OK, enough of this insecure and self-indulgent performative bullshit, I need to get some sleep.
@TheDanBarrett @kcarruthers Look I’m not one to judge, obviously, but I can’t help but think this may not be totally healthy for you.
RT @kcarruthers: Pity then that nowadays kids are programmed every minute from dawn until dusk then isn’t it? https://t.co/EBjSThsj42
RT @NewtonMark: Oh, a paper trail, nice, very smart. https://t.co/WXwFB6big3
heldavidson whoever made the hildebrand hot take generator can turn it off now, it has peaked pic.twitter.com/CUR3xB0z1Y
@TheDanBarrett @kcarruthers What choice? (Will I regret asking this? Is it about the sweater again?)
RT @TaniaWalker: Bring these back and give me a reason to celebrate easter plz https://t.co/SGiXsH51BP
@TheDanBarrett @kcarruthers Are you sure you’re not over-thinking this? I mean, knitwear-based trolling is pretty niche.
@kcarruthers @TheDanBarrett Look the sweater is lovely. And he seems quite earnest in his defence of… something.… https://t.co/GtQhiBYdav
@TheDanBarrett So, um, why? Apart, obviously, from his taste in knitwear?
RT @stilgherrian: @FionaPattenMLC Please feel free to suggest questions. And I’ll feel free to ignore them.
RT @stilgherrian: The best thing about the coming week is that on Monday afternoon I’m recording a podcast with the remarkable and dangerou…
RT @stilgherrian: NEW BLOG POST: “Weekly wrap 508: Cyber and Chinese-inspired lighting in Melbourne†https://t.co/A9w7Jovfdc Covers 17—23 F…
RT @EJBrand: Identifying hard with this 1780s woman who arranged an elaborate portrait and then ended up hiding behind a leaf 🔸 https://t.c…
@jodiem @FionaPattenMLC All noted. :)
@JM77 If we only did what’s “necessary†it would be a very drab world indeed.
@frankieboyle They’re very good, thank you.
@FionaPattenMLC @upulie @sallywhyte Another aspect of this podcast, recorded nine days before the election, is that… https://t.co/PGj8qAO88X
@LizDolphinfluff @jon_lawrence @FionaPattenMLC @upulie @sallywhyte We go way back. I wonder whether recording in Pa… https://t.co/7qy9i6TI1r
@jodiem @FionaPattenMLC Great point. Listening back to what we discussed in November 2016 it’s well worth revisiting.
@FionaPattenMLC @upulie @sallywhyte Goddammit. Listening back it turns out I was the first person to say “cuntâ€. Bu… https://t.co/9QzqrDbrLI
@FionaPattenMLC @upulie @sallywhyte Yeah this was a bloody good episode. https://t.co/ga8ieudAhj
@LapTop006 @dawnstarau @linuxconfau So to speak.
@dawnstarau Well yes I remember the @linuxconfau where they included soap with the conference swag.
RT @NewtonMark: I see where they’re coming from, but it’s kinda dangerous for democracy that a police service thinks it’s entitled to an op…
There are machines now. pic.twitter.com/tobNf67zY4
RT @simongerman600: Map shows how far you can travel in 90 minutes via public transit as a commuter in London and in San Francisco. Conside…
A Yoghurt Cow. pic.twitter.com/GXIicrtmFq
stephendziedzic Former Goldman Sachs chief executive Lloyd Blankfein (net worth $1.1 billion) does not feel rich pic.twitter.com/0P6wMqT7dl
That’s a bit wrong, in @frankieboylele sense.
Top three kinds of sex. https://t.co/8pnmzpbbBI
@SnarkyPlatypus He should like it. It’s sparkly.
It’s a little quiet in Melbourne’s Chinatown for a Sunday night, I think, but I’ve bought @SnarkyPlatypus a special… https://t.co/NO4bV9wHzw
I’m listening back to this episode and yeah it was bloody good. Guests were @FionaPattenMLC @upulie @sallywhyte. https://t.co/ga8ieudAhj
@FrKarlSinclair As so it should. :) Does His Holiness prefer PSN or Steam for his recreational needs?
@NewtonMark @NGruen1 RTYI, from our friends at @BuzzFeedOz. https://t.co/dG24In4oeo
RT @SamSykesSwears: perhaps the real message of The Lord of the Rings was that only people who are well-rested, enjoy plenty of leisure tim…
@FrKarlSinclair I was thinking of more recent decisions. Also, congratulations, but I’m not sure that I approve of… https://t.co/b6g6MvPY1C
@FrKarlSinclair Wow. Well if you’re going to go back THAT far! :)
RT @TheNehad: Pack of vicious dogs attack helpless toddler while someone films!!! https://t.co/ncxssJ99nB
RT @HMReilly: RIP June. An icon, one of Australia’s first businesswomen and mortal enemy of short-shorts. Really enjoyed the time I spent w…
RT @ABCTV: “Slut-shaming…I love that!” 😂 @HMReilly teaches June Dally-Watkins a new phrase in #GrowingUpGracefully tonight 9.30pm, after…
@RhombusHatesYou @FionaPattenMLC Look I’m fine with serious drinking, obviously, but it makes for tedious listening for other people.
Why is any of this? https://t.co/8oh0QSLMDQ
@oberonsghost Sigh.
@RhombusHatesYou @FionaPattenMLC See, that’s possibly the problem.
“I was drunk, she struggled, but I finally stole her passport.†https://t.co/r7SwSBKi8h
dannolan imagine thinking getting a slightly higher tax rate is equivalent to being brutalised by the state on a generational level
RT @AndrewCatsaras: Churchill: “You ask, what is our policy? It is to wage war, by sea, land & air, with all our might & with all the stren…
@kcarruthers @jayrosen_nyu @bronwen I was probably there lol.
s/5/15/. There is no excuse for these people. https://t.co/373rUwFgqh
@FionaPattenMLC Please feel free to suggest questions. And I’ll feel free to ignore them.
The best thing about the coming week is that on Monday afternoon I’m recording a podcast with the remarkable and da… https://t.co/rLuxFWVwH5
NEW BLOG POST: “Weekly wrap 508: Cyber and Chinese-inspired lighting in Melbourne†https://t.co/A9w7Jovfdc Covers 1… https://t.co/ZPLsfCqca0
JaysonElliot I’m not sure what’s going on with this car, but I love it pic.twitter.com/79SSe35hoY
@RhombusHatesYou We all have our crosses to bear.
@RhombusHatesYou I’m told just now that someone is marketing a fashionable handbag that works as a goonbag holder,… https://t.co/Ebb1WDS041
@Sheeds_au There is that. Today has been, and continues to be, lovely.
@SnarkyPlatypus Now playing: Robbie Williams and Kylie Minogue, “Kidsyoutu.be/cvn6eYJh-0cHZFt
@RhombusHatesYou @marcuskelson @SnarkyPlatypus I let that one through to the keeper, but yes, what’s that all about Marcus?
@RealNickHodge The tits are good. The teeth need work.
@SnarkyPlatypus @marcuskelson I can thoroughly recommend @frankieboyle’s Tour of Scotland, currently on BBC iPlayer… https://t.co/uM4P0ydLEi
@RealNickHodge And yet I’m still not scoring a root. Riddle me that!
One of the barmaids has broken up with her girlfriend, just before they were about to go on a Great Ocean Road holi… https://t.co/e1vYdDLoiL
@RhombusHatesYou @SnarkyPlatypus Thanks, will check it out. There’s some relevant places in Sydney.
I AM HAVING TOO NICE A DAY I NEED TO COMPLAIN ABOUT SOMETHING WHAT SHOULD I COMPLAIN ABOUT.
@RhombusHatesYou @SnarkyPlatypus Oh hello. What should I be looking for? Do you know its name?
This is 100% true. Some of us wrote about it 15 years ago, maybe longer if we’re the likes of @jayrosen_nyu, and ye… https://t.co/7oiwFn5gae
RT @evcricket: I reckon about 80%, maybe more, of the journos writing “Twitter has ruined the discourse” takes are just mad that the audien…
RT @samanthamaiden: Every now and again I think about time I had dinner at a Chinese restaurant with Speaker Tony Smith (when he was a back…
@SnarkyPlatypus Where there’s haggis there’s likely to be black pudding.
@Fascistlefty @SnarkyPlatypus Haggis is excellent.
@SnarkyPlatypus And then there’s this. https://t.co/KEmixQriEq
@SnarkyPlatypus Here’s one in Melbournehighlanderbar.com.auSI
@SnarkyPlatypus A search on “haggis Sydney†reveals some butchers who make it…
SnarkyPlatypus Are there any pubs in Sydney that do a haggis?
RT @tongotongoz: @interrogativus @grAntlerMensch @irisherself @fuchskusu Glasses might help. https://t.co/ivUU3zgJfo
RT @iandenisjohnson: I cannot agree with this piece at all: real Confucianism was not about blind obedience and Chinese eating practices ha…
JuliusGoat This is literally the exact calculation German conservatives made in July 1932. pic.twitter.com/b8OQHogyeB
RT @GreenJ: #putoutyourdoilies
June Dally-Watkins, Australia’s queen of deportment and etiquette, dies at 92 https://t.co/tpByiuHFkt
@SuperCroup Ah, I see you know the hashtag.
@SnarkyPlatypus @sylmobile Also, this pub has an all-UK playlist, but then that’s the whole point. Plenty of UK bee… https://t.co/fLzDO0R0Bj
@SnarkyPlatypus If you put lemongrass and mint into it, it’s Thai. Even if it’s the wrong kind of basil. Tomato and… https://t.co/svX9Cw8C1C
RT @natebliss: May I please draw your attention to this anonymous quote contained herein: https://t.co/SHvu38VuKZ https://t.co/iolc5h6eqQ
SnarkyPlatypus Michael McCormack really is a dreadful piece of queerphobic trash
RT @NewtonMark: Wow Angus Taylor is a liar, who knew? https://t.co/9ExNn799nK
RT @r0wdy_: When you know enough families whose lives were destroyed because they couldn’t afford medicine in the richest country on Earth,…
RT @thomas_violence: thousands of man-hours could be saved every year if instead of writing this piece once every few days, columnists and…
@SnarkyPlatypus @sylmobile I still want to see the documentary.
@liquidparanoia @SnarkyPlatypus There do seem to be waves of recipes that surge through pubs. I’m sure it’s tasty,… https://t.co/1JRhZ8h6f4
@DrRhysPockett @SnarkyPlatypus Have you turned into your great-grandmother?
@SnarkyPlatypus Now playing: Bros, “When Will I Be Famous?youtu.be/NvQTTA9raJUmEQ3 Did I mention that this is an English pub?
@SnarkyPlatypus On the other hand, my brain just exploded. pic.twitter.com/FyXvHInNE2
RT @bortlb: Will over-salaried Australian journalists ever learn how to think beyond themselves as some kind of stifled underclass? https:/…
I should’ve come here for the Sunday Roast@SnarkyPlatypususpic.twitter.com/1e87GGdOoSoS
I find myself at the Elephant and Wheelbarrow.
@SnarkyPlatypus Fwiw, I just passed Little Bourke Street, i.e. Chinatown, and it looked very quiet. It’s still earl… https://t.co/RA6BvnLETf
Mr La Trobe checks his Twitter feed. pic.twitter.com/goMHqwJ7yv
Honk if you Agree. pic.twitter.com/DH2nhB5mcK
Awesome #RI this afternoon.
@SnarkyPlatypus Yes, I simply had to back to the bathroom to capture that graffiti.
RT @BBCLBicker: Out of 102 patients at the psychiatric hospital in Cheongdo, only 3 of them don’t have #coronavirus https://t.co/ipiiivVw2t
Melbourne. pic.twitter.com/G2GjZKKzTg
@paulwallbank @SnarkyPlatypus I have yet to enjoy New York.
@misosusanowa @Library_Vic @cincylibrary Yep, there’s a lot of that happening at libraries in Australia too. So good to see.
@bigjsl @jonoabroad Liking it.
Draft filed for @zdnetaustralia. It has a headline with awful alliteration, and even a couple of facts!
@jonoabroad Nah, won’t do “I told you so†until after the elections in November. But I have started muttering “Eigh… https://t.co/Xc7FUN3cQd
Here’s another one. https://t.co/lY2FWrC4UD
@SteveMolk Exactly.
HAHAHAHAHAHA! Hardly a day goes by in 2020 without something even more amazing happening. https://t.co/lCvjG9gt2H
@jonoabroad @Library_Vic No no, for those purposes it’s still Sunday. I have a lot to catch up on at the moment.
@zdnetaustralia @Library_Vic Progress report: I’ve written 1200 of a target 2000 words, though it can be a little l… https://t.co/JDNbpzYwT9
@jonoabroad @Library_Vic As far as I know, yes. Why?
RT @jxeeno: good news: you can track city circle train replacement buses in real-time this weekend
bad news: gotta fix that colour contras…
@Library_Vic You’ve only got until 6pm today because it’s the last day, but @Library_Vic currently has both Ned Kel… https://t.co/sUIk4t5fGj
@Library_Vic The renovations are more restorations. This library is so beautiful. And all it took was two tons of g… https://t.co/jBFo0Agckz
@Library_Vic The video suite and audio studio aren’t open yet, but they look like they’ll be kitted out quite well.… https://t.co/7WNqLp06Rw
RT @SwiftOnSecurity: TweetDeck will always burn you in the end https://t.co/gZUTX3AmWe
RT @thomas_violence: if you can eat a hamburger—you can eat a car
if you can eat a car—you can eat a bus
if you can eat a bus—you can eat…
@Library_Vic It says over there they have a video editing suite, and an audio studio for making podcasts, please book. Sweet.
Working in the newly-renovated bit of @Library_Vic. Nice. pic.twitter.com/ifFzIOFM68
@Thefinnigans I am not complaining. And the broth was excellent.
@Davelennonabc Since people have been asking, D House Cafe, 313 Swanston St. Very nice. https://t.co/nDzat85ZgJ
@Ng88Mr No, I am in Melbourne. Sorry.
@Davelennonabc Their minds will be blown when they discover this can be done from their own homes and someone will bring the food to them.
I am trying not to judge them.
“Place your order on the tablet†has both baffled and astounded them. They are white Australians probably in their early 30s.
Someone at the next table is wanting to order sticky rice.
Meanwhile, “Ill-founded coronavirus fears push Chinese restaurants to the brink†https://t.co/1CLwnejOLm
@mummasnoof Breakfast of champions.
I have Hong Kong wonton noodle soup. pic.twitter.com/VTh8jvW3kQ
Is there some reason the planet needs a “Friends†reunion? The scare away the alien invasion fleet, perhaps?
@redrabbleroz @SnarkyPlatypus @ChrissieM @interchris @oberonsghost @johnb78 @DrRhysPockett @SuperCroup You may be r… https://t.co/3dQg0IZ9dE
@cafuego I’m on the beta program so I’ll flag it.
Or my brain’s. “Matrilinealâ€. There.
Bougainville is matrilinial, a concept so weird in the West that the word isn’t even in my iPad dictionary. https://t.co/Jney4Et43T
@cafuego Which data feed do you use?
jason_a_w This feels like something that would have been used as an example in one of those 1990s primers on postmodernism pic.twitter.com/7P507TadEd
@redrabbleroz @SnarkyPlatypus @ChrissieM @interchris @oberonsghost @johnb78 @DrRhysPockett @SuperCroup And there’s… https://t.co/yJkLsNKQzB
@aleeb88 I’m in Melbourne atm, but George St looks like it’ll become quite the place if @cityofsydneydney doesn’t try to micromanage it.
@ben_hr I agree.
Tram.
@PeteLawler @NewtonMark Brilliant. :(
RT @NewtonMark: There is something incredibly satisfying about Brits being the targets of racism rather than one of history’s most pernicio…
@zdnetaustralia @Library_Vic Sun plan, revised as needed: Annoyingly slow start (almost done); write for… https://t.co/QTUt5Ptn5w
@Headwellred @SnarkyPlatypus I am confused.
Oh great. I seem to have constructed an SSL redirection loop, somehow. Fixing that will have to wait until later when I’m properly awake.
@GordyPls @SnarkyPlatypus Do they do? Do they?
@SnarkyPlatypus It’s 31C and sunny down in Melbourne today. For some reason.
@SnarkyPlatypus @ChrissieM @interchris @oberonsghost @johnb78 @DrRhysPockett @SuperCroup @redrabbleroz But “Ashfiel… https://t.co/UpaNtIBo4o
@SnarkyPlatypus @ChrissieM @interchris @oberonsghost @johnb78 @DrRhysPockett @SuperCroup @redrabbleroz I’m sad I co… https://t.co/WkttlnZyLj
RT @ben_hr: Do you remember how Facebook posts use to start with a “Johnny Bighead is…†prompt? Twitter needs a “Well, actually…†prompt to…
RT @AislinnClarke: These haunting medium format slides with images of an unknown woman walking into the sea were found in a Virginia thrift…
RT @stilgherrian: Me at @zdnetaustralia Friday: “Home Affairs pushes back against encryption law proposals†https://t.co/ud6X1VY1iy
I wrot…
RT @stilgherrian: From the Immigration Museum in Melbourne, an observation for @SnarkyPlatypus. #hotwetrice https://t.co/W9ubnkOmqp
@paulwallbank @SnarkyPlatypus I want to spend another time there. It’s too much to absorb in one go. Five stars.
Sun plan, draft: Annoyingly slow start but I needed that long sleep; laundry; write for @zdnetaustralia at… https://t.co/tDwOqGs2Bh
I’d heard it was more like a mushroom, and that it didn’t emanate all that far. https://t.co/k3VzqbSjtw
He may not be the Director of National Intelligence America needs but he’s the DNI it wants. Or something. https://t.co/QuIu7VhXN2
I don’t understand Melbournepic.twitter.com/PZZzHv9ePMPM
Sunday. Complexity: 6. Underpants satisfaction: 5. Swirliness: 7. Sunday.