OK, alright, NOW I am going to bed.
BenFeist We have begun to digitize the last remaining Apollo 13 tapes. These recordings document the activities in mission c..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…AU
NYCAntifa Wonder how come they keep discovering murderous Nazi cells that are heavy on the cop participation?
twitter.com/NYCAntifa/stat…
SixthTone Update: In Japan, two passengers aboard the Diamond Princess cruise ship died of #COVID19 on Thursday. With 621 con..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…ZJ
trentyarwood Clearly what we need now is yet another dashboard… twitter.com/LancetMicrobe/…
OK, I’m going to bed now. I have a busy day tomorrow and I can already see that on top of that I will be getting very, very cranky.
@dannolan @MatthewBevan @RNBreakfast It is rather good, yes.
@dannolan @MatthewBevan @RNBreakfast Woof! Woof! Woof! Lick! Lick! Lick!

TheMERL roses are red
car horns go beep
this box contains
a pic.twitter.com/7KVuCwJ0CP
Otto_English Wait til you find out that Jesus didn’t speak English, or sing a pop song in the garden of Gethsemane. twitter.com/nadineamason1/…
@dannolan @MatthewBevan @RNBreakfast Well that failed.
marrowing every time tony leaves the house he fucks up. he gives one pathetic little speech sucking off viktor orban and now..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…58
@dannolan @MatthewBevan @RNBreakfast So you have a life then. Good.
NewtonMark It’s ok everyone, I’ve bought milk.
SuperCroup Gay men assuming a representative role for the entire LGBT community is indeed a novel idea 🙄 twitter.com/TWkLGBTQ/statu…
@swearyanthony @dobes @rohan_p @NewtonMark All good. :)
Carter_AndrewJ If you have to train people to replace unskilled workers, they weren’t unskilled workers. twitter.com/bbcpolitics/st…
@swearyanthony @dobes @rohan_p @NewtonMark And mine. It’s so easy to do an oopsie.
HartWexford Communism twitter.com/9NewsAUS/statu…
@BarrysChins @NewtonMark @dobes @rohan_p I’d use a stronger word.
@AequoEtBono @NewtonMark I’m not sure that’s the takeaway I’d go with right now.
@_midofo_ Or more accurately, “Oh fuck.”
Assuming this is all true, and I have no reason to doubt it, there’s going to be a rush to scapegoat someone. twitter.com/FadAstra/statu…
@_midofo_ Oh right.
@NewtonMark @dobes @rohan_p Aub has a photo of an old bloke, says he’s in Goa, and joined Twitter in Feb 2020, so o..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…PK
Well there’s the initial report, @DavidFeng. Not good.
Confirmed. twitter.com/SimoLove/statu…

The loons are quick off the mark, @dobes @rohan_p @NewtonMark, pic.twitter.com/ja0GYayMVE
More than just oops. twitter.com/andrew_lund/st…
@oberonsghost Well there is that, yes.

MapPornTweet Movement of Germanic Peoples into Western Roman Empire redd.it/f0rz2i #MapPorn pic.twitter.com/skuPdusZO5
Rubenerd I wonder if centipedes ever get jealous of millipedes?
@PeteLawler @DavidFeng Let’s save the jokes until we find out how people are doing, eh?

People, read your tweets as a whole sentence before posting. pic.twitter.com/nVpkeUmSDJ

Somewhere near here. pic.twitter.com/ZAOc7wc0j2
@DavidFeng Indeed. This is the only news so far.

Oops. This XPT fall down, @DavidFeng. twitter.com/theage/status/… pic.twitter.com/a1TuJWJjmV
theage BREAKING Sydney-Melbourne train has come off the tracks at Wallan more to come ow.ly/K2fZ30qjfnA
@noreasonspec Oops.
@topher_au Thanks for that. I don’t know that sort of detail because my interest in politics flowered late. Plus it..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…ca
@AusSyndicialist I’ll throw this question to @johnmcternan because Attlee is a bit before my time. ;)
THIS IS YOUR FUTURE PEOPLE. twitter.com/MarkDiStef/sta…
@MarkDiStef Oh that bastard again! :)
@MarkDiStef I hope it does monitor the employer. :)
Good question. I’m not a big fan of the whole left-right dichotomy so I will take advice on this. Even if Gough did..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Tx
I mean, the “constantly misreads its own history” is true. Just look at the last few federal elections. And the last NSW one.
@paulwallbank Food counts too, Paul.
Can someone in the know tell me whether this is also the case with the Australian Labor Party? twitter.com/johnmcternan/s…
This thread has some interesting statistics about UK Labour. twitter.com/johnmcternan/s…
@sleepingdingo Yes.
@paulwallbank Not that journalists rate events by the quantity or quality of alcohol, of course.
womensart1 Japanese photographer Miyoko Ihara documented the loving bond between her grandmother Misao and her odd-eyed cat Fu..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…cp
@JackDAshby Well that’s settled then.
No, mongooses are quoll-shaped. twitter.com/JackDAshby/sta…

markhumphries This @abcnews article is pulling no punches. pic.twitter.com/y6GG4bwgBw
@DavidRDHeath Classy.
phbarratt Só @PeterDutton_MP wants a public debate over domestic surveillance powers. Here’s a former Defence Secretary’s two..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…2T
@DavidFeng Vegemite won’t fix this either, despite the amount of B Vitamins in it.
troyhunt Remember when the biggest worry we had about candles was the house burning down because *you* left one on? Get read..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…8z
@garystark @JonathanPieNews Or vodka.
jacksongs The Government gave News Corp $345,000 to build a website for a spelling bee. All it took was one line in one small..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Zm
@JonathanPieNews He’s on in Melbourne tomorrow night. I’m in Melbourne this week, but my friend is back in Sydney s..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…bS
@JonathanPieNews He’s on in Melbourne tomorrow night.
@JonathanPieNews Anyway, I’m going to see @JonathanPieNews at the Enmore Theatre again 0n 29 Feb. It seems to be se..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…oC
New @JonathanPieNews: “RIP BBC” youtube.com/watch?v=imYebu…
Me at @zdnetaustralia earlier: “Watchdog ponders tougher independent oversight for Australia’s encryption laws”..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…3y
@SnarkyPlatypus I plan to spend a few hours exploring with this app. twitter.com/AIATSIS/status…
Man who made a fortune on cryptocurrency was a cunt. What a surprise! twitter.com/fesshole/statu…
snurbbotinfo OMG GREATEST TWEET EVER!!!
@TimeGhostTV @dobes That would work. :)
@DrMoniqueMann @ShogunCySec Maybe, but that’s an interesting point. We know what ASIO has used the powers at least..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…QW

trevil_knieval @mrtonymartin She’s completely wrong as usual. pic.twitter.com/PkLr0EHcZi
@dobes @TimeGhostTV Problem is we’ll soon be done with this series, and I might have to steel myself to watch the W..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…eH
“They were a double pair of Joo Janta 200 Peril-Sensitive Sunglasses, which had been specially designed to help peo..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…HP
@dobes @TimeGhostTV So good I’ll even forgive him for pulling out his guitar that time. :)
I bet they had a hackathon.
SuperCroup Why do I get the feeling this was designed by some blond white gay man with a 27” waist and an inflatable unicorn p..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Sb
@dobes @TimeGhostTV An excellent episode.
arielbogle The Clearview AI founder told the ABC it’s being used here: “We have a few customers in Australia who are piloting..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Vk
CapCartogis Very proud to announce that our all of our out-of-copyright Pacific maps (excl. Australia) in the ANU Asia-Pacific..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…6r
TrainLinkWest We’ve made a lot of progress rebuilding the track at #Leura after the land-slip on the #BlueMountainsLine
The trac..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…wE
mrtonymartin Pretending to be a doctor for 35 years also an outrageous racket: twitter.com/thebettinaarnd…
@AndyDW_ Meh. I’m easy.
@TheNehad Goddammit that’s what I meant.
Thu plan, remainder: The lurgi hasn’t retreated as much as I thought, but I still have two or more @zdnetaustralia..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…hH
Four hours left in this poll. twitter.com/stilgherrian/s…
@Mich11775 Oh well, I’ll check it later.
@PeteLawler I already have a headache.

bigyahu Australian tech venture capital be like pic.twitter.com/Xz39mFGurZ
The marketing caterpillar. twitter.com/acatinatree/st…
I’m wondering whether I even dare read this one. twitter.com/AUS_Hansard/st…
sairasameerarao White women are flummoxed by “white feminism.”
Here’s an example from 2018: a white women asked me to help her cr..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Vp
QUOLL. twitter.com/teamswiftparro…
glengyron Just when we thought brands were good.
hshaban This essay examining the idea of “twitter is not real life” argues that the phrase is used by people whose own infl..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…fU
FREE_FACTS It’s all your fault

dannolan That’s not a push notification - THIS is a push notification pic.twitter.com/SyPwIxricT
I should wrap this neatly. That’s all for me from the INSLM hearing for now. I may look at the video of the final s..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…5g
GiovanniTorre Updating the “only things in life that are certain” list:
1. Death
2. Taxes
3. Anyone who calls themselves a sapiosexual is insufferable
SeanBradbery Uhlmann: Twitter lefties tried to cancel Paul Parker because he’s a One Nation supporter.
Lefties: Oh yeah? Where’s..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…NR
Still no livestream. Giving up.
@SnarkyPlatypus Pffft! PoC don’t have bank accounts.
There’s something annoying about the way the INSLM livestream has been set up. It switches to a different URL after..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…rn
MatthewBevan I said on @RNBreakfast yesterday that the other candidates would be waiting for Bloomberg with baseball bats. I was..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…9s
@DavidFeng Heh. I don’t drive anyway, and in Melbourne trams are obviously the way to go.
YaThinkN WTF?! “$345,000 for publisher News Corp to build a website for a spelling bee.”
This mob are beyond taking the pis..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…I5
And… afternoon tea time. Renwick was continuing to engage deeply with Thomson’s arguments. He seems far more impr..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…as

Important background activities taking place. pic.twitter.com/tejoJEnI6n
@trentyarwood @jpwarren The NSA tried this argument in the US. Data is only intercepted once it’s looked at, not wh..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…hn
That was a solid discussion of TCNs and “systemic weakness” and all that stuff. Renwick has said it was a lot of fo..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…ck
@DavidFeng I’m already in Melbourne. These locations are a short walk across the Yarra River. I could catch a tram though.
@DavidFeng Hahaha. This is tomorrow, and I am in Melbourne this week. I’ll get some photos for you.
Next up, Martin Thomson, Distinguished Engineer with Mozilla Corporation. He begins by saying he’s an engineer, so..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Iw
Renwick acknowledges that TCNs requiring both Attorney-General and Comms Minister’s approval is NOT a UK-style doub..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…d3
Krahulcova refers to GCHQ’s Equities Process for “decisions … on the handling of vulnerabilities found in technol..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…ZD
We’re down in the weeks of approval mechanisms again.
Krahulcova says this is reflected in Access Now’s work. Private companies are doing the state’s surveillance for th..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…6L
Krahulcova: “I think fundamentally TCNs are not compatible with human rights law.” Renwick counters by saying compa..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…tr
Renwick clarifies, asking if 50 people received some small surveillance so that 49 could be eliminated from enquiri..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…gv
Krahulcova argues that anyone who is surveilled should eventually be notified, told how they have been surveilled,..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…mX
I’ve seen Krahulcova’s arguments before, and it’s quite a rights-based approach. Renwick gets it. If you give someo..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Ts
While my link was dodgy, we moved on to Lucie Krahulcova from Access Now. She is citing a Bruce Schneier paper but I don’t know which one.
@ShogunCySec That’s not how it works. He was receiving classified information, and is not allowed to disclose classified information.
Or rather, I think the uplink from the hearing room is dodgy.
Oops, my pipe is getting wobbly.
@ShogunCySec Also, I should mention “none for terrorism or child abuse” may not actually be a thing. Only law enfor..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…bN
@ShogunCySec I’m guessing the text of the statement will be posted in due course. Hard copies were handed out in the hearing room.
@ShogunCySec Well of course he noticed. He reviewed all of the cases. He did not mention this, though, which I susp..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Bc
Renwick understands that banning something that “may” create the risk of exposure in the future is silly. How can y..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…1h
@oberonsghost All good.
Zhang says Labor’s repair act is good where it outlines specific prohibited effects. Lots of discussion now about t..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…0Z
@oberonsghost This is not at APRICOT. This is in the hearing by the Independent National Security Legislation Monitor (INSLM).
Renwick is saying he agrees with Atlassian that there should be clear examples in the legislation, not just in expl..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Sf
Zhang is now saying the lack of use of TOLA powers so far doesn’t mollify their concerns. Some of the details are s..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…cR
A series of motherhood statements ensue.

Atlassian’s people up now. pic.twitter.com/1ysh4xju1j
That said, as the discussion continues, Renwick is clearly taking Murray’s comments on board. His interjections are..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…S4
abcnews #BREAKING: The Governor-General has signed off on a royal commission into this summer’s devastating bushfires, with..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…zZ
Renwick is clearly not convinced by the argument, citing sections of TOLA that are intended to impose limits.
Murray is explaining how TOLA can lead to mass surveillance. Renwick is probing into that, because he’d previously..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…wl
“AFP vows to damage tech giant reputations if found obstructing law enforcement” by @ashabeeeee zdnet.com/article/afp-vo…
Meanwhile, “Law enforcement leaning on Austrac as legislation ‘lags’ behind technology” by @ashabeeeee zdnet.com/article/law-en…
He’s outlining the breadth of the definition of designated communications provider (DCP) and the like.
Angus Murray is as expected slamming the process. Legislation rushed, “irresponsible”. Calls for TOLA to be scrappe..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…wC
Timeless, etc. twitter.com/RadioFreeTom/s…
secupp HOLY HELLBALLS. Warren comes out with: “a billionaire who calls women fat broads and horse-faced lesbians. No, I’m..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…xd

Meanwhile, we’re back from lunch, with EFA up first. pic.twitter.com/gZE23Ggcol
My first INSLM-related story at @zdnetaustralia for today: “Watchdog ponders tougher independent oversight for Aust..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Sr
@expectproblems I see what you did there.
First story filed for @zdnetaustralia. It contains some modest proposals, though not by me.
I didn’t tweet any of that, but towards to end there was some solid clarification of the issues IA was raising. Ren..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…My
@nomadiclucie [Nods] You can’t tell the entire previous story at the beginning of every chapter for those who came in late. :)
@nomadiclucie It’s all things that are in the submission, though. I reckon repeating this stuff in the opening rema..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…gr

Yeah I missed that. Oh well. Internet Australia reps up now. pic.twitter.com/zNosxzlbn3

OK we’re back on with HRC people, but they seem to be wrapping up. We’ve obviously missed a chunk of the livestream. pic.twitter.com/KSIs2Fr67z
For some reason the INSLM hearing stream is now over here and showing an 1130 start time. This does not match the p..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…CB
edbott I did not expect that The Rapture would have this soundtrack. twitter.com/CaseyNewton/st…
@morebento This is not that. @dobes is following the 5G stuff. That will be at aph.gov.au/live.
I think the stream is broken, because the little “LIVE” badge isn’t showing.
Has the INSLM hearing resumed? I’m not seeing the livestream moving.
Apparently Geoff Huston will shortly give a presentation titled “The End of Days”, so that should be good. Details,..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…FR
marcusjdl A lot of gays on Instagram already are? twitter.com/beardynoise/st…
GordyPls Someone should’ve warned that our fetishisation of national security legislation would be interpreted expansively b..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Zx
I’m liking how this poll is going. twitter.com/stilgherrian/s…

pointlesslettrs We’re trapped, you know. On this small island. With people like this. And no freedom of movement. pic.twitter.com/XyFijuqFE6
Coffee break.
@dobes Yeah sorry, I do have the better deal today.
As an aside, if you haven’t read s313 of the Telecommunications Act 1997 then you haven’t lived. austlii.edu.au/cgi-bin/viewdo…
Some down-in-the-weeds stuff now about oversight agencies of a Commonwealth act for these state agencies. All bounc..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…HC
@JustJimWillDo I have griped about this at length. zdnet.com/article/labors…
Renwick explores what we’ve referred to as “dragooning employees” under TOLA. That’s being hosed down, no, we’d app..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Aa
He’s stumbling, however, over Renwick’s question on disagreements over “systemic weakness”. Says they take DCP’s wo..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…aW
He says a US CLOUD Act agreement would be “hugely beneficial” to investigations, because to much comms is now on so..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…ss
LECC NSW guy says the TOLA Act definition of designated communication provider (DCP) provides much more flexibility..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…tE
LECC NSW guy is now explaining how TOLA would have helped investigate a certain police officer posting racist abuse..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…rc
It’s a good question, but I was interrupted at my end and didn’t hear the answer. (I will check the recording later.)
Because Renwick is now asking why TOLA powers are seen as essential, when metadata can reveal so much and can be accessed without a warrant.
Exactly this. So I think it’s a slip of the tongue. Or shorthand for “the metadata of the encrypted communication”. twitter.com/JustJimWillDo/…
People keep using the term “encrypted metadata”, which is confusing me.
@dmeeze And therefore this may become a recommendation for change from INSLM. That’s kinda the whiole point of this process.
HAHAHAHA. ICAC is declared to be an interception agency under TOLA but not under Telco Act. Since they need a warra..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…M1
snurbbotinfo I double-dare you, Australia: help the economy.

Next up, the NSW anti-corruption bodies, ICAC NSW and LECC NSW. pic.twitter.com/IP4PkNgZtE
This is so much better than a Senate hearing because it’s not daft politicians trying to score points but a forensi..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…gv
Discussion over whether section 34AAA of the ASIO Act would authorise detention to access a device. Burgess has Hom..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…sJ
@ShogunCySec Well that IS the structure. :)
Burgess says he’d have no problem with telcos etc saying they have received no TOLA requests, or that they have rec..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…sM
After talking about some reporting aspects, Renwick is now asking whether ASIO will now go to TOLA first or to s313..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…RB
Our Treasurer is a goose. HONK! twitter.com/OaaSvc/status/…
Burgess bats it to Dept Home Affairs, because they do the policy. he talks about ASIO having “no intention” to brea..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…kz
Renwick is exploring how the public is meant to understand their own reasonable expectations of privacy when they d..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…wm
@jpwarren I’ll take that as a comment. :)
Specifically, on the reasonable expectations of the Australian people for privacy and security, Renwick is asking B..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…QT
Renwick says he’s read all of ASIO’s records in relation to TOLA work, “no matter how secret”. And now he’s asking..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Wt
@jpwarren Yes, but the fine print is that only legal types on AAT can do warrants, so that would still apply. (Stil..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…X8
Now up: Mike Burgess, director-general of ASIO. He says TOLA powers were used within 10 days of the Act being passe..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Gr
Sorry for all the acronyms and initialisms, but I’m tweeting this mainly for people familiar with the Act and for m..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…kh
Renwick is now floating the idea that the AAT could be the independent body that does a double-lock on a TAN or TCN, and maybe even a TAR.
The Blue Lagoon. twitter.com/WWESheamus/sta…
He’s now describing the independent “double-lock” system used in the UK. He’s spent time there, and says “It has been very well received”.
Renwick is clearly going to go to the guts of the definitions of “systemic weakness” and the like, and why TOLA act..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…LS
Note that INSLM is pronounced much like “insulin”.
Renwick has seen the ASIO use of TOLA as well as law enforcement describe here zdnet.com/article/afp-an…. Has reviewe..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…xQ
Renwick is rejecting the binary opposites that dominate the TOLA debate, and quotes the Washington-based Encryption..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Ix
It has begin, with INSLM Dr James Renwick CSC SC giving his opening remarks. twitter.com/stilgherrian/s…
I think this is a great slogan, and @TeliaCarrier’s t-shirts look great too. #APRICOT2020 twitter.com/TeliaCarrier/s…
@jpwarren @SnarkyPlatypus @NewtonMark @dobes Computers are excellent.
The public hearing of the Independent National Security Legislation Monitor (INSLM) on the TOLA Act..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Sm
@zdnetaustralia It’s going to be a busy day. Thank the gods, I seem to be feeling quite a bit better than yesterday.
Thu plan, or state of affairs: Another day of APRICOT / APNIC 49 2020.apricot.net/program/schedu… #APRICOT2020; also a publi..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…fT

Melbourne is being Melbourne again today. pic.twitter.com/WQn8xqFV6W
@NickyWill100 @SnarkyPlatypus @NewtonMark @jpwarren @dobes Good heavens, Mildred!
Hey @SnarkyPlatypus this explains why your lobster was labelled sensitive content last night. A magnificent error t..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Nk
@Fascistlefty Fourteen.
stilgherrian POLL: Chris Uhlmann should be inflated with which gas? (Please RT.)
Thursday. What happens when the tests themselves fail the tests? Helicopters. Thursday.