@paulwallbank Exactly.
OK Possums, I’m outta here.
@Hippopeteamus @JohnBirmingham @maz_jovanovich Plus all the lighter stuff too, yes. The doco I was watching made to..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…ft
@JohnBirmingham @maz_jovanovich And we know the name of the pilot of that plane on the left. This was standard Japa..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…kW
@maz_jovanovich @JohnBirmingham Mind you, this photo I posted the other day… which I don’t think JB sawtwitter.com/stilgherrian/s…PD
@maz_jovanovich @JohnBirmingham I know what you did there and while I am laughing you should be ashamed. :P
Also I..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…CT
justin_moore i identify as logistically difficult pic.twitter.com/tWFpGsrEFS
@JohnBirmingham @maz_jovanovich She is mad. pic.twitter.com/YShdXKnebd
rohan_p @CptHollingworth How Well Do You Know ‘The Hobbett’? clickhole.com/how-well-do-yo…
Hey @dobes did you see this @davpope? pic.twitter.com/hhIRh8bSnb
TIL there’s still people who think describing their business as a “disruptor” is a positive.
@Fifikins As do I, but sometimes it’s best not to know.
Don’t ask. pic.twitter.com/YzoOb0BiD7
@fourlarks3d When I see a chef’s name on cuts of steak in the superb then they had better have personally fucked that cow.
@fourlarks3d Nah, the idea that a restaurant is good because a named chef’s name is on the advert doesn’t cut it. W..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…aY
No, no not that. [Shudder.]
Does anyone know whether Jamie Oliver ever spent any time in Adelaide, like when he was a young lad learning how to..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Zi
GingerSlim Bourdain on Jamie Oliver 👍🏻 pic.twitter.com/367rxUshvs
Thank you @JazzTwemlow and @nickboshier and team for another fabulous episode of “The Moth Effect” primevideo.com/detail/0U4HTZF…
PulpLibrarian Did you know: dinosaurs had precisely six different reactions* to their mass extinction 66 million years ago! Let’s..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…lA
@SuperCroup Yes, shame is such a motivator. :)
@R_C_M How dare you.
@throwsshadows There was snow this week. Wednesday in fact. But not at Wentworth Falls, further up the hill.
I made soup again. pic.twitter.com/NZfk1EVgzA
Timeless. twitter.com/cybergibbons/s…
@GregDAustin @KimZetter Cheers. :)
@GuyWholesaler @semibogan @riskybusiness @sexenheimer @cameronwilson I see you’re starting to understand how all this works.
End of plugs.
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That’s kind of a test run for maybe doing more livestream chat show stuff. Maybe a Sky News Australia audition? Sure.
2B. Financial supporters of the pod will be emailed a link to the video livestream. If you don’t receive that by mi..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…NJ
2A. Tuesday night I’ll livestream the recording of the final episode in the Late Winter Series.
Hit..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…pQ
1. I’m recording a podcast about polar geopolitics with @BuchananLiz who as you’ll see is an expert in this stuff…twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Or
ATTENTION CONTENT CONSUMERS! Let me tell you about what I have coming up next week because there’s two cool things. Here we go…
@Rhys_Needham @johnb78 @_BertHandsome Sure why not.
@johnb78 @_BertHandsome M a y b e … ?
@johnb78 @_BertHandsome You know who else created a diplomatic incident with the Government of Poland?
summer__heidi Meanwhile in #Canberra pic.twitter.com/Bk1GM6rCEM
@semibogan @riskybusiness @sexenheimer @cameronwilson And a box of muffins, I reckon.
speechleyish Do you have any bits of internet ephemera that play an outsize role in your friendship groups?
I cannot overstate..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…QD
@semibogan @riskybusiness I’ve been provided with an earlier version of this. I have the .docx should you care. Pin..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…WD
@michaelneale @jonoabroad True, that 2019-2020 burn was solid. So the only thing left to burn is where the people a..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…E3
@michaelneale @jonoabroad And then twice as worse the year after! Hurrah!
@jonoabroad @michaelneale So the BoM says it’ll be a wet spring. bom.gov.au/climate/outloo… Which means even more unde..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…4B
@Regina_atk @cameronwilson Look as long as I understand the rules.
@Regina_atk @cameronwilson “Everything not forbidden is compulsory.” It’s just Science. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Totalitar…
@David_S_Dowling It’s just the one rat.
@formalbeer Yeah but the reality of living in the forest after a damp year is not helping.
@GregDAustin @KimZetter Thanks, Greg. There’s my reading for the morning!
@Regina_atk @cameronwilson Wait, isn’t it a fact that YOU made that rule? You can just unmake that rule.
Enjoying* the fact that we’re starting to get bushfire alerts every day already. pic.twitter.com/sofYWOFWt3
@cameronwilson Surprisingly cruisey after a hell week.
That was very good, @cameronwilson.
@jonoabroad @michaelneale Sure.
@jonoabroad @michaelneale Thank you for your support.
@glendturner @JohnBirmingham Well JB is the expert in these matters. :)
@michaelneale I don’t know, but I think $60 million is just one possible number.
QaosTheory mrw a British Olympic commentator refers to New Zealand as a “tiny island nation” pic.twitter.com/HNBOQdbGSl
I am getting complaints. pic.twitter.com/O14HdD97lP
@haruki_zaemon No worries. It provides an excuse for me spending all the time on it. :)
@BeauGiles True, but I only have the one bottle here atm. I haven’t been maintaining my stocks.
I will be watching this in seven minutes because I have no life but I do have a little wine. twitter.com/cameronwilson/…
@haruki_zaemon Heh. Exactly. This is what I liked about then ANU series: Nearly all Thai people, and ANU’s programs..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…KA
@ashulz @cameronwilson @sexenheimer I hadn’t seen that. That’s terrible lol.
@haruki_zaemon I have not. I’ll consider it. Thanks.
pharnzwurth This be needful. pic.twitter.com/CVtt4tBA2M
@JohnBirmingham Also, it contains this. pic.twitter.com/Xmnbqg6nxk
Today’s Alien Sideboob from @JohnBirmingham is free to read and is titled “SloMo’s share house”…twitter.com/i/web/status/1…BX
LeenaVanD women were fundamental to its creation but were largely pushed out by dudes when the money started coming in
oh t..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…ay
@haruki_zaemon These days there’s SO much good material on international relations online. Maybe I should provide a..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…aa
And there ends the ANU Thai Update 2021 seminar series. Thanks very much, @ANU_SEAsia.
They were all recorded. I’l..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Dp
@michaelskeggs Yeah, the problem with so much journalism and commentary is people simply don’t read the damn documents.
@haruki_zaemon Heh. I am but a dilettante in this stuff. :) But the mindset of Xi Jinping is more aligned to the Th..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…kF
He says that is push comes to shive, TH is more likely to go with CN than US. He refers to a report from John Blaxl..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Py
Ben is saying that in the next five years there will almost certainly be a conflict and crisis between US and China..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…ff
Those meetings were in terms of traditional soft power like infrastructure development. My takeaway from that is th..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…zf
We’re getting to Thai-AU relations now. Dr Paul reminds is that links go back to things like the First Thai–Lao Fritwitter.com/i/web/status/1…9Q7F
@Rubenerd Thanks, Ruben. I haven’t been able to focus on it quite as well today, but this has been an excellent series.
Ah, Pivot to the Indo-Pacific 2.0! Ben Zawacki is saying the fall of Afghanistan frees up resources, but it also wo..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…if
@haruki_zaemon US force projection helps keep a balance of power, if you’re looking a decade or two ahead. Keyword:..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Ka
OK, so now a question about whether Thailand would welcome more Japanese influence in the region, either under The..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…H6
ApostrophePong @stilgherrian BRICS was so 2010s.
HAHAHAHAH! So true but. twitter.com/ApostrophePong…
“Is Vietnam replacing Thailand as the primary mainland ASEAN power?”
Yeah this was a question earlier in the week..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…L0
Oh right, that deal to buy CN submarines is not yet finalised, and there’s political pushback saying the cost is to..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…wL
Ah! Are Chinese arms purchases more about budget than closer ties? Dr Paul makes the point of course that the more..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Hz
@ApostrophePong Hah! Russia has enough on its plate right now. South-East Asia is not a focus. Yet.
Hahaha. Scissors Paper Rock! pic.twitter.com/WreXm2irgA
The answer did include mention that Chinese political leadership has been wanting to forge closer ties to the Thai..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Mj
Here is the exact wording of that question. Yes, the word “monarchy” is in there. pic.twitter.com/mN6B44FxfJ
Ah of course. I find it interesting therefore that Thailand is getting Chinese submarines while Vietnam is getting..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…kw
Bloody hell. Prof Tow just asked Khun Jittipat to comment “carefully” on the potential influence of Thai-born Chine..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Pw
Ah yes, the vaccine problems. As we heard in previous sessions there’s some real procurement problems in Thailand…twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Aq
This slide features the economic corridor east of Bangkok, but yeah the high-speed rail link is a huge thing in my..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Zu
Thai-China relations are solid, especially since the 2014 coup. Provision of submarines, tanks, helicopters. China..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Yd
Is this and things like the Lower Mekong Initiative too little too late for the US to compete with China? pic.twitter.com/wVDakc5gfh
Vaccine diplomacy! pic.twitter.com/uqXSejsDe4
What that second slide doesn’t show is that while the Cobra Gold joint exercise went ahead after the most recent co..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Wt
Dr Paul is kicking off with a refresher on the US-Thai relationship. pic.twitter.com/0s2rInTy3w
My interpretation: It’s hard to put yourself forward as a leader for democratic reform when your own country is cur..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…jR
If I can summarise Dr Kasira’s main point so far, Thailand use to be leading things like dealign with Myanmar’s “ro..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…p5
Prof Tow SERIOUSLY needs to deal with this camera angle which looks like we’re all fella… um… like we’re kneeli..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Sp
“Bending before the Wind,” eh? pic.twitter.com/uJxo2yyyXj
I must dig out a description of this term “bamboo diplomacy”. pic.twitter.com/jYILCIGXV2
Yes, everything these days is seen through the prism of China vs US. Because obviously.
In the Beforetimes, Chines..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…N6
@ApostrophePong Yeah I’ll have to listen back to what he said, and match that to who was PM at the time.
@TheCaseyFung @zalifung This whole series has been seriously good.
@aleeb88 Oh great thanks.
Khun Jittipat is now running through the factors affecting Thai foreign policy. He notes that Thailand hasn’t been..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…y6
3. Thailand has a huge interest in Myanmar being a stable nation, not least because the instability means a flood o..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…te
I’ve been distracted by some things my end so there’s just three main things that I caught from Zawacki’s comments…twitter.com/i/web/status/1…ED
Very hostage video vibes here. pic.twitter.com/q2hLUwkOlM
@franksting @viveka I’ve met him at various events including small press lunches when he’s been put forward as an e..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…aG
@viveka @franksting I thought that might be the problem. He must’ve missed the entire thing about National Cabinet..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…RE
@franksting The researchers are on record all over the place explaining that beyond six months there’s too many ext..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Gk
And here we go. pic.twitter.com/R94Y7ryLLE
Here are my threads from the previous three sessions.
Tue: “Economy & COVID-19”
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Wed: “Pro..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…kk
Starting shortly at 1400 AEST, the final instalment in the ANU Thai Update 2021 seminar series…twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Z8
@franksting I haven’t read his thing, but yes they ran the model that far ahead because going further has too much variation to be useful.
Yes it’s almost as if the political journalists reporting on the covids and what the politicians were saying hadn’t..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…KU
nadinevoncohen FUCK YEAH LOL MEN DOING THE DISHES CAN YOU IMAGINE ROFL pic.twitter.com/zBtDGH3O6O
RyanEGraney Friends. I have joined ivermectin groups on Facebook. They are literally shitting their pants in grocery stores. pic.twitter.com/vwvHPtjq9e
Solid lizard action. Would lizard again. twitter.com/RachaelHasIdea…
stilgherrian Say “Australian corporate lyfe” without saying… etc. twitter.com/GuardianAus/st…
stilgherrian Well done, Australia. This is on Binge. pic.twitter.com/e9mMfdQXEL
ruima The cases are worth reading through, seem very worker friendly. One co had to pay damages for someone who died of h..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Aj
earleyedition um. Arkansas jail dosing inmates with ivermectin in spite of FDA warnings buff.ly/3ylbWR8
There’s a lot going on here, and I don’t just mean the two kinds of wattle. twitter.com/rubycornish/st…
@CosmicRami There’s a lot of good stuff. It’s worth going through the settings.
developerjack Ahh yes the convenience of a ‘safe location’. And where tf might that be do you think @Smartraveller!? twitter.com/Smartraveller/…
@CosmicRami Do you use the BetterTweetDeck plugin?
Three minutes until Brain Worm Time.
PulpLibrarian This is basically Spotify for wigs. pic.twitter.com/QHllBkvff3
cameronwilson I can’t stop laughing at this from a conspiracy group pic.twitter.com/G865AVfgKi
@CosmicRami You have to create the tweet with the video first, then paste in the URL of the tweet you want to QT. I..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…CC
Joel Haver is very good at playing characters who are right at the edge of psychosis. youtube.com/watch?v=WNpo-V…
@oberonsghost Is a llama promenade a “llamanade”?
oberonsghost Our ABC promenading with llamas! Didn’t Cory warn us? twitter.com/leoncompton/st…
@oberonsghost @R_Chirgwin @CosmicRami Yes, and more “partly cloudy” days with some rain on Sunday is really going to kick this off.
@R_Chirgwin @oberonsghost @CosmicRami Almond blossom, day 11 of my 2021 sequence, including a dodgy wider shot to g..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…2A
@JohnBirmingham Will there be tentacles?
Lol true fact. twitter.com/USSC/status/14…
upulie I powerfully resent this fungus pic.twitter.com/4wA5miJYLY
@dobes Well, they sometimes copy and paste. When they reply.
At least they could’ve typed out the talking points again, which is generally what they do. twitter.com/maxwalden_/sta…
dannolan choosing to read these two things as related pic.twitter.com/ItNP1vSLGZ
mclayfield Good morning. Here is Grace Cossington-Smith’s 1930 painting ‘The Bridge in Curve’, which the Society of Artists, s..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…6v
thelocalragau The ‘paybuses’ had a wild and woolly history.
thelocalrag.com.au/new-south-wale…
@davidgerard I will certainly put your books on the list when I put it together, should I choose to go back through this thread.
@JazzTwemlow Is Diana a Timelord? Is this what you’re saying?
Fri plan: Sort out the mess of my schedule and start planning for the month ahead; 1400 AEST the final ANU Thai Upd..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…sf
@jeffsonstein Yeah foreign policy hasn’t been America’s strength lately, and with so many domestic matters to deal with… etc.
@jplonie @dobes @cameronwilson @joshgnosis The Croods was a curious dead cat, if it was intended to be a dead cat…twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Yj
@JohnBirmingham Why am I even doing this?
@JohnBirmingham Or this. twitter.com/stilgherrian/s…
@JohnBirmingham Then there’s Ron Jeremy, though thats not a happy thing. twitter.com/stilgherrian/s…
@JohnBirmingham Maybe there’s something about the nesting of lolly flavours. twitter.com/stilgherrian/s…
@JohnBirmingham This on its own at #13 is a lame fact, but maybe the proliferation of streaming services where we..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Je
@jeffsonstein Yes, and White’s thesis is that so much will be driven by how the US approaches the rise of China, an..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…15
@Headwellred [Blink.]
artvereshchagin Kyrgyz tent on the Chu River, 1870 #vasilyvereshchagin #realism pic.twitter.com/0lQuCR6Btd
isreinecke Gov FOI approach is likely unlawful - @GrataFund review finds. Next step? Testing it in court.
theguardian.com/australia-news…
Thanks everyone for continuing to add things to this thread overnight. I won’t be able to reply to everyone individ..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…eI
neilhimself Of course it’s the Virgin Mary. What else could it possibly be? twitter.com/PaulPaul2021/s…
It’s almost the end of official winter in the Blue Mountains today and it’s as if everyone involved has given up. pic.twitter.com/duQzcYMgqy
topjohnwu This code snippet alone tells so much about Java pic.twitter.com/pxUDhnF0yk
Friday. Conversations will lead to collaborations. In turn, they will lead to stress, disappointment, and despair…twitter.com/i/web/status/1…g9