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15 Sep, 5 tweets, 2 min read
Ping if you remember one of the best submarines ever, because it could fly.
Mind you, there was also the Reid Flying Submarine RFS-1.
And the Convair Submersible Seaplane, though that was only a design concept. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convair_S…
And the Soviet Union’s Ushakov LPL Flying Submarine Concept (1934). The flying submarine concept has a fascinating history and I recommend this rabbit-hole for your exploration pleasure.
Of course submarines are just a kind of watery airship and they yearn to return to the skies.

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15 Sep
I’ll be tweeting from the APNIC 52 conference this afternoon, starting shortly at 1300 AEST. Program at conference.apnic.net/52/program/sch…. Follow or mute #APNIC52 as you prefer.

My thread from yesterday is attached.
First up for me is the APNIC - FIRST Security session number one, on the Lazarus Bear Armada (LBA) DDoS campaign, a CSIR case study from Vanuatu, and recent supply chain attacks targeting Mongolia. conference.apnic.net/52/program/sch… #APNIC52

It’ll be on YouTube at .
MC @adliwahid in da house! #APNIC52
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14 Sep
That spyware thing that triggered Apple’s security update today? theguardian.com/technology/202… I’ll be talking about it on @abcadelaide shortly at 1650 ACST / 1720 AEST at abc.net.au/radio/adelaide… or on the ABC Listen app.
@abcadelaide I’ve been pushed back half an hour because the current conversation about gambling adverts on TV and social media, and its effect on kids. It’ll now be at 1720 ACST / 1750 AEST. Unless a better story pops up, because this is live radio.
@abcadelaide I am cool with this. I used to produce this sort of live radio and I know how the game in played. :)
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14 Sep
Guess what time it is? It’s an Essential polling Tuesday! essentialvision.com.au

Let’s see what we can find. As always, this polling was done Wed–Sun and the margin of error for top line figures is about ±3 percentage points. Here we go...
Federal government response to Covid-19. essentialvision.com.au/federal-govern…

Total “Good” is up 4 points in NSW and VIC for some reason lol. ImageImage
State government response to Covid-19. essentialvision.com.au/state-governme…

Six points up in NSW and VIC. Screenshots include all of Essential’s notes. ImageImage
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14 Sep
I’ll be tweeting from thew APNIC 52 conference this afternoon, starting shortly at 1300 AEST. Program at conference.apnic.net/52/program/sch…. Follow or mute #APNIC52 as you prefer.
Gaurab Raj Upadhaya is saying that in the last 18 months, i.e. the pandemic times, APNIC has seen more internet traffic than ever before. As you might imagine. I hope we get to see some graphs later. #APNIC52
The keynote by Kathleen Moriarty, CTO for the Center for Internet Security, is a curious topic. “Role of Service Providers in Transforming Security”. Curious ’cos as service providers try to make the whole thing encrypted all the way down, governments don’t want that. #APNIC52 Image
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13 Sep
Starting shortly at 1200 AEST, the ASPI event “The road from 9/11: The evolution of counterterrorism and extremism”.

I’m interested to hear what Karen Andrews has to say, though I suspect it’ll just be boilerplate. The Morrison government isn’t notable for its intellectual heft.
What is it with institutional event MCs that they have to read everyone’s entire CV when introducing them? Karen Andrews can simply be introduced as Minister for Home Affairs. Anyway here she is. Image
The first part of Andrews’ speech is just 9/11 boilerplate. Terrorism is bad, first responders brave, roll call of terrorist attacks, etc. We’re in pandemic lockdown now, but after the pandemic we’ll gather in large groups again and the spectre of terrorism will return.
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9 Sep
I know it’s 1pm but before I do anything else I need to tell you about the dream I had, before it fades from memory.
I dreamed I had a friend who was a duck, just an ordinary-looking Pacific Black Duck, whose hobby was recreating scenes from famous movies.
For example, he recreated Jennifer Beals’ performance from “Flashdance” using a series of water-filled enamelled trays lined up on the lawn, and he’d splash from one to the next in his joyful dance. Image
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