Um, from 8pm. LIve now.
The is an audience for the test stream. #9pmlive
Look over here to see how to listen and join the chat from 9pm AE… https://t.co/0f11t4juFT
THE TEST STREAM IS RUNNING. Please follow the instructions to check that you can hear it. https://t.co/PDrF9VQPaN
Half an hour to go.
The hashtag for this livestream will be #9pmlive.
One hour to go. This terrible livestream starts at 8pm AEDT at https://t.co/zfXWMASocU. Better start drinking now. https://t.co/PDrF9W8q2l
Two hours to go. This terrible livestream starts at 8pm AEDT at https://t.co/zfXWMB9ZBu. https://t.co/PDrF9VQPaN
RT @iamTannenbaum: They’re not even trying anymore with the fake Melania https://t.co/tiufZ2lRLK
@jplonie In one sense I suppose…
I’ve finished writing all 30 trivia questions, which is possibly too many. Some of them will be quite hard I think.
RT @itis_michelle: @BOM_Qld Hail in Boronia Heights 😯😯😯 https://t.co/jkCUZqvlbQ
REMINDER: If you’ve bought TRIGGER WORDS or a CONVERSATION TOPIC to throw into tonight’s livestream I’l need them b… https://t.co/cq1qDpsqHk
Four hours to go. This terrible livestream starts at 8pm AEDT at https://t.co/zfXWMASocU. https://t.co/PDrF9W8q2l
RT @BOM_Qld: âš ï¸ðŸš¨âš¡ VERY DANGEROUS THUNDERSTORMS with LOCALLY DESTRUCTIVE WINDS and GIANT HAIL likely for areas between #Ipswich and #Southpo…
@manindotblack Oh this is perfect, thank you!
@jeamland Because verification isn’t a mark of approval, only that the person is who they say they are.
Oh yeah, a reminder. If you’ve bought TRIGGER WORDS or a CONVERSATION TOPIC to throw into tonight’s livestream I’l… https://t.co/JEXgmN58yH
Six hours to go. This terrible livestream starts at 8pm AEDT at https://t.co/zfXWMASocU. https://t.co/PDrF9W8q2l
RT @dellvink: In 2020, no-one would be surprised if this was an actual giant emu. https://t.co/iekItYHXkK https://t.co/Y9wK6HcDYb
RT @MeidasTouch: BREAKING: A MAGA QAnon supporter slashed our Baby Trump in Maine! But now it looks like Trump is melting and it’s even fun…
@nitecoder It’s almost as if the climate is changing.
Well that was disappointing. pic.twitter.com/wKfpR2s0r4
@master_ofsome Probably not.
Hahaha I didn’t even know we had this categorypic.twitter.com/JSuzk37BR0R0
@Ben_Shute Yeah I’m in the CBD this time rather than Haymarket and it just went SPLOOOOOSH!!!
Hurrah! pic.twitter.com/KJ3w3ZQeZE
Lovely. pic.twitter.com/lgdwzf2MKJ
I just heard thunder in the CBD but yeah watch out further south. pic.twitter.com/qU4oV6EShU
PPantsdown Not reposting the transphobic BS, but worth noting the human centipede distribution chain … pic.twitter.com/URabGXtJ2Y
TimWattsMP CraigKelly_ebooks pic.twitter.com/5QapOP1pWG
This is where I’m up topic.twitter.com/LA0eHbRyc7c7
RT @Pollytics: Unfortunately not a story about interplanetary space chickens, but good none the less. https://t.co/D6beSQsavC
Right, I’d better get on with this podcast pre-production. I’ve got quite a bit to get done before 8pm.
RT @markhumphries: Rarely does a year go by in Australia without a story containing the two most romantic words in the English language: th…
@simonhackett @NewtonMark Better the drone than, say, your larger aircraft. :)
I scored a magnificent 7/10 in the @SatPaper quiz this week, though one answer was a fluke. I read the question wro… https://t.co/K7tKLSNrVV
Bloody hell, @JustinianNews! https://t.co/08BP7Wrwkx https://t.co/MX2Mcze3wT
RT @380kmh: cat bus https://t.co/GykC24RWpm
Have you tried this, @NewtonMark. https://t.co/laOwWNWx0A
jrhennessy finding it impossible to get any work done on this new keyboard pic.twitter.com/fpOgBvdJrx
@NewtonMark @jpwarren @jeamland @dobes It is indeed. 1998 says the ’Pedia. And they’re still posting new material.… https://t.co/bss4fMtvxV
RT @eLife: The central region of the fruit fly brain has been fully mapped in 3D for the first time, including roughly 20 million connectio…
RT @SkinnerPm: Just saying, this is the most Taliban thing I’ve ever seen and I spent years in Afghanistan. https://t.co/NEBHt2DqKs https:/…
RT @PessimistsArc: 1895 sermon against novels
- “There are a million men & women in the US today reading themselves into hell!”
- “It is…
RT @PessimistsArc: 1900: Librarian says free libraries = too much reading
“Great care must be exercised by parents to see that their child…
@irisherself @oberonsghost I am a terrible, terrible person.
@LexPlans Yeah Trump doesn’t fade away. The whole POTUS run was for the publicity. He didn’t want to win. It’s alwa… https://t.co/fu7aU3PqwH
johnbrownstein My daughter’s hero is now her #Halloween costume. #Fauci #ScienceMatters pic.twitter.com/k2SJCG3vKE
Kind of @jpwarren areas, but also @jeamland and @NewtonMark and @dobes. #theforeverbox https://t.co/ILBK4AiCbs
RT @jennineak: why are we allowing some random rich guy attempt to literally colonise mars before our eyes. who said it belonged to you bit…
Of course he is. https://t.co/ABXzyDeuDn
@irisherself Yep, it’s a good deal. Especially as you can take wine and have a lovely time in whatever town you go to.
This comment by @oz_f is worth noting. There’s no reason why every government operation can’t be as open as NSW Hea… https://t.co/EGD6e4GW9J
@irisherself It’s not cheap, but yeah it’s no more difficult than planning a wedding. ;)
RT @lib_crusher: because it is very funny https://t.co/rNv9TQC5iv
@irisherself @oberonsghost No that is probably showing up in other ways. :)
@sylmobile @irisherself @oberonsghost Close to the front of the train gets you more steam train noises, so I guess… https://t.co/1tXjNUORG6
@irisherself @oberonsghost I mean you CAN hire your own private train, and occasionally people do that, but they se… https://t.co/l5XFsXcPRm
THERE ARE ANIMALS IN THIS CALENDAR SO MAYBE YOU COULD BUY ONE. https://t.co/aeIrJZIgOp
@irisherself @oberonsghost Picnic trains. :) But I am in the city this weekend.
@indiescribe @glengyron I should hope so.
This is incredibly @SkinnerPm areas, but I’m guessing a thousand people have already brought this story and slide d… https://t.co/FgX7nnuYiG
@glengyron Is this a good thing or a bad thing?
RT @edbott: JFC, give these kids a damn Pulitzer.
Also, this PowerPoint is the worst thing I have ever seen and I saw the Star Wars Christ…
@BXGD Good to hear! pic.twitter.com/Ka3qKdyGnj
Sat plan: Slow start, podcast pre-production, then at 2000 AEST it’s “The 9pm Halloween Bad Sex State Election Live… https://t.co/XiHRFPXbAB
I hope today’s weather in Sydney is as exciting as the forecastpic.twitter.com/kCqEYlHpsrsr
Saturday. The word of the day is “extrudeâ€. Plan appropriately. Saturday.
Tomorrow is also Loy Krathong, I just remembered. Goddammit everything is happening at once!
@pblakez That is indeed an excellent word but I’m not sure how I can handle this silliness in a non-visual medium.… https://t.co/krWlAJv1xN
REMINDER: This happens in exactly 24 hours. https://t.co/PDrF9VQPaN
@pingudownunder @OAICgov I don’t think that tweets count as submissions to an inquiry or a review. :)
Fri plan, remainder: Quick dinner; start assembling some audio grabs for tomorrow, until I reckon I need to get som… https://t.co/H0Lj83CdPs
@JustJimWillDo Yes, wasting time like this is absolutely what I should be doing.
panoparker Thinking about the guy that put cheese in a chocolate fountain pic.twitter.com/jZQ1krWcvI
I’ve just been testing the audio production chain for tomorrow night’s livestream and I am happy with how it’s work… https://t.co/tqSt9TI3Ok
@RealNickHodge Actually I think you might be a crank.
RT @SalingerPrivacy: Submissions due 29 Nov on the AU Gov’s Issues Paper on the review of the Privacy Act; see https://t.co/Cdsz2EUfMp http…
RT @OAICgov: The Australian Government’s review of the Privacy Act is a landmark opportunity to ensure our privacy framework can respond to…
Not on a tram.
On a tram.
Arriving at Sydney Central station.
Passing the Hill of Dead Pets.
@techoglot @googlemaps Yeah it can sometimes be hard to find birthday that goes straight into the queue to be fixes.
@techoglot @googlemaps You click on the report a problem link in Google Maps.
@RealNickHodge Ixnay on the ufonay!
@Epigrammist That’s far from the only thing they do.
#purpletrain, plus a passing empty coal train which was going so fast I missed getting a photo of its locomotives. pic.twitter.com/x2QER8nDrT
I’m envious now. https://t.co/pCT0pjlLpE
An RAAF P-8 Poseidon overhead, well above the clouds. pic.twitter.com/pxRDuevl2y
@CARROT_app I’m not running an iOS beta though because I’m not playing that game, so maybe it’s just confused.
@CARROT_app Although that might be because I’m running @CARROT_apppp beta. I’m special like that.
Lol. Loving how @CARROT_app Weather also tells to install the iOS update. pic.twitter.com/jsFkC99H59
The show is on the road.
RT @stilgherrian: NEW PODCAST: “How to listen to ‘The 9pm Halloween Bad Sex State Election Live’ and any future livestreams†(3m42s) https:…
Fri plan, updated: 1324 train to Sydney; podcast pre-production for Saturday night en route and on arrival. I’m cur… https://t.co/jeSjtWtULL
@derekbradley Now THAT I can imagine. :)
@derekbradley No, because I deleted and corrected.
“I don’t know. I can imagine quite a bipic.twitter.com/mXKUmSj18smSj18s
RT @GenMhayden: Here here https://t.co/0ANptfiBA1
@dobes If Greenwald were any more full of himself he’d slosh over when he walked, leaving a trail of little puddles of self-righteousness.
NZ cops apparently seized $140 million of cryptocurrency recently. Johnson says they’re getting better at following the money.
Ah yes. Cryptocurrencies can be EASIER for cops to trace because there’s a blockchain recording what’s going on. Th… https://t.co/FhgoIfczrx
Ah. It appears that an annoying prick of a writer whose presence I have muted has been an annoying prick. Please do… https://t.co/kR9VGTz8RQ
Marden reckons the inadvertent insider threat is more of a problem than the malicious insider, particularly when wo… https://t.co/WRpLuUp6gf
@brettrann @RainofTerra I’m all for combination appliances.
@dobes @rohan_p @NewtonMark @jpwarren Well as Nils retweeted… :) https://t.co/fsx0sCgHC9
Most of the discussion so far is about board responsibility, and having an incident response plan that includes get… https://t.co/OocbW1KjLv
The D J Trump Library is a glorious memorial. Ping @dobes @NewtonMark @jpwarren @rohan_p. https://t.co/oAT7h2oxwn
Oh yeah he was in the US Marines before the FBI. Because of course he was. I speak of M.K. Palmore from Palo Alto Networks.
RT @nils_gilman: The 😡 Library: https://t.co/QJQy643LGR https://t.co/dkz7ipWNVK
Lol former FBI agents always sound exactly like former FBI agents.
One win for cooperation with telcos, he says, was a couple of weeks ago when the AFP took down a large-scale SMS ph… https://t.co/PpVEyThem2
Brad Marden says that for AU the big shift was forming the ACSC, where all the agencies are in the one place. “A on… https://t.co/cXfkgHnQ4M
Starting “Cybercrime — Is it just old crime online? A discussion of the challenges and opportunities facing today’s… https://t.co/jDo08Dn4li
RT @MatthewBevan: This has now been deleted by Twitter for violating their rules. https://t.co/ljUJWdI218
RT @anildash: data science was a mistake https://t.co/3GiCnnqm4b
@Andrew_Zammit Thanks, Andrew.
@eddit0r Hah! Already fixed.
Of course “virtue signalling†as a derogatory terms is itself a right-wing concept. https://t.co/u2Pfz0k8WU
Burgess says that IGIS has never found the A-G’s considerations wanting. And there the hearing ends because Hastie… https://t.co/gNT3IeIX6b
ASIO has weekly warrant appointments with the A-G, Burgess says, and additional meetings where necessary. Timeframe… https://t.co/tKtpUY7DLR
Well, I suppose we could pull the reports etc, but that was also 17 years ago.
The detention power is being repealed in this proposal, actually, and Burgess argues that the double lock may well… https://t.co/W3CoHZaQgI
Dreyfus has just pointed out that these questioning warrants (and detention, tho that’s never been used) are unique… https://t.co/aCNGAg06sm
Further to @Andrew_Zammit’s point, though, Hastie was very strong on the oversight concerns, and I can imagine Hast… https://t.co/DqrFZoEk3c
Burgess says its ASIO’s “practice and process†that the A-G is sufficient oversight, and it’s in line with other po… https://t.co/R9mh6tQPrF
Powerful argument from Dreyfus. ASIO says that the IGIS would be sufficient oversight without the double lock, but… https://t.co/jAbIPX4hem
Wow. Dreyfus asks if they should give greater weight to the views of ASIO over the views of IGIS. Burgess says that… https://t.co/P5Nbg8oaOC
Dreyfus quotes IGIS, saying that the existence of a double lock with a judge “as a matter of fact†provides additio… https://t.co/84wl0uMOLI
The history questions were from Senator Jenny McAllister, Labor. Shadow A-G Mark Dreyfus is up now. As a QC he’s re… https://t.co/owADVyU2oO
I agree with this. I don’t know of this INSLM comment, but the arguments being put forward today are precisely thes… https://t.co/GiiMuiOfvh
Indeed. And now another senator (I didn’t catch her name) is exploring that, noting that ASIO is kinda different fr… https://t.co/j6oI9lwNYw
As an aside, I must say again that Andrew Hastie does generally chair the PJCIS in an even-handed fashion. He takes the job quite seriously.
Abetz is arguing that a judge is unelected and therefore less accountable than an A-G who has to face the votes. A… https://t.co/HrFIxwLX7P
Hmmm. Keneally is hammering this point that it’s the elected Parliament’s job to set the rules. Burgess agrees, of… https://t.co/aRTvStv8Po
@mjfly1 Yes. See later tweets.
Burgess’ key response is that if people didn’t trust ASIO they wouldn’t get all the recruitment they do ’cos no one… https://t.co/94JK7f5WEJ
She did a whole series of “Do you accept†propositions, which Burgess has to agree to. Then Keneally says we’re at… https://t.co/n9wC79UHV0
Senator Keneally is digging deeply here. The current model for questioning warrants is a double-lock with both A_G… https://t.co/lpAUg2VzJs
@ok_lyndsey @efa_oz I haven’t thought about it because I don’t have a window in my schedule until the middle of nex… https://t.co/i30ILLs4ra
@ok_lyndsey @efa_oz All freelancer rates are mates rates these days. :(
@purserj @dobes Yes. Crimson rosellas bow to king parrots. Eventually. But the kings are bigger and the crimsons ba… https://t.co/rPNiF51ZHJ
The details are in the bill of course. Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Amendment Bill 2020… https://t.co/myvjMsit8a
In ASIO’s case, all of their warrants can be issued internally, except questioning warrants which require the Attor… https://t.co/NJgqrqtaJ6
Hastie is asking about other Commonwealth agencies and the “double lockâ€Â idea of two people to approve questioning… https://t.co/lMo9yytg0D
Mike Burgess starts with some thoughts re the events in France, and is then goes to the heart of the matter, the is… https://t.co/wTrKdcg2KO
Well I knew this would happen sooner or later, @dobes @purserjâ€pic.twitter.com/LcBUM4LFDrDr
It’s starting now. Andrew Hastie is in the chair of course, and is reading the usual housekeeping stuff and remind… https://t.co/pwYsF3PRtL
ClickHole Get your ballots in ASAP! pic.twitter.com/G76kqcXIpU
Oops, the PJCIS hearing on the ASIO Amendment Bill has been rescheduled for 0730, which is now. Audio only at… https://t.co/k89av6lj6z
Listening to today’@7ampodcastst, “Not by the Hehir of my political spca.st/yvxpd7vklqj2B1
BernardKeane The @FinancialReview isn’t known for its humour but this is a good one pic.twitter.com/fqSglcXVdN
Listening to today’@abcnewsws Coronacast, “Why the next big vaccine milestone might be only 4-6 weeks awpca.st/d19y49nx2SDkvz
RT @BLUERASB3RRY: I can’t fucking stop watching this tik tokkkk 😂😂ðŸ˜ðŸ˜ https://t.co/AV6xBZAIKo
@jonoabroad She is a remarkable woman.
Fri plan: 0800 ASIO in Senate Estimates; 1030 cybercrime panel; 1430* train to Sydney; woven through all of this, p… https://t.co/n9iET0DxS1
This week I should’ve renamed the Blue Mountains to the Soggy Mountains. The moistness continuespic.twitter.com/mabXc9Oa2X2X
ChristnNitemare #ChristianNightmares illustration by the incredibly talented @EthanPersoff! cc: @doctorow #VoteTrumpOut pic.twitter.com/NSVKAWy4fR
@johnb78 You have too much time on your hands.
Friday. They scatter as you approach, because they are afraid of your magnificence. Friday.
Gorn.
RT @DavidParis: The 2020 version of the parmy/parma argument is hand ‘sanny’ vs ‘sanna’.
Also if the d is needed in ‘hand’. Cool.
And to…
@jetztgibtshaue Was that really the final straw, I wonder?
Right. Time for dinner, a very late one for me, and then watch a couple of videos before bed.
So thank you, everyone. I’ll be in touch tomorrow to sort out the rewards etc. If you have TRIGGERS WORDS or a CONV… https://t.co/dbb1gYrhgx
3. An end-of-year panel show with guests, obviously, along the lines of the panels I’ve done before but probably no… https://t.co/0aCnpCb80p
2. A set of five podcasts in Nov—Dec with special guests. @JohnBirmingham @sexenheimer @upulie @feraldata and one m… https://t.co/KImrqsifuQ
1. “The 9pm Halloween Bad Sex State Election Live†this Saturday night from 8pm AEDT and running for four houstilgherrian.com/edict/00119c/ATwr
🚨🚨🚨 KLAXON! 🚨🚨🚨 It’s all over folks, and a few last-minute generosities pushed it all the way across the line! Amaz… https://t.co/zj4fU7xJIe
Sixty seconds!
With a minute and a half to go it’s 91%stilgherrian.com/endofspring2020vpic.twitter.com/uTsTZLb7WfWf
I don’t mean to rush you, but you really do need to be at the site now if you’re going to finish making your pledging in time.
FINAL 5 MINUTES! stilgherrian.com/endofspring2020
90% exactly with six minutes to go. pic.twitter.com/vzA7xyNi8h
FINAL 10 MINUTES! stilgherrian.com/endofspring2020
Just 15 minutes left! stilgherrian.com/endofspring2020
It’s now 89.5833333etc%. YOU CAN DO ITstilgherrian.com/endofspring2020vpic.twitter.com/W4A1cwkSV3V3
Just 20 minutes to go. stilgherrian.com/endofspring2020
I’m multitasking. I’m writing some questions for the Sex Trivia Quiz for Saturday night’s livestream.
Half an hour to go, 89.166666etc%. IS THIS GOING TO HAPPEN? stilgherrian.com/endofspring2020 pic.twitter.com/cYL7SMZiPw
Now 88.5416666etc% with 35 minutes to go. stilgherrian.com/endofspring2020
@DrRhysPockett @johnb78 Presumably that’s when they got the kebab.
Just 45 minutes to go.
@docbaty I’m all for the accuracy.
88.125%, which is way too many decimal places but I feel the time has come for accuracy in this last hour.… https://t.co/Vo9YO89S0S
RT @bengrubb: Got all the key words, this one https://t.co/ZYmncItsFt
And now it’s 87.5% exactly, thanks you. Only one hour to go, though. Can it be done? https://t.co/rZst7JIUvh All th… https://t.co/suE3J80RQP
Slowly… slowly… but I’m reporting to two significant figures so it’s still 87%. An hour and a half to go, or ju… https://t.co/QzWMiHpgfY
RT @D_Keating: Local Neighbourhood Watch absolutely not burying the lede here https://t.co/tX8tSubMEN
87% now. Every little bit helps, folks. stilgherrian.com/endofspring2020
RT @alexkidman: This feels relevant to @stilgherrian somehow. https://t.co/AyONPjtV1J
@alexkidman Extremely so, thank you.
Meanwhile I’m working on the running sheet for Saturday night’s livestream. It’s going to be fun. https://t.co/PDrF9W8q2l