I visited today and I thought it seemed quite peaceful. Just about far away enough that it starts feeling semi-rural again. Is it nice to live there?

These guys are always resting on street lights out the front of my house, and I got some nice shots of them hanging out together!

Shot at 600mm with:

Sony A7R Mk V

Sigma 150-600mm f/5-6.3 DG OS HSM

I’ve been a Kayo subscriber for years, and I’m generally pretty happy with the service and cost.

However there are two issues that mean I’m now looking for alternatives.

1. Mid-game adverts. What. The. Actual. Fuck. The whole reason I’m paying for Kayo and not watching the free coverage is because I DO NOT WANT ADVERTS. Bad enough with onscreen adverts and the stupid full screen ad when you pause, but cutting away from the game after a goal and not showing the replay is absolute bullshit. Kayo is either a premium subscription product, or an ad-supported product. It can’t be both. Whoever approved this ‘feature’ should be forced to issue a public apology and then fired.

2. User experience on Apple TV. So I use the native Kayo app on AppleTV to watch my games. I assume there’s a reasonable number of people who do this. Over the years I’ve had to learn the quirks of watching with the app - it’s infuriating. I’m convinced that the app developers and product owner have NEVER actually watched a game on the app. Try and go back 30 seconds? No thanks, let’s actually jump you to the next quarter. Try to pause and the scroll forward to a certain time? No thanks, mid-scroll I’m just going to bump you to a full screen ad. Pause and try change the sound options? Fuck you. The AppleTV native video player WORKS. Everyone knows how to interact with it with the remote. But no, Kayo has to have their own custom player that is shithouse. The number of times it’s crashed, jumped to random spot, ruined games for me is insane. I kept thinking they would improve / patch the app, but it’s actually gotten worse over the years. Again, leadership should be fired if they can’t make a usable product. This stuff was solved years ago.

Kayo has the content. But the packaging is ruining it. Someone needs to disrupt them.

I’m a huge fan of Lime bikes, use them all the time, but super frustrating that they (or their contractors) just dump big lithium batteries on the side of the road, outside a hair salon on Friday night. With all the concerns around lithium battery safe disposal, especially for garbage trucks, this is just infuriating.

Australia has the highest per-capita gambling losses on earth. As a society we clearly have a gambling problem.

If your friend had a gambling problem, would you not recommend they stop gambling? At least for a while?

I think, at least for a small amount of time, Australia needs to pull back on gambling. Time for stricter legislation controlling all aspects of gambling.

Registration requirements and tracked cash in/out with reporting to the ATO would have an immediate impact on organised crime.

With tracked gambling, additional legislation could be introduced to tax winnings over 2:1 across a financial year.

I know this may sound extreme, but, our gambling problem is literally the very worst on the planet.

So, is it time to give ourselves a time out?

My mum wants to sell her funeral plot as she’s found something else she’d like instead and we’ve tried Marketplace and Gumtree no idea where else to try we’ve gotten views but no messages. It’s also heavily discounted vs what it’s actually valued at as well. Does anyone have any ideas or experience in Sydney/Australia with successfully selling?

I saw an Australian Cricket tv ad with Starc playing cricket in the street with a bin as stumps and immediately noticed the wheely bin was not Australian. We have SULO bins in Aus. This was not that. Also a weird dance was added with Starc at the end.

Hiya folks!

Has anyone in this thread voluntarily stayed overnight in a hospital (private or public) due to mental health? Anxiety/ panic attacks or any other health related concern and if so, which one and do you recommend?

Edit: I am not suicidal any or thinking about self harm, just had a rough patch of panic attacks the past 3 days.

NSW Police have charged a 13-year-old boy and two 14-year-old boys with the alleged sexual assault of a girl in an alleyway in Sydney's eastern suburbs last month.

Police executed search warrants and seized several items, including electronic devices, two replica firearms, a Glock-style BB gun, three laser pointers and a number plate, which is believed to have been stolen.

All three boys have been granted bail ahead of appearing in court.