Chris Higgins

Musk says X outcry is 'excuse for censorship' The government is urging Ofcom to use all its powers – up to and including an effective ban – against X.

Preventing the sharing of sexualised images of children is “censorship” according to Elon Musk.

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Jessie is playing an absolute blinder on Traitors S4. I really want her to win! 🙌

Tim Cook and Sundar Pichai are cowards Once you’ve traded your principles for proximity to power, do you even run your own company?

Sometimes you just have to let @lopatto.bsky.social say it out loud www.theverge.com/policy/85990...

Christmas in Australia coincides with the start of the summer holidays, so while I think there’s more stuff open on Christmas Day itself in Oz, a lot of smaller businesses tend to shut up shop for the fortnight or so afterwards.

Day 45: Feel like I’m getting so close to the end, and then I discover something new that makes me realise I’m likely nowhere near it. 😆 #BluePrince

Check out Spirited on Apple TV. It’s Ryan Reynolds & Will Ferrell’s take on A Christmas Carol. It’s no Deadpool, but it is decent festive viewing. 👍

The front page of today's Daily Mail refers to the 2025/26 budget as the one "we've all been dreading".

Remind me, how did they respond to the one where Liz Truss and Kwasi Kwarteng fucked the country's finances sideways..? 🤨

The real BBC bias story, narrated by Anna Ford

One for @gruber.foo. 😉

Season four rewatch commences now! ☺️

'Wild' night in city as band shouts $35k in free drinks after gig cancelled After their homecoming Fed Square gig was cancelled over security fears, Amyl and the Sniffers put $5,000 behind the bar at seven live music venues around Melbourne.

Fuck yeah Melbourne. 🤘

You know when you Google something right before you go to sleep and then find the open browser tab a couple of days later? 😆

I read it as 1236 people. 😆

When I say I don't want to have kids but I still want to be involved in their lives, this is what I mean

It’s an impressive demo, but honestly I haven’t used it for syncing with the on screen picture since shortly after I bought it. Mostly just use it for some ambient lighting in the lounge room while watching telly.

Hue Sync TV App: Surrounding Lights That Sync with LG TVs YouTube video by Philips Hue

It’s a Hue gradient strip, connected to a Hue sync box. I can either set a series of static colours, or have the lights respond / sync with whatever is on screen.

It’s pretty badass. 😜

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Blocked out four weeks for our Stranger Things 1-4 rewatch.

Blitzed the first two series in four days. 🙃

Farage: epic grifter

(On reflection, I should have said "doing *only* the execution" in my first reply. That'll teach me for responding to posts as I'm falling asleep. 😉)

I've built my whole business around being the guy who does the tactical work. But that's not where my (or any other consultants) real value is. 👍

Glad to hear it. And I agree 100% - the best consultants are the ones that can and do roll up their sleeves.

I think the issue many consultants are having at the mo is that most clients want an expert who can think and do, but they often only want to pay pennies for the literal "time spent" doing.

a shirtless man sits in a chair with the words " it 's one of those infinite timeloop situations " ALT: a shirtless man sits in a chair with the words " it 's one of those infinite timeloop situations "

The unfortunate irony of course being that the best consultants eventually tire of doing the execution. That, and execution is easy to commoditise and there’s always someone who’ll do it cheaper. 🫤

Tidy.

@myke.social I was going to ask you for more context regarding the seagull story.

Then I Googled and, well … never mind. 🥴

Somehow I’ve made it to 42 years old and never seen a (non-doco) movie in IMAX.

That changes this weekend. 🤩🍿 Beyond excited for Superman.

This fucking moron is going to get us all killed, isn’t he? 🤦🏻‍♂️

It’s not just that it’s clearly intentional, it’s that it’s clearly intentional knowing that he’s being recorded. They know they can do whatever they want with complete impunity.

Matter Matter brings newsletters, feeds, and read-later into one beautiful interface. It’s the ultimate reading client for the open web.

I’ve been using Matter.

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Subscription is on the pricey side, but the free version does seem to do what I need, and so far I haven’t hit any “premium feature” paywalls.

I’m kind of annoyed. Got my Irish citizenship since Brexit, but haven’t applied for the passport. Now I’ve missed the opportunity to be the smug Aussie going through the EU e-gate while my British-born wife stands in the foreigners queue. 😉

Understood. Cheers for the reply Eike!

@eikedrescher.bsky.social Any plans for an Apple Watch version of Queue? I walk about 10km each day, and tend not to take my phone on said walks during the summer months, so I love having podcasts exclusively on my watch. Just wondering if it’s on the roadmap. 🤞