Mr Backlog
@mrbacklog.bsky.social
Retro gaming, media analysis and dry wit. Or at least half-wit.
The thing I hate most about #whamageddon is that I'm always playing it even though I don't want to
December 23, 2025 at 4:52 AM
The thing I hate most about #whamageddon is that I'm always playing it even though I don't want to
Happy #GravyDay everyone youtu.be/iYqIF2XkqKU?...
Paul Kelly - How To Make Gravy (Official Video)
YouTube video by Paul Kelly
youtu.be
December 21, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Happy #GravyDay everyone youtu.be/iYqIF2XkqKU?...
It's a beautiful city
December 17, 2025 at 10:10 PM
It's a beautiful city
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This poem is dedicated to anyone making a start on their advent calendar today.
December 1, 2025 at 8:05 AM
This poem is dedicated to anyone making a start on their advent calendar today.
@frededison.bsky.social
The concept of needing to prepare for a war with Russia is... unpleasant 😳
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
The concept of needing to prepare for a war with Russia is... unpleasant 😳
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
Berlin prepares for 'worst-case' scenario with late-night metro warfare drills
As European security threats grow, German soldiers carry out drills in metro stations to prepare for urban warfare.
www.abc.net.au
November 24, 2025 at 12:28 PM
@frededison.bsky.social
The concept of needing to prepare for a war with Russia is... unpleasant 😳
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
The concept of needing to prepare for a war with Russia is... unpleasant 😳
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
@peterbrent.bsky.social You know, what I'm not looking forward to is when Hastie replaces Ley, says "we're all very right wing now" (probably with something veiled about climate change being fake), then gets a bump in the polls from ditching Ley.
Which will be trumpeted as "See? Moderates suck"
Which will be trumpeted as "See? Moderates suck"
November 20, 2025 at 7:50 AM
@peterbrent.bsky.social You know, what I'm not looking forward to is when Hastie replaces Ley, says "we're all very right wing now" (probably with something veiled about climate change being fake), then gets a bump in the polls from ditching Ley.
Which will be trumpeted as "See? Moderates suck"
Which will be trumpeted as "See? Moderates suck"
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RIP to a games industry pioneer and legend, Rebecca Heineman (@burgerbecky.bsky.social) If your unfamiliar, look her up. Her career is like the story of videogames itself.
November 18, 2025 at 3:01 AM
RIP to a games industry pioneer and legend, Rebecca Heineman (@burgerbecky.bsky.social) If your unfamiliar, look her up. Her career is like the story of videogames itself.
Just learned that Rebecca "Burger" Heineman died 😢
November 18, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Just learned that Rebecca "Burger" Heineman died 😢
Ah..happy days
November 18, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Ah..happy days
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“If we want to have an honest conversation about who we are and how we got here, we’d do well to look beyond the perspectives of prime ministers preoccupied more with their personal legacies than the consequences of centuries of dispossession,” writes Grace Tame. satpa.pe/vlRVI5n
Tony Abbott’s warped story of Australia
Tony Abbott’s history of Australia is a version that sanitises the worst effects of colonialism and immigration policy, and leans into the destructive doctrine of Trump.
satpa.pe
November 5, 2025 at 7:42 AM
“If we want to have an honest conversation about who we are and how we got here, we’d do well to look beyond the perspectives of prime ministers preoccupied more with their personal legacies than the consequences of centuries of dispossession,” writes Grace Tame. satpa.pe/vlRVI5n
My sleepy 6yo just said "Thank you for everything" ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
November 3, 2025 at 11:54 AM
My sleepy 6yo just said "Thank you for everything" ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
I just passed an 80yo woman with a pronounced stoop doing the hula-hoop in the mall, so she could get a free doughnut.
I've found a new life goal #notallheroeswearcapes
I've found a new life goal #notallheroeswearcapes
October 31, 2025 at 2:49 AM
I just passed an 80yo woman with a pronounced stoop doing the hula-hoop in the mall, so she could get a free doughnut.
I've found a new life goal #notallheroeswearcapes
I've found a new life goal #notallheroeswearcapes
My 6yo announced he wants 10,000 babies.
I asked if he really liked babies.
He said no, he just wants an army to rule the world.
He is now proceeding to describe the battles fought by his baby army on his behalf.
I asked if he really liked babies.
He said no, he just wants an army to rule the world.
He is now proceeding to describe the battles fought by his baby army on his behalf.
October 25, 2025 at 10:07 PM
My 6yo announced he wants 10,000 babies.
I asked if he really liked babies.
He said no, he just wants an army to rule the world.
He is now proceeding to describe the battles fought by his baby army on his behalf.
I asked if he really liked babies.
He said no, he just wants an army to rule the world.
He is now proceeding to describe the battles fought by his baby army on his behalf.
@peterbrent.bsky.social So what do you make of Barnaby going to ON? He must have lost a lot of standing in the Nats to even consider it
He'll prob keep his seat no matter what party he's in. I guess the Q is whether he can stop ON constantly imploding, or it just becomes another KAP
He'll prob keep his seat no matter what party he's in. I guess the Q is whether he can stop ON constantly imploding, or it just becomes another KAP
October 19, 2025 at 10:12 PM
@peterbrent.bsky.social So what do you make of Barnaby going to ON? He must have lost a lot of standing in the Nats to even consider it
He'll prob keep his seat no matter what party he's in. I guess the Q is whether he can stop ON constantly imploding, or it just becomes another KAP
He'll prob keep his seat no matter what party he's in. I guess the Q is whether he can stop ON constantly imploding, or it just becomes another KAP
It's a sad state of affairs when the strongest rebuke of Trunk* that I've seen for a while was in a Netflix version of the Twits.
*autocorrect did this, and I'm not fixing it
*autocorrect did this, and I'm not fixing it
October 18, 2025 at 11:29 AM
It's a sad state of affairs when the strongest rebuke of Trunk* that I've seen for a while was in a Netflix version of the Twits.
*autocorrect did this, and I'm not fixing it
*autocorrect did this, and I'm not fixing it
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The most important thing in writing is to finish. A finished thing can be fixed. A finished thing can be published. A finished thing can be made into a movie.
An unfinished thing is just a dream. And dreams fade if you don't hold on tight enough.
So finish the thing.
An unfinished thing is just a dream. And dreams fade if you don't hold on tight enough.
So finish the thing.
November 13, 2024 at 2:38 PM
The most important thing in writing is to finish. A finished thing can be fixed. A finished thing can be published. A finished thing can be made into a movie.
An unfinished thing is just a dream. And dreams fade if you don't hold on tight enough.
So finish the thing.
An unfinished thing is just a dream. And dreams fade if you don't hold on tight enough.
So finish the thing.
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Best description of #Tron I've ever seen
Which means that everyone who DOES like it (and there are many, and many among them now make and make media about movies themselves) has been trying to recapture the *LOVE* they remember about it for 40+ years, like trying to fall back asleep into the same dream.
October 10, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Best description of #Tron I've ever seen
I came across this #Lawson poem, "Babies of Walloon", about a railway worker whose two daughters drown in a pool at Walloon. The younger was attracted to the Lillies and fell in, and the older tried to rescue her.
I got interested and looked it up.
Turns out it's a real event! 1/?
I got interested and looked it up.
Turns out it's a real event! 1/?
September 30, 2025 at 1:41 PM
I came across this #Lawson poem, "Babies of Walloon", about a railway worker whose two daughters drown in a pool at Walloon. The younger was attracted to the Lillies and fell in, and the older tried to rescue her.
I got interested and looked it up.
Turns out it's a real event! 1/?
I got interested and looked it up.
Turns out it's a real event! 1/?
If the question is "has this baby done a poo", the answer is "yes".
🙄😕🙄
🙄😕🙄
September 19, 2025 at 11:05 PM
If the question is "has this baby done a poo", the answer is "yes".
🙄😕🙄
🙄😕🙄
Had a dream where I was being haunted by a demon. Horrible visions, threats, etc. Being unable to stop them, I started asking the demon what it liked to do with its spare time, where it came from, and why it seemed so angry. When it gave me visions, I would compliment it. (1/2)
September 7, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Had a dream where I was being haunted by a demon. Horrible visions, threats, etc. Being unable to stop them, I started asking the demon what it liked to do with its spare time, where it came from, and why it seemed so angry. When it gave me visions, I would compliment it. (1/2)
I tried out #TheOperator, a tense little adventure game from a French indie mob called #Bureau81. Recommended! Interested to see what they do next
September 4, 2025 at 1:05 PM
I tried out #TheOperator, a tense little adventure game from a French indie mob called #Bureau81. Recommended! Interested to see what they do next
Whole lotta people carrying Australian flags on this train.
I don't have a problem with the flag of course but this feels...ominous.
I don't have a problem with the flag of course but this feels...ominous.
August 31, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Whole lotta people carrying Australian flags on this train.
I don't have a problem with the flag of course but this feels...ominous.
I don't have a problem with the flag of course but this feels...ominous.
Think I'll go poison some pigeons in the park :-(
My last living musical hero is still my hero but unfortunately no longer living. RIP to the great, great Mr. Tom Lehrer.
July 27, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Think I'll go poison some pigeons in the park :-(