OK, I’m outta here. Please try not to be an idiot.
marrowing you must be this middle class to receive emergency ventilation pic.twitter.com/mbPahKMZOc
RT @HappySinger: Bear with me here: PLAGUE SKIRTS. Giant skirts two meters in diameter, for everyone. We maintain our distance and demolish…
RT @patstokes: Reminder that libertarianism is just sociopathy with a library card. https://t.co/HXrApmmNW7
RT @pete_schultz: This is as good a time as any to tell you that my dog sings along to the Law & Order theme song every time he hears it ht…
@nazzer @TroveAustralia Hey @trentyarwood your advice please? :) https://t.co/ApWoEBqXnG
@JodiMcKayMP @carolduncan Possibly because we’re not a prison colony any more.
Fascinating: “Electro-Glitch Pop in the 1960s: The Unreal Sounds & Story of Silver Apples†(9m49s) https://t.co/aIEVDatXl6
RT @NewtonMark: I wonder what everyone would be screeching about closing if the schools were already closed? #covid19au
@jonkudelka @davpope @TawandaButche1 @patstokes I do?
RT @KeohaneDan: “Premiumâ€.
Notwithstanding that one man in that photo below has Coronavirus, while the other has symptoms and is in isola…
RT @trentyarwood: OK, tech crowd. Who’s going to contribute directly to saving the world? https://t.co/fVgp0YePZe
@manindotblack @patstokes @jonkudelka I have no rice left at all and tomorrow my mission will be to find a sack of rice.
@davpope @jonkudelka @TawandaButche1 @patstokes Sorry, I shouldn’t have dragged you into this, but the Lindsay etc… https://t.co/R6ZuME4nq4
@mrowe @trentyarwood I’m not sure that’s what it says at all.
@patstokes @jonkudelka I have Hendrick’s tonight, and an ample supply of little cucumbers.
@trentyarwood @ScBradford I just get shouty too easily, because I figure that if I can take the time to read proper… https://t.co/Qe1q5Jk6Ao
@manindotblack @jonkudelka @patstokes @audible_com Oooh!
@jonkudelka @TawandaButche1 @patstokes Why can’t you be like that nice @davpope and tweet Norman Lindsay cartoons from The Bulletin?
@ScBradford @trentyarwood And the problem is that anxiety can only be reduced by effective communication*, and I do… https://t.co/7t0OVF2zjb
@jonkudelka @patstokes The problem now is that @jonkudelka is ruing my evening of drinking gin and correcting thing… https://t.co/o4WVQ4tplM
@jonkudelka I agree, this is starting to work a treat.
@patstokes I agree with this very much. It’s right up there with “everyone knowsâ€.
@_midofo_ I believe evangelist Jim Bakker has been selling it at $200 a pop.
@jonkudelka I’m sure you are.
@GeorgeCockroft “I have yet to see†is a statement about your reading, not about science. How hard have you looked?
@jonkudelka Yes, the intuitive reason is that people are fuckwits.
@GeorgeCockroft And it has been. To death. There’s a whole bunch of explainers out there but people would rather sc… https://t.co/oQkWvbZivz
I reckon I’ll be retweeting this daily for the next year. https://t.co/TqqO0slrxF
@trentyarwood It is a long time ago. Seven whole days!
Yes, as I keep saying, this can all seem counter-intuitive
@trentyarwood Personally, I’d like to say that it’d be nice if the “teachers are being used as cannon fodder†stuff… https://t.co/ewOG5cLoIk
This piece by @trentyarwood explains why CLOSE ALL THE THINGS NOW is not necessarily the best coronavirus strategy.… https://t.co/XZ7N4DiJsu
“These Historic Photos Show Life in DC During the 1918 Flu Pandemic†https://t.co/AW18BDKEO0 Includes actual snake-… https://t.co/VrCSX4J2gz
@davpope @TroveAustralia NO WREATH OF GUMLEAVES OH THE HUMANITY. Thanks for these, David. They convey so much.
@davpope @TroveAustralia I also like how in this first Lindsay, Melbourne is shown and old and weak while Sydney is… https://t.co/GT6EnXtNeA
@JustJimWillDo 2.49pm, in fact.
CoinnighMac @JimMFelton @GlennyRodge This is still perhaps the greatest mic drop of all time. pic.twitter.com/5ByDQ0HpbQ
Oh look, a podcast from the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners. https://t.co/kjbZny24zg
@davpope @TroveAustralia Bonus points for “narksâ€!
@davpope @TroveAustralia I think @DrRhysPockett @trentyarwood @johnb78 will also like this cartoon.
@davpope @TroveAustralia Wow that is remarkably… modern.
@calebcluff @TroveAustralia @statelibrarynsw Oh hang on, it was only failing on Chrome. Working fine on Safari. Ta.
@calebcluff @TroveAustralia Ta. I’ll have to read it later ’cos @statelibrarynsw’s Factiva link is own for some rea… https://t.co/9uPCllXc1j
@niallclugston @TroveAustralia I’m dismissing it because the idea of “history†as only these grand narratives ignor… https://t.co/rm00S2j27V
@niallclugston @TroveAustralia Yes, I’m sure that killing 5% of the world’s population made no difference to how things unfold#headdeskdesk
@SEdwards0108 @TroveAustralia Thanks. The Sydney one was earlier. https://t.co/E93D9zaMNA And it’s now a luxury hot… https://t.co/Qo9Xk3Q9YG
“Hand Washing In Patient Careâ€, a 1962 Nurse Instructional Film (11m23s) https://t.co/1KHP6CxsVI
@garrymck @TroveAustralia That is indeed very niche, yes, but God bless Trove!
@virtualpete Hah! Already read it. It’s… amusing.
@TroveAustralia That’s all for now, but it appears that mid-October 1918 is when real concerns and quarantines star… https://t.co/uuebntRWQM
@TroveAustralia This piece from the Daily Telegraph has more details. The main concern is troopships returning to A… https://t.co/Ie61kIb8fL
@TroveAustralia One of the earliest references to quarantine with actual facts is this, from The Sydney Morning Her… https://t.co/yIHWZ6wZAI
@HazRobert @awelder @HelenRazer @marrowing Bears thinking. pic.twitter.com/AMgTaQEf3k
@TroveAustralia Adding “quarantine†and limiting it to NSW returns 9,830 results. https://t.co/xgn11pEIyq I may leave this to another time.
@k_morrissey @TroveAustralia Hah! That’s very good but probably not what I as looking for.
@TroveAustralia Oh dear. Australian newspaper articles mentioning “influenza†in 1918—1919 returns 151,274 articles… https://t.co/vRBFBBdS6C
RT @awelder: Updated with foreword by @HelenRazer @marrowing https://t.co/PlhyzxTrCO
RT @Pinboard: Marriage should be between a man, a woman, another man, a third man, and one more man or woman. https://t.co/grtFtvDfNX
Has anyone started digging out the 1918—1919 Australian pandemic news fro@TroveAustraliaia yet?
RT @ericgeller: Photos from 1918 show D.C. grappling with the influenza pandemic. I can’t get over how eerily similar the newspaper headlin…
Tired sauce. https://t.co/c4MYh1Z7qQ
@SuperCroup No, I’d have curly hair.
He’s also turning into Germaine Greerpic.twitter.com/q1pLYANBZWZW
Just now I learned that he’s only 68 years oldpic.twitter.com/GXcBWNqCQhQh
TIL that Bob Geldof is still a thing.
RT @Picketer: That’s fine Shannon, please stand up against this wall and we will sort it for you. https://t.co/a0E25pzRFO
RT @bethanycrompto2: At home the whole street has added green paper to their windows. If it changes to red it’s means they require assistan…
@joshgnosis @dobes @rohan_p @jpwarren @NewtonMark Yeah but they don’t have films in Europe, @dobes.
@NewtonMark @joshgnosis @dobes @rohan_p @jpwarren Hahahaha. I’m glad they’ve got everything under control, Josh.
@ashabeeeee You do pick the classiest venues.
@dobes @rohan_p @jpwarren @joshgnosis @NewtonMark Unfathomable.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA. Ping @dobes @rohan_p @jpwarren @joshgnosis @NewtonMark. https://t.co/wqsFj23D2F
REMINDER: “Flatten the Curve of Armchair Epidemiology†https://t.co/GOE2sMFPBd
RT @mcgregorrichard: Australian miners and tax collectors will be thrilled. https://t.co/NZIRD9nB6x
Translation: “Subordinate says boss is great.†https://t.co/pYLAMK3CU7
@oberonsghost @irisherself Yes. We all need a little sunshine in our lives.
Or murder thrillers. https://t.co/Xd9NwXm5Zn
RT @MsMountebank: Cue multiple romcoms https://t.co/NzIwsPiBlm
@upulie Are you saying that before it was just all CGI? I’ve long suspected that.
@GreenJ @PhillipAdams_1 We live in dangerous times. We may never get the opportunity again.
RT @DDsD: All of Atlassian’s cloud products are now free.
https://t.co/bgL8C33Mso
@GreenJ @PhillipAdams_1 Getting out the body clippers, eh? Very Radio National.
@Scribblor The “Hello, Princess!â€
jplonie Reminder, if you need a background for your zoom calls. pic.twitter.com/CEkwaD8XvV
Pro Tip: From now on, never name your ship anything with “Princess†in it.
Goddammit, @dobes, PJCIS hearings have been cancelled. How am I going to amuse myself now?
RT @glengyron: Oh shit. Probably should have worn gloves or pants. Got a situation here. https://t.co/mMxg10jkwQ
Listening to today’@7ampodcastst wit@PaulBongiornono, “The day coronavirus swallowed Scott Morrispca.st/795yyhcxAJfsA9
@garystark @kiahandley @dr_nic @radio2rdj Yep, I’ve livestreamed podcast recordings quite a few times, though ABC R… https://t.co/AZC9GCLQ7m
@kiahandley @dr_nic Ta muchly. :)
@noreasonspec Pretty much everywhere has some sort of equivalent to our Public Health Act (NSW). A certain kind of… https://t.co/qAD4VVYzIF
@misosusanowa “Why not both?â€
@dr_nic @kiahandley NP, it’s just idle curiosity.
These people are idiots. https://t.co/xxKXv0iaZG
@PaintedGalah @timcashmere Not as exciting as you might think.
@dr_nic @kiahandley Is there any documentation on those kits? I was an extremely prolific producer of OBs back in t… https://t.co/fepNizhkDn
March Equinox is in exactly now, 1449 AEDT.
Can I have your octopus? https://t.co/Kg4p9iUZ9H
Fri plan, remainder, since things are have actually worked out: Quick nap; plan for the next three weeks, inasmuch… https://t.co/VmdzTzfcJf
RT @glengyron: To study it better I’m splicing Anthrax and Corona Virus together in my lab. Will let you all know how it goes.
@markc @servantofchaos Oh I like!
@servantofchaos @markc Status! https://t.co/kgxyK8DbV8
@jpwarren Or this. https://t.co/U9GodPdXpm
@moylecroft @jpwarren Cute bear.
@jetztgibtshaue @jpwarren There’s always been something that appeals to me about the Russian sense of humour.
AmyRemeikis The federal parliament will sit just long enough to pass the stimulus package and then adjourn pic.twitter.com/3BEpaqnGKb
@jpwarren Or this, to be honest. https://t.co/4jP05IGhT6
@jpwarren Here’s another handy one. https://t.co/D5BDWp6b5x
@shinyhealthy @NickyWill100 It’s vernal in the north, of course.
@NickyWill100 Um, no. Why?
Will you be videoconferencing? Here’s some background images from Russia. https://t.co/pE5yZmn9pb https://t.co/52U0vNmXHz
The AusCERT2020 cybersecurity conference has been rescheduled to 15—18 September, per email just received.
RT @snurb_dot_info: The year is 2020. The whole world is quarantined in their homes, and huddled around their broadband connections to catc…
March Equinox is in exactly two hours, at 1449 AEDT.
@MaureenShelley The old-school Russian criminals have been known to chastise the newcomers for targeting health fac… https://t.co/vxJIn7BKtL
Listening to today’@abcnewsws Coronacast, “Should you just pull your kid out of schoopca.st/68u6phdtM0TReX
“Netflix is slowing down in Europe to keep the internet from breaking†https://t.co/8gBAOESCnx
“Some Ransomware operators have stated that they will no longer target health and medical organizations during the… https://t.co/SjcCVjFrKo
nicepantsdude This makes me realize that if america was attacked by aliens, our first response would be to lower interest rates
@AlistairGrinber I try. :)
@mattDCLXVI Thank you.
@lomas_scot @trentyarwood @BernardKeane @NickEvershed I think he knows. :)
@dobes Well that’s a poor trait.
RT @inLaurasWords: A funny thing about quarantining is hearing your partner in full work mode for the first time. Like, I’m married to a “l…
@James_Jeffrey @duckbytheoboe Yes, I was quite disturbed there for a moment.
@James_Jeffrey @duckbytheoboe Is this a euphemism?
Hahahaha what a bullshit reason from Telstra here. Not that I was planning to move my iPad’s SIM around, but I’m no… https://t.co/OCAfSYjjfc
RT @camgrilll: the government is making us quarantine so they can change the batteries in the pigeons
@BernardKeane @NickEvershed These and Nick’s points on the other fragment of the thread are all good points. Thanks… https://t.co/4VxKrj3eF3
March Equinox is in exactly four hours, at 1449 AEDT.
RT @naamanzhou: Great scenes from Melbourne Zoo, who are livestreaming some of the animal habitats for those at home.
You can watch the sn…
@BernardKeane @NickEvershed This is me with my usual “Why does The News™ need to work this way?†challenge.
@BernardKeane Gotcha. And fair point. But this, and @NickEvershed second tweet here, still seem to me that it’s mai… https://t.co/GdLFYejVjT
@RhombusHatesYou @jpwarren @dobes @DrRhysPockett @trentyarwood @NewtonMark I am watching the video all the way thro… https://t.co/lXMWmsvKjK
@upulie @BernardKeane No, he’s not doing a great job. The complaint is about the partisanship as per the sample quo… https://t.co/gpu2uhqLda
@BernardKeane On the other hand, sorry @upulie, but I’m with Bernard on this one. I’m certainly not defending Morri… https://t.co/oAQgeiMOZm
@RhombusHatesYou @jpwarren @dobes @DrRhysPockett @trentyarwood @NewtonMark That, sure. And scat.
@BernardKeane Actually I’ll say it more strongly. This feels like The Media™ wanting to update its little gloom tic… https://t.co/6XPThkDQMP
@BernardKeane Why does this matter? How will it change people’s lives if the figure “late� I ask this because I kn… https://t.co/ieeWx1MTyG
@jpwarren @dobes @DrRhysPockett @trentyarwood @NewtonMark Sure, but there were a couple of messy bits of the 20th c… https://t.co/RRAXs2SUSc
OK then… https://t.co/IdP0iGHqpI
@jpwarren @dobes @DrRhysPockett @trentyarwood @NewtonMark Also, there is this bit of COMPLETE BULLSHIT but hey, it’… https://t.co/YPp5qtju39
@jpwarren @dobes @DrRhysPockett @trentyarwood @NewtonMark Speaking of the Moon, the world’s greatest minds, sorry,… https://t.co/Ny5KUpLGmW
I particularly like these quotes, @dobes @DrRhysPockett @trentyarwood @NewtonMark @jpwarren. https://t.co/XHlyg0gbmB
This is a very good thing, yes, and exactly the point I’ve been trying to make. https://t.co/n6xUMiSG2c
@aggerchez Yeah it’s best not to read his stuff.
@CARROT_app 🦞🦞🦞
RT @timsout: It’s the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination tomorrow. Here’s a reminder of why we must remain vigi…
RT @harari_yuval: The first coronavirus dictatorship
Netanyahu lost the elections. So under pretext of fighting corona, he has closed the…
Fri plan, less preliminary: Slow start; urgent administrivia, continued from yesterday; write and record a little p… https://t.co/JxlovOuYsz
Fri plan, preliminary: I’m pretty blurry again, and it looks like it’s another Weird Dreams and Annoying Side Effec… https://t.co/1lL3b8wByy
Another sunny day in the Blue Mountains today, and a happy birthday to @CARROT_app. pic.twitter.com/qlwM6g09Qf
Friday. Halt, watermelon! Friday.