Our new lounge arrives today! We bought the [Bangalow Modular Sofa](https://au.koala.com/products/bangalow-modular-sofa?variant=42883801415816) 6-seater chaise in Green Wattle, the Black Friday sales knocked over $1,000.00 off the price. Just hoping the rain stops when the courier gets here!
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What’s the difference between dolphins and porpoises?
I was reading an article about [an oil spill in the Black Sea](https://www.theinertia.com/environment/oil-spill-russia-black-sea-dolphins-dead/) and couldn’t recall what the difference is between dolphins and porpoises…
> It essentially comes down to their faces (who can forget Flipper’s famous “grin”?), their fins, and their figures. Dolphins tend to have prominent, elongated “beaks” and cone-shaped teeth, while porpoises have smaller mouths and spade-shaped teeth. The dolphin’s hooked or curved dorsal fin (the one in the middle of the animal’s back) also differs from the porpoise’s triangular dorsal fin. Generally speaking, dolphin bodies are leaner, and porpoises’ are portly.
From the [National Ocean Service](https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/dolphin_porpoise.html).
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🔗 [Queensland researchers say evidence linking social media to youth mental health problems is ‘weak’](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-01-07/social-media-ban-mental-health-different-approach)
> Ms Patterson has more than one million followers across TikTok and Instagram.
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> The Syndeysider said the federal government’s ban is “absolutely pointless”.Whilst she’s not one of the researchers initially quoted in the article, I’m not convinced she’s not biased in her assessment of good or bad in this case.
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⛳️ With the [first match](https://tglgolf.com/match/2025/1) being played in the TGL this coming week, I’m interested to see how it’s received by the general sports fan, especially considering how _traditional_ a sport golf still is. We’ve not had a disruption in competitive golf, LIV was aimed at the PGA’s dominance, not golf itself.
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📺 Favourite TV shows from 2024
There’s were plenty of good TV shows released last year, here’s a list of my favourites in no particular order;
[Shōgun](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2788316/)
> When a mysterious European ship is found marooned in a nearby Japanese fishing village, Lord Yoshii Toranaga discovers secrets that could tip the scales of power and devastate his enemies.
[The Penguin](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt15435876/)
> Following the events of The Batman (2022), Oz Cobb, a.k.a. the Penguin, makes a play to seize the reins of the crime world in Gotham.
[Secret Level](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt33204697/)
> Original stories set within the worlds of iconic video games are featured in this animated anthology series.
[Black Doves](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt27995113/)
> Helen embarks on a passionate affair with a man who has no idea what her secret identity is.
[The Day of The Jackal](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt24053860/)
> The Jackal is an elusive assassin who makes his living carrying out hits for the highest fee.
[Slow Horses](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5875444/) – Season 2
> Follows a team of British intelligence agents who serve as a dumping ground department of MI5 due to their career-ending mistakes.
[Hysteria](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt21493708/)
> Follows a struggling high school heavy metal band of outcasts who use the town’s sudden interest in the occult to start a reputation as a Satanic metal band, until a strange series of events triggers a witch hunt that leads back to them.
Honourable mentions go to [Fake](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt29120226/), [Creature Commandos](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt26545355/), [The Agency](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt26656917/), [Twilight Of The Gods](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5875444/), [Landman](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14186672/) and [The Second Best Hospital in the Galaxy](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11828386/).
For reference, here’s [a list of the TV shows released in 2024](https://www.imdb.com/search/title/?title_type=tv_series&release_date=2024-01-01,2024-12-31&sort=release_date,asc) on IMDB.