Callum Glennen

Whatnot looks like gambling for kids I downloaded Whatnot after being cajoled by the promise of $15 to spend on Magic: The Gathering cards from YouTube advertisements, and have been watching a fair bit of it since. Magic isn’t particularly well represented on the app - it’s dwarfed by the juggernaut of Pokemon cards. After watching a lot of card streamers I’ve come to the conclusion that this veers extremely close to being a gambling app, and one that is at least partially targeted at kids. Superficially, Whatnot lives up to its promise of being “if Twitch and eBay had a baby.” Streamers throw up an item and start a countdown, viewers swipe to bid and the top bidder takes it home.

Wrote a little about my experience using Whatnot, and how much it looks like gambling.

12.10.2025 23:31 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Australian Alternative Media and Its Impact on Australian Public Debate - Australian Institute of International Affairs

Surprised that alt media pushed people to the middle:

06.06.2025 03:55 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

The Mac vs Windows debate has never been particularly interesting, but it is so nice to use an operating system that doesn’t constantly blast advertisements at me

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A shot of the Melbourne Marathon, Callum is staggering with his arms out after tripping on a barrier.

At about the 19 kilometre mark of the 2024 Melbourne Half Marathon my foot caught the barrier and sent me into a stagger.

Catching myself before I hit tarmac, I remember thinking: “What are the chances one of the event photographers caught that?”

Turns out, high enough.

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Processing big change,
A new and different life,
Hello my baby

29.12.2024 07:37 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Watching through Star Trek: The Next Generation (I don’t mind watching it with my baby in the room) and really unfortunate they don’t make TV like this anymore

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