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🎄 My brilliant daughter drew a Christmas card for her classmates and I'm the clown who popped it into a template and sent it off to print x 25. A delivery to look forward to!

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🍿 The first Supergirl trailer is here! Looks like she's the rebel of the family? I have a feeling this one might be even more fun than the Superman movie.

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🍿 You want more trailers? Try Street Fighter. No Van Damme or Kylie this time (or Raul Julia 😢), just loads of culturally appropriate casting and a surprising '70s Bruce Lee vibe. Bring it on! I think.

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🔌 This little magnet-equipped dock from Satechi looks super handy. I have a big dock sitting on my desk, but it's not the most portable thing. Might pick up one of these!

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🎧 More modern retro tech: These KM5 headphones (A$295) from Japan bring the iconic early '80s look into the present with Bluetooth, noise cancelling, and 24 hours of battery-powered playback. All they need is the classic orange pads on the speakers... (You can order red covers, but I mean, come on.)

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☝️ This is an incredible short story (as in, a series of Threads posts) about how corporations give in to spending on the ponzi scheme that is "AI-enabling" their workforce.

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​🤖 Disney has signed a A$1.5b deal with OpenAI that will allow its characters to be used in the tech company's Sora video generator.

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🤖 New York has passed a law requiring that all advertising disclose the use of AI 'performers'. Love to see it.

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🍿 Kevin James in a rom-com? Ah hell why not.

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🧑‍💻 Reddit is suing Australia over its social media ban for under-16s. It was bound to happen...

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GIFTMAS! Need some ideas? I got you. 👌

• ​ManOfMany's Top 10 solid colognes (wax-based bars for your pocket)
• ​Twelve South AirFly Pro 2 (A$100, makes aeroplane audio wireless!)
• ​Casio AE1200WH digital watch (A$94)
• ​iFixit Pro Tech Go Toolkit (A$164), or iFixit Mako driver kit (A$115)
• ​Lego Nintendo Game Boy! (A$94)
• ​Time Timer MOD - Home Edition (A$50)

Why do I have so many cables and batteries?

• ​Ugreen 100W retractable USB-C cable (A$19)
• ​Ugreen 75W retractable car charger (A$39)
• ​Iniu 10,000mAh 45W battery. So small! (A$33)

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