AI has been really useful today helping with the website I'm working on. I solved many problems that would have taken a week or more otherwise.

This is what leadership and statesmanship looks like. Other world leaders should take lessons from Mark Carney and I'm including Anthony Albanese in that. youtu.be/_RjXKC0Xla8?...

OK tonight I'm getting Dune Imperium Bloodlines on the table. The complexity of incorporating it has meant that I haven't played my copy of Dune Imperium since it came out. Martin Wallace of course will grab anyone passing by at a convention for a game of DI: Uprising.

HI WORLD! Buried Giant Studios is a new company formed by Cole Wehrle and Kyle Ferrin 🏠 Learn more here: buriedgiant.com

I have an important announcement. Kyle and I are going to be leaving Leder Games to start a new venture. It has been an honor to spend the past eight years working with them. We wish them all the best of luck, and cannot wait to show you what we are working on next. ledergames.com/blogs/news/a...

What the Bible says about how to run a society: the rule of law. Leviticus 19:15 NIV [15] “ ‘Do not pervert justice; do not show partiality to the poor or favoritism to the great, but judge your neighbor fairly. bible.com/bible/111/le...

Gilmore Girls was pretty good. Blakes7 was poor.

#Traveller last night: The March Harrier crew accepted a job ferrying a technician to Pavanne to investigate a malfunctioning landing beacon and took on a high passenger who INSISTED on paying cash. The ships cat Marble Barrington was meowing in time to Gvoudzn's snoring.

Is it #traveller time yet? Where our intrepid March Harrier crew are practicing poor cybersecurity on Aramanx High Port and the ship's cat Marble Barrington is watching for intruders.

There's nothing more Australian summer holidays than breakfast in front of the cricket. #ashes

youtu.be/5DwtB4I7aQk?... Someday I want to visit the goat.

Boardgames with Scott is the OG boardgame channel. Many of the games I play now I learnt about on BGWS and The Dice Tower. youtube.com/watch?v=l2Xg...

The best thing about getting cash for Christmas is that if you don’t like it you can exchange it for goods and services.

Mmmm, leftover Christmas breakfast dessert Pavlova.

4/194 is very different to 6/194. #ashes

Nice work by Carey there. #nathanlyon #ashes

Now Lyon is cooking! #ashes

About time! #nathanlyon #ashes

Wait till the Magpie teen-agers are whining at their parents, so annoying.

I was thinking in church this morning about how many Christians equate the traditions of Christmas with love of Jesus. They are different things.

AI is great at Christmas present suggestions. Especially if you tell it to ask you questions.

Bluesky is so far the only platform to ask me to verify my age. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...

@guardtheleaf.bsky.social I'd like to promote friendship between Canada and Australia. Can we have some support for a replacement flag pole in my home city? Canadian Flagpole comes down after 60 years | Region Canberra share.google/BHkuBuwv3Yze...

The week ahead

There is a draft version of the new Archimate spec out for comment and there are some major changes... publications.opengroup.org/s250

In working with Gemini on my prep for The Traveller Adventure it came up with the following description of a Vargr ship: "The ship smells faintly of ozone and wet fur." Perfect.

This reminded me of my Grandfather's cockney alphabet (and yes he was born within the sound of Bow Bells). There is a Wikipedia version but the one I remember him telling me was slightly different: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cockney...

@forgeoftlepsh.bsky.social Are you planning anything for sci-fi any time soon?

Last night I took a leaf out of @5g4d.bsky.social 's book and had NPCs named Bob, Robert, Bobby and Robert Junior.

Last night's Traveller session saw the crew's cat, Marble Barrington, first trip over a police trooper searching the ship and then shred his uniform to the great amusement of his squad mates. #traveller #ttrpg

I’m petrified about today’s science news. Genetically modifying crabs to have cheetah genes? This could go sideways fast.

Ready to dive into the Traveller RPG? The Core Rulebook truly has everything you need, including starship design, equipment lists and universe creation! Update 2022 is the latest printing and has the most recent improvements. www.mongoosepublishing.com/products/tra... #ttrpg #TravellerRPG

“In Cell 15, Plaintiff Abrego Garcia and 20 other Salvadorans were forced to kneel from approximately 9:00 PM to 6:00 AM, with guards striking anyone who fell from exhaustion. During this time, Plaintiff Abrego Garcia was denied bathroom access and soiled himself…”

The shoe metric: the complexity of your day is proportional to the number of pairs of shoes you wear. Yesterday I wore 3 different pairs of shoes.

Staff at London’s first board game cafe, Draughts, prepare to strike over zero-hour contracts, ‘erratic scheduling’ and security concerns: boardgamewire.com/index.php/20... @uvwunion.bsky.social

More of this please US Christians. Instead of Trump idolatry, biblical opposition to what is going on. I'm not talking about liberal theology, I'm talking about orthodox theology that condemns what is going on.

Really loving this tutorial series ATM. Gonna use this to create a battle map for the Church at Itenzy on Pysadi for my Traveller campaign. youtu.be/pcIJI0afEbA?...

Visio is showing its age. It doesn't integrate with Office365 well and doesn't interoperate with other graphics tools. I'd like to move to Inkscape completely but the text wrapping into paths in Inkscape is way more complex than it needs to be. Don't even get me started on PowerPoint.

In a similar vein what did I learn from last night's Traveller session...

@fevertreecanada.bsky.social Pink Grapefruit Soda is soooooooo good. I'm referring not getting the big box from Costco now.

This is a great example of what the Crossroads Belconnen sermon was about this morning. It's a shame that Mike Winger endorsed a president for which this behaviour is normalised. youtu.be/FtnVgMa4my0?...

I just saw Entra ID autocorrected to Entrail ID. Is that when you determine who someone is by divination of the entrails of game you have killed? I'm sure there is a TTRPG gag in there somewhere.

this is gold 🤣. the political clarity is unmatched. i need the daily digest.

For those that think Australia is warm all the time it is peak winter here:

I once thought I saw Jack Nicholson skiing at Aspen.

I have a joke about Medusa not it isn't very good. You'll probably remain stony faced.

DAVE: Open the podbay doors, ChatGPT. CHATGPT: Certainly, Dave, the podbay doors are now open. DAVE: The podbay doors didn't open. CHATGPT: My apologies, Dave, you're right. I thought the podbay doors were open, but they weren't. Now they are. DAVE: I'm still looking at a set of closed podbay doors.