@_midofo_ I’m at bit of a fan of Jeffrey Smart.
stilgherrian Worst Fleshlight ever. twitter.com/HHackenbecker/…
@bunjaree I just heard the BFP walking across the roof. Either that or a horse.
jjjove Hoping to get things moving with those bespoke windows stuck in Customs, Ivan has gone to Sydney to meet his contac..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…bK
jjjove “To make matters worse, the bespoke windows he ordered from a manufacturer in Moscow 2 years ago have been stuck in..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…ZV
jjjove Meanwhile on Grand Designs Canberra…
“Ivan has been working on his dream embassy for five years, and hoped to be intwitter.com/i/web/status/1…8EPx
JaneyGodley That time Ashley identified as a cat pic.twitter.com/uNmIjfzj70
ashleystorrie When you really really want a cat #IwantACat pic.twitter.com/0ZAVaKkuLi
@JustJimWillDo It is all very annoying.
@BeerRabbi @duckbytheoboe Oh dear.
Not acceptable. pic.twitter.com/3cI0Jhj6s5
EleanorMorton French person at Disneyland Paris pic.twitter.com/8ZNVqlXIdC
nadinevoncohen Is there a support group for when a relative buys a Tesla?
arwon There’s a nicer alternative world out there where instead of getting rickrolled, people would get a-ha’ed by being..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…nj
duckbytheoboe Remember the Apple headset thing?
RT @OzKitsch: All aboard the Titanic Experience, the insanely tasteless visitor attraction at Fox Studios Backlot, Rupert Murdoch’s short-l…
BirdlifeOz The 2023 @BirdlifeOz Photography Awards are open now – and we’re thrilled to announce that Nikon Australia and Laketwitter.com/i/web/status/1…EgSu
CFA_Updates Pepper the Cockatiel was playing his favourite game of beak-a-boo with his partner Dash when he inadvertently got s..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Fn
@electricrabbit0 Needs a heritage listing. :)
@oberonsghost Since the start of spring.
alwaystheself On the left: the interior of James Cameron’s submersible, the Deep Sea Challenger. It cost $10 million. On the righ..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…n5
@jpwarren I have also asked ChatGPT to write the Minister’s introduction and I think it is excellent. chat.openai.com/share/d9a11f0c…
Right now @jpwarren is doing a tl;jr* of this document over in Elephantland. eigenmagic.net/@daedalus/1105…
* too long, J..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…J5
@jetztgibtshaue Thank you for your service.
benpartridge My dad is a retired submarine engineer. I asked him about the Titanic submersible and he sent me this. pic.twitter.com/NGfvW7iMWB
NEW BLOG POST: “Digital developments from Canberra 41” stilgherrian.com/essay/digital-…
Australia’s new cyber boss was anno..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…qv
“Is leaving dog poo in the street really so bad? The science says it’s even worse than you think.” theconversation.com/is-leaving-dog…
“ABC’s international budget should grow as China spends billions on information war, inquiry told” theguardian.com/media/2023/jun…
“Legal advice backs government on early double dissolution election trigger over housing bill,” so this should be f..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…P9
“The AU Government has released an initial Data and Digital Government Strategy outlining its vision to deliver sim..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…VN
RT @TheUnvirgin: What’s up with all the veins? https://t.co/tbpPk1Kuq8
KrangTNelson there’s a certain kind of person on here who has no knowledge of anything really but confidently asserts that they..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…kY
avgeekcal Just downloaded my Skiathos videos from last week, here’s a small preview of the absolute chaos when people underes..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…gs
CelluloidWhisky I dunno, folks, I think if I described a Palm D’Or winning Indigenous director in a tailored suit as “dressed like..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…US
RT @mihailo____: I asked Chat GPT to write about #OceanGate Titanic submarine in the voice of Carrie Bradshaw ? https://t.co/GCO4WVxguJ
@rgmerk @GrogsGamut @Picketer Thanks heaps. Downloading now.
badinfinity2 yeah so have you ever considered that they’re fucking with you pic.twitter.com/DjEBiujEKG
@SnarkyPlatypus From this recent update it feels like Musk has a solid majority shareholding but the next biggest s..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…LO
jezfletcher I don’t want to drink the refurbished gin pic.twitter.com/HdmSdL8Ncl
@garystark @JustJimWillDo @NewtonMark @Xavier_Ho Fair enough. They’re American after all.
@JustJimWillDo @garystark @NewtonMark @Xavier_Ho Did they use chickens or falcons?
@garystark @JustJimWillDo @NewtonMark @Xavier_Ho If all the falcons decide to fly at once, does the airplane become lighter?
@JustJimWillDo @NewtonMark @Xavier_Ho Well maybe you could let them fly free-range, like falcons do. https://t.co/AyefwvgpvG
@JustJimWillDo @NewtonMark @Xavier_Ho I wonder how many live chickens you could fit into your carry-on.
@bruceh72 This is the consensus I’m getting from other places too. Thanks.
@NewtonMark @Xavier_Ho This all makes sense. Also making sense, your own practice of asking your passengers for the… https://t.co/aKAhVO1tvK
@JustJimWillDo @PollHereford @SnarkyPlatypus @ChuckTingle He’s done a few meta stories. This one is a gorgeous titl..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…YT
@SnarkyPlatypus @PollHereford @ChuckTingle “This erotic tale is 4,100 words of sizzling human-on-lesbian apiarist a..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Dx
@SnarkyPlatypus @PollHereford @ChuckTingle Oh wait. The actor witch is actually a tractor. And an apiarist. And a l..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Bc
@SnarkyPlatypus @PollHereford @ChuckTingle He has. Also bi and trans. That said, “Apiarist Lesbian Tractor Witch” is definitely a gender.
@PollHereford @SnarkyPlatypus @ChuckTingle Nothing there yet but here’s some excellent recent characterisation. pic.twitter.com/Y4blkbJdzc
@PollHereford @SnarkyPlatypus Let me just check with @ChuckTingle. :)
@rgmerk @GrogsGamut @Picketer Sadly this is from 1999 not 1912. pic.twitter.com/CJQ5uUrdog
@JustJimWillDo @bunjaree The Ewe Tube.
@JustJimWillDo Alas it does not look quite that magical.
@bunjaree At some point I should string all these videos together and put them on the Sheep Tunnel.
Latest BFP action from @bunjaree. Note that this is from two different nights. #possum pic.twitter.com/QcfwBAa91b
Worst Fleshlight ever. twitter.com/HHackenbecker/…
@JustJimWillDo @SnarkyPlatypus I don’t know how to drive a lambada.
@JustJimWillDo Hmmm. Keys, wallet, earbud case, pen, facemask, and a small packet of BAND-AID® strips.
@TheWrongNoel Indeed. Ket’s hope the repairs can be done quickly. Good thing tanks are off-the-shelf items.
This the content we all came here for.
After having been away for three days, I thought I’d better check that the camera sensors were working. It was cold..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…IP
wally_da_great Seeing 250k in my bank account would be the experience twitter.com/MeWeFree_/stat…
@iangblair Ah of course, yes, gotta keep the fan base engaged. Do you know offhand how long the delays have been? (..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…65
@TheWrongNoel Whew! Yeah the lack of water is a thing. I only have rainwater here too, but the main house on the pr..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…ey
@TheWrongNoel I say, 20 tons of water makes quite the mess. My sympathies. How much damage did the house cop?
“Kerbal Space Program 2 is now at a discounted price of 20% off on Steam until July 13th.” store.steampowered.com/app/954850/Ker…..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Jq
@ChrisMinnsMP I think less of you for taking part in this bullshit.
MikeSington Someone did this to Donald Trump’s star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. pic.twitter.com/hYODCOfZBq
Fri plan: After three days away from base it’s time for a desk day of many small tasks, which is also a good way to..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…pF
It’s time to sink a bigger, more hubristic ship. twitter.com/OpMiden/status…
RT @NickFeik: Labor promised to abolish income management at the last election. This is a straight betrayal of that promise.
Read the key…
GrogsGamut Those old enough will recall the jokes about the Challenger explosion began roughly 5 minutes afterwards. This is n..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…kP
@Xavier_Ho @NewtonMark (N*weight_men) + (M*eight_women) + (P*weight_children) + checked_luggage + cargo + fuel + em… https://t.co/O3cqSOo1oN
@Xavier_Ho @NewtonMark But here is further information. Yes, the weight tables are older, when people were lighter… https://t.co/hxFL1FSpg1
@Xavier_Ho Oh it’s real, but I’m not sure of the regulatory or individual airline policy status of how to use it fo… https://t.co/F7SCkwVLil
@Xavier_Ho Wait. Gender is a gender? Bravo!
That question is mostly about calculating the loaded weight of the air… https://t.co/WRQ7VLJDBp
RobertSkvarla New evidence highlighting that some MKULTRA research was part of a counterinsurgency strategy targeting Black milit..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Wp
@SnarkyPlatypus There is some discussion on the talk page that he should be described as Ukrainian, given he was bo..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Mt
@SnarkyPlatypus Like most Russian men of his time, his life was not easy. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuri_Knor…
@Xavier_Ho Apparently “leather” is a gender now.
RT @Xavier_Ho: gay data is good data (also, sub types? hilarious.) https://t.co/8VNregTXb5
@gregreedee Part of the team! “Man Credited Siamese Cat with Helping Him Decipher Maya Script”..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Iv
@kels_316 Cruel but fair.
@SnarkyPlatypus Oh, and you wanted a photo of him smiling? pic.twitter.com/gYGLUghEdB
There’s a bit of a breeze in the Blue Mountains today. pic.twitter.com/gzkzgJf7cJ
@SnarkyPlatypus He’s looking less grim here in this first one, and distinguished in the second. I see lots of peop..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…hv
Yuri eated the Mayans. twitter.com/sovietvisuals/…
Friday. Many locations are connected with your fate today. Make a map. Use bold colours. Decorate it with imagery f..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Ty
stuheritage I can’t say I was expecting the orca rebel uprising to be explained away by ‘this is just like the time they starte..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…t8
BiellaColeman 100 dollars to write an email. That’s exploitation but then again that’s the American healthcare system twitter.com/nickmmark/stat…
@glengyron @pharnzwurth I’m trying to figure out how anyone with a working brain can imagine anyone has sorted out the housing situation.
haveigotnews Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg agree to face off in a cage fight, following a difficult spell of neither middle-aged..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…w5
stilgherrian So Labor has fixed the housing thing, yeah?
LizWindsor10 that’s… that’s elon musk. both of them pic.twitter.com/jM12eDdXNY
Reminder. twitter.com/oneunderscore_…
@BirminghamAg @DrJaninaRamirez I don’t think it’ll actually happen because these people are so full of shit. Especially Space Karen.
@BirminghamAg @DrJaninaRamirez I’d be happy with it just to unconsciousness and a few broken bones.
DrJaninaRamirez Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha… hang on a minute. Let me stop laughing for a moment. If ever there watwitter.com/i/web/status/1…TIWS
SnarkyPlatypus Hear me shittalking! For 90 minutes! twitter.com/stilgherrian/s…
@oberonsghost @SnarkyPlatypus Western Asia, even.
@oberonsghost @SnarkyPlatypus Yeah I figured we’ve offended half of Weather Asia and the Mediterranean.
@msmisrule @JamarzOnMarz Exactly. Sigh.
Passing the Hill of Dead Pets.
Here it is. #purpletrain pic.twitter.com/tWCqJZLMB3
Waiting for the front half of our #purpletrain to be connected up. pic.twitter.com/dWe6ZTLe7X
This just came up as a promoted tweet. I am amused by the mindset that thinks a contribution from the rather scramb..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…aK
Welcome to more colonial bullshit. You must conform to the appearance of the colonisers. Ping @JamarzOnMarz.b twitter.com/bexquilliam/st…
RT @SancastleAir: I went to Mildenhall Air Show in the 80s three times. It was like visiting the USA for the day. Freshly cooked burgers, B…
@oxyhyxo All part of the service. :)
@_manin_black_ Too many questions which cannot be answered. :)
RT @DavidFengTrains: just was sorting through railway pics and came across THIS on my Mac. This is the best golden epic form of lit.
@oxyhyxo Did you make it?
@JustJimWillDo One of the meds I’m on could be a contributor, but I’ll keep an eye on it. It was a clumsy slip of the razor though.
@JustJimWillDo It took ages to stop. Very annoying.
@_manin_black_ No, that’s not how it works. Trust me.
@JustJimWillDo Mostly. I bought some sticky from a nearby convenience store.
Errands done.
@flashpixx8 @YaThinkN True lol. I’d forgotten that The Greens are in government now.
Soon there will be pleutage in Sydney. Very soon. pic.twitter.com/O4X7ufiK9B
Live love laugh. pic.twitter.com/4J34w4vELy
Right. Let’s get these errands done.
@moylecroft Thank you.
@moylecroft Is “cagefuck” a word?
@SnarkyPlatypus OK, I’m tagging this for the next podcast. :)
@flashpixx8 @YaThinkN So what is the right question? Please turn your tweet into something better than a mindless bleat.
@SnarkyPlatypus Well, written to address one particular question. Your gripe is that an article about A didn’t talk about B.
@SnarkyPlatypus There’s some good material in that piece about the psychology of pricing.
RT @NashIsHereForIt: @pearlythingz Hi. I’m a nurse. I saved 2 lives yesterday before noon. What the fuck do you do besides irritate people?
“Why are we paying so much for alcohol-free drinks that aren’t taxed?” Well indeed. theconversation.com/why-are-we-pay…
@electricrabbit0 I reckon you’re right. Which is why I wonder where I’ll be living in my twilight years, with no su..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…LR
cameronwilson The Daily Mail Australia has asked me to comment on whether my tweets “reflect poorly on Crikey”.
Here’s my respo..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…DS
@Gwyntaglaw Ah yes, now I’m with you. :)
@JustJimWillDo @PollHereford @SnarkyPlatypus Also a Slow Fuck. I’ll get a photo later.
@JustJimWillDo @PollHereford @SnarkyPlatypus Yeah but it keeps the kids amused.
@Gwyntaglaw In relation to what? Also, Pyne? Or do you mean the actor?
@JustJimWillDo @PollHereford @SnarkyPlatypus A certain bar I frequent has a bunch of bicolour shots, half-ounce each of two things.
@PollHereford @JustJimWillDo @SnarkyPlatypus Thank you. I believe that’s one of the classics.
@PollHereford @JustJimWillDo @SnarkyPlatypus Lol true. What’s that book?
@PollHereford @JustJimWillDo @SnarkyPlatypus I know we had crème de menthe for the green and blue curacoa for, you guessed, the blue.
@PollHereford @JustJimWillDo @SnarkyPlatypus Wow. That has only a couple of ingredients in common with my memory of..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…fT
@SnarkyPlatypus So back when I was at uni and a D&D player, we developed a drink called the Chromatic Dragon. Seven..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…gw
RT @beaniedebussy: funny cuz wwe did this like 17 years ago but sure a sign is what’s “shoving it in your face” https://t.co/0EfKeFYVfH
RT @misandristlana: That men are more logical and less emotional than women. I’m sorry but the sex that starts punching walls and vandalisi…
@SnarkyPlatypus I have read the comments and I think we need to find a friendly bar and cocktail person and conduct research.
Loving all the Australian government departments spamming us with their tweets to use up their budget before 30 June.
jonkudelka Love the banter.
@brenton_realph @SnarkyPlatypus Lol my mind understood immediately. Oh dear.
@itsbriala @oberonsghost I dunno what you’re referring to there.
ConversationEDU Most submersible designers would elect to have a classification society certify a vessel’s design.
#OceanGate made..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…e6
oneunderscore__ Close enough. pic.twitter.com/7TBJma7IUC
janet_rice Between the Cashless Debit Card 2.0, the measly $2.85 a day Jobseeker increase, and refusing to help renters during..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…di
@DouginCanberra What’s the name of that Principle again? ;)
@brenton_realph @SnarkyPlatypus You may enjoy these. chat.openai.com/share/91cfa899…
@brenton_realph @SnarkyPlatypus That is very good, actually.
@oberonsghost Will anyone ever be brave enough to counter the idea that all the people’s real estate investment will grow forever?
Putting aside that The Oooolmun is a believer in the Cultural Marxism antisemitic conspiracy theory, clueless about..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Ze
Putting aside the rest of it, please remember that “political editor” was a job title made up in 2015 to keep The O..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…PF
So Labor has fixed the housing thing, yeah?
@brenton_realph @SnarkyPlatypus A spin-off from “The Man in the High Castle”!
@SnarkyPlatypus @brenton_realph As an aside, Bing’s image creator uses a more recent version of DALL-E so I might t..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…E3
@SnarkyPlatypus @brenton_realph That image looks less like Göring having a luxury meal and more like random Private..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Lk
@SnarkyPlatypus @brenton_realph Herman has lost weight by the look of it.
BallybegPO A few people have been asking how the internet works, so Eileen Higgins has put together this very informative vide..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…TN
SnarkyPlatypus They built six storey apartments in Carthage?! They’re more advanced than most of Sydney’s inner west!
nameshiv Meanwhile when my other Gran died her daughters fought FOR DAYS over her recipe notebook that nobody was allowed t..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…44
BondHack late to this, but this is pure gold in the FT comment section pic.twitter.com/Hayrf22ULs
@LexPlans Normally people aren’t bleeding all over their shirts until later in the day.
@brenton_realph @SnarkyPlatypus That’s actually not bad. The way to resolve the obvious racial difficulties would b..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…kY
@TheWrongNoel Interesting stuff, and it all makes sense. Thanks.
@DavidFengTrains Lol there was a time when there was a drinking car on some of the Western Line trains, in the earl… https://t.co/ZcZHmG8tES
@SnarkyPlatypus @SuperCroup This is one of the biggest gripes of working journalists. twitter.com/stilgherrian/s…
SixthTone There are 7 cities with more than 1 million university students. In descending order: Guangzhou (1.65 million), Zhe..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…rb
SixthTone BTai and his friends go around the country checking that milk tea and hot pot meats served at different establishme..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Y3
Now here’s a concept! Maybe TfNSW could start a project to recover the lost smells of the late-night trains to Penr..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…GP
@TheWrongNoel Why yes, I did just say “cadge a durrie”.
@TheWrongNoel Is that a thing? I guess tobacco is quite absorbent. Such a shame I’m not a smoker.
“Mate, can I cad..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…U8
It is my usual practice to leave as little blood as possible in the hotel room when I check out.
If you want something to listen to over a long lunch then @SnarkyPlatypus and I can oblige. twitter.com/stilgherrian/s…
@OdinsToenail Good thinking. I’ll do that if and when it stops bleeding or when I head out. I have to go to the pharmacy anyway.
If I were at home I’d just stick an adhesive bandage on it. That it’s still bleeding after 45 minutes or so is impressive.
MalleeRay You’ve got to be so careful with those Biochargers. pic.twitter.com/wLp2Q4XLTc
stilgherrian “UNSW researchers need your help to understand changing attitudes to HIV prevention technologies, to help improve h..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Ur
@cameronwilson Congratulations.
joshgnosis Should have included something about Harry and Meghan just to tick the Sky News box here. twitter.com/SkyNewsAust/st…
@SnarkyPlatypus I had to crop the photo to omit the curry stains. I only brought the one thingy down with me. Well,..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…4t
Looking classy. pic.twitter.com/msvcBaHQ61
@tomrey_au I recognise that as a word, but it’s not a thing that I have to hand.
@EllenHrebeniuk I don’t know poetry at all well, but I’m guessing that the plodding rhythm makes it a bush poet like Banjo Paterson?
@brenton_realph @SnarkyPlatypus That could be an alt-history story, somehow. Maybe.
I guess the Internet was considered too uncouth for unmarried ladies.
Good heavens! I have travelled though time to the 1950s Internet! pic.twitter.com/YxYUEYg0Go
@juhasaarinen @SnarkyPlatypus It took me way too long to work that out. I thought it was going to be some complicat… https://t.co/EJPXDk7e6B
I am thrilled to have a shaving cut so disinclined to stop bleeding that I now have blood spattered down my jumper..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…CE
@jsleeio Also I have just realised that autocarrot has been my enemy. Sigh.
Botheration. Autocarrot kept changing it every time I came near to editing that field. It seems to have been copypa… https://t.co/qZ7PxxePrP