@johnb78 Private education has a lot to answer for.
@dfpiii Lol. As long as it isn’t controversial then. :)
@my50thofadollar @renmiri1 Ta, same as a “leucistic” mallard apparently, thank you, though a domestic breed not a mallard.
@jmfarrow Well exactly.
@aleeb88 Yeah a piss-poor effort.
@dfpiii Maybe one of you needs to send flowers.
RT @stilgherrian: “40 Signs You Know You’re From Adelaide†(2015) https://t.co/nijhoIpZXP
My score is 19/40 but this was obviously written…
RT @stilgherrian: Here’s all the lyrics and the music so we can sing along.
(In Shore’s sort-of defence, I’m sure they’re not alone with t…
RT @stilgherrian: Oh dear, yes, this is indeed the song, as per this historical document. https://t.co/9Np8opaF22 (PDF) https://t.co/l7NyXS 
RT @stilgherrian: Australia, it’s time to level up! https://t.co/Fm5kPw88bd
@JohnBirmingham Don’t you already have a fridge in your writing bunker and if not why not?
Apple Music has an all-Bach “radio†channel. https://t.co/CV2cDV4UQP Also, Mozart. https://t.co/ZAfW9bhE9X
Oh FFS. (Also, is a Chinese chokehold more or less painful than a Chinese burn?) https://t.co/QEC2gLCkwV
cameronwilson I preferred when we were just horny for health officers pic.twitter.com/a6o0urMQeH
@drearyclocks @rohan_p @dobes @purserj Succulent Chinese bin morsels!
@sylmobile Arf! Arf! Arf!
@R_Chirgwin @dawnstarau This was solved long ago. pic.twitter.com/uo0vkRdX1c
@jim_healy This I understand. I wouldn’t have the patience for it.
RT @kcarruthers: He is hilarious https://t.co/qqcZ3p2umS
QUOLL. https://t.co/hNDXadWrnU
@PeteLawler @davidghamilton1 Correct.
@rohan_p @dobes @drearyclocks @purserj How soon until it gets its own segment on Sunrise?
Hey @SnarkyPlatypus @glengyron and for that matter Uncle Roger @MrNigelNg, look what was on the back of my supermar… https://t.co/LCqpm7nnmq
@bazscott @haruki_zaemon Oh well that sucks.
Hey look @dobes @drearyclocks @purserj! A racist bin chicken! https://t.co/3EopL8IcxY
@dfpiii So when’s the next “Cheerful Despair� :)
@HHackenbecker No. We don’t.
@dfpiii OMFG!
@dfpiii What, on their iPhones?
@Patrickothewerf Yeah I have seen this duck before and I reckon it wandered over to Wentworth Falls Lake because th… https://t.co/w8vjWqshDW
@dfpiii “No men have feathers until the day they die� As angels?
@Sam_Hickey It certainly is pretty, yes. And probably a domestic breed of a mallard-esque duck I now believe.
FURTHER IMPORTANT NEWS FOR DUCK PEOPLE. https://t.co/d4gmcF2D36
@dfpiii I concur. Thank you.
@mel_yuan Gotcha. And yes, women always get the short end fo the stick with this stuff. Sigh. Good value in the ducks though. :)
Looking ahead, the last of these five podcasts is with @FrKarlSinclair this week. I’m thinking of doing a little cr… https://t.co/ZiSWrHplZi
The highlight of the week was of course the podcast with Fiona Patten MLC.
If you’re enjoying this little Spring S… https://t.co/8IQwtsy0Gk
NEW BLOG POST: “Weekly Wrap 539: A duck but no snow, and a podcast†https://t.co/XmbWYKXh3Q Covers 21—27 September… https://t.co/bngi6udQzB
@parradiddle It is big, yes. Thanks.
This would also make it some kind of mallard, or at least a descendent thereof. This narrows it down enough for me… https://t.co/HJ9YLZFRFX
@mel_yuan Also, to repeat, I am not making any comment whatsoever about the relative impact on the family workload.… https://t.co/RlfpIVJ9oo
@mel_yuan So here’s my confusion. My understanding is that “home schooling†is where kids are taught completely out… https://t.co/ZiChaLkcUw
Suggestions that it’s a leucitic mallard are ringing true, from the photos I’m looking at, particularly given that… https://t.co/Q5BI096WQ7
@Doc_Bacon I’d rather stick forks into my eyes.
HEY DUCK PEOPLE! What sort of duck is this? I can’t find it in Simpson & Day, so I’m guessing it’s not an Australia… https://t.co/65D9JiHHMS
@mel_yuan Why? I’m just saying that the words are for different things, and people should use the right words, that… https://t.co/WXUonFazya
Here’s a better map of my walk today. Quite a pleasant one really. It’s 6.9km, ICYMI, and also up 18pic.twitter.com/nDJi5UmCtTmCtT
The Horizontal Tree, Railway Parade, near Wentworth Falls. Ping @R_Chirgwin. pic.twitter.com/uCXAAcdzjB
@NickyWill100 @gambabiondo I’m not making any comment about the work involved, I just want people to use the right… https://t.co/uKyFG7ACUL
Someone needs to remind parents that remote learning is not “home schoolingâ€.
RT @sexenheimer: I refuse to learn the names of any more 22 year old right-wing think-tank dexie-addict Sky News talking heads. From now on…
Leura Mall. In the old sense, not like a bunch of crappy shops in a concrete box. pic.twitter.com/K05UCei9ae
Double Bay On Hill achieved, 6.9km. pic.twitter.com/oHzI4a4NcI
Crossing the Great Western Highway. pic.twitter.com/xlbqaoRaD5
For or against? pic.twitter.com/P9zIC5YQPR
A different kind of duck! pic.twitter.com/J2CasxyNAd
Also, my phone wants to correct that to “Fuck!†so it’s finally learning.
I’ve decided to keep going because it means I can walk via Wentworth Falls Lakepic.twitter.com/QCMMFz07tPtP
@BXGD Even bird brains.
Do you like our node? pic.twitter.com/hA01PdXfzD
Getting the show on the road. First I’ll walk from Bunjaree Cottages to Wentworth Falls which is 1.5km. If I’m stil… https://t.co/nlmMghIIaX
MarellaGayla obsessed with this graphic from the conde nast diversity report pic.twitter.com/H7yJTB7auH
@juhasaarinen It was named after some German woman, actually.
RT @jpwarren: This NSW Review of Federal Financial Relations from NSW gives the National Cabinet both barrels. And it’s from July 2020! htt…
I’ve just been watching a grey shrike-thrush bashing a cicada to death. Here’s a (shoddy) photo of that sort of bir… https://t.co/wgOMYqJk6U
@DanielOCnr That’s what I thought.
@juhasaarinen Liar.
AnarchyCoo SEIZE THE MEANS OF DESTRUCTION! pic.twitter.com/J8NCPIdeSJ
RT @peterwsinger: Oh, Honey… https://t.co/kgrSwOh9Rf
@leahmac Seems safer, yes. :)
@leahmac Lovely. Though it’s only been the German anthem since 1922, and apparently it’s Haydn. https://t.co/0qPb9dOKJT
RT @matthaig1: I don’t know why David Icke supporters are so angry all the time. He once said it an inter-dimensional race of extraterrestr…
@thornae @JustJimWillDo And it also smells terrible.
@glendturner I’m glad you understand.
RT @eliza_relman: Trump’s bragging about a forthcoming Covid vaccine… but every single Trump supporter I talked to at the rally today sai…
@thornae I have a story about the Adelaide Parklands and “danger†which I must share on the podcast some time.
RT @jeamland: “I’m @stilgherrian. Welcome to the Edict.†https://t.co/9w15kx4N2Z
I read this as “Bibles†and I kinda like that version. https://t.co/NTySmLarqf
WhatTimeDan 12:30pm
Sun plan, finally: A few quick chores; walk to the village or maybe even to Leura; shopping, Katoomba or Leura (TBA… https://t.co/A06lKp8DK4
“40 Signs You Know You’re From Adelaide†(2015) https://t.co/nijhoIpZXP
My score is 19/40 but this was obviously w… https://t.co/kbc01E39p7
@awelder It’s an appallingly narrow school.
Which explains the three songs quoted before. Work hard. Be brave. Mastery. Glory. Lift up your hearts to the Lord… https://t.co/gCTxij19wU
From the ’Pedia: “Young Methodist men of the colony and PAC were encouraged to live disciplined, hard working and p… https://t.co/5jMi4R53WS
This will be amusing. Prince Alfred College (PAC) began as a Wesleyan Methodist school in 1867. https://t.co/xVPuzAJz4j
Another paper by one of those PhD students: “Memory and Masculinity: Religion at Prince Alfred College 1960—66â€â€¦ https://t.co/4i4dnIW7k8
Amusingly, I sourced that from a PhD thesis, “Princes Men: Masculinity at Prince Alfred College 1960—1965â€â€¦ https://t.co/B9H4BnCc9c
So, I went to Prince Alfred College in Adelaide (yeah shut up) and they seem to have had two songs and a hymn. Ver… https://t.co/O1smMtynaN
@speechleyish Oh dear. That’s… magnificent? [Shudder.] I’m trying to find my old school’s song now. Stand by.
It’s still a little cooler than average in the Blue Mountains today, but not miserably so. My plan is intactpic.twitter.com/WjzVLWFgC9C9
@juhasaarinen @rycrozier Never mess with these women.
Here’s all the lyrics and the music so we can sing along.
(In Shore’s sort-of defence, I’m sure they’re not alone… https://t.co/qqC5n5p3p0
Oh dear, yes, this is indeed the song, as per this historical document. https://t.co/9Np8opaF22 (PDF) https://t.co/l7NyXSsCUi
Australia, it’s time to level up! https://t.co/Fm5kPw88bd
Sunday. Everybody has been waiting for you to fail. You will not disappoint them. Sunday.