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Apple has announced new MacBook Pro, iPad Pro, and Vision Pro devices that are powered by its M5 chip. The entry-level MacBook Pro will now feature a new M5 chip, faster storage, and a claimed 24 hours of battery life www.theverge.com/news/797850/...

pax aus 2025 was a special one

I think we really should stop using antifa and just fully say anti-fascist and get them saying they are against anti fascism. Using antifa is giving them some distance and I genuinely think some of their base don’t even know that’s what it stands for.

day 3 of #paxaus and lucky enough to meet @ifycomedy.com 🤩🫶

getting to meet @dianaoftherose.com absolute highlight of #PAXAus 🤩😭

All time #AFLW leading goalkickers: 95 - Kate Hore 94 - Jasmine Garner 89 - Gemma Houghton, Danielle Ponter 81 - Katie Brennan 79 - Jesse Wardlaw

Back Pocket is BACK (pocket) for PAX Aus this year, and we've got quite the show for you! Join us in the Quokka Theare at 7:00PM on Friday, October 10th for our PAX PRIME TIME SHOW with special guests Amelia Tyler and Diana Fay. It'll be a blast!

The style shift that has the Blues knocking on the door of the #AFLW top four. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...

Fewest games to record 30+ disposals: 6 - Emma Kearney (30) 7 - Ellie Blackburn (32) 8 - ZIPPY FISH (34) 13 - Alyce Parker (34) 14 - Georgie Prespakis (32); Charlie Rowbottom (30) #AFLW

Most disposals in an #AFLW game: 45 - ASH RIDDELL (RD8 2025) 44 - Ash Riddell (RD6 2025) 43 - Ally Anderson (WK2 2024); Ash Riddell (RD2 2025) 42 - Ash Riddell (RD10 2022 S6); Charlie Rowbottom (WK3 2024) 41 - Laura Gardiner (RD3 2023); Ebony Marinoff (WK7 2024)

Most disposals in an #AFLW game (team): 370 - NORTH MELBOURNE (RD8 2025) 361 - North Melbourne (RD6 2025) 338 - North Melbourne (RD3 2025) 334 - North Melbourne (RD4 2025) 327 - Adelaide (RD5 2025)

It's pronounced bucket

Getting off a 13 hour flight to find out EA’s been acquired and wondering if I should just start hoarding Mass Effect merch now (there are much larger potential implications to this and most of them *very not good™️ but this is for silly ha-ha and also, 13 hour flight, I cannot feel my legs)

This genuinely pissed me off so much today. The fact that the cards from these packs create new spots in the dex but you are unable to differentiate in trading whether you need the old cards or the new cards is absolutely diabolical

THE MEME IS REAL

Adelaide and Brisbane both reached #AFLW game No.100 yesterday. Both have played 16 finals, and their records look almost identical. ADL - 71W 28L 1D 160.4% BRIS - 69W 29L 2D 150.0%

"We use her story a lot with our new players coming in about what you're capable of doing” Today Ally Anderson and Ebony Marinoff will make history when they run out for their 100th #AFLW game. Neither player has missed since round one, 2017. www.afl.com.au/aflw/news/14...

Greatest 3QT deficit to come back and win: 27pts - STK def. PORT RD7 2025 22pts - port def. haw sf 2024 20pts - stk def. coll rd4 2023 18pts - freo def. mel wk4 2024 17pts - wce def. stk rd3 2025; bris def. adl rd4 2025 #AFLW #AFLWSaintsPower

Swans simply lacked the composure with ball in hand in the last quarter. Desperate kicks forward to a well-set Crows defence that saw it fly straight back over their heads. #AFLWCrowsSwans

Crowd of 3937 out at Brighton Homes Arena to see Ally Anderson player her 100th game, and then welcome the men's side back from its premiership victory. #AFLWLionsTigers

Giants out to win three straight games for the first time in their history this afternoon. Eagles depleted, with two late changes. The time is now. #AFLWEaglesGiants

This Harris Andrews performance has been Kate Lutkins-esque, from her AFLW GF best on ground medal in 2021. #AFLGF

Career-best four goals for Ellie Blackburn tonight, playing out of the midfield. #AFLWDogsPies

Melbourne's 10 individual goalkickers today is the most in its #AFLW history.

Collingwood's 57 point loss to the Western Bulldogs this evening is the club's biggest loss across its 90 #AFLW game history.

Already gone in every store that my partner has checked :(

Essendon's 6.5 (41) is the highest score North Melbourne has conceded since the 2023 Grand Final - it's last loss. #AFLW #AFLWDonsNorth

I just can't imagine bitching about every. single. video. games. every. single. day. Finding something to whine about constantly. Pathetic way to live your life.

Ghost of Yotei is a masterpiece. It ruled over my waking and sleeping moments for a week. There's so much love and attention poured into this game, so much artistry on display, so I tried to do the same with my review for @rollingstone.com. www.rollingstone.com/culture/rs-g...

Oh and one more thing

this is the most normal anyone has ever looked when they're surprised ft. @rubyinnes.bsky.social

I RODE CHOCOBO TODAY

never signed a petition so fast. Australians, go go go

The most popular game in the world right now is a sequel to smash hit 2017 title from an Adelaide-based 3-man game studio. Despite this success, it's barely acknowledged in Australian media? Here's a good newsletter questioning why that's the case.

Links never do well on here for me istg but guys the ABC silksong article by @gdig.bsky.social is up already! 😄 www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...

Geelong has dropped its captain Meghan McDonald for its must-win clash with Essendon on Sunday. #AFLW

Listen back to the Game Show on ABC Classic, with game music anniversaries 🎮🎵 🍄 1985: Mario, Tetris, Ghosts 'n Goblins ⏳ 1995: Chrono Trigger, Donkey Kong Country 2, Dragon Quest VI 🪓 2005: God of War, RE4, Civ IV, & more) 🎧 www.abc.net.au/listen/progr... (1/)

Exclusive: “The death of Meanjin is a loss to the country’s cultural memory and a loss to those writers who might have been part of its literary present and future," said former Meanjin editor Jonathan Green.

Ursula K. LeGuin on technology

The scenes of nazis attacking camp sovereignty are absolutely disgusting, and they should be ashamed, but more importantly they should be countered.

Highest scores in #AFLW history: 18.6 (114) - NM def. FREO RD2 2025 16.12 (108) - port def. gcs rd3 2025 16.11 (107) - mel def. freo rd9 2022 s6 16.10 (106) - adl def. gws rd4 2023 17.3 (105) - bris def. freo RD2 2025

Greatest #AFLW winning margins: 100pts - NM def. FREO RD3 2025 96pts - adl def. gws rd5 2022 (S7) 88pts - mel def. freo rd9 2022 (S6) 82pts - syd def. gcs rd2 2025 78pts - mel def. wce rd10 2022 (S7)

I should learn that when I share my cheesy fan photos that they can go anywhere! But I am thrilled that Marnie Vinall picked it up for ABC Sport to share the fan reactions of hope, pride and joy to Mitch Brown's powerful coming out announcement yesterday 🏳️‍🌈 www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08...

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Team Cherry told me that Hollow Knight has sold 15 million copies, making it one of the biggest indie games of all time. What's really wild is that in February 2019, when Silksong was announced, Hollow Knight had only sold 2.8 million copies. The full story: www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...

I write a lot about miserable game development stories, so it sure was a pleasure to hear that one of the reasons Silksong took so long was that Team Cherry is having too much fun making it and didn't want to stop

BREAKING: Silksong will be out on September 4. Two weeks from today. Really. Often, games that take 7+ years to make are plagued by mismanagement and painful burnout. But for Silksong? Team Cherry was having a blast. They still are. This is their story: www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...

(FWIW I don't think that's the only reason; they also mentioned that it'd take a lot of time to get codes and distribute them etc, and they're a tiny team with lots to do in the next two weeks)