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cotavic.org.au @cotavic.org.au · 30/09/2026

Barwon Community Legal Service, COTA Victoria, and Seniors Rights Victoria are calling on the Victorian Government to ensure that no older Victorian loses their only recognised photo ID when surrendering their driver’s licence for medical reasons. Read our full release using the link below.

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Give up your licence, not your identity: Government urged to protect older Victorians from losing photo ID when they stop driving | COTA Victoria

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Steve Wright @swright.au · 25/09/2026

Playing Control Resonant on Xbox Series S cause I wanted to show Remedy some love... and it continually crashes from a GPU error at fast travel. Not good.

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Tristan, the Sickly @unbearabledutch.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

a private citizen hacks a private company and they go to jail. open ai hacks government departments AND private companies and it doesn’t even get a slap on the wrist.

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Steve Wright @swright.au · 19/09/2026

Also, Wolverine is the best example of a 5/10 game that has ever existed.

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Steve Wright @swright.au · 19/09/2026

I prefer Control to Control Resonant, but it's not far behind. Combat doesn't quite work for me, but Dylan Faden sure does. Top of class storytelling from Remedy, as always.

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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 16/09/2026

I'm just going to keep yelling this louder and louder until it clicks: weird overpaid AI nerds hand-wringing about human extinction are trying to distract you from the extremely deadly and serious harms they are causing yesterday, today and tomorrow www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Headline: "US Data Centers Set to Burn More Natural Gas Than Most Nations" above a photo of natural gas compressor towers, power lines and a crane at an industrial site, illustrating rising gas use tied to data centers.

News excerpt reporting that U.S. data centers’ natural gas use is expected to grow by 15 billion cubic feet per day by 2035—amounting to more gas than every country except China, Russia, Iran and the U.S., citing the U.S. Energy Information Administration.

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Alex Winter @alexwinter.com · 16/09/2026

True story.

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Glen @gergyl.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Tiny little NFL field marked out in the middle of the gigantic MCG oval, and surrounded by the typical couple of hundred sideline-standing Yank hangers-on. If think you're going to see anything from the lower, flat MCG seating areas, dreaming.

'Austadiums' rendering of the NFL game at the MCG today.

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Steve Wright @swright.au · 10/09/2026

This latest SNW ep is too self-indulgent, too long, and tries to be a morality play but does so going through the motions. Uhura kicks ass tho.

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Josh Taylor @joshtaylor.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

I hadn't read this quote from Thiel before but it tracks. www.theguardian.com/culture/2026...

In 2017 the billionaire investor Peter Thiel told Maureen Dowd of the New York Times: “I like Star Wars way better. I’m a capitalist. Star Wars is the capitalist show. Star Trek is the communist one. There is no money in Star Trek because you just have the transporter machine that can make anything you need. The whole plot of Star Wars starts with Han Solo having this debt that he owes and so the plot in Star Wars is driven by money.”

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Glyn Morgan @grmorgan.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Pretty cool photo

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Steve Wright @swright.au · 08/09/2026

What a great little gift on Star Trek Day. :)

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Steve Wright @swright.au · 08/09/2026

More from me -- and likely where you'll see most of my bylines moving forward (at least for a bit).

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seniorsrights.org.au @seniorsrights.org.au · 06/09/2026

We are #hiring! Seniors Rights Victoria is on the lookout for a Senior Community Lawyer. This role combines client advocacy, legal representation, mentoring, community education and systemic advocacy. Learn more and apply via Seek: au.seek.com/job/94444663

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Senior Community Lawyer Job in Melbourne VIC - SEEK

Join Seniors Rights Victoria as a Senior Community Lawyer and champion the rights of older Victorians.

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Steve Wright @swright.au · 04/09/2026

Because OF COURSE #NHL27 opens up straight into Ultimate Team mode. :S

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Steve Wright @swright.au · 04/09/2026

Microsoft giveth, Microsoft taketh away. Your daily reminder that Microsoft is a corporation, and like all others, mostly taketh away.

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VGC @videogameschronicle.com · 01/09/2026

Sony says "reasonable consumers" know they don’t own the digital PlayStation games they buy. It argues that it's "not plausible" to suggest that when they buy a digital game they actually believe they're "obtaining ownership" of it. www.videogameschronicle.com/news/sony-sa...

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Sony says ‘reasonable consumers’ know they don’t own the digital games they buy | VGC

It’s “not plausible” to suggest people believe they’re “obtaining ownership”…

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Steve Wright @swright.au · 31/08/2026

Absolutely ADORED The Blood of Dawnwalker -- wears its Witcher 3 love on its sleeve while introducing compelling characters and systems. (Combat gets waaaaay tiring near the end though.)

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Joshua Erlich @joshuaerlich.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

not that they’re doing it correctly or well or rigorously or competently, but it is funny how these guys spend all their time doing gender studies

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Steve Wright @swright.au · 30/08/2026

Touched grass. Do recommend.

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Steve Wright @swright.au · 28/08/2026

Wasn't able to get a review up for #TheSinkingCity2, but I very much dig it. Heavily inspired by the RE2 Remake but still true to its Lovecraftian roots. Survival horror fans should check it out.

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MapQuest @mapquest.com · 27/08/2026

We’re not changing it.

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Double Fine @doublefine.com · 21/08/2026

PSA: A heads up for those (kindly) supporting us with game purchases today: 1. Kiln and Keeper are getting permanent price changes soon! 2. All our games on Steam are getting international price adjustment reviews! 3. It's Psychonauts 2's birthday next week, which means a sale!

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Steve Wright @swright.au · 20/08/2026

This puppet episode is the dumbest thing I've ever seen.

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Steve Wright @swright.au · 20/08/2026

Gotta say, it really sucks to be trying for a no-death completion of a #HaloCampaignEvolved level only to have a Brute stuck behind a locked door.

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Steve Wright @swright.au · 18/08/2026

Why we gotta shit on Hal Jordan so?

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Steve Wright @swright.au · 18/08/2026

A (straight) friend told me to watch Off Campus cause they loved it AND Heated Rivalry, and lemme tell you: after five minutes, this ain't it.

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Andy Fleming @slackbastard.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Pauline Pantsdown has some (now deleted) words of advice for the Sydney Gay & Lesbian Mardi Gras on PHONy:

SGLMG on Facebook:

Mardi Gras is a party, a protest and a promise that LGBTQIA+ people don’t have to live “behind closed doors”, no matter who’d prefer it that way.
For someone who says she’s never attended Mardi Gras, we’d argue Pauline Hanson has been participating in her own special way for decades. She’s inspired floats, drag queens, costumes and even a dance track - Pauline Pantsdown’s I Don’t Like It. She’s certainly contributed a lot of material.
Mardi Gras has always responded to prejudice with humour, creativity and a fabulous outfit. So Pauline, the invitation remains open. Come along one year. You might even like it!

Simon Hunt on Facebook:

This stupid & misguided post harms our communities. Of course Hanson's svengali James Ashby will consider jumping at the "offer" in this worst-ever attempt at sardonic humour, & SGLMG will continue contributing to dangers against our communities. It's also a really bad look for an LGBTIQ+ organisation whose CEO only retracted a racially-charged column, widely regarded as racist, when running for office four years later. Did you *reallllly* mean the apology, Jesse? If you don't want to f*ck with racial minorities; at least don't f*ck with racists? Finally, saying that Pauline Hanson "contributed" to the satire against her is like saying the KKK contributed to the work of the Black Panthers (even though I understand it was just a poor attempt at completing a "joke"). This is a stupid & unfunny post.

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Steve Wright @swright.au · 18/08/2026

I'm not going to be as hard as others in the comments on this, but I've just fallen off SNW of late. EVERY episode is a "the one where". While that works occasionally ("the one where they turn into kids" or "the one where they de-evolve") it doesn't work EVERY. SINGLE. WEEK.

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Barrett Courtney @barrettcourtney.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Respectfully, I don’t care about what Asha Sharma likes

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Imran Khan @imrankhan.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

This feels like one of those things that is obviously true - if you want X, you have to make it default and make people opt out - that you're not supposed to actually admit out loud. Seems real dumb to not have had a better answer prepared.

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Zach Bussey 🍁 @zachbussey.tos.gg · 12/08/2026

Twitch now uses your channel to train generative AI by default. You can opt out of some training here: www.twitch.tv/settings/sec...

Training for Generative AI

Allow your channel content to train generative AI content models at Amazon. Turning this off does not opt you out of Twitch and Amazon using your channel content for other purposes described in the Twitch Privacy Notice, including using AI-supported Twitch features that benefit the community by facilitating streamer growth and monetization (such as real-time sponsorship campaign assistance), viewer discovery (such as recommendations), and community safety (such as AutoMod). Learn more

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Steve Wright @swright.au · 11/08/2026

Giving Star City a try but finding it hard thusfar as 1) Russians, 2) Russians with British accents despite Russian accents in For All Mankind, and 3) the first two actors being from Heartstopper.

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Steve Wright @swright.au · 11/08/2026

Finally getting around to Halo Campaign Evolved. The Library still is awful. How unfun is the Flood?

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Nick Miller @nickdmiller.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Great story from ABC this morning about a chap in Melbourne who asked an AI agent (OpenClaw) to book a gym class, and it ended up hacking the gym's booking system to kick people off the waiting list. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08...

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How a simple request for AI to book a gym class exposed a major threat

When Andrew asked his AI personal assistant to book him a spot in a gym class, he had no idea he would accidentally initiate an autonomous cyber attack.

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Steve Wright @swright.au · 05/08/2026

Another one bites the dust.

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cotavic.org.au @cotavic.org.au · 29/07/2026

Our new Pulse survey provides an up-to-date insight into how older Victorians feel about the upsides and the downsides of their lives. Nearly 500 people aged 50+ shared their views, ranging widely across the age spectrum and across metropolitan, regional, and rural Victoria. Access results below.

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The state of ageing in Victoria: Community Pulse survey 2026 results | COTA Victoria

The COTA Victoria and Seniors Rights Victoria ‘State of Ageing in Victoria’ Pulse survey provides an up-to-date insight into how older Victorians feel about the upsides and the downsides of their live...

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Niko Stratis @nikostratis.com · 28/07/2026

We did it, we finally found the worst headline

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Steve Wright @swright.au · 27/07/2026

For all (ALL!) the jokes about the alert, the noise (and the volume of the noise) was FAR better than the tornado alerts that terrified me over in Saskatchewan.

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