Gorn.
stilgherrian The main things for me this week were the two podcast episodes.
“The 9pm His Plague Diary 2”..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…qB
stilgherrian NEW BLOG POST: “Weekly Wrap 513: Lockdown week three leads to introspection” stilgherrian.com/weekly-wrap/51… Covers 22–29 Mtwitter.com/i/web/status/1…kaQ7
I’ll have an early night I think, with too many @ to reply to individually. A couple quick retweets and I’m gone.
@toppy999 Thanks Andrew. I’ll awe how I go locally but I can certainly understand the demand this year!
N_Kabeer Malaysia restricts grocery shopping to male household heads. Chaos has ensued in supermarkets as confused men wande..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…64
@christopherneal Exactly.
Gawd it’s only been a couple of weeks. twitter.com/kashhill/statu…
QuentinDempster $1500 a month “Job Keeper Allowance” for full time employees (not 80% direct employee pay subsidy as speculated) bu..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…8B
stilgherrian POLL: Did you actually read the article or thread?
@mvyrmnd Pffft!
OK OK, I’m now getting lots of confirmation that the 2020 quadrivalent flu vaccine is now available in Australia,..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…ZL
@MaryannHuth [Cough] That’s dated 2015.
Hahaha hoarders! ;) twitter.com/LauraCritchley…
@trentyarwood Thanks, Trent. Either this week or next week will suit me. It’s not like I’m going out much.
AntonyGreenABC For those interested, I have been blogging through the day as results come in for the Brisbane City Council electio..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Ls
@jsleeio We live in strange new times…
glengyron I feel like the next story is WFH people using gender neutral toilets. pic.twitter.com/p4yAimiLLw
Hmmm. Conflicting information. I’ll phone a local pharmacy tomorrow and report back. twitter.com/petermclarty/s…
And that’s another “Yes” so it looks like I’m good to go this week. twitter.com/SisterMick/sta…
Beautiful, @edinatw. twitter.com/edinatw/status…
Excellent, thank you. twitter.com/torrensside/st…
Oh good, I shall make inquiries. twitter.com/sylmobile/stat…
@TheSpiritOfByBy No worries. I got really annoyed by the obvious deception.
@mattcdef2000 Fuck quokkas.
Hey NSW medical or nursing or pharmaceutical types, is the quadrivalent influenza vaccine out yet?
@Mooseplainer @jonoabroad @MargaretAtwood @mattcdef2000 What’s that in quolls?
@Mooseplainer @jonoabroad @MargaretAtwood @mattcdef2000 Wait, so it’s two Canadian beavers to three American beaver..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Yt
@Mooseplainer @jonoabroad @MargaretAtwood @mattcdef2000 I’ll have to make a conversion table. twitter.com/josethebxbeave…
@aggerchez @SnarkyPlatypus @Idealaw I blame China.
@Mooseplainer @jonoabroad @MargaretAtwood OK, so it’s two beavers to a tapir, thanks @mattcdef2000. I’m still not s..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…5Y
@Mooseplainer @jonoabroad How many mooses to a tapir? @MargaretAtwood twitter.com/evolbrain/stat…
@aggerchez @SnarkyPlatypus @Idealaw HE FOLDS OVER THE PAGES IN HIS NOTEBOOK.
afrilluva Everyone in the community taking action.
This is an owner of a 2 star hotel in central Java offering free accommod..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…o4
@SnarkyPlatypus @aggerchez @Idealaw Well people don’t seem to need a cue before they start doing that.
@Idealaw @SnarkyPlatypus People are idiots. Sigh.
What, locked in the store? twitter.com/10NewsFirstMel…
@BobDyson74 @NewtonMark When I say “he is now saying” that’s not the advice changing. That’s just me tweeting the p..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…xC
@BobDyson74 @NewtonMark Also, what was said this morning. This is fine. twitter.com/stilgherrian/s…
@BobDyson74 @NewtonMark I re-did the analysis this morning (right spot, wrong pool) and we’ve heard directly from “..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…r0
@SnarkyPlatypus @Idealaw Meanwhile, “China Sends Medical Personnel, Supplies to Pakistan to Combat Coronavirus”..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…l4
@semibogan @SBSOnDemand Oh right. Well that’ll be cheerful.
@Idealaw @SnarkyPlatypus It’s based on this story, apparently, though I don’t know how mangled. smh.com.au/national/secon…
@franksting @SBSOnDemand Very good indeed.
I think I might re-watch “The Death of Stalin” tonight. It’s on @SBSOnDemand.
kels_316 I watched Black Panther last night and have drunk two beers, time to hit up Antony Green about the Westminster system.
@Will30388543 Thanks, and to you and yours. :)
nadinevoncohen FUCK YEAH WATCHING ANTONY GREEN OWN NAOMI WOLF IS THE CLOSEST TO ORGASM I’VE COME IN MONTHS
@Will30388543 All good. It’s people like you, with your commitment and presumably hard work, that every nationsneed..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…i8
@myclehannah Thanks. And yes. :)
@DavidRDHeath Thanks, David. It’s definitely going to be a “when the mood strikes” thing.
nswpolice A man has been charged following an incident this morning in Sydneys’ west which shut down major arterial roads.
police.nsw.gov.au/news/news_arti…
@collettesnowden Looking at the results so far, though, I think some people are lying.
@kels_316 It’s a great song. So much a thing of its time.
POLL: Did you actually read the article or thread?
@kels_316 Enjoy. youtube.com/watch?v=btPJPF…
blowdart Remember if you’re under 35 and in lock down be careful, you are in the prime danger zone for starting your own podcast. Don’t give in.
@Will30388543 I hear you, and yeah it’s all very, very fucked up. Still, there’s a lot of political pressure on thi..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…xt
@unixbigot Yep yep. And even if they don’t shoot sports.
New Zealanders are cops too. twitter.com/nzherald/statu…
@R_Chirgwin Good luck then! I am not as optimistic as you seem to be.
@R_Chirgwin That’s quite impressive. How far will go go down the rabbit-hole before you give up? As far as the molten solder? Further?
@Will30388543 But that presser was solely about the healthcare assistance package. The income protection package wi..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Gh
@Will30388543 There was nothing listed in the 11am AEDT press conference that isn’t in that thread.
Having to do a lot of muting today.
Well this isn’t optimal. twitter.com/jimsciutto/sta…
When a journalist writes that something is “raising questions” it means they just thought of the questions. The qu..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…zN
Really annoyed that I just had to look up how to do basic geometry because my memory of it was dodgy. But kinda OK..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…FM
@weezmgk Will do! :) I have a huge 4G data allowance, which Telstra just upped, and it’s only me, so there’s no rush.
@weezmgk Maybe. :) Richard may have something to do the job, but I’ll try that when the new Telstra modem arrives.
@weezmgk The spike also went down an ethernet cable into my wireless access point, which now claims to be plugged i..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…DG
@unixbigot Actually it could be even longer, yeah? I have Sunday Brain right now.
@unixbigot Thanks. The boardwalk is 3m wide, and my estimate of the field width halfway down the boardwalk is doubl..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…7Z
The main things for me this week were the two podcast episodes.
“The 9pm His Plague Diary 2”..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…qB
NEW BLOG POST: “Weekly Wrap 513: Lockdown week three leads to introspection” stilgherrian.com/weekly-wrap/51… Covers 22–29 Mtwitter.com/i/web/status/1…kaQ7
@arizclint None at all. And I’m not going to get either of them to find out.
scalzi DEAR GOD PEOPLE NO
THAT’S NOT WHAT YOU USE CHICKENS FOR
nytimes.com/2020/03/28/sty… pic.twitter.com/kItafvmcfk
@semibogan We are so badly designed.
@joneaves Done just now, after a poo using a minimum amount of toiler paper.
@semibogan Have you remembered to breathe today?
@RealNickHodge They look fine, Nick. twitter.com/troypepper3
@joneaves Cheers. :)
@darrenpauli Thanks, though I did get it wrong the first time through.
nadinevoncohen FUCK YEAH PETE EVANS IS BEING SURPRISINGLY QUIET AND I’M WORRIED THAT PEOPLE FROM BONDI TO BYRON ARE WASHING THEIR..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Aw
Anyway that’s enough about that.
Nor am I interested in your view that me doing this was somehow a waste of time. I’ll spend my Sunday however the f..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…uG
I’m really not interested in your half-arsed opinions about what constitutes “social distancing” and what doesn’t,..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…s2
Some people are having trouble with this thread, probably because they didn’t read it. I did in fact say “it’s peop..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…OE
@RealNickHodge No I didn’t do that one.
CynicVII Mr box, I’m trying. pic.twitter.com/cFdWl2FJvx
GovGoogles should we have been helping people all along
@esseeeayeenn Ask him? twitter.com/troypepper3/st…
For what it’s worth, it looks like the photo was taken from about 300m away near the North Cronulla Surf Life Savin..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…qe
Also, could a photographer tell me what length telephoto lens matches this angle of view? Roughly? twitter.com/stilgherrian/s…
@troypepper3 Hah! You can blame Eliza for all this. :P
Attn: @NewtonMark and others who were agreeing with me. I was correct, but wrongly. twitter.com/stilgherrian/s…
@ElizaJBarr @TheNehad Much appreciated, Nehad. :P
Nice profile, and good on @troypepper3 for going with the flow of this silliness. I gather he was working on a crui..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…aX
And the man himself. twitter.com/troypepper3/st…
Just in case that tweet isn’t showing properly. pic.twitter.com/6VJcGd9ZrM
And now, folks, all is revealed! twitter.com/ElizaJBarr/sta…
“They were rushing through to get away from the few other people who were there. So they’re not actually doing the wrong thing!”
Also, a source tells me: “My lovely mate is depicted in the photo with four of his family members he’s living with..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…8D
So the analysis stands. 40 people in 100m in single file is more than 2m apart. The boardwalk is around 3m wide. Ap..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…f3
Zooming out, you can see that I choose the wrong pool. The pool in the background is the South Cronulla Rock Pool,..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…3c
Here’s the two key items on the map.
1. On the left, the line of posts with the stairway up to the top of the clif..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…sy
Here’s the original photo. I have chosen two sight lines for analysis.
1. On the right, a line through the tops of..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…GN
CORRECTION BUT THE POINT STANDS: I have re-done this image analysis and would like someone to cross-check it. I bel..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…kA
@RhombusHatesYou More licking is more betterness.
@SnarkyPlatypus Please send lobster.
@SnarkyPlatypus I’m loving* the landlords who whine that one apartment building is their sole source of income and..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…mF
Actually one more thing. Morrison is now saying there’s nothing wrong with exercising outside with appropriate dist..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…w3
More @SnarkyPlatypus-friendly information from the US. twitter.com/RentStrike2020…
@moutou_joan I can’t speak for him, but me and I reckon a lot of people who go to a place like Bunnings for somethi..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…zR
@aggerchez Thanks for that. I had serious brainfade.
Which is to say, don’t ask me questions because I don’t know. As far as this goes I’m just another punter watching the TV.
OK, I’ll leave it to the journalists being paid to do this to cover the rest of this press conference. I’ve done a..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…NJ
If fed and states can’t coordinate when they’re having a press conference, which is just a few people standing in t..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Qf
@Doctorofspin @GregHuntMP See two tweets down. :)
CORRECTION: I misheard. “Christine Morgan [not Patricia] is CEO of the National Mental Health Commission and Nation..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…x4
Prof Michael Kidd talking a lot of words about telehealth.
Important stuff, obviously, but I’m not sure that women and men will be all that encouraged to seek help because of a PM’s press conference.
Patricia — they just introduced her as Patricia as if we all know who she is — is now talking about the domestic vitwitter.com/i/web/status/1…Os0J
Greg Hunt, there’s no need to keep repeating “These measures are about saving lives.” We know that. That’s the whol..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…eE
Politicians are so used to faffing about to fill out time and avoid answering interview questions that they simply..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…2h
Hunt is now fleshing out the details of the four bits of the $1.1 billion package, and fattening that out with a lot of babble.
Hunt says latest figures are 209,000 tests completed in Australia, more than 98% negatives, and death rate is under..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…h4
Blather blather blather.
Greg Hunt up now. “Today is about taking care of our vulnerable Australians, all Australians, and in particular our..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…5v
Morrison says ABF’s work on the quarantine rules that came in overnight has mostly gone smoothly. Inbound numbers w..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…rU
Further income support to be announced, it seems. Morrison says they’re looking at how to make it happen fast. “We’..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…g5
$1.1 billion as foreshadowed:
1. $669 million for Medicare-subsidised telehealth consults.
2. $74 million for ment..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…0x
CORRECTION: aus.gov.au/whatsapp
Morrison thanks Atlasssian and Facebook for putting together a WhatsApp feed. He says it’s at..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…iR
Morrison is up. He says there’s a National Cabinet meeting later today, so this is pre-empting that. There will dou..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…ZY
Maybe I should do a quick run through the airport and lick something so I too can get two weeks free at the Sherato..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Bv
Waiting for it…
Oh FFS what now. twitter.com/_JustinStevens…
Someone has pointed out a possible error in my analysis, so I’ll be re-doing it shortly. But the broad point will p..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Kh
@NewtonMark @cameronwilson @SimonCopland 10 News has been the leader in commercial TV news for a while now — qualit.twitter.com/i/web/status/1…vsV
@NewtonMark @cameronwilson @SimonCopland Also this, from a proper journalist who’s returned from the dark side. twitter.com/breditor/statu…
@NewtonMark @cameronwilson @SimonCopland Someone has pointed out a possible error in my analysis, so I’ll be re-doi..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Mn
davidgerard “Reinforcing the idea that Zuckerberg did a public service by stealing Facebook” - Maudise, FTAV Readers telegram twitter.com/tylerwinklevos…
@collettell That’s a sweet memory. :)
Excellent mushroom content. twitter.com/evcricket/stat…
@fictillius And don’t mention the toilet paper.
@misosusanowa It was very scary.
Very @dobes @rohan_p @NewtonMark @SnarkyPlatypus areas. twitter.com/BadMedicalTake…
Sun plan: Another day of pottering around indoors, because it’s going to be grey and a little damp. I’ll cook a Sun..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…dl
@JackieK_ @breditor It is, alas, and thanks for that Brett. It does seem to be a case of “Get photos of people beha..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…hr
Hannahdementia Dads self isolating on his own. He’s made a bird table…I thought that’s nice…he sent me a picture #Boredom pic.twitter.com/myrW3f0eEF
It’s going to be that kind of day..pic.twitter.com/8P8CoqxUw0w0
@BobDyson74 Interesting point. I’ll have another look later this morning. Thanks.
I’ve just had the most horrible nightmare. I was at a Mumford and Sons concert.
Sunday. Who can you blame? Sunday.