Don't make them insert the chip.

They're enforcing the collection of tap on / tap off data.

Just the place www.archivesfinebooks.com.au

That's offal.

Wow, didn't expect to see a post like this! Downloading now.

Though this is mine.

There is no shame in this.

Hey, you.

It's important to read the fine print.

Only if you're not half assed about it.

Yesterday's view from the office window. I confess that I rarely mow the lawn.

It was with some regret that I corrected a typo in a covering email reading 'our new amendments are highlighted in blud'.

Wow! Hope it's a good one.

Time for Encyclopedia Britannica to make a triumphant return.

Having married into horse herd ownership, I do at least have some excuse for owning a truck (or 'ute'); but I'm really hoping they're less over-the-top and preferably electric by the time we drive our current one into the ground.

Meet ‪René Otto @aceottorney.bsky.social, a games lawyer who is also an otter in a video game bsky.app/profile/aceo...

TIDAL vs Spotify TIDAL vs Spotify: both have great offerings, but which music streaming service is the best one for you? Our showdown will help you decide.

Tidal at least pays more to artists. There's a good comparison article here: www.soundguys.com/tidal-vs-spo...

Smooth! Tell me this is a real thing?

And for the second week?

World map with a circle drawn around Asia with the caption “There are more people living inside this circle than outside of it.”

Something to keep in mind when compiling your starter packs. There’s a lot going on here.

Attack of the Clones (games). The real Unpacking is first in the screenshot: a fascinating game released in 2021 by Brisbane indie studio Witch Beam, to critical acclaim (Eurogamer GOTY, 2xBAFTAs, 1xDICE). Only a matter of time before the clones are taken down?
@witchbeam.com.au @nintendolife.com

A screenshot of the Nintendo eShop, showing the store icon for the acclaimed 2021 game Unpacking, and several similarly-named items with plain text titles and AI-generated store images.

Wrote a little thing about the Unpacking scam game situation on the Nintendo eShop, with a few words from the Witch Beam folks and @vook64.bsky.social.

These are all still up in the store, one week later.

www.patreon.com/posts/unpack...

Lovely. Where is this?

So every time I see a post from one of those awful AI image spawning accounts, I click on the sender and block them. Based on the contents of my feed now, I have a horrible feeling that the Bluesky algorithm simply interprets the first click as 'Please, send me more of this drivel'.

Where it's all happening - by @innkeep.bsky.social go.bsky.app/6sRRJ2s

No native predators for one this size. Cars are the biggest menace, but it's not unusual in some places to see a line of cars backed up while someone drags one of these off the road. While they're non-venomous, they'll still have a bite if antagonised.

I can say that I captured this one myself - seen being wrangled by my father-in-law (retired parks ranger) when I took it to his farm for humane release. My wife was away, the snake was in the chicken coop, it was 3 in the morning and I had no choice.

This is one of our visitors nestling in a nesting box. Note the chicken egg within its coils. Our friend had presumably already eaten its fill. Don't ask what the lumps are.

We get a couple of these in the chicken coop every year, though I don't think we've ever had one quite this big. My wife usually handles them. Her father was a national parks ranger, and her capturing implement of choice is a potato masher. I hold the sack open, as seen in these chicken cam stills.

Man holding 2.5m or so carpet python in eucalypt forest, next to skid steer.

At last, I can share aspects of my life with overseas colleagues without relating them to learnings about business-to-business sales. Or if I can't, feel free to unfollow :) So, here's a carpet python a chap found while working at our place today. Note the lump - a recent meal.