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(sigh) #auspol

I could blame EA... but I'd rather blame Jared Kushner and the Saudi government for loading the company up with so much debt that they had to kill off Bioware. Bioware made a good number of my favourite games of all time and they are a significant loss to the industry. #Bioware

www.imdb.com/title/tt4082... Detectorists is one of my all-time favourite shows. It's a happy place that I can watch whenever. Excellent characters, understated jokes and low-key storylines. English TV at it's best. I can skip the Xmas specials though, they inject jarring magical thinking.

I have this album playing at the moment. It is fantastic and I wish the band had released more music. #metalsky

For any western government worried about their birthrates: collect sufficient taxes (important step 1) to improve government services. Public school should be a first choice. Public childcare services can be improved. Just make things less shitty for people. Make two incomes noncompulsory #auspol

This is an area that makes me question the competence of the @australianlabor.bsky.social party. They accomplished something via an overdue policy change, but refuse to celebrate, or even own the result. What do you stand for, ALP? #auspol

@michaelwestbiz.bsky.social, I'm paying fan of your work... but the way the stories on the site are structured are annoying. The grey call-outs being part of the text is what I'm talking about. They look like pull quotes from the article and are therefore prone to being ignored.

I always thought this guy was a bit of a sanctimonious dick and I have no idea whether the sexual impropriety allegations are true... but "feels on wheels" is an S-tier nickname. #auspol

It is possible that capitalist industry could lead to less work being required... But it is through proper taxation of earnings and wealth to allow government to provide the basic services. Governments have been bought and failed the people.

A racist's feelings were hurt because someone said they'd donate any money spent by ON ilk in their coffee shop to the Greens. Not banned, just redirecting the funds. Meanwhile they vilify every minority they can think of on a daily basis and ban journos they don't like. #auspol

So, News24 (aka Sky "News"), a candidate for "wally of the week" is Sarah Hanson-Young for "turning on her mother, ... Pauline Hanson". No, the wally (as always), is you and whichever dipshit decided it was a good idea to let LLMs write your "news" for you. #auspol #fuckwits

Just a note for bands considering using AI-generated artworks for your album covers: I get that it's tempting, but just don't do it. For one, it's taking work that an actual artist would love. Secondly: it makes us wonder if your music is AI too. If you can't afford art, just take a photo.

@australianlabor.bsky.social needs to back the fuck off on this one; you look stupid, incompetent and lacking foresight. Passing the credit card charges onto the rest of the taxpaying public so some people can collect frequent flyer points is a poor trade-off.

I saw this slop in my spam email. Sure, buy a titanium chopping board if you love blunt knives.

I blame myself for being disappointed in this Labor government. Why did I let myself believe that they would be significantly better? I mean they are *better* than the fucking Liberals, but not by as much as they could/should have been. #auspol

If you're a small business who has been paying a credit card surcharge on your tax bill and also complaining that you have to absorb credit card fees on your sales, have a good look at your decisions. #auspol #acci

What does the inequality crisis look like? This 👇 98% of public schools are underfunded – that’s 2.6 million kids without the resources they need for the education they deserve. Yet the richest private schools are charging massive fees while banking billions of public dollars.

Because shitfuckery isn't just for governments. #tax #auspol

What in the name of all that is unholy? Judge Todd Lang of the Arizona court system, who "loved" the AI-generated video of the dead guy forgiving his killer, needs his head read and to be removed from his position. If the family forgive the killer, fine, let them say as much... #WTF

Hey, @australianlabor.bsky.social, stop being cunts. Don't fucking pixel bitch about the victims of Robodebt; it was an egregious crime committed by the state against it's most vulnerable. Just pay the compensation. #auspol

Bandcamp Friday once again does damage to my bank balance. #metalsky \m/

Notably it is companies that have been able to accumulate masses of tax losses and multinationals that can siphon off revenue make up the bulk of non-taxpayers. #auspol

HIPPOTRAKTOR - Annihilist Release day for this excellent piece of progressive post metal too. There's too much goddamn music! #metalsky \m/

Sgaile - Onwards to Embrace the Echo Release day! I have no idea how he'd top TtB but I'm here for it. The same lush soundscapes, soaring vocals and beautiful artwork are present. Decent chance of featuring in my top 10 at the end of the year... but I haven't finished listen 1 yet. #metalsky

Old news. I knew companies did this (we've long known that using an Apple device can increase the price of online products), but I only just heard about this. Company said the quiet part out loud.

The people paying their tax via credit card were most likely doing so in order to take advantage of point-accumulation schemes. I've had them advertised to me previously. Tiny fraction of businesses affected. Cry me a river. #auspol

Disarmonia Mundi - Mind Tricks. This album (and its predecessor) are fucking fantastic. It really highlights the change (downturn) in the quality of the band's output in recent years when I go back to this absolute banger of an album. Definitely a favourite in the melodeath space. #metalsky \m/

More good coverage from @michaelwestbiz.bsky.social. The interest rates rises are a blunt instrument and are being used in the wrong economic circumstances. My only comment is that quoting AI chatbots doesn't prove anything except that the average of the internet agrees. #michaelwest #auspol

haenesy.bandcamp.com/album/esentia Hænesy - Esentia "Post" and "Atmospheric" are sometimes interchangeable when applied to black metal... I feel like both are required for this album. #metalsky \m/

Kongh - Dissolved in Time Cool progressive sludge/doom album. #metalsky \m/

Positive move from The Greens. Shoebridge has a bit of juice and can be forceful without being sanctimonious. They've been absent during the rise of One Nation, but they have an opportunity to be a genuine (as opposed to opportunistic) bulwark. As long as they don't disappear up their own arses.

Because of some spam purporting to come from my web service provider but showing the name of a company called "Benny Fjord Gaffeltruck" on the email address, I learned that the Danish word for "forklift" is "gaffeltruck". I don't know whether "Benny Fjord" is a pisstake of "Betty Ford" or not.

Sign for a baker at a farmer's market near my house. The first one reads amusingly to me... "our bread is *traditionally* sourdough"... but today? The second is an attempt from a month later. Closer... maybe still not ideal though.

PSA: if you have a USB C port that the plug just doesn't seem to fit in anymore or is always loose and you can't see anything wrong with the plug or the port: There's probably something lodged in there and it's been compressed good. Grab a toothpick and dig... and don't stop at the first chunk.

A mate sent me a package from the US via FedEx. I get a WhatsApp message from FE asking for a copy of the "Commercial Invoice". A day later I get a call and a SMS asking again. Mate didn't have it; he had to ask Fedex US for it and send it to me. It is attached to the carton. 🤷‍♂️🤦

Even taking into account the "eye of the beholder" effect, I agree with him in that a lot of "art" is garbage. However, that he thinks this "installation" separates him from that morass is indicative that he's delusional... and pretentious.

I wish I could say I'm disappointed, but this was expected. The AFL was never going to allow this guy to be suspended for the GF.

AFL "journo's" need to stop this shit with the "whole of Victoria's hopes lying with Hawthorn". It's bullshit.

This morning I was looking everywhere for a t-shirt I'd ordered; convinced that I remember taking it from the package, admiring it and tossing it in the laundry basket. I must have dreamt that because it came in the mail this afternoon. #doh

I can't help but feel this Royal Commission has been compromised... we know that pressure is being brought to bear by Zionist organisations. Will the commissioner be able to resist? #auspol

Because of course it did. Having our politicians also completely subservient to this foreign power makes it all the more frustrating. #auspol

The remake of Deathstalker was not *good*, although I did enjoy the puppets and leaning into practical effects. Aside from calling that ridiculous contraption "the perfect sword", the thing that bugged me most was DS using a one-handed sword two-handed. #HEMA