It approaches midnight so I’d better go away now. Be good.
RT @carlquintanilla: (Reuters) - TikTok owner Bytedance said in a social media post on Sunday that it was the first time it had heard in th…
@jeffsonstein @ApostrophePong That one’s not there best because of the rain on the microphone or possibly an umbrel… https://t.co/3WV5cp4I0Q
johnb78 I mean, to be fair that isn’t the *only* difference between the two situations
RT @johnb78: The difference between being a frontline Luftwaffe pilot in 1943 and a newly qualified car driver in New South Wales in 2020?…
@ApostrophePong @SnarkyPlatypus Lol sounds about right.
Unrelated to any of what we’re talking about, @ApostrophePong, this guy. Just walks around Japan shooting ambient v… https://t.co/KhwrOhfR6q
RT @georgevhulme: Good. All of this needs more due process
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Judge halts Trump administration order banning WeChat from app store…
@wolfcat @firstdogonmoon She has first dibs, obviously.
@ApostrophePong @SnarkyPlatypus Who is better do you think?
@ApostrophePong @SnarkyPlatypus That new AU embassy in Bangkok is horrible. Almost as paranoid as the US embassy in… https://t.co/BjPqc6lbKZ
@ApostrophePong @SnarkyPlatypus Ah right. ‘Cos there was a photo of the shielded secret comms room in the old embas… https://t.co/lk1ACixAgn
@Tailgator1 @firstdogonmoon That’s ages away.
@wolfcat @firstdogonmoon I hate you.
@ApostrophePong @SnarkyPlatypus Also there’s a 350 pax per day quota into Sydney, and it’s only on the United fligh… https://t.co/RGvMUtIAMH
@ApostrophePong @SnarkyPlatypus I think it’s still working at that address though, somehow?
@ApostrophePong @SnarkyPlatypus Lol yes I forgot they’re building a new one. https://t.co/8zurT3D7q8
@firstdogonmoon What if there is no Christmas?
Pro Tip, or something. https://t.co/0NbIsKNDHe
@ApostrophePong @SnarkyPlatypus I have no real idea how annoying AU is being even with its own citizens, but I know… https://t.co/Q2NIdUKoSM
@ApostrophePong @SnarkyPlatypus Get that done before they burn down the embassies. ;)
ICYMI, I did a podcast yesterday. https://t.co/6cRSpzi1Ap
RT @glengyron: If you work in the Labor movement you might as well draft your “So sad Friendly Jorbies has joined Mark Latham as a One Nati…
@ApostrophePong @SnarkyPlatypus Also getting back to AU would be tricky too because of the quotas.
@ApostrophePong @SnarkyPlatypus Lol I know you’ve listened to the stuff I’ve had on the podcast, so yeah whatever h… https://t.co/nBK6tqboOm
@ApostrophePong @SnarkyPlatypus Also your browser tabs are as out of control as mine are.
@ApostrophePong @SnarkyPlatypus Thanks. :)
@ApostrophePong @SnarkyPlatypus Yeah the average max for September is 33C not 19C lol. This is bizarre.
@ApostrophePong @SnarkyPlatypus Wait what? That’s now before 8am or the forecast max?
RT @stevebastoni: a little nervous. Yest I volunteered for the Covid-19 vaccine trials. Its the one that was created in Russia. I got my fi…
@ApostrophePong @SnarkyPlatypus Yep. :) This Carnegie backgrounder was good I thought. https://t.co/w2mgFxkjPV
@RhombusHatesYou @NewtonMark @expectproblems @drspacejunk Yeah nah. [Roll eyes.]
RT @MerriamWebster: ‘Hypocrite’ comes from the Greek word ‘hypokrites,’ meaning “an actor.” https://t.co/25lATMzl9O
@martinwalsh @NewtonMark @expectproblems Hah! You’ve got to be quick.
@NewtonMark @expectproblems @drspacejunk Also archive photos like this. pic.twitter.com/2Yrh3YAoCX
RT @NewtonMark: From Facebook — Does Frecklington understand that the people who own the aircraft get to say who flies it, not Anastasia Pa…
@NewtonMark @expectproblems It also reminds me what @drspacejunk told me, that the standards for being a NASA progr… https://t.co/YZjR3G8Mbn
@NewtonMark @expectproblems It also reminds me what @drspacejunk told me, that the standards for being a NASA progr… https://t.co/PI0rxfY3NM
@BXGD @cameronwilson I tweeted Cam’s piece so I’d remember to read it later. :) I have no comment for now.
Hey @NewtonMark @expectproblems have you seen Netflix’s “Mercury 13â€, a documentary about the Mercury 13?… https://t.co/ySYnJVlcPH
@pelagikat @drspacejunk That was all so much fun. Meanwhile I’ve just started watching “Mercury 13†on Netflix and I am already hooked.
Meanwhile here’s another normal one for @SnarkyPlatypus. https://t.co/gL3AGQNHo6
Oh wow and this one too! https://t.co/Bt4GO6RX2l
This sounds like another good strategy. https://t.co/g47gIA2Jv3
RT @fesshole: Us letting agents all check prospective tenants’ Facebook profiles. If you’re an aggressive attention machine who airs badly-…
Enjoying @JamesBlunt’s bio right now, even if that whole scurvy thing was a bit daft. (Look it up.pic.twitter.com/AUUBnTlXgdgd
Histreepix A post-fame Dumbo is ejected from a bus for using abusive language. London, 1932 pic.twitter.com/NtQCveFiH5
“Australian police are using social media to rebel against orders to stop wearing ‘Thin Blue Line’ symbols, which h… https://t.co/hKZ0hmzXRw
Er, trick works a treat. Sigh.
@pelagikat @upulie @NewtonMark @JustJimWillDo Thanks for that too, because even space nerd me had never even heard… https://t.co/xXTVKgIw5V
RT @BackgroundBrief: Tomorrow morning, Australia. https://t.co/ylOfA8uya6
I can confirm that this treat works a treat. I mean, um, people have told me this. https://t.co/xxpZQVp29B
@highlyeclectic @gathgwyn OK fair point. And so far on this visit his claws haven’t hit their mark.
@upulie @NewtonMark @JustJimWillDo They really are amazing. So thanks heaps to @pelagikat for suggesting we talk about them.
@highlyeclectic @gathgwyn And he really doesn’t like me lol, even when I am the one feeding him while his humans are away.
@upulie @NewtonMark @JustJimWillDo AND THEY HAVE NEARLY TWICE THE WINGSPAN OF MARK’S AIRPLANE HOW THE FUCK TO THEY… https://t.co/3BYCiCKTcD
RT @snurb_dot_info: Just putting this out there: Joel Fitzgibbon is fast becoming this generation’s Mark Latham.
Labor will probably make…
It begins. “NSW Nationals MP Leslie Williams resigns to join Liberals†https://t.co/1psyg4T75x She’s from Port Macquarie.
@NewtonMark @JustJimWillDo @upulie The video is interesting but.
BobbyBigWheel “But Mitch McConnell is a hypocrite” I say as the Supreme Court rules 5-4 that I can be hunted for sport
@NewtonMark @JustJimWillDo @upulie No forget that one, Check this out. https://t.co/dSPZUFAzWc Internal structures… https://t.co/GsqwjPuGeY
@NewtonMark @JustJimWillDo @upulie More data from ANHM. https://t.co/5y2QjtM0Os
@schlutes VB tatts can hide quite a lot, as I’m sure you know.
@schlutes Lol sure. Slides down, slides out. :) What a drongo!
@unixbigot Can’t argue with that!
@NewtonMark @JustJimWillDo @upulie I know what you mean. But yeah nothing that big will flap its wings that fast in… https://t.co/kDSX35GTXb
alexandrakuri *bangs fists on table* NO I want my she hulk to have BIG GREEN TITS pic.twitter.com/SB7SwLsqPz
@RealNickHodge @NewtonMark @JustJimWillDo @upulie Like this? pic.twitter.com/fiYqrOfNqZ
@NewtonMark @JustJimWillDo @upulie See also, does any of this help? https://t.co/zQQ9TKymVK
@MsLods @sleepingdingo @cityofmelbourne @WhoresofYore @MonashUni @FionaPattenMLC Yeah there was some of that in Syd… https://t.co/ZyL4TdPArT
@NewtonMark @JustJimWillDo @upulie See also bats?
@NewtonMark @JustJimWillDo @upulie Yeah that dramatisation seems dodgy to me. But by “leathery†I’m thinking maybe… https://t.co/EO7VL8Ccx5
I’m trying to find the text of the Thai demonstrators’ letter to the Privy Council. Please let me know.
This is th… https://t.co/sJkdZrvqSc
@MsLods @sleepingdingo @cityofmelbourne @WhoresofYore @MonashUni @FionaPattenMLC Hey I’m not there that often. Especially not now.
@gathgwyn Yes, Yes you are.
The next episode will be with the remarkable @FionaPattenMLC. If you’re a subscriber and want to use your TRIGGER W… https://t.co/b4W85slQ1a
The highlight of the week was of course the podcast. You should listen.
You might also choose to support this podc… https://t.co/SfF7yRQOFG
NEW BLOG POST: “Weekly Wrap 538: So much work, so little output†https://t.co/OMr8neXvBe Covers 14—20 September and… https://t.co/OcsDDagu9g
And this piece from March helps set the mood: “Coronavirus: Thai king self-isolates in Alpine hotel with harem of 2… https://t.co/pjVSlIFBQc
From last month, this is a solid backgrounder on Thailand’s current political dramas.
“Two Thailands: Clashing Po… https://t.co/P3E8E6oDGY
JamesFarmer87 Well this has made my day. pic.twitter.com/yTMvnNK9z7
@JustJimWillDo @NewtonMark @upulie I’m assuming the crew at RAF Luton made this film.
Well played. https://t.co/rjN9GX3Z0f
@JustJimWillDo @NewtonMark @upulie I could combine the two. How many badgers to one hatzegopteryx?
@JustJimWillDo @NewtonMark @upulie I’m not sure about the altitude this one is flying at. https://t.co/Dfu98VnpzA
@JustJimWillDo @NewtonMark @upulie Also, here’s a video. https://t.co/PxEmYotyuL
@JustJimWillDo @NewtonMark @upulie Maybe I should re-edit that bit for clarity.
@JustJimWillDo @NewtonMark @upulie Yeah I stumbled through that a bit. But, “Hatzegopteryx it was among the biggest… https://t.co/Rd6RGuF6mV
Further to the thread earlier, this Graun piece is ON on the background.
“Thai protesters call for reform of mona… https://t.co/80sEReTzxh
@alexeckermann The ACCC, in Australia. and now that I am less blurry from my nap their Scamwatch site has the repor… https://t.co/6S7NPOfm4s
@ApostrophePong @SnarkyPlatypus Lol. I have no idea how long these things take. :P
RT @Nick_Stevens_Gr: Apparently some people are dumb enough to need this warning. I suspect that they can’t read though… https://t.co/jZl…
@alexeckermann Well that’s a pain. I thought that the drop-down on the ad itself contains the “report†link but maybe I am mistaken.
@cbmccartney Exactly.
Attn: Hmmm… who? I guess both @dobes and @SnarkyPlatypus should see this. https://t.co/5dbNedkDKR
QuinnyPig Leaked footage of Larry Ellison and Donald Trump hammering out the TikTok deal. pic.twitter.com/AJC0GappEU
Or maybe Frankie Boyle.
Jo Brand. https://t.co/y21llzkZRS
@ApostrophePong @SnarkyPlatypus Maybe not? That’s dated 11 August.
I see that YouTube is still running the quality* adverts. pic.twitter.com/aMcpCGpiU0
RT @ChrChristensen: Right-wingers who point at Sweden’s lack of lockdowns never seem to mention that Sweden also has universal healthcare,…
@RealNickHodge @gathgwyn Look he’s already punishing me before I even start.
@MsLods @sleepingdingo Sold!
In which @gathgwyn takes a short break from hissing at me.
(I bribed him with food. Partly because I forgot his su… https://t.co/eJEbVn8XZb
@SuperCroup I know I’ve done something confusing my coffee cup with another drink I was making at the time, but it… https://t.co/P2xtgV3ENH
existentialcoms Democracy is when an unelected 87 year old dies and now all the laws might change for some reason.
@SuperCroup Ah yes, that also works.
@OaaSvc Sure, but the hit rate is pretty low.
@MsLods @sleepingdingo @cityofmelbourne @WhoresofYore @MonashUni @FionaPattenMLC I love this on the drinks menu. pic.twitter.com/A5pGmAdy2O
@MsLods @sleepingdingo @cityofmelbourne @WhoresofYore @MonashUni @FionaPattenMLC Also, sold re Madame Brussels, tho… https://t.co/NaCKI5NuEP
@MsLods @sleepingdingo @cityofmelbourne @WhoresofYore @MonashUni Ah yes, Little Lon. :) @FionaPattenMLC and I have… https://t.co/lG64xVOKC5
@DavidRDHeath Excellent work!
RT @cameronwilson: has anyone done the “US is lifting from the China playbook†take yet? Forcing international companies to partner with lo…
@ApostrophePong @SnarkyPlatypus If you find it please let me know.
Do we have an information on how the sausage incident unfolded, @schlutes?
@ApostrophePong @SnarkyPlatypus That’s what I was thinking. The response to this letter will be very interesting indeed.
I assume there’s a “sausage party†story in here. https://t.co/Obb6DvMY2E
@ApostrophePong @SnarkyPlatypus I’m surprised that the police at the Privy Council seemed to be unarmed.
@ApostrophePong @SnarkyPlatypus “Tamed†only by comparison with US and TH. :)
@researchMegan Lol! White wine vinegar, vodka, and laundry liquid.
@ApostrophePong @SnarkyPlatypus Story from seven hours ago. https://t.co/awHXpodZC4
@ApostrophePong @SnarkyPlatypus That’s what I thought. And here’s where it’s at just a few minutes ago per this Reu… https://t.co/fQSqBvlDVc
@dobes @purserj We had a young male gang-gang cockatoo at @bunjaree in 2012. I would’ve taken more photos, because… https://t.co/tBg4YBaLRd
OK so this is kinda huge. Ping @ApostrophePong @SnarkyPlatypus. https://t.co/ykIo4te203
GANG-GAND IN SANDRINGHAM! @dobes @purserj https://t.co/mb0PyiaL0U
RT @NewtonMark: The way you can tell that this is a performance for an audience rather than a heartfelt opinion is that if Kennett ever act…
@BXGD True. And at the very least it got plenty of potential customers to her oyster shop.
In my defence, there is usually lime juice cordial on that shelf. next to the other cordial. There is a certain reg… https://t.co/fb0beu9KP2
@abaranov Not especially, no.
Note to Self: That thing you just made a nice cold drink with isn’t lime juice cordial. It’s white wine vinegar. Tr… https://t.co/LB4A1d8p4z
RT @Seamus_Malek: This is when Trump finally became president https://t.co/sJPF18qnJN
RT @simonahac: 💥 pop quiz!
who should we consult to understand the “system adequacyâ€requirements for NSW’s electricity grid?
@sleepingdingo @MsLods @cityofmelbourne @WhoresofYore @MonashUni I have not, but I will download it shortly. Thank you!
@coldsnacks Nah that’s normal. He’s got two jobs, maybe more, but you use the one relevant for the context.
Sun plan, finally: Nothing. I’m mentally exhausted for a variety of don’t worry about it thank you you’re most kind… https://t.co/jcwZTFe28f
To be fair, this wouldn’t have actually been said by Larry Ellison. This would have been said by a highly-paid comm… https://t.co/IcCZGVbgb6
It must take quite a lot of effort to be this wilfully ignorant, this incompetent, or this blatant a liar. Are ther… https://t.co/bW28B68C5O
Well “according to Sky News host†obviously isn’t such brilliant sourcing because Biden was on record YESTERDAY as… https://t.co/UYaNAesWAb
stilgherrian Heh. This is all over the place. pic.twitter.com/1JZPn66miW
A fascinating story from the early part of the Victorian Gold Rush. Do read. This history of Melbourne etc in this… https://t.co/Xv0IfYqC71
@MsLods @cityofmelbourne @WhoresofYore But yes, I find it curious — though not unexpected — that I know more about… https://t.co/XFaqdArerY
@MsLods @cityofmelbourne @WhoresofYore Also I got the meaning of “oyster†the wrong way around. https://t.co/0A63GeuK9u
@MsLods @cityofmelbourne @WhoresofYore Ah yes, reforming the “fallen womenâ€.
@Tarale @NickyWill100 Resisting. The. Urge. To. Troll. Further.
@MsLods @cityofmelbourne @WhoresofYore Yeah that text reminds me that this was a sex worker zone, and looking at th… https://t.co/zXVV5mXURi
@MsLods @cityofmelbourne Actually @WhoresofYore needs to be brought in here. :) Is a “Boneshaker Place†in Victoria… https://t.co/nrumG333gO
@MsLods @cityofmelbourne If she keeps off the grass in the garden then maybe boneshaking (or shelling the oyster!)… https://t.co/OfEiM5K8gg
@MsLods @cityofmelbourne Aha! “She keeps off the grass in the garden†is a delightful euphemism lol.
RT @kels_316: Insiders is a show where you can watch political stenographers on eye-watering salaries discuss things like “is Scott bae?†w…
Just so you know, I posted a podcast yesterday and it is quite interesting. https://t.co/6cRSpzi1Ap
This is so true, @Tarale. https://t.co/OfDi2RGfOo
@MsLods @cityofmelbourne See also Gropecunt Lane https://t.co/1UL0SJ44p5 and Tickle Cock Bridge… https://t.co/yWo88AZz3u
@MsLods @cityofmelbourne A “boneshaker†is an old type of bicycle, and the time period is right.… https://t.co/wivaHg8uPu
@expectproblems See I would support this proposal too.
@Pedra999 Exactly.
@drspacejunk Rogozin is such a troll. :)
It’s a wet morning in Sydney and I suppor@CARROT_apppp’s propospic.twitter.com/x00aN10zti0zti
Sunday. Your confusion levels will be greater than normal, which will be confusing. Sunday.