...But why would the band size change?

Ah, that time of election season. Likely I'll stick to the same categories for my spreadsheet of senate candidates:
A.My People
B.Not bad
C.Grotesquely Optimistic
D.Harmless
E.Grudging Acceptance
F.Mostly Harmless
G.Awful but not loopy
H.Fake News
I.Batshit
J.Sir Not Appearing in this Election

My Vote Compass Results - 2025 Australian Election Vote Compass calculated my alignment with the candidates running in the 2025 Australian election. Try it for yourself!

Yeah, that pretty much tracks.
This is how my views compare with the election candidates in the upcoming Australian election according to @VoteCompass. #AusPol #AusVotes
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Stories from Styx: Hades & Persephone | Official Video YouTube video by Casper Fox

Newest obsession! Stories from Styx, a themed album about Hades and the underworld. First part with visuals just came out and it's crazy how beautiful this thing is, and how many small artists have been part of it.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=js7g...

Epic First-Watch Animatics - YouTube The full Epic musical with animatics that are my current preference for a first watch-through.

Ok so this is VERY delayed, but playlist! I was tinkering with it up until my party today where I made everyone watch it 😜

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It is fixed! I don't know if it's the new SIM or the latest Android update, but phone calls are now going through. Whew.
I did NOT want to have to sink money into a new phone.

I think I heard about this one. No details though.

Want a first-listen animatics playlist? You wouldn't think there'd be a way to watch a musical "wrong", but sadly I have learned there very much is.

Any other fans of Epic the Musical here? Or... People who might be intrigued by the idea of a musical based on The Odyssey?

I am truly terrified by that 7.

e-petitions e-petitions

This petition is to abolish partner income tests for welfare payments in Australia. Nobody should be forced to hide a relationship or become financially dependant on their partner. Petition closes in 3 days.
www.aph.gov.au/e-petitions/...

Aren't there still chicken salads? They are woefully short on vegetarian options.

Just waiting for the new SIM to turn up. Or to remember to check the work mailbox...

It is not. Mine is Amaysim on the Optus network, the other is Telstra.
I know that could be a factor, but it's not one I can do anything about.
Have ordered a replacement SIM to see if that helps.

Same symptoms at least, other than it working fine with someone else's SIM card.

Phone's primary function, being a phone, is not functioning. Sim in a different phone works, different Sim in this phone also works.
I do not know what to do with this information!

Image and description of Stray Gods: The Roleplaying Musical from Steam.

Steam "buy" screen, showing the price currently marked down from A$44.95 to A$31.46 until the 6th of February.

Favourite video game is on steam special! Definitely recommend Stray Gods to fans of musicals, non-traditional retellings of the Greek Gods, and/or the voice actors in Critical Role. That it was developed in Melbourne is also just neat. I wish I'd known about it when it was Kickstarted.

Thanks for sharing this one.

I had never encountered the word "skeet" until today, this is the third instance in my last 20 minutes of scrolling.
I looked it up.
I understand why the site owners aren't fans.

Thanks, you just made me look up what "skeet" means. I understand why the people running this site don't care for it.

So far I've mostly stuck to the "people I'm following" feed, blocks are people specifically following me that I don't think are in good faith. Blocking or at least muting as a broader feed management tool sounds intriguing.

Not this one at least!

Day 4... Trend is pushing decidedly later. Do not recommend.

Huh. Apparently you are spam.

My follow back or block decisions are getting more ruthless, and I've only been here a few days. That one only had a few hundred accounts they were following rather than thousands, but had a feed of nothing but three reposts from sky news. BLOCKED!

Day 3 of no sleep before 4am due to coughing. Trend says sometime after 4:30am I'll be able to sleep just fine until midday to 2pm-ish.
Whyyyyyyyy

Hi! Most sorry, I can't tell if I know who you are.

Yeah, that's why I hadn't done anything with it until today. But I'm sure we can get the hang of the format.

This is the first post I've seen on the feed I added to not show re-shares. So it's at least somewhat visible!