@_midofo_ Lol I hadn’t seen Wes-P’s latest. I’ll take on this challenge in the morning. The haiku, not the trick shot.
@_midofo_ Oh good, heavy duty benzos. :( I hope the meds balance can be found then. Best of luck.
@_midofo_ At least faffing about with mood-related neurochemistry doesn’t usually relate to intense physical stuff..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Xi
@_midofo_ Oh Happy Days! I’m fascinated by the way the body used chemicals in multiple ways. Like if you try to up..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…CI
@_midofo_ [Nods.] That’s tough. And I’m guessing that with puberty etc the whole thing becomes variable for the next few years?
@DrRhysPockett I just realised that one is 7-5-7 not 5-7-5 but I’ll stay with it.
@_midofo_ Damn, that’s a pain. Is the management regime working though?
@_midofo_ Does he actually play football though?
@_midofo_ Lol he’s got a point, and as far as mullets go that’s not so bad.
@19bk69 280 is too long. Way too long. It’s about 16 characters per syllable, I guess 15 if you consider spaces etc..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…q8
@SuperCroup Oh I like that!
@_midofo_ And now I am even more intrigued! :)
stilgherrian Baby cockroaches / orbit white plastic kettle. / How many inside? #haiku Challenge: haiku EXACTLY 140 characters. Can it be done? Perhaps…
stilgherrian @SnarkyPlatypus Black man swears an oath. / The Earth smiles, expecting Change. / Disappointment looms. #obama #haiku
stilgherrian Swift lorikeets screech. / The storm must be imminent. / Yes, clouds are darker. #haiku
stilgherrian The first raindrops fall / Heavy. Many more to come. / Need to take a slash. #haiku
stilgherrian Too early, they miaow / miaow miaow miaow miaow miaow miaow miaow. / Hungry cats annoy. #haiku
Lol a haiku for Newtown, Sydney. Clearly quite old because gentrification is a thing. twitter.com/stilgherrian/s…
stilgherrian Tungsten clouds, humid. / Airliner soars. Going where? / They leave. I remain. #haiku
stilgherrian Sarcasm at night?
You have no idea, you fool.
Shove it up your arse.
#haiku
@_midofo_ @cathywilcox1 And then my Ode to the Flathead. twitter.com/stilgherrian/s…
@_midofo_ @cathywilcox1 This appears to be my most recent haiku. twitter.com/stilgherrian/s…
@_midofo_ Both this and @cathywilcox1’s poem are lovely. Very haiku material but the four-line format works better for Cathy’s.
@_midofo_ Goddammit now I want to see this poem! It sounds great.
“Cat’s Reaction to Treadmill !!” youtube.com/watch?v=WUZUSD…
@raaahbin That’s probably good, because the Marsh Family are doing their best in these difficult times.
@_midofo_ For the crime of good poetry, eh? That’s a huge win in my books. (I am so not a parent.)
@19bk69 @kcarruthers I couldn’t possibly comment.
“Boo (Golden Retriever) features at the end, so even if Freedom Day is a disaster and we’re back in lockdown later..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…1I
Now playing: “Lockdown World” - “Uptown Girl” adapted by the Marsh Family youtube.com/watch?v=tRs1hF…
@BuchananLiz @JanesINTEL Wow congratulations!
@19bk69 @kcarruthers I’m sure some people find them adorable, but they are still idiots.
“Toddler Ready To Be Interviewed On Commercial Radio After Not Shitting His Pants Today” theshovel.com.au/2021/07/19/tod…
Otters are idiots. twitter.com/DevOpsCats/sta…

gavmacn Spectacular. pic.twitter.com/FluuE2pIDs
I don’t know the provenance of this poem, but it is a seriously good poem. twitter.com/mlothianmclean…
Now playing: YOUTH8500 LIVE On Kosmo Modular Synthesizer by @LOOKMUMNOCMPUTR youtube.com/watch?v=4hGV5c…
Stopped clock, etc. twitter.com/SkyNewsAust/st…
@James_Jeffrey @carolduncan Indeed. It was just snaking along and some prick kicks it.
@carolduncan @James_Jeffrey Only a young one, to be sure, but a bloke that old would get pretty bloody crook from a bite.
@phil_sec_mel So true. I’ve seen surprisingly few snakes here at @bunjaree. The was a python that was curled up on..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…aC
@James_Jeffrey So not this bloke then? :) Thanks, @carolduncan, yeah that is definitely not how to treat a snake. L..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Hc
@juhasaarinen Not very often, why? Or will I regret asking.
@TwitsForMiles Yeah as I said the other day, eastern brown snakes love a bit of a swim.
@smperris That’s true. Don’t eat it.

@keen_poster This via @COVID19NearMeAU as an update in the last couple of hours. pic.twitter.com/FhRcMopbZy
keen_poster the local supermarket was listed as a covid exposure site and I’m just thrilled with how the supermarket has come o..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…wy
Mind you, the small snakes are also venomous.
To be fair, Australians do tend to overstate the risks for comedic purposes. There is in fact a fair chance there i..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Qw
@AbstractCode It’s just such a whole different vibe.
Hull: There might be a snake at your house at some point in..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…5d
@19bk69 @jonoabroad @SuperCroup @_BertHandsome @DrStephR And how the world has changed… :)
This news is clearly not from Australia. twitter.com/SuperCroup/sta…
@kels_316 @juhasaarinen If that’s military-grade then I assume they cost $230,000 each.
sbattrawden Happy #freedomday everyone! Us NHS staff working in ICU tonight were very relieved to find out the COVID pandemic f..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Ae
@kels_316 @juhasaarinen SO HOW DO THEY GET THE BINOCULARS ONTO MY IPHONE?
@aqualung @dobes I’ve been filing with the Oxford command and they’ve been surviving the editorial production line.
@SuperCroup @_BertHandsome @DrStephR I can see that in third-world settings the patient is just going to be reinfected the next day.
@SuperCroup @_BertHandsome @DrStephR It was, thank you. And along the way I learned about pharmaceutical supply cha..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…mw

jdub oh, that one pic.twitter.com/SDzDOZfnPn
@juhasaarinen Former soldiers such as @kels_316 will of course be amused by the concept of “military-grade” as a positive sentiment.
@SuperCroup @_BertHandsome @DrStephR We spent quite some time together on the WHO and CDC websites and others worki..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…y5
@SuperCroup @_BertHandsome @DrStephR After trying so many drugs my GP also suggested that it was relatively benign..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…a5
@SuperCroup @_BertHandsome @DrStephR What intrigued me about this anti-parasite drug is that one of the pharmaceuti..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…gx
@Gwyntaglaw @dobes That’s a bit of a stretch lol.
@SuperCroup @_BertHandsome @DrStephR The pre-packaging of even obscure pharmaceuticals is another of those globalis..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…TS
@SuperCroup @_BertHandsome @DrStephR I’m old enough to remember — just! — when non-city pharmacies only had the mostwitter.com/i/web/status/1…3wSe
@_BertHandsome @DrStephR @SuperCroup The old-bloke pharmacist at a compounding pharmacy in Burwood wasn’t busy so h..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Jm
@_BertHandsome @DrStephR @SuperCroup I’d been told the specific compounded drug I needed — a cocktail to kill an ob.twitter.com/i/web/status/1…VaN
@_BertHandsome @SuperCroup It wasn’t a specific case, I don’t think. It felt like just a general anti-lockdown whinge.
@DrStephR @SuperCroup @_BertHandsome I learned the other year, when having custom drugs made up by a compounding ph..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…OA
@DrStephR @SuperCroup @_BertHandsome I’m curious now. I generally just go to the local pharmacy. I’m assuming every..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…FE
@_BertHandsome @SuperCroup I saw some drip shouting yesterday about how Gladys needs to publish the suicide figures..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…cu
@_BertHandsome @SuperCroup YOU HAVE A RIGHT TO KNOW WHY HAVEN’T YOU BEEN TOLD OH WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU ALREADY HAVE ACCESS TO THAT DATA.
@SuperCroup @_BertHandsome Ah, I thought you meant the transaction list. But yes, the vaccination hotline does indeed have some nice chaps.
@SuperCroup @_BertHandsome Since the b-word applies to me I should complain about being given a different brand of flu vaccine this year.
@AFlanagan Ah yes, I forgot about the more, um, personal connection. That could be a thing too. Hoping that his com..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…0z

@SuperCroup @_BertHandsome Have you checked your immunisation record with Medicare? pic.twitter.com/6u3eAotQXh
@AFlanagan I mean he’s perfect, right? He presumably wasn’t there, so can simply parrot the talking points and job done!
@_BertHandsome @SuperCroup And all the staff at the hubs will be clocked on as NSW Health staff so there’s no rush..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…pv
@AFlanagan Ministers are rotated through a “You’re taking to the media today” routine, and they’re giving the day’s..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Fd
@SuperCroup Well there you go. It’ll be in a pile of paperwork somewhere waiting for data entry. Is in on your vaccination record?
@SuperCroup Mine is, but then I did mine at the GP whose practice is extremely online. Yours was at a vaccination centre?
@sorifith @dobes Yeah it’s like he’s never even heard of the things Jesus said and did. But then there’s never been..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Ca

Carmond_K Eeny Meeny Miny Mo grab a Gannet by the toe… pic.twitter.com/E2wIsED0jf
See here we go, @AndrewPStreet. twitter.com/edengillespie/…
JonPiccini Journalists: ‘wow turns out governments have been lying about not using their vast intelligence powers to spy on in..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…5D
Lol even I can put together several coherent theological arguments for why this goose is full of shit.
That said,..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…LK
@manindotblack @GordyPls @scarydan @BundyB Well that’s @GordyPls right there!
Listening to the @lawfarepodcast “Florida Man Regulates Social Media” pca.st/gja41qfc This attempt to limit..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…jq
@GordyPls @scarydan @BundyB In which case I’m more for the beer-opening. Let’s see that. But take your shirt off first.
drphiliplee1 Sidebar Dickie, please get yourself vaccinated. I don’t want to see you get COVID. Protect yourself, and help prote..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…LJ
drphiliplee1 The fact you’d consider us doing otherwise speaks more to your mindset than ours.
Good day to you sir.
drphiliplee1 What’s up Dickie, account created July 2021 and exclusively anti mask and distancing, thank you for your question…twitter.com/i/web/status/1…m4
@scarydan @BundyB @GordyPls Exactly and this is why @GordyPls needs to step up snd contribute to our wellbeing. With a livestream.
markhumphries It’s easy to just enjoy the headlines from satirical sites like @TheShovel, but there’s so much gold in the article..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…uZ
1. Important competition, please enter and please retweet.
2. Excellent jerkbird action for @dobes and @purserj. twitter.com/BirdlifeOz/sta…
@BundyB @GordyPls @scarydan Well if @GordyPls prefers he can livestream something like that. I think we just need more livestreams.

keithedwards I want one day achieve this level of calm pic.twitter.com/C4yddk7lZT

Scarfolk Here’s the latest guidance. pic.twitter.com/ZrEMi2ZpFs
EdgeofSports The entire Kaepernick saga on one sign. twitter.com/_sjpeace_/stat…
@JasmineQuilter @GreenJ Yes, the po-faced rectitude gets a bit much. I quite like, for example, how @AuSenate and..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…03
@GreenJ And not at all stress-inducing.
OldBobCyprus One of the guests on BBC radio 4 just now:
“Nigel Farage joining GB news is a rare case of a Rat boarding a sinking ship”
💯
@GreenJ The authorities should add some game-like jeopardy to the process, like messaging you with clues in the hou..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…9c
@jpwarren @trentyarwood More a trip hazard.
RodMullin Can you pull the light off for me 😬 twitter.com/tyler_posting/…
stilgherrian I’m also thinking about what Target Three might look like, just in case. Maybe a livestreamed recording of a panel..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…7o
stilgherrian Over the next three days I’ll also start locking in some guests. I’ve been a bit slack about that.
Anyway, you hav..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…fM
stilgherrian TARGET ONE ACHIEVED! Thanks everyone, “The 9pm Late Winter Series 2021” is go. So that’s four episodes of The 9pm E..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Bn
@trentyarwood @jpwarren I get the feeling that ANAO knows how to computer better than most government agencies do.
So guess who has two thumbs and ended up sleeping all afternoon?

jrhennessy time to refresh the Q+A format pic.twitter.com/o13QEA78P9
themapkiwi New Map: Averaged Landscape Colours Of New Zealand
Showing the average #colour value of satellite imagery across d..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…6F
Who to believe, @jpwarren? Who to believe? twitter.com/KKeneally/stat…
@purserj @fictillius @NewtonMark Which one already lived in the bin?
@fictillius @NewtonMark Good point.
@MattSainsb Not only racist, also completely wrong.
@fictillius @NewtonMark Not a bad name for it, because a certain style of journalism is always looking for things t..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…jB
NewtonMark These twats have limitless access and more detail than anyone, but they’re fundamentally confused about basics that..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…KB
NewtonMark Personally if I had health officials on 24x7 speed dial and able to answer all of my questions, I wouldn’t be confu..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…nk
NewtonMark Convinced that multicultural communities requiring outreach from health authorities are doing fine, and the populat..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…vP
@cameronwilson @crikey_news I’m thinking the key here, Cam, would for the TikTok video to be an army generally read..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…2y
cameronwilson Great timing for my first opinion piece for @crikey_news:
To save NSW, Gladys Berejiklian must create a TikTok a..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…AT
@Jestingrabbit @abcnews Which is kinda what all* the modelling said from the very beginning. :)
* Figure of speech..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…p8
paulkidd NSW health min @BradHazzard just said that Covid-19 is the ‘second pandemic we’ve had in 100 years,’ and referred t..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…50
ASPI_org This @zdnetaustralia article by @stilgherrian mentions @ASPI_ICPC’s new policy brief ‘Exfiltrate, encrypt, extort’..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…U3
@19bk69 @NewtonMark Where all the “Metro tunnels” are being dug. Exactly.
@reselsnark @NewtonMark But being helpful is in my nature!
@Rodney_Todd @tomasseytw Cool. :) I get a bit thingy about public health messaging because I was minority involved..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…xg
Check the tunnels, @NewtonMark. twitter.com/NewtonMark/sta…
NewtonMark Tiktok dude was right, but Gladys is hiding cases. twitter.com/jxeeno/status/…
@Rodney_Todd @tomasseytw Does any of that help?
@Rodney_Todd @tomasseytw That’s all a bit unfocused, sorry. I was in a mood after having this rant on the weekend t..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…w6
@Rodney_Todd @tomasseytw So even though a new top-level number might seem bad, it might be less bad than a smaller..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…uV
@Rodney_Todd @tomasseytw I wasn’t talking about the TikTok stuff, really. But some people are taking the overall n..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…SF
@Rodney_Todd @tomasseytw OK then. :) Reading back, I think Tom and I are possibly looking at this differently, so t..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Dj
@cameronwilson Where is the nearest Ecuador embassy?
I’m also thinking about what Target Three might look like, just in case. Maybe a livestreamed recording of a panel..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…7o
Over the next three days I’ll also start locking in some guests. I’ve been a bit slack about that.
Anyway, you hav..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…fM
TARGET ONE ACHIEVED! Thanks everyone, “The 9pm Late Winter Series 2021” is go. So that’s four episodes of The 9pm E..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Bn
It’s Monday morning, so it’s time to listen to @theharryshearer’s “Le Show” pca.st/j8sb4qxd

GPirret Noodle delivery boy, Tokyo 1935 pic.twitter.com/pqt5qyqlgJ
@jonstribling @joannejacobs Indeed, though we’re all red wattlebirds and magpies and crimson rosellas here at the moment, mostly.
@joannejacobs Yeah I’m getting the feeling that they’re all thinking the time has come.
@JustJimWillDo They’re on BST atm though so they’ve opened up an hour ago.
@mediahunter I first thought it might just be because they were out again after the wind and snow days, but today I..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…lB
@expectproblems This is all both disturbing and highly appropriate.
@jonkudelka @GavFunky You’re welcome.
@GavFunky @jonkudelka Everyone needs a hobby, so hats off to you.
@expectproblems I hate to think what you’ll be like in your 60s and 70s.
The magpies are rowdy again today. I think the older pair — well they’re the biggest pair so I assume oldest — aretwitter.com/i/web/status/1…CXGZ
@TheIronMonk3 @DrRhysPockett @CptHollingworth @expectproblems These are all via @images_ai, details in the profile…twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Tq
@CptHollingworth @expectproblems @DrRhysPockett I’ve been thinking about grabbing this software but then the last t..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…jJ
This AI-generated image is very @DrRhysPockett @CptHollingworth @expectproblems. twitter.com/advadnoun/stat…
Listening to today’s @abcnews Coronacast, “It’s not getting worse… but it’s also not getting better” pca.st/qciz5oe7
This deserves a solid retweet too. Magpie knows what’s what. twitter.com/SuperCroup/sta…
@jonkudelka Comrade! Do not be revealing plans!
@riskybusiness @glengyron @dobes Fair point. As you guys say, she’s not looking her best these days.
@glengyron @dobes @riskybusiness I’m just waiting for her to turn into a psychotically racist Iggy Pop.
shambrookben Wait THIS is why the frito workers were striking? Like in supported them just on the principal of it before but fuc..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…fn
@dobes @riskybusiness These are all valid lifestyle choices. Don’t be so judgey.
@uwuhartley Yeah that’s a factor too. It really does cause their brains to explode.
@reselsnark Yes indeed, we seem to have an endless supply.
I suspect the stats will show that to be my tweet of the month, although currently this one is winning. twitter.com/stilgherrian/s…
Thanks for the DMs of appreciation from people who couldn’t retweet that for “career reasons”, not even this slight..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Tk
stilgherrian The problem with Katie Hopkins being dropped is that I’ll lose opportunities to keep retweeting this. twitter.com/stilgherrian/s…
“NSW government furious after realising Dan Andrews called them slow last month” chaser.com.au/national/nsw-g…

Bobosphere And if I refuse? pic.twitter.com/HEt8w3n2yh
By which we mean dusty with a scattering of dead moths. twitter.com/TheIronMonk3/s…
As we start a fresh week, “The 9pm Late Winter Series 2021” crowdfunding campaign sits at just a smidge over 90% of..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…LA
Further alleged plans and links to quite a few interesting things may be found in the Weekly Wrap, of course. twitter.com/stilgherrian/s…
Mon plan: Slow start; work through a vast list of small tasks, awaiting news which may or may not affect my plans;..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Qm

Winter continues in the Blue Mountains today but with less wind. pic.twitter.com/IJ1ft0sKPU
Monday. Please observe all safety precautions. Maintain a healthy balance in your fluids, both internal and external. Monday.

Histreepix The Beatles get the dance to ‘YMCA’ tragically, ludicrously, wrong. 1965. pic.twitter.com/1fKGa2oDUy
I remember when I turned 50. My GP said: “So Stil, two things. One, happy birthday for last week. Two, our relation..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…S7
OK so I don’t know if they skipped their screening tests. But in Australia, with an actual health system, talk to a..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Wt
This for the ladies, 100%. And for everyone, do your regular screening tests no matter what. A friend has apparentl..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…z6
SharnelleVella I found a lump in my breast this year, I had two mammograms and surgery while restrictions were in place - do not r..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…X7
@JonoH Oh OK then maybe we are on the same page.
@JonoH No, maybe not. Not Carribean.
@JonoH Add some mint too, I reckon, and perhaps chilli.
@JonoH OK, that’d work. I was thinking it’d need some citrus or something acidic with it.
@JonoH Hmmm. Not sure I’d like the coconut in it, but I’d certainly give it a try.
@JonoH And so it is. A bar I sometimes go to — or used to in the Beforetimes — had a fine range of Japanese whiskies.
@JonoH Well I wouldn’t know about the latter. But Roku gin is good value here these days, AUD 55 a bottle, and I am..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…nR

@JonoH Settle down. Roku is my house gin these days. pic.twitter.com/L5ebxQBDmN