OK gone now.
Meanwhile, no winter sessions of Parliament at all. https://t.co/BqtwL1XHiD
But yeah, mentally exhausted now. As so many of you must be. I’ll look at your bits in the morning.
I also make a cameo appearance in this one. https://t.co/Aj3aVlWtCc
I can’t absorb any more information today but if you can, well, I made a podcast last night. Listen before it’s all… https://t.co/kiwpBATMPP
RT @CentralNewsUTS: Another stunning photo from @KriedemannMark Ominous is the new norm #Covid_19australia #UTSJournalism https://t.co/Gehf…
Pro Tip: A perfect way to use the last days of an electric toothbrush head. Well, last day, obviously.
Gosh my MacBook Pro runs so much cooler now that I removed all the fluff from the fans and vents.
@damana @R_Chirgwin Infosys won the contract in Nov 2019 for the new entitlements calculation engine (ECE).… https://t.co/zLCTleNyGD
@damana @R_Chirgwin IBM z13 mainframe, M204 software. https://t.co/CgUxvniYUc
A new system is under construction. https://t.co/5aIrO8lE2B
@damana @R_Chirgwin Good. :)
@chuggins9000 Ta. Still annoying if people can’t backdate to when the TRIED making a claim, but hey.
@damana @R_Chirgwin Let’s not all start playing amateur site reliability engineer, eh?
@damana @R_Chirgwin The back end is a 30yo mainframe.
@munin I can do this thing!
@developerjack Bah. That couch is going to wear out so you should use it while you’ve got it.
SPOKEN WORD “BABY SHARK†KARAOKE! https://t.co/8tOCFHj9LX
RT @NewtonMark: Social Security is the only thing standing between an orderly society and your house being ransacked by people who want to…
@jonoabroad @GreenJ Why not both?
RT @siobhanheanue: The ADF will remove ‘non-essential’ personnel from #Iraq and #Afghanistan due to the #coronavirus threats. Training miss…
@jktweetsau So, gossip. Right.
@oberonsghost The fourth is a failure of attention to detail.
@GreenJ I suspect it’s more about countering an ASX decline by boasting about good sales. https://t.co/vToDMfGK2B
SashaWilmoth australian english doing its thing: my friend wished me a happy iso, another one used quaz as a verb
Yes, why are we seeking medical advice from a toaster salesman? pic.twitter.com/FnMcBUH97I
@eskimo_sparky The Dark Webâ„¢ probably.
I so miss the “ontology of capabilitiesâ€, @dobes. https://t.co/shZ43YALJo
@katgallow That’d be right. Sigh.
That’s the amendments to all these Bills. The government amendments passed. I haven’t read any of the legislation,… https://t.co/44A61wv4yl
Looks like the Opposition amendments failed to pass the house.
“Question—That the Opposition amendments be disagr… https://t.co/izJsHmYZkY
RT @nampix: On homeschooling my 7yr old stated. “I might need to teach you lots because you are so old now there is much more to learnâ€
#go…
RT @oz_f: And because the news never ends — a third (!!!) man has been charged in connection to a counter-terrorism investigation focusing…
Tomorrow’s Federal Court Listing for NSW just arrived by email. Every item is listed as being via telephone or videoconference.
RT @protectheflames: My new favourite thing is Italian mayors and regional presidents LOSING IT at people violating quarantine. Here’s an e…
RT @Pinboard: If it turns out the infection spread via this keypad my life will have reached an aesthetic summit. https://t.co/doczHzOvgT
Attn: @SnarkyPlatypus @glengyron @adamliaw. ;) https://t.co/EI7sjonoK5
Listening to this week’s “Le Showâ€@theharryshearerhpca.st/n2s1xyfgHN7Wg2
Ah, so it WAS an outage… https://t.co/RLQdJ92KoQ
@ashabeeeee @dobes Is the answer “Kill your customers�
Listening to today’@ABCNews2525 Coronacast, “Testing works. Why aren’t we doing mpca.st/j6p17l3hOVY0ozhS
As usual, further plans may be found in the Weekly Wrap, such that they are. I have updated it slightly. https://t.co/4YZMfuAOE4
Mon plan, remainder: Having done everything I need to do today, I’ll catch up on podcasts and a little reading. But… https://t.co/upBeq2OXS2
RT @KRUZAA_: It pisses me off to know that people are hoarding food just to make meals that look like this https://t.co/KaLR6cHTtw
From earlier… https://t.co/HEitooxpKk
“The people of Australia are a DDoS machine that the government cannot handle†by @dobes https://t.co/PM50ZzKVgb
“‘Incompetence attack’: MyGov website did not crash because of DDoS cyber attack, as Stuart Robert claimed†by… https://t.co/Gw2V53Ui6k
Important business in the House of Reps a short time ago. Attn: @SnarkyPlatypus. pic.twitter.com/kqXd5ElGTw
corduroy My 13yo daughter just now: we were so good at getting rid of Prime Ministers for so long. Why is this the one we decided to keep?
@Inbtwnr21 @david_heath @TimWattsMP A fantastic advertisement.
Please note that these charts are scaled 0 to 100 for the relative volume of that search term over the 90-day perio… https://t.co/P8qek4TXEs
The Australian “Toilet Paper†Search Index and the Australian “Toilet Paper Alternatives†Search Index for today.… https://t.co/UcCkYMf5uO
GrogsGamut A new day, a new COVID-19 v October 1987 ASX graph pic.twitter.com/yHJc8t2dcr
RT @silv24: This is the face of someone who just spent 9 hours in personal protective equipment moving critically ill Covid19 patients arou…
I want to make a joke about cooking toast in the kitchen of Centrelink but I’ll let someone else flesh out the deta… https://t.co/C2sIlRg3XE
RT @TimWattsMP: Whether he understands it or not, what Robert just read out to the chamber from his Department confirms that there was NOT…
RT @TimWattsMP: Stuart Robert tells Parliament that the traffic to Mygov triggered a DDOS alarm NOT that there was actually an attack 🙄 #qt
Will the raft have to go through quarantine? https://t.co/ddtghDEneu
A short video of a denial of service attack on the Australian government. https://t.co/8XScjmfCnD
@dobes @jpwarren What’s the age of Centrelink’s mainframe? I‘ve forgotten when they had the last upgrade.
RT @jeamland: Eat The Rich https://t.co/6MKVxtGlo0
RT @DoctorKarl: Eradicated smallpox? https://t.co/rDJrWQTzIh
@SVPR_Sweetheart @TomNamako Yep, it’s all happening very, very quickly.
I’m revisiting some of my NBN stories because reasons, and I found this one from Nov 2019: “Australia’s NBN a hell… https://t.co/AYlxfaFjYi
@chuggins9000 Centrelink has never been good at explaining itself, but then the politicians keep lumbering it with… https://t.co/IHAswHZLOc
Meanwhile in The America… https://t.co/klgVkSH6lX
@ch150ch Thanks very much.
I deleted this tweet because it may not have been true, or at least not in all cases. If anyone can point me to fir… https://t.co/6ZiJ5Nvpf1
@chuggins9000 My knowledge is more recent but secondhand, and relates to what was called Newstart. In any event I’l… https://t.co/Jwaro4DtvX
@chuggins9000 How recent is your knowledge?
ClintMaynard2GB Still long queues at the Bondi Junction Centrelink Officer. @2GB873 pic.twitter.com/3DeKRZ6L2C
@expectproblems Now do “Catsâ€. @SnarkyPlatypusypus.
RT @AnnastaciaMP: BREAKING: Cabinet has decided to close Queensland’s borders. I’ll bring you more detail soon. #coronavirus https://t.co/i…
@jimboot @drunkenmadman All that aside, though, the fact that myGov and Centrelink are at the top is the important… https://t.co/wgClP1s8ZJ
@jimboot @drunkenmadman Except for sites which are already in their browser history, which come up as autocomplete locally. Like Google.
@GreenJ That’s controlling the speed of the, erm, appliance.
RT @ljayes: I don’t know why Stuart Roberts is holding a media conference - when he’s not willing to level with people.
He denies MyGov w…
RT @NewtonMark: Roberts knows he will eventually be found to be straight up lying, but doesn’t care because lying is cost-free in Australia…
@drunkenmadman @jimboot These are Google Trends search numbers, not connection attempts. People generally don’t hav… https://t.co/qKbxsBSUYv
@darrenpauli @rohan_p That’s cruel.
@oberonsghost Oh of course.
That screenshot was from today’@crikey_newsws Crikey Worm.
@SnarkyPlatypus @dobes @sup Oops that was to @SuperCroup not @sup, whoever you are.
@morebento @SnarkyPlatypus @dobes @sup I should shoot a companion series, perhaps with the same scripts.
I wonder which Centrelink office will be the first to be smashed and burned down, and when.
What the fuck is going on I have no idea what’s happening any more. @SnarkyPlatypus @dobes @sup https://t.co/0gqInQFejc
I’m slow to this, but hey what a cunt is Gerry Harvey. The mentality of a war profiteer. He probably started the vi… https://t.co/yXDKLhovtG
I’m assuming that the Opposition is padding while outside the chamber they’re drafting amendments and doing backroo… https://t.co/Q9eEQVkAEe
@NewtonMark @beneltham The last soup kitchen I saw was in San Jose, just two short blocks from a tech conference fu… https://t.co/5jtTjqxwFz
Paid-for Instagram followers are on special. pic.twitter.com/HTZ5DADhzM
RT @Travelito24: Some of Italian nurses & doctors after long hours of work in intensive care. â¤ï¸ðŸ‡®ðŸ‡¹ https://t.co/YAG9oVcgrq
RT @Durotrigesdig: And the prize for most appropriate thing for a #druid to say at this time goes to today’s @guardian newspaper:
😬😱😬😱😬😱 h…
I’m dropping my feed of Parliament for now. The positioning statements are continuing. The debate on amendments is… https://t.co/bh8xzP3Uk6
RT @IamShaneMorris: In tourism-heavy cities (I used Nashville, Honolulu, New Orleans, and Savannah) the rental market is exploding, as AirB…
RT @jonkudelka: the bottom has fallen out of the toilet paper market ahahaha look sorry https://t.co/1z7uMTX2CA
RT @DeepFieldPhoto: Concerning scenes at Centrelink offices across the country 🥺 - this is 2 blocks from the Darlinghurst office . MyGov s…
@alexkidman Rabbit Onesies should be the main theme.
RT @yvemor: Civil supersonic aircraft projects of the early sixties: part 4
Sources are pictured in attachments
Science et Vie Aviation is…
Here’s what’s now closed and not-closed in NSW. https://t.co/la67sNN7F5
This is the beta NSW govt website because… https://t.co/9UwelHDgEC
@purserj The Premier does. https://t.co/la67sNN7F5
Yeah but, sadly, moving “That the speaker no longer be heard†would seriously break the mood of the House right now. https://t.co/PnCqIPH81l
RT @cameronwilson: Australian MP George Christensen is accusing Facebook of “running interference for communist china” because a post linki…
@SuperCroup Sounds about right.
RT @hansinclair9: The line to Centrelink Bondi Junction. It wraps around almost every corner of the block. @9NewsSyd #COVID19Aus #centreli…
Richard Marles is now kicking off his speech with a 9/11 reference.
Albo says his great-grandmother was one of the 103,000 [check figure] Australians who died in the 1918—1919 flu epi… https://t.co/wFBuku0m8h
Also is saying we should also focus on mental health, not just physical health.
@SuperCroup Have you told them your story?
Albo is also calling for the tele-health Medicare rebate to apply to all remote consultations, including with the d… https://t.co/pm2EcPQZgK
Albo is now calling for every Australian showing symptoms to be tested, to beat South Korea. He acknowledges that t… https://t.co/JulI1LPoqu
Labor is trying to get this text amended into the second reading motion. This won’t pass because Labor doesn’t have… https://t.co/q3W01mYz9C
RT @yvemor: Civil supersonic aircraft projects of the early sixties: part 3
Convair project based on B58
Bell and Convair projects
Lockheed…
RT @yvemor: I failed to mention the Convair project based on the XB 70 https://t.co/6rC7Zb83TL
RT @yvemor: Civil supersonic aircraft projects of the early sixties: part 2
Republic project with nuclear ramjet
Douglas project
Project Br…
RT @yvemor: Civil supersonic aircraft projects of the early sixties: part 1
Configurations studied by NASA SCAT
Aerodyne studied by Alexand…
RT @samanthamaiden: This has killed me I am LOSING IT and shake laughing behind glass in House of Representatives instead of listening spee…
RT @wellmaywesay: Episode 122 - Oh We Are A Society (feat @erinrileyau) with a Stuck in my Craw from @stilgherrian, now online at https://t…
RT @JoshButler: quite a stunning press conference from NT chief minister Michael Gunner just now. Watch it if you can
“If you think these…
RT @MehreenFaruqi: This bill?
$3.4 billion for private schools.
$0 for public schools. https://t.co/1HpEyuA7IW
RT @Veggiefact: isn’t it weird that people living paycheck to paycheck are supposed to have months worth of savings for emergencies while b…
5. The early release of superannuation, and selling at the low point of the market. If people rush, it’ll create pr… https://t.co/zp01fCvp1m
4. If we know that there will be need for further packages, then we should get them sorted and passed. (In my view… https://t.co/2QkK5kSfz1
3. Gaps in the package: people here on visas; students; other gaps.
2. SME support plan currently has no guarantee that the funds going to businesses will be used to keep workers on or pay their wages.
Here we go. Labor’s five ways to improve the package…
1. Inject more sense of urgency. Get the support out the door faster.
Labor is talking about cooperation and being constructive, but also stressing the need for no half-measures, to res… https://t.co/WsDkxIcidY
Ben_Mc1 You can’t say coronavirus is like WW2 and then get mad at British tourists for heading to the beach to die
Trump is such a class act. https://t.co/43rMSzdfKG
This early release of superannuation thing will be a key focus for debate. Labor is against it. Frydenberg just emp… https://t.co/7D21UAUUoo
RT @AndrewConstance: Don’t push the button: Automated pedestrian crossings will be progressively rolled out from today in the Sydney CBD. #…
RT @TomRichardson: Via a mate. This is the queue for Centrelink in Norwood. The first one is the line on the adjoining street - the office…
All eight Bills are up now. https://t.co/ygrmvojhcI
Earlier it was said that there were queues at Centrelink offices before they even opened this morning.
The Bills are starting to come online now. This search will give you all the Bills introduced today.… https://t.co/XvM2daGfrt
Frydenberg is currently squawkdroning his way through his second-reading speech.
As an aside, the social distancing rules include only four press photographers plus the official one on the press g… https://t.co/Ce0KGTUzcK
The Clerk has to formally read the full titles of every Bill, and the printed copies and now only just being brough… https://t.co/OA8Vh9Zg5q
Bill titles are up. Will post a website link when the full text is available. pic.twitter.com/wGgoceDgs4
@SnarkyPlatypus You could stab them, but that puts you too close. You need a gun. Or a spear. But a gun would be easier.
Parliament has a very strange mood today. Sombre. Hesitant. Everyone looks tired — they’ve been working across the… https://t.co/kbeF2pD4Aq
RT @JillFilipovic: (Dying over the “all these men are GAY!!!” comments. I regret to inform you that women in some cultures are not attracte…
RT @JillFilipovic: Spain is deploying its army to help manage their coronavirus outbreak and not to be insensitive at an anxiety-inducing t…
Well, @dobes @rohan_p @NewtonMark @jeamland, this should help fuel the conspiracies. https://t.co/sfekVkud9r
RT @Sabrina_McDa: All the major cruise lines are asking for bailouts from the U.S. Government.
Yet, Disney Cruises sails under the Bahamia…
RT @SkyNews: BREAKING: The German Chancellor Angela Merkel has been quarantined after a doctor she had been in contact with tested positive…
SenatorWong Statement: pic.twitter.com/pzsDg3hs1J
RT @jpwarren: MyGov is down. #agcc https://t.co/vG9igs60Kw
@Kimota It’ll sink in eventually. Possibly when the people with torches and pitchforks are climbing The Hill.
Meanwhile in The America… https://t.co/m71xzVuDCi
Oh yeah. Further plans may be found in the Weekly Wrap, though obviously they may change suddenly and randomly. https://t.co/4YZMfuAOE4
You can watch, read, and listen to the work as it progresses at the “Watch, Read, Listen†page. https://t.co/uxqXdW7DTX
The Senate also meets from 1000 AEDT, and the Dynamic Red will keep you abreast of proceedings. https://t.co/erQMdya7T2
Here’s the House of Reps Daily Program. In brief, things start at 1000 AEDT when they suspend the normal process, a… https://t.co/Z9YP5zZHRj
Mon plan: Keep it simple; watch Parliament debate the emergency package; prep and then 1500 record ABC Radio interv… https://t.co/9gMG5RT5mW
Mon plan, background: Obviously we’re in yet another new world today, so my main theme will be trying to understand… https://t.co/rnqDDFNWGN
Yeah I’m gonna get complaints about that one.
I can’t help but think parents whinging about kids “losing†a year of schooling (surely we’re just rearranging thin… https://t.co/JhySWwVpcF
@Kimota He’s not alone in his cleverness. https://t.co/Ldj8g0MQvW
arielbogle Here’s a coronavirus scam text that’s going around. See any others? Let me know. pic.twitter.com/armDviAccd
FrankLuntz Words that work: redd.it/fmlg1y pic.twitter.com/btoQQneQYT
RT @JohnBirmingham: I may have to rethink my atheism. https://t.co/AZVmdOvv32
@NewtonMark Sure. You can’t have a pandemic without hosts.
@NewtonMark I think that idea has already been scuttled.
stilgherrian If you enjoy this podcast, please consider throwing a few dollars into the tip jar at skank.com.au/tip/.
RT @stilgherrian: NEW PODCAST: “The 9pm His Plague Diary 1†https://t.co/uSP0qd1ZOb
Also on Spreaker https://t.co/tzDxQkdsqD and SoundClou…
Monday. Wide establishing shot. Slow pan. Grumbling. Pause. Monday.