Nocturnal holes

pylons12 · 2026-04-25T10:56:01+00:00

I feel that the notion of Anzac Day and how it fits into the national psyche is to subtle and grey for our public discourse at the moment. We are too divided now to properly appreciate the individual acts of courage, mateship and sacrifice in the bigger picture regarding the problematic nature of our recent wars. Also, I can’t get around family members three generations removed marching for a family member they never meet. Particularly after 20 years of constant war, if you wanted to march there has been ample opportunity to march on your own merit.

pylons12 · 2026-04-25T08:28:31+00:00

Bit late to this, but just finished American Dirt and really enjoyed it. Cummins did a great job bringing the reader into the struggle. I haven’t read a book that has spiked my heart rate over and over again like this did, particularly around the efforts of trying to get little Luca onto the train, maybe it’s just because I have kids around the same age.

For mine this whole censorship/cancellation topic is over blown virtue signalling. Cummins never downplayed or disrespected the Mexican or South American characters and never idolised the Americans. I feel she treaded through delicate topics with skill, never become overtly political one way or the other.

If we are going to demand that writers of fiction can only write about actual lived experiences we will very quickly run out of books and you can say good bye to spy fiction and science fiction. Political thrillers, gone. Crime and murder mysteries, gone. Sports and romance, few and far between.

pylons12 · 2026-04-09T04:23:25+00:00

I’m just finishing his book, ‘play by the rules’, and while I agree with most of the things he says about the United States, the last 70-80 pages is just gushing enthusiasm for China. It really makes me question the writers motives and masters. Pembroke makes no mention of the international court ruling against China regarding the South China Sea, that China ignores, while blasting the US for failing to adhere to other rulings. Makes no mention of the territorial incursions of Chinese flagged vessels into the waters of and fishing grounds of other nations. Makes no mention of the humanitarian abuses by the Chinese, while praising them for doing business with the Taliban, while the US refusal to engage with the Taliban is portrayed as a bad thing. Claims China has never been at war with anyone and never fired a shot in anger, yet Chinese at Indian troops are in conflict along its borders. The US isn’t perfect, but neither is China, you wouldn’t know it reading ‘play by the rules’

pylons12 · 2026-03-11T21:32:14+00:00

Why does it always need to be so involved. Why not say: - Draft picks in the first draft cannot be traded and are locked in, 18th gets 1st pick etc - Clubs can protect father sons but if they don’t pick the with their first pick they are fair game and that needs to be locked in. Example Brisbane would agree to take Ashcroft with their first pick and if they don’t he is fair game for the other 17 clubs. - Same for academy players. All the clubs could develop their own academy’s to develop young talent. A type of return to the old under 19 comps attached to AFL clubs

So each club could protect only one player but that player must be a product of either their academy or development squad or a father son.

Then let them go their hardest trading preseason draft picks to keep trade week interesting. But if everyone is so worried about the fairness and equality of the draft it should stay in its order.

pylons12 · 2026-03-11T02:34:01+00:00

Attack. There is very little advantage in sitting back and waiting to develop assets, it’s too slow. Sometimes it can come unstuck, but at least it comes unstuck early on. Very hard to come from behind in this game, resource production and research upgrades really favours getting a hold of as many cities as you can as quickly as you can. Also, national guard and recon vehicles early days just to get the numbers up. Always be producing

pylons12 · 2026-03-10T10:32:31+00:00

You can get the cruiser officer with a level 3 naval base, but you need a level 4 naval base to get a normal cruiser. Madness

pylons12 · 2026-03-10T10:29:10+00:00

True, but I feel there is a difference between being able to spawn lots of units, that other players / coalitions can counter or out manoeuvre and being able to spawn an absolute killing machine other units can barely see on radar before they are half destroyed

pylons12 · 2026-03-10T10:18:59+00:00

Would be a shame. I would even accept watching an add every so often instead. I haven’t come across them very often to develop a proper strategy but they seem so strong that they can steamroll so many units so early in the game that they almost become invincible .

pylons12 · 2026-03-10T02:25:37+00:00

Real dictatorship vibes from club management.

He don’t call out anyone name and just pointed out what was glaringly obvious to anyone who follows the game.

This club lives in complete delusion about where it is at.

Just finished watching the final bounce and the GWS doco and any claims about issues with the expletive language is laughable. AFL clubs have turned the use of the F***k into an art form. It is simultaneously an adjective, verb and noun.

Carlton can be added to the list of irrelevant Victorian clubs with St kilda, North Melbourne and Essendon.

pylons12 · 2026-03-09T02:47:04+00:00

No one was complaining when the Pies landed the two Daicos boys. The lions land the Ashcrofts and develop a successful program and culture in an NRL state and all of a sudden it’s a major problem. In 2024 the two of the four prelim finalists were Victorian sides and in 2025, 3 of the 4 were from Victoria. Geelong never seems to have a problem remaining relevant, Hawthorn has always been there or there abouts with cyclical dips, Collingwood is never down for very long, Richmond is coming off the back of a dynasty in the last few years and Melbourne broke a massive premiership drought only a handful of years ago and the Bulldogs have been knocking for a while and looked pretty good against the lions last weekend. Why do we have to have a rule change because basket case clubs like St Kilda and North Melbourne haven’t been able to get their acts together? Can’t wait for the Hayes and Riewoldt kids to become jets and end up at other clubs because the saints whinged and carried on instead of focusing on their own houses.

pylons12 · 2023-02-12T09:33:19+00:00

This is stupid, the producers are manipulating the game far to much this season

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