Stilgherrian (@stilgherrian)

Wentworth Falls NSW AU

The below is an off-site archive of all tweets posted by @stilgherrian ever

March 8th, 2022

Also earlier I tweeted the Essential polling figures. Some curious stuff this fortnight. https://t.co/L6o5sArj7S

via Tweetbot for iΟS

RT @_rockrit: A jet skids off the tarmac after landing at Bankstown airport during heavy rain in Sydney. @9NewsSyd https://t.co/Fy4SQ6WW4D

via Tweetbot for iΟS

RT @BecksHewer: The Gender Pay Gap Bot is retweeting #IWD2022 tweets written by institutions (including Universities) who pay women less th…

via Tweetbot for iΟS

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

via Anarcoo (retweeted on 9:11 PM, Mar 8th, 2022 via Tweetbot for iΟS)

RT @villainmorris: “9-plank coke wagon” sounds like an insult you’d level at someone going way too hard at a party https://t.co/fUBl4AmxQ7

via Tweetbot for iΟS

RT @TheWilderThings: This is — and I can’t stress this enough — the greatest segment to come from a sports broadcast that I have ever seen…

via Tweetbot for iΟS

88888sAccount ASX with a classic puking dinosaur into the close pic.twitter.com/OugT4aVxJP

via Twitter Web App (retweeted on 8:20 PM, Mar 8th, 2022 via Tweetbot for iΟS)

RT @TheFeedSBS: Time To Buy is the title track from the comedy team’s musical on the property market. You can stream the full musical on SB…

via TweetDeck

@OzAdr1an You tell me. This is your story. :)

via TweetDeck in reply to OzAdr1an

And now we’re at 36%. Thanks so much. https://t.co/O4UsVqwror

via TweetDeck

@_BertHandsome @kcarruthers @NickyWill100 Yeah hasn’t it been an interesting few years.

via TweetDeck

RT @jpwarren: One advantage of governments making all our ID and stuff digital is that they’ll be able to fuck it up at scale.

via TweetDeck

stilgherrian Overnight the total has reached 34% of Target One which is wonderful, thank you.

via TweetDeck (retweeted on 6:37 PM, Mar 8th, 2022 via Twitter Web App)

RT @stilgherrian: REMINDER: “The 9pm Autumn Series 2022” crowdfunder is under way. https://t.co/fRwUJmwP4l

Please fund more special guest…

via Twitter Web App

RT @TrainLinkWest: #BlueMountainsLine trains are not running btwn Penrith and Lithgow due to landslips at Katoomba, Zig Zag and Emu Plains…

via TweetDeck

@NickyWill100 It was certainly fun. It was also… seven years ago!

via TweetDeck

@rockatscientist Hahaha exactly. Which is more sad than funny, but here we are.

via TweetDeck in reply to rockatscientist

There ends my patronising and token contribution to International Women’s Day. I am a man, so you should now thank me22

via TweetDeck in reply to stilgherrian

And finally back in Sep 2015 “The 9pm Public House Forum 1” included @CatfishStory and @Gin_ev_ra… https://t.co/sDubO8EP9n

via TweetDeck

In Dec 2015 “The 9pm Public House Forum 2” featured @kcarruthers and @NickyWill100 https://t.co/vM6IGvhx6T #IWD2022 https://t.co/1dO392kSle

via TweetDeck

In Dec 2017 “The 9pm Public House Forum 5” included @Drag0nista to look back at what we thought then was a full-on… https://t.co/ONzuyzcDLE

via TweetDeck

In Mar 2018 “The 9pm Private House Forum 1: Hobart” featured @rockatscientist and @LovelyCorrine… https://t.co/To59GVwanb

via TweetDeck

Right, let’s mention a few more of the ladyguests I’ve had on “The 9pm Edict” podcast over recent years. #IWD2022 https://t.co/ZuSPv7gfDH

via TweetDeck

RT @paulwallbank: Goodbye to the DLP. While it’s easy to laugh at the trogs from a bygone age, it is concerning how Australian electoral ru…

via TweetDeck

Listening to a new @lawfarepodcast, “Russia’s Ukraine Operation One Week In” https://t.co/bkhNxyPl72 https://t.co/SqR04Db62v

via TweetDeck

I see that Mr Rowe is continuing his theme, @dobes. https://t.co/K6Vcm1TZkh

via Twitter Web App

RT @NewtonMark: Remember when Tudge was going to get sacked for physically abusing his staff? All those headlines a week or two ago? Yeah,…

via TweetDeck

@19bk69 Embedded FSB makes sense because they were wanting to take over and treat Ukraine as pat of Russia. The int… https://t.co/rwnMf4RwAI

via TweetDeck

@19bk69 I don’t know enough about the force structure, sorry.

via TweetDeck in reply to 19bk69

Listening to the final episode of Motherlode, the podcast tracing the evolution of hacking from Melbourne and culmi… https://t.co/aigzTPw63o

via TweetDeck

THIS WAR IS NOW COMPLETELY OUT OF HAND. https://t.co/wfDPpSsoaR

via TweetDeck

@DrScienceLover @ToryShepherd @katie_spain That was certainly a highlight, yes. :) I learned some things…

via TweetDeck in reply to DrScienceLover

@DrScienceLover @ToryShepherd @katie_spain It was, and thanks so much. The format is an easy one: Get a few smart p… https://t.co/i5vPAvFFM9

via TweetDeck

And back in Mar 2018 on “The 9pm Public House Forum 6 / Hometown Forum” we had @ToryShepherd @katie_spain… https://t.co/jpKqW3znit

via TweetDeck

@FionaPattenMLC She was also on “The 9pm Probe: Fiona Patten MLC” in Mar 2020 https://t.co/P5aG3ZlPCO and “The 9pm… https://t.co/XDhALnsAF3

via TweetDeck

In Sep 2020 we have @FionaPattenMLC in “The 9pm Sweet but Disappointing Reality with Fiona Patten MLC”… https://t.co/cp5uXhzDde

via TweetDeck

Back in Dec 2020 we had @feraldata on “The 9pm Artificial Intelligence Doom Elevator with Distinguished Professor G… https://t.co/NTGXiS3sQt

via TweetDeck

Right. Let’s plug some more of the lovely ladyguests I’ve had on “The 9pm Edict” podcast because what would ladies… https://t.co/qN8jfpIqXM

via TweetDeck

@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.

via TweetDeck in reply to oberonsghost

RT @NewtonMark: “Special Parking Operation.” https://t.co/bpwlDEe7Z0

via TweetDeck

@FlyOpineMonkey It’s still one of my favourite parodies.

via TweetDeck in reply to FlyOpineMonkey

@NickyWill100 @fictillius Yeah it’s pretty crazy out there.

via TweetDeck

@FlyOpineMonkey You say that, but I think this is more the quality. https://t.co/BZIg2WfuuH

via TweetDeck

fictillius Fark pic.twitter.com/anZyxhtK5P

via Twitter for iPhone (retweeted on 3:44 PM, Mar 8th, 2022 via TweetDeck)

There’s always time for a game of chess. Ping @kcarruthers. https://t.co/rfsyRSD8Hm

via TweetDeck

@carolduncan Lol thanks, Carol. I am genuinely annoyed that I didn’t get an even balance in the summer series due t… https://t.co/CJJsGQYo82

via TweetDeck

RT @ABCTV: Join @MarcFennell in a global adventure about stolen as he brings his acclaimed, award-winning ABC Podcast to the screen. #Stuff…

via TweetDeck

OK, that’s this fortnight’s Essential polling. It’s all at https://t.co/td7ZgGhbQu and you can sign up for email no… https://t.co/IFn7OwAoIU

via TweetDeck

“I am generally opposed to that sort of thing and I want it to stop.”

via TweetDeck in reply to stilgherrian

And finally, what I think is a bizarre question but what would I know: General attitudes to change. pic.twitter.com/ZkkK6s39Vx

via TweetDeck in reply to stilgherrian

Views towards Australian humanitarian aid to people from Ukraine. the age and voting intention breakdowns here are… https://t.co/fEtT1D7u8A

via TweetDeck

Views towards Australian financial support to NATO to supply weapons for Ukraine. I’ve done screenshots of all the… https://t.co/hBRmKvtzlN

via TweetDeck

Preferred political party to handle Russia Ukraine conflict. Breaks down along party lines quite strongly. You can… https://t.co/gEnhmhC1Il

via TweetDeck

Views towards gender equality in Australia. That second chart is interesting. An increasing vibe that the changes a… https://t.co/9D1F4qpA9T

via TweetDeck

Views towards re-electing the federal Coalition government. Continuing to see a statistically significant rise in “… https://t.co/EPVDCkPTOx

via TweetDeck

Federal government response to Covid-19. I think the charts speak for themselves. pic.twitter.com/tEZ7KNo0nb

via TweetDeck in reply to stilgherrian

Hey Kids, I know it’s wet outside but Baby, Baby inside it’s an Essential polling Tuesday! All the numbers are at… https://t.co/ZTNFlfTJ9s

via TweetDeck

RT @NickEvershed: I’ve also updated my map of weekly rainfall totals for the Sydney region, with some areas topping 700mm in total over the…

via TweetDeck

RT @NickEvershed: Updated chart of cumulative rainfall vs long term averages for inner Sydney and Parramatta - as far as I can tell this ha…

via TweetDeck

@MargotSaville @cathywilcox1 Yep, a fun afternoon. Plague permitting, I want to do a few more pub recordings this year.

via TweetDeck in reply to MargotSaville

@chris_bloke @noirpaien @R_Chirgwin Personally I’m fine. The roof of a storeroom in the building I inhabit has prov… https://t.co/OuKTKwdsca

via TweetDeck

@jasonandrade @cathywilcox1 However she’s illustrated, Cathy Wilcox is lovely human being and only somewhat evil.

via TweetDeck in reply to jasonandrade

@jasonandrade Of course. I don’t think we make such a big deal of those postings. Looking at the chart it’s presuma… https://t.co/IoQ5UgMiI0

via TweetDeck

@NickyWill100 Sorry. Unfortunately reality has not been notified of your plans.

via TweetDeck

And @teegstar and @yun_aus were on “The 9pm Year of Brain Worms, Drama, and Despair” in Dec 2020… https://t.co/AKs8nK9qbp

via TweetDeck

Who else? @carolduncan and @Nuatali_Nelmes were on “The 9pm Newcastle Rock, Radio, and Coal Chat with Carol Duncan… https://t.co/bT6gfCDcRF

via TweetDeck

@cathywilcox1 She was also on “The 9pm Public House Forum 3” with @MargotSaville in Jun 2016… https://t.co/dc9ivCRdqZ

via TweetDeck

Cartoonist @cathywilcox1 was on the pod in May 2021, “The 9pm Overshared Hate Mail Ant Infestation with cartoonist… https://t.co/dOQQPWQQQN

via TweetDeck

Time to mention some more of the podcast’s lovely ladyguests who I’ve exploited as is my right as a man. #IWD2022 https://t.co/ZuSPv7gfDH

via TweetDeck

@chris_bloke @noirpaien @R_Chirgwin Impressive. Also, I wouldn’t be walking up there in this weather.

via TweetDeck

@jasonandrade We don’t have that many layers because our army is much smaller.

via TweetDeck in reply to jasonandrade

@juhasaarinen It says “intense rainfall”. Haven’t heard any reports of hail. Yet.

via TweetDeck

RT @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 to ask…

via Tweetbot for iΟS

RT @dobes: This is very funny.

People being able to simultaneously hold the thought that crypto is sticking it to the man, while exchanges…

via Tweetbot for iΟS

@dobes I hear a sound in the distance much like the wailing and gnashing of teeth.

via Tweetbot for iΟS in reply to dobes

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

via Sprout Social (retweeted on 11:31 AM, Mar 8th, 2022 via Tweetbot for iΟS)

Things continue to go very well in the Blue Mountains. pic.twitter.com/j06KEKBGqC

via Tweetbot for iΟS in reply to stilgherrian

WYR_bot Would you rather get $9 or the united states?

via Twitter Web App (retweeted on 11:27 AM, Mar 8th, 2022 via Tweetbot for iΟS)

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

via Tweetbot for iΟS in reply to stilgherrian

ParlLibrary Gender composition of Australian parliaments by
party: a quick guide bit.ly/3HUmueG pic.twitter.com/xxLP1N6HU2

via Twitter Web App (retweeted on 10:31 AM, Mar 8th, 2022 via TweetDeck)

Even if you don’t want to listen to some of these older podcasts — even though they’re still good — you should foll… https://t.co/wZHj3xYrrE

via TweetDeck

There’s also @arielbogle on “The 9pm Anti-Lockdown Freedom Nazis with Ariel Bogle” in Aug 2021… https://t.co/m6SL1TpgoU

via TweetDeck

Another ladyguest was @lizbuchanan on “The 9pm Polar Political Peregrination with Dr Liz Buchanan” in Sep 2021… https://t.co/MkvqBtpPWj

via TweetDeck

@drspacejunk She was also on “The 9pm Moon Magic Communism on Venus with Dr Space Junk” (Sep 2020)… https://t.co/di95XJNj3t

via TweetDeck

I’ve had @drspacejunk on “The 9pm Edict”, most recently for “The 9pm Big Long High-Gravity Konstantin Tsiolkovsky L… https://t.co/zjoZ5Svk82

via TweetDeck

Right, let’s continue this patronising and self-aggrandising thread… #IWD2022 https://t.co/ZuSPv7gfDH

via TweetDeck

RT @b_judah: Antisemitism with Chinese characteristics: https://t.co/KnfcGXGqwa

via TweetDeck

NanoRaptor Apple Lightning to RF adapter for a true retro gaming experience. pic.twitter.com/ubq5VOt7Y8

via Twitter for iPhone (retweeted on 10:16 AM, Mar 8th, 2022 via TweetDeck)

zdnetaustralia Making it count: What it is like to be a woman in tech zd.net/3sNFjMs

via TweetDeck (retweeted on 10:10 AM, Mar 8th, 2022 via Twitter Web App)

cathywilcox1 Hang in there.
My @smh @theage cartoon. pic.twitter.com/RVBOGohO6Q

via Twitter for iPhone (retweeted on 10:08 AM, Mar 8th, 2022 via TweetDeck)

RT @MichaelPascoe01: Paul Bongiorno: “Goldfish last longer than Liberal defence ministers…there are now 30 major Defence projects that ar…

via TweetDeck

RT @maz_jovanovich: Happy #InternationalWomensDay to everyone except those who regard a day of platitudes, “empowerment” and stale pastries…

via TweetDeck

And that’s a wrap. Obviously my tweets are just a partial record of the discussion. The full video is on YouTube.… https://t.co/RGh8tMLP8Q

via TweetDeck

Loosley notes that Ukraine had already made a decision to become part of Europe. Worst-case result is an occupied U… https://t.co/8tytHvkx67

via TweetDeck

Loosley gives a shout-out to Anonymous for their hacking of Russian TV channels. He also notes that while Putin has… https://t.co/FiadN88Wrz

via TweetDeck

Can this conflict reach the level of WW2? Loosley says we need to be careful to prevent a full Russia-NATO war. Can… https://t.co/deAhLcePpt

via TweetDeck

Loosley says there will have to be quite a bit of recalibration, but CN is more significant than RU in the Indo-Pac… https://t.co/a556X1pEFT

via TweetDeck

Question now is how this is affecting RU’s relationship in other countries? Russia has been investing in Laos, Indo… https://t.co/SA6b1cX3as

via TweetDeck

But that said, Indo-Pacific is maritime, Eastern Europe less so, so they’re different strategic environments.

(Is… https://t.co/twpqkGArFo

via TweetDeck

Grgic seems to agree. She says that Xi’s observations of the annexation of Crimea in 2014 were not the same as thos… https://t.co/GiCbr44Pxg

via TweetDeck

Loosley says all this makes a China-Taiwan conflict less likely, but it doesn’t rule it out.

via TweetDeck in reply to stilgherrian

First audience question: Is China now more or less likely to support Russia? Loosley reckons China-Taiwan is clearl… https://t.co/MhaHvNUQn6

via TweetDeck

On the information and propaganda war, Grgic has Putin’s brand is now toxic in Europe.

via TweetDeck in reply to stilgherrian

@wolfcat Which one? There’s several. “Threads” comes to mind.

via TweetDeck in reply to wolfcat

“World is fukt.” https://t.co/8r486lkdvU

via TweetDeck

@JonoInAotearoa Yeah that’s a scary bit. Grgic knows her stuff here.

via TweetDeck in reply to JonoInAotearoa

There’s more discussion now of nuclear strategy and such, which I can’t tweet because I missed a bunch of it. Distracted!

via TweetDeck in reply to stilgherrian

Current Russian doctrine, though, is that nukes can be used tactically on non-nuclear countries without a nuclear r… https://t.co/zJXlqfsux8

via TweetDeck

When was the last time we were at this heightened state of nuclear readiness. Loosley: In the Reagan years of 1982-… https://t.co/AFCaEUnarK

via TweetDeck

Loosley is basically saying Putin’s preferred negotiated end here is unacceptable. If he can carve off bits of anot… https://t.co/jrnbqHv1iO

via TweetDeck

Grgic agrees with Loosley that this will be an economic war of attrition.

via TweetDeck in reply to stilgherrian

The electoral issue for Biden is that he needs to be seen as a strong president but he also needs to consider the e… https://t.co/fa0avJCUlG

via TweetDeck

Grgic says we need to consider oil separately from gas. Europe is very dependent on gas. Oil, not so much but those… https://t.co/9tCGpWUCMu

via TweetDeck

Loosley says the sanctions will be watched by others. Will they work? How hard is the West willing to go? What will… https://t.co/ZkgP2Kh0s1

via TweetDeck

Loosley notes that China is already indicating that Russia could safely take its eastern forces and commit them to Ukraine.

via TweetDeck in reply to stilgherrian

The sanctions have been described as “weapons of mass economic destruction”. Will this deter Putin? Loosley: No. He… https://t.co/i4EXLC57no

via TweetDeck

Grgic: Right now we are “in a position to ask way more questions than we have answers for”.

via TweetDeck in reply to stilgherrian

Grgic says we should also look at second-order effects of this war — on the ability of international organisations… https://t.co/AwxPem52bG

via TweetDeck

Grgic is back. US is in a leadership role, but Biden is also signalling that his focus remains on the Indo-Pacific… https://t.co/PmmVkntTBW

via TweetDeck

Loosley says it’s ludicrous to think Putin wants to recreate the Soviet Union. Oligarchs have done too well under h… https://t.co/PkbBSC4hdF

via TweetDeck

Grgic says that while Putin’s blitzkrieg hasn’t been the win he wanted, Russia has still managed to make significan… https://t.co/aU5ZkuOdeD

via TweetDeck

Dr Gorana Grgic is up now, live from… Belgrade I think? Anyway she’s saying we’re all in the Clausewitz fog of wa… https://t.co/9023NcexVh

via TweetDeck

For the young folk, here’s Stephen Loosley’s bio. https://t.co/un9zCFWy7r

via TweetDeck

Loosley is saying Russia is already having to deploy the Wagner Group to sort out the mess. https://t.co/oAf01b5F69

via TweetDeck

Loosley is all riffing off the naivety theme when talking about Putin’s underestimation of Ukraine’s response. Even… https://t.co/88EJ8nVP5R

via TweetDeck

Stephen Loosley says the first casualty of this war wasn’t truth, because that departed Russia some time ago, but n… https://t.co/tw2sDuUA8b

via TweetDeck

It begins. It’s also on YouTube if you want to avoid the hassle of Zoom. https://t.co/qEfuZdPF6W

via TweetDeck

Coming up shortly at 0900 AEDT, a @USSC seminar “Is Russia’s invasion of Ukraine a turning point for all US allies… https://t.co/vwZHbpp4Zs

via TweetDeck

infrastructurr Railway bridge in Nairobi National Park, Kenya pic.twitter.com/OTj6cd02Gv

via Twitter Web App (retweeted on 8:49 AM, Mar 8th, 2022 via TweetDeck)

RT @MicheleBerdy: Correction! The woman knocked out a Russian drone with a jar of pickled tomatoes and plums, not cucumbers. https://t.co/F…

via TweetDeck

Oops. “Russia puts Taiwan on ‘unfriendly’ countries list, China says it isn’t a country” https://t.co/5kXbBnAAKz (HT @munin.)

via TweetDeck

RT @NewtonMark: Remember how 2021 was a “Women’s Budget?” How’d that go? https://t.co/BNKdYz3gN0 https://t.co/SVKKXPBn7y

via TweetDeck

I’ll undercut @edbott by 15% and I accept Australian Pesos. https://t.co/0ea6ItNRoL

via TweetDeck

@dobes @maz_jovanovich @RealNickHodge @tacticalmaid @NewtonMark I don’t understand how the Russians will see the Ch… https://t.co/yfhYlGPLGg

via TweetDeck

RT @jpwarren: @expectproblems Google Drive doesn’t know what it wants to be. Is it a blob store? A filesystem? A Dropbox clone? A chat app?…

via TweetDeck

And in Nov 2021, @alex_c_lee was special guest on “The 9pm Dark Comedy Defamation Dungeon with Alex Lee”… https://t.co/oyGL98KfKd

via TweetDeck

@upulie And @upulie was allowed on by herself twice before that.

“The 9pm Happy Birthday Coronavirus Space Karen C… https://t.co/QJ7lE6vAwh

via TweetDeck

@upulie She was also on “The 9pm National Plan to Plan to Have a COVID-19 Plan with Upulie Divisekera and Dr Trent… https://t.co/sApJnyhsRf

via TweetDeck

In January, @upulie had to share the pod with a man, for balance obviously, on “The 9pm Hot Buttered Cuttlefish of… https://t.co/oqrSjQHqpH

via TweetDeck

Last month @elisethoma5 was special guest on “The 9pm EPIC Convoy to Canberra Explainer or Maybe Confuser with Elis… https://t.co/fPxKpEnyOK

via TweetDeck

It’s International Women’s Day. Since I’m a man, this thread will promote things that I, a man, have achieved by ex… https://t.co/wtabo2YkGY

via TweetDeck

As usual, everything else is in the Weekly Wrap. https://t.co/80A4kuvV5W

via TweetDeck

Tue plan: Stay dry; 0900 AEDT US Studies Centre panel https://t.co/hcZS2nOv2t; a day of many small tasks as I work… https://t.co/w1ckufWmVH

via TweetDeck

@CanberraArtemis And that’s to be admired, but I think it’s time for yer to put down the rainclouds now and give is… https://t.co/0t3ZeV6WUC

via TweetDeck

Overnight the total has reached 34% of Target One which is wonderful, thank you.

via TweetDeck in reply to stilgherrian

REMINDER: “The 9pm Autumn Series 2022” crowdfunder is under way. https://t.co/fRwUJmwP4l

Please fund more special… https://t.co/mlyuI0bWYU

via TweetDeck

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

via Twitter Web App (retweeted on 7:49 AM, Mar 8th, 2022 via Twitter Web App)

RT @AlexKane221b: I’m both tempted and repelled : ) https://t.co/TJgtyleSuL

via Twitter Web App

@annie_parker It’s a very efficient shark.

via TweetDeck

The Blue Mountains weather is basically the same today as it was yesterday. La Niña is nothing if not consistent.pic.twitter.com/VYBrvryWnCC

via Tweetbot for iΟS

Tuesday. It is vital that you consider the lessons of yesterday. Four key mistakes will have been made. Identify th… https://t.co/qMRcSmyRcE

via TweetDeck