Look I’m all for ritual and tradition and family but there’s going to come a point..twitter.com/LUCYMONTGOM/st…XJ
BenNewton_1 Imagine being the kind of dickhead to spend Saturday night in the middle of a global pandemic sending mean messages..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…tO
@wasbooping I will observe all safety precautions.
tortoise Episode 263 of Edith’s world-famous Venn diagrams.
More from our favourite cartoonist here 👉torto.se/2Uzve3g pic.twitter.com/Bcp6R3Jf55
If I find out that any of you fuckers have put my contact details into Houseparty I will come to your house and sla..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Kt
megsandbacon @DrSarahJWhite @Steph_Philbrick Holy shiiiiit just figured out why my daughter has been saying “argh me hearties” e..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…8Q
DrSarahJWhite When I told 3yo we couldn’t got out again she asked if it was because of the corona pirates.
I said yes.
Rob_Stott Sources! pic.twitter.com/SiG0cMEvsq
Great kid. twitter.com/patrickgjackso…
MmichaelLlucy this is worldwide, for journos anywhere twitter.com/BradfordPearso…
@evolvable Yes, I’m sorry. It’s tough.
@cxxix It’s part of a wide range, but yes. All noted. :)
@cbmccartney Death would be better than “Horses”.
@Bazmini11 Guilty about what, Barry? Also, you did. It was a direct response to me. pic.twitter.com/NlUwGWDa5F
@Bazmini11 Why are you shouting at me, Barry? I’m not in the photo.
Someone needs to set up a team to track the predictions made by pundits and check back to score them.
No it won’t. twitter.com/smh/status/124…
Wait. So which is bigger? Facebook scale? Cloud scale? Web scale? Wanker scale? twitter.com/stevelord/stat…
@franksting @SuperCroup I meant sunrise Friday. @TheMediaTweets
Sunrise. twitter.com/TheMediaTweets…
GuardianAus Interstate coronavirus cases from Ruby Princess jump as more than 100 outside NSW test positive theguardian.com/world/2020/mar…
HAHAHAHA! Same with Trump, and same to a lesser extend with Morrison. twitter.com/GoodwinMJ/stat…
Meanwhile back in WW2, “Just a good afternoon’s work.” pic.twitter.com/6Ed5cQYuqx
And yes, people are already coopting the British Dig for Victory stuff from WW2 for today. pic.twitter.com/sUM9yMesRa
Doctor Carrot! pic.twitter.com/4WxMNWwkgY
@glengyron Of course he is, and noted thank you.
Dig for Victory! pic.twitter.com/EdWkPDGMoS
@NewtonMark @mjoneillnoise @Wolfie_Rankin Quite a lot of seeds and seedlings the other day, so today is probably th..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…uP
Now Playing: “Luminosity (Synthwave - Retrowave - Chillwave Mix)” youtube.com/watch?v=Ds8S7f… The Tube of Ewes has been..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…cH
PrayForPatrick somebody please explain to me what is happening in these stock images for generic viagra pic.twitter.com/4yU0MkEC78
OxQuackademics Second weekend in isolation… feeding the ducks. pic.twitter.com/uxdoLTCLSv
@jonkudelka @boynxdor Wow I would love a sniff of tha… oh wait no.
@boynxdor @jonkudelka It seems to really fuck up yore brane tho.
@jonkudelka Where does one get the drugs Greg Sheridan is on? Asking for a friend.
johnb78 It’s now been confirmed that everyone from the only plane that arrived from Jakarta on the relevant day has tested..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…K7
Needs more old white men. twitter.com/joshtpm/status…
@KyBusiness ‘Scuse the sarcasm, but history tells us this is going to get a a lot worse, and the hate will roll out..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…pm
@KyBusiness Still, a nice change that they’re going after white people, eh? (And it gives the photographers a nice day at the beach.)
@developerjack Exactly.
@manindotblack @markhumphries It’s not really Mark’s thing.
@KyBusiness I had a bit of a bitch about that earlier. twitter.com/stilgherrian/s…
Maybe I should do something similar for the Australian context. Or maybe @markhumphries could do it and I’ll help w..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…e1
@MichaelSmyth_ Goddammit. And there I was thinking the whole Nazi thing would be a shoe-in.
@MetaRantz @kcarruthers @dannymatz90 As he should be. Lovely work, Danny.
@MichaelSmyth_ Reichsmarschall.
@damana Twosome extinct.
kcarruthers Brilliant 👏 twitter.com/petershankman/…
@damana To some extent.
REMINDER. pic.twitter.com/8N3ygEjRN9
@_ClaireConnelly @AnnabelAstbury I like joy. I’m a big fan of joy. But “Horses” is a shit song and people need to r..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…HA
This is exactly it. People are anxious, a normal reaction. Doing Something to make the Bad Thing go away is what’s..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…q3
@AnnabelAstbury @SnarkyPlatypus I do know that.
@_ClaireConnelly @AnnabelAstbury Blocked and reported.
Also, bonus Simon Baker.
Reminder. youtube.com/watch?v=f_FswL…
You know he’s right. twitter.com/SnarkyPlatypus…
@AnnabelAstbury Love your work, Annabel. Now please stop.
timdunlop Haven’t we suffered enough? pic.twitter.com/ZGzBJGZtsK
@_midofo_ Ta. :)
MichaelPascoe01 The Oz buried the lead (if accurate).
Morrison PM for 19 months without speaking to the ACTU Secretary. pic.twitter.com/G6wvzeL6qY
stilgherrian @nickheathsport He’s also doing sports-style commentary of everyday life events. It’s marvellous. twitter.com/nickheathsport…
stilgherrian Freelance sports commentator & journalist @nickheathsport is holed up at home with no work, so amongst other things..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…22
@damana Nope. I don’t have any relevant family, though, and only a small circle of friends. I’m doing OK. I’m an antisocial prick, really.
@_midofo_ Nope. Couldn’t name a single work, and may not have even heard one. (This doesn’t mean I wouldn’t like them, I just don’t know.)
@egadheg Their names have been published, in some places.
@twcau No, actually.
@_midofo_ Yes, this is definitely my kind of content.
@davidadonaldson [People in a car] Why is there all this traffic?
helenpidd Police in Buxton in the Peak District in have dyed the water of a local reservoir black to deter people from sneaki..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…NN
@JustJimWillDo Yeah it’s not going well.
@damana I can imagine! I’m alone in a Blue Mountains forest most of the time anyway so it’s not so bad… yet. I’ll..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…2o
DO IT! DO EEEEET! twitter.com/botandy/status…
Or, putting it another way, they’re changing their story day by day rather than taking decisive action. twitter.com/FinancialRevie…
@damana We’ve been a bit slower to get a clue here, but I’m counting this as Day 11 for me. Although another count..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…4q
@williampart Gin.
markhumphries @MichaelSmyth_ 1987 was a great year for baffling Logies moments.
twitter.com/markhumphries/… twitter.com/markhumphries/…
Very @NewtonMark and @fictillius territory. twitter.com/SwiftOnSecurit…
@maldux It’s an AAP photo, as per the tag bottom left, but I believe that screenshot is the Daily Mail.
@damana No argument there. I think the message is slowly getting thru though. What about in your patch, assuming you’re still in WA.
I’m going to be imagining possible answers for days now. pic.twitter.com/0VSrOYVff1
NewtonMark If health authorities are upset about people not staying home on weekends, perhaps they could clearly describe the..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…UQ
I think I’ve figured it out. “Social distancing” is what you’re doing. “Not social distancing” is what other people are doing.
@JackieK_ Everyone is looking for people to blame, which is understandable. This will probably get worse as the weeks go by.
Trying to not get cranky. By which I mean, it’s a day with a Y in it.
@damana Sorry, yeah, it’s news criticism not social commentary. Or something.
@NuffSai03726094 I’m just gonna keep tweeting this back at people. And my whole point is that they ARE more than tw..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…HZ
@damana I’m not sure why people are having so much trouble with this. I say straight-up it’s “people misbehaving in..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…3Z
@damana No. It’s s a badly captioned news photograph.
@ATinaAbroad Hence my later comments.
“Astronaut Chris Hadfield Reviews Space Movies, from ‘Gravity’ to ‘Interstellar’,” and quite a few others. This is..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Hx
susanamet this is where we end up after many days of messaging around the country that has often been conflicting, inconsiste..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…sW
DickKingSmith The disguise concealed its subject so utterly, so convincingly, that even the world’s top scientists had no way of..twitter.com/i/web/status/9…2a
@SnarkyPlatypus @punchhappiness I’ve been told that Daryl’s parts were quite impressive.
This is also very @jpwarren and @NewtonMark content.
@HHackenbecker Yep. I should put them together into a play list.
@SpaceBrewer I’m guessing so. But beware the Helvetica Scenario.
No really, this is a lot more Scients than you think. It’s a slow build. twitter.com/stilgherrian/s…
cosmicjester Our worst fears are about to be realised pic.twitter.com/b4J8zfkq0f
@garthk It’s an AAP photo (bottom left corner) but no way of telling if it’s staff or a freelancer. (See also..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…yr
I think what you all need is some classic Scients*. “Look Around You” episode 1: Calcium. youtube.com/watch?v=FBaVww…
* Yes.
@bastardsheep Well exactly.
stilgherrian Apparently in New Zealand the government can just put money into people’s bank accounts without all the incompetenc..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…V7
@kels_316 It all fell apart when they lost Denise Drysdale.
@prleeds Yes, that’s what the thread says.
@RichardTuffin @mpbowers I believe it’s shot on Friday.
SnarkyPlatypus Nationalise them twitter.com/7newsmelbourne…
@paulbam3 Says AAP in the corner. ;) Though I take your point.
@dprk_ebooks Also, “fewer”.
@dprk_ebooks Some of us are capable of doing more than one thing at once.
@Peninsula_Bakes I am the zeitgeist! :)
@josh_m @bunjaree This is a question for proprietor @R_Chirgwin, who probably also knows the mountain bikers around..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…KX
If you wanted to properly document people’s distance apart, you’d need to photograph that boardwalk from 100m out t..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…4y
@SuperCroup @SIGREVOLT @SnarkyPlatypus I have heard that this exists but I haven’t seen it.
@juhasaarinen Look they’re all dreadful people, but I don’t have today’s photos of Coogee handy. I work with what I have.
But tell me more about the shirtless guy in the middle.
Anyway it’s Scott Morrison’s base. Fuck ‘em.
It’s not ideal that they’re out and about, obviously, but nor is it OMFG WE’RE ALL GOING TO DIE.
Even if these 40 people were walking in single file along a 100m boardwalk, they’d be more than 2m apart. But they’..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…M8
Count the number of people in the photo. It’s hard to see at the back, but I’m going to call it 40 people including..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…aQ
This is the promenade from Cronulla Beach to North Cronulla Beach. As you can see from the scale, this section is a..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…WY
Right. This photo. I am angry about it. (Apart from that shirtless guy in the middle, obviously.) Not because it’s..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Ia
VictorianCHO That means thousands of deaths. Overwhelmed health services. Medical staff at unacceptable risk. Unstoppable spread..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…zZ
VictorianCHO Some of the behaviour today - when we’re asking people to stay home - has been really crap. It’s hard to change hab..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…de
stilgherrian I made yet another podcast last night. I’m not sure why. You can listen to it if you want. twitter.com/stilgherrian/s…
kels_316 celebs “I got the Rona” tweets is the new ice bucket challenge.
@jonoabroad I mean the strategies more broadly, but yes.
@jonoabroad We have yet to see whether any of this works.
ZacGross It’s worth remembering when the economy shrank by ~6% in a single quarter.
It happens every year (in non-seasonall..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…a2
@Davidramli Yeah it’s pretty fucked up.
@kenmcswain @R_Chirgwin That never goes old, does it.
@jonoabroad Thanks for that. I’m already having thoughts about the next episode, though one of the them is quite gl..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Ql
TIL there was an American remake of Ab Fab. youtube.com/watch?v=fQh0ZI… Ping @SnarkyPlatypus @SuperCroup.
@donchartier @NuclearAnthro They’re the ecological equivalent to a cat. Mostly nocturnal hunters, eat everything fr..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…bO
@AndrewColley @jpwarren @R_Chirgwin These are all @R_Chirgwin questions now. I am but an observer of this stuff…twitter.com/i/web/status/1…b8
@NuclearAnthro @SnarkyPlatypus My pleasure. Meanwhile, that’s a kinda hesitant cat.
@AndrewColley @jpwarren @R_Chirgwin More modern batteries take up less room. And it’s worth saying that this batter..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…kN
Some people have no fucking clue, do they. twitter.com/SBSNews/status…
@dobes @SnarkyPlatypus @jpwarren Or maybe the Hell of Swissotel Sydney. twitter.com/SBSNews/status…
@NuclearAnthro @SnarkyPlatypus This is a tiger quoll aka spotted quoll like we have locally. youtube.com/watch?v=z2KWVZ…
@NuclearAnthro @SnarkyPlatypus That squawk is a crow or raven.
@AndrewColley @jpwarren @R_Chirgwin They can be reconditioned, but I don’t know the process. New electrolyte would certainly be part of it.
@twcau It was… loud. Also, from 15m to 20m away… twitter.com/stilgherrian/s…
@economicsNZ @AndrewColley @R_Chirgwin This is definitely what you’re remembering.
But what does this mean? twitter.com/danger5tv/stat…
@AndrewColley @R_Chirgwin I think the inverter is rated for the voltage to go as low as 40V and it still works.
danger5tv 28/04/20 #Danger5 pic.twitter.com/IaO0d30tjE
@dobes @SnarkyPlatypus @jpwarren The Hell of Centrelink Brookvale.
@AndrewColley @R_Chirgwin Series connection to get the voltage up.
@AndrewColley @R_Chirgwin Here you go Each 2V cell says it’s 1200Ah, but I don’t think you multiply that by 24 cell..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…EE
@AndrewColley @R_Chirgwin It was constructed in 2017. It’s sealed lead-acid, not one of the fancy new kinds, becaus..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Kp
@AndrewColley @R_Chirgwin Richard has the specs but this is what it looks like. twitter.com/stilgherrian/s…
Also this. twitter.com/JamesBlunt/sta…
In World War Two the Brits had Vera Lynn. This is what we have now. twitter.com/TwoPaddocks/st…
Some solid Jewing here, @garystark. twitter.com/dakami/status/…
@AndrewColley @R_Chirgwin This system is 48V. Or right now 51.2V because the battery is VERY full. twitter.com/stilgherrian/s…
@R_Chirgwin On the other hand, Richard, are they puddles of melted and re-solidified solder where those mounts are..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…M6
So that can be fixed by bolting a bit of Meccano across there, eh @R_Chirgwin? pic.twitter.com/omQm0VLtnj
Well this is why the inverter isn’t working. The narrow but now vaporised metal strip in that horizontal bar was a..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…pw
@DrRhysPockett @R_Chirgwin @Manic_Henry Pat still has his hand, all good.
QUOLL! QUOLL! QUOLL! #quollgofast
@NuclearAnthro @SnarkyPlatypus twitter.com/terrainecology…
@R_Chirgwin @Manic_Henry QUOLL!
Much better. Except maybe for the dead fly. pic.twitter.com/ksYivVaLpu
God bless America. twitter.com/JoelBerkowitz/…
There’s a bunch of chainsaw action outside now. No screaming, so I assume it’s just trees and shrubs.
@RealNickHodge One thing you’ll never get on my podcasts is a sourdough recipe.
@NeilMcMahon @Colgo There’s a lot of people like these people.
@NeilMcMahon @Colgo I think it’s one of these. pic.twitter.com/cmqT0OguSS
DeidreWillmott If you know anyone at self isolating at home, over 70 or with chronic health conditions, Australia Post has launche..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…G9
@Colgo Their names aren’t too hard to find online, as it happens. @NeilMcMahon
@je_au @bunjaree This is @R_Chirgwin’s department so I’ll bow out from the analysis and whether in face this would’..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…nB
@juhasaarinen Lightning storms are bad up here because the whole area is made from ironstone-infused sandstone. twitter.com/stilgherrian/s…
MsPraxis So we’re eating at the pet-eating stage now apparently. That escalated fast! pic.twitter.com/w4FRBtA8DW
@kcarruthers @darrenpauli @R_Chirgwin Thanks. That all happened on Wednesday night. It was fun*.
@juhasaarinen This was the funniest bit. twitter.com/stilgherrian/s…
@juhasaarinen Yep. It was a direct hit on the main house, and a lot of stuff got damaged, but the humans are all fi..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…td
@RealNickHodge There’s a lot of rubber glove action going up up here today.
Debugging of the solar power system is in progress. Dinosaur juice continues to be burned.
So that fried ADSL modem that got friend the other night, earlier in this thread? Sure, the data side got fried, bu..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Fw
@richardhills777 @arwon @stuartrobertmp This is impressive stuff.
larrywilmore This woman kicked both the 1918 Spanish flu and Rona’s ass!!! Eat your cake girl! pic.twitter.com/rgJDX1zHbQ
@zerogeewhiz @kcarruthers They also just gave every home broadband user unlimited data for the duration, “fair play” policy sure, but yeah.
@bigbadave Men, mostly. Or women of a certain age.
@davispg I know you’ve heard it, but it’s MUCH better as a video.
stilgherrian If you haven’t watched this yet you really must. twitter.com/weeaboo/status…
“Stress-baking and hoarding has led to a retail egg shortage. There are eggs in the pipeline, but maybe not enough.” washingtonpost.com/business/2020/…
@Sarah_Alice_X Those of us who’ve been watching semi-obsessively since 2016 recognise this stuff as “normal” now. It’s very depressing.
@stufromoz @interrogativus Viz, this. pic.twitter.com/NwAPhtAsuk
@stufromoz @interrogativus That’s how he signs laws and presidential orders.
This too. twitter.com/SethAbramson/s…
@stufromoz @interrogativus This signature? pic.twitter.com/q5VPuBfSez
Of course. twitter.com/rebeccaballhau…
@stufromoz They have machines, Stu.
@SnarkyPlatypus @SatPaper Bastard.
Only 3/10 for me in this week’s @SatPaper quiz. thesaturdaypaper.com.au/quiz/2020/03/28 You, @SnarkyPlatypus?
SFPD #SFPD is receiving info about subjects going door to door claiming to be employees of the Centers for Disease Contr..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…im
josephfcox New: Zoom pushes an update after we found the iOS app sending data to Facebook. They’ve now removed the code that w..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…8r
kels_316 the truly enlightened realise we’re fighting the latter with the former and it’s working. twitter.com/moreki_mo/stat…
colourmeamused_ pie chart of Australian confirmed cases who acquired TeH cHiNeZe ViRuS overseas (by region) oh wait hang on no way pic.twitter.com/6kVCy1d3qI
@JustJimWillDo @DrFiggy @kels_316 @dobes @tacticalmaid And rightly so.
@kels_316 @DrFiggy @dobes @tacticalmaid I’m sure it’s doing at least 40 knots.
@DrFiggy @kels_316 @dobes @tacticalmaid They do this, obviously. pic.twitter.com/5zMe8C9DVH
@DrFiggy @kels_316 @dobes @tacticalmaid Here you go. Upgrade of the LLCs for the Canberra and Adelaide to fix some..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…uf
@Nightwyrm I’m not the best person to ask because I already live alone in the mountains.
rachelking Wasn’t kale supposed to prevent all of this?
dergigi People are 178% worried, which seems accurate to me. pic.twitter.com/XRVMn7JBqr
Sat plan: I’m gonna hang around inside being lazy. I might do some chores. Or I might not. @bunjaree is getting a n..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…sQ
@arwon @stuartrobertmp That I don’t know. But with all the many powers that a government has, you’d think they’d be..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…YB
@joneaves Yeah we’re kinda just arguing over which day, exactly, it all goes to shit. :( #washyourhands
@mrowe There must be some way to stop them.
@ssharwood Are you new here?
Apparently in New Zealand the government can just put money into people’s bank accounts without all the incompetenc..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…V7
I made yet another podcast last night. I’m not sure why. You can listen to it if you want. twitter.com/stilgherrian/s…
@Nightwyrm And not helped by different people discovering different aspects of it having to name what they’ve found..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Zb
@Nightwyrm It’s a horrible naming convention though.
@Nightwyrm Or rhinovirus, other kinds of coronavirus, and the other one, and “the common cold”.
@Nightwyrm Nope. SARS-CoV-2 is the name of the virus. COVID-19 is the disease it causes. Compare with HIV and AIDS.
Just thought I’d cheer you up.
“COVID19: Modelling suggests Australia will run out of ICU beds on April 5” scimex.org/newsfeed/covid…
MedFet_UK Today we donated our entire stock of disposable scrubs to an NHS hospital. It was just a few sets, because we don’t..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Qz
@RealNickHodge Exactly.
@RealNickHodge Unless your given name is Prue.
The forecast weather for the Blue Mountains is adequate. pic.twitter.com/x8HUYtsVYg
Saturday. Do not lick the animals. Saturday.