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Leigh :) Stark 🦄 @leighlo.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

An interesting sign that something big is definitely about to happen in search: the "Crawled - currently not indexed" is seeing some really interesting activity. Falls. Massive drops. That suggests a big analysis of content on site.

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Leigh :) Stark 🦄 @leighlo.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

I agree that Webworm is better work and more important. Didn't know the cost. Was more going to say DT is where most of us found you, and because it's video can be easier to connect with. Publishing and supporting it is definitely a time though.

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Leigh :) Stark 🦄 @leighlo.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

I have wondered whether if you crowdfunded a second season of Dark Tourist, even near a tenth anniversary, if that would draw the funding. Journalism is difficult to fund in this day and age. Especially when working as your own publisher.

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Leigh :) Stark 🦄 @leighlo.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

What in the. The streaming aspect was literally the most intriguing part. You didn't need the hardware. You could play on your phone or TV. What a way to kneecap it.

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Leigh :) Stark 🦄 @leighlo.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Educating the four year old and nine year old on the importance of vaccines by talking about curable illnesses and showing a whooping cough video. They get it. They're kids. This shouldn't be difficult for adults.

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Leigh :) Stark 🦄 @leighlo.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Hey Martin, appreciate the comment. A fun little aside: I grew up in America, so some of what I say includes Americanisms. I also use the word y'all. Has it diminished anything I said, or is it mainly a note against how I said it?

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Leigh :) Stark 🦄 @leighlo.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

There's a podcast in this: SEO specialists offering advice while swearing loudly. Entertaining and informational.

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Leigh :) Stark 🦄 @leighlo.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

What if we want the sweary one?

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Leigh :) Stark 🦄 @leighlo.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

There is an awesome new album to bring some light to your day: Kind of Grunge. Jazz interpretations of rock and grunge recorded in one take. Love the playfulness, the genre bending. The arco on Disarm leading to pizz and playful piano. This is so cool. music.apple.com/au/album/kin...

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Kind of Grunge by Ulysses Owens Jr. & Musora on Apple Music

Album · 2026 · 12 Songs

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Leigh :) Stark 🦄 @leighlo.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

I'm clearly on a well engineered train because we're stuck in the tunnel between Redfern and Central, and the train just says "doors closing please stand clear" repeatedly when they are closed. I just want to knock on the driver's door and ask if he's tried turning it off and on again.

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Leigh :) Stark 🦄 @leighlo.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

I wonder if Google accidentally unplugged Drive.

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Leigh :) Stark 🦄 @leighlo.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

The captioning of Mark Zeroes makes me wonder if you ever had that as a nickname.

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Leigh :) Stark 🦄 @leighlo.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

So proud of the @drmummabear.bsky.social for running #city2surf. Congratulations to everyone who ran. Fantastic work.

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Leigh :) Stark 🦄 @leighlo.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

"They can edit him out of that." To the person who tried standing in a victory photo, that offhand comment by the commentator was great.

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Leigh :) Stark 🦄 @leighlo.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Adams Twist: *you press a button* The guide lights up an entry with a choice of Fry or Jones. "The 'Who's Next' paradox was a back-and-forth attempt at comedy that had a hand in the destruction of sanity on a social networking platform in the 2020s." *turns off the book* *takes the analgesic*

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Leigh :) Stark 🦄 @leighlo.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Meta Twist: a new showrunner was watching this back and forth, and suddenly realised he could call a long lost cousin about some ideas that could revitalise the franchise.

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You Know That New Sound You're Looking For? Listen To This

ALT: You Know That New Sound You're Looking For? Listen To This

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Leigh :) Stark 🦄 @leighlo.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Crossover twist: Star Trek's Pelia confirms this awkward stage in human history was what led to the conflict in First Contact and the Doctor was working to help build the warp engine to usher a generation of human prosperity and peace sans-generative AI.

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Leigh :) Stark 🦄 @leighlo.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Further plot twist: the Master is reintroduced as the architect of destruction, but is actually just re-engineering the world by plugging it into an AI and forcing people to speak unintelligible gibberish while destroying its water and energy surplus in a surprisingly on-brand own goal metaphor.

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Leigh :) Stark 🦄 @leighlo.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Plot twist: the person returns as a negotiator for the Cybermen and the Daleks who have together created Extermin8, a new AI that gains notoriety quickly by promising to comedically exterminate at the end of every prompt. Everyone thinks it's a joke until the Daleks own the electricity grid.

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Leigh :) Stark 🦄 @leighlo.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Aside for the obvious point, it's a good question. LiDAR was my first thought, but it would only recognise depth. A camera makes the most sense, but maybe if it was connected to on-device AI to indicate what things were. Regardless of what they were in, you'd still have a design issue.

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Leigh :) Stark 🦄 @leighlo.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Plot twist: the companion will be AI and powered by a new model every week even the doctor can't influence. Hallucinations galore amidst a puzzled look by the Doctor noting this aspect of human development went a little off kilter in a timet-wimey way. I added timey-wimey to my phone dictionary.

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Leigh :) Stark 🦄 @leighlo.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Much the same. One of those incredible individuals I would have just wanted to sit and have a coffee or wine with. Just to listen.

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Leigh :) Stark 🦄 @leighlo.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

DNS or software update issues are my guess. If it was hardware, it wouldn't likely be nationwide.

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Leigh :) Stark 🦄 @leighlo.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

Norway is such fun to watch. So good. Go Norway! 🇳🇴

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Leigh :) Stark 🦄 @leighlo.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

Can't believe it's taken me so long to get to Questacon. Will definitely be back. This is what the Powerhouse used to be like. Back when everything worked.

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Leigh :) Stark 🦄 @leighlo.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Oh? Oh. Well I guess when you're starting from a baseline of zero, one is much higher.

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Leigh :) Stark 🦄 @leighlo.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Oompa Loompa doopity shy This is a problem with bad AI Now I have a spell check issue Like the Oompa Loompa doopity do. Doopity do.

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Oompa Loompas Dancing

ALT: Oompa Loompas Dancing

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Leigh :) Stark 🦄 @leighlo.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

If you want to view paradise, simply watch the original movie.

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Leigh :) Stark 🦄 @leighlo.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Last year I tried improving my reviewing processes by building a battery testing app for iPhone and Android. It's connected to the world-first personalised benchmarks feature on site. So naturally it made sense to build one for testing batteries on Mac and Windows laptops, as well.

A battery rundown using Pickr Battery Bench for Windows.

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Leigh :) Stark 🦄 @leighlo.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

It starts at $1609 in Australia. Eek.

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Leigh :) Stark 🦄 @leighlo.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

Breakfast. Getting the girls up. Soccer for the girls.

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Leigh :) Stark 🦄 @leighlo.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

This is a much better half for the Socceroos.

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Leigh :) Stark 🦄 @leighlo.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

I'm no expert, but I thought the same.

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Leigh :) Stark 🦄 @leighlo.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Pretty much that. Though I doubt you would need coding. I do it for my publication, but I don't think many do. Also likely having another job that actually pays better. That's a skill, right?

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Leigh :) Stark 🦄 @leighlo.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

What a bleak point in the modern era: people want to pick fear and hate with practically zero addressing of issues over... *checks notes* the opposite. None of the parties inspire confidence for the future, but why are we picking hatred when we're seeing it wreak havoc overseas? Come on.

smh.com.au

Hanson overtakes Albanese as preferred PM, Coalition crashes to record low

One Nation is also now Australia’s preferred party by primary vote, overtaking Labor for the first time.

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Leigh :) Stark 🦄 @leighlo.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

How's the decibel meter tracking at home?

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Leigh :) Stark 🦄 @leighlo.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

Love it. A team as multicultural as our beautifully multicultural country starts the international game with a 2-0 win. Fantastic job, boys. ⚽️🇦🇺

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Leigh :) Stark 🦄 @leighlo.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

Aaaaaaa! What a goal! 🥅 ⚽️🇦🇺

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Leigh :) Stark 🦄 @leighlo.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

In 2010 when I met @drmummabear.bsky.social, I said I didn't care about soccer. Fast forward to today when I cheered the goals, walked through shops fixated on my phone for the score, and just woke up anyone having an afternoon nap in the Shire. In other news, who even am I?!

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Leigh :) Stark 🦄 @leighlo.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

And Australia erupts on a glorious goal! Amazing ⚽️🇦🇺!!!

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Leigh :) Stark 🦄 @leighlo.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

Now for the time honoured tradition of "let's have a cheese platter and watch the kids honk at each other in Untitled Goose Game".

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Leigh :) Stark 🦄 @leighlo.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

*downloads the iOS 27 developer beta*

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Leigh :) Stark 🦄 @leighlo.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

How desperate are you? Asking because new Samsung wearables are likely two months away.

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