Stilgherrian (@stilgherrian)

Wentworth Falls NSW AU

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November 23rd, 2021

Right. I have to head down to Sydney in the morning so it’s goodnight from me.

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@niltiac I’m running the kitchen, thank you. I’ll do the shopping. Wifey can put her feet up.

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I don’t know if the question is whether Peter Dutton has sodomised a duck or whether a duck has sodomised Peter Dutton.

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RT @PessimistsArc: 🗞1903: @nytimes said human flight could take between 1M and 10M years.

💨🏻‍✈️🧒🏻‍✈️9 weeks later: the Wright Brothers c…

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RT @stilgherrian: Which end is Boris Johnson’s speech flap?

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ICYMI, I did my usual Essential polling thread today. https://t.co/6y21Y5LGL2

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RT @stilgherrian: “Tesla ranks almost dead-last on Consumer Reports reliability list” https://t.co/Nxtlbgmdd8 https://t.co/hCFVBGEGl4

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RT @stilgherrian: Me at @zdnetaustralia Monday: “Morrison’s pamphletocracy of critical tech holds barely a quantum of substance” https://t.…

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@AusBerlin84 Isn’t it just. That and relationships.

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Histreepix Road-testing a prototype cow. New Milton, 1923. pic.twitter.com/hwTupKRNcO

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RT @fesshole: We keep keeping the lube out by mistake and now my kids think that it’s “Daddy’s Bum Cream”.

Not sure how long we have till…

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RT @fesshole: Once a year I take a day of leave without telling my wife. I work at home and have breakfast as she is leaving the house. Onc…

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Yes I know Buckley was a polemicist and full of shit. Don’t @ me.

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Pledging not to buy anything unless someone actively sells it to you must make everyday shopping and eating problem… https://t.co/1uUxj2WCv0

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@kcarruthers Dogs on drugs. It’s always the way to go.

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@kcarruthers Yes, quite bad. Is he on meds as well then?

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@MissLaraBelle @NewtonMark I mean I’d be up for ONE night’s proper sleep.

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RitaGamer Submarine scale model on the cheap. pic.twitter.com/ronNZmYXkY

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RT @buffalocialism: Shazam is the only app that solves an actual problem people ever developed

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@MissLaraBelle @NewtonMark I mean to fair I have been trapped in an elevator. Several times. But not for a month.

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Then again neither am I. Not that my family had to pay for me. I scored a freebie.

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Imagine having spent all this money on an education and still ending up with such an arsehat It’s not a good advert… https://t.co/XO3EgGxTC7

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RT @TimWattsMP: In a bizarre rant in Question Time, Barnaby Joyce just told the house that he opposed the appointment of “sandstone sandies…

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@kcarruthers WHAT HAVE YOU DONE TO HIM?

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RT @NewtonMark: This isn’t even a question. https://t.co/JFgK1jzvJ5

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@beefanddairy Dear @benpartridge I am really enjoying the sound design in this episode.

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@beefanddairy “The gravy is coming out!”

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Listening to the latest @beefanddairy podcast “Marianne Angler” and wondering how, 77 episodes in, a newcomer divin… https://t.co/5DB7cH1IKI

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And here’s the text of Senator Wong’s speech. https://t.co/ZH6L1RPmsa https://t.co/4TetoMXWVr

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New from TimeGhost History: “DicKtionary - M is for Mathematics - Newton and Hooke” (10m34s)… https://t.co/rvmtodUNGL

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RT @SixthTone: The blogger said that the rumor had been spread widely and caused her a lot of trouble. She plans to take legal action again…

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RT @SixthTone: A photo of a blogger and her grandfather carrying the description “A 73-year-old entrepreneur married a 29-year-old beauty,…

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@Lilal89156012 I’m liking the idea of QAnon’s Q being the Queen of the Night.

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@jeamland Yeah I think you kinda win this one.

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UniverCurious A photo of Pluto - 24 years apart (1994-2018)

Credit: NASA/JPL pic.twitter.com/bioZkV6c0X

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@dobes @CptHollingworth @RealNickHodge @tacticalmaid @expectproblems Stand by. Meanwhile I can tell you he’s also b… https://t.co/TrQdpLoYIP

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@CptHollingworth @dobes @RealNickHodge @tacticalmaid @expectproblems He’s very… let’s put this charitably… caffeinated.

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@dobes @CptHollingworth @RealNickHodge @tacticalmaid @expectproblems Meanwhile the guy who’s their community manage… https://t.co/D2bjqaqipD

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@dobes @CptHollingworth @RealNickHodge @tacticalmaid @expectproblems It says here he hosted “Watch Sunday Baseball”. https://t.co/fK6aAxaA9Y

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@CptHollingworth @dobes @RealNickHodge @tacticalmaid @expectproblems If only we all had Astrid Deinhard doing wardrobe.

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@dobes @RealNickHodge @tacticalmaid @CptHollingworth @expectproblems Oh THAT reprobate. Yeah he’s a bit out of cont… https://t.co/Xs1y1POzaC

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Hey @dobes did you see that TimeGhost are gonna livestream playing the breakout from Stalingrad next week? Not as a… https://t.co/MTb2cnMDZS

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@bicycle_tim Or the wheel, really. All that mobility.

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RT @upulie: here we see an artist’s rendering of mr musk having a poop on mars https://t.co/UoF8x7T7AK

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Tue plan, an update: The podcast recording has been postponed so I’m going to have a lazy night now. And I do have wine, so that’s a win.

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@Zytheran @drspacejunk “Look here, Young Fellow*, you need to stiffen up yoiur upper lip!”

* Toffs are all male, right?

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RT @WhoresofYore: “Semen would appear, both from the smell and taste, to be a mawkish kind of substance; but when held some time in the mou…

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@darkhorse166 But the smell of durian is already forever.

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I wonder what the pilots think about this, @NewtonMark @expectproblems. https://t.co/P5YQD1dqta

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32 sleeps until Christmas.

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@paulwiggins The phenomenon we’re looking at here is called the recency illusion. :) Linguists coined that term to… https://t.co/LNs9zxZ6b0

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Cheese-eking surrender kiwis! https://t.co/W3diadqBRh

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Which end is Boris Johnson’s speech flap? https://t.co/rnilJPaFuC

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Hey @ApostrophePong this looks like your kind of seaside holiday! https://t.co/Axi81bUTMW

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RT @ericgarland: BREAKING: Postal Service Inspector General investigating the failure to update at least 1.8 million changes of address in…

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RT @StephenAtHome: It’s an honor just to still be considered a democracy. https://t.co/HcZFaf492u

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@Philkx2 It did seem such a good idea at the time. How naive we were…

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RT @BOM_au: The Bureau has declared that a #LaNiña has developed in the tropical Pacific. Typically during La Niña, there is above average…

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RT @lukeisamazing: this was every Roman dad’s most prized Saturnalia gift https://t.co/kBnsAiH60e

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@rohan_p @dobes I would do neither of these terrible, terrible deeds. I might, however, give the prime minister ill-matching feet.

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OK it’s long past the time when I needed to focus on a thing. So I am going to focus on that thing now. Wish me luck.

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Just quietly, building the internet was probably a bad idea.

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YES THE MOON HAS LICE DEAL WITH IT PEOPLE.

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@FlyOpineMonkey OK then we’d better not explore that any further because I suspect there’d be no winners.

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@jodiem The individual questions did say that though.

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@FlyOpineMonkey So what you’re saying is that you’re old.

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RT @AusElectoralCom: Great to see @AboutTheHouse breaking out the ballot boxes for today’s election of a new Speaker. We’re big fans of thi…

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@jodiem Sorry, the Religious Freedom Bill. Sorry, the Religious Freedom Bill. Any moment now. https://t.co/d7duvMdfxi

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@expectproblems Then you know it’s an entirely different country over there.

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@jodiem Because the Religious Discrimination Bill is about to hit Parliament.

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And that’s the Essential polling for this fortnight. All those numbers are at https://t.co/jaeiZX5Bks and you can s… https://t.co/Vj0W853ym2

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And finally, Freedom of speech. “Q. To what extent do you agree or disagree with the following statements regarding… https://t.co/nEaHh6jpAI

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Best approach to 2030 emissions target. As you can imagine, there’s some party-political skewing in this one toopic.twitter.com/8uLDJcU4sSsS

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Government’s role in helping businesses recover from Covid-19. (You can click through for the breakdowns.) pic.twitter.com/6svhUskt96

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Government’s role in managing the economy. Wow, 62% of people want government to have a more active role in managin… https://t.co/w6g3ubq076

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Party trust to manage the economy. Well, the Coalition certainly doesn’t have an advantage here any more! (Although… https://t.co/WgL4MDXkUm

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Party trust to help manage household expenses. (The answer is basically “The party I vote forâ€pic.twitter.com/AprELKhcgXhcgX

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Government influence in controlling household expenses. YES WHO CAN WE BLAME OTHER THAN OUT OWN PROFLIGACY? pic.twitter.com/JA2rvLwAg5

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Change in household expenses in last 6-12 months. Petrol prices are a thing, apparently.

I still can’t see a way t… https://t.co/5lhJrPuPGp

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Most concerning household expenses. You can click around to get the gender, age, and voting intention breakdowns. pic.twitter.com/2nak6SjVaq

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State government response to Covid-19. WA can still do no wrong, it seems. pic.twitter.com/WzxTMeeRqR

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So this is all easier to explore but they seem to have dropped the bullet-point readouts. The latter is no great lo… https://t.co/ayHkEa1ohS

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Oh wow this is totally different!

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Hey Kids, it’s an Essential polling Tuesday. And there’s a new website! https://t.co/jaeiZX5Bks

Let’s see what we… https://t.co/aslxQTKwXP

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RT @roseveleth: I love the phrase “have a good one” because it’s just like, whatever you’re having — a Monday, an existential crisis, an in…

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But wait. There’s more. https://t.co/xsvB0zsyAW

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RT @AboutTheHouse: The House resumes at noon. After Members are notified of Speaker Smith’s resignation, a new Speaker will be elected. Upo…

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This is just kicking off. I’ll be watching it later so no tweets for now. https://t.co/4TetoMXWVr

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RT @duckbytheoboe: This means that, if so inclined, pigeons could make their own custard.

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RT @flglmn: jesus christ how stupid do you have to be to try to rent a hitman off rentahitman dot com https://t.co/DanYiMl4Ha

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… but even with the actual facts added the wonder magnifies. https://t.co/58XTE3o5XZ

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So this begins simply as just rank stupidity… https://t.co/GaCBu512AQ

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RT @mattDCLXVI: there’s no good takes or bad takes anymore, just this https://t.co/UVciQu7yPb

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@JayMo31415 @dobes @rohan_p That really would be “I have a bridge to sell you”…

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@bastardsheep @dobes True. And that curly one on the right presents a fascinating challenge.

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Meanwhile, @dobes, that bloke has made another fine cartoon. pic.twitter.com/G3IJ6U7fS6

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@dobes Aren’t they butt plugs?

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@dobes @rohan_p Unless it’s “Chess the Musical” I’m not interested. https://t.co/OebXGuENSf

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“Tesla ranks almost dead-last on Consumer Reports reliability list” https://t.co/Nxtlbgmdd8 https://t.co/hCFVBGEGl4

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@dobes @ashabeeeee @rohan_p @NewtonMark Ah yes, working down the line. Lovely.

Looking further ahead, this… https://t.co/ILmaR3L78b

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So here’s @theharryshearer’s take on the Kyle Rittenhouse trial and then a very fine and amusing advert related the… https://t.co/1xTcG6v9mk

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flglmn imagine it - the dream of sitting alone in your car, but underground

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flglmn The capacity of Tunnels have other benefits like sitting alone in your car pic.twitter.com/GbyRUR7lRJ

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@jonkudelka @dobes Thank you for the confirmation.

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“Not a single scientist has applied to a UK government visa scheme for Nobel prize laureates and other award winner… https://t.co/CXye0tMRKS

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Waratah sequence 2021, day 84. The Great Sog continues all this week in the Blue Mountains, but sometimes the light… https://t.co/sBtRwIXfBB

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@dobes @ashabeeeee @rohan_p @NewtonMark That’s not very sporting of you.

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Hey @dobes @rohan_p @ashabeeeee @NewtonMark it’s a wonderful troll that just happens to be true. https://t.co/tNtgzqA1AG

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RT @remute: OMG, love him!
Rick Astley says that the main reason he had powerful Macs in the studio in the ‘90s was so that everyone could…

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RT @bernaert1776: EXCLUSIVE: Soldiers who do not meet minimum standards and qualifications for enlistment will not be allowed to be promote…

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Further alleged plans may be found in the Weekly Wrap, of course, along with links to interesting things. https://t.co/GlXmZrDfuE

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@drspacejunk If you’re a supporter of “The 9pm Edict” podcast with TRIGGER WORDS or a CONVERSATION TOPIC to cash in… https://t.co/MEbxK4u2Xo

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Tue plan: Turn some notes into a document; 1100 AEDT watch Senator Penny Wong https://t.co/HZ4t30x3S4; chuckle at t… https://t.co/j2F1FJfB4G

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RT @cameronwilson: incredible: some genius in an anti-vaxx telegram group has started to piece together a grander conspiracy called “a pare…

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Oh well there goes Montrose, Colorado. https://t.co/BPGRGVtMLU

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I say, French-American billionaire technology entrepreneur Pierre Omidyar, most famous for founding eBay, has just… https://t.co/VrpxGl1tPm

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I say, a 750ml bottle of each would make a nice two-case Advent calendar. Just sayin’. https://t.co/t1tdqhqxgT

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@CiaranCuffe It’s certainly a bit grim. I would’ve guessed 10 or 15% but not 30%. I’m just being a bit hot-button o… https://t.co/22ek8o8Byp

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@drsimmo Well the former CEO was a bit of a prick, what with the elephant-shooting. https://t.co/n1JC97kCci

(That… https://t.co/mepYRkYd1x

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RT @RHT_ebooks: The ole Fairfax gene means the high fee schools of the headline were foregone in the image in favour of a public school wit…

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@drsimmo Yeah but “X has its risks” is a true statement for all values of X.

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Thank God it’s Friday.

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[Cough.] It’s only a visualisation of changes if you show both the before and after shots.

Quite a few ships would… https://t.co/t8PTvfmP2G

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This is of course another reminder that even if you think you’ve done everything possible to secure your website an… https://t.co/MCdtSxSxzi

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Also, I can recommend the Wordfence plugin. Even at the free level you get really clean 2-factor authentication for… https://t.co/ahcppJnfJG

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Also from that Wordfence post, there’s a section titled “What should I do if I have a GoDaddy Managed WordPress sit… https://t.co/rtRBfR9Poo

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“Doing so would allow the attacker to maintain persistence and retain control of the sites even after the passwords were changed.”

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“Although GoDaddy immediately reset the sFTP and Database passwords of all the impacted sites, the attacker had nea… https://t.co/TYbrvU0bId

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And here’s a post from Wordfence, the WordPress security company. “GoDaddy Breached — Plaintext Passwords — 1.2M Af… https://t.co/Tm2vWpuCrM

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Here’s GoDaddy’s official SEC filing. “GoDaddy Announces Security Incident Affecting Managed WordPress Service” https://t.co/DtVxH5UPIw

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Hurrah! “GoDaddy security breach exposes WordPress users’ data” https://t.co/k3tYRViNXE

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RT @HistoryHit: Two facts about Napoleon:
1. He was not actually that short. Napoleon measured the equivalent of 5 feet 6.5 inches today -…

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@Steve_Lockstep “Twee tweed” is a lovely phrase.

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And now I’m remembering this thread from last night. https://t.co/UKGVhBA1VI

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They started fighting over the single seed pile so I added some other locations. Suddenly there are now 20 jerkbird… https://t.co/xUZmDsaBL5

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So far it’s a 13-jerkbird morning, although I can hear stomping on the roof. pic.twitter.com/Ey3fvncGdu

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@chrisjrn I did see it before you deleted it, though, and all I’ll say is that it’s not about liking or not liking… https://t.co/W3gD5qL14C

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What’s an adjective even more twee than “lovely”?

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This is bound to be lovely, but given that many (most?) people never read another book after leaving school maybe t… https://t.co/p9oWBE7ySE

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Me at @zdnetaustralia Monday: “Morrison’s pamphletocracy of critical tech holds barely a quantum of substance” https://t.co/2ZftjxtDia

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In the Blue Mountains the Great Sog continues through this week and today is no exception. pic.twitter.com/smM9x8KhGo

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Tuesday. Begin the chanting, because it may help. Your chant should have the same number of syllables as your full… https://t.co/wlEdBkjWuT

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