Spied a 2005 Robo Rally in a local op shop. Never played it. Should I grab it?

Just noticed Charlie Brooker’s Dead Set is now on Prime Video. If you haven’t seen it you should go eat that thing up. Big Brother housemates don’t know London is having a zombie apocalypse. It’s brilliant.

How is it, after all these years, Microsoft Word still renders weird vestigial horizontal lines if you delete one near a page break. I feel like I've been seeing this happen for thirty years!

cool bit of news tucked away into a gi.biz interview today – the drifter by @dave.powerhoof.com is being adapted into a film at a 'major studio'!!

This is obscenely good. Skip to 4:15 for the greatest dance video of the decade. youtu.be/x6_mbnsh6VU?...

I just want to watch and read random cool shit without worrying about how some algorithm will interpret the thing I'm looking at so it can give me more of it. Let my signal be noise - a cacophony of bewildering wonders!

This is obscenely good. Skip to 4:15 for the greatest dance video of the decade. youtu.be/x6_mbnsh6VU?...

Film you've watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Star Trek, Star Wars, LOTR, Marvel, Disney, or Ghibli.

I started and caught up on Dungeon Crawler Carl since the last book came out. Pretty psyched we’ll have a new one in 18 days. I’ll be doing the Jeff Hays book experience again - it’s the only one way to fly!

Man, that speech Albo made when he won from opposition was great, huh? Wonder where that guy went…

Australia's cyber security co-ordinator just dropped what I think will be a very useful reaction meme

Vale James Valentine. Such sad news.

The University of New South Wales has so far kept the door open to potentially finding community radio station 2SER. www.crikey.com.au/2026/04/20/2...

Someday, with luck and hard work, she will have a name too.

Real nostalgia vibes with all the online trinket sellers now using the "closing down sale" schtick. It's like driving down Parramatta Road back in the day with all the carpet stores and sports warehouses eternally closing down.

Happy 80th Birthday to Tim Curry, a guy who treats every single part like it was the role he was born to play.

When you use AI to do your writing, you are telling your audience: “I deserve your attention, but you do not deserve my effort.”

The last time I was impressed by AI generated imagery is years ago. Meanwhile, I am mostly annoyed. And I don’t think I am the only one. It’s only that these visuals are derivative. It’s that their production is effortless and without friction. Everything seems possible, and thus equally boring 3/

Finally played some Blue Prince today. Playing with Ms17 passing the controller and making notes together. Really fun as a shared exploration. Highly recommended.

A reminder that Dr Ashwin Nagappa is seeking participants for this interesting study. If you're reading this, you're eligible to participate! Check out the flyer below for more information. 👀

It is the fossil fuel industry that benefits the most when we fail to realise that listening to the constant pleas of the climate movement would be saving all of us billions and billions and billions of dollars right now, before we even consider the lives saved by avoiding their use

Can’t believe BlueSky razzed you all like this. Ooof.

Can’t believe BlueSky razzed you all like this. Ooof.

There are billions being poured into right wing ‘think tanks’ and douchebro podcasts by the ultra wealthy, but no one can find the money for one small but mighty community radio station?

The radio station I cut my teeth on in Sydney. That gave me my first paying job in radio. And that's served Sydney so well for nearly half a century, is in dire straits. More to come, but here's the background. I might be asking for your support in the coming days... www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04...

I've said it before and I'll say it again: Housing affordability is a gender issue!

Beloved Sydney community radio station 2SER faces closure as early as July. And now, one of its few potential lifelines has ruled itself out. www.crikey.com.au/2026/04/16/2...

heated chivalry

30 years ago today, Principal Skinner purchased fast food to disguise as his own cooking at an unforgettable luncheon with Superintendent Chalmers. #TheSimpsons episode “22 Short Films About Springfield” first aired April 14, 1996.

Been reminded a few times lately of the truism that you can tell a lot about someone by how they treat people they think are below them. I enjoy filing that knowledge away for future reference.

We have seen this before, with the kidnapping of Maduro or the mass protests against ICE raids – fake images of real events. While these synthetic images fictionalize reality, they are not necessarily meant as disinformation. Rather, they both illustrate and cater to wide-spread expectations 1/

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It's impressive that so many major outlets are still managing to sanewash what's happening. The linguistic gymnastics are Olympian. It's also sad as hell they're still doing it.

Can't believe he attacked the Pope so late on a Sunday. A real strong man would have done it Saturday so he'd be owned on pulpits everywhere within 24 hours.

oh you think my monkey jpeg is worthless? well look at THIS

Tony Abbott recorded a podcast last week with the Denube institute in Hungary (of which is a visiting fellow) saying Orban is Hungary's greatest modern leader and he hoped he got re-elected. danubeinstitute.hu/en/podcast/s...

In the running for greatest giveaway of all time

One of my favourite parts of Bluesky is scrolling a feed and comfortably hitting the point where I can say “cool, read that, I’m caught up.”

Sorry I can't respond to your email I'm currently surrounded by plasma

If NASA used km like regular scientists they could say the astronauts travelled over one million km! A cooler number than 690 thousand whatever miles.

Do you think the last 30 minutes of waiting for extraction feels longer than the 9 days in space? #ArtemisII

Any politician declaring that they don't give a shit about climate, emissions or fossil phase-out anymore is declaring that they don't care about fossil fuels killing their constituents and should be treated as such. same for companies

IMAX would be great if the seats pointed upward like a planetarium so no one has to crane their neck.

Oh... Oh no!

Anyone know if Binge tracks usage beyond screen limits? Want to setup an account for an older relative and it would be easier to do a profile instead of an independent account - as long as they don’t make it hard because it’s different home IPs.

Diane Morgan will return as Philomena Cunk for a brand new series titled ‘CUNK ON CINEMA’. Coming soon to BBC and Netflix. #CunkOnCinema #PhilomenaCunk 🔗 variety.com/2026/tv/glob...

It is a good morning. A long run lead me to a lovely bush path. Just lovely.

A big question I'm examining is AI training in the workplace. Is this you? If you have been given training has it been broad and general followed by encouragement to start exploring it in your work? Or has it been designed to give specific guidance on its use in your role and business?

The High Court has declined to help Bruce Lehrmann find his hat. In legal terms, his appeals are now exhausted and you can still call him a rapist.