@Pasquale_Stella Wait, what?
@Rhys_Needham @SnarkyPlatypus Shoosh.
@swearyanthony @LapTop006 @NewtonMark What the fuck is wrong with you people?
stilgherrian @NetThing_au For @NetThing_au, they’ve reminded us of the UNGGE agreed set of cyber norms to discuss. Yep, we’re al..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…de
NewtonMark Describing a major Sydney property development project as “The next Barangaroo” is dickishly brave. smh.com.au/national/nsw/t…
So this whole concept of a media thing — a blog or a video series — called Dire Straights really appeals to me,twitter.com/i/web/status/1…45fj
SnarkyPlatypus Dire Straights: a weekly dance party for queers and share our strange experiences of straight culture
stilgherrian Recently from the Wonderful Australian Parliamentary Library: “Foreign interference — neither new nor limited to Ch.twitter.com/i/web/status/1…h6y
@stufromoz @jonoabroad I’m kinda anti anyone having to carry ID cards, so I guess I should read this with more atte..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…AF
@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? twitter.com/heatherpaterso…
@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..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…cY
@LapTop006 Yes.
genericitis @NewtonMark @stilgherrian @SnarkyPlatypus I’m choosing to pair @NewtonMark’s tweet with the one below it. pic.twitter.com/D3UrsvuHsR
@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” youtube.com/watch?v=5Y1Bxi… @NewtonMark
This is very @SnarkyPlatypus content. #antlers twitter.com/c4i/status/118…
“Churchill Was a Drunk… or was he?! - Doped WW2 Leaders Part 2” youtube.com/watch?v=aFh8Mi…
@RealNickHodge would like this.
@jasminchill So, it’s not about whether the technology is ready (technology can have a stance?) but whether the lea..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…qQ
@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?” youtube.com/watch?v=f19JaY…
@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 youtube.com/watch?v=pdoiZY…
@InflatablePlant I’m definitely sure I have no idea what you mean.
Steve_Lockstep A few years ago, a #blockchain conference speech by an analyst from a big publisher:
Analyst: “Estonia’s smartcard..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…N0
Challengeitnow When your bot hasn’t been programmed properly 😂 pic.twitter.com/Q8EUmxNObN
@manindotblack @jplonie Internally.
@DavidFeng @geofftech It does, but this is it. It’s like a branch line in Cornwall. pic.twitter.com/tM3koSGB2D
@manindotblack @jplonie True, we need more concrete facts here.
phbarratt Dunning-Kruger working overtime. twitter.com/lynlinking/sta…
@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. twitter.com/gabriellecj/st…
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.
GreenJ A week and a bit to go for #meanjin280 … the storyettes are flowing fast and sometimes furious. Post yours … rigtwitter.com/i/web/status/1…qajzjk
@jpwarren Lightbulbs are complicated.
Anyone? twitter.com/fesshole/statu…
@NetThing_au It’s easy to forget that Australia has been one of the prime movers in this. “Australia to keep playin..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…7J
@NetThing_au For @NetThing_au, they’ve reminded us of the UNGGE agreed set of cyber norms to discuss. Yep, we’re al..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…de
@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..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…1P
@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.
stilgherrian NEW BLOG POST: “Weekly Wrap 491: Cybers in Canberra as the drought continues” stilgherrian.com/weekly-wrap/49… Covers 21–27twitter.com/i/web/status/1…5MNW
ICYMI, @NetThing_au is on tomorrow and I’ll be there. #NetThing twitter.com/stilgherrian/s…
@davidgerard @dobes @ashabeeeee @rohan_p Indeed. Which is why I’m always amused by the dogs’ names. Still, 18:1 on..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…p4
@JustJimWillDo Settle, Petal.
Sunday evening on George Street. pic.twitter.com/rZ6iJX2QpX
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..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…2v
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..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Li
Scarfolk Enjoy your extra hour, if you can. Next March, one hour of the council’s choosing will be erased and you will never..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Si
@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. twitter.com/SnarkyPlatypus…
@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
coldsnacks Hahaha, of course it’s the Wheaty twitter.com/nickschadegg/s…
@LapTop006 Here’s a transcript. stilgherrian.com/marketing/fred…
@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..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…IA
@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” esquire.com/entertainment/…
NEW BLOG POST: “Weekly Wrap 491: Cybers in Canberra as the drought continues” stilgherrian.com/weekly-wrap/49… Covers 21–27twitter.com/i/web/status/1…5MNW
@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?..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…2T
SnarkyPlatypus @punchhappiness ‘As long as these individual trees are saved, I don’t care that my Western middle class lifestyle h..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Kw
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..youtube.com/watch?v=1mnCcu…fH
@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 here. pic.twitter.com/7jQsGvOkBJ
@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. twitter.com/AndyBTravels/s…
While at Paddy’s Markets I saw a good range of inexpensive smartphone tripods with built-in ring lights for video s..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…wX
@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 Tuesday. pic.twitter.com/Yf2GGzKyYv
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..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…JF
markpopham one thing you forget about star wars is how much of the original trilogy is just darth vader flying in some place t..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…b2
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.
Enjenovix This is just successful lobbying/taking down your opponents tbh twitter.com/DandereGodd/st…
best_in_dumbest You can’t get the
“Undo” out of
“Undocumented” pic.twitter.com/azOaMmIMJF
Deezee_Kujaku Boomers. Please realize that when we don’t laugh at your shitty (sometimes racist and/or homophobic) jokes, we don’..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…99
@manindotblack For example. youtube.com/watch?v=1mnCcu…
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..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…xu
@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. twitter.com/RawStory/statu…
As someone noted earlier, Brietbart is also a publisher in Apple News. Just by the bye.
Executing the plan.
MatthewBevan Imagine if he never tweeted again and just never explained what the big thing was twitter.com/realdonaldtrum…
p_hannam Bronte two mornings ago…. pic.twitter.com/7KmBdbVj6g
@SnarkyPlatypus Now playing: Purple Penguin, “Dust” youtube.com/watch?v=ZzCDf6…
@SnarkyPlatypus I’m bailing out of YouTube after this because it’s gone wrong in the head.
GrogsGamut Seriously. Stop tweeting on the toilet twitter.com/realDonaldTrum…
@SnarkyPlatypus Now playing: Eurythmics, “Love Is A Stranger” (Ultra Traxx 12 Mix Version) youtube.com/watch?v=kZxMSi…
@melissamadsen @SnarkyPlatypus I would never say that myself. :)
Spring in Australia. twitter.com/NSWRFS/status/…
@SnarkyPlatypus Now playing: Tears For Fears, “Everybody Wants To Rule The World” (Ultimate 12-inch extended) youtube.com/watch?v=5k293M…
CivRightsVoices The destruction of “Negro Wall Street”: In 1921, a white mob attacked the Greenwood district of Tulsa, Okla. — a pr.twitter.com/i/web/status/1…NiA
@SnarkyPlatypus Now playing: Bronski Beat, “Smalltown Boy” (12” extended) youtube.com/watch?v=huavJM…
Sun plan, confirmed: Lazy start (done, plus some chores); confirm plans for the coming week (done); Weekly Wrap (do..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Vh
@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) youtube.com/watch?v=oGXpDh… I..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…MP
@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. twitter.com/jpwarren/statu…
This is bullshit. The “platforms” make decisions all the time about which posts to stick at the top of a feed. They..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…n7
@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
RichardTuffin Did anybody else notice this guy?
I’m a bit desperate to know who he is and what he was doing!
#insiders pic.twitter.com/9kEr2UBYBe
Off to a good start, though I reckon it needs more garlic, @oberonsghost. twitter.com/oberonsghost/s…
This could work. twitter.com/SnarkyPlatypus…
@SnarkyPlatypus Having restored sanity, now playing: Frankie Goes To Hollywood, “Welcome to the Pleasuredome”..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…ZX
@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)..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Ki
@SnarkyPlatypus Now playing: Queen Megamix By Dj Complex youtube.com/watch?v=VhQgam… Yeah this is definitely not happening. What’s next?
@paulkidd @JohnBirmingham @johnb78 I’m so glad you recognised the feed line.
@SnarkyPlatypus Now playing: Queen Megamix (Mixed By Keimax) youtube.com/watch?v=GhfFDk… 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” youtube.com/watch?v=ktMDES…
@paulkidd @JohnBirmingham @johnb78 Still, people who order a strawberry daiquiri or “lime-flavored beer of any kind..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…tV
@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” youtube.com/watch?v=Nm-ISa…
“Five cocktails only a dickhead would order” (3 May 2013) westword.com/restaurants/fi…
I so disagree with the inclusion..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…zg
@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) youtube.com/watch?v=P4rbuT…
DevinCow The difference between a cow and 9/11 is you can’t milk a cow for 18 years. 🐮 twitter.com/rudygiuliani/s…
This is true. @bengrubb has told me that just dropping the words “Know more? Contact me” in the middle of a story h..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…yd
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.twitter.com/i/web/status/1…h6y
@redrabbleroz @SnarkyPlatypus Found it. “Efficiency of the Processing of Applications for Citizenship by Conferral”..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…WC
The Failing New York Times. twitter.com/NYT_first_said…
smolrobots “Let’s hear out the Nazis” is not a hill you want to die on, Facebook.
smolrobots You’re supposed to listen to divergent viewpoints, yes, but at some point you have to be a grown-up and engage with..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…6q
smolrobots “Free speech” is not in itself a moral position. It’s a starting point for you - a human being with a big, complica..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…4w
smolrobots Imagine misinterpreting the value of freedom of speech to this extent. Imagine thinking its purpose is to never jud..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…5z
smolrobots These tech bro doofuses have fetishised free speech absolutism to such an extent that they think the only moral cho..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…AT
Me at @zdnetaustralia Wednesday: “‘No such thing’ as cyber warfare: Australia’s head of cyber warfare”..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…nw
stilgherrian I’ll be at @NetThing_au at UTS all day Monday, “Australian internet governance community moving forward” netthing.org.au/program/ #netthing
alexstamos Two things can be true:
1) Facebook should not include Breitbart as a trusted news partner.
2) The complete silen..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…F1
Sun plan, outline draft: Lazy start; 1300 migrate to Haymarket; errands; confirm plans for the coming week; Weekly..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…8n
Attn: @dobes @rohan_p. twitter.com/thegrugq/statu…
@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.