Insert complaint about song here.
Histreepix Leonid Brezhnev withholds Indira Gandhi’s stapler until she agrees to withdraw trade sanctions against the USSR. Mo..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…BR
It’s the 1980s now @franksting so stop your whinging.
@nicklowther @doctormcdougall This is bullying.
@nicklowther @doctormcdougall I’m just telling the truth.
@joelpmichael No, nor Passion Pop.
@SmurfingBeer Wot.
I’m going to get into so many fights tonight.
@doctormcdougall I am 1000% serious. About as appalling as last week’s custard. Don’t @ me. :)
@SteveMolk Indeed. About 50 minutes from now. ;)
Casey Donovan the standout performance so far. By far. #NYEABC
@noreasonspec Nothing is worse than “Cats”.
Look this is a sensible decision but I’m going to persist because I’m a professional. twitter.com/allrite/status…
@paulbam3 Look I’m just the messenger here.
@AndorraGrasping A bit of each I suspect.
@trainspotter67 But tonight they wish they were.
Our first Cultural Cringe act!
Cruel but fair. For me it was Midnight Oil. Such bullshit. twitter.com/Map003Ward/sta…
@aleeb88 @SnarkyPlatypus We are as one. :)
allrite @stilgherrian My housemate in first year uni loved Frente and kept playing them out loud. Only Achy-Breaky Heart was worse that year.
New Order turning in their grave right now.
Why is Frente? Why ever was Frente? Plodding pointless bullshit.
@levijwest It took me a while to make the connection. And I’m glad about that.
Btw whatever happened to Nikki Webster?
Well that was fuckin’ atrocious. And she’s still going.
@jpwarren Indeed.
Some backpacker seems to have wandered on stage.
Oh, that woman before was from Frente? I’d assumed she was the owner of an organic candle-making workshop in Balmain.
andrewmiskelly Imagery from Sentinel-2A showing the Clyde Mountain Fire (near Batemans Bay, NSW) and associated cumulus flammageni..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…wX
@latingle I mean, definitely up for this. Autocarrot for the wine!
If 2020 is going to be about @latingle telling people to go fuck themselves then I’m degiup for this.
latingle What, like, “on the other hand, it’s ONLY 4.6 million hectares of Australia that are burning”. A rare editorial eng..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…VC
samanthamaiden Wow this is a big relief. Dunno what we would have done without that guy 🤷🏻♀️ twitter.com/annacaldwell/s…
SnarkyPlatypus VANESSA AMOROSI
@retrogrrl Exactly.
How good are platitudes?
Charlie Pickering is no Richard Wilkins but he’s doing OK.
@mfsampson Very sparkly. Approve.
@AndyDW_ And yet here we are.
Regurgitator, apparently.
This is kinda confronting. @FRNSW and @NSWRFS are doing amazing work. Godspeed. twitter.com/FRNSW/status/1…
Who are these insufferable cunts on ABC1 right now?
@staticsan @oberonsghost That’s a terrible euphemism.
@kcarruthers @R_Chirgwin s/Force/Service/, you fascist.
@R_Chirgwin @oberonsghost Well it doesn’t happen up there. Der.
@oberonsghost Good thing too.
jonkudelka Did we not have schools when Ross was a kid? pic.twitter.com/KeZstyme3u
Well that Southerly Buster coming through Sydney airport just now was impressive. pic.twitter.com/hj1WPzo6b3
@DrRhysPockett Yeah that’s 10. But less in winter hurrah!
@developerjack @jpwarren I’d go PMO, but also the agency the runs the residences.
@DrRhysPockett Do you mean 20 hours?
@awelder @jpwarren @developerjack Food will be stale but.
@developerjack @jpwarren Crotch-bound?
@jpwarren @developerjack And you’ll get the redacted list in about a year. If you’re lucky.
Passing the Hill of Dead Pets.
@SnarkyPlatypus I know. I took this photo earlier in the week. pic.twitter.com/om2Sv7mBdP
Lol the computer on this train is announcing that it’s stopping at Macdonaldtown, Newtown, Stanmore, etc but it is..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…7W
@VirtualTal @SnarkyPlatypus I wrote rather a lot of words that night. threadreaderapp.com/thread/1210478…
@kcarruthers @Thefinnigans @SuperCroup Ditto. :) Roll on Trump 2020!
On a train now. Not a tram.
p_hannam @BOM_au With record low rainfall for #Sydney in December alone, and relatively dry elsewhere: @BOM_au @BOM_NSW..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…25
p_hannam ICYMI, plus here’s how rainfall stacked up for Australia in 2019, with record low totals for much of the country:..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…wh
They’re heading away from the city, and agreeing to start heading from their hotel at 7.30pm to go watch the firewo..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…OU
There are Americans on this tram.
I guess we’re about to find out. twitter.com/AlboMP/status/…
@marcuskelson In a sense, aren’t we all in Kansas?
jendudley Places to send New Year’s Eve funds (if you’re feeling helpless like me):
NSW RFS: rfs.nsw.gov.au/volunteer/supp…
Vic C..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…97
@John_F_Power @gileshewitt NP, the “southern Australia” versus “South Australia” is a thing and with fires everywhere…
@gileshewitt @John_F_Power Batemans Bay is in NSW.
How’s Albo’s dog Toto going?
@awelder Indeed. So, it’s pants off for everyone!
@awelder Are you suggesting we masturbate over The Australian?
stilgherrian IMPORTANT: Don’t retweet emergency information more than a few minutes old. It might already be wrong. Also, tweet..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…XE
TheKennyDevine Hang in there, people.
Next test match starts on Friday. pic.twitter.com/DQ3VgHl92O
MatthewBevan “Ah King Salman, glad you could make it. I’m in the middle of a standing meeting so can’t summit right now but if y..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…p1
Pro Tip: When actual experts are not doing something that you, not an expert, just thought of, it’s almost certainl..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…mb
NewtonMark If you’ve ever wanted to troll the shit out of Pauline Hanson, here’s your chance. Make sure your record it, and if..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…hI
When does Morrison’s New Year Message go live?
“There is one word that financial planners are dreading as 2020 is ushered in.” It should be “jail” but it’s not. abc.net.au/news/2019-12-3…
Pork and mushroom fried noodles.
coburgirl I was laughing all afternoon at this cat’s reaction after sniffing durian pic.twitter.com/tToLPpLPPe
@SnarkyPlatypus Albo’s dog doesn’t like The Pixies. twitter.com/gabriellecj/st…
@jonkudelka Careful, you’ll scare Toto. twitter.com/gabriellecj/st…
@Messenger_74 You’re right, we may need a C-17.
@robcruickshank @NuclearAnthro Three London buses.
@squidjum @gabriellecj I reckon that whether it’s for his party-political ambitions or for talking to the nation fa..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Ec
Now go clean your goddam bathroom.
Plus if things really go to shit, which of course is still a possibility, Defence will have a shitload of other tas..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…sh
“The ADF is not trained, equipped or certified to undertake ground-based or aerial bush firefighting and does not g..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…a5
“From November 8 to February 1, the Royal Australian Air Force is providing contingency airlift support to move lar..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…VL
Further to this… twitter.com/kels_316/statu…
Picketer So the actually useful kit the ADF has is already being used or available. Airfields, helicpoters plus some barrack..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…WD
@gabriellecj @naamanzhou @BenSmee To be fair, I think it’s good that Mr Albanese is thinking about how he can make..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…sm
@garthk I’m willing to give them the benefit of the doubt.
joshtpm there needs to be a blooms parody account which is just about standing desks, mandatory google glass and building a..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…5S
BenSmee @gabriellecj It’s like he’s running to be the holiday period relief editor of a small town newspaper
gabriellecj Really Albo? pic.twitter.com/bjJLGHqERi
This too. twitter.com/K8brannen/stat…
This person is going to get a real shock when the learn about US federal budget papers and Wikipedia. twitter.com/dsslacker/stat…
Exactly. Never go to Devonport. twitter.com/JackDeeth/stat…
adsausage Whether you’re backstage with Canned Heat or earning a wage as a respectable debt collector, SIR OF HOLLYWOOD has y..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…D6
Tue plan, a New Year’s Eve confirmation: Slow start (still in progress); noodles or something; migrate back to Ashf..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…yg
IMPORTANT: Don’t retweet emergency information more than a few minutes old. It might already be wrong. Also, tweet..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…XE
KillerMartinis Today in “wow, algorithms:”
I’ve been doing research on Christian books meant to counsel women in traditional marr..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…yX
@TheDanBarrett Where’s “Cats”?
@garystark @juhasaarinen @martyn_williams Hurrah!
@juhasaarinen @garystark @martyn_williams An eight-hour speech by Donald Trump would be awesome.
Foxes are incredibly rude. twitter.com/HuntSabs/statu…
marcusjdl R&B IS DEAD twitter.com/billboard/stat…
@bigjsl Obviously things will definitely not get worse.
PPantsdown Lining up some NYE viewing twitter.com/Queerty/status…
@juhasaarinen @martyn_williams Well I guess there’s rather a lot of old men there.
martyn_williams Kim Jong Un spoke for 7 hours at the meeting, according to state media. Seven hours! On “state building, economic d..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…8A
HAHAHAHA! This would be diabolically bad. twitter.com/MikeBloomberg/…
@garystark @kcarruthers Let’s go Sharks!
WhoresofYore “Mother, Will I Stick Out In The Back Like You When I Grow Up?” - 1939 Spencer Corsets advert pic.twitter.com/TkKqIhQHM2
best_in_dumbest You can be the “Ogre”
in “Progress” pic.twitter.com/fU0D9Ps0kq
@garystark @kcarruthers But not in a good way.
Independent Antiques Roadshow expert drinks 180-year-old urine, rusty nails and a human hair after mistaking liquid for port independent.co.uk/arts-entertain…
@kcarruthers Maybe the IPA people could celebrate it with an annual pilgrimage.
SnarkyPlatypus I don’t think we have reached peak Sydney fireworks feels yet
Today the Prime Minister will be forced, finally, to deploy one of those RAAF C-130s to fly in an extra supply of platitudes.
BrimleyLine Born April 6, 1969, actor Paul Rudd (‘Clueless,’ ‘The 40-Year-Old Virgin,’ ‘Anchorman,’ ‘Ant-Man,’ ‘Living with You..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…h2
naamanzhou finally some good news pic.twitter.com/K9X8fkYHrx
sylmobile My word, the smoke is thick - such horrible conditions, today… (BOM Satview) satview.bom.gov.au pic.twitter.com/XONwiH9plz
NSWRFS At 9:15am there are five fires at Emergency Warning and a further five fires are at Watch and Act.
Of 101 fires, 4..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Ik
@garystark @oberonsghost Thanks. Have as good a NYE as you can with the news around.
@garystark @oberonsghost I was until you asked that. :)
@oberonsghost Thanks. :)
cstross LOLWUT
(Translation via google: “Finally, we succeeded in developing an external SSD type biometric storage. Final..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…ct
@AMWUnionActive I’d be up for that.
Tue plan, a New Year’s Eve outline draft: Slow start; migrate back to Ashfield; review my poor life choices. Food a..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…qI
niubi “The U.S. government now says APT10 took detailed personnel records of more than 100,000 people from the U.S. Navy.” twitter.com/WSJ/status/121…
Pleased to see the petrol station toilet thing is still going.
@mathewlowry You have been out of touch! Yes, Senator Hanson is definitely a thing, and tonight’s phone-in is definitely real.
pixelatedboat Given how it turned out, it’s weird that John Travolta isn’t in Cats
I keep coming back to this idea though. twitter.com/TheTodayShow/s…
Pauline Hanson was in my dream last night. She was rummaging through a bin while former Liberal MP Chris Gallus and..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…7R
Hmmm. It’d still be possible to organise. SkypeIn number, livestream. Skip the whole psychologist thing and just use bourbon.
Goddammit I should’ve done this. pic.twitter.com/d59eRpdXaJ
WeTheCommuters Members of both the NYPD and MTA tried to corral the the Elusive Nevins Street Raccoon™ on Friday with a “cage stoc..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Um
I’m almost afraid to read anything today, what with the massive brain worms epidemic this week.
Tuesday. There should not be any elephants, that should have been obvious. Tuesday.
stilgherrian Exactly. “Earn more than $50,000 a year? You’re not an ‘average’ Aussie.”
abc.net.au/news/2019-12-3… pic.twitter.com/VccgUkjXCu
stilgherrian What if there were fireworks in the petrol station toilet.
stilgherrian I see that once again everyone has decided they’re an Instant Fucking Expert on the logistics of fighting bushfires..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…S9
@DavidFeng @seatsixtyone @AndyBTravels @rajtoday It’s quite impressive. Does it have any trains?
@DrRhysPockett @_midofo_ @twiddlekins @gathgwyn It’s not broken it was like that when I got here.
AsmrSuggestions ASMR: you are locked in a Rainforest Cafe after closing and I am hunting you for sport
@oberonsghost Excellent. Are they eating your house?
30-50 feral randoms wanting to use the toilet. twitter.com/ProfSecond/sta…
TwoPaddocks When the world seems close to pear shaped,
When leaders fill you with despair
When things look dark and dreary
An..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…wR
I ate some noodles.
davpope What looks like a pyrocumulus cloud over the Badja Forest Road fire about an hour ago #nswfires pic.twitter.com/mtaUWtF69H
Attn: @dobes @rohan_p. twitter.com/Cassie_Raby/st…
dufussy When you finally stop crying from laughter, read the replies to take it up a level. twitter.com/kittynouveau/s…
@jplonie @NewtonMark I’ll get in before Mark says it: No, the wings are for getting it into the air.
whereisdaz Here it is. One day to go in 2019 and Claire saved the worst for last. twitter.com/clairlemon/sta…
Don’t tell Bettina. twitter.com/JulietRieden/s…
@upulie Because you drink gin?
@AyaReina @erinrileyau It’s a joke sign. twitter.com/cbllw/status/1…
NSWRFS A fire-generated thunderstorm has formed over the Badja Forest Road and Tuross Falls Road fires, north-west of Coba..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…MZ
Sweet glider, @NewtonMark. twitter.com/SpacecoastPix/…
SpacecoastPix Its late, but my vote for aviation photo of the year is this one from the successful deadstick emergency landing of..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…N7
@collettesnowden Maybe we’ve used up the year’s supply.
MaggieDaWitch Ensay, East Gippsland pic.twitter.com/vYkh7nksYF
Quite a lot of things in Australia seem less than ideal today.
erstkate Is it some sort of Actor’s Equity thing or a result of a court case that Rebel Wilson has to be in everything now?
AndrewBGreene The member for Hume has decreed the 1st of July 2020 is now going to be on a Monday, not a Wednesday.
“Fantastic. G..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…MM
Exactly. “Earn more than $50,000 a year? You’re not an ‘average’ Aussie.”
abc.net.au/news/2019-12-3… pic.twitter.com/VccgUkjXCu
Sweating.
Graunched.
TedDansonBDay Today is Ted Danson’s birthday.
KT_NRE People keep sharing their favorite memes of the 2010s, but honestly none of them hold a candle to this one from 1925 pic.twitter.com/oOCAECd3XK
The 3-year-old could piss on the fireworks.
What if there were fireworks in the petrol station toilet.
I have already passed The Hill of Dead Pets. And boy did it hurt. Not sorry.
Skip to main content.
djackmanson If you know this, you took an oath to keep it secret, son. twitter.com/k_morrissey/st…
As mentioned before, there’s also stuff in the Weekly Wrap. twitter.com/stilgherrian/s…
Mon plan, Part B: Slow start (done); migrate to Haymarket; 1515 back repairs, Darlinghurst; remainder TBA, but almo..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…xy
@DavidFeng Thoughts and prayers.
rudy_mustang holy shit pic.twitter.com/legptJf6Bw
jkass99 The Second American Civil War ended abruptly when the rebel army was forced to walk up a flight of stairs. pic.twitter.com/VdNqvbllmp
@JustJimWillDo @gathgwyn His humans are back. He’s in a mood now.
@SnarkyPlatypus Probably. But also the Central Tablelands weather seems to be becoming more dominant. Just a gut fe..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…lM
@DavidFeng Where are all these people going?
It’s weird how inner Sydney is cooler than the Mountains these days. pic.twitter.com/j15HPsHZcH
jonkudelka Any advice from Peta Credlin needs to be taken in the context of her being the brains behind Tony Abbott’s prime ministership.
I see that once again everyone has decided they’re an Instant Fucking Expert on the logistics of fighting bushfires..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…S9
@patstokes Fish are idiots.
OK, I’ve decided to stay in Sydney for the next two days. Now, the logistics.
@juhasaarinen I had just decided that.
@yarrambat Hah! I dare not look today.
@stanleyward90 Yeah you get who you get when doing replacement buses over the holidays.