BrandDNA That’s a 24k carat tweet reply if ever I saw one. pic.twitter.com/HKToeRIWOu
@bigbadave @jonkudelka @nschultz As long as there are flowers.
@jonkudelka @nschultz It’s everything a government needs!
@nschultz Meh. There’s a train.
RT @NewtonMark: Richard Colbeck’s policy. https://t.co/DkLQpC5n8H
@nschultz What’s that gold rush theme park? Or Kryal Castle?
Wow. Lol. https://t.co/98ytQvN95l
@Gwyntaglaw @gnoll110 For a refreshing angle on that topic, listen to some of Senator Penny Wong’s upcoming engagements. :)
cathywilcox1 Weirdly specific example. pic.twitter.com/qDZSHLWckJ
Lol yes I missed this bit of the bit. https://t.co/euMzDgtAXc
RT @NewtonMark: There’s your problem. Australian MPs are trained from very early in their careers, before they’re even preselected, to view…
@Gwyntaglaw @gnoll110 Good point, and yes. Australia’s withdrawal from so many soft power arenas like foreign aid a… https://t.co/RRxoHt0U6C
If you appreciated this live tweeting, you can always throw me a tip at https://t.co/8NKSo5SyRq. Even a small contr… https://t.co/a13cBlLKSD
And we‘re out. Tomorrow or whenever I’ll tag this thread with links to the audio and video recordings.
Bolton said he voted Trump because he didn’t want Clinton H, and “that turned out to be a mistakeâ€. This time “it’l… https://t.co/RMgbvu3pnB
Oh. A great final comment about the state of conservatism in the US. Bolton said we need to get back to deciding yo… https://t.co/gMEyGpve7X
@gnoll110 The problem with a lot of popular media is that all this stuff is presented in simple binary opposites. I… https://t.co/1SjeNtACWo
@gnoll110 Oh indeed. And it’s worth mentioning that Bolton thinks the US Navy needs a boost. (My view it needs a re… https://t.co/tSHWMyrmUy
@gnoll110 Not at all. I’ve seen a number of folks criticising Australia for a lack of diplomatic effort recently. But belt and braces.
@iPilko @NewtonMark No this is just an iiNet TVC.
Ah, the answer is going into (broadly) the proposal that countries like Australia need to beef up their diplomatic… https://t.co/OaCckrM5JP
Wait, what? Conroy asks how Australians can be convinced to get behind a second-term Trump government. I hope he me… https://t.co/NdJ7bUY7Ec
And here’s a picturepic.twitter.com/97xVmjW1SVSV
Next question from Stephen Conroy!
We’re onto China and Hong Kong. Bolton notes that there haven’t been any sympathetic demonstrations in Shanghai or… https://t.co/DNEPdiGwsN
@MWhalan No, about diplomacy and the like. No discussion of potential war yet.
@gnoll110 Pretty much. I’ve read several books by White House “insiders†and the consensus is that he really does o… https://t.co/lLmUhVBBHo
Bolton says he’s optimistic and thinks that most of the damage done by Trump can be fixed. (But some not. This needs a follow-up question.)
Bolton says he’d still take the job of National Security Adviser. (Assuming he’s not in jail, obviously.)
@franksting Kampai!
Hahaha! Question based on the proposition that Trump “doesn’t have the intellectual appetite to see the trees let a… https://t.co/ThH8eb9Kjn
Bolton describes Trump’s decision-making as “anecdotal and episodicâ€. Telling him something on Tuesday that he agre… https://t.co/vdAtb2JBye
Good line from Bolton, paraphrased. Trump thinks that because he personally has a good relation to Putin, that the… https://t.co/z8QQ6pJzvK
Former Labor defence and foreign minister Stephen Smith has just asked some questions about how Japan and other reg… https://t.co/yK9iB48enG
@franksting Sure. :) I speak in abstract logical terms only. [Pours another whisky.]
@GBoroughGrowler I think he meant no matter who wins, being a long-serving Republican.
@gnoll110 Interesting point. You might well think that co-funding by another nation should be treated equally… etc. :)
“I’m not going to be happy on election day, or the day after, or for the next four years,†no matter who wins.
OK, he’s now been steered onto Trump. “He doesn’t have a philosophy. Let’s not kid ourselves… Policy thinking, he… https://t.co/v9t64Y8SQw
OK, Bolton does admit that the US is doing a lot of catch-up, and specifically cites 5G. But he also complains that… https://t.co/sKS4ngO7QD
I might pull back my tweeting of this John Bolton thing until he says something that isn’t the US angle we’re famil… https://t.co/tRIEvvEHOB
RT @timsout: How the FT sees our debate about superannuation — as with so many other issues, it has been sucked into our culture wars and d…
@franksting When someone says A it doesn’t mean they said Not-B. :)
A little praise for AU and NZ for dealing with “the Huawei threat†before the US. Says Xi Jinping is the most autho… https://t.co/Kfv30cEdQX
Now follows the usual US boilerplate about China not adhering to OECD and WHO norms, and just steals intellectual p… https://t.co/u9dxcRL550
Bolton agrees that the US doesn’t have a “widespread agreement†on its policy to China (in response to the proposit… https://t.co/Uo2Jzj6qoX
We’re onpic.twitter.com/gi1aeBWW9r9r
@DrMobs @susie_dent I am also old and cranky, as you know. :)
@DrMobs @susie_dent I see your point, but I think* the single S is way more common.
* I can’t be arsed checking the Macquarie at this hour.
This begins soon, so I’ll just say that John Bolton was “National Security Advisor to President Trump for 453 daysâ€â€¦ https://t.co/7hbflPgJw0
@DrMobs [Cough.] The plural of platypus is either platypus or platypuses. And if you want to pretend we’re speaking… https://t.co/5e1tCkm7Gb
Roughly 10 minutes to go. I think for Bolton* I might have to switch to whisky.
* John not Michael.
https://t.co/QxfDwBeTiA
ij_ford We now go live to Elizabeth I’s meeting with the French ambassador… pic.twitter.com/cYcXC0NJ89
Is the answer “Because they’re cunts� https://t.co/Tm8vKpcGwe
RT @ProfWehrman: Well, then who is his commanding officer? https://t.co/S1TMRZ8uTr
@kels_316 On that, sure everything is wi-fi now, but hey a router has both wi-fi and ethernet ports so same space f… https://t.co/wUHBHpL0NL
RT @StephanieCarvin: It is almost as if populists aren’t really into free speech but just want to be able to say racist and sexist things a…
@Jon_Cusack @USSC It’s going to be VERY interesting watching the questions on the stream.
Another instalment in @ASPI_org’s IT’S ALL CHINA series, “The Chinese Communist Party’s coercive diplomacy†https://t.co/3d2f6FUqGA
RT @RBReich: The next time Trump rage tweets ’LAW & ORDER’, remember that 14 of the president’s closest aides, donors and advisers have bee…
JimMFelton Comedy after the left wing bias has been removed pic.twitter.com/sY9KN9VSyj
RT @RussInCheshire: Comedy is the powerless mocking the powerful. Comics punch up, never down. Punching down is bullying.
That’s why comed…
@TeamBloomart @swearyanthony I’ve had to face this frequently in my work. “You’re smart, I agree with how you’re pe… https://t.co/2AMbQBIo23
RT @SuperCroup: IS THAT A DENIM JACKET? ARE WE SEEING A RETURN TO THE DENOM JACKETS TOO? BECAUSE IF SO: 🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌 https://t.co/7HeN3cKwbW
RT @bigjsl: This is good. https://t.co/IvqYnBL4rn
RT @paulkidd: @thetowncrier Big Toothpaste. Fuck them with their ‘brush twice a day’ bullshit, I have rights.
vanOnselenP The future of the Liberal Party in one photo…. pic.twitter.com/FREw5jZf6i
@moylecroft @skwashd @thetomzone Yeah I’m not sure they spend that much time together. She ever looks happy to be with him.
@kcarruthers So there we have it. We’re all agreed. Let’s move on.
@skwashd @thetomzone Do you reckon Jared could pull off that scam? He’s not that bright.
@HartWexford Either Michael Kirby or Chopper Read. Or maybe Roger Rogerson.
@swearyanthony Mind you, once I read some solid analysis of the politics of the Middle East, and I thought “This gu… https://t.co/tZwTgdp1yT
RT @thetomzone: we’re getting closer and closer to the president just saying QAnon is real and he’s met Q and Q is his friend https://t.co/…
@swearyanthony Bah. You probably don’t even like Henry Kissinger.
@MichaelH_PhD Thanks, I’ll check this later. Probably before I record wit@JohnBirminghamam tomorrow afternoon.
@JustJimWillDo @USSC Maybe that’s my audience question. “Why aren’t you in jail yet?â€
@JustJimWillDo @USSC Not in jail yet. He declined to give evidence in a formal context, but instead wrote a tedious book. Watch this space.
@USSC Hey I’m drinking wine anyway so I thought I’d provide you with the option.
Coming up in an hour, a @USSC event: A conversation with former National Security Advisor Ambassador John Bolton… https://t.co/5EKCer9JI2
@HHackenbecker @jeamland Nah, not a thing for me.
@thehuntinghome @natecochrane My variation on this theme: “There is no I in ‘team’ but there is a U in ‘cunt’.â€
@HHackenbecker @jeamland No you get off my lawn.
Nice summary of the Victorian Liberal Party. https://t.co/BRu8Phv8aa
I should mention that this is all from a long-running study of what police detainees tell the AIC, which means the… https://t.co/zV0UHKLI4e
“COVID-19 pandemic constricts methamphetamine supply in Perth,†reports @AICriminology https://t.co/5YeiLa6T7Z
“De… https://t.co/z58kVhZiwq
Oh good, I was hoping someone would phrase it like this. https://t.co/HgZ2JI7p0F
“Donald Trump Has Declared Himself Impotent†(28 Aug) https://t.co/KdHBMQhVUM
@jeamland Beautiful.
RT @jeamland: Aqua’s “Barbie Girlâ€, Radiohead’s “Paranoid Androidâ€, and Chumbawamba’s “Tubthumping†all came out closer to the Whitlam dism…
RT @kels_316: if anything was going to make me side with google/facebook it was the chum-brained horsefuckers of the Australian media elite…
@BeauGiles As long as you’re being productive. :)
@dawnstarau Indeed. I had nothing in that realm apart from an old personal Skype account. Linking it all up was a pita.
Coming up on 24 Sep: ASPI Presents: In conversation with Michael Outram APM, Commissioner of the Australian Border… https://t.co/PwixLCF389
NEW BLOG POST: “Talking about the Australian Signals Directorate on ABC Adelaide,†and in particular today’s speech… https://t.co/Q8bPF6Zkxy
@abcadelaide … and it’s done.
@abcadelaide Here we go… https://t.co/TuMVQ3Had9
Job Security with Singaporean Characteristics. https://t.co/lJXDWT3KKp
I’m talking abut this ASD speech on @abcadelaide after 1745 ACST / 1815 AEDT, so in about half an hour at… https://t.co/NJ2MaZSM1b
@derekbradley @FrKarlSinclair We will still remember.
RT @kcarruthers: Sign the ePetition: Calling for the End of Blanket Pet Bans in New South Wales Strata Schemes https://t.co/euv9f5otne
@FrKarlSinclair @derekbradley It’s all good. @ashabeeeee got the question in, and Turnbull answered it. I have the… https://t.co/Vubq9BIeR7
@derekbradley No that was the other chap.
The full text of the speech by ASD boss Rachel Noble is online now. https://t.co/DZViuNLdoz
And as I said before… https://t.co/vtIS8u2iy8
I don’t think he understands that this isn’t how pandemics work. https://t.co/0qqEUJ0ZbU
RT @voltagex: *thinks really hard about SQL injection* https://t.co/T8QZjdzDS1
RT @notmatt: Remember when a Tesla got a bad review so they downloaded the driver’s logs, made a press release, and Elon ranted about it on…
@dobes Your window is too wide.
CORRECTION: In this thread I spelled the ASD boss’ surname two different ways, because I am careless. The correct version is Rachel Noble.
RT @DigiVictorian: You know, I’m beginning to detect a theme in this Victorian newspaper’s adverts…
— Illustrated Police News (1894) htt…
@jeamland Is this you in the background? pic.twitter.com/irM1ODpdvC
Listening to today’@7ampodcastst, “Scott Morrison’s snapback to normapca.st/og25p1hcHJP9JSiG
@stewartmjohnson It’s all good thanks.
@kels_316 It all makes perfect sense.
@kels_316 I am much amused by “Paul Bongiorno is Australia’s communist propagandist.â€
RT @kels_316: Cashman has gone full anti-semite. Cool. Normal. https://t.co/y3b7uXeKhq
@dobes @oberonsghost I really should’ve arranged to cover this inquiry for someone. https://t.co/b2menUGWqw
This was a rhetorical question, but your replies make it clear that it’ll continue to be an unpleasant experience. https://t.co/C3Mm2sS45N
Tue plan, remainder: Administrivia; clear out the inbox and browser tabs; and for a final bit of amusement, 2100 US… https://t.co/z87hxe0LVf
@chris_stevenson @jeamland Horrible, horrible times.
oberonsghost The risk appetite at Facebook has changed. pic.twitter.com/JRBU25SFSy
Why are you retweeting that cunt from YouTube?
You know those quizzes where you’re presented with, say, a quite and you have to say which of two people said it?… https://t.co/rYByrPrvsk
@danielkirkwood It was kind of a rhetorical question, but yeah. Horrible.
RT @andrewheiss: guys, stop posting pre-pandemic photos from january, you’re helping the algorithm learn how your face has changed in the 5…
Straya. Snakes. Obviously. https://t.co/a9FfequH1j
@jeamland “Piling forwardâ€.
Disappointed I missed this, @dobes @purserj. https://t.co/9gEMgYlxoD
@_midofo_ True. And I guess with ASD / ACSC / JCSCs all in separate buildings it’s a bit easier.
@MsLods Indeed. Two or three people to welcome everyone to represent each level of the university chain of command.… https://t.co/2bTBZmzytF
ZackBornstein Vanilla ISIS pic.twitter.com/10jHL4ojA4
And there it ends. As I said, nothing really new but you may finding it interesting.
Video will be at… https://t.co/lt6TyEfHQt
She’s asked whether she can see the Five Eyes being expanded. That’s a policy discussion for government. Though she… https://t.co/1j03sjIEzN
A bunch of diplomatic-worded waffle follows.
How important is ASD in the Five Eyes? “A lot of people don’t know this but but the idea of the Five Eyes alliance… https://t.co/rCvbfPmzEZ
Nobel says having the highest level of clearance is no longer necessary for all ASD jobs. Industry outreach etc is… https://t.co/XLAomJbypP
@rohan_p I’ll let that one through to the keeper. :)
How will ASD maintain its edge in the face of these emerging technologies? The edge is finding the right people. Co… https://t.co/HKmFMaILiH
The main question was how she sees the ASD’s advisory role will change with new technologies like AI and such. She’… https://t.co/WuexmUwPEZ
Big question here on how she sees ASD collaboration with industry and the public given the agency’s broader brief.… https://t.co/o73YGCR2nm
Could ASD take a more active role in speaking about Australia’s policies in cyberspace? My brief paraphrase is that… https://t.co/IJ4hj1AzBE
Nobel thinks ASD is already being transparent because the last director-general Mike Burgess mentioned an example a… https://t.co/J8SGIziwe7
Nobel finishes her speech, She said exactly nothing new. From my admittedly jaded viewpoint, that was wasted time.… https://t.co/wr2mvi5aHg
Like so many others, Noble pronounces “adversary†as /æd’vÉ™rsÉ™ri/ not /ˈædvÉ™sri/ and it disturbs me.
“As the internet and all the goodness that is brought to our lives became more pervasive, so too came the realisati… https://t.co/EFkevmwSdx
Noble has just delivered her line about ASD’s powers shouldn’t surprise us because they’re all there in legislation… https://t.co/bjLXghfvEj
@juhasaarinen Or this French one? pic.twitter.com/7A0O8hHAi1
Further tweets will only appear if Ms Noble says something that’s actually new or particularly significant to note.
“We are both the poacher and gamekeeper. Both sides of our brain work together to protect ourselves from people lik… https://t.co/3OhzZ5cmhn
Obviously “siphon†should be “cipher†but I can’t edit the transcript while t’s been transcribed.pic.twitter.com/4cyhTmghMzo/4cyhTmghMz
Enigma! Drink! pic.twitter.com/D68QIozMl2
The dangers of the new internet age are being hinted at. pic.twitter.com/Q90u3FC5zr
Rachel Nobel up. She starts by repeating the standard description of what ASD does. She also says we’ll see some ph… https://t.co/HLS6539qmV
Overly-long introductions by ANU people are in progress.
The stream is up. Hold music plays. https://t.co/t1eKwvCPMH
RT @ParlLibrary: We are recruiting a Research Assistant in the Politics & Public Administration team. This role will involve undertaking re…
@techoglot I’ll see how I go.
This speech by ASD boss Rachel Nobel starts in 15 minutes via the Sheep Tunnel. If anything interesting happens I’l… https://t.co/QQUC7N8wGx
@techoglot I did. It’s pretty each but I’ll dig out something tonight written by an actual Thai person plus my comm… https://t.co/84OLQofMIC
Tom Yum Gai made fresh, that should cheer me up. pic.twitter.com/7zfGuAW7mv
Listening to today’@abcnewsws Coronacast, “What could Victoria’s path out of lockdown look lpca.st/fgyjyyitTWkys935
Oh dear. I’ll come back to this later. And change it to a potato.
OK, so there’s a business version and a personal version. I’d chosen business, but it’s too complicated. How do I… https://t.co/sv01VjutFD
This is awful lol.
Finally I have logged in to something that looks like a place so sane human would want to be.
I have switched to Chrome. I have to turn on a thing. It provides no information on how to do this.
(I know what t… https://t.co/nGcqoHDrjv
Hahaha Microsoft built things to look like it’s cross-site tracking but reckons it isn’t. This is hilariopic.twitter.com/wn1k9Q5GFi5GFi
Apparently I can only use Teams for work OR personal things. These are radio buttons. pic.twitter.com/lFPOkVVhr0
Apparently I both don’t have a Teams account but I’m logging in. To something. Not entirely clepic.twitter.com/GN0ZerG4OtG4Ot
And a third time. This is fuckin’ atrociouspic.twitter.com/EC80ON3dnvnv
Well I can say that just trying to link Microsoft Teams to an existing Skype account is an exercise is stupid autho… https://t.co/lfIo80k8bg
@blahblahellis Lol oh great. How does it do on macOS?
RT @patriot_snopes: Trump having had a stroke is sort of like Kombucha going bad — how would you even tell?
RT @CentristMadness: Edging https://t.co/75899LjXYf
@parisba This does not bode well.
@nickzoic That’s what I was thinking. Oh well, it’s not until tomorrow so I may have time to turn into a toad or something.
Goddammit I don’t need another one! https://t.co/Tr0Ac6v71X
@joneaves Cool. It’s always fun talking with JP, even when it’s on the record. :)
I have just accepted a meeting invitation. What is “Microsoft Teams�
Today’s Reading: “Roundabouts: An Informational Guide — Second Edition†https://t.co/gVGjdVh76m
“Roundabouts: An I… https://t.co/72ifHknYB3
@akent @NewtonMark I can confirm that I have stopped going to gyms. To be completely safe, I stopped in 2011.
Oh dear. https://t.co/HSVyg2TZ1y
@joneaves I certainly would if I used that regex.
RT @sapphicaredhel: thinking abt her again 😔 https://t.co/iYREgO9K5m
@techoglot Ah, I see you’ve been here before. :)
@_midofo_ Oh FFS let’s shut the whole thing down now!
You, looking at a minor glitch when importing non-changing data: It’s only a handful of records. I’ll fix them manu… https://t.co/6j81n1RHPn
It has reached that stage of the day already… https://t.co/34oNkBxxgr
@_midofo_ Lol no I have some self-respect.
@johnb78 @paulwallbank @awelder @jxeeno @aussiewongm One swallow does not a summer make.
Here’s some wattle photographed a@bunjareeee in July 2013pic.twitter.com/CsuJO4QHcccc
“Premier resists calls to make masks compulsory on Sydney’s public transport,†but can you see the problem with her… https://t.co/16d0BwjPJH
@_midofo_ One summer in the 1980s I filled that Sunday shift for a couple weeks with a “normal†breakfast program w… https://t.co/LHqIDKgog1
@dmeeze @BoontaVista Look I’ll certainly take it, thank you.
@_midofo_ Is he still alive? Or do they just repeat episodes form the 1970s and no one notices?
@paulwallbank @awelder @johnb78 @jxeeno @aussiewongm Pointless inquiries aren’t new though.
meakoopa getting trepanned by Elon Musk to own the libs pic.twitter.com/cUFnqxI2rk
@oberonsghost I suppose I should wander the property later to see how much wattle is in bloom. We have a few different species here.
@zdnetaustralia Anyway I’ll be watching the speech at 1230 and probably live tweeting it, so we can all look forward to that.
@zdnetaustralia Also, the ABC, Nine, and Guardian have all taken similar angles, and I imagine the Murdoch masthead… https://t.co/rfBNp0PcE3
@zdnetaustralia Also in the SMH: “‘Not all Australians are the good guys’: Citizens in cyber spy agency’s sightsâ€â€¦ https://t.co/ASTjACSOpj
@zdnetaustralia I see Noble’s speech has been dribbled out already.
“Cyber-security agency insists it doesn’t want… https://t.co/Vo5JVlo8hZ
Tue plan, draft: Administrivia; laundry; 1230 ASD boss Rachel Noble’s speech https://t.co/PXMfgYuZbX; write for… https://t.co/5LdmOtxsNj
Today’s Blue Mountains weather is adequate and full of advicepic.twitter.com/bzJmnwNOiIiI
Tuesday. Wattle Day. Tuesday. #wattleday en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wattle_Day pic.twitter.com/qw4n3D3wF9