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I’ve discovered that a woman at one of my local parkruns has an age grade that’s around 96-97%. She’s truly unbelievable to see in action.

The Australian constitution refers to NZ and is all set up for NZ to join Australia. They can join anytime they want. When discussions were taking place prior to federation NZ was undecided so the Australian constitution was written to include NZ should they decide to join later. Not long after federation Australia even gave Maori people in Australia the right to vote to make it more attractive for NZ to join Australia.

The algorithm has shown me that c64 games are still being made. Some of them look quite good too.

I’ve just been listening to the AI country and western “artist” Breaking Rust. The songs Walk My Walk and Living on Borrowed Time are quite catchy.

I used to use a double cassette deck to pirate games when younger. They’d work well on my c64 datasette. I’d wait ages to load up Rambo and then play it all afternoon. It’s one of my favourite childhood games. Another favourite was Beach Head. edit: the more I think about it the more games I remember. I’d love to be able to easily play them again.

Cronulla is too low profile for it to be in the main forum.

It may never be admitted but the Pukpuk mutual defense treaty was probably influenced by PNG getting an NRL team … or the NRL team is, at the very least, part of a multifaceted approach to link PNG to Australia to boost Australia’s security. https://www.pm.gov.au/media/joint-communique-papua-new-guinea-and-australia-mutual-defence-treaty The core principles of the Pukpuk Treaty will include: a mutual defence Alliance which recognises that an armed attack on Australia or Papua New Guinea would be a danger to the peace and security of both countries; expansion and modernisation of our defence relationship, including by setting out our shared ambition to establish a recruitment pathway for Papua New Guinea citizens into the Australian Defence Force; strengthening and expanding defence cooperation through enhanced capability, interoperability and integration; ensuring any activities, agreements or arrangements with third parties would not compromise the ability of either of the Parties to implement the Treaty; and reaffirming both countries’ absolute respect for our neighbours’ sovereignty, independence and territorial integrity. Papua New Guinea proposed this Alliance in its 50th year of independence. Australia was honoured to agree.

QANTAS has announced that from March 2026 they will operate return flights every Friday and Monday between Sydney to Port Moresby. https://www.news.com.au/travel/travel-advice/flights/qantas-inks-new-routes-to-papua-new-guinea-ahead-of-nrl-partnership/news-story/511ca35ee24ca7dce81d8a4a2a22f527 Qantas International chief executive officer Cam Wallace said the partnership would contribute to the already-developing business growth between Sydney and Port Moresby . “The preparation work alone is generating travel, and once the team starts playing and fans and teams are travelling for matches, we expect that to increase significantly,” he said.

This is starting to sound like the handshake agreement the Australian rugby union had with the French rugby union to pay Australia $1.7 million for a 2023 warm up match in France. After the leadership of the French rugby union changed they refused to honour the agreement stating that they will only pay if evidence of a contract can be provided. Going down the “well show us the written signed contract” route while knowing full well a handshake agreement was in place killed all good will between the two parties. This went to mediation but I don’t know the outcome.

I just finished Deal Breaker by Harlen Coben. It’s not profound or anything but the author really does know how to spin an enjoyable story.

I’ve started on the final season of Stranger Things. The final season is so delayed the main characters really do look like adults dressing as school students and pretending to be teenagers.

I agree. The Queensland touch football championships is also live on another channel. So that’s two different forms of rugby league live on TV today.

OMG Jarryd Hayne is listed as a player is an upcoming match.

So I’ve just turned on the TV (kayo sports) and the rugby league nines premier league is live from a stadium in Sydney. The Red Belly Warriors are playing the South Coast Sea Horses as part of a qualifying tournament for the finals early next year. I had no idea this event even existed until a few minutes ago. The players are seemingly top level amateur and semi-pro. It quite enjoyable and a great filler between NRL/SL seasons. https://9pl.com.au/

Only the parties to the issue know the truth. Playing it all out in public like a bad soap opera is so rugby league.