@_BertHandsome @franksting @cathywilcox1 @MargotSaville It was a rainy day too.
@drzax Only if you want to.

@itgrrl @NewtonMark @expectproblems Not the longest flight in the world. pic.twitter.com/zelJCK7Fm7
Also earlier I tweeted the Essential polling figures. Some curious stuff this fortnight. twitter.com/stilgherrian/s…
I did a thread earlier. #IWD2022 twitter.com/stilgherrian/s…
burgotastic Yeah we know twitter.com/newscientist/s…
Here you go @NewtonMark @expectproblems. twitter.com/_rockrit/statu…

_rockrit A jet skids off the tarmac after landing at Bankstown airport during heavy rain in Sydney. @9NewsSyd pic.twitter.com/Fy4SQ6WW4D
BecksHewer The Gender Pay Gap Bot is retweeting #IWD2022 tweets written by institutions (including Universities) who pay women..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…bs

AnarchyCoo GOVERNMENTS NEVER LEAD; THEY FOLLOW PROGRESS. MEEUUH! pic.twitter.com/Yh7X4QtxGq

villainmorris “9-plank coke wagon” sounds like an insult you’d level at someone going way too hard at a party pic.twitter.com/fUBl4AmxQ7
TheWilderThings This is — and I can’t stress this enough — the greatest segment to come from a sports broadcast that I have ever setwitter.com/i/web/status/1…bqwj
@oliyoung Well that’s no fun.
@oliyoung Do you have more details?

88888sAccount ASX with a classic puking dinosaur into the close pic.twitter.com/OugT4aVxJP
38% now, thank you.
TheFeedSBS Time To Buy is the title track from the comedy team’s musical on the property market. You can stream the full music..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…1o
@aqualung Thanks, Ric. :)
@OzAdr1an You tell me. This is your story. :)
And now we’re at 36%. Thanks so much. twitter.com/stilgherrian/s…
@_BertHandsome @kcarruthers @NickyWill100 Yeah hasn’t it been an interesting few years.
jpwarren One advantage of governments making all our ID and stuff digital is that they’ll be able to fuck it up at scale.
stilgherrian Overnight the total has reached 34% of Target One which is wonderful, thank you.
stilgherrian REMINDER: “The 9pm Autumn Series 2022” crowdfunder is under way. the9pmedict.com/autumn2022
Please fund more special..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…YU
TrainLinkWest #BlueMountainsLine trains are not running btwn Penrith and Lithgow due to landslips at Katoomba, Zig Zag and Emu Pl..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…SC
@NickyWill100 It was certainly fun. It was also… seven years ago!
@rockatscientist Hahaha exactly. Which is more sad than funny, but here we are.
There ends my patronising and token contribution to International Women’s Day. I am a man, so you should now thank me. #IWD2022
And finally back in Sep 2015 “The 9pm Public House Forum 1” included @CatfishStory and @Gin_ev_ra..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…9n

In Dec 2015 “The 9pm Public House Forum 2” featured @kcarruthers and @NickyWill100 the9pmedict.com/edict/00054/ #IWD2022 pic.twitter.com/1dO392kSle
In Dec 2017 “The 9pm Public House Forum 5” included @Drag0nista to look back at what we thought then was a full-on..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…LE
In Mar 2018 “The 9pm Private House Forum 1: Hobart” featured @rockatscientist and @LovelyCorrine..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…nb
Right, let’s mention a few more of the ladyguests I’ve had on “The 9pm Edict” podcast over recent years. #IWD2022 twitter.com/stilgherrian/s…
paulwallbank Goodbye to the DLP. While it’s easy to laugh at the trogs from a bygone age, it is concerning how Australian electo..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…D9

Listening to a new @lawfarepodcast, “Russia’s Ukraine Operation One Week In” lawfareblog.com/lawfare-podcas… pic.twitter.com/SqR04Db62v
I see that Mr Rowe is continuing his theme, @dobes. twitter.com/roweafr/status…
NewtonMark Remember when Tudge was going to get sacked for physically abusing his staff? All those headlines a week or two ago..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…eB
@19bk69 Embedded FSB makes sense because they were wanting to take over and treat Ukraine as pat of Russia. The int..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…AI
@19bk69 I don’t know enough about the force structure, sorry.
Listening to the final episode of Motherlode, the podcast tracing the evolution of hacking from Melbourne and culmi..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…3o
THIS WAR IS NOW COMPLETELY OUT OF HAND. twitter.com/TIME/status/15…
@DrScienceLover @ToryShepherd @katie_spain That was certainly a highlight, yes. :) I learned some things…
@DrScienceLover @ToryShepherd @katie_spain It was, and thanks so much. The format is an easy one: Get a few smart p..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…M9
And back in Mar 2018 on “The 9pm Public House Forum 6 / Hometown Forum” we had @ToryShepherd @katie_spain..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…it
@FionaPattenMLC She was also on “The 9pm Probe: Fiona Patten MLC” in Mar 2020 the9pmedict.com/edict/00096/ and “The 9pm..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…F3
In Sep 2020 we have @FionaPattenMLC in “The 9pm Sweet but Disappointing Reality with Fiona Patten MLC”..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…de
Back in Dec 2020 we had @feraldata on “The 9pm Artificial Intelligence Doom Elevator with Distinguished Professor G..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Qt
Right. Let’s plug some more of the lovely ladyguests I’ve had on “The 9pm Edict” podcast because what would ladies..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…XM
@oberonsghost No great loss.
@oberonsghost I was going to say something about all the thrills and spills but then realised it would be a pun and not a good one.

I see it’s been raining at Terrey Hills. pic.twitter.com/RCrnUBHwNW
NewtonMark “Special Parking Operation.” reddit.com/r/ukraine/comm…
@FlyOpineMonkey It’s still one of my favourite parodies.
@NickyWill100 @fictillius Yeah it’s pretty crazy out there.
@FlyOpineMonkey You say that, but I think this is more the quality. youtube.com/watch?v=riMHp2…
There’s always time for a game of chess. Ping @kcarruthers. twitter.com/olliecarroll/s…
@carolduncan Lol thanks, Carol. I am genuinely annoyed that I didn’t get an even balance in the summer series due t..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…82
DOOMED DIRIGIBLE! twitter.com/MrBeamJockey/s…
ABCTV Join @MarcFennell in a global adventure about stolen as he brings his acclaimed, award-winning ABC Podcast to the s..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…iY

It’s the Potato of Positivity! theguardian.com/australia-news… pic.twitter.com/fTbxxWakZY
OK, that’s this fortnight’s Essential polling. It’s all at essentialreport.com.au and you can sign up for email no..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…IU
“I am generally opposed to that sort of thing and I want it to stop.”

And finally, what I think is a bizarre question but what would I know: General attitudes to change. pic.twitter.com/ZkkK6s39Vx
Views towards Australian humanitarian aid to people from Ukraine. the age and voting intention breakdowns here are..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…8A
Views towards Australian financial support to NATO to supply weapons for Ukraine. I’ve done screenshots of all the..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…lN
Preferred political party to handle Russia Ukraine conflict. Breaks down along party lines quite strongly. You can..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Il
Views towards gender equality in Australia. That second chart is interesting. An increasing vibe that the changes a..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…9T
Views towards re-electing the federal Coalition government. Continuing to see a statistically significant rise in “..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Ox

State government response to Covid-19. pic.twitter.com/JdJlFIYk7h

Federal government response to Covid-19. I think the charts speak for themselves. pic.twitter.com/tEZ7KNo0nb
Hey Kids, I know it’s wet outside but Baby, Baby inside it’s an Essential polling Tuesday! All the numbers are at..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…9s
NickEvershed I’ve also updated my map of weekly rainfall totals for the Sydney region, with some areas topping 700mm in total ov..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…s4
NickEvershed Updated chart of cumulative rainfall vs long term averages for inner Sydney and Parramatta - as far as I can tell t..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…wL
@MargotSaville @cathywilcox1 Yep, a fun afternoon. Plague permitting, I want to do a few more pub recordings this year.
@chris_bloke @noirpaien @R_Chirgwin Personally I’m fine. The roof of a storeroom in the building I inhabit has prov..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…ca
@jasonandrade @cathywilcox1 However she’s illustrated, Cathy Wilcox is lovely human being and only somewhat evil.
@jasonandrade Of course. I don’t think we make such a big deal of those postings. Looking at the chart it’s presuma..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…I0
@NickyWill100 Sorry. Unfortunately reality has not been notified of your plans.
And @teegstar and @yun_aus were on “The 9pm Year of Brain Worms, Drama, and Despair” in Dec 2020..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…bp
Who else? @carolduncan and @Nuatali_Nelmes were on “The 9pm Newcastle Rock, Radio, and Coal Chat with Carol Duncan..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…RF
@cathywilcox1 She was also on “The 9pm Public House Forum 3” with @MargotSaville in Jun 2016..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…qZ
Cartoonist @cathywilcox1 was on the pod in May 2021, “The 9pm Overshared Hate Mail Ant Infestation with cartoonist..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…QN
Time to mention some more of the podcast’s lovely ladyguests who I’ve exploited as is my right as a man. #IWD2022 twitter.com/stilgherrian/s…
How good are tunnels? twitter.com/ElizaJBarr/sta…
@chris_bloke @noirpaien @R_Chirgwin Impressive. Also, I wouldn’t be walking up there in this weather.
@jasonandrade We don’t have that many layers because our army is much smaller.
@ScottRhodie @NewtonMark There needs to be a website, istheconvoystillstuck.com?
@juhasaarinen It says “intense rainfall”. Haven’t heard any reports of hail. Yet.
AltcoinGordon When I left my job in 2020 to go full time in crypto my boss laughed at me.
Now two years later when I turned up t..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…RQ

Today’s dangerblob. pic.twitter.com/aUdVI3pnz4
Well put. twitter.com/MarkHertling/s…
This is one of the highlights. twitter.com/christogrozev/…
Well here’s a thread. twitter.com/christogrozev/…
dobes This is very funny.
People being able to simultaneously hold the thought that crypto is sticking it to the man, wh..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…oZ
@dobes I hear a sound in the distance much like the wailing and gnashing of teeth.

TheOnion Priceless NFT Artwork Vandalized With Spray Paint Tool bit.ly/3pJido8 pic.twitter.com/iavg0rbF4u

Things continue to go very well in the Blue Mountains. pic.twitter.com/j06KEKBGqC
WYR_bot Would you rather get $9 or the united states?

I did not request this rain band coming in from the east. There has been enough rain now thank you. pic.twitter.com/mq59ZDxHWx

ParlLibrary Gender composition of Australian parliaments by
party: a quick guide bit.ly/3HUmueG pic.twitter.com/xxLP1N6HU2
Even if you don’t want to listen to some of these older podcasts — even though they’re still good — you should folltwitter.com/i/web/status/1…YrrE
There’s also @arielbogle on “The 9pm Anti-Lockdown Freedom Nazis with Ariel Bogle” in Aug 2021..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…oU
Another ladyguest was @lizbuchanan on “The 9pm Polar Political Peregrination with Dr Liz Buchanan” in Sep 2021..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Wj
@drspacejunk She was also on “The 9pm Moon Magic Communism on Venus with Dr Space Junk” (Sep 2020)..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…3t
I’ve had @drspacejunk on “The 9pm Edict”, most recently for “The 9pm Big Long High-Gravity Konstantin Tsiolkovsky L..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…82
Right, let’s continue this patronising and self-aggrandising thread… #IWD2022 twitter.com/stilgherrian/s…
b_judah Antisemitism with Chinese characteristics: twitter.com/geringtuvia/st…

NanoRaptor Apple Lightning to RF adapter for a true retro gaming experience. pic.twitter.com/ubq5VOt7Y8
zdnetaustralia Making it count: What it is like to be a woman in tech zd.net/3sNFjMs

Grea work again from @davpope today, @dobes. pic.twitter.com/S5rX9X7IzE

cathywilcox1 Hang in there.
My @smh @theage cartoon. pic.twitter.com/RVBOGohO6Q
MichaelPascoe01 Paul Bongiorno: “Goldfish last longer than Liberal defence ministers…there are now 30 major Defence projects that..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…lV
maz_jovanovich Happy #InternationalWomensDay to everyone except those who regard a day of platitudes, “empowerment” and stale past..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Mw
And that’s a wrap. Obviously my tweets are just a partial record of the discussion. The full video is on YouTube…twitter.com/i/web/status/1…8Q
Loosley notes that Ukraine had already made a decision to become part of Europe. Worst-case result is an occupied U..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…67
Loosley gives a shout-out to Anonymous for their hacking of Russian TV channels. He also notes that while Putin has..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…rz
Can this conflict reach the level of WW2? Loosley says we need to be careful to prevent a full Russia-NATO war. Can..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…pt
Loosley says there will have to be quite a bit of recalibration, but CN is more significant than RU in the Indo-Pac..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…FT
Question now is how this is affecting RU’s relationship in other countries? Russia has been investing in Laos, Indo..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…as
But that said, Indo-Pacific is maritime, Eastern Europe less so, so they’re different strategic environments.
(Is..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Fo
Grgic seems to agree. She says that Xi’s observations of the annexation of Crimea in 2014 were not the same as thos..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…xg
Loosley says all this makes a China-Taiwan conflict less likely, but it doesn’t rule it out.
First audience question: Is China now more or less likely to support Russia? Loosley reckons China-Taiwan is clearl..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…n6
On the information and propaganda war, Grgic has Putin’s brand is now toxic in Europe.
What she said. twitter.com/USSC/status/15…
@wolfcat Which one? There’s several. “Threads” comes to mind.
“World is fukt.” twitter.com/bmusedbystandr…
@JonoInAotearoa Yeah that’s a scary bit. Grgic knows her stuff here.
There’s more discussion now of nuclear strategy and such, which I can’t tweet because I missed a bunch of it. Distracted!
Current Russian doctrine, though, is that nukes can be used tactically on non-nuclear countries without a nuclear r..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…x8
When was the last time we were at this heightened state of nuclear readiness. Loosley: In the Reagan years of 1982-..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…rK
Loosley is basically saying Putin’s preferred negotiated end here is unacceptable. If he can carve off bits of anot..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…iO
Grgic agrees with Loosley that this will be an economic war of attrition.
The electoral issue for Biden is that he needs to be seen as a strong president but he also needs to consider the e..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…lG
Grgic says we need to consider oil separately from gas. Europe is very dependent on gas. Oil, not so much but those..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Mu
Loosley says the sanctions will be watched by others. Will they work? How hard is the West willing to go? What will..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…s1
Loosley notes that China is already indicating that Russia could safely take its eastern forces and commit them to Ukraine.
The sanctions have been described as “weapons of mass economic destruction”. Will this deter Putin? Loosley: No. He..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…no
Grgic: Right now we are “in a position to ask way more questions than we have answers for”.
Grgic says we should also look at second-order effects of this war — on the ability of international organisations.twitter.com/i/web/status/1…2bG
Grgic is back. US is in a leadership role, but Biden is also signalling that his focus remains on the Indo-Pacific..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…BW
Loosley says it’s ludicrous to think Putin wants to recreate the Soviet Union. Oligarchs have done too well under h..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…dF
Grgic says that while Putin’s blitzkrieg hasn’t been the win he wanted, Russia has still managed to make significan..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…eD
Dr Gorana Grgic is up now, live from… Belgrade I think? Anyway she’s saying we’re all in the Clausewitz fog of wa..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Vh
For the young folk, here’s Stephen Loosley’s bio. aspi.org.au/bio/stephen-lo…
Loosley is saying Russia is already having to deploy the Wagner Group to sort out the mess. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wagner_Gr…
Loosley is all riffing off the naivety theme when talking about Putin’s underestimation of Ukraine’s response. Even..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…5R
Stephen Loosley says the first casualty of this war wasn’t truth, because that departed Russia some time ago, but n..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…8b
It begins. It’s also on YouTube if you want to avoid the hassle of Zoom. youtube.com/watch?v=d1ICnB…
Coming up shortly at 0900 AEDT, a @USSC seminar “Is Russia’s invasion of Ukraine a turning point for all US allies..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Zs

infrastructurr Railway bridge in Nairobi National Park, Kenya pic.twitter.com/OTj6cd02Gv
MicheleBerdy Correction! The woman knocked out a Russian drone with a jar of pickled tomatoes and plums, not cucumbers. twitter.com/kgorchinskaya/…
Oops. “Russia puts Taiwan on ‘unfriendly’ countries list, China says it isn’t a country” washingtonexaminer.com/policy/defense… (HT @munin.)
NewtonMark Remember how 2021 was a “Women’s Budget?” How’d that go? smh.com.au/politics/feder… twitter.com/annaspargoryan…
I’ll undercut @edbott by 15% and I accept Australian Pesos. twitter.com/edbott/status/…
@dobes @maz_jovanovich @RealNickHodge @tacticalmaid @NewtonMark I don’t understand how the Russians will see the Ch..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Gg
@maz_jovanovich @dobes @RealNickHodge @tacticalmaid @NewtonMark On a similar note, Maz… (I got this from @dobes s..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…3S
jpwarren @expectproblems Google Drive doesn’t know what it wants to be. Is it a blob store? A filesystem? A Dropbox clone? A..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…PZ
And in Nov 2021, @alex_c_lee was special guest on “The 9pm Dark Comedy Defamation Dungeon with Alex Lee”..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Kd
@upulie And @upulie was allowed on by herself twice before that.
“The 9pm Happy Birthday Coronavirus Space Karen C..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…wh
@upulie She was also on “The 9pm National Plan to Plan to Have a COVID-19 Plan with Upulie Divisekera and Dr Trent..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Rf
In January, @upulie had to share the pod with a man, for balance obviously, on “The 9pm Hot Buttered Cuttlefish of..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…pH
Last month @elisethoma5 was special guest on “The 9pm EPIC Convoy to Canberra Explainer or Maybe Confuser with Elis..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…OK
It’s International Women’s Day. Since I’m a man, this thread will promote things that I, a man, have achieved by ex..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…GY
As usual, everything else is in the Weekly Wrap. twitter.com/stilgherrian/s…
Tue plan: Stay dry; 0900 AEDT US Studies Centre panel uni-sydney.zoom.us/webinar/regist…; a day of many small tasks as I work..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…VH
@CanberraArtemis And that’s to be admired, but I think it’s time for yer to put down the rainclouds now and give is..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…UC
Overnight the total has reached 34% of Target One which is wonderful, thank you.
REMINDER: “The 9pm Autumn Series 2022” crowdfunder is under way. the9pmedict.com/autumn2022
Please fund more special..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…YU

drewtoothpaste Absolutely unhinged post from local facebook group pic.twitter.com/IdA780Od5A

AlexKane221b I’m both tempted and repelled : ) pic.twitter.com/TJgtyleSuL
@annie_parker It’s a very efficient shark.

The Blue Mountains weather is basically the same today as it was yesterday. La Niña is nothing if not consistent. pic.twitter.com/VYBrvryWnC
Tuesday. It is vital that you consider the lessons of yesterday. Four key mistakes will have been made. Identify th..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…cE