"Turn the volume up" - Zohran Mamdani

I'm doing Melbourne International Games Week! Here's where you can find me throughout the week!

I'm so bad at days of the week. I was on nights, and time is kind of ephemeral" - Brett

the post office is a public service. it doesn’t need to make money. public transit doesn’t need to make money. the library doesn’t need to make money. some things exist for the public good and we desperately need lawmakers to stop thinking about them in terms of capitalism. these are not businesses.

Day 5 of song lyrics that make me chortle: "Imma volume up my voice and make up" - Jerry Heil

The Politician. I rewatch it all the time and desperately wish it got a 3rd and 4th season

I've seen ABC refer to the Nazi rallies as "anti mass immigration rallies" over and over, exactly what Nazis want labelled as, legitimising them. In contrast, not once have I heard the Palestine rallies called anti-genocide or anti-colonial. I wonder what that's about 🙄

The Elegant Skeleton Research Institute is excited to announce our latest public aptitude study in partnership with Melbourne International Games Week. Our new study is on October 10-12 2025 as part of Melbourne International Games Week 2025 (4-12 Oct). For more info visit gamesweek.melbourne

So Codenames (and thus CGE) has blocked me, a Trans developer and designer, because I had the nerves to send them the two replies you find below. Judge for yourself if these are worth a ban. This is their way of dealing with empathy and care in this ongoing conversation.

i cant even explain how devastated i am every time the board game arena site is down how am i supposed to play my bird game :(

While playing Moon River from @brunocathala.bsky.social and @yohanservais.bsky.social my friend messaged me this and I totally agree! We're both vegetarian, but we often use meat as a metaphor for the depth and approachability of the decisions in games. This is our way of saying it's perfection! 🌛🏞️

Day 4 of song lyrics that make me chortle: "I'm a survivor, stay aliver" - Parg

My niche pet peeve of the day is when people try and tell others how to pronounce Melbourne by spelling it Melbin. It's much clearer to spell it Melb'n #ExtremelyImportant

This is a great video and I recommend everyone in Australia watch it, but there is one tiny piece of misinformation in it. From 1:01-1:08 the speaker implies that strategic voting isn't necessary in Australia's electoral system, but this is not true. Strategic voting gets independents elected

Seconding this. A real stand out that has us all laughing AND puzzling! I'm really excited to play it again! 📶

This time next month polling will be about to close on the east coast - & then we wait for results Don't wonder what more you could have done Our kids & grandkids are relying on us There's a role for all of us to offer tangible support #auspol Get involved here >>> linktr.ee/CommunityInd...

Our 2025 Campaign Launch. Thank you Goldstein, thank you Team Zoe and thank you to Daniel and Nicky at Team Gen Zoe for your heartfelt voices. Let’s do this. Together. #IndependenceWorks #auspol #climate #family

By this time next week the election may have been called So - if you're not already actively doing something to get the result you want then this is the week to work out what that something is There are 37 community independent candidates running Aust-wide All need your tangible support! #auspol

Day 3 of song lyrics that make me chortle: "Days in a row, I'm thinking I know. I've got a big faith, my love is my crown. Will be better way, will be better day now. It is not a secret" - Iru

The Elegant Skeleton Research Institute is proud to announce that our latest public aptitude challenge is now live! We wish all participants the best of luck in completing the challenges over the next few days. You can participate at elegantskeleton.org

Day 2 of song lyrics that make me chortle: "Boom boom pow pow karate" - Scarlet

Day 1 of song lyrics that make me chortle: "Take a breath and breathe" - John Lundvik

Fans of the Elegant Skeleton Research Institute, we present, an enamel pin! Our studies will always be completely free to access, but for big fans of what we do, these hard enamel pins are a great way to show your support. They will be available at The Game Expo March 22-23 2025 at stall E25 for $25

Why does anyone use Instagram chat when it's the glitchiest chat service I've ever used!? Some messages just not appearing, notifications not coming through, message history refusing to load, guh!

And then there was 33! Phil Scott - Community independent for the NT seat of Solomon - launches his campaign. See Phil on the community independents list here #auspol #IndependentsDay > linktr.ee/CommunityInd...

I’m no fan of gambling… But I have an insatiable appetite for numbers; think betting markets can sometimes be a useful proxy for political polling; and have enjoyed making small $$ exploiting arbitrage in odds (like $6.50 odds on Monique Ryan’s win). I do a 🧵 like this once an election. 1/

The National Press Club is where leaders shape the national conversation. Tomorrow, I’ll be there - not for myself, but for you. For the Goldstein voters who proved Independence Works. For Australians who want politics to work for them, not the big parties. Watch live from 12:30 pm shorturl.at/tlkTo

I've downloaded & re-uploaded (in a trimmed fashion to fit in the 1 minute limit) the video from X to ensure that it will continue to be available (& ensure that people have an easier time experiencing how awful this truly is).

The reason people vote for a community independent is simple. Look at Kate Chaney's record on her voting: 51% of ALP-moved motions; 49% of Coalition-moved motions; and 52% of Greens-moved motions. They vote for the issue, not the party

This is how they appear, nice and cute under your username in feeds. You can see mine if you add your own

Definitive Cadbury favourites ranking: 1. Boost 2. Moro 3. Turkish Delight 4. Twirl 5. Crunchie 6. Picnic 7. Dairy Milk 8. Cherry Ripe 9. Caramilk 10. Caramello 11. Old Gold

I finally got around to watching this last night and gosh what a banger! Phenomenal deep exploration of preserving/archiving art 🍞🧪

Calling the growth of independent candidates the "after party" is genius and I will definitely be stealing this

Hey, just letting you know that adding „before:2021“ in Google image search will get rid of all the genAI shit. It’s not perfect, as everything ‘21 and later will get omitted, but for reference like „horse“ or „person kneeling“ it works great. ✌️💫

24 community independent candidates! 24!!!! And another launches tomorrow!! This is hope. Here they are #auspol > linktr.ee/CommunityInd...

What a strange and confusing sticker to find on a random Australian train station bench

Hey it's me, Sonic the Hedgehog! I may not be a doctor, but I'm going to go going to give some now controversial medical advice: Polio is no good! We should not get rid of the polio vaccine! Repost if you agree: polio is bad!

As of this weekend, this Geeklist broke 900 games. And I bet there are some newer ones missing. Can you think of any that should be on here? (To check if something is already there, click the "901 items" button under the description and it will pull up the full list in searchable format.)

Is Nicolette Boele the most teal teal to ever teal? In this week's Forget the Frontbench she tells @rachelwithers.bsky.social "mum instinct" and an influx of volunteers (thanks, Paul Fletcher!) are driving her 2025 campaign.

NEW GAME ALERT REAL BIRD FAKE BIRD It’s a cute daily browser game where you separate the REALS from the FAKES! Play RIGHT NOW: realbirdfakebird.com

Stop me before I make a spicy banner again (you can't)

So many #BoardGame folks have joined Bsky recently! I know I've missed a buncha media folks for the Starter Pack. I do light vetting (no chuds allowed) but please raise your hand if you (or you have a fave channel you) want to be added! go.bsky.app/14FHW6F

I'm keeping the #BoardGame publisher Starter Pack up to date as best I can - but pneumonia and a convention means I may have missed folks. 1) Have you checked it recently for new publishers joining? 2) Let me know who I've missed! go.bsky.app/DSNtxDE

I'm seeing some people talk about how the Omegathon final at this year's PAX Unplugged was the first to have all competitors be women, but I am delighted to say that I was there at PAX Australia 2015 (9 years ago 😬) when the Omegathon final was two women playing VR. I hope this keeps happening

Found it! @officialpax.bsky.social

I'm sadly not at PAX U, but I think this is a huge deal. The high demand for "indie" board games with small print runs, often completely created by a team of 1, is incredible and a big shift. I look forward to this event being successfully replicated at more cons, and hopefully my local PAX Aus

Looking for PAX official accounts on Bluesky be like

Australian & new to Bluesky? Here’s some starter packs to get you going (more in thread 🧵) Community Independents: go.bsky.app/9etBt9s Aussies starter pack no 1: go.bsky.app/HmE2SDu Aussies starter pack no 2: go.bsky.app/37GNNoY Aussie pollies: go.bsky.app/4xB12KP #auspol #Australia #Aussie 1/…

Seeing everyone arriving at PAX U is giving me massive FOMO. Have fun y'all!