@CptHollingworth Hobbits are pretty annoying though.
@CptHollingworth True, Merry and Pippin are more like Jar and Jar.
jonkudelka The August instalment of Kudelkas’ Monthly Comics is now available! This month Kate is releasing Do Better Next Tim..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…ir
That reminds me, I have to cut my toenails tomorrow.
@jeamland I’m sure this is in keeping with the spirit of the Olympics.
hollyseale @ben_hr Need to be able to show evidence if you want to secure a case via the Hawkes brewery give away! broadsheet.com.au/sydney/city-fi…

jeamland Very @mwlauthor content pic.twitter.com/oIfr1dgnHw
@JohnMartinIT I hope so.

@ari_hall @malb Here you go. pic.twitter.com/mhA5zHgqht
TODAYonline British diver Tom Daley’s knitting during Olympics springboard final amuses fans; makes cardigan for Malaysian dive..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…xw

NBCOlympics Can’t stop. Won’t stop.
Tom Daley is a knitting/crocheting MACHINE. pic.twitter.com/na2mdADhuY

theonlyjessxo important tom daley knitting update: he was making a dog jumper and it is finished pic.twitter.com/9bdr31mmdc

luckyloopss Tom Daley’s knitting designs are so fun, dude is really good… pic.twitter.com/ZPbLokEG5Z
Disappointed to not having had an odd sensation in my underpants, let alone phantom buzzing. And I’ve even been vac..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…1h
Foone Remember: all computing history is important and should be archived and studied, so we can understand the good idea..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…ZB

malb #Brisbane2032 #mascot #Olympics #Ibis #binchicken #BindiTheBinChicken pic.twitter.com/bbM9g9UO1h
Attn: @CptHollingworth. Also the following tweet. You know it’s true. twitter.com/Hbomberguy/sta…
JimMFelton Jeremy Clarkson: If I die I die
Earlier: If this sandwich is cold I will fucking punch your chin
jilliancyork Facebook making a time-limited exception to Iranians posting “death to Khamenei” is fucked up any way you look at i..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…C7
@NickyWill100 @drphiliplee1 Lol you chose to go down there. :)
“With redistributions of electoral boundaries now complete for Victoria and Western Australia, it is time to publis..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…oW
drphiliplee1 Don’t kinkshame PETA, do better. twitter.com/peta/status/14…
candeira My 12yo: “So NFTs are like bragging rights?”
Me: “That, and you can transfer them to others for money.”
My 12yo: “N..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…OT
Mmmm… the Good Pegs. twitter.com/fesshole/statu…
MadelineHorwat1 My artistic idol is the carpenter who carved this image so high up in a church, people didn’t know about it for 800..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…uB
duncanrobinson economist.com/britain/2021/0… London’s flooding is sure to worsen, partly because there are no more factories sucking up..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…ZL
@cameronwilson @arielbogle Should… should I get a bucket of cold water? :) But yeah, I’m a bit of a fan too.
@arielbogle Why yes, I am endless fascinated with the world of propaganda and disinformation. Ariel was on the..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…pr
Hey supporters of “The 9pm Edict” podcast, your next guest is @arielbogle on anti-lockdown protesters and other dis..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…on
Customers are the worst.
Hmmm. “Some customers are frustrated with X” is true for all values of X. twitter.com/abc730/status/…
“Moose eating Halloween pumpkin” (1m19s) youtube.com/watch?v=sbyhsp… For @HappySinger.
@elisethoma5 Have you bought any of these things yet?
@moylecroft @NewtonMark @maxcelcat @expectproblems Yeah it was originally going to have a pod but they dropped that because cost.

JaneyGodley Part TWO of Janey Godley blocked me helpline pic.twitter.com/2zDh0QkHMl

@jpwarren Totally hunky dory. pic.twitter.com/umA75clH3F
oneunderscore__ No, son, you can never trust the mainstream media who is lying to you about the vaccine, anyways it’s time for you..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…6S
@johnb78 Mate.
FXMC1957 3 August 1926. The first manually operated electric three-colour traffic lights in Britain were installed at Piccad..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…P2
bkjabour it’s so funny there’s debate about whether cash incentives work for vaccines. Doing stuff you’re not that keen on i..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Ke

loyal_pilot Best Locomotive hands down pic.twitter.com/7zKDPRCiKY

Jewyorican Here’s a thread of pelicans trying to eat animals other than fish. Hope this helps. pic.twitter.com/ZBLnzVFlVZ
@oberonsghost Oh that’s a shame.

It’s just words. pic.twitter.com/zrzYvs0BMa
michaelmeloni Great photos, interesting read.
“In current day Japan, keirin remains one of only four sports that it’s legal to be..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…jX

WhoresofYore Erotic Ivory Nun Balancing Figurine, 19th Century. pic.twitter.com/W3QfvYk8i2
Wait. How can you have a plan without a target? A plan is literally a series of steps to achieve a thing. A target. A goal.
SBSNews The plan was posted online on Friday with no public statement or press release acknowledging its publication.
sbs.com.au/news/defence-f…
Sadly not up to the fine graphic standards of @DefenseCharts. Australia’s Operation COVID SHIELD needs to try harde..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…sA
@dobes I am enjoying this very much.
@maxcelcat @NewtonMark @moylecroft @expectproblems “Reasonable” being a relative term in this context. :)
@NewtonMark @moylecroft @expectproblems Alas I only have 640-pixel Instagram photos of that day at HARS because I l..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…AW
@NewtonMark @moylecroft @expectproblems The one at HARS has the later digital cockpit with no nuke panel at all — a.twitter.com/i/web/status/1…J9s
@NewtonMark @moylecroft @expectproblems I can certainly speak to the panels being there, though, because I saw them with my own eyes.
@NewtonMark @moylecroft @expectproblems Same reason the original analog cockpit in the RAAF F-111C still had the pa..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…uP

boob_haver the perfect man doesn’t exis–pic.twitter.com/mAciEuFPpSpS
@NewtonMark @expectproblems Ah yes, 3,049 metres. Adequate. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAAF_Base…
@NewtonMark @expectproblems My take would be “We built these forward air bases with runways too short to handle our aircraft”.
I’ve already written my opinion of this sort of thing: “Australia’s cops need reminding that chasing criminals isn’..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…BH
“Mobile Aircraft Arrestor System at RAAF Base Scherger - Talisman Sabre 2021” youtube.com/watch?v=m177qh… Ping @NewtonMark @expectproblems.
@kumararepublic @KnightSinclair No that was Melbourne, co-founded by John Batman.
@abcnews Mind you it’s like panel shows full of white men talking about how there isn’t any racism.
@abcnews I’ll admit I don’t wallow in all the bad news, but it seems like with so many stories it’s one that’s happ..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Id
Listening to today’s @abcnews Coronacast, “What is it like inside Sydney’s ICU wards?” pca.st/ovcxba6q
My..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…sB

KnightSinclair Tasmania is just a DM that’s not done any place name prep. pic.twitter.com/Tem83fo1ZU
@TomSear @cameronwilson I’ve been tempted to buy one of them for some time.
@Pollytics No, you just ned to belt people with a baseball bat.
@cameronwilson Here’s this fortnight’s issue. “The government’s online surveillance obsession” crikey.com.au/2021/08/03/the…
@cameronwilson Haha while I’m loving the respect I do feel uncomfortable because there’s a fine generation before..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…u0

DNA_RNA_Uni Does anyone know what protein this is? pic.twitter.com/BnI9FaZhbE
NewtonMark BREAKING: Shock and awe as MEAA discovers confusion about how laws they lobbied for actually work in the real world.
NewtonMark The things Facebook “must” do are the things required by the text of the code, which appears to say things divergen..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Cw
I see that @cameronwilson’s free WebCam* newsletter is now at Crikey. Sign up here. crikey.com.au/get-webcam/
* See what he did there?
NatlSecCnslrs One day I was driving, listening to the radio, when the DJ said he had just received a very strange call. Normally..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…oR
@OaaSvc This is again where the qualitative stuff comes in, or follow-up questions to explore their understanding…twitter.com/i/web/status/1…m5
@elronxenu Yes, the whole thing is feels and reckons. As always.
voltagex INDIANA BONES! twitter.com/thegallowboob/…
@dobes I see we both felt it necessary to call out the results fort this question. Depressing.

airandspace This photo was taken 50 years ago today.
We’re obsessed with it.
#Apollo15 #Apollo50 pic.twitter.com/Ke20zp1FI1
@OaaSvc I wonder how that number is affected by perceptions of the JobKeeper rorting. This is where the qualitative..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…4Q
@paulwiggins It’s best not done at all, but here we are. I am annoyingly sober today and I survived it.
And there ends this fortnight’s Essential polling. As always you can find all the details at..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…NR
Support for Covid-19 measures. essentialvision.com.au/support-for-co…
Always interpret these as “What I would be willing to force..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Zr

Ah, a contextual risk question! Engagement in ‘risky’ activities. essentialvision.com.au/engagement-in-… pic.twitter.com/GffOdsmUHN
“40% of unvaccinated minor / independent party voters are unwilling to receive either vaccine.”
Preference towards Covid-19 vaccines. essentialvision.com.au/preference-tow…
“Unwillingness to receive the AstraZeneca vaccine ha..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…aG

Uptake of a Covid-19 vaccine. essentialvision.com.au/uptake-of-a-co…
Still 11% say they will never get vaccinated. pic.twitter.com/5CUyAllfPd
Note that the Utting poll in this question from last week showed an even higher proportion of people opposing the..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…PU
Stance on anti-lockdown protests. essentialvision.com.au/stance-on-anti…
“Most people (67%) oppose the recent anti-lockdown prote..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…E7

Support for returning JobKeeper. essentialvision.com.au/support-for-re… pic.twitter.com/9pBSoDFP14
Views towards government support during lockdowns. essentialvision.com.au/views-towards-…
They’ve changed the question this month..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…vL
Views towards sufficiency of lockdown support. essentialvision.com.au/views-towards-…
As is usual, this sort of thing has a huge..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…98

Views towards level of lockdown. essentialvision.com.au/views-towards-…
You can probably also tell how this one went. pic.twitter.com/SDKVDilQSD
State government handling of latest Covid-19 outbreaks. essentialvision.com.au/state-governme…
You can probably tell how this one..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…nz
State government response to Covid-19. essentialvision.com.au/state-governme…
Lots of notes from Essential on this one so you’ll..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Ih
Federal government response to Covid-19. essentialvision.com.au/federal-govern…
“This is the worst rating recorded to date for th..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Ru
Preferred Prime Minister. essentialvision.com.au/preferred-prim…
You can draw your own conclusions here. Remember that the margin..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…gY

Performance of Anthony Albanese. essentialvision.com.au/performance-of…
Down to 34%, from 41% last month. #Lolbanese pic.twitter.com/zBCF2LkIy6

Performance of Scott Morrison. essentialvision.com.au/performance-of…
Still down at 50% after dropping to 51% last month. pic.twitter.com/UASsqBxvXr
Key Kids, it’s an Essential polling Tuesday, so let’s go through the numbers and see what we can find…twitter.com/i/web/status/1…2X
Further alleged plans and a brief update may be found in the Weekly Wrap. twitter.com/stilgherrian/s…
Tue plan, the my God is that the time edition: Sleep in (not scheduled as such but this is my reality now); do seve..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Lw

Winter continues in the Blue Mountains. It’s sunny but it’s also very windy. pic.twitter.com/URKH6VPRKe
TheShovel The Coalition has adapted Labor’s ‘cash for jabs’ proposal, agreeing to pay $300 to Gerry Harvey for every Australi..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…kk
Tuesday. It’s all about the quality of the upholstery. Tuesday.