@dsabar This I didn’t know! I must get up there some time.
TerritoryGal17 Ooof too real pic.twitter.com/KYtuCWRRa3
@SimonThomsen I had to look that up.
I posted this thread earlier. You may enjoy it. https://t.co/CpgocIRXIw
@johnnicolay Thanks. :)
RT @MichaelTakeMP: This is sewage being sensibly dispersed at St Agnes in Cornwall today.
You’ll see the beach is empty so NO ONE is being…
@derekbradley It’s been like that for a couple of years now.
RT @SteveMolk: Are you verified on Twitter? Living in blue tick town?
Will you pay to keep your verification?
@_manin_black_ Lol yes because who’s want to be associated with me?
@planet4589 It’s the end of the month and I have the day off tomorrow, mostly, so yeah I could waste plenty more hours on this.
Maybe Musk taking over Twitter is some sort of massive Halloween performance art project. pic.twitter.com/0PpTnJjoJg
Mon plan, updated: I’m trying to work through this plan but I’m having too much fun watching Elon Musk pouring petr… https://t.co/nPhrwrtRxv
@_manin_black_ Probably not. I don’t see any advantage to it at this stage.
And as I said two and a half years ago… https://t.co/r0zbp8IQQC
I tweeted this the other day in relation to something else, but sure, I would also be happy with $44 billion. https://t.co/xkLbp3RSJe
And in a side conversation, a very good point. pic.twitter.com/Yx7CuivTtp
Meanwhile, on a planet far, far away… pic.twitter.com/EEnhUM7NbW
“Last chance!†Lol they’re huffing paint again over at Woolworths I#FreshInOurMemoriesmpic.twitter.com/knaeL4R0EHL4R0EH
I really need to start doing something with hingeometer.com but I am lazy.
RT @SuperCroup: Is it a candle? https://t.co/uldSwJVh9o
RT @georgehahn: Honey… have a cookie or some juice. https://t.co/q3AGMgcdMl
Well this looks interesting. https://t.co/1cfauLfnBb
RT @SuperCroup: However bad this flu season ends up being, I promise you there was a worse flu season in 1918. https://t.co/5V0yUhvIqE
Example 1 of an ongoing series of 44 billion. https://t.co/RpCNecQzDB
I spoke about Musk and Twitter on the radio this morning but in the less than nine hours since then everything has… https://t.co/8H4vuiVGH1
RT @jpwarren: hahahahahaha.
Bring it on. https://t.co/XP1szYQSmT
jpwarren A number of subscribers have contacted me to say they enjoyed things in the newsletter, which is the main signal I care about.
jpwarren In 4.5 months of The Crux, the average open rate is apparently 93.73% which seems astonishingly high.
RT @jpwarren: You can get a taste for what issues of The Crux are like here: https://t.co/FfA5lh62ed
Past issues are published on a delay,…
RT @jpwarren: This week’s edition of The Crux newsletter is drafted. Lots of #kubecon and #Wasm stuff plus startup funding info.
My weekly…
@grahamsurrey Alas no. This is quite some time ago, and it was a tiny routine task in a river of invoices.
@elronxenu Same.
@vealmince Arf!
@aacole42 It’a a remarkable design. A nice big truck for nukes. :)
Still, science eh? https://t.co/l7GLRrSg14
RT @fesshole: I inherited about 60 grand when I became an orphan in 2019 at the age of 45. That’s double my annual salary. I’ve spent it al…
I hear John Barilaro is available. https://t.co/blAuDshUcs
@JonoInAotearoa @bastardsheep I don’t even remember what I was doing half an hour ago.
RT @mjg59: Bob: So, how do I find people to follow on Mastodon?
Ed: It’s decentralised. Use the right instance!
Bob: Ok, it’s not a monolit…
@JonoInAotearoa @bastardsheep Run some of those ideas past me. I’m listening.
@jodiem Really? Awww.
@timpoliti Hey they can choose their own adventure. :)
@jsleeio Indeed. So many comparisons like this one. pic.twitter.com/lYj8kz31WQ
It begins. pic.twitter.com/GZWfalvPvw
@bastardsheep Exactly that. It was also designed in a weekend. https://t.co/GfYocXZF3P
@alexkidman @juhasaarinen Did it hurt?
@bgosford @bastardsheep Please do. :)
@craigthomler @AWMemorial This is part of what fascinates me about oral history, and the need to record all the col… https://t.co/OWEr1yV4Vf
@PaulFoord2 I didn’t *have* to write it but I thought I’d get in before the inevitable questions. :)
@juhasaarinen All the time, Juha. All the time.
@bastardsheep Some years back we passed the point where the time since the B-52’s first flight is now longer than t… https://t.co/6vy6UOc6cE
Anyway that’s my B-52 story. Alas, I never got to go to Darwin to watch them. In fact I’ve never been to Darwin. Sad.
This power was never abused.
As an aside, Darwin is a combined military and civilian airport. Any new civilian engineering staff sent there need… https://t.co/cRKIuR01yP
So after every B-52 takeoff or landing at RAAF Darwin, a Land Rover was sent out to count how many runway lighting… https://t.co/bugPwivswG
The problem is that on some runways, or if the aircraft drifts too much, those outriggers wheels can smash into the… https://t.co/G444XZoGcc
Here’s another one.
“This video of a B-52 taking off in heavy crosswinds clearly shows why the BUFF needs outrigge… https://t.co/rYytujmOBA
Here’s a video.
“Watch This B-52 ‘Crabwalk’ Down The Runway In A Heavy Crosswind Like Only It Can†https://t.co/xijGfZ4qaF
So, the B-52. It’s big. It also has these outrigger wheels near the wingtips to stop the wings hitting the ground i… https://t.co/tzA5lq1InE
All the airports in South Australia and the Northern Territory were managed out of the Adelaide office. Part of my… https://t.co/i2KRlipJu5
Back in the [DECADE REDACTED] my first proper full-time job was with something called, for a brief period, the Depa… https://t.co/weO5VqcvZ9
Big news story today: US Air Force is preparing to deploy up to six B-52 bombers to RAAF Tindal near Katherine. So… https://t.co/M1XWSSfK9s
@snare @Kxyne @profsamperry I hadn’t heard of this person before, powerlifting not being high on my agenda, but yea… https://t.co/LdRTFE0S8a
The Royal Commission
into the Robodebt Scheme has hearings starting today in Brisbane. They’ll be livestreamedrobodebt.royalcommission.gov.auIT
RT @edbott: Tech bros, assemble! https://t.co/IaiXro4oW5
NEW BLOG POST: “Talking Elon Musk and Twitter on ABC Melbourne†(8m13s) https://t.co/BwSDdwaf5e
There’s also a lit… https://t.co/QM5PbOw9JP
Further alleged plans may be found in the Weekly Wrap, of course, along with links to Interesting Things. https://t.co/2JUkfCoRsI
Mon plan: Radio spot (done); blog same; deal with email and other administrivia; poke at some more client editing a… https://t.co/0QPcE4u6VW
frankieboyle Fantasy writers calling soap a washing stone then clocking off for a long lunch
RT @kylegriffin1: The ‘outlet’ Elon Musk cited to spread dangerous lies has a history of making conspiratorial, false, and hoax-filled clai…
RT @daveyalba: Elon Musk has deleted his tweet spreading an unfounded conspiracy about Pelosi’s husband. And his fans are now upset that he…
@Mich11775 @abcmelbourne Thanks. Jack and Elon did have a meeting a few years back — maybe in that gap when Jack wa… https://t.co/CURRnZfzes
@juhasaarinen @abcmelbourne All the way down.
@abcmelbourne And the radio spot is done. Did I just say “Victory through capitalism, Sammy!� I did. A great way to start the day.
@abcmelbourne On hold. Here we go…
RT @atrupar: it appears Elon Musk has deleted this tweet without any comment https://t.co/r74cPzOcS5
@abcmelbourne This is coming up in a few minutes. https://t.co/tORQ7AFze1
@jetztgibtshaue This is an excellent question. I haven’t decided yet. I’m sure he has a huge capacity for these things.
@JonoInAotearoa You may recall that Mark Humphries and I also ended an episode with “Fuck off!†so maybe this is the new style.
I’m up early today ’cos I’m talking about Twitter and Mr Musk on @abcmelbourne at around 6.35am AEDT, so in about h… https://t.co/jpbQakG7M0
It’s going to be very windy in the Blue Mountains later today, and perhaps a bit moist. Choice. pic.twitter.com/41S8BIUIRJ
Monday. Blue, bloated, and laid out on a sofa. That will be your fate today, at least metaphorically. Will the effo… https://t.co/voQhDk7nyp
Australia’s magnificent Space Dildo. https://t.co/Vc4eSJgnCd
RT @Aaronsmith333: Today marks the 1 year anniversary of Tim Smith, the current Member for Kew, drink driving through a fence 690m south of…
I also did another of my digital developments blog posts. Not as exciting this week as I’d hoped, despite the Budge… https://t.co/9a4koNJJpe
Highlight of the week was this podcast. You should listen to it. https://t.co/RJvEJ1cSs6
NEW BLOG POST: “Weekly Wrap 648: Memories of last week’s millipede, with some fatigue†https://t.co/TDle7SG53E Cove… https://t.co/se4WB5TlIM
RT @profsamperry: I’m sorry but I can’t stop laughing at this guy telling men to “ditch the gay look†by which he means… getting in shape a…
@luciedigitalni Delightful.
Sun plan: A mix of minor chores and various tasks for a client; Weekly Wrap; watch a movie. I was up very late last… https://t.co/xerFyvnsLj
@paulkidd “I’m confident in my decision to not put my head into the air fryer.â€
@Wolfie_Rankin No, 308 has, but not 309.
It’s another sunny day in the Blue Mountains, mostly. Lovely. pic.twitter.com/3jaty8udzW
Sunday. You stand within the circle, with dignity and poise. You are protected, or so you think. But you are not. E… https://t.co/2wP15MTJAr
Time for me to go. Just to bed though. I’ll be back tomorrow.
Ah, this explains the second series of brain implosions I heard yesterday. https://t.co/JduCwqGT7z
@JonoInAotearoa I am giving you facts, but not all facts.
Australians might well imagine an Elon Musk / Tony Abbott hybrid shouting at Twitter “Stop the bots!”.
shaun_vids musk getting his bluff called & being sued into massively overpaying for an unprofitable website is pretty funny imo
Wondering whether things might be better if they gave ME the $2 billion and a steady supply of LSD.
@exceptionalnull @galumay Great nostalgia value though.
Fun Fact: Both Gab and Trump’s Truth Social run on forks of the Mastodon code.
@galumay I wouldn’t call it *that* much of a head start, but yes very much your second sentence.
@_BertHandsome Sure. He worked it all out on Hunter’s laptop.
OK so he’s still microdosing. One step at a time. https://t.co/R0RHdcWRvL
Dorsey is looking like he might have finally had a proper meal too.
Let’s put that link here directly. Twitter was an accident, despite their retcon origin story. Maybe version two wi… https://t.co/jtAEaQHHIp
RT @questauthority: For all those wondering what I’m referring to, see here:
Also, I might have been a day or two off on when he started a…
RT @questauthority: So let’s see -
Jack tells Elon to buy Twitter and take it private, starts working on something that’s going to be a co…
RT @aussiewongm: I may have got so drenched with rain while photographing a steam train today, I had to visit my parent’s house and dry my…
@aussiewongm Worth it.
RT @soapachu: I got shown this so now you have to see it too https://t.co/Z72WIixOKy
RT @davidgerard: destroying billions of dollars at tumblr took a swarm of depressed gay teens. twitter founder elon musk can do the whole j…
“H. P. Lovecraft goes shopping. Yes, that’s the premise.†by @MisterABK https://t.co/mF7hIwpzZ3
@_BertHandsome Six of one, etc.
I’m not wearing underwear either. https://t.co/D38wpFItvr
@_BertHandsome As I’ve said many times before, dull literalism will be the death of our species.
OK I’ve printed out my tweets, so can someone ask Elon where I should fax them?
RT @ThierryBreton: 💋 @elonmusk
In Europe, the bird will fly by our 🇪🇺 rules.
#DSA https://t.co/95W3qzYsal
I got 5/10 in the @SatPaper quiz today but would’ve scored more if I’d paid attention properly. The average score s… https://t.co/35Lhj6LHDk
RT @sarahclazarus: I actually don’t think twitter will change that much because ð”¼ð•ð• ð•Ÿ ð•„ð•¦ð•¤ð•œ ð•šð•¤ ð• ð•Ÿð•– ð•–ð•¡ð•šð•” ð••ð•¦ð••ð•– weird that’s not what I typed bu…
RT @CaseyNewton: Here it is: Twitter engineers were told today to *print out* their last 30 to 60 days of code, so they could show it to El…
CaseyNewton I have come into possession of Twitter information so silly that I have no choice but to write a bonus Friday newsletter
Sat plan: The usual little household chores to make me feel like I’ve accomplished something; a few of the client t… https://t.co/XqwH1GjoTy
America as World Series Rooting? Wow. #straya https://t.co/wxtG03I7bH
RT @SlenderSherbet: He is the wind. He stalks his prey like the wolf and delivers swift, cold justice.
🔹: https://t.co/O5ywrTkrRC https:/…
mrbiffo Can’t believe @elonmusk bought Teletext. pic.twitter.com/HPE6EDBY3F
RT @JPlumsIX: 1 must-know White people concept that will improve your life:
SHUT THE FUCK UP!
@tomasseytw Bugger. Reset and try again.
Weird day. pic.twitter.com/wpCyqbj6dB
“Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg is betting on ‘work in the metaverse’†https://t.co/J8rlQzlGEc
What a stupid bet lol. Ho… https://t.co/cRO0q5nt2I
RT @angelbelsey: what https://t.co/0Yr4ym79Nk
It’s sunny in the Blue Mountains today, but still somewhat windy. pic.twitter.com/M4752HgG3x
Saturday. The balloon will be enormous, that much you know. Will you be afraid? You must take the first step regard… https://t.co/RxKL0Yaysq
@darrenpauli @ElReg “Slightly legal†is the best kind of legal.
@_midofo_ It’s appealing, certainly.
RT @short_tymer: She failed the ‘now what’ part of the plan 🕷ï¸ðŸ¤£ðŸ˜‚ https://t.co/FTKBV5wtND
Where to begin? https://t.co/97SYoU1XwY
@darrenpauli Shouldn’t have been that hard.
@paulbam3 I went to a protestant school so we didn’t cover that one.
RT @NewtonMark: Can’t do any worse. https://t.co/hXGQoVjonM
@paulbam3 There is only one Jesus.
RT @EleanorMorton: Notorious 17th Hanging Judge Jeffreys: Bloody Judge, Bloody Good Fun 💨â€âš–ï¸ðŸ’»ðŸ©¸ https://t.co/8iTtsyYNyA
mattranalletta Pan’s Labyrinth (2006) pic.twitter.com/gV46LsAsCe
RT @NewtonMark: (leans back, whistles quietly in awe) https://t.co/AhZkRwYie2
ScottTrindall All the Jennies on their way to HR because the new Aboriginal trainee’s mum called Julie a Karen. pic.twitter.com/wCOPIBzEcZ
BXGD Are all the insufferable people gone yet?
“War Uber: Albo dispatches more Bushmasters to Ukraine†https://t.co/GnXm1hSWdT
RT @maz_jovanovich: I guess manly recruiting ads and performative machismo don’t translate to combat effectiveness huh? https://t.co/5FzrBT 
@dmeeze Indeed. https://t.co/D33uk9WRam
There’s no point deleting your DMs *now* because they’ve already been mined and analysed. Gate, horse, etc.
RT @MichaelH_PhD: Sometimes you own your old takes, and sometimes your old takes own you. https://t.co/4d7pFSDuw1
Australians will understand the reference.
“‘I will bring freedom of speech back to Twitter’ declares dog fucker E… https://t.co/JxOiHHS7Qx
@GordyPls You’re welcome.
@skwashd @NewtonMark @juhasaarinen I haven’t really thought about it, tbh. Chicken and chips used to be a luxury it… https://t.co/1ERLkVkH6G
NEW BLOG POST: “Digital developments from Canberra 11†https://t.co/mPayIn4Bg3
The Budget, the Privacy Act reforms… https://t.co/pN2vwfFY39
@madcatjo2point0 I knew there’d be at least one bite.
And I tell you what, @GordyPls, check out all the Christmas lighting. https://t.co/7F0NbQyEC1
Hey Australians, Aldi has actual Spirograph as a special buy this coming Wednesday for $16.99.… https://t.co/jP77FAKoVw
@NewtonMark All this is true but I chose to let that one through to the keeper. For such a “coke addict†he seemed… https://t.co/NyLpQaon75
@jamesredwards It wasn’t actually necessary to do that gag.
RT @stilgherrian: ICYMI, we did quite an interesting podcast this week. https://t.co/RJvEJ1cSs6
“Kebab†is a good name for a goat. Especially this goat. https://t.co/iweZw7KFxJ
We’ve slipped past the actual anniversary now, but this thread is still worth reading. https://t.co/AMouJNcCms
@kheitman_au I know it’s not a fantastic joke, but there’s no need to crush it like an ant.
RT @AntonyGreenElec: Two more political parties registered today, “Angry Victorians Party” and “Restore Democracy Sack Dan Andrews Party”.…
RT @ZTPetrizzo: Dinesh D’Souza was duped by a fake Trump press release. https://t.co/c49e7pllE6
The head of The Bureau seems to be giving evidence to Estimates which is inconsistent with the known facts. https://t.co/8wRuRG6GeZ
@frogworth It is my vocation.
@joshgnosis Sorry. Well, not sorry. Obviously.
Now thinking about the potential connections between “oral” and “Pezzullo”.
I’m hoping they mean a verbal update. https://t.co/RyEMbjdyu8
RT @Sarah_Alice_X: And suddenly Teslas were running down people who tweeted anything critical of Elon. https://t.co/jDVH15USiS
Same. https://t.co/ALni5dSj58
RT @gokunaruto3000: you’re not going to mastodon. you dont understand it. nobody understands it. everyone makes one account and forgets the…
@PoliticsMoments @KJBar Those of us who were paying attention knew this. :) https://t.co/047oBvplin
@luciedigitalni Exactly. https://t.co/Dezby3Sl5Z
@trentyarwood Mate I didn’t write that lede.
All sex that humans have with birds is sodomy because cloaca.
Now imagining Elon Musk sodomising a small blue bird. pic.twitter.com/U2rQWhUsPI
“Thrusting.†https://t.co/tD8iXCX3D4
@luciedigitalni Well they are now, at least. They did come out of the gate telling us there was no evidence data ha… https://t.co/M1G5fX4zoc
RT @trentyarwood: Pretty good candidate for the Royal Portrait when the prehistoric murder bird rebellion comes and we are all enslaved.
h…
@joelpmichael Well they *are* crimes and criminals.
Medibank is sending this email to customers today, per a friend. pic.twitter.com/OPDyoZMLrg
@itsbriala Yeah but no more than every car manufacturer deciding “Let’s build a station wagonâ€.
RT @umairh: 3..2..1..Trump https://t.co/nAnMyivrPv
@paulkidd @stufromoz They must be very good legs. pic.twitter.com/5YesyZwo4X
@jeamland Yep, no argument with the logic.
So that new RØDE thing came out this week, and it’s a sub-brand for gamers and streamers, RØDE X. Currently a softw… https://t.co/UWckTDzsr7
markhumphries An Apology From Medibank pic.twitter.com/L3qOqc0Moi
@jeamland It seems to be a bit repetitive, but I did like this one. https://t.co/9uw1Tt9luJ
ICYMI, we did quite an interesting podcast this week. https://t.co/RJvEJ1cSs6
Fri plan: Sleep in, because I have been remarkably fatigued this week (done); poke at some of the smaller tasks in… https://t.co/IN7J9Pk0Vs
RT @umairh: I know you think things are bad already and they are but consider that trump will probably be back on Twitter by like Sunday