Mr Backlog

Be thankful for small mercies

That...does not look good.

Unless it's some strange "it's all in their imagination" take.

I played through this whole series a while back and had no idea.

Q - which is your favourite of the series?

The Good Old Days   Pity the poor children of today, with their calendars stuffed with chocolates,   never to know the thrill of opening a small cardboard door and discovering behind it   a picture of a bell. Brian Bilston

This poem is dedicated to anyone making a start on their advent calendar today.

Not even net zero could stop him

Sounds familiar...

Guess I'll add that to the list!

I've found it strange that the world of Zork hasn't had much staying power in the popular consciousness. Apart from Grue's I suppose

I finished the Zork series a little while ago. Then moved on to Return to Zork and was hugely disappointed

Sorry senate not parliament, you know what I mean

Genuine Q - should parliament have just ignored her? She was after the reaction. I assume it was offensive, and it was certainly intended to be. But if it had just been ignored it would have at least sent the message "you can (legitimately) wear a burqa and be an MP, it's not a problem"

Financial security solves problems?? But our society isn't set up for that!

Berlin prepares for 'worst-case' scenario with late-night metro warfare drills As European security threats grow, German soldiers carry out drills in metro stations to prepare for urban warfare.

@frededison.bsky.social

The concept of needing to prepare for a war with Russia is... unpleasant 😳

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...

Never let the pursuit of perfection prevent improvement

Not THE "names not really Joyce"???

Side note - I would absolutely watch "LOTR in a Japanese setting"

@peterbrent.bsky.social You know, what I'm not looking forward to is when Hastie replaces Ley, says "we're all very right wing now" (probably with something veiled about climate change being fake), then gets a bump in the polls from ditching Ley.

Which will be trumpeted as "See? Moderates suck"

Rebecca Heineman's bluesky profile picture.

RIP to a games industry pioneer and legend, Rebecca Heineman (@burgerbecky.bsky.social) If your unfamiliar, look her up. Her career is like the story of videogames itself.

The only old exception I've seen to this is "cuckold".

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Yeah no comment

Just learned that Rebecca "Burger" Heineman died 😢

You say this like it's a bad thing 😅

Ah..happy days

Oasis liveshow stage just before the band come on. It's three screens, with "This is not a drill" written across them in all caps

#Oasis were great live. I was never a huge fan, but I could always appreciate their musical significance. A real 90s music moment.

Worked for Erin Patterson

Tony Abbott’s warped story of Australia Tony Abbott’s history of Australia is a version that sanitises the worst effects of colonialism and immigration policy, and leans into the destructive doctrine of Trump.

“If we want to have an honest conversation about who we are and how we got here, we’d do well to look beyond the perspectives of prime ministers preoccupied more with their personal legacies than the consequences of centuries of dispossession,” writes Grace Tame. satpa.pe/vlRVI5n

My sleepy 6yo just said "Thank you for everything" ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

That's the worst take on LOTR I've ever seen. Like comically bad.

It's like reading 1984 and concluding that it's about how England needed the US to defeat Stalin

Actually no. It was a promotion for Doughnut King

I just passed an 80yo woman with a pronounced stoop doing the hula-hoop in the mall, so she could get a free doughnut.

I've found a new life goal #notallheroeswearcapes

Coincidental I'm sure

My 6yo announced he wants 10,000 babies.

I asked if he really liked babies.

He said no, he just wants an army to rule the world.

He is now proceeding to describe the battles fought by his baby army on his behalf.