An early night for me tonight. Goodnight.

TTAships Gruntle does not exist #TerranTradeAuthority #LookingGlassAI pic.twitter.com/BgbCtUZGPL

TTAships Cindelian Guard does not exist #TerranTradeAuthority #LookingGlassAI pic.twitter.com/NI4jePACLm
Histreepix Benedict Cumberbatch physically confronts another Vanity Fair photographer for snapping him at home, privately bath..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…VI
And rightly so. twitter.com/fesshole/statu…
fesshole Next to my house is a giant statue of a cockerel and without my family’s knowledge, I like to get outrageouly high..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Zn
When needs must… twitter.com/fesshole/statu…
@spottytwit Cheers!
@NewtonMark I know of one sitrep from an Australian Army junior intelligence officer’s which presented a glowing pi..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Dr
@NewtonMark I wouldn’t be at all surprised. I know of quite a few snarky reports from the field across decades of military history.
@maz_jovanovich The coalface cosplayer will be furious!
On the other hand, @dobes, “Atlassian’s Mike Cannon-Brookes lays claim to a bitcoin windfall” (1 May 2017)..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…WO
@dawnstarau Indeed. And I mean Mike and this VC firm have the klout to make this happen.
@dobes Mate. No.
AGL’s current market cap is AUD 4.71 billion. Mike is worth USD 18.6 billion lol.
“Tech billionaire Mike Cannon-Brookes has teamed up with Canadian fund manager Brookfield to launch a takeover bid..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…lU
@LeonieGSmith Nope. (But don’t guess in public to keep the answer SEKRIT until the reveal.) The reveal is now pushe..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…iC

slabavg Everyday we stray a little further from god. pic.twitter.com/KkcFOZ91Bp
stilgherrian A new episode of “The 9pm Edict” podcast was posted last night. twitter.com/stilgherrian/s…

Billbrowder This is the order just signed by Putin ordering all army reserves to assemble. Ominous pic.twitter.com/h3XfOVtato
@dobes Indeed.
@dobes Mate, you can’t replace breakfast drinks with amyl. Trust me on this.

@jeamland I am not a horse podcaster. Horses have not even featured heavily in my work. Also, I am not a horse. pic.twitter.com/qQUeODa90x
@michaelskeggs @bastardspod Noted. I’ll check them out. Meanwhile someone needs to slip Robert Evans some valium before recording.
Congratulations to @dobes for solving the dead pet challenge.
Also, I’ve decided to reschedule the big reveal to t..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Ch

Looks like all the action is much further north. pic.twitter.com/fJXW1TxJgg
Thunder heard.
@Wolfie_Rankin @bastardspod I am not surprised.
@19bk69 @stufromoz @JonoInAotearoa Once again, this says something about you.
@elisethoma5 As a friend of mine once put it, “Dogs are OK if you want a sycophant for a pet.”
@Wolfie_Rankin @bastardspod But yeh I’ve only been producing spoken-word audio for… oh fuck! Nearly 40 years.
@Wolfie_Rankin @bastardspod Yeah well they’re a fuckwit. When people listen to sustained speech, they match their b..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…C3
@stufromoz @JonoInAotearoa You have to eat the chips from where they’re currently housed.
@alexkidman @jxeeno Also, unless this is a Defence site or something, fuck ‘em.
@JustJimWillDo Wait. I also have another packet of dumplings.

ziyatong Earthling
[photo: Ernesto Murguhia] pic.twitter.com/IgiYjPXe1D
@JustJimWillDo I do have a surfeit of Thai basil, but I have also already eaten all of the dumplings.
This is my first encounter with @bastardspod and it’s very good but FFS calm the fuck down and speak at normal huma..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…T6
Me: I should have a healthy salad for dinner.
Me, 20 minutes later: I am enjoying this entire bowl of siu mai dumplings.
“‘They Drink A Lot, Sell Their Fuel’: Belarusians Give Low Marks To Russian Troops Deployed For Drills” rferl.org/a/russian-troo…
@expectproblems Just a suggestion.
@expectproblems Maybe we could staple the politicians to the floor and force them to listen to this stuff. On repea..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…GV
Currently listening to the podcast episode “The Ballad of Eel Horse” from Behind the Bastards…twitter.com/i/web/status/1…HC
@FrKarlSinclair @Leo_Puglisi6 @6NewsAU Are there evening masses in your patch?
@cameronwilson Whew!
@cameronwilson Wait. You’ve cooked the DOG into the HSP?
I was surprised to see that one rose in full bloom at the Alexandra Hotel in Leura this week.
NEW BLOG POST: “Weekly Wrap 612: Summer nears its end with some actual summer, a couple of podcasts, and a rose”..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…da

MareseCarver No sugar coating pic.twitter.com/pdbuBYWNR9
This is a hell of a listen. It presents a reality that is way, way different from what’s been said by senior politi..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…lG
And now it’s time for a @BackgroundBrief, “How COVID chokes a hospital” abc.net.au/radionational/…
This is as always..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…D0
ben_clark56 I am literally begging libertarians not to use the results of our collective sacrifice as evidence for why it was u..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Bf
pixelatedboat I would’ve simply printed my monkey drawing out and kept it in a safe in my house where no one could steal it twitter.com/web3isgreat/st…
A kookaburra has fought off a couple of magpies to grab some food. Just a shitty through the window photo with digi..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…tr
@nzlemming That’s still a great photo though.

@camdenlawyer Yeah they look quite fun. …universityofsouthampton.wordpress.com/2016/08/17/a-p… pic.twitter.com/RTL8Q94wLJ
@duckbytheoboe Good luck with that.
Forging ahead with this week’s episode, “Conflict in Ukraine — Putin’s fear of NATO”abc.net.au/radionational/…O
This was also a good episode: “Passports, borders and identity — the story of the essential travel item”abc.net.au/radionational/…d
I’m using a VERY broad interpretation of the word “cyber” here which includes social media, copyright, privacy, freedom of information, etc.
Very @jpwarren areas, of course.
NEW BLOG POST: “Updated: Australian cyber-related legislation before parliament, plus current inquiries”..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…II
@jodiem @kcarruthers @annie_parker @riskybusiness Why thank you. :)
Listening to another excellent ABC RN Rear Vision episode, “The power of the purse — the battle between the states.twitter.com/i/web/status/1…EVM
@kcarruthers It’s very good, isn’t it.
@mootpointer @developerjack Liking her style. :)

nickschadegg italian food is too elitist pic.twitter.com/OEPdKFj3zN
Not just academics, right geek-friends? twitter.com/ActuallyyJP/st…
The iconic photograph has been taken. twitter.com/sumeyyailanbey…
Correct. (I don’t have ADHD but I have friends who do. This is what they are like.) twitter.com/danidonovan/st…
@19bk69 Yes. And each report I read seems to list a greater variety of vehicles on board, And there’s 4000-odd of t..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…KX
BABY BLUETONGUES! twitter.com/RachaelHasIdea…
@19bk69 Too early to tell, say the reports. I don’t think anyone has boarded the ship yet.
And yeah I saw your mis..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…qH
@FrKarlSinclair @Leo_Puglisi6 @6NewsAU Cheers, Karl. But aren’t you meant to be working today, bringing God into pe..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…RS
Given that the fire has burnt out a big chunk of the actual side of the hull there, I can’t imagine the cars in tha..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…rD

Fecility Ace is looking a little less pristine now. pic.twitter.com/UTKm3P1CEr
@mootpointer @developerjack Yes, Barenboim’s performances are more than adequate. :)
Another option is just to sho..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…rz
It being a Sunday, I have of course added this week’s waratah photos to the Flickr album. flickr.com/photos/stilghe…
Waratah sequence 2021, day 173. The seed pods in question are fat but firm, and still well attached to the main ste..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Vm
Sun plan: Lazy start, obviously; data wrangling; update a certain blog post; plan for the rather busy and currently..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…7C
glengyron The election debate:
ScoMo: I saw Albo kissing China!
Albo: Did not! I hate them!
ScoMo: Well if you hate them so..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Fl

@developerjack @mootpointer Yeah it’s pretty fucking clear. pic.twitter.com/IX90J7XufV
If you’re looking for something “intellectual” to do today, and If
you’ve been wondering about that Hill of Dead..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…hI
A perfectly representative exchange. twitter.com/Russputin2/sta…
A new episode of “The 9pm Edict” podcast was posted last night. twitter.com/stilgherrian/s…
@unixbigot Finally, a valid use for Net Promoter Score!
@mootpointer @developerjack Write a brief critique of their errors in interpretation and slide it under their door?
BenjaminMillar Wondered why the flags atop the Daily Mail office were at half-mast, then remembered it’s the second anniversary. twitter.com/Gizmodo/status…
@markuszellner Indeed.
It’s actually sunny at Wentworth Falls right now but clearly the Blue Mountains may be a little moist later today…twitter.com/i/web/status/1…64
Sunday. Will there be sufficient blankets for all imaginable purposes? Check now. Your lucky number is 7. Your luck..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Ai