianAus/st…
@reselsnark @SnarkyPlatypus E Street Episode 1 - ‘Tuesday’ youtube.com/watch?v=yCuT0_… IT’S A 90-MINUTE DOUBLE EPISODE..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…k2
HELLO AUSTRALIA! Let’s all watch “E Street”. youtube.com/watch?v=CSUcEA…
@reselsnark @SnarkyPlatypus
glengyron So. I just grabbed a pram as a distracted mother let it go sliding down Dixon street because she was busy taking a..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…7A
@reselsnark Hahaha OK yes so this actually happened. Attn: @SnarkyPlatypus.
@Miah_HE @zdnetaustralia @dobes @campbell_kwan @MacqDictionary And yet that is the @MacqDictionary’s head word, so..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…ES
stilgherrian @zdnetaustralia @dobes @campbell_kwan @MacqDictionary IMPORTANT POLL FOR AUSTRALIANS ONLY: How would you spell it?..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…0g
@MacqDictionary It’s starting to look that way, eh. :) I’d never even considered “buggerlugs”. To the Corpus!
@veritychambers I just checked. The new site is on page 4 of my Google results for the exact phrase “your right to..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…DR
@reselsnark Right then.
@veritychambers Google’s actual list of factors is a trade secret, of course, and constantly changing, but the SEO..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…2D
@veritychambers That plus the search “your night to know” is a pretty generic phrase. In my results, I get lots of..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…3G
@veritychambers Yes, you are. The “official” site is also brand new and therefore has very few links to it. The ot..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…ZJ
mikeduncan The sooner we admit that Zuckerberg is a massively in-over-his-head internet scammer and not some evolutionarily ad..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Ft
I have completely forgotten why I’m doing this.
Emma Egg Vibrator: “The Emma Egg vibrator is named after Lady Emma Hamilton, an 18th century artist, actress, singe..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…sz
The Squish: “Record and design your own patterns by pressing the button, making it a mini vibrator with unlimited p..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Kd
@dobes @SnarkyPlatypus The Gong Jerk Clan need to fly up here to run a masterclass.
@SnarkyPlatypus @dobes It’s a lovely day for jerkbirds.

Anyway I’ll just leave this here. pic.twitter.com/GLCpk3Xrdt

What a section heading. pic.twitter.com/7Ziu1PYmbj
@dobes @ashabeeeee @campbell_kwan This is good to hear.
“37 Best Bullet Vibrators: A Guide to Bullets, Eggs, and Other Mini Vibes” sextoycollective.com/best-vibrators…
@ashabeeeee @dobes Now I’m wondering whether I should post the, um, product I’ve just found during a related Google search.
“No silver bullet for online porn says Australian eSafety Commissioner” by @ashabeeeee zdnet.com/article/no-sil… Is t..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…du
@veritychambers Beyond saying “Google and Bing are different”, no. Both measure a bazillion factors, including thei..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…pw
@trentyarwood Why is my bum-pus being fed through parliament?
@trentyarwood There is that, yeah. Still, small victories etc.
@CptHollingworth I look exactly like in the diagram.
“Find out how an anal abscess becomes a fistula in this blog from our Beverly Hills colorectal surgeons.”..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…F0
@JillJslay Thanks, Jill. A political dimension to MAJGEN Thompson’s excellent questions is whether The Pollies™ are..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…WN
PJCIS says “the Bill should be amended to ensure that automated decision-making, can only be used for decisions tha..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…g3
“Committee orders complete redrafting of Biometric Bills as privacy safeguards deemed inadequate” by @ashabeeeee zdnet.com/article/commit…
@bigbadave Oh good. I never know how many people’s brains make the kind of associations mine does.
Wow there’s a lot going on here. twitter.com/TomCottonAR/st…
Too niche?
Someone should buy Angus Taylor a ute.

intrepidfear Hi @newscomauHQ. Just a small thing. You’ve tagged this one Europe. Your team knows Peru is not in Europe, right? pic.twitter.com/PpNPkCwFiL
@jpwarren @DarrenODonovan @dobes @rohan_p I’m pretty sure we’ll hear all the classics this week.
Thu plan, an observation: I seem to be just arseing about in my underpants (not a sex thing) but now that I’ve fini..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Up
@dobes @erstkate @calebcluff @zdnetaustralia @campbell_kwan @MacqDictionary Agreed. I think Thompson got it right,..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…1t
Spoken like a true connoisseur, eh @dobes @jpwarren @rohan_p? twitter.com/DarrenODonovan…
@wombling “Should”? Is this a new folk etymology? :)
edbott “Do you know how much paperwork we would have to fill out if we had to document every single time we interacted wit..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…yL
@smperris Had you been aware of the Winton book?
@dobes @oberonsghost @zdnetaustralia @campbell_kwan @MacqDictionary You are having too many Opinions this morning.
edbott Couldn’t one of the male members of the House committee offered to take Zuckerberg to the House barber shop for one..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…OA

@dobes @oberonsghost @zdnetaustralia @campbell_kwan @MacqDictionary Your mob is deserting you, @dobes. pic.twitter.com/GARrc1oYQy
@LeanneMc_32 @roseannebyrne @zdnetaustralia @dobes @campbell_kwan Which region?
@dobes @oberonsghost @zdnetaustralia @campbell_kwan @MacqDictionary Look, even though one of my tutors was the chie..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…OE
@alexkidman @KeithConlon Well the ever-authoritative Urban Dictionary goes with that angle, but yeah nah.
@oberonsghost @zdnetaustralia @dobes @campbell_kwan @MacqDictionary Really? /ˈbʌgəlʌgz/? I’d definitely go /ˈbʌgʌlʌgz/ for this.
This is also very @KeithConlon content. Do you have an opinion on this one? twitter.com/stilgherrian/s…
@dobes @zdnetaustralia @campbell_kwan @MacqDictionary Maybe you want “The Australian National Dictionary” then, wit..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…ns

AndrewBrownAU Someone has made a map of Australian states with their US equivalent and it’s pretty spot on tbh pic.twitter.com/eiC8VQa3Gp
@zdnetaustralia @dobes @campbell_kwan @MacqDictionary I also see that @MacqDictionary has fudged the gloss. “A mock..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…jT
@jpwarren @benhacks @zdnetaustralia When I listened back to the recording, I found quite a few spots where phrasing..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…l3
@dobes @zdnetaustralia @campbell_kwan @MacqDictionary Wow. Just wow. Some of us might have done a bit of lexicograp..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Z1
@zdnetaustralia @dobes @campbell_kwan @MacqDictionary IMPORTANT POLL FOR AUSTRALIANS ONLY: How would you spell it?..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…0g
@zdnetaustralia @dobes @campbell_kwan Further evidence, from @MacqDictionary. They’re going with “buggerlugs”. I fe..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…qk

@zdnetaustralia @dobes @campbell_kwan The evidence. pic.twitter.com/3mJIeJ5Ud5
@zdnetaustralia I went with the spelling “buggalugs” rather than “bugalugs”, but now I see that Tim Winton went wit..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…ZS
Me at @zdnetaustralia Wednesday: “‘No such thing’ as cyber warfare: Australia’s head of cyber warfare” zd.net/2BBsDge

Sydney’s spring continues. #springtinuation pic.twitter.com/FlQfOCbO44
Thursday. Six remarkable chickens. Thursday.