Wombat Punch

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Whatever post prompted you to follow me was probably atypical, so apologies in advance.
Also probably not an actual wombat, so apologies for that, too.
He/him.
A friend just messaged me, dismayed that Dubai airport has been hit because it affects their travel plans, and I'm really struggling to feel the sympathy.
I ask as someone who normally manages to hide from RACI documents: are they always such, well, fantastical bullshit?
PATERSON: Angus is the smartest policy brain in the shadow cabinet.
By Dutch cartoonist Tjeerd Royaards
Just when I thought I'd managed to escape Confluence, some numpty drags me back in because of a pet project they think I care about...
Someone finally drew the cartoon

SOLUTION ARCHITECT: This request for PDF accessibility software? I'm going to reject it because our guideline is that if we already have something that meets 50% of requirements, we stay with that.

REQUESTOR: ... but the 50% the existing PDF software doesn't meet is the accessibility part.

SOLUTION ARCHITECT: Rules are rules.

The man was *not* winning many friends in that meeting, I can tell you.

So it turns out there are worse things a workplace can embrace than sloppily-implemented hotdesking, and my work is leaping on them like a hungry wolverine..

If the Australian Parliamentary sports club is just social, why the fuck is it sponsored by anyone, much less a lobby for sports gambling?

Pay for your jerseys out of your massive salaries, or hold a fucking sausage sizzle.

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/oct/10/former-wallabies-david-pocock-banned-parliamentary-sports-club-gambling

#auspol

PM criticises Pocock’s ban from parliamentary sports club but dismisses concerns about betting lobby

Exclusive: Senator accused of bringing social club into disrepute after raising concerns about its association with betting lobby

The Guardian
Now, I'm just a simple unfrozen caveman, but it seems to me that the competitive advantage of Deloitte et al used to be "we hire experienced, talent, brilliant people, if you pay us, you can have access to them." What I'm hearing here is, instead, "we have a subscription to ChatGPT." 🤔