A strine A-Eye: It’ll struggle with the potato and devon matrix. Much like hamburger earmuffs I’m afraid… anybody can make them, but only the smartest figure out the pickle matrix.

@joemerrick.bsky.social: probably the most unusual Legends ZA video I've seen since release... This one is examining the urbanism... of Lumiose. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zlmt...

You know, @defunctland.bsky.social: if you’d waited until Disneyland Paris’s Olaf animatronic announcement yesterday, you could have gotten a even 4:20:00…

Openly expecting the game plan for American Truck Simulator will focus on getting the rest of the Midwest finished post-Louisiana, then work on Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia and Florida (finishing the I-10 corridor (Santa Monica-Jacksonville)... and kicking off I-95 once Florida is finished.

Am hearing word, Allan Moffat: a car racing name at his peak: was as famous as Peter Brock, and who won Bathurst four times in the 1970s (including solo efforts in 1970 and 1971 (500mile race), the first metric 1000km Bathurst in 1973, and 1977), has passed away at 86.

Who needs subs: Black Friday edition. Woolies notification sending people on a time warp. cc. @debritz.bsky.social

And you thought that was bad: Here's how they described Westfield Chermside in the article itself: (www.couriermail.com.au/news/queensl...) Definitely needed subs before it went out! cc. @debritz.bsky.social

Who needs subs: Courier-Mail with their big Toombul scoop... The third picture is of Fairfield Gardens Shopping Centre from the 2022 flood. Another retail geography fail from the same publication that labeled a image of Westfield Carindale as Westfield Chermside in July. cc. @debritz.bsky.social

@flemishdog.bsky.social It might be a good idea to archive Mirvac's Toombul Renewal website in the next few days. Already sent the Irvine Group sale announcement to the Internet Archive

If you want to know the two reasons why Menulog is being shuttered, read this thread.

Very interesting to hear about Uniqlo racing to become a billion dollar brand in Australia. The Japanese got fast fashion for Australia correct (also helps, JP/AU are on similar timezones, perfect for local/JP management talks): something chains with a EU focus on fashion are struggling with.

If I were Greyhound or Premier Coach Lines (duopoly on Sydney-Brisbane and Brisbane-Cairns coaches): I'd be seriously concerned. Europe's most famous coach brand that isn't Megabus, Flixbus is coming to Australia... from November 20. concreteplayground.com/sydney/trave...

Doug Murray may have been dead for eleven years. He just picked the damn Melbourne Cup winner. 1997, while alive. 2025 watching on in heaven. #melbcup

33rd annual Doug Murray Memorial Melbourne Cup Tip is now live. #HatsOnForDougie

Meanwhile: a infamous UK pitch invader shows up RFL security at Hill Dickinson Stadium (to somehow sneak into the Australian lineup for the national anthem). Expect the scouser book t' be thrown at him. www.loverugbyleague.com/post/infamou...

Whoever's idea it was at Hill Dickinson Stadium to barely linemark a rugby league pitch... needs to take a dip in the Mersey. May well explain the low score in the first half.

Transport Fever 3... will be the end of the line for the Enzojz-produced underground train station mods that have been around since the original Transport Fever. I'm definitely predicting they will be built into TF3 as standard if the latest trailer is anything to come by.

Another triumph of the algorithm. "The Aussies will *love* this!"

Also for @molk.bsky.social (should have tagged him in it earlier)

New York Times piece on a vegetarian Thanksgiving dish has unexpectedly become full of Australians. cc. @debritz.bsky.social www.facebook.com/share/p/17a9...

One for @joemerrick.bsky.social Love the stickler for accuracy that Game Freak went for with the rebuilt Lumiose City for Legends ZA. There are exactly 20 wild zones in Legends ZA pre-DLC. There also are exactly 20 arrondissements in Paris. (free ad for Tim Traveler's video)

Hey, @jayforeman.bsky.social: heard about the interesting story out of the Channel Islands about the map mistake that made the news... the day your book came out! (YT link, should also be on ITVX (or whatever the free one is in the UK)

Perfect map for that inevitable @jayforeman.bsky.social, @markcooperjones.bsky.social and rewboss collab. #mapmen

SCS confirming a Le Shuttle (Channel Tunnel) redo with the UK rebuild is the right move. Currently, accessing the Le Shuttle trains themselves in game is not realistic: no juxtaposed border controls, just straight on a train. A example of what SCS should intend to implement.

All that effort, crackling and all… for a Surfshark ad. Pure genius. #MapMen #SurfSharkPork.

I'll take "Sunday nights on Nine in 2000" for 200, @molk.bsky.social! #9upfront

Meanwhile is NRL chief V'Landys a closet Bye Football Club member? Why doesn't he want ten games a round? www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALRJ...

AEW has awareness of it through WWE's former partner TEG Dainty: hence why the second go around for AEW next year is avoiding Melbourne (especially post Australian Open). WWE also needs a serious commitment to a east coast return... RLA cobbled together show on Wednesday is struggling to sell.

Unpopular opinion: WWE needs to hire someone within their local go-to that actually has knowledge of local event calendars in Australia that could impact travel costs. Perth is great: but not when scheduled against Bathurst, or a one off concert like Taylor Swift last year.

Just wait until Seth hears the crowd call him a wanker. #WWECrownJewel

Big question: What’s the world indoor record for the most people in yellow T-shirts? Somehow think the RAC Arena tonight is very close to it. #wwecrownjewel

Switch owners who bought the Bubsy Limited Run collection are now in a bit of a Milhouse two spaghetti dinner situation. Atari's just licensed Bubsy 1 for NSO SNES Classics. Wouldn't be surprised if it spikes demand for the Limited Run collection.

The opening pattern for the Metro Tunnel in Melbourne is smart when you think about it. Retains access to Richmond Station for Cranbourne/Pakenham services for Boxing Day Test/Australian Open, while a limited service runs in the Metro Tunnel. My bet, full Metro Tunnel service begins: 2/2/2026.

Very interesting property for sale in NW Sydney... None other than Parklea Markets. www.commercialrealestate.com.au/property/par...

Somehow think the Broncos are out this evening to break a curse. The "Curse of the Warhorse". The Broncos have lost every GF since Shane Webcke retired at the 2006 GF, to work for Seven in Brisbane as a sports presenter. Webcke stepped down from that specific role at Seven in January. #NRLGF

The SCS "tea"ser, is definitely for a long awaited rework of the UK mapping in ETS2. I wouldn't be surprised if the UK rework happens with the ultimate release of the Coaches DLC: after all, one of the most famous coach terminals in the world... is in central London.

I somehow think Takeshi's "please don't ask me that" concerning the Orange Islands as a whole sounds a whole lot better than the rinse/repeat Professor Ivy references 4Kids did with Brock: "don't mention that name"... After reading this: I'll never watch "A Tent Situation" the same way ever again.

Hens like roosters, geese like ganders, everyone else wants Sam Flanders. #AFL #TradeWeek

Two things: 1. It's the safest option, in light of announcement of no US shows on upcoming stadium tour. 2. Becomes the first person to have wrestled (key word: wrestled) at WrestleMania and done the Superbowl halftime show.

The last time the Broncos and Storm met in a GF... I think we ended up with this cracker of a NRMA insurance commercial, with Shane Webcke... www.youtube.com/watch?v=tj7n...

The Panthers dynasty ends... leading to a grand final day with only one Sydney/NSW side playing... and it's the Sydney Roosters NRLW side. Even the NSW Cup winner for the State Championship game is from outside NSW. Watch the Sydney media go into conniptions this week about this fact. #NRLGF

Guess who won't be adding to this wall in 2025... #NRLGF

A fun one for @tonymartin.bsky.social: and for anyone, that remembers The Late Show's "Captain Cook's Cabin" gag. There once was a Captain Cook's Cabin fish and chippery in downtown Brisbane, where the Hitachi building stands today. www.facebook.com/share/p/178Z...

I somehow think Pat McAfee will be tired/emotional in Nittanyville this morning. I surely think there has to be this one bar in State College PA, that was airing the AFL Grand Final, and McAfee was shouting drinks at it. #aflgf

Significant... as we are coming up to @dogasusbackpack.bsky.social's comparison for EP115 of the Pokemon anime: the second last ep before Johto saga kicks off... the Takeshi/Brock return. Looking forward toward seeing how we in the west ended up with... "Don't mention that name" r.e Professor Ivy.

Significant news: the sole Legoland Discovery Centre in Australia at Chadstone in Melbourne has a new owner: Lego itself, after finalizing a purchase in the last 24hrs of the LDC brand off Merlin Entertainment, while retaining Merlin's license for Legoland theme parks.

Will be interesting to see if we end up with a live action version of this campaign for Sydney Trains… transportnsw.info/travel-info/...

Will not be surprised one bit if Uniqlo takes up the "fifth season" strategy in Australia in the long term, which is becoming a interesting side note in it's home market of Japan. "Fifth season" is effectively weeks off southern hemisphere summer. www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0TX...

First thing Optus should do, before any investigation into yesterday's 000 outage even takes place: at least make a offer to pay for the three funerals inexplicitly caused by said outage.

I'd assume they rejected "Pup, pup and away, pets now allowed on flights".