OK, I’m out of here.
The new one was recorded earlier this evening. I did one on Sunday too. They are both a bit odd. twitter.com/stilgherrian/s…
NEW PODCAST: “The 9pm His Plague Diary 2” stilgherrian.com/edict/00098/
Also on Spreaker spreaker.com/user/skankmedi… and Sou..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…oH
@domknight But you know, this is from epidemiologist, who at the state level are working double shifts, rather than..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Gp
@domknight It’s the other way around. Closing schools is pretty much meaningless unless all the other things aren’t done.
@domknight The first bit isn’t aimed at you, but reality can be counter-intuitive sometimes. twitter.com/stilgherrian/s…
Rtreatwilliams My son said watching Trump do a press conference is like watching the kid who didn’t read the book give his book report.
@Thefinnigans @kcarruthers @SuperCroup So it seems.
@calebcluff @beefanddairy It is pro beef and dairy propaganda, both hard and soft. Mind you, starting at the beginn..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…YK
lenoretaylor live updates here… twitter.com/callapilla/sta…
riayn I love that Patrick Stewart is now reading us a Shakespearean sonnet every day. twitter.com/SirPatStew/sta…
NSWHealth NSW Health is aware of people self-medicating to treat COVID-19 or using medications in an attempt to prevent COVID..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…2f
@expectproblems Best be prepared then.
@trentyarwood @DrRhysPockett Pretty much, yeah.
Should anyone have the need… twitter.com/Nick_Stevens_G…
PulpLibrarian Working from home tips: The Detective’s Handbook. Usborne Books, 1979. pic.twitter.com/Cp9gOJR7vZ
Here all you amateur epidemiologists, start learning. But still keep your fucking mouths shut. twitter.com/stilgherrian/s…
SixthTone Update: Starting Wednesday, Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport will suspend all cross-border flights to curb t..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…fe
@phbarratt Someone just needs to pop down to the storeroom for a pad of verbal agreement forms.
New Moon is right now, 2028 AEDT.
“The Effectiveness of Social Distancing in Mitigating COVID-19 Spread: a modelling analysis” (Preprint)..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…9a
@calebcluff @beefanddairy Are you a first-time listener?
@NickyWill100 Sure, but you won’t get through.
@NickyWill100 Yes, well, this is one of the best-organised operations in Australia so I’m sure it’s all been thought through.
Oh good, there’s a new episode of @beefanddairy. pca.st/k5ykcmrs
GMegalogenis @PSyvret @Pollytics Meanwhile, the Mexicans should extend the Victorian border to the Murrumbidgee (based on the ol..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…wg
Yes, and for one week. Hilarious. twitter.com/SnarkyPlatypus…
What this seems to mean is merely that if you can’t get thru to report your “obligations” then they won’t automatic..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…1i
@SnarkyPlatypus Well as you know they’re a bit average. I’ll be reporting from Coles Katoomba tomorrow.
@ChrissieM Good to know. The flu is a cunt of a thing.
Hahaha oh dear. I’d missed this from Fox News. (Screenshots via @ABCmediawatch.) pic.twitter.com/jEvHpsZr1U
Well, @SnarkyPlatypus, looks like there’s quite a few of those Aussie Legends to get rid of. twitter.com/TheNakedFarmer…
@garystark Correct.
@SnarkyPlatypus Is a flat curve a twibbon?
@paulkidd @glengyron Also Estonia, with a hashtag. #staythefuckhome twitter.com/visitestonia/s…
Octopuses are for the three things you can’t talk about at dinner parties: politics, sex, and religion. Also, they are for dinner parties.
Octopuses aren’t just for sex. twitter.com/stilgherrian/s…
@NewtonMark @Airminded @expectproblems Well, as long as you’re not in a hurry, I guess.
@wolfcat Correct.
@errolwi @NewtonMark @expectproblems This must be worse than owning a Jaguar.
@upulie @SnarkyPlatypus @NewtonMark @dobes @rohan_p @jeamland A Google Images search for “political propaganda octo..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…yl
@upulie @SnarkyPlatypus @NewtonMark @dobes @rohan_p @jeamland See also ” The Octopus in Political Cartoons”..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…yn
So am I. make that 2028 AEDT. twitter.com/BZB/status/124…
Look I’m not sure how you accidentally make a podcast, but here we are. It has a very different feel from Sunday night’s episode.
NEW PODCAST: “The 9pm His Plague Diary 1” stilgherrian.com/edict/00098/
Also on Spreaker spreaker.com/user/skankmedi… and Sou..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…rD
New Moon is in two hours, at 1828 AEDT.
“Sydney bars can sell take-away cocktails under revised coronavirus licensing laws” abc.net.au/news/2020-03-2…
New Moon is in four hours, at 1628 AEDT.
@dobes @rohan_p @jeamland I should’ve tagged @NewtonMark on this, since he’s a chemtrail enthusiast, and maybe even @SnarkyPlatypus.
MoscowTimes A Russian television anchor got an exclusive interview with none other than the coronavirus itself, asking it quest..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…pR
NewtonMark The Parliamentary Budget Office thinks @NBN_Australia, a $51 billion project with $27.5 billion worth of government..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…i9
Attn: @dobes @rohan_p @jeamland. twitter.com/PostinMonkey/s…
dobes Remember February? That was 8 years ago.
WorldBollard ⚠️⚠️PLEASE STAY AT HOME AND SPEND TIME ON THE INTERNET RESEARCHING BOLLARDS⚠️⚠️ Not only will this save lives, it w..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…TS
Explains a lot. twitter.com/best_in_dumbes…
Killjoys. twitter.com/CrimeADay/stat…
TheGMcConnachie The moment you realise coronavirus boredom has set in 🤣 pic.twitter.com/19czrGux3u
Please let’s stop calling them “peaks” then because, you know, they’re not. It’s not a peak until it starts going d..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…pB
rhi_stevens Huge lines of motorists trying to cross the WA border on the Nullarbor before the self isolation rule begins at 1:3..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…vB
@Kimota Libraries already have the people to do this, and it’s a weekly thing or more. Just need a camera and a mic..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…o7
@evoflanker Maybe that’s the point.
@CosmicRami Thanks for checking. We’ll be clouded out up here too, but hey someone may get to enjoy it somewhere.
@munin There’s a lot of that about.
jpwarren All the poorly considered automation in Centrelink is gonna make everything so much worse. twitter.com/JamMeiMei/stat…
@munin Yeah there seems to be a lot of that going around.
As the Texas Lt. Gov says, “Grandparents would be willing to die to save the economy. axios.com/coronavirus-te…
Just..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Nr
Or we could just herd them back into the ships. “CDC says coronavirus survived in Princess Cruise ship cabins for u..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…m9
During Sydney’s smallpox epidemic 1881, retributions hit the local Chinese community because they were thought to h..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Cw
siobhanheanue I’m late to this, but the #SocialDistancingPickUpLines hashtag is very good light relief right now. twitter.com/mich_ferrari/s…
@kheitman_au Good thinking.
@developerjack Correct. Bloody Marys is the right way to do things. Or bourbon.
evolutionarypsy DO *NOT* CONSUME FISH TANK ADDITIVES CONSIDER THIS ONE TWEET MEDICAL ADVICE thank you twitter.com/carlzimmer/sta…
@glendturner Yes, but please Dear God we don’t need any more polling! :)
Donald Trump is a grandparent. Just sayin’ Patrick could be onto something here. twitter.com/QasimRashid/st…
@NickyWill100 [Nods] Sage advice.
This is dated 20 March, but yes Donald Trump is deliberately making it a “Chinese Virus. That’s the sort of cunt he..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…eG
@catherinedowlan My pleasure. Now I just need to follow my own advice.
@NickyWill100 Gawd. I have none of those things. But I will be having a quiet moment. By myself.
I should add that the Essential polling was done “live from the Wednesday night of each week and closed on the foll..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…8P
@_ClaireConnelly Polling was done “live from the Wednesday night of each week and closed on the following Sunday”,..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Hi
New Moon is in eight hours, at 2028 AEDT.
beneltham CDC says coronavirus survived in Princess Cruise ship cabins for up to 17 days after passengers left cnbc.com/2020/03/23/cdc…
JoshNBCNews New: More than 2,400 NYPD officers are now out sick, or 6.6% of the department. 100 sworn members of the police for..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…IR
@becadroit 12 years? Jesus!
@developerjack Also not much point me going thru the amendments because I didn’t read the original Bills. And readi..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…q4
@developerjack This is the only Greens amendment that passed, and it’s part of the Second Reading motion rather tha..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…NT
@developerjack “Sheet 8924 - Australian Greens - negatived” parlwork.aph.gov.au/Senate/Dynamic… pic.twitter.com/cA9VoHxBok
@developerjack Didn’t happen. (News reports generally don’t include what didn’t happen. Well, that’s the rule at some news outlets anyway.)
Oops, that’s actually the whole thing, but click through for the commentary. The Graun led with “one-third say ther..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…mR
Q. Which of the following is closest to your view on the role of the Federal Labor opposition during the response t..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…3J
Q. Which of the following best describes your financial situation during the Covid-19 outbreak?..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Pf
Q. Have you changed your behaviour in any of the following ways since the beginning of the Covid-19 outbreak?..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…VD
“Q. To what extent do you agree or disagree with the following statements about the information you’ve received abo..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…NG
Government response to Covid-19. essentialvision.com.au/government-res… pic.twitter.com/5QyvlPuGK3
“A third of people believe there has been an over-reaction to the threat of Covid-19,” etc. essentialvision.com.au/reaction-to-co… pic.twitter.com/jCpefPhboL
Q. How likely do you think it is, that you will develop Covid-19? essentialvision.com.au/likelihood-of-… pic.twitter.com/ahpQqqvkry
samanthamaiden REALITY TV IDEA
Every MP and minister should be forced this year to apply for welfare without a home computer
S..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…6U
stepville Texas just used a pandemic to criminalize abortion. twitter.com/bykatesmith/st…
@SnarkyPlatypus @TelumMedia Well we live in strange and difficult times.
@jonoabroad @TelumMedia Dunno. Maybe they’ll keep it to straight news. But the constant demand for new material wil..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…vs
Gawd. “Sky News Australia has launched a new channel dedicated to providing 24/7 news coverage of the coronavirus.”..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…z5
jstogdill This is not oversight. #bullshit is what it is. twitter.com/ddale8/status/…
Oh dear God I just got a PR pitch from a “data strategy and enablement firm” that’s thrown together an “interactive..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…iU
@jwwitt @annie_parker Everything is relative.
Well you should. twitter.com/NicolaSturgeon…
cameronwilson The Mayor of Norfolk Island emailed Australia’s government to check that a satirical article about Australia offeri..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…J5
@NewtonMark @expectproblems I continue to be impressed that aircraft from the 1930s and earlier can still be flown.
@expectproblems @NewtonMark Or for something really scary, from the US National Archives,”The Negro Sailor” from WW..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…vH
@expectproblems @NewtonMark Yeah the period stuff is all VERY dated. But try this one. The “2008” is the catalog nu..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Yo
@expectproblems @NewtonMark Once you go down the PeriscopeFilm rabbit-hole it’ll be very hard to come back out.
“1..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…BX
WWII Flying Cadet Instructional Movie “Introduction To Flying” Stearman Biplane youtube.com/watch?v=3ShopH… Attn:..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…35
Listening to today’s @7ampodcast, “Coronavirus, part two: How the government failed” pca.st/kxsg2l28
Locking in two writing jobs for July and November. I remain optimistic, apparently.
@DrRhysPockett Indeed. I’ll add that into a re-done thread, I think.
sarahlostctrl Pigeons in London are returning to their natural colours now that pollution levels are lower. The Earth is healing..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…N7
I’m told that tonight will be the best time to view Venus since it will be at its highest point above the horizon i..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Wt
@ewe2 @wellmaywesay Stuck here, @jeremysear. Item 4. pic.twitter.com/agx9qpuKAF
@ewe2 @wellmaywesay Well as I said I’d forgotten to check the podcast’s language policy. Not my house, not my rules..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…go
@MsLods @trentyarwood Good luck with all this, Trent.
@abcnews Listening to Monday’s @7ampodcast, “Coronavirus, part one: The frontline” pca.st/f7kj87bf
(It’s..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Ct
Remembering when Malcolm Turnbull said I was “barking mad” for suggesting that all four or five members of a family..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…x7
Listening to the today’s @abcnews Coronacast, “How do I stay fit (and not go crazy) if I can’t go outside?”..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Ld
How apt at this time. twitter.com/RealTimeWWII/s…
Anyway I’ll stop there for now, otherwise I’ll become part of the problem. Back to the shit posting, Kids!
Here’s one for Australians. I’m assuming other outlets have it too. And email update is good like this. But again,..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…a6
Yeah, choose inputs that are a distraction. But also remember that you don’t have to be constantly stuffing things..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…pO
… and this was the second. twitter.com/expectproblems…
This is just a brain dump, but I do spent most of my time indoors and it’s sometimes been my job to absorb the news..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…b5
If you’re new to spending days at a time indoors, you may be tempted to put on rolling news or talk radio. Don’t. P..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…SY
Seriously, if you watch the rise and fall of every wave you’ll go crazy. Rolling news is addictive. Just enough new..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…lQ
If someone starts doing a “This is what you need to know today” thing, like 500 words top, do that. Read it in the..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…IK
My advice is to choose, say, two main sources of information and limit yourself to them. One potential mix could be..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…id
Re those last two RTs, yes they’re good advice. I sometimes warn of wallowing in the endless stream of news about c..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…QI
expectproblems A quick note: me not tweeting about the Pandemic shouldn’t mean I am not taking it seriously, or it isn’t scaring m..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…0v
AmandaAtLarge Good advice 👇 twitter.com/conalhanna/sta…
@TheDanAnimal @vlad_hernandez_ This doesn’t surprise me at all.
decolonialatlas Seemingly chaotic, Nature’s stability lay not in a fixed endpoint, but a reliable journey. We’ll get through this -..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…K5
phbarratt If a third of the population thinks this is an over-reaction (ie not to be taken seriously) we are all stuffed.
We..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…MC
@annie_parker To me that looks weird and creepy.
@twcau Thanks heaps for all this. I shall digest later today.
CurseYouKhan NARRATOR: What could possibly go wrong? twitter.com/Eater/status/1…
I recorded this podcast on Sunday evening and already my worldview has changed about eight times. How’s yours? I th..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Wv
tfswebb do you pronounce COVID
vlad_hernandez_ Extraordinary times. Unbelievable if true. twitter.com/AndrewCesare/s…
I’ll look at the @ on the Twitters shortly.
Tue plan: Much like yesterday, I’m going to keep it simple. Mainly it’s about absorbing and understanding our new w..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…VJ
The Blue Mountains weather is unattractive today but the advice is good. pic.twitter.com/XAv7WLQ2jX
Tuesday. Horses will not be required, but may be used if desired. Tuesday.