@cryo_elite @TheShovel Oh in the name of all the gods you guys too?
@kcarruthers @DrRhysPockett I am helping him pack for New Zealand. Or more accurately, I’m drinking gin and offerin..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…F5
laurelchor My flight from Milan to London. #COVID19 pic.twitter.com/7OItRQdUS7
NorthmanTrader Scientists: We’re working on a vaccine, it may take a year.
Central banks: We’ll drown the virus with liquidity.
@kcarruthers @DrRhysPockett He can explain.
Important Fact: I make my own decisions about underpants.
@paulwiggins Good work.
@kcarruthers I am helping @DrRhysPockett.
In which @gathgwyn is concerned about the current state of affairs. pic.twitter.com/C14ZUVZlhJ
Being useful.
If you haven’t listened to my most recent podcast with @FionaPattenMLC, well, you should. twitter.com/stilgherrian/s…
@oberonsghost Indeed. Searching for her work is a pleasant rabbit-hole.
@R_Chirgwin Ah yes, I’d been told there was a police raid the other day. It’s about time someone took Twelve Tribes apart.
Check out Berenice Abbott. She was fucking brilliant. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berenice_… pic.twitter.com/YurKNfGS5M
@rgmerk @Ng88Mr This doesn’t surprise me. Mind you, I’m looking forward to Donald Trump’s musings on government.
This is such a magnificent photo. It’s by Berenice Abbott and colorised by Avi A Katz. twitter.com/FXMC1957/statu…
@timehhh Oh they will.
I love that @SBSOnDemand’s advertisers’ algorithms think I would ever buy this shit. twitter.com/stilgherrian/s…
@boieau @dobes @PunishedDilbert @davidgerard @rohan_p Indeed. But then it has a certain charm, being made by an adult.
A TVC for a Miele oven just described it as “intuitive”. FFS it’s an oven!
NewtonMark For the sake of etiquette, when you welcome someone to your home: After greeting your guest, ask them if they need..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…pK
@R_Chirgwin 404. Try again.
@boieau @dobes @PunishedDilbert @davidgerard @rohan_p Exactly.
@michaelmeloni I want to meet that person. Then watch them make a raft out of toilet paper.
stilgherrian MARK THE DATE: On 7 Dec @TimeGhostTV will do a Pearl Harbor Minute-by-Minute live video for 6 hours starting 0600 H..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Xr
NewtonMark Well this escalated quickly. northerndailyleader.com.au/story/6664288/… 50 year old Tamworth man tased and arrested after allegedly as..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…SF
@NewtonMark @glengyron @achanthadavong @SnarkyPlatypus @simonhackett Each to their own.
@R_Chirgwin Once when I was doing a cover shift on @abcadelaide when the cricket was coming from the UK, the advice..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…KQ
@glengyron @achanthadavong @SnarkyPlatypus @NewtonMark @simonhackett I for one welcome our new durian overlords.
@ThermiteBanana Exactly.
@NewtonMark Looking for toilet paper dealers.
@moylecroft @ashabeeeee Indeed. But have a squizz at these two. twitter.com/stilgherrian/s…
@moylecroft @ashabeeeee But to add to that, it’s clear that Renwick will be recommending some changes that go at le..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…C4
@moylecroft @ashabeeeee This is my interpretation of how Renwick seems to be using it: Effective in providing the a..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…8f
“Sydney Uni researchers turn durian and jackfruit waste into charging packs” by @achanthadavong..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…ke
“National Security Legislation Monitor won’t be recommending Encryption Bill repeal” by @ashabeeeee..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Kx
@SuperCroup Sure. There was music playing. Probably.
@RealNickHodge Look I know burning books is frowned upon, but maybe this time it’s OK?
@Ng88Mr Haha yeah I kinda got over them very, very quickly. Still, that’s softer soft propaganda than Xi’s book.
@AndyDW_ How good is mediocrity!
@funranium @swearyanthony @dobes @ashabeeeee @rohan_p @davidgerard @NuclearAnthro My mind is just fine. :)
Spotted by a friend at a Sydney Airport newsagency. Note the top row. Does anyone know the origins of this campaign..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…JP
TheShovel Your IQ is 100 minus the number of toilet rolls you have in your house right now pic.twitter.com/KJENM93Sik
@AndyDW_ He’s good, eh.
@funranium @swearyanthony @dobes @ashabeeeee @rohan_p @davidgerard @NuclearAnthro I really have no idea what’s going on any more.
@corduroy @bengrubb I’m thinking the people making the races happen rather than the punters, but then my memories o..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Gf
@lefthand_diodes @SnarkyPlatypus @SuperCroup @aleeb88 Hundreds of the fuckers.
… with a human face. pic.twitter.com/wdxhPpLdGT
dril twitter 2050 is an enhanced reality experience where you can step into a virtual sweatshop and lecture the workers about their Table Manners
@dobes @PunishedDilbert @davidgerard @rohan_p Who’s the shonky-looking bloke on the right? Who is holding the sign? Who designed the sign?
@dobes @PunishedDilbert @davidgerard @rohan_p OH I AM SO IN!
PunishedDilbert @dobes UHHHHHHH pic.twitter.com/WOFXEj7x0f
best_in_dumbest Let’s take the “Rag”
out of “Diaphragm” pic.twitter.com/g6Wt24BjWb
dobes What the hell happened today? twitter.com/aap_photos/sta…
@sicksadhack @_ClaireConnelly @snurb_dot_info @TomSear @elisethoma5 @lawfarepodcast @jennyleong And here is the pod..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…RP
@gathgwyn If I find a carrot…
In Ashfield. @gathgwyn followed me to the kitchen, rubbed against my legs plaintively, howled about the lack of foo..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…u5
@Davelennonabc Maybe.
“Exercise DVDS”. twitter.com/MelissaLDavey/…
To be fair, most supermarket customers should be tasered.
@tacticalmaid Darren the Double Cow-Arsed Designer.
@jpwarren “Difficult”? I went to a great deal of effort to not swear at anyone.
Survivalist. pic.twitter.com/BKVpqAKrmC
Passing the Hill of Dead Pets, again.
@tacticalmaid @TransportforNSW It’s the two pieces left over after they stitched together the other two pieces to m..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Tk
@TransportforNSW Prioritising the desires of advertisers over passenger comfort and experience is completely backwards.
When people say “technology roadmap” it means “imaginary technology”. twitter.com/David_Speers/s…
Hey @TransportforNSW I reckon that covering a tram with advertising so dense that you can’t even see out through th..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…f8
This is enough pleuting for now, actually. pic.twitter.com/LDRmNUms3q
@SuperCroup @McThingface @SnarkyPlatypus @aleeb88 WTF? No, at an aquarium.
I should probably have lunch at some point.
@McThingface @SuperCroup @SnarkyPlatypus @aleeb88 Not a theory. A fact.
@McThingface @SuperCroup @SnarkyPlatypus @aleeb88 What a turd.
@JustJimWillDo And where does the heroin go?
@jonkudelka @SuperCroup @SnarkyPlatypus @aleeb88 This is probably true.
@McThingface @SuperCroup @SnarkyPlatypus @aleeb88 Was it cranky?
@DavidFeng No. Zurich is inland. Your trick question didn’t catch me!
EwinHannan @australian Officials initially told estimates today that more events were planned for Cam. When pressed for detail..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…ZZ
EwinHannan @australian Cam’s work on the “engagement hub” involved him posing questions and seeking feedback but the event was..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…eF
EwinHannan @australian Skills Department officials told Senate estimates that in five months Cam had appeared in three short v..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…DI
EwinHannan TV tradie Scott Cam has so far received $145,000 in taxpayers funds (will get $350k) to be the government’s careers..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…kU
Brocklesnitch Once I wrote a story for an erotic fan fiction event that included lee lin chin pegging scott cam with a gold Logie
@SuperCroup @SnarkyPlatypus @aleeb88 Yes. A dolphin. It bit me. Dolphins are arseholes.
@CorpulentBrony Hello.
@SuperCroup @SnarkyPlatypus @aleeb88 There’s not that many things that will definitely kill you.
AI transcriptions are sometimes so plaintive. pic.twitter.com/28g0J0yNez
@SnarkyPlatypus @aleeb88 @SuperCroup It was inside my sleeping bag and did not appreciate being disturbed.
@davidmore @ashabeeeee It isn’t a DTA project. These are DTA projects. Well, projects that the DTA is meant to be watching.
@SnarkyPlatypus @SuperCroup @aleeb88 I have been attacked by a goanna and an echidna and lots of birds and a dolphi..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…yV
“Australian House committee recommends age verification for porn and loot box access” by @dobes..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…dR
@zyzzyvamedia @eightiestragic Preppers aren’t necessarily the best thinkifiers.
TheNTNews BREAKING: DARWIN SHOP ISSUES WARNING TO WOULD BE THIEVES #toiletpapercrisis pic.twitter.com/J72kbQGOkd
@ajhill_alan It’s not.
“Australian government is currently juggling 62 high-cost IT projects” by @ashabeeeee zdnet.com/article/austra…
“Inf..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…X1
“New Bill to prepare Australian law enforcement for the US CLOUD Act” by @ashabeeeee zdnet.com/article/new-bi…
dobes Come on down Barnaby Town!! twitter.com/breannachill/s…
Meanwhile in Sydney… pic.twitter.com/kiFCi1wmnM
@juhasaarinen @NewtonMark @rchirgwin Meh.
@expectproblems To the Moon!
I just noticed that the first numbered data card for my Zoom H1n recorder is labelled “H1N1”. Oink!
Yes, Australia’s interest in toilet paper is definitely waning. trends.google.com/trends/explore… pic.twitter.com/ZXc7950IvS
@juhasaarinen @NewtonMark @rchirgwin Just using a grader to make it flat would be a good start.
@jpwarren Yeah but nor do you have to clench so tightly.
@ashabeeeee This is another one for @jpwarren.
reborn_vlad Oh my fucking god pic.twitter.com/EjgtMgLQs9
hughriminton I’ll be intrigued to see what inventive maths Matt Canavan comes up with to explain this… twitter.com/david_speers/s…
@jpwarren Now you’re just being difficult.
@NewtonMark @juhasaarinen @rchirgwin Oh those idiots. Yes, well.
@SparkleOps @dprk_ebooks Figures.
@zyzzyvamedia @eightiestragic I am informed that some supermarkets have seen selling out of baked beans and canned spaghetti.
We’re wrapping up, but @LowyInstitute will have this up as a podcast soon enough.
An audience member just introduced herself as a “technology analyst for a federal agency” and asked Renwick how he..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…zN
One interesting thing Renwick says about TARs is that it’s an agreement between an agency and a comms provider, “bu..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…0Q
Hard copies of the paper are here. It’ll be on the @LowyInstitute website but I don’t know when.
He keeps referring to a paper which will be available after this session. Sounds like we have A Document to conside..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…MT
Renwick is now running through how the TOLA Act works, with TARs and TANs and TCNs. All this will be new to so many..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…n6
Renwick repeats his comment that because we don’t really understand how much our digital data might reveal, any law..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Oj
Some of this is a repeat of Renwick’s opening remarks from the other day. See PDF here. inslm.gov.au/current-review…
@TimWattsMP Do we have that transcript yet?
Renwick says he will not be recommending a wholesale repeal of the TOLA Act, which doesn’t surprise me.
Here’s some recents from me on last month’s public hearings with the INSLM (Independent National Security Legislati..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…lE
At @LowyInstitute for “What are the right encryption laws for Australia?” with INSLM Dr James Renwick..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…8C
@TimWattsMP Nothing. Just wondering.
It’s California’s turn to find a ship’s passengers. twitter.com/skbaer/status/…
@TheNehad How would that differ?
Are Bronies still a thing?
DickKingSmith ‘What IS the stopping distance of a pregnant ferret travelling at 4mph?’, I hear you cry…
Please observe. pic.twitter.com/aujIndzafv
wolfcat I don’t need to stockpile for the #toiletpapercrisis as when the Paris targets were set I purchased toilet paper of..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…zs
No one likes your ringtone and because of that they think less of you.
I have long since passed the Hill of Dead Pets.
@juhasaarinen @rchirgwin @NewtonMark I’m unsure of the history of all this, except to say that the previous lessee..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…OZ
@mobilesimmo @ConversationEDU Not the Charter, no, but I’d have to check the whole ABC Act. The ABC can already sel..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…jU
#psychwardgreenandyellowtrain, being a K-Set. pic.twitter.com/uTwv0pAXNa
@SuperCroup There no fools.
@damana I did not. I am amply supplied already.
Re-entering Ashfield station. It is not on fire.
Ashfield errand accomplished.
Alighting at Ashfield station where the fire alarm is sounding.
@Headwellred My phone is so very helpful today.
@Gin_ev_ra I suspect you’re right. It’s certainly been my experience.
This pleases me. twitter.com/reselsnark/sta…
#blueandyellowtrain, briefly.
Straffle.
Or has his head been shopped onto Jones’ body?
Is he being dressed by Alan Jones? That’s… awfultwitter.com/therevmountain…7U
jo_laverty They actually did it! @TheNTNews published spare sheets of paper for those worried about running out of 🧻..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Rv
@dobes @IainFergo You could get stickers made. pic.twitter.com/Zvbtjz4Byy
If I remember right, Oleg Gordievsky said the US-created-AIDS disinformation campaign was dropped when the KGB deci..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…aJ
@dobes Seems fair.
Whenever I type “Duckett” my phone wants to change it to “Fuckwit”. It’s wonderful, @dobes.
It appears that yesterday was peak toilet paper. (Sorry for the differently shaped charts. I’m using different devi..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…d3
Beautiful. Attn: @ApostrophePong. twitter.com/watersillustra…
@mobilesimmo @ConversationEDU Indeed. Particularly as the ABC is (was) already an AAP customer.
@Headwellred You know the answering to that.
@oberonsghost Maria. No.
Here’s the official coronavirus COVID-19 isolation guide from the Department of Health. It’s not as onerous as you..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…o4
Yes, I like frogs.
Pro Tip: There’s no need to say “I though I’d reach out to ask whether you like frogs?”, for example. Just ask. “Do..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Zb
Predictive text, eh? pic.twitter.com/sqjzc50LNi
NZHumanRights This advice also applies when there is no virus around. #GiveNothingToRacism twitter.com/NZHumanRights/…
How many sets of antlers are there in Parliament House?
Oops. The antlers have another owner. twitter.com/SenatorMcGrath…
@samanthamaiden Awwww…
NZHumanRights Remember to keep calm, listen to the facts, adhere to the advice from the @minhealthnz, and #GiveNothingToRacism…twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Lj
Antlers! twitter.com/samanthamaiden…
Thu plan, confirmed: 0924 train to Sydney (now); quick errand, Ashfield; 1245 @LowyInstitute “What are the right en..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…3w
genesimmons Kids, this is false and fake news. Unless you hear it from me, it’s fake. And, health officials tell us masks do no..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…JR
None. Because I can count to 20. twitter.com/steveannear/st…
@mobilesimmo @ConversationEDU Not really. All respect to The Conversation for analysis and commentary, but they don..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…uI
@damana @kcarruthers Sorry, you’re quite right.
@damana @kcarruthers Science only leads to problems.
dobes 2020 delivers pic.twitter.com/42eulDWHgK
@sleepingdingo I can suggest some retailers if you’re interested. Plus I haven’t checked if you’re in iPhone or And..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…oM
@sleepingdingo Another option which will also give you broadcast quality is something like this, the RØDE smartLav+..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…4f
@sleepingdingo I happen to use a Zoom H1n, but I carry that with me in case I want to do podcast stuff. It’s total..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…IZ
@sleepingdingo 1. Quiet room, ideally with soft things nearby like couches or curtains. Sound reflects off hard sur..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…G1
@sleepingdingo A better mic is less useful for this than you might think, especially if you don’t need broadcast or..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…7F
@portusprince [Bows.]
@sleepingdingo “Noisy room” is the problem there, not the software. Audio quality is key to all of this. I suspect..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…VY
And here’s a sub-thread from @NewtonMark with more history from the crazy days of the early 2000s which led, in a w..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…qy
Australian Associated Press (AAP) will close, but the data network and ISP is spawned lives on. @NewtonMark explain..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…fJ
The Blue Lagoon. twitter.com/johnmoe/status…
NeePscambaiting Had a good laugh since a long time. Some guy asked me for help to track down a cyber criminal. The guy had transfer..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…SF
andy_park Flights out of #Houston empty pic.twitter.com/qiWaL7pbTa
@mcannonbrookes We certainly do. The panic buying has been ridiculous. buzzfeed.com/cameronwilson/… twitter.com/stilgherrian/s…
@sleepingdingo For sure. There’s quite a few cost,-effective options these days. This is otter.ai bu..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…0g
@Davelennonabc I would love to interview the PM.
Me starting an interview with guest. It’s good to set the ground rules up front. pic.twitter.com/r9bgZIF1nE
Usage of “all around” versus “all around”. books.google.com/ngrams/graph?c… pic.twitter.com/dN9mKsIq9x
Thu plan, draft: Pack again; 0924 train to Sydney; quick errand, Ashfield; 1245 @LowyInstitute “What are the right..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…tr
@Jovianshadow Wet is good.
It’ll definitely be higher. People who’ve held off panic buying will start to realise they’ll need to poo on the we..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…ZM
@amicus_AU Hahaha sucked in.
Place your bets! Will Australians’ searches for “toilet paper” today be higher or lower than yesterday?..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…dN
@NewtonMark Well, when a man and woman love each other very much…
ben_machell What’s the wellest an email has ever found you?
I’m heading down to Sydney today and it looks like it’s going to be soggy. pic.twitter.com/qAEyWLKvmy
Thursday. Just look at the size of that length! Thursday.
MARK THE DATE: On 7 Dec @TimeGhostTV will do a Pearl Harbor Minute-by-Minute live video for 6 hours starting 0600 H..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Xr