Brett Doull @bcdoull.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Essential services shouldn't be left in the hands of the private sector? What kind of heresy is this! How will they generate rents from the rest of us? 110
Reposted by Brett DoullGlengyron @glengyron.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Also, for the millionth time: Why does Australia always run net positive migration? With our aging population and critical skill shortages we don't have the right demographics to support our economy. Migrants turn up with degrees and skills and are immediately productive. 185
Reposted by Brett Doull"fart" @jonhendren.com · 14/09/2026sucks how many restaurants on king street have the shitty AI flyers up now. please just use a sharpie and a sheet of paper and write "buy sand witch here" instead. the "im a small business owner i dont have resources for a designer" is horseshit, you're just lazy and you despise your community 955760
Reposted by Brett DoullSte Curran (https://mindset.game 🟨🔺🔵) @stecurran.bsky.social · 06/09/2026A lot of UI updates to LUGE this weekend. Prepping for iOS. Still looking for a graphic designer to do some print-ish promo stuff for it (please set your pay expectations in line with "this guy has no money but I DO LIKE HIM") onelifeleft.com/LUGE/onelifeleft.comLUGE 2026 — Downhill Vector RacingAvoid Missing Wall For High Score. Play LUGE now for free. 031
Reposted by Brett DoullGreg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Just remember it's wages *expectations* that the RBA is worried about. And poor Ampol had no choice but to charge higher prices and have profits go up 376%. Good thing it only cost the govt $3.3bn to artificially lower petrol prices, no one else had any need of that money... 14333127
Reposted by Brett DoullJason Wilson @jasonaw.bsky.social · 24/08/2026I guess your feeling about the last sentence here are important. Is Israel in fact a fascist, settler-colonial apartheid state? 6343
Reposted by Brett Doulldisc horse bot @horsedisc.bsky.social · 23/08/2026Mid edgelords in video games have ruined us. 09832
Reposted by Brett DoullGreg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 21/08/2026What. The. Utter. Fuck. 2324245
Reposted by Brett Doullmesut-ausil.bsky.social @mesut-ausil.bsky.social · 20/08/2026[Jonah doing stand up] and then there was Covid. Remember Covid ? Yep. This guy remembers Covid. I spent a lot of time inside during Covid. Yeah. Inside a whale! 767270
Reposted by Brett DoullHare 🍉 @haredurer.bsky.social · 20/08/2026This is arguably the whole conservative project. 0111
Reposted by Brett DoullAsher Wolf @asherwolf.bsky.social · 19/08/2026Labor resists widespread calls to ditch 'cruel' aged care funding algorithm www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08...abc.net.auPoliticians slam 'cruel tool' used to determine at-home aged care fundingLabor has resisted calls to change an aged care assessment tool at the centre of hundreds of complaints. 54315
Reposted by Brett DoullAnthony B, @swearyanthony.bsky.social · 19/08/2026Can the general public put in an application to have everything about the Erin Patterson appeal suppressed, just to get the media to shut the fuck up? 4337
Reposted by Brett DoullJason Wilson @jasonaw.bsky.social · 18/08/2026A judge in the Australian state of New South Wales was asked to put a man under a terrorism supervision order over anti Israel graffiti. He did not, and in his judgement called the IHRA definition of antisemitism “detached from reality” www.deepcutnews.com/p/nsw-suprem...deepcutnews.comNSW Supreme Court criticises IHRA definition as 'detached from reality'Justice Fagan says Zionism 'open to criticism' in decision on graffiti case 04015
Reposted by Brett DoullAsher Wolf @asherwolf.bsky.social · 17/08/2026The department admitted there had been no live trial of the final algorithm and was unable to name any expert clinicians who validated it. The government plans to use the IAT algorithm for the NDIS soon as well 1014389
Reposted by Brett DoullAntipoverty Centre @antipovertycentre.org · 16/08/2026This is what the super industry wants us to believe. Super represents residualisation of retirement support & supercharges inequality between those who get lucky in their working life & those who don’t. It’s nice for people who get to minimise tax & sit on a pile of money, but it’s bad for society. 2113
Reposted by Brett DoullAntipoverty Centre @antipovertycentre.org · 16/08/2026Many who believe that privatised retirement security is good because it “reduces the burden” of the age pension would not agree that subsidising private hospitals and schools with public money to reduce the burden of those crucial public services is a good thing. 063
Reposted by Brett DoullAntipoverty Centre @antipovertycentre.org · 16/08/2026And no, this isn’t an endorsement of Pauline Hanson. We would all be better off if people understood that income + wealth taxes, funding public services, sharing resources and redistribution are how we make a better society for all of us. 2104
Reposted by Brett DoullIndieRetroNews @indieretronews.bsky.social · 16/08/2026Indie Retro News: OpenTTD - Open Source Transport Tycoon Deluxe gets a big PC update, as well as Amiga port! www.indieretronews.com/2026/08/open... #retrogaming #pcgaming #amiga #openttd 02210
Reposted by Brett DoullThe Cathy Wilcox @cathywilcox.bsky.social · 13/08/2026Slop. My @smh @theage cartoon. 21702275
Brett Doull @bcdoull.bsky.social · 13/08/2026I mean, that this image was published should be embarrassing to anyone involved. It sucks! It's not interesting to look at? Debt on the boat and the raft? Just pay a person, you're the damn Herald Sun. 000
Reposted by Brett DoullNifflas @nifflas.bsky.social · 10/08/2026Knytt has been faitfully recreated by @bitkidgames.com to run on current operating systems and was just released on Steam and GOG, completely free Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/2656050/...store.steampowered.comKnytt Classic on SteamCelebrate the 20th anniversary of the indie freeware classic, rebuilt for modern machines! Explore a maze-like planet as the Knytt, a peaceful being abducted by aliens, find your missing ship parts, a... 16534270
Reposted by Brett DoullMr Fabulous @mrfabulous.bsky.social · 05/08/2026I don't recall saying Be Kind 21868
Reposted by Brett DoullJosh Bornstein @joshbornstein.bsky.social · 05/08/2026Commissioner Bell rebukes Alex Ryvchin from ECAJ.abc.net.auCommissioner rebukes claim pro-Palestinian groups tried to 'hijack' hearingThe royal commission on antisemitism has hit back at comments from a prominent member of the Jewish community who accused pro-Palestinian groups of attempting to "hijack" the inquiry using "clickbait ... 510543
Reposted by Brett DoullChristopher Owen @oysta.au · 04/08/2026The Australian Dream is dead! (selling my house to some other poor bastard for 3x what I paid in real terms) 0288
Reposted by Brett Doullthe Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · 04/08/2026I don't even know what to say. This is real, this is true, so, like, thank you all, from the bottom of my heart. This took over 25 years to happen so if there's any lesson here it's either "keep at it, who knows" or "many people are divorced" 1556571765
Reposted by Brett DoullDr. Amanda Baby, Divaa DiVoice Devotee @xminust.bsky.social · 31/07/2026So good. This is my favorite: 132212
Reposted by Brett DoullDieselbrain @dieselbrain.bsky.social · 31/07/2026I am begging you if you make music online, please let me Buy It. Let me Pay You for downloadable music files. Please exist somewhere other than music streaming services 341229462
Reposted by Brett DoullKat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 19/07/2026I cannot overstate how much I hate when people are dicks about babies crying in public (especially airplanes). Do you think the parent is having a good time right now?? Do you think they are not aware of the situation??? Are you going to negotiate with a literal infant???? 741174651328
Reposted by Brett DoullAsher Wolf @asherwolf.bsky.social · 14/07/2026The affordable housing tenants aren’t allowed access to the 25-metre lap pool; the ground-floor residents’ lounge; or the main rooftop garden, barbecues and dining room, (unless accompanied by a regular resident). And all the affordable housing tenants are clustered on the same floors 64724
Reposted by Brett Doullstranger @strangerous.bsky.social · 12/07/2026Sarah Martin rubbishes Barnaby’s China conspiracy theory on Telstra’s outage & points to the real issue “Telstra was privatised”🎯 “Telstra has fundamentally failed in its obligations to the country, coz it has no obligations to the country, only obligations to shareholders” 💥 30490169
Reposted by Brett Doulldisc horse bot @horsedisc.bsky.social · 07/07/2026Cringe capybaras in science fiction have ruined us. 4378
Reposted by Brett DoullAmabel Holland @amabel.bsky.social · 07/07/2026Expansions are kinda weird, right? I spoke with ten game designers and a historian about one of the most unusual elements of modern board games. www.youtube.com/watch?v=v08K...youtube.comExpanding Board GamesYouTube video by Hollandspiele 919958
Reposted by Brett Doulldisc horse bot @horsedisc.bsky.social · 02/07/2026I'm begging for leftists to add an ounce of jihad to their politics. 15210
Reposted by Brett DoullGreg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 01/07/2026The press gallery having their mid winter ball will talk up how amazing it is for raising money for charities, and yet not one of the press gallery will question why the govt is not fully funding and performing the services of those charities 38553176
Reposted by Brett DoullCole Wehrle @colewehrle.bsky.social · 21/06/2026Over the weekend, my kids and I played a ton of Catan, and after decades of service, we decided to retire our beloved set. Here's a little appreciation thread for objects of play and their gradual decay 🧵 529745
Reposted by Brett DoullWyrd Science Magazine @wyrdscience.bsky.social · 20/06/2026Hey, stop doom scrolling, it’ll solve nothing. Why not instead grab yourself a BASIC emulator, download Usborne’s 1984 Weird Computer Games book & spend the afternoon making A WEIRD GAME, I mean that won’t solve anything too but it’s still a better use of your time drive.google.com/file/d/0Bxv0... 917057
Reposted by Brett DoullMatt Weiner @mattweiner19.bsky.social · 15/06/2026the reactionary centrists have found a home on the political compass 629876
Reposted by Brett DoullDamon Young @damonyoung.com.au · 09/06/2026'ANU Council approved the $250 million Renew ANU program (with its savings target of 16.5% of total expenditure) “without clear evidence it was needed, achievable, urgently required, or likely to have the intended impact”.' This is a recurring pattern in university governance here and overseas. 68134
Reposted by Brett DoullTim Lyons @picketer.bsky.social · 08/06/2026[Citation needed] no, many of us do not think it was better to rely on private and religious institutions to follow around after capitalism cleaning up the mess for the “deserving.” 1102
Reposted by Brett DoullDamon Young @damonyoung.com.au · 31/05/2026It's true that a translation of my book isn't the book I wrote. It's a translation of a book I wrote. That's why my name's on the cover (along with the translator's, I hope). A book "written" by an LLM isn't a translation, it's a set of statistically-likely outputs. There's no author or translator. 35210
Reposted by Brett DoullUSER WAS BLOCKED FOR THIS POST @blockedforthispost.bsky.social · 31/05/2026nice hat 1224999
Reposted by Brett DoullChristopher Owen @oysta.au · 31/05/2026I’m guessing because it was because they were holding a party for losers. 0113
Reposted by Brett Doullthe Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · 29/05/2026Oh whaddaya know, our video for “Charlie Sheen Reaches Out to the Feds” is out. Directed by my old friend Tim Kirk (Room 237) — Tim Is the best and I love how this came together youtu.be/7PEJmPTIzqk?...youtu.bethe Mountain Goats - Charlie Sheen Reaches Out to the Feds (Official Music Video)YouTube video by the Mountain Goats 1630864
Reposted by Brett DoullChristopher Owen @oysta.au · 27/05/2026They were right when they said this was going to be reffed no different to a club game! (badly) 041
![From Wikipedia:
The purpose of a system is what it does (POSIWID) is a heuristic in systems thinking coined by the British management consultant Stafford Beer,[1] who stated that there is "no point in claiming that the purpose of a system is to do what it constantly fails to do".[2] It is used in systems theory, and is generally invoked to counter the notion that the purpose of a system can or should be read from the intentions of those who design, operate, or promote it. When a system's side effects or unintended consequences reveal that its behaviour is poorly understood, then the POSIWID perspective can balance political understandings of system behaviour with a more straightforwardly descriptive view.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:xa4eltdd2z3scndtv4yvb65p/bafkreiem4i55e3gqp6endhcbz2voh2vgqd4y5xdo7bd5qgkrvnz745riby)
![Single frame. Title - instruction: “[place cartoon here - ed]”. Appearance of yellow torn out lined note paper held in place by sticky tape. Text: “The Herald-Sun has this week published an AI cartoon, where previously they might have commissioned one of their (dwindling) stable of artists. And it makes sense. (Not the cartoon.) After all, what is a cartoon, but a picture with a caption and maybe some helpful labels to make a point? In this case, a point the editor who prompted it wanted to make.
I mean, how hard can cartooning be? We would all be doing them if it weren’t for our lack of drawing skill (and some cartoonists aren’t very skilled, let’s face it), and AI means nobody has to pay the outrageous fees that “artists” charge, while they can “borrow” their existing work to train AI. It’s literally a no-brainer!” (Small picture of a brain crossed out) “We can only hope they can keep up the quality, once the AI can only be trained using other AI cartoons.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:udzkh2jubo3w6ei42ftanhhj/bafkreienll3o4kbt6srhmsbo3wzlxmns7h6sjewulopapubzjbgjqtaovq)
