@paulwiggins @cathywilcox1 @markhumphries @sylmobile It would.
@OdinsToenail @carolduncan @awelder @cathywilcox1 @markhumphries @sylmobile Such a shame I don’t appreciate the blues. :)
In other breaking news, water is wet.
Noting that Fox Sports in Australia is a ghetto for middle-intellect middle-aged white men.
@JustJimWillDo @juhasaarinen Who the fuck is that?
@_manin_black_ Just across the lake, yes.
@paulwiggins @cathywilcox1 @markhumphries @sylmobile All good. The Royal Exhibition is acceptably bearable, but I u… https://t.co/FYxYIdTHN9
@juhasaarinen @JustJimWillDo My tongue gets plenty of exercise.
@paulwiggins @carolduncan @awelder @cathywilcox1 @markhumphries @sylmobile Many years ago I costed out such a party… https://t.co/6u1qGKSykQ
Listening to some old blokes at a pub, not the same one as earlier, discussing Formula One and struggling to work out where Baku is.
Sarah_Alice_X Rent free. pic.twitter.com/O6wUkYfiR5
@jetztgibtshaue On the other hand, feel free to equate “digital government” with “digital examination”.
@carolduncan @awelder @cathywilcox1 @markhumphries @sylmobile I’ve always wanted to do a private party on a train…twitter.com/i/web/status/1…yy
@juhasaarinen @JustJimWillDo Also the lemon was fresh so it bounced back.
@punchhappiness No more than with anyone else.
@jetztgibtshaue Very much not. People outside NSW are, fair enough, unfamiliar with Victor Dominello, but he is wel..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Vx
Not clicking, just laughing. pic.twitter.com/Gd18MAMqy1
Long live the King! pic.twitter.com/DuwvuARnpU
Apparently on Monday we will hear what our recently departed NSW services minister Victor Dominello is up to next…twitter.com/i/web/status/1…UB
@_midofo_ It’s true. This was a very excellent lunch. Five stars.
@matt_levinson Fact which may mark me for remedial action: I can’t stand live music at a pub unless it’s in some se..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Rr
@JustJimWillDo For sure, and I do use these tools. But they’re nowhere good enough for use in The Real World™.
Apa..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…p2
@JustJimWillDo @juhasaarinen I did, actually. I just wasn’t a fucking barbarian about it.
@JustJimWillDo There is, or at least there’s a whole bunch of clever faster-than-realtime automation. And indeed, m..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…zW
@awelder @carolduncan @cathywilcox1 @markhumphries @sylmobile I could, but (a) you can’t drink on the #shitkansen,..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…cd
Yeah there’s no way I’ll get around to doing this remix tonight. I need to continue my Sunday wind-down. I think yo..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…FG
? 352 is the (significantly less) magic number… ?
Enjoying* a delay caused by a cancelled bus service. It was right in front of us when it turned off its route indic..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Jc
@RachaelHasIdeas Definitely me then. :)
@mizohdamka Very nommed.
@RachaelHasIdeas I was there on Friday, checking in for yesterday’s podcast recording. But talking with someone? Ma..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Yb
@TheAbstractNerd Yes, and it was nom’t to the very end.
N o m . pic.twitter.com/2XxBXLzLFy
Nom nom nom, as we used to say a decade ago. pic.twitter.com/QtEVDoCQVS
Barry Mundine and friends. pic.twitter.com/SKc31sQ9vk
There’s some wonderful turns of phrase in that column.
@jonkudelka @SatPaper Thought so.
Chris Wallace: “Maybe Peter Dutton’s just not that smart” thesaturdaypaper.com.au/opinion/topic/…
danilic Do we get to choose which swear words? pic.twitter.com/K5bxZK2vVU
YamagamiShingo Australia, it’s been quite a journey! Kaoru & I will be forever grateful for these memories, dear to our hearts & g..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…xc
@JustJimWillDo @SatPaper I assume there must’ve been a related news story, which I’d missed.
@jonkudelka @SatPaper Truly?
@JustJimWillDo @juhasaarinen It’s too nice a day for Guinness.
@AnnabelAstbury Indeed.
TerribleMaps Cyprus is just a more aerodynamic version of the USA pic.twitter.com/bVp6ego9Bx
I got a mere 2/10 in the @SatPaper quiz this week. Shameful.
thesaturdaypaper.com.au/quiz/2023/04/29
@cooten9009 The vibe is very much as I remember it.
There’s something to be said for a Campari and soda. pic.twitter.com/JF8ICOFU8W
@warkolm Good to hear!
RT @nickpmclaren: Why can’t more clients think like that ??♂️
I haven’t been here in years. Time to check it out again, I think. pic.twitter.com/vagSmJZ3wP
Liking the fact that behind Victoria Road in Marrickville there is Empire Lane.
? 308 is the magic number… ?
@jetztgibtshaue Yep, IANAL but this aligns with what I’ve heard quite recently about the sea issues. I’ll poet some..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…OW
Excellent advice from @CARROT_app. pic.twitter.com/4DryZQkzWf
@carolduncan @cathywilcox1 @markhumphries @sylmobile That could be a possibility, yes. Doing the next one somewhere..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Uf
Ah, there’s nothing like seeing a group of middle-aged men having a good suck together! twitter.com/QuentinDempste…
qntm Imagine if your bathtub was constantly trying to increase your engagement with bathing, that’s what this feels like..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…29
qntm Dropbox is incapable of understanding that it is just plumbing. Synchronising files around is a valuable, noble, pu..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…04
stilgherrian NEW BLOG POST: “Digital developments from Canberra 33” stilgherrian.com/essay/digital-…
The Defence Strategic Review domina..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…uD
Sun plan: Gentle start (in progress); return PA speakers to Marrickville; Sunday Lunch, somewhere TBA; ponder the w..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…oK
@theroxyepoch Heh. We are probably just days away from this.
@RealNickHodge That’s the fellow!
@jetztgibtshaue Justice Clarence Thomas could argue that nuclear weapons are a form of speech, yes, because the dec..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…qk
@oberonsghost @sylmobile Thank you, you were about to my next guess. :) I did have half a memory of accepting an Ai..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…O0
I have been told this photo is not by @sylmobile. So whose is it? And how did it get into my phone? My phone is sit..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…au
If anyone else has photos please let me know.
Thank you to everyone who came to the podcast recording at the Royal Exhibition Hotel yesterday. And thanks to..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…ax
Seems reasonable. twitter.com/TobyWalsh/stat…
Sydney was originally forecast to be quite soggy today but in fact it’s turned our just fine. pic.twitter.com/nSejRtcVCQ
Sunday. The youths are playing a game in the library when a mysterious man opens a cardboard box, removes a block o..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…YX
Very attractive. Maybe I should improve the look somewhat next time. pic.twitter.com/u7PumqK3nd
stilgherrian IT’S TODAY: “The 9pm Edict” podcast’s Public House Forum recording and livestream is at the Royal Exhibition Hotel..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…bJ
@cathywilcox1 @markhumphries We can always tickle him to make a noise
markhumphries Cathy Wilcox and I will be joining @stilgherrian for a live recording of his podcast at 1:30pm today in Sydney. Det..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…cq
The 308 bus is quite an adventure, passing through so many of my old patches.
On a mission to Marrickville.
“Scientists Taught Pet Parrots to Video Call Each Other — and the Birds Loved It”smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/sci…j
@jenny_sinclair @kels_316 He seems a bit young for that.
Indeed. twitter.com/kels_316/statu…
@kels_316 While I am not in a position to ridicule anyone else for their name, nah yeah that is magical.
NEW BLOG POST: “Digital developments from Canberra 33” stilgherrian.com/essay/digital-…
The Defence Strategic Review domina..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…uD
“Rampage.”
“An Australian man has been arrested in Indonesia’s most conservative province, Aceh, accused of going on a naked r..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…zo
Sat plan: Finish an almost-done blog post; final podcast pre-production; collect PA speakers from Marrickville; set..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…iI
I should mention that you don’t *have* to book. You can just turn up.
Also, we’re on the roof terrace, but don’t w..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…XT
Guests include Sydney Morning Herald cartoonist @cathywilcox1 and satirist @markhumphries, and maybe someone I’ll d..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…oW
IT’S TODAY: “The 9pm Edict” podcast’s Public House Forum recording and livestream is at the Royal Exhibition Hotel..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…bJ
drphiliplee1 Everyone is taking the piss but if the crown doesn’t take Lord Peach has to immediately run Charles through with th..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…xm
It’s quite soggy in Sydney today. pic.twitter.com/rIRo9vXtcj
Saturday. People from your past will haunt you today. Their clothing will surprise you. One in three is the ratio t..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…cK
@SuperCroup @craigthomler The meaning escapes me.
On a shop door on Liverpool Street, Sydney, which has had its locks changed after evicting the tenant. pic.twitter.com/XZTx2aXD2D
@craigthomler It’s just a thing that happened. I have no control.
@AusBerlin84 That is very poor analysis. For the vast, vast majority of time there is no fire anywhere near me.
@oberonsghost If I could bewitch ATO staff I’d be doing something far more ambitious.
LaraBriden A small act of resistance from the female indexer of the 1980 edition of Williams Obstetrics. pic.twitter.com/aQSlvJfjed
I was just on the phone to the Australian Taxation Office but we had to wrap the call quickly once we were done bec..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…CU
stilgherrian REMINDER: This very special thing is happening tomorrow afternoon. There’s plenty of spots left. It’s like a Dalmat..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…6t
RT @SkipBalor: Jerry Springer really had the MOB fighting the KKK https://t.co/Dc74E2pZ6T
Passing the Hill of Dead Pets.
cameronwilson finally someone heard the calls to #saveaustralia pic.twitter.com/gdFv1UkMlS
“They assigned me the cutest NSA agent”, a short film by Joel Haver and co-conspirators. youtube.com/watch?v=yCbX80…
RT @mattgreencomedy: Dog Whistles & More! https://t.co/xNS5igit0I
When we start setting the fockstrap we are so going to catch that damn BFP at least once before we trap the focks.
@bunjaree We haven’t seen the focks all week, which is disappointing. Just the BFP again last night. #possum
Fun f..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…TC
@t_mu Maybe you can organise someone on Airtasker.
REMINDER: This very special thing is happening tomorrow afternoon. There’s plenty of spots left. It’s like a Dalmat..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…6t
Fri plan: Pack for the weekend; administrivia; 1124 train to Sydney; writing and editing en route; errands; pre-rec..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…IC
It’s sunny in the Blue Mountains today, except when it isn’t. pic.twitter.com/NjXUIIsacS
Friday. The grade three Strange Time is drawing to a close. Soon it will become either grade two or grade foor. Eve..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…CP
@thegrugq @Tim_Coronel @SBS Heh. It says 74 for programs and more for their translations services. That they admit..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…3c
thegrugq If you speak the 43rd language then they won’t know what you’re saying! Security through obscurity!!! twitter.com/gchq/status/16…
@CosmicRami Absolutely. I may have already done so by that point.
@CosmicRami This is an excellent thing. If it happens, I might drag you up for five minutes on some recent news — such as explodey rockets.
RT @MatthewBevan: It’s well past time ABC reporters were given attack drones. Good to see it happening now. https://t.co/imge4ayVu4
KarlreMarks I’m very worried about the path of AI’s career, starting of as a failed artist can lead to disastrous results.
stilgherrian REMINDER: This is happening in Sydney on Saturday afternoon. You should come along. You don’t *have* to book but it..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…4G
@_manin_black_ @markhumphries @cathywilcox1 And it gets harder now that the timeline is less and less chronological.
@_manin_black_ @markhumphries @cathywilcox1 I finally worked out what this was about.
@Ng88Mr Part of that program but haven’t done everything in that workshop. Just the trapping part.with cage trap and directly related tasks.
… and this is quite the design style. But yeah read the reason of the thread for what this young man seems to hav..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…NV
Well this is quite the thread… twitter.com/AricToler/stat…
REMINDER: This is happening in Sydney on Saturday afternoon. You should come along. You don’t *have* to book but it..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…4G
KevinAbroad1 I love a good burn like that. pic.twitter.com/0bvpKPljF8
HeartlandSignal Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) says climate change will be good for the U.S. because it will be less cold: “Global warming..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…fm
@cathywilcox1 @markhumphries No, they’re at adjacent tables. :)
More seriously, I’ve upped the number from 40 to 9..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…O5
@juhasaarinen Such an obviously BAD idea. :)
Thank you, I have sorted this thanks to a lovely human being. Whew! twitter.com/stilgherrian/s…
chaser Government housing is much better than when I was growing up, claims Prime Minister from steps of Kirribilli House chaser.com.au/national/gover…
@glengyron @juhasaarinen Yes, very shimmery.
@juhasaarinen @glengyron With everyone on a different delay in the same room!
@markhumphries @cathywilcox1 We’re up against a football match up the road, so I doubt we’ll get more than about 5,000 or 6,000 people.
markhumphries If you missed out on seats for this event on Saturday with @cathywilcox1, @stilgherrian and myself, additional seat..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…5o
Damn. I’ve been sprung. https://t.co/IPg0FcAlyl
Hey Sydney People, I don’t suppose you have a small PA powered speaker or practice amp I could borrow on Saturday?..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…vE
Thu plan: Slow start; laundry; call the ATO, alas; lots of tasks related to Saturday’s podcast recording (see attac..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…pY
@theroxyepoch We get a lot of that up here. :)
It’s a lovely day in the Blue Mountains today. pic.twitter.com/oNPq03vVCW
Thursday. Technique is important. Two is adequate, but three is better. Dispose of the hardware which is making the..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…VH
WAITING PATIENTLY.
@aparachick @TrainsInfo @ptv_official Lol I can’t speak for the Victorian crew but the NSW crew is great.
@pdrakebrockman @katemclennan1 @katemccccartney That’s the one.
@aparachick @TrainLinkWest All good, the @TrainLinkWest and other @TrainsInfo social media staffers are great people.
@TrainLinkWest No worries. It’s a thing that happens. Roll on the new D-Set stock!
@TrainLinkWest Thanks mate. :) Happy Wednesday.
Hey @TrainLinkWest on run W583 V-Set car 9150, one toilet is stickered off with an out of order sign, but the other..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…vZ
Passing the Hill of Dead Pets, again.
#purpletrain, again.
@blacknort This should definitely be a thing.
That’s a joke, Kids. It should so not be hard-wired.
“Meth Delivery”. twitter.com/conversationed…
@darrenpauli First five words is enough.
@darrenpauli So sorry, Darren, but you chose to be a breeder. I can’t help you now.
@darrenpauli Yeah that’s a thing. And “Hot Wet Rice” is a thing.
@darrenpauli Are you not familiar with The Katering Show?
“Pig abattoir ceases operations amid investigation into ‘serious and disturbing’ allegations” abc.net.au/news/2023-04-2…
Eating hot wet rice.
@JustJimWillDo @CptHollingworth @kels_316 Captain Hollingworth and I have known each other for a long time and the..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Jx
@CptHollingworth @kels_316 To be fair, we are both dickheads.
@kels_316 Mind you, I’m also a real dickhead.
@kels_316 Wait. I read history and drink wine.
Beautiful work. https://t.co/lafl5s5RIV
steve_evil aight kids, time to take our shitposting to the better miroblogging social media site <checks notes> LinkedIn pic.twitter.com/atgRlFZzpT
RT @nickisafraud: “Elon Musk age play sock puppet accou-”
You bolt awake in a office in the US Capitol Building. You are not online. It is…
RT @carolduncan: Back row, 2nd from right.?
@JustJimWillDo I believe so, yes. :)
@JustJimWillDo Lol! Such a reference!
@liquidparanoia I guess they’re aiming for high-traffic locations. Maybe a better choice would be dark alleyways.
Hey @stemplemanmp, are you happy that your policy is to ensure that people live in poverty?
Reminder to Labor: If your plan is to not increase JobSeeker and pensions and such, then in fact it’s your active p..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Ar
ItsBouquet “Four Labor backbenchers, as well as two former frontbenchers, have broken ranks to sign an open letter calling for..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…L2
Cruel. So cruel. pic.twitter.com/xPO5wN2yn1
@liquidparanoia I wonder how the choose the locations.
Today I have learned that the roof terrace is licensed for 100 people so I’ve increased the number of free spots to..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Cj
Please insert your money into this random object. Everything will be fine. twitter.com/oberonsghost/s…
thetowncrier Can Fox News live without Tucker Carlson? Probably. But:
“Last Monday, for instance, Newsmax averaged just 146,000..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…wY
AusElectoralCom To vote you need to enrol. Enrol or update your details on the AEC website. Or visit an electoral office to complete a form.
RT @Lid05: Vischering Castle, Germany ? https://t.co/LlJH1KetHf
stilgherrian IMPORTANT POLL: Would you hate-fuck Tucker Carlson?
More or less what I expected. twitter.com/stilgherrian/s…
Passing the Hill of Dead Pets.
SaeedDiCaprio I have to bring back this text from my mom every time mercury is in retrograde pic.twitter.com/MhsH0rl8xV
Another superb win for Artificial Intelligence. twitter.com/CityDescriber/…
CityDescriber a close up of an umbrella on a dirt track pic.twitter.com/YfsAk4MSAN
Cooperstreaming The funniest, most accurate explanation of why a blue checkmark is Elon’s mark of death. pic.twitter.com/ejUGYeVLvM
call_me_tomasso That, too! pic.twitter.com/NUssiPTP1l
JohnBirmingham Here’s that column I filed early. “Even Queensland has realised the war on drugs is a failure. When will NSW catch..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…wT
@AtomicShrub What, when it’s literally written at the bottom of the poster? :) You’re too kind..
Wed plan: Something involving eggs; 1124 AEST train to Sydney; writing a client document en route; 1400 site inspec..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Sv
hughriminton US life expectancy tables indicate a 43% probability one or both of #JoeBiden and #DonaldTrump will be dead before..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…D9
@AtomicShrub Ah yes, so it is. I should read the whole thing.