Stilgherrian (@stilgherrian)

Wentworth Falls NSW AU

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October 27th, 2019

@swearyanthony @LapTop006 @NewtonMark What the fuck is wrong with you people?

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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…

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RT @NewtonMark: Describing a major Sydney property development project as “The next Barangaroo” is dickishly brave. https://t.co/birHoRL9sq

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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

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SnarkyPlatypus Dire Straights: a weekly dance party for queers and share our strange experiences of straight culture

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RT @stilgherrian: Recently from the Wonderful Australian Parliamentary Library: “Foreign interference — neither new nor limited to China” (…

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@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

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@NewtonMark @rwerkh Still, it did the job. Half a century ago.

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@LapTop006 That’s pretty much it. Goddam Skunkworks and, well, bolt random shit together to make an aircraft. I love it.

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@NewtonMark How much of the flight was upside down?

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@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

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RT @genericitis: @NewtonMark @stilgherrian @SnarkyPlatypus I’m choosing to pair @NewtonMark’s tweet with the one below it. https://t.co/D3U…

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@NewtonMark But sure, it has wings.

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@NewtonMark This is insane, because it’s in the air before the engines have even finished spooling up.

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“Unbelievably Quick U-2 Spy Plane Takeoffs” https://t.co/Zp63ZjVEVL @NewtonMark

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“Churchill Was a Drunk… or was he?! - Doped WW2 Leaders Part 2” https://t.co/edZXs9x2f4

@RealNickHodge would like this.

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@jasminchill So, it’s not about whether the technology is ready (technology can have a stance?) but whether the lea… https://t.co/N2gGIQDoqQ

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@InflatablePlant Goddammit now I see what you meant, and yeah that was a good one.

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@JonathanPieNews This is a particularly good episode. Not as funny as you might like, but pertinent.

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New @JonathanPieNews: “Have you heard the one about the iced bun?” https://t.co/Y2W6iIfPCS

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@Gwyntaglaw @DavidFeng @geofftech I would never lie about railway stations.

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“Classical Musicians React to Violin in Cartoons” but yeah it’s @TwoSetViolin https://t.co/kjNaeaLzZ6

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@InflatablePlant I’m definitely sure I have no idea what you mean.

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RT @Steve_Lockstep: A few years ago, a #blockchain conference speech by an analyst from a big publisher:
Analyst: “Estonia’s smartcard uses…

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RT @Challengeitnow: When your bot hasn’t been programmed properly 😂 https://t.co/Q8EUmxNObN

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@DavidFeng @geofftech It does, but this is it. It’s like a branch line in Cornwallpic.twitter.com/tM3koSGB2D2D

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@manindotblack @jplonie True, we need more concrete facts here.

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RT @phbarratt: Dunning-Kruger working overtime. https://t.co/7aVo9mS6oI

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@elyobo @davidgerard You’re not missing all that much.

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@kcarruthers @jpwarren Hahahaha I see what you did there.

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Who among us hasn’t masturbated to photographs of Barnaby Joyce?

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Pffft. He was at the netball this afternoon. https://t.co/DVertpmrpS

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Histreepix A ‘traditional’ Doctor Who fan being tested for exposure to Jodie Whittaker. 2018. pic.twitter.com/xAjzku1dTh

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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…

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@jpwarren Lightbulbs are complicated.

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@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

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@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

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@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

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RT @stilgherrian: NEW BLOG POST: “Weekly Wrap 491: Cybers in Canberra as the drought continues” https://t.co/fyC04mmQpd Covers 21—27 Octobe…

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ICYMI, @NetThing_au is on tomorrow and I’ll be there. #NetThing https://t.co/Q6LGbidowS

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@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

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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…

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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

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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…

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@JustJimWillDo Is that you know Navy payday was every second Thursday because, as your profile says, you were in the Navy?

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@dobes @ashabeeeee @rohan_p @davidgerard If only I’d seen this dog beforehand. $18 the win!

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@JustJimWillDo Look I’m sure the Dapto dogs come up on screen appropriately.

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@jpwarren Sure. I am. But I’m referring to precipitation.

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@jpwarren It’s very dry here.

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All the places in the world: Seoul, Sha Tin, Sale, Goulburn. pic.twitter.com/Ox8yCsgAsz

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RT @coldsnacks: Hahaha, of course it’s the Wheaty https://t.co/62MfEqmhGo

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@LapTop006 It’s also good to see a random middle-class development ramp up so quickly.

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Journalism: “Centrelink scrounger Shane Paxton whose ‘dole-bludging’ family is STILL living with his mum” (17 Dec 2… https://t.co/jCaUeBCDIA

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@jpwarren It doesn’t, sorry, just a monochrome version of the current one. To Red Bubble!

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@erstkate Look you’re just wrong in the head and I don’t think anyone can help you.

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@erstkate Shirley Bassey or GTFO what is even wrong with you.

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Drinking with a heathen.

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This is fucked up. “All James Bond Songs Ranked - 23 Best James Bond Theme Songs” https://t.co/0JjwPwAAq3

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NEW BLOG POST: “Weekly Wrap 491: Cybers in Canberra as the drought continues” https://t.co/fyC04mmQpd Covers 21—27… https://t.co/FGOrEx5MNW

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@SnarkyPlatypus @upulie The phrase “Sri Lanka’s finest beer” has me scratching my head. Recommendation or warning?… https://t.co/e6cc6oAY2T

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RT @SnarkyPlatypus: @punchhappiness ‘As long as these individual trees are saved, I don’t care that my Western middle class lifestyle has e…

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SnarkyPlatypus Modern Redfern pic.twitter.com/wmBG6pLbNi

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@christopherneal Look it’s OK, but the queue and rapid turnaround make it more annoying than it’s worth.

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@JustJimWillDo I’ll be all up inside that Slinky on Tuesday.

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Looking at the queue outside Mamak and wondering what is wrong with people.

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@LapTop006 Heh. Rest those legs, Sir! I’ve grabbed a ginger beer from Bucket Boys and yeah this is an interesting little food hall.

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@LapTop006 Bugger it, I have some time to kill. I’ll wander over there now.

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In the 21st Century we re-invent the phone booth. https://t.co/Lh0bMnRMIN

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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

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@LapTop006 Well, there’s something else to explore on Tuesday after a long day’s work.

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The City of Sydney’s Darling Square Library opens on Monday and I’m looking forward to working there on Tuesdpic.twitter.com/Yf2GGzKyYvKyYv

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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

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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…

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MeTV Back in my day, you had to walk across the entire room to answer the phone pic.twitter.com/cHxTT9Z8MR

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So “Centrelink: Living the Dream” t-shirts are $20 at Paddy’s Markets.

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@MicheleS_Aus @MatthewBevan It’s a great dream. It’s not going to happen.

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@bigbadave @Enjenovix That’s AUD 30 not USD 30 presumably? (I don’t smoke so I have no idea.)

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RT @Enjenovix: This is just successful lobbying/taking down your opponents tbh https://t.co/RYd9K13yHw

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best_in_dumbest You can’t get the
“Undo” out of
“Undocumented” pic.twitter.com/azOaMmIMJF

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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…

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WtfRenaissance Zuckerberg’s Blessing of Breitbart, 2019. Oil on panel. pic.twitter.com/3yid093N7L

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@garthk @SnarkyPlatypus And, broadly speaking, it’s not worth waiting for the extra material. “Tainted Love” remain… https://t.co/1Hxvf5Czxu

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@manindotblack Yep, this guy is Akira 100% and he’s a genius. It’s worth tracking down his work on YouTube. Wonderful physical comedy.

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News Values 2019 Explained: Someone tweets something and random people speculate about it press publish. https://t.co/XWxGW2cHEd

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As someone noted earlier, Brietbart is also a publisher in Apple News. Just by the bye.

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RT @MatthewBevan: Imagine if he never tweeted again and just never explained what the big thing was https://t.co/Gal7DuF73x

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p_hannam Bronte two mornings ago…. pic.twitter.com/7KmBdbVj6g

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@SnarkyPlatypus Now playing: Purple Penguin, “Dust” https://t.co/vZtsg3FVc6

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@SnarkyPlatypus I’m bailing out of YouTube after this because it’s gone wrong in the head.

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RT @GrogsGamut: Seriously. Stop tweeting on the toilet https://t.co/tfDLurgkPF

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@SnarkyPlatypus Now playing: Eurythmics, “Love Is A Stranger” (Ultra Traxx 12 Mix Version) https://t.co/h0uz4VmTNW

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@SnarkyPlatypus Now playing: Tears For Fears, “Everybody Wants To Rule The World” (Ultimate 12-inch extended) https://t.co/MKrEqLIWt1

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RT @CivRightsVoices: The destruction of “Negro Wall Street”: In 1921, a white mob attacked the Greenwood district of Tulsa, Okla. — a prosp…

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@SnarkyPlatypus Now playing: Bronski Beat, “Smalltown Boy” (12” extended) https://t.co/xRBDYBuQV1

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Sun plan, confirmed: Lazy start (done, plus some chores); confirm plans for the coming week (done); Weekly Wrap (do… https://t.co/NaxeVq7sVh

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@melissamadsen @SnarkyPlatypus Mind you, a Queer Wheelchair Army invading a straight dance club should totally be a thing that happens.

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@SnarkyPlatypus Hmmm. Soft Cell, “Tainted Love / Where Did Our Love Go” (12-inch Version) https://t.co/JltBUmsO2B I… https://t.co/pgfaFZ0ZMP

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@melissamadsen @SnarkyPlatypus Yep, stick the crips in a corner somewhere. ;)

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@wolfcat Don’t you have children to take care of of something?

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Then there’s this, plus all manner of other editorial decisions. These people are goddam idiots. https://t.co/MWio7nfqNJ

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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

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@SnarkyPlatypus Actually this could be a section of your blog.

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_youhadonejob1 Rare photo at Stonehenge, staff moving clocks back one hour.
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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/…

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Off to a good start, though I reckon it needs more garlic, @oberonsghost. https://t.co/8DTcGX2HuS

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@SnarkyPlatypus Having restored sanity, now playing: Frankie Goes To Hollywood, “Welcome to the Pleasuredome”… https://t.co/fUhB4K1nZX

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@SnarkyPlatypus YouTube’s recommendation algorithm is terrible.

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@SnarkyPlatypus Hahahaha. Dire Straits “Sultans of Swing - Best RemiX Ever !!!” (yes, that’s what it says)… https://t.co/r1Gm3TzQKi

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@SnarkyPlatypus Now playing: Queen Megamix By Dj Complex https://t.co/KMhzcTEFtN Yeah this is definitely not happening. What’s next?

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@paulkidd @JohnBirmingham @johnb78 I’m so glad you recognised the feed line.

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@SnarkyPlatypus Now playing: Queen Megamix (Mixed By Keimax) https://t.co/0V1m50GbRW Hmmm, I may need to take back control from YouTube.

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@paulkidd @JohnBirmingham @johnb78 Americans can sometimes be quite cosmopolitan.

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@SnarkyPlatypus Now playing: DONNA SUMMER vs YAZOO, “I Feel Deep Love Situation” https://t.co/bDMbdRHg23

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@paulkidd @JohnBirmingham @johnb78 Still, people who order a strawberry daiquiri or “lime-flavored beer of any kind… https://t.co/gEuBpyBxtV

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@SnarkyPlatypus I’ve decided to put YouTube in charge of the playlist. Now playing: Donna Summer, “I Feel Love” https://t.co/zQDZTL7Qug

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“Five cocktails only a dickhead would order” (3 May 2013) https://t.co/DgxEbE8xbU

I so disagree with the inclusion… https://t.co/uK0wwpKLzg

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@munin This is slightly nerdy, of course.

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Pro Tip: Fourier Transforms are fuckin’ awesome!

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Now playing, because @SnarkyPlatypus: Abba, “Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)” (Extended Remix) https://t.co/gum1ojy7OC

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RT @DevinCow: The difference between a cow and 9/11 is you can’t milk a cow for 18 years. 🐮 https://t.co/LDsz3KDf7E

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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

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Nick_Stevens_Gr Two very early Soviet space station designs. pic.twitter.com/22e4znOosM

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@JustJimWillDo @xkcdComic Were there mice? Mice can be a problem inside computers.

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KngHnryVIII Wine is God’s apology for other people.

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@JustJimWillDo @xkcdComic Oh dear. Check all the connectors first, though. It’s either very cheap or quite expensive, yes.

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Recently from the Wonderful Australian Parliamentary Library: “Foreign interference — neither new nor limited to Ch… https://t.co/c9ojs4Qh6y

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@redrabbleroz @SnarkyPlatypus Found it. “Efficiency of the Processing of Applications for Citizenship by Conferral”… https://t.co/ixboPQCSWC

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smolrobots “Let’s hear out the Nazis” is not a hill you want to die on, Facebook.

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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…

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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…

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RT @smolrobots: Imagine misinterpreting the value of freedom of speech to this extent. Imagine thinking its purpose is to never judge anyth…

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RT @smolrobots: These tech bro doofuses have fetishised free speech absolutism to such an extent that they think the only moral choice it’s…

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Me at @zdnetaustralia Wednesday: “‘No such thing’ as cyber warfare: Australia’s head of cyber warfare”… https://t.co/dBWRaw2cnw

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RT @stilgherrian: I’ll be at @NetThing_au at UTS all day Monday, “Australian internet governance community moving forward” https://t.co/PJs…

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RT @alexstamos: Two things can be true:

1) Facebook should not include Breitbart as a trusted news partner.

2) The complete silence on Ap…

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Sun plan, outline draft: Lazy start; 1300 migrate to Haymarket; errands; confirm plans for the coming week; Weekly… https://t.co/XStaXZLn8n

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@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.

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Another lovely spring day ahead for Sydney. Will it never end? pic.twitter.com/Lamie6rOrE

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@ok_lyndsey Monday will be interesting, yes. I’ll be the grumpy guy hating everything. :)

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@obi1666 @unetweets You’ll make more money as a tradie?

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Sunday. Your worries are concentric. Your strengths are parallel. Sunday.

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