Mike Read
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Footy, art, and the overlap. mikeread.com.au
Helping lead the fight to get Essendon out of pokies: nope.org.au
Footy, art, and the overlap. mikeread.com.au
Helping lead the fight to get Essendon out of pokies: nope.org.au
Haven't seen it reported - probably as it doesn't get people as emotional as trade rumours, but last month Orizontas, a 'boutique corporate advisory consultancy' featuring a bunch of former politicians and political advisers, filed a trademark objection to the Gold Coast Suns' refreshed 2025 logo.
September 2, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Haven't seen it reported - probably as it doesn't get people as emotional as trade rumours, but last month Orizontas, a 'boutique corporate advisory consultancy' featuring a bunch of former politicians and political advisers, filed a trademark objection to the Gold Coast Suns' refreshed 2025 logo.
Made a few charts & bits last week that prove what we know - Collingwood is old.
mikeread.com.au/lineups2025....
mikeread.com.au/lineups2025....
August 31, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Made a few charts & bits last week that prove what we know - Collingwood is old.
mikeread.com.au/lineups2025....
mikeread.com.au/lineups2025....
This assertion in this headline once and for all proves that Barney Ronay was not on my family road trip to Tathra in 1996, where my selection for our new car’s CD stacker was the We Want A Wicket single by Greg Champion & The Music Men that came with a copy of Inside Edge magazine
August 8, 2025 at 11:49 PM
This assertion in this headline once and for all proves that Barney Ronay was not on my family road trip to Tathra in 1996, where my selection for our new car’s CD stacker was the We Want A Wicket single by Greg Champion & The Music Men that came with a copy of Inside Edge magazine
Also interesting to note that losses at Essendon’s Melton Country Club (90 EGMs), which until 2019 had been lower than Windy Hill (100 EGMs), are now about $2m higher in recent years.
August 6, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Also interesting to note that losses at Essendon’s Melton Country Club (90 EGMs), which until 2019 had been lower than Windy Hill (100 EGMs), are now about $2m higher in recent years.
Makes Carlton’s win last week all the more remarkable given they apparently haven’t won a quarter since round 7…
July 24, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Makes Carlton’s win last week all the more remarkable given they apparently haven’t won a quarter since round 7…
Having finally discovered the perfect bumper sticker, I am now ready to get a driver’s license.
July 9, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Having finally discovered the perfect bumper sticker, I am now ready to get a driver’s license.
Building a new toy...
May 11, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Building a new toy...
Kicks into forward 50, footy group chats, and perhaps giving the impression that I don't know that a mark is also a type of possession.
May 3, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Kicks into forward 50, footy group chats, and perhaps giving the impression that I don't know that a mark is also a type of possession.
When it hits 5am at Goo and the lights come on, circa 2003.
April 30, 2025 at 9:34 PM
When it hits 5am at Goo and the lights come on, circa 2003.
Updated the timeline of Essendon directors.
With the recent addition of Catriona Larritt, there's now more board members who joined after Barham's coup, than those who were there for it.
mikeread.com.au/essendon_foo...
With the recent addition of Catriona Larritt, there's now more board members who joined after Barham's coup, than those who were there for it.
mikeread.com.au/essendon_foo...
April 24, 2025 at 5:49 AM
Updated the timeline of Essendon directors.
With the recent addition of Catriona Larritt, there's now more board members who joined after Barham's coup, than those who were there for it.
mikeread.com.au/essendon_foo...
With the recent addition of Catriona Larritt, there's now more board members who joined after Barham's coup, than those who were there for it.
mikeread.com.au/essendon_foo...
made a graphviz diagram of what it means for Essendon to lose their two starting rucks within the space of 7 days.
April 22, 2025 at 10:12 AM
made a graphviz diagram of what it means for Essendon to lose their two starting rucks within the space of 7 days.
With Qantas' Catriona Larritt joining the Essendon board, all 10 seats are now filled without a replacement for Dean Rioli who was appointed on the back of the external review's recommendations for First Nations representation at board level.
April 8, 2025 at 2:34 AM
With Qantas' Catriona Larritt joining the Essendon board, all 10 seats are now filled without a replacement for Dean Rioli who was appointed on the back of the external review's recommendations for First Nations representation at board level.
Hoping for more of this tonight.
(Except that this was after we scored a behind - more goals instead please)
(Except that this was after we scored a behind - more goals instead please)
March 26, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Hoping for more of this tonight.
(Except that this was after we scored a behind - more goals instead please)
(Except that this was after we scored a behind - more goals instead please)
The AFL is exactly the kind of organisation infected with manager-brain that looks at a problem of its own making and decides Ai is the solution.
The overreach with personal data is even more concerning when you look at their track record on integrity.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
The overreach with personal data is even more concerning when you look at their track record on integrity.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
March 2, 2025 at 7:41 PM
The AFL is exactly the kind of organisation infected with manager-brain that looks at a problem of its own making and decides Ai is the solution.
The overreach with personal data is even more concerning when you look at their track record on integrity.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
The overreach with personal data is even more concerning when you look at their track record on integrity.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Hermannsburg Potters and Green Day. Good Saturday.
March 1, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Hermannsburg Potters and Green Day. Good Saturday.
When you draw a conclusion from one result and go searching for anything that may back it up…
February 24, 2025 at 9:51 PM
When you draw a conclusion from one result and go searching for anything that may back it up…
Pretty excited about the changes coming to the AFL this season, as first announced in the 2004 grand final edition of the Footy Record.
January 27, 2025 at 3:25 AM
Pretty excited about the changes coming to the AFL this season, as first announced in the 2004 grand final edition of the Footy Record.
2003 coaches just gave 5 - 1 votes to 5 players across the league (excluding their own team) at the end of the season.
2004 used current format & were revealed weekly on Talking Footy before being held over for last few weeks ahead of an awards night ep. Have only seen top 19 totals.
2004 used current format & were revealed weekly on Talking Footy before being held over for last few weeks ahead of an awards night ep. Have only seen top 19 totals.
January 27, 2025 at 3:08 AM
2003 coaches just gave 5 - 1 votes to 5 players across the league (excluding their own team) at the end of the season.
2004 used current format & were revealed weekly on Talking Footy before being held over for last few weeks ahead of an awards night ep. Have only seen top 19 totals.
2004 used current format & were revealed weekly on Talking Footy before being held over for last few weeks ahead of an awards night ep. Have only seen top 19 totals.
I didn't forgot North Melbourne, I just couldn't find a pre-2000 version and wanted to keep it in the 90s. Let me know if you do.
Anyway, this is what the AFL's deal with Telstra took from us. Will we ever again see a club so bold as to post screensavers that require a 25-step set of instructions?
Anyway, this is what the AFL's deal with Telstra took from us. Will we ever again see a club so bold as to post screensavers that require a 25-step set of instructions?
January 25, 2025 at 1:30 AM
I didn't forgot North Melbourne, I just couldn't find a pre-2000 version and wanted to keep it in the 90s. Let me know if you do.
Anyway, this is what the AFL's deal with Telstra took from us. Will we ever again see a club so bold as to post screensavers that require a 25-step set of instructions?
Anyway, this is what the AFL's deal with Telstra took from us. Will we ever again see a club so bold as to post screensavers that require a 25-step set of instructions?
January 25, 2025 at 1:26 AM
West Coast
29 December 1996
web.archive.org/web/19961229...
Despite the plain background, their graphics here make this one of my favourites.
29 December 1996
web.archive.org/web/19961229...
Despite the plain background, their graphics here make this one of my favourites.
January 25, 2025 at 1:23 AM
West Coast
29 December 1996
web.archive.org/web/19961229...
Despite the plain background, their graphics here make this one of my favourites.
29 December 1996
web.archive.org/web/19961229...
Despite the plain background, their graphics here make this one of my favourites.
January 25, 2025 at 1:22 AM