@Pasquale_Stella Wait, what?
@Rhys_Needham @SnarkyPlatypus Shoosh.
@swearyanthony @LapTop006 @NewtonMark What the fuck is wrong with you people?
RT @stilgherrian: @NetThing_au For @NetThing_au, they’ve reminded us of the UNGGE agreed set of cyber norms to discuss. Yep, we’re all adhe…
RT @NewtonMark: Describing a major Sydney property development project as “The next Barangaroo†is dickishly brave. https://t.co/birHoRL9sq
So this whole concept of a media thing — a blog or a video series — called Dire Straights really appeals to me,… https://t.co/imf2wl45fj
SnarkyPlatypus Dire Straights: a weekly dance party for queers and share our strange experiences of straight culture
RT @stilgherrian: Recently from the Wonderful Australian Parliamentary Library: “Foreign interference — neither new nor limited to China†(…
@stufromoz @jonoabroad I’m kinda anti anyone having to carry ID cards, so I guess I should read this with more atte… https://t.co/3539hKTEAF
@jonoabroad Well here we are.
@RealNickHodge Ditto. He seems to have a clue.
@jpwarren @NewtonMark You’re not helping.
@RealNickHodge It’s a great video, eh.
What the fuck even is this? https://t.co/muPyZ7Esux
@k_morrissey @NewtonMark @rwerkh And nothing else.
@k_morrissey @NewtonMark @rwerkh And isn’t it beautiful.
@PaulHenry524 @NewtonMark As we all are.
@PaulHenry524 @NewtonMark Feeling old? :)
@NewtonMark @rwerkh Still, it did the job. Half a century ago.
@NewtonMark @rwerkh So, where is this? ;)
@LapTop006 That’s pretty much it. Goddam Skunkworks and, well, bolt random shit together to make an aircraft. I love it.
@NewtonMark How much of the flight was upside down?
@NewtonMark @rwerkh Sure, but isn’t it a magnificent piece of kit. Also, when at altitude, it’s like about a 10kt d… https://t.co/yXZDCLULcY
@LapTop006 Yes.
RT @genericitis: @NewtonMark @stilgherrian @SnarkyPlatypus I’m choosing to pair @NewtonMark’s tweet with the one below it. https://t.co/D3U…
@NewtonMark But sure, it has wings.
@NewtonMark This is insane, because it’s in the air before the engines have even finished spooling up.
“Unbelievably Quick U-2 Spy Plane Takeoffs†https://t.co/Zp63ZjVEVL @NewtonMark
This is very @SnarkyPlatypus content. #antlers https://t.co/wZ2jKzZ3hW
“Churchill Was a Drunk… or was he?! - Doped WW2 Leaders Part 2†https://t.co/edZXs9x2f4
@RealNickHodge would like this.
@jasminchill So, it’s not about whether the technology is ready (technology can have a stance?) but whether the lea… https://t.co/N2gGIQDoqQ
@InflatablePlant It could have been so good. :)
@InflatablePlant Goddammit now I see what you meant, and yeah that was a good one.
@JonathanPieNews This is a particularly good episode. Not as funny as you might like, but pertinent.
New @JonathanPieNews: “Have you heard the one about the iced bun?†https://t.co/Y2W6iIfPCS
@Gwyntaglaw @DavidFeng @geofftech I would never lie about railway stations.
@nnwakelam Mate you haven’t lived.
“Classical Musicians React to Violin in Cartoons†but yeah it’s @TwoSetViolin https://t.co/kjNaeaLzZ6
@InflatablePlant I’m definitely sure I have no idea what you mean.
RT @Steve_Lockstep: A few years ago, a #blockchain conference speech by an analyst from a big publisher:
Analyst: “Estonia’s smartcard uses…
RT @Challengeitnow: When your bot hasn’t been programmed properly 😂 https://t.co/Q8EUmxNObN
@manindotblack @jplonie Internally.
@DavidFeng @geofftech It does, but this is it. It’s like a branch line in Cornwallpic.twitter.com/tM3koSGB2D2D
@manindotblack @jplonie True, we need more concrete facts here.
RT @phbarratt: Dunning-Kruger working overtime. https://t.co/7aVo9mS6oI
@warkolm Well obviously.
@elyobo @davidgerard You’re not missing all that much.
@kcarruthers @jpwarren Hahahaha I see what you did there.
Who among us hasn’t masturbated to photographs of Barnaby Joyce?
I am a horrible person.
Pffft. He was at the netball this afternoon. https://t.co/DVertpmrpS
Histreepix A ‘traditional’ Doctor Who fan being tested for exposure to Jodie Whittaker. 2018. pic.twitter.com/xAjzku1dTh
@elyobo @davidgerard I think we know how.
RT @GreenJ: A week and a bit to go for #meanjin280 … the storyettes are flowing fast and sometimes furious. Post yours … right here!
We’ll…
@jpwarren Lightbulbs are complicated.
Anyone? https://t.co/cWy4ohSsri
@NetThing_au It’s easy to forget that Australia has been one of the prime movers in this. “Australia to keep playin… https://t.co/bPqR7dSg7J
@NetThing_au For @NetThing_au, they’ve reminded us of the UNGGE agreed set of cyber norms to discuss. Yep, we’re al… https://t.co/UBw8nsGNde
@jonoabroad @DavidFeng Not before time.
@glengyron Obviously.
@glengyron They are useless.
@JustJimWillDo Woof.
@DavidFeng @geofftech I’m not letting you troll me on this. I flew to Canberra this week rather than catching the t… https://t.co/608XCHnn1P
@JustJimWillDo @NetThing_au No, I don’t. Any of this.
@RealNickHodge @NetThing_au Exactly.
@JustJimWillDo @NetThing_au I have no idea whose these people are.
RT @stilgherrian: NEW BLOG POST: “Weekly Wrap 491: Cybers in Canberra as the drought continues†https://t.co/fyC04mmQpd Covers 21—27 Octobe…
Good. https://t.co/LcZ6M00o1M
ICYMI, @NetThing_au is on tomorrow and I’ll be there. #NetThing https://t.co/Q6LGbidowS
@davidgerard @dobes @ashabeeeee @rohan_p Indeed. Which is why I’m always amused by the dogs’ names. Still, 18:1 on… https://t.co/QuTzlm7Mp4
@JustJimWillDo Settle, Petal.
Sunday evening on George Street. pic.twitter.com/rZ6iJX2QpX
RT @nickschadegg: i’m at a pub where they’ve printed out some tweets of some right-wing guy who trolled them, and they named a light beer a…
Unless you earn under $50k and don’t have a share portfolio, or don’t have a job, or have a chronic illness, or hav… https://t.co/8zEp5zvxLi
RT @Scarfolk: Enjoy your extra hour, if you can. Next March, one hour of the council’s choosing will be erased and you will never found out…
@JustJimWillDo Is that you know Navy payday was every second Thursday because, as your profile says, you were in the Navy?
@dobes @ashabeeeee @rohan_p @davidgerard If only I’d seen this dog beforehand. $18 the win!
@JustJimWillDo Look I’m sure the Dapto dogs come up on screen appropriately.
@jpwarren Sure. I am. But I’m referring to precipitation.
I was told. https://t.co/VSYLPKmY9C
@jpwarren It’s very dry here.
Hey @dobes @ashabeeeee @rohan_p @davidgerard, winning dog at Murray Bridge was named Crypto Geek. pic.twitter.com/JUVW2ktabp
All the places in the world: Seoul, Sha Tin, Sale, Goulburn. pic.twitter.com/Ox8yCsgAsz
RT @coldsnacks: Hahaha, of course it’s the Wheaty https://t.co/62MfEqmhGo
@LapTop006 Here’s a transcript. https://t.co/FA1itVeXvd
@LapTop006 Exactly.
@LapTop006 It’s also good to see a random middle-class development ramp up so quickly.
@19bk69 How many did you buy?
@CentrelinkDown @jpwarren HAHAHAHAHA that is so fucked.
@erstkate I do not.
Journalism: “Centrelink scrounger Shane Paxton whose ‘dole-bludging’ family is STILL living with his mum†(17 Dec 2… https://t.co/jCaUeBCDIA
@jpwarren It doesn’t, sorry, just a monochrome version of the current one. To Red Bubble!
@shermozle @upulie @SnarkyPlatypus Noted, cheers.
@erstkate Um.
@jasminchill @upulie @SnarkyPlatypus I’ll bear that in mind.
@erstkate Look you’re just wrong in the head and I don’t think anyone can help you.
@erstkate Shirley Bassey or GTFO what is even wrong with you.
@erstkate I hate you.
@kcarruthers @NigelPhair It’s @nphair.
Drinking with a heathen.
This is fucked up. “All James Bond Songs Ranked - 23 Best James Bond Theme Songs†https://t.co/0JjwPwAAq3
NEW BLOG POST: “Weekly Wrap 491: Cybers in Canberra as the drought continues†https://t.co/fyC04mmQpd Covers 21—27… https://t.co/FGOrEx5MNW
@upulie @SnarkyPlatypus OK I’ll check it out.
Any excuse for a party. pic.twitter.com/JYxLuHQGMy
@JustJimWillDo Or, you know, sit and order a drink.
@SnarkyPlatypus @upulie The phrase “Sri Lanka’s finest beer†has me scratching my head. Recommendation or warning?… https://t.co/e6cc6oAY2T
RT @SnarkyPlatypus: @punchhappiness ‘As long as these individual trees are saved, I don’t care that my Western middle class lifestyle has e…
SnarkyPlatypus Modern Redfern pic.twitter.com/wmBG6pLbNi
@christopherneal Look it’s OK, but the queue and rapid turnaround make it more annoying than it’s worth.
In position.
@dwayneginger @upulie @SnarkyPlatypus Noted. I’ll check it out some time.
@waltonkate Exactly.
@JustJimWillDo Also… https://t.co/8bSh5UYxfH
@JustJimWillDo I’ll be all up inside that Slinky on Tuesday.
Looking at the queue outside Mamak and wondering what is wrong with people.
@upulie @SnarkyPlatypus This, apparently. pic.twitter.com/Bj9Z56En2z
@BunnyWatson4 That’s a thought.
@aspientiae Very.
So @upulie I need some help here. @SnarkyPlatypus pic.twitter.com/h5vrMhGIQl
It’s already quite busy down herepic.twitter.com/7jQsGvOkBJBJ
@LapTop006 Heh. Rest those legs, Sir! I’ve grabbed a ginger beer from Bucket Boys and yeah this is an interesting little food hall.
@LapTop006 Bugger it, I have some time to kill. I’ll wander over there now.
@SnarkyPlatypus Did you win?
In the 21st Century we re-invent the phone booth. https://t.co/Lh0bMnRMIN
While at Paddy’s Markets I saw a good range of inexpensive smartphone tripods with built-in ring lights for video s… https://t.co/QNr8T1KGwX
@LapTop006 Well, there’s something else to explore on Tuesday after a long day’s work.
The City of Sydney’s Darling Square Library opens on Monday and I’m looking forward to working there on Tuesdpic.twitter.com/Yf2GGzKyYvKyYv
The thing at the bottom of this image is an aloe vera leaf and whatever you intend doing with it you’d better be ca… https://t.co/ocWlTSbuJF
RT @markpopham: one thing you forget about star wars is how much of the original trilogy is just darth vader flying in some place to chew s…
MeTV Back in my day, you had to walk across the entire room to answer the phone #MeTVInvaders pic.twitter.com/cHxTT9Z8MR
Very @jpwarren content.
So “Centrelink: Living the Dream†t-shirts are $20 at Paddy’s Markets.
@MicheleS_Aus @MatthewBevan It’s a great dream. It’s not going to happen.
RT @Enjenovix: This is just successful lobbying/taking down your opponents tbh https://t.co/RYd9K13yHw
best_in_dumbest You can’t get the
“Undo” out of
“Undocumented” pic.twitter.com/azOaMmIMJF
RT @Deezee_Kujaku: Boomers. Please realize that when we don’t laugh at your shitty (sometimes racist and/or homophobic) jokes, we don’t “La…
@manindotblack For example. https://t.co/8bSh5UYxfH
WtfRenaissance Zuckerberg’s Blessing of Breitbart, 2019. Oil on panel. pic.twitter.com/3yid093N7L
@garthk @SnarkyPlatypus And, broadly speaking, it’s not worth waiting for the extra material. “Tainted Love†remain… https://t.co/1Hxvf5Czxu
@manindotblack Yep, this guy is Akira 100% and he’s a genius. It’s worth tracking down his work on YouTube. Wonderful physical comedy.
News Values 2019 Explained: Someone tweets something and random people speculate about it press publish. https://t.co/XWxGW2cHEd
As someone noted earlier, Brietbart is also a publisher in Apple News. Just by the bye.
Executing the plan.
RT @MatthewBevan: Imagine if he never tweeted again and just never explained what the big thing was https://t.co/Gal7DuF73x
p_hannam Bronte two mornings ago…. pic.twitter.com/7KmBdbVj6g
@SnarkyPlatypus Now playing: Purple Penguin, “Dust†https://t.co/vZtsg3FVc6
@SnarkyPlatypus I’m bailing out of YouTube after this because it’s gone wrong in the head.
RT @GrogsGamut: Seriously. Stop tweeting on the toilet https://t.co/tfDLurgkPF
@SnarkyPlatypus Now playing: Eurythmics, “Love Is A Stranger†(Ultra Traxx 12 Mix Version) https://t.co/h0uz4VmTNW
@melissamadsen @SnarkyPlatypus I would never say that myself. :)
Spring in Australia. https://t.co/Ot6UawHPCL
@SnarkyPlatypus Now playing: Tears For Fears, “Everybody Wants To Rule The World†(Ultimate 12-inch extended) https://t.co/MKrEqLIWt1
RT @CivRightsVoices: The destruction of “Negro Wall Streetâ€: In 1921, a white mob attacked the Greenwood district of Tulsa, Okla. — a prosp…
@SnarkyPlatypus Now playing: Bronski Beat, “Smalltown Boy†(12” extended) https://t.co/xRBDYBuQV1
Sun plan, confirmed: Lazy start (done, plus some chores); confirm plans for the coming week (done); Weekly Wrap (do… https://t.co/NaxeVq7sVh
@melissamadsen @SnarkyPlatypus Mind you, a Queer Wheelchair Army invading a straight dance club should totally be a thing that happens.
@SnarkyPlatypus Hmmm. Soft Cell, “Tainted Love / Where Did Our Love Go†(12-inch Version) https://t.co/JltBUmsO2B I… https://t.co/pgfaFZ0ZMP
@melissamadsen @SnarkyPlatypus Yep, stick the crips in a corner somewhere. ;)
@wolfcat Don’t you have children to take care of of something?
Then there’s this, plus all manner of other editorial decisions. These people are goddam idiots. https://t.co/MWio7nfqNJ
This is bullshit. The “platforms†make decisions all the time about which posts to stick at the top of a feed. They… https://t.co/BvkWeL1an7
@oberonsghost This is acceptable.
@SnarkyPlatypus Actually this could be a section of your blog.
_youhadonejob1 Rare photo at Stonehenge, staff moving clocks back one hour.
#clocksgoback pic.twitter.com/UUZegtttVF
RT @RichardTuffin: Did anybody else notice this guy?
I’m a bit desperate to know who he is and what he was doing!
#insiders https://t.co/…
Off to a good start, though I reckon it needs more garlic, @oberonsghost. https://t.co/8DTcGX2HuS
This could work. https://t.co/9wrbUt9Ydf
@SnarkyPlatypus Having restored sanity, now playing: Frankie Goes To Hollywood, “Welcome to the Pleasuredomeâ€â€¦ https://t.co/fUhB4K1nZX
@SnarkyPlatypus YouTube’s recommendation algorithm is terrible.
@paulkidd @JohnBirmingham @johnb78 [Bows]
@SnarkyPlatypus Hahahaha. Dire Straits “Sultans of Swing - Best RemiX Ever !!!†(yes, that’s what it says)… https://t.co/r1Gm3TzQKi
@SnarkyPlatypus Now playing: Queen Megamix By Dj Complex https://t.co/KMhzcTEFtN Yeah this is definitely not happening. What’s next?
@paulkidd @JohnBirmingham @johnb78 I’m so glad you recognised the feed line.
Hmmm… https://t.co/nEW0urMjQB
@SnarkyPlatypus Now playing: Queen Megamix (Mixed By Keimax) https://t.co/0V1m50GbRW Hmmm, I may need to take back control from YouTube.
@paulkidd @JohnBirmingham @johnb78 Americans can sometimes be quite cosmopolitan.
@JustJimWillDo @JohnBirmingham @johnb78 Still, strawberry daiquiris.
@dprk_ebooks @JohnBirmingham @johnb78 Pretty much.
@SnarkyPlatypus Now playing: DONNA SUMMER vs YAZOO, “I Feel Deep Love Situation†https://t.co/bDMbdRHg23
@paulkidd @JohnBirmingham @johnb78 Still, people who order a strawberry daiquiri or “lime-flavored beer of any kind… https://t.co/gEuBpyBxtV
@paulkidd @JohnBirmingham @johnb78 Ah. Yes. Right. As you were.
@SnarkyPlatypus I’ve decided to put YouTube in charge of the playlist. Now playing: Donna Summer, “I Feel Love†https://t.co/zQDZTL7Qug
“Five cocktails only a dickhead would order†(3 May 2013) https://t.co/DgxEbE8xbU
I so disagree with the inclusion… https://t.co/uK0wwpKLzg
@munin This is slightly nerdy, of course.
Pro Tip: Fourier Transforms are fuckin’ awesome!
Now playing, because @SnarkyPlatypus: Abba, “Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)†(Extended Remix) https://t.co/gum1ojy7OC
RT @DevinCow: The difference between a cow and 9/11 is you can’t milk a cow for 18 years. 🮠https://t.co/LDsz3KDf7E
This is true. @bengrubb has told me that just dropping the words “Know more? Contact me†in the middle of a story h… https://t.co/MWqw1TqFyd
Nick_Stevens_Gr Two very early Soviet space station designs. pic.twitter.com/22e4znOosM
@JustJimWillDo Good luck.
@JustJimWillDo @xkcdComic Were there mice? Mice can be a problem inside computers.
KngHnryVIII Wine is God’s apology for other people.
@JustJimWillDo @xkcdComic Oh dear. Check all the connectors first, though. It’s either very cheap or quite expensive, yes.
Recently from the Wonderful Australian Parliamentary Library: “Foreign interference — neither new nor limited to Ch… https://t.co/c9ojs4Qh6y
@redrabbleroz @SnarkyPlatypus Found it. “Efficiency of the Processing of Applications for Citizenship by Conferralâ€â€¦ https://t.co/ixboPQCSWC
The Failing New York Times. https://t.co/Arg7Drfx5r
smolrobots “Let’s hear out the Nazis” is not a hill you want to die on, Facebook.
RT @smolrobots: You’re supposed to listen to divergent viewpoints, yes, but at some point you have to be a grown-up and engage with the *co…
RT @smolrobots: “Free speech” is not in itself a moral position. It’s a starting point for you - a human being with a big, complicated brai…
RT @smolrobots: Imagine misinterpreting the value of freedom of speech to this extent. Imagine thinking its purpose is to never judge anyth…
RT @smolrobots: These tech bro doofuses have fetishised free speech absolutism to such an extent that they think the only moral choice it’s…
Me at @zdnetaustralia Wednesday: “‘No such thing’ as cyber warfare: Australia’s head of cyber warfareâ€â€¦ https://t.co/dBWRaw2cnw
RT @stilgherrian: I’ll be at @NetThing_au at UTS all day Monday, “Australian internet governance community moving forward†https://t.co/PJs…
RT @alexstamos: Two things can be true:
1) Facebook should not include Breitbart as a trusted news partner.
2) The complete silence on Ap…
Sun plan, outline draft: Lazy start; 1300 migrate to Haymarket; errands; confirm plans for the coming week; Weekly… https://t.co/XStaXZLn8n
Attn: @dobes @rohan_p. https://t.co/EmHvfvpEM2
@ok_lyndsey Hah. I don’t think I brought a shirt with a lapel with me. And my hair is too short for a flower too. I’ll think of something.
Another lovely spring day ahead for Sydney. Will it never end? pic.twitter.com/Lamie6rOrE
@ok_lyndsey Monday will be interesting, yes. I’ll be the grumpy guy hating everything. :)
Sunday. Your worries are concentric. Your strengths are parallel. Sunday.