RT @JohnnyMercerUK: No expert, but the invasion doesn’t seem to be going particularly well.
Ukrainian tractor steals Russian APC today 💇…
WYR_bot Would you rather be a master of your body or be a hamster?
WeirdSatellite Manifest #4383 from Zuma (CONFIDENTIAL)
1. Abattoir of Ring Lights
2. Artifact Expo
3. Tired Salmon pic.twitter.com/XvQnWCPWMm
RT @Number10cat: This posed photo opportunity took place in Oxfordshire, in case you’re wondering where the “frontline†is https://t.co/kYX…
perseusthefool What if we kissed at the Superman fellatio fountain pic.twitter.com/NsbAT3pDbT
RT @jpwarren: If you’re going to brief me on your ‘AI’ tech thing, you had better bring proof it’s not 3 linear regressions in a trench coat
@itgrrl I might write some malware and the only thing it does is randomise people’s Wordle files.
Sadly it isn’t possible to do this any more. In part because trends are moderated. In part because the algorithm fo… https://t.co/bMLS2FOJpv
RT @stilgherrian: How back yard floods work in Australia. https://t.co/r2odzCzwf3
Tonight is exactly 13 years since we fisted Twitter. #fisting https://t.co/fcZCoHwDwf
RT @stilgherrian: IGNORE THE FACTS, PEOPLE, AND JUST LISTEN TO THE PODCAST.
It’s quite a good and varied conversation, as well as long. Yo…
GiovanniTorre here is a non-Dutton way to donate to help people in Queensland and NSW suffering because of the flood crisis
redcross.org.au/floodsappeal/
“The guy that moved into the Metaverse†from Fairbairn Films (2m00s) https://t.co/mU3mcOqPNd
“Honest Government Ad | United Australia Party†from @thejuicemedia https://t.co/dM3Ba6azdm
timClicks The doomscrolling will continue until morale improves.
Anthony Albanese will be speaking at the Lowy Institute 12.30pm AEDT next Thursday. It too will be live on YouTube.… https://t.co/Mj42lYmjSp
Scott Morrison is speaking at the Lowy Institute 10am AEDT this Thursday. It’ll be live on YouTube.… https://t.co/vcKnEnd8Cq
RT @cameronwilson: Even though Facebook has the ability to scan images for text, these advertisements weren’t picked up for being about soc…
RT @cameronwilson: NEW: Researchers at @ausreset submitted 5 Facebook ads for approval that contained Australian election misinfo: from cla…
“Australia’s intelligence community dismisses concerns about proposed data-gathering powers,†writes @campbell_kwan… https://t.co/ZSfPNz7Y0t
Happy now, @expectproblems? :/
Severe Weather Warning for DAMAGING WINDS and HEAVY RAINFALL https://t.co/UZkEijv4OV https://t.co/WIQnroTJSY
It begins. #APRICOT2022 pic.twitter.com/BQYQ4Ft9Gg
Hmmm. The countdown is at T minus 10 minutes so I guess there’s been a delay#APRICOT202222
RT @annajhenderson: From tonight Australia’s parliament will be lit each evening with the colours of the flag of Ukraine to show support fo…
RT @MeidasTouch: This account is tracking all the Russian oligarchs’ jets. The Internet is incredible. https://t.co/nNnPDBJ58M
Oh yeah. The timing is terrible, what with the world going to shit, but it’s time to crowdfund “The 9pm Autumn Seri… https://t.co/8P3Y5z4qeQ
Wow @Pozible that’s quite the turnaround time for setting up a new project! Thank you.
I started work on it at 151… https://t.co/4TOO1ki5FL
@HappySinger @19bk69 I don’t think any of us should ever take responsibility for anything, really.
Coming up shortly at 1700 AEDT, the opening of the APRICOT 2022 / APNIC 53 conference. https://t.co/rT0JaV4nPf
You… https://t.co/6SvFh9krct
RT @NewtonMark: I don’t know how to break it to the National Recovery and Resilience Agency, but the VERY FIRST WORD on their “about us†pa…
RT @erkpod: Getting to a servo at Lismore is only suitable if you operating a boat. https://t.co/rozpcrD4bd
JordanUhl Quite the narrative pic.twitter.com/LZibt3CsUg
How back yard floods work in Australia. https://t.co/r2odzCzwf3
RT @donnadlu: @MatildaBoseley and this is the most cursed https://t.co/ftiuZ6Mx6n
RT @MatildaBoseley: Just in case anyone was wondering what the best TikTok of the Brisbane floods was https://t.co/YbrHticPUL
dobes Pretty damning commentary on the GOP and conservatives in general from this children’s book pic.twitter.com/HdEftapIMB
@SuperCroup @NewtonMark La Niña has a lot to answer for.
@19bk69 @HappySinger Some things never change. :)
@HappySinger @DavidParis Here is the original tweet. Unfortunately threading didn’t exist in those days. https://t.co/HHXVK3Nfms
@HappySinger @DavidParis I am reliably informed that this caused some puritan consternation at Twitter HQ in The Am… https://t.co/7mKM43G1df
@HappySinger Thirteen years ago today! @DavidParis
“Fisting Twitter and the birth of ‘trend fisting’†https://t.co/Skwpr3ln6M
@AngryWagtails @funranium €22 for a pencil sharpener is quite a thing.
@funranium They sound very useful.
I have just been shown this pencil sharpener and I have questions. pic.twitter.com/jOwIKEwhp7
@NuclearAnthro Just to be clear, that menu isn’t regular Thai food.
@THAT_Reuben A l m o s t …
@ApostrophePong The rivalry between the seven Sheikhs must be deep. :)
And now Primal Scream. Lol.
@ApostrophePong Fair point. (And I was flying EY to IAD. Nice.)
It has now gone through Brian Eno, David Bowie, Devo, Talking Heads. I have been profiled lol.
@ApostrophePong And here’s the making-of video. https://t.co/PzaOvCRu9r
@ApostrophePong Maybe Expo 2022? ;) https://t.co/RMfT4Cfjzo
@ApostrophePong I quite like SJC. ;)
@ApostrophePong I also love the colour of the sunrise over the desert.
@ApostrophePong An Irish-themed pub in an Islamic nation, always a solid sign of international travel!
@ApostrophePong Abu Dhabi is where I entered the US last time. Very efficient there, and much easier to just stroll straight out of IAD.
Hmmm. Pressed the button in Apple Music labelled “Stilgherrian’s Stationâ€. First track is by Todd Terje. So yeah I’m fine with this.
@ApostrophePong Nice little hop from there to Istanbul though. :)
RT @TransportforNSW: The iconic Locomotive 3801 will return to the tracks on Sat 19 March to celebrate the Sydney Harbour Bridge turning 90…
“Questions are being raised about Scott Morrison’s decision to meet with Sky News commentator Piers Morgan for 45 m… https://t.co/Tz4biBvQhB
RT @timothyjgraham: Well, I’m discovering coordinated bot networks spamming Russian government and state media accounts with “РуÑÑкий кораб…
@jeffsonstein He’s good, is our MAJGEN Ryan. :) https://t.co/Vd9RqcikSw (PDF) Yeah, he’s just finished heading up t… https://t.co/UOEJBFWtrs
RT @AndrewPStreet: Can’t wait for Sky talking heads to angrily insist that Clive Palmer has tanked Craig Kelly’s political career *with* CO…
@erinrileyau @dobes @twcau It’s a work of beauty. :)
@WarintheFuture And here is @WarintheFuture’s thread for today. https://t.co/dr0rRgZYIx
@erinrileyau @dobes @twcau I should be more aware and check the background, especially given that I shitpost some s… https://t.co/UigOIGeVTW
@cameronwilson @dobes @twcau He’s right though. :) https://t.co/UD4ifFiVlC
@cameronwilson @dobes @twcau Goddammit.
Loving the title of today’s @7ampodcast episode: “The end of Covid restrictions_Final_FinalFinal†https://t.co/8VD6jBYLFU
dyllyp This website is incredible. pic.twitter.com/mXpoC9fm2B
RT @Leo_Puglisi6: the timing of the weather is suspicious?? https://t.co/g9LcC5trrC
@19bk69 Thanks very much.
@_midofo_ Heh. Yeah they do that. My flight to DC took a big right-hand dog-leg around a place called “Syria†for some reason.
@martin_english I honestly can’t remember. I’ve been meticulous about backups for a very long time, though, so prob… https://t.co/qLQFH4JR0k
ICYMI, the highlight of the week was this lovely and quite long chat on the podcast thing what I tend to do. https://t.co/8fWIH25aAp
Further alleged plans may be found in the Weekly Wrap, of course. https://t.co/wsc0wPuU9k
Mon plan, the actual thing: Slow start; do some actual work on the much-delayed geek-work things; 1700 AEDT APRICOT… https://t.co/OM0cVCJuQ3
RT @GavinCoote: Magellan Street in downtown Lismore, where water levels are seen reaching the height of shop awnings and approaching the se…
Anyway, that’s just some background on why I’m not focused on the war or the floods just now, despite my obvious an… https://t.co/f9WT39OnHM
And here’s a picture of Kuwait from earlier in the same flight. You may remember that there was a bit of a kerfuffl… https://t.co/jQwVNljLdv
It was weird when in 2018, on my way to DC, the flight path took me more or less straight up the central valleys of… https://t.co/zScrfgDqTZ
Oops this is the full map of Iraq’s oil infrastructure, though from a blog which credits it to Royal Dutch Shell in… https://t.co/91tLHqP26u
During that time I was also distracted at the front of the house while a guy came in the back and stole my laptop a… https://t.co/rEpp201aeD
It was fantastic discipline to be up early and filing a tight 500-word report by 7am Sydney time.
For a war that was about freedom and democracy, the invasion of Iraq made a lot more sense if you overlaid the maps… https://t.co/GuNiXbUJcl
One of the most focused was during the invasion of Iraq in 2003, when I wrote a daily summary of how it was going f… https://t.co/JGGvqXwJa0
Obviously I was in kindergarten when I did that. [Shuffles feet.]
This does feel odd for me, though. In the past I’ve produced quite a bit of live or focused daily coverage of rapid… https://t.co/g5ri72Zcyx
Mon plan, preamble: I’m still keeping my consumption of war-related media light, and now same for the Queensland fl… https://t.co/x7GWKjcl6U
RT @cameronwilson: haha the optics baby… they’re good https://t.co/RmeRJdhnn4
@cameronwilson I see Morrison is opening a hat shop in PMO.
@WarintheFuture Yes, do this too. https://t.co/ZH7SeJC4tI
Attn: @dobes @RealNickHodge. https://t.co/czLl4To6qP
mollypriddy i love u, the dictionary pic.twitter.com/KSbMhUAW0M
@dfpiii Excellent work. :)
It’s nearly 24 hours old now, but this thread from “Major General (just retired!) Mick Ryan†@WarintheFuture is wor… https://t.co/ebBc0t6tKA
@markc True, but to nowhere near the same extent by the time it gets to where I am. Thank the gods.
IGNORE THE FACTS, PEOPLE, AND JUST LISTEN TO THE PODCAST.
It’s quite a good and varied conversation, as well as lo… https://t.co/b6ssOk6ZZc
@dfpiii Is the correct version that you have or that you have not lost weight? Because I most definitely have not l… https://t.co/jiReGOuwgD
RT @phlaimeaux: “Send n00d5†https://t.co/vO0gkGiNgR
RT @PicPedant: Jet contrails over Venezuela, 2016: https://t.co/FjMuGKJo6V https://t.co/Rb75w9pP7Q
La Niña has determined that the Blue Mountains will experience the Great Sog for yet another Monday.pic.twitter.com/jqYcF7gS2kk
Monday. Energy will be required, but not all at once. Something about rivers and rocks. Also, ants. And swallows. O… https://t.co/wPQuQfLhTL
RT @BuzzFeedNews: We spoke to the woman who wrote the poem about wishing she were Putin’s mom 😬
https://t.co/XVajfXVIik
zebra_1312 Ukrainian ambassador calling it “the russia” is top tier banter
Demonstration sport in the next Olympic Games. https://t.co/mhh4vNtLHQ
@JonoInAotearoa This may come as a shock, but I don’t generally eat random objects.
“‘Isn’t this the role of government?’: Peter Dutton panned for setting up fundraiser for flood victims†https://t.co/a8L1OPqPpw
RT @TrainLinkWest: From tomorrow, Sydney Trains will return to a full weekday timetable
Customers are asked to continue to plan ahead and…
Highlight of the week was this big long podcast. Do listen, but do pace yourself. https://t.co/8fWIH24CKR
NEW BLOG POST: “Weekly Wrap 613: Recording a podcast while La Niña has her way with the entire east coastâ€â€¦ https://t.co/NxL1UKfw5r
HEY ADELAIDE AND TECHNO PEOPLE! I’ve stumbled across a podcast episode, “Techno Rebels: 30 Years of Juice Records w… https://t.co/kGfyTtMfqb
@dawnstarau Very nice. :)
@dawnstarau Very nice. I’m quite happy with mine given that it’s a phone. An iPhone 12 Pro to be precise, with a third-party camera app.
@JustJimWillDo Over here. :) https://t.co/3VHEN1UP7n
@dprk_ebooks Sorry I’ve gone way off piste here.
@dawnstarau Yeah she — I assume she — was still very tiny with a leg span of a 5c piece or so. Whatever that is in bananas.
So far the suggestions for the fungus are Hygrocybe miniata aka vermillion waxcap (@sedwards0108 and @morebento) o… https://t.co/OkPVGNfv4u
OK, the consensus of two people is that the spider is a St Andrews Cross seen from the underside. As a baby one its… https://t.co/yTC33w7I5S
HEY SPIDER PEOPLE! We also found this little critter this afternoon. Who is it? pic.twitter.com/RCCsm4fGKp
I’ll check the replies properly a bit later, thanks, ’cos I’m on deadline for a thing, but…
HEY FUNGUS PEOPLE! Who is this? We’re near Wentworth Falls NSW and this is very red. Obviously that is a 5c coin fo… https://t.co/pLQewOd3ZK
HappySinger “How can I make this about children’s genitals?” pic.twitter.com/cMqk5UU44d
@Idealaw Should keep the snake busy though. :)
@c4710n I’ve deliberately been avoiding the war coverage. That said, the major political parties are supporting Ukr… https://t.co/7d7lMRQnzR
scottbix For no reason, here are some yachts owned by Russian billionaires and their current locations.
@rob0tika Heh. I’m more the sudden but silent wrath type. They meet their fate very, very quickly.
@c4710n Thanks. Until I got into this project I didn’t realise how long the whole process is. Literally (almost) half a year so far!
It’s Sunday, so I’ve added this week’s photos to the Flickr album. https://t.co/XnuH92hKU7
Waratah sequence 2021, day 180. The wet weather continues, so I thought I’d show you the long grass near the warata… https://t.co/nsYUbPwtGr
@nickzoic To be fair, though, this is the first time I’ve fed the leeches this year. It’s not really my fault.
RT @Limerick1914: Example of ‘civilised sovereignty’ logic, wherein it is apparently only shocking if the invaded are ‘relatively civilised…
@alexkidman I don’t mind eggplant. I also quite like Thai eggplant. They don’t attack you eithpic.twitter.com/I1ARQ3echWechW
@juhasaarinen They were too small to become clothing, alas.
@liedra Indeed. These two were tiny ones and quite cute and wriggly, but I still hate them. And now they are dead. No mercy.
Yes, I know. “Where else would they be? Up a tree? Riding a bicycle?†You know what I meant.
Me: I’ll only be outside in the damp a moment, so wearing thongs (flip-flops) will be fine in the long wet grass.… https://t.co/4Dn7JDXzpS
Sun plan, supplemental: Of course if I had the same routine as I had a few years ago, which was to do bookkeeping d… https://t.co/1ShOAbOKmh
Sun plan: Relaxed start; minor chores and data wrangling; bookkeeping and yes it’s BAS time so that’s a key target… https://t.co/QWWGnEly0G
@joeliemckinnon You are lost.
KidsWriteJokes Knock knock
Whose there
A cow
Ok come in
Hey Kids, a new and somewhat entertaining podcast appeared last night. Only a tiny bit is about the war, and even t… https://t.co/uzMaPGY1Xn
Reminder: Do not watch The Bad (Sunday) Program.
@expectproblems Yes, and out friends in Queensland would agree. This is all a bit excessive.
@garystark Arf!
In the Blue Mountains the Great Sog continues and it will do so for another week. La Niña owns us now.pic.twitter.com/SDAOmxm0ess
Sunday. The sea snakes are afraid of the white and black kitten. The thread on the black silk flower are tangled. Y… https://t.co/59vB81lbyM
Well that’s today done and dusted. Goodnight.
@darrenpauli @dfpiii And to be fair… Fuck you, Google. pic.twitter.com/ZP0yDbOHm2
@darrenpauli @dfpiii Oh I’ll compare you with Miranda Kerr right now: You fall somewhat short of her standard.
The next episode is with @jpwarren and we’ve already recorded it. I will appear some time in the next week or so. S… https://t.co/POtemtTwXR
@dfpiii David will be thrilled to know that when I was looking for the large size of that photo this is what Google… https://t.co/CdZb5Lr38f
NEW PODCAST: “The 9pm Rambling Embarrassment with David F Porteous†@dfpiii (1h54m03s) https://t.co/Au0CpV1dDQ
Jus… https://t.co/9l182zkXAA
MichaelH_PhD Make them stop make them stop. pic.twitter.com/PuSheqsYxn
Uploading.
Exporting the MP3 file now. My guess is that I won’t *quite* finish uploading it by 10pm, but it’ll be done soon after.
@jeamland Yeh, great choreography with a twist.
I tell you what, this editing has been going very well. I just need to top and tail the podcast, mix it down, and p… https://t.co/1nwRJmsWgu
Sat plan, updated: I’m making solid progress on the podcast editing, despite the length of the recording, and I’m g… https://t.co/ACpiFznTJj
RT @SuperCroup: Were you both kicked in the head by a horse on your wedding day or something? https://t.co/Nb9WFeqeWv
@SuperCroup I’ll take that as a compliment, thank you.
@jonkudelka Is there someone we can talk to about this? Perhaps a manager of some sort?
@jonkudelka I’m currently editing a podcast we recorded Tuesday morning our time, in which we get the invasion tota… https://t.co/SnyzMjvROu
The podcast is being greatly improved by editing out a couple of my long rants.
DGisSERIOUS The world is really uniting behind the Ukrainian people right now. pic.twitter.com/Rtwr9WuCa3
@FrKarlSinclair @SatPaper Indeed lol.
@pharsicle @dobes @RealNickHodge @DrRhysPockett @SuperCroup @jpwarren @kcarruthers Very pedant, and wrong. “Cow†is… https://t.co/IFdyRgM8xL
@FrKarlSinclair @SatPaper Nice work. :) There were a couple of good ones for us nerds this week lol.
I got 6/10 in the @SatPaper quiz today plus the bonus point(s) and the average score so far is 5/10, so I am very h… https://t.co/YAUVLXLaDA
@Samara2k @lawfarepodcast @deepstateradio Not one on my list, so thanks!
@Samara2k @lawfarepodcast Always is. :) And I’m pleased to say that I have Evelyn Douek pencilled in for “The 9pm E… https://t.co/hG0mCDiiGG
RT @VonBitchPants: Where’s the lie https://t.co/72TRW2kvoo
Listening to the @lawfarepodcast episode “The Information War in Ukraineâ€, recorded just before the main Russian in… https://t.co/C7ntuyXt9z
@NewtonMark @expectproblems @RealNickHodge @dobes That was then. This is now. :)
@jeffsonstein No more than usual. :)
@jeffsonstein I have been very well behaved during all of this. ;)
For the attention of @NewtonMark @expectproblems @RealNickHodge @dobes. https://t.co/xVOSlHbVet
Also very good by @davpope today, in a bleak way. And if I haven’t done it yet, congrats on the Walkley. (I think I… https://t.co/uRU59YBXbQ
Nice work by @jonkudelka in @SatPaper today, managing to do something topical about the war on a Thursday deadline.… https://t.co/DVWIIejnfJ
@skwashd That’s more your TwoSet Violin thing. :)
@jeffsonstein I remember back in the mid-1990s talking over beers with friend who later went on to work in security… https://t.co/7fGm7iouCF
@dfpiii Turns out that, sure, you got it wrong but you’re in good company. https://t.co/nqFHLwVlel
RT @jsrailton: WOW: Germany’s spy services profoundly misjudged the intelligence situation on #Putin.
How badly?
Well, head of the BND h…
Anyway enjoy your weekend.
Hey you know how some people are posting concerns about random third-party websites or apps being used for some kin… https://t.co/v4q91fXg3d
@dfpiii Nah all good. It is a self-cursing podcast, and I create my own problems.
This will also stop from from di… https://t.co/nNCrSjTmda
@19bk69 Yeah I saw that and simply shook my head in sadness…
KatelinSport The @SatPaper is looking for an associate editor. Come and work with @ErikOJensen, me and a great team of our writers and contributors
RT @jengolbeck: In service to y’all, I tried to verify this w/ VPN from Russia. There is a message & no porn, but it just says that you hav…
RT @stilgherrian: “If we were in charge of the Russia crisis†by Fairbairn films (1m44s) https://t.co/PUueRrxiiN
RT @smod4real: If someone sends you this text, you are legally allowed to murder them https://t.co/gq6bdOf8oa
Retweeting this because if I just “like†it this tweet from 2018 will be lost in my scrollables. https://t.co/0WCkISgP85