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61. <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>
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76. <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>
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99. <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>
100.  
101.  
102.  
103. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Corporate Largesse</h4>
104.  
105.  
106.  
107. <ul class="wp-block-list">
108. <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>
109. </ul>
110.  
111.  
112.  
113. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Podcasts, Photos, Videos, Media Appearances</h4>
114.  
115.  
116.  
117. <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>
118.  
119.  
120.  
121. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Some Interesting Links</h4>
122.  
123.  
124.  
125. <ul class="wp-block-list">
126. <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>
127.  
128.  
129.  
130. <li>In Myanmar, <a href="https://mekongreview.com/the-power-of-fandom/">K-pop fans are fighting a literal military</a>.</li>
131.  
132.  
133.  
134. <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>
135.  
136.  
137.  
138. <li>Airliner seats are <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xod0mLR05zE">far more complicated than you might think</a>.</li>
139. </ul>
140.  
141.  
142.  
143. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">The Week Ahead</h4>
144.  
145.  
146.  
147. <p>The week will start slowly, because my throat remains raw. The magic word is <em>phlegm</em>.</p>
148.  
149.  
150.  
151. <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>
152.  
153.  
154.  
155. <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>
156.  
157.  
158.  
159. <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>
160.  
161.  
162.  
163. <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>
164.  
165.  
166.  
167. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Further Ahead</h4>
168.  
169.  
170.  
171. <p>Hmmm. I&#8217;ve only added one thing here, which does slightly concern me.</p>
172.  
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176. <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>
177.  
178.  
179.  
180. <li><a href="https://www.livenation.com.au/sam-campbell-tickets-adp1602998">Sam Campbell: Window Sucker</a>, Sydney, 31 October 2025.</li>
181. </ul>
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183.  
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185. <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>
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204. <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>
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206. <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>
207.  
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213.  
214. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Podcasts</h4>
215.  
216.  
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219. <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>
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221.  
222.  
223.  
224. <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>
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233. <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>
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256. <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>
257.  
258.  
259.  
260. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Corporate Largesse</h4>
261.  
262.  
263.  
264. <ul class="wp-block-list">
265. <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>
266. </ul>
267.  
268.  
269.  
270. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Photos, Videos, Media Appearances</h4>
271.  
272.  
273.  
274. <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>
275.  
276.  
277.  
278. <h4 class="wp-block-heading" id="recommendations-add">Muskwatch</h4>
279.  
280.  
281.  
282. <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>
283.  
284.  
285.  
286. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Some Interesting Links</h4>
287.  
288.  
289.  
290. <ul class="wp-block-list">
291. <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>
292.  
293.  
294.  
295. <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>
296.  
297.  
298.  
299. <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>
300.  
301.  
302.  
303. <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>
304.  
305.  
306.  
307. <li>Video of an <a href="https://www.instagram.com/reel/DMVGMICNei7/">important innovation</a>.</li>
308. </ul>
309.  
310.  
311.  
312. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">The Week Ahead</h4>
313.  
314.  
315.  
316. <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>
317.  
318.  
319.  
320. <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>
321.  
322.  
323.  
324. <p>The rest of the week will be the usual mix of client work, podcast post-production, administrivia, and sleeping.</p>
325.  
326.  
327.  
328. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Further Ahead</h4>
329.  
330.  
331.  
332. <p>OK, so <em>next</em> week I&#8217;ll start adding some things here.</p>
333.  
334.  
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337. <li>A curious evening of drinks and nibbles to which you are not invited, Darlinghurst, Sydney, 29 August 2025.</li>
338.  
339.  
340.  
341. <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>
342.  
343.  
344.  
345. <li><a href="https://www.livenation.com.au/sam-campbell-tickets-adp1602998">Sam Campbell: Window Sucker</a>, Sydney, 31 October 2025.</li>
346. </ul>
347.  
348.  
349.  
350. <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>
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370. <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>
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372. <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>
373.  
374.  
375.  
376. <span id="more-38502"></span>
377.  
378.  
379.  
380. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Podcasts</h4>
381.  
382.  
383.  
384. <ul class="wp-block-list">
385. <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>
386. </ul>
387.  
388.  
389.  
390. <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>
391.  
392.  
393.  
394. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Articles</h4>
395.  
396.  
397.  
398. <ul class="wp-block-list">
399. <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>
400. </ul>
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420.  
421.  
422. <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>
423.  
424.  
425.  
426. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Photos, Videos, Media Appearances, Corporate Largesse</h4>
427.  
428.  
429.  
430. <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>
431.  
432.  
433.  
434. <h4 class="wp-block-heading" id="recommendations-add">Muskwatch</h4>
435.  
436.  
437.  
438. <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>
439.  
440.  
441.  
442. <ul class="wp-block-list">
443. <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>
444.  
445.  
446.  
447. <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>
448.  
449.  
450.  
451. <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>
452.  
453.  
454.  
455. <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>
456.  
457.  
458.  
459. <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>
460. </ul>
461.  
462.  
463.  
464. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Some Interesting Links</h4>
465.  
466.  
467.  
468. <ul class="wp-block-list">
469. <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>
470.  
471.  
472.  
473. <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>
474.  
475.  
476.  
477. <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>
478.  
479.  
480.  
481. <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>
482. </ul>
483.  
484.  
485.  
486. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">The Week Ahead</h4>
487.  
488.  
489.  
490. <p>[<strong>Update 11.30pm:</strong> Just a few hours after posting I&#8217;m already having to change the plans.]</p>
491.  
492.  
493.  
494. <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>
495.  
496.  
497.  
498. <p><s>Wednesday is about a day trip to Sydney for various health-related appointments and even a haircut.</s></p>
499.  
500.  
501.  
502. <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>
503.  
504.  
505.  
506. <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>
507.  
508.  
509.  
510. <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>
511.  
512.  
513.  
514. <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>
515.  
516.  
517.  
518. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Further Ahead</h4>
519.  
520.  
521.  
522. <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>
523.  
524.  
525.  
526. <ul class="wp-block-list">
527. <li>A curious evening of drinks and nibbles to which you are not invited, Darlinghurst, Sydney, 29 August 2025.</li>
528.  
529.  
530.  
531. <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>
532.  
533.  
534.  
535. <li><a href="https://www.livenation.com.au/sam-campbell-tickets-adp1602998">Sam Campbell: Window Sucker</a>, Sydney, 31 October 2025.</li>
536. </ul>
537.  
538.  
539.  
540. <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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547. <title>Weekly Wrap 792: I slept a lot this week, so here&#8217;s a duck</title>
548. <link>https://stilgherrian.com/weekly-wrap/792/</link>
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551. <pubDate>Mon, 04 Aug 2025 01:41:01 +0000</pubDate>
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561. <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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563. <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>
564.  
565.  
566.  
567. <span id="more-38471"></span>
568.  
569.  
570.  
571. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Podcasts</h4>
572.  
573.  
574.  
575. <ul class="wp-block-list">
576. <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>
577. </ul>
578.  
579.  
580.  
581. <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>
582.  
583.  
584.  
585. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Articles</h4>
586.  
587.  
588.  
589. <ul class="wp-block-list">
590. <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>
591. </ul>
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611.  
612.  
613. <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>
614.  
615.  
616.  
617. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Media Appearances </h4>
618.  
619.  
620.  
621. <ul class="wp-block-list">
622. <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>
623. </ul>
624.  
625.  
626.  
627. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Photos, Videos, Corporate Largesse</h4>
628.  
629.  
630.  
631. <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>
632.  
633.  
634.  
635. <h4 class="wp-block-heading" id="recommendations-add">Muskwatch</h4>
636.  
637.  
638.  
639. <p>A diner. A fucking diner. A shitty diner. Oh, and other Musk things.</p>
640.  
641.  
642.  
643. <ul class="wp-block-list">
644. <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>
645.  
646.  
647.  
648. <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>
649.  
650.  
651.  
652. <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>
653.  
654.  
655.  
656. <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>
657.  
658.  
659.  
660. <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>
661.  
662.  
663.  
664. <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>
665. </ul>
666.  
667.  
668.  
669. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Some Interesting Links</h4>
670.  
671.  
672.  
673. <ul class="wp-block-list">
674. <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>
675.  
676.  
677.  
678. <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>
679.  
680.  
681.  
682. <li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRzEzU7kwyQ">Samuel L. Jackson Wants You to Eat Seaweed (and Back Wind Farms)</a>.</li>
683.  
684.  
685.  
686. <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>
687.  
688.  
689.  
690. <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>
691.  
692.  
693.  
694. <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>
695. </ul>
696.  
697.  
698.  
699. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">The Week Ahead</h4>
700.  
701.  
702.  
703. <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>
704.  
705.  
706.  
707. <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>
708.  
709.  
710.  
711. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Further Ahead</h4>
712.  
713.  
714.  
715. <ul class="wp-block-list">
716. <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>
717.  
718.  
719.  
720. <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>
721.  
722.  
723.  
724. <li><a href="https://www.techleaders.com.au">TechLeaders 2025</a>, Hunter Valley, 16?18 August 2025.</li>
725.  
726.  
727.  
728. <li>A curious evening of drinks and nibbles to which you are not invited, Darlinghurst, Sydney, 29 August 2025.</li>
729.  
730.  
731.  
732. <li><a href="https://www.livenation.com.au/sam-campbell-tickets-adp1602998">Sam Campbell: Window Sucker</a>, Sydney, 31 October 2025.</li>
733. </ul>
734.  
735.  
736.  
737. <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>
738.  
739.  
740.  
741. <p></p>
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748. <title>Weekly Wrap 791: Random parrots and a music podcast</title>
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752. <pubDate>Sun, 27 Jul 2025 07:03:36 +0000</pubDate>
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764. <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>
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766. <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>
767.  
768.  
769.  
770. <span id="more-38443"></span>
771.  
772.  
773.  
774. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Podcasts</h4>
775.  
776.  
777.  
778. <ul class="wp-block-list">
779. <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>
780. </ul>
781.  
782.  
783.  
784. <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>
785.  
786.  
787.  
788. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Articles</h4>
789.  
790.  
791.  
792. <ul class="wp-block-list">
793. <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>
794. </ul>
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796.  
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813.  
814.  
815.  
816. <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>
817.  
818.  
819.  
820. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Media Appearances , Photos, Videos, Corporate Largesse</h4>
821.  
822.  
823.  
824. <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>
825.  
826.  
827.  
828. <h4 class="wp-block-heading" id="recommendations-add">Muskwatch</h4>
829.  
830.  
831.  
832. <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>
833.  
834.  
835.  
836. <ul class="wp-block-list">
837. <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>
838.  
839.  
840.  
841. <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>
842.  
843.  
844.  
845. <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>
846.  
847.  
848.  
849. <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>
850.  
851.  
852.  
853. <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>
854.  
855.  
856.  
857. <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>
858. </ul>
859.  
860.  
861.  
862. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Some Interesting Links</h4>
863.  
864.  
865.  
866. <ul class="wp-block-list">
867. <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>
868.  
869.  
870.  
871. <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>
872.  
873.  
874.  
875. <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>
876.  
877.  
878.  
879. <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>
880.  
881.  
882.  
883. <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>
884.  
885.  
886.  
887. <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>
888. </ul>
889.  
890.  
891.  
892. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">The Week Ahead</h4>
893.  
894.  
895.  
896. <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>
897.  
898.  
899.  
900. <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>
901.  
902.  
903.  
904. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Further Ahead</h4>
905.  
906.  
907.  
908. <ul class="wp-block-list">
909. <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>
910.  
911.  
912.  
913. <li><a href="https://www.techleaders.com.au">TechLeaders 2025</a>, Hunter Valley, 16?18 August 2025.</li>
914.  
915.  
916.  
917. <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>
918.  
919.  
920.  
921. <li><a href="https://www.livenation.com.au/sam-campbell-tickets-adp1602998">Sam Campbell: Window Sucker</a>, Sydney, 31 October 2025.</li>
922. </ul>
923.  
924.  
925.  
926. <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>
927.  
928.  
929.  
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937. <title>Weekly Wrap 790: I&#8217;m still thinking about that trip to my birthplace, which was Gawler</title>
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941. <pubDate>Sun, 20 Jul 2025 07:10:07 +0000</pubDate>
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946. <category><![CDATA[mars]]></category>
947. <category><![CDATA[neuralink]]></category>
948. <category><![CDATA[tesla]]></category>
949. <category><![CDATA[xai]]></category>
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951.  
952. <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>
953. <content:encoded><![CDATA[
954. <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>
955.  
956.  
957.  
958. <span id="more-38387"></span>
959.  
960.  
961.  
962. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Podcasts</h4>
963.  
964.  
965.  
966. <ul class="wp-block-list">
967. <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>
968. </ul>
969.  
970.  
971.  
972. <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>
973.  
974.  
975.  
976. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Articles</h4>
977.  
978.  
979.  
980. <ul class="wp-block-list">
981. <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>
982. </ul>
983.  
984.  
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1001.  
1002.  
1003.  
1004. <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>
1005.  
1006.  
1007.  
1008. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Media Appearances , Photos, Videos, Corporate Largesse</h4>
1009.  
1010.  
1011.  
1012. <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>
1013.  
1014.  
1015.  
1016. <h4 class="wp-block-heading" id="recommendations-add">Muskwatch</h4>
1017.  
1018.  
1019.  
1020. <p>The world needs chatbots made to Musk&#8217;s creative direction, apparently.</p>
1021.  
1022.  
1023.  
1024. <ul class="wp-block-list">
1025. <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>
1026.  
1027.  
1028.  
1029. <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>
1030.  
1031.  
1032.  
1033. <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>
1034.  
1035.  
1036.  
1037. <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>
1038.  
1039.  
1040.  
1041. <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>
1042.  
1043.  
1044.  
1045. <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>
1046. </ul>
1047.  
1048.  
1049.  
1050. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Some Interesting Links</h4>
1051.  
1052.  
1053.  
1054. <ul class="wp-block-list">
1055. <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>
1056.  
1057.  
1058.  
1059. <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>
1060.  
1061.  
1062.  
1063. <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>
1064.  
1065.  
1066.  
1067. <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>
1068.  
1069.  
1070.  
1071. <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>
1072. </ul>
1073.  
1074.  
1075.  
1076. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">The Week Ahead</h4>
1077.  
1078.  
1079.  
1080. <p>After having worked late on Sunday night, I&#8217;ll make Monday a relatively easy day.</p>
1081.  
1082.  
1083.  
1084. <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>
1085.  
1086.  
1087.  
1088. <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>
1089.  
1090.  
1091.  
1092. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Further Ahead</h4>
1093.  
1094.  
1095.  
1096. <ul class="wp-block-list">
1097. <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>
1098.  
1099.  
1100.  
1101. <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>
1102.  
1103.  
1104.  
1105. <li><a href="https://www.techleaders.com.au">TechLeaders 2025</a>, Hunter Valley, 16?18 August 2025.</li>
1106.  
1107.  
1108.  
1109. <li><a href="https://www.livenation.com.au/sam-campbell-tickets-adp1602998">Sam Campbell: Window Sucker</a>, Sydney, 31 October 2025.</li>
1110. </ul>
1111.  
1112.  
1113.  
1114. <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>
1115.  
1116.  
1117.  
1118. <p></p>
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1125. <title>The 9pm Half-time Bingo Card Update 2025 with Snarky Platypus</title>
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1129. <pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2025 05:58:48 +0000</pubDate>
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1150. <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?re half-way through the year, so let?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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1155. ? 7/12/2024
1156. ICYMI MONDAY, A PODCAST: ?The 9pm Half-time Bingo Card Update 2024 with Snarky Platypus?
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1175. ? 7/8/2024
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1187. ? 7/8/2024
1188. NEW PODCAST: ?The 9pm Half-time Bingo Card Update 2024 with Snarky Platypus?
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1207. ? 6/28/2024
1208. Tomorrow
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1210. 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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1222. ? 6/25/2024
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1224. On Saturday I?m recording an episode with
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1226. 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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1252. ? 1/1/2024
1253. NEW BLOG POST: ?Bingo Card 2024: Which of these things will happen?? by
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1255. and myself. stilgherrian.com/essay/bingo-...
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1257. We chose 50 possibilities and produced a Top 25 set and the reject set.
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1259. A grid of 25 first-choice possibilities. Click through to the the website for the text version.
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1262. A grid of 25 second-choice possibilities. Click through to the the website for the text version.
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1275. ? 1/1/2024
1276. 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.
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1278. Further alleged plans and other things are in the Weekly Wrap.
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1282. ? 12/31/2023
1283. 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.
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1295. ? 12/31/2023
1296. 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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1337.  
1338. <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?re half-way through the year, so let?s see how we went.</strong><br><a href="https://stilgherrian.com/edict/00224/#more-35934"></a></strong></p>
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1344.  
1345.  
1346. <p>You might want to follow along with this chart showing which ones we discussed.</p>
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1353. <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>
1354. </tr>
1355. <tr class="row-2">
1356. <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>
1357. </tr>
1358. <tr class="row-3">
1359. <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>
1360. </tr>
1361. <tr class="row-4">
1362. <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>
1363. </tr>
1364. <tr class="row-5">
1365. <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>
1366. </tr>
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1372.  
1373. <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>
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1407. <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>
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1411. <p>CONVERSATION TOPICS: Joanna Forbes, Peter Viertel, and one person who chooses to remain anonymous.</p>
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1415. <p>THREE TRIGGER WORDS: Bernard Walsh, Paul Williams, and Peter Lieverdink.</p>
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1419. <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>
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1423. <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>
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1471. <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>
1472. <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;
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1476. 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\x92re half-way through the year, so let\x92s see how we went.<br />
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1484. You might want to follow along with this chart showing which ones we discussed.<br />
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1492. Australia announces another immigration amnestyCoalition forms a minority government in Canberra DIDNâ\x80\x99T HAPPEN.TikTok is able to operate in the US againUS and China warships exchange live fireMusk disposes of X/Twitter<br />
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1495. Rupert Murdoch separates from current partnerAUKUS cancelled by US LOOKS LIKE ITâ\x80\x99S ABOUT TO HAPPEN.Penrith doesnâ\x80\x99t win the NRL championship WEâ\x80\x99RE STILL TO FIND OUT.Fatalities caused by space debris hitting a developed nationBetelgeuse goes supernova<br />
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1497. <br />
1498. 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 />
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1501. 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 />
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1504. 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 />
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1512. 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 />
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1548. For this episode it's thanks again to everyone who supported The 9pm Mid-2025 Series crowdfunding campaign.<br />
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1552. CONVERSATION TOPICS: Joanna Forbes, Peter Viertel, and one person who chooses to remain anonymous.<br />
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1556. THREE TRIGGER WORDS: Bernard Walsh, Paul Williams, and Peter Lieverdink.<br />
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1560. WE WILL, WE WILL JUDGE YOU, part of Another Untitled Music Podcast: Bic Smith, Gavin Costello, stabfish, and one person who chooses to remain anonymous.<br />
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1564. 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.<br />
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1568. PERSONALISED VIDEO MESSAGE: Briala Bowmer.<br />
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1572. PERSONALISED AUDIO MESSAGE: Kimberley Heitman, KO Hall, and Matt Arkell.<br />
1573. </itunes:summary>
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1580. <title>Weekly Wrap 789: Podcasts! Three podcasts! (And another view from Granite Island)</title>
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1592. <category><![CDATA[the bluff]]></category>
1593. <category><![CDATA[xai]]></category>
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1596. <description><![CDATA[My week of Monday 7 to Sunday 13 July 2025 was a podcast-productive week, with three episodes recorded and one of them posted. This was despite losing a couple of days to fighting off a cold or something. Such a good week. But the photo is from last week. Podcasts The 9pm Edict&#160;and&#160;Another Untitled Music &#8230; <p class="link-more"><a href="https://stilgherrian.com/weekly-wrap/789/" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text"> "Weekly Wrap 789: Podcasts! Three podcasts! (And another view from Granite Island)"</span></a></p>]]></description>
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1598. <p><strong>My week of Monday 7 to Sunday 13 July 2025 was a podcast-productive week, with three episodes recorded and one of them posted. This was despite losing a couple of days to fighting off a cold or something. Such a good week. But the photo is from last week.</strong></p>
1599.  
1600.  
1601.  
1602. <span id="more-38361"></span>
1603.  
1604.  
1605.  
1606. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Podcasts</h4>
1607.  
1608.  
1609.  
1610. <ul class="wp-block-list">
1611. <li><a href="https://the9pmedict.com/edict/00249/">The 9pm AUKUS and the Echidna with Sam Roggeveen</a>, recorded on Wednesday and posted on Friday morning.</li>
1612.  
1613.  
1614.  
1615. <li>On the weekend Snarky Platypus and I recorded an episode each of <em>The 9pm Edict</em> and <em>Another Untitled Music Podcast</em>, which will appear in the coming days ? probably one this week and one next, but we&#8217;ll see.</li>
1616. </ul>
1617.  
1618.  
1619.  
1620. <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>
1621.  
1622.  
1623.  
1624. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Articles</h4>
1625.  
1626.  
1627.  
1628. <ul class="wp-block-list">
1629. <li><a href="https://buttondown.com/stilgherrian/archive/the-weekly-cybers-76/">The Weekly Cybers #76</a>. Australia?s social media age restrictions are in the news again, the Qantas data breach wasn?t so ?sophisticated? after all, and much more.</li>
1630. </ul>
1631.  
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1649.  
1650.  
1651.  
1652. <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>
1653.  
1654.  
1655.  
1656. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Media Appearances , Photos, Videos, Corporate Largesse</h4>
1657.  
1658.  
1659.  
1660. <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>
1661.  
1662.  
1663.  
1664. <h4 class="wp-block-heading" id="recommendations-add">Muskwatch</h4>
1665.  
1666.  
1667.  
1668. <p>Apparently the smart people reckon starting a new political party won&#8217;t be an Elon Musk success. But hey, he now has a Nazi chatbot. Although Tesla shares have slumped, so maybe he needs to do something about that.</p>
1669.  
1670.  
1671.  
1672. <ul class="wp-block-list">
1673. <li><a href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07-09/elon-musk-america-party-faces-uphill-battle/105507784">Elon Musk is facing an uphill battle to see his political party succeed</a>, which shouldn&#8217;t be a surprise.</li>
1674.  
1675.  
1676.  
1677. <li><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/jul/07/tesla-shares-dive-as-investors-fear-new-elon-musk-political-party-will-damage-brand">Tesla shares dive as investors fear new Elon Musk political party will damage brand</a>.</li>
1678.  
1679.  
1680.  
1681. <li>From Al Jazeera, an explainer: &#8220;What is Grok and why has Elon Musk?s chatbot been <a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/7/10/what-is-grok-and-why-has-elon-musks-chatbot-been-accused-of-anti-semitism">accused of anti-Semitism</a>?&#8221;</li>
1682.  
1683.  
1684.  
1685. <li><a href="https://techcrunch.com/2025/07/10/grok-4-seems-to-consult-elon-musk-to-answer-controversial-questions/">Grok 4 seems to consult Elon Musk to answer controversial questions</a>.</li>
1686.  
1687.  
1688.  
1689. <li>And from <em>Crikey</em> ($), &#8220;Australia?s antisemitism envoy has praised how platforms like Elon Musk?s X are <a href="https://www.crikey.com.au/2025/07/11/antisemitism-envoy-jillian-segal-elon-musk-x-ai/">using AI to fight hate</a> ? days after X?s AI bot Grok was taken offline for antisemitic posts.&#8221; There&#8217;s a link to the ABC interview in which Jillian Segal said this.</li>
1690. </ul>
1691.  
1692.  
1693.  
1694. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Some Interesting Links</h4>
1695.  
1696.  
1697.  
1698. <ul class="wp-block-list">
1699. <li>Here&#8217;s a delightful video from <em>Epicurious</em> magazine, in which <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6kMs673lnM">Pro Chefs Blind Taste Test Every Instant Ramen</a>. It&#8217;s not really <em>every</em> kind,  but it is 16 kinds.</li>
1700.  
1701.  
1702.  
1703. <li><a href="https://theconversation.com/earths-oldest-impact-crater-is-much-younger-than-previously-thought-new-study-259803">Earth?s ?oldest? impact crater is much younger than previously thought ? new study</a>.</li>
1704.  
1705.  
1706.  
1707. <li>H I Sutton has some <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cxIHVP3pS4I">New Information On China&#8217;s Mysterious Ekranoplan</a>. You may also like a <a href="https://www.twz.com/air/chinas-mysterious-sea-skimming-ekranoplan-seen-in-full-view">news story</a> about it.</li>
1708.  
1709.  
1710.  
1711. <li>And Ze Frank promises a good cause in <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WTBjblhKQBw">True Facts: Save The Turtle Spiders!</a>.</li>
1712. </ul>
1713.  
1714.  
1715.  
1716. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">The Week Ahead</h4>
1717.  
1718.  
1719.  
1720. <p>Well, it&#8217;s already well into Monday afternoon, because on Sunday night I didn&#8217;t get home until nearly 4.30am. Thank you very much, tree which fell onto railway line in the middle of the night. So Monday is just about some small tasks and some planning.</p>
1721.  
1722.  
1723.  
1724. <p>My initial focus will be on client work, and on Tuesday I have a lunch engagement. Later in the week I&#8217;ll edit and post the podcast about our <a href="https://stilgherrian.com/essay/bingo-card-2025/">2025 Bingo Cards</a>, and on Friday there&#8217;s <em>The Weekly Cybers</em> as usual.</p>
1725.  
1726.  
1727.  
1728. <p>I might have a day trip to Sydney on the weekend, but those details have not been confirmed yet. In fact the whole week is currently a bit untidy.</p>
1729.  
1730.  
1731.  
1732. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Further Ahead</h4>
1733.  
1734.  
1735.  
1736. <p>It&#8217;s time for me to schedule in a few more things, but that will have to wait until next week. Here&#8217;s what&#8217;s currently on the list.</p>
1737.  
1738.  
1739.  
1740. <ul class="wp-block-list">
1741. <li><em>Another Untitled Music Podcast</em> episode 2 recording, 26 July 2025, with the completed episode to be posted a few days later.</li>
1742.  
1743.  
1744.  
1745. <li><a href="https://www.techleaders.com.au">TechLeaders 2025</a>, Hunter Valley, 16?18 August 2025.</li>
1746.  
1747.  
1748.  
1749. <li><a href="https://www.livenation.com.au/sam-campbell-tickets-adp1602998">Sam Campbell: Window Sucker</a>, Sydney, 31 October 2025.</li>
1750. </ul>
1751.  
1752.  
1753.  
1754. <p>[<strong>Photo:</strong> Another view from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Granite_Island_(South_Australia)">Granite Island</a>, South Australia, on 1 July 2025. This time we&#8217;re looking south-west towards <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosetta_Head">Rosetta Head</a>, known locally as The Bluff and traditionally as Kongkengguwar. I used to love sitting on the far side of that lump with any back to the land and nothing before me but the Southern Ocean.]</p>
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1756.  
1757.  
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1765. <title>The 9pm AUKUS and the Echidna with Sam Roggeveen</title>
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1769. <pubDate>Thu, 10 Jul 2025 23:42:22 +0000</pubDate>
1770. <category><![CDATA[The 9pm Edict]]></category>
1771. <category><![CDATA[anzus]]></category>
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1786. <description><![CDATA[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&#8217;s defence procurement, but do we need it? Sam Roggeveen thinks not, and he&#8217;s our guest today. Sam is director of the Lowy Institute&#8217;s&#160;International Security &#8230; <p class="link-more"><a href="https://stilgherrian.com/edict/00249/" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text"> "The 9pm AUKUS and the Echidna with Sam Roggeveen"</span></a></p>]]></description>
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1788. <figure class="wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img decoding="async" width="1200" height="675" src="https://stilgherrian.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/sam-roggeveen-1200.jpeg" alt="A middle-aged white bloke wears a black jacket and t-shirt and, with arms folded, looks straight into the camera. An inset shows a book cover reading: ?The Echidna Strategy: Australia?s Search for Power and Peace by Sam Roggeveen?. And it has a picture of an echidna." class="wp-image-38355" style="aspect-ratio:16/9;object-fit:cover" srcset="https://stilgherrian.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/sam-roggeveen-1200.jpeg 1200w, https://stilgherrian.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/sam-roggeveen-1200-350x197.jpeg 350w, https://stilgherrian.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/sam-roggeveen-1200-600x338.jpeg 600w, https://stilgherrian.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/sam-roggeveen-1200-75x42.jpeg 75w, https://stilgherrian.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/sam-roggeveen-1200-768x432.jpeg 768w" sizes="(max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption"><em>Sam Roggeveen (Photo: Petri Kurkaa</em>). Inset: The cover of <a href="https://www.blackincbooks.com.au/books/echidna-strategy">The Echidna Strategy</a>. (Image: Black Inc Books)</figcaption></figure>
1789.  
1790.  
1791.  
1792. <p><strong>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&#8217;s defence procurement, but do we need it? Sam Roggeveen thinks not, and he&#8217;s our guest today.</strong></p>
1793.  
1794.  
1795.  
1796. <span id="more-38354"></span>
1797.  
1798.  
1799.  
1800. <p>Sam is director of the Lowy Institute&#8217;s&nbsp;International Security Program. In  former life he was an intelligence analyst for the Office of National Assessments, now the Office of National Assessments. And he&#8217;s the author of&nbsp;<em><a href="https://www.blackincbooks.com.au/books/echidna-strategy">The Echidna Strategy: Australia?s Search for Power and Peace</a></em>.</p>
1801.  
1802.  
1803.  
1804. <p>In this episode we discuss the two competing schools of thought on defence policy, the defence of Australia school versus the forward defence school. We talk about what the actual threats from China might be. We look at what the echidna strategy might look like in practice. And much more.</p>
1805.  
1806.  
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1808.  
1809.  
1810.  
1811. <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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1815. <p>You can also <a href="https://www.spreaker.com/show/1530079/episodes/feed">subscribe to the generic podcast feed</a>.</p>
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1819. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Episode Links</h4>
1820.  
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1825.  
1826. <p>If the links aren&#8217;t showing up, <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:stilgherrian/t:edict00249">try here</a>.</p>
1827.  
1828.  
1829.  
1830. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Thank you, Media Freedom Citizenry</h4>
1831.  
1832.  
1833.  
1834. <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>
1835.  
1836.  
1837.  
1838. <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>
1839.  
1840.  
1841.  
1842. <p>CONVERSATION TOPICS: Joanna Forbes, Peter Viertel, and one person who chooses to remain anonymous.</p>
1843.  
1844.  
1845.  
1846. <p>THREE TRIGGER WORDS: Bernard Walsh, Paul Williams, and Peter Lieverdink.</p>
1847.  
1848.  
1849.  
1850. <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>
1851.  
1852.  
1853.  
1854. <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>
1855.  
1856.  
1857.  
1858. <p>PERSONALISED VIDEO MESSAGE: Briala Bowmer.</p>
1859.  
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1862. <p>PERSONALISED AUDIO MESSAGE: Kimberley Heitman, KO Hall, and Matt Arkell.</p>
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1866. <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>
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1870. <p>MEDIA FREEDOM CITIZENS who contributed a BASIC TIP: None this time, which is curious.</p>
1871.  
1872.  
1873.  
1874. <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>
1875.  
1876.  
1877.  
1878. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Series Credits</h4>
1879.  
1880.  
1881.  
1882. <ul class="wp-block-list">
1883. <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>
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1887. <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>
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1891. <li>Elephant Stamp theme by <a href="http://twitter.com/vealmince">Joshua Mehlman</a>.</li>
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1907. 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.<br />
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1915. Sam is director of the Lowy Institute's International Security Program. In  former life he was an intelligence analyst for the Office of National Assessments, now the Office of National Assessments. And he's the author of The Echidna Strategy: Australia\x92s Search for Power and Peace.<br />
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1919. In this episode we discuss the two competing schools of thought on defence policy, the defence of Australia school versus the forward defence school. We talk about what the actual threats from China might be. We look at what the echidna strategy might look like in practice. And much more.<br />
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1927. This podcast is available on Amazon Music, Apple Podcasts, Castbox, Deezer, Google Podcasts, iHeartRadio, JioSaavn, Pocket Casts, Podcast Addict, Podchaser, Spotify, and Speaker.<br />
1928. <br />
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1931. You can also subscribe to the generic podcast feed.<br />
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1947. Thank you, Media Freedom Citizenry<br />
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1951. The 9pm Edict is supported by the generosity of its listeners. You can always throw a few coins into the tip jar or subscribe for special benefits. Please consider.<br />
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1955. For this episode it's thanks again to everyone who supported The 9pm Mid-2025 Series crowdfunding campaign.<br />
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1959. CONVERSATION TOPICS: Joanna Forbes, Peter Viertel, and one person who chooses to remain anonymous.<br />
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1963. THREE TRIGGER WORDS: Bernard Walsh, Paul Williams, and Peter Lieverdink.<br />
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1966. <br />
1967. WE WILL, WE WILL JUDGE YOU, part of Another Untitled Music Podcast: Bic Smith, Gavin Costello, stabfish, and one person who chooses to remain anonymous.<br />
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1971. 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.<br />
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1975. PERSONALISED VIDEO MESSAGE: Briala Bowmer.<br />
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1987. MEDIA FREEDOM CITIZENS who contributed a BASIC TIP: None this time, which is curious.<br />
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1991. 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.<br />
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2029. <description><![CDATA[My week of Monday 30 June to Sunday 6 July 2025 began in Adelaide, and we visited my birthplace of Gawler on Monday, and Victor Harbor and Granite Island on Tuesday. Bad weather in Sydney meant our return trip on Wednesday went via Melbourne and an almost-pointless overnight stay until Thursday, but here we are. &#8230; <p class="link-more"><a href="https://stilgherrian.com/weekly-wrap/788/" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text"> "Weekly Wrap 788: I saw a kestrel on Granite Island"</span></a></p>]]></description>
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2031. <p><strong>My week of Monday 30 June to Sunday 6 July 2025 began in Adelaide, and we visited my birthplace of Gawler on Monday, and Victor Harbor and Granite Island on Tuesday. Bad weather in Sydney meant our return trip on Wednesday went via Melbourne and an almost-pointless overnight stay until Thursday, but here we are.</strong></p>
2032.  
2033.  
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2038.  
2039. <p>As you may have noticed in <a href="https://stilgherrian.com/weekly-wrap/787/">last week&#8217;s very delayed Weekly Wrap</a>, I abandoned several plans so I could fully enjoy my time in South Australia. I deem this to have been a sensible decision.</p>
2040.  
2041.  
2042.  
2043. <p>One of those plans was posting about the holiday. That will happen some time in the coming week. This is not a travel blog. But that said, I did see a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nankeen_kestrel">nankeen kestrel</a> (<em>Falco cenchroides</em>) on Granite Island. Oh, and quite a bit of wine was consumed.</p>
2044.  
2045.  
2046.  
2047. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Articles</h4>
2048.  
2049.  
2050.  
2051. <ul class="wp-block-list">
2052. <li><a href="https://buttondown.com/stilgherrian/archive/the-weekly-cybers-75/">The Weekly Cybers #75</a>. ART overturns eSafety takedown notice, Services Australia moves to Finance, Qantas suffers a data breach, and AI video fakes get harder to spot. If you haven&#8217;t already done so, you should try that quiz.</li>
2053. </ul>
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2073.  
2074.  
2075. <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>
2076.  
2077.  
2078.  
2079. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Media Appearances</h4>
2080.  
2081.  
2082.  
2083. <ul class="wp-block-list">
2084. <li>Apparently my photo of the <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/stilgherrian/16792841896">Sydney Opera House seal</a> was used in the video <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5sLPc_4RFU">Sydney, Austr?lia &#8211; Excurs?o de um dia chuvoso &#8211; Atra??es tur?sticas em v?deo Australia</a> but I can&#8217;t be bothered checking.</li>
2085. </ul>
2086.  
2087.  
2088.  
2089. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Podcasts, Photos, Videos, Corporate Largesse</h4>
2090.  
2091.  
2092.  
2093. <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>
2094.  
2095.  
2096.  
2097. <h4 class="wp-block-heading" id="recommendations-add">Muskwatch</h4>
2098.  
2099.  
2100.  
2101. <p>Pour out the Schadenfreude Gin, because things have been happening this week.</p>
2102.  
2103.  
2104.  
2105. <ul class="wp-block-list">
2106. <li>&#8220;US President Donald Trump has suggested DOGE should take a look at how government subsidies are benefiting billionaire Elon Musk. Mr Trump also suggested his administration would <a href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07-01/trump-suggests-doge-look-at-musk-subsidies-to-save-money/105482158">&#8216;take a look&#8217; at deporting Mr Musk</a>, a naturalised US citizen,&#8221; reports ABC News.</li>
2107.  
2108.  
2109.  
2110. <li><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/jun/30/musk-big-beautiful-bill-america-party">Musk vows to unseat lawmakers who support Trump?s sweeping spending</a> bill.</li>
2111.  
2112.  
2113.  
2114. <li>From <em>The Conversation</em>, &#8220;Elon Musk says he may <a href="https://theconversation.com/elon-musk-says-he-may-launch-his-own-party-but-us-history-tells-us-thats-not-a-recipe-for-success-260480">launch his own party</a>: but US history tells us that?s not a recipe for success&#8221;.</li>
2115.  
2116.  
2117.  
2118. <li>Indeed, Musk has now done so, and <a href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07-06/elon-musk-forms-american-party-over-donald-trump-bill/105499836">it&#8217;s the America Party</a>.</li>
2119.  
2120.  
2121.  
2122. <li>And to wrap it up for this week, <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/jul/02/a-billion-people-backing-you-china-transfixed-as-musk-turns-against-trump">?A billion people backing you?: China transfixed as Musk turns against Trump</a>.</li>
2123. </ul>
2124.  
2125.  
2126.  
2127. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Some Interesting Links</h4>
2128.  
2129.  
2130.  
2131. <ul class="wp-block-list">
2132. <li>?Does eating cheese before bed really give you nightmares? <a href="https://theconversation.com/does-eating-cheese-before-bed-really-give-you-nightmares-heres-what-the-science-says-260205">Here?s what the science says</a>.</li>
2133.  
2134.  
2135.  
2136. <li>Either way, there&#8217;s a century-old comic strip devoted to <a href="https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/the-century-old-comic-strip-devoted-to-cheese-fueled-nightmares">cheese-fueled nightmares</a>. <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/capnhapster.bsky.social/post/3lt6iy7hpjk2v">Thanks, @capnhapster</a>.</li>
2137.  
2138.  
2139.  
2140. <li>A thread on the UK&#8217;s <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/lccmunicipal.bsky.social/post/3ls2eh4qke227">New Towns</a> post-WW2 reconstruction program with lots of historical pamphlets.</li>
2141.  
2142.  
2143.  
2144. <li>And for those interested in public transport, a very Sydney story from Sharath&#8217;s Building Beautifully channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kkqLrTtpGsQ">The B-Line, and how Northern Beaches NIMBYs ruined it</a>.</li>
2145. </ul>
2146.  
2147.  
2148.  
2149. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">The Week Ahead</h4>
2150.  
2151.  
2152.  
2153. <p>After a week and a bit in holidays mode, I&#8217;ll ease into the week gently with some client work. However the next couple of weeks will see a bunch of podcast production. Indeed, there will be one every week for the next four weeks, I reckon.</p>
2154.  
2155.  
2156.  
2157. <p>On Wednesday I&#8217;m recording an episode of <em>The 9pm Edict</em> <a href="https://www.lowyinstitute.org/people/experts/bio/sam-roggeveen">Sam Roggeveen</a>, director of the International Security Program at the Lowy Institute and author of <em><a href="https://www.blackincbooks.com.au/books/echidna-strategy">The Echidna Strategy</a></em>, an alternative view of Australia&#8217;s defence needs. <a href="https://www.internationalaffairs.org.au/australianoutlook/book-review-the-echidna-strategy-australias-search-for-power-and-peace/">Read this review</a> to get the flavour.</p>
2158.  
2159.  
2160.  
2161. <p>If you&#8217;re a supporter with TRIGGER WORDS or a CONVERSATION TOPIC for this episode, please get them to me by 8pm AEST this Tuesday 8 July. No need to mention AUKUS because we&#8217;ll definitely be talking about that. The finished episode will be posted on Friday.</p>
2162.  
2163.  
2164.  
2165. <p>On the weekend I&#8217;ll head down to Sydney so Snarky Platypus and I can catching up on some podcast recording. This will include <em>Another Untitled Music Podcast</em> episode 1, the?<a href="https://stilgherrian.com/essay/bingo-card-2025/">bingo card half-year review</a>?episode of?<em>The 9pm Edict</em> ? and yes some of those things have already happened. Those two episodes will appear in the following week.</p>
2166.  
2167.  
2168.  
2169. <p>We might also record some bits and pieces we didn&#8217;t record while we were in Adelaide, but that now has a lower priority. More on that next week.</p>
2170.  
2171.  
2172.  
2173. <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>
2174.  
2175.  
2176.  
2177. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Further Ahead</h4>
2178.  
2179.  
2180.  
2181. <ul class="wp-block-list">
2182. <li><em>Another Untitled Music Podcast</em> episode 2 recording, 26 July 2025, with the completed episode to be posted a few days later.</li>
2183.  
2184.  
2185.  
2186. <li><a href="https://www.techleaders.com.au">TechLeaders 2025</a>, Hunter Valley, 16?18 August 2025.</li>
2187.  
2188.  
2189.  
2190. <li><a href="https://www.livenation.com.au/sam-campbell-tickets-adp1602998">Sam Campbell: Window Sucker</a>, Sydney, 31 October 2025.</li>
2191. </ul>
2192.  
2193.  
2194.  
2195. <p>[<strong>Photo:</strong> The serene view from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Granite_Island_(South_Australia)">Granite Island</a> towards <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victor_Harbor,_South_Australia">Victor Harbor</a>, South Australia, on 1 July 2025.]</p>
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2206. <title>Weekly Wrap 787: A late (lack of) news from Adelaide</title>
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2210. <pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2025 07:43:58 +0000</pubDate>
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2221.  
2222. <description><![CDATA[My week of Monday 23 to Sunday 29 June 2025 saw the start of a semi-holiday which will eventually total six nights in my home town of Adelaide. I won&#8217;t go into the details now, because this is being posted four days late. Rather, I&#8217;ll post a few images and some commentary on the coming &#8230; <p class="link-more"><a href="https://stilgherrian.com/weekly-wrap/787/" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text"> "Weekly Wrap 787: A late (lack of) news from Adelaide"</span></a></p>]]></description>
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2224. <p><strong>My week of Monday 23 to Sunday 29 June 2025 saw the start of a semi-holiday which will eventually total six nights in my home town of Adelaide. I won&#8217;t go into the details now, because this is being posted four days late. Rather, I&#8217;ll post a few images and some commentary on the coming weekend, and later there will be a podcast. But hey it&#8217;s Adelaide, so there&#8217;s obviously plenty of good food and wine.</strong></p>
2225.  
2226.  
2227.  
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2229.  
2230.  
2231.  
2232. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Articles</h4>
2233.  
2234.  
2235.  
2236. <ul class="wp-block-list">
2237. <li><a href="https://buttondown.com/stilgherrian/archive/the-weekly-cybers-74/">The Weekly Cybers #74</a>. It?s YouTube versus the eSafety Commissioner in the social media age restrictions debate, the ACCC completes its mammoth inquiry into digital platforms, and NSW police reckon they?ve caught the Western Sydney University hacker. Yeah, I said I wouldn&#8217;t do one this week, but then I did, because these are solid stories.</li>
2238. </ul>
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2257.  
2258.  
2259.  
2260. <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>
2261.  
2262.  
2263.  
2264. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Podcasts, Photos, Videos, Media Appearances, Corporate Largesse</h4>
2265.  
2266.  
2267.  
2268. <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>
2269.  
2270.  
2271.  
2272. <h4 class="wp-block-heading" id="recommendations-add">Muskwatch</h4>
2273.  
2274.  
2275.  
2276. <p>I&#8217;ve limited this to just a few stories from the actual week covered by this Weekly Wrap, because we&#8217;re already very late.</p>
2277.  
2278.  
2279.  
2280. <ul class="wp-block-list">
2281. <li><a href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-06-29/elon-musk-criticises-trump-spending-cuts-bill-again/105474388">Elon Musk reignites criticism of Trump&#8217;s &#8216;big beautiful bill&#8217; as Republicans narrowly pass vote</a>,</li>
2282.  
2283.  
2284.  
2285. <li><a href="https://theconversation.com/in-the-sky-over-iran-elon-musk-and-starlink-step-into-geopolitics-not-for-the-first-time-259833">In the sky over Iran, Elon Musk and Starlink step into geopolitics ? not for the first time</a>.</li>
2286.  
2287.  
2288.  
2289. <li><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/jun/29/elon-musk-tesla-robotaxi">?Lidar is lame?: why Elon Musk?s vision for a self-driving Tesla taxi faltered</a>.</li>
2290.  
2291.  
2292.  
2293. <li>And from CNN, &#8220;Elon Musk isn?t happy with his AI chatbot. <a href="https://edition.cnn.com/2025/06/27/tech/grok-4-elon-musk-ai">Experts worry he?s trying to make Grok 4 in his image</a>&#8220;.</li>
2294. </ul>
2295.  
2296.  
2297.  
2298. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Some Interesting Links</h4>
2299.  
2300.  
2301.  
2302. <p>I&#8217;ll skip this for now because we&#8217;re already very late.</p>
2303.  
2304.  
2305.  
2306. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">The Week Ahead</h4>
2307.  
2308.  
2309.  
2310. <p>The week begins in Adelaide, as my expedition with Snarky Platypus continues. Yes, I&#8217;m writing this as if it&#8217;s still Sunday evening even though it&#8217;s now Thursday.</p>
2311.  
2312.  
2313.  
2314. <p>On Monday we head to the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McLaren_Vale">McLaren Vale</a> winemaking district, with lunch at the <a href="https://www.coriole.com/Restaurant/Restaurant">Coriole Vineyard</a>, and potentially a SEKRIT mission.</p>
2315.  
2316.  
2317.  
2318. <p>On Tuesday we?re heading down to&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victor_Harbor,_South_Australia">Victor Harbor</a>, a town very familiar to me from my childhood, although I can?t even remember the last time I might have been there. Given South Australia?s terrible regional transport options, that?ll wipe out the whole day.</p>
2319.  
2320.  
2321.  
2322. <p>We fly back to Sydney on Wednesday afternoon, and I&#8217;ll get that train back to the Blue Mountains that night ? but as I post this in the future I can tell that this will not have been about to happen.</p>
2323.  
2324.  
2325.  
2326. <p>Somewhere in there we&#8217;ll be recording a few more segments for <em>The 9pm Edict</em> and the special guest is me, Stilgherrian. Snarky Platypus is interviewing me about South Australia, my life, my thoughts, and more as we walk around Adelaide and nearby locations. This episode will take a little more editing than usual, so it&#8217;ll probably appear in late July or early August. However I can already say that we&#8217;ve recorded some interesting bits and I think you&#8217;ll like the result.</p>
2327.  
2328.  
2329.  
2330. <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>
2331.  
2332.  
2333.  
2334. <p><em>The Weekly Cybers</em> returns on Friday, and then the weekend is unplanned. I suspect I&#8217;ll be exhausted.&nbsp;</p>
2335.  
2336.  
2337.  
2338. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Further Ahead</h4>
2339.  
2340.  
2341.  
2342. <ul class="wp-block-list">
2343. <li><em>The 9pm Edict</em> podcast recording with <a href="https://www.lowyinstitute.org/people/experts/bio/sam-roggeveen">Sam Roggeveen</a>, director of the International Security Program at the Lowy Institute and author of <em><a href="https://www.blackincbooks.com.au/books/echidna-strategy">The Echidna Strategy</a></em>, an alternative view of Australia&#8217;s defence needs,  9 July 2025. <a href="https://www.internationalaffairs.org.au/australianoutlook/book-review-the-echidna-strategy-australias-search-for-power-and-peace/">Read this review</a> to get the flavour. If you&#8217;re a supporter with TRIGGER WORDS or a CONVERSATION TOPIC for this episode, please get them to me by 8pm AEST on Tuesday 8 July. No need to mention AUKUS because we&#8217;ll definitely be talking about that.</li>
2344.  
2345.  
2346.  
2347. <li><em>Another Untitled Music Podcast</em> episode 1 recording, 12 July 2025, with the completed episode to be posted a few days later.</li>
2348.  
2349.  
2350.  
2351. <li><em>Another Untitled Music Podcast</em> episode 2 recording, 26 July 2025, with the completed episode to be posted a few days later.</li>
2352.  
2353.  
2354.  
2355. <li><a href="https://www.techleaders.com.au">TechLeaders 2025</a>, Hunter Valley, 16?18 August 2025.</li>
2356.  
2357.  
2358.  
2359. <li><a href="https://www.livenation.com.au/sam-campbell-tickets-adp1602998">Sam Campbell: Window Sucker</a>, Sydney, 31 October 2025.</li>
2360. </ul>
2361.  
2362.  
2363.  
2364. <p>[<strong>Photo:</strong> An Adelaide Metro <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3000_class_railcar">3000 class DMU</a> arrives at Port Adelaide station on 26 June 2025. This colour scheme indicates that it&#8217;s been converted to diesel-hybrid as part of a refurbishment.]</p>
2365.  
2366.  
2367.  
2368. <p></p>
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2375. <title>Weekly Wrap 786: Cleaning the pipes before the mind</title>
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2379. <pubDate>Sun, 22 Jun 2025 08:22:32 +0000</pubDate>
2380. <category><![CDATA[Weekly Wrap]]></category>
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2392. <description><![CDATA[My week of Monday 16 to Sunday 22 June 2025 began with a continuation of the gastro that began late last week, but somehow I still managed to stay relatively productive. There&#8217;s no new podcast, but I&#8217;ve started mapping out episodes for the coming couple of months ? and planning next week&#8217;s holiday. Articles Subscribe &#8230; <p class="link-more"><a href="https://stilgherrian.com/weekly-wrap/786/" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text"> "Weekly Wrap 786: Cleaning the pipes before the mind"</span></a></p>]]></description>
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2394. <p><strong>My week of Monday 16 to Sunday 22 June 2025 began with a continuation of the gastro that began late last week, but somehow I still managed to stay relatively productive. There&#8217;s no new podcast, but I&#8217;ve started mapping out episodes for the coming couple of months ? and planning next week&#8217;s holiday.</strong></p>
2395.  
2396.  
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2400.  
2401.  
2402. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Articles</h4>
2403.  
2404.  
2405.  
2406. <ul class="wp-block-list">
2407. <li><a href="https://buttondown.com/stilgherrian/archive/the-weekly-cybers-73/">The Weekly Cybers #73</a>. Is the age assurance tech trial going well or badly? Depends who you ask. Also, Optus cops a $100 million penalty, Amazon to invest $20 billion, and Ghost Bat reaches an important milestone.</li>
2408. </ul>
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2429.  
2430. <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>
2431.  
2432.  
2433.  
2434. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Podcasts, Photos, Videos, Media Appearances, Corporate Largesse</h4>
2435.  
2436.  
2437.  
2438. <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>
2439.  
2440.  
2441.  
2442. <h4 class="wp-block-heading" id="recommendations-add">Muskwatch</h4>
2443.  
2444.  
2445.  
2446. <p>It seems odd writing about Elon Musk when the big story from the US is something else entirely, but here we are. Anyway, Musk hasn&#8217;t had a good week.</p>
2447.  
2448.  
2449.  
2450. <ul class="wp-block-list">
2451. <li><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/jun/17/elon-musk-new-york-hate-lawsuit-speech-law">Elon Musk?s X sues New York over hate speech and disinformation law</a>.</li>
2452.  
2453.  
2454.  
2455. <li><a href="https://gizmodo.com/elon-musks-xai-is-reportedly-burning-through-1-billion-a-month-2000617458">Elon Musk?s xAI Is reportedly burning through $1 billion a month</a>.</li>
2456.  
2457.  
2458.  
2459. <li><a href="https://gizmodo.com/elon-says-hes-working-to-fix-grok-after-ai-disagrees-with-him-on-right-wing-violence-2000617420">Elon says he?s working to ?fix? Grok after AI disagrees with him on right-wing violence</a>.</li>
2460.  
2461.  
2462.  
2463. <li><a href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-06-20/spacex-starship-rocket-explodes-into-dramatic-fireball/105440090">SpaceX Starship rocket explodes in latest setback to Musk&#8217;s Mars mission</a>. Yep, blew up on the pad just before it was due ro run a static firing test.</li>
2464.  
2465.  
2466.  
2467. <li>From <em>The New Yorker</em>, <a href="https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/06/23/what-did-elon-musk-accomplish-at-doge">What did Elon Musk accomplish at DOGE?</a> Nothing that hasn&#8217;t already been covered as we went along, but I always appreciate a slow-news analysis.</li>
2468.  
2469.  
2470.  
2471. <li><a href="https://au.news.yahoo.com/elon-musk-posts-hair-drug-090054334.html">Elon Musk posts new drug test results and insists reporters should do the same</a>.</li>
2472.  
2473.  
2474.  
2475. <li>And from <em>The Conversation</em>, &#8220;Why Elon Musk?s US$34 billion loss wasn?t really that ? and what it tells us about <a href="https://theconversation.com/why-elon-musks-us-34-billion-loss-wasnt-really-that-and-what-it-tells-us-about-the-philanthropy-of-the-ultra-wealthy-259176">the philanthropy of the ultra-wealthy</a>&#8220;.</li>
2476. </ul>
2477.  
2478.  
2479.  
2480. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Some Interesting Links</h4>
2481.  
2482.  
2483.  
2484. <ul class="wp-block-list">
2485. <li>I enjoyed this video about <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zg8qS77d9Yc">Francis Stowe?s three-armed design</a> for a Sydney Harbour bridge, even though the script is a bit flabby. There&#8217;s also a <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3nk9uSdlXIs">making-of video</a>.</li>
2486.  
2487.  
2488.  
2489. <li><a href="https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/06/military-parade-army-trump-american250-a250/">How MAGA took over America?s 250th birthday, which is next year</a>.</li>
2490.  
2491.  
2492.  
2493. <li><a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/china-ai-remakes-kung-fu-films-bruce-lee-jackie-chan-jet-li-1236295093/">Chinese studios plan AI-powered remakes of kung fu classics from Bruce Lee, Jackie Chan and Jet Li</a>.</li>
2494.  
2495.  
2496.  
2497. <li>From Alasdair Beckett-King, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWodU1jXzzg">Every Guy With A Tragic Backstory (In A Movie)</a>.</li>
2498.  
2499.  
2500.  
2501. <li>And from Dan Toomey, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sHYAeABPVI8">Can I fix tech&#8217;s awful keynote presentations?</a>.</li>
2502. </ul>
2503.  
2504.  
2505.  
2506. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">The Week Ahead</h4>
2507.  
2508.  
2509.  
2510. <p>The coming week has been mapped out in some detail. Monday and Tuesday are primarily work days, for some value of  work, although I know there won&#8217;t be a lot to do.</p>
2511.  
2512.  
2513.  
2514. <p>My Adelaide expedition starts on Wednesday, when I head down to Sydney for some vital errands before a flight west on Thursday morning.</p>
2515.  
2516.  
2517.  
2518. <p>On Friday I&#8217;ll introduce Snarky Platypus to the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/O-Bahn_Busway">O-Bahn guided busway</a>, heading to the largely pointless north-east suburbs.</p>
2519.  
2520.  
2521.  
2522. <p><s>I&#8217;m skipping <em>The Weekly Cybers</em> this week, so there&#8217;s some potential for us to enjoy the afternoon ?&nbsp;although we&#8217;ll probably have an early night because&#8230;</s></p>
2523.  
2524.  
2525.  
2526. <p>[<strong>Update 24 June 2024:</strong> Actually there might be an edition of <em>The Weekly Cybers</em> after all, because as I insert this update on Tuesday morning we&#8217;ve already had quite a bit of relevant news. Stay tunes.]</p>
2527.  
2528.  
2529.  
2530. <p>[<strong>Update 30 June 2025:</strong> I haven&#8217;t posted the new Weekly Wrap yet, but I&#8217;ll at least record the changes to the plan which we made on Sunday. There was trackwork on the Seaford railway like which made the logistics difficult. So the Victor Harbor and Gawler trips were swapped over. Also, we thought, why on earth are we rushing to record so much podcast content <em>during a holiday</em>?]</p>
2531.  
2532.  
2533.  
2534. <p>On Saturday morning the Platypus has an exam, so while he&#8217;s doing that I&#8217;ll be doing some podcast pre-production. <s>Then we&#8217;ll probably record the <a href="https://stilgherrian.com/essay/bingo-card-2025/">bingo card half-year review</a> episode of <em>The 9pm Edict</em>. Some of these things have actually happened already. The finished episode will be posted around 5 July.</s></p>
2535.  
2536.  
2537.  
2538. <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>
2539.  
2540.  
2541.  
2542. <p><s>On Saturday evening I&#8217;ll be at a pub and you&#8217;ll be welcome to join me. I haven&#8217;t decided which one yet, so watch my socials or check back here towards the end of the week.</s></p>
2543.  
2544.  
2545.  
2546. <p><s>On Sunday we&#8217;re heading down to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victor_Harbor,_South_Australia">Victor Harbor</a>, a town very familiar to me from my childhood, although I can&#8217;t even remember the last time I might have been there. Given South Australia&#8217;s terrible regional transport options, that&#8217;ll wipe out the whole day.</s></p>
2547.  
2548.  
2549.  
2550. <p>On Sunday we head to my birthplace of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gawler">Gawler</a>, with lunch at the Prince Albert Hotel.</p>
2551.  
2552.  
2553.  
2554. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Further Ahead</h4>
2555.  
2556.  
2557.  
2558. <ul class="wp-block-list">
2559. <li>The Adelaide expedition with Snarky Platypus continues for a few more days, to 2 July 2025. On Monday we head to the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McLaren_Vale">McLaren Vale</a> winemaking district, including lunch at the <a href="https://www.coriole.com/Restaurant/Restaurant">Coriole Vineyard</a>. <s>On Tuesday we head to my birthplace of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gawler">Gawler</a>,</s> On Tuesday we&#8217;re heading down to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victor_Harbor,_South_Australia">Victor Harbor</a>, a town very familiar to me from my childhood, although I can&#8217;t even remember the last time I might have been there. Given South Australia&#8217;s terrible regional transport options, that&#8217;ll wipe out the whole day, before we fly back to Sydney on Wednesday afternoon.</li>
2560.  
2561.  
2562.  
2563. <li><em>The 9pm Edict</em> recording with me, Stilgherrian. For a change, Snarky Platypus will be interviewing me about South Australia, my life, my thoughts, and more as we walk around Adelaide and nearby locations. <strong>If you&#8217;re a supporter with TRIGGER WORDS or a CONVERSATION TOPIC for that episode, please get them to me by 8pm AEST this Friday 27 June.</strong> This episode will take a little more editing than usual, so it&#8217;ll probably appear in late July or early August.</li>
2564.  
2565.  
2566.  
2567. <li><em>The 9pm Edict</em> podcast recording with <a href="https://www.lowyinstitute.org/people/experts/bio/sam-roggeveen">Sam Roggeveen</a>, director of the International Security Program at the Lowy Institute and author of <em><a href="https://www.blackincbooks.com.au/books/echidna-strategy">The Echidna Strategy</a></em>, an alternative view of Australia&#8217;s defence needs, 9 July 2025. <a href="https://www.internationalaffairs.org.au/australianoutlook/book-review-the-echidna-strategy-australias-search-for-power-and-peace/">Read this review</a> to get the flavour. If you&#8217;re a supporter with TRIGGER WORDS or a CONVERSATION TOPIC for this episode, please get them to me by 8pm AEST on Tuesday 8 July. No need to mention AUKUS because we&#8217;ll definitely be talking about that.</li>
2568.  
2569.  
2570.  
2571. <li><em>Another Untitled Music Podcast</em> episode 1 recording, 12 July 2025, with the completed episode to be posted a few days later.</li>
2572.  
2573.  
2574.  
2575. <li><em>Another Untitled Music Podcast</em> episode 2 recording, 26 July 2025, with the completed episode to be posted a few days later.</li>
2576.  
2577.  
2578.  
2579. <li><a href="https://www.techleaders.com.au">TechLeaders 2025</a>, Hunter Valley, 16?18 August 2025.</li>
2580.  
2581.  
2582.  
2583. <li><a href="https://www.livenation.com.au/sam-campbell-tickets-adp1602998">Sam Campbell: Window Sucker</a>, Sydney, 31 October 2025.</li>
2584. </ul>
2585.  
2586.  
2587.  
2588. <p>[<strong>Photo:</strong> A <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grey_butcherbird">grey butcherbird</a> (<em>Cracticus torquatus</em>) tries to attract my attention on 19 June 2025, and succeeds. This particular bird and its family visit me every day.]</p>
2589.  
2590.  
2591.  
2592. <p></p>
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2599. <title>Weekly Wrap 785: Thinking of more pleasant times is the Quay to happiness, right?</title>
2600. <link>https://stilgherrian.com/weekly-wrap/785/</link>
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2603. <pubDate>Sun, 15 Jun 2025 08:32:42 +0000</pubDate>
2604. <category><![CDATA[Weekly Wrap]]></category>
2605. <category><![CDATA[circular quay]]></category>
2606. <category><![CDATA[diarrhoea]]></category>
2607. <category><![CDATA[donald trump]]></category>
2608. <category><![CDATA[elon musk]]></category>
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2610.  
2611. <description><![CDATA[Diarrhoea plagued my week of Monday 9 to Sunday 15 June 2025 but it was still productive, with another fun podcast and a lot of successful client work. But there was no time for photos, so here&#8217;s a shot of Circular Quay from a couple weeks ago. You can see the original AMP Building in &#8230; <p class="link-more"><a href="https://stilgherrian.com/weekly-wrap/785/" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text"> "Weekly Wrap 785: Thinking of more pleasant times is the Quay to happiness, right?"</span></a></p>]]></description>
2612. <content:encoded><![CDATA[
2613. <p><strong>Diarrhoea plagued my week of Monday 9 to Sunday 15 June 2025 but it was still productive, with another fun podcast and a lot of successful client work. But there was no time for photos, so here&#8217;s a shot of Circular Quay from a couple weeks ago.</strong></p>
2614.  
2615.  
2616.  
2617. <span id="more-38217"></span>
2618.  
2619.  
2620.  
2621. <p>You can see the original <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AMP_Building,_Sydney">AMP Building</a> in that photo, at the time Australia&#8217;s tallest building, Well this week it <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mruTvTDy5_s">reopened after renovations</a>.</p>
2622.  
2623.  
2624.  
2625. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Podcasts</h4>
2626.  
2627.  
2628.  
2629. <ul class="wp-block-list">
2630. <li><a href="https://the9pmedict.com/edict/00248/">The 9pm Remembering Valentina Tereshkova and Bonus Aliens with Dr Alice Gorman and Rami Mandow</a>, recorded on Wednesday evening and posted on Saturday evening. This episode was originally posted as &#8220;The 9pm Controversial Alien Discovery and Budget Cuts with Dr Alice Gorman and Rami Mandow&#8221; but that misses out the entire reason for posting it this weekend.</li>
2631. </ul>
2632.  
2633.  
2634.  
2635. <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>
2636.  
2637.  
2638.  
2639. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Articles</h4>
2640.  
2641.  
2642.  
2643. <ul class="wp-block-list">
2644. <li><a href="https://buttondown.com/stilgherrian/archive/the-weekly-cybers-72/">The Weekly Cybers #72</a>. PM Anthony Albanese is still all for social media age restrictions, digital identities are a challenge to traditional espionage, and robot taxis are being lured to their death in LA.</li>
2645. </ul>
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2664.  
2665.  
2666.  
2667. <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>
2668.  
2669.  
2670.  
2671. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Photos, Videos, Media Appearances, Corporate Largesse</h4>
2672.  
2673.  
2674.  
2675. <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>
2676.  
2677.  
2678.  
2679. <h4 class="wp-block-heading" id="recommendations-add">Muskwatch</h4>
2680.  
2681.  
2682.  
2683. <p>Last week we enjoyed the explosion between Elon Musk and Donald Trump. This week there&#8217;s <em>almost</em> a rapprochement.</p>
2684.  
2685.  
2686.  
2687. <ul class="wp-block-list">
2688. <li>&#8220;Elon Musk says he <a href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-06-11/elon-musk-regrets-donald-trump-posts/105405488">regrets &#8216;some&#8217; of his social media</a> posts about Donald Trump last week.&#8221;</li>
2689.  
2690.  
2691.  
2692. <li>Well yes, because now <a href="https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/why-did-elon-musk-turn-against-trump-in-the-first-place.html">Donald Trump has a bad case of hurt feelings</a>.</li>
2693.  
2694.  
2695.  
2696. <li>&#8220;Unstoppable force loses battle with immovable object: <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/jun/09/elon-musk-trump-fight-ai-movies">Elon bows to Trump</a>.&#8221;</li>
2697.  
2698.  
2699.  
2700. <li>Marina Hyde is at it again this week. &#8220;So social media has broken even Elon Musk. I?m forced to ask: <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jun/13/social-media-elon-musk-donald-trump-x-platform">U OK hun?</a>&#8220;.</li>
2701. </ul>
2702.  
2703.  
2704.  
2705. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Some Interesting Links</h4>
2706.  
2707.  
2708.  
2709. <ul class="wp-block-list">
2710. <li>In this week?s AlienSideBoob, John Birmingham discusses AUKUS in <a href="https://aliensideboob.substack.com/p/a-ponzi-scheme-for-used-periscopes">A Ponzi scheme for used periscopes</a>.</li>
2711.  
2712.  
2713.  
2714. <li>One of the newsletters I read every day, Australian tech newsletter <em>The Sizzle</em>, is offering a <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/thesizzle.com.au/post/3lrk3aahz4n2d">two-week free trial</a>.</li>
2715.  
2716.  
2717.  
2718. <li>In Tokyo there&#8217;s a temple to honour <a href="https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/kan-eiji-temple">insects that died for </a>science.</li>
2719.  
2720.  
2721.  
2722. <li>A website which may or may not be useful, depending on where you are in Australia, but I like the data displays. <a href="https://isithotrightnow.com/places/sydney-city">Is it how right now?</a>. There&#8217;s a couple international versions too.</li>
2723.  
2724.  
2725.  
2726. <li>And to finish, well, somehow I was introduced to this <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ip-hGliMrfQ">brief clip</a> from a movie called <em><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gentlemen_Broncos">Gentlemen Broncos</a></em> (2009). There&#8217;s also a <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qdpFpfIBkXc&amp;t=6s">trailer</a>. From its $10 million production cost they made back $118,192 at the box office. Make that what you will.</li>
2727. </ul>
2728.  
2729.  
2730.  
2731. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">The Week Ahead</h4>
2732.  
2733.  
2734.  
2735. <p>The diarrhoea has lasted for three days so far, so I&#8217;m pretty sure Monday will still be about recovery. If it continues beyond that then I&#8217;ll escalate it to the medical system.</p>
2736.  
2737.  
2738.  
2739. <p>Tuesday and Wednesday, however, are important deadline days for a client project, so that will keep me busy. Thursday is being kept in reserve in case there are overruns. And then on Friday it&#8217;s <em>The Week Cybers</em> as usual.</p>
2740.  
2741.  
2742.  
2743. <p>Saturday is the June Solstice, known as the Winter Solstice on this side of the planet of course, but I have yet to arrange any kind of celebration.</p>
2744.  
2745.  
2746.  
2747. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Further Ahead</h4>
2748.  
2749.  
2750.  
2751. <ul class="wp-block-list">
2752. <li><strong><mark style="background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)" class="has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color">UPDATED:</mark></strong> Adelaide expedition, 26 June to 2 July 2025, with Snarky Platypus. On the Friday I&#8217;ll introduce him to the O-Bahn. On Saturday he has an exam and then we&#8217;ll record some podcast material. On Sunday we&#8217;ll go to Victor Harbour, on Monday to the McLaren Vale winemaking district, and onTuesday to my birthplace in Gawler. </li>
2753.  
2754.  
2755.  
2756. <li><em>The 9pm Edict</em> recording with Snarky Platypus, the <a href="https://stilgherrian.com/essay/bingo-card-2025/">bingo card half-year review</a> episode, 28 June 2025 (TBC). We&#8217;ll record this at some point while in Adelaide, and it&#8217;ll be posted around 5 July.</li>
2757.  
2758.  
2759.  
2760. <li><em>The 9pm Edict</em> recording with me, Stilgherrian. For a change, Snarky Platypus will be interviewing me about South Australia, my life, my thoughts, and more as we walk around Adelaide and nearby locations. TRIGGER WORDS or a CONVERSATION TOPIC for that episode? By 8pm AEST on Friday 27 June please. I know this episode  will take a little more editing than usual, so it&#8217;ll appear in mid-July or early August.</li>
2761.  
2762.  
2763.  
2764. <li><em>The 9pm Edict</em> podcast recording with <a href="https://www.lowyinstitute.org/people/experts/bio/sam-roggeveen">Sam Roggeveen</a>, director of the International Security Program at the Lowy Institute and author of <em><a href="https://www.blackincbooks.com.au/books/echidna-strategy">The Echidna Strategy</a></em>, an alternative view of Australia&#8217;s defence needs, 9 July 2025. <a href="https://www.internationalaffairs.org.au/australianoutlook/book-review-the-echidna-strategy-australias-search-for-power-and-peace/">Read this review</a> to get the flavour. If you&#8217;re a supporter with TRIGGER WORDS or a CONVERSATION TOPIC for this episode, please get them to me by 8pm AEST on Tuesday 8 July. No need to mention AUKUS because we&#8217;ll definitely be talking about that.</li>
2765.  
2766.  
2767.  
2768. <li><em>Another Untitled Music Podcast</em> episode 1 recording, 12 July 2025, with the completed episode to be posted a few days later.</li>
2769.  
2770.  
2771.  
2772. <li><em>Another Untitled Music Podcast</em> episode 2 recording, 26 July 2025, with the completed episode to be posted a few days later.</li>
2773.  
2774.  
2775.  
2776. <li><a href="https://www.techleaders.com.au">TechLeaders 2025</a>, Hunter Valley, 16?18 August 2025.</li>
2777.  
2778.  
2779.  
2780. <li><a href="https://www.livenation.com.au/sam-campbell-tickets-adp1602998">Sam Campbell: Window Sucker</a>, Sydney, 31 October 2025.</li>
2781. </ul>
2782.  
2783.  
2784.  
2785. <p>[<strong>Photo:</strong> Circular Quay from Sydney Harbour, photographed from a ferry on 24 May 2025.]</p>
2786.  
2787.  
2788.  
2789. <p></p>
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2794. </item>
2795. <item>
2796. <title>The 9pm Remembering Valentina Tereshkova and Bonus Aliens with Dr Alice Gorman and Rami Mandow</title>
2797. <link>https://stilgherrian.com/edict/00248/</link>
2799. <dc:creator><![CDATA[Stilgherrian]]></dc:creator>
2800. <pubDate>Sat, 14 Jun 2025 09:51:36 +0000</pubDate>
2801. <category><![CDATA[The 9pm Edict]]></category>
2802. <category><![CDATA[alice gorman]]></category>
2803. <category><![CDATA[aliens]]></category>
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2809. <category><![CDATA[peryton]]></category>
2810. <category><![CDATA[ramin mandow]]></category>
2811. <category><![CDATA[Space]]></category>
2812. <category><![CDATA[valentina tereshkova]]></category>
2813. <category><![CDATA[vostok-6]]></category>
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2815.  
2816. <description><![CDATA[With massive budget cuts to NASA, claims that we&#8217;ve found alien life, and an important anniversary coming up, it&#8217;s time once more to talk about Space! My guests, therefore, are space archaeologist Dr Alice Gorman aka Dr Space Junk, and astrophysicist Rami Mandow. In this episode we celebrate the anniversary of the first woman in &#8230; <p class="link-more"><a href="https://stilgherrian.com/edict/00248/" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text"> "The 9pm Remembering Valentina Tereshkova and Bonus Aliens with Dr Alice Gorman and Rami Mandow"</span></a></p>]]></description>
2817. <content:encoded><![CDATA[
2818. <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/2023/12/alicerami-1200.jpeg" alt="Left: Dr Alice Gorman. (Photo: Simon Royal/ABC) Right: Rami Mandow. (Photo: Supplied; Post-processing: Stilgherrian). Not the best ALT text, I know, but yeah a white women and a man &quot;of Middle-Eastern appearance&quot;." class="wp-image-34368" style="aspect-ratio:16/9;object-fit:cover" srcset="https://stilgherrian.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/alicerami-1200.jpeg 1200w, https://stilgherrian.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/alicerami-1200-350x197.jpeg 350w, https://stilgherrian.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/alicerami-1200-600x338.jpeg 600w, https://stilgherrian.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/alicerami-1200-75x42.jpeg 75w, https://stilgherrian.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/alicerami-1200-768x432.jpeg 768w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption"><em>Left: Dr Alice Gorman. (Photo: Simon Royal/ABC) Right: Rami Mandow. (Photo: Supplied; Post-processing: Stilgherrian).</em></figcaption></figure>
2819.  
2820.  
2821.  
2822. <p><strong>With massive budget cuts to NASA, claims that we&#8217;ve found alien life, and an important anniversary coming up, it&#8217;s time once more to talk about Space! My guests, therefore, are space archaeologist Dr Alice Gorman aka Dr Space Junk, and astrophysicist Rami Mandow.</strong></p>
2823.  
2824.  
2825.  
2826. <span id="more-38222"></span>
2827.  
2828.  
2829.  
2830. <p>In this episode we celebrate the anniversary of the first woman in space, Valentina Tereshkova, we discuss how Donald Trump&#8217;s budget cuts will affect space research, and we discuss fast radio bursts, the overview effect, and why Mars is a shithole.</p>
2831.  
2832.  
2833.  
2834. <p>This episode was originally posted as &#8220;The 9pm Controversial Alien Discovery and Budget Cuts with Dr Alice Gorman and Rami Mandow&#8221; but that misses out the entire reason for posting it this weekend.</p>
2835.  
2836.  
2837. <iframe loading="lazy" src="https://widget.spreaker.com/player?episode_id=66556796&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>
2838.  
2839.  
2840.  
2841. <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>
2842.  
2843.  
2844.  
2845. <p>You can also <a href="https://www.spreaker.com/show/1530079/episodes/feed">subscribe to the generic podcast feed</a>.</p>
2846.  
2847.  
2848.  
2849. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Episode Links</h4>
2850.  
2851.  
2852.  
2853.  
2854.  
2855.  
2856. <p>If the links aren&#8217;t showing up, <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:stilgherrian/t:edict00248">try here</a>.</p>
2857.  
2858.  
2859.  
2860. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Thank you, Media Freedom Citizenry</h4>
2861.  
2862.  
2863.  
2864. <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>
2865.  
2866.  
2867.  
2868. <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>
2869.  
2870.  
2871.  
2872. <p>CONVERSATION TOPICS: Joanna Forbes, Peter Viertel, and one person who chooses to remain anonymous.</p>
2873.  
2874.  
2875.  
2876. <p>THREE TRIGGER WORDS: Bernard Walsh, Paul Williams, and Peter Lieverdink.</p>
2877.  
2878.  
2879.  
2880. <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>
2881.  
2882.  
2883.  
2884. <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>
2885.  
2886.  
2887.  
2888. <p>PERSONALISED VIDEO MESSAGE: Briala Bowmer.</p>
2889.  
2890.  
2891.  
2892. <p>PERSONALISED AUDIO MESSAGE: Kimberley Heitman, KO Hall, and Matt Arkell.</p>
2893.  
2894.  
2895.  
2896. <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>
2897.  
2898.  
2899.  
2900. <p>MEDIA FREEDOM CITIZENS who contributed a BASIC TIP: None this time, which is curious.</p>
2901.  
2902.  
2903.  
2904. <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>
2905.  
2906.  
2907.  
2908. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Series Credits</h4>
2909.  
2910.  
2911.  
2912. <ul class="wp-block-list">
2913. <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>
2914.  
2915.  
2916.  
2917. <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>
2918.  
2919.  
2920.  
2921. <li>Elephant Stamp theme by <a href="http://twitter.com/vealmince">Joshua Mehlman</a>.</li>
2922. </ul>
2923.  
2924.  
2925.  
2926. <p></p>
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2931.  
2932. <itunes:subtitle>Left: Dr Alice Gorman. (Photo: Simon Royal/ABC) Right: Rami Mandow. (Photo: Supplied; Post-processing: Stilgherrian).    With massive budget cuts to NASA, claims that we&#039;ve found alien life, and an important anniversary coming up,</itunes:subtitle>
2933. <itunes:summary>Left: Dr Alice Gorman. (Photo: Simon Royal/ABC) Right: Rami Mandow. (Photo: Supplied; Post-processing: Stilgherrian).&lt;br /&gt;
2934. <br />
2935. <br />
2936. <br />
2937. With massive budget cuts to NASA, claims that we've found alien life, and an important anniversary coming up, it's time once more to talk about Space! My guests, therefore, are space archaeologist Dr Alice Gorman aka Dr Space Junk, and astrophysicist Rami Mandow.<br />
2938. <br />
2939. <br />
2940. <br />
2941. <br />
2942. <br />
2943. <br />
2944. <br />
2945. In this episode we celebrate the anniversary of the first woman in space, Valentina Tereshkova, we discuss how Donald Trump's budget cuts will affect space research, and we discuss fast radio bursts, the overview effect, and why Mars is a shithole.<br />
2946. <br />
2947. <br />
2948. <br />
2949. This episode was originally posted as "The 9pm Controversial Alien Discovery and Budget Cuts with Dr Alice Gorman and Rami Mandow" but that misses out the entire reason for posting it this weekend.<br />
2950. <br />
2951. <br />
2952. <br />
2953. <br />
2954. <br />
2955. <br />
2956. <br />
2957. This podcast is available on Amazon Music, Apple Podcasts, Castbox, Deezer, Google Podcasts, iHeartRadio, JioSaavn, Pocket Casts, Podcast Addict, Podchaser, Spotify, and Speaker.<br />
2958. <br />
2959. <br />
2960. <br />
2961. You can also subscribe to the generic podcast feed.<br />
2962. <br />
2963. <br />
2964. <br />
2965. Episode Links<br />
2966. <br />
2967. <br />
2968. <br />
2969. <br />
2970. <br />
2971. <br />
2972. <br />
2973. If the links aren't showing up, try here.<br />
2974. <br />
2975. <br />
2976. <br />
2977. Thank you, Media Freedom Citizenry<br />
2978. <br />
2979. <br />
2980. <br />
2981. The 9pm Edict is supported by the generosity of its listeners. You can always throw a few coins into the tip jar or subscribe for special benefits. Please consider.<br />
2982. <br />
2983. <br />
2984. <br />
2985. For this episode it's thanks again to everyone who supported The 9pm Mid-2025 Series crowdfunding campaign.<br />
2986. <br />
2987. <br />
2988. <br />
2989. CONVERSATION TOPICS: Joanna Forbes, Peter Viertel, and one person who chooses to remain anonymous.<br />
2990. <br />
2991. <br />
2992. <br />
2993. THREE TRIGGER WORDS: Bernard Walsh, Paul Williams, and Peter Lieverdink.<br />
2994. <br />
2995. <br />
2996. <br />
2997. WE WILL, WE WILL JUDGE YOU, part of Another Untitled Music Podcast: Bic Smith, Gavin Costello, stabfish, and one person who chooses to remain anonymous.<br />
2998. <br />
2999. <br />
3000. <br />
3001. 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.<br />
3002. <br />
3003. <br />
3004. <br />
3005. PERSONALISED VIDEO MESSAGE: Briala Bowmer.<br />
3006. <br />
3007. <br />
3008. <br />
3009. PERSONALISED AUDIO MESSAGE: Kimberley Heitman, KO Hall, and Matt Arkell.<br />
3010. <br />
3011. <br />
3012. <br />
3013. 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.<br />
3014. <br />
3015. <br />
3016. <br />
3017. MEDIA FREEDOM CITIZENS who contributed a BASIC TIP: None this time, which is curious.<br />
3018. <br />
3019. <br />
3020. <br />
3021. 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.<br />
3022. <br />
3023. <br />
3024. <br />
3025. Series Credits<br />
3026. <br />
3027. <br />
3028. <br />
3029. <br />
3030. The 9pm Edict theme by mansardian via The Freesound Project.<br />
3031. <br />
3032. <br />
3033. <br />
3034. Edict fanfare by neonaeon, via The Freesound Project.<br />
3035. <br />
3036. <br />
3037. <br />
3038. Elephant Stamp theme by Joshua Mehlman.</itunes:summary>
3039. <itunes:author>Stilgherrian</itunes:author>
3040. <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
3041. <itunes:explicit>true</itunes:explicit>
3042. <itunes:duration>1:04:24</itunes:duration>
3043. </item>
3044. <item>
3045. <title>Weekly Wrap 784: You can&#8217;t catch a tram to Indonesia</title>
3046. <link>https://stilgherrian.com/weekly-wrap/784/</link>
3048. <dc:creator><![CDATA[Stilgherrian]]></dc:creator>
3049. <pubDate>Mon, 09 Jun 2025 02:02:46 +0000</pubDate>
3050. <category><![CDATA[Weekly Wrap]]></category>
3051. <category><![CDATA[donald trump]]></category>
3052. <category><![CDATA[elon musk]]></category>
3053. <category><![CDATA[light rail]]></category>
3054. <category><![CDATA[parramatta]]></category>
3055. <guid isPermaLink="false">https://stilgherrian.com/?p=38168</guid>
3056.  
3057. <description><![CDATA[My week of Monday 2 to Sunday 8 June 2025 saw the start of The 9pm Edict podcast&#8217;s mid-2025 series, some productivity on client projects, and on Sunday a trip on the Parramatta light rail ? although the photo is from a couple of weeks back. Podcasts The 9pm Edict&#160;and&#160;Another Untitled Music Podcast&#160;are supported by &#8230; <p class="link-more"><a href="https://stilgherrian.com/weekly-wrap/784/" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text"> "Weekly Wrap 784: You can&#8217;t catch a tram to Indonesia"</span></a></p>]]></description>
3058. <content:encoded><![CDATA[
3059. <p><strong>My week of Monday 2 to Sunday 8 June 2025 saw the start of <em>The 9pm Edict</em> podcast&#8217;s mid-2025 series, some productivity on client projects, and on Sunday a trip on the Parramatta light rail ? although the photo is from a couple of weeks back.</strong></p>
3060.  
3061.  
3062.  
3063. <span id="more-38168"></span>
3064.  
3065.  
3066.  
3067. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Podcasts</h4>
3068.  
3069.  
3070.  
3071. <ul class="wp-block-list">
3072. <li><a href="https://the9pmedict.com/edict/00247/">The 9pm Australia&#8217;s Most Important Relationship is with Indonesia with Erin Cook</a>, recorded on Wednesday evening and posted on Saturday evening. This is the first episode in the mid-2025 series.</li>
3073. </ul>
3074.  
3075.  
3076.  
3077. <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>
3078.  
3079.  
3080.  
3081. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Articles</h4>
3082.  
3083.  
3084.  
3085. <ul class="wp-block-list">
3086. <li><a href="https://buttondown.com/stilgherrian/archive/the-weekly-cybers-71/">The Weekly Cybers #71</a>. Services Australia says AI and automation will be deployed with empathy, Apple faces pressure to open up app sales, HMAS <em>Canberra</em> kills Kiwi wi-fi, and much more.</li>
3087. </ul>
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3107.  
3108.  
3109. <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>
3110.  
3111.  
3112.  
3113. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Photos, Videos, Media Appearances, Corporate Largesse</h4>
3114.  
3115.  
3116.  
3117. <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>
3118.  
3119.  
3120.  
3121. <h4 class="wp-block-heading" id="recommendations-add">Muskwatch</h4>
3122.  
3123.  
3124.  
3125. <p>Well then. The Musk-Trump alliance exploded most spectacularly this week. Here&#8217;s some of the pieces I&#8217;ve found most useful ? although the situation is changing hourly.</p>
3126.  
3127.  
3128.  
3129. <ul class="wp-block-list">
3130. <li>&#8220;Impeachment, Epstein and bitter acrimony: <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/05/trump-elon-musk-fallout">Trump and Musk joust in astonishing social media duel</a>.&#8221;</li>
3131.  
3132.  
3133.  
3134. <li><a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/live/cyvm2181lqvt">Trump says Musk has &#8216;lost his mind&#8217; but says he is not focusing on row</a>, from a BBC liveblog on the whole thing.</li>
3135.  
3136.  
3137.  
3138. <li><a href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-06-07/trump-shuns-call-with-musk-and-considers-selling-tesla/105389042">Donald Trump shuns call with Elon Musk and considers selling Tesla</a>.</li>
3139.  
3140.  
3141.  
3142. <li><a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-elon-musk-consequences-funds-democratic-candidates-rcna211605">Trump says Elon Musk will face &#8216;very serious consequences&#8217; if he funds Democratic candidates</a>.</li>
3143.  
3144.  
3145.  
3146. <li>And of course Patrick Boyle&#8217;s video essay <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6nX63zInJkY">The Trump Musk Blowup!</a> is magnificent.</li>
3147.  
3148.  
3149.  
3150. <li>From <em>WIRED</em>, <a href="https://www.wired.com/story/theres-a-very-simple-pattern-to-elon-musks-broken-promises/">There?s a very simple pattern to Elon Musk?s broken promises</a>.</li>
3151.  
3152.  
3153.  
3154. <li>Finally, it&#8217;s worth reading <a href="https://www.muskwatch.com/p/the-week-in-musk-from-bromance-to">this week&#8217;s <em>Musk Watch</em></a>, the newsletter, not this list.</li>
3155. </ul>
3156.  
3157.  
3158.  
3159. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Some Interesting Links</h4>
3160.  
3161.  
3162.  
3163. <ul class="wp-block-list">
3164. <li><a href="https://futurism.com/therapy-chatbot-addict-meth">Therapy chatbot tells recovering addict to have a little meth as a treat</a>. &#8220;Pedro, it?s absolutely clear you need a small hit of meth to get through this week.&#8221;</li>
3165.  
3166.  
3167.  
3168. <li><a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cp92pr5pr48o">Scientists create &#8216;world&#8217;s smallest violin&#8217;</a>.</li>
3169.  
3170.  
3171.  
3172. <li>Check out this discussion of the <a href="https://www.londonreconnections.com/2025/becksploitation-sydneys-beck-style-railway-maps%EF%BF%B9/">Sydney railway maps</a> that copied the style of Harry Beck&#8217;s famous maps of the London Underground.</li>
3173.  
3174.  
3175.  
3176. <li>And while we&#8217;re on the topic, here&#8217;s a history of <a href="https://www.thnsw.com.au/post/the-eastern-suburbs-railway">Sydney&#8217;s Eastern Suburbs Railway</a>.</li>
3177. </ul>
3178.  
3179.  
3180.  
3181. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">The Week Ahead</h4>
3182.  
3183.  
3184.  
3185. <p>Monday is the public holiday for the King&#8217;s Birthday. The weather forecast no longer includes the possibility of snow, but I&#8217;ll still be spending the day at home.</p>
3186.  
3187.  
3188.  
3189. <p>Tuesday sees a day trip Sydney for a variety of personal and business appointments.</p>
3190.  
3191.  
3192.  
3193. <p>On Wednesday evening I&#8217;m recording an episode of <em>The 9pm Edict</em> with space archaeologist <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_Gorman" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Dr Alice Gorman</a> aka Dr Space Junk and astrophysicist <a href="https://au.linkedin.com/in/ramimandow" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Rami Mandow</a>.&nbsp;If you&#8217;re a supporter with TRIGGER WORDS or a CONVERSATION TOPIC for this episode, please get them to me by 8pm AEST this Tuesday 10 June.</p>
3194.  
3195.  
3196.  
3197. <p>The finished episode will be posted on the weekend, because during the week I have a whole bunch of client work to do.</p>
3198.  
3199.  
3200.  
3201. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Further Ahead</h4>
3202.  
3203.  
3204.  
3205. <ul class="wp-block-list">
3206. <li>Adelaide expedition, 26 June to 2 July 2025, with Snarky Platypus.</li>
3207.  
3208.  
3209.  
3210. <li><em>The 9pm Edict</em> recording with me, Stilgherrian. For a change, Snarky Platypus will be interviewing me about South Australia, my life, my thoughts, and more as we walk around Adelaide and nearby locations. TRIGGER WORDS or a CONVERSATION TOPIC for that episode? By 8pm AEST on Friday 27 June please.</li>
3211.  
3212.  
3213.  
3214. <li><em>The 9pm Edict</em> recording with Snarky Platypus, the <a href="https://stilgherrian.com/essay/bingo-card-2025/">bingo card half-year review</a> episode, 28 June 2025 (TBC). We&#8217;ll record this at some point while in Adelaide, and it&#8217;ll be posted around 5 July.</li>
3215.  
3216.  
3217.  
3218. <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> podcast recording with <a href="https://www.lowyinstitute.org/people/experts/bio/sam-roggeveen">Sam Roggeveen</a>, director of the International Security Program at the Lowy Institute and author of <em><a href="https://www.blackincbooks.com.au/books/echidna-strategy">The Echidna Strategy</a></em>, an alternative view of Australia&#8217;s defence needs, 9 July 2025. <a href="https://www.internationalaffairs.org.au/australianoutlook/book-review-the-echidna-strategy-australias-search-for-power-and-peace/">Read this review</a> to get the flavour. If you&#8217;re a supporter with TRIGGER WORDS or a CONVERSATION TOPIC for this episode, please get them to me by 8pm AEST on Tuesday 8 July. No need to mention AUKUS because we&#8217;ll definitely be talking about that.</li>
3219.  
3220.  
3221.  
3222. <li><em>Another Untitled Music Podcast</em> episode 1 recording, 12 July 2025, with the completed episode to be posted a few days later.</li>
3223.  
3224.  
3225.  
3226. <li><em>Another Untitled Music Podcast</em> episode 2 recording, 26 July 2025, with the completed episode to be posted a few days later.</li>
3227.  
3228.  
3229.  
3230. <li><a href="https://www.techleaders.com.au">TechLeaders 2025</a>, Hunter Valley, 16?18 August 2025.</li>
3231.  
3232.  
3233.  
3234. <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.livenation.com.au/sam-campbell-tickets-adp1602998">Sam Campbell: Window Sucker</a>, Sydney, 31 October 2025.</li>
3235. </ul>
3236.  
3237.  
3238.  
3239. <p>[<strong>Photo:</strong> An <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CAF_Urbos#Urbos_70_and_Urbos_100_/_100X">Urbos 100</a> light rail vehicle crosses the Parramatta River at Church Street, Parramatta, which is part of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parramatta_Light_Rail">Parramatta Light Rail</a> line, on 24 May 2025.]</p>
3240.  
3241.  
3242.  
3243. <p></p>
3244. ]]></content:encoded>
3248. </item>
3249. <item>
3250. <title>The 9pm Australia&#8217;s Most Important Relationship is with Indonesia with Erin Cook</title>
3251. <link>https://stilgherrian.com/edict/00247/</link>
3253. <dc:creator><![CDATA[Stilgherrian]]></dc:creator>
3254. <pubDate>Sat, 07 Jun 2025 09:20:31 +0000</pubDate>
3255. <category><![CDATA[The 9pm Edict]]></category>
3256. <category><![CDATA[anthony albanese]]></category>
3257. <category><![CDATA[australia]]></category>
3258. <category><![CDATA[bali]]></category>
3259. <category><![CDATA[bobby kertanegara]]></category>
3260. <category><![CDATA[cambodia]]></category>
3261. <category><![CDATA[craft]]></category>
3262. <category><![CDATA[dari mulut ke mulut]]></category>
3263. <category><![CDATA[erin cook]]></category>
3264. <category><![CDATA[hercules]]></category>
3265. <category><![CDATA[indonesia]]></category>
3266. <category><![CDATA[mid2025]]></category>
3267. <category><![CDATA[prabowo subianto]]></category>
3268. <category><![CDATA[Thailand]]></category>
3269. <guid isPermaLink="false">https://stilgherrian.com/?p=38182</guid>
3270.  
3271. <description><![CDATA[Let&#8217;s kick off the Edict&#8216;s mid-2025 series with a look at Australia&#8217;s relationship with Indonesia, because Jakarta was the first international city prime minister Anthony Albanese visited after his re-election. Our special guest is journalist Erin Cook, who specialises in South-East Asia. Erin produces the excellent newsletter?Dari Mulut ke Mulut, an English-language summary of what?s &#8230; <p class="link-more"><a href="https://stilgherrian.com/edict/00247/" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text"> "The 9pm Australia&#8217;s Most Important Relationship is with Indonesia with Erin Cook"</span></a></p>]]></description>
3272. <content:encoded><![CDATA[
3273. <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>
3274.  
3275.  
3276.  
3277. <p><strong>Let&#8217;s kick off the <em>Edict</em>&#8216;s mid-2025 series with a look at Australia&#8217;s relationship with Indonesia, because Jakarta was the first international city prime minister Anthony Albanese visited after his re-election. Our special guest is journalist Erin Cook, who specialises in South-East Asia.</strong></p>
3278.  
3279.  
3280.  
3281. <span id="more-38182"></span>
3282.  
3283.  
3284.  
3285. <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?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>
3286.  
3287.  
3288.  
3289. <p>In this episode we talk about Albo&#8217;s meeting with Indonesian president Prabowo Subianto back on 15 May. But we also discuss that weird drama over a supposed Russian airforce base in Papua, the long-running Cambodian?Thai border dispute, the decline of specialists journalism, crafting and what counts as copying someone&#8217;s work, discipline, and horseback adventures.</p>
3290.  
3291.  
3292.  
3293. <p>Oh yeah, and we talk about the presidential cat. Bobby Kertanegara is his name.</p>
3294.  
3295.  
3296. <iframe loading="lazy" src="https://widget.spreaker.com/player?episode_id=66435582&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>
3297.  
3298.  
3299.  
3300. <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>
3301.  
3302.  
3303.  
3304. <p>You can also <a href="https://www.spreaker.com/show/1530079/episodes/feed">subscribe to the generic podcast feed</a>.</p>
3305.  
3306.  
3307.  
3308. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Episode Links</h4>
3309.  
3310.  
3311.  
3312.  
3313.  
3314.  
3315. <p>If the links aren&#8217;t showing up, <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:stilgherrian/t:edict00247">try here</a>.</p>
3316.  
3317.  
3318.  
3319. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Thank you, Media Freedom Citizenry</h4>
3320.  
3321.  
3322.  
3323. <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>
3324.  
3325.  
3326.  
3327. <p>For this episode it&#8217;s thanks for the first time to everyone who supported&nbsp;<a href="https://the9pmedict.com/mid2025">The 9pm Mid-2025 Series</a> crowdfunding campaign.</p>
3328.  
3329.  
3330.  
3331. <p>CONVERSATION TOPICS: Joanna Forbes, Peter Viertel, and one person who chooses to remain anonymous.</p>
3332.  
3333.  
3334.  
3335. <p>THREE TRIGGER WORDS: Bernard Walsh, Paul Williams, and Peter Lieverdink.</p>
3336.  
3337.  
3338.  
3339. <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>
3340.  
3341.  
3342.  
3343. <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>
3344.  
3345.  
3346.  
3347. <p>PERSONALISED VIDEO MESSAGE: Briala Bowmer.</p>
3348.  
3349.  
3350.  
3351. <p>PERSONALISED AUDIO MESSAGE: Kimberley Heitman, KO Hall, and Matt Arkell.</p>
3352.  
3353.  
3354.  
3355. <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>
3356.  
3357.  
3358.  
3359. <p>MEDIA FREEDOM CITIZENS who contributed a BASIC TIP: None this time, which is curious.</p>
3360.  
3361.  
3362.  
3363. <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>
3364.  
3365.  
3366.  
3367. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Series Credits</h4>
3368.  
3369.  
3370.  
3371. <ul class="wp-block-list">
3372. <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>
3373.  
3374.  
3375.  
3376. <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>
3377.  
3378.  
3379.  
3380. <li>Elephant Stamp theme by <a href="http://twitter.com/vealmince">Joshua Mehlman</a>.</li>
3381. </ul>
3382.  
3383.  
3384.  
3385. <p></p>
3386. ]]></content:encoded>
3389. <enclosure url="https://api.spreaker.com/v2/episodes/66435582/download.mp3" length="61822620" type="audio/mpeg" />
3390.  
3391. <itunes:subtitle>Journalist Erin Cook towers above South-East Asia. (Photo: Supplied)    Let&#039;s kick off the Edict&#039;s mid-2025 series with a look at Australia&#039;s relationship with Indonesia, because Jakarta was the first international city prime minister Anthony Albanese ...</itunes:subtitle>
3392. <itunes:summary>Journalist Erin Cook towers above South-East Asia. (Photo: Supplied)&lt;br /&gt;
3393. <br />
3394. <br />
3395. <br />
3396. Let's kick off the Edict's mid-2025 series with a look at Australia's relationship with Indonesia, because Jakarta was the first international city prime minister Anthony Albanese visited after his re-election. Our special guest is journalist Erin Cook, who specialises in South-East Asia.<br />
3397. <br />
3398. <br />
3399. <br />
3400. <br />
3401. <br />
3402. <br />
3403. <br />
3404. Erin produces the excellent newsletter Dari Mulut ke Mulut, an English-language summary of what\x92s happening in the region, and an occasional newsletter specifically on the Australia-Indonesia relationship, Flat White, Kopi Susu.<br />
3405. <br />
3406. <br />
3407. <br />
3408. In this episode we talk about Albo's meeting with Indonesian president Prabowo Subianto back on 15 May. But we also discuss that weird drama over a supposed Russian airforce base in Papua, the long-running Cambodian\x96Thai border dispute, the decline of specialists journalism, crafting and what counts as copying someone's work, discipline, and horseback adventures.<br />
3409. <br />
3410. <br />
3411. <br />
3412. Oh yeah, and we talk about the presidential cat. Bobby Kertanegara is his name.<br />
3413. <br />
3414. <br />
3415. <br />
3416. <br />
3417. <br />
3418. <br />
3419. <br />
3420. This podcast is available on Amazon Music, Apple Podcasts, Castbox, Deezer, Google Podcasts, iHeartRadio, JioSaavn, Pocket Casts, Podcast Addict, Podchaser, Spotify, and Speaker.<br />
3421. <br />
3422. <br />
3423. <br />
3424. You can also subscribe to the generic podcast feed.<br />
3425. <br />
3426. <br />
3427. <br />
3428. Episode Links<br />
3429. <br />
3430. <br />
3431. <br />
3432. <br />
3433. <br />
3434. <br />
3435. <br />
3436. If the links aren't showing up, try here.<br />
3437. <br />
3438. <br />
3439. <br />
3440. Thank you, Media Freedom Citizenry<br />
3441. <br />
3442. <br />
3443. <br />
3444. The 9pm Edict is supported by the generosity of its listeners. You can always throw a few coins into the tip jar or subscribe for special benefits. Please consider.<br />
3445. <br />
3446. <br />
3447. <br />
3448. For this episode it's thanks for the first time to everyone who supported The 9pm Mid-2025 Series crowdfunding campaign.<br />
3449. <br />
3450. <br />
3451. <br />
3452. CONVERSATION TOPICS: Joanna Forbes, Peter Viertel, and one person who chooses to remain anonymous.<br />
3453. <br />
3454. <br />
3455. <br />
3456. THREE TRIGGER WORDS: Bernard Walsh, Paul Williams, and Peter Lieverdink.<br />
3457. <br />
3458. <br />
3459. <br />
3460. WE WILL, WE WILL JUDGE YOU, part of Another Untitled Music Podcast: Bic Smith, Gavin Costello, stabfish, and one person who chooses to remain anonymous.<br />
3461. <br />
3462. <br />
3463. <br />
3464. 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.<br />
3465. <br />
3466. <br />
3467. <br />
3468. PERSONALISED VIDEO MESSAGE: Briala Bowmer.<br />
3469. <br />
3470. <br />
3471. <br />
3472. PERSONALISED AUDIO MESSAGE: Kimberley Heitman, KO Hall, and Matt Arkell.<br />
3473. <br />
3474. <br />
3475. <br />
3476. 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.<br />
3477. <br />
3478. <br />
3479. <br />
3480. MEDIA FREEDOM CITIZENS who contributed a BASIC TIP: None this time, which is curious.<br />
3481. <br />
3482. <br />
3483. <br />
3484. 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.<br />
3485. <br />
3486. <br />
3487. <br />
3488. Series Credits<br />
3489. <br />
3490. <br />
3491. <br />
3492. <br />
3493. The 9pm Edict theme by mansardian via The Freesound Project.<br />
3494. <br />
3495. <br />
3496. <br />
3497. Edict fanfare by neonaeon, via The Freesound Project.<br />
3498. <br />
3499. <br />
3500. <br />
3501. Elephant Stamp theme by Joshua Mehlman.</itunes:summary>
3502. <itunes:author>Stilgherrian</itunes:author>
3503. <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
3504. <itunes:explicit>true</itunes:explicit>
3505. <itunes:duration>1:04:24</itunes:duration>
3506. </item>
3507. <item>
3508. <title>Weekly Wrap 783: Appreciating the wonderful world of fungus</title>
3509. <link>https://stilgherrian.com/weekly-wrap/783/</link>
3511. <dc:creator><![CDATA[Stilgherrian]]></dc:creator>
3512. <pubDate>Sun, 01 Jun 2025 08:08:14 +0000</pubDate>
3513. <category><![CDATA[Weekly Wrap]]></category>
3514. <category><![CDATA[doge]]></category>
3515. <category><![CDATA[elon musk]]></category>
3516. <category><![CDATA[fungus]]></category>
3517. <category><![CDATA[ketamine]]></category>
3518. <category><![CDATA[spacex]]></category>
3519. <guid isPermaLink="false">https://stilgherrian.com/?p=38145</guid>
3520.  
3521. <description><![CDATA[My week of Monday 26 May to Sunday 1 June 2025 was another productive one, despite some annoying. However I&#8217;ve gone back three years for this week&#8217;s photo. Watch out for more podcasts starting this week. Articles Subscribe to The Weekly Cybers via email Powered by Buttondown. You can read my&#160;previous writing at Authory, where &#8230; <p class="link-more"><a href="https://stilgherrian.com/weekly-wrap/783/" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text"> "Weekly Wrap 783: Appreciating the wonderful world of fungus"</span></a></p>]]></description>
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3523. <p><strong>My week of Monday 26 May to Sunday 1 June 2025 was another productive one, despite some annoying. However I&#8217;ve gone back three years for this week&#8217;s photo. Watch out for more podcasts starting this week.</strong></p>
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3531. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Articles</h4>
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3533.  
3534.  
3535. <ul class="wp-block-list">
3536. <li><a href="https://buttondown.com/stilgherrian/archive/the-weekly-cybers-70/">The Weekly Cybers #70</a>. Work on Australia?s social media age restrictions continues, reporting your ransomware payments is now compulsory, and much more.</li>
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3559. <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>
3560.  
3561.  
3562.  
3563. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Podcasts, Photos, Videos, Media Appearance, Corporate Largesse</h4>
3564.  
3565.  
3566.  
3567. <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>
3568.  
3569.  
3570.  
3571. <h4 class="wp-block-heading" id="recommendations-add">Muskwatch</h4>
3572.  
3573.  
3574.  
3575. <p>As Elon Musk <a href="http://Elon Musk leaves DOGE after criticising Donald Trump's tax bill for expanding US federal deficit">departs DOGE and the White House</a>, the features and analysis are flowing.</p>
3576.  
3577.  
3578.  
3579. <ul class="wp-block-list">
3580. <li><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/30/key-takeaways-musk-trump-send-off">Drugs, marital advice and that black eye: key takeaways from Trump?s Oval Office send-off for Elon Musk</a>.</li>
3581.  
3582.  
3583.  
3584. <li>From the <em>New York Times</em>, <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/us/elon-musk-drugs-children-trump.html?unlocked_article_code=1.LU8.MKgF.67Be-dtKb_C_&amp;smid=url-share">On the campaign trail, Elon Musk juggled drugs and family drama</a> (gift link).</li>
3585.  
3586.  
3587.  
3588. <li>From the BBC, <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cpd46266vgdo">It&#8217;s Musk&#8217;s last day &#8211; what has he achieved at the White House?</a>.</li>
3589.  
3590.  
3591.  
3592. <li>From the <em>Guardian</em>, <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/may/25/elon-musk-trump-politics">Whatever happened to Elon Musk? Tech boss drifts to margins of Trump world</a>.</li>
3593.  
3594.  
3595.  
3596. <li>Also from the <em>Guardian</em>, some delightful turns of phrase from Marina Hyde in <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/may/30/elon-musk-tesla-investors-doge">So long, Elon: the cuts didn?t go to plan, but you completely shredded your reputation</a>.</li>
3597.  
3598.  
3599.  
3600. <li><a href="https://theconversation.com/elon-musk-promises-more-risky-launches-after-sixth-starship-failure-257726">Elon Musk promises more risky launches after sixth Starship failure</a>.</li>
3601. </ul>
3602.  
3603.  
3604.  
3605. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Some Interesting Links</h4>
3606.  
3607.  
3608.  
3609. <ul class="wp-block-list">
3610. <li><a href="https://designyoutrust.com/2025/05/spectacular-winning-photos-from-the-2025-world-food-photography-awards/">Spectacular winning photos from the 2025 World Food Photography Awards</a>.</li>
3611.  
3612.  
3613.  
3614. <li>A solid feature from the <em>New York Times</em>: <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/05/29/world/asia/china-uyghur-xinjiang-labor-transfers.html?unlocked_article_code=1.LE8.15mO.JtO71eLEZAdG&amp;smid=url-share">Far from home: Uyghur workers in factories supplying global brands</a> (gift link).</li>
3615.  
3616.  
3617.  
3618. <li>&#8220;Scientists just made guinea pigs <a href="https://www.musicradar.com/music-tech/scientists-just-made-guinea-pigs-listen-to-adele-for-seven-days-and-the-results-are-both-surprising-and-worrying">listen to Adele for seven days</a>? and the results are both surprising and worrying&#8221;.</li>
3619.  
3620.  
3621.  
3622. <li><a href="https://theconversation.com/can-your-cat-recognise-you-by-scent-new-study-shows-its-likely-257614">Can your cat recognise you by scent? New study shows it?s likely</a>.</li>
3623. </ul>
3624.  
3625.  
3626.  
3627. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">The Week Ahead</h4>
3628.  
3629.  
3630.  
3631. <p>On Wednesday I&#8217;m recording an episode of <em>The 9pm Edict</em> podcast with Erin Cook. We&#8217;ll be looking at the Australia-Indonesia relationship and other news from South-East Asia. And yeah, we&#8217;ll also be talking about the cat.</p>
3632.  
3633.  
3634.  
3635. <p>If you&#8217;re a supporter with TRIGGER WORDS or a CONVERSATION TOPIC for this episode, please get them to me by 6pm AEST this Tuesday 3 June. The finished episode will be posted on Saturday, because during the week I have a whole bunch of client work to do.</p>
3636.  
3637.  
3638.  
3639. <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>
3640.  
3641.  
3642.  
3643. <p>It&#8217;s then the long weekend for the King&#8217;s Birthday. I&#8217;ll have a social day down in Sydney on Sunday. Currently I have no plans for the Monday.</p>
3644.  
3645.  
3646.  
3647. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Further Ahead</h4>
3648.  
3649.  
3650.  
3651. <ul class="wp-block-list">
3652. <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 space archaeologist <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_Gorman" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Dr Alice Gorman</a> aka Dr Space Junk and astrophysicist <a href="https://au.linkedin.com/in/ramimandow" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Rami Mandow</a>.&nbsp;TRIGGER WORDS or a CONVERSATION TOPIC for this episode? By 8pm AEST on Tuesday 10 June please.</li>
3653.  
3654.  
3655.  
3656. <li>Adelaide expedition, 26 June to 2 July 2025, with Snarky Platypus.</li>
3657.  
3658.  
3659.  
3660. <li><em>The 9pm Edict</em> recording with me, Stilgherrian. For a change, Snarky Platypus will be interviewing me about South Australia, my life, my thoughts, and more as we walk around Adelaide and nearby locations. TRIGGER WORDS or a CONVERSATION TOPIC for that episode? By 8pm AEST on Friday 27 June please.</li>
3661.  
3662.  
3663.  
3664. <li><em>The 9pm Edict</em> recording with Snarky Platypus, the <a href="https://stilgherrian.com/essay/bingo-card-2025/">bingo card half-year review</a> episode, 28 June 2025 (TBC). We&#8217;ll record this at some point while in Adelaide, and it&#8217;ll be posted around 5 July.</li>
3665.  
3666.  
3667.  
3668. <li><em>Another Untitled Music Podcast</em> episode 1 recording, 12 July 2025, with the completed episode to be posted a few days later.</li>
3669.  
3670.  
3671.  
3672. <li><em>Another Untitled Music Podcast</em> episode 2 recording, 26 July 2025, with the completed episode to be posted a few days later.</li>
3673.  
3674.  
3675.  
3676. <li><a href="https://www.techleaders.com.au">TechLeaders 2025</a>, Hunter Valley, 16?18 August 2025.</li>
3677. </ul>
3678.  
3679.  
3680.  
3681. <p>[<strong>Photo:</strong> A magnificent example of the bracket fungus <em><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trametes_versicolor">Trametes versicolor</a></em>, photographed at <a href="https://bunjareecottages.com.au">Bunjaree Cottages</a> on 26 May 2022.]</p>
3682.  
3683.  
3684.  
3685. <p></p>
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3690.  
3691. <itunes:subtitle>My week of Monday 26 May to Sunday 1 June 2025 was another productive one, despite some annoying. However I&#039;ve gone back three years for this week&#039;s photo. Watch out for more podcasts starting this week.        Articles     The Weekly Cybers #70.</itunes:subtitle>
3692. <itunes:summary>My week of Monday 26 May to Sunday 1 June 2025 was another productive one, despite some annoying. However I&#039;ve gone back three years for this week&#039;s photo. Watch out for more podcasts starting this week.&lt;br /&gt;
3693. <br />
3694. <br />
3695. <br />
3696. <br />
3697. <br />
3698. <br />
3699. <br />
3700. Articles<br />
3701. <br />
3702. <br />
3703. <br />
3704. <br />
3705. The Weekly Cybers #70. Work on Australia\x92s social media age restrictions continues, reporting your ransomware payments is now compulsory, and much more.<br />
3706. <br />
3707. <br />
3708. <br />
3709. <br />
3710. <br />
3711.  Subscribe to The Weekly Cybers via email<br />
3712.  <br />
3713.  <br />
3714.  <br />
3715.  <br />
3716.    Powered by Buttondown.<br />
3717.  <br />
3718. <br />
3719. <br />
3720. <br />
3721. <br />
3722. You can read my previous writing at Authory, where you can also subscribe to an email compilation of any new stories each Sunday morning.<br />
3723. <br />
3724. <br />
3725. <br />
3726. Podcasts, Photos, Videos, Media Appearance, Corporate Largesse<br />
3727. <br />
3728. <br />
3729. <br />
3730. None of these. You can subscribe to my YouTube channel to be notified when new videos appear and when livestreams are scheduled.<br />
3731. <br />
3732. <br />
3733. <br />
3734. Muskwatch<br />
3735. <br />
3736. <br />
3737. <br />
3738. As Elon Musk departs DOGE and the White House, the features and analysis are flowing.<br />
3739. <br />
3740. <br />
3741. <br />
3742. <br />
3743. Drugs, marital advice and that black eye: key takeaways from Trump\x92s Oval Office send-off for Elon Musk.<br />
3744. <br />
3745. <br />
3746. <br />
3747. From the New York Times, On the campaign trail, Elon Musk juggled drugs and family drama (gift link).<br />
3748. <br />
3749. <br />
3750. <br />
3751. From the BBC, It's Musk's last day - what has he achieved at the White House?.<br />
3752. <br />
3753. <br />
3754. <br />
3755. From the Guardian, Whatever happened to Elon Musk? Tech boss drifts to margins of Trump world.<br />
3756. <br />
3757. <br />
3758. <br />
3759. Also from the Guardian, some delightful turns of phrase from Marina Hyde in So long, Elon: the cuts didn\x92t go to plan, but you completely shredded your reputation.<br />
3760. <br />
3761. <br />
3762. <br />
3763. Elon Musk promises more risky launches after sixth Starship failure.<br />
3764. <br />
3765. <br />
3766. <br />
3767. <br />
3768. Some Interesting Links<br />
3769. <br />
3770. <br />
3771. <br />
3772. <br />
3773. Spectacular winning photos from the 2025 World Food Photography Awards.<br />
3774. <br />
3775. <br />
3776. <br />
3777. A solid feature from the New York Times: Far from home: Uyghur workers in factories supplying global brands (gift link).<br />
3778. <br />
3779. <br />
3780. <br />
3781. "Scientists just made guinea pigs listen to Adele for seven days\x85 and the results are both surprising and worrying".<br />
3782. <br />
3783. <br />
3784. <br />
3785. Can your cat recognise you by scent? New study shows it\x92s likely.<br />
3786. <br />
3787. <br />
3788. <br />
3789. <br />
3790. The Week Ahead<br />
3791. <br />
3792. <br />
3793. <br />
3794. On Wednesday I'm recording an episode of The 9pm Edict podcast with Erin Cook. We'll be looking at the Australia-Indonesia relationship and other news from South-East Asia. And yeah, we'll also be talking about the cat.<br />
3795. <br />
3796. <br />
3797. <br />
3798. If you're a supporter with TRIGGER WORDS or a CONVERSATION TOPIC for this episode, please get them to me by 6pm AEST this Tuesday 3 June. The finished episode will be posted on Saturday, because during the week I have a whole bunch of client work to do.<br />
3799. <br />
3800. <br />
3801. <br />
3802. The 9pm Edict and Another Untitled Music Podcast are supported by the generosity of their listeners. You might like to throw a few coins into the tip jar or subscribe for special benefits. Please consider.<br />
3803. <br />
3804. <br />
3805. <br />
3806. It's then the long weekend for the King's Birthday. I'll have a social day down in Sydney on Sunday. Currently I have no plans for the Monday.<br />
3807. <br />
3808. <br />
3809. <br />
3810. Further Ahead<br />
3811. <br />
3812. <br />
3813. <br />
3814. <br />
3815. NEW: The 9pm Edict recording with space archaeologist Dr Alice Gorman aka Dr Space Junk and astrophysicist Rami Mandow. TRIGGER WORDS or a CONVERSATION TOPIC for this episode? By 8pm AEST on Tuesday 10 June please.<br />
3816. <br />
3817. <br />
3818. <br />
3819. Adelaide expedition, 26 June to 2 July 2025, with Snarky Platypus.<br />
3820. <br />
3821. <br />
3822. <br />
3823. The 9pm Edict recording with me, Stilgherrian. For a change,</itunes:summary>
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3829. <title>Weekly Wrap 782: Now is the winter of our fluffed-up pigeon</title>
3830. <link>https://stilgherrian.com/weekly-wrap/782/</link>
3832. <dc:creator><![CDATA[Stilgherrian]]></dc:creator>
3833. <pubDate>Sun, 25 May 2025 06:52:34 +0000</pubDate>
3834. <category><![CDATA[Weekly Wrap]]></category>
3835. <category><![CDATA[doge]]></category>
3836. <category><![CDATA[elon musk]]></category>
3837. <category><![CDATA[pigeon]]></category>
3838. <category><![CDATA[tesla]]></category>
3839. <category><![CDATA[winter]]></category>
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3841.  
3842. <description><![CDATA[My week of Monday 19 to Sunday 25 May 2025 began with a solid burst of productivity, and then it rained a bunch, and then it all ended as I wished. I even scored a very special purchase, but I&#8217;m not telling you about that yet. The pigeon is from last week. And I know &#8230; <p class="link-more"><a href="https://stilgherrian.com/weekly-wrap/782/" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text"> "Weekly Wrap 782: Now is the winter of our fluffed-up pigeon"</span></a></p>]]></description>
3843. <content:encoded><![CDATA[
3844. <p><strong>My week of Monday 19 to Sunday 25 May 2025 began with a solid burst of productivity, and then it rained a bunch, and then it all ended as I wished. I even scored a very special purchase, but I&#8217;m not telling you about that yet. The pigeon is from last week. And I know it isn&#8217;t actually winter yet.</strong></p>
3845.  
3846.  
3847.  
3848. <span id="more-38107"></span>
3849.  
3850.  
3851.  
3852. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Podcasts</h4>
3853.  
3854.  
3855.  
3856. <ul class="wp-block-list">
3857. <li><a href="https://anotheruntitledmusicpodcast.com/aump-pilot2/"><em>Another Untitled Music Podcast</em> pilot two,</a> recorded back on 4 May, was finally posted on Monday evening ? and there&#8217;s more coming, as you&#8217;ll see below. Please do listen and let us know what you think.</li>
3858. </ul>
3859.  
3860.  
3861.  
3862. <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>
3863.  
3864.  
3865.  
3866. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Articles</h4>
3867.  
3868.  
3869.  
3870. <ul class="wp-block-list">
3871. <li><a href="https://buttondown.com/stilgherrian/archive/the-weekly-cybers-69/">The Weekly Cybers #69</a>. ASIO and AFP are back with home affairs, the OAIC?s inquiry into children?s online privacy actually asks children, and much more.</li>
3872. </ul>
3873.  
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3888.    <a href="https://buttondown.email/refer/stilgherrian" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Powered by Buttondown.</a>
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3891.  
3892.  
3893.  
3894. <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>
3895.  
3896.  
3897.  
3898. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Photos, Videos, Media Appearance, Corporate Largesse</h4>
3899.  
3900.  
3901.  
3902. <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>
3903.  
3904.  
3905.  
3906. <h4 class="wp-block-heading" id="recommendations-add">Muskwatch</h4>
3907.  
3908.  
3909.  
3910. <p>There&#8217;s been some major sookage from Elon Musk this week as we learn more about how everyone who has to deal with him can&#8217;t stand the arsehole.</p>
3911.  
3912.  
3913.  
3914. <ul class="wp-block-list">
3915. <li>From <em>Daily Beast</em>, &#8220;Elon Musk went on a <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/elon-musk-lashes-out-after-bombshell-atlantic-report-on-his-f-you-dressing-down-in-the-white-house/">furious posting spree</a> in response into a damning profile detailing his diminishing influence in the White House.&#8221;</li>
3916.  
3917.  
3918.  
3919. <li>The piece in question was in <em>The Atlantic</em>, <a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2025/05/elon-musk-doge-opponents-dc/682866/">The Decline and Fall of Elon Musk</a>. It&#8217;s behind a paywall, but I&#8217;m sure you know how to do the needful.</li>
3920.  
3921.  
3922.  
3923. <li><a href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05-24/elon-musks-doge-prompts-new-york-leaders-to-take-aim-at-tesla/105326822">Elon Musk&#8217;s DOGE prompts New York leaders to take aim at Tesla</a>.</li>
3924.  
3925.  
3926.  
3927. <li>From <em>News.com.au</em>, &#8220;Elon Musk has laughed off Tesla?s plunging sales, furious shareholders, and questions over his commitment to the company, declaring he?ll stay chief executive officer of Tesla for the next five years <a href="https://www.news.com.au/technology/motoring/elon-musk-defends-tesla-role-as-ceo-in-fiery-bloomberg-interview/news-story/9edf1933591a2a2617e969a738f8331d">unless he dies</a>.&#8221; Tempting fate?</li>
3928.  
3929.  
3930.  
3931. <li>And from the <em>Guardian</em>, <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/may/23/elon-musk-new-city-starbase-texas">Fear, hope and loathing in Elon Musk?s new city: ?It?s the wild, wild west and the future?</a>.</li>
3932. </ul>
3933.  
3934.  
3935.  
3936. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Some Interesting Links</h4>
3937.  
3938.  
3939.  
3940. <ul class="wp-block-list">
3941. <li><em>The Sizzle</em> has a <a href="https://thesizzle.com.au/p/ai-s-use-and-abuse-posting-drought-immutable-and-mega-aws-government-contract-7d268e600a0bf736">free edition</a> this week, &#8220;AI&#8217;s use and abuse, posting drought, Immutable and mega AWS government contract&#8221;. As Cam Wilson writes, &#8220;What if AI?s problem is the people using and abusing it?&#8221;</li>
3942.  
3943.  
3944.  
3945. <li><a href="https://cosmosmagazine.com/nature/animals/western-quolls-flinders-ranges/">Quolls reintroduced to the Flinders Ranges are thriving</a>.</li>
3946.  
3947.  
3948.  
3949. <li>This week I was working in the Blue Mountains City Library in Katoomba and met their new <a href="https://shop.elephantrobotics.com/en-au/products/metacat">MetaCat robots</a>. They&#8217;re very cute, and more convenient for a library&#8217;s story time sessions than a real cat.</li>
3950.  
3951.  
3952.  
3953. <li>A reminder via Snarky Platypus that the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) produces good high-level <a href="https://www.dfat.gov.au/about-us/publications/country-information-reports">country information reports</a>. The most recently updated ones are T?rkiye, Myanmar, and Pakistan.</li>
3954.  
3955.  
3956.  
3957. <li>Some advertising executives disagree, but I really like this TV commercial, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nTu7LKA5GfA">MILKRUN. Milk it for 10,000+ grocery items delivered in minutes</a>.</li>
3958. </ul>
3959.  
3960.  
3961.  
3962. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">The Week Ahead</h4>
3963.  
3964.  
3965.  
3966. <p>It&#8217;s a simple plan this week. My main focus is on client work. On Friday it&#8217;s <em>The Weekly Cybers</em> as usual. I may produce a brief solo podcast, but there&#8217;s plenty coming up so I might restrict my podcast work to planning. And then I&#8217;ll have another quiet weekend at home. Unless I get a better offer.</p>
3967.  
3968.  
3969.  
3970. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Further Ahead</h4>
3971.  
3972.  
3973.  
3974. <ul class="wp-block-list">
3975. <li><strong><mark style="background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)" class="has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color">UPDATED:</mark></strong> <em>The 9pm Edict</em> recording with Erin Cook, 4 June 2025. We&#8217;ll be looking at the Australia-Indonesia relationship and other news from South-East Asia. If you&#8217;re a supporter with TRIGGER WORDS or a CONVERSATION TOPIC for this episode, please get them to me by 6pm AEST on Tuesday 3 June. Yeah, we&#8217;ll also be talking about the cat.</li>
3976.  
3977.  
3978.  
3979. <li>Adelaide expedition, 26 June to 2 July 2025, with Snarky Platypus.</li>
3980.  
3981.  
3982.  
3983. <li><strong><mark style="background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)" class="has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color">UPDATED:</mark></strong> <em>The 9pm Edict</em> recording with me, Stilgherrian. For a change, Snarky Platypus will be interviewing me about South Australia, my life, my thoughts, and more as we walk around the city. TRIGGER WORDS or a CONVERSATION TOPIC for that episode? By 8pm AEST on Friday 27 June please.</li>
3984.  
3985.  
3986.  
3987. <li><em>The 9pm Edict</em> recording with Snarky Platypus, the <a href="https://stilgherrian.com/essay/bingo-card-2025/">bingo card half-year review</a> episode, 28 June 2025 (TBC). We&#8217;ll record this at some point while in Adelaide, and it&#8217;ll be posted around 5 July.</li>
3988.  
3989.  
3990.  
3991. <li><em>Another Untitled Music Podcast</em> episode 1 recording, 12 July 2025, with the completed episode to be posted a few days later.</li>
3992.  
3993.  
3994.  
3995. <li><em>Another Untitled Music Podcast</em> episode 2 recording, 26 July 2025, with the completed episode to be posted a few days later.</li>
3996.  
3997.  
3998.  
3999. <li><a href="https://www.techleaders.com.au">TechLeaders 2025</a>, Hunter Valley, 16?18 August 2025.</li>
4000. </ul>
4001.  
4002.  
4003.  
4004. <p>[<strong>Photo:</strong> Winter bin pigeon, being a random <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_dove">rock dove</a> or common pigeon (<em>Columba livia</em>) fluffed up against the cold in Belmore Park, Sydney, on 18 May 2025.]</p>
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4009.  
4010. <itunes:subtitle>My week of Monday 19 to Sunday 25 May 2025 began with a solid burst of productivity, and then it rained a bunch, and then it all ended as I wished. I even scored a very special purchase, but I&#039;m not telling you about that yet.</itunes:subtitle>
4011. <itunes:summary>My week of Monday 19 to Sunday 25 May 2025 began with a solid burst of productivity, and then it rained a bunch, and then it all ended as I wished. I even scored a very special purchase, but I&#039;m not telling you about that yet. The pigeon is from last week. And I know it isn&#039;t actually winter yet.&lt;br /&gt;
4012. <br />
4013. <br />
4014. <br />
4015. <br />
4016. <br />
4017. <br />
4018. <br />
4019. Podcasts<br />
4020. <br />
4021. <br />
4022. <br />
4023. <br />
4024. Another Untitled Music Podcast pilot two, recorded back on 4 May, was finally posted on Monday evening \x97 and there's more coming, as you'll see below. Please do listen and let us know what you think.<br />
4025. <br />
4026. <br />
4027. <br />
4028. <br />
4029. The 9pm Edict and Another Untitled Music Podcast are supported by the generosity of their listeners. You might like to throw a few coins into the tip jar or subscribe for special benefits. Please consider.<br />
4030. <br />
4031. <br />
4032. <br />
4033. Articles<br />
4034. <br />
4035. <br />
4036. <br />
4037. <br />
4038. The Weekly Cybers #69. ASIO and AFP are back with home affairs, the OAIC\x92s inquiry into children\x92s online privacy actually asks children, and much more.<br />
4039. <br />
4040. <br />
4041. <br />
4042. <br />
4043. <br />
4044.  Subscribe to The Weekly Cybers via email<br />
4045.  <br />
4046.  <br />
4047.  <br />
4048.  <br />
4049.    Powered by Buttondown.<br />
4050.  <br />
4051. <br />
4052. <br />
4053. <br />
4054. <br />
4055. You can read my previous writing at Authory, where you can also subscribe to an email compilation of any new stories each Sunday morning.<br />
4056. <br />
4057. <br />
4058. <br />
4059. Photos, Videos, Media Appearance, Corporate Largesse<br />
4060. <br />
4061. <br />
4062. <br />
4063. None of these. You can subscribe to my YouTube channel to be notified when new videos appear and when livestreams are scheduled.<br />
4064. <br />
4065. <br />
4066. <br />
4067. Muskwatch<br />
4068. <br />
4069. <br />
4070. <br />
4071. There's been some major sookage from Elon Musk this week as we learn more about how everyone who has to deal with him can't stand the arsehole.<br />
4072. <br />
4073. <br />
4074. <br />
4075. <br />
4076. From Daily Beast, "Elon Musk went on a furious posting spree in response into a damning profile detailing his diminishing influence in the White House."<br />
4077. <br />
4078. <br />
4079. <br />
4080. The piece in question was in The Atlantic, The Decline and Fall of Elon Musk. It's behind a paywall, but I'm sure you know how to do the needful.<br />
4081. <br />
4082. <br />
4083. <br />
4084. Elon Musk's DOGE prompts New York leaders to take aim at Tesla.<br />
4085. <br />
4086. <br />
4087. <br />
4088. From News.com.au, "Elon Musk has laughed off Tesla\x92s plunging sales, furious shareholders, and questions over his commitment to the company, declaring he\x92ll stay chief executive officer of Tesla for the next five years unless he dies." Tempting fate?<br />
4089. <br />
4090. <br />
4091. <br />
4092. And from the Guardian, Fear, hope and loathing in Elon Musk\x92s new city: \x91It\x92s the wild, wild west and the future\x92.<br />
4093. <br />
4094. <br />
4095. <br />
4096. <br />
4097. Some Interesting Links<br />
4098. <br />
4099. <br />
4100. <br />
4101. <br />
4102. The Sizzle has a free edition this week, "AI's use and abuse, posting drought, Immutable and mega AWS government contract". As Cam Wilson writes, "What if AI\x92s problem is the people using and abusing it?"<br />
4103. <br />
4104. <br />
4105. <br />
4106. Quolls reintroduced to the Flinders Ranges are thriving.<br />
4107. <br />
4108. <br />
4109. <br />
4110. This week I was working in the Blue Mountains City Library in Katoomba and met their new MetaCat robots. They're very cute, and more convenient for a library's story time sessions than a real cat.<br />
4111. <br />
4112. <br />
4113. <br />
4114. A reminder via Snarky Platypus that the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) produces good high-level country information reports. The most recently updated ones are Türkiye, Myanmar, and Pakistan.<br />
4115. <br />
4116. <br />
4117. <br />
4118. Some advertising executives disagree, but I really like this TV commercial, MILKRUN. Milk it for 10,000+ grocery items delivered in minutes.<br />
4119. <br />
4120. <br />
4121. <br />
4122. <br />
4123. The Week Ahead<br />
4124. <br />
4125. <br />
4126. <br />
4127. It&#039;s a simple plan this week. My main focus is on client work. On Friday it&#039;s The Weekly Cybers as usual. I may produce a brief solo podcast, but there&#039;s plenty coming up so I might restrict my p...</itunes:summary>
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4133. <title>Weekly Wrap 781: The Three Sisters who inspire productivity, or something</title>
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4146. <description><![CDATA[During my week of Monday 12 to Sunday 18 May 2025 a client project reached a significant milestone, and I was very happy. I&#8217;m sure it has something to do with my visit to the Three Sisters the previous Saturday. I also started locking in the podcast production schedule. Articles Subscribe to The Weekly Cybers &#8230; <p class="link-more"><a href="https://stilgherrian.com/weekly-wrap/781/" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text"> "Weekly Wrap 781: The Three Sisters who inspire productivity, or something"</span></a></p>]]></description>
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4148. <p><strong>During my week of Monday 12 to Sunday 18 May 2025 a client project reached a significant milestone, and I was very happy. I&#8217;m sure it has something to do with my visit to the Three Sisters the previous Saturday. I also started locking in the podcast production schedule.</strong></p>
4149.  
4150.  
4151.  
4152. <span id="more-38069"></span>
4153.  
4154.  
4155.  
4156. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Articles</h4>
4157.  
4158.  
4159.  
4160. <ul class="wp-block-list">
4161. <li><a href="https://buttondown.com/stilgherrian/archive/the-weekly-cybers-68/">The Weekly Cybers #68</a>. Albanese announces his new ministry, Australia?s social media age restriction tech trials grind on, more AI stories, and more.</li>
4162. </ul>
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4181.  
4182.  
4183.  
4184. <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>
4185.  
4186.  
4187.  
4188. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Media Appearances</h4>
4189.  
4190.  
4191.  
4192. <ul class="wp-block-list">
4193. <li>My old photo of a baby eastern brown snake was used to illustrate a story about a totally different eastern brown snake <a href="https://newsphere.jp/popular/20250513-05/">loose in a swimming pool</a> in Proserpine, Queensland.</li>
4194.  
4195.  
4196.  
4197. <li>Even weirder is the same website using my photo of some random bloke&#8217;s head on a Sydney bus for a story about <a href="https://newsphere.jp/photo/20250515-0101/">a bloke who grew horns</a> in Russia. People do just <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cutaneous_horn">grow horns</a> sometimes.</li>
4198.  
4199.  
4200.  
4201. <li>One of my photos of a gang-gang cockatoo ended up at <a href="https://peersofbeinan.wordpress.com/2025/04/10/nombres-cientificos-extracto-de-preparandome-para-mi-primera-cacatua-ninfa/">Nombres cient?ficos. Extracto de Prepar?ndome para mi primera cacat?a ninfa</a>.</li>
4202.  
4203.  
4204.  
4205. <li>And I don&#8217;t know what the fuck is going on here, but photos of my broken old MacBook Pro have been used in some <a href="https://ballsellar.click/product_details/90653130.html">weird shopping page</a>. I assume it&#8217;s a scam of some kind, which means it may well vanish, so I&#8217;ve archived it <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20250518070013/https://ballsellar.click/product_details/90653130.html">here</a> and <a href="https://archive.md/ulB55">here</a>.</li>
4206. </ul>
4207.  
4208.  
4209.  
4210. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Podcasts, Photos, Videos, Corporate Largesse</h4>
4211.  
4212.  
4213.  
4214. <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>
4215.  
4216.  
4217.  
4218. <h4 class="wp-block-heading" id="recommendations-add">Muskwatch</h4>
4219.  
4220.  
4221.  
4222. <p>Elon Musk may be stepping back from DOGE but he&#8217;s still spending time with President Trump. Will it all end in tears?</p>
4223.  
4224.  
4225.  
4226. <ul class="wp-block-list">
4227. <li><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/may/14/trump-musk-saudi-arabia">Musk tagged along with Trump on his Middle East trip</a>.</li>
4228.  
4229.  
4230.  
4231. <li><a href="https://www.forbes.com.au/news/innovation/elon-musks-tesla-robotaxi-rollout-looks-like-a-disaster-waiting-to-happen/">Elon Musk?s Tesla Robotaxi rollout looks like a disaster waiting to happen</a>.</li>
4232.  
4233.  
4234.  
4235. <li>Tesla&#8217;s board has formed a committee to <a href="https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/boards-policy-regulation/tesla-board-explores-new-pay-deal-elon-musk-ft-reports-2025-05-14/">look at Musk&#8217;s pay deal</a>. With the share price so far down, maybe he isn&#8217;t really worth so many billions after all.</li>
4236.  
4237.  
4238.  
4239. <li>And despite Musk and Trump trying to talk up Tesla shares, board Chair Robyn Denholm has <a href="https://www.smh.com.au/business/companies/operation-elon-the-aussie-who-made-820m-selling-her-tesla-shares-20250514-p5lz4c.html">sold a bunch of her shares</a>, making A$820 million in profit.</li>
4240.  
4241.  
4242.  
4243. <li><a href="https://futurism.com/the-byte/former-twitter-advertisers-elon-musk">Furious former Twitter advertisers tell Elon Musk they&#8217;ve had enough of his tantrums</a>.</li>
4244.  
4245.  
4246.  
4247. <li><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/may/18/musks-ai-bot-grok-blames-its-holocaust-scepticism-on-programming-error">Musk?s AI bot Grok blames ?programming error? for its Holocaust denial</a>.</li>
4248.  
4249.  
4250.  
4251. <li>As the <em>Financial Times</em> asks, <a href="https://www.ft.com/content/085430ab-27fe-46fc-a798-1059649d3b32">What has Elon Musk?s DOGE actually achieved?</a></li>
4252.  
4253.  
4254.  
4255. <li><a href="https://futurism.com/elon-musk-doge-trump-maga-copyright">There&#8217;s apparently some serious drama brewing between Elon Musk&#8217;s DOGE and Trump&#8217;s MAGA</a>.</li>
4256. </ul>
4257.  
4258.  
4259.  
4260. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Some Interesting Links</h4>
4261.  
4262.  
4263.  
4264. <ul class="wp-block-list">
4265. <li>Friend of the pod Erin Cook has started a new occasional newsletter looking specifically at the Australia-Indonesia relationship, <em><a href="https://flatkopi.substack.com">Flat White, Kopi Susu</a></em>.</li>
4266.  
4267.  
4268.  
4269. <li><a href="https://www.project2025.observer">Project 2025 Tracker</a> is what is says on the tin, tracking  how many of US conservative manifesto <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_2025">Project 2025</a>&#8216;s goals have been achieved so far ? and so far it&#8217;s nearly a third.</li>
4270.  
4271.  
4272.  
4273. <li>Some drone footage of the new <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SSszHquXihg">Western Sydney Airport and M12 motorway</a> under constructions. It&#8217;s coming along quite nicely.</li>
4274.  
4275.  
4276.  
4277. <li><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/may/18/war-and-peace-tolstoy-translate-into-bogan-australian-ander-louis">?I dropped a C-bomb into Tolstoy?: one man?s quest to translate War and Peace into ?bogan Australian?</a>.</li>
4278.  
4279.  
4280.  
4281. <li>Finally, some musicians I&#8217;m sure I&#8217;ve mentioned before, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronicos_Fantasticos!">Electronics Fantasticos!</a>, doing a stage version of their <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z8NgFOtcLb4">Electromagnetic Matsuri Parade</a>. </li>
4282. </ul>
4283.  
4284.  
4285.  
4286. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">The Week Ahead</h4>
4287.  
4288.  
4289.  
4290. <p>On Monday I&#8217;m finally ? finally! ? editing and posting <em><a href="https://anotheruntitledmusicpodcast.com">Another Untitled Music Podcast</a></em> pilot two. Yes, it will be online Monday night. And Snarky Platypus and I have even scheduled the next two episode. The &#8220;real&#8221; episodes.</p>
4291.  
4292.  
4293.  
4294. <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>
4295.  
4296.  
4297.  
4298. <p>Tuesday through Thursday I&#8217;ll focus on client work, mostly, because a second significant deadline is approaching ? although it&#8217;s not a rush yet. On Friday it&#8217;s <em>The Weekly Cybers</em> as usual.</p>
4299.  
4300.  
4301.  
4302. <p>And then I&#8217;ll have a quiet weekend at home, given how busy the last three weekends have been.</p>
4303.  
4304.  
4305.  
4306. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Further Ahead</h4>
4307.  
4308.  
4309.  
4310. <p>Yes, I&#8217;ve started adding in the podcast recording dates.  [<strong>Update 21 May 2025:</strong> And I&#8217;ve added in a couple more since this was first posted.]</p>
4311.  
4312.  
4313.  
4314. <ul class="wp-block-list">
4315. <li><strong><mark style="background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)" class="has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color">UPDATED:</mark></strong> <em>The 9pm Edict</em> recording with Erin Cook, 4 June 2025. We&#8217;ll be looking at the Australia-Indonesia relationship and other news from South-East Asia. If you&#8217;re a supporter with TRIGGER WORDS or a CONVERSATION TOPIC for this episode, please get them to me by 6pm AEST on Tuesday 3 June.</li>
4316.  
4317.  
4318.  
4319. <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 space archaeologist&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_Gorman" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Dr Alice Gorman</a>&nbsp;aka Dr Space Junk and astrophysicist&nbsp;<a href="https://au.linkedin.com/in/ramimandow" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Rami Mandow</a>, 11 June 2025. If you?re a supporter with TRIGGER WORDS or a CONVERSATION TOPIC for that episode, please get them to me by 8pm AEST on Tuesday 10 June.</li>
4320.  
4321.  
4322.  
4323. <li>Adelaide expedition, 26 June to 2 July 2025. I&#8217;ll be travelling with my good friend Snarky Platypus, and while there he&#8217;ll interview me about my home town for a more personal episode of <em>The 9pm Edict</em>. We&#8217;ll also record a half-way point analysis of our <a href="https://stilgherrian.com/essay/bingo-card-2025/">2025 bingo cards</a>. </li>
4324.  
4325.  
4326.  
4327. <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 Snarky Platypus, the bingo card half-year episode, 28 June 2025 (TBC). We&#8217;ll record this at some point while in Adelaide, and it&#8217;ll be posted around 5 July. TRIGGER WORDS or a CONVERSATION TOPIC for that episode? By 8pm AEST on Friday 27 June.</li>
4328.  
4329.  
4330.  
4331. <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> episode 1 recording, Sydney, 12 July 2025, with the completed episode to be posted a few days later. If you&#8217;re s supporter with a We Will We Will Judge You playlist or a Recommend a Song to Us credit, you&#8217;ll get an email about that very soon.</li>
4332.  
4333.  
4334.  
4335. <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> episode 2 recording, Sydney, 26 July 2025, with the completed episode to be posted a few days later.</li>
4336.  
4337.  
4338.  
4339. <li><a href="https://www.techleaders.com.au">TechLeaders 2025</a>, Hunter Valley, 16?18 August 2025.</li>
4340. </ul>
4341.  
4342.  
4343.  
4344. <p>[<strong>Photo:</strong> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Sisters_(Australia)">The Three Sisters</a>, a magnificent rock formation near Katoomba in the Blue Mountains, photographed on 10 May 2025.]</p>
4345.  
4346.  
4347.  
4348. <p></p>
4349. ]]></content:encoded>
4352. <enclosure url="http://stilgherrian.com/wp-content/uploads/the summer" length="5242880" type="" />
4353.  
4354. <itunes:subtitle>During my week of Monday 12 to Sunday 18 May 2025 a client project reached a significant milestone, and I was very happy. I&#039;m sure it has something to do with my visit to the Three Sisters the previous Saturday.</itunes:subtitle>
4355. <itunes:summary>During my week of Monday 12 to Sunday 18 May 2025 a client project reached a significant milestone, and I was very happy. I&#039;m sure it has something to do with my visit to the Three Sisters the previous Saturday. I also started locking in the podcast production schedule.&lt;br /&gt;
4356. <br />
4357. <br />
4358. <br />
4359. <br />
4360. <br />
4361. <br />
4362. <br />
4363. Articles<br />
4364. <br />
4365. <br />
4366. <br />
4367. <br />
4368. The Weekly Cybers #68. Albanese announces his new ministry, Australia\x92s social media age restriction tech trials grind on, more AI stories, and more.<br />
4369. <br />
4370. <br />
4371. <br />
4372. <br />
4373. <br />
4374.  Subscribe to The Weekly Cybers via email<br />
4375.  <br />
4376.  <br />
4377.  <br />
4378.  <br />
4379.    Powered by Buttondown.<br />
4380.  <br />
4381. <br />
4382. <br />
4383. <br />
4384. <br />
4385. You can read my previous writing at Authory, where you can also subscribe to an email compilation of any new stories each Sunday morning.<br />
4386. <br />
4387. <br />
4388. <br />
4389. Media Appearances<br />
4390. <br />
4391. <br />
4392. <br />
4393. <br />
4394. My old photo of a baby eastern brown snake was used to illustrate a story about a totally different eastern brown snake loose in a swimming pool in Proserpine, Queensland.<br />
4395. <br />
4396. <br />
4397. <br />
4398. Even weirder is the same website using my photo of some random bloke's head on a Sydney bus for a story about a bloke who grew horns in Russia. People do just grow horns sometimes.<br />
4399. <br />
4400. <br />
4401. <br />
4402. One of my photos of a gang-gang cockatoo ended up at Nombres científicos. Extracto de Preparándome para mi primera cacatúa ninfa.<br />
4403. <br />
4404. <br />
4405. <br />
4406. And I don't know what the fuck is going on here, but photos of my broken old MacBook Pro have been used in some weird shopping page. I assume it's a scam of some kind, which means it may well vanish, so I've archived it here and here.<br />
4407. <br />
4408. <br />
4409. <br />
4410. <br />
4411. Podcasts, Photos, Videos, Corporate Largesse<br />
4412. <br />
4413. <br />
4414. <br />
4415. None of these. You can subscribe to my YouTube channel to be notified when new videos appear and when livestreams are scheduled.<br />
4416. <br />
4417. <br />
4418. <br />
4419. Muskwatch<br />
4420. <br />
4421. <br />
4422. <br />
4423. Elon Musk may be stepping back from DOGE but he's still spending time with President Trump. Will it all end in tears?<br />
4424. <br />
4425. <br />
4426. <br />
4427. <br />
4428. Musk tagged along with Trump on his Middle East trip.<br />
4429. <br />
4430. <br />
4431. <br />
4432. Elon Musk\x92s Tesla Robotaxi rollout looks like a disaster waiting to happen.<br />
4433. <br />
4434. <br />
4435. <br />
4436. Tesla's board has formed a committee to look at Musk's pay deal. With the share price so far down, maybe he isn't really worth so many billions after all.<br />
4437. <br />
4438. <br />
4439. <br />
4440. And despite Musk and Trump trying to talk up Tesla shares, board Chair Robyn Denholm has sold a bunch of her shares, making A$820 million in profit.<br />
4441. <br />
4442. <br />
4443. <br />
4444. Furious former Twitter advertisers tell Elon Musk they've had enough of his tantrums.<br />
4445. <br />
4446. <br />
4447. <br />
4448. Musk\x92s AI bot Grok blames \x91programming error\x92 for its Holocaust denial.<br />
4449. <br />
4450. <br />
4451. <br />
4452. As the Financial Times asks, What has Elon Musk\x92s DOGE actually achieved?<br />
4453. <br />
4454. <br />
4455. <br />
4456. There's apparently some serious drama brewing between Elon Musk's DOGE and Trump's MAGA.<br />
4457. <br />
4458. <br />
4459. <br />
4460. <br />
4461. Some Interesting Links<br />
4462. <br />
4463. <br />
4464. <br />
4465. <br />
4466. Friend of the pod Erin Cook has started a new occasional newsletter looking specifically at the Australia-Indonesia relationship, Flat White, Kopi Susu.<br />
4467. <br />
4468. <br />
4469. <br />
4470. Project 2025 Tracker is what is says on the tin, tracking  how many of US conservative manifesto Project 2025's goals have been achieved so far \x97 and so far it's nearly a third.<br />
4471. <br />
4472. <br />
4473. <br />
4474. Some drone footage of the new Western Sydney Airport and M12 motorway under constructions. It's coming along quite nicely.<br />
4475. <br />
4476. <br />
4477. <br />
4478. \x91I dropped a C-bomb into Tolstoy\x92: one man\x92s quest to translate War and Peace into \x91bogan Australian\x92.<br />
4479. <br />
4480. <br />
4481. <br />
4482. Finally, some musicians I&#039;m sure I&#039;ve mentioned before, Electronics Fantasticos!,</itunes:summary>
4483. <itunes:author>Stilgherrian</itunes:author>
4484. <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
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4486. </item>
4487. <item>
4488. <title>Weekly Wrap 780: Big ship again, for my birthday and such</title>
4489. <link>https://stilgherrian.com/weekly-wrap/780/</link>
4491. <dc:creator><![CDATA[Stilgherrian]]></dc:creator>
4492. <pubDate>Sun, 11 May 2025 06:36:13 +0000</pubDate>
4493. <category><![CDATA[Weekly Wrap]]></category>
4494. <category><![CDATA[bill gates]]></category>
4495. <category><![CDATA[doge]]></category>
4496. <category><![CDATA[elon musk]]></category>
4497. <category><![CDATA[hmas adelaide]]></category>
4498. <category><![CDATA[mars]]></category>
4499. <category><![CDATA[sydney harbour]]></category>
4500. <category><![CDATA[tesla]]></category>
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4502.  
4503. <description><![CDATA[At the start of my week of Monday 5 to Sunday 11 May 2025 I decided that it would be relatively relaxed given that my birthday was in there somewhere, including a generously-gifted helicopter flight on Wednesday and a delightful lunch with friends on Saturday. The flight was a Sydney Heli Grand Tour from Sydney &#8230; <p class="link-more"><a href="https://stilgherrian.com/weekly-wrap/780/" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text"> "Weekly Wrap 780: Big ship again, for my birthday and such"</span></a></p>]]></description>
4504. <content:encoded><![CDATA[
4505. <p><strong>At the start of my week of Monday 5 to Sunday 11 May 2025 I decided that it would be relatively relaxed given that my birthday was in there somewhere, including a generously-gifted helicopter flight on Wednesday and a delightful lunch with friends on Saturday.</strong></p>
4506.  
4507.  
4508.  
4509. <span id="more-38041"></span>
4510.  
4511.  
4512.  
4513. <p>The flight was a <a href="https://www.sydneyhelitours.com.au/sydney-heli-grand-flight">Sydney Heli Grand Tour</a> from Sydney HeliTours, a professionally-run outfit who I&#8217;d highly recommend. We flew in a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robinson_R44">Robinson R44</a> Raven II on a perfect day, and I&#8217;ll be posting more photos in the coming days.</p>
4514.  
4515.  
4516.  
4517. <p>The lunch was at <a href="https://www.lilianfels.com.au/dining/miss-lilian">Miss Lilian</a> in Katoomba in the Blue Mountains. Again, highly recommended.</p>
4518.  
4519.  
4520.  
4521. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Articles</h4>
4522.  
4523.  
4524.  
4525. <ul class="wp-block-list">
4526. <li><a href="https://buttondown.com/stilgherrian/archive/the-weekly-cybers-67/">The Weekly Cybers #67</a>. Labor wins the election, but until we know more we?ve got plenty of AI news from around the world.</li>
4527. </ul>
4528.  
4529.  
4530.  
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4546.  
4547.  
4548.  
4549. <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>
4550.  
4551.  
4552.  
4553. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Podcasts, Media Appearances, Photos, Videos, Corporate Largesse</h4>
4554.  
4555.  
4556.  
4557. <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>
4558.  
4559.  
4560.  
4561. <h4 class="wp-block-heading" id="recommendations-add">Muskwatch</h4>
4562.  
4563.  
4564.  
4565. <p>Now that Elon Musk has stepped down from DOGE, analysts are starting to judge his worth.</p>
4566.  
4567.  
4568.  
4569. <ul class="wp-block-list">
4570. <li>Data reveals Musk has <a href="https://www.muskwatch.com/p/data-reveals-musk-has-delivered-025">delivered just 0.25%</a> of his promised federal spending cuts.</li>
4571.  
4572.  
4573.  
4574. <li>The Trump administration will <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/07/space-pollution-elon-musk">stop US research on space pollution</a>, delivering a boon to Elon Musk.</li>
4575.  
4576.  
4577.  
4578. <li>&#8216;Eventually, all life on Earth will be <a href="https://www.space.com/astronomy/mars/eventually-all-life-on-earth-will-be-destroyed-by-the-sun-elon-musk-explains-his-drive-to-colonize-mars">destroyed by the sun</a>&#8216;: Elon Musk explains his drive to colonize Mars.</li>
4579.  
4580.  
4581.  
4582. <li>Bill Gates accuses Elon Musk of <a href="https://www.ft.com/content/bdd9bb89-ac3c-4043-9ca4-bc7efbd41fed">?killing? children with USAID cuts</a>.</li>
4583.  
4584.  
4585.  
4586. <li>The local Australian  boss of Tesla says he prefers to <a href="https://www.carexpert.com.au/car-news/tesla-australia-says-its-focused-on-cars-not-elon-musk">focus on the company&#8217;s new products</a> than controversy around its global chief. And who can blame him?</li>
4587.  
4588.  
4589.  
4590. <li>&#8220;Emails show Elon Musk <a href="https://futurism.com/elon-musk-begging-privacy">begging for privacy</a> while siccing his 200 million twitter followers on specific private people he doesn&#8217;t like.&#8221;</li>
4591. </ul>
4592.  
4593.  
4594.  
4595. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Some Interesting Links</h4>
4596.  
4597.  
4598.  
4599. <ul class="wp-block-list">
4600. <li>YouTube history guy Lord HardThrasher has done a <a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLMWipphLLSd_PU7Xw6UpP3pBrBpRDlc4S">three-part series</a> on the famous Dambusters Raid of WW2, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Chastise">Operation Chastise</a>.</li>
4601.  
4602.  
4603.  
4604. <li><em>Meanjin</em> editor Esther Anatolitis has written a thought-dense essay titled <a href="https://www.griffithreview.com/articles/resisiting-the-content-mindset/">Resisting the ?Content Mindset?</a>, discussing how this mindset leads to a transactional approach to creativity and, inevitably, exploitation. (<em>Disclosure: Meanjin is a client of mine.</em>) </li>
4605.  
4606.  
4607.  
4608. <li>John Birmingham&#8217;s <a href="https://aliensideboob.substack.com/p/this-is-why-we-can-have-nice-things">analysis of the election outcome</a> is well worth reading.</li>
4609.  
4610.  
4611.  
4612. <li>And if for some reason you need a digital audio workstation that runs in a terminal window, <a href="https://hackaday.com/2025/04/30/terminal-daw-does-it-in-style/">check out Tek</a>.</li>
4613. </ul>
4614.  
4615.  
4616.  
4617. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">The Week Ahead</h4>
4618.  
4619.  
4620.  
4621. <p>After a relatively unproductive week last week, because I&#8217;d declared it a birthday week, this week I&#8217;ll be focusing on some client work. We have a significant deadline approaching.</p>
4622.  
4623.  
4624.  
4625. <p>That said, on Wednesday I&#8217;ll try to catch the seminar <a href="https://www.ussc.edu.au/space-traffic-jam-challenges-facing-space-sustainability">Space traffic jam: Challenges facing space sustainabilit</a>y from the US Studies Centre, and on Friday there&#8217;s <em>The Weekly Cybers</em> as usual.</p>
4626.  
4627.  
4628.  
4629. <p>[<strong>Update 16 May 2025:</strong> I&#8217;ve pushed back the podcast stuff for another week because I was on a roll with the client work. We hit that significant milestone on Thursday, and we&#8217;re all very happy.]</p>
4630.  
4631.  
4632.  
4633. <p><s>Oh, and I&#8217;ll be editing and posting <em><a href="https://anotheruntitledmusicpodcast.com">Another Untitled Music Podcast</a></em> pilot two, as well as mapping out some of the future podcast recording dates. Sorry that&#8217;s all been a bit late.</s></p>
4634.  
4635.  
4636.  
4637. <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. If you missed the crowdfunder, 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>
4638.  
4639.  
4640.  
4641. <p>On Saturday night I&#8217;ll be down in Sydney for <a href="https://www.sydneycomedyfest.com.au/?s=he+huang">He Huang&#8217;s White Man&#8217;s Burden</a> at the Concourse in Chatswood. I think this will be the third show of hers I&#8217;ll have caught live. I&#8217;ll stay overnight to deal with a few bits and pieces before returning to the Mountains.</p>
4642.  
4643.  
4644.  
4645. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Further Ahead</h4>
4646.  
4647.  
4648.  
4649. <ul class="wp-block-list">
4650. <li><strong><mark style="background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)" class="has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color">NEW:</mark></strong> Adelaide expedition, 26 June to 2 July 2025. I&#8217;ll be travelling with my good friend Snarky Platypus, and while there he&#8217;ll interview me about my home town for a more personal episode of <em>The 9pm Edict</em>. We&#8217;ll also record a half-way point analysis of our <a href="https://stilgherrian.com/essay/bingo-card-2025/">2025 bingo cards</a>.</li>
4651.  
4652.  
4653.  
4654. <li><a href="https://www.techleaders.com.au">TechLeaders 2025</a>, Hunter Valley, 16?18 August 2025.</li>
4655. </ul>
4656.  
4657.  
4658.  
4659. <p>[<strong>Photo:</strong> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMAS_Adelaide_(L01)">HMAS&nbsp;<em>Adelaide</em></a>&nbsp;(L01), a landing [ship] helicopter dock (LHD), photographed at Fleet Base East on Sydney Harbour on 7 May 2025. This is the same ship as posted <a href="https://stilgherrian.com/weekly-wrap/779/">last week</a>., but this time photographed from a helicopter.]</p>
4660.  
4661.  
4662.  
4663. <p></p>
4664. ]]></content:encoded>
4667. <enclosure url="http://stilgherrian.com/wp-content/uploads/the summer" length="5242880" type="" />
4668.  
4669. <itunes:subtitle>At the start of my week of Monday 5 to Sunday 11 May 2025 I decided that it would be relatively relaxed given that my birthday was in there somewhere, including a generously-gifted helicopter flight on Wednesday and a delightful lunch with friends on S...</itunes:subtitle>
4670. <itunes:summary>At the start of my week of Monday 5 to Sunday 11 May 2025 I decided that it would be relatively relaxed given that my birthday was in there somewhere, including a generously-gifted helicopter flight on Wednesday and a delightful lunch with friends on Saturday.&lt;br /&gt;
4671. <br />
4672. <br />
4673. <br />
4674. <br />
4675. <br />
4676. <br />
4677. <br />
4678. The flight was a Sydney Heli Grand Tour from Sydney HeliTours, a professionally-run outfit who I'd highly recommend. We flew in a Robinson R44 Raven II on a perfect day, and I'll be posting more photos in the coming days.<br />
4679. <br />
4680. <br />
4681. <br />
4682. The lunch was at Miss Lilian in Katoomba in the Blue Mountains. Again, highly recommended.<br />
4683. <br />
4684. <br />
4685. <br />
4686. Articles<br />
4687. <br />
4688. <br />
4689. <br />
4690. <br />
4691. The Weekly Cybers #67. Labor wins the election, but until we know more we\x92ve got plenty of AI news from around the world.<br />
4692. <br />
4693. <br />
4694. <br />
4695. <br />
4696. <br />
4697.  Subscribe to The Weekly Cybers via email<br />
4698.  <br />
4699.  <br />
4700.  <br />
4701.  <br />
4702.    Powered by Buttondown.<br />
4703.  <br />
4704. <br />
4705. <br />
4706. <br />
4707. <br />
4708. You can read my previous writing at Authory, where you can also subscribe to an email compilation of any new stories each Sunday morning,<br />
4709. <br />
4710. <br />
4711. <br />
4712. Podcasts, Media Appearances, Photos, Videos, Corporate Largesse<br />
4713. <br />
4714. <br />
4715. <br />
4716. None of these. You can subscribe to my YouTube channel to be notified when new videos appear and when livestreams are scheduled.<br />
4717. <br />
4718. <br />
4719. <br />
4720. Muskwatch<br />
4721. <br />
4722. <br />
4723. <br />
4724. Now that Elon Musk has stepped down from DOGE, analysts are starting to judge his worth.<br />
4725. <br />
4726. <br />
4727. <br />
4728. <br />
4729. Data reveals Musk has delivered just 0.25% of his promised federal spending cuts.<br />
4730. <br />
4731. <br />
4732. <br />
4733. The Trump administration will stop US research on space pollution, delivering a boon to Elon Musk.<br />
4734. <br />
4735. <br />
4736. <br />
4737. 'Eventually, all life on Earth will be destroyed by the sun': Elon Musk explains his drive to colonize Mars.<br />
4738. <br />
4739. <br />
4740. <br />
4741. Bill Gates accuses Elon Musk of \x91killing\x92 children with USAID cuts.<br />
4742. <br />
4743. <br />
4744. <br />
4745. The local Australian  boss of Tesla says he prefers to focus on the company's new products than controversy around its global chief. And who can blame him?<br />
4746. <br />
4747. <br />
4748. <br />
4749. "Emails show Elon Musk begging for privacy while siccing his 200 million twitter followers on specific private people he doesn't like."<br />
4750. <br />
4751. <br />
4752. <br />
4753. <br />
4754. Some Interesting Links<br />
4755. <br />
4756. <br />
4757. <br />
4758. <br />
4759. YouTube history guy Lord HardThrasher has done a three-part series on the famous Dambusters Raid of WW2, Operation Chastise.<br />
4760. <br />
4761. <br />
4762. <br />
4763. Meanjin editor Esther Anatolitis has written a thought-dense essay titled Resisting the \x91Content Mindset\x92, discussing how this mindset leads to a transactional approach to creativity and, inevitably, exploitation. (Disclosure: Meanjin is a client of mine.) <br />
4764. <br />
4765. <br />
4766. <br />
4767. John Birmingham's analysis of the election outcome is well worth reading.<br />
4768. <br />
4769. <br />
4770. <br />
4771. And if for some reason you need a digital audio workstation that runs in a terminal window, check out Tek.<br />
4772. <br />
4773. <br />
4774. <br />
4775. <br />
4776. The Week Ahead<br />
4777. <br />
4778. <br />
4779. <br />
4780. After a relatively unproductive week last week, because I'd declared it a birthday week, this week I'll be focusing on some client work. We have a significant deadline approaching.<br />
4781. <br />
4782. <br />
4783. <br />
4784. That said, on Wednesday I'll try to catch the seminar Space traffic jam: Challenges facing space sustainability from the US Studies Centre, and on Friday there's The Weekly Cybers as usual.<br />
4785. <br />
4786. <br />
4787. <br />
4788. [Update 16 May 2025: I've pushed back the podcast stuff for another week because I was on a roll with the client work. We hit that significant milestone on Thursday, and we're all very happy.]<br />
4789. <br />
4790. <br />
4791. <br />
4792. Oh, and I&#039;ll be editing and posting Another Untitled Music Podcast pilot two, as well as mapping out some of the future podcast recording d...</itunes:summary>
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4799.