Amazing show last night at The Forum in Melbourne. Stolen Nova warmed the crowd up with his Prince-like guitar play and TV On The Radio was even more than I hoped for. Incredible setlist open.spotify.com/playlist/4qQ... #forummelbourne #stolennova #tvontheradio #livemusic #melbourne

Be glad there's no ChatGPT wrapped.

I don't even know where to start on this one. It's so batshit cringy sad.

Good turnout at the Cross Faction Battle Beacon Event in Melbourne, Australia @ingress.com @nianticspatial.bsky.social Over 50 agents, deploying over 600 beacons, battling hard and many personal badges achieved.

Apparently Trump's first taste of presidency was a lot earlier than 2017

So first men are not allowed to read in public anymore because it's 'performative' and now celebrities can't start book clubs anymore and share their love for reading? I think the bigger issue is all this gatekeeping coming from a particular demographic of readers.

Look, even IF it turns out the new A Feast For Crows Illustrated Edition was not AI generated, it might well as be. There's no intent, no detail, no understanding of character or lore. Every house colour, piece of clothing and design choice feels wrong. How did this make it past editors?

I'm glad they group the Dutch wishing deadly diseases upon one another under the term 'medical'

Completely checks out 😂

Random morning thought: is the red pulse on Pink Floyd’s Pulse CD still blinking away somewhere, three decades later?

Just heard Smells Like Teen Spirit playing in the supermarket. I guess it’s official that the sounds of my teenage rebellion are now background music for the pasta aisle.

Alright, finally, my submission for ABC Radio's Top 100 Books Of The 21st Century. I clearly need to read more. Vote now: bit.ly/45rGkgE #RadioNational #Top100Books #booksky #books

Yearly Reminder

Vacant offices hit a 30-year high. Affordable rentals are at crisis point. You’d think combining the two would be easy. But it was never about space, or WFH, or a ‘dying CBD.’ It’s about money. And nothing else.

You know what? I know a club who'd love to have you ... Come home, Erik, they need someone other than Oosting #fctwente

The fact that my white ass, as a recent immigrant to Australia, has been told multiple times today that this ‘March For Australia’ isn’t about me or people like me… tells you everything you need to know. They’re confusing racism with patriotism.

So in Melbourne several hundred anti-immigration protesters turned up for the March For Australia, among them open neo-Nazis and one speaker in a wannabe Gestapo trench coat. And the police response was to pepper-spray the almost 10000 strong anti-fascist counter rally? Have I got that right?

Recent purchase. What a marvellous 2-player #boardgame is Paris: La Cité de la Lumière. It's a bit like an upgraded #patchwork. Quick game, about 30 minutes, with a lovely theme and great artwork. This one will be on the table more often.

So many books could be 200 pages shorter if the characters just sat down and had one honest conversation. #booksky

Someone who bulldozes the Rose Garden for a concrete patio, then slathers the Oval Office in gold, doesn’t do it unless they think they’ll be here another 10 years.

Oslo Davis cartoon, August 9, 2025 www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/opinion/cart... via @thesaturdaypaper.com.au

Ok, this terrible piece has made me angrier than I should be. It centers the voices of landlords over workers. It treats the economy of a few city blocks as more important than modernising work. No word on urban decentralisation, work-life balance or productivity evidence from hybrid/remote models.

Bye Bye Google Nest Wifi. Bye Bye to mystery dropouts. Bye Bye to increasingly long buffering times. And hello Orbi Mesh AX6000 RKB860

After that first episode, I'm so glad South Park is still there for us. Holy shit, did I need this! #SouthPark #S27

Is anyone actually using em-dashes more often now that ChatGPT showed them how to use them properly?

Read More, Talk More, Make More Friends. The Spotswood Chapter of Tough Guy Book Club meets at The Spotswood Hotel. Like every chapter, it's on the first Wednesday of the month at 7PM Come have a chat. And don't worry if you haven't read the book. #books #bookclub #toughguybookclub #tgbc

Played some 2-player Ark Nova at Boardies in Fitzroy yesterday. About 1,5 hours of learning the rules of building zoos, and then 2,5 hours of playing. But a great experience and game. Very strategic, and we both loved it. Complex but very replayable. Will get a copy! #boardgames #arknova

www.axios.com/2025/07/08/e... I see the re-writing of Grok's algorithm is now almost completely up to Musk's standard. No more training the LLM on journalism, just train it on Twitter.

It would be so funny if they just gave it to Obama again. #NobelPeacePrize

Why are we still traumatizing pets every New Year when we clearly have something better? #fireworks #drones

The fact that Shepparton is trying to become the 'Capital of Big Things' only solidifies the opinion that this town is perpetually stuck in the 1980's #Shepparton #BigPear

Organ Pipes National Park, 25 minutes outside Melbourne

Apparently being a white man in his 40s means Spotify keeps recommending a certain genre of bands that I'm prime demographic for. But I just discovered the "Don't Play This Artist" button. And it has made my days significantly better!

World War 3 kinda sucks, but you know, it was either this or pronouns

Is there a better symbol for Trump's presidency?

#Ingress in Australia still alive and well #IngressAnomaly #Niantic #ThetaPerth

Just watched War of the Rohirrim on my flight. It’s not flawless (leans hard into familiar tropes and “Éowyn, but younger”) but I still had a damn good time. Compared to Rings of Power, this feels like a love letter, not a marketing exercise. More of this, please. #WarOfTheRohirrim #MiddleEarth

Some creatures have no right being this cute. #quokka #rottnestisland

Ross Gittins: "How much natural gas would it take to persuade the French to let some company screw around with the 20,000-year-old paintings in the Lascaux Cave? But that’s not the way we value our ancient carvings." www.smh.com.au/business/the...

Scott Morrison to receive Companion of the Order of Australia. Side eyes at the ready. #AusPol

POV when you're reading a book but it's dinner time

she did the meme

Surely someone knew at the West Australian? Surely they have a Gen X or Millennial working there? Surely 'Clapping Boomerangs' is a euphemism #westaustralian #goatse #clappinboomerangs

I actually think it might be beneficial to both parties ànd Australia if they play it well. Nationals are in a position to grab the One Nation vote and Libs can move to the Labor-owned center again, without the climate-change denying nats at the hips. Might make for better opposition.

This year my bookclub @toughguybookclub.com and its members are trying to save 4000 lives by donating Blood, Plasma and Platelets at Lifeblood . Especially a Plasma Donation gives you some great time to get a few pages in of the back catalogue. #blooddonation #lifeblood #australianredcross

It’s almost like the first Star Wars movie was a self-contained hero’s journey made to entertain an audience

Hey Google, show me what a Fascist state in Late Stage Capitalism would look like www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

This kid runs circles around the reporter

I think what surprised me most this election is how absolutely horrified Australians are at the thought of a minority government. #auspol

Perhaps Albo will feel secure enough to start growing a spine now.