Finally, I’m going to bed. Bye.
@_midofo_ Sad.
Why would you refuse…? Why? twitter.com/Independent/st…
@kcarruthers @SnarkyPlatypus @JohnB @DrRhysPockett @joannejacobs OK, OK, then some sort of Gin Experience needs to happen.
@_midofo_ These are magical, thank you.
Wow. Ping @ApostrophePong. twitter.com/FoolinInDoolin…

sovietvisuals Bowling, Moscow, USSR, 1970s pic.twitter.com/uAOgV0xTeb

I really do need to be living in a city, not the Mountains. The Mountains are not healthy for me. pic.twitter.com/xG7IepYuuH
Stevie_Easton @mcannonbrookes @TheShovel You could one up Dick Smith. Buy Holden brand and turn it into and Aussie electric car with sick burnout mode
@Headwellred But does that have enough tentacles?
@jsleeio Hah! Yes, though this is something much more modern.
Just quietly, I’m really looking forward to covering APRICOT / APNIC 49 from tomorrow. I get a lot of value out of..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…kQ
@max_au @darrenpauli Same.

BrandDNA David Bowie really was as cool AF. pic.twitter.com/qnYeB6PQhS
@darrenpauli I think he tries for a more family image.
TrevClark1958 The last Junkers bomber project of WW 2 later resurfaced as an East German airliner in the 1950’s. The Baade 152 wa..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…rT
@franksting Ah.
@jplonie @NewtonMark No the “Fire” button is under the latch. I think that’s a blanked-out spot for an indicator light.
@wine_o_phile @NewtonMark Fun fact: The time from the Wright Brothers first flight to the B-52’s first flight is sh..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…al

@jplonie @NewtonMark Never Forget. pic.twitter.com/OAy08Uicyt

@jplonie @NewtonMark What, like this day? pic.twitter.com/GlzeAK9XEi

TheShovel Morrison Agrees To Bail Out Holden If They Re-Open As An Open-Cut Coal Mine theshovel.com.au/2020/02/17/mor… #holden pic.twitter.com/DwKzKu5DeQ
@dmeeze @NewtonMark Neither of these are good choices.
@rgmerk @NewtonMark True, I do value my hearing. But I would be fine, because I’m sure that the Tu-95 sports the cr..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…H2
@NewtonMark I’ll let someone else ID whether they’re 8 x Kh-55/101/102 or 8 x Kh-101/102 cruise missiles, but withe..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…kx
I’d love to fly in one of these. Whaddyareckon, @NewtonMark?
The Tupolev Tu-95 was and continues to be one of the most amazing aircraft of the Cold War. And the loudest, becaus..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…ft
Aviation_Intel Full apocolypse loadout on this modernized Bear. twitter.com/qretaxyeta/sta…
@MmeEmmeline Yes. This is quite confusing. Thank you.
@nazzer I’m looking forward to it. :)
Now playing: “Reflection”, yet another Sovietwave mix. youtube.com/watch?v=ElhHt3…
@portusprince I’ll take your word for that. I haven’t seen it.
I see that tomorrow evening I will be “interacting with Australian native wildlife” at the Melbourne Town Hall, and..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Sa
@oberonsghost @juhasaarinen @darrenpauli Well @juhasaarinen knows how to cope with me, and we were the only ones there.
@franksting I thought the MEN was a quality paper?
chimgadar stay humble. it makes your transition to insignificance a lot easier.
bellingcat Tomorrow on Bellingcat, a major investigation into the activities of Russian intelligence on European soil. Followi..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…1F
@jonnosan This sort of thing? ;) youtube.com/watch?v=VtDQc-…
@jonnosan Cold War, I mean, obviously. Also, I like how the videos in this series have the actual spectrum of the m..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Dj
Meanwhile in Manchester… twitter.com/MENnewsdesk/st…
@jonnosan Something something Cold Way something Communism. :) I am so glad these are being compiled.
@barryofarrell @samanthamaiden Other way around. It’s a point for each thing you HAVEN’T done.
NewtonMark Like I said last week: Plague ship. @trentyarwood twitter.com/JakeSturmer/st…
NewtonMark You’ll be devastated to find out that they’re actually funding diesel fuel subsidies for Rio Tinto and F/A-18 deplo..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…aT

MapPornTweet The Magic Roundabout: Swindon, #England redd.it/6nfpus #MapPorn pic.twitter.com/AniEWKLe9u
I think @ApostrophePong would like these videos. twitter.com/vickiho/status…

vickiho @thedak says you guys want another pic.twitter.com/xL7VSEHFx8

vickiho There is a steam-cleaning company on Douyin and I can’t stop watching its videos. pic.twitter.com/RYvWWVhNM3
Now playing: “Starfall”, another Sovietwave mix. youtube.com/watch?v=bBmKLY…
@bigbadave Hmmm… I wonder if I can get an angle on that from one of the upper floors. Thanks.
@bigbadave Crown Promenade, yes.
@StephanieCarvin Yeah that’s going to be a challenge I think. Might need to do it as a separate Patreon or something.
TakedownMRAs Women who can’t sustain a long term relationship don’t go on killing sprees 🤷♂️ twitter.com/MUlysess/statu…
@SnarkyPlatypus He’s already 26, so this is going to get very untidy.

NickyWill100 @KetanJ0 I worked for Family Planning NSW - it started life as an Eugenics organisation. 😳 pic.twitter.com/zZzMjXYOLn
@StephanieCarvin Look it was important research. Or at least it seems like it 12 hours ago.
@Messenger_74 Excellent.

michaelmeloni When you shred your entire office pic.twitter.com/4CG58gG1SN

100TinyOwls Ppl: Racism, stereotyping, and prejudice is dying in these modern times.
Twitter: pic.twitter.com/BxixI7z4hz
@futureisvintage A red dog-human hybrid taking a photograph.

stilgherrian Two Valentine’s Day hearts, one normal and one confusing. pic.twitter.com/Yd3yS3NW9W
stilgherrian So, I found this image with the search terms “steampunk dildo” because “cyber dildo” led me to very bad places. How..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…F3

Histreepix Work-shy arborists hurriedly inflate another tree in time for their regional manager’s visit. Crewe, 1978. pic.twitter.com/GdJ25nKYAZ
@darrenpauli @juhasaarinen Exactly.
@Messenger_74 While drunk and high, obviously.
Well, @SnarkyPlatypus, nothing here would lead to future problems. twitter.com/fesshole/statu…
@Messenger_74 Plenty of work to be done there then!
I’ve already encountered @juhasaarinen this evening, @darrenpauli, but I survived.

Even through a dusty window, a Melbourne twilight can be lovely. pic.twitter.com/gOdz80qrct
@GordyPls @JohnB @DrRhysPockett @SnarkyPlatypus @joannejacobs @kcarruthers The craft gin explosion is worth investi..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…6g
@Craig_Harvey I have no idea.
@jpwarren @beefanddairy @dobes @rohan_p @NewtonMark @jeamland It is a wonderful parallel universe.
@Ex_spurt @JohnB @DrRhysPockett @SnarkyPlatypus @joannejacobs @kcarruthers Big call!
@SnarkyPlatypus @JohnB @DrRhysPockett @joannejacobs @kcarruthers Well I shall have to fix that.
@SnarkyPlatypus @JohnB @DrRhysPockett @joannejacobs @kcarruthers Have I made you the Roku, lemon slice, and cracked..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…ai
@JohnB @DrRhysPockett @SnarkyPlatypus @joannejacobs @kcarruthers The rest of the cocktail list is far less inspirin..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…p3
Some interesting gin and tonic options here. Ping @JohnB @DrRhysPockett @SnarkyPlatypus @joannejacobs @kcarruthers..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Sq
REMINDER: Chris Uhlmann actually believes that deranged conspiracy theory about “Cultural Marxism”, which is not a..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…1X
ajphelo Confirmation Australia is doing the right thing #coronavirusaustralia twitter.com/skynewsaust/st…
GrogsGamut From what I have seen from the response on Twitter is that lefties much prefer a ON voting firie who tells Morrison..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…65
daniel_m_lavery all gay people in period dramas know how to do is yearn, stolen glances, forbidden love, The Sea, does she dare?—..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…az
@annaclarity1 I only know what’s in the story.
@NickyWill100 Might be a little intense for @Dobas and @zdnetaustralia. Our American overlords’ heads would explode.
Well this is… reassuring? twitter.com/rachel_cheung1…
thomas_violence community psa: milton iga just started stocking those mi goreng flavoured chips. this has been “chip corner”
Trying to figure out a way to get “memelords” into one of my headlines.
“Mike Bloomberg’s Sponcon Memelords Won’t Be Subject To Facebook’s Political Ad Regulations” buzzfeednews.com/article/ryanha…
Mon plan, remainder: Since it’ll be a hectic week, tonight I’ll have a quiet one. I’ll pop downstairs to use my wel..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…5x
@LapTop006 True. And I’ve been meaning to start compiling a list of hotels which do this.
@oberonsghost Thanks, and yes it does seem to be adequate.

Remember when this was the mark of a thoroughly modern hotel room? pic.twitter.com/JpVdX16aqt
@beefanddairy Hey if you don’t know the @beefanddairy podcast, @dobes @rohan_p @jpwarren @NewtonMark @jeamland, thi..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…es
@MsLods I’ll spend some time over there for sure.
@MsLods It’ll be conference lunch all week, I think. I won’t have much time to wander until the weekend. I’m stayin..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…GE
@LapTop006 True. And it’s a bloody good conference.
APRICOT is one of the world’s most forced acronyms: Asia Pacific Regional Internet Conference on Operational Technologies.
I am in Melbourne this week for APRICOT / APNIC 49, so there will be much geekery. But no geeks from China because..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…hA
@MsLods [Waves.]
@JustJimWillDo The Crown Promenade, attached the the Crown Convention Centre. It has all the stars.
@ChrissieM The window needs a bit of a wash, but then so does everywhere after the dust and the rain.
@RhombusHatesYou I don’t eat donuts, let alone their donuts. I think I may have had one many, many years ago and then I died of diabetes.

My office for the rest of the week. pic.twitter.com/cPBoXMvBcA
Listening to the new @beefanddairy podcast and liking the owl.
Nice ideal. Shame about the daft headline. twitter.com/SenatorWong/st…
SkyBus’in. I’m taking the one to Southbank and Docklands rather than direct to Southern Cross, and it will take longer.
@aDB Thank you. I promise not to break it.
detly Not sure, but they’d cost $500 a heart to buy, and despite this other academics would review them for free. They’d..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…On
@emelaarghh How is that even…? Oh never mind.
New @LowyInstitute lunchtime event “China and the novel coronavirus” in Sydney on 25 Feb. myaccount.lowyinstitute.org/events/china-a… I..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…wd
Krispy Kreme now has Golden Gaytime donuts.

Touchdown Melbourne. instagram.com/p/B8p7PiVArZx/…

And over we go. pic.twitter.com/pA4DEF2vPZ
@kcollasarundell It could happen!

Lake Eildon from 19,000ft. pic.twitter.com/Atz18iblO2

Descending. pic.twitter.com/LKMJRAxiVv
@NathanaelB @jonoabroad What about your mother’s?
The smudging in that photo is mostly due to ice crystals on the inside of the window.

Chug chug chug. pic.twitter.com/VKj23FQ4No

@wolfcat I’m here now. pic.twitter.com/etQ2yP8lE2

More zoom! pic.twitter.com/kblT9sxWhL
If you’re bored you can track me. VA846 on VH-VUS.

Waiting our turn. pic.twitter.com/n7SSSUWj24

The view from 27F, for a change. instagram.com/p/B8pwiKEAxI1/…

The Glamour of Aviation. pic.twitter.com/VNwew57mcN
Munch munch munch.
We’ve only just started boarding and the cudmuncher quotient is high. Our scheduled 1400 AEDT departure is impossible now.
@NathanaelB @jonoabroad I grew up on a farm and saw all manner of things emerge from a womb.
Inspiring. twitter.com/matttburke/sta…
Gormless boomer trying to board the aircraft before the previous passengers have finished disembarking.
@SnarkyPlatypus Pretty much all of them, yes.
And, of course, the topical angle gives it a news cycle hit. “Arts tourism could be major factor in rebuilding comm..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…nR
But of course the aim of this report from the Australia Council is to convince the government and other supporters..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…5a
Correct. twitter.com/nickzoic/statu…
So me spending a week in Melbourne, which I’m about to do, and visiting the Immigration Museum one afternoon, that..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…vP
As expected the definition of “domestic arts tourist” is very, very weak. Doing any one of these things at any poin..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…jy
“Tourism Research Australia defines daytrip visitors as Australian residents who travelled at least 50 kilometres a..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…TU
However they have excluded “visiting history/heritage buildings, sites or monuments”. So at least there’s that. (p…twitter.com/i/web/status/1…W4
Right. Overnight arts trips refers to overnight trips, which could include multiple stopovers in multiple locations..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…sB
Here we go! “Domestic Arts Tourism: Connecting the country” australiacouncil.gov.au/research/domes… Let’s see what we can discover…

Hypnobirthing! bbc.com/news/uk-515115… pic.twitter.com/I6ckKLy1Pe
bengrubb Holden received $2.17 billion in assistance from the Australian government, as reported in 2013:..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…y0
@munin You are seriously overthinking this.
@paulwallbank Productivity bonus, I’d have thought.
@munin Naked in water in public, I’d have thought.

Wet tails. pic.twitter.com/z5PRtHqPCL
I am not splodey.
Bonus: I’ve gone to the right airport.
hilaryagro During my research I interviewed a guy who said he was a libertarian until he did MDMA and realized that other peop..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…mr
drmistercody Every new Bloomberg clip is like, “You can’t teach a pile of dirt to read and by pile of dirt I mean poor people, b..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…7y
@paulwallbank I haven’t done that in ages, so maybe soon.
In my defence, I use platform 24/25 much more than 22/23. #autostroll
Experienced travellers will know that this is Sydney Central station platform 25, and that Airport trains depart fr..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Cz
The wrong #blueandyellowtrain. Looks like I’ll be taking the scenic route back via Wolli Creek.
@trentyarwood Gag. Joke. Riposte.
@R_Chirgwin Hahaha that explains a few things.
Tram.
@jonoabroad @trentyarwood It’s a match made in Heaven!
@trentyarwood Well again that’s an unimaginable scenario.
Laksa’d.
@trentyarwood Sorry, it was an obvious gag.
@trentyarwood Yes. And same in China.
One might also imagine that Christmas Island and then mining industry housing provide opportunities for the potenti..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…w3
That response was possibly racist as well as dramatic, what with Christmas Island, but so much of this stuff is abo..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…kg
This is why I think Australia’s dramatic response may have been based on information obtained by “certain means”. “..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…8F
“McCormack backs away from proposed changes to discourage spills following Joyce’s challenge” abc.net.au/news/2020-02-1…
“‘Religious privilege’: ACT says ‘extraordinary’ federal freedoms bill overrides human rights”
abc.net.au/news/2020-02-1…

Two Valentine’s Day hearts, one normal and one confusing. pic.twitter.com/Yd3yS3NW9W
Found it.
Progressing the plan. But first, looking for the other sock. twitter.com/stilgherrian/s…
@dragon_slayr You’re welcome.
There’s just so much news these days.
nickpmclaren AFP warrants used to raid ABC valid, Federal Court rules. ABC ordered to pay costs. @abcnews #courts #ABCNews..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…PY
@NewtonMark @jpwarren Call me a hopeless romantic.
samanthamaiden I think the bubbles one…would work. twitter.com/dustyexner/sta…
Ah, I’d missed this inquiry. “Cyber Resilience: Inquiry into Auditor-General’s Reports 1 and 13 (2019-20)”..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…th
@feraldata Excellent! I shall report back.

takihii_ LOL at all those old cunts storming the gates for Elton John pic.twitter.com/DnI0Kicp99
I think I might go to the Immigration Museum while I’m in Melbourne on the weekend. I’ve been meaning to go for yea..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Ak
@jodiem At a guess, I’d say a legal basis could be whether the WHO or a national health authority has so declared i..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Nv
@ashabeeeee Working on it.
@jodiem Insurance companies, eh? Such a wonder.
So, I found this image with the search terms “steampunk dildo” because “cyber dildo” led me to very bad places. How..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…F3
“Tech-augmented democracy is about to get harder in this half-baked world” by @dobes zdnet.com/article/tech-a… “As we..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…In
@dawnstarau @ashabeeeee ANAO reports are always such fun.
Current Earworm: Abba, “Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)” youtube.com/watch?v=XEjLoH… You’re welcome.
@ashabeeeee Sorry.
@ashabeeeee That’s what she said.
@Zedsupremus Yes. Yes he was.
@ashabeeeee To be clear, the probe will be inserted by ANAO not @ashabeeeee. #cyberprobe
“Australian cyber policy-makers to face Audit Office probe” by @ashabeeeee zdnet.com/article/austra… “The Attorney-Ge..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Yv
@oldscarab @arielbogle Who knew?
Whenever I see conference emails from “Secretariat” guess which cartoon horse I think of?
mmasnick 1. It’s a myth that anonymity makes people act worse
2. Anonymous speech is important.
3. Creating a(nother) gian..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…gK
Listening to today’s @7ampodcast, “Zali Steggall’s climate breaker” pca.st/40g0gtxt
@misosusanowa Arf!
@SnarkyPlatypus Whoever does @smolrobots has been posting some excellent treads like that lately. And also the exce..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…DK
stilgherrian Very pleased to see @JamarzOnMarz’s story on the line. You should check out his music. huffingtonpost.com.au/entry/proud-ou…
“Does travel insurance cover [coronavirus] evacuation? [P]olicies from some of Australia’s largest insurers found t..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…GQ
@arielbogle @sixoh60 Grifters gotta grift. :(
@awelder Indeed. And here we are. Sigh.
smolrobots If you don’t like being called cis, or white, or straight, or male…well, sorry. The rest of us have had to put up..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…1c
smolrobots Society’s labels are crap, by and large, but most people don’t have the luxury of being able to reject them. If you..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…uR
smolrobots If you find it uncomfortable being called cis, you should examine why that is. It’s very probably that you’re just..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…J6
Also, here is a brief threadette riffing off this whole drama. The sookage by (potential) Karens being called a Kar..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…H4

Meanwhile I’m still fascinated by this poll from yesterday. twitter.com/stilgherrian/s… pic.twitter.com/KpeuI6GGqO
A Thread of Karens. twitter.com/helpmeskeletor…
@jpwarren @R_Chirgwin @dobes This all very dumb. Has @davidgerard seen this?
SnarkyPlatypus There’s one easy way to solve this problem… twitter.com/rnbreakfast/st…
Ping @trentyarwood @DrRhysPockett, though you may already know much of it. It’s an excellent backgrounder for everyone, though.
@SnarkyPlatypus This is good to hear. I’ve washed up in fairly good condition.
The bulk of this episode is an interview with John M Barry, author of “The Great Influenza - The Story of the Deadl..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…YI
“How the coronavirus emergency is exploited on eBay and Amazon” by @arielbogle abc.net.au/news/science/2…
Starting Monday morning as always with @theharryshearer’s “Le Show” pca.st/m3dj0oh1
beneltham Still a classic twitter.com/thisisqlayre/s…
@InflatablePlant Ah yes, I’d forgotten they’re archiving games too. Thanks for the reminder.
@SnarkyPlatypus Oh dear. Are the people who do like it?
@expectproblems @JustJimWillDo Of course now you just play AOTD for free in your web browser. playclassic.games/games/simulati…
@expectproblems @JustJimWillDo Submerging. Capsising. Tomato tomato.
@expectproblems @JustJimWillDo I seem to remember that in AOTD your first patrol is in a Type II in the North Sea.
@expectproblems @JustJimWillDo But they submerge really fast. Something you realise, usually the hard way, once you..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…uA

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. HAHAHAHA. HAHA. HAHAHAHAHA. HAHA. HAHAHA. HAHAHAHA. No. pic.twitter.com/8lR5XYHGo3
Further alleged plans may be found in the Weekly Wrap, of course, but basically I’m at APRICOT / APNIC 49 in Melbou..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…NX
Mon plan: Slow start, thank the gods; reading and comms; errands; VA846 SYD-MEL; continue sorting out some stuff fo..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…cn
philkernick Public keys are public. This is how it is supposed to work. twitter.com/filosottile/st…

mir_gifs why am i like this pic.twitter.com/HqezT7zPyY
roun_sa_ville there’s an entire network of “_______ for Pete” accounts claiming to be poc that only follow and retweet each other..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…wk
Important @expectproblems content. twitter.com/wtbattlefields…

Lovely weather in Sydney, and a lovely thought to start a Monday from @CARROT_app. Bless. pic.twitter.com/O0lKp7AzjW
Hey @gathgwyn check this out! twitter.com/ocmillustratio…
TalbertSwan If ONE white woman accused me of rape my career would be OVER.
A white man accused of rape by TWENTY TWO women be..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Gj
Backpackers Building for Victory! Via @SatPaper The Briefing, something which sounds like it comes from the fag end..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…4b
I can feel the wind. twitter.com/DavidFeng/stat…
Monday. Triple happiness twice, a goat, and a duck. Orchestration. Monday.