Right, I’m having an early night because I have things to do in the morning. Be nice. Share your toys.
stilgherrian Me at @zdnetaustralia: “Morrison’s pamphletocracy of critical tech holds barely a quantum of substance” zdnet.com/article/morris…
@andrewdotnich I mean obviously we should do it whether he likes it or not. He owes it to us now.
[Takes notes.] “Press conferences… are about… media… control.” Gotcha. twitter.com/David_Cormack/…
@drspacejunk She’s been on the pod twice before, although one of these links it to a silly little video I made last..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…e0
Around this time tomorrow I’m recording a podcast with @drspacejunk. If you’re a supporter of “The 9pm Edict” with..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…RS
@pjf Brains are great.
@jmfarrow Is “arsehole” a defined role in your company? ;)
“Space Launch Start-Up Just Used A Giant Centrifuge To Fling A Projectile Into The Upper Atmosphere” (10 Nov) thedrive.com/the-war-zone/4…
@formalbeer @Bedeapk @mrtiedt That would be perfect.
More than one kind of food. twitter.com/myunclesmemes/…
These thoughts are very old-fashioned of course.
Consider too that part of that 10% will be more senior staff training the juniors.
Back in the day, the received wisdom was that an organisation should be allocating 10% or more of its staffing budg..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Se
There’s nothing specific to software development here. The world has moved from long-term career development in lon..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Wr
@mrtiedt You’ve got to admit, a private criminal prosecution for treason is an ambitious move.
JoshButler as PM Morrison casts himself as against vax mandates, Labor’s press team has helpfully sent out a list of his previ..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Ur
@jetztgibtshaue @bunjaree Exactly.
@stevenpam @zdnetaustralia It’s the way of the future.
FrankFigliuzzi1 Divide & conquer: A sample of 32,315 pro-Rittenhouse hashtag tweets, Nov 19-20, showed 29,609 with disabled geoloca..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Cv
@jplonie @kcarruthers @zdnetaustralia From the list of 63 critical technologies… pic.twitter.com/IoAvwq3NgK
Something for you to consider, @mrtiedt. twitter.com/NewtonMark/sta…
NewtonMark Oh no everybody, Dan’s goin’ down, it’s all over.
(So. Many. Sovcits!) pic.twitter.com/ozoiZmexnr
Hey @dobes how’s this rogues gallery? twitter.com/roweafr/status…
@_BertHandsome @WarWraith @NewtonMark @bunjaree It’s close enough.
OK @dobes, new avatar time. pic.twitter.com/WAn2vlC72N
@WarWraith @_BertHandsome @NewtonMark @bunjaree They don’t obey me. This isn’t how being a king is meant to work.
paulwiggins Potato scallops. Next twitter.com/sallyrugg/stat…
@egosumdns @zdnetaustralia @thejuicemedia Ah yes. I’m glad I didn’t accidentally steal their word.
@kcarruthers @zdnetaustralia Thank you.
@bunjaree They’re the picture of innocence. pic.twitter.com/jp0HIconz9
One of the people on the @bunjaree compound has started referring to them as “your cockatoos” as in my cockatoos an..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…UG
chris_foulon Thanks @reybango for the laugh pic.twitter.com/o0eNouwaPD
Watch out, @NewtonMark @expectproblems. twitter.com/witchofwaxhaw/…
@martinwalsh @franksting I also change my underpants every week or so.
@paulwallbank @dobes @franksting I am your dream, Baby.
JoshuaPotash God this is bleak pic.twitter.com/KugoyVQOgB
@franksting Oh dear. I do have a rough recording of the Mass, shall I send you that? ;)
@drspacejunk Well that could be kind of fun too. :)
@ShaneBryan_IT @zdnetaustralia Stock photography will be our saviour.
Slight point of order. The Senate didn’t vote to do this. It voted to call on the government to do this. The execut..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…tt
@elronxenu This is challenge which I think I could do but can’t be bothered.
@DavidFeng That is an excellent photo and just looking at it hurts my brain.
@SuperCroup That said, if you ever need to distract this mob from any current argument just say “Yeah but wasn’t th..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…eh
@SuperCroup When you look at the cohort of “retired teachers” on Twitter you can see why we’re all now so fucked up..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…z6
@Gwyntaglaw @ScottRhodie Per the article, the tunnel’s off too.
Senator Penny Wong on Expanding Australia’s Power and Influence, live for ANU at 1100 AEDT tomorrow. youtube.com/watch?v=CBlnB-…
@bastardsheep @ScottRhodie Does that cope with a high volume of traffic though?
@erkpod It varies from council to council, as you’ve just discovered. Some have the direct election of the lord mayor, yes.
@moylecroft @jpwarren @zdnetaustralia There’s a gag in there about “white body radiation” but I can’t be bothered working out the details.
“Plans to build a bridge or tunnel between Scotland and Northern Ireland have been ruled out due to forecasted cost..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…BY
@ExpertOracle Thank you, saves me doing that joke for another few days.
@moylecroft @jpwarren @zdnetaustralia Thank you. I’m really quite happy with that line.
Rauchambeaux Hi I’m looking to inject Botulinum Toxin into my face but it has to be done by someone who didn’t inject a life-sav..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…so
@jendudley @paulwiggins @raejohnston CURLY-ENDED!
@jpwarren @zdnetaustralia But the layout is neat and the colours are nice, and those Tech Cards are a handy reference.
@paulwiggins @jendudley @raejohnston Well, I remember when there were far fewer PRs and you’d just phone the releva..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Sb
@jpwarren @zdnetaustralia I was?
@zdnetaustralia I’d like to thank @jpwarren for reminding me of the SMART Goals measure, particularly in relation t..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…vu
Me at @zdnetaustralia: “Morrison’s pamphletocracy of critical tech holds barely a quantum of substance” zdnet.com/article/morris…
cathywilcox1 @JoshButler With her there. @JacquiLambie pic.twitter.com/jzow1VKFzx
Waratah sequence 2021, day 83.* The last few florets are hanging on despite two days of rain. The flower in questio..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…1a
@JustJimWillDo Spiky poo can really screw up your judgement.
On the other hand, I grew up on a farm. My reaction is “Sure, and…?” twitter.com/ramblinma/stat…
kels_316 this dude’s electric helicopter is 1000% better than any of the vapourware bullshit churned out by the mainstream a..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Pv
@AgnessMack Heh.
NeilMcMahon If anyone needs a Christmas card for that special relative… pic.twitter.com/D5kS2WvsIc
@jendudley @raejohnston As am I. Though most of the PRs now know not to bother phoning me because I don’t answer anyway.
raejohnston Follow me for more highly specific content relevant to no more than 31 or 32 people.
raejohnston Tech journalism in 2021 is receiving phone calls to follow up on save the date emails to online launches of pre-rec..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…xz
33 sleeps until Christmas.
@JustJimWillDo This Advent calendar is quite odd.
@JustJimWillDo @zdnetaustralia My joke is worse, don’t worry.
As regular viewers will know I don’t answer the phone anyway, and my voicemail greeting says don’t leave voicemail..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…w0
Probable scam call just received from 07 5353 6106. One of those robocalls saying money would be deducted from my a..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…UJ
Column filed for @zdnetaustralia. It contains critical technology and a joke about fractals.
PSyvret Hey @mattjcan I’ve updated your profile picture for you. pic.twitter.com/57aIz1lM2G
RufusTSuperfly Still the greatest gag in the history of comedy pic.twitter.com/uYkyCrepD4
redunley Heavy cruiser?! Sadly HMAS Canberra (I) has not returned from her mission - for one thing it would be amazing to ha..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…pX
McGrewSecurity I had a dream last night that I was watching the second season of Squid Game and it was revealed to be the origin s..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…MK
@real_revolutian @JFilawatch Ah. Yes, I’d assumed you were one of the brain worm infectees. I was just curious to k..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Rb
@AuSenate @oberonsghost Aha! Thanks very much for that. I was only watching Dynamic Red and not the livestream. Love your work.
@weedo04 @ReddingtonAlice Mate, joined-up thinking isn’t exactly your strong point is it.
@OzPraetorian @ReddingtonAlice Lol there is no “mandatory vaccination” law. There’s just sensible workplace health..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…X6
@OzPraetorian @ReddingtonAlice Exactly.
@_BertHandsome @dobes So guys… Guys… My tweet is being retweeted into the Looposphere and I am starting to get..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…AO
@OzPraetorian @ReddingtonAlice You mean five arseholes.
@oberonsghost Malcolm Robert’s name isn’t there either. Maybe the mover and seconder are assumed to vote for the Bi..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…7g
@MrGarumph @garystark @SatPaper Meh. She’s safe with that I reckon. Her brand has sufficient marketability.
@JFilawatch Sold out to whom?
melnickjeffrey1 Not for free we don’t pic.twitter.com/6PLXpznrLr
BernardKeane Crack the bubbly, employers — your cheap temporary workforce is coming back! No more wage rises! twitter.com/annajhenderson…
@arwon True enough, and I can understand her frustration.
@ReddingtonAlice That bill is dealt with and gone and the Senate moves on to actual sensible business.
@garystark @SatPaper @MrGarumph Heh., It’ll be interesting to see how this plays out with her support for various g..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Zh
Pauline Hanson’s COVID-19 Vaccination Status (Prevention of Discrimination) Bill 2021 didn’t make it and we are ver..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…oc
“Woman swallows AirPod instead of painkiller, records audio from stomach” appleinsider.com/articles/21/11…
Click-saving not..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…fj
@garystark Ah, from @SatPaper’s Post today, the explanation. The last two dot points are they key…twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Ke
@dobes @oliyoung @warkolm Pffft! You just out one person in charge of the master box of punch cards.
@NewtonMark @sunriseon7 This would be a corollary of the Gell-Mann Amnesia Effect. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_C…
NewtonMark To give a sense of scale: That’s a bit over 50 cents per head of population. It needs to get ten times worse before..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…aW
@MrGarumph Yep. That said. the Senate has occasionally passed One Nation motions without understanding the dog whis..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…mj
@garystark Cheers. I find Dynamic Red adequate for seeing is anything major happens while avoiding the actual livestream, and Her Voice.
@MrGarumph Fuck all, I’d say. twitter.com/stilgherrian/s…
@garystark We can track it on Dynamic Red. parlwork.aph.gov.au/Senate/Dynamic…
My prediction: She’ll get allotted time to spea..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…un
@MrGarumph Mind you, the Explanatory Memorandum is not exactly the most detailed document ever written. pic.twitter.com/eEb1t7YopZ
@MrGarumph No, that sort of thing goes in the Explanatory Memorandum, or is argued in the debate.
I will not be distracted by the bullshit happening in the Senate. I will not be distracted by the bullshit happenin..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…0b
@garystark IANAL, but while you can have sections that specify how a new law relates to other laws to remove ambigu..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…cQ
@jeffsonstein @garystark @zdnetaustralia Erm, bill. Though I may have been right the first time.
@jeffsonstein @garystark @zdnetaustralia Pauline Hanson’s One Nation {PHON) is exactly the sort of political party..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…vq
Also, “What about moi roights?” pic.twitter.com/TucVHoKECT
Oops missed a bit. pic.twitter.com/57ZmEhD46w
Here are the core bits. pic.twitter.com/nF78OD5m6r
Here is Senator Pauline Hanson’s “COVID-19 Vaccination Status (Prevention of Discrimination) Bill 2021” currently b..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Lp
@jeffsonstein @garystark @zdnetaustralia Meanwhile in the Senate — sessions for the day just started — Senator Paultwitter.com/i/web/status/1…oDF1
@jeffsonstein @garystark @zdnetaustralia Exactly, and the Federation Chamber is kind of a permanent ad hoc committe..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…mY
@jeffsonstein @garystark @zdnetaustralia Yeah they *occasionally* have a good idea. :) It’s goo for things like “Fa..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…I5
@jeffsonstein @garystark @zdnetaustralia “There is, however, the very important difference that there is no provisi..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…sP
@jeffsonstein @garystark @zdnetaustralia Federation Chamber is a kind of House of Reps Light. For stuff that needs..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…RL
@jeffsonstein @garystark @zdnetaustralia Shoosh, Gary. Yes, they livestream the entirety of everything, but Questio..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…gK
You might like to check out the podcast that appeared on the weekend too. It’s quite fun. twitter.com/stilgherrian/s…
Further alleged plans may be found in the Weekly Wrap, as usual. twitter.com/stilgherrian/s…
Mon plan: Gentle start; write for @zdnetaustralia; spec out some website changes for a client; podcast pre-producti..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Q0
It’s Moist Week in the Blue Mountains and it isn’t going to be moist. pic.twitter.com/ApSUpoxV01
Monday. You will make three decisions today, but one of them will be wrong so you should plan to reverse it. Monday.