@DrRhysPockett Is the phrase “self-indulgent wanker�
RT @A_A_Mackenzie: A good day to remember the SSM vote.
Abstained
Joyce (Nats)
Abbott (Lib)
Hastie (Lib)
Sukkar (Lib)
Andrews (Lib)
Morris…
Well I’m sure this is just fine. https://t.co/5Y8UlQxTZg
RT @MikeCarlton01: Hmmm. Look….
Er…the Mardi Gras parade has become curiously, disappointingly unsexy. Jesus, at one stage there were…
Not being hissed at, which is a start.
See, @DavidFeng, we can run trains real good like. https://t.co/wCGsBRY1jP
@Rubenerd @SnarkyPlatypus I haven’t been watching closely but yeah Anwar seemed like a bit of a long shot.
“Malaysia’s Mahathir out as former interior minister is named PM.” Ping @SnarkyPlatypus. https://t.co/dMbfuKmJBP
Passing the Hill of Dead Pets, again.
@arizclint Heh. I retweeted that tweet the other day. A magical exchange. :)
RT @kjmci: Maidenhead Travelodge: here, have your fucking loo roll https://t.co/D5EQq3JGhA
RT @DavidParis: When the NSW police strip search you tonight don’t forget to get your cupcake https://t.co/ZVNlhi3etF
Thanks for a great stage show tonight, @JonathanPieNews. Break a leg on the UK tour.
RT @docrussjackson: Jacob Rees-Mogg: “We are the Lamborghini of Governments”.
Italian Lamborghini went bankrupt in 1978, was bought by Ame…
@nschultz I don’t know about that one!
@paulkidd @JonathanPieNews But you survived, and that’s the important thing.
@JonathanPieNews Well that was just fine.
So @JonathanPieNews has just told me to put my fucking phone away so I will.
RT @MrJJ_1: Morning Twitterlings, I have King Henry VIII’s milk if anyone wants some? 🤔 https://t.co/poSIHIuGsP
RT @NewtonMark: This is because UberAir is imaginary, and its only purpose is to inform fraudulent press releases, and the journalism indus…
RT @nadinevoncohen: FUCK YEAH WHY ISN’T THERE A HETEROSEXUAL MARDI GRAS THIS IS BULLSHIT I WANT TO WEAR SENSIBLE SHOES AND NUDE LIPSTICK AN…
1. Correct,right @AndrewPStreet?
2. Stop committing typocrimes. https://t.co/TSr89f80Fq
I ate a fish.
AndrewPStreet @GrogsGamut It turns out that the REAL giant white whale was inside us the whole time.
@SnarkyPlatypus @staticsan Mmmm… Must’ve clicked the wrong button.
@SnarkyPlatypus Good God. pic.twitter.com/Kg1zRDgqBS
@juhasaarinen @PollHereford Back in the 1980s the federal parliament enacted certain porn laws, but the states put… https://t.co/ptRBCB1iKu
@SnarkyPlatypus The album was released 10 months ago, says Apple Music.
Passing the Hill of Dead Pets.
@SnarkyPlatypus Gosh. That’s quite significant. I might have a listen tomorrow.
@TimWattsMP I am learning way too much about this. https://t.co/JilBfBSsI4
RT @ellaceron: Told my mom I’m giving up trash men for lent and she reminded me lent is about doing without something that means something…
OH, very young child in garden: “Mum, I’m feeling a bit lonely.â€
Mother, indoors: “I’m just in here.â€
Child: “I’m… https://t.co/nbsMDqoZK7
RT @OzKitsch: No word yet on the fate of Virgil, Gordon, John and Alan https://t.co/fZP5MEhfQa
@juhasaarinen @sixoh60 You ally in this battle is @paulwiggins.
@juhasaarinen I suspect that the attraction of symbols of power is universal.
RT @CrockettForReal: Hey if you really want to impress her, send her pics of your fat duck https://t.co/dz5DGlS5o3
@skwashd Well I do understand your motives.
@ThomasCMcCabe @macmanm This is what I’m hearing, yes, so there’s that story sorted. I guess.
@skwashd It’s possible that more choices could be made.
@skwashd I wish to say at this point that Dan has quite a range of products.
@SnarkyPlatypus @kcarruthers We’re possibly going to see those sorts of numbers, but yeah not yet.
@annie_parker @kcarruthers I had to respect the original quote. :)
@skwashd I think I’ve run out up in the Mountains, now that you mention it, though I haven’t been up there for two weeks.
As I prep this podcast episode with Fiona Patten, I see that there’s been no new contributors to my silliness since… https://t.co/bbboHG57JH
RT @CrimeADay: I can’t believe how many of you don’t know the velocity of your fluids. How irresponsible.
RT @nathanTbernard: right-wing youtuber Tim Pool blames women for his dating woes, avoids fact he’s 34 and has worn the same beanie every d…
@kcarruthers No. Saying “Do the math(s)†like this is bullshit because it’s one measure (cases over time) of a very… https://t.co/g3yzZDeCmE
@trentyarwood @atrupar This is all getting more and more insane.
doctorow New Yorker cover h/t Fipi Lele pic.twitter.com/skp62qM8cI
RT @atrupar: Fox News is showcasing coronavirus analysis from a guy who said he hadn’t washed his hands in 10 years and doesn’t believe in…
@johnallsopp @Kevintrev @tomfoster66 @sixoh60 @Tim_Coronel There is always more to any story.
@Kevintrev @tomfoster66 @sixoh60 @Tim_Coronel This was a dumb typo on my part. Brainfade. https://t.co/38t3BX3Nd6
@Kevintrev @tomfoster66 @sixoh60 @Tim_Coronel This is sad to hear. https://t.co/bzUaOIRPkq
@Kevintrev @tomfoster66 @sixoh60 @Tim_Coronel So Jan Brown it was. Thanks so much.
@maldamkar Hehehe yes that’s the one. A young socialite.
OH LOOK A FREE DOWNLOAD! Thanks, @TimWattsMP. https://t.co/9qnqyobmzD
This is very disappointing. https://t.co/gHXEFMyTAC
Yes, this was also a magnificent episode of Australian history. https://t.co/nGQiVbWOh9
@FionaPattenMLC Oh dear, so this is the story of bonking in the Speaker’s chair? I’m finding out so much today!… https://t.co/hiF7WWosfu
So yeah. I’m listening back to the recording now and this is going to be a VERY long podcast with @FionaPattenMLC u… https://t.co/Lpjrj770Lm
@jplonie Maybe.
@jplonie 1. When was Parliament founded?
2. For how many years has it had CCTV?
I have a tale of the South Australian Parliament which I know is true, and which I will also tell in tomorrow’s pod… https://t.co/XXvPMnOawQ
Now @FionaPattenMLC told me it was the Black Rod in Victoria as we were looking at one (a replica) in its glass cas… https://t.co/oCB9hlZZAK
One story says “the merry party removed the mace from its cabinet, and headed to a brothel with it. There, it was u… https://t.co/s9EFGj4Aih
Meanwhile, “The Mystery of the Mace: In 1891, a precious medieval weapon was stolen from Victoria’s Parliament, spa… https://t.co/nKYkoOUu2f
Help required with Australian parliamentary history! I have been told that in Canberra a male MP (or Senator) “reig… https://t.co/ublJ0jZgh7
RT @doctorow: if you must have technology. it should look like this https://t.co/rHMeC2Okzu https://t.co/8PS4XkNs9g
WebMD The CDC says only 31% of men and 65% of women wash their hands after using the restroom. wb.md/2q0TBIn pic.twitter.com/BjOJUvPjJu
Just 3/10 in the @SatPaper quiz this week. Sigh. thesaturdaypaper.com.au/quiz/2020/02/29
@skwashd I don’t have myself THAT much Dave.
RT @sfctoby: Mind your own fucking business https://t.co/C2MIx1qH13
This is your routine reminder that computers are fucked and the internet is fucked and we should never have done any of this. Also, JSON.
RT @AndrewColley: If I took that much acid, I’d probably think my feet were supersonic moths. https://t.co/mUGpzl6wD0
If @AustralianLabor makes some troglodyte like @fitzhunter leader they might as well shut up shop as a potential po… https://t.co/s62VMgFE1t
RT @JHWeissmann: It’s weird to be watching one of the absolute worst case scenarios people imagined under Trump play out in real time. http…
@eldonnn That bit is fixed now. https://t.co/djXoqtl1p3
RT @helpmeskeletor: I’m begging you, white people, don’t talk yourselves into *less* seasoning. https://t.co/ws1yKIBsPp
Here’s @BernardKeane on evidence from earlier in the week. “Data retention scheme is being abused exactly as critic… https://t.co/RRnfbwA9wJ
RT @r_Buttcoin: Buy crypto just in case the corona virus wipes out civilization and collapses our democracy. (by dmetal23) [image] https://…
@manindotblack @twcau All good. It shows that things are according to plan. Or something.
Ah, I remember versions of this map hanging around to years later to when I was alive. (I’m old but I’m not this ol… https://t.co/BpciGvZEb7
RT @internetofshit: Cannot remove this baby https://t.co/eWD07PKb16
@jxeeno @johnb78 @SnarkyPlatypus @DavidFeng @dobes @TrainLinkWest Wait. Does it count as a V-Set if it’s diesel-hauled?
BellTowerTimes Great find on Google Street View. Always give the Google car a wave even if you’re balls deep into an arrest pic.twitter.com/1n7In0Iqlb
@jxeeno @johnb78 @SnarkyPlatypus @DavidFeng @dobes I continue to be pleased with the speed at which @TrainLinkWest fixed this.
@jxeeno This is excellent, thank you. I’d suspected this might be necessary at some point.
Pin@johnb787@SnarkyPlatypusu@DavidFengn@dobeses.
@twcau Sorry, the fourth. https://t.co/yM8IcvzW2f
@twcau You’ll be pleased to know that the world is working, because you’re the third person to bring this to my attention. :)
RT @jburnmurdoch: NEW: lots of bogus stats circulating about “coronavirus crash” being worst ever etc.
The claim is not true, and relies o…
Sat plan, a vague outline: Very lazy day, because dreams and reasons; maybe poke at the podcast editing; early dinn… https://t.co/lHv4csChmA
@sylmobile Almost certain to be.
@sylmobile It depends a lot on when and where. Fast response in the cities it can be school buses and regular Sydne… https://t.co/5JkGgAMC55
BelieveInBob The terrain of Southeast Asia during the Last Glacial Maximum dlvr.it/RQy3G1 pic.twitter.com/VsjYQCdGjF
RT @bestofnextdoor: Nextdoor is Twitter for old people. 🧠https://t.co/PuDFSnknQC
RT @JoshBBornstein: Wanted: sports club who missed out on grant because of #sportsrorts.
To pursue rolled gold legal challenge.
Must have…
RT @benzipperer: Flu rates fell by about 40% in US cities that mandated sick pay, according to research by @StefanPEcon @NicolasZiebarth
h…
Me at @zdnetaustralia Friday: “Home Affairs savaged over poor data retention laws oversight†https://t.co/G6IKPYkqN2
RT @SamuelAAdams: the terrifying thing about an outbreak that requires people not to leave their homes for 90 days is it means the only one…
It’s an exactly normal Sydney day for this time of year, at least as far as the weather is concernedpic.twitter.com/I1dpiHs2FqFq
Saturday. Please place all of their eyes into the bucket. Someone will collect them later. Saturday.
RT @stilgherrian: Me at @zdnetaustralia: “Home Affairs savaged over poor data retention laws oversight†https://t.co/G6IKPY2Pos
RT @NewtonMark: I’ve never been to Carnes Hill Big W, but if you bought something on lay-by and gave them my phone number by mistake, they’…
@dobes @TimeGhostTV Yes, a short time ago. Very good lizard king work, I thought.
@NickyWill100 Yeah I think I’m doing OK here.
Watching the first episode of “Celebrity Mastermind Australia from the other day: Nazeem Hussain, Alex Lee, Adam Sp… https://t.co/lTW6OYtB50
RT @oberonsghost: This is total anarchy. https://t.co/OANV3lMBZw
RT @asmamk: This is huge.
I don’t think there’s ever been a ban on Hajj travel like this. https://t.co/1F8l3pbKTl
@RhombusHatesYou @SnarkyPlatypus The river crabs, I assume.
RT @johnb78: It’s lucky that there aren’t any other diseases that people in Chinatown might be worrying about at the moment https://t.co/O4…
@PollHereford @kels_316 @NewtonMark Also, that’s some high-grade bullshit all round.
@PollHereford @kels_316 @NewtonMark They do this shit every 90 days before their quarterly earnings report and the suckers fall for it.
@dobes @rohan_p @jeamland It’s Jim Bakker. https://t.co/xNxPfXVZLu
@SnarkyPlatypus @DamianM Not such a bad idea.
The other day I got this excellent grass-mud horse for @SnarkyPlatypus and you should ask him what its name is. (Th… https://t.co/lp2ssoXPea
@Zytheran @SnarkyPlatypus Seem fair.
jonkudelka Trying to imagine the situation if it turns out coronavirus is spread by coal.
@GTRoberts I’m a big fan. And a Patreon supporter.
SnarkyPlatypus The coronavirus was deliberately created to rob the Australian government of its dodgily created budget surplus.
@GTRoberts Well, look at all the series they do! https://t.co/CFHBtU38Of
@SuperCroup @paulkidd @speechleyish Jesus Christ.
RT @euronews: They were in every London phone box in the 80s and 90s, and now adverts for sex worker services have a museum of their own. #…
“How to watch the 2020 Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras parade†on SBS. They’re dropping the geoblock. https://t.co/G0zfml8LGW
@oberonsghost @paulkidd @speechleyish Beautiful. I think @dobes will appreciate including this in the rolling conspiracy.
@zdnetaustralia Fri plan, remainder: Pharmacy; shopping for dinner, which will be whatever inspires me; cook same f… https://t.co/wSEgeL05rU
@speechleyish @paulkidd 100% agreed. And I say that despite Certain Friends having one of the stupid things.
@ki_sekiya Yeah, it had a go but it didn’t get a go.
@paulkidd @speechleyish What a horrifying thought.
@SnarkyPlatypus I don’t think anyone would believe it.
RT @TimWattsMP: The full text of my @LowyInstitute speech last night on the challenge to democracy from Techno-Authoritarian states is avai…
RT @ASDGovAu: ASD Director-General Ms Rachel Noble PSM announces the appointment of Ms Abigail Bradshaw CSC as Head of the Australian Cyber…
@Davelennonabc @JonathanPieNews Shoosh. I’m going to see him tomorrow night. Don’t upset him.
RECOMMENDED AGAIN: The episode of “Between 2 Wars†on the Spanish Flu epidemic etc from @TimeGhostTV. “Disease, War… https://t.co/bR2dYKaAgB
God I love SMS marketing. pic.twitter.com/cKmnMbqNSm
RT @chrislhayes: Japan just closed schools for a month. If you’re a parent with school-aged children: think for a second about how massivel…
Mr Speers has not threaded his tweets. https://t.co/LUgICzXqLP
Oh I’d missed this! https://t.co/K0MRgQrXKU
Attn: @dobes. https://t.co/eK1OWbQZaB
RT @AntonyGreenABC: @Stooartbaby @EdWellham @Peter_Fitz @MikeCarlton01 If the public elect a bad government then that’s a choice the public…
And happy 20th birthday to @crikey_news. May you see many more also. (Also cheers for lifting the paywall for the entire site this week.)
Happy sixth birthday to @SatPaper. May you see many more.
RT @TheShovel: PM Commits To Zero Climate Policy By 2050 https://t.co/5Qa0ArIBJQ https://t.co/yuu6sO3ktB
@dobes @paulwallbank @R_Chirgwin @oberonsghost I love tentacles. Which am I? #thethirdcategory
RT @BetootaAdvocate: Local Woman Who Spent Weekend Sniffing Coke Off Nightclub Toilet Cistern Not Too Keen On Chinatown: https://t.co/Dfu0u…
Gosh. https://t.co/s5vnuf3jSG
@jodiem @zdnetaustralia I just double-checked. All conventions for quoting conversations have been followed. But I… https://t.co/qIEIc5KnAS
@jodiem @zdnetaustralia Yes.
@jodiem @zdnetaustralia Well, not in that piece.
@jodiem @zdnetaustralia It’s not up to me to judge.
@garystark @zdnetaustralia Oh I’ll certainly have a drink later.
Finally! Thank the gods for that! https://t.co/yLfeBLa53M
@moylecroft @dobes A few more case studies were in evidence today.
DavidLarter Navy accuses a PLAN destroyer of lasing a P-8A operating 400 miles off Guam. pic.twitter.com/LLw0S9OGXJ
@zdnetaustralia Reviewing the plan. I didn’t need to go to the library after all, so now I’m wondering what to cook… https://t.co/cHDKRDXdmT
@davispg @zdnetaustralia I know we shouldn’t watch the sausages being made, but the sausages have been getting worse and worse.
@dobes All so true.
BNODesk BREAKING: Iran’s former ambassador to the Vatican, Hadi Khosroshahi, has died of coronavirus - IRNA
Me at @zdnetaustralia: “Home Affairs savaged over poor data retention laws oversight†https://t.co/G6IKPY2Pos
“Huawei to spend €200 million on new 5G plant in France†by @dobes https://t.co/THvZ7XqDpZ
@jodiem My pleasure. I think.
RT @NewtonMark: How does someone rise to the level of a Departmental Secretary without understanding that notebooks are official records su…
There ends today’s PJCIS hearing. There were thrills. There were spills. We laughed a little. We cried a little.
@rgibli @zdnetaustralia It does have a certain grandeur to it, yes.
RT @joshgnosis: Notebooks ðŸ’are ðŸ’still ðŸ’subject ðŸ’to ðŸ’FOI ðŸ’and ðŸ’archiveðŸ’laws. https://t.co/8uVfXcV8RF
@R_Chirgwin @NewtonMark Aren’t they gems!
@NewtonMark Done, you sook!
RT @NewtonMark: If you think that’s impressive, wait’ll you get a load of what they pull out of the carpet python. https://t.co/mwBcgtjEPj
@NewtonMark That’s terrible, Mark.
And then there’s this observation. The relevant story is “Australian Police Have Run Hundreds Of Searches On Clearv… https://t.co/DRSyVRSfEw
So @joshgnosis has a story up from earlier evidence. Mine is in the pipeline. https://t.co/OCR1o9Cm4n
Story filed for @zdnetaustralia. It contains a cavalier disregard.
Dreyfus asks AFP whether they use Clearview AI. Commissioner Reece Kershaw says he needs to take that on notice. Le… https://t.co/GAgKVPSMWb
Hastie has the phrase of the day: “We don’t want we don’t want unaccountable piranhas feeding off [the data#unaccountablepiranhasranhas
PJCIS is asking all the cops about this “social license†theme. The cops agree that these other organisations don’t… https://t.co/PTkSwp955A
Ah, it’s the Australian Federal Police (AFP) up now.
So that’s the cops done, and now we’ve got a 10-minute break. But who’s left? That’s everyone on the program, isn’t… https://t.co/WZIosHpbKI
All of the law enforcement types are on at once. Dreyfus is drilling down in the data retention statistics. pic.twitter.com/frvEpvz1sQ
Oops, my stream didn’t restart. ACIC is up now but I’ve missed the first bpic.twitter.com/FBBtuRiA9siA9s
What a magnificent transcription error. God bless AI! pic.twitter.com/UBrys6X7XJ
@justin_lister @MikePBurgess Um, no, he’s finished.
@mwyres Look you say that, but Hastie runs PJCIS quite well I think.
@edbott As we say in Australia, “Thank fuck for that!â€
Lunch break. PJCIS might be back early at 1215 AEDT, i.e. they’re running ahead of schedule.
Who’s the bloke on the left, and why does he look so unhappypic.twitter.com/K14pV3zXtBtB
Dreyfus is quoting a Jan 2015 Burgess comment (when he was Telstra CISO) talking about retained data as a honeypot… https://t.co/r8sFjlsldW
Burgess says that ASIO has recently stood up a compliance section to provide better oversight. (ASIO didn’t have a… https://t.co/v5GcDQNg95
Vickery says that if ASIO gets more data than it asks for, they sometimes send it back, because they don’t want to… https://t.co/Vv71TJQQ33
RT @MsLods: @stilgherrian See ACMA Communications Report. (The latest one was released yesterday)
Table 3.2: Disclosures of customer inform…
Dreyfus notes that A-G’s guidelines ore-date metadata retention and ISIS is concerned. Burgess says work is well under way in updating them.
“It’s not that we’re incompetent,†it’s just that it takes a long time to unpick a deep penetration in an espionage case.
Burgess confirms that ASIO is not legally required to delete data that’s no longer in use, that they can keep data… https://t.co/vBcahzdWr9
Questions from Byrne and others about the quantity of this metadata held offshore. Numbers appear to be not known.… https://t.co/5SsWoHnIrg
Wilson: Do you share the concern that ASIO’s “social license†to access metadata is undermined by so many other age… https://t.co/DNZTm1R9vG
Dreyfus (I think): “How do you feel about the RSPCA getting the same access as ASIO?†Burgess as a private citizen… https://t.co/sDBBRTxEuH
Keneally is asking about the privacy balance implications if ASIO gets more years of retention versus so many other… https://t.co/WkIUHZo7zE
Burgess says that if they receive web browsing history with a metadata request they delete it, tell the telco to pr… https://t.co/9NVlZEYLyJ
@melissamadsen @Aust_Parliament No idea, sorry.
@joshgnosis I like it.
Fawcett is concerned that it’s “pot luck†whether a telco has more than two years available are not. Vickery says i… https://t.co/UUrNBvqgbu