Goodnight everyone, I hope you have enough lizards in your life.
@nnwakelam True.
@johnb78 @kjmci @jxeeno @aussiewongm Yes, extremely anorak but useful data I suppose. Assuming that any of these pl..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Z3
Wow, America is even sending the Memory Hole down the Memory Hole. twitter.com/hansilowang/st…
hansilowang SCOOP: @NPR has confirmed the Census Bureau is cutting #2020Census door knocking at unresponsive homes a month shor..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…29
@JustJimWillDo @dobes @SnarkyPlatypus Arf!
This looks intriguing! twitter.com/StephanieCarvi…
Attn: @johnb78 @jxeeno @aussiewongm. twitter.com/StuartHumphrye…
StuartHumphryes Has an army ever looked so ill-prepared for modern warfare? This astounding (original colour) photo from 1913 shows..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…NL
StuartHumphryes I’ve seen many cracking pictures of Piccadilly Circus, but I don’t think I’ve seen one quite as stunning as this ma..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…aS
StuartHumphryes This is amongst the very earliest colour photos ever taken in the UK. It is an autochrome taken by Lionel de Rothsc..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…tt
@JustJimWillDo @dobes @SnarkyPlatypus I think we know, Jim. Stop being obtuse. :)
@jpwarren @jeamland @bigjsl @markrprior When we reach the Aftertimes, if we ever do, we should go back.
@nnwakelam Not as good at sex though.
fesshole I work in the hum-drum world of toothpaste distribution. For every job I’ve applied for in the last 15 years I’ve i..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Vu
Well, @dobes @SnarkyPlatypus, THIS is a pure marriage! twitter.com/fesshole/statu…
fesshole I still have access to my old work’s dropbox and filled it up with cat pics
dahowlett Welcome to the US for profit healthcare system. twitter.com/rhysblakely/st…
OnCrewsControl lmfao was it suppose to turn itself in? twitter.com/nypost/status/…
@_midofo_ Or a visit to some sort of assisted death facility.
@JustJimWillDo @dobes @jpwarren But… and here’s the kicker… how would a kākāpō get up there?
@chaucerburnt I so am, yes.
@JustJimWillDo Wow. Ping @dobes @jpwarren. pic.twitter.com/VjTdMDBhsD
@JustJimWillDo Exactly. pic.twitter.com/0V9WTJ0fX5
Apple Music’s editors’ notes on David Bowie’s “The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars” are:..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…cg
Apparently you have to change the transmitters on kākāpō. twitter.com/takapodigs/sta…
So, if you follow me and you’re a tedious narcissistic cunt then this tweet is about you. twitter.com/stilgherrian/s…
@alexkidman Quite a bit ruder than that. The phrase “tedious narcissistic cunt” was part of it.
@CannabisFairy69 Strange thing: Turns out it’s not you.
@swearyanthony @JustJimWillDo @GrogsGamut @_midofo_ Those were the days! (Lol they were not.)
I want to say something really rude about someone but they follow me. :(
IMPORTANT! New entries in @gdoslang, thanks to @MisterSlang who’s a better Jonathan* Green even than @GreenJ!
* An..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…aB
MapPornTweet Map used by British POW Airey Neave to escape to #Switzerland in 1942 redd.it/ar381z #MapPorn pic.twitter.com/hL5g69qryk
AndyDW_ Still absolutely destroyed by this. twitter.com/cluedont/statu…
@swearyanthony @GrogsGamut @_midofo_ True, it was a two-stage thing. But 1996 sounds late. The Microsoft Network™ w..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…hQ
Histreepix Grateful sailors visit the grave of Eugene Harvey, inventor of the sea. Bridgend, 1973. pic.twitter.com/gJoQf2Bkaf
davidmackau BuzzFeed News spoke to 36 former employees, many of whom independently corroborated incidents of harassment, sexual..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Qk
@jeamland @bigjsl @markrprior @jpwarren And quite a lot of it, I seem to remember.
@swearyanthony @GrogsGamut @_midofo_ I just tweeted this you gronk! September 1993. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eternal_S…
I believe that @nnwakelam needs to know about this. twitter.com/stilgherrian/s…
@jetztgibtshaue @_midofo_ @GrogsGamut @swearyanthony @alyankovic ‘Weird Al’ Yankovic, “It’s All About The Pentiums”..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Ql
@swearyanthony @_midofo_ @GrogsGamut So when was that? UPenn was one of the earliest to give all undergrads access.
@GrogsGamut @_midofo_ @swearyanthony It probably will be in 50 years time when historians catch onto it. Maybe 25 y..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…vf
@_midofo_ @GrogsGamut @swearyanthony No it was so a thing. I was a cultural milestone. I don’t see it as a negative..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…57
@_midofo_ @GrogsGamut @swearyanthony Traditionally, Sept was when all the new US uni students came online. It was c..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…St
@bigjsl @markrprior I know the gin was Tanqueray. I’ll check the rest tomorrow. It’s just a pub down there. The bes..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…aI
@_midofo_ @GrogsGamut @swearyanthony So, you know about The Eternal September?
@_midofo_ @GrogsGamut @swearyanthony CD-ROM IS THE FUTURE.
@_midofo_ @GrogsGamut @swearyanthony Yep, “web producer” is still a thing, for the over coordination of what happen..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…iJ
@GrogsGamut @_midofo_ @swearyanthony This was very early days. Commercial internet only started in Australia in 199..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…l3
@GrogsGamut @_midofo_ @swearyanthony I was associate producer of “this!zine” edition 0 (I didn’t do the title) and..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…5U
@GrogsGamut @_midofo_ @swearyanthony Yep, just linked to it. It was horrible. I still thank the gods I wasn’t a pro..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…h8
Music Nerds! I am too lazy to find this, but… Did Wolfmother ever play the Newtown Festival in Sydney, and if so..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…TX
@swearyanthony @_midofo_ I’ll have to give it a go.
@_midofo_ @swearyanthony That’d be right. They sent what was then Fairfax Digital Media on a study tour. They drank..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…7a
@_midofo_ @swearyanthony Ah. Melbourne. :)
@swearyanthony @_midofo_ I haven’t heard of that. And I had reasonable access to high-level thinking at Fairfax at..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Ii
@_midofo_ @swearyanthony Hmmm. In didn’t think the Citiscapes brand lasted that long, but me memory is very fuzzy for the 1996–2000 period.
@_midofo_ @franksting @swearyanthony There was a LOT of really scammy bullshit going on at that time. It would never happen now. ;)
@_midofo_ @swearyanthony It was the Decade of Average.
@_midofo_ @swearyanthony 1. Chullora printing plant ran late and over budget. 2. The price of newsprint skyrocketed..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…jo
@_midofo_ @swearyanthony I think that was it, yes. The web properties that Fairfax developed 1995–1996, when I worktwitter.com/i/web/status/1…hLqb
@Rhys_Needham Look it’s all several kinds of magic.
@swearyanthony @_midofo_ There was going to be a “multimedia” version. all-sorts.biz/experienced-we… Don’t ask. pic.twitter.com/bjsMosVisF
@swearyanthony @_midofo_ Citiscapes. I was there.
@stacejarman Heh. Getting “the latest airfreight Vanity Fair after midnight” is a bit of an age giveaway. ;) But ye..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…eo
@brettrann It’s the cure for all ills.
@ssharwood There’s no barrier there Simon.
Moon Hoons! twitter.com/elron6900/stat…
What’s hilarious, among so many other things, is that I wasn’t criticising the border controls in the least. twitter.com/royfrancisbrow…
Daily__Goats The return of the disco goats, an instant cure for the midweek blues.
Sound on 🔊
pic.twitter.com/49dR4uK8PM
calbo I really love P.J Harvey, but I prefer to use her full name: Pyjamas Harvey.
Still laughing at the gronk the other night who when I said that I was now banned from Queensland (because I live i..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…A5
@lmao_Yah @shaneoneill @AdamBandt Yeah it’s this sort of blind and often ignorant* tribalism that ruins policy disc..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…wx
Said Negroni. pic.twitter.com/POEXNPthTt
peterfrankopan #2020 in a nutshell pic.twitter.com/Yogdu0511k
fictillius NSW Government seeking development partner for Western Harbour Tunnel transport.nsw.gov.au/news-and-event…
CSIRO It’s love at frost sight. #FungiFriday 🖤⠀
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This is a fungus from the Resupinatus species. They’re often found gr..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…DS
Here are three excellent words: Ten dollar Negronis.
@shaneoneill @AdamBandt It’s possible to look at things through lenses other than party politics. Recommended.
I saw some of these queues, @SnarkyPlatypus. Stretching from Campbell Street. Young people getting a meal from Jumb..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…pz
@WebsecNick @AdamBandt @AlfredHealth Heh.
JennyLavelle_ Shame. His Sydney Haymarket restaurant gave away free meals to Thai students caught when Australian borders closed…twitter.com/i/web/status/1…0f
@WebsecNick @AdamBandt @AlfredHealth Sometimes the world can walk and chew gum at the same time.
AdamBandt Since the dept doesn’t seem to know, I’ll tell you what RoboDebt is: illegal, state sanctioned cruelty that took bi..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…DG
@sleepingdingo Exactly that. My participation is essential to counteract The People Who Vote Incorrectly.
Fri plan, remainder, 8.15pm edition: Pop downstairs for dinner; whisky; shitposting; check the bird poll thing; more shitposting.
Scarfolk Some people are still confused about what they can and can’t do during the #manchesterlockdown. We hope this clarif..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…JY
jpwarren Maybe putting the military in charge of social services is a bad idea?
tophermwoods Oh well that’s ok then twitter.com/Newsweek/statu…
@bolambert65 @dobes @davpope Even more so, in fact. :( It must be damn scary there in The Florida right now.
@dobes @davpope And from last week. pic.twitter.com/lAZCsNL6FJ
chaser “Why should the government fund childcare? Just use your Au Pair!” says PM chaser.com.au/national/why-t…
@jkite13 Yeah it’s pretty lame. She’ll be burned for it over the next couple of days.
@caseyjohnellis @nnwakelam @TheColonial @SM_Bradshaw @MacqDictionary And in the main book… pic.twitter.com/3aQeVbN4A9
@caseyjohnellis @nnwakelam @TheColonial @SM_Bradshaw The @MacqDictionary is onto it. macquariedictionary.com.au/blog/article/5…
@JohnBirmingham @lotusgav The Good People always end up picking up the slack, yes.
Dylan_Caporn It’s a shame the Olympics were cancelled, because this is a gold-medal winning backflip. twitter.com/LizaHarveyMLA/…
This stuff strikes me as very @johnb78 and @DrRhysPockett areas.
@philbetts @QueTerror Also a great piece here on their history. smh.com.au/interactive/20…
@jkite13 Well these days they serve at the pleasure of the minister, at least the secretaries do.
@SuperCroup @aleeb88 This is how the world works, I guess. :)
@philbetts @QueTerror I was thinking that this afternoon in re G A Zink & Sons, Tailors. They’re been here on Oxfor..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Nh
Hey @dobes, I forgot to check @davpope’s work this week and now I have been transported to a new world. pic.twitter.com/QaBXEuPfdh
@darrenpauli @jeamland @voltagex @dobes @chrisjrn @NewtonMark @juhasaarinen Two things which cannot wash themselves..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Qn
@lubiephil @VWHawkesbury Paying for the fit-out is normal in commercial leases though.
This is a remarkable bit is chicanery from Kathryn Campbell. twitter.com/lukehgomes/sta…
yannhatchuel Grace Jones and Dolph Lundgren arriving at a party in 1984. This is too powerful for Twitter. pic.twitter.com/nN2fwnpQLQ
Both @indiescribe and @D_Keating have just recommended this to me, though I suspect not for systems administration. twitter.com/stilgherrian/s…
@lubiephil @VWHawkesbury I imagine so. Brick walls that need re-plastering. Ancient tiles in the bathroom, which ne..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…IB
@SnarkyPlatypus Sorry, I misread. I am an idiot.
KnightkingYCBM 1974.Circular Quay. pic.twitter.com/Ewo0qYjI49
@NewtonMark @jeamland @voltagex @dobes @chrisjrn @juhasaarinen @darrenpauli Well were you using the cream?
@SnarkyPlatypus Are you suddenly 14yo again?
A brick wall for @ApostrophePong. pic.twitter.com/jkuJrnIgdz
Ping @jeamland @voltagex @dobes @chrisjrn @NewtonMark @juhasaarinen @darrenpauli.
Hey systems administrators, for those persistent problems there’s always… sudocrem! pic.twitter.com/5z8YLEOKW7
Seen today on Oxford Street, a new real estate euphemism: Raw Creative Features. pic.twitter.com/oGupwlzfzX
@boynxdor Perfect! Lol.
@QueTerror @philbetts Glebe Point Road seemed to me to be a harder gig because (a) it’s just that little bit more a..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…9A
NewtonMark We used to talk about “hunger” or “starvation” or “famine” or “poverty.” Now we talk about “food security,” ‘cos ev..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…PO
@boynxdor Well I guess that rounds out the balanced diet? Maybe also with some art supplies?
@aleeb88 For a while there was bar in Surry Hill (?) called The Library. Yes, it had a wall lined with books. It al..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…MA
@Off_the_Pace I’m still sceptical about the lockout laws’ effect. That’s going to hurt the bars and clubs, but what..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…5U
One cannot survive on gay books and meat alone. Wait, what? twitter.com/boynxdor/statu…
Same. Any areas that rely on the disposable income of people who aren’t in the top wealth bracket but just “doing O..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…7b
I think Oxford Street in particular has been resting on its laurels for quite some time. That said, as we hit 1 Ju..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…IR
And finally for me today, this 175m section has another 8 vacant shops. This whole strip has been in decline for so..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…ge
Both sides of this 125m section, 8 vacant shops. pic.twitter.com/e5igZ1AjBC
This section, 10 vacant shops counting both sides of this 215m section. pic.twitter.com/yy6fa6h1C6
This section of Oxford Street, 15 vacant shops in just 220m of the south side of the street. This bit has been run..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Bh
Today I decided to count the empty shops along some bits Darlinghurst Road and down Oxford Street. Here’s the first..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…df
@McThingface @SuperCroup @SnarkyPlatypus Translation is difficult sometimes. pic.twitter.com/jc5mYgHQar
fictillius Genius tying their dog to a trolley pic.twitter.com/XclpSPZ2zd
@replicant88 @jpwarren @JohnBirmingham JB does the best compound descriptions.
@dfpiii Yeah I’m not sure about this one either. I can see where they’re coming from, same as I can see where Guard..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…K0
@lotusgav @JohnBirmingham He should but, you know, here we are.
@96Mrbsa @Diane_in_SA @JohnBirmingham Sometimes understatement is the writer’s friend.
@nudder12 Yep, your meaning was obvious. I’m surprised to learn that “HMAS” is categorised as a noun (I checked a f..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…q4
@nudder12 (As an aside, “proper noun” is what you’re looking for as the name of something. “Definite” is what type..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Cn
@nudder12 This stuff is less about logic (for want of a better word) and more about what’s standard usage. How I’ve..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…5O
@D_Keating @NewtonMark I would want to steal it. The Mirage III is one of the more beautiful 3rd-generation jet fighters.
It’s certainly something to think about, @SnarkyPlatypus @SuperCroup. twitter.com/hellothisisiva…
Listening to today’s @abcnews Coronacast, “Another record :( Melbourne’s case number rollercoaster” pca.st/ad08n0ph
dctrjack That trending story about the dog dying after COVID-19 seems to have really been misinterpreted as it spread across..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…G6
Finally listening to today’s @7ampodcast, “Pandemic politics: Morrison vs. Andrews” pca.st/pmcqy1g7
@franksting Use one of these numbers. newshub.co.nz/home/entertain…
@juhasaarinen @iTnews_au I hate you.
iTnews_au Storage failure downs New Zealand Defence websites: Week-long outage so far sees NZDF redirect users to social medi..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…aK
@sleepingdingo Not at all. :)
dobes And you want to abolish the states when they have takes like this!! twitter.com/TrudyMcIntosh/…
@sleepingdingo I know what a beta is. :) So I’m doing my duty as a citizen.
This advice on “trade mark” is a bit precious I think. stylemanual.gov.au/style-rules-an… pic.twitter.com/gPFviAS2Wf
@JeffJL54 Hahahaha I’d missed that!
@trentyarwood Hisssssssss! The Ghost of Sukarno will haunt you.
@trentyarwood Heh. I’m filing more bug reports than I am tweeting screenshots. Obviously I’ve raised the whole issu..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…vq
@wolfcat @dobes @GrogsGamut @johnb78 It’s true, and generally the worse the photo the more I like it.
@The6P4C @voltagex They’ve linked to their references on each page. I seem to recall that OLD style manuals had the..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Lq
@JustJimWillDo This was my understanding. Filing a bug report now. :)
Is this right? “the HMAS Canberra”? I thought the style was either “HMAS Canberra” or “the Canberra”?..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…ne
Yes yes yes! Organisations are singular nouns! stylemanual.gov.au/style-rules-an… pic.twitter.com/s7WMgP03l8
This will break a few brains. stylemanual.gov.au/style-rules-an… pic.twitter.com/97FpMNQ2vd
@steampowerednet Really? That rule was always about typewriters with fixed spacing and nothing but typewriters. It..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Q3
@kels_316 Thanks for the reference.
This is wrong though. ALWAYS include the A for Australian in time zones. Use ISO 8601. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_t… pic.twitter.com/RK5iHQXjlT
Attn: @dobes @campbell_kwan.
Immediate I am happy with the styling of dates. “Follow Australian conventions for dates,” it says. Exactly…twitter.com/i/web/status/1…m1
Here’s the table of contents. Obviously I will dive straight into “Style rules and conventions” because that’s what..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Tb
Right. The new DTA-created Government Style Manual. stylemanual.gov.au I am now going to explore it and provid..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…hO
CorkCoypu God I love this country pic.twitter.com/3rjpwIXKFo
@arizclint Ah! Well unlikely to be more useless, certainly.
This is just showing off, @NewtonMark @expectproblems. twitter.com/Dulles_Airport…
Dulles_Airport The perfect throwback photo does not exis- pic.twitter.com/SCfTSCzc5p
@nukolator We’ve had a lot of those weeks lately.
marcuskelson Jesus what now?! pic.twitter.com/NwJSG4CV0V
@arizclint I am being dumb today. APP?
@nukolator This is simple sensible planning, yes.
“ORIGINAL SCIENCE FICTION PROPS & COSTUMES TO BE SOLD IN HOLLYWOOD” propstore.com/entertainment-…
Includes the original..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Zr
@iiTalW I don’t think it even matters.
“COVID-19 dogs could be sniffing out cases in months” scimex.org/newsfeed/covid…
@iiTalW Are you sure it’s Friday? I’ve seen a lot of misinformation about this lately.
In which @JohnBirmingham discusses “Enemies of the State” aliensideboob.substack.com/p/enemies-of-t…
Me: “Do you have large glasses of wine?”
Barman 1: “I have a size of glass, which you can think of as large.”
Me: “..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…j2
@jonoabroad I believe @SnarkyPlatypus can attest to Mosbe’s enthusiasm for my visits.
@jonoabroad Mosbe gets one pig’s ear per visit. He’s been away from his humans for an couple of days so more sooky..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…sb
Graunched. Also, licked extensively by an enthusiastic dog.
maddiestone Since I’ve talked to a few people who were surprised by this, I’ll say it again.
DEFCON IS FREE TO ATTEND! NO REG..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…0r
ryanbigg Just going to step into the AWS console for a sec pic.twitter.com/Nxf0IrBuvi
La Croix.