@damana True, not even I would do that.
@damana I hate you. :)
jrhennessy the name generation tech for Facebook sexbots has gotten scarily good pic.twitter.com/6iNtwLAiYk
@sophsweet Yeah they do. :( I’m sorry to have barraged you with words, but there’s a lot of local Australian contex..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Wf
@sophsweet It may not be obvious from a UK standpoint, but misinformation about state versus state public health re..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…RN
@sophsweet But to go to the core of it, I agree that not everything a journalist says needs to be journalism. But w..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…46
@sophsweet Well this is the thing. Ms Elsworth has been an ongoing part of The Australian’s criticism of the Victor..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…qI
@sophsweet There’s a big difference between “making a mistake” and “promulgating bullshit”. As a professional journ..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…sJ
@sophsweet I appreciate what you’re doing, and yes female journalists cop a lot of shit, but no sorry Ms Elsworth h..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…mT
@nnwakelam Exactly.
@nnwakelam Sorry yes of course.
@nnwakelam Have you met Vietnamese hackers? They’re solid.
@just_brash @hypostrophe They did, but I mean in the 1990s.
@nnwakelam That’s the kind of observation which could cause me to fall in love with you. Because it’s so beautiful.
I would never harass a goose. Would you? twitter.com/burgotastic/st…
burgotastic It’s called the fall of man, and it’s inevitable pic.twitter.com/ZVXU17SwNS
@Ex_spurt Pretty much.
@Fartmaster42069 No, I am not. Not by quite a lot currently.
@duckbytheoboe Yeah he’s 90yo now but still hasn’t fallen down a staircase. Intriguing.
TIL that Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev is still alive. I feel old. twitter.com/Reuters/status…
Hi @dobes. I am not enjoying any of this. twitter.com/Tasnimnews_Fa/…
myrddenbuckley New Arab cartoon about one of the darkest moments in history. twitter.com/Tasnimnews_Fa/…
@JustJimWillDo I’ll be in bed soon but I’m watching @cameronwilson’s livestream.
Thank God it’s Friday.
@NathanCoverdal1 @parislord @DavidFeng Only those who are steamy.
@tanne1122 @BenjaminMillar @sophieelsworth Please don’t drag me into this sort of thing. Ms Elsworth already knows..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…ZO
@dawnstarau Was there? This is new to me.
@morebento Good luck. The stats indicate that I’m having an unusual greater second reaction, but it’s not *that* big a thing.
@twcau OK now I need to have a shower.
@jonoabroad @KetanJ0 I am so happy that my fans have funded weekly episodes lately.
@parislord @DavidFeng Ah yes, the Union Pacific 4-8-8-4 Big Boy. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Union_Pac… It’s one of the peak steam locomotive designs.
@twcau Oh wow.
@morebento Annoyingly this one is actually worse than before, which is slightly unusual. No big difference though,..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…5v
@tradrmum @franksting Glad to be of service.
@manindotblack Thank you. :)
@TrubbellAtMill @walkleys Sharri deserved that one. She got the proof.
cameronwilson feels like we’ve earned some kind of gender reveal x covid story by now
And… there’s the podcast recorded with @KetanJ0 and it’s going to be wonderful. Expect that tomorrow night.
Right, almost time to record this podcast. I’ll catch up with you mob after that’s done.
Hey @dobes… [Shudder.] twitter.com/roweafr/status…
To be fair, I don’t expect every utterance from someone calling themselves a journalist to be an Act of Journalism…twitter.com/i/web/status/1…nQ
Ah, so the “OMFG POLICE HELICOPTER” “over Melbourne playgrounds” was in fact the Nine News helicopter with the big..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…io
noreasonspec Prime Minister of Australia twitter.com/ddofinternet/s…
@D_Keating @NewtonMark Glad to see the virus is still being sprayed over the more backward parts of the nation. :)
wikivictorian A female street fight duel with sand-filled socks. Published in “Le Petit Journal” November 1st 1902. pic.twitter.com/XzdT14gx1a
ICYMI earlier, I did my usual thread on this fortnight’s Essential polling. As always there’s some interesting stu..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…L8
oysta Your peeps are seeping out pic.twitter.com/0DE99iN6U7
Lol the python just happened to be found by a snake catcher. Sure, sure. twitter.com/GuardianAus/st…
@wolfcat @VictoriaPolice If only there was some sort of agency that dealt with what aircraft were flying where, and..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…eI
wolfcat You know the @VictoriaPolice are going to use this tweet in presentations for years once social media conferences a..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…fu
@macadamia_man @jonkudelka No, I don’t keep chocolate things here usually so I’m going from memory.
@PollHereford @PPantsdown Ah yeah! The grand age of magazines, with big writing budgets and big production budgets…twitter.com/i/web/status/1…DZ
BenjaminMillar If only there was some kind of magical online flight tracker available or police media phone line reporters could r..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…c5
@Bec_Hubbard @jonkudelka No not at all. They arrived today but I’ve been busy with other things. I’ll save them to..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…3m
@PPantsdown Quadrant was so much better when it was run by the CIA. :(
@ravirockks Exactly. Please don’t get me started. :) It’s bad enough when, say, a Washington Correspondent is sudde..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…IJ
@macadamia_man @jonkudelka I don’t have any Tim Tams handy, but each booklet is about 2 Tim Tams x 1.5 Tim Tams, an..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…TO
These women are amazing. I doubt I could do conflict zone journalism at all, let alone when I’ve suddenly become pa..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…JT
@Bec_Hubbard @jonkudelka I’m saving them until later to read.
Monocotyledon @TimWattsMP “Australia has a shrug emoji where the Prime Minister should be.”
Magnificent.
@jonkudelka Sorry, no banana for scale. However they are shorter than most bananas but with more words and pictures.
Very happy to have received my little cartoon books for July and August from @jonkudelka and Kate Kudelka…twitter.com/i/web/status/1…9k
cameronwilson ScoMo’s “We wish it were different” about the failure to evacuate Afghan interpreters is a textbook case of Morriso..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…rr
@TomSear @tacticalmaid I think you’ll find I don’t care.
@TomSear @tacticalmaid To bring the vegetables?
@tacticalmaid There’s something wrong with you, @tacticalmaid.
TheShovel Three Years On: Morrison Declares He Still Has No Leadership Ambitions
theshovel.com.au/2021/08/17/thr…
SarkySage WTF 🤣🤣🤣 pic.twitter.com/0oetM2yJpG
@franksting It’s the side effect of one of my meds. My dreams so for ages and ages. They’re not only vivid and high..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Ro
@R_Chirgwin @oberonsghost Looks like I’m starting this year’s series just a day or possibly two days earlier in the..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…OC
@R_Chirgwin @oberonsghost Yep, check the daily sequence from 2016. flickr.com/photos/stilghe… I’ll be replicating this..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…VB
@franksting Absolutely, though the pub had some gin-fortified ale that they were selling cheap because a keg had fa..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…MC
@riskybusiness Snap! See comparison photos and dates earlier in the thread. No snake though, sorry. twitter.com/stilgherrian/s…
@oberonsghost Here’s a photo of @R_Chirgwin’s almonds just now, almost two weeks ahead of the year when we thought..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…0i
@franksting Turns out that you and Senator Coalface didn’t really get on. Plus he tried to scam us into paying for all his drinks.
Reminder for Parents in Lockdown: Your local library probably has some cool school holiday stuff happening.
Inner West Council Library has a free K-Pop dance class for 8–12yo delivered by Zoomeventbrite.com.au/e/permission-t…mk
It gets closer: Dan Murphy’s Katoomba pinged for Mon 9 Aug. pic.twitter.com/oWT8zP0tMb
@dobes The per-state N will be in proportion to population.
@dobes I will still label those NSW vs VIC figures as “a bit all over the place” longer term. But hey this one is your narrative. :)
@developerjack Actually we might both be wrong, since the question was still asked for everyone. But those who say..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…d0
And that’s all the Essential polling for this fortnight. As always, all the details are at essentialvision.com.au..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…kr
Support for government actions to combat IPCC report-listed climate threats. essentialvision.com.au/support-for-go…
There’s quit..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Xs
CLIMATE TIME! Concern about climate threats to Australia listed in IPCC report. essentialvision.com.au/concern-about-…
“There is..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…qI
Views towards workplace Covid-19 vaccination programs. essentialvision.com.au/views-towards-… pic.twitter.com/YpECAVCphK
Responsible party for managing mandatory Covid-19 vaccinations. essentialvision.com.au/responsible-pa… pic.twitter.com/oedQBEQkRj
Our first cop question! Support for mandatory Covid-19 vaccinations. essentialvision.com.au/support-for-ma…
“Three-quarters of pe..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…ZI
Uptake of a Covid-19 vaccine – Childrenessentialvision.com.au/uptake-of-a-co…Tpic.twitter.com/qiHgsWlMT6T6
“8% say they would never get vaccinated (11% earlier in August),” which is interesting because as more people get v..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Mb
Uptake of a Covid-19 vaccine – Adultsessentialvision.com.au/uptake-of-a-co…spic.twitter.com/prvlg1Ss3636
Current emotional state. essentialvision.com.au/current-emotio…
I’m being lazy today and not really going through Essential’s no..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…zK
Concern about the impact of Covid-19 lockdowns on children. essentialvision.com.au/concern-about-…
“Parents’ concern for the impa..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…d5
Concern about the impact of Covid-19 lockdowns on adults. essentialvision.com.au/concern-about-…
“The effect of lockdowns is not..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…0u
Personal impact of Covid-19. essentialvision.com.au/personal-impac…
“Compared to last year, many effects of lockdowns have become..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Ry
Confidence in federal government’s long-term plans. essentialvision.com.au/confidence-in-…
“Since May, the federal government has..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Ba
State government response to Covid-19. essentialvision.com.au/state-governme…
You can click through for the notes. pic.twitter.com/JNvZ3MTtmQ
Federal government response to Covid-19. essentialvision.com.au/federal-govern…
“Just 9% of people say the response of the feder..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…oM
Oh, and the standard margin of error on the top-line figures is around ±3 percentage points.
Hey Kids, it’s an Essential polling Tuesday, so as usual I’ll go through the numbers with you…twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Si
@HartWexford Strong medicine.
@HartWexford Egg boy is milkshake duck now though.
@noreasonspec Lovely. I can’t wait util they’re finally in service.
@GeoffSpinmonkey Oh whacko.
@GreenJ @franksting It may be necessary to go straight to the whisky.
I am thrilled to report that:
(a) I am being unusual and experiencing more AstraZeneca side effects the second tine..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…OY
@SuperCroup Well played.
chaser Voter horrified to learn that party who consistently put money ahead of science for the last 15 years would also do..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…it
@arcadiagt5 And that’s even before we start getting to hardware and cleaning supplies!
@BevenStale I am totally certain it’s not that.
@dobes @davidgerard @purserj @jeamland Yes, as I said the other day, one thing the Taliban is noted for is running reliable data centres.
stilgherrian With more than 100 likes on this tweet already, my new engagement strategy will involve me randomly injecting mysel..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…UC
Tue plan, supplemental: You have nine and a half hours to insert your brain into the conversation. twitter.com/stilgherrian/s…
Tue plan: Lazy morning because post-vaccination; enjoy the Essential polling, probably; podcast pre-production; 190..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…AS
It’s another typical late winter day in the Blue Mountains today and you should be grateful. pic.twitter.com/yCKXWxNSvT
Tuesday. You have more fingers than nostrils and earholes for a reason. Tuesday.