Goodnight.
Before I finally go to bed I’ll justice draw your attention to this thread. twitter.com/stilgherrian/s…
HartWexford “Our plan for this show to be less successful than planned is going according to plan” twitter.com/pandasandvidya…
Anyway “columnist” is just an old-fashioned word for “blogger”.
@Picketer I am heartbroken. Obviously.
My apologies for such a Sydney thread.
daveguitarjones I can’t believe in this day and age people are still wearing fir. pic.twitter.com/tpquMi1NTr
Anyway she’s gone now and it’s no great loss.
Also oh yeah “I forgot to mention that I’m a candidate in the election where I’m criticising the other candidates i..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…0z
But yeah, someone doing the same job for more than 30 years. What a stagnant rut. twitter.com/dannolan/statu…
Autocarrot is helping my typing, sorry.
What if newspapers sacked everyone single one of their columnists every five years and got fresh ones?
Mind you, an editor still chose to publish Farrelly’s bullshit.
Remember, “I can’t think of” is not an argument based on logic but a revelation of poor memory or imagination. Pret..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…fF
Histreepix A female B-17 bomber drops its eggs to await fertilisation by a male. Netherlands, 1947. pic.twitter.com/splGLiwtHV
fesshole My boyfriend’s big toe is thicker than his willy, when he put it inside me I came almost instantly. I didn’t tell him out of embarrassment
fesshole I’m sure it was annoying that ebay didn’t side with you in the dispute over the £5 purchase in 2014, but if I have..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…RP
stepheniscowboy An 11th century institution fighting tooth and nail to make sure Britain never leaves the 19th century pic.twitter.com/mhpb3xUGZL
mattgreencomedy “The vast majority of people who quote me on the internet are arseholes.” - Orwell pic.twitter.com/b1gT24jEQQ
RachaelHasIdeas ✍️ Blue tongue lizards are like the French ✍️ pic.twitter.com/huxAYOtUKk
phlaimeaux always sad when a car crashes in Formula 1 and they put the screens around it and shoot it
cfcnathan26 Are you blind? twitter.com/cheltenhamrace…
Now Playing: “SHOW-GO - A LOVESONG FOR KYOTO (Official Music Video)” youtube.com/watch?v=dN_0sa…
qianjinghua not sure what’s more baffling & infuriating: romance authors who look down on fanfic or journalists who don’t vote?
Monocotyledon I’m not much into wearing t-shirts, but I’ve made an exception for this, made by @bigyahu.
Get yours here. Proport..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…do
The new @JonathanPieNews is titled “Christmas Cheer” and it’s very much not (3m47s) youtube.com/watch?v=qJKUND…
Love y..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…37
NewtonMark Good, fuck off, good bye, house is haunt. twitter.com/smh/status/146…
ByrnePip Why I love Twitter… twitter.com/MickKime/statu…
JolyonMaugham “He would have gotten away with it too, if it weren’t for you meddling kids” is an odd line for a newspaper to take..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Bh
@steampowerednet I’m just the messenger.
13 sleeps until Christmas.
CUCUMBER_WARMER Only a fortnight left that you’re allowed to call ejaculate ‘pregnog’
Use your time wisely
HotDocOnline We’re aware of ATAGI’s announcement yesterday regarding boosters to be fast tracked from 6 months post your second..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Y9
COMING SOONISH: I have decided to do a video livestream “The 8pm Quiz of the Year” on Thu 30 Dec at 8pm AEDT. It’ll..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…ut
NEW BLOG POST: “Weekly Wrap 602: Slime mould, summer, and cybers” stilgherrian.com/weekly-wrap/60… Covers 6–12 December 2021twitter.com/i/web/status/1…ZyGj
WAITING PATIENTLY.
Passing the Hill of Dead Pets.
jmwind Technical debt. Everything looks fine above water… but why are we so slow?!pic.twitter.com/VO7f3dEmuYuY
@kypros1992 @jxeeno Interesting thought. Are the latter still available off the shelf?
@epistemophagy @tacticalmaid Thanks for that. I was certainly thinking it looked wrong but didn’t want to jump to dumb conclusions.
@moylecroft @jxeeno Absolutely.
@jxeeno That’s very depressing.
@purserj @expectproblems No not tiny but certainly not huge. Distinctly average vampires.
@expectproblems Just how little are these vampires?
Entering the Forest of Chads.
Crssng th Brdg. pic.twitter.com/kfrlpaBZDj
@expectproblems You made the correct decision.
Fuckin’ boomers.
Now shut the fuck up and get yourself a booster as soon as it’s recommended. Stop being such whiney old cunts. Some..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…4w
Reminder: “Great deal of uncertainty” in an early paper is Science Talk for “Hey we noticed this and maybe it’s a t..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…II
@expectproblems There’s some early data from the UK which suggests that people who got AstraZeneca initially may no..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…mA
It’s not helped by news mastheads reporting OMFG WE’RE ALL GOING TO DIE based on preliminary studies, but you’d thi..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…8B
Oh dear. It looks like we’re about to have another wave of boomers whining about brands of vaccine based on not rea..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Rz
@seasallen Thanks, you too. And yes I think it’s going to burn off fairly soon.
FPWellman They. Spread. Out. 15 one dollar bills. twitter.com/neverpilled/st…
RAF_Luton Fact of the Day: The B2 Stealth Fighter holds the world record for the fastest wheelie with a speed of 8008.5mph, r..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…sF
k00bideh I am Craig Wright. I will prove it by not having Satoshi’s private keys.
“George Christensen is the blueprint for a new generation of Australian politicians” by @cameronwilson crikey.com.au/2021/12/09/geo…
@JustJimWillDo I do so love these genre crossover stories.
And here’s a direct link to the video of Maria Ressa delivering her speech during the award ceremony. youtu.be/_8Bi2Lj_9-o?t=…
Here you go, the full text of Maria Ressa’s Nobel Lecture on then occasion of her winning The Nobel Peace Prize 202..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…yR
MadonnaNationX Home Alone In The City 🤷🏼♀️
#AndJustLikeThat #MacaulayCulkin #ronaldmcdonkey pic.twitter.com/u7u35hAPQ7
“Archibald Prize finalists turned alleged drug dealers arrested over meth haul, sawn-off shotgun” theage.com.au/national/archi…
MichaelBerube1 Most epic self-owns in the history of this medium
jkass99 This is still my favorite made up metric for masculinity I’ve ever seen on this dumb website pic.twitter.com/xxN9kbgPzY
FiloSottile This is the maintainer who fixed the vulnerability that’s causing millions(++?) of dollars of damage.
“I work on L..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Qt
kels_316 The US uses prison labour to make military hardware then the government buys the hardware off the private company t..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…wk
jrhennessy spent ages trying to find the video but here we are. World historic piece of content pic.twitter.com/U8SrgCjqzh
@NickyWill100 @alisoncroggon That’s true. :)
This is very good. twitter.com/visuals0und/st…
@NickyWill100 @alisoncroggon It’s a good thing the government has introduced laws to prevent people like you, Nicky. :)
Reminder: Do not watch The Bad (Sunday) Program, this time because it’s not on and won’t be back until 30 Jan. I do..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…PC
alisoncroggon “What is the charge? Eating a meal? A succulent Chinese meal?” pic.twitter.com/LKYQ8fE33P
stilgherrian Indeed, just this one sample sentence will convey the flavour. twitter.com/andy_park/stat…
stilgherrian This story explains very well the sheer cuntliness going on in the NSW Liberal Party. twitter.com/SatPaper/statu…
@seasallen Oh it’s grey in Haymarket too, or rather bright but cloudy, but that’s fine by me.
RossFloate “Excuse me, did you just take a photo of my car?”
“Yep”
“Why?”
“Because you park like an arsehole.” pic.twitter.com/mnkW8IhPDU
I am still looking at all the replies to this tweet and they’re continuing to be very depressing indeed. Lame drug..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…uV
ICYMI, I was on a podcast on Friday. This is my cross-post of it. twitter.com/stilgherrian/s…
ICYMI, me at @zdnetaustralia Monday: “No surprise: NSW iVote fails during local council elections” zdnet.com/article/no-sur…
Sun plan: Lazy morning; 1200 (Pre-)Christmas Lunch with friends, Chatswood; shopping, Thaitown; 1700(?) train to We..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…nq
@NickyWill100 Fair point, though today the forecast says “slight chance” only.
Sydney is taking a break from the Great Sog today. It looks quite nice, in fact, if perhaps a bit windy. pic.twitter.com/CO6wftPyme
Sunday. Think back to five years ago. Write down three significant things that you experienced. Assign them appropr..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…nu