Opinion
⚽️ Arsenal’s lack of depth is just so frustrating. Ugh.
The Tiktok ban in the US is a just couple of days away, it makes me chuckle when I see people promoting they’re moving to RedNote or Lemon8 knowing that they’ll likely face the same issue. RedNote is pretty much Chinese Government run, and Lemon8 is owned by the same company as TikTok. 🤯
⚽️ Good win by The Arsenal over Tottenham! We’ve gotta get better at taking controll of the game, less wasteful with our opportunities, but hey, a wins a win! LFG!
⛳️ Tiger Woods walking out to Eye Of The Tiger in today’s TGL match is gold! His little smirk, 100% taking the piss, love it!
Oh my days YouTube is so bad, I can’t skip any ads on the channel that I’m watching a video on currently. Either it’s the channel / creator setup, or it’s a gee up to subscribe to YouTube, either way, it’s gross 🤮
🔗 Queensland researchers say evidence linking social media to youth mental health problems is ‘weak’
Ms Patterson has more than one million followers across TikTok and Instagram.
The Syndeysider said the federal government’s ban is “absolutely pointless”.
Whilst she’s not one of the researchers initially quoted in the article, I’m not convinced she’s not biased in her assessment of good or bad in this case.
⛳️ With the first match being played in the TGL this coming week, I’m interested to see how it’s received by the general sports fan, especially considering how traditional a sport golf still is. We’ve not had a disruption in competitive golf, LIV was aimed at the PGA’s dominance, not golf itself.
⚽️ Disappointing result for The Arsenal this morning.
📺 Favourite TV shows from 2024
There’s were plenty of good TV shows released last year, here’s a list of my favourites in no particular order;
When a mysterious European ship is found marooned in a nearby Japanese fishing village, Lord Yoshii Toranaga discovers secrets that could tip the scales of power and devastate his enemies.
Following the events of The Batman (2022), Oz Cobb, a.k.a. the Penguin, makes a play to seize the reins of the crime world in Gotham.
Original stories set within the worlds of iconic video games are featured in this animated anthology series.
Helen embarks on a passionate affair with a man who has no idea what her secret identity is.
The Jackal is an elusive assassin who makes his living carrying out hits for the highest fee.
Slow Horses - Season 2
Follows a team of British intelligence agents who serve as a dumping ground department of MI5 due to their career-ending mistakes.
Follows a struggling high school heavy metal band of outcasts who use the town’s sudden interest in the occult to start a reputation as a Satanic metal band, until a strange series of events triggers a witch hunt that leads back to them.
Honourable mentions go to Fake, Creature Commandos, The Agency, Twilight Of The Gods, Landman and The Second Best Hospital in the Galaxy.
For reference, here’s a list of the TV shows released in 2024 on IMDB.
⚽️ And the first win for the calendar year in the Premier League goes to the Arsenal! 💪
⚽️ I’d hate to be a Manchester United supporter right now. Ouch
⚽️ Big game for the Arsenal against Ipswich, a win takes us back to second, and just 6 points behind Liverpool. LFG!
‘Disgraceful’: Newspaper’s unforgivable front page Gout Gout blunder
“We sincerely apologise to Peter Bol and Gout Gout for the error made during the cropping of a photo featuring both athletes,” the statement read.
Peter Bol is 30, Gout Gout is 16, they do not look like each other. Massive fail by The Sunday Age.
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⚽️ Strong win by The Arsenal over Crystal Palace overnight. Hopefully it’s the starting point for the club to go on a run and get themselves back into title contention.
We used to have Stars, Celebrities, and Personalities, in various fields, be it movies, tv, music, sports, etc. Nowadays, according to most media outlets, everyone seemingly is called a Star.
My question would be, if everyone is a star, is anyone actually a star?
Building a dedicated “app” for your business that is just a viewer for your website, aka a browser, without any customisation for it being on mobile, just seems extraordinarily lazy these days. If you’re going to approach it that way, at least optimise the experience for the screen size. 🤯
Who stuffed this one up, was it the intern, was it AI, or do we just not care about information being correct anymore?
Australia’s Actual Deadliest Animal
NCIS found horses killed more people than any other animal in Australia and were responsible for more than 200 deaths over a two-decade period.
So we can now stop all the demonising of sharks, snakes, spiders, stonefish, jellyfish, the blue ring octopus, and all our other little Australian creatures… shit, we have a fair amount of deadly critters here!
PS. Daryl Braithwaite has got some explaining to do…
Safe Social Media & Kids
🔗 The Instagram Changes Are Not Enough
I think the solution to keep minors safe on social media requires a combination of social media companies, hardware companies, and parents.
It's easy to point the finger and demand a Government response to the growing issue of online safety for kids on social media, and of course they should play a part in it.
However, as we are the ones that buy our kids mobile devices that access these social media networks, we need to take responsibility and be the ones that are managing how our kids are accessing these ones.
I'm not kidding myself for one second thinking that our kids won't try and find a way around whatever restrictions we apply, but if we're not trying and we're just passing the buck, then what example are we setting for our kids.
WordPress v WP Engine
WordPress.org bans WP Engine, blocks it from accessing its resources
WordPress drama went up another notch on Wednesday after WordPress.org, the open-source web hosting software, banned hosting provider WP Engine from accessing its resources.
Well that escalated rapidly!
You'd hate to be a WP Engine customer at the moment, caught in the middle of the drama, not being able to auto-update plugins, wondering whether to move to a different host, or even a different platform!
This will get worse before it gets better, I'm not confident WordPress or WP Engine will make smart decisions here.
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