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61. <p><strong>Despite being down with a random virus on Wednesday, my week of Monday 20 to Sunday 26 October 2025 was remarkably productive. I produced one podcast, planned four others, and continued to assist with the property hunting. I also took photos of trains, one of which is included with this post.</strong></p>
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74. <li><a href="https://the9pmedict.com/edict/000254/">The 9pm Bongbong in the Region with Erin Cook</a>, being an episode primarily about the Philippines but with lots of other topics too, including a preview of the ASEAN Summit which kicked off today with the <a href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10-26/donald-trump-lands-in-kuala-lumpur-ahead-of-asean-summit/105935552">arrival of the national leaders</a>, recorded on 16 October and posted this Thursday. That sentence is too long.</li>
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79. <p><strong><em>The 9pm Edict</em>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<em>Another Untitled Music Podcast</em>&nbsp;are supported by the generosity of you, their listeners. Please consider supporting them. You can to&nbsp;<a href="https://skank.com.au/tip/">throw a few coins into the tip jar</a>&nbsp;directly or&nbsp;<a href="https://skank.com.au/subscribe">subscribe for special benefits</a>. There&#8217;s also some <a href="https://anotheruntitledmusicpodcast.com/products/">specific benefits</a> for supporting <em>AUMP</em>.</strong></p>
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88. <li><a href="https://buttondown.com/stilgherrian/archive/the-weekly-cybers-90/">The Weekly Cybers #90</a>. There&#8217;s that Amazon Web Services outage you may have noticed, Westpac forced to allow working from home, a new AI web browser, and much more.</li>
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111. <p>You can read my&nbsp;<a href="https://authory.com/Stilgherrian">previous writing at Authory</a>, where you can also subscribe to an email compilation of any new stories each Sunday morning.</p>
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115. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Media Appearances</h4>
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120. <li>My ever-popular photo of a trade union protest march in Sydney back in 2018 was used once again, this time to illustrate a story at <em>Global News View</em>, <a href="https://globalnewsview.org/en/archives/987496374">ICJ holds hearing on right to strike</a>.</li>
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124.  
125. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Photos, Videos , Corporate Largesse</h4>
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129. <p>None of these. You can subscribe to <a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/stilgherrian/">my YouTube channel</a> to be notified when new videos appear and when livestreams are scheduled.</p>
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132.  
133. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Some Interesting Links</h4>
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136.  
137. <p>These have been a bit thin in recent weeks, so this week I&#8217;ve decided to make up for that.</p>
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142. <li>If you’re suffering from London plane trees this spring (<em>Platanus x hispanica</em>, but before 2019 often known as <em>Platanus x acerifolia</em> and other things), well, here’s some photos of <a href="https://www.botanybrisbane.com/plants/platanaceae/platanus/platanus-x-hispanica-acerifolia/">what’s tearing your sinuses and throat apart</a>. Scroll down.</li>
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146. <li>For 25 years now a bloke called Peter Cowell, who appointed himself an admiral, has been trying to get money for an international fleet of rescue ships for disaster relief. You&#8217;ll be shocked to hear <a href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10-22/fake-admiral-exposed-peddling-disaster-relief-scheme-25-years/105890312">it&#8217;s all fake</a>.</li>
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150. <li><a href="https://www.cineluxe.com/the-films-that-made-star-wars-pt-1/">The Films That Made Star Wars</a>, which describes itself as &#8220;A three-part look at the eclectic group of movies that helped provide the inspiration for Lucas’s space-opera saga&#8221;. It&#8217;s well-informed but concise, and I&#8217;m tempted to watch all the films it references in order.</li>
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154. <li>The <em>Guardian</em> has some <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/gallery/2025/oct/20/hidden-lost-and-dramatic-melbourne-heritage-interiors-in-pictures">wonderful photos</a> from the new book <em>Melbourne Heritage Interiors</em> by Kristine Slawinski and Phil Campbell.</li>
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158. <li>&#8220;Is it a critical mineral or a Tolkien invention? <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/oct/24/critical-mineral-or-tolkien-invention-quiz">Take the Guardian’s nerdiest quiz yet</a>.&#8221; I got 8/10, and I&#8217;m happy with that.</li>
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162. <li>Duty</li>
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166. <li>&#8220;China’s Ministry of State Security deploys an <a href="https://chinamediaproject.org/2025/10/20/agent-012339-reports-for-duty/">AI anchor in full uniform</a> to deliver national security warnings on social media.&#8221;</li>
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170. <li>&#8220;Today’s AI hype has echoes of a <a href="https://theconversation.com/todays-ai-hype-has-echoes-of-a-devastating-technology-boom-and-bust-100-years-ago-265492">devastating technology boom and bust</a> 100 years ago,&#8221; and by that they mean electricity.</li>
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174. <li>Please have <a href="https://ielc.libguides.com/sdzg/factsheets/laughingkookaburra/">an excellent fact sheet about kookaburras</a>, one of a series from the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance.</li>
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178. <li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NWoEWDJr6tA">Let Me Tell You a Story (Before the Ship Explodes</a>, by Alasdair Beckett-King. </li>
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182. <li><a href="https://www.coffeeparliament.com/p/an-observers-guide-to-thai-politics">An Observer&#8217;s Guide to Thai Politics</a>, from Ken Lohatepanont. It was written back in May, and as always in Thailand  a lot has happened since, but it&#8217;s still an excellent primer.</li>
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186. <li>Also from Ken, &#8220;On October 24, 2025, <a href="https://www.coffeeparliament.com/p/she-is-my-smile">Her Majesty Queen Sirikit The Queen Mother passed away</a> at the age of 93.&#8221;.</li>
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191. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">The Week Ahead</h4>
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195. <p>Monday is a client work day, at least in part. Tuesday is a shopping and errands day, although there may also be some client work.</p>
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199. <p><s>On Wednesday evening I&#8217;m recording the twice-rescheduled episode of <em>The 9pm Edict</em> with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_Gorman">Dr Alice Gorman</a> and <a href="https://au.linkedin.com/in/ramimandow">Rami Mandow</a> about what&#8217;s happening in space. If you have a TRIGGER WORD or CONVERSATION TOPIC for this episode, please let me know by 11am AEDT this Wednesday 29 October — although to be fair we&#8217;re already looking at a packed show.</s></p>
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203. <p><s>I&#8217;ll edit and post that episode on Thursday.</s></p>
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207. <p>[<strong>Update 29 October 2025:</strong> No, the podcast will now be thrice-postponed for various reasons. Here is my substitute plan.]</p>
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211. <p><s>On Thursday I&#8217;ll edit up a podcast based on material that Snarky Platypus and I recorded in Adelaide.</s></p>
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215. <p>[<strong>Update 31 October 2025:</strong> No I won&#8217;t. Various events occurred which made this difficult. Nothing to worry about. It was just annoying.]</p>
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219. <p><span style="font-size: revert;">Friday is a busy day. I&#8217;m heading down to Sydney, and if all goes to plan that will include my first ride on a Sydney Trains <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_South_Wales_D_set">Mariyung D-Set</a>. <span style="font-size: revert;">En route I&#8217;ll write </span><em style="font-size: revert;">The Weekly Cybers</em><span style="font-size: revert;"> newsletter as usual</span></span>. <span style="font-size: revert;">Then there&#8217;s a health-related appointment in Darlinghurst and, in the evening, comedian <a href="https://www.livenation.com.au/sam-campbell-tickets-adp1602998">Sam Campbell&#8217;s show Window Sucker</a> at the Enmore Theatre, with various errands in between.</span></p>
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223. <p>I&#8217;ll stay in Sydney overnight so I&#8217;m ready for the Saturday tasks.</p>
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227. <p>On Saturday afternoon my good friend Snarky Platypus and I will record an episode of <em><a href="https://anotheruntitledmusicpodcast.com">Another Untitled Music Podcast</a></em> before I return to the Blue Mountains in the evening. And on Sunday I&#8217;ll edit and post that podcast.</p>
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231. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Further Ahead</h4>
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235. <p>I&#8217;ve finally locked in a bunch of podcast recording sessions, as well as a couple of social events.</p>
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240. <li><strong><mark style="background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)" class="has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color">RESCHEDULED:</mark></strong> <em>The 9pm Edict</em> recording with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_Gorman">Dr Alice Gorman</a> and <a href="https://au.linkedin.com/in/ramimandow">Rami Mandow</a>, 5 November 2025. If you have a space-related TRIGGER WORD or CONVERSATION TOPIC for this episode, please get it to me by 11am AEDT that day.</li>
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244. <li><strong><mark style="background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)" class="has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color">NEW:</mark></strong> <a href="https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/auda-webinar-icann84-debrief-tickets-1847626724269">auDA Webinar: ICANN84 debrief</a>, online, 6 November 2025</li>
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248. <li><a href="https://www.frogid.net.au/frog-id-week">Frog ID Week</a>, 7–16 November 2025.</li>
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252. <li><strong><mark style="background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)" class="has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color">NEW:</mark></strong> <em>The 9pm Edict</em> recording with freelance motoring journalist Peter Anderson, editor of <em><a href="https://theredline.com.au">The Redline</a></em>, 12 November 2025. I&#8217;m not really into cars, so this will be an auto-industry-for-dummies overview I guess? If you&#8217;re a supporter with a TRIGGER WORD or CONVERSATION TOPIC for this episode, please let me know by 8pm AEDT on 11 November.</li>
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256. <li><strong><mark style="background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)" class="has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color">NEW:</mark></strong> <em>The 9pm Edict</em> recording with infectious diseases physician and medtech nerd Dr Trent Yarwood, who&#8217;s <a href="https://the9pmedict.com/tag/trent-yarwood/">been on the pod before</a>, 18 November 2025. If you&#8217;re a supporter with a TRIGGER WORD or CONVERSATION TOPIC for this episode, please let me know by 10am AEDT that day.</li>
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260. <li><strong><mark style="background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)" class="has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color">NEW:</mark></strong> <em>The 9pm Edict</em> recording with digital rights enthusiast Justin Warren, who&#8217;s <a href="https://the9pmedict.com/tag/justin-warren/">been on the pod before</a>, 27 November 2025. If you&#8217;re a supporter with a TRIGGER WORD or CONVERSATION TOPIC for this episode, please let me know by 10am AEDT that day.</li>
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264. <li><strong><mark style="background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)" class="has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color">CONFIRMED:</mark></strong> <a href="https://thehordern.com.au/event/atarashiigakko/">ATARASHII GAKKO!</a>, Hordern Pavilion, Sydney, 4 December 2025. This Japanese group is well worth exploring. I&#8217;m not sure who I&#8217;m taking to this gig yet. Make me an offer. And to be clear, while I still haven&#8217;t decided on a co-conspirator I&#8217;ve have bought tickets.</li>
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268. <li><strong><mark style="background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)" class="has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color">NEW:</mark></strong> <a href="https://www.factorytheatre.com.au/event/takashi-wakasugi-work-in-progress/">Takashi Wakasugi Work In Progress</a>, Factory Theatre, Sydney, 5 December 2025. He&#8217;s also doing a show on 6 December.</li>
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273. <p>[<strong>Photo:</strong> A Sydney Trains <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_South_Wales_Endeavour_railcar">Endeavour</a> railcar at Blacktown station shortly before departing for Bathurst on 25 October 2025.]</p>
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305. <description><![CDATA[We’re halfway through spring and this, finally, is the first episode of the spring series. In the Philippines, there’s typhoons and floods and earthquakes and political protests. So to look at what’s happening in that country, we’re joined by journalist Erin Cook, who specialises in South-East Asia. Erin produces the excellent newsletter Dari Mulut ke &#8230; <p class="link-more"><a href="https://stilgherrian.com/edict/000254/" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text"> "The 9pm Bongbong in the Region with Erin Cook"</span></a></p>]]></description>
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311. <p><strong>We’re halfway through spring and this, finally, is the first episode of the spring series. In the Philippines, there’s typhoons and floods and earthquakes and political protests. So to look at what’s happening in that country, we’re joined by journalist Erin Cook, who specialises in South-East Asia.</strong></p>
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319. <p>Erin produces the excellent newsletter <em><a href="https://darimulut.substack.com">Dari Mulut ke Mulut</a></em>, an English-language summary of what&#8217;s happening in the region, and an occasional newsletter specifically on the Australia-Indonesia relationship, <em><a href="https://flatkopi.substack.com">Flat White, Kopi Susu</a></em>.</p>
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323. <p>In this episode we talk about events in the Philippines and provide some background on its politics, both domestic and international. We preview the upcoming ASEAN Summit. And we ask whether fridge magnets are the new souvenir spoons.</p>
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346. <div class="wppb-header"><a class="wppb-title" href="https://bsky.app/profile/erincook.bsky.social">01. Erin Cook (@erincook.bsky.social) — Bluesky</a></div>
347. <div class="wppb-description">Following Southeast Asia and Timor-Leste, mostly elections, FP and Instagram posts. Don&#039;t complain to me that I don&#039;t cover business enough, I do not know of such things.</div> </li>
348. <li class="wppb-bookmark">
349. <div class="wppb-header"><a class="wppb-title" href="https://darimulut.beehiiv.com">02. Dari Mulut ke Mulut</a></div>
350. <div class="wppb-description">Erin Cook&#039;s newsletter covering South-East Asia, but in June 2025 it&#039;s moving to Substack.</div> </li>
351. <li class="wppb-bookmark">
352. <div class="wppb-header"><a class="wppb-title" href="https://darimulut.substack.com/">02A. Dari Mulut ke Mulut | Erin Cook | Substack</a></div>
353. <div class="wppb-description">Erin Cook&#039;s newsletter covering South-East Asia, this being its new home from June 2025.</div> </li>
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355. <div class="wppb-header"><a class="wppb-title" href="https://flatkopi.substack.com/">03. Flat White, Kopi Susu | Erin Cook | Substack</a></div>
356. <div class="wppb-description">Erin Cook&#039;s other newsletter, specifically about the Australia-Indonesia relationship.</div> </li>
357. <li class="wppb-bookmark">
358. <div class="wppb-header"><a class="wppb-title" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippines">04. Philippines - Wikipedia</a></div>
359. <div class="wppb-description">The Philippines, officially the Republic of the Philippines, is an archipelagic country in Southeast Asia. Located in the western Pacific Ocean, it consists of 7,641 islands, with a total area of roughly 300,000 square kilometers.</div> </li>
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361. <div class="wppb-header"><a class="wppb-title" href="https://www.d8aspring.com/eye-on-asia/filipino-seafarers-the-modern-foundation-of-the-maritime-industry">05. Filipino Seafarers, the Modern Foundation of the Maritime Industry | EYE ON ASIA</a></div>
362. <div class="wppb-description">According to the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA), the Philippines is the world’s main supplier of sea-based workers since 1987, making the country the manning capital of the world. Around 229,000 Filipino workers are on board merchant shipping vessels around the world at any given time. Overall, Filipino sea-based workers comprised more than 25 percent of 1.5 million mariners worldwide, thus becoming the single biggest nationality bloc in the shipping industry.</div> </li>
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364. <div class="wppb-header"><a class="wppb-title" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imelda_Marcos#Personal_wealth">06. Imelda Marcos - Wikipedia</a></div>
365. <div class="wppb-description">Imelda Romualdez Marcos (locally [ɪˈmelda ɾoˈmwɐldɛs ˈmaɾkɔs]; born Imelda Remedios Visitación Trinidad Romuáldez; July 2, 1929) is a Filipino politician who was First Lady of the Philippines from 1965 to 1986, wielding significant political power after her husband Ferdinand Marcos placed the country under martial law in September 1972. She is the mother of current president Bongbong Marcos.</div> </li>
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367. <div class="wppb-header"><a class="wppb-title" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Names_of_Myanmar">07. Names of Myanmar - Wikipedia</a></div>
368. <div class="wppb-description">The country known in English as Burma, or Myanmar, has undergone changes in both its official and popular names worldwide. The choice of names stems from the existence of two different names for the country in Burmese, which are used in different contexts.</div> </li>
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370. <div class="wppb-header"><a class="wppb-title" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aung_San_Suu_Kyi">08. Aung San Suu Kyi - Wikipedia</a></div>
371. <div class="wppb-description">Aung San Suu Kyi (born 19 June 1945) is a Burmese politician, diplomat, author, and political activist.</div> </li>
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373. <div class="wppb-header"><a class="wppb-title" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_History_of_the_English-Speaking_Peoples">09. A History of the English-Speaking Peoples - Wikipedia</a></div>
374. <div class="wppb-description">A History of the English-Speaking Peoples is a four-volume history of Britain and its former colonies and possessions throughout the world, written by Winston Churchill, covering the period from Caesar&#039;s invasions of Britain (55 BC) to the end of the Second Boer War (1902).</div> </li>
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376. <div class="wppb-header"><a class="wppb-title" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Marawi">10. Siege of Marawi - Wikipedia</a></div>
377. <div class="wppb-description">The siege of Marawi (Filipino: Pagkubkob sa Marawi), also known as the Marawi crisis (Krisis sa Marawi) and the Battle of Marawi (Labanan sa Marawi), was a five-month-long armed conflict in Marawi, Philippines, that started on May 23, 2017, between Philippine government security forces against militants affiliated with the Islamic State (IS), including the Maute and Abu Sayyaf Salafi jihadist groups. The battle also became the longest urban battle in the modern history of the Philippines.</div> </li>
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379. <div class="wppb-header"><a class="wppb-title" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodrigo_Duterte">11. Rodrigo Duterte - Wikipedia</a></div>
380. <div class="wppb-description">Rodrigo Roa Duterte KGCR (born March 28, 1945) is a Filipino lawyer and politician who served as the 16th president of the Philippines from 2016 to 2022...  Duterte placed the Philippines&#039; illegal drugs problem at the forefront of his presidential campaign, warning the Philippines was at risk of becoming a narco-state.... Some described the anti-drug campaign as a form of genocide against drug users, in part due to Duterte&#039;s early comparison of himself to Adolf Hitler.</div> </li>
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382. <div class="wppb-header"><a class="wppb-title" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Some_People_Need_Killing">12. Some People Need Killing - Wikipedia</a></div>
383. <div class="wppb-description">Some People Need Killing: A Memoir of Murder in My Country is a 2023 book by journalist Patricia Evangelista, published by Random House. The book documents the thousands of Filipinos killed by extrajudicial death squads and vigilantes during the administration of the president of the Philippines Rodrigo Duterte.</div> </li>
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385. <div class="wppb-header"><a class="wppb-title" href="https://www.rappler.com/">13. RAPPLER | Philippine &amp; World News | Investigative Journalism | Data | Civic Engagement | Public Interest</a></div>
386. <div class="wppb-description">Rappler is the Philippines&#039; leading digital media company that&#039;s driven by uncompromising journalism.</div> </li>
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388. <div class="wppb-header"><a class="wppb-title" href="https://www.penguin.com.au/books/how-to-stand-up-to-a-dictator-9780753559215">14. How to Stand Up to a Dictator by Maria Ressa - Penguin Books Australia</a></div>
389. <div class="wppb-description">Inspirational 2021 Nobel Peace Prize WINNER Maria Ressa&#039;s personal frontline manifesto in the war against authoritarianism&#039;s sinister uses of big tech.</div> </li>
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391. <div class="wppb-header"><a class="wppb-title" href="https://www.inquirer.net/">15. INQUIRER.net | Philippine news for Filipinos</a></div>
392. <div class="wppb-description">Wikipedia says: The Philippine Daily Inquirer, or simply the Inquirer, is an English-language newspaper in the Philippines. Founded in 1985, it is often regarded as the Philippines&#039; newspaper of record.</div> </li>
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394. <div class="wppb-header"><a class="wppb-title" href="https://rsf.org/en/index">16. Reporters Without Borders | Press Freedom Index</a></div>
395. <div class="wppb-description">From Wikipedia: The World Press Freedom Index (WPFI) is an annual ranking of 180 countries compiled and published by Reporters Without Borders (RSF) since 2002 based upon the assessment of the non-governmental organization as well as surveys of professionals around the world, of the countries&#039; press freedom records in the previous year.</div> </li>
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397. <div class="wppb-header"><a class="wppb-title" href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09-27/tropical-storm-bulaoi-philippines-flood-corruption/105823944">17. Tropical Storm Bualoi sweeps through Philippines leaving 10 dead - ABC News</a></div>
398. <div class="wppb-description">[27 September 2025] Ten people have been killed and 13 are missing after Tropical Storm Bualoi hit central Philippines. It follows super Typhoon Ragasa, which left 10 people dead in a country already angered by bogus flood-control projects.</div> </li>
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400. <div class="wppb-header"><a class="wppb-title" href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10-01/at-least-69-people-dead-after-powerful-philippines-quake/105838220">18. Powerful Philippines earthquake leaves at least 69 people dead - ABC News</a></div>
401. <div class="wppb-description">[1 October 2025] At least 69 people have been killed in the Philippines after buildings and walls of houses collapsed in a magnitude-6.9 earthquake. The quake, which struck the central Cebu province, injured many others and sent residents scrambling out of homes as the intense shaking cut off power, officials said.</div> </li>
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403. <div class="wppb-header"><a class="wppb-title" href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/10/10/tsunami-warning-after-7-4-earthquake-off-philippines-what-we-know">20. Massive earthquakes in Philippines: What we know so far | Tsunami News | Al Jazeera</a></div>
404. <div class="wppb-description">[10 October 2025] At least six dead from earthquakes which triggered tsunami warnings.</div> </li>
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406. <div class="wppb-header"><a class="wppb-title" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ring_of_Fire">20. Ring of Fire - Wikipedia</a></div>
407. <div class="wppb-description">The Ring of Fire (also known as the Pacific Ring of Fire, the Rim of Fire, the Girdle of Fire or the Circum-Pacific belt) is a tectonic belt of volcanoes and earthquakes.</div> </li>
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409. <div class="wppb-header"><a class="wppb-title" href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/sep/21/protests-philippines-corruption-state-flood">21. Protesters flood streets of Philippines over state corruption | Philippines | The Guardian</a></div>
410. <div class="wppb-description">[22 September 2025] Dozens of police officers injured as anger erupts over billions allegedly spent on bogus relief projects.</div> </li>
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412. <div class="wppb-header"><a class="wppb-title" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tWQpfiT3WTw">22. Violent protests erupt over corruption in Philippines | ABC NEWS - YouTube</a></div>
413. <div class="wppb-description">[22 September 2025] Dozens of protesters have been arrested during violent clashes with police in the Philippine capital of Manila. Demonstrators took to the streets to protest against corruption after two senators were implicated in the misappropriation of government funding for flood control. Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr says he respects the people’s freedom of expression but urges people to peacefully demonstrate.</div> </li>
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415. <div class="wppb-header"><a class="wppb-title" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bongbong_Marcos">23. Bongbong Marcos - Wikipedia</a></div>
416. <div class="wppb-description">Ferdinand &quot;Bongbong&quot; Romualdez Marcos Jr. (UK: /ˈmɑːrkɒs/, US: /-koʊs, -kɔːs/, Tagalog: [ˈmaɾkɔs]; born September 13, 1957), commonly referred to by the initials BBM or PBBM, is a Filipino politician who has served as the 17th president of the Philippines since 2022. He is the second child and only son of 10th president Ferdinand Marcos and former first lady Imelda Marcos.</div> </li>
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418. <div class="wppb-header"><a class="wppb-title" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tsAy0RNGJzk">24. GMA Integrated News reporter Raffy Tima&#039;s uncut footage of Bajo de Masinloc...| GMA Integrated News - YouTube</a></div>
419. <div class="wppb-description">[14 August 2025] GMA Integrated News reporter Raffy Tima on Wednesday released an uncut footage of the collision incident between a ship from the People&#039;s Liberation Army (PLA) Navy and the China Coast Guard (CCG) at the Bajo de Masinloc in the West Philippine Sea on August 11.
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422. <div class="wppb-header"><a class="wppb-title" href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/10/12/philippines-accuses-china-of-ramming-damaging-vessel-in-south-china-sea">25. Philippines accuses China of ramming, damaging vessel in South China Sea | South China Sea News | Al Jazeera</a></div>
423. <div class="wppb-description">[12 October 2025] The Philippines has accused China of “deliberately” ramming a Philippine government vessel and causing minor damage near an island in a disputed area of the South China Sea.</div> </li>
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425. <div class="wppb-header"><a class="wppb-title" href="https://www.scmp.com/news/china/military/article/3329106/south-korean-defence-giant-hit-chinese-sanctions-offers-anti-ship-missile-manila">26. Philippines looks to acquire South Korean anti-ship ballistic missile | South China Morning Post</a></div>
426. <div class="wppb-description">[15 October 2025] Manila seeks to buy CTM-ASBM, which was unveiled by Hanwha at the Asian Defence and Security exhibition last year.</div> </li>
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428. <div class="wppb-header"><a class="wppb-title" href="https://www.blackincbooks.com.au/books/four-flashpoints">27. The Four Flashpoints by Brendan Taylor | Black Inc.</a></div>
429. <div class="wppb-description">In this revelatory analysis, strategic expert Brendan Taylor examines the four Asian flashpoints that are most likely to erupt in sudden and violent conflict – the Korean Peninsula, Taiwan, the South China Sea and the East China Sea.</div> </li>
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431. <div class="wppb-header"><a class="wppb-title" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embedded_journalism">28. Embedded journalism - Wikipedia</a></div>
432. <div class="wppb-description">Embedded journalism is the practice of attaching war correspondents to military units involved in armed conflicts. While the term could be applied to many historical interactions between journalists and military personnel, it first came to be used in the media coverage of the 2003 invasion of Iraq.</div> </li>
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434. <div class="wppb-header"><a class="wppb-title" href="https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/politics/article/3327873/philippines-boost-us-military-presence-naval-base-deal-amid-entrapment-fears">29. Philippines to boost US military presence with naval base deal amid ‘entrapment’ fears | South China Morning Post</a></div>
435. <div class="wppb-description">[5 October 2025] While the US presence serves as a deterrent, experts warn the Philippines risks becoming a target should tensions with China rise.</div> </li>
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437. <div class="wppb-header"><a class="wppb-title" href="https://darwinlaksafestival.com.au/">30. Darwin International Laksa Festival</a></div>
438. <div class="wppb-description">If you want the best laksa in the world, go to Darwin [or so they claim].</div> </li>
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440. <div class="wppb-header"><a class="wppb-title" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Souvenir_spoon">31. Souvenir spoon - Wikipedia</a></div>
441. <div class="wppb-description">A souvenir spoon is a decorative spoon used as a memento of a place or to display as a &#039;trophy&#039; of having been there.</div> </li>
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443. <div class="wppb-header"><a class="wppb-title" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anutin_Charnvirakul">32. Anutin Charnvirakul - Wikipedia</a></div>
444. <div class="wppb-description">Anutin Charnvirakul (born 13 September 1966) is a Thai politician, businessman, and engineer who is the 32nd prime minister of Thailand since 2025.</div> </li>
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446. <div class="wppb-header"><a class="wppb-title" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Next_Thai_general_election">33. Next Thai general election - Wikipedia</a></div>
447. <div class="wppb-description">In September 2025, an agreement was made between the People&#039;s Party and Bhumjaithai Party to support Anutin Charnvirakul as Prime Minister. The agreement requires Anutin to dissolve the House within 4 months after the presentation of the government&#039;s policy platform, paving the way for an election in early 2026. In October 2025, Deputy Prime Minister Borwornsak Uwanno proposed 29 March 2026 as the next election&#039;s date and constitutional referendum.</div> </li>
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449. <div class="wppb-header"><a class="wppb-title" href="https://thailandfoundation.or.th/understanding-mai-pen-rai/">34. Understanding “Mai Pen Rai” - Thailand Foundation</a></div>
450. <div class="wppb-description">This article will explore the meaning, values, and social functions of this magical phrase, offering insight into how it captures the essence of Thai character and communication.</div> </li>
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452. <div class="wppb-header"><a class="wppb-title" href="https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/oct/16/uk-economy-expands-as-gdp-rises-by-01-in-august-ahead-of-crucial-budget">35. UK economy expands as GDP rises by 0.1% in August ahead of crucial budget | Economic growth (GDP) | The Guardian</a></div>
453. <div class="wppb-description">[17 October 2025] Manufacturing and health sectors boost growth but ONS revises down figures for July.</div> </li>
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455. <div class="wppb-header"><a class="wppb-title" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tourism_in_Thailand">36. Tourism in Thailand - Wikipedia</a></div>
456. <div class="wppb-description">According to the secretary-general of the Office of the National Economic and Social Development Council in 2019, projections indicate the tourism sector will account for 30% of GDP by 2030, up from 20% in 2019, Thailand expects to receive 80 million visitors in 2027.</div> </li>
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458. <div class="wppb-header"><a class="wppb-title" href="https://www.reuters.com/graphics/SOUTHEASTASIA-SCAMS/mypmxwdwwvr/?mc_cid=f3f23a53c4">37. They traveled to Thailand. They wound up cyber scam slaves in Myanmar.</a></div>
459. <div class="wppb-description">[18 September 2025] In lawless regions of the Myanmar-Thai border, compounds run by Chinese criminal gangs contain thousands of people forced to scam strangers online or face brutal punishment. Thailand has become a key transit hub for trafficking victims, Reuters found.</div> </li>
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461. <div class="wppb-header"><a class="wppb-title" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ASEAN_Summit">38. ASEAN Summit - Wikipedia</a></div>
462. <div class="wppb-description">The ASEAN Summit is a biannual meeting held by the members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in relation to economic, political, security, and socio-cultural development of Southeast Asian countries. In addition, it serves as a prominent regional (Asia) and international (worldwide) conference, with world leaders attending its related summits and meetings to discuss various problems and global issues, strengthening co-operation, and making decisions.</div> </li>
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464. <div class="wppb-header"><a class="wppb-title" href="https://www.channelnewsasia.com/asia/trump-gaza-timor-leste-malaysia-asean-summit-5417671">39. Trump, Gaza and Timor-Leste: Could the upcoming ASEAN Summit be its most significant in years? - CNA</a></div>
465. <div class="wppb-description">[23 October 2025] The high-profile presence of global leaders such as US President Donald Trump can elevate ASEAN’s visibility on the global stage, but this comes with the risk of overshadowing the bloc’s priorities, experts say.</div> </li>
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467. <div class="wppb-header"><a class="wppb-title" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monarchies_of_Malaysia">40. Monarchies of Malaysia - Wikipedia</a></div>
468. <div class="wppb-description">The monarchies of Malaysia exist in each of the nine Malay states under the constitutional monarchy system as practised in Malaysia... The Yang di-Pertuan Agong is elected by and among the nine rulers (excluding minors) every five years or when a vacancy arises (by death, resignation, or deposition by majority vote of the rulers). The Yang di-Pertuan Agong serves a maximum of five years, and may not be re-elected until after all the other states had taken their turns.</div> </li>
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470. <div class="wppb-header"><a class="wppb-title" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hun_Sen#edict00254">41. Hun Sen - Wikipedia</a></div>
471. <div class="wppb-description">Hun Sen (born 5 August 1952) is a Cambodian politician and former military officer who currently serves as the president of the Senate. He previously served as the prime minister of Cambodia from 1985 to 1993 and from 1998 to 2023. Hun Sen is the longest-serving head of government in Cambodia&#039;s history. He is the president of the Cambodian People&#039;s Party (CPP), which has governed Cambodia since 1979, and has served as a member of the Senate since 2024.</div> </li>
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492. <p>And it&#8217;s thanks for the first time to everyone who supported&nbsp;<a href="https://the9pmedict.com/spring2025">The 9pm Spring Series 2025</a> crowdfunding campaign.</p>
493.  
494.  
495.  
496. <p>CONVERSATION TOPICS: Two people who wish to remain anonymous.</p>
497.  
498.  
499.  
500. <p>THREE TRIGGER WORDS: Bernard Walsh, Esther Anatolitis, Garth Kidd, Joanna Forbes, Peter Viertel, Peter Wickins, and two people who choose to remain anonymous.</p>
501.  
502.  
503.  
504. <p>WE WILL, WE WILL JUDGE YOU, part of <em><a href="https://anotheruntitledmusicodcast.com">Another Untitled Music Podcast</a></em>: Paul Williams, William Anthony.</p>
505.  
506.  
507.  
508. <p>ONE TRIGGER WORD: Ashley Walsh, Euan Troup, Frank Filippone, Hammy Goonan, Jim Campbell, Kym Yeap, Mark Newton, Michael, Michael Cowley, Mindy Johnson, Miriam Faye, Oliver Townshend, Peter Blakeley, Peter Lieverdink, Ric Hayman, Stephen Collins, Tom Carding, and two people who choose to remain anonymous.</p>
509.  
510.  
511.  
512. <p>PERSONALISED VIDEO MESSAGE: One person who chooses to remain anonymous.</p>
513.  
514.  
515.  
516. <p>RECOMMEND A SONG TO US, also part of <em>Another Untitled Music Podcast</em>: Kimberley Heitman, Paris Lord.</p>
517.  
518.  
519.  
520. <p>PERSONALISED AUDIO MESSAGE: One person who chooses to remain anonymous.</p>
521.  
522.  
523.  
524. <p>FOOT SOLDIERS FOR MEDIA FREEDOM who gave a SLIGHTLY LESS BASIC TIP: Craig Askings, Daniel O&#8217;Connor, deejbah, Gavin C, James Henstridge, Lindsay, Lucas James, Michael Rowe.</p>
525.  
526.  
527.  
528. <p>MEDIA FREEDOM CITIZENS who contributed a BASIC TIP: None this time again, which is curious.</p>
529.  
530.  
531.  
532. <p>And another 13 people who chose to have no reward at all, even though some of them were the most generous of all. Thank you all so much. You know who you are.</p>
533.  
534.  
535.  
536. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Series Credits</h4>
537.  
538.  
539.  
540. <ul class="wp-block-list">
541. <li><a href="http://www.freesound.org/packsViewSingle.php?id=3935">The 9pm Edict theme by mansardian</a> via <a href="http://www.freesound.org/">The Freesound Project</a>.</li>
542.  
543.  
544.  
545. <li><a href="http://www.freesound.org/samplesViewSingle.php?id=49477">Edict fanfare by neonaeon</a>, via <a href="http://www.freesound.org/">The Freesound Project</a>.</li>
546.  
547.  
548.  
549. <li>Elephant Stamp theme by <a href="http://twitter.com/vealmince">Joshua Mehlman</a>.</li>
550. </ul>
551.  
552.  
553.  
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559.  
560. <itunes:subtitle>Journalist Erin Cook towers above South-East Asia. (Photo: Supplied)    We’re halfway through spring and this, finally, is the first episode of the spring series. In the Philippines, there’s typhoons and floods and earthquakes and political protests.</itunes:subtitle>
561. <itunes:summary>Journalist Erin Cook towers above South-East Asia. (Photo: Supplied)&lt;br /&gt;
562. <br />
563. <br />
564. <br />
565. We’re halfway through spring and this, finally, is the first episode of the spring series. In the Philippines, there’s typhoons and floods and earthquakes and political protests. So to look at what’s happening in that country, we’re joined by journalist Erin Cook, who specialises in South-East Asia.<br />
566. <br />
567. <br />
568. <br />
569. <br />
570. <br />
571. <br />
572. <br />
573. Erin produces the excellent newsletter Dari Mulut ke Mulut, an English-language summary of what's happening in the region, and an occasional newsletter specifically on the Australia-Indonesia relationship, Flat White, Kopi Susu.<br />
574. <br />
575. <br />
576. <br />
577. In this episode we talk about events in the Philippines and provide some background on its politics, both domestic and international. We preview the upcoming ASEAN Summit. And we ask whether fridge magnets are the new souvenir spoons.<br />
578. <br />
579. <br />
580. <br />
581. There's an update on Thai politics, and even a side-trip to talk about Myanmar.<br />
582. <br />
583. <br />
584. <br />
585. <br />
586. <br />
587. <br />
588. <br />
589. This podcast is available on Amazon Music, Apple Podcasts, Castbox, Deezer, Google Podcasts, iHeartRadio, JioSaavn, Pocket Casts, Podcast Addict, Podchaser, Spotify, and Speaker.<br />
590. <br />
591. <br />
592. <br />
593. You can also subscribe to the generic podcast feed.<br />
594. <br />
595. <br />
596. <br />
597. Episode Links<br />
598. <br />
599. <br />
600. <br />
601. <br />
602. 01. Erin Cook (@erincook.bsky.social) — Bluesky<br />
603. Following Southeast Asia and Timor-Leste, mostly elections, FP and Instagram posts. Don't complain to me that I don't cover business enough, I do not know of such things. <br />
604. <br />
605. 02. Dari Mulut ke Mulut<br />
606. Erin Cook's newsletter covering South-East Asia, but in June 2025 it's moving to Substack. <br />
607. <br />
608. 02A. Dari Mulut ke Mulut | Erin Cook | Substack<br />
609. Erin Cook's newsletter covering South-East Asia, this being its new home from June 2025. <br />
610. <br />
611. 03. Flat White, Kopi Susu | Erin Cook | Substack<br />
612. Erin Cook's other newsletter, specifically about the Australia-Indonesia relationship. <br />
613. <br />
614. 04. Philippines - Wikipedia<br />
615. The Philippines, officially the Republic of the Philippines, is an archipelagic country in Southeast Asia. Located in the western Pacific Ocean, it consists of 7,641 islands, with a total area of roughly 300,000 square kilometers. <br />
616. <br />
617. 05. Filipino Seafarers, the Modern Foundation of the Maritime Industry | EYE ON ASIA<br />
618. According to the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA), the Philippines is the world’s main supplier of sea-based workers since 1987, making the country the manning capital of the world. Around 229,000 Filipino workers are on board merchant shipping vessels around the world at any given time. Overall, Filipino sea-based workers comprised more than 25 percent of 1.5 million mariners worldwide, thus becoming the single biggest nationality bloc in the shipping industry. <br />
619. <br />
620. 06. Imelda Marcos - Wikipedia<br />
621. Imelda Romualdez Marcos (locally [ɪˈmelda ɾoˈmwɐldɛs ˈmaɾkɔs]; born Imelda Remedios Visitación Trinidad Romuáldez; July 2, 1929) is a Filipino politician who was First Lady of the Philippines from 1965 to 1986, wielding significant political power after her husband Ferdinand Marcos placed the country under martial law in September 1972. She is the mother of current president Bongbong Marcos. <br />
622. <br />
623. 07. Names of Myanmar - Wikipedia<br />
624. The country known in English as Burma, or Myanmar, has undergone changes in both its official and popular names worldwide. The choice of names stems from the existence of two different names for the country in Burmese, which are used in different contexts. <br />
625. <br />
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637. <pubDate>Sun, 19 Oct 2025 10:37:22 +0000</pubDate>
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639. <category><![CDATA[hay fever]]></category>
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645. <description><![CDATA[The second of my two weeks in Sydney, Monday 13 to Sunday 19 October 2025, was another pollen-rid distraction, although I did get a podcast recorded. On Monday I had my second vaccination for&#160;shingles&#160;(herpes zoster). I&#8217;d been warned it might knock me about a bit, and yes it did. Combined with the endless hay fever &#8230; <p class="link-more"><a href="https://stilgherrian.com/weekly-wrap/803/" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text"> "Weekly Wrap 803: Craning to escape plane trees (not sorry)"</span></a></p>]]></description>
646. <content:encoded><![CDATA[
647. <p><strong>The second of my two weeks in Sydney, Monday 13 to Sunday 19 October 2025, was another pollen-rid distraction, although I did get a podcast recorded.</strong></p>
648.  
649.  
650.  
651. <span id="more-38955"></span>
652.  
653.  
654.  
655. <p>On Monday I had my second vaccination for&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shingles">shingles</a>&nbsp;(herpes zoster). I&#8217;d been warned it might knock me about a bit, and yes it did. Combined with the endless hay fever and scratchy throat from the&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_plane">London plane trees</a> (<em>Platanus × hispanica</em>), it led to me spending a couple of feverish days in bed. But having had shingles as a kid, I reckon this is a small price to never have it again.</p>
656.  
657.  
658.  
659. <p>Fortunately as I post this on Sunday night, I&#8217;ve fled Sydney.</p>
660.  
661.  
662.  
663. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Podcasts</h4>
664.  
665.  
666.  
667. <ul class="wp-block-list">
668. <li>On Thursday I posted an episode of <em>The 9pm Edict</em> with journalist Erin Cook, about the Philippines and about the upcoming ASEAN summit. That will be posted this coming Tuesday, I reckon.</li>
669. </ul>
670.  
671.  
672.  
673. <p><strong><em>The 9pm Edict</em>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<em>Another Untitled Music Podcast</em>&nbsp;are supported by the generosity of you, their listeners. Please consider supporting them. You can to&nbsp;<a href="https://skank.com.au/tip/">throw a few coins into the tip jar</a>&nbsp;directly or&nbsp;<a href="https://skank.com.au/subscribe">subscribe for special benefits</a>. There&#8217;s also some <a href="https://anotheruntitledmusicpodcast.com/products/">specific benefits</a> for supporting <em>AUMP</em>.</strong></p>
674.  
675.  
676.  
677. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Articles</h4>
678.  
679.  
680.  
681. <ul class="wp-block-list">
682. <li><a href="https://buttondown.com/stilgherrian/archive/the-weekly-cybers-89/">The Weekly Cybers #89</a>. Deloitte&#8217;s corrected report needed more corrections, discourse continued as Australia’s social media age restrictions loom, and much more.</li>
683. </ul>
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702.  
703.  
704.  
705. <p>You can read my&nbsp;<a href="https://authory.com/Stilgherrian">previous writing at Authory</a>, where you can also subscribe to an email compilation of any new stories each Sunday morning.</p>
706.  
707.  
708.  
709. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Photos, Videos , Media Appearances, Corporate Largesse</h4>
710.  
711.  
712.  
713. <p>None of these. You can subscribe to <a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/stilgherrian/">my YouTube channel</a> to be notified when new videos appear and when livestreams are scheduled.</p>
714.  
715.  
716.  
717. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Some Interesting Links</h4>
718.  
719.  
720.  
721. <p>Only two today, because I&#8217;m running late.</p>
722.  
723.  
724.  
725. <ul class="wp-block-list">
726. <li>The TimeGhost team has done a great little history of the Ku Klux Klan and its three phases. The threads run deep. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qC0-4aIKQAk">White Hoods, Bloody Hands: The Klan as America’s First Terrorists</a>.</li>
727.  
728.  
729.  
730. <li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NbP2DgDp890">Mushroom in the Wild Playing Keyboard</a>. Or possibly a man torturing a mushroom with clamps.</li>
731. </ul>
732.  
733.  
734.  
735. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">The Week Ahead</h4>
736.  
737.  
738.  
739. <p>I&#8217;m back in the Blue Mountains now and I&#8217;m hoping there will be less pollen. It&#8217;s also <a href="https://aussiebirdcount.org.au">Aussie Bird Count</a> all this week, and it&#8217;s always good to be part of science.</p>
740.  
741.  
742.  
743. <p>On Monday I&#8217;ll get back into a certain client project. <s>Then on Tuesday I&#8217;ll edit the podcast I recorded with Erin Cook</s>.</p>
744.  
745.  
746.  
747. <p>[<strong>Update 23 October 2025</strong>: Unfortunately I was hit with a mild fever and other symptoms on Wednesday afternoon so I&#8217;ve had to rearrange things a bit.]</p>
748.  
749.  
750.  
751. <p><s>On Wednesday evening I&#8217;m recording a rescheduled episode of <em>The 9pm Edict</em> with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_Gorman">Dr Alice Gorman</a> and <a href="https://au.linkedin.com/in/ramimandow">Rami Mandow</a> about what&#8217;s happening in space. If you have a TRIGGER WORD or CONVERSATION TOPIC for this episode, please let me know by 11am AEDT this Wednesday 22 October.</s></p>
752.  
753.  
754.  
755. <p>On Thursday I&#8217;ll edit the podcast I recorded with Erin Cook. It should be online mid-evening.</p>
756.  
757.  
758.  
759. <p><span style="font-size: revert;">On Friday there&#8217;s a client meeting, and then </span><em style="font-size: revert;">The Weekly Cybers</em><span style="font-size: revert;"> newsletter as usual</span>. On Saturday I&#8217;ll be heading down to Sydney because the Saturday activities I described <a href="https://stilgherrian.com/weekly-wrap/802/">last week</a> will be continuing.</p>
760.  
761.  
762.  
763. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Further Ahead</h4>
764.  
765.  
766.  
767. <p>OK, so I still haven&#8217;t locked in those podcast recordings 100%. However I have pencilled in infectious diseases physician <a href="https://the9pmedict.com/tag/trent-yarwood/">Dr Trent Yarwood who&#8217;s been on before</a>, and <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/zerogeewhiz.bsky.social">motoring journalist Peter Anderson</a>, both some time in November.</p>
768.  
769.  
770.  
771. <ul class="wp-block-list">
772. <li><strong><mark style="background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)" class="has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color">RESCHEDULED:</mark></strong> <em>The 9pm Edict</em> recording with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_Gorman">Dr Alice Gorman</a> and <a href="https://au.linkedin.com/in/ramimandow">Rami Mandow</a>, 29 October 2025 (TBC). If you have a space-related TRIGGER WORD or CONVERSATION TOPIC for this episode, please get it to me by 11am AEDT that day.:</li>
773.  
774.  
775.  
776. <li><a href="https://www.livenation.com.au/sam-campbell-tickets-adp1602998">Sam Campbell: Window Sucker</a>, Sydney, 31 October 2025.</li>
777.  
778.  
779.  
780. <li><strong><mark style="background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)" class="has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color">NEW:</mark></strong> <a href="https://www.frogid.net.au/frog-id-week">Frog ID Week</a>, 7–16 November 2025.</li>
781.  
782.  
783.  
784. <li><a href="https://thehordern.com.au/event/atarashiigakko/">ATARASHII GAKKO!</a>, Hordern Pavilion, Sydney, 4 December 2025 (TBC). This Japanese group is well worth exploring. I&#8217;m not sure who I&#8217;m taking to this gig yet. Make me an offer.</li>
785. </ul>
786.  
787.  
788.  
789. <p>[<strong>Photo:</strong> A crane towers over some London plane trees near Sydney Central station while three seagulls circle. Photographed on 11 October 2025. It isn&#8217;t a very insuring photo but I didn&#8217;t have a particularly inspiring week.]</p>
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804. <pubDate>Sun, 12 Oct 2025 09:42:00 +0000</pubDate>
805. <category><![CDATA[Weekly Wrap]]></category>
806. <category><![CDATA[hay fever]]></category>
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808. <category><![CDATA[shingles]]></category>
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811.  
812. <description><![CDATA[My week of Monday 6 to Sunday 12 October 2025 was sore aggrieved by a scourge of platani down in Sydney, although I did manage to finish a podcast. I can be stubborn about these things. As I&#8217;ve gotten older I&#8217;ve become increasingly susceptible to the evils of the London plane tree (Platanus × hispanica), &#8230; <p class="link-more"><a href="https://stilgherrian.com/weekly-wrap/802/" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text"> "Weekly Wrap 802: All the plane trees, all the hay fever"</span></a></p>]]></description>
813. <content:encoded><![CDATA[
814. <p><strong>My week of Monday 6 to Sunday 12 October 2025 was sore aggrieved by a scourge of platani down in Sydney, although I did manage to finish a podcast. I can be stubborn about these things.</strong></p>
815.  
816.  
817.  
818. <span id="more-38915"></span>
819.  
820.  
821.  
822. <p>As I&#8217;ve gotten older I&#8217;ve become increasingly susceptible to the evils of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_plane">London plane tree</a> (<em>Platanus × hispanica</em>), with hay fever thanks to its pollen, and very nasty fits of coughing if I get a throatful of its evil leaf spines. Sydney&#8217;s Surry Hills is riddled with them, and that&#8217;s where I&#8217;m staying.</p>
823.  
824.  
825.  
826. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Podcasts</h4>
827.  
828.  
829.  
830. <ul class="wp-block-list">
831. <li><a href="https://anotheruntitledmusicpodcast.com/00004/">AUMP 00004: Songs About Places</a>, being a new episode of <em><a href="https://anotheruntitledmusicpodcast.com">Another Untitled Music Podcast</a></em> that Snarky Platypus and I recorded last Sunday afternoon.</li>
832. </ul>
833.  
834.  
835.  
836. <p><strong><em>The 9pm Edict</em>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<em>Another Untitled Music Podcast</em>&nbsp;are supported by the generosity of you, their listeners. Please consider supporting them. You can to&nbsp;<a href="https://skank.com.au/tip/">throw a few coins into the tip jar</a>&nbsp;directly or&nbsp;<a href="https://skank.com.au/subscribe">subscribe for special benefits</a>. There&#8217;s also some <a href="https://anotheruntitledmusicpodcast.com/products/">specific benefits</a> for supporting <em>AUMP</em>.</strong></p>
837.  
838.  
839.  
840. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Articles</h4>
841.  
842.  
843.  
844. <ul class="wp-block-list">
845. <li><a href="https://buttondown.com/stilgherrian/archive/the-weekly-cybers-88/">The Weekly Cybers #88</a>. AN0M sting operation declared legal in Australia, Deloitte refunds the government part of their $440,000 fee over AI fakery, cops may be given freedom to use abuse images to catch perps, SMS Sender ID Registry rollout starts, and much, much more.</li>
846. </ul>
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866.  
867.  
868. <p>You can read my&nbsp;<a href="https://authory.com/Stilgherrian">previous writing at Authory</a>, where you can also subscribe to an email compilation of any new stories each Sunday morning.</p>
869.  
870.  
871.  
872. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Photos, Videos , Media Appearances, Corporate Largesse</h4>
873.  
874.  
875.  
876. <p>None of these. You can subscribe to <a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/stilgherrian/">my YouTube channel</a> to be notified when new videos appear and when livestreams are scheduled.</p>
877.  
878.  
879.  
880. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Some Interesting Links</h4>
881.  
882.  
883.  
884. <ul class="wp-block-list">
885. <li>I&#8217;ve recently stumbled across a bunch of Russians called Birchpunk who make satirical retro-futuristic movies such as this one, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t7kr7utvVEs">Russian Spacetrain // РУССКИЙ КОСМОПОЕЗД</a>.</li>
886.  
887.  
888.  
889. <li>I&#8217;ve also stumbled across a northern parody band, The Everly Pregnant Brothers, who do covers of classic pop such as The Human League&#8217;s <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zcDu9LY2-oU">Dunt Tha Want Mi</a>.</li>
890.  
891.  
892.  
893. <li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YMwDaCN1z1Y">Self-Preservation in an Atomic Bomb Attack</a>, being an unreasonably positive US military training film from 1950.</li>
894.  
895.  
896.  
897. <li>Some interesting analysis from H I Sutton, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kIXWd4mmurA">How Taiwan Is Building A New Navy To Face China&#8217;s Invasion</a>.</li>
898.  
899.  
900.  
901. <li>And something that’s not a video, a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mister_Global">gallery of the finalists</a> in this year&#8217;s <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mister_Global">Mister Global</a> male beauty contest in Thailand, with links to previous years&#8217; finalists. &#8220;Winners are selected based on a comprehensive evaluation of formal wear, swimwear, modelling skills, personal interviews, and their final appearance on the night of the competition,” and that last one sees some truly astounding costumes.</li>
902. </ul>
903.  
904.  
905.  
906. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">The Week Ahead</h4>
907.  
908.  
909.  
910. <p>I&#8217;m staying in Sydney again this week. I&#8217;ll try to get some client work done on Monday or Tuesday, but we&#8217;ll see. I&#8217;ll also be chasing potential podcast guests.</p>
911.  
912.  
913.  
914. <p>[<strong>Update 13 October 2025:</strong> We&#8217;re not even one day into the week and already I have to reschedule everything. I had terrible hay fever on the weekend and little sleep, and then we need to move some dates. Here we go&#8230;]</p>
915.  
916.  
917.  
918. <p>On <s>Thursday</s> Monday I&#8217;ll get my second vaccination for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shingles">shingles</a> (herpes zoster), and I&#8217;m told that it might knock me around a bit. I do have a couple things to do on Tuesday, so I&#8217;m hoping the side effects will be minimal. Otherwise that&#8217;ll get done on Wednesday.</p>
919.  
920.  
921.  
922. <p>On <s>Wednesday</s> Thursday I&#8217;m recording an episode of <em>The 9pm Edict</em> with <s><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_Gorman">Dr Alice Gorman</a> and Rami Mandow about space</s> Erin Cook about what&#8217;s happening in the Philippines and at ASEAN and other South-East Asian matters. If you have a TRIGGER WORD or CONVERSATION TOPIC for this episode, please get it to me by 11am AEDT that day, <s>15</s> 16 October.</p>
923.  
924.  
925.  
926. <p>That&#8217;ll be the first episode of the <em>Edict</em>&#8216;s spring series. I&#8217;ll edit and post it <s>on Thursday, in all likelihood</s> some time in the following few days.</p>
927.  
928.  
929.  
930. <p><span style="font-size: revert;">On </span><span style="font-size: revert;">Friday there&#8217;s </span><em style="font-size: revert;">The Weekly Cybers</em><span style="font-size: revert;"> newsletter as usual.</span></p>
931.  
932.  
933.  
934. <p>On Saturday, and on subsequent Saturdays until it&#8217;s sorted, there will be a few hours of wandering around certain parts of Sydney looking at apartments for sale. Once one has been chosen and purchased, not by me, I&#8217;ll nevertheless be living there. This will represent a major change after having been based in the Blue Mountains for so long, and I&#8217;m looking forward to it, although it may well take some months to happen.</p>
935.  
936.  
937.  
938. <p>But for the  moment I&#8217;ll return to the Blue Mountains some time on Sunday afternoon or evening.</p>
939.  
940.  
941.  
942. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Further Ahead</h4>
943.  
944.  
945.  
946. <p>I&#8217;d hoped to lock in more of the podcast recordings, but the long weekend intervened, and so did the hay fever. Next week, dear listener, next week. I&#8217;ve started inviting guests so it&#8217;s just a matter of confirming them.</p>
947.  
948.  
949.  
950. <ul class="wp-block-list">
951. <li><a href="https://aussiebirdcount.org.au">Aussie Bird Count</a>, 20–26 October 2025. It&#8217;s always good to be part of science.</li>
952.  
953.  
954.  
955. <li><strong><mark style="background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)" class="has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color">RESCHEDULED:</mark></strong> <em>The 9pm Edict</em> recording with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_Gorman">Dr Alice Gorman</a> and <a href="https://au.linkedin.com/in/ramimandow">Rami Mandow</a>, 22 October 2025 (TBC). If you have a space-related TRIGGER WORD or CONVERSATION TOPIC for this episode, please get it to me by 11am AEDT that day.</li>
956.  
957.  
958.  
959. <li><a href="https://www.livenation.com.au/sam-campbell-tickets-adp1602998">Sam Campbell: Window Sucker</a>, Sydney, 31 October 2025.</li>
960.  
961.  
962.  
963. <li><a href="https://thehordern.com.au/event/atarashiigakko/">ATARASHII GAKKO!</a>, Hordern Pavilion, Sydney, 4 December 2025 (TBC). This Japanese group is well worth exploring. I&#8217;m not sure who I&#8217;m taking to this gig yet. Make me an offer.</li>
964. </ul>
965.  
966.  
967.  
968. <p>[<strong>Photo:</strong> A view of Cooper Street, Surry Hills, lined with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_plane">London plane trees</a> (<em>Platanus × hispanica</em>), taken on 12 October 2025.]</p>
969.  
970.  
971.  
972. <p></p>
973. ]]></content:encoded>
977. </item>
978. <item>
979. <title>Weekly Wrap 801: King parrot spring, with a podcast</title>
980. <link>https://stilgherrian.com/weekly-wrap/801/</link>
982. <dc:creator><![CDATA[Stilgherrian]]></dc:creator>
983. <pubDate>Sun, 05 Oct 2025 10:35:07 +0000</pubDate>
984. <category><![CDATA[Weekly Wrap]]></category>
985. <category><![CDATA[hallucinating goldfish]]></category>
986. <category><![CDATA[king parrot]]></category>
987. <category><![CDATA[snake]]></category>
988. <guid isPermaLink="false">https://stilgherrian.com/?p=38892</guid>
989.  
990. <description><![CDATA[In my week of Monday 29 September to Sunday 5 October 2025 I did some client work I can&#8217;t talk about yet, and recorded a podcast. I also saw a snake, which I&#8217;m not showing here. Here is the snake. Podcasts The 9pm Edict&#160;and&#160;Another Untitled Music Podcast&#160;are supported by the generosity of you, their listeners. &#8230; <p class="link-more"><a href="https://stilgherrian.com/weekly-wrap/801/" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text"> "Weekly Wrap 801: King parrot spring, with a podcast"</span></a></p>]]></description>
991. <content:encoded><![CDATA[
992. <p><strong>In my week of Monday 29 September to Sunday 5 October 2025 I did some client work I can&#8217;t talk about yet, and recorded a podcast. I also saw a snake, which I&#8217;m not showing here.</strong></p>
993.  
994.  
995.  
996. <span id="more-38892"></span>
997.  
998.  
999.  
1000. <p><a href="https://bsky.app/profile/stilgherrian.com/post/3m2awpjbblu2s">Here is the snake</a>.</p>
1001.  
1002.  
1003.  
1004. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Podcasts</h4>
1005.  
1006.  
1007.  
1008. <ul class="wp-block-list">
1009. <li>Snarky Platypus and I recorded a new episode of <em><a href="https://anotheruntitledmusicpodcast.com">Another Untitled Music Podcast</a></em> on Sunday afternoon, with the theme Songs About Places, so that will appear in the next few days. </li>
1010. </ul>
1011.  
1012.  
1013.  
1014. <p><strong><em>The 9pm Edict</em>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<em>Another Untitled Music Podcast</em>&nbsp;are supported by the generosity of you, their listeners. Please consider supporting them. You can to&nbsp;<a href="https://skank.com.au/tip/">throw a few coins into the tip jar</a>&nbsp;directly or&nbsp;<a href="https://skank.com.au/subscribe">subscribe for special benefits</a>. There&#8217;s also some <a href="https://anotheruntitledmusicpodcast.com/products/">specific benefits</a> for supporting <em>AUMP</em>.</strong></p>
1015.  
1016.  
1017.  
1018. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Articles</h4>
1019.  
1020.  
1021.  
1022. <ul class="wp-block-list">
1023. <li><a href="https://buttondown.com/stilgherrian/archive/the-weekly-cybers-87/">The Weekly Cybers #87</a>. Optus fails again but pays no tax, more pushback against the social media age restrictions, plenty of AI news, and much more.</li>
1024. </ul>
1025.  
1026.  
1027.  
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1037.  
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1039.  <p>
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1041.  </p>
1042. </form>
1043.  
1044.  
1045.  
1046. <p>You can read my&nbsp;<a href="https://authory.com/Stilgherrian">previous writing at Authory</a>, where you can also subscribe to an email compilation of any new stories each Sunday morning.</p>
1047.  
1048.  
1049.  
1050. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Photos, Videos , Media Appearances, Corporate Largesse</h4>
1051.  
1052.  
1053.  
1054. <p>None of these, although you there&#8217;s plenty of podcasts coming up. You can subscribe to <a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/stilgherrian/">my YouTube channel</a> to be notified when new videos appear and when livestreams are scheduled.</p>
1055.  
1056.  
1057.  
1058. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Some Interesting Links</h4>
1059.  
1060.  
1061.  
1062. <ul class="wp-block-list">
1063. <li>How do you shoot down a drone? <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rqDmSTrdlq4">You find an old Yak-52 and a pilot, and a bloke with a rifle</a>.</li>
1064.  
1065.  
1066.  
1067. <li>It&#8217;s from a year and a half ago, but it&#8217;s well worth watching this re-enactment of <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@carolineklidonas/video/7356729043934334251">every sci-fi space movie ever</a>.</li>
1068.  
1069.  
1070.  
1071. <li>I dunno why I’m only finding out now, but the <em><a href="https://australian.museum/blog/amri-news/australian-frog-atlas-version-3/">Australian Frog Atlas</a></em> is now in version 3.0. It’s a free download, including all the KML files.</li>
1072.  
1073.  
1074.  
1075. <li>From <em>The Daily Show</em>, a skit: <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/thedailyshow.com/post/3m2344arj3c2n">Excited to introduce Vibes from Meta. Eat your slop, piggies!</a>.</li>
1076.  
1077.  
1078.  
1079. <li>Given that this is Weekly Wrap 801, here is an old blog post, <a href="https://stilgherrian.com/hallucinating-goldfish/post_801_hallucinating_goldfish/">Post 801: Kill the Hallucinating Goldfish</a> (2008).</li>
1080. </ul>
1081.  
1082.  
1083.  
1084. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">The Week Ahead</h4>
1085.  
1086.  
1087.  
1088. <p>Monday is a public holiday in NSW for Labour Day, and I think I&#8217;ll take advantage of that. I&#8217;m currently housesitting in Sydney through to 20 October or so, with various random returns to the Blue Mountains.</p>
1089.  
1090.  
1091.  
1092. <p>I have some client work to do. I have an episode of <em>Another Untitled Music Podcast</em> to edit and post. And o<span style="font-size: revert;">n Friday there&#8217;s </span><em style="font-size: revert;">The Weekly Cybers</em><span style="font-size: revert;"> newsletter as usual.</span></p>
1093.  
1094.  
1095.  
1096. <p>On Saturday I&#8217;ll be participating in the various SEKRIT tasks. I&#8217;ll tell you about them next week.</p>
1097.  
1098.  
1099.  
1100. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Further Ahead</h4>
1101.  
1102.  
1103.  
1104. <p>I&#8217;d hoped to lock in more of the podcast recordings, but the long weekend intervened. Next week.</p>
1105.  
1106.  
1107.  
1108. <ul class="wp-block-list">
1109. <li><em>The 9pm Edict</em> recording with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_Gorman">Dr Alice Gorman</a> and <a href="https://au.linkedin.com/in/ramimandow">Rami Mandow</a>, 15 October 2025. If you have a space-related TRIGGER WORD or CONVERSATION TOPIC for this episode, please get it to me by 11am AEDT that day.</li>
1110.  
1111.  
1112.  
1113. <li><a href="https://aussiebirdcount.org.au">Aussie Bird Count</a>, 20–26 October 2025. It&#8217;s always good to be part of science.</li>
1114.  
1115.  
1116.  
1117. <li><a href="https://www.livenation.com.au/sam-campbell-tickets-adp1602998">Sam Campbell: Window Sucker</a>, Sydney, 31 October 2025.</li>
1118.  
1119.  
1120.  
1121. <li><strong><mark style="background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)" class="has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color">NEW:</mark></strong> <a href="https://thehordern.com.au/event/atarashiigakko/">ATARASHII GAKKO!</a>, Hordern Pavilion, Sydney, 4 December 2025 (TBC). This Japanese group is well worth exploring. I&#8217;m not sure who I&#8217;m taking to this gig yet. Make me an offer.</li>
1122. </ul>
1123.  
1124.  
1125.  
1126. <p>[<strong>Photo:</strong> A pair of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_king_parrot">Australian king parrots</a> (<em>Alisterus scapularis</em>) who have become regular visitors. They were photographed on 29 September 2025.]</p>
1127.  
1128.  
1129.  
1130. <p></p>
1131. ]]></content:encoded>
1135. </item>
1136. <item>
1137. <title>Weekly Wrap 800: Podcasts finally emerge and that goddam kookaburra is back</title>
1138. <link>https://stilgherrian.com/weekly-wrap/800/</link>
1140. <dc:creator><![CDATA[Stilgherrian]]></dc:creator>
1141. <pubDate>Sun, 28 Sep 2025 11:24:20 +0000</pubDate>
1142. <category><![CDATA[Weekly Wrap]]></category>
1143. <category><![CDATA[balming tiger]]></category>
1144. <category><![CDATA[kookaburra]]></category>
1145. <category><![CDATA[spring]]></category>
1146. <guid isPermaLink="false">https://stilgherrian.com/?p=38819</guid>
1147.  
1148. <description><![CDATA[In my week of Monday 22 to Sunday 28 September 2025 I moved beyond the stresses of earlier in the month and posted two podcasts, planned a bunch of stuff and wrapped up my 28th crowdfunding campaign. Welcome to spring. And yeah I took another photo of a kookaburra. That kookaburra. Thank you for supporting &#8230; <p class="link-more"><a href="https://stilgherrian.com/weekly-wrap/800/" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text"> "Weekly Wrap 800: Podcasts finally emerge and that goddam kookaburra is back"</span></a></p>]]></description>
1149. <content:encoded><![CDATA[
1150. <p><strong>In my week of Monday 22 to Sunday 28 September 2025 I moved beyond the stresses of earlier in the month and posted two podcasts, planned a bunch of stuff and wrapped up my 28th crowdfunding campaign. Welcome to spring. And yeah I took another photo of a kookaburra. That kookaburra.</strong></p>
1151.  
1152.  
1153.  
1154. <span id="more-38819"></span>
1155.  
1156.  
1157.  
1158. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Thank you for supporting The 9pm Spring Series 2025 crowdfunder</h4>
1159.  
1160.  
1161. <div class="wp-block-image">
1162. <figure class="alignright size-full"><img decoding="async" width="400" height="225" src="https://stilgherrian.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/pozible28-hero-01-400-title-thanks.jpeg" alt="Against a background of wattle flowers sits a giant microphone, a man with short hair, spectacles, and a very ordinary grey sweater — it's Stilgherrian! — and the words &quot;Thanks everyone! The 9pm Spring Series 2025&quot;." class="wp-image-38820" srcset="https://stilgherrian.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/pozible28-hero-01-400-title-thanks.jpeg 400w, https://stilgherrian.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/pozible28-hero-01-400-title-thanks-350x197.jpeg 350w, https://stilgherrian.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/pozible28-hero-01-400-title-thanks-75x42.jpeg 75w" sizes="(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px" /></figure></div>
1163.  
1164.  
1165. <p>On Thursday night we wrapped up this season&#8217;s crowdfunding campaign, <a href="https://the9pmedict.com/spring2025">The 9pm Spring Series 2025</a>.</p>
1166.  
1167.  
1168.  
1169. <p>My sincere thanks to the 54 supporters who kicked it past Target Two and brought it to 79% of Target Three.</p>
1170.  
1171.  
1172.  
1173. <p>Your contributions will support six special-guest episodes of <em><a href="https://the9pmedict.com/edict/">The 9pm Edict</a></em> podcast between now and the end of spring, one of which might well be a bit noice and unusual, and a few episodes of <em><a href="https://anotheruntitledmusicpodcast.com">Another Untitled Music Podcast</a></em>.</p>
1174.  
1175.  
1176.  
1177. <p>I&#8217;ll have more information on the planned podcasts next week.</p>
1178.  
1179.  
1180.  
1181. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Podcasts</h4>
1182.  
1183.  
1184.  
1185. <p>After a bunch of delays I finally posted these two, and I like them.</p>
1186.  
1187.  
1188.  
1189. <ul class="wp-block-list">
1190. <li><a href="https://anotheruntitledmusicpodcast.com/00003/">AUMP 00003: The Cover is Better</a>, being an episode of <em><a href="https://anotheruntitledmusicpodcast.com/">Another Untitled Music Podcast</a></em> recorded back on 14 September, but a glitch on the hosting platform meant it only appeared on Saturday morning this week.</li>
1191.  
1192.  
1193.  
1194. <li><a href="https://the9pmedict.com/edict/00253/">The 9pm Uncommon Death Adder with David F Porteous</a>, recorded last Friday night and finally posted this Saturday evening.</li>
1195. </ul>
1196.  
1197.  
1198.  
1199. <p><strong><em>The 9pm Edict</em>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<em>Another Untitled Music Podcast</em>&nbsp;are supported by the generosity of you, their listeners. Please consider supporting them. You can to&nbsp;<a href="https://skank.com.au/tip/">throw a few coins into the tip jar</a>&nbsp;directly or&nbsp;<a href="https://skank.com.au/subscribe">subscribe for special benefits</a>. There&#8217;s also some <a href="https://anotheruntitledmusicpodcast.com/products/">specific benefits</a> for supporting <em>AUMP</em>.</strong></p>
1200.  
1201.  
1202.  
1203. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Articles</h4>
1204.  
1205.  
1206.  
1207. <ul class="wp-block-list">
1208. <li><a href="https://buttondown.com/stilgherrian/archive/the-weekly-cybers-86/">The Weekly Cybers #86</a>. Four people die as Optus breaks Triple Zero calls, Australia&#8217;s looming social media age restrictions continue to raise questions, OpenAI&#8217;s ChatGPT features in a raft of AI stories, and more.</li>
1209. </ul>
1210.  
1211.  
1212.  
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1222.  
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1224.  <p>
1225.    <a href="https://buttondown.email/refer/stilgherrian" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Powered by Buttondown.</a>
1226.  </p>
1227. </form>
1228.  
1229.  
1230.  
1231. <p>You can read my&nbsp;<a href="https://authory.com/Stilgherrian">previous writing at Authory</a>, where you can also subscribe to an email compilation of any new stories each Sunday morning.</p>
1232.  
1233.  
1234.  
1235. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Photos, Videos , Media Appearances, Corporate Largesse</h4>
1236.  
1237.  
1238.  
1239. <p>None of these. You can subscribe to <a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/stilgherrian/">my YouTube channel</a> to be notified when new videos appear and when livestreams are scheduled.</p>
1240.  
1241.  
1242.  
1243. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Some Interesting Links</h4>
1244.  
1245.  
1246.  
1247. <ul class="wp-block-list">
1248. <li>In this week&#8217;s <em>If You&#8217;re Listening</em>, Matt Bevan explains <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UrcROiL-IXI">Why Trump is blowing up boats off Venezuela</a>. The history is fascinating.</li>
1249.  
1250.  
1251.  
1252. <li>One for the audio nerds: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mEC6PM97IRI">7 Concerning Levels Of Acoustic Spying Techniques</a>.</li>
1253.  
1254.  
1255.  
1256. <li>Robert Irwin is competing in the US version of <em>Dancing with the Stars</em>. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q2NHturyCVM">Here&#8217;s his first performance</a>. The Australian imagery is&#8230; embarrassing.</li>
1257.  
1258.  
1259.  
1260. <li>I have recently discovered the Korean music collective <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balming_Tiger">Balming Tiger</a>. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbBzKnCYcG7E3EIkSTdsawA">Check them out</a>, because their work covers so many genres.</li>
1261. </ul>
1262.  
1263.  
1264.  
1265. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">The Week Ahead</h4>
1266.  
1267.  
1268.  
1269. <p>It&#8217;s been relatively stressful for me recently, so the coming week will be about settling back into the groove. There will be client work at a gentle pace on Monday and Tuesday, and some podcast planning and production on Wednesday.</p>
1270.  
1271.  
1272.  
1273. <p>Thursday will see a day trip to Sydney for various purposes, and on Friday there&#8217;s <em>The Weekly Cybers</em> newsletter as usual.</p>
1274.  
1275.  
1276.  
1277. <p>Starting on <s>Saturday</s> Friday evening I&#8217;m housesitting in Sydney through to 20 October or so, although I may have some brief trips back to the Mountains. This comes at a particularly convenient time, as I&#8217;ll need to be in Sydney all three of these weekends.</p>
1278.  
1279.  
1280.  
1281. <p>[<strong>Update 3 October 2025:</strong> I&#8217;ll head down to Sydney on Friday evening because I&#8217;ll need to start relatively early Saturday.]</p>
1282.  
1283.  
1284.  
1285. <p>On Sunday, Snarky Platypus and I are recording an episode of <em>Another Untitled Music Podcast</em>. There&#8217;s a holiday in NSW for Labour Day on following Monday, so perhaps we can knock off two episodes.</p>
1286.  
1287.  
1288.  
1289. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Further Ahead</h4>
1290.  
1291.  
1292.  
1293. <ul class="wp-block-list">
1294. <li><em>The 9pm Edict</em> recording with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_Gorman">Dr Alice Gorman</a> and <a href="https://au.linkedin.com/in/ramimandow">Rami Mandow</a>, 15 October 2025. If you have a space-related TRIGGER WORD or CONVERSATION TOPIC for this episode, please get it to me by 11am AEDT that day.</li>
1295.  
1296.  
1297.  
1298. <li><a href="https://aussiebirdcount.org.au">Aussie Bird Count</a>, 20–26 October 2025. It&#8217;s always good to be part of science.</li>
1299.  
1300.  
1301.  
1302. <li><a href="https://www.livenation.com.au/sam-campbell-tickets-adp1602998">Sam Campbell: Window Sucker</a>, Sydney, 31 October 2025.</li>
1303. </ul>
1304.  
1305.  
1306.  
1307. <p>[<strong>Photo:</strong> A <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laughing_kookaburra">laughing kookaburra</a> (<em>Dacelo novaeguineae</em>) who&#8217;s decided to visit me every day. This photo was taken on 24 September 2025. I have a <em>lot</em> of photos of this kookaburra.]</p>
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1314. <title>The 9pm Uncommon Death Adder with David F Porteous</title>
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1335. <description><![CDATA[Weeks late, the mid-2025 series finally draws to a close. Our special guest today is Scottish author and social researcher David F Porteous, and we cover a lot of different topics. In this episode we talk about K-pop and plate tectonics, the naming of cats, Oasis and AC/DC, the trickiness of venomous snakes and drug-addled &#8230; <p class="link-more"><a href="https://stilgherrian.com/edict/00253/" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text"> "The 9pm Uncommon Death Adder with David F Porteous"</span></a></p>]]></description>
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1337. <figure class="wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="1200" height="675" src="https://stilgherrian.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/davidfporteous-hero-1200.jpeg" alt="A square-faced Scottish man in a shirt, tie, and dark suit looks to the right and ponders the fate of the world as he stands in a black void." class="wp-image-35069" style="aspect-ratio:16/9;object-fit:cover" srcset="https://stilgherrian.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/davidfporteous-hero-1200.jpeg 1200w, https://stilgherrian.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/davidfporteous-hero-1200-350x197.jpeg 350w, https://stilgherrian.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/davidfporteous-hero-1200-600x338.jpeg 600w, https://stilgherrian.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/davidfporteous-hero-1200-75x42.jpeg 75w, https://stilgherrian.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/davidfporteous-hero-1200-768x432.jpeg 768w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption"><em>David F Porteous, who may or may not have a typical Scottish man vibe. (Photo: Supplied)</em></figcaption></figure>
1338.  
1339.  
1340.  
1341. <p><strong>Weeks late, the mid-2025 series finally draws to a close. Our special guest today is Scottish author and social researcher David F Porteous, and we cover a <em>lot</em> of different topics. </strong></p>
1342.  
1343.  
1344.  
1345. <span id="more-38861"></span>
1346.  
1347.  
1348.  
1349. <p>In this episode we talk about K-pop and plate tectonics, the naming of cats, Oasis and AC/DC, the trickiness of venomous snakes and drug-addled spiders, Donald Trump&#8217;s visit to the UK, defamation, the nature of community, Nepal&#8217;s Gen Z protests — and we even get our Barlows confused.</p>
1350.  
1351.  
1352.  
1353. <p>This episode was recorded back on Friday 19 September, which explains some of the date references.</p>
1354.  
1355.  
1356. <iframe loading="lazy" src="https://widget.spreaker.com/player?episode_id=67919807&amp;theme=dark&amp;playlist=false&amp;playlist-continuous=false&amp;chapters-image=true&amp;episode_image_position=right&amp;hide-likes=false&amp;hide-comments=false&amp;hide-sharing=false&amp;hide-logo=true" width="100%" height="133px" frameborder="0"></iframe>
1357.  
1358.  
1359.  
1360. <p><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong>This podcast is available on <a href="https://music.amazon.com.au/podcasts/a4549ab5-7361-4eed-ae84-5086bd98703e/The-9pm-Edict">Amazon Music</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/the-9pm-edict/id1506683812">Apple Podcasts</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://castbox.fm/channel/id2541000">Castbox</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.deezer.com/show/772822">Deezer</a>, <a href="https://podcasts.google.com/?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc3ByZWFrZXIuY29tL3Nob3cvMTUzMDA3OS9lcGlzb2Rlcy9mZWVk">Google Podcasts</a>, <a href="https://www.iheart.com/podcast/966-the-9pm-edict-58203054/">iHeartRadio</a>, <a href="https://www.jiosaavn.com/shows/The-9pm-Edict//1//fjq1r8u2mwU_">JioSaavn</a>, <a href="https://pca.st/YOs7">Pocket Casts</a>, <a href="https://podplayer.net/?podId=1708973">Podcast Addict</a>, <a href="https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/the-9pm-edict-981201">Podchaser</a>, <a href="spotify:show:5fUUfNSMoiqGflUTrr64vn">Spotify</a>, and <a href="https://www.spreaker.com/show/the9pmedict">Speaker</a>.</strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></p>
1361.  
1362.  
1363.  
1364. <p>You can also <a href="https://www.spreaker.com/show/1530079/episodes/feed">subscribe to the generic podcast feed</a>.</p>
1365.  
1366.  
1367.  
1368. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Episode Links</h4>
1369.  
1370.  
1371. <ul class="wppb-bookmarks"> <li class="wppb-bookmark">
1372. <div class="wppb-header"><a class="wppb-title" href="http://www.dfpiii.com/">01. dfpiii - Blog</a></div>
1373. <div class="wppb-description">The official website of Scottish Author David F Porteous</div> </li>
1374. <li class="wppb-bookmark">
1375. <div class="wppb-header"><a class="wppb-title" href="https://twitter.com/dfpiii">02. David F Porteous (@dfpiii) / Twitter</a></div>
1376. <div class="wppb-description">Author. Podcaster. Social researcher. Karaoke superstar. New novel ‘The Wicker Man Preservation Society’ is out 21 June 21.</div> </li>
1377. <li class="wppb-bookmark">
1378. <div class="wppb-header"><a class="wppb-title" href="https://www.bbc.com/audio/play/m002jttq">03. BBC Audio | Strong Message Here | Hurty Words</a></div>
1379. <div class="wppb-description">[25 September 2025] Stewart Lee returns to the show, to join Armando in discussing &#039;hurty words&#039;.</div> </li>
1380. <li class="wppb-bookmark">
1381. <div class="wppb-header"><a class="wppb-title" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edinburgh_Festival_Fringe">04. Edinburgh Festival Fringe - Wikipedia</a></div>
1382. <div class="wppb-description">The Edinburgh Festival Fringe, often referred to as the Edinburgh Fringe or simply the Fringe, is the world’s largest performing arts festival. In 2025, it ran for 25 days, selling over 2.6 million tickets, and featured 53,942 performances of 3,893 shows across 301 venues, with participants from 68 countries.</div> </li>
1383. <li class="wppb-bookmark">
1384. <div class="wppb-header"><a class="wppb-title" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oasis_(band)">05. Oasis (band) - Wikipedia</a></div>
1385. <div class="wppb-description">Oasis are [sic] an English rock band formed in Manchester in 1991</div> </li>
1386. <li class="wppb-bookmark">
1387. <div class="wppb-header"><a class="wppb-title" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AC/DC">06. AC/DC - Wikipedia</a></div>
1388. <div class="wppb-description">AC/DC are an Australian rock band formed in Sydney in 1973. Their music has been variously described as hard rock, blues rock and heavy metal, although the band calls it simply &quot;rock and roll&quot;.</div> </li>
1389. <li class="wppb-bookmark">
1390. <div class="wppb-header"><a class="wppb-title" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leongatha_mushroom_murders">07. Leongatha mushroom murders - Wikipedia</a></div>
1391. <div class="wppb-description">On 29 July 2023, Erin Trudi Patterson intentionally poisoned four of her relatives with highly toxic death cap mushrooms, resulting in the death of three, and serious injury to a fourth. The poisonings took place during a lunch at Patterson&#039;s home in Leongatha, Victoria, Australia.</div> </li>
1392. <li class="wppb-bookmark">
1393. <div class="wppb-header"><a class="wppb-title" href="https://drunkwomensolvingcrime.com/#edict00253">08. Drunk Women Solving Crime - The UK&#039;s hit true crime comedy podcast</a></div>
1394. <div class="wppb-description">Drunk Women Solving Crime is a true crime podcast with a twist… of lime. Join writer/comedian hosts Hannah George and Taylor Glenn as they welcome top guests from comedians to crime writers to test out their drunk detective skills.</div> </li>
1395. <li class="wppb-bookmark">
1396. <div class="wppb-header"><a class="wppb-title" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_dangerous_snakes">09. List of dangerous snakes - Wikipedia</a></div>
1397. <div class="wppb-description">As of 2025, there are 3,971 known snake species worldwide, with around 600 venomous species. This is an overview of the snakes that pose a significant health risk to humans, through snakebites or other physical trauma.</div> </li>
1398. <li class="wppb-bookmark">
1399. <div class="wppb-header"><a class="wppb-title" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_death_adder">10. Common death adder - Wikipedia</a></div>
1400. <div class="wppb-description">The common death adder (Acanthophis antarcticus) is a species of death adder native to Australia. It is one of the most venomous land snakes in Australia and globally.</div> </li>
1401. <li class="wppb-bookmark">
1402. <div class="wppb-header"><a class="wppb-title" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irukandji_jellyfish#edict00253">11. Irukandji jellyfish - Wikipedia</a></div>
1403. <div class="wppb-description">The Irukandji jellyfish (/ˌɪrəˈkændʒi/ IRR-ə-KAN-jee) are any of several similar, extremely venomous species of rare box jellyfish. With a very small adult size of about a cubic centimetre (1 cm3 or 0.061 in3), they are both one of the smallest and one of the most venomous jellyfish in the world.</div> </li>
1404. <li class="wppb-bookmark">
1405. <div class="wppb-header"><a class="wppb-title" href="https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c9qn0zzqxvxo">12. Trump clashes with Australian journalist over business deals in office</a></div>
1406. <div class="wppb-description">[18 September 2025] Donald Trump has accused an Australian journalist of &quot;hurting Australia&quot; after he was asked about his business deals while in office.</div> </li>
1407. <li class="wppb-bookmark">
1408. <div class="wppb-header"><a class="wppb-title" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Segway_Inc.">13. Segway Inc. - Wikipedia</a></div>
1409. <div class="wppb-description">Segway Inc. is a Chinese owned, formerly American manufacturer of two-wheeled personal transporters, chiefly through its Segway PT and Segway miniPro product lines. Founded by inventor Dean Kamen in 1999, the company&#039;s name is a homophone of the word &quot;segue&quot;.</div> </li>
1410. <li class="wppb-bookmark">
1411. <div class="wppb-header"><a class="wppb-title" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_Nepalese_Gen_Z_protests">14. 2025 Nepalese Gen Z protests - Wikipedia</a></div>
1412. <div class="wppb-description">In September 2025, large-scale anti-corruption protests and demonstrations took place across Nepal, predominantly organized by Generation Z students and young citizens. Also known as &quot;the Gen Z protests&quot;, they began following a nationwide ban on numerous social media platforms, and they incorporated the public&#039;s frustration with corruption and display of wealth by government officials and their families, as well as allegations of mismanagement of public funds.</div> </li>
1413. <li class="wppb-bookmark">
1414. <div class="wppb-header"><a class="wppb-title" href="https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvg9n760gddo">15. Nepal Gen-Z protests: Politicians get rich while we suffer - so I helped bring down the government in 48 hours</a></div>
1415. <div class="wppb-description">[17 September 2025] Nepal&#039;s Gen Z protesters brought down a government in under 48 hours – but the victory has come at a heavy price.</div> </li>
1416. <li class="wppb-bookmark">
1417. <div class="wppb-header"><a class="wppb-title" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Relax_(song)">16. Relax (song) - Wikipedia</a></div>
1418. <div class="wppb-description">&quot;Relax&quot; is the debut single by English new wave band Frankie Goes to Hollywood, released in the United Kingdom by ZTT Records in 1983. Produced by Trevor Horn and featuring the band along with other musicians, entered the UK Top 75 singles chart in November 1983 but did not crack the Top 40 until early January 1984.</div> </li>
1419. <li class="wppb-bookmark">
1420. <div class="wppb-header"><a class="wppb-title" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yem_iEHiyJ0">17. Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Relax (Official Video) - YouTube</a></div>
1421. <div class="wppb-description">The official video for Frankie Goes To Hollywood&#039;s &#039;Relax&#039;.</div> </li>
1422. <li class="wppb-bookmark">
1423. <div class="wppb-header"><a class="wppb-title" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trevor_Horn">18. Trevor Horn - Wikipedia</a></div>
1424. <div class="wppb-description">Trevor Charles Horn (born 15 July 1949) is an English record producer and musician. His influence on pop and electronic music in the 1980s was such that he has been called &quot;the man who invented the eighties&quot;.</div> </li>
1425. <li class="wppb-bookmark">
1426. <div class="wppb-header"><a class="wppb-title" href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLxXwsithTj6pxCv5fTVkOS1X1Yuigkq-8">19. Trevor Horn - The Prince&#039;s Trust: Produced by Trevor Horn (2004) - YouTube</a></div>
1427. <div class="wppb-description">Playlist of the full concert.</div> </li>
1428. <li class="wppb-bookmark">
1429. <div class="wppb-header"><a class="wppb-title" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Barlow">20. Gary Barlow - Wikipedia</a></div>
1430. <div class="wppb-description">Barlow is one of the United Kingdom&#039;s most successful songwriters, having written fifteen number-one singles (twelve with Take That, two solo, one with the Robbie Williams song &quot;Candy&quot;) and twenty-four top-ten hits.</div> </li>
1431. <li class="wppb-bookmark">
1432. <div class="wppb-header"><a class="wppb-title" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subduction">21. Subduction - Wikipedia</a></div>
1433. <div class="wppb-description">Subduction is a geological process in which the oceanic lithosphere and some continental lithosphere is recycled into the Earth&#039;s mantle at the convergent boundaries between tectonic plates. Where one tectonic plate converges with a second plate, the heavier plate dives beneath the other and sinks into the mantle. A region where this process occurs is known as a subduction zone, and its surface expression is known as an arc-trench complex. The process of subduction has created most of the Earth&#039;s continental crust.</div> </li>
1434. <li class="wppb-bookmark">
1435. <div class="wppb-header"><a class="wppb-title" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plate_tectonics">22. Plate tectonics - Wikipedia</a></div>
1436. <div class="wppb-description">Plate tectonics (from Latin tectonicus, from Ancient Greek τεκτονικός (tektonikós) &#039;pertaining to building&#039;) is the scientific theory that Earth&#039;s lithosphere comprises a number of large tectonic plates, which have been slowly moving since 3–4 billion years ago. The model builds on the concept of continental drift, an idea developed during the first decades of the 20th century.</div> </li>
1437. <li class="wppb-bookmark">
1438. <div class="wppb-header"><a class="wppb-title" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1906_San_Francisco_earthquake">23. 1906 San Francisco earthquake - Wikipedia</a></div>
1439. <div class="wppb-description">At 05:12 AM Pacific Standard Time on Wednesday, April 18, 1906, the coast of Northern California was struck by a major earthquake with an estimated moment magnitude of 7.9 and a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme). High-intensity shaking was felt from Eureka on the North Coast to the Salinas Valley, an agricultural region to the south of the San Francisco Bay Area.
1440.  
1441. </div> </li>
1442. <li class="wppb-bookmark">
1443. <div class="wppb-header"><a class="wppb-title" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fukushima_nuclear_accident">24. Fukushima nuclear accident - Wikipedia</a></div>
1444. <div class="wppb-description">On March 11, 2011, a major nuclear accident started at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant in Ōkuma, Fukushima, Japan. The direct cause was the Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami, which resulted in electrical grid failure and damaged nearly all of the power plant&#039;s backup energy sources. The subsequent inability to sufficiently cool reactors after shutdown compromised containment and resulted in the release of radioactive contaminants into the surrounding environment.</div> </li>
1445. <li class="wppb-bookmark">
1446. <div class="wppb-header"><a class="wppb-title" href="https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/jan/23/hinkley-point-c-could-be-delayed-to-2031-and-cost-up-to-35bn-says-edf">25. Hinkley Point C could be delayed to 2031 and cost up to £35bn, says EDF | Energy industry | The Guardian</a></div>
1447. <div class="wppb-description">[24 January 2024] The owner of Hinkley Point C has blamed inflation, Covid and Brexit as it announced the nuclear power plant project could be delayed by a further four years, and cost £2.3bn more.
1448.  
1449. </div> </li>
1450. <li class="wppb-bookmark">
1451. <div class="wppb-header"><a class="wppb-title" href="https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cev03wer0p2o">26. Sizewell C nuclear power plant costs rise to £38bn</a></div>
1452. <div class="wppb-description">[22 July 2025] The cost of building the Sizewell C nuclear power plant in Suffolk has jumped to £38bn, adding £1 a month to household energy bills for at least a decade.
1453. </div> </li>
1454. <li class="wppb-bookmark">
1455. <div class="wppb-header"><a class="wppb-title" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thorium-based_nuclear_power">27. Thorium-based nuclear power - Wikipedia</a></div>
1456. <div class="wppb-description">Thorium-based nuclear power generation is fueled primarily by the nuclear fission of the isotope uranium-233 produced from the fertile element thorium. A thorium fuel cycle can offer several potential advantages over a uranium fuel cycle—including the much greater abundance of thorium found on Earth, superior physical and nuclear fuel properties, and reduced nuclear waste production.</div> </li>
1457. <li class="wppb-bookmark">
1458. <div class="wppb-header"><a class="wppb-title" href="https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/hinkley-point-c-EDF-tests-fish-acoustic-deterrent-system">28. Hinkley Point C: EDF tests new acoustic fish deterrent system - World Nuclear News</a></div>
1459. <div class="wppb-description">[4 March 2025] EDF says it has &quot;recently become aware of a new type of acoustic fish deterrent system that could be installed and operated in a way likely to be safe and effective in the waters of the Severn&quot;.
1460.  
1461. </div> </li>
1462. <li class="wppb-bookmark">
1463. <div class="wppb-header"><a class="wppb-title" href="https://www.audiology.org/how-do-animals-perceive-music/">29. How Do Animals Perceive Music? - American Academy of Audiology</a></div>
1464. <div class="wppb-description">It turns out there is an entire science dedicated to animal musicality. Multiple studies over the past few decades have confirmed that animal behavior is affected by music. One study revealed that many animals have preferences for different types of music and that different behaviors in response to music depend upon the species.</div> </li>
1465. <li class="wppb-bookmark">
1466. <div class="wppb-header"><a class="wppb-title" href="https://rarehistoricalphotos.com/nasa-spiders-drugs-experiment/">30. When NASA Gave Spiders Drugs to See how it Affected their Webs, 1995 - Rare Historical Photos</a></div>
1467. <div class="wppb-description">A NASA tech briefing “Using Spider-Web Patterns To Determine Toxicity” was published in April 1995. The work was done by researchers at Marshall Space Flight Center to see how various substances — including caffeine — affect spider web patterns.</div> </li>
1468. <li class="wppb-bookmark">
1469. <div class="wppb-header"><a class="wppb-title" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Barlow">31. Ken Barlow - Wikipedia</a></div>
1470. <div class="wppb-description">Kenneth &quot;Ken&quot; Barlow is a fictional character from the British ITV soap opera Coronation Street, played by William Roache. He was created by Tony Warren as one of Coronation Street&#039;s original characters and December 2020 marked Ken&#039;s 60th anniversary onscreen.</div> </li>
1471. <li class="wppb-bookmark">
1472. <div class="wppb-header"><a class="wppb-title" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plave">31. Plave - Wikipedia</a></div>
1473. <div class="wppb-description">Plave (Korean: 플레이브; stylized in all caps) is a South Korean virtual boy band formed by Vlast. The group consists of five members: Yejun, Noah, Bamby, Eunho, and Hamin.</div> </li>
1474. <li class="wppb-bookmark">
1475. <div class="wppb-header"><a class="wppb-title" href="https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ceq2y91qy88o">32. Plave: Can you be sued for defaming virtual K-pop stars? South Korea court says yes</a></div>
1476. <div class="wppb-description">[19 September 2025] A court in South Korea has ordered a social media user to pay 500,000 won ($360; £265) for defaming a K-pop boyband - whose members are virtual characters.</div> </li>
1477. <li class="wppb-bookmark">
1478. <div class="wppb-header"><a class="wppb-title" href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8700561/Husband-awarded-100-000-wife-criticised-Australian-mentality.html">33. Husband is awarded £100,000 after his wife criticised his &#039;Australian mentality&#039; | Daily Mail Online</a></div>
1479. <div class="wppb-description">[5 September 2020] Duncan Bendall said his ex-wife Fiona, 42, pushed him out of the firm after their marriage collapsed.</div> </li>
1480. <li class="wppb-bookmark">
1481. <div class="wppb-header"><a class="wppb-title" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plastic_Bertrand#As_Plastic_Bertrand">34. Plastic Bertrand - Wikipedia</a></div>
1482. <div class="wppb-description">In an interview prompted by the 2010 episode, Bertrand appeared to admit that he was not the vocalist [for &quot;Ça plane pour moi&quot;] but in a follow-up interview the next day he denied this, saying he was being ironic and had been trapped, and threatening legal action. This echoed a similar incident in the 1990s when Bertrand seemed to tell journalist Gilles Verlant that he was not the singer before quickly retracting. Since 2010, Bertrand has consistently said that he is the performer on the original recording, and this remains the position in law.</div> </li>
1483. <li class="wppb-bookmark">
1484. <div class="wppb-header"><a class="wppb-title" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josie_and_the_Pussycats_(TV_series)">35. Josie and the Pussycats (TV series) - Wikipedia</a></div>
1485. <div class="wppb-description">Josie and the Pussycats (formatted as Josie and the Pussy Cats in the opening titles) is an American animated television series based upon the Archie Comics comic book series of the same name created by Dan DeCarlo.</div> </li>
1486. <li class="wppb-bookmark">
1487. <div class="wppb-header"><a class="wppb-title" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tlRpLGEwssA">36. Benedict Cumberbatch can&#039;t say &quot;Penguins&quot; - The Graham Norton Show: Series 16 Episode 5 - BBC - YouTube</a></div>
1488. <div class="wppb-description">[25 October 2014] Graham Norton chats to Benedict Cumberbatch about him not being able to say &quot;Penguins&quot;.</div> </li>
1489. <li class="wppb-bookmark">
1490. <div class="wppb-header"><a class="wppb-title" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherlock_(TV_series)">36. Sherlock (TV series) - Wikipedia</a></div>
1491. <div class="wppb-description">Sherlock is a British mystery crime drama television series based on Sir Arthur Conan Doyle&#039;s Sherlock Holmes detective stories. Created by Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss, the show starred Benedict Cumberbatch as Sherlock Holmes and Martin Freeman as Doctor John Watson.</div> </li>
1492. </ul>
1493.  
1494.  
1495.  
1496. <p>If the links aren&#8217;t showing up, <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:stilgherrian/t:edict00253">try here</a>.</p>
1497.  
1498.  
1499.  
1500. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Thank you, Media Freedom Citizenry</h4>
1501.  
1502.  
1503.  
1504. <p><strong><em>The 9pm Edict</em>&nbsp;is supported by the generosity of its listeners.</strong> <strong>You can&nbsp;always <a href="https://skank.com.au/tip/">throw a few coins into the tip jar</a>&nbsp;or&nbsp;<a href="https://skank.com.au/subscribe">subscribe for special benefits</a>. Please consider.</strong></p>
1505.  
1506.  
1507.  
1508. <p>For this episode it&#8217;s thanks for the final time to everyone who supported&nbsp;<a href="https://the9pmedict.com/mid2025">The 9pm Mid-2025 Series</a> crowdfunding campaign.</p>
1509.  
1510.  
1511.  
1512. <p id="block-3f13f2e0-ef0d-4b7d-ab1f-20a3c361ea7d">CONVERSATION TOPICS: Joanna Forbes, Peter Viertel, and one person who chooses to remain anonymous.</p>
1513.  
1514.  
1515.  
1516. <p id="block-7ee967a6-01c1-445e-a449-bbbe714a3b04">THREE TRIGGER WORDS: Bernard Walsh, Paul Williams, and Peter Lieverdink.</p>
1517.  
1518.  
1519.  
1520. <p id="block-b2141402-0db0-4b51-ad8b-4f5777e6038f">WE WILL, WE WILL JUDGE YOU, part of <em>Another Untitled Music Podcast</em>: Bic Smith, Gavin Costello, stabfish, and one person who chooses to remain anonymous.</p>
1521.  
1522.  
1523.  
1524. <p id="block-50072e8f-10d1-453c-b1df-4661d7fbc1be">ONE TRIGGER WORD: Andrew Best, Ashley Walsh, Bic Smith, David Porteous, Frank Filippone, Jamie Morrison, Jim Campbell, Kym Yeap, Mark Newton, Michael, Mindy Johnson, Miriam Faye, Nicole Coombe, Oliver Townshend, Peter Blakeley, Peter McCrudden, Peter Wickins, Ric Hayman, Stephen Collins, Tom Carding, and one person who chooses to remain anonymous.</p>
1525.  
1526.  
1527.  
1528. <p id="block-9bc15b21-0510-4a98-91c6-d0e21f131a20">PERSONALISED VIDEO MESSAGE: Briala Bowmer.</p>
1529.  
1530.  
1531.  
1532. <p id="block-6c76653c-947d-4171-90fd-e9a9cc771ea2">PERSONALISED AUDIO MESSAGE: Kimberley Heitman, KO Hall, and Matt Arkell.</p>
1533.  
1534.  
1535.  
1536. <p id="block-442f257f-68be-4d54-a83b-c7bba44b920d">FOOT SOLDIERS FOR MEDIA FREEDOM who gave a SLIGHTLY LESS BASIC TIP: Andrew B, Craig Askings, Errol Cavit, James Henstridge, Lindsay, Lucas James, Peter Blakeley, and one person who chooses to remain anonymous.</p>
1537.  
1538.  
1539.  
1540. <p id="block-c7775556-2f0b-4616-bbfa-d0b267de6cc7">MEDIA FREEDOM CITIZENS who contributed a BASIC TIP: None this time, which is curious.</p>
1541.  
1542.  
1543.  
1544. <p>And another seven people who chose to have no reward at all, even though some of them were the most generous of all. Thank you all so much. You know who you are.</p>
1545.  
1546.  
1547.  
1548. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Series Credits</h4>
1549.  
1550.  
1551.  
1552. <ul class="wp-block-list">
1553. <li><a href="http://www.freesound.org/packsViewSingle.php?id=3935">The 9pm Edict theme by mansardian</a> via <a href="http://www.freesound.org/">The Freesound Project</a>.</li>
1554.  
1555.  
1556.  
1557. <li><a href="http://www.freesound.org/samplesViewSingle.php?id=49477">Edict fanfare by neonaeon</a>, via <a href="http://www.freesound.org/">The Freesound Project</a>.</li>
1558.  
1559.  
1560.  
1561. <li>Elephant Stamp theme by <a href="http://twitter.com/vealmince">Joshua Mehlman</a>.</li>
1562. </ul>
1563.  
1564.  
1565.  
1566. <p></p>
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1571.  
1572. <itunes:subtitle>David F Porteous, who may or may not have a typical Scottish man vibe. (Photo: Supplied)    Weeks late, the mid-2025 series finally draws to a close. Our special guest today is Scottish author and social researcher David F Porteous,</itunes:subtitle>
1573. <itunes:summary>David F Porteous, who may or may not have a typical Scottish man vibe. (Photo: Supplied)&lt;br /&gt;
1574. <br />
1575. <br />
1576. <br />
1577. Weeks late, the mid-2025 series finally draws to a close. Our special guest today is Scottish author and social researcher David F Porteous, and we cover a lot of different topics. <br />
1578. <br />
1579. <br />
1580. <br />
1581. <br />
1582. <br />
1583. <br />
1584. <br />
1585. In this episode we talk about K-pop and plate tectonics, the naming of cats, Oasis and AC/DC, the trickiness of venomous snakes and drug-addled spiders, Donald Trump's visit to the UK, defamation, the nature of community, Nepal's Gen Z protests — and we even get our Barlows confused.<br />
1586. <br />
1587. <br />
1588. <br />
1589. This episode was recorded back on Friday 19 September, which explains some of the date references.<br />
1590. <br />
1591. <br />
1592. <br />
1593. <br />
1594. <br />
1595. <br />
1596. <br />
1597. This podcast is available on Amazon Music, Apple Podcasts, Castbox, Deezer, Google Podcasts, iHeartRadio, JioSaavn, Pocket Casts, Podcast Addict, Podchaser, Spotify, and Speaker.<br />
1598. <br />
1599. <br />
1600. <br />
1601. You can also subscribe to the generic podcast feed.<br />
1602. <br />
1603. <br />
1604. <br />
1605. Episode Links<br />
1606. <br />
1607. <br />
1608. <br />
1609. <br />
1610. 01. dfpiii - Blog<br />
1611. The official website of Scottish Author David F Porteous <br />
1612. <br />
1613. 02. David F Porteous (@dfpiii) / Twitter<br />
1614. Author. Podcaster. Social researcher. Karaoke superstar. New novel ‘The Wicker Man Preservation Society’ is out 21 June 21. <br />
1615. <br />
1616. 03. BBC Audio | Strong Message Here | Hurty Words<br />
1617. [25 September 2025] Stewart Lee returns to the show, to join Armando in discussing 'hurty words'. <br />
1618. <br />
1619. 04. Edinburgh Festival Fringe - Wikipedia<br />
1620. The Edinburgh Festival Fringe, often referred to as the Edinburgh Fringe or simply the Fringe, is the world’s largest performing arts festival. In 2025, it ran for 25 days, selling over 2.6 million tickets, and featured 53,942 performances of 3,893 shows across 301 venues, with participants from 68 countries. <br />
1621. <br />
1622. 05. Oasis (band) - Wikipedia<br />
1623. Oasis are [sic] an English rock band formed in Manchester in 1991 <br />
1624. <br />
1625. 06. AC/DC - Wikipedia<br />
1626. AC/DC are an Australian rock band formed in Sydney in 1973. Their music has been variously described as hard rock, blues rock and heavy metal, although the band calls it simply "rock and roll". <br />
1627. <br />
1628. 07. Leongatha mushroom murders - Wikipedia<br />
1629. On 29 July 2023, Erin Trudi Patterson intentionally poisoned four of her relatives with highly toxic death cap mushrooms, resulting in the death of three, and serious injury to a fourth. The poisonings took place during a lunch at Patterson's home in Leongatha, Victoria, Australia. <br />
1630. <br />
1631. 08. Drunk Women Solving Crime - The UK's hit true crime comedy podcast<br />
1632. Drunk Women Solving Crime is a true crime podcast with a twist… of lime. Join writer/comedian hosts Hannah George and Taylor Glenn as they welcome top guests from comedians to crime writers to test out their drunk detective skills. <br />
1633. <br />
1634. 09. List of dangerous snakes - Wikipedia<br />
1635. As of 2025, there are 3,971 known snake species worldwide, with around 600 venomous species. This is an overview of the snakes that pose a significant health risk to humans, through snakebites or other physical trauma. <br />
1636. <br />
1637. 10. Common death adder - Wikipedia<br />
1638. The common death adder (Acanthophis antarcticus) is a species of death adder native to Australia. It is one of the most venomous land snakes in Australia and globally. <br />
1639. <br />
1640. 11. Irukandji jellyfish - Wikipedia<br />
1641. The Irukandji jellyfish (/ˌɪrəˈkændʒi/ IRR-ə-KAN-jee) are any of several similar, extremely venomous species of rare box jellyfish. With a very small adult size of about a cubic centimetre...</itunes:summary>
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1643. <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
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1645. <itunes:duration>1:18:21</itunes:duration>
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1647. <item>
1648. <title>Weekly Wrap 799: Podcast production and the Sydney skyline</title>
1649. <link>https://stilgherrian.com/weekly-wrap/799/</link>
1651. <dc:creator><![CDATA[Stilgherrian]]></dc:creator>
1652. <pubDate>Sun, 21 Sep 2025 08:31:15 +0000</pubDate>
1653. <category><![CDATA[Weekly Wrap]]></category>
1654. <category><![CDATA[cityscape]]></category>
1655. <category><![CDATA[haymarket]]></category>
1656. <category><![CDATA[Sydney]]></category>
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1658.  
1659. <description><![CDATA[Monday 15 to Sunday 21 September 2025 was a big week for podcasts, with one posted and two more recorded. After several weeks of poor health I&#8217;m getting back into the flow. My photos have mostly been of birds, however, so for a change of pace I&#8217;m going with a cityscape from a few weeks &#8230; <p class="link-more"><a href="https://stilgherrian.com/weekly-wrap/799/" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text"> "Weekly Wrap 799: Podcast production and the Sydney skyline"</span></a></p>]]></description>
1660. <content:encoded><![CDATA[
1661. <p><strong>Monday 15 to Sunday 21 September 2025 was a big week for podcasts, with one posted and two more recorded. After several weeks of poor health I&#8217;m getting back into the flow. My photos have mostly been of birds, however, so for a change of pace I&#8217;m going with a cityscape from a few weeks back.</strong></p>
1662.  
1663.  
1664.  
1665. <span id="more-38781"></span>
1666.  
1667.  
1668.  
1669. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">FINAL DAYS: Please support The 9pm Spring Series 2025 crowdfunder</h4>
1670.  
1671.  
1672. <div class="wp-block-image">
1673. <figure class="alignright size-full"><a href="https://the9pmedict.com/spring2025"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="400" height="225" src="https://stilgherrian.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/pozible28-hero-01-400-title-final-days.jpeg" alt="Against a background of wattle flowers sits a giant microphone, a man with short hair, spectacles, and a very ordinary grey sweater — it's Stilgherrian! — and the words &quot;FINAL DAYS: The 9pm Spring Series 2025&quot;." class="wp-image-38791" srcset="https://stilgherrian.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/pozible28-hero-01-400-title-final-days.jpeg 400w, https://stilgherrian.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/pozible28-hero-01-400-title-final-days-350x197.jpeg 350w, https://stilgherrian.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/pozible28-hero-01-400-title-final-days-75x42.jpeg 75w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px" /></a></figure></div>
1674.  
1675.  
1676. <p>This season&#8217;s crowdfunding campaign, <a href="https://the9pmedict.com/spring2025">The 9pm Spring Series 2025</a>, is ending very soon.</p>
1677.  
1678.  
1679.  
1680. <p>Your contributions will support my podcasts <em><a href="https://the9pmedict.com/edict/">The 9pm Edict</a></em> and <em><a href="https://anotheruntitledmusicpodcast.com">Another Untitled Music Podcast</a></em> by providing me with an income to live on — especially important given my recent illnesses.</p>
1681.  
1682.  
1683.  
1684. <p>Depending on the level of your support, you can also buy TRIGGER WORDS or a CONVERSATION TOPIC to insert your brain into the <em>Edict</em>, Recommend a Song to Us or submit a We Will We Will Judge You playlist into <em>AUMP</em>, score yourself a custom audio or video message, or more.</p>
1685.  
1686.  
1687.  
1688. <p>At the time of posting we&#8217;re almost 94% of the way to Target One with four days to go, so I&#8217;m hoping we can push through to Target Two or beyond.</p>
1689.  
1690.  
1691.  
1692. <p><strong>You have until 9pm AEST this Thursday 25 September to <a href="https://the9pmedict.com/spring2025">pledge your support</a>.</strong></p>
1693.  
1694.  
1695.  
1696. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Podcasts</h4>
1697.  
1698.  
1699.  
1700. <ul class="wp-block-list">
1701. <li><a href="https://the9pmedict.com/edict/00252/">The 9pm Conspiracy Nation with Ariel Bogle and Cam Wilson</a>, recorded way back on 14 August and finally posted this Tuesday.</li>
1702.  
1703.  
1704.  
1705. <li>&#8220;AUMP 00003: The Cover is Better,&#8221; being an episode of <em><a href="https://anotheruntitledmusicpodcast.com/">Another Untitled Music Podcast</a></em> recorded last Sunday and posted — well, it hasn&#8217;t appeared yet. I uploaded it on Saturday night but there&#8217;s a glitch on the hosting platform which has not yet been resolved. I&#8217;ll update this post when it finally appears.</li>
1706.  
1707.  
1708.  
1709. <li>On Friday night I recorded an episode of <em>The 9pm Edict</em>  with David F Porteous, who&#8217;s been <a href="https://the9pmedict.com/tag/david-f-porteous/">on the pod many times before</a>. That one will take a bit longer to edit, but I&#8217;m planning to get it online by Tuesday night. </li>
1710. </ul>
1711.  
1712.  
1713.  
1714. <p><strong><em>The 9pm Edict</em>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<em>Another Untitled Music Podcast</em>&nbsp;are supported by the generosity of their listeners. Please consider supporting <a href="https://the9pmedict.com/spring2025">this season&#8217;s crowdfunder</a>.</strong></p>
1715.  
1716.  
1717.  
1718. <p>If you miss the deadline of 25 September, or if you prefer not to use Pozible, you might still like to&nbsp;<a href="https://skank.com.au/tip/">throw a few coins into the tip jar</a>&nbsp;directly or&nbsp;<a href="https://skank.com.au/subscribe">subscribe for special benefits</a>. There&#8217;s also some <a href="https://anotheruntitledmusicpodcast.com/products/">specific benefits</a> for supporting <em>AUMP</em>.</p>
1719.  
1720.  
1721.  
1722. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Articles</h4>
1723.  
1724.  
1725.  
1726. <ul class="wp-block-list">
1727. <li><a href="https://buttondown.com/stilgherrian/archive/the-weekly-cybers-85/">The Weekly Cybers #85</a>. Vibe-based guidelines for Australia&#8217;s social media age restrictions, Kmart slapped over facial recognition, a $92,000 tweet, and more.</li>
1728. </ul>
1729.  
1730.  
1731.  
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1747.  
1748.  
1749.  
1750. <p>You can read my&nbsp;<a href="https://authory.com/Stilgherrian">previous writing at Authory</a>, where you can also subscribe to an email compilation of any new stories each Sunday morning.</p>
1751.  
1752.  
1753.  
1754. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Media Appearances</h4>
1755.  
1756.  
1757.  
1758. <ul class="wp-block-list">
1759. <li>One of my photos of the Sydney Opera House seal was used to illustrated an article about it, <a href="https://www.tierwelt.ch/artikel/wildtiere/seehund-sonnt-sich-vor-dem-opernhaus-in-sydney-413473">Seehund sonnt sich vor dem Opernhaus in Sydney</a>. The article was posted in 2015, when the photo was taken, but Google Search thinks it&#8217;s new.</li>
1760. </ul>
1761.  
1762.  
1763.  
1764. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Photos, Videos , Corporate Largesse</h4>
1765.  
1766.  
1767.  
1768. <p>None of these, although you&#8217;ll see below there&#8217;s plenty of podcasts coming up. You can subscribe to <a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/stilgherrian/">my YouTube channel</a> to be notified when new videos appear and when livestreams are scheduled.</p>
1769.  
1770.  
1771.  
1772. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Some Interesting Links</h4>
1773.  
1774.  
1775.  
1776. <ul class="wp-block-list">
1777. <li>Dan Toomey&#8217;s latest video report is a frightening insight into New York downtown food culture: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tsp2bC0Db8o">Why are we eating slop?</a>.</li>
1778.  
1779.  
1780.  
1781. <li>File-sharing service LimeWire, which was revived as an NFT marketplace, has now <a href="https://www.engadget.com/general/limewire-acquires-fyre-festival-has-vague-plans-to-offer-real-experiences-200158421.html">acquired the Fyre Festival </a><font color="#222222"><span style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">brand. What a sentence!</span></font></li>
1782.  
1783.  
1784.  
1785. <li><font color="#222222"><span style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">Please</span></font> be having a <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQp73zE0goE">full concert by Korean band Kardi (카디)</a> at the Incheon Pentaport Music Festival 2024.</li>
1786.  
1787.  
1788.  
1789. <li>&#8220;A big, convulsive twitch while dozing off? <a href="https://theconversation.com/a-big-convulsive-twitch-while-dozing-off-sleep-experts-explain-the-hypnic-jerk-264197">Sleep experts explain the ‘hypnic jerk’</a>,&#8221; kind of.</li>
1790. </ul>
1791.  
1792.  
1793.  
1794. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">The Week Ahead</h4>
1795.  
1796.  
1797.  
1798. <p>It&#8217;s a mixed bag this week, tidying up some podcast post-production in the first half and concentrating on some client work a bit later. I also need to start locking in new work, as my two current client projects will be coming to an end soon.</p>
1799.  
1800.  
1801.  
1802. <p>[<strong>Update 25 September 2025:</strong> Sleep is eluding me, so I&#8217;m having to pull the pace back on the podcast post-production. <em>Another Untitled Music Podcast</em> is ready but there&#8217;s problems at the hosting provider.  And <em>The 9pm Edict</em> with David F Porteous is awaiting my edit, so that&#8217;s probably not going to appear until Saturday.]</p>
1803.  
1804.  
1805.  
1806. <p>On Thursday night I&#8217;m wrapping up <a href="https://the9pmedict.com/spring2025">The 9pm Spring Series 2025</a> crowdfunder at 9pm AEST. If you haven&#8217;t yet done so, please check it out. And then on Friday it&#8217;s <em>The Weekly Cybers</em> newsletter as usual.</p>
1807.  
1808.  
1809.  
1810. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Further Ahead</h4>
1811.  
1812.  
1813.  
1814. <ul class="wp-block-list">
1815. <li>Housesitting in Sydney, 4–20 October 2025 or part thereof. This comes at a particularly convenient time, as I&#8217;ll need to be in Sydney all three of these weekends.</li>
1816.  
1817.  
1818.  
1819. <li><strong><mark style="background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)" class="has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color">CORRECTION:</mark></strong> <em>Another Untitled Music Podcast</em>&nbsp;recording, 5 October 2025. This is also the Labour Day long weekend, so perhaps we can knock off two episodes.</li>
1820.  
1821.  
1822.  
1823. <li><em>The 9pm Edict</em> recording with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_Gorman">Dr Alice Gorman</a> and <a href="https://au.linkedin.com/in/ramimandow">Rami Mandow</a>, 15 October 2025. If you have a space-related TRIGGER WORD or CONVERSATION TOPIC for this episode, please get it to me by 11am AEDT that day.</li>
1824.  
1825.  
1826.  
1827. <li><strong><mark style="background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)" class="has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color">NEW:</mark></strong> <a href="https://aussiebirdcount.org.au">Aussie Bird Count</a>, 20–26 October 2025. It&#8217;s always good to be part of science.</li>
1828.  
1829.  
1830.  
1831. <li><a href="https://www.livenation.com.au/sam-campbell-tickets-adp1602998">Sam Campbell: Window Sucker</a>, Sydney, 31 October 2025.</li>
1832. </ul>
1833.  
1834.  
1835.  
1836. <p>[<strong>Photo:</strong> The Sydney CBD skyline as seen from Haymarket on the night of 18 August 2025.]</p>
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1841. </item>
1842. <item>
1843. <title>The 9pm Conspiracy Nation with Ariel Bogle and Cam Wilson</title>
1844. <link>https://stilgherrian.com/edict/00252/</link>
1846. <dc:creator><![CDATA[Stilgherrian]]></dc:creator>
1847. <pubDate>Tue, 16 Sep 2025 00:08:51 +0000</pubDate>
1848. <category><![CDATA[The 9pm Edict]]></category>
1849. <category><![CDATA[agenda 2030]]></category>
1850. <category><![CDATA[agenda 21]]></category>
1851. <category><![CDATA[ariel bogle]]></category>
1852. <category><![CDATA[cameron wilson]]></category>
1853. <category><![CDATA[conspiracy]]></category>
1854. <category><![CDATA[conspiracy nation]]></category>
1855. <category><![CDATA[great reset]]></category>
1856. <category><![CDATA[jfk]]></category>
1857. <category><![CDATA[mid2025]]></category>
1858. <category><![CDATA[pete evans]]></category>
1859. <category><![CDATA[pseudolaw]]></category>
1860. <category><![CDATA[qanon]]></category>
1861. <category><![CDATA[sovcit]]></category>
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1863.  
1864. <description><![CDATA[As you all know, I am a lizard, and through the power of 5G and the implants which have been secretly inserted into you via chemtrails and the covid vaccine, or possibly by a UFOnaut which was probing you, I can control your mind. Well, no. But conspiracy theories do exist, and a new book &#8230; <p class="link-more"><a href="https://stilgherrian.com/edict/00252/" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text"> "The 9pm Conspiracy Nation with Ariel Bogle and Cam Wilson"</span></a></p>]]></description>
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1867.  
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1870. <p><strong>As you all know, I am a lizard, and through the power of 5G and the implants which have been secretly inserted into you via chemtrails and the covid vaccine, or possibly by a UFOnaut which was probing you, I can control your mind.</strong></p>
1871.  
1872.  
1873.  
1874. <span id="more-38745"></span>
1875.  
1876.  
1877.  
1878. <p>Well, no. But conspiracy theories do exist, and a new book explores the Australian flavour of these beliefs. My guests are the authors of <em><a href="https://ultimopress.com.au/products/conspiracy-nation">Conspiracy Nation</a></em>, journalists Ariel Bogle and Cam Wilson, and the book is available from Ultimo Press and all the usual places one buys books.</p>
1879.  
1880.  
1881.  
1882. <p>In this episode we talk about why conspiracy beliefs are so appealing, the aftermath of the&nbsp;Wieambilla shootings, Agenda 21, Qanon, pseudolaw and sovereign citizens, the celebrity chef turned guru Pete Evans, and what to do if one of your friends starts heading down a rabbit-hole.</p>
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1889. <p><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong>This podcast is available on <a href="https://music.amazon.com.au/podcasts/a4549ab5-7361-4eed-ae84-5086bd98703e/The-9pm-Edict">Amazon Music</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/the-9pm-edict/id1506683812">Apple Podcasts</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://castbox.fm/channel/id2541000">Castbox</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.deezer.com/show/772822">Deezer</a>, <a href="https://podcasts.google.com/?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc3ByZWFrZXIuY29tL3Nob3cvMTUzMDA3OS9lcGlzb2Rlcy9mZWVk">Google Podcasts</a>, <a href="https://www.iheart.com/podcast/966-the-9pm-edict-58203054/">iHeartRadio</a>, <a href="https://www.jiosaavn.com/shows/The-9pm-Edict//1//fjq1r8u2mwU_">JioSaavn</a>, <a href="https://pca.st/YOs7">Pocket Casts</a>, <a href="https://podplayer.net/?podId=1708973">Podcast Addict</a>, <a href="https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/the-9pm-edict-981201">Podchaser</a>, <a href="spotify:show:5fUUfNSMoiqGflUTrr64vn">Spotify</a>, and <a href="https://www.spreaker.com/show/the9pmedict">Speaker</a>.</strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></p>
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1893. <p>You can also <a href="https://www.spreaker.com/show/1530079/episodes/feed">subscribe to the generic podcast feed</a>.</p>
1894.  
1895.  
1896.  
1897. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Episode Links</h4>
1898.  
1899.  
1900. <ul class="wppb-bookmarks"> <li class="wppb-bookmark">
1901. <div class="wppb-header"><a class="wppb-title" href="https://www.arielbogle.com/#edict00252">01. Ariel Bogle</a></div>
1902. <div class="wppb-description">I am an investigations reporter at Guardian Australia with a focus on technology, law and the internet.
1903. </div> </li>
1904. <li class="wppb-bookmark">
1905. <div class="wppb-header"><a class="wppb-title" href="https://cameronwilson.com.au/">02. cameronwilson – Cameron Wilson – Australian technology journalist</a></div>
1906. <div class="wppb-description">Hello, I’m an Australian tech reporter. I write the daily tech newsletter The Sizzle and report for Crikey.</div> </li>
1907. <li class="wppb-bookmark">
1908. <div class="wppb-header"><a class="wppb-title" href="https://ultimopress.com.au/products/conspiracy-nation">03. Conspiracy Nation – Ultimo Press</a></div>
1909. <div class="wppb-description">Through new investigations and first-hand accounts, Conspiracy Nation takes readers to the rallies, homes, courtrooms, secret chat rooms and $2000 Byron Bay luxury retreats where Australia’s conspiracy theories spread.
1910. </div> </li>
1911. <li class="wppb-bookmark">
1912. <div class="wppb-header"><a class="wppb-title" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pseudolaw">04. Pseudolaw - Wikipedia</a></div>
1913. <div class="wppb-description">Pseudolaw consists of statements, beliefs, or practices that are claimed to be based on accepted law or legal doctrine but have no actual basis in law and are generally rooted in conspiracy theories. Pseudolegal arguments deviate significantly from most conventional understandings of law and jurisprudence and often originate from non-existent statutes or legal principles the advocate or adherent incorrectly believes exist.</div> </li>
1914. <li class="wppb-bookmark">
1915. <div class="wppb-header"><a class="wppb-title" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wieambilla_shootings">05. Wieambilla shootings - Wikipedia</a></div>
1916. <div class="wppb-description">The Wieambilla shootings were a religiously motivated terrorist attack in Australia on 12 December 2022. It involved the killings of two Queensland Police constables, Matthew Arnold and Rachel McCrow, and civilian Alan Dare, at a rural property in Wieambilla, a locality in Queensland.</div> </li>
1917. <li class="wppb-bookmark">
1918. <div class="wppb-header"><a class="wppb-title" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manichaeism">06. Manichaeism - Wikipedia</a></div>
1919. <div class="wppb-description">Manichaeism (/ˌmænɪˈkiːɪzəm/; in Persian: آئین مانی Āʾīn-ī Mānī; Chinese: 摩尼教; pinyin: Móníjiào) is a former major world religion founded in the 3rd century CE by the Parthian prophet Mani (A.D. 216–274), in the Sasanian Empire.</div> </li>
1920. <li class="wppb-bookmark">
1921. <div class="wppb-header"><a class="wppb-title" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sustainable_Development_Goals">08. Sustainable Development Goals - Wikipedia</a></div>
1922. <div class="wppb-description">The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, adopted by all United Nations (UN) members in 2015, created 17 world Sustainable Development Goals (abbr. SDGs). The aim of these global goals is &quot;peace and prosperity for people and the planet&quot; – while tackling climate change and working to preserve oceans and forests.</div> </li>
1923. <li class="wppb-bookmark">
1924. <div class="wppb-header"><a class="wppb-title" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Reset">09. Great Reset - Wikipedia</a></div>
1925. <div class="wppb-description">The Great Reset Initiative is an economic recovery plan drawn up by the World Economic Forum (WEF) in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The project was launched in June 2020, and a video featuring the then-Prince of Wales, Charles, was released to mark its launch. The initiative&#039;s stated aim is to facilitate rebuilding from the global COVID-19 crisis in a way that prioritizes sustainable development.</div> </li>
1926. <li class="wppb-bookmark">
1927. <div class="wppb-header"><a class="wppb-title" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/15-minute_city">10. 15-minute city - Wikipedia</a></div>
1928. <div class="wppb-description">The 15-minute city (FMC or 15mC) is an urban planning concept in which most daily necessities and services, such as work, shopping, education, healthcare, and leisure can be easily reached by a 15-minute walk, bike ride, or public transit ride from any point in the city. This approach aims to reduce car dependency, promote healthy and sustainable living, and improve wellbeing and quality of life for city dwellers.</div> </li>
1929. <li class="wppb-bookmark">
1930. <div class="wppb-header"><a class="wppb-title" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QAnon">11. QAnon - Wikipedia</a></div>
1931. <div class="wppb-description">QAnon[a] (/ˈkjuːənɒn/ CUE-ə-non) is a far-right American political conspiracy theory and political movement that originated in 2017. QAnon centers on fabricated claims made by an anonymous individual or individuals known as &quot;Q&quot;.</div> </li>
1932. <li class="wppb-bookmark">
1933. <div class="wppb-header"><a class="wppb-title" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SudQ2EbyUaI">12. Talking About The SUN at a FLAT EARTH Conference - YouTube</a></div>
1934. <div class="wppb-description">[11 November 2023] From The Good Liars.</div> </li>
1935. <li class="wppb-bookmark">
1936. <div class="wppb-header"><a class="wppb-title" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_of_John_F._Kennedy">13. Assassination of John F. Kennedy - Wikipedia</a></div>
1937. <div class="wppb-description">John F. Kennedy, the 35th president of the United States, was assassinated while riding in a presidential motorcade through Dealey Plaza in Dallas, Texas, on November 22, 1963. Kennedy was in the vehicle with his wife Jacqueline, Texas governor John Connally, and Connally&#039;s wife Nellie, when he was fatally shot from the nearby Texas School Book Depository by Lee Harvey Oswald, a former U.S. Marine.</div> </li>
1938. <li class="wppb-bookmark">
1939. <div class="wppb-header"><a class="wppb-title" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Replacement_conspiracy_theory">14. Great Replacement conspiracy theory - Wikipedia</a></div>
1940. <div class="wppb-description">The Great Replacement (French: grand remplacement), also known as replacement theory or great replacement theory, is a debunked white nationalist far-right conspiracy theory originally espoused by French author Renaud Camus.</div> </li>
1941. <li class="wppb-bookmark">
1942. <div class="wppb-header"><a class="wppb-title" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete_Evans">15. Pete Evans - Wikipedia</a></div>
1943. <div class="wppb-description">Peter Daryl Evans (born 29 August 1973) is an Australian chef, and former television presenter, who was a judge of the competitive cooking show My Kitchen Rules. Evans has been heavily criticised for spreading misinformation about vaccinations, and pseudoscientific dieting ideas such as the Paleolithic diet. </div> </li>
1944. </ul>
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1952. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Thank you, Media Freedom Citizenry</h4>
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2043. <itunes:subtitle>Journalists Erin Cook and Cam Wilson with the cover of their book “Conspiracy Nation”. (Photos: Supplied; Digital composition by Stilgherrian.)    As you all know, I am a lizard, and through the power of 5G and the implants which have been secretly ins...</itunes:subtitle>
2044. <itunes:summary>Journalists Erin Cook and Cam Wilson with the cover of their book “Conspiracy Nation”. (Photos: Supplied; Digital composition by Stilgherrian.)&lt;br /&gt;
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2047. <br />
2048. As you all know, I am a lizard, and through the power of 5G and the implants which have been secretly inserted into you via chemtrails and the covid vaccine, or possibly by a UFOnaut which was probing you, I can control your mind.<br />
2049. <br />
2050. <br />
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2053. <br />
2054. <br />
2055. <br />
2056. Well, no. But conspiracy theories do exist, and a new book explores the Australian flavour of these beliefs. My guests are the authors of Conspiracy Nation, journalists Ariel Bogle and Cam Wilson, and the book is available from Ultimo Press and all the usual places one buys books.<br />
2057. <br />
2058. <br />
2059. <br />
2060. In this episode we talk about why conspiracy beliefs are so appealing, the aftermath of the Wieambilla shootings, Agenda 21, Qanon, pseudolaw and sovereign citizens, the celebrity chef turned guru Pete Evans, and what to do if one of your friends starts heading down a rabbit-hole.<br />
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2068. This podcast is available on Amazon Music, Apple Podcasts, Castbox, Deezer, Google Podcasts, iHeartRadio, JioSaavn, Pocket Casts, Podcast Addict, Podchaser, Spotify, and Speaker.<br />
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2072. You can also subscribe to the generic podcast feed.<br />
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2076. Episode Links<br />
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2081. 01. Ariel Bogle<br />
2082. I am an investigations reporter at Guardian Australia with a focus on technology, law and the internet.<br />
2083. <br />
2084. <br />
2085. 02. cameronwilson – Cameron Wilson – Australian technology journalist<br />
2086. Hello, I’m an Australian tech reporter. I write the daily tech newsletter The Sizzle and report for Crikey. <br />
2087. <br />
2088. 03. Conspiracy Nation – Ultimo Press<br />
2089. Through new investigations and first-hand accounts, Conspiracy Nation takes readers to the rallies, homes, courtrooms, secret chat rooms and $2000 Byron Bay luxury retreats where Australia’s conspiracy theories spread.<br />
2090. <br />
2091. <br />
2092. 04. Pseudolaw - Wikipedia<br />
2093. Pseudolaw consists of statements, beliefs, or practices that are claimed to be based on accepted law or legal doctrine but have no actual basis in law and are generally rooted in conspiracy theories. Pseudolegal arguments deviate significantly from most conventional understandings of law and jurisprudence and often originate from non-existent statutes or legal principles the advocate or adherent incorrectly believes exist. <br />
2094. <br />
2095. 05. Wieambilla shootings - Wikipedia<br />
2096. The Wieambilla shootings were a religiously motivated terrorist attack in Australia on 12 December 2022. It involved the killings of two Queensland Police constables, Matthew Arnold and Rachel McCrow, and civilian Alan Dare, at a rural property in Wieambilla, a locality in Queensland. <br />
2097. <br />
2098. 06. Manichaeism - Wikipedia<br />
2099. Manichaeism (/ˌmænɪˈkiːɪzəm/; in Persian: آئین مانی Āʾīn-ī Mānī; Chinese: 摩尼教; pinyin: Móníjiào) is a former major world religion founded in the 3rd century CE by the Parthian prophet Mani (A.D. 216–274), in the Sasanian Empire. <br />
2100. <br />
2101. 08. Sustainable Development Goals - Wikipedia<br />
2102. The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, adopted by all United Nations (UN) members in 2015, created 17 world Sustainable Development Goals (abbr. SDGs). The aim of these global goals is "peace and prosperity for people and the planet" – while tackling climate change and working to preserve oceans and forests. <br />
2103. <br />
2104. 09. Great Reset - Wikipedia<br />
2105. The Great Reset Initiative is an economic recovery plan drawn up by the World Economic Forum (WEF) in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The project was launched in June 2020, and a video featuring the then-Prince of Wales, Charles,</itunes:summary>
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2124. <description><![CDATA[My week of Monday 8 to Sunday 14 September 2025 started well but slipped into illness at the end — again! — although things then improved on the weekend. I had to bail from a conference on Thursday, and spend Friday very close to a bathroom at all time. We shall speak of this no &#8230; <p class="link-more"><a href="https://stilgherrian.com/weekly-wrap/798/" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text"> "Weekly Wrap 798: A third week disrupted by illness, but a different one, plus squabbling birds"</span></a></p>]]></description>
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2126. <p><strong>My week of Monday 8 to Sunday 14 September 2025 started well but slipped into illness at the end — again! — although things then improved on the weekend. I had to bail from a conference on Thursday, and spend Friday very close to a bathroom at all time. We shall speak of this no more.</strong></p>
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2134. <p>This means that the podcast post-production was pushed back <em>again</em>, but it also means that you&#8217;ll get three podcasts in the coming week. On a more uniformly positive note, I also settled into some restructured client work.</p>
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2138. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Please support The 9pm Spring Series 2025 crowdfunder</h4>
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2140.  
2141. <div class="wp-block-image">
2142. <figure class="alignright size-full"><a href="https://the9pmedict.com/spring2025"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="400" height="225" src="https://stilgherrian.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/pozible28-hero-01-400-title.jpeg" alt="Against a background of wattle flowers sits a giant microphone, a man with short hair, spectacles, and a very ordinary grey sweater — it's Stilgherrian! — and the words &quot;The 9pm Spring Series 2025&quot;." class="wp-image-38660" srcset="https://stilgherrian.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/pozible28-hero-01-400-title.jpeg 400w, https://stilgherrian.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/pozible28-hero-01-400-title-350x197.jpeg 350w, https://stilgherrian.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/pozible28-hero-01-400-title-75x42.jpeg 75w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px" /></a></figure></div>
2143.  
2144.  
2145. <p>This season&#8217;s crowdfunding campaign, <a href="https://the9pmedict.com/spring2025">The 9pm Spring Series 2025</a>, is under way.</p>
2146.  
2147.  
2148.  
2149. <p>Your contributions will support my podcasts <em><a href="https://the9pmedict.com/edict/">The 9pm Edict</a></em> and <em><a href="https://anotheruntitledmusicpodcast.com">Another Untitled Music Podcast</a></em> by providing me with an income to live on — especially important given these recent illnesses.</p>
2150.  
2151.  
2152.  
2153. <p>Depending on the level of your support, you can also buy TRIGGER WORDS or a CONVERSATION TOPIC to insert your brain into the <em>Edict</em>, Recommend a Song to Us or submit a We Will We Will Judge You playlist into <em>AUMP</em>, score yourself a custom audio or video message, or more.</p>
2154.  
2155.  
2156.  
2157. <p>At the time of posting we&#8217;re 46% of the way to Target One with a little over 10 days to go.</p>
2158.  
2159.  
2160.  
2161. <p><strong>You have until next Thursday 25 September to <a href="https://the9pmedict.com/spring2025">pledge your support</a>. Please consider.</strong></p>
2162.  
2163.  
2164.  
2165. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Articles</h4>
2166.  
2167.  
2168.  
2169. <p><a href="https://buttondown.com/stilgherrian/archive/">The Weekly Cybers</a> didn&#8217;t appear this week due to the above-mentioned illness, but you&#8217;re more than welcome to subscribe for FREE so you get the next one.</p>
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2188.  
2189.  
2190.  
2191. <p>You can read my&nbsp;<a href="https://authory.com/Stilgherrian">previous writing at Authory</a>, where you can also subscribe to an email compilation of any new stories each Sunday morning.</p>
2192.  
2193.  
2194.  
2195. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Corporate Largesse</h4>
2196.  
2197.  
2198.  
2199. <ul class="wp-block-list">
2200. <li>As a journalist I scored free attendance at the <a href="https://influencing.live">Influencing Live</a> conference on Thursday, although I had to leave at lunchtime because I fell ill. Which is a shame, because there were some great sessions.</li>
2201. </ul>
2202.  
2203.  
2204.  
2205. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Podcasts, Photos, Videos, Media Appearances</h4>
2206.  
2207.  
2208.  
2209. <p>None of these, although you&#8217;ll see below there&#8217;s plenty of podcasts coming up. You can subscribe to <a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/stilgherrian/">my YouTube channel</a> to be notified when new videos appear and when livestreams are scheduled.</p>
2210.  
2211.  
2212.  
2213. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Some Interesting Links</h4>
2214.  
2215.  
2216.  
2217. <ul class="wp-block-list">
2218. <li>The unblinking <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/pboyle.bsky.social">Patrick Boyle</a> is particularly snarky this week as he runs through a few <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i8X3m84Q6o4">recent investment scams</a>.</li>
2219.  
2220.  
2221.  
2222. <li>I stumbled across an excellent comedy duo, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@RealRealJapan">Real Real Japan</a>. Linguistics nerds will particularly like it.</li>
2223.  
2224.  
2225.  
2226. <li>Do you like birds? Here&#8217;s <a href="https://birdlife.org.au/news/birdwatching-from-home-5-best-live-streams/">a bunch of live bird video streams</a>.</li>
2227.  
2228.  
2229.  
2230. <li>Do you like cooking? Here&#8217;s the Wikipedia entry for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Futurist_cooking">futurist cooking</a>. As in the Italian Futurists. There&#8217;s quite a bit of bullshit here, in my view.</li>
2231. </ul>
2232.  
2233.  
2234.  
2235. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">The Week Ahead</h4>
2236.  
2237.  
2238.  
2239. <p>It&#8217;s a week for catching up on all the things, so wish me luck.</p>
2240.  
2241.  
2242.  
2243. <p>On Monday I&#8217;ll ease into the week with a little client database wrangling. At lunchtime I might try to catch the Lowy Institute panel discussion, <a href="https://events.lowyinstitute.org/indonesias-next-chapter-governance-leadership-and-reform/9535699">Indonesia’s next chapter: Governance, leadership and reform</a>, although I&#8217;ll probably leave it until later. This is why they&#8217;re recorded, after all.</p>
2244.  
2245.  
2246.  
2247. <p>Tuesday through Thursday sees a mix of podcast post-production and client work. There&#8217;s one episode each of <em>The 9pm Edict</em> and <em>Another Untitled Music Podcast</em> in post-production, and I&#8217;ll probably publish them in that order.</p>
2248.  
2249.  
2250.  
2251. <p>I return to the Blue Mountains on Thursday afternoon.</p>
2252.  
2253.  
2254.  
2255. <p>On Friday it&#8217;s <em>The Weekly Cybers</em> newsletter as usual, and then I&#8217;m recording a podcast with Scottish author and social researcher David F Porteous, who&#8217;s been <a href="https://the9pmedict.com/tag/david-f-porteous/">on the pod many times</a>. If you&#8217;re a supporter with a TRIGGER WORD or CONVERSATION TOPIC for this episode, please let me know by 4pm AEDT that day. The finished episode will be posted on Saturday evening.</p>
2256.  
2257.  
2258.  
2259. <p><strong><em>The 9pm Edict</em>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<em>Another Untitled Music Podcast</em>&nbsp;are supported by the generosity of their listeners. Please consider supporting <a href="https://the9pmedict.com/spring2025">this season&#8217;s crowdfunder</a>.</strong></p>
2260.  
2261.  
2262.  
2263. <p>If you miss the deadline of 25 September, or if you prefer not to use Pozible, you might still like to&nbsp;<a href="https://skank.com.au/tip/">throw a few coins into the tip jar</a>&nbsp;directly or&nbsp;<a href="https://skank.com.au/subscribe">subscribe for special benefits</a>. There&#8217;s also some <a href="https://anotheruntitledmusicpodcast.com/products/">specific benefits</a> for supporting <em>AUMP</em>.</p>
2264.  
2265.  
2266.  
2267. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Further Ahead</h4>
2268.  
2269.  
2270.  
2271. <ul class="wp-block-list">
2272. <li><a href="https://the9pmedict.com/spring2025">The 9pm Spring Series 2025</a> crowdfunder wrap-up, 25 September 2025, 9pm AEST.</li>
2273.  
2274.  
2275.  
2276. <li><s><a href="https://www.fairfieldcity.nsw.gov.au/Whats-on/Events-Workshops-and-Social-Calendar/Major-Events/Cabramatta-Moon-Festival">Cabramatta Moon Festival</a>, 28 September 2025 (TBC).</s> Nah, I&#8217;ll be too busy.</li>
2277.  
2278.  
2279.  
2280. <li>Housesitting in Sydney, 4–20 October 2025 or part thereof. This comes at a particularly convenient time, as I&#8217;ll need to be in Sydney all three of these weekends.</li>
2281.  
2282.  
2283.  
2284. <li><em>Another Untitled Music Podcast</em>&nbsp;recording, 6 October 2025.</li>
2285.  
2286.  
2287.  
2288. <li><em>The 9pm Edict</em> recording with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_Gorman">Dr Alice Gorman</a> and <a href="https://au.linkedin.com/in/ramimandow">Rami Mandow</a>, 15 October 2025. If you have a space-related TRIGGER WORD or CONVERSATION TOPIC for this episode, please get it to me by 11am AEDT that day.</li>
2289.  
2290.  
2291.  
2292. <li><a href="https://www.livenation.com.au/sam-campbell-tickets-adp1602998">Sam Campbell: Window Sucker</a>, Sydney, 31 October 2025.</li>
2293. </ul>
2294.  
2295.  
2296.  
2297. <p>[<strong>Photo:</strong> A <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brown_cuckoo-dove">brown cuckoo-dove</a> (<em>Macropygia phasianella</em>) and an <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_magpie">Australian magpie</a> (<em>Gymnorhina tibicen</em>) disagree over who will be sitting on the taller tree stump on 6 September 2025. The pigeon was the one who eventually backed down.]</p>
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2304. <title>Weekly Wrap 797: Spring takes me from lurgi to layoffs, with a mere glimpse of opium</title>
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2308. <pubDate>Sun, 07 Sep 2025 08:02:31 +0000</pubDate>
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2315.  
2316. <description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve finally rid myself of the dreaded lurgi, so my week of Monday 1 to Sunday 7 September 2025 actually saw some productivity. A podcast. A new crowdfunder. Planning. And, alas, some disappointing news. Still, the weather was nice. On Thursday I learned that long-running literary journal Meanjin, one of my clients, is being shut &#8230; <p class="link-more"><a href="https://stilgherrian.com/weekly-wrap/797/" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text"> "Weekly Wrap 797: Spring takes me from lurgi to layoffs, with a mere glimpse of opium"</span></a></p>]]></description>
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2318. <p><strong>I&#8217;ve finally rid myself of the dreaded lurgi, so my week of Monday 1 to Sunday 7 September 2025 actually saw some productivity. A podcast. A new crowdfunder. Planning. And, alas, some disappointing news. Still, the weather was nice.</strong></p>
2319.  
2320.  
2321.  
2322. <span id="more-38664"></span>
2323.  
2324.  
2325.  
2326. <p>On Thursday I learned that long-running literary journal <em><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meanjin">Meanjin</a></em>, one of my clients, is being <a href="https://archive.md/5DLob">shut down</a>, something which is being described as <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/sep/04/meanjin-close-melbourne-university-publishing">cultural vandalism</a> in some news stories. I don&#8217;t yet know what this means for me personally. I have a meeting scheduled on Monday.</p>
2327.  
2328.  
2329.  
2330. <p>However since my focus was the <a href="https://meanjin.com.au">website</a>. The final two editions are to be published later this month and in December, which means the website will still operating. so I&#8217;m hoping I may still have some work to do.</p>
2331.  
2332.  
2333.  
2334. <p>[<strong>Update 8 September 2025:</strong> Melbourne University Publishing has posted <a href="https://meanjin.com.au/frequently-asked-questions/"><em>Meanjin</em> FAQs</a> which explain the plan for subscriber refunds and such. I will be working on the data wrangling for all this, so it&#8217;s not appropriate for me to comment further.]</p>
2335.  
2336.  
2337.  
2338. <p>And as I&#8217;ve said, I was also hit by the dreaded lurgi, which for someone who already has limited working hours  was a significant problem.</p>
2339.  
2340.  
2341.  
2342. <p>All this means that I&#8217;m both looking for more work — journalism, editing, podcast production, website management and all the related things — and the new crowdfunder is of especial importance this season. As is <a href="https://stilgherrian.com/tip">the tip jar</a>.</p>
2343.  
2344.  
2345.  
2346. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Please support The 9pm Spring Series 2025 crowdfunder</h4>
2347.  
2348.  
2349. <div class="wp-block-image">
2350. <figure class="alignright size-full"><a href="https://the9pmedict.com/spring2025"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="400" height="225" src="https://stilgherrian.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/pozible28-hero-01-400-title.jpeg" alt="Against a background of wattle flowers sits a giant microphone, a man with short hair, spectacles, and a very ordinary grey sweater — it's Stilgherrian! — and the words &quot;The 9pm Spring Series 2025&quot;." class="wp-image-38660" srcset="https://stilgherrian.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/pozible28-hero-01-400-title.jpeg 400w, https://stilgherrian.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/pozible28-hero-01-400-title-350x197.jpeg 350w, https://stilgherrian.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/pozible28-hero-01-400-title-75x42.jpeg 75w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px" /></a></figure></div>
2351.  
2352.  
2353. <p>Yes, the world has started a new season, so on Tuesday evening I launched a new crowdfunding campaign, <a href="https://the9pmedict.com/spring2025">The 9pm Spring Series 2025</a>.</p>
2354.  
2355.  
2356.  
2357. <p>Your contributions will support my podcasts <em><a href="https://the9pmedict.com/edict/">The 9pm Edict</a></em> and <em><a href="https://anotheruntitledmusicpodcast.com">Another Untitled Music Podcast</a></em> by providing me with an income to live on.</p>
2358.  
2359.  
2360.  
2361. <p>Depending on the level of your support, you can also buy TRIGGER WORDS or a CONVERSATION TOPIC to insert your brain into the <em>Edict</em>, Recommend a Song to Us or submit a We Will We Will Judge You playlist into <em>AUMP</em>, score yourself a custom audio or video message, or more.</p>
2362.  
2363.  
2364.  
2365. <p>At the time of posting we&#8217;re 38% of the way to Target One.</p>
2366.  
2367.  
2368.  
2369. <p><strong>You have until Thursday 25 September to <a href="https://the9pmedict.com/spring2025">pledge your support</a>. Please consider.</strong></p>
2370.  
2371.  
2372.  
2373. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Podcasts</h4>
2374.  
2375.  
2376.  
2377. <ul class="wp-block-list">
2378. <li><a href="https://the9pmedict.com/edict/00251/">The 9pm Usual Chaos in Indonesia and Thailand with Erin Cook</a>, recorded and posted on Wednesday. Things are moving quickly, but this is still an adequate backgrounder. The main update is that <a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/9/5/thai-parliament-elects-anutin-charnvirakul-as-prime-minister-2">Thailand has chosen a new but interim prime minister</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anutin_Charnvirakul">Anutin Charnvirakul</a>, leader of the conservative Bhumjaithai party, with support from the People&#8217;s Party.</li>
2379. </ul>
2380.  
2381.  
2382.  
2383. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Articles</h4>
2384.  
2385.  
2386.  
2387. <ul class="wp-block-list">
2388. <li><a href="https://buttondown.com/stilgherrian/archive/the-weekly-cybers-84/">The Weekly Cybers #84</a>. The social media age assurance tech trial delivered mixed results at best, robodebt victims to get another $475 million compensation, FoI restrictions to be tightened, and much more.</li>
2389. </ul>
2390.  
2391.  
2392.  
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2401.  <input type="email" name="email" id="bd-email" placeholder="you@example.com"/>
2402.  
2403.  <input type="submit" value="Subscribe" />
2404.  <p>
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2408.  
2409.  
2410.  
2411. <p>You can read my&nbsp;<a href="https://authory.com/Stilgherrian">previous writing at Authory</a>, where you can also subscribe to an email compilation of any new stories each Sunday morning.</p>
2412.  
2413.  
2414.  
2415. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Media Appearances</h4>
2416.  
2417.  
2418.  
2419. <ul class="wp-block-list">
2420. <li>For reasons which I won&#8217;t go into here, on this week&#8217;s <em>Rural Concerns</em> podcast, <a href="https://ruralconcerns.podbean.com/e/underpants-uniforms-a-pack-of-dogs/">Underpants, uniforms &amp; a pack of dogs</a>, there was a brief discussion of whether I&#8217;m an <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orc">Orc</a>. No, really. Also, I am not an Orc.</li>
2421. </ul>
2422.  
2423.  
2424.  
2425. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Photos, Videos, Corporate Largesse</h4>
2426.  
2427.  
2428.  
2429. <p>None of these. You can subscribe to <a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/stilgherrian/">my YouTube channel</a> to be notified when new videos appear and when livestreams are scheduled.</p>
2430.  
2431.  
2432.  
2433. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Some Interesting Links</h4>
2434.  
2435.  
2436.  
2437. <ul class="wp-block-list">
2438. <li><a href="https://www.modernrelics.email/carlo-acutis-is-finally-a-saint/">Carlo Acutis is our first millennial saint</a>.</li>
2439.  
2440.  
2441.  
2442. <li>It is my sad duty to inform you that <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maru_(cat)">Maru the cat</a> has passed away, age 18, after developing lung adenocarcinoma. Here is his <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jgeZFivUeGg">18th birthday commemoration video</a>.</li>
2443.  
2444.  
2445.  
2446. <li>I ended up posting a thread about <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/stilgherrian.com/post/3ly7n7sggq32g">US propaganda posters</a>. Do explore all the sub-threads.</li>
2447.  
2448.  
2449.  
2450. <li>Former RAF V-force pilot Peter Merifield shares his experiences <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=37CHfzxriBY">flying the Vulcan bomber</a> during the Cold War.</li>
2451.  
2452.  
2453.  
2454. <li>Alasdair Beckett-King presents <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=23SKNZEUQuk">Every 80s Movie</a>.</li>
2455.  
2456.  
2457.  
2458. <li>And there&#8217;s a new Ze Frank video, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8QE78laH4sw">True Facts: Bats, The Science of The Hunt</a>.</li>
2459. </ul>
2460.  
2461.  
2462.  
2463. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">The Week Ahead</h4>
2464.  
2465.  
2466.  
2467. <p>Once some other work is out of the way, mid-week I&#8217;ll <em>finally</em> edit and post the podcast I recorded with Ariel Bogle and Cam Wilson, authors of&nbsp;<em><a href="https://ultimopress.com.au/products/conspiracy-nation">Conspiracy Nation</a></em>. The conversation has been <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/porepunkah-shooting">slightly overtaken by events</a>, but we do cover a lot of ground.</p>
2468.  
2469.  
2470.  
2471. <p>On Wednesday afternoon I&#8217;ll be heading to Sydney where I&#8217;ll be catsitting through until the middle of the following week. This would be the perfect time for Sydney people to take me out for drinks or dinner.</p>
2472.  
2473.  
2474.  
2475. <p><strong><mark style="background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)" class="has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color">NEW:</mark></strong> I&#8217;ll be spending Thursday at the <a href="https://influencing.live">Influencing Live</a> media relations conference in Sydney. If nothing else, this may be a handy networking opportunity.</p>
2476.  
2477.  
2478.  
2479. <p>On Friday it&#8217;s <em>The Weekly Cybers</em> newsletter as usual.</p>
2480.  
2481.  
2482.  
2483. <p>On Sunday afternoon Snarky Platypus and I will be recording a new episode of <em>Another Untitled Music Podcast</em>. The theme is &#8220;The Cover is Better&#8221;, which might be an excellent opportunity to <a href="https://anotheruntitledmusicpodcast.com/products/">Recommend a Song to Us</a>. If you&#8217;re quick. The finished episode will be posted the following week.</p>
2484.  
2485.  
2486.  
2487. <p><strong><em>The 9pm Edict</em>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<em>Another Untitled Music Podcast</em>&nbsp;are supported by the generosity of their listeners. Please consider supporting <a href="https://the9pmedict.com/spring2025">this season&#8217;s crowdfunder</a>.</strong></p>
2488.  
2489.  
2490.  
2491. <p>If you miss the deadline of 25 September, or if you prefer not to use Pozible, you might still like to&nbsp;<a href="https://skank.com.au/tip/">throw a few coins into the tip jar</a>&nbsp;directly or&nbsp;<a href="https://skank.com.au/subscribe">subscribe for special benefits</a>. There&#8217;s also some <a href="https://anotheruntitledmusicpodcast.com/products/">specific benefits</a> for supporting <em>AUMP</em>.</p>
2492.  
2493.  
2494.  
2495. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Further Ahead</h4>
2496.  
2497.  
2498.  
2499. <p>I&#8217;ve finally started to add some new items to the schedule, and there&#8217;s more to come.</p>
2500.  
2501.  
2502.  
2503. <ul class="wp-block-list">
2504. <li><strong><mark style="background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)" class="has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color">NEW:</mark></strong> <em>The 9pm Edict</em> recording with Scottish author and social researcher David F Porteous, who&#8217;s been <a href="https://the9pmedict.com/tag/david-f-porteous/">on the pod many times</a>. If you&#8217;re a supporter with a TRIGGER WORD or CONVERSATION TOPIC for this episode, please let me know by 4pm AEDT that day.</li>
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2508. <li><strong><mark style="background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)" class="has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color">NEW:</mark></strong> <a href="https://the9pmedict.com/spring2025">The 9pm Spring Series 2025</a> crowdfunder wrap-up, 25 September 2025, 9pm AEST.</li>
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2512. <li><strong><mark style="background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)" class="has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color">NEW:</mark></strong> <a href="https://www.fairfieldcity.nsw.gov.au/Whats-on/Events-Workshops-and-Social-Calendar/Major-Events/Cabramatta-Moon-Festival">Cabramatta Moon Festival</a>, 28 September 2025 (TBC).</li>
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2516. <li><strong><mark style="background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)" class="has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color">NEW:</mark></strong> More housesitting in Sydney, 4–20 October 2025 or part thereof (TBC, or at least the specific dates are).</li>
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2520. <li><strong><mark style="background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)" class="has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color">NEW:</mark></strong>&nbsp;<em>Another Untitled Music Podcast</em>&nbsp;recording, 6 October 2025.</li>
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2524. <li><strong><mark style="background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)" class="has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color">NEW:</mark></strong> <em>The 9pm Edict</em> recording with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_Gorman">Dr Alice Gorman</a> and <a href="https://au.linkedin.com/in/ramimandow">Rami Mandow</a>, 15 October 2025. If you have a space-related TRIGGER WORD or CONVERSATION TOPIC for this episode, please get it to me by 11am AEDT that day.</li>
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2528. <li><a href="https://www.livenation.com.au/sam-campbell-tickets-adp1602998">Sam Campbell: Window Sucker</a>, Sydney, 31 October 2025.</li>
2529. </ul>
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2532.  
2533. <p>[<strong>Photo:</strong> For a change of pace, here&#8217;s some vintage medicines. Greenwell &amp; Thomas Pharmacy in Katoomba has a wonderful collection of old pharmaceuticals and medical instruments on display, including these, so it&#8217;s worth making an excuse to pop in. Photo taken on 6 September 2025.]</p>
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2558. <description><![CDATA[There&#8217;s been riots in Indonesia with at least nine people killed. And there’s political chaos in Thailand as the prime minister is sacked and 15 political parties scramble to form coalitions so they can choose a new PM. So who better to talk to than journalist Erin Cook, who specialises in South-East Asia? Erin produces &#8230; <p class="link-more"><a href="https://stilgherrian.com/edict/00251/" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text"> "The 9pm Usual Chaos in Indonesia and Thailand with Erin Cook"</span></a></p>]]></description>
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2560. <figure class="wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="1200" height="675" src="https://stilgherrian.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/erin-cook-1200.jpeg" alt="A white woman with her long brown hair tied back wears a yellow and black top, sunglasses, and a smile like the Mona Lisa. Behind her stretches out a view of a tropical landscape and, eventually, the ocean. It?s Erin Cook!" class="wp-image-36636" style="aspect-ratio:16/9;object-fit:cover" srcset="https://stilgherrian.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/erin-cook-1200.jpeg 1200w, https://stilgherrian.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/erin-cook-1200-350x197.jpeg 350w, https://stilgherrian.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/erin-cook-1200-600x338.jpeg 600w, https://stilgherrian.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/erin-cook-1200-75x42.jpeg 75w, https://stilgherrian.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/erin-cook-1200-768x432.jpeg 768w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption"><em>Journalist Erin Cook towers above South-East Asia. (Photo: Supplied)</em></figcaption></figure>
2561.  
2562.  
2563.  
2564. <p><strong>There&#8217;s been riots in Indonesia with at least nine people killed. And there’s political chaos in Thailand as the prime minister is sacked and 15 political parties scramble to form coalitions so they can choose a new PM. So who better to talk to than journalist Erin Cook, who specialises in South-East Asia?</strong></p>
2565.  
2566.  
2567.  
2568. <span id="more-38675"></span>
2569.  
2570.  
2571.  
2572. <p>Erin produces the excellent newsletter <em><a href="https://darimulut.beehiiv.com">Dari Mulut ke Mulut</a></em>, an English-language summary of what&#8217;s happening in the region, and an occasional newsletter specifically on the Australia-Indonesia relationship, <em><a href="https://flatkopi.substack.com">Flat White, Kopi Susu</a></em>.</p>
2573.  
2574.  
2575.  
2576. <p>In this episode we talk about those riots in Indonesia, what they&#8217;re about, why they kicked off so quickly, and why they probably won&#8217;t be as severe as those in 1998. We also try to understand the political chaos in Thailand. And we take a brief look at something happening in China.</p>
2577.  
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2580.  
2581.  
2582.  
2583. <p><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong>This podcast is available on <a href="https://music.amazon.com.au/podcasts/a4549ab5-7361-4eed-ae84-5086bd98703e/The-9pm-Edict">Amazon Music</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/the-9pm-edict/id1506683812">Apple Podcasts</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://castbox.fm/channel/id2541000">Castbox</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.deezer.com/show/772822">Deezer</a>, <a href="https://podcasts.google.com/?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc3ByZWFrZXIuY29tL3Nob3cvMTUzMDA3OS9lcGlzb2Rlcy9mZWVk">Google Podcasts</a>, <a href="https://www.iheart.com/podcast/966-the-9pm-edict-58203054/">iHeartRadio</a>, <a href="https://www.jiosaavn.com/shows/The-9pm-Edict//1//fjq1r8u2mwU_">JioSaavn</a>, <a href="https://pca.st/YOs7">Pocket Casts</a>, <a href="https://podplayer.net/?podId=1708973">Podcast Addict</a>, <a href="https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/the-9pm-edict-981201">Podchaser</a>, <a href="spotify:show:5fUUfNSMoiqGflUTrr64vn">Spotify</a>, and <a href="https://www.spreaker.com/show/the9pmedict">Speaker</a>.</strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></p>
2584.  
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2586.  
2587. <p>You can also <a href="https://www.spreaker.com/show/1530079/episodes/feed">subscribe to the generic podcast feed</a>.</p>
2588.  
2589.  
2590.  
2591. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Episode Links</h4>
2592.  
2593.  
2594. <ul class="wppb-bookmarks"> <li class="wppb-bookmark">
2595. <div class="wppb-header"><a class="wppb-title" href="https://bsky.app/profile/erincook.bsky.social">01. Erin Cook (@erincook.bsky.social) — Bluesky</a></div>
2596. <div class="wppb-description">Following Southeast Asia and Timor-Leste, mostly elections, FP and Instagram posts. Don&#039;t complain to me that I don&#039;t cover business enough, I do not know of such things.</div> </li>
2597. <li class="wppb-bookmark">
2598. <div class="wppb-header"><a class="wppb-title" href="https://darimulut.beehiiv.com">02. Dari Mulut ke Mulut</a></div>
2599. <div class="wppb-description">Erin Cook&#039;s newsletter covering South-East Asia, but in June 2025 it&#039;s moving to Substack.</div> </li>
2600. <li class="wppb-bookmark">
2601. <div class="wppb-header"><a class="wppb-title" href="https://darimulut.substack.com/">02A. Dari Mulut ke Mulut | Erin Cook | Substack</a></div>
2602. <div class="wppb-description">Erin Cook&#039;s newsletter covering South-East Asia, this being its new home from June 2025.</div> </li>
2603. <li class="wppb-bookmark">
2604. <div class="wppb-header"><a class="wppb-title" href="https://flatkopi.substack.com/">03. Flat White, Kopi Susu | Erin Cook | Substack</a></div>
2605. <div class="wppb-description">Erin Cook&#039;s other newsletter, specifically about the Australia-Indonesia relationship.</div> </li>
2606. <li class="wppb-bookmark">
2607. <div class="wppb-header"><a class="wppb-title" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prabowo_Subianto">04. Prabowo Subianto - Wikipedia</a></div>
2608. <div class="wppb-description">Prabowo Subianto Djojohadikusumo (EYD: Prabowo Subianto Joyohadikusumo, born 17 October 1951) is an Indonesian politician, businessman and retired honorary army general who is the president-elect of Indonesia and current Minister of Defense. Prabowo will be Indonesia&#039;s third president who had military background after Suharto and Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY). In 1998, he was discharged from the military and subsequently banned from entering the United States for allegedly committing human rights abuses.</div> </li>
2609. <li class="wppb-bookmark">
2610. <div class="wppb-header"><a class="wppb-title" href="https://darimulut.substack.com/p/indonesia-shakes-as-protests-turn">05. <img src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/16.0.1/72x72/1f1ee-1f1e9.png" alt="🇮🇩" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" /> Indonesia shakes as protests turn to police violence and death }| Dari Mulut ke Mulut</a></div>
2611. <div class="wppb-description">[30 August 2025] There&#039;s no coming back from this one</div> </li>
2612. <li class="wppb-bookmark">
2613. <div class="wppb-header"><a class="wppb-title" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_2025_Indonesian_protests">05A. August 2025 Indonesian protests - Wikipedia</a></div>
2614. <div class="wppb-description">On 25 August 2025, protests began in Indonesia as part of a larger civil unrest that began in early 2025 over economic frustrations and a proposed hike in housing subsidies for members of parliament. The protests, which were largely concentrated around the capital Jakarta, grew in intensity and spread nationwide following the killing of Affan Kurniawan, a motorcycle taxi driver who was run over by a Brimob police tactical vehicle on 28 August during a larger violent and excessive crackdown on civil dissent.</div> </li>
2615. <li class="wppb-bookmark">
2616. <div class="wppb-header"><a class="wppb-title" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_1998_riots_of_Indonesia">06. May 1998 riots of Indonesia - Wikipedia</a></div>
2617. <div class="wppb-description">The May 1998 Indonesia riots (Indonesian: Kerusuhan Mei 1998), also known colloquially as the 1998 tragedy (Tragedi 1998) or simply the 98 event (Peristiwa 98), were incidents of mass violence, revolutionary protests, and civil unrest in Indonesia in May 1998, many of which were targeted at Indonesia&#039;s ethnic Chinese population. The events were mainly in the cities of Medan, Jakarta and Surakarta, with small incidents in other regions of the country.</div> </li>
2618. <li class="wppb-bookmark">
2619. <div class="wppb-header"><a class="wppb-title" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QSHmYZOf52c">07. Indonesia deploys armed forces to disperse widespread antigovernment protests - YouTube</a></div>
2620. <div class="wppb-description">[2 September 2025] Protests in Indonesia against alleged government corruption and police brutality are ongoing. The military has been deployed to break up demonstrations. Protesters are angry about wage inequality and the benefits granted to members of parliament</div> </li>
2621. <li class="wppb-bookmark">
2622. <div class="wppb-header"><a class="wppb-title" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Zu7116NQr8">08. Family mourns delivery rider killed in Jakarta protests - YouTube</a></div>
2623. <div class="wppb-description">[29 August 2025] Hundreds of Indonesian motorcycle ride-sharing riders gathered at a cemetery in Jakarta on Friday (Aug 29) for the funeral of a delivery rider who was killed by a police vehicle a day earlier during clashes between protesters and the police. The 21-year-old rider, Affan Kurniawan, was hit during the incident near the parliament on Thursday as police were trying to disperse demonstrators protesting against several issues, including lawmakers’ pay and education funding.</div> </li>
2624. <li class="wppb-bookmark">
2625. <div class="wppb-header"><a class="wppb-title" href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/oct/02/indonesia-football-fans-killed-east-java-arema-malang">09. 125 dead after crowd crush at Indonesian football match | Indonesia | The Guardian</a></div>
2626. <div class="wppb-description">[2 October 2022] Police and match organisers under scrutiny after officers fired teargas in response to rioting fans.</div> </li>
2627. <li class="wppb-bookmark">
2628. <div class="wppb-header"><a class="wppb-title" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QpZ_kC-SJN8">10. Protests shrink in Jakarta amid some concessions, increased security presence - Al Jazeera - YouTube</a></div>
2629. <div class="wppb-description">[2 September 2025] Protests in Jakarta are taking a step back with lower numbers of demonstrators, as well as the government announcing concessions on some of its policies that sparked unrest against inequality and corruption in Jakarta. But this comes after soldiers joined police in the effort to maintain order.</div> </li>
2630. <li class="wppb-bookmark">
2631. <div class="wppb-header"><a class="wppb-title" href="https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Zna-4medhk8">11. Protesters raid Indonesian MP Ahmad Sahroni’s house, looting luxury items - YouTube</a></div>
2632. <div class="wppb-description">[1 September 2025] An Iron Man figurine, luxury watches and designer bags were among items looted from Indonesian politician Ahmad Sahroni’s home by protestors enraged by his dismissive comments about those who called for the dissolution of parliament. Protests were sparked by the announcement of a new allowance package for lawmakers in Indonesia, which resulted in demonstrations across the country since Aug 25.</div> </li>
2633. <li class="wppb-bookmark">
2634. <div class="wppb-header"><a class="wppb-title" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glodok">12. Glodok - Wikipedia</a></div>
2635. <div class="wppb-description">Glodok (Chinese: 裹踱刻; pinyin: guǒ duó kè) is an urban village of Taman Sari, West Jakarta, Indonesia. The area is also known as Pecinan or Chinatown since the Dutch colonial era, and is considered the biggest in Indonesia. Majority of the traders and residents of Glodok are Chinese descent.</div> </li>
2636. <li class="wppb-bookmark">
2637. <div class="wppb-header"><a class="wppb-title" href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/9/2/indonesias-president-to-go-ahead-with-china-trip-despite-protests">13. Indonesia’s president to go ahead with China trip despite protests | Protests News | Al Jazeera</a></div>
2638. <div class="wppb-description">[2 September 2025] President Prabowo Subianto will join international leaders to attend the Victory Day parade in Beijing after initiating canceling his trip.</div> </li>
2639. <li class="wppb-bookmark">
2640. <div class="wppb-header"><a class="wppb-title" href="https://news.cgtn.com/news/2025-08-12/China-s-vital-role-as-main-Eastern-theater-of-World-War-II-1FLPfom6WYw/p.html">14. China&#039;s vital role as main Eastern theater of World War II - CGTN</a></div>
2641. <div class="wppb-description">[26 August 2025] As 2025 marks the 80th anniversary of the victory in the Chinese People&#039;s War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War, CGTN presents &quot;Forging a Peaceful Future,&quot; a special series of in-depth news analyses. These stories delve into the history, explore the post-war world order, and highlight how China&#039;s past has shaped its sustained contributions to global peace today.</div> </li>
2642. <li class="wppb-bookmark">
2643. <div class="wppb-header"><a class="wppb-title" href="https://www.bbc.com/news/live/c5yl1e5gvznt">15. China unveils new weapons in massive parade attended by Putin and Kim Jong Un - BBC News</a></div>
2644. <div class="wppb-description">[3 September 2025] Laser weapons, nuclear ballistic missiles and giant underwater drones were among the new weapons China unveiled at a massive military parade.</div> </li>
2645. <li class="wppb-bookmark">
2646. <div class="wppb-header"><a class="wppb-title" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ZmNLKlkUxQ">16. Nobody Enjoyed Trump&#039;s Stupid Parade | Drunk On Fox | No Kings: The Biggest Protest In U.S. History - YouTube</a></div>
2647. <div class="wppb-description">[17 June 2025] President Trump&#039;s birthday parade featured low turnout and squeaky tanks, the champagne was flowing over at Fox News, and over five million Americans hit the streets to protest against the president&#039;s despotic behavior. </div> </li>
2648. <li class="wppb-bookmark">
2649. <div class="wppb-header"><a class="wppb-title" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9c9pz9bQ6Ms">17. Thailand PM removed, Shinawatra guilty - YouTube</a></div>
2650. <div class="wppb-description">[30 August 2025] Thailand’s Constitutional Court has removed Prime Minister Paetongtharn Shinawatra from office, ruling that she violated the constitution. The case stems from a leaked phone conversation suggesting she was too conciliatory toward former Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen. </div> </li>
2651. <li class="wppb-bookmark">
2652. <div class="wppb-header"><a class="wppb-title" href="https://www.coffeeparliament.com/p/paetongtarn-shinawatra-is-out-who?publication_id=3953208&#038;post_id=172166230&#038;isFreemail=true&#038;r=mhkf&#038;triedRedirect=true">18. Paetongtarn Shinawatra is Out. Who Will Succeed Her? | The Coffee Parliament</a></div>
2653. <div class="wppb-description">[29 August 2025] The Constitutional Court has ruled that Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra violated ethical standards in her leaked voice call with Cambodia’s de facto leader Hun Sen, and is to be removed from office as a result.</div> </li>
2654. <li class="wppb-bookmark">
2655. <div class="wppb-header"><a class="wppb-title" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_political_parties_in_Thailand">19. List of political parties in Thailand - Wikipedia</a></div>
2656. <div class="wppb-description">This list of political parties in Thailand names current and disbanded Thai political parties.</div> </li>
2657. <li class="wppb-bookmark">
2658. <div class="wppb-header"><a class="wppb-title" href="https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/politics/3097517/peoples-party-needs-another-day-for-pm-decision">20. Bangkok Post - People’s Party needs another day for PM decision</a></div>
2659. <div class="wppb-description">[2 September 2025] Opposition party denies Bhumjaithai rumour, challenges Pheu Thai to dissolve the House.</div> </li>
2660. <li class="wppb-bookmark">
2661. <div class="wppb-header"><a class="wppb-title" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014_Thai_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat">21. 2014 Thai coup d&#039;état - Wikipedia</a></div>
2662. <div class="wppb-description">On 22 May 2014, the Royal Thai Armed Forces, led by General Prayut Chan-o-cha, the commander-in-chief of the Royal Thai Army, launched a coup d&#039;état, the twelfth since the country&#039;s first coup in 1932, against the caretaker government following six months of political crisis.</div> </li>
2663. <li class="wppb-bookmark">
2664. <div class="wppb-header"><a class="wppb-title" href="https://www.coffeeparliament.com/p/government-formation-update-a-day?publication_id=3953208&#038;post_id=172556076&#038;isFreemail=true&#038;r=mhkf&#038;triedRedirect=true">22. Government Formation Update: A Day of Twists | The Coffee Parliament</a></div>
2665. <div class="wppb-description">[2 September 2025] Political maneuvering continues.</div> </li>
2666. </ul>
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2670. <p>If the links aren&#8217;t showing up, <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:stilgherrian/t:edict00251">try here</a>.</p>
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2674. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Thank you, Media Freedom Citizenry</h4>
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2701. <p>For this episode it&#8217;s thanks to Jodie Miners and Paris Lord who renewed their Edict 01 Flat White Annual subscriptions, Joop Dewit who renewed his Edict 02A Premium Pint Annual subscription, and another supporter who chooses to remain anonymous. </p>
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2703.  
2704.  
2705. <p>And it&#8217;s thanks again to everyone who supported <a href="https://the9pmedict.com/mid2025">The 9pm Mid-2025 Series</a> crowdfunding campaign.</p>
2706.  
2707.  
2708.  
2709. <p>CONVERSATION TOPICS: Joanna Forbes, Peter Viertel, and one person who chooses to remain anonymous.</p>
2710.  
2711.  
2712.  
2713. <p>THREE TRIGGER WORDS: Bernard Walsh, Paul Williams, and Peter Lieverdink.</p>
2714.  
2715.  
2716.  
2717. <p>WE WILL, WE WILL JUDGE YOU, part of <em>Another Untitled Music Podcast</em>: Bic Smith, Gavin Costello, stabfish, and one person who chooses to remain anonymous.</p>
2718.  
2719.  
2720.  
2721. <p>ONE TRIGGER WORD: Andrew Best, Ashley Walsh, Bic Smith, David Porteous, Frank Filippone, Jamie Morrison, Jim Campbell, Kym Yeap, Mark Newton, Michael, Mindy Johnson, Miriam Faye, Nicole Coombe, Oliver Townshend, Peter Blakeley, Peter McCrudden, Peter Wickins, Ric Hayman, Stephen Collins, Tom Carding, and one person who chooses to remain anonymous.</p>
2722.  
2723.  
2724.  
2725. <p>PERSONALISED VIDEO MESSAGE: Briala Bowmer.</p>
2726.  
2727.  
2728.  
2729. <p>PERSONALISED AUDIO MESSAGE: Kimberley Heitman, KO Hall, and Matt Arkell.</p>
2730.  
2731.  
2732.  
2733. <p>FOOT SOLDIERS FOR MEDIA FREEDOM who gave a SLIGHTLY LESS BASIC TIP: Andrew B, Craig Askings, Errol Cavit, James Henstridge, Lindsay, Lucas James, Peter Blakeley, and one person who chooses to remain anonymous.</p>
2734.  
2735.  
2736.  
2737. <p>MEDIA FREEDOM CITIZENS who contributed a BASIC TIP: None this time, which is curious.</p>
2738.  
2739.  
2740.  
2741. <p>And another seven people who chose to have no reward at all, even though some of them were the most generous of all. Thank you all so much. You know who you are.</p>
2742.  
2743.  
2744.  
2745. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Series Credits</h4>
2746.  
2747.  
2748.  
2749. <ul class="wp-block-list">
2750. <li><a href="http://www.freesound.org/packsViewSingle.php?id=3935">The 9pm Edict theme by mansardian</a> via <a href="http://www.freesound.org/">The Freesound Project</a>.</li>
2751.  
2752.  
2753.  
2754. <li><a href="http://www.freesound.org/samplesViewSingle.php?id=49477">Edict fanfare by neonaeon</a>, via <a href="http://www.freesound.org/">The Freesound Project</a>.</li>
2755.  
2756.  
2757.  
2758. <li>Elephant Stamp theme by <a href="http://twitter.com/vealmince">Joshua Mehlman</a>.</li>
2759. </ul>
2760.  
2761.  
2762.  
2763. <p></p>
2764. ]]></content:encoded>
2767. <enclosure url="https://api.spreaker.com/v2/episodes/67610702/download.mp3" length="46174989" type="audio/mpeg" />
2768.  
2769. <itunes:subtitle>Journalist Erin Cook towers above South-East Asia. (Photo: Supplied)    There&#039;s been riots in Indonesia with at least nine people killed. And there’s political chaos in Thailand as the prime minister is sacked and 15 political parties scramble to form ...</itunes:subtitle>
2770. <itunes:summary>Journalist Erin Cook towers above South-East Asia. (Photo: Supplied)&lt;br /&gt;
2771. <br />
2772. <br />
2773. <br />
2774. There's been riots in Indonesia with at least nine people killed. And there’s political chaos in Thailand as the prime minister is sacked and 15 political parties scramble to form coalitions so they can choose a new PM. So who better to talk to than journalist Erin Cook, who specialises in South-East Asia?<br />
2775. <br />
2776. <br />
2777. <br />
2778. <br />
2779. <br />
2780. <br />
2781. <br />
2782. Erin produces the excellent newsletter Dari Mulut ke Mulut, an English-language summary of what's happening in the region, and an occasional newsletter specifically on the Australia-Indonesia relationship, Flat White, Kopi Susu.<br />
2783. <br />
2784. <br />
2785. <br />
2786. In this episode we talk about those riots in Indonesia, what they're about, why they kicked off so quickly, and why they probably won't be as severe as those in 1998. We also try to understand the political chaos in Thailand. And we take a brief look at something happening in China.<br />
2787. <br />
2788. <br />
2789. <br />
2790. <br />
2791. <br />
2792. <br />
2793. <br />
2794. This podcast is available on Amazon Music, Apple Podcasts, Castbox, Deezer, Google Podcasts, iHeartRadio, JioSaavn, Pocket Casts, Podcast Addict, Podchaser, Spotify, and Speaker.<br />
2795. <br />
2796. <br />
2797. <br />
2798. You can also subscribe to the generic podcast feed.<br />
2799. <br />
2800. <br />
2801. <br />
2802. Episode Links<br />
2803. <br />
2804. <br />
2805. <br />
2806. <br />
2807. 01. Erin Cook (@erincook.bsky.social) — Bluesky<br />
2808. Following Southeast Asia and Timor-Leste, mostly elections, FP and Instagram posts. Don't complain to me that I don't cover business enough, I do not know of such things. <br />
2809. <br />
2810. 02. Dari Mulut ke Mulut<br />
2811. Erin Cook's newsletter covering South-East Asia, but in June 2025 it's moving to Substack. <br />
2812. <br />
2813. 02A. Dari Mulut ke Mulut | Erin Cook | Substack<br />
2814. Erin Cook's newsletter covering South-East Asia, this being its new home from June 2025. <br />
2815. <br />
2816. 03. Flat White, Kopi Susu | Erin Cook | Substack<br />
2817. Erin Cook's other newsletter, specifically about the Australia-Indonesia relationship. <br />
2818. <br />
2819. 04. Prabowo Subianto - Wikipedia<br />
2820. Prabowo Subianto Djojohadikusumo (EYD: Prabowo Subianto Joyohadikusumo, born 17 October 1951) is an Indonesian politician, businessman and retired honorary army general who is the president-elect of Indonesia and current Minister of Defense. Prabowo will be Indonesia's third president who had military background after Suharto and Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY). In 1998, he was discharged from the military and subsequently banned from entering the United States for allegedly committing human rights abuses. <br />
2821. <br />
2822. 05. 🇮🇩 Indonesia shakes as protests turn to police violence and death }| Dari Mulut ke Mulut<br />
2823. [30 August 2025] There's no coming back from this one <br />
2824. <br />
2825. 05A. August 2025 Indonesian protests - Wikipedia<br />
2826. On 25 August 2025, protests began in Indonesia as part of a larger civil unrest that began in early 2025 over economic frustrations and a proposed hike in housing subsidies for members of parliament. The protests, which were largely concentrated around the capital Jakarta, grew in intensity and spread nationwide following the killing of Affan Kurniawan, a motorcycle taxi driver who was run over by a Brimob police tactical vehicle on 28 August during a larger violent and excessive crackdown on civil dissent. <br />
2827. <br />
2828. 06. May 1998 riots of Indonesia - Wikipedia<br />
2829. The May 1998 Indonesia riots (Indonesian: Kerusuhan Mei 1998), also known colloquially as the 1998 tragedy (Tragedi 1998) or simply the 98 event (Peristiwa 98), were incidents of mass violence, revolutionary protests, and civil unrest in Indonesia in May 1998, many of which were targeted at Indonesia&#039;s ethnic Chinese population.</itunes:summary>
2830. <itunes:author>Stilgherrian</itunes:author>
2831. <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
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2833. <itunes:duration>48:06</itunes:duration>
2834. </item>
2835. <item>
2836. <title>Weekly Wrap 796: Beating the lurgi and scheduling new work</title>
2837. <link>https://stilgherrian.com/weekly-wrap/796/</link>
2839. <dc:creator><![CDATA[Stilgherrian]]></dc:creator>
2840. <pubDate>Sun, 31 Aug 2025 07:41:53 +0000</pubDate>
2841. <category><![CDATA[Weekly Wrap]]></category>
2842. <category><![CDATA[kookaburra]]></category>
2843. <category><![CDATA[lurgi]]></category>
2844. <category><![CDATA[spring]]></category>
2845. <guid isPermaLink="false">https://stilgherrian.com/?p=38619</guid>
2846.  
2847. <description><![CDATA[During my week of Monday 25 to Sunday 31 August 2025 I finally rid myself of the random infection which had been plaguing me for the last two weeks. I also picked up a new client, and started mapping out my Spring Surge of work. I know that some of you have been hanging out &#8230; <p class="link-more"><a href="https://stilgherrian.com/weekly-wrap/796/" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text"> "Weekly Wrap 796: Beating the lurgi and scheduling new work"</span></a></p>]]></description>
2848. <content:encoded><![CDATA[
2849. <p><strong>During my week of Monday 25 to Sunday 31 August 2025 I finally rid myself of the random infection which had been plaguing me for the last two weeks. I also picked up a new client, and started mapping out my Spring Surge of work.</strong></p>
2850.  
2851.  
2852.  
2853. <span id="more-38619"></span>
2854.  
2855.  
2856.  
2857. <p>I know that some of you have been hanging out for more podcast episodes. Well, there&#8217;s two eps of <em>The 9pm Edict</em> already recorded and ready to be edited, and I&#8217;ll be tacking the first of those in the coming week. Further guests have been invited.</p>
2858.  
2859.  
2860.  
2861. <p>I&#8217;ve also scheduled in the next episode of <em>Another Untitled Music Podcast</em>, with more to come during spring.</p>
2862.  
2863.  
2864.  
2865. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Articles</h4>
2866.  
2867.  
2868.  
2869. <ul class="wp-block-list">
2870. <li><a href="https://buttondown.com/stilgherrian/archive/the-weekly-cybers-83/">The Weekly Cybers #83</a>. Employees surveilled at home claim unfair dismissal, Senate to investigate search engine safety, telco intercept laws to be tweaked, and much more.</li>
2871. </ul>
2872.  
2873.  
2874.  
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2883.  <input type="email" name="email" id="bd-email" placeholder="you@example.com"/>
2884.  
2885.  <input type="submit" value="Subscribe" />
2886.  <p>
2887.    <a href="https://buttondown.email/refer/stilgherrian" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Powered by Buttondown.</a>
2888.  </p>
2889. </form>
2890.  
2891.  
2892.  
2893. <p>You can read my&nbsp;<a href="https://authory.com/Stilgherrian">previous writing at Authory</a>, where you can also subscribe to an email compilation of any new stories each Sunday morning.</p>
2894.  
2895.  
2896.  
2897. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Media Appearances</h4>
2898.  
2899.  
2900.  
2901. <ul class="wp-block-list">
2902. <li>My 2011 photo of <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/stilgherrian/6423963013/">a honey bee sitting on a <em>Coreopsis lanceolata</em> flower</a> was used to illustrate a blog post, <a href="https://californiarestorationgardening.com/california-pollinator-plants-nectar-blooms-for-bees-butterflies-and-hummingbirds/">California Pollinator Plants: Nectar Blooms for Bees, Butterflies and Hummingbirds</a>. It&#8217;s far from the first time this one has been used.</li>
2903. </ul>
2904.  
2905.  
2906.  
2907. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Podcasts, Photos, Videos, Corporate Largesse</h4>
2908.  
2909.  
2910.  
2911. <p>None of these, though there&#8217;s some more podcasts coming up very soon. Finally. You can subscribe to <a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/stilgherrian/">my YouTube channel</a> to be notified when new videos appear and when livestreams are scheduled. It&#8217;s been a while, so I should probably do one soon.</p>
2912.  
2913.  
2914.  
2915. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Some Interesting Links</h4>
2916.  
2917.  
2918.  
2919. <ul class="wp-block-list">
2920. <li>What&#8217;s going on in Indonesia? Friend of the pod Erin Cook has written an excellent primer, <a href="https://darimulut.substack.com/p/indonesia-shakes-as-protests-turn">Indonesia shakes as protests turn to police violence and death</a>. She reckons it&#8217;s a big one.</li>
2921.  
2922.  
2923.  
2924. <li>An MIT study has found that using AI reprograms the brain, leading to <a href="https://publichealthpolicyjournal.com/mit-study-finds-artificial-intelligence-use-reprograms-the-brain-leading-to-cognitive-decline/">cognitive decline</a>. Is &#8220;reprogramming the brain&#8221; what we also call &#8220;learning&#8221;? No, apparently this is something else.</li>
2925.  
2926.  
2927.  
2928. <li>“<a href="https://www.science.org/content/article/sex-reversal-surprisingly-common-birds-new-study-suggests">‘Sex reversal’ is surprisingly common in birds</a>, new study suggests”.</li>
2929.  
2930.  
2931.  
2932. <li>The wonderful Eleanor Morton notes that <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-lgJX3npiQ">We Have AI Now</a>.</li>
2933.  
2934.  
2935.  
2936. <li>See also her <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R0t_OGli0jg">Scottish Tour Guided Meditation For Inner Peace With Craig</a>. It&#8217;s worth checking out her previous videos featuring Craig, a tour guide who does not care.</li>
2937.  
2938.  
2939.  
2940. <li>From <em>The Conversation</em>, &#8220;Buckling rails and lines underwater: how <a href="https://theconversation.com/buckling-rails-and-lines-underwater-how-australias-ageing-train-networks-are-crumbling-as-the-climate-changes-263796">Australia’s ageing train networks are crumbling as the climate changes</a>&#8220;.</li>
2941.  
2942.  
2943.  
2944. <li>And from your years ago, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8HZ4DnVfWYQ">Russian Cyberpunk Farm // Русская Кибердеревня</a>.</li>
2945. </ul>
2946.  
2947.  
2948.  
2949. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">The Week Ahead</h4>
2950.  
2951.  
2952.  
2953. <p>After two weeks of fighting the lurgi I&#8217;m looking forward to getting a few things done.</p>
2954.  
2955.  
2956.  
2957. <p>In the first part of the week I&#8217;ll set up my spring crowdfunder, to be launched later in the week, and start the detailed work on a new client project. I&#8217;ll also lock in the next few podcast recordings. Yes, this is the Spring Surge.</p>
2958.  
2959.  
2960.  
2961. <p><s>Mid-week I&#8217;ll <em>finally</em> edit and post the podcast I recorded with Ariel Bogle and Cam Wilson, authors of <em><a href="https://ultimopress.com.au/products/conspiracy-nation">Conspiracy Nation</a></em>. The conversation has been <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/porepunkah-shooting">slightly overtaken by events</a>, but we do cover a lot of ground.</s></p>
2962.  
2963.  
2964.  
2965. <p><strong>Update 1 September 2015:</strong> On Wednesday I&#8217;ll record a podcast about The Situation in Indonesia with Erin Cook, a journalist who specialises in the region, and who&#8217;s been on the pod <a href="https://the9pmedict.com/tag/erin-cook/">a couple of times before</a>. You might like to read her <a href="https://darimulut.substack.com/p/indonesia-shakes-as-protests-turn">explainer</a> from Saturday. The finished podcast will be posted that night.</p>
2966.  
2967.  
2968.  
2969. <p><strong><strong><em>The 9pm Edict</em>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<em>Another Untitled Music Podcast</em>&nbsp;are supported by the generosity of their listeners. You might like to&nbsp;<a href="https://skank.com.au/tip/">throw a few coins into the tip jar</a>&nbsp;or&nbsp;<a href="https://skank.com.au/subscribe">subscribe for special benefits</a>. There&#8217;s also some <a href="https://anotheruntitledmusicpodcast.com/products/">specific benefits</a> for supporting <em>AUMP</em>. Please consider.</strong></strong></p>
2970.  
2971.  
2972.  
2973. <p>Then there&#8217;s more client work, I hope, and on Friday it&#8217;s <em>The Weekly Cybers</em> newsletter as usual.</p>
2974.  
2975.  
2976.  
2977. <p>As part of my spring cleaning I&#8217;m going to start trying to keep work within the boundaries of the working week, leaving the weekend to be the weekend. Wish me luck.</p>
2978.  
2979.  
2980.  
2981. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Further Ahead</h4>
2982.  
2983.  
2984.  
2985. <p>Yes, I&#8217;ve started locking in a few new things, but here&#8217;s what&#8217;s been confirmed so far.</p>
2986.  
2987.  
2988.  
2989. <ul class="wp-block-list">
2990. <li>Sydney Days, 12–16 September 2025 (TBC). Yes, it&#8217;s planned a catsitting episode, but also the perfect time for Sydney people to arrange to catch up.</li>
2991.  
2992.  
2993.  
2994. <li><strong><mark style="background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)" class="has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color">NEW:</mark></strong> <em>Another Untitled Music Podcast</em> recording, 14 September 2025.</li>
2995.  
2996.  
2997.  
2998. <li><a href="https://www.livenation.com.au/sam-campbell-tickets-adp1602998">Sam Campbell: Window Sucker</a>, Sydney, 31 October 2025.</li>
2999. </ul>
3000.  
3001.  
3002.  
3003. <p>[<strong>Photo:</strong> A <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laughing_kookaburra">laughing kookaburra</a> (<em>Dacelo novaeguineae</em>) who&#8217;s become a regular visitor, photographed on 28 August 2025.]</p>
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3008. </item>
3009. <item>
3010. <title>Weekly Wrap 795: A week of contrasts as the dreaded lurgi strikes me down</title>
3011. <link>https://stilgherrian.com/weekly-wrap/795/</link>
3013. <dc:creator><![CDATA[Stilgherrian]]></dc:creator>
3014. <pubDate>Mon, 25 Aug 2025 02:20:53 +0000</pubDate>
3015. <category><![CDATA[Weekly Wrap]]></category>
3016. <category><![CDATA[future]]></category>
3017. <category><![CDATA[hunter valley]]></category>
3018. <category><![CDATA[rain]]></category>
3019. <category><![CDATA[tech leaders]]></category>
3020. <guid isPermaLink="false">https://stilgherrian.com/?p=38597</guid>
3021.  
3022. <description><![CDATA[My week of Monday 18 to Sunday 24 August 2025 began with the final day of a delightful event but was then ruined as some random infection savaged my throat and other tubes. I do not recommend it.. Nevertheless there&#8217;s still a few Interesting Things here. Articles Subscribe to The Weekly Cybers via email Powered &#8230; <p class="link-more"><a href="https://stilgherrian.com/weekly-wrap/795/" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text"> "Weekly Wrap 795: A week of contrasts as the dreaded lurgi strikes me down"</span></a></p>]]></description>
3023. <content:encoded><![CDATA[
3024. <p><strong>My week of Monday 18 to Sunday 24 August 2025 began with the final day of a delightful event but was then ruined as some random infection savaged my throat and other tubes. I do not recommend it.. Nevertheless there&#8217;s still a few Interesting Things here.</strong></p>
3025.  
3026.  
3027.  
3028. <span id="more-38597"></span>
3029.  
3030.  
3031.  
3032. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Articles</h4>
3033.  
3034.  
3035.  
3036. <ul class="wp-block-list">
3037. <li><a href="https://buttondown.com/stilgherrian/archive/the-weekly-cybers-82/">The Weekly Cybers #82</a>. Mumbling and grumblings about social media age restrictions because &#8220;It&#8217;s not a ban, it&#8217;s a delay&#8221;, Minister Ayers and the Productivity Commissioner talk up AI and talk down regulation, and much more.</li>
3038. </ul>
3039.  
3040.  
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3057.  
3058.  
3059.  
3060. <p>You can read my&nbsp;<a href="https://authory.com/Stilgherrian">previous writing at Authory</a>, where you can also subscribe to an email compilation of any new stories each Sunday morning.</p>
3061.  
3062.  
3063.  
3064. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Corporate Largesse</h4>
3065.  
3066.  
3067.  
3068. <ul class="wp-block-list">
3069. <li>Monday was the final day of&nbsp;<a href="https://techleaders.com.au">TechLeaders</a>. I listed the sponsors <a href="https://stilgherrian.com/weekly-wrap/794/">last week</a>.</li>
3070. </ul>
3071.  
3072.  
3073.  
3074. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Podcasts, Photos, Videos, Media Appearances</h4>
3075.  
3076.  
3077.  
3078. <p>None of these. You can subscribe to <a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/stilgherrian/">my YouTube channel</a> to be notified when new videos appear and when livestreams are scheduled.</p>
3079.  
3080.  
3081.  
3082. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Some Interesting Links</h4>
3083.  
3084.  
3085.  
3086. <ul class="wp-block-list">
3087. <li>&#8220;Yogetsu Akasaka is a Zen Buddhist priest, live-looping artist, and meditation musician merging ancient traditions with modern soundscapes,&#8221; and now he&#8217;s doing the fashionable arty conference circuit including SXSW. So I&#8217;m not are whether he&#8217;s full of it or not. But either way, his <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nvIGCMhjkvw">Heart Sutra Beatbox Remix (Live-looping)</a> is fascinating.</li>
3088.  
3089.  
3090.  
3091. <li>In Myanmar, <a href="https://mekongreview.com/the-power-of-fandom/">K-pop fans are fighting a literal military</a>.</li>
3092.  
3093.  
3094.  
3095. <li>&#8220;Cat <a href="https://www.scmp.com/news/people-culture/article/3311403/cat-arrested-mugshot-taken-attacking-thai-police-during-rescue-amusing-netizens">‘arrested’ with mugshot taken</a> for attacking Thai police during rescue, amusing netizens,&#8221; although I must admit that paperwork looks a bit dodgy.</li>
3096.  
3097.  
3098.  
3099. <li>Airliner seats are <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xod0mLR05zE">far more complicated than you might think</a>.</li>
3100. </ul>
3101.  
3102.  
3103.  
3104. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">The Week Ahead</h4>
3105.  
3106.  
3107.  
3108. <p>The week will start slowly, because my throat remains raw. The magic word is <em>phlegm</em>.</p>
3109.  
3110.  
3111.  
3112. <p>I&#8217;m meeting a potential new client on Tuesday, though, at least via video, and at some point I&#8217;ll edit and post the podcast I recorded with Ariel Bogle and Cam Wilson, authors of&nbsp;<em><a href="https://ultimopress.com.au/products/conspiracy-nation">Conspiracy Nation</a></em>.</p>
3113.  
3114.  
3115.  
3116. <p>I&#8217;ll also map out the next season&#8217;s crowdfunding campaign — but you&#8217;re more than welcome to contribute early, and I&#8217;ll count your contribution toward the campaign&#8217;s total target with all the now-usual benefits.</p>
3117.  
3118.  
3119.  
3120. <p><strong><strong><em>The 9pm Edict</em>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<em>Another Untitled Music Podcast</em>&nbsp;are supported by the generosity of their listeners. You might like to&nbsp;<a href="https://skank.com.au/tip/">throw a few coins into the tip jar</a>&nbsp;or&nbsp;<a href="https://skank.com.au/subscribe">subscribe for special benefits</a>. There&#8217;s also some <a href="https://anotheruntitledmusicpodcast.com/products/">specific benefits</a> for supporting <em>AUMP</em>. Please consider.</strong></strong></p>
3121.  
3122.  
3123.  
3124. <p>I&#8217;ll post <em>The Weekly Cybers</em> as usual on Friday, but I&#8217;ve cancelled going to the drinks event that evening because I really do need to catch up on things.</p>
3125.  
3126.  
3127.  
3128. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Further Ahead</h4>
3129.  
3130.  
3131.  
3132. <p>Hmmm. I&#8217;ve only added one thing here, which does slightly concern me.</p>
3133.  
3134.  
3135.  
3136. <ul class="wp-block-list">
3137. <li><strong><mark style="background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)" class="has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color">NEW:</mark></strong> Sydney Days, 12–16 September 2025 (TBC). Yes, it&#8217;s planned a catsitting episode, but also the perfect time for Sydney people to arrange to catch up.</li>
3138.  
3139.  
3140.  
3141. <li><a href="https://www.livenation.com.au/sam-campbell-tickets-adp1602998">Sam Campbell: Window Sucker</a>, Sydney, 31 October 2025.</li>
3142. </ul>
3143.  
3144.  
3145.  
3146. <p>[<strong>Photo:</strong> A sudden winter sunshower catches pedestrians crossing the street near Haymarket light rail stop in Sydney on 19 August 2025.]</p>
3147. ]]></content:encoded>
3151. </item>
3152. <item>
3153. <title>Weekly Wrap 794: The Kangaroo of Future Possibilities</title>
3154. <link>https://stilgherrian.com/weekly-wrap/794/</link>
3156. <dc:creator><![CDATA[Stilgherrian]]></dc:creator>
3157. <pubDate>Mon, 18 Aug 2025 01:39:22 +0000</pubDate>
3158. <category><![CDATA[Weekly Wrap]]></category>
3159. <category><![CDATA[future]]></category>
3160. <category><![CDATA[hunter valley]]></category>
3161. <category><![CDATA[kangaroo]]></category>
3162. <category><![CDATA[tech leaders]]></category>
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3164.  
3165. <description><![CDATA[My week of Monday 11 to Sunday 17 August 2025 brought some disappointing news on the professional front, which means some plans will need to be modified. But no drama, because I then spent the weekend at an event in the Hunter Valley. Podcasts The 9pm Edict&#160;and&#160;Another Untitled Music Podcast&#160;are supported by the generosity of &#8230; <p class="link-more"><a href="https://stilgherrian.com/weekly-wrap/794/" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text"> "Weekly Wrap 794: The Kangaroo of Future Possibilities"</span></a></p>]]></description>
3166. <content:encoded><![CDATA[
3167. <p><strong>My week of Monday 11 to Sunday 17 August 2025 brought some disappointing news on the professional front, which means some plans will need to be modified. But no drama, because I then spent the weekend at an event in the Hunter Valley.</strong></p>
3168.  
3169.  
3170.  
3171. <span id="more-38552"></span>
3172.  
3173.  
3174.  
3175. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Podcasts</h4>
3176.  
3177.  
3178.  
3179. <ul class="wp-block-list">
3180. <li>On Thursday I recorded an episode of <em>The 9pm Edict</em> with Ariel Bogle and Cam Wilson, authors of <em><a href="https://ultimopress.com.au/products/conspiracy-nation">Conspiracy Nation</a></em>. That will be edited and posted some time in the coming week.</li>
3181. </ul>
3182.  
3183.  
3184.  
3185. <p><strong><strong><em>The 9pm Edict</em>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<em>Another Untitled Music Podcast</em>&nbsp;are supported by the generosity of their listeners. You might like to&nbsp;<a href="https://skank.com.au/tip/">throw a few coins into the tip jar</a>&nbsp;or&nbsp;<a href="https://skank.com.au/subscribe">subscribe for special benefits</a>. There&#8217;s also some <a href="https://anotheruntitledmusicpodcast.com/products/">specific benefits</a> for supporting <em>AUMP</em>. Please consider.</strong></strong></p>
3186.  
3187.  
3188.  
3189. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Articles</h4>
3190.  
3191.  
3192.  
3193. <ul class="wp-block-list">
3194. <li><a href="https://buttondown.com/stilgherrian/archive/the-weekly-cybers-81/">The Weekly Cybers #81</a>. It&#8217;s becoming predictable: social media age restrictions in the news again, AI and next week&#8217;s productivity roundtable, new cybercrime statistics, and much more.</li>
3195. </ul>
3196.  
3197.  
3198.  
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3209.  <input type="submit" value="Subscribe" />
3210.  <p>
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3214.  
3215.  
3216.  
3217. <p>You can read my&nbsp;<a href="https://authory.com/Stilgherrian">previous writing at Authory</a>, where you can also subscribe to an email compilation of any new stories each Sunday morning.</p>
3218.  
3219.  
3220.  
3221. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Corporate Largesse</h4>
3222.  
3223.  
3224.  
3225. <ul class="wp-block-list">
3226. <li>Once more the <a href="https://techleaders.com.au">TechLeaders</a> event has been my first corporate event in quite some time. On Saturday and Sunday I was in the Hunter Valley, courtesy of <a href="https://influencing.com/au">Influencing</a>, and it continued into Monday. The sponsors, who were ultimately paying for the coach travel from Sydney to Pokolbin and return with <a href="http://www.vineyardshuttle.com.au">Vineyard Shuttle Service</a>, two nights accommodation at <a href="https://www.ihg.com/voco/hotels/gb/en/pokolbin/ceshv/hoteldetail">voco Kirkton Park</a>, meals and drinks, were Adobe, ARM Hub, Dragos, Interactive, Kinetic IT, NCI Australia, Netskope, Omdia, and Palo Alto Networks. Also, <a href="https://www.netskope.com">Netskope</a> gave us a handy little cable converter kit for smartphones.</li>
3227. </ul>
3228.  
3229.  
3230.  
3231. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Photos, Videos, Media Appearances</h4>
3232.  
3233.  
3234.  
3235. <p>None of these. You can subscribe to <a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/stilgherrian/">my YouTube channel</a> to be notified when new videos appear and when livestreams are scheduled.</p>
3236.  
3237.  
3238.  
3239. <h4 class="wp-block-heading" id="recommendations-add">Muskwatch</h4>
3240.  
3241.  
3242.  
3243. <p>I&#8217;ve decided to drop this section. While I still want to keep track of what Mr Musk is doing, the newsletter of the same name, <em><a href="https://www.muskwatch.com">Muskwatch</a></em>, is doing more or less the same thing but better.</p>
3244.  
3245.  
3246.  
3247. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Some Interesting Links</h4>
3248.  
3249.  
3250.  
3251. <ul class="wp-block-list">
3252. <li>Sal Mercogliano has some as-usual <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMNOljrw22g">excellent commentary</a> on that recent collision between the People&#8217;s Liberation Army Navy destroyer <em>Guilin</em> and the Chinese Coast Guard Cutter <em>3104</em> while harassing and pursuing the Philippine Coast Guard Cutter <em>Suluan</em>.</li>
3253.  
3254.  
3255.  
3256. <li>&#8220;Science <a href="https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/women-who-stray/201808/science-stopped-believing-in-porn-addiction-you-should-too">stopped believing in porn addiction</a>. You should, too.&#8221;</li>
3257.  
3258.  
3259.  
3260. <li>From Jerry Wayne Longmire, <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@jerrywaynelongmire/video/7515546154285780267">A Texan reads his electric bill like he&#8217;s in a Faulkner novel</a>.</li>
3261.  
3262.  
3263.  
3264. <li><a href="https://arstechnica.com/health/2025/08/worm-invades-mans-eyeball-leading-doctors-to-suck-out-his-eye-jelly/">Worm invades man’s eyeball, leading doctors to suck out his eye jelly</a>.</li>
3265.  
3266.  
3267.  
3268. <li>Video of an <a href="https://www.instagram.com/reel/DMVGMICNei7/">important innovation</a>.</li>
3269. </ul>
3270.  
3271.  
3272.  
3273. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">The Week Ahead</h4>
3274.  
3275.  
3276.  
3277. <p>On Monday I&#8217;ll still be in the Hunter Valley for the final day of <a href="https://www.techleaders.com.au">TechLeaders 2025</a>, but I return to Sydney that afternoon. I&#8217;ll stay in Sydney overnight so that on Tuesday I can deal with some health-related matters and run a few errands before getting the train back to Wentworth Falls.</p>
3278.  
3279.  
3280.  
3281. <p>I’m kinda glad I’ll be avoiding the Mountains on Monday, because at various times in the preceding days the weather forecast mentioned the possibility of snow.</p>
3282.  
3283.  
3284.  
3285. <p>The rest of the week will be the usual mix of client work, podcast post-production, administrivia, and sleeping.</p>
3286.  
3287.  
3288.  
3289. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Further Ahead</h4>
3290.  
3291.  
3292.  
3293. <p>OK, so <em>next</em> week I&#8217;ll start adding some things here.</p>
3294.  
3295.  
3296.  
3297. <ul class="wp-block-list">
3298. <li>A curious evening of drinks and nibbles to which you are not invited, Darlinghurst, Sydney, 29 August 2025.</li>
3299.  
3300.  
3301.  
3302. <li><s><a href="https://www.airforce.gov.au/news-events/events/raaf-richmond-airshow-2025">RAAF Richmond Airshow 2025</a>, 27-28 September 2025 (TBC)</s>. Nah, I&#8217;ll give it a miss.</li>
3303.  
3304.  
3305.  
3306. <li><a href="https://www.livenation.com.au/sam-campbell-tickets-adp1602998">Sam Campbell: Window Sucker</a>, Sydney, 31 October 2025.</li>
3307. </ul>
3308.  
3309.  
3310.  
3311. <p>[<strong>Photo:</strong> An eastern grey kangaroo (<em>Macropus giganteus</em>) and her joey, although you can only see the tail of the latter, photographed near Pokolbin in the Hunter Valley on 16 August 2025.]</p>
3312. ]]></content:encoded>
3316. </item>
3317. <item>
3318. <title>Weekly Wrap 793: It began in Mount Victoria&#8230;</title>
3319. <link>https://stilgherrian.com/weekly-wrap/793/</link>
3321. <dc:creator><![CDATA[Stilgherrian]]></dc:creator>
3322. <pubDate>Sun, 10 Aug 2025 08:26:07 +0000</pubDate>
3323. <category><![CDATA[Weekly Wrap]]></category>
3324. <category><![CDATA[elon musk]]></category>
3325. <category><![CDATA[mount victoria]]></category>
3326. <category><![CDATA[railways]]></category>
3327. <category><![CDATA[tesla]]></category>
3328. <category><![CDATA[tesla diner]]></category>
3329. <guid isPermaLink="false">https://stilgherrian.com/?p=38502</guid>
3330.  
3331. <description><![CDATA[My week of Monday 4 to Sunday 10 August 2025 saw the production of a podcast and some work on my websites, as well as quite a bit of sleep. So, an ordinary week. I also made an unexpected trip to Mount Victoria before Monday had even properly begun. Podcasts The 9pm Edict&#160;and&#160;Another Untitled Music &#8230; <p class="link-more"><a href="https://stilgherrian.com/weekly-wrap/793/" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text"> "Weekly Wrap 793: It began in Mount Victoria&#8230;"</span></a></p>]]></description>
3332. <content:encoded><![CDATA[
3333. <p><strong>My week of Monday 4 to Sunday 10 August 2025 saw the production of a podcast and some work on my websites, as well as quite a bit of sleep. So, an ordinary week. I also made an unexpected trip to Mount Victoria before Monday had even properly begun.</strong></p>
3334.  
3335.  
3336.  
3337. <span id="more-38502"></span>
3338.  
3339.  
3340.  
3341. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Podcasts</h4>
3342.  
3343.  
3344.  
3345. <ul class="wp-block-list">
3346. <li><a href="https://anotheruntitledmusicpodcast.com/00002/">AUMP 00002: Songs with ‘Stay’</a>, being an episode of <em><a href="https://anotheruntitledmusicpodcast.com">Another Untitled Music Podcast</a></em>, in which Snarky Platypus and I choose some songs with &#8220;stay&#8221; in  the title and judge someone&#8217;s musical tastes. Recorded on 2 August and posted on Thursday.</li>
3347. </ul>
3348.  
3349.  
3350.  
3351. <p><strong><strong><em>The 9pm Edict</em>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<em>Another Untitled Music Podcast</em>&nbsp;are supported by the generosity of their listeners. You might like to&nbsp;<a href="https://skank.com.au/tip/">throw a few coins into the tip jar</a>&nbsp;or&nbsp;<a href="https://skank.com.au/subscribe">subscribe for special benefits</a>. There&#8217;s also some <a href="https://anotheruntitledmusicpodcast.com/products/">specific benefits</a> for supporting <em>AUMP</em> — although that page is currently a bit rough. Please consider.</strong></strong></p>
3352.  
3353.  
3354.  
3355. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Articles</h4>
3356.  
3357.  
3358.  
3359. <ul class="wp-block-list">
3360. <li><a href="https://buttondown.com/stilgherrian/archive/the-weekly-cybers-80/">The Weekly Cybers #80</a>. The Productivity Commission and the Treasurer side with tech bros on AI regulation, NBN goes with Amazon&#8217;s Project Kuiper, OpenAI launches GPT-5, and much more.</li>
3361. </ul>
3362.  
3363.  
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3371. >
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3373.  <input type="email" name="email" id="bd-email" placeholder="you@example.com"/>
3374.  
3375.  <input type="submit" value="Subscribe" />
3376.  <p>
3377.    <a href="https://buttondown.email/refer/stilgherrian" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Powered by Buttondown.</a>
3378.  </p>
3379. </form>
3380.  
3381.  
3382.  
3383. <p>You can read my&nbsp;<a href="https://authory.com/Stilgherrian">previous writing at Authory</a>, where you can also subscribe to an email compilation of any new stories each Sunday morning.</p>
3384.  
3385.  
3386.  
3387. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Photos, Videos, Media Appearances, Corporate Largesse</h4>
3388.  
3389.  
3390.  
3391. <p>None of these. You can subscribe to <a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/stilgherrian/">my YouTube channel</a> to be notified when new videos appear and when livestreams are scheduled.</p>
3392.  
3393.  
3394.  
3395. <h4 class="wp-block-heading" id="recommendations-add">Muskwatch</h4>
3396.  
3397.  
3398.  
3399. <p>As Tesla shares plummet, the company&#8217;s board gives Elon Musk billions of dollars to stay, I have never pretended to understating this kind of high finance.</p>
3400.  
3401.  
3402.  
3403. <ul class="wp-block-list">
3404. <li>From <em>The Conversation</em>, &#8220;Elon Musk’s plans for a new political party will <a href="https://theconversation.com/elon-musks-plans-for-a-new-political-party-will-likely-be-derailed-by-a-us-political-system-hostile-to-new-voices-261334">likely be derailed</a> by a US political system hostile to new voices&#8221;.</li>
3405.  
3406.  
3407.  
3408. <li><a href="https://la.eater.com/restaurant-news/287949/tesla-diner-menu-reduced-small-los-angeles-hollywood">Just two weeks in, Tesla Diner has already axed most of its menu</a>.</li>
3409.  
3410.  
3411.  
3412. <li>Still, Elon Musk has become even richer after Tesla <a href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08-05/musk-gets-multi-billion-dollar-payout/105613072">awarded him $US29 billion in shares</a> ($44 billion) worth of shares.</li>
3413.  
3414.  
3415.  
3416. <li>Although Tesla and Musk are being <a href="https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/boards-policy-regulation/tesla-elon-musk-sued-by-shareholders-over-robotaxi-claims-2025-08-05/">sued by shareholders</a> over his Robotaxi claims.</li>
3417.  
3418.  
3419.  
3420. <li>Elon Musk has been voted the <a href="https://au.news.yahoo.com/elon-musk-voted-least-liked-213400452.html">least liked public figure</a> in a new Gallup poll, at least in the US.</li>
3421. </ul>
3422.  
3423.  
3424.  
3425. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Some Interesting Links</h4>
3426.  
3427.  
3428.  
3429. <ul class="wp-block-list">
3430. <li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_H7mvlZ022o">A Beginner&#8217;s Guide To The Dissolution of the Monasteries</a> by J Draper is excellent, a fun retelling of the importance of Henry VIII&#8217;s actions.</li>
3431.  
3432.  
3433.  
3434. <li>Dan Toomey is also worth watching this week, but for very different reasons: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CO1HJBbNqeM">Is ChatGPT therapy a horrible idea?</a>. Which of course it is.</li>
3435.  
3436.  
3437.  
3438. <li><a href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2025-08-01/megaflash-lightning-crawler-storm-world-record/105600716">830km lightning megaflash recorded in US by satellites is the longest yet</a>.</li>
3439.  
3440.  
3441.  
3442. <li>The USA is fortunate to have <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/meidastouch.com/post/3lvyedo5uos25">one of the world’s most dignified statesmen</a> as its leader.</li>
3443. </ul>
3444.  
3445.  
3446.  
3447. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">The Week Ahead</h4>
3448.  
3449.  
3450.  
3451. <p>[<strong>Update 11.30pm:</strong> Just a few hours after posting I&#8217;m already having to change the plans.]</p>
3452.  
3453.  
3454.  
3455. <p>This is one of those weeks when each day has a distinct theme. Monday is about errands and reading. Tuesday <em>and now Wednesday as well</em> will be about client work and more reading.</p>
3456.  
3457.  
3458.  
3459. <p><s>Wednesday is about a day trip to Sydney for various health-related appointments and even a haircut.</s></p>
3460.  
3461.  
3462.  
3463. <p>On Thursday I&#8217;m recording an episode of <em>The 9pm Edict</em> with Ariel Bogle and Cam Wilson, authors of <em><a href="https://ultimopress.com.au/products/conspiracy-nation">Conspiracy Nation</a></em>. If you&#8217;re a supporter with TRIGGER WORDS or a CONVERSATION TOPIC for this episode, please let me know by 8pm AEST this Tuesday 12 August.</p>
3464.  
3465.  
3466.  
3467. <p>The finished episode will be posted on Friday, I hope, but as usual the main priority will be <em>The Weekly Cybers</em>.</p>
3468.  
3469.  
3470.  
3471. <p>Thursday&#8217;s Mandarin Live Webinar, the  <a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_r5_rAFrCQ8G5-aE6JbUJnQ">interview with Services Australia CEO David Hazlehurst</a>, now clashes with my podcast recording, so I&#8217;ll have to watch it later. But you&#8217;re still free to watch it live.</p>
3472.  
3473.  
3474.  
3475. <p>On Saturday I&#8217;ll be heading to the Hunter Valley for <a href="https://www.techleaders.com.au">TechLeaders 2025</a>, which runs through to Monday.</p>
3476.  
3477.  
3478.  
3479. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Further Ahead</h4>
3480.  
3481.  
3482.  
3483. <p>It looks like I need to lock in a few more podcast recordings and the next season&#8217;s crowdfunding campaign, among other things. But for now this is what we have.</p>
3484.  
3485.  
3486.  
3487. <ul class="wp-block-list">
3488. <li>A curious evening of drinks and nibbles to which you are not invited, Darlinghurst, Sydney, 29 August 2025.</li>
3489.  
3490.  
3491.  
3492. <li><strong><mark style="background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)" class="has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color">NEW:</mark></strong> <a href="https://www.airforce.gov.au/news-events/events/raaf-richmond-airshow-2025">RAAF Richmond Airshow 2025</a>, 27-28 September 2025 (TBC).</li>
3493.  
3494.  
3495.  
3496. <li><a href="https://www.livenation.com.au/sam-campbell-tickets-adp1602998">Sam Campbell: Window Sucker</a>, Sydney, 31 October 2025.</li>
3497. </ul>
3498.  
3499.  
3500.  
3501. <p>[<strong>Photo:</strong> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Victoria_railway_station#Signal_box_(1911)">Mount Victoria signal box</a>, built 1911 and only decommissioned in 2022, photographed at 1.49am on 4 August 2025. I&#8217;d fallen asleep on the last Blue Mountains line train out of Sydney on Sunday night and this is where it terminated.]</p>
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3507. <item>
3508. <title>Weekly Wrap 792: I slept a lot this week, so here&#8217;s a duck</title>
3509. <link>https://stilgherrian.com/weekly-wrap/792/</link>
3511. <dc:creator><![CDATA[Stilgherrian]]></dc:creator>
3512. <pubDate>Mon, 04 Aug 2025 01:41:01 +0000</pubDate>
3513. <category><![CDATA[Weekly Wrap]]></category>
3514. <category><![CDATA[adelaide]]></category>
3515. <category><![CDATA[duck]]></category>
3516. <category><![CDATA[elon musk]]></category>
3517. <category><![CDATA[sleep]]></category>
3518. <category><![CDATA[tesla]]></category>
3519. <category><![CDATA[tesla diner]]></category>
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3521.  
3522. <description><![CDATA[My week of Monday 28 July to Sunday 3 August 2025 was the second in a row that included a lot of sleeping. Maybe it&#8217;s just the weather, but I don&#8217;t know. Anyway, I got a bunch of planning done, and recorded a podcast for the coming week. Podcasts The 9pm Edict&#160;and&#160;Another Untitled Music Podcast&#160;are &#8230; <p class="link-more"><a href="https://stilgherrian.com/weekly-wrap/792/" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text"> "Weekly Wrap 792: I slept a lot this week, so here&#8217;s a duck"</span></a></p>]]></description>
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3524. <p><strong>My week of Monday 28 July to Sunday 3 August 2025 was the second in a row that included a lot of sleeping. Maybe it&#8217;s just the weather, but I don&#8217;t know. Anyway, I got a bunch of planning done, and recorded a podcast for the coming week.</strong></p>
3525.  
3526.  
3527.  
3528. <span id="more-38471"></span>
3529.  
3530.  
3531.  
3532. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Podcasts</h4>
3533.  
3534.  
3535.  
3536. <ul class="wp-block-list">
3537. <li>On Saturday, Snarky Platypus and I recorded an episode of <em><a href="https://anotheruntitledmusicpodcast.com">Another Untitled Music Podcast</a></em>, which will be posted very soon.</li>
3538. </ul>
3539.  
3540.  
3541.  
3542. <p><strong><strong><em>The 9pm Edict</em>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<em>Another Untitled Music Podcast</em>&nbsp;are supported by the generosity of their listeners. You might like to&nbsp;<a href="https://skank.com.au/tip/">throw a few coins into the tip jar</a>&nbsp;or&nbsp;<a href="https://skank.com.au/subscribe">subscribe for special benefits</a>. Please consider.</strong></strong></p>
3543.  
3544.  
3545.  
3546. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Articles</h4>
3547.  
3548.  
3549.  
3550. <ul class="wp-block-list">
3551. <li><a href="https://buttondown.com/stilgherrian/archive/the-weekly-cybers-79/">The Weekly Cybers #79</a>. Even more about Australia&#8217;s social media age restrictions including the actual rules, a little on the UK&#8217;s efforts, plenty of new legislation, and much, much more.</li>
3552. </ul>
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3572.  
3573.  
3574. <p>You can read my&nbsp;<a href="https://authory.com/Stilgherrian">previous writing at Authory</a>, where you can also subscribe to an email compilation of any new stories each Sunday morning.</p>
3575.  
3576.  
3577.  
3578. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Media Appearances </h4>
3579.  
3580.  
3581.  
3582. <ul class="wp-block-list">
3583. <li>My 2017 <em>ZDNet</em> story <a href="https://www.zdnet.com/article/fear-of-downloadable-guns-becoming-a-reality/">Fear of downloadable guns becoming a reality</a> was cited in the paper <a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666281725000642">Leveraging memory forensics to investigate and detect illegal 3D printing activities</a>. That&#8217;s an interesting investigative approach, and something certain ubernerds might enjoy reading about. The forensics, I mean, not my story,</li>
3584. </ul>
3585.  
3586.  
3587.  
3588. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Photos, Videos, Corporate Largesse</h4>
3589.  
3590.  
3591.  
3592. <p>None of these. You can subscribe to <a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/stilgherrian/">my YouTube channel</a> to be notified when new videos appear and when livestreams are scheduled.</p>
3593.  
3594.  
3595.  
3596. <h4 class="wp-block-heading" id="recommendations-add">Muskwatch</h4>
3597.  
3598.  
3599.  
3600. <p>A diner. A fucking diner. A shitty diner. Oh, and other Musk things.</p>
3601.  
3602.  
3603.  
3604. <ul class="wp-block-list">
3605. <li><em>Vanity Fair</em>&#8216;s headline summarises it: <a href="https://www.vanityfair.com/style/story/elon-musk-tesla-autopilot-diner-doge">Elon Musk faces another rough week</a>. &#8220;With &#8216;total chaos&#8217; at his new restaurant, a landmark $240 million judgement against Tesla, and claims that his waste-cutting government agency cost taxpayers billions, the world&#8217;s richest man can&#8217;t seem to buy happiness.&#8221;</li>
3606.  
3607.  
3608.  
3609. <li><a href="https://la.eater.com/scene-report/287082/tesla-diner-los-angeles-food-dishes-tech-design-review">Everything <em>Eater</em> editors ate at the Tesla Diner in Los Angeles</a>. It&#8217;s amazing how much the tech bots will pay for food that&#8217;s nothing more than you can find at every strip mall diner across America.</li>
3610.  
3611.  
3612.  
3613. <li>&#8216;From <em>Startup Daily</em>, &#8220;Elon Musk?s attempt to avoid a $610,500 Australian fine over Twitters failures to report on tackling child sexual abuse <a href="https://www.startupdaily.net/topic/politics-news-analysis/elon-musks-attempt-to-avoid-a-610500-australian-fine-over-twitters-failures-to-report-on-tackling-child-sexual-abuse-just-failed-again/">just tanked</a>. Again.&#8221;</li>
3614.  
3615.  
3616.  
3617. <li>From <em>Futurism</em>, &#8220;Elon Musk is furious that people are launching so many satellites, even though he&#8217;s personally responsible for 60 percent of all satellites currently in space.&#8221;</li>
3618.  
3619.  
3620.  
3621. <li><a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2025/07/31/elon-musk-donations-clf-slf-00487699">Elon Musk gave Trump and the GOP $15M even as he was fighting with the president</a>.</li>
3622.  
3623.  
3624.  
3625. <li>And from ABC News, <a href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07-30/americas-pronatalism-movement-driven-by-trump-musk-vance/105582208">Why Donald Trump, Elon Musk and JD Vance want to &#8216;make America procreate again&#8217; through pronatalism</a>.</li>
3626. </ul>
3627.  
3628.  
3629.  
3630. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Some Interesting Links</h4>
3631.  
3632.  
3633.  
3634. <ul class="wp-block-list">
3635. <li>New Ze Frank! <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lTzJDZqU_aQ">True Facts: How Crickets Became the Soundtrack to Everything</a>. </li>
3636.  
3637.  
3638.  
3639. <li>I&#8217;ve enjoyed a couple of stand-up sets by Melbourne comedians. Matt Stewart&#8217;s <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZgukEPerWZc">Best Man</a>, and Dave Warneke&#8217;s <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SIuGey7qQ50">Even Hotter in Real Life</a>.</li>
3640.  
3641.  
3642.  
3643. <li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRzEzU7kwyQ">Samuel L. Jackson Wants You to Eat Seaweed (and Back Wind Farms)</a>.</li>
3644.  
3645.  
3646.  
3647. <li>The &#8220;citizen science&#8221; (ugh!) site <a href="https://www.inaturalist.org">iNaturalist</a> actually fuels <a href="https://www.scimex.org/newsfeed/citizen-science-drives-countless-new-discoveries">countless new discoveries</a>. We have a group account at Bunjaree Cottages and <a href="https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?place_id=any&amp;user_id=bunjaree_cottages&amp;verifiable=any">here&#8217;s what we&#8217;ve seen</a>.</li>
3648.  
3649.  
3650.  
3651. <li>Given the chatter about triple j&#8217;s music countdown last weekend, this essay from 2009 is worth a read: <a href="https://meanjin.com.au/essays/the-curious-significance-of-triple-j/">The Curious Significance of Triple J</a>.</li>
3652.  
3653.  
3654.  
3655. <li>It&#8217;s not a complete playlist, but I&#8217;m sure you&#8217;ll enjoy <a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL-F4vmhdMdiUfKTFSWL5rXXNrUgi8dYzu">Music Videos Directed By Russell Mulcahy (1977 &#8211; 1989)</a>.</li>
3656. </ul>
3657.  
3658.  
3659.  
3660. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">The Week Ahead</h4>
3661.  
3662.  
3663.  
3664. <p><strong><mark style="background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)" class="has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color">NEW:</mark></strong> On Thursday evening I&#8217;ll try to catch the Lowy Institute debate, <a href="https://resources.lowyinstitute.org/events/how-to-defend-australia">How to defend Australia</a>. Both Jennifer Parker and Sam Roggeveen are great value, but they have different views on defence strategy. Indeed, Sam was on <em>The 9pm Edict</em> podcast recently, <a href="https://the9pmedict.com/edict/00249/">The 9pm AUKUS and the Echidna with Sam Roggeveen</a>.</p>
3665.  
3666.  
3667.  
3668. <p>Apart from that, I&#8217;ll just chug through the other items on my to-do list. I have nothing specific to tell you.</p>
3669.  
3670.  
3671.  
3672. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Further Ahead</h4>
3673.  
3674.  
3675.  
3676. <ul class="wp-block-list">
3677. <li><strong><mark style="background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)" class="has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color">NEW:</mark></strong> <em>The 9pm Edict</em> recording with Ariel Bogle and Cam Wilson, authors of <em><a href="https://ultimopress.com.au/products/conspiracy-nation">Conspiracy Nation</a></em>, 14 August 2025. If you&#8217;re a supporter with TRIGGER WORDS or a CONVERSATION TOPIC for this episode, please let me know by 8pm AEST on Tuesday 12 August. The finished episode will be posted the following week.</li>
3678.  
3679.  
3680.  
3681. <li><strong><mark style="background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)" class="has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color">UPDATED:</mark></strong> Mandarin Live Webinar: <a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_r5_rAFrCQ8G5-aE6JbUJnQ">Interview with Services Australia CEO David Hazlehurst</a>, online, 14 August 2025. This now clashes with my podcast recording, so I&#8217;ll have to watch it later. But you&#8217;re still free to watch it live.</li>
3682.  
3683.  
3684.  
3685. <li><a href="https://www.techleaders.com.au">TechLeaders 2025</a>, Hunter Valley, 16?18 August 2025.</li>
3686.  
3687.  
3688.  
3689. <li>A curious evening of drinks and nibbles to which you are not invited, Darlinghurst, Sydney, 29 August 2025.</li>
3690.  
3691.  
3692.  
3693. <li><a href="https://www.livenation.com.au/sam-campbell-tickets-adp1602998">Sam Campbell: Window Sucker</a>, Sydney, 31 October 2025.</li>
3694. </ul>
3695.  
3696.  
3697.  
3698. <p>[<strong>Photo:</strong> An <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_wood_duck">Australian wood duck</a> (<em>Chenonetta jubata</em>) in a bit of a flap ? hah! ? at <a href="https://www.experienceadelaide.com.au/notable-locations/pennington-gardens-west-setting-for-adelaide-oval/">Pennington Gardens</a> in Adelaide on 28 June 2025.]</p>
3699.  
3700.  
3701.  
3702. <p></p>
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3709. <title>Weekly Wrap 791: Random parrots and a music podcast</title>
3710. <link>https://stilgherrian.com/weekly-wrap/791/</link>
3712. <dc:creator><![CDATA[Stilgherrian]]></dc:creator>
3713. <pubDate>Sun, 27 Jul 2025 07:03:36 +0000</pubDate>
3714. <category><![CDATA[Weekly Wrap]]></category>
3715. <category><![CDATA[elon musk]]></category>
3716. <category><![CDATA[france]]></category>
3717. <category><![CDATA[free speech]]></category>
3718. <category><![CDATA[grok]]></category>
3719. <category><![CDATA[king parrot]]></category>
3720. <category><![CDATA[neuralink]]></category>
3721. <category><![CDATA[parrot]]></category>
3722. <category><![CDATA[x]]></category>
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3724.  
3725. <description><![CDATA[My week of Monday 21 to Sunday 27 July 2025 saw very limited productivity and quite a lot of sleeping, alas. But at least both king parrot couples visited me, and both males insisted on being fed separately from the rest of the avian babble. Oh, and there was a new music podcast. You should &#8230; <p class="link-more"><a href="https://stilgherrian.com/weekly-wrap/791/" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text"> "Weekly Wrap 791: Random parrots and a music podcast"</span></a></p>]]></description>
3726. <content:encoded><![CDATA[
3727. <p><strong>My week of Monday 21 to Sunday 27 July 2025 saw very limited productivity and quite a lot of sleeping, alas. But at least both king parrot couples visited me, and both males insisted on being fed separately from the rest of the avian babble. Oh, and there was a new music podcast. You should listen to that.</strong></p>
3728.  
3729.  
3730.  
3731. <span id="more-38443"></span>
3732.  
3733.  
3734.  
3735. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Podcasts</h4>
3736.  
3737.  
3738.  
3739. <ul class="wp-block-list">
3740. <li><a href="https://anotheruntitledmusicpodcast.com/00001/">AUMP 00001: Uni Tunes</a>, being the first &#8220;real&#8221; episode of <em><a href="https://anotheruntitledmusicpodcast.com">Another Untitled Music Podcast</a></em>. Snarky Platypus and I chose some songs from our university days — there&#8217;s quite an age gap! — and judged someone&#8217;s musical tastes. Recorded on 13 July and posted on Thursday.</li>
3741. </ul>
3742.  
3743.  
3744.  
3745. <p><strong><strong><em>The 9pm Edict</em>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<em>Another Untitled Music Podcast</em>&nbsp;are supported by the generosity of their listeners. You might like to&nbsp;<a href="https://skank.com.au/tip/">throw a few coins into the tip jar</a>&nbsp;or&nbsp;<a href="https://skank.com.au/subscribe">subscribe for special benefits</a>. Please consider.</strong></strong></p>
3746.  
3747.  
3748.  
3749. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Articles</h4>
3750.  
3751.  
3752.  
3753. <ul class="wp-block-list">
3754. <li><a href="https://buttondown.com/stilgherrian/archive/the-weekly-cybers-78/">The Weekly Cybers #78</a>. There?s quite a lot about internet age restrictions this week, plus extended powers for ASIO, the politics of short-form video, and a lot more.</li>
3755. </ul>
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3774.  
3775.  
3776.  
3777. <p>You can read my&nbsp;<a href="https://authory.com/Stilgherrian">previous writing at Authory</a>, where you can also subscribe to an email compilation of any new stories each Sunday morning.</p>
3778.  
3779.  
3780.  
3781. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Media Appearances , Photos, Videos, Corporate Largesse</h4>
3782.  
3783.  
3784.  
3785. <p>None of these. You can subscribe to <a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/stilgherrian/">my YouTube channel</a> to be notified when new videos appear and when livestreams are scheduled.</p>
3786.  
3787.  
3788.  
3789. <h4 class="wp-block-heading" id="recommendations-add">Muskwatch</h4>
3790.  
3791.  
3792.  
3793. <p>Ah yes. Grok goes even more fascist. Tesla shares plummet again. Starlink goes down. But hey there&#8217;s a new Tesla Diner selling <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/acatwithnews.bsky.social/post/3lujdezzyh22h">overpriced strip mall diner food</a>.</p>
3794.  
3795.  
3796.  
3797. <ul class="wp-block-list">
3798. <li>&#8220;How Elon Musk&#8217;s chatbot Grok could be helping bring about <a href="https://theconversation.com/how-elon-musks-chatbot-grok-could-be-helping-bring-about-an-era-of-techno-fascism-261449">an era of techno-fascism</a>.&#8221;</li>
3799.  
3800.  
3801.  
3802. <li>From ABC News, &#8220;Elon Musk&#8217;s social media company has accused French prosecutors of launching a &#8216;politically motivated criminal investigation&#8217; that <a href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07-22/elon-musk-s-x-says-french-probe-is-politically-motivated/105557124">threatens its users&#8217; free speech</a>, denying all allegations against it and saying it will not cooperate with the probe&#8221;.</li>
3803.  
3804.  
3805.  
3806. <li>Also via ABC News, &#8220;Tesla reported a 12 per cent drop in quarterly revenue, <a href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07-24/musk-warns-of-rough-patch-ahead-amid-tesla-revenue-slump/105566930">the biggest decline in more than a decade</a>&#8220;.</li>
3807.  
3808.  
3809.  
3810. <li><a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/7/25/elon-musk-sorry-after-starlink-satellite-internet-suffers-global">Elon Musk &#8216;sorry&#8217; after Starlink satellite internet suffers global outage</a>.</li>
3811.  
3812.  
3813.  
3814. <li>Via the Guardian, &#8220;Elon Musk <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/26/elon-musk-tesla-diner-hollywood">opened a diner in Hollywood</a>. What could go wrong? I went to find out&#8221;. I will have some observations about this in an upcoming  podcast episode.</li>
3815.  
3816.  
3817.  
3818. <li>UPDATE: <a href="https://www.muskwatch.com/p/update-neuralink-claims-that-it-filed">Neuralink claims that it filed for federal diversity certification by accident</a>. It&#8217;s a mistake we&#8217;ve all made. In between inserting wires into people&#8217;s brains.</li>
3819. </ul>
3820.  
3821.  
3822.  
3823. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Some Interesting Links</h4>
3824.  
3825.  
3826.  
3827. <ul class="wp-block-list">
3828. <li>From <em>The Conversation</em>, &#8220;Time to ditch splitting the bill? <a href="https://theconversation.com/time-to-ditch-splitting-the-bill-shouting-a-close-friend-could-actually-make-you-happier-261557">Shouting a close friend could actually make you happier</a>.&#8221; So yeah, you know where to find me.</li>
3829.  
3830.  
3831.  
3832. <li>J Draper has done a wonderful video about the history of public toilets in London, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJ_DsLtE-mM">Victorian Ladies Don&#8217;t Poop: The London History Show</a>.</li>
3833.  
3834.  
3835.  
3836. <li>I don&#8217;t know much about cars. I&#8217;ve never held a river license. But I enjoyed these two guys taking 1970s cars along America&#8217;s famous Route 66. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nHmySrjq1fs">We bought cheap 70s cars to see if they&#8217;re as BAD as everyone says</a>, followed by <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Lko8QvvVBU&amp;">Route 66 roadtrip in a CHEAP classic car from 1979</a>. There&#8217;s a slight spoiler in  those two titles. Personable and knowledgeable presenters, great videography.</li>
3837.  
3838.  
3839.  
3840. <li>While I wasn&#8217;t ever a Black Sabbath fan, the death of Ozzy Osborne led to me being introduced to a <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8kVYdLjoyPE">remarkable cover of War Pigs </a>by French-Ethiopian band uKanDanZ.</li>
3841.  
3842.  
3843.  
3844. <li>From China, &#8220;A man who used an onboard emergency hammer to smash a hole in the window of a stalled train to relieve the suffering of his fellow passengers in a sweltering carriage has become <a href="https://chinadigitaltimes.net/2025/07/translations-train-incident-becomes-metaphor-for-principled-disobedience-smash-that-window-and-take-a-breath-of-freedom/">an unlikely and memeworthy hero</a>.&#8221;</li>
3845.  
3846.  
3847.  
3848. <li>And Hokkaido&#8217;s own SHOW-GO has a new track, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uuc7C0yuaAY">My Dance</a>. </li>
3849. </ul>
3850.  
3851.  
3852.  
3853. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">The Week Ahead</h4>
3854.  
3855.  
3856.  
3857. <p>So yeah, after limited productivity this week, Monday will be about sorting out that little mess. I&#8217;ll be focusing on some client work for most of the week, with <em>The Weekly Cybers</em> as usual on Friday.</p>
3858.  
3859.  
3860.  
3861. <p>On Saturday, somewhere in Sydney Snarky Platypus and I will be recording <em>Another Untitled Music Podcast</em> episode 2, or should I say 00002, with the completed episode to be posted a few days later.</p>
3862.  
3863.  
3864.  
3865. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Further Ahead</h4>
3866.  
3867.  
3868.  
3869. <ul class="wp-block-list">
3870. <li>Mandarin Live Webinar: <a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_r5_rAFrCQ8G5-aE6JbUJnQ">Interview with Services Australia CEO David Hazlehurst</a>, online, 14 August 2025. I daresay I&#8217;ll learn something, but I might also need to have a drink handy.</li>
3871.  
3872.  
3873.  
3874. <li><a href="https://www.techleaders.com.au">TechLeaders 2025</a>, Hunter Valley, 16?18 August 2025.</li>
3875.  
3876.  
3877.  
3878. <li><strong><mark style="background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)" class="has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color">NEW:</mark></strong> A curious evening of drinks and nibbles to which you are not invited, Darlinghurst, Sydney, 29 August 2025.</li>
3879.  
3880.  
3881.  
3882. <li><a href="https://www.livenation.com.au/sam-campbell-tickets-adp1602998">Sam Campbell: Window Sucker</a>, Sydney, 31 October 2025.</li>
3883. </ul>
3884.  
3885.  
3886.  
3887. <p>[<strong>Photo:</strong> A male <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_king_parrot">Australian king parrot</a> (<em>Alisterus scapularis</em>) insists on being fed individually on 22 July 2025.]</p>
3888.  
3889.  
3890.  
3891. <p></p>
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3898. <title>Weekly Wrap 790: I&#8217;m still thinking about that trip to my birthplace, which was Gawler</title>
3899. <link>https://stilgherrian.com/weekly-wrap/790/</link>
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3902. <pubDate>Sun, 20 Jul 2025 07:10:07 +0000</pubDate>
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3913. <description><![CDATA[Ages back I suggested that my productivity runs to a fortnightly cycle, and perhaps that&#8217;s still the case. My week of Monday 14 to Sunday 20 July 2025 involved quite a lot of sleep, but I still produced a podcast and a newsletter — and posted another photo from my recent expedition to South Australia. &#8230; <p class="link-more"><a href="https://stilgherrian.com/weekly-wrap/790/" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text"> "Weekly Wrap 790: I&#8217;m still thinking about that trip to my birthplace, which was Gawler"</span></a></p>]]></description>
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3915. <p><strong>Ages back I suggested that my productivity runs to a fortnightly cycle, and perhaps that&#8217;s still the case. My week of Monday 14 to Sunday 20 July 2025 involved quite a lot of sleep, but I still produced a podcast and a newsletter — and posted another photo from my recent expedition to South Australia.</strong></p>
3916.  
3917.  
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3922.  
3923. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Podcasts</h4>
3924.  
3925.  
3926.  
3927. <ul class="wp-block-list">
3928. <li><a href="https://the9pmedict.com/edict/00250/">The 9pm Half-time Bingo Card Update 2025 with Snarky Platypus</a>, recorded last Saturday and posted on Wednesday. We cover more than just the bingo cards.</li>
3929. </ul>
3930.  
3931.  
3932.  
3933. <p><strong><strong><em>The 9pm Edict</em>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<em>Another Untitled Music Podcast</em>&nbsp;are supported by the generosity of their listeners. You might like to&nbsp;<a href="https://skank.com.au/tip/">throw a few coins into the tip jar</a>&nbsp;or&nbsp;<a href="https://skank.com.au/subscribe">subscribe for special benefits</a>. Please consider.</strong></strong></p>
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3935.  
3936.  
3937. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Articles</h4>
3938.  
3939.  
3940.  
3941. <ul class="wp-block-list">
3942. <li><a href="https://buttondown.com/stilgherrian/archive/the-weekly-cybers-77/">The Weekly Cybers #77</a>. RBA calls for an end to card payment surcharges, Meta reckons its AI needs our personal information to understand Australians, and much more.</li>
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3965. <p>You can read my&nbsp;<a href="https://authory.com/Stilgherrian">previous writing at Authory</a>, where you can also subscribe to an email compilation of any new stories each Sunday morning.</p>
3966.  
3967.  
3968.  
3969. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Media Appearances , Photos, Videos, Corporate Largesse</h4>
3970.  
3971.  
3972.  
3973. <p>None of these. You can subscribe to <a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/stilgherrian/">my YouTube channel</a> to be notified when new videos appear and when livestreams are scheduled.</p>
3974.  
3975.  
3976.  
3977. <h4 class="wp-block-heading" id="recommendations-add">Muskwatch</h4>
3978.  
3979.  
3980.  
3981. <p>The world needs chatbots made to Musk&#8217;s creative direction, apparently.</p>
3982.  
3983.  
3984.  
3985. <ul class="wp-block-list">
3986. <li><a href="https://www.muskwatch.com/p/musks-neuralink-falsified-federal">Musk&#8217;s Neuralink falsified federal forms, claims to qualify for racial diversity program</a>. &#8220;The company, owned by the world&#8217;s wealthiest man, says it is a &#8216;small disadvantaged business&#8217;.&#8221;</li>
3987.  
3988.  
3989.  
3990. <li><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/jul/14/elon-musk-grok-ai-chatbot-x-linda-yaccarino">Elon Musk&#8217;s Grok chatbot melts down — and then wins a military contract</a>.</li>
3991.  
3992.  
3993.  
3994. <li><a href="https://www.vice.com/en/article/elon-musks-grok-ai-now-includes-a-pornographic-waifu-chatbot/">Elon Musk&#8217;s Grok AI now includes a pornographic waifu chatbot</a>. I don&#8217;t know whether this has been verified, but here are <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/coolhand.bsky.social/post/3lu4blpntws2t">the supposed text prompts</a> for this bot.</li>
3995.  
3996.  
3997.  
3998. <li>Meanwhile, <a href="https://mashable.com/article/grok-male-ai-companion-musk-name">Grok&#8217;s new male AI companion is based on Edward from &#8216;Twilight&#8217;</a>, as well as Christian Grey from <em>50 Shades </em><em>of </em><i>Grey</i>. So yeah, definitely what women want.</li>
3999.  
4000.  
4001.  
4002. <li><a href="https://thedriven.io/2025/07/15/elon-musk-teases-new-tesla-product-with-promise-of-most-epic-demo-ever/">Elon Musk teases new Tesla product with promise of &#8220;most epic demo ever</a>&#8220;.</li>
4003.  
4004.  
4005.  
4006. <li><a href="https://www.news.com.au/technology/science/space/stupidest-thing-scientist-rips-elon-musks-mars-dream-to-shreds/news-story/8e45a2d32b428cd2db011db3500a1288">&#8220;Stupidest thing&#8221;: Scientist rips Elon Musk?s Mars dream to shreds</a>.</li>
4007. </ul>
4008.  
4009.  
4010.  
4011. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Some Interesting Links</h4>
4012.  
4013.  
4014.  
4015. <ul class="wp-block-list">
4016. <li><a href="https://theconversation.com/the-brain-might-also-have-a-microbiome-what-you-need-to-know-229328">The brain might also have a microbiome</a>.</li>
4017.  
4018.  
4019.  
4020. <li><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/science/gallery/2025/jul/14/beaker-street-science-photography-prize-in-pictures">Quolls glow under UV light!</a> Plus the rest of the stunning images from the Beaker Street Science Photography prize.</li>
4021.  
4022.  
4023.  
4024. <li>New music from Open Reel Ensemble! This is just beautiful. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0p2GIzaUms">Kimino Musik</a>. And <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lXDiLzj-RpU">here&#8217;s another one</a>.</li>
4025.  
4026.  
4027.  
4028. <li>From <em>The Conversation</em>, &#8220;Even a day off alcohol makes a difference — our timeline maps <a href="https://theconversation.com/even-a-day-off-alcohol-makes-a-difference-our-timeline-maps-the-health-benefits-when-you-stop-drinking-249272">the health benefits when you stop drinking</a>&#8221; Although <a href="https://eigenmagic.net/@abstractcode/114877702004311241">as @abstract code points out</a>, &#8220;No one ever says how long I have to take up drinking/smoking/etc before quitting gives me these benefits which is just rude&#8221;.</li>
4029.  
4030.  
4031.  
4032. <li>It turns out the Dutch had a plan to <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Khr7Dg7_X2w">colonise South Australia</a>.</li>
4033. </ul>
4034.  
4035.  
4036.  
4037. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">The Week Ahead</h4>
4038.  
4039.  
4040.  
4041. <p>After having worked late on Sunday night, I&#8217;ll make Monday a relatively easy day.</p>
4042.  
4043.  
4044.  
4045. <p>On Tuesday Parliament will be sitting for the first time after the federal election back in May, so all manner of things will be happening. However I&#8217;ll be focusing on client work this week, at least Tuesday to Thursday. I&#8217;ll catch up with parliament&#8217;s work on Friday for <em>The Weekly Cybers</em>.</p>
4046.  
4047.  
4048.  
4049. <p>That said, I&#8217;ll also edit and posted the episode of <em><a href="https://anotheruntitledmusicpodcast.com">Another Untitled Music Podcast</a></em> that&#8217;s already been recorded. I&#8217;ve pushed back the next episode one week, to give people time to provide feedback and to submit their We Will We Will Judge You playlists.</p>
4050.  
4051.  
4052.  
4053. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Further Ahead</h4>
4054.  
4055.  
4056.  
4057. <ul class="wp-block-list">
4058. <li><strong><mark style="background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)" class="has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color">RESCHEDULED:</mark></strong> <em>Another Untitled Music Podcast</em> episode 2 recording, 2 August 2025, with the completed episode to be posted a few days later.</li>
4059.  
4060.  
4061.  
4062. <li><strong><mark style="background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)" class="has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color">NEW:</mark></strong> Mandarin Live Webinar: <a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_r5_rAFrCQ8G5-aE6JbUJnQ">Interview with Services Australia CEO David Hazlehurst</a>, online, 14 August 2025. I daresay I&#8217;ll learn something, but I might also need to have a drink handy.</li>
4063.  
4064.  
4065.  
4066. <li><a href="https://www.techleaders.com.au">TechLeaders 2025</a>, Hunter Valley, 16?18 August 2025.</li>
4067.  
4068.  
4069.  
4070. <li><a href="https://www.livenation.com.au/sam-campbell-tickets-adp1602998">Sam Campbell: Window Sucker</a>, Sydney, 31 October 2025.</li>
4071. </ul>
4072.  
4073.  
4074.  
4075. <p>[<strong>Photo:</strong> Another image from my recent expedition to South Australia. This is the <a href="https://adelaideaz.com/articles/gawler-institute-building--from-1871--saved--with-its-nationally-significant-collection--in-gawler-connect-project">Gawler Institute building</a> (1871) and the <a href="https://gawlerhistory.com/index.php/Gawler_Town_Hall_Murray_Street_89">Gawler Town Hall</a> (1878), photographed on 29 June 2025. On the town hall <a href="https://files.ehive.com/accounts/7764/objects/files/77652655c180461bb1faa18e30c9284e.PDF">the arms are drawn incorrectly</a> (PDF).]</p>
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4077.  
4078.  
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4086. <title>The 9pm Half-time Bingo Card Update 2025 with Snarky Platypus</title>
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4111. <description><![CDATA[Back at the start of the year, my good friend Snarky Platypus and I created a bingo card for 2025. A set of 25 things that might happen. Well, we&#8217;re half-way through the year, so let&#8217;s see how we went. You might want to follow along with this chart showing which ones we discussed. We &#8230; <p class="link-more"><a href="https://stilgherrian.com/edict/00250/" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text"> "The 9pm Half-time Bingo Card Update 2025 with Snarky Platypus"</span></a></p>]]></description>
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4116. ? 7/12/2024
4117. ICYMI MONDAY, A PODCAST: ?The 9pm Half-time Bingo Card Update 2024 with Snarky Platypus?
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4119. (1h21m13s) the9pmedict.com/edict/00224/
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4124. Photograph of an old-fashioned bingo card from Milton Bradley Company against a background of wooden bingo stamps stained with red ink, and in the top right corner an inset showing a platypus.
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4136. ? 7/8/2024
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4148. ? 7/8/2024
4149. NEW PODCAST: ?The 9pm Half-time Bingo Card Update 2024 with Snarky Platypus?
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4151. (1h21m13s) the9pmedict.com/edict/00224/
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4168. ? 6/28/2024
4169. Tomorrow
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4171. and I are recording a podcast looking back at out bingo cards for 20924 to check progress. stilgherrian.com/essay/bingo-...
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4173. We have plenty to talk about, but if you?re  supporter with TRIGGERS WORDS or a CONVERSATION TOPIC, by midday Saturday please.
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4183. ? 6/25/2024
4184. Reply to you
4185. On Saturday I?m recording an episode with
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4187. to see how 2024 is going versus our bingo cards for this year. A least one of these things has happened already! stilgherrian.com/essay/bingo-...
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4189. Supporters with TRIGGER WORDS or a CONVERSATION TOPIC by 8pm AEST this Friday please. 3/?
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4213. ? 1/1/2024
4214. NEW BLOG POST: ?Bingo Card 2024: Which of these things will happen?? by
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4216. and myself. stilgherrian.com/essay/bingo-...
4217.  
4218. We chose 50 possibilities and produced a Top 25 set and the reject set.
4219.  
4220. A grid of 25 first-choice possibilities. Click through to the the website for the text version.
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4223. A grid of 25 second-choice possibilities. Click through to the the website for the text version.
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4236. ? 1/1/2024
4237. Mon plan, New Year?s Day edition: Sleep in (done); eggs (soonish); post the Bingo Card 2024; certain new-month routine tasks; remainder TBA but it?ll probably be laziness because it?s a public holiday.
4238.  
4239. Further alleged plans and other things are in the Weekly Wrap.
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4243. ? 12/31/2023
4244. NEW BLOG POST: ?Weekly Wrap 709: Closing off the Year of the Magpies, although other things probably happened as well? stilgherrian.com/weekly-wrap/... Covers 25?31 December 2023 but there will be more about this year during the coming week.
4245. Two juvenile Australian magpies (Gymnorhina tibicen) sitting on a tree stump at Bunjaree Cottages, photographed on 20 September 2023.
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4256. ? 12/31/2023
4257. Sun plan: Lazy morning because Sunday and last night?s weird dreams; lunch and shopping, Katoomba; ponder the week ahead, the year ahead; Weekly Wrap; 2024 Bingo Card; apathetic cheer; bedtime, finally.
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4294. Illustrative stock imagery of a bingo card and bingo player stamps, with an inset image of a random platypus.
4295. Illustrative stock imagery of a bingo card and bingo player stamps, with an inset image of a random platypus." class="wp-image-35935" style="aspect-ratio:16/9;object-fit:cover" srcset="https://stilgherrian.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/bingo-half-hero.jpeg 1200w, https://stilgherrian.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/bingo-half-hero-350x197.jpeg 350w, https://stilgherrian.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/bingo-half-hero-600x338.jpeg 600w, https://stilgherrian.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/bingo-half-hero-75x42.jpeg 75w, https://stilgherrian.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/bingo-half-hero-768x432.jpeg 768w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption"><em>Main image by </em><a href="https://pixabay.com/photos/card-number-bingo-strategy-wooden-6218490/">Rudonni</a> <em>via Pixabay. Foreground bingo card originally by Milton Bradley Company, </em><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bingo_card_-_B%26W.jpg">photo by Abby Hendrickson</a><em> under under a</em><a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/deed.en"> CC-BY 2.0 Generic</a> <em>license. Platypus inset photo by Taronga Conservation Society Australia / Chris Wheeler. Digital composition by Stilgherrian.</em></figcaption></figure>
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4298.  
4299. <p><strong><strong>Back at the start of the year, my good friend Snarky Platypus and I created a bingo card for 2025. A set of 25 things that might happen. Well, we&#8217;re half-way through the year, so let&#8217;s see how we went</strong>.<br><a href="https://stilgherrian.com/edict/00224/#more-35934"></a></strong></p>
4300.  
4301.  
4302.  
4303. <span id="more-38396"></span>
4304.  
4305.  
4306.  
4307. <p>You might want to follow along with this chart showing which ones we discussed.</p>
4308.  
4309.  
4310.  
4311. <table id="tablepress-9" class="tablepress tablepress-id-9">
4312. <tbody>
4313. <tr class="row-1">
4314. <td class="column-1">Australia announces another immigration amnesty</td><td class="column-2"><em>Coalition forms a minority government in Canberra</em> <strong>DIDN’T HAPPEN.</strong></td><td class="column-3"><strong>TikTok is able to operate in the US again</strong></td><td class="column-4">US and China warships exchange live fire</td><td class="column-5">Musk disposes of X/Twitter</td>
4315. </tr>
4316. <tr class="row-2">
4317. <td class="column-1">Rupert Murdoch separates from current partner</td><td class="column-2"><em>AUKUS cancelled by US</em> <strong>LOOKS LIKE IT’S ABOUT TO HAPPEN.</strong></td><td class="column-3"><em>Penrith doesn’t win the NRL championship</em> <strong>WE’RE STILL TO FIND OUT.</strong></td><td class="column-4">Fatalities caused by space debris hitting a developed nation</td><td class="column-5">Betelgeuse goes supernova</td>
4318. </tr>
4319. <tr class="row-3">
4320. <td class="column-1"><strong>ABC finally cancels Insiders and/or Q&amp;A</strong></td><td class="column-2">Hungary leaves the EU</td><td class="column-3"><strong>FREE SQUARE: Musk embarrasses himself publicly</strong></td><td class="column-4">Taylor Swift separates from current partner</td><td class="column-5"><em>Fairy bread flavoured Shapes becomes a thing</em> <strong>NO, BUT...</strong></td>
4321. </tr>
4322. <tr class="row-4">
4323. <td class="column-1">Semaglutide (Ozempic) on Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme for weight management [See note 1]</td><td class="column-2">Congestion charge introduced in an Australian city</td><td class="column-3">Drug possession decriminalised in an Australian state or territory</td><td class="column-4"><em>US withdraws from NATO</em> <strong>NO, BUT...</strong></td><td class="column-5">Myanmar junta is overthrown</td>
4324. </tr>
4325. <tr class="row-5">
4326. <td class="column-1">Tanya Plibersek becomes ALP leader</td><td class="column-2">Natural disaster bankrupts a large insurance company</td><td class="column-3">Boeing carved up or bought out by Airbus</td><td class="column-4">Tianwen-2 finds ingredients of life on Kamoʻoalewa</td><td class="column-5">King Charles III dies</td>
4327. </tr>
4328. </tbody>
4329. </table>
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4331.  
4332.  
4333.  
4334. <p>We also talk about a potential trade war between Indonesia and China, sleep hygiene and insomnia, habituation and impulse control, bird flu, fairy bread, Kyle Sandilands, and the music of Wilson Phillips.</p>
4335.  
4336.  
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4338.  
4339.  
4340.  
4341. <p><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong>This podcast is available on <a href="https://music.amazon.com.au/podcasts/a4549ab5-7361-4eed-ae84-5086bd98703e/The-9pm-Edict">Amazon Music</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/the-9pm-edict/id1506683812">Apple Podcasts</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://castbox.fm/channel/id2541000">Castbox</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.deezer.com/show/772822">Deezer</a>, <a href="https://podcasts.google.com/?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc3ByZWFrZXIuY29tL3Nob3cvMTUzMDA3OS9lcGlzb2Rlcy9mZWVk">Google Podcasts</a>, <a href="https://www.iheart.com/podcast/966-the-9pm-edict-58203054/">iHeartRadio</a>, <a href="https://www.jiosaavn.com/shows/The-9pm-Edict//1//fjq1r8u2mwU_">JioSaavn</a>, <a href="https://pca.st/YOs7">Pocket Casts</a>, <a href="https://podplayer.net/?podId=1708973">Podcast Addict</a>, <a href="https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/the-9pm-edict-981201">Podchaser</a>, <a href="spotify:show:5fUUfNSMoiqGflUTrr64vn">Spotify</a>, and <a href="https://www.spreaker.com/show/the9pmedict">Speaker</a>.</strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></p>
4342.  
4343.  
4344.  
4345. <p>You can also <a href="https://www.spreaker.com/show/1530079/episodes/feed">subscribe to the generic podcast feed</a>.</p>
4346.  
4347.  
4348.  
4349. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Episode Links</h4>
4350.  
4351.  
4352. <ul class="wppb-bookmarks"> <li class="wppb-bookmark">
4353. <div class="wppb-header"><a class="wppb-title" href="https://linktr.ee/snarkyplatypus">01. snarkyplatypus | Twitter, Instagram, TikTok | Linktree</a></div>
4354. <div class="wppb-description">A platypus of many talents. Interested in politics, food, pop music &amp; basketball.</div> </li>
4355. <li class="wppb-bookmark">
4356. <div class="wppb-header"><a class="wppb-title" href="https://stilgherrian.com/essay/bingo-card-2025/">02. Bingo Card 2025: Which of these things will happen? – Stilgherrian</a></div>
4357. <div class="wppb-description">[5 January 2025] Snarky Platypus and I have created this bingo card for 2025 listing 25 distinctly possible things. We also list the suggestions which didn’t make it.</div> </li>
4358. <li class="wppb-bookmark">
4359. <div class="wppb-header"><a class="wppb-title" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P8CCgdUvtpI&#038;t=25s">03. Albanese wins Australian election in landslide victory - Channel 4 News - YouTube</a></div>
4360. <div class="wppb-description">[4 May 2025] Three months ago, the polls in Australia suggested the Prime Minister Anthony Albanese was facing a humiliating defeat. </div> </li>
4361. <li class="wppb-bookmark">
4362. <div class="wppb-header"><a class="wppb-title" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Restrictions_on_TikTok_in_the_United_States">04. Restrictions on TikTok in the United States - Wikipedia</a></div>
4363. <div class="wppb-description">The short-form video-hosting service TikTok has been under a de jure nationwide ban in the United States since January 19, 2025, due to the US government&#039;s concerns over potential user data collection and influence operations by the government of the People&#039;s Republic of China. However, the ban has yet to be enforced.</div> </li>
4364. <li class="wppb-bookmark">
4365. <div class="wppb-header"><a class="wppb-title" href="https://www.reuters.com/world/china/tiktok-building-new-version-app-ahead-expected-us-sale-information-reports-2025-07-06/">05. TikTok building new version of app ahead of expected US sale, The Information reports | Reuters</a></div>
4366. <div class="wppb-description">[7 July 2025] Last month, Trump extended to September 17 a deadline for China-based ByteDance to divest the U.S. assets of TikTok. The report added that TikTok users will eventually have to download the new app to be able to continue using the service, although the existing app will work until March of next year, though the timeline could change.</div> </li>
4367. <li class="wppb-bookmark">
4368. <div class="wppb-header"><a class="wppb-title" href="https://stilgherrian.com/edict/00249/">06. The 9pm AUKUS and the Echidna with Sam Roggeveen – Stilgherrian</a></div>
4369. <div class="wppb-description">[11 July 2025] Any moment now, Donald Trump might cancel AUKUS, the massive defence agreement which among other things would see Australia buying eight nuclear-powered submarines. AUKUS has become the big thing in Australia’s defence procurement, but do we need it? Sam Roggeveen thinks not, and he’s our guest today.</div> </li>
4370. <li class="wppb-bookmark">
4371. <div class="wppb-header"><a class="wppb-title" href="https://www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/post/elle-hardy/2025/07/11/aukus-deal-remains-ice#post-1">07. AUKUS deal remains on ice | The Saturday Paper</a></div>
4372. <div class="wppb-description">[11 July 2025] The 30-day deadline for the Trump administration&#039;s review of the $360bn has ended, with all parties now expecting it to drag on for months.
4373.  
4374. </div> </li>
4375. <li class="wppb-bookmark">
4376. <div class="wppb-header"><a class="wppb-title" href="https://www.nrl.com/ladder/?competition=111&#038;round=19&#038;season=2025">08. Official NRL Ladder for 2025 Premiership Season | NRL.com</a></div>
4377. <div class="wppb-description">Ladder as at 14 July 2025, after round 19.</div> </li>
4378. <li class="wppb-bookmark">
4379. <div class="wppb-header"><a class="wppb-title" href="https://www.theguardian.com/media/2025/jun/11/abc-confirms-qa-to-be-axed-amid-wider-changes-and-scores-of-redundancies-across-the-broadcaster">09. ABC confirms Q+A to be axed amid wider changes including about 40 redundancies | Australian Broadcasting Corporation | The Guardian</a></div>
4380. <div class="wppb-description">[11 June 2025] Political and current affairs discussion program being cut alongside the ABC’s Innovation Lab.</div> </li>
4381. <li class="wppb-bookmark">
4382. <div class="wppb-header"><a class="wppb-title" href="https://theshot.net.au/the-sunday-shot/">10. The Sunday Shot - The Shot</a></div>
4383. <div class="wppb-description">The Shot’s Jo Dyer and Dave Milner are joined every Sunday at 9am AEST by a roster of Australia’s best independent journalists and thinkers to discuss what’s been happening this week in politics.</div> </li>
4384. <li class="wppb-bookmark">
4385. <div class="wppb-header"><a class="wppb-title" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Room_temperature#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWHO2018%5Bhttpsappswhointirisrestbitstreams1161792retrievepage74_54%5D:_5_High_indoor_temperatures_/_5.4_Research_recommendations_/_Table_5.2_Research_recommendations:_high_indoor_temp_/_Current_state_of_the_evidence_/_Few_high-quality_studies_have_assessed_the_direct_effects_of_indoor_temperature_on_health.-16">11. Room temperature - Wikipedia</a></div>
4386. <div class="wppb-description">The WHO&#039;s 2018 guidelines give a strong recommendation that a minimum of 18 °C (64 °F) is a &quot;safe and well-balanced indoor temperature to protect the health of general populations during cold seasons&quot;. A higher minimum temperature may be necessary for vulnerable groups including children, the elderly, and people with cardiorespiratory disease and other chronic illnesses. </div> </li>
4387. <li class="wppb-bookmark">
4388. <div class="wppb-header"><a class="wppb-title" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilson_Phillips">12. Wilson Phillips - Wikipedia</a></div>
4389. <div class="wppb-description">Wilson Phillips is an American pop vocal group formed in Los Angeles in 1989. The group consists of sisters Carnie and Wendy Wilson, the daughters of Brian Wilson of The Beach Boys, and Chynna Phillips, the daughter of John and Michelle Phillips of The Mamas &amp; The Papas.</div> </li>
4390. <li class="wppb-bookmark">
4391. <div class="wppb-header"><a class="wppb-title" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impulsive_(song)">13. Impulsive (song) - Wikipedia</a></div>
4392. <div class="wppb-description">&quot;Impulsive&quot; is a song by American vocal group Wilson Phillips. It was released in October 1990 via SBK Records as the third single from their eponymous debut studio album (1990).</div> </li>
4393. <li class="wppb-bookmark">
4394. <div class="wppb-header"><a class="wppb-title" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pkYzwoZ0YwI">14. Wilson Phillips - Impulsive (High Definition 1080p) - YouTube</a></div>
4395. <div class="wppb-description">ReMastered to HD 1080p, Wilson Phillips - Impulsive Music Video, 1980s, 80s, Carnie Wilson, Wendy Wilson and Chynna Phillips.</div> </li>
4396. <li class="wppb-bookmark">
4397. <div class="wppb-header"><a class="wppb-title" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cassette_tape">15. Cassette tape - Wikipedia</a></div>
4398. <div class="wppb-description">The Compact Cassette, also commonly called a cassette tape, audio cassette, or simply tape or cassette, is an analog magnetic tape recording format for audio recording and playback. Invented by Lou Ottens and his team at the Dutch company Philips, the Compact Cassette was released in August 1963.</div> </li>
4399. <li class="wppb-bookmark">
4400. <div class="wppb-header"><a class="wppb-title" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arnott%27s_Shapes">16. Arnott&#039;s Shapes - Wikipedia</a></div>
4401. <div class="wppb-description">Arnott&#039;s Shapes are a popular line of savoury biscuits produced by Arnott&#039;s in Australia and New Zealand. Over 53 million packets of Shapes are consumed each year in Australia.</div> </li>
4402. <li class="wppb-bookmark">
4403. <div class="wppb-header"><a class="wppb-title" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairy_bread">17. Fairy bread - Wikipedia</a></div>
4404. <div class="wppb-description">Fairy bread is sliced white bread spread with butter or margarine and covered with hundreds and thousands (colorful round sprinkles), often served at children&#039;s parties in Australia and New Zealand. It is typically cut into triangles.</div> </li>
4405. <li class="wppb-bookmark">
4406. <div class="wppb-header"><a class="wppb-title" href="https://www.arnotts.com/brands/shapes-fully-loaded">18. Shapes Fully Loaded | satisfy your crunch</a></div>
4407. <div class="wppb-description">Brace yourselves. The new Shapes Fully Loaded range is bursting with flavour, and will satisfy all your flavour and crunch needs! Available in five flavours Including: Ultimate Cheese, Flame Grilled Chicken, Epic Garlic Bread, Wicked Sweet Chilli, NEW Crunchy Hot Chips &amp; Sauce &amp; NEW Chargrilled Korean BBQ.</div> </li>
4408. <li class="wppb-bookmark">
4409. <div class="wppb-header"><a class="wppb-title" href="https://www.arnotts.com/brands/shapes">19. BBQ Shapes or Chicken Crimpy? Find your Shapes Flavour</a></div>
4410. <div class="wppb-description">Have your say in the next Shapes People’s Choice. What Shapes flavour would you like to see us launch next? Fried Chicken, Pad Thai, Hot Chips, Doner Kebab, or Chicken Drumstick? Have a suggestion? We&#039;d love to hear it. [THIS IS WHERE YOU COULD HAVE VOTED FOR FAIRY BREAD FLAVOURED SHAPES BUT THEY HAVE SINCE TAKEN DOWN THE POLL.]
4411. </div> </li>
4412. <li class="wppb-bookmark">
4413. <div class="wppb-header"><a class="wppb-title" href="https://asiatimes.com/2025/04/indonesia-bracing-for-flood-of-rerouted-chinese-exports/#">20. Indonesia bracing for flood of rerouted Chinese exports - Asia Times</a></div>
4414. <div class="wppb-description">[22 April 2025] Tariff-hit Chinese exporters seeking alternative markets in SE Asia, sparking dumping and deindustrialization fears in Indonesia.</div> </li>
4415. <li class="wppb-bookmark">
4416. <div class="wppb-header"><a class="wppb-title" href="https://theconversation.com/bird-flu-is-hitting-australian-poultry-farms-and-the-first-human-case-has-been-reported-in-victoria-heres-what-we-know-230691">21. Bird flu is hitting Australian poultry farms, and the first human case has been reported in Victoria. Here’s what we know</a></div>
4417. <div class="wppb-description">[23 May 2024] The first human case of avian influenza (bird flu) in Australia was reported yesterday in Victoria. A child acquired the H5N1 strain of the virus in India and became ill upon returning home to Australia in March this year.</div> </li>
4418. <li class="wppb-bookmark">
4419. <div class="wppb-header"><a class="wppb-title" href="https://www.theguardian.com/media/2025/jul/07/kyle-and-jackie-o-face-prosecution-for-contempt-erin-patterson-trial-comments-ntwnfb">22. Kyle and Jackie O face possible prosecution for contempt for comments made during Erin Patterson’s triple murder trial | Australian media | The Guardian</a></div>
4420. <div class="wppb-description">[7 July 2025] ‘I encourage all commentators to engage their brains before they open their mouths,’ judge said.</div> </li>
4421. </ul>
4422.  
4423.  
4424.  
4425. <p>If the links aren&#8217;t showing up, <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:stilgherrian/t:edict00250">try here</a>.</p>
4426.  
4427.  
4428.  
4429. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Thank you, Media Freedom Citizenry</h4>
4430.  
4431.  
4432.  
4433. <p><strong><em>The 9pm Edict</em>&nbsp;is supported by the generosity of its listeners.</strong> <strong>You can&nbsp;always <a href="https://skank.com.au/tip/">throw a few coins into the tip jar</a>&nbsp;or&nbsp;<a href="https://skank.com.au/subscribe">subscribe for special benefits</a>. Please consider.</strong></p>
4434.  
4435.  
4436.  
4437. <p>For this episode it&#8217;s thanks again to everyone who supported&nbsp;<a href="https://the9pmedict.com/mid2025">The 9pm Mid-2025 Series</a> crowdfunding campaign.</p>
4438.  
4439.  
4440.  
4441. <p>CONVERSATION TOPICS: Joanna Forbes, Peter Viertel, and one person who chooses to remain anonymous.</p>
4442.  
4443.  
4444.  
4445. <p>THREE TRIGGER WORDS: Bernard Walsh, Paul Williams, and Peter Lieverdink.</p>
4446.  
4447.  
4448.  
4449. <p>WE WILL, WE WILL JUDGE YOU, part of <em>Another Untitled Music Podcast</em>: Bic Smith, Gavin Costello, stabfish, and one person who chooses to remain anonymous.</p>
4450.  
4451.  
4452.  
4453. <p>ONE TRIGGER WORD: Andrew Best, Ashley Walsh, Bic Smith, David Porteous, Frank Filippone, Jamie Morrison, Jim Campbell, Kym Yeap, Mark Newton, Michael, Mindy Johnson, Miriam Faye, Nicole Coombe, Oliver Townshend, Peter Blakeley, Peter McCrudden, Peter Wickins, Ric Hayman, Stephen Collins, Tom Carding, and one person who chooses to remain anonymous.</p>
4454.  
4455.  
4456.  
4457. <p>PERSONALISED VIDEO MESSAGE: Briala Bowmer.</p>
4458.  
4459.  
4460.  
4461. <p>PERSONALISED AUDIO MESSAGE: Kimberley Heitman, KO Hall, and Matt Arkell.</p>
4462.  
4463.  
4464.  
4465. <p>FOOT SOLDIERS FOR MEDIA FREEDOM who gave a SLIGHTLY LESS BASIC TIP: Andrew B, Craig Askings, Errol Cavit, James Henstridge, Lindsay, Lucas James, Peter Blakeley, and one person who chooses to remain anonymous.</p>
4466.  
4467.  
4468.  
4469. <p>MEDIA FREEDOM CITIZENS who contributed a BASIC TIP: None this time, which is curious.</p>
4470.  
4471.  
4472.  
4473. <p>And another seven people who chose to have no reward at all, even though some of them were the most generous of all. Thank you all so much. You know who you are.</p>
4474.  
4475.  
4476.  
4477. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Series Credits</h4>
4478.  
4479.  
4480.  
4481. <ul class="wp-block-list">
4482. <li><a href="http://www.freesound.org/packsViewSingle.php?id=3935">The 9pm Edict theme by mansardian</a> via <a href="http://www.freesound.org/">The Freesound Project</a>.</li>
4483.  
4484.  
4485.  
4486. <li><a href="http://www.freesound.org/samplesViewSingle.php?id=49477">Edict fanfare by neonaeon</a>, via <a href="http://www.freesound.org/">The Freesound Project</a>.</li>
4487.  
4488.  
4489.  
4490. <li>Elephant Stamp theme by <a href="http://twitter.com/vealmince">Joshua Mehlman</a>.</li>
4491. </ul>
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4501. <itunes:subtitle>Main image by Rudonni via Pixabay. Foreground bingo card originally by Milton Bradley Company, photo by Abby Hendrickson under under a CC-BY 2.0 Generic license. Platypus inset photo by Taronga Conservation Society Australia / Chris Wheeler.</itunes:subtitle>
4502. <itunes:summary>Main image by Rudonni via Pixabay. Foreground bingo card originally by Milton Bradley Company, photo by Abby Hendrickson under under a CC-BY 2.0 Generic license. Platypus inset photo by Taronga Conservation Society Australia / Chris Wheeler. Digital composition by Stilgherrian.&lt;br /&gt;
4503. <br />
4504. <br />
4505. <br />
4506. Back at the start of the year, my good friend Snarky Platypus and I created a bingo card for 2025. A set of 25 things that might happen. Well, we're half-way through the year, so let's see how we went.<br />
4507. <br />
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4512. <br />
4513. <br />
4514. You might want to follow along with this chart showing which ones we discussed.<br />
4515. <br />
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4517. <br />
4518. <br />
4519. <br />
4520. <br />
4521. <br />
4522. Australia announces another immigration amnestyCoalition forms a minority government in Canberra DIDN’T HAPPEN.TikTok is able to operate in the US againUS and China warships exchange live fireMusk disposes of X/Twitter<br />
4523. <br />
4524. <br />
4525. Rupert Murdoch separates from current partnerAUKUS cancelled by US LOOKS LIKE IT’S ABOUT TO HAPPEN.Penrith doesn’t win the NRL championship WE’RE STILL TO FIND OUT.Fatalities caused by space debris hitting a developed nationBetelgeuse goes supernova<br />
4526. <br />
4527. <br />
4528. ABC finally cancels Insiders and/or Q&AHungary leaves the EUFREE SQUARE: Musk embarrasses himself publiclyTaylor Swift separates from current partnerFairy bread flavoured Shapes becomes a thing NO, BUT...<br />
4529. <br />
4530. <br />
4531. Semaglutide (Ozempic) on Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme for weight management [See note 1]Congestion charge introduced in an Australian cityDrug possession decriminalised in an Australian state or territoryUS withdraws from NATO NO, BUT...Myanmar junta is overthrown<br />
4532. <br />
4533. <br />
4534. Tanya Plibersek becomes ALP leaderNatural disaster bankrupts a large insurance companyBoeing carved up or bought out by AirbusTianwen-2 finds ingredients of life on KamoʻoalewaKing Charles III dies<br />
4535. <br />
4536. <br />
4537. <br />
4538. <br />
4539. <br />
4540. <br />
4541. <br />
4542. We also talk about a potential trade war between Indonesia and China, sleep hygiene and insomnia, habituation and impulse control, bird flu, fairy bread, Kyle Sandilands, and the music of Wilson Phillips.<br />
4543. <br />
4544. <br />
4545. <br />
4546. <br />
4547. <br />
4548. <br />
4549. <br />
4550. This podcast is available on Amazon Music, Apple Podcasts, Castbox, Deezer, Google Podcasts, iHeartRadio, JioSaavn, Pocket Casts, Podcast Addict, Podchaser, Spotify, and Speaker.<br />
4551. <br />
4552. <br />
4553. <br />
4554. You can also subscribe to the generic podcast feed.<br />
4555. <br />
4556. <br />
4557. <br />
4558. Episode Links<br />
4559. <br />
4560. <br />
4561. <br />
4562. <br />
4563. 01. snarkyplatypus | Twitter, Instagram, TikTok | Linktree<br />
4564. A platypus of many talents. Interested in politics, food, pop music & basketball. <br />
4565. <br />
4566. 02. Bingo Card 2025: Which of these things will happen? – Stilgherrian<br />
4567. [5 January 2025] Snarky Platypus and I have created this bingo card for 2025 listing 25 distinctly possible things. We also list the suggestions which didn’t make it. <br />
4568. <br />
4569. 03. Albanese wins Australian election in landslide victory - Channel 4 News - YouTube<br />
4570. [4 May 2025] Three months ago, the polls in Australia suggested the Prime Minister Anthony Albanese was facing a humiliating defeat. <br />
4571. <br />
4572. 04. Restrictions on TikTok in the United States - Wikipedia<br />
4573. The short-form video-hosting service TikTok has been under a de jure nationwide ban in the United States since January 19, 2025, due to the US government's concerns over potential user data collection and influence operations by the government of the People's Republic of China. However, the ban has yet to be enforced. <br />
4574. <br />
4575. 05. TikTok building new version of app ahead of expected US sale, The Information reports | Reuters<br />
4576. [7 July 2025] Last month, Trump extended to September 17 a deadline for China-based ByteDance to divest the U.S. assets of TikTok.</itunes:summary>
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