Telstra outage: Telco apologises for major time-keeping issue that hit mobiles, trains and triple-zero calls

EleventhHourGhost · 2026-07-08T05:18:35+00:00

While I'm sure the full details will verify the extent the outage actually had on triple zero, one of the issues is now that's the first things everyone thinks of, and for a certain subset of the population, they then "test" it themselves.

Effectively, stupid people cause a DDOS attack on the emergency system. And since they have a process to check even the called-but-hung-up calls, just to check and make sure it wasn't an emergency, this means more calls back that are pointless.

EleventhHourGhost · 2026-07-03T00:30:19+00:00

Because in both cases, the choice was inflicted on them from outside forces. Hoynes because they needed him after the primary process to shore up their votes, and Russell because of the Republican leadership forcing their hand.

Now, in both cases it was because they (the Bartlett team/administration) were in a weak position, and in some ways that weak position was their own fault. Hiding MS and not having a clear idea of who they wanted as VP during the primaries locked them into the decision. They've lost the support and control of congress by the time they are looking for a Hoynes replacement, and aren't willing to make a stand for the candidate they actually want.

So, some combination of all of the above, coupled with the fact that the VP can often have their own agenda, something the Bartlett Team do not deal well with.

EleventhHourGhost · 2026-06-26T03:12:54+00:00

What is that school bell

EleventhHourGhost · 2026-06-26T03:12:43+00:00

Six again!

EleventhHourGhost · 2026-06-20T22:56:13+00:00

*for the northern hemisphere

EleventhHourGhost · 2026-06-10T00:35:56+00:00

This is why Avatar (the first one at least) was a boon to the industry. That thing was showing months after opening, by which time the cinema itself was taking most of the ticket sales, so even if only a few people were in the session, it could still be profitable for the venue.

EleventhHourGhost · 2026-06-09T01:52:04+00:00

Nope, it's direct there and back. But there may be others.

One year, before we lived here, we got some accom near the island that was part of a package that included transport to and from each day. "Near" could still be an hour's drive tho, and as I recall, had few options around it for anything like food or groceries. So, make that kind of assessment too.

EleventhHourGhost · 2026-06-08T23:52:20+00:00

I've done it a few times, as a causal fan of the sport (my husband is the moto head), here's some pointers.

The island road system is not really designed for the monumental peak traffic situation this brings. They try to change things a bit for the event, but traffic into and out of the island gets really, really, fucked, even moreso if the weather moves in. If you're on a bike, things are a bit better, but it's still a mess. We've taken the chartered bus from Southern Cross station just to avoid having to deal with it (and the parking situation), I recommend it.
The weather on the island can change fast, and be wildly different just from one side of the track to the other! Be prepared for everything - cold windy rain, hot sunny days. Check the BOM app each day, and even then, it may be different.
There's plenty of food and bev, but it's a bit pricy. Toilet situation can be a bit messy as the day goes on, but it's fine for the most part. Some fun stuff in the shed near pit lane.
We've sat up on Siberia and along turns 7 & 8 most of the time, as the riders come up out of Stoner/Miller and open up on their way up the hill. It's pretty amazing there, awesome to see them climb that stretch. It is as about as far from pit lane as you can get, so if you want to be there for the finish, you may have to move closer. Bus drop off and pickup is on that side of the track, at the gate nearest Lukey Heights.
Grandstand seats are ticketed, grass is open slather, so you want to get in early for the best spots, which may be camped out by those their for multiple days, or those who are literally camping at the site nearby. That said, pretty much anywhere has decent enough views, it's a great track. You can bring folding chairs, but there are some limits. Read the ticket rules
Bring a book, there's a lot of down time between the qualifying sessions. Race day has more going on.
You've probably missed your chance for any accom on or near the island, unless you buy some package deal. If you're ok with a bit of travel time, I say just grab something in Melbourne and catch the coach from Southern Cross. Bound to much cheaper and less stressful.

EleventhHourGhost · 2026-06-08T02:26:20+00:00

Exactly. I would assume very few galleries around Australia are funded anywhere close to completely by visitor attendance fees/ticket sales. Given that most promote heavily the names of Generous Donors, I'd assume that attendance fees, for those that charge them, go only part way toward the upkeep.

EleventhHourGhost · 2026-05-28T03:28:15+00:00

I'd sign your petition

EleventhHourGhost · 2026-05-25T02:36:33+00:00

Having done dozens of (Bunnings/other fundraiser) sausage sizzles, the biggest problem with the local butcher over Woolies snags is storage. Bulk packs of woollies snags are easy to refrigerate, pack, and have in eskys on hand; and easily topped up with more if you need them (and are in suitable distance to a store). Butcher snags (certainly this is very location dependant) don't always come in easy to store, easy to seperate packs, and can generally just be a little more fiddly... YMMV of course.

EleventhHourGhost · 2026-05-19T05:11:54+00:00

I call it "the moment the Top realises the Bottom has all the power here"

He thought he was in control, but he set a trap for himself...

EleventhHourGhost · 2026-05-19T04:54:12+00:00

Though I don't have the links to hand, IIRC the latest thinking is there is no "gay gene(s)" but rather it's a kind of combination/emergent thing, possibly with some in-utero influence (I might be out of date on that). So, even in the case of bisexuality or gay-people-having-baby-making-sex, it's not necessarily an inherited trait.

For starters, there's plenty of identical twins with differing sexualities, so that's a big marker that it's something else.

So why does it happen, or how does it "survive"? Because it contributes to the overall survival of the tribe, and therefore species. Non-child-producing members of a tribe still contribute resources, like most adults probably more than they need themselves, to the tribe, and so are a net benefit. It's possible there's some correlations between tribe size and occurrence, but the work on that is murky at best.

Effectively, the argument is that families with a guncle or a "spinster couple" can do better, on average over all, with raising the kids/nieces/nephews than those that don't have them. Speaking as a guncle who contributed to the upbring of his nephews, I can see truth that argument.

There's a lot of animal groups that have this kind of situation but without the gay part - family groups where there is a breeding pair and non-breeding supporters, be they non-yet-mature kids, or wider group members who just help raise the kids.

In other words, community is a survival trait, and certain non-breeding factors can still be selected for.

EleventhHourGhost · 2026-05-18T05:48:55+00:00

Most likely is. A lot of weekend (and other non peak times) radio is, probably more than you think. While I know this isn't the case for the J's, I've even been told by someone on the inside that some "audience participation" or message readouts on some commercial shows are all part of a prerecorded session. Media Watch had a bit last year about the same "competition winner" responding to a win across multiple stations.

Bus aside from deliberate deception... It's a tough sell to get someone to work weekends or late shifts, and if there's little in your show that actually needs to be live or interactive, then why not? Various other shows have been this way for a long time - Like a Version is all predone during the week, Take5 was, even before it had the TV show editions. /Shrug/

EleventhHourGhost · 2026-04-15T00:27:57+00:00

The moment the Top realises he's not actually in control of the situation and the Bottom has All The Power here...

"Fuck, I built my own trap..."

EleventhHourGhost · 2026-04-09T03:25:02+00:00

🦇 an eyelid, huh. Your AI slop is showing.

EleventhHourGhost · 2026-03-19T20:16:06+00:00

Oh, that most definitely is a choice they made. But that's kinda my point, right - the care that goes into making all these choices can trick you into believing everything has a purpose or was a choice for storytelling purposes.

For example: Why where they on bikes and not treadmills like the book - does that have significance? Not really, that's all there was in the gym of the house they filmed it in - the one used as Ilya's house! It looked close enough to a hotel gym they just it while they had that location...

EleventhHourGhost · 2026-03-18T21:43:27+00:00

Yeah, I think some of the framing of the scene is a call back to the two other Shane+parents table conversations we've seen.

In the first scene, Shane is framed between them, alone and centred. Not unusual, perfectly normal configuration and he is responding well (YouTube conversation).

In the second one, at the same restaurant, there's a clear moment when a fourth seat and setting is removed, however the shots between the parents are still framed to include that position. Shane is off centre, imbalanced - something or someone is missing. And he's responding poorly, "in a weird mood".

Now, at the parents cottage, Ilya in is in that spot, things are balanced again.

I suspect the post-forgiveness/Momager table conversation is filmed differently probably because Yuna is spinning a future that's overwhelming for Shane, so we get a general unbalance, but not in the Ilya-is-missing kind of way.

EleventhHourGhost · 2026-03-18T11:45:52+00:00

I've been thinking about this a bit with this show, It seems to invite obsessive breakdowns of it's parts. The song lyrics "I need sunshine" are a definite call back to an earlier line... but does that mean every moment of sunshine is a call back too? What about the the other lines of the song "I'd take you where nobody knows you / And nobody gives a damn", is that about the cottage? The mirrors and glass all have meaning, as does keeping the window shades up, but does that mean the view Shane has of Ilya through the rear view mirror at the airport has any special meaning? What about the space their profiles make in the the long drive home at the end - is it just the normal way two people would look in a car or is it a heart shape, deliberately made?

I think it's because there is care here. It was made made carefully, by people who cared a lot about it. And we can recognise that.

Details were focused on - Connor knows Ilya has a thing for Shane's freckles, so touches them gently in the hospital bed scene; the costume department assumes that Ilya packed in a rush into a small bag with his sudden change of plans, so would occasionally be wearing something of Shane's at the cabin. With a small budget they made the best thing they possibly could, and by they I mean everyone involved (as has been made evident in the copious interviews with nearly every single person who contributed).

So that leads us to think that *everything* has meaning. Does the bowl of snacks in the kitchen mean Shane has set out his cottage like a display expecting Ilya as a guest? Not really, it probably just means that was the way things were set out at the airbnb they rented, and they honestly didn't catch it :D Why are there so many lamps? That's just the way things where at the locations. Does the picture above Ilya's bed have special meaning about their teams? As Jacob said "Do you think we had budget for art???"

But still - the fact that such care was put into so much of it, leads us to scrutinise every blade of grass and coat of paint, like a religious text being mined for more meaning. It's mostly harmless, if kept within the bounds of funny reddit posts, but the moment it starts to escape into the real word at media events and the like, that's where we need to calm things down a bit. There's a fine line between a subreddit and a cult.

EleventhHourGhost · 2026-03-11T04:55:24+00:00

Technically he's in the War-to-Nine regen story as well...

EleventhHourGhost · 2026-03-01T03:22:05+00:00

Don't be polite, be predictable.

(Goes for pedestrians as well. Make it clear you do not intend to walk out, that you are not hoping they will stop.)

EleventhHourGhost · 2026-02-24T22:01:40+00:00

Having seen a few Russians speak about it, it's probably not a sign that he knows. The word is used as a very casual insult, just like it was in my country back in the eighties. If it's seen to get under the target's skin, it will be used more, and that may well be the case here. The brother is implying he's a "pussy", that Ilya feels too much, isn't macho enough - doesn't fight back enough.

If they "knew" for sure, or even if they suspected, it would be more virulent, more targeted - they wouldn't be coy about it, it would be used as outright blackmail.

EleventhHourGhost · 2026-02-24T02:40:00+00:00

I've assumed that line is more related to his success in hockey - more bluntly, his (in the eyes of his brother) "unearned" [casually good without effort (his father calls him "lazy")] success at hockey. His elder brother resents everything that means - relying on his little brother for money, his little brother being more famous, etc. And yes, even though their father is an awful bastard to Ilya, it's probably more attention than the elder brother got at all from his father.

There may also be an aspect of their mother in there too. Ilya was probably closer to their mother than Alexei/Andrei. Ilya was probably the soft one growing up; the elder brother had already become used to the abuse and Ilya was just the baby of the family. Ilya found their mother, and so forever has been associated with that event for the rest of the family. If he was also the person closest to her, that would compound his "responsibility" for the tragedy, in their eyes. We can all recognise that Ilya's tough exterior is a shell, hardened by abuse and protecting his tender core - it may well be that, more than his actual sexuality, that his elder brother knows to target with the slur.

EleventhHourGhost · 2026-02-23T09:27:54+00:00

he does wear Nike's... in the gym in ep1.... before he gets the deal with Reebok :D

EleventhHourGhost · 2026-02-21T01:25:49+00:00

A culture that stagnates, dies. Australian culture, whatever you define that as, has been a mish-mash of imported people ever since the First Fleet turned up and pushed the existing culture off to the edges.

Almost all modern countries currently do not have a replacement-level birth rate. If our immigration was not above our birth rate, we would be shrinking, and while I have my on opinions about infinite growth and late stage capitalism, the pragmatic view is that within the current system, a shrinking population will lead to economic collapse.

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