In today's 'Herald Sun', Andrew Bolt describes Trump as 'brilliant' and says he was swindled out of the Nobel Prize. Here's what Bolt used to say before Rupert pulled him into line.

@3ma.bsky.social As a group, have you been tempted to revisit train games (with the wonders of 18xx.games and choochoo.games now available), or look at GMTs COIN/Irregular Conflict series? The upcoming Cross Bronx Expressway is pretty fascinating.

@ifbookspod.bsky.social So... that making up advice column letters to answer has been enshrined in the Australian Parliament for a long time. When our ministers ask a planted question in question-time to their own party, they're referred to as "Dorothy Dixer"s. Weirdly, after a US columnist.

Half of Australians have no idea that Google and other search engines will be forced to check the age of their users & change their service based on that info. This polling comes as an inquiry into Australia's online safety codes & the teen social media ban kicks off today www.crikey.com.au/20...

Anybody with exposure to Victorian #Criminal #Law will be really nervous at the Northern Private Hospital #AusLaw

We've got #IVF things today. You can't wear deodorant whenever you're in the same space as embryos, samples or eggs. Does this mean that anybody with bad BO is excluded from the reproductive sciences?

What did Gotye say when he found an old container of his mother's breast milk? "That was just a latte that I used to grow" #Pun #BadPun #BadBadBadPun #StrainedPun #StrainedJoke #LachlansWifeDoesntApprove

My new shirt design is a very serious PSA that I was asked to make, because apparently a lot of people don't know. roryblank.bigcartel.com

Did you know today is #InternationalAppreciationDay? It's always the 13th of September. It's less vague than #RUOK day. To celebrate - email or message an author, a musician, a journalist,a n artist, a podcaster, a colleague, a speaker - anybody, to tell them you like and appreciate their work.

I just finished a #CypticCrossword completely for the first time! I was only two away last week. Might still come back to it... But we've been threatening a win for a while, and finally got it! Thanks, @lrlr.bsky.social!

Today during my toddler's nap, I played with his toys. youtu.be/up0NEPnYhm8 #StarTrek

@lrlr.bsky.social "PR pro rD?  (4,6)" Isn't a bug in the online implementation of the crossword right? That's the actual clue?

If you're a #Christian #Minister who does premarital counseling for Christian couples, please direct message me. There's something you're probably missing that would be really helpful.

So you’re telling me the Wizard of Oz presented itself as a towering force of overwhelming technology, only to be unmasked as just some guy, off-screen?

Prep for my Son's birthday party #TractorTed

In a new paper published earlier this year in the Journal of Marketing, we uncovered a surprising pattern: The more knowledge people have about lead poisoning, the less likely they are eat paint chips for a snack.

I hate #Bunnings. They've got deceptive price matching policies, monopolistic behavior with land and prices, an awful privacy policy on the data they collect with facial and plate recognition. But they let dogs in and have a facade of blokeiness. They're Scott Morrison as a shop.

@claireconnelly.bsky.social Barely counts as a tip given how pathetic Qantas are nowadays, but thought you might appreciate knowing that Cyber Hotline they're telling their customers to talk to if they're concerned about the breach? No access to the customer database. No ability to do anything.

Given that I regularly get nervous that I might have accidentally swapped the ground decaf and caffeinated beans or the espressos before steaming milk when making coffee from my wife and I, I increasingly feel that it's a good thing that I was never remotely tempted by embryology. #ivf

@lrlr.bsky.social So close! Was trying to finish before the midnight boundary. Looked up the last answer afterwards and realised I should have got it, if I didn't get stuck on crook meaning J I loved the ? clues. Calcined was tough! Logicked it out, but then looked up to see if it was a word.

@thesaturdaypaper.com.au Weird Q: Keen on subscribing, but household avoids waste and plastic and yadayada. Leftover papers can go to brown waste for compost, but do you plastic-wrap your delivered papers?

@lrlr.bsky.social OK, you were doing something funny with that ripped sailor clue last week, right? Amusingly breaking the 'abs' convention or something, right? I feel in the cusp. (Best I've done on a cryptic though! Got 8 answers in. TBD if I can be bothered buying the paper for the answers)

AI in search engines is the equivalent of a mate on your quiz team who thinks he knows the answer but isn't sure.

#AusPol ABC News had headline "Coalition Break Up: Michael McCormick says hopes only temporary break" It makes it sound like Ross and Rachel. "You got in bed with Labor!" "WE WERE ON A BREAK!"

On #covers that should happen but won't, #TheProclaimers covering #TheAngels 'Am I ever gonna see your face again' #music

When is @bonnietyler.com finally going to cover #LetItGo? It's a proper Jim Steinman throwback! (Or maybe Weird Al's 'Stop forwarding that crap to me?') #Frozen #Music

Thank you! For any new listeners, I'd recommend the stereo single file version of We Are Hungry Men found here: thetrainrush.com/2023/05/10/s... It was only split due to file size restrictions!

If you're into #boardgames and/or #18xx games, you should be listening to The Train Rush. It's the most consistently creative board game podcast I've found. The three part "We are hungry men" is fantastic. You need it in your ears.

Liberals describe Peter Dutton's decision to preference One Nation as "devastating". It’s also a slap in the face for those who historically fought to distance the Coalition from Hansonism.

Stuff like this is the real reason why I use the internet

@lrlr.bsky.social 2 clues solved from this week's Saturday Cryptic! Anytime I get more than one feels like a win (Laurie's Partner, and Easter clues, FYI)

OH: Vibe Coding will do for programming what MySpace did for graphic design.

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The Nationals get less support nationally than the Greens, but have an outsized influence over policy. This is who the deputy prime minister would be under a Coalition government. It's not a fringe view – it's the leader of the junior coalition partner saying we don't think some kids deserve rights

Is a parent playing with their child's toys how N64 platformers were designed?

the attack on trans people is the attack on women is the attack on men etc etc they want to make gender roles so strict we can’t move. men need to know they’re coming after yours, too. after your hard earned vulnerability and your softness, your self-expression, your permission to collaborate.

the pandemic nearly killed board gaming as we know it. these tariffs will finish it off.

@ellalowgren.bsky.social That journey you sent me on... Diagnosed today.

I nerdsniped myself baaad. I've spent like 6 month in learning #Rust and implementing an MCTS in it to try to help me playtest my #boardgames. I could have collected a lot of actual playtests by now... but it's finally helping with #EmuBayRailwayCompany #Cuberails #BoardgameDesign #TrainGames

Starting trade wars to make it easier to take over the government was literally the plot to the Star Wars prequels.

We should start a partition to have a #DavidAttenborough reading of the literary masterpiece "Mopoke" by Philip Bunting

Every Vision Australia promo just begs the question - why are these basic services left to charity? Why isn't this an essential service funded properly by government? Why are we giving rich ppl tax cuts instead of this? #carolsbycandlelight

@milesklee.bsky.social If, theoretically, one was more curious about the cola wars (and wondered if it would support a Twilight Struggle style game), any more good resources beyond trawling Wikipedia?

Volunteering is broken and it makes everyone sad. Things are so expensive and it stops people volunteering.

I still prefer #Mastodon - but who should I be following over here?

I made a video for my agile, CLI, scrum tool 'ScrumMD' youtu.be/xn7ZRUzN_Tc?...

So - I made a thing. Gonna make a video about the thing later. It's still in pre-prod, but it's an open source tool written in Python for you to manage scrum cards from the command line. pypi.org/project/scru... scrummd.readthedocs.io/en/stable/ github.com/lkingsford/s...

This has officially made my week