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70. <description><![CDATA[As you all know, I am a lizard, and through the power of 5G and the implants which have been secretly inserted into you via chemtrails and the covid vaccine, or possibly by a UFOnaut which was probing you, I can control your mind. Well, no. But conspiracy theories do exist, and a new book &#8230; <p class="link-more"><a href="https://stilgherrian.com/edict/00252/" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text"> "The 9pm Conspiracy Nation with Ariel Bogle and Cam Wilson"</span></a></p>]]></description>
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76. <p><strong>As you all know, I am a lizard, and through the power of 5G and the implants which have been secretly inserted into you via chemtrails and the covid vaccine, or possibly by a UFOnaut which was probing you, I can control your mind.</strong></p>
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84. <p>Well, no. But conspiracy theories do exist, and a new book explores the Australian flavour of these beliefs. My guests are the authors of <em><a href="https://ultimopress.com.au/products/conspiracy-nation">Conspiracy Nation</a></em>, journalists Ariel Bogle and Cam Wilson, and the book is available from Ultimo Press and all the usual places one buys books.</p>
85.  
86.  
87.  
88. <p>In this episode we talk about why conspiracy beliefs are so appealing, the aftermath of the&nbsp;Wieambilla shootings, Agenda 21, Qanon, pseudolaw and sovereign citizens, the celebrity chef turned guru Pete Evans, and what to do if one of your friends starts heading down a rabbit-hole.</p>
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110. <p>If the links aren&#8217;t showing up, <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:stilgherrian/t:edict00252">try here</a>.</p>
111.  
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114. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Thank you, Media Freedom Citizenry</h4>
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121. <p><strong><em>The 9pm Edict</em>&nbsp;is supported by the generosity of its listeners. It&#8217;d be lovely if you supported this season&#8217;s crowdfunder, <a href="https://the9pmedict.com/spring2025">The 9pm Spring Series 2025</a>.</strong></p>
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125. <p>Your contributions will support my podcasts&nbsp;<em><a href="https://the9pmedict.com/edict/">The 9pm Edict</a></em>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<em><a href="https://anotheruntitledmusicpodcast.com">Another Untitled Music Podcast</a></em>&nbsp;by providing me with an income to live on.</p>
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129. <p>Depending on the level of your support, you can also buy TRIGGER WORDS or a CONVERSATION TOPIC to insert your brain into the&nbsp;<em>Edict</em>, Recommend a Song to Us or submit a We Will We Will Judge You playlist into&nbsp;<em>AUMP</em>, score yourself a custom audio or video message, or more.</p>
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141. <p>For this episode it&#8217;s thanks Simon Harris, who renewed his Edict 01 Flat White Annual subscription.</p>
142.  
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144.  
145. <p>And 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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149. <p>CONVERSATION TOPICS: Joanna Forbes, Peter Viertel, and one person who chooses to remain anonymous.</p>
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153. <p>THREE TRIGGER WORDS: Bernard Walsh, Paul Williams, and Peter Lieverdink.</p>
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157. <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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161. <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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177. <p>MEDIA FREEDOM CITIZENS who contributed a BASIC TIP: None this time, which is curious.</p>
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181. <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>
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205. <itunes:subtitle>Journalists Erin Cook and Cam Wilson with the cover of their book “Conspiracy Nation”. (Photos: Supplied; Digital composition by Stilgherrian.)    As you all know, I am a lizard, and through the power of 5G and the implants which have been secretly ins...</itunes:subtitle>
206. <itunes:summary>Journalists Erin Cook and Cam Wilson with the cover of their book “Conspiracy Nation”. (Photos: Supplied; Digital composition by Stilgherrian.)&lt;br /&gt;
207. <br />
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209. <br />
210. As you all know, I am a lizard, and through the power of 5G and the implants which have been secretly inserted into you via chemtrails and the covid vaccine, or possibly by a UFOnaut which was probing you, I can control your mind.<br />
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217. <br />
218. Well, no. But conspiracy theories do exist, and a new book explores the Australian flavour of these beliefs. My guests are the authors of Conspiracy Nation, journalists Ariel Bogle and Cam Wilson, and the book is available from Ultimo Press and all the usual places one buys books.<br />
219. <br />
220. <br />
221. <br />
222. In this episode we talk about why conspiracy beliefs are so appealing, the aftermath of the Wieambilla shootings, Agenda 21, Qanon, pseudolaw and sovereign citizens, the celebrity chef turned guru Pete Evans, and what to do if one of your friends starts heading down a rabbit-hole.<br />
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229. <br />
230. This podcast is available on Amazon Music, Apple Podcasts, Castbox, Deezer, Google Podcasts, iHeartRadio, JioSaavn, Pocket Casts, Podcast Addict, Podchaser, Spotify, and Speaker.<br />
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234. You can also subscribe to the generic podcast feed.<br />
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238. Episode Links<br />
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246. If the links aren't showing up, try here.<br />
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250. Thank you, Media Freedom Citizenry<br />
251. <br />
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256. <br />
257. <br />
258. The 9pm Edict is supported by the generosity of its listeners. It'd be lovely if you supported this season's crowdfunder, The 9pm Spring Series 2025.<br />
259. <br />
260. <br />
261. <br />
262. Your contributions will support my podcasts The 9pm Edict and Another Untitled Music Podcast by providing me with an income to live on.<br />
263. <br />
264. <br />
265. <br />
266. Depending on the level of your support, you can also buy TRIGGER WORDS or a CONVERSATION TOPIC to insert your brain into the Edict, Recommend a Song to Us or submit a We Will We Will Judge You playlist into AUMP, score yourself a custom audio or video message, or more.<br />
267. <br />
268. <br />
269. <br />
270. You have until next Thursday 25 September to pledge your support. Please consider.<br />
271. <br />
272. <br />
273. <br />
274. If you miss that deadline, You can always throw a few coins into the tip jar.<br />
275. <br />
276. <br />
277. <br />
278. For this episode it's thanks Simon Harris, who renewed his Edict 01 Flat White Annual subscription.<br />
279. <br />
280. <br />
281. <br />
282. And it's thanks again to everyone who supported The 9pm Mid-2025 Series crowdfunding campaign.<br />
283. <br />
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285. <br />
286. CONVERSATION TOPICS: Joanna Forbes, Peter Viertel, and one person who chooses to remain anonymous.<br />
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290. THREE TRIGGER WORDS: Bernard Walsh, Paul Williams, and Peter Lieverdink.<br />
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294. 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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298. 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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302. PERSONALISED VIDEO MESSAGE: Briala Bowmer.<br />
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306. PERSONALISED AUDIO MESSAGE: Kimberley Heitman, KO Hall, and Matt Arkell.<br />
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310. 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 />
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333. <description><![CDATA[My week of Monday 8 to Sunday 14 September 2025 started well but slipped into illness at the end — again! — although things then improved on the weekend. I had to bail from a conference on Thursday, and spend Friday very close to a bathroom at all time. We shall speak of this no &#8230; <p class="link-more"><a href="https://stilgherrian.com/weekly-wrap/798/" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text"> "Weekly Wrap 798: A third week disrupted by illness, but a different one, plus squabbling birds"</span></a></p>]]></description>
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335. <p><strong>My week of Monday 8 to Sunday 14 September 2025 started well but slipped into illness at the end — again! — although things then improved on the weekend. I had to bail from a conference on Thursday, and spend Friday very close to a bathroom at all time. We shall speak of this no more.</strong></p>
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340.  
341.  
342.  
343. <p>This means that the podcast post-production was pushed back <em>again</em>, but it also means that you&#8217;ll get three podcasts in the coming week. On a more uniformly positive note, I also settled into some restructured client work.</p>
344.  
345.  
346.  
347. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Please support The 9pm Spring Series 2025 crowdfunder</h4>
348.  
349.  
350. <div class="wp-block-image">
351. <figure class="alignright size-full"><a href="https://the9pmedict.com/spring2025"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="400" height="225" src="https://stilgherrian.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/pozible28-hero-01-400-title.jpeg" alt="Against a background of wattle flowers sits a giant microphone, a man with short hair, spectacles, and a very ordinary grey sweater — it's Stilgherrian! — and the words &quot;The 9pm Spring Series 2025&quot;." class="wp-image-38660" srcset="https://stilgherrian.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/pozible28-hero-01-400-title.jpeg 400w, https://stilgherrian.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/pozible28-hero-01-400-title-350x197.jpeg 350w, https://stilgherrian.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/pozible28-hero-01-400-title-75x42.jpeg 75w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px" /></a></figure></div>
352.  
353.  
354. <p>This season&#8217;s crowdfunding campaign, <a href="https://the9pmedict.com/spring2025">The 9pm Spring Series 2025</a>, is under way.</p>
355.  
356.  
357.  
358. <p>Your contributions will support my podcasts <em><a href="https://the9pmedict.com/edict/">The 9pm Edict</a></em> and <em><a href="https://anotheruntitledmusicpodcast.com">Another Untitled Music Podcast</a></em> by providing me with an income to live on — especially important given these recent illnesses.</p>
359.  
360.  
361.  
362. <p>Depending on the level of your support, you can also buy TRIGGER WORDS or a CONVERSATION TOPIC to insert your brain into the <em>Edict</em>, Recommend a Song to Us or submit a We Will We Will Judge You playlist into <em>AUMP</em>, score yourself a custom audio or video message, or more.</p>
363.  
364.  
365.  
366. <p>At the time of posting we&#8217;re 46% of the way to Target One with a little over 10 days to go.</p>
367.  
368.  
369.  
370. <p><strong>You have until next Thursday 25 September to <a href="https://the9pmedict.com/spring2025">pledge your support</a>. Please consider.</strong></p>
371.  
372.  
373.  
374. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Articles</h4>
375.  
376.  
377.  
378. <p><a href="https://buttondown.com/stilgherrian/archive/">The Weekly Cybers</a> didn&#8217;t appear this week due to the above-mentioned illness, but you&#8217;re more than welcome to subscribe for FREE so you get the next one.</p>
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397.  
398.  
399.  
400. <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>
401.  
402.  
403.  
404. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Corporate Largesse</h4>
405.  
406.  
407.  
408. <ul class="wp-block-list">
409. <li>As a journalist I scored free attendance at the <a href="https://influencing.live">Influencing Live</a> conference on Thursday, although I had to leave at lunchtime because I fell ill. Which is a shame, because there were some great sessions.</li>
410. </ul>
411.  
412.  
413.  
414. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Podcasts, Photos, Videos, Media Appearances</h4>
415.  
416.  
417.  
418. <p>None of these, although you&#8217;ll see below there&#8217;s plenty of podcasts coming up. You can subscribe to <a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/stilgherrian/">my YouTube channel</a> to be notified when new videos appear and when livestreams are scheduled.</p>
419.  
420.  
421.  
422. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Some Interesting Links</h4>
423.  
424.  
425.  
426. <ul class="wp-block-list">
427. <li>The unblinking <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/pboyle.bsky.social">Patrick Boyle</a> is particularly snarky this week as he runs through a few <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i8X3m84Q6o4">recent investment scams</a>.</li>
428.  
429.  
430.  
431. <li>I stumbled across an excellent comedy duo, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@RealRealJapan">Real Real Japan</a>. Linguistics nerds will particularly like it.</li>
432.  
433.  
434.  
435. <li>Do you like birds? Here&#8217;s <a href="https://birdlife.org.au/news/birdwatching-from-home-5-best-live-streams/">a bunch of live bird video streams</a>.</li>
436.  
437.  
438.  
439. <li>Do you like cooking? Here&#8217;s the Wikipedia entry for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Futurist_cooking">futurist cooking</a>. As in the Italian Futurists. There&#8217;s quite a bit of bullshit here, in my view.</li>
440. </ul>
441.  
442.  
443.  
444. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">The Week Ahead</h4>
445.  
446.  
447.  
448. <p>It&#8217;s a week for catching up on all the things, so wish me luck.</p>
449.  
450.  
451.  
452. <p>On Monday I&#8217;ll ease into the week with a little client database wrangling. At lunchtime I might try to catch the Lowy Institute panel discussion, <a href="https://events.lowyinstitute.org/indonesias-next-chapter-governance-leadership-and-reform/9535699">Indonesia’s next chapter: Governance, leadership and reform</a>, although I&#8217;ll probably leave it until later. This is why they&#8217;re recorded, after all.</p>
453.  
454.  
455.  
456. <p>Tuesday through Thursday sees a mix of podcast post-production and client work. There&#8217;s one episode each of <em>The 9pm Edict</em> and <em>Another Untitled Music Podcast</em> in post-production, and I&#8217;ll probably publish them in that order.</p>
457.  
458.  
459.  
460. <p>I return to the Blue Mountains on Thursday afternoon.</p>
461.  
462.  
463.  
464. <p>On Friday it&#8217;s <em>The Weekly Cybers</em> newsletter as usual, and then I&#8217;m recording a podcast with Scottish author and social researcher David F Porteous, who&#8217;s been <a href="https://the9pmedict.com/tag/david-f-porteous/">on the pod many times</a>. If you&#8217;re a supporter with a TRIGGER WORD or CONVERSATION TOPIC for this episode, please let me know by 4pm AEDT that day. The finished episode will be posted on Saturday evening.</p>
465.  
466.  
467.  
468. <p><strong><em>The 9pm Edict</em>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<em>Another Untitled Music Podcast</em>&nbsp;are supported by the generosity of their listeners. Please consider supporting <a href="https://the9pmedict.com/spring2025">this season&#8217;s crowdfunder</a>.</strong></p>
469.  
470.  
471.  
472. <p>If you miss the deadline of 25 September, or if you prefer not to use Pozible, you might still like to&nbsp;<a href="https://skank.com.au/tip/">throw a few coins into the tip jar</a>&nbsp;directly or&nbsp;<a href="https://skank.com.au/subscribe">subscribe for special benefits</a>. There&#8217;s also some <a href="https://anotheruntitledmusicpodcast.com/products/">specific benefits</a> for supporting <em>AUMP</em>.</p>
473.  
474.  
475.  
476. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Further Ahead</h4>
477.  
478.  
479.  
480. <ul class="wp-block-list">
481. <li><a href="https://the9pmedict.com/spring2025">The 9pm Spring Series 2025</a> crowdfunder wrap-up, 25 September 2025, 9pm AEST.</li>
482.  
483.  
484.  
485. <li><s><a href="https://www.fairfieldcity.nsw.gov.au/Whats-on/Events-Workshops-and-Social-Calendar/Major-Events/Cabramatta-Moon-Festival">Cabramatta Moon Festival</a>, 28 September 2025 (TBC).</s> Nah, I&#8217;ll be too busy.</li>
486.  
487.  
488.  
489. <li>Housesitting in Sydney, 4–20 October 2025 or part thereof. This comes at a particularly convenient time, as I&#8217;ll need to be in Sydney all three of these weekends.</li>
490.  
491.  
492.  
493. <li><em>Another Untitled Music Podcast</em>&nbsp;recording, 6 October 2025.</li>
494.  
495.  
496.  
497. <li><em>The 9pm Edict</em> recording with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_Gorman">Dr Alice Gorman</a> and <a href="https://au.linkedin.com/in/ramimandow">Rami Mandow</a>, 15 October 2025. If you have a space-related TRIGGER WORD or CONVERSATION TOPIC for this episode, please get it to me by 11am AEDT that day.</li>
498.  
499.  
500.  
501. <li><a href="https://www.livenation.com.au/sam-campbell-tickets-adp1602998">Sam Campbell: Window Sucker</a>, Sydney, 31 October 2025.</li>
502. </ul>
503.  
504.  
505.  
506. <p>[<strong>Photo:</strong> A <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brown_cuckoo-dove">brown cuckoo-dove</a> (<em>Macropygia phasianella</em>) and an <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_magpie">Australian magpie</a> (<em>Gymnorhina tibicen</em>) disagree over who will be sitting on the taller tree stump on 6 September 2025. The pigeon was the one who eventually backed down.]</p>
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513. <title>Weekly Wrap 797: Spring takes me from lurgi to layoffs, with a mere glimpse of opium</title>
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525. <description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve finally rid myself of the dreaded lurgi, so my week of Monday 1 to Sunday 7 September 2025 actually saw some productivity. A podcast. A new crowdfunder. Planning. And, alas, some disappointing news. Still, the weather was nice. On Thursday I learned that long-running literary journal Meanjin, one of my clients, is being shut &#8230; <p class="link-more"><a href="https://stilgherrian.com/weekly-wrap/797/" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text"> "Weekly Wrap 797: Spring takes me from lurgi to layoffs, with a mere glimpse of opium"</span></a></p>]]></description>
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527. <p><strong>I&#8217;ve finally rid myself of the dreaded lurgi, so my week of Monday 1 to Sunday 7 September 2025 actually saw some productivity. A podcast. A new crowdfunder. Planning. And, alas, some disappointing news. Still, the weather was nice.</strong></p>
528.  
529.  
530.  
531. <span id="more-38664"></span>
532.  
533.  
534.  
535. <p>On Thursday I learned that long-running literary journal <em><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meanjin">Meanjin</a></em>, one of my clients, is being <a href="https://archive.md/5DLob">shut down</a>, something which is being described as <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/sep/04/meanjin-close-melbourne-university-publishing">cultural vandalism</a> in some news stories. I don&#8217;t yet know what this means for me personally. I have a meeting scheduled on Monday.</p>
536.  
537.  
538.  
539. <p>However since my focus was the <a href="https://meanjin.com.au">website</a>. The final two editions are to be published later this month and in December, which means the website will still operating. so I&#8217;m hoping I may still have some work to do.</p>
540.  
541.  
542.  
543. <p>[<strong>Update 8 September 2025:</strong> Melbourne University Publishing has posted <a href="https://meanjin.com.au/frequently-asked-questions/"><em>Meanjin</em> FAQs</a> which explain the plan for subscriber refunds and such. I will be working on the data wrangling for all this, so it&#8217;s not appropriate for me to comment further.]</p>
544.  
545.  
546.  
547. <p>And as I&#8217;ve said, I was also hit by the dreaded lurgi, which for someone who already has limited working hours  was a significant problem.</p>
548.  
549.  
550.  
551. <p>All this means that I&#8217;m both looking for more work — journalism, editing, podcast production, website management and all the related things — and the new crowdfunder is of especial importance this season. As is <a href="https://stilgherrian.com/tip">the tip jar</a>.</p>
552.  
553.  
554.  
555. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Please support The 9pm Spring Series 2025 crowdfunder</h4>
556.  
557.  
558. <div class="wp-block-image">
559. <figure class="alignright size-full"><a href="https://the9pmedict.com/spring2025"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="400" height="225" src="https://stilgherrian.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/pozible28-hero-01-400-title.jpeg" alt="Against a background of wattle flowers sits a giant microphone, a man with short hair, spectacles, and a very ordinary grey sweater — it's Stilgherrian! — and the words &quot;The 9pm Spring Series 2025&quot;." class="wp-image-38660" srcset="https://stilgherrian.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/pozible28-hero-01-400-title.jpeg 400w, https://stilgherrian.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/pozible28-hero-01-400-title-350x197.jpeg 350w, https://stilgherrian.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/pozible28-hero-01-400-title-75x42.jpeg 75w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px" /></a></figure></div>
560.  
561.  
562. <p>Yes, the world has started a new season, so on Tuesday evening I launched a new crowdfunding campaign, <a href="https://the9pmedict.com/spring2025">The 9pm Spring Series 2025</a>.</p>
563.  
564.  
565.  
566. <p>Your contributions will support my podcasts <em><a href="https://the9pmedict.com/edict/">The 9pm Edict</a></em> and <em><a href="https://anotheruntitledmusicpodcast.com">Another Untitled Music Podcast</a></em> by providing me with an income to live on.</p>
567.  
568.  
569.  
570. <p>Depending on the level of your support, you can also buy TRIGGER WORDS or a CONVERSATION TOPIC to insert your brain into the <em>Edict</em>, Recommend a Song to Us or submit a We Will We Will Judge You playlist into <em>AUMP</em>, score yourself a custom audio or video message, or more.</p>
571.  
572.  
573.  
574. <p>At the time of posting we&#8217;re 38% of the way to Target One.</p>
575.  
576.  
577.  
578. <p><strong>You have until Thursday 25 September to <a href="https://the9pmedict.com/spring2025">pledge your support</a>. Please consider.</strong></p>
579.  
580.  
581.  
582. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Podcasts</h4>
583.  
584.  
585.  
586. <ul class="wp-block-list">
587. <li><a href="https://the9pmedict.com/edict/00251/">The 9pm Usual Chaos in Indonesia and Thailand with Erin Cook</a>, recorded and posted on Wednesday. Things are moving quickly, but this is still an adequate backgrounder. The main update is that <a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/9/5/thai-parliament-elects-anutin-charnvirakul-as-prime-minister-2">Thailand has chosen a new but interim prime minister</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anutin_Charnvirakul">Anutin Charnvirakul</a>, leader of the conservative Bhumjaithai party, with support from the People&#8217;s Party.</li>
588. </ul>
589.  
590.  
591.  
592. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Articles</h4>
593.  
594.  
595.  
596. <ul class="wp-block-list">
597. <li><a href="https://buttondown.com/stilgherrian/archive/the-weekly-cybers-84/">The Weekly Cybers #84</a>. The social media age assurance tech trial delivered mixed results at best, robodebt victims to get another $475 million compensation, FoI restrictions to be tightened, and much more.</li>
598. </ul>
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617.  
618.  
619.  
620. <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>
621.  
622.  
623.  
624. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Media Appearances</h4>
625.  
626.  
627.  
628. <ul class="wp-block-list">
629. <li>For reasons which I won&#8217;t go into here, on this week&#8217;s <em>Rural Concerns</em> podcast, <a href="https://ruralconcerns.podbean.com/e/underpants-uniforms-a-pack-of-dogs/">Underpants, uniforms &amp; a pack of dogs</a>, there was a brief discussion of whether I&#8217;m an <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orc">Orc</a>. No, really. Also, I am not an Orc.</li>
630. </ul>
631.  
632.  
633.  
634. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Photos, Videos, Corporate Largesse</h4>
635.  
636.  
637.  
638. <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>
639.  
640.  
641.  
642. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Some Interesting Links</h4>
643.  
644.  
645.  
646. <ul class="wp-block-list">
647. <li><a href="https://www.modernrelics.email/carlo-acutis-is-finally-a-saint/">Carlo Acutis is our first millennial saint</a>.</li>
648.  
649.  
650.  
651. <li>It is my sad duty to inform you that <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maru_(cat)">Maru the cat</a> has passed away, age 18, after developing lung adenocarcinoma. Here is his <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jgeZFivUeGg">18th birthday commemoration video</a>.</li>
652.  
653.  
654.  
655. <li>I ended up posting a thread about <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/stilgherrian.com/post/3ly7n7sggq32g">US propaganda posters</a>. Do explore all the sub-threads.</li>
656.  
657.  
658.  
659. <li>Former RAF V-force pilot Peter Merifield shares his experiences <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=37CHfzxriBY">flying the Vulcan bomber</a> during the Cold War.</li>
660.  
661.  
662.  
663. <li>Alasdair Beckett-King presents <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=23SKNZEUQuk">Every 80s Movie</a>.</li>
664.  
665.  
666.  
667. <li>And there&#8217;s a new Ze Frank video, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8QE78laH4sw">True Facts: Bats, The Science of The Hunt</a>.</li>
668. </ul>
669.  
670.  
671.  
672. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">The Week Ahead</h4>
673.  
674.  
675.  
676. <p>Once some other work is out of the way, mid-week I&#8217;ll <em>finally</em> edit and post the podcast I recorded with Ariel Bogle and Cam Wilson, authors of&nbsp;<em><a href="https://ultimopress.com.au/products/conspiracy-nation">Conspiracy Nation</a></em>. The conversation has been <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/porepunkah-shooting">slightly overtaken by events</a>, but we do cover a lot of ground.</p>
677.  
678.  
679.  
680. <p>On Wednesday afternoon I&#8217;ll be heading to Sydney where I&#8217;ll be catsitting through until the middle of the following week. This would be the perfect time for Sydney people to take me out for drinks or dinner.</p>
681.  
682.  
683.  
684. <p><strong><mark style="background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)" class="has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color">NEW:</mark></strong> I&#8217;ll be spending Thursday at the <a href="https://influencing.live">Influencing Live</a> media relations conference in Sydney. If nothing else, this may be a handy networking opportunity.</p>
685.  
686.  
687.  
688. <p>On Friday it&#8217;s <em>The Weekly Cybers</em> newsletter as usual.</p>
689.  
690.  
691.  
692. <p>On Sunday afternoon Snarky Platypus and I will be recording a new episode of <em>Another Untitled Music Podcast</em>. The theme is &#8220;The Cover is Better&#8221;, which might be an excellent opportunity to <a href="https://anotheruntitledmusicpodcast.com/products/">Recommend a Song to Us</a>. If you&#8217;re quick. The finished episode will be posted the following week.</p>
693.  
694.  
695.  
696. <p><strong><em>The 9pm Edict</em>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<em>Another Untitled Music Podcast</em>&nbsp;are supported by the generosity of their listeners. Please consider supporting <a href="https://the9pmedict.com/spring2025">this season&#8217;s crowdfunder</a>.</strong></p>
697.  
698.  
699.  
700. <p>If you miss the deadline of 25 September, or if you prefer not to use Pozible, you might still like to&nbsp;<a href="https://skank.com.au/tip/">throw a few coins into the tip jar</a>&nbsp;directly or&nbsp;<a href="https://skank.com.au/subscribe">subscribe for special benefits</a>. There&#8217;s also some <a href="https://anotheruntitledmusicpodcast.com/products/">specific benefits</a> for supporting <em>AUMP</em>.</p>
701.  
702.  
703.  
704. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Further Ahead</h4>
705.  
706.  
707.  
708. <p>I&#8217;ve finally started to add some new items to the schedule, and there&#8217;s more to come.</p>
709.  
710.  
711.  
712. <ul class="wp-block-list">
713. <li><strong><mark style="background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)" class="has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color">NEW:</mark></strong> <em>The 9pm Edict</em> recording with Scottish author and social researcher David F Porteous, who&#8217;s been <a href="https://the9pmedict.com/tag/david-f-porteous/">on the pod many times</a>. If you&#8217;re a supporter with a TRIGGER WORD or CONVERSATION TOPIC for this episode, please let me know by 4pm AEDT that day.</li>
714.  
715.  
716.  
717. <li><strong><mark style="background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)" class="has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color">NEW:</mark></strong> <a href="https://the9pmedict.com/spring2025">The 9pm Spring Series 2025</a> crowdfunder wrap-up, 25 September 2025, 9pm AEST.</li>
718.  
719.  
720.  
721. <li><strong><mark style="background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)" class="has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color">NEW:</mark></strong> <a href="https://www.fairfieldcity.nsw.gov.au/Whats-on/Events-Workshops-and-Social-Calendar/Major-Events/Cabramatta-Moon-Festival">Cabramatta Moon Festival</a>, 28 September 2025 (TBC).</li>
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725. <li><strong><mark style="background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)" class="has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color">NEW:</mark></strong> More housesitting in Sydney, 4–20 October 2025 or part thereof (TBC, or at least the specific dates are).</li>
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729. <li><strong><mark style="background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)" class="has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color">NEW:</mark></strong>&nbsp;<em>Another Untitled Music Podcast</em>&nbsp;recording, 6 October 2025.</li>
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733. <li><strong><mark style="background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)" class="has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color">NEW:</mark></strong> <em>The 9pm Edict</em> recording with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_Gorman">Dr Alice Gorman</a> and <a href="https://au.linkedin.com/in/ramimandow">Rami Mandow</a>, 15 October 2025. If you have a space-related TRIGGER WORD or CONVERSATION TOPIC for this episode, please get it to me by 11am AEDT that day.</li>
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737. <li><a href="https://www.livenation.com.au/sam-campbell-tickets-adp1602998">Sam Campbell: Window Sucker</a>, Sydney, 31 October 2025.</li>
738. </ul>
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742. <p>[<strong>Photo:</strong> For a change of pace, here&#8217;s some vintage medicines. Greenwell &amp; Thomas Pharmacy in Katoomba has a wonderful collection of old pharmaceuticals and medical instruments on display, including these, so it&#8217;s worth making an excuse to pop in. Photo taken on 6 September 2025.]</p>
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767. <description><![CDATA[There&#8217;s been riots in Indonesia with at least nine people killed. And there’s political chaos in Thailand as the prime minister is sacked and 15 political parties scramble to form coalitions so they can choose a new PM. So who better to talk to than journalist Erin Cook, who specialises in South-East Asia? Erin produces &#8230; <p class="link-more"><a href="https://stilgherrian.com/edict/00251/" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text"> "The 9pm Usual Chaos in Indonesia and Thailand with Erin Cook"</span></a></p>]]></description>
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769. <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>
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773. <p><strong>There&#8217;s been riots in Indonesia with at least nine people killed. And there’s political chaos in Thailand as the prime minister is sacked and 15 political parties scramble to form coalitions so they can choose a new PM. So who better to talk to than journalist Erin Cook, who specialises in South-East Asia?</strong></p>
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781. <p>Erin produces the excellent newsletter <em><a href="https://darimulut.beehiiv.com">Dari Mulut ke Mulut</a></em>, an English-language summary of what&#8217;s happening in the region, and an occasional newsletter specifically on the Australia-Indonesia relationship, <em><a href="https://flatkopi.substack.com">Flat White, Kopi Susu</a></em>.</p>
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785. <p>In this episode we talk about those riots in Indonesia, what they&#8217;re about, why they kicked off so quickly, and why they probably won&#8217;t be as severe as those in 1998. We also try to understand the political chaos in Thailand. And we take a brief look at something happening in China.</p>
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792. <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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800. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Episode Links</h4>
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802.  
803. <ul class="wppb-bookmarks"> <li class="wppb-bookmark">
804. <div class="wppb-header"><a class="wppb-title" href="https://bsky.app/profile/erincook.bsky.social">01. Erin Cook (@erincook.bsky.social) — Bluesky</a></div>
805. <div class="wppb-description">Following Southeast Asia and Timor-Leste, mostly elections, FP and Instagram posts. Don&#039;t complain to me that I don&#039;t cover business enough, I do not know of such things.</div> </li>
806. <li class="wppb-bookmark">
807. <div class="wppb-header"><a class="wppb-title" href="https://darimulut.beehiiv.com">02. Dari Mulut ke Mulut</a></div>
808. <div class="wppb-description">Erin Cook&#039;s newsletter covering South-East Asia, but in June 2025 it&#039;s moving to Substack.</div> </li>
809. <li class="wppb-bookmark">
810. <div class="wppb-header"><a class="wppb-title" href="https://darimulut.substack.com/">02A. Dari Mulut ke Mulut | Erin Cook | Substack</a></div>
811. <div class="wppb-description">Erin Cook&#039;s newsletter covering South-East Asia, this being its new home from June 2025.</div> </li>
812. <li class="wppb-bookmark">
813. <div class="wppb-header"><a class="wppb-title" href="https://flatkopi.substack.com/">03. Flat White, Kopi Susu | Erin Cook | Substack</a></div>
814. <div class="wppb-description">Erin Cook&#039;s other newsletter, specifically about the Australia-Indonesia relationship.</div> </li>
815. <li class="wppb-bookmark">
816. <div class="wppb-header"><a class="wppb-title" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prabowo_Subianto">04. Prabowo Subianto - Wikipedia</a></div>
817. <div class="wppb-description">Prabowo Subianto Djojohadikusumo (EYD: Prabowo Subianto Joyohadikusumo, born 17 October 1951) is an Indonesian politician, businessman and retired honorary army general who is the president-elect of Indonesia and current Minister of Defense. Prabowo will be Indonesia&#039;s third president who had military background after Suharto and Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY). In 1998, he was discharged from the military and subsequently banned from entering the United States for allegedly committing human rights abuses.</div> </li>
818. <li class="wppb-bookmark">
819. <div class="wppb-header"><a class="wppb-title" href="https://darimulut.substack.com/p/indonesia-shakes-as-protests-turn">05. <img src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/16.0.1/72x72/1f1ee-1f1e9.png" alt="🇮🇩" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" /> Indonesia shakes as protests turn to police violence and death }| Dari Mulut ke Mulut</a></div>
820. <div class="wppb-description">[30 August 2025] There&#039;s no coming back from this one</div> </li>
821. <li class="wppb-bookmark">
822. <div class="wppb-header"><a class="wppb-title" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_2025_Indonesian_protests">05A. August 2025 Indonesian protests - Wikipedia</a></div>
823. <div class="wppb-description">On 25 August 2025, protests began in Indonesia as part of a larger civil unrest that began in early 2025 over economic frustrations and a proposed hike in housing subsidies for members of parliament. The protests, which were largely concentrated around the capital Jakarta, grew in intensity and spread nationwide following the killing of Affan Kurniawan, a motorcycle taxi driver who was run over by a Brimob police tactical vehicle on 28 August during a larger violent and excessive crackdown on civil dissent.</div> </li>
824. <li class="wppb-bookmark">
825. <div class="wppb-header"><a class="wppb-title" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_1998_riots_of_Indonesia">06. May 1998 riots of Indonesia - Wikipedia</a></div>
826. <div class="wppb-description">The May 1998 Indonesia riots (Indonesian: Kerusuhan Mei 1998), also known colloquially as the 1998 tragedy (Tragedi 1998) or simply the 98 event (Peristiwa 98), were incidents of mass violence, revolutionary protests, and civil unrest in Indonesia in May 1998, many of which were targeted at Indonesia&#039;s ethnic Chinese population. The events were mainly in the cities of Medan, Jakarta and Surakarta, with small incidents in other regions of the country.</div> </li>
827. <li class="wppb-bookmark">
828. <div class="wppb-header"><a class="wppb-title" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QSHmYZOf52c">07. Indonesia deploys armed forces to disperse widespread antigovernment protests - YouTube</a></div>
829. <div class="wppb-description">[2 September 2025] Protests in Indonesia against alleged government corruption and police brutality are ongoing. The military has been deployed to break up demonstrations. Protesters are angry about wage inequality and the benefits granted to members of parliament</div> </li>
830. <li class="wppb-bookmark">
831. <div class="wppb-header"><a class="wppb-title" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Zu7116NQr8">08. Family mourns delivery rider killed in Jakarta protests - YouTube</a></div>
832. <div class="wppb-description">[29 August 2025] Hundreds of Indonesian motorcycle ride-sharing riders gathered at a cemetery in Jakarta on Friday (Aug 29) for the funeral of a delivery rider who was killed by a police vehicle a day earlier during clashes between protesters and the police. The 21-year-old rider, Affan Kurniawan, was hit during the incident near the parliament on Thursday as police were trying to disperse demonstrators protesting against several issues, including lawmakers’ pay and education funding.</div> </li>
833. <li class="wppb-bookmark">
834. <div class="wppb-header"><a class="wppb-title" href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/oct/02/indonesia-football-fans-killed-east-java-arema-malang">09. 125 dead after crowd crush at Indonesian football match | Indonesia | The Guardian</a></div>
835. <div class="wppb-description">[2 October 2022] Police and match organisers under scrutiny after officers fired teargas in response to rioting fans.</div> </li>
836. <li class="wppb-bookmark">
837. <div class="wppb-header"><a class="wppb-title" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QpZ_kC-SJN8">10. Protests shrink in Jakarta amid some concessions, increased security presence - Al Jazeera - YouTube</a></div>
838. <div class="wppb-description">[2 September 2025] Protests in Jakarta are taking a step back with lower numbers of demonstrators, as well as the government announcing concessions on some of its policies that sparked unrest against inequality and corruption in Jakarta. But this comes after soldiers joined police in the effort to maintain order.</div> </li>
839. <li class="wppb-bookmark">
840. <div class="wppb-header"><a class="wppb-title" href="https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Zna-4medhk8">11. Protesters raid Indonesian MP Ahmad Sahroni’s house, looting luxury items - YouTube</a></div>
841. <div class="wppb-description">[1 September 2025] An Iron Man figurine, luxury watches and designer bags were among items looted from Indonesian politician Ahmad Sahroni’s home by protestors enraged by his dismissive comments about those who called for the dissolution of parliament. Protests were sparked by the announcement of a new allowance package for lawmakers in Indonesia, which resulted in demonstrations across the country since Aug 25.</div> </li>
842. <li class="wppb-bookmark">
843. <div class="wppb-header"><a class="wppb-title" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glodok">12. Glodok - Wikipedia</a></div>
844. <div class="wppb-description">Glodok (Chinese: 裹踱刻; pinyin: guǒ duó kè) is an urban village of Taman Sari, West Jakarta, Indonesia. The area is also known as Pecinan or Chinatown since the Dutch colonial era, and is considered the biggest in Indonesia. Majority of the traders and residents of Glodok are Chinese descent.</div> </li>
845. <li class="wppb-bookmark">
846. <div class="wppb-header"><a class="wppb-title" href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/9/2/indonesias-president-to-go-ahead-with-china-trip-despite-protests">13. Indonesia’s president to go ahead with China trip despite protests | Protests News | Al Jazeera</a></div>
847. <div class="wppb-description">[2 September 2025] President Prabowo Subianto will join international leaders to attend the Victory Day parade in Beijing after initiating canceling his trip.</div> </li>
848. <li class="wppb-bookmark">
849. <div class="wppb-header"><a class="wppb-title" href="https://news.cgtn.com/news/2025-08-12/China-s-vital-role-as-main-Eastern-theater-of-World-War-II-1FLPfom6WYw/p.html">14. China&#039;s vital role as main Eastern theater of World War II - CGTN</a></div>
850. <div class="wppb-description">[26 August 2025] As 2025 marks the 80th anniversary of the victory in the Chinese People&#039;s War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War, CGTN presents &quot;Forging a Peaceful Future,&quot; a special series of in-depth news analyses. These stories delve into the history, explore the post-war world order, and highlight how China&#039;s past has shaped its sustained contributions to global peace today.</div> </li>
851. <li class="wppb-bookmark">
852. <div class="wppb-header"><a class="wppb-title" href="https://www.bbc.com/news/live/c5yl1e5gvznt">15. China unveils new weapons in massive parade attended by Putin and Kim Jong Un - BBC News</a></div>
853. <div class="wppb-description">[3 September 2025] Laser weapons, nuclear ballistic missiles and giant underwater drones were among the new weapons China unveiled at a massive military parade.</div> </li>
854. <li class="wppb-bookmark">
855. <div class="wppb-header"><a class="wppb-title" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ZmNLKlkUxQ">16. Nobody Enjoyed Trump&#039;s Stupid Parade | Drunk On Fox | No Kings: The Biggest Protest In U.S. History - YouTube</a></div>
856. <div class="wppb-description">[17 June 2025] President Trump&#039;s birthday parade featured low turnout and squeaky tanks, the champagne was flowing over at Fox News, and over five million Americans hit the streets to protest against the president&#039;s despotic behavior. </div> </li>
857. <li class="wppb-bookmark">
858. <div class="wppb-header"><a class="wppb-title" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9c9pz9bQ6Ms">17. Thailand PM removed, Shinawatra guilty - YouTube</a></div>
859. <div class="wppb-description">[30 August 2025] Thailand’s Constitutional Court has removed Prime Minister Paetongtharn Shinawatra from office, ruling that she violated the constitution. The case stems from a leaked phone conversation suggesting she was too conciliatory toward former Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen. </div> </li>
860. <li class="wppb-bookmark">
861. <div class="wppb-header"><a class="wppb-title" href="https://www.coffeeparliament.com/p/paetongtarn-shinawatra-is-out-who?publication_id=3953208&#038;post_id=172166230&#038;isFreemail=true&#038;r=mhkf&#038;triedRedirect=true">18. Paetongtarn Shinawatra is Out. Who Will Succeed Her? | The Coffee Parliament</a></div>
862. <div class="wppb-description">[29 August 2025] The Constitutional Court has ruled that Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra violated ethical standards in her leaked voice call with Cambodia’s de facto leader Hun Sen, and is to be removed from office as a result.</div> </li>
863. <li class="wppb-bookmark">
864. <div class="wppb-header"><a class="wppb-title" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_political_parties_in_Thailand">19. List of political parties in Thailand - Wikipedia</a></div>
865. <div class="wppb-description">This list of political parties in Thailand names current and disbanded Thai political parties.</div> </li>
866. <li class="wppb-bookmark">
867. <div class="wppb-header"><a class="wppb-title" href="https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/politics/3097517/peoples-party-needs-another-day-for-pm-decision">20. Bangkok Post - People’s Party needs another day for PM decision</a></div>
868. <div class="wppb-description">[2 September 2025] Opposition party denies Bhumjaithai rumour, challenges Pheu Thai to dissolve the House.</div> </li>
869. <li class="wppb-bookmark">
870. <div class="wppb-header"><a class="wppb-title" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014_Thai_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat">21. 2014 Thai coup d&#039;état - Wikipedia</a></div>
871. <div class="wppb-description">On 22 May 2014, the Royal Thai Armed Forces, led by General Prayut Chan-o-cha, the commander-in-chief of the Royal Thai Army, launched a coup d&#039;état, the twelfth since the country&#039;s first coup in 1932, against the caretaker government following six months of political crisis.</div> </li>
872. <li class="wppb-bookmark">
873. <div class="wppb-header"><a class="wppb-title" href="https://www.coffeeparliament.com/p/government-formation-update-a-day?publication_id=3953208&#038;post_id=172556076&#038;isFreemail=true&#038;r=mhkf&#038;triedRedirect=true">22. Government Formation Update: A Day of Twists | The Coffee Parliament</a></div>
874. <div class="wppb-description">[2 September 2025] Political maneuvering continues.</div> </li>
875. </ul>
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941.  
942. <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>
943.  
944.  
945.  
946. <p>MEDIA FREEDOM CITIZENS who contributed a BASIC TIP: None this time, which is curious.</p>
947.  
948.  
949.  
950. <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>
951.  
952.  
953.  
954. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Series Credits</h4>
955.  
956.  
957.  
958. <ul class="wp-block-list">
959. <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>
960.  
961.  
962.  
963. <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>
964.  
965.  
966.  
967. <li>Elephant Stamp theme by <a href="http://twitter.com/vealmince">Joshua Mehlman</a>.</li>
968. </ul>
969.  
970.  
971.  
972. <p></p>
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977.  
978. <itunes:subtitle>Journalist Erin Cook towers above South-East Asia. (Photo: Supplied)    There&#039;s been riots in Indonesia with at least nine people killed. And there’s political chaos in Thailand as the prime minister is sacked and 15 political parties scramble to form ...</itunes:subtitle>
979. <itunes:summary>Journalist Erin Cook towers above South-East Asia. (Photo: Supplied)&lt;br /&gt;
980. <br />
981. <br />
982. <br />
983. There's been riots in Indonesia with at least nine people killed. And there’s political chaos in Thailand as the prime minister is sacked and 15 political parties scramble to form coalitions so they can choose a new PM. So who better to talk to than journalist Erin Cook, who specialises in South-East Asia?<br />
984. <br />
985. <br />
986. <br />
987. <br />
988. <br />
989. <br />
990. <br />
991. Erin produces the excellent newsletter Dari Mulut ke Mulut, an English-language summary of what's happening in the region, and an occasional newsletter specifically on the Australia-Indonesia relationship, Flat White, Kopi Susu.<br />
992. <br />
993. <br />
994. <br />
995. In this episode we talk about those riots in Indonesia, what they're about, why they kicked off so quickly, and why they probably won't be as severe as those in 1998. We also try to understand the political chaos in Thailand. And we take a brief look at something happening in China.<br />
996. <br />
997. <br />
998. <br />
999. <br />
1000. <br />
1001. <br />
1002. <br />
1003. This podcast is available on Amazon Music, Apple Podcasts, Castbox, Deezer, Google Podcasts, iHeartRadio, JioSaavn, Pocket Casts, Podcast Addict, Podchaser, Spotify, and Speaker.<br />
1004. <br />
1005. <br />
1006. <br />
1007. You can also subscribe to the generic podcast feed.<br />
1008. <br />
1009. <br />
1010. <br />
1011. Episode Links<br />
1012. <br />
1013. <br />
1014. <br />
1015. <br />
1016. 01. Erin Cook (@erincook.bsky.social) — Bluesky<br />
1017. Following Southeast Asia and Timor-Leste, mostly elections, FP and Instagram posts. Don't complain to me that I don't cover business enough, I do not know of such things. <br />
1018. <br />
1019. 02. Dari Mulut ke Mulut<br />
1020. Erin Cook's newsletter covering South-East Asia, but in June 2025 it's moving to Substack. <br />
1021. <br />
1022. 02A. Dari Mulut ke Mulut | Erin Cook | Substack<br />
1023. Erin Cook's newsletter covering South-East Asia, this being its new home from June 2025. <br />
1024. <br />
1025. 03. Flat White, Kopi Susu | Erin Cook | Substack<br />
1026. Erin Cook's other newsletter, specifically about the Australia-Indonesia relationship. <br />
1027. <br />
1028. 04. Prabowo Subianto - Wikipedia<br />
1029. Prabowo Subianto Djojohadikusumo (EYD: Prabowo Subianto Joyohadikusumo, born 17 October 1951) is an Indonesian politician, businessman and retired honorary army general who is the president-elect of Indonesia and current Minister of Defense. Prabowo will be Indonesia's third president who had military background after Suharto and Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY). In 1998, he was discharged from the military and subsequently banned from entering the United States for allegedly committing human rights abuses. <br />
1030. <br />
1031. 05. 🇮🇩 Indonesia shakes as protests turn to police violence and death }| Dari Mulut ke Mulut<br />
1032. [30 August 2025] There's no coming back from this one <br />
1033. <br />
1034. 05A. August 2025 Indonesian protests - Wikipedia<br />
1035. On 25 August 2025, protests began in Indonesia as part of a larger civil unrest that began in early 2025 over economic frustrations and a proposed hike in housing subsidies for members of parliament. The protests, which were largely concentrated around the capital Jakarta, grew in intensity and spread nationwide following the killing of Affan Kurniawan, a motorcycle taxi driver who was run over by a Brimob police tactical vehicle on 28 August during a larger violent and excessive crackdown on civil dissent. <br />
1036. <br />
1037. 06. May 1998 riots of Indonesia - Wikipedia<br />
1038. The May 1998 Indonesia riots (Indonesian: Kerusuhan Mei 1998), also known colloquially as the 1998 tragedy (Tragedi 1998) or simply the 98 event (Peristiwa 98), were incidents of mass violence, revolutionary protests, and civil unrest in Indonesia in May 1998, many of which were targeted at Indonesia&#039;s ethnic Chinese population.</itunes:summary>
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1044. <item>
1045. <title>Weekly Wrap 796: Beating the lurgi and scheduling new work</title>
1046. <link>https://stilgherrian.com/weekly-wrap/796/</link>
1048. <dc:creator><![CDATA[Stilgherrian]]></dc:creator>
1049. <pubDate>Sun, 31 Aug 2025 07:41:53 +0000</pubDate>
1050. <category><![CDATA[Weekly Wrap]]></category>
1051. <category><![CDATA[kookaburra]]></category>
1052. <category><![CDATA[lurgi]]></category>
1053. <category><![CDATA[spring]]></category>
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1055.  
1056. <description><![CDATA[During my week of Monday 25 to Sunday 31 August 2025 I finally rid myself of the random infection which had been plaguing me for the last two weeks. I also picked up a new client, and started mapping out my Spring Surge of work. I know that some of you have been hanging out &#8230; <p class="link-more"><a href="https://stilgherrian.com/weekly-wrap/796/" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text"> "Weekly Wrap 796: Beating the lurgi and scheduling new work"</span></a></p>]]></description>
1057. <content:encoded><![CDATA[
1058. <p><strong>During my week of Monday 25 to Sunday 31 August 2025 I finally rid myself of the random infection which had been plaguing me for the last two weeks. I also picked up a new client, and started mapping out my Spring Surge of work.</strong></p>
1059.  
1060.  
1061.  
1062. <span id="more-38619"></span>
1063.  
1064.  
1065.  
1066. <p>I know that some of you have been hanging out for more podcast episodes. Well, there&#8217;s two eps of <em>The 9pm Edict</em> already recorded and ready to be edited, and I&#8217;ll be tacking the first of those in the coming week. Further guests have been invited.</p>
1067.  
1068.  
1069.  
1070. <p>I&#8217;ve also scheduled in the next episode of <em>Another Untitled Music Podcast</em>, with more to come during spring.</p>
1071.  
1072.  
1073.  
1074. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Articles</h4>
1075.  
1076.  
1077.  
1078. <ul class="wp-block-list">
1079. <li><a href="https://buttondown.com/stilgherrian/archive/the-weekly-cybers-83/">The Weekly Cybers #83</a>. Employees surveilled at home claim unfair dismissal, Senate to investigate search engine safety, telco intercept laws to be tweaked, and much more.</li>
1080. </ul>
1081.  
1082.  
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1099.  
1100.  
1101.  
1102. <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>
1103.  
1104.  
1105.  
1106. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Media Appearances</h4>
1107.  
1108.  
1109.  
1110. <ul class="wp-block-list">
1111. <li>My 2011 photo of <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/stilgherrian/6423963013/">a honey bee sitting on a <em>Coreopsis lanceolata</em> flower</a> was used to illustrate a blog post, <a href="https://californiarestorationgardening.com/california-pollinator-plants-nectar-blooms-for-bees-butterflies-and-hummingbirds/">California Pollinator Plants: Nectar Blooms for Bees, Butterflies and Hummingbirds</a>. It&#8217;s far from the first time this one has been used.</li>
1112. </ul>
1113.  
1114.  
1115.  
1116. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Podcasts, Photos, Videos, Corporate Largesse</h4>
1117.  
1118.  
1119.  
1120. <p>None of these, though there&#8217;s some more podcasts coming up very soon. Finally. You can subscribe to <a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/stilgherrian/">my YouTube channel</a> to be notified when new videos appear and when livestreams are scheduled. It&#8217;s been a while, so I should probably do one soon.</p>
1121.  
1122.  
1123.  
1124. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Some Interesting Links</h4>
1125.  
1126.  
1127.  
1128. <ul class="wp-block-list">
1129. <li>What&#8217;s going on in Indonesia? Friend of the pod Erin Cook has written an excellent primer, <a href="https://darimulut.substack.com/p/indonesia-shakes-as-protests-turn">Indonesia shakes as protests turn to police violence and death</a>. She reckons it&#8217;s a big one.</li>
1130.  
1131.  
1132.  
1133. <li>An MIT study has found that using AI reprograms the brain, leading to <a href="https://publichealthpolicyjournal.com/mit-study-finds-artificial-intelligence-use-reprograms-the-brain-leading-to-cognitive-decline/">cognitive decline</a>. Is &#8220;reprogramming the brain&#8221; what we also call &#8220;learning&#8221;? No, apparently this is something else.</li>
1134.  
1135.  
1136.  
1137. <li>“<a href="https://www.science.org/content/article/sex-reversal-surprisingly-common-birds-new-study-suggests">‘Sex reversal’ is surprisingly common in birds</a>, new study suggests”.</li>
1138.  
1139.  
1140.  
1141. <li>The wonderful Eleanor Morton notes that <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-lgJX3npiQ">We Have AI Now</a>.</li>
1142.  
1143.  
1144.  
1145. <li>See also her <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R0t_OGli0jg">Scottish Tour Guided Meditation For Inner Peace With Craig</a>. It&#8217;s worth checking out her previous videos featuring Craig, a tour guide who does not care.</li>
1146.  
1147.  
1148.  
1149. <li>From <em>The Conversation</em>, &#8220;Buckling rails and lines underwater: how <a href="https://theconversation.com/buckling-rails-and-lines-underwater-how-australias-ageing-train-networks-are-crumbling-as-the-climate-changes-263796">Australia’s ageing train networks are crumbling as the climate changes</a>&#8220;.</li>
1150.  
1151.  
1152.  
1153. <li>And from your years ago, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8HZ4DnVfWYQ">Russian Cyberpunk Farm // Русская Кибердеревня</a>.</li>
1154. </ul>
1155.  
1156.  
1157.  
1158. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">The Week Ahead</h4>
1159.  
1160.  
1161.  
1162. <p>After two weeks of fighting the lurgi I&#8217;m looking forward to getting a few things done.</p>
1163.  
1164.  
1165.  
1166. <p>In the first part of the week I&#8217;ll set up my spring crowdfunder, to be launched later in the week, and start the detailed work on a new client project. I&#8217;ll also lock in the next few podcast recordings. Yes, this is the Spring Surge.</p>
1167.  
1168.  
1169.  
1170. <p><s>Mid-week I&#8217;ll <em>finally</em> edit and post the podcast I recorded with Ariel Bogle and Cam Wilson, authors of <em><a href="https://ultimopress.com.au/products/conspiracy-nation">Conspiracy Nation</a></em>. The conversation has been <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/porepunkah-shooting">slightly overtaken by events</a>, but we do cover a lot of ground.</s></p>
1171.  
1172.  
1173.  
1174. <p><strong>Update 1 September 2015:</strong> On Wednesday I&#8217;ll record a podcast about The Situation in Indonesia with Erin Cook, a journalist who specialises in the region, and who&#8217;s been on the pod <a href="https://the9pmedict.com/tag/erin-cook/">a couple of times before</a>. You might like to read her <a href="https://darimulut.substack.com/p/indonesia-shakes-as-protests-turn">explainer</a> from Saturday. The finished podcast will be posted that night.</p>
1175.  
1176.  
1177.  
1178. <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>
1179.  
1180.  
1181.  
1182. <p>Then there&#8217;s more client work, I hope, and on Friday it&#8217;s <em>The Weekly Cybers</em> newsletter as usual.</p>
1183.  
1184.  
1185.  
1186. <p>As part of my spring cleaning I&#8217;m going to start trying to keep work within the boundaries of the working week, leaving the weekend to be the weekend. Wish me luck.</p>
1187.  
1188.  
1189.  
1190. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Further Ahead</h4>
1191.  
1192.  
1193.  
1194. <p>Yes, I&#8217;ve started locking in a few new things, but here&#8217;s what&#8217;s been confirmed so far.</p>
1195.  
1196.  
1197.  
1198. <ul class="wp-block-list">
1199. <li>Sydney Days, 12–16 September 2025 (TBC). Yes, it&#8217;s planned a catsitting episode, but also the perfect time for Sydney people to arrange to catch up.</li>
1200.  
1201.  
1202.  
1203. <li><strong><mark style="background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)" class="has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color">NEW:</mark></strong> <em>Another Untitled Music Podcast</em> recording, 14 September 2025.</li>
1204.  
1205.  
1206.  
1207. <li><a href="https://www.livenation.com.au/sam-campbell-tickets-adp1602998">Sam Campbell: Window Sucker</a>, Sydney, 31 October 2025.</li>
1208. </ul>
1209.  
1210.  
1211.  
1212. <p>[<strong>Photo:</strong> A <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laughing_kookaburra">laughing kookaburra</a> (<em>Dacelo novaeguineae</em>) who&#8217;s become a regular visitor, photographed on 28 August 2025.]</p>
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1219. <title>Weekly Wrap 795: A week of contrasts as the dreaded lurgi strikes me down</title>
1220. <link>https://stilgherrian.com/weekly-wrap/795/</link>
1222. <dc:creator><![CDATA[Stilgherrian]]></dc:creator>
1223. <pubDate>Mon, 25 Aug 2025 02:20:53 +0000</pubDate>
1224. <category><![CDATA[Weekly Wrap]]></category>
1225. <category><![CDATA[future]]></category>
1226. <category><![CDATA[hunter valley]]></category>
1227. <category><![CDATA[rain]]></category>
1228. <category><![CDATA[tech leaders]]></category>
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1230.  
1231. <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>
1232. <content:encoded><![CDATA[
1233. <p><strong>My week of Monday 18 to Sunday 24 August 2025 began with the final day of a delightful event but was then ruined as some random infection savaged my throat and other tubes. I do not recommend it.. Nevertheless there&#8217;s still a few Interesting Things here.</strong></p>
1234.  
1235.  
1236.  
1237. <span id="more-38597"></span>
1238.  
1239.  
1240.  
1241. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Articles</h4>
1242.  
1243.  
1244.  
1245. <ul class="wp-block-list">
1246. <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>
1247. </ul>
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1249.  
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1266.  
1267.  
1268.  
1269. <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>
1270.  
1271.  
1272.  
1273. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Corporate Largesse</h4>
1274.  
1275.  
1276.  
1277. <ul class="wp-block-list">
1278. <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>
1279. </ul>
1280.  
1281.  
1282.  
1283. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Podcasts, Photos, Videos, Media Appearances</h4>
1284.  
1285.  
1286.  
1287. <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>
1288.  
1289.  
1290.  
1291. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Some Interesting Links</h4>
1292.  
1293.  
1294.  
1295. <ul class="wp-block-list">
1296. <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>
1297.  
1298.  
1299.  
1300. <li>In Myanmar, <a href="https://mekongreview.com/the-power-of-fandom/">K-pop fans are fighting a literal military</a>.</li>
1301.  
1302.  
1303.  
1304. <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>
1305.  
1306.  
1307.  
1308. <li>Airliner seats are <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xod0mLR05zE">far more complicated than you might think</a>.</li>
1309. </ul>
1310.  
1311.  
1312.  
1313. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">The Week Ahead</h4>
1314.  
1315.  
1316.  
1317. <p>The week will start slowly, because my throat remains raw. The magic word is <em>phlegm</em>.</p>
1318.  
1319.  
1320.  
1321. <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>
1322.  
1323.  
1324.  
1325. <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>
1326.  
1327.  
1328.  
1329. <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>
1330.  
1331.  
1332.  
1333. <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>
1334.  
1335.  
1336.  
1337. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Further Ahead</h4>
1338.  
1339.  
1340.  
1341. <p>Hmmm. I&#8217;ve only added one thing here, which does slightly concern me.</p>
1342.  
1343.  
1344.  
1345. <ul class="wp-block-list">
1346. <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>
1347.  
1348.  
1349.  
1350. <li><a href="https://www.livenation.com.au/sam-campbell-tickets-adp1602998">Sam Campbell: Window Sucker</a>, Sydney, 31 October 2025.</li>
1351. </ul>
1352.  
1353.  
1354.  
1355. <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>
1356. ]]></content:encoded>
1360. </item>
1361. <item>
1362. <title>Weekly Wrap 794: The Kangaroo of Future Possibilities</title>
1363. <link>https://stilgherrian.com/weekly-wrap/794/</link>
1365. <dc:creator><![CDATA[Stilgherrian]]></dc:creator>
1366. <pubDate>Mon, 18 Aug 2025 01:39:22 +0000</pubDate>
1367. <category><![CDATA[Weekly Wrap]]></category>
1368. <category><![CDATA[future]]></category>
1369. <category><![CDATA[hunter valley]]></category>
1370. <category><![CDATA[kangaroo]]></category>
1371. <category><![CDATA[tech leaders]]></category>
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1373.  
1374. <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>
1375. <content:encoded><![CDATA[
1376. <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>
1377.  
1378.  
1379.  
1380. <span id="more-38552"></span>
1381.  
1382.  
1383.  
1384. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Podcasts</h4>
1385.  
1386.  
1387.  
1388. <ul class="wp-block-list">
1389. <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>
1390. </ul>
1391.  
1392.  
1393.  
1394. <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>
1395.  
1396.  
1397.  
1398. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Articles</h4>
1399.  
1400.  
1401.  
1402. <ul class="wp-block-list">
1403. <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>
1404. </ul>
1405.  
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1423.  
1424.  
1425.  
1426. <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>
1427.  
1428.  
1429.  
1430. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Corporate Largesse</h4>
1431.  
1432.  
1433.  
1434. <ul class="wp-block-list">
1435. <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>
1436. </ul>
1437.  
1438.  
1439.  
1440. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Photos, Videos, Media Appearances</h4>
1441.  
1442.  
1443.  
1444. <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>
1445.  
1446.  
1447.  
1448. <h4 class="wp-block-heading" id="recommendations-add">Muskwatch</h4>
1449.  
1450.  
1451.  
1452. <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>
1453.  
1454.  
1455.  
1456. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Some Interesting Links</h4>
1457.  
1458.  
1459.  
1460. <ul class="wp-block-list">
1461. <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>
1462.  
1463.  
1464.  
1465. <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>
1466.  
1467.  
1468.  
1469. <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>
1470.  
1471.  
1472.  
1473. <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>
1474.  
1475.  
1476.  
1477. <li>Video of an <a href="https://www.instagram.com/reel/DMVGMICNei7/">important innovation</a>.</li>
1478. </ul>
1479.  
1480.  
1481.  
1482. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">The Week Ahead</h4>
1483.  
1484.  
1485.  
1486. <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>
1487.  
1488.  
1489.  
1490. <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>
1491.  
1492.  
1493.  
1494. <p>The rest of the week will be the usual mix of client work, podcast post-production, administrivia, and sleeping.</p>
1495.  
1496.  
1497.  
1498. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Further Ahead</h4>
1499.  
1500.  
1501.  
1502. <p>OK, so <em>next</em> week I&#8217;ll start adding some things here.</p>
1503.  
1504.  
1505.  
1506. <ul class="wp-block-list">
1507. <li>A curious evening of drinks and nibbles to which you are not invited, Darlinghurst, Sydney, 29 August 2025.</li>
1508.  
1509.  
1510.  
1511. <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>
1512.  
1513.  
1514.  
1515. <li><a href="https://www.livenation.com.au/sam-campbell-tickets-adp1602998">Sam Campbell: Window Sucker</a>, Sydney, 31 October 2025.</li>
1516. </ul>
1517.  
1518.  
1519.  
1520. <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>
1521. ]]></content:encoded>
1525. </item>
1526. <item>
1527. <title>Weekly Wrap 793: It began in Mount Victoria&#8230;</title>
1528. <link>https://stilgherrian.com/weekly-wrap/793/</link>
1530. <dc:creator><![CDATA[Stilgherrian]]></dc:creator>
1531. <pubDate>Sun, 10 Aug 2025 08:26:07 +0000</pubDate>
1532. <category><![CDATA[Weekly Wrap]]></category>
1533. <category><![CDATA[elon musk]]></category>
1534. <category><![CDATA[mount victoria]]></category>
1535. <category><![CDATA[railways]]></category>
1536. <category><![CDATA[tesla]]></category>
1537. <category><![CDATA[tesla diner]]></category>
1538. <guid isPermaLink="false">https://stilgherrian.com/?p=38502</guid>
1539.  
1540. <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>
1541. <content:encoded><![CDATA[
1542. <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>
1543.  
1544.  
1545.  
1546. <span id="more-38502"></span>
1547.  
1548.  
1549.  
1550. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Podcasts</h4>
1551.  
1552.  
1553.  
1554. <ul class="wp-block-list">
1555. <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>
1556. </ul>
1557.  
1558.  
1559.  
1560. <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>
1561.  
1562.  
1563.  
1564. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Articles</h4>
1565.  
1566.  
1567.  
1568. <ul class="wp-block-list">
1569. <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>
1570. </ul>
1571.  
1572.  
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1582.  <input type="email" name="email" id="bd-email" placeholder="you@example.com"/>
1583.  
1584.  <input type="submit" value="Subscribe" />
1585.  <p>
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1589.  
1590.  
1591.  
1592. <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>
1593.  
1594.  
1595.  
1596. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Photos, Videos, Media Appearances, Corporate Largesse</h4>
1597.  
1598.  
1599.  
1600. <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>
1601.  
1602.  
1603.  
1604. <h4 class="wp-block-heading" id="recommendations-add">Muskwatch</h4>
1605.  
1606.  
1607.  
1608. <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>
1609.  
1610.  
1611.  
1612. <ul class="wp-block-list">
1613. <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>
1614.  
1615.  
1616.  
1617. <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>
1618.  
1619.  
1620.  
1621. <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>
1622.  
1623.  
1624.  
1625. <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>
1626.  
1627.  
1628.  
1629. <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>
1630. </ul>
1631.  
1632.  
1633.  
1634. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Some Interesting Links</h4>
1635.  
1636.  
1637.  
1638. <ul class="wp-block-list">
1639. <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>
1640.  
1641.  
1642.  
1643. <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>
1644.  
1645.  
1646.  
1647. <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>
1648.  
1649.  
1650.  
1651. <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>
1652. </ul>
1653.  
1654.  
1655.  
1656. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">The Week Ahead</h4>
1657.  
1658.  
1659.  
1660. <p>[<strong>Update 11.30pm:</strong> Just a few hours after posting I&#8217;m already having to change the plans.]</p>
1661.  
1662.  
1663.  
1664. <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>
1665.  
1666.  
1667.  
1668. <p><s>Wednesday is about a day trip to Sydney for various health-related appointments and even a haircut.</s></p>
1669.  
1670.  
1671.  
1672. <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>
1673.  
1674.  
1675.  
1676. <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>
1677.  
1678.  
1679.  
1680. <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>
1681.  
1682.  
1683.  
1684. <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>
1685.  
1686.  
1687.  
1688. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Further Ahead</h4>
1689.  
1690.  
1691.  
1692. <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>
1693.  
1694.  
1695.  
1696. <ul class="wp-block-list">
1697. <li>A curious evening of drinks and nibbles to which you are not invited, Darlinghurst, Sydney, 29 August 2025.</li>
1698.  
1699.  
1700.  
1701. <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>
1702.  
1703.  
1704.  
1705. <li><a href="https://www.livenation.com.au/sam-campbell-tickets-adp1602998">Sam Campbell: Window Sucker</a>, Sydney, 31 October 2025.</li>
1706. </ul>
1707.  
1708.  
1709.  
1710. <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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1716. <item>
1717. <title>Weekly Wrap 792: I slept a lot this week, so here&#8217;s a duck</title>
1718. <link>https://stilgherrian.com/weekly-wrap/792/</link>
1720. <dc:creator><![CDATA[Stilgherrian]]></dc:creator>
1721. <pubDate>Mon, 04 Aug 2025 01:41:01 +0000</pubDate>
1722. <category><![CDATA[Weekly Wrap]]></category>
1723. <category><![CDATA[adelaide]]></category>
1724. <category><![CDATA[duck]]></category>
1725. <category><![CDATA[elon musk]]></category>
1726. <category><![CDATA[sleep]]></category>
1727. <category><![CDATA[tesla]]></category>
1728. <category><![CDATA[tesla diner]]></category>
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1730.  
1731. <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>
1732. <content:encoded><![CDATA[
1733. <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>
1734.  
1735.  
1736.  
1737. <span id="more-38471"></span>
1738.  
1739.  
1740.  
1741. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Podcasts</h4>
1742.  
1743.  
1744.  
1745. <ul class="wp-block-list">
1746. <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>
1747. </ul>
1748.  
1749.  
1750.  
1751. <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>
1752.  
1753.  
1754.  
1755. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Articles</h4>
1756.  
1757.  
1758.  
1759. <ul class="wp-block-list">
1760. <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>
1761. </ul>
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1780.  
1781.  
1782.  
1783. <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>
1784.  
1785.  
1786.  
1787. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Media Appearances </h4>
1788.  
1789.  
1790.  
1791. <ul class="wp-block-list">
1792. <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>
1793. </ul>
1794.  
1795.  
1796.  
1797. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Photos, Videos, Corporate Largesse</h4>
1798.  
1799.  
1800.  
1801. <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>
1802.  
1803.  
1804.  
1805. <h4 class="wp-block-heading" id="recommendations-add">Muskwatch</h4>
1806.  
1807.  
1808.  
1809. <p>A diner. A fucking diner. A shitty diner. Oh, and other Musk things.</p>
1810.  
1811.  
1812.  
1813. <ul class="wp-block-list">
1814. <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>
1815.  
1816.  
1817.  
1818. <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>
1819.  
1820.  
1821.  
1822. <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>
1823.  
1824.  
1825.  
1826. <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>
1827.  
1828.  
1829.  
1830. <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>
1831.  
1832.  
1833.  
1834. <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>
1835. </ul>
1836.  
1837.  
1838.  
1839. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Some Interesting Links</h4>
1840.  
1841.  
1842.  
1843. <ul class="wp-block-list">
1844. <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>
1845.  
1846.  
1847.  
1848. <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>
1849.  
1850.  
1851.  
1852. <li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRzEzU7kwyQ">Samuel L. Jackson Wants You to Eat Seaweed (and Back Wind Farms)</a>.</li>
1853.  
1854.  
1855.  
1856. <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>
1857.  
1858.  
1859.  
1860. <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>
1861.  
1862.  
1863.  
1864. <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>
1865. </ul>
1866.  
1867.  
1868.  
1869. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">The Week Ahead</h4>
1870.  
1871.  
1872.  
1873. <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>
1874.  
1875.  
1876.  
1877. <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>
1878.  
1879.  
1880.  
1881. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Further Ahead</h4>
1882.  
1883.  
1884.  
1885. <ul class="wp-block-list">
1886. <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>
1887.  
1888.  
1889.  
1890. <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>
1891.  
1892.  
1893.  
1894. <li><a href="https://www.techleaders.com.au">TechLeaders 2025</a>, Hunter Valley, 16?18 August 2025.</li>
1895.  
1896.  
1897.  
1898. <li>A curious evening of drinks and nibbles to which you are not invited, Darlinghurst, Sydney, 29 August 2025.</li>
1899.  
1900.  
1901.  
1902. <li><a href="https://www.livenation.com.au/sam-campbell-tickets-adp1602998">Sam Campbell: Window Sucker</a>, Sydney, 31 October 2025.</li>
1903. </ul>
1904.  
1905.  
1906.  
1907. <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>
1908.  
1909.  
1910.  
1911. <p></p>
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1918. <title>Weekly Wrap 791: Random parrots and a music podcast</title>
1919. <link>https://stilgherrian.com/weekly-wrap/791/</link>
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1922. <pubDate>Sun, 27 Jul 2025 07:03:36 +0000</pubDate>
1923. <category><![CDATA[Weekly Wrap]]></category>
1924. <category><![CDATA[elon musk]]></category>
1925. <category><![CDATA[france]]></category>
1926. <category><![CDATA[free speech]]></category>
1927. <category><![CDATA[grok]]></category>
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1929. <category><![CDATA[neuralink]]></category>
1930. <category><![CDATA[parrot]]></category>
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1933.  
1934. <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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1936. <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>
1937.  
1938.  
1939.  
1940. <span id="more-38443"></span>
1941.  
1942.  
1943.  
1944. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Podcasts</h4>
1945.  
1946.  
1947.  
1948. <ul class="wp-block-list">
1949. <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>
1950. </ul>
1951.  
1952.  
1953.  
1954. <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>
1955.  
1956.  
1957.  
1958. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Articles</h4>
1959.  
1960.  
1961.  
1962. <ul class="wp-block-list">
1963. <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>
1964. </ul>
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1983.  
1984.  
1985.  
1986. <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>
1987.  
1988.  
1989.  
1990. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Media Appearances , Photos, Videos, Corporate Largesse</h4>
1991.  
1992.  
1993.  
1994. <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>
1995.  
1996.  
1997.  
1998. <h4 class="wp-block-heading" id="recommendations-add">Muskwatch</h4>
1999.  
2000.  
2001.  
2002. <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>
2003.  
2004.  
2005.  
2006. <ul class="wp-block-list">
2007. <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>
2008.  
2009.  
2010.  
2011. <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>
2012.  
2013.  
2014.  
2015. <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>
2016.  
2017.  
2018.  
2019. <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>
2020.  
2021.  
2022.  
2023. <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>
2024.  
2025.  
2026.  
2027. <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>
2028. </ul>
2029.  
2030.  
2031.  
2032. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Some Interesting Links</h4>
2033.  
2034.  
2035.  
2036. <ul class="wp-block-list">
2037. <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>
2038.  
2039.  
2040.  
2041. <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>
2042.  
2043.  
2044.  
2045. <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>
2046.  
2047.  
2048.  
2049. <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>
2050.  
2051.  
2052.  
2053. <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>
2054.  
2055.  
2056.  
2057. <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>
2058. </ul>
2059.  
2060.  
2061.  
2062. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">The Week Ahead</h4>
2063.  
2064.  
2065.  
2066. <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>
2067.  
2068.  
2069.  
2070. <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>
2071.  
2072.  
2073.  
2074. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Further Ahead</h4>
2075.  
2076.  
2077.  
2078. <ul class="wp-block-list">
2079. <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>
2080.  
2081.  
2082.  
2083. <li><a href="https://www.techleaders.com.au">TechLeaders 2025</a>, Hunter Valley, 16?18 August 2025.</li>
2084.  
2085.  
2086.  
2087. <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>
2088.  
2089.  
2090.  
2091. <li><a href="https://www.livenation.com.au/sam-campbell-tickets-adp1602998">Sam Campbell: Window Sucker</a>, Sydney, 31 October 2025.</li>
2092. </ul>
2093.  
2094.  
2095.  
2096. <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>
2097.  
2098.  
2099.  
2100. <p></p>
2101. ]]></content:encoded>
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2106. <item>
2107. <title>Weekly Wrap 790: I&#8217;m still thinking about that trip to my birthplace, which was Gawler</title>
2108. <link>https://stilgherrian.com/weekly-wrap/790/</link>
2110. <dc:creator><![CDATA[Stilgherrian]]></dc:creator>
2111. <pubDate>Sun, 20 Jul 2025 07:10:07 +0000</pubDate>
2112. <category><![CDATA[Weekly Wrap]]></category>
2113. <category><![CDATA[elon musk]]></category>
2114. <category><![CDATA[gawler]]></category>
2115. <category><![CDATA[grok]]></category>
2116. <category><![CDATA[mars]]></category>
2117. <category><![CDATA[neuralink]]></category>
2118. <category><![CDATA[tesla]]></category>
2119. <category><![CDATA[xai]]></category>
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2122. <description><![CDATA[Ages back I suggested that my productivity runs to a fortnightly cycle, and perhaps that&#8217;s still the case. My week of Monday 14 to Sunday 20 July 2025 involved quite a lot of sleep, but I still produced a podcast and a newsletter — and posted another photo from my recent expedition to South Australia. &#8230; <p class="link-more"><a href="https://stilgherrian.com/weekly-wrap/790/" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text"> "Weekly Wrap 790: I&#8217;m still thinking about that trip to my birthplace, which was Gawler"</span></a></p>]]></description>
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2124. <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>
2125.  
2126.  
2127.  
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2129.  
2130.  
2131.  
2132. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Podcasts</h4>
2133.  
2134.  
2135.  
2136. <ul class="wp-block-list">
2137. <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>
2138. </ul>
2139.  
2140.  
2141.  
2142. <p><strong><strong><em>The 9pm Edict</em>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<em>Another Untitled Music Podcast</em>&nbsp;are supported by the generosity of their listeners. You might like to&nbsp;<a href="https://skank.com.au/tip/">throw a few coins into the tip jar</a>&nbsp;or&nbsp;<a href="https://skank.com.au/subscribe">subscribe for special benefits</a>. Please consider.</strong></strong></p>
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2144.  
2145.  
2146. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Articles</h4>
2147.  
2148.  
2149.  
2150. <ul class="wp-block-list">
2151. <li><a href="https://buttondown.com/stilgherrian/archive/the-weekly-cybers-77/">The Weekly Cybers #77</a>. RBA calls for an end to card payment surcharges, Meta reckons its AI needs our personal information to understand Australians, and much more.</li>
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2174. <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>
2175.  
2176.  
2177.  
2178. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Media Appearances , Photos, Videos, Corporate Largesse</h4>
2179.  
2180.  
2181.  
2182. <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>
2183.  
2184.  
2185.  
2186. <h4 class="wp-block-heading" id="recommendations-add">Muskwatch</h4>
2187.  
2188.  
2189.  
2190. <p>The world needs chatbots made to Musk&#8217;s creative direction, apparently.</p>
2191.  
2192.  
2193.  
2194. <ul class="wp-block-list">
2195. <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>
2196.  
2197.  
2198.  
2199. <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>
2200.  
2201.  
2202.  
2203. <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>
2204.  
2205.  
2206.  
2207. <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>
2208.  
2209.  
2210.  
2211. <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>
2212.  
2213.  
2214.  
2215. <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>
2216. </ul>
2217.  
2218.  
2219.  
2220. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Some Interesting Links</h4>
2221.  
2222.  
2223.  
2224. <ul class="wp-block-list">
2225. <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>
2226.  
2227.  
2228.  
2229. <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>
2230.  
2231.  
2232.  
2233. <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>
2234.  
2235.  
2236.  
2237. <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>
2238.  
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2240.  
2241. <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>
2242. </ul>
2243.  
2244.  
2245.  
2246. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">The Week Ahead</h4>
2247.  
2248.  
2249.  
2250. <p>After having worked late on Sunday night, I&#8217;ll make Monday a relatively easy day.</p>
2251.  
2252.  
2253.  
2254. <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>
2255.  
2256.  
2257.  
2258. <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>
2259.  
2260.  
2261.  
2262. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Further Ahead</h4>
2263.  
2264.  
2265.  
2266. <ul class="wp-block-list">
2267. <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>
2268.  
2269.  
2270.  
2271. <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>
2272.  
2273.  
2274.  
2275. <li><a href="https://www.techleaders.com.au">TechLeaders 2025</a>, Hunter Valley, 16?18 August 2025.</li>
2276.  
2277.  
2278.  
2279. <li><a href="https://www.livenation.com.au/sam-campbell-tickets-adp1602998">Sam Campbell: Window Sucker</a>, Sydney, 31 October 2025.</li>
2280. </ul>
2281.  
2282.  
2283.  
2284. <p>[<strong>Photo:</strong> Another image from my recent expedition to South Australia. This is the <a href="https://adelaideaz.com/articles/gawler-institute-building--from-1871--saved--with-its-nationally-significant-collection--in-gawler-connect-project">Gawler Institute building</a> (1871) and the <a href="https://gawlerhistory.com/index.php/Gawler_Town_Hall_Murray_Street_89">Gawler Town Hall</a> (1878), photographed on 29 June 2025. On the town hall <a href="https://files.ehive.com/accounts/7764/objects/files/77652655c180461bb1faa18e30c9284e.PDF">the arms are drawn incorrectly</a> (PDF).]</p>
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2320. <description><![CDATA[Back at the start of the year, my good friend Snarky Platypus and I created a bingo card for 2025. A set of 25 things that might happen. Well, we&#8217;re half-way through the year, so let&#8217;s see how we went. You might want to follow along with this chart showing which ones we discussed. We &#8230; <p class="link-more"><a href="https://stilgherrian.com/edict/00250/" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text"> "The 9pm Half-time Bingo Card Update 2025 with Snarky Platypus"</span></a></p>]]></description>
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2326. ICYMI MONDAY, A PODCAST: ?The 9pm Half-time Bingo Card Update 2024 with Snarky Platypus?
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2328. (1h21m13s) the9pmedict.com/edict/00224/
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2330. Look for ?The 9pm Edict? in your podcast app.
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2358. NEW PODCAST: ?The 9pm Half-time Bingo Card Update 2024 with Snarky Platypus?
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2360. (1h21m13s) the9pmedict.com/edict/00224/
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2377. ? 6/28/2024
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2380. 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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2382. We have plenty to talk about, but if you?re  supporter with TRIGGERS WORDS or a CONVERSATION TOPIC, by midday Saturday please.
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2396. 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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2423. NEW BLOG POST: ?Bingo Card 2024: Which of these things will happen?? by
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2427. We chose 50 possibilities and produced a Top 25 set and the reject set.
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2429. A grid of 25 first-choice possibilities. Click through to the the website for the text version.
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2445. ? 1/1/2024
2446. 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.
2447.  
2448. Further alleged plans and other things are in the Weekly Wrap.
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2453. 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.
2454. Two juvenile Australian magpies (Gymnorhina tibicen) sitting on a tree stump at Bunjaree Cottages, photographed on 20 September 2023.
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2465. ? 12/31/2023
2466. 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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2505.  
2506.  
2507.  
2508. <p><strong><strong>Back at the start of the year, my good friend Snarky Platypus and I created a bingo card for 2025. A set of 25 things that might happen. Well, we&#8217;re half-way through the year, so let&#8217;s see how we went</strong>.<br><a href="https://stilgherrian.com/edict/00224/#more-35934"></a></strong></p>
2509.  
2510.  
2511.  
2512. <span id="more-38396"></span>
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2514.  
2515.  
2516. <p>You might want to follow along with this chart showing which ones we discussed.</p>
2517.  
2518.  
2519.  
2520. <table id="tablepress-9" class="tablepress tablepress-id-9">
2521. <tbody>
2522. <tr class="row-1">
2523. <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>
2524. </tr>
2525. <tr class="row-2">
2526. <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>
2527. </tr>
2528. <tr class="row-3">
2529. <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>
2530. </tr>
2531. <tr class="row-4">
2532. <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>
2533. </tr>
2534. <tr class="row-5">
2535. <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>
2536. </tr>
2537. </tbody>
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2540.  
2541.  
2542.  
2543. <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>
2544.  
2545.  
2546. <iframe loading="lazy" src="https://widget.spreaker.com/player?episode_id=66992911&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>
2547.  
2548.  
2549.  
2550. <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>
2551.  
2552.  
2553.  
2554. <p>You can also <a href="https://www.spreaker.com/show/1530079/episodes/feed">subscribe to the generic podcast feed</a>.</p>
2555.  
2556.  
2557.  
2558. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Episode Links</h4>
2559.  
2560.  
2561. <ul class="wppb-bookmarks"> <li class="wppb-bookmark">
2562. <div class="wppb-header"><a class="wppb-title" href="https://linktr.ee/snarkyplatypus">01. snarkyplatypus | Twitter, Instagram, TikTok | Linktree</a></div>
2563. <div class="wppb-description">A platypus of many talents. Interested in politics, food, pop music &amp; basketball.</div> </li>
2564. <li class="wppb-bookmark">
2565. <div class="wppb-header"><a class="wppb-title" href="https://stilgherrian.com/essay/bingo-card-2025/">02. Bingo Card 2025: Which of these things will happen? – Stilgherrian</a></div>
2566. <div class="wppb-description">[5 January 2025] Snarky Platypus and I have created this bingo card for 2025 listing 25 distinctly possible things. We also list the suggestions which didn’t make it.</div> </li>
2567. <li class="wppb-bookmark">
2568. <div class="wppb-header"><a class="wppb-title" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P8CCgdUvtpI&#038;t=25s">03. Albanese wins Australian election in landslide victory - Channel 4 News - YouTube</a></div>
2569. <div class="wppb-description">[4 May 2025] Three months ago, the polls in Australia suggested the Prime Minister Anthony Albanese was facing a humiliating defeat. </div> </li>
2570. <li class="wppb-bookmark">
2571. <div class="wppb-header"><a class="wppb-title" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Restrictions_on_TikTok_in_the_United_States">04. Restrictions on TikTok in the United States - Wikipedia</a></div>
2572. <div class="wppb-description">The short-form video-hosting service TikTok has been under a de jure nationwide ban in the United States since January 19, 2025, due to the US government&#039;s concerns over potential user data collection and influence operations by the government of the People&#039;s Republic of China. However, the ban has yet to be enforced.</div> </li>
2573. <li class="wppb-bookmark">
2574. <div class="wppb-header"><a class="wppb-title" href="https://www.reuters.com/world/china/tiktok-building-new-version-app-ahead-expected-us-sale-information-reports-2025-07-06/">05. TikTok building new version of app ahead of expected US sale, The Information reports | Reuters</a></div>
2575. <div class="wppb-description">[7 July 2025] Last month, Trump extended to September 17 a deadline for China-based ByteDance to divest the U.S. assets of TikTok. The report added that TikTok users will eventually have to download the new app to be able to continue using the service, although the existing app will work until March of next year, though the timeline could change.</div> </li>
2576. <li class="wppb-bookmark">
2577. <div class="wppb-header"><a class="wppb-title" href="https://stilgherrian.com/edict/00249/">06. The 9pm AUKUS and the Echidna with Sam Roggeveen – Stilgherrian</a></div>
2578. <div class="wppb-description">[11 July 2025] Any moment now, Donald Trump might cancel AUKUS, the massive defence agreement which among other things would see Australia buying eight nuclear-powered submarines. AUKUS has become the big thing in Australia’s defence procurement, but do we need it? Sam Roggeveen thinks not, and he’s our guest today.</div> </li>
2579. <li class="wppb-bookmark">
2580. <div class="wppb-header"><a class="wppb-title" href="https://www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/post/elle-hardy/2025/07/11/aukus-deal-remains-ice#post-1">07. AUKUS deal remains on ice | The Saturday Paper</a></div>
2581. <div class="wppb-description">[11 July 2025] The 30-day deadline for the Trump administration&#039;s review of the $360bn has ended, with all parties now expecting it to drag on for months.
2582.  
2583. </div> </li>
2584. <li class="wppb-bookmark">
2585. <div class="wppb-header"><a class="wppb-title" href="https://www.nrl.com/ladder/?competition=111&#038;round=19&#038;season=2025">08. Official NRL Ladder for 2025 Premiership Season | NRL.com</a></div>
2586. <div class="wppb-description">Ladder as at 14 July 2025, after round 19.</div> </li>
2587. <li class="wppb-bookmark">
2588. <div class="wppb-header"><a class="wppb-title" href="https://www.theguardian.com/media/2025/jun/11/abc-confirms-qa-to-be-axed-amid-wider-changes-and-scores-of-redundancies-across-the-broadcaster">09. ABC confirms Q+A to be axed amid wider changes including about 40 redundancies | Australian Broadcasting Corporation | The Guardian</a></div>
2589. <div class="wppb-description">[11 June 2025] Political and current affairs discussion program being cut alongside the ABC’s Innovation Lab.</div> </li>
2590. <li class="wppb-bookmark">
2591. <div class="wppb-header"><a class="wppb-title" href="https://theshot.net.au/the-sunday-shot/">10. The Sunday Shot - The Shot</a></div>
2592. <div class="wppb-description">The Shot’s Jo Dyer and Dave Milner are joined every Sunday at 9am AEST by a roster of Australia’s best independent journalists and thinkers to discuss what’s been happening this week in politics.</div> </li>
2593. <li class="wppb-bookmark">
2594. <div class="wppb-header"><a class="wppb-title" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Room_temperature#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWHO2018%5Bhttpsappswhointirisrestbitstreams1161792retrievepage74_54%5D:_5_High_indoor_temperatures_/_5.4_Research_recommendations_/_Table_5.2_Research_recommendations:_high_indoor_temp_/_Current_state_of_the_evidence_/_Few_high-quality_studies_have_assessed_the_direct_effects_of_indoor_temperature_on_health.-16">11. Room temperature - Wikipedia</a></div>
2595. <div class="wppb-description">The WHO&#039;s 2018 guidelines give a strong recommendation that a minimum of 18 °C (64 °F) is a &quot;safe and well-balanced indoor temperature to protect the health of general populations during cold seasons&quot;. A higher minimum temperature may be necessary for vulnerable groups including children, the elderly, and people with cardiorespiratory disease and other chronic illnesses. </div> </li>
2596. <li class="wppb-bookmark">
2597. <div class="wppb-header"><a class="wppb-title" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilson_Phillips">12. Wilson Phillips - Wikipedia</a></div>
2598. <div class="wppb-description">Wilson Phillips is an American pop vocal group formed in Los Angeles in 1989. The group consists of sisters Carnie and Wendy Wilson, the daughters of Brian Wilson of The Beach Boys, and Chynna Phillips, the daughter of John and Michelle Phillips of The Mamas &amp; The Papas.</div> </li>
2599. <li class="wppb-bookmark">
2600. <div class="wppb-header"><a class="wppb-title" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impulsive_(song)">13. Impulsive (song) - Wikipedia</a></div>
2601. <div class="wppb-description">&quot;Impulsive&quot; is a song by American vocal group Wilson Phillips. It was released in October 1990 via SBK Records as the third single from their eponymous debut studio album (1990).</div> </li>
2602. <li class="wppb-bookmark">
2603. <div class="wppb-header"><a class="wppb-title" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pkYzwoZ0YwI">14. Wilson Phillips - Impulsive (High Definition 1080p) - YouTube</a></div>
2604. <div class="wppb-description">ReMastered to HD 1080p, Wilson Phillips - Impulsive Music Video, 1980s, 80s, Carnie Wilson, Wendy Wilson and Chynna Phillips.</div> </li>
2605. <li class="wppb-bookmark">
2606. <div class="wppb-header"><a class="wppb-title" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cassette_tape">15. Cassette tape - Wikipedia</a></div>
2607. <div class="wppb-description">The Compact Cassette, also commonly called a cassette tape, audio cassette, or simply tape or cassette, is an analog magnetic tape recording format for audio recording and playback. Invented by Lou Ottens and his team at the Dutch company Philips, the Compact Cassette was released in August 1963.</div> </li>
2608. <li class="wppb-bookmark">
2609. <div class="wppb-header"><a class="wppb-title" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arnott%27s_Shapes">16. Arnott&#039;s Shapes - Wikipedia</a></div>
2610. <div class="wppb-description">Arnott&#039;s Shapes are a popular line of savoury biscuits produced by Arnott&#039;s in Australia and New Zealand. Over 53 million packets of Shapes are consumed each year in Australia.</div> </li>
2611. <li class="wppb-bookmark">
2612. <div class="wppb-header"><a class="wppb-title" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairy_bread">17. Fairy bread - Wikipedia</a></div>
2613. <div class="wppb-description">Fairy bread is sliced white bread spread with butter or margarine and covered with hundreds and thousands (colorful round sprinkles), often served at children&#039;s parties in Australia and New Zealand. It is typically cut into triangles.</div> </li>
2614. <li class="wppb-bookmark">
2615. <div class="wppb-header"><a class="wppb-title" href="https://www.arnotts.com/brands/shapes-fully-loaded">18. Shapes Fully Loaded | satisfy your crunch</a></div>
2616. <div class="wppb-description">Brace yourselves. The new Shapes Fully Loaded range is bursting with flavour, and will satisfy all your flavour and crunch needs! Available in five flavours Including: Ultimate Cheese, Flame Grilled Chicken, Epic Garlic Bread, Wicked Sweet Chilli, NEW Crunchy Hot Chips &amp; Sauce &amp; NEW Chargrilled Korean BBQ.</div> </li>
2617. <li class="wppb-bookmark">
2618. <div class="wppb-header"><a class="wppb-title" href="https://www.arnotts.com/brands/shapes">19. BBQ Shapes or Chicken Crimpy? Find your Shapes Flavour</a></div>
2619. <div class="wppb-description">Have your say in the next Shapes People’s Choice. What Shapes flavour would you like to see us launch next? Fried Chicken, Pad Thai, Hot Chips, Doner Kebab, or Chicken Drumstick? Have a suggestion? We&#039;d love to hear it. [THIS IS WHERE YOU COULD HAVE VOTED FOR FAIRY BREAD FLAVOURED SHAPES BUT THEY HAVE SINCE TAKEN DOWN THE POLL.]
2620. </div> </li>
2621. <li class="wppb-bookmark">
2622. <div class="wppb-header"><a class="wppb-title" href="https://asiatimes.com/2025/04/indonesia-bracing-for-flood-of-rerouted-chinese-exports/#">20. Indonesia bracing for flood of rerouted Chinese exports - Asia Times</a></div>
2623. <div class="wppb-description">[22 April 2025] Tariff-hit Chinese exporters seeking alternative markets in SE Asia, sparking dumping and deindustrialization fears in Indonesia.</div> </li>
2624. <li class="wppb-bookmark">
2625. <div class="wppb-header"><a class="wppb-title" href="https://theconversation.com/bird-flu-is-hitting-australian-poultry-farms-and-the-first-human-case-has-been-reported-in-victoria-heres-what-we-know-230691">21. Bird flu is hitting Australian poultry farms, and the first human case has been reported in Victoria. Here’s what we know</a></div>
2626. <div class="wppb-description">[23 May 2024] The first human case of avian influenza (bird flu) in Australia was reported yesterday in Victoria. A child acquired the H5N1 strain of the virus in India and became ill upon returning home to Australia in March this year.</div> </li>
2627. <li class="wppb-bookmark">
2628. <div class="wppb-header"><a class="wppb-title" href="https://www.theguardian.com/media/2025/jul/07/kyle-and-jackie-o-face-prosecution-for-contempt-erin-patterson-trial-comments-ntwnfb">22. Kyle and Jackie O face possible prosecution for contempt for comments made during Erin Patterson’s triple murder trial | Australian media | The Guardian</a></div>
2629. <div class="wppb-description">[7 July 2025] ‘I encourage all commentators to engage their brains before they open their mouths,’ judge said.</div> </li>
2630. </ul>
2631.  
2632.  
2633.  
2634. <p>If the links aren&#8217;t showing up, <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:stilgherrian/t:edict00250">try here</a>.</p>
2635.  
2636.  
2637.  
2638. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Thank you, Media Freedom Citizenry</h4>
2639.  
2640.  
2641.  
2642. <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>
2643.  
2644.  
2645.  
2646. <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>
2647.  
2648.  
2649.  
2650. <p>CONVERSATION TOPICS: Joanna Forbes, Peter Viertel, and one person who chooses to remain anonymous.</p>
2651.  
2652.  
2653.  
2654. <p>THREE TRIGGER WORDS: Bernard Walsh, Paul Williams, and Peter Lieverdink.</p>
2655.  
2656.  
2657.  
2658. <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>
2659.  
2660.  
2661.  
2662. <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>
2663.  
2664.  
2665.  
2666. <p>PERSONALISED VIDEO MESSAGE: Briala Bowmer.</p>
2667.  
2668.  
2669.  
2670. <p>PERSONALISED AUDIO MESSAGE: Kimberley Heitman, KO Hall, and Matt Arkell.</p>
2671.  
2672.  
2673.  
2674. <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>
2675.  
2676.  
2677.  
2678. <p>MEDIA FREEDOM CITIZENS who contributed a BASIC TIP: None this time, which is curious.</p>
2679.  
2680.  
2681.  
2682. <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>
2683.  
2684.  
2685.  
2686. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Series Credits</h4>
2687.  
2688.  
2689.  
2690. <ul class="wp-block-list">
2691. <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>
2692.  
2693.  
2694.  
2695. <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>
2696.  
2697.  
2698.  
2699. <li>Elephant Stamp theme by <a href="http://twitter.com/vealmince">Joshua Mehlman</a>.</li>
2700. </ul>
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2703.  
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2710. <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>
2711. <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;
2712. <br />
2713. <br />
2714. <br />
2715. Back at the start of the year, my good friend Snarky Platypus and I created a bingo card for 2025. A set of 25 things that might happen. Well, we're half-way through the year, so let's see how we went.<br />
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2720. <br />
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2722. <br />
2723. You might want to follow along with this chart showing which ones we discussed.<br />
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2729. <br />
2730. <br />
2731. Australia announces another immigration amnestyCoalition forms a minority government in Canberra DIDN’T HAPPEN.TikTok is able to operate in the US againUS and China warships exchange live fireMusk disposes of X/Twitter<br />
2732. <br />
2733. <br />
2734. Rupert Murdoch separates from current partnerAUKUS cancelled by US LOOKS LIKE IT’S ABOUT TO HAPPEN.Penrith doesn’t win the NRL championship WE’RE STILL TO FIND OUT.Fatalities caused by space debris hitting a developed nationBetelgeuse goes supernova<br />
2735. <br />
2736. <br />
2737. 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 />
2738. <br />
2739. <br />
2740. 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 />
2741. <br />
2742. <br />
2743. 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 />
2744. <br />
2745. <br />
2746. <br />
2747. <br />
2748. <br />
2749. <br />
2750. <br />
2751. 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 />
2752. <br />
2753. <br />
2754. <br />
2755. <br />
2756. <br />
2757. <br />
2758. <br />
2759. This podcast is available on Amazon Music, Apple Podcasts, Castbox, Deezer, Google Podcasts, iHeartRadio, JioSaavn, Pocket Casts, Podcast Addict, Podchaser, Spotify, and Speaker.<br />
2760. <br />
2761. <br />
2762. <br />
2763. You can also subscribe to the generic podcast feed.<br />
2764. <br />
2765. <br />
2766. <br />
2767. Episode Links<br />
2768. <br />
2769. <br />
2770. <br />
2771. <br />
2772. 01. snarkyplatypus | Twitter, Instagram, TikTok | Linktree<br />
2773. A platypus of many talents. Interested in politics, food, pop music & basketball. <br />
2774. <br />
2775. 02. Bingo Card 2025: Which of these things will happen? – Stilgherrian<br />
2776. [5 January 2025] Snarky Platypus and I have created this bingo card for 2025 listing 25 distinctly possible things. We also list the suggestions which didn’t make it. <br />
2777. <br />
2778. 03. Albanese wins Australian election in landslide victory - Channel 4 News - YouTube<br />
2779. [4 May 2025] Three months ago, the polls in Australia suggested the Prime Minister Anthony Albanese was facing a humiliating defeat. <br />
2780. <br />
2781. 04. Restrictions on TikTok in the United States - Wikipedia<br />
2782. The short-form video-hosting service TikTok has been under a de jure nationwide ban in the United States since January 19, 2025, due to the US government's concerns over potential user data collection and influence operations by the government of the People's Republic of China. However, the ban has yet to be enforced. <br />
2783. <br />
2784. 05. TikTok building new version of app ahead of expected US sale, The Information reports | Reuters<br />
2785. [7 July 2025] Last month, Trump extended to September 17 a deadline for China-based ByteDance to divest the U.S. assets of TikTok.</itunes:summary>
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2808. <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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2810. <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>
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2816.  
2817.  
2818. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Podcasts</h4>
2819.  
2820.  
2821.  
2822. <ul class="wp-block-list">
2823. <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>
2824.  
2825.  
2826.  
2827. <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>
2828. </ul>
2829.  
2830.  
2831.  
2832. <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>
2833.  
2834.  
2835.  
2836. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Articles</h4>
2837.  
2838.  
2839.  
2840. <ul class="wp-block-list">
2841. <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>
2842. </ul>
2843.  
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2861.  
2862.  
2863.  
2864. <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>
2865.  
2866.  
2867.  
2868. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Media Appearances , Photos, Videos, Corporate Largesse</h4>
2869.  
2870.  
2871.  
2872. <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>
2873.  
2874.  
2875.  
2876. <h4 class="wp-block-heading" id="recommendations-add">Muskwatch</h4>
2877.  
2878.  
2879.  
2880. <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>
2881.  
2882.  
2883.  
2884. <ul class="wp-block-list">
2885. <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>
2886.  
2887.  
2888.  
2889. <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>
2890.  
2891.  
2892.  
2893. <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>
2894.  
2895.  
2896.  
2897. <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>
2898.  
2899.  
2900.  
2901. <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>
2902. </ul>
2903.  
2904.  
2905.  
2906. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Some Interesting Links</h4>
2907.  
2908.  
2909.  
2910. <ul class="wp-block-list">
2911. <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>
2912.  
2913.  
2914.  
2915. <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>
2916.  
2917.  
2918.  
2919. <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>
2920.  
2921.  
2922.  
2923. <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>
2924. </ul>
2925.  
2926.  
2927.  
2928. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">The Week Ahead</h4>
2929.  
2930.  
2931.  
2932. <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>
2933.  
2934.  
2935.  
2936. <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>
2937.  
2938.  
2939.  
2940. <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>
2941.  
2942.  
2943.  
2944. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Further Ahead</h4>
2945.  
2946.  
2947.  
2948. <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>
2949.  
2950.  
2951.  
2952. <ul class="wp-block-list">
2953. <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>
2954.  
2955.  
2956.  
2957. <li><a href="https://www.techleaders.com.au">TechLeaders 2025</a>, Hunter Valley, 16?18 August 2025.</li>
2958.  
2959.  
2960.  
2961. <li><a href="https://www.livenation.com.au/sam-campbell-tickets-adp1602998">Sam Campbell: Window Sucker</a>, Sydney, 31 October 2025.</li>
2962. </ul>
2963.  
2964.  
2965.  
2966. <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>
2967.  
2968.  
2969.  
2970. <p></p>
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2977. <title>The 9pm AUKUS and the Echidna with Sam Roggeveen</title>
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2998. <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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3000. <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/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="auto, (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>
3001.  
3002.  
3003.  
3004. <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>
3005.  
3006.  
3007.  
3008. <span id="more-38354"></span>
3009.  
3010.  
3011.  
3012. <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>
3013.  
3014.  
3015.  
3016. <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>
3017.  
3018.  
3019. <iframe loading="lazy" src="https://widget.spreaker.com/player?episode_id=66935690&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>
3020.  
3021.  
3022.  
3023. <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>
3024.  
3025.  
3026.  
3027. <p>You can also <a href="https://www.spreaker.com/show/1530079/episodes/feed">subscribe to the generic podcast feed</a>.</p>
3028.  
3029.  
3030.  
3031. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Episode Links</h4>
3032.  
3033.  
3034.  
3035.  
3036.  
3037.  
3038. <p>If the links aren&#8217;t showing up, <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:stilgherrian/t:edict00249">try here</a>.</p>
3039.  
3040.  
3041.  
3042. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Thank you, Media Freedom Citizenry</h4>
3043.  
3044.  
3045.  
3046. <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>
3047.  
3048.  
3049.  
3050. <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>
3051.  
3052.  
3053.  
3054. <p>CONVERSATION TOPICS: Joanna Forbes, Peter Viertel, and one person who chooses to remain anonymous.</p>
3055.  
3056.  
3057.  
3058. <p>THREE TRIGGER WORDS: Bernard Walsh, Paul Williams, and Peter Lieverdink.</p>
3059.  
3060.  
3061.  
3062. <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>
3063.  
3064.  
3065.  
3066. <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>
3067.  
3068.  
3069.  
3070. <p>PERSONALISED VIDEO MESSAGE: Briala Bowmer.</p>
3071.  
3072.  
3073.  
3074. <p>PERSONALISED AUDIO MESSAGE: Kimberley Heitman, KO Hall, and Matt Arkell.</p>
3075.  
3076.  
3077.  
3078. <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>
3079.  
3080.  
3081.  
3082. <p>MEDIA FREEDOM CITIZENS who contributed a BASIC TIP: None this time, which is curious.</p>
3083.  
3084.  
3085.  
3086. <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>
3087.  
3088.  
3089.  
3090. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Series Credits</h4>
3091.  
3092.  
3093.  
3094. <ul class="wp-block-list">
3095. <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>
3096.  
3097.  
3098.  
3099. <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>
3100.  
3101.  
3102.  
3103. <li>Elephant Stamp theme by <a href="http://twitter.com/vealmince">Joshua Mehlman</a>.</li>
3104. </ul>
3105.  
3106.  
3107.  
3108. <p></p>
3109. ]]></content:encoded>
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3113.  
3114. <itunes:subtitle>Sam Roggeveen (Photo: Petri Kurkaa). Inset: The cover of The Echidna Strategy. (Image: Black Inc Books)    Any moment now, Donald Trump might cancel AUKUS, the massive defence agreement which among other things would see Australia buying eight nuclear-...</itunes:subtitle>
3115. <itunes:summary>Sam Roggeveen (Photo: Petri Kurkaa). Inset: The cover of The Echidna Strategy. (Image: Black Inc Books)&lt;br /&gt;
3116. <br />
3117. <br />
3118. <br />
3119. 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 />
3120. <br />
3121. <br />
3122. <br />
3123. <br />
3124. <br />
3125. <br />
3126. <br />
3127. 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 />
3128. <br />
3129. <br />
3130. <br />
3131. 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 />
3132. <br />
3133. <br />
3134. <br />
3135. <br />
3136. <br />
3137. <br />
3138. <br />
3139. This podcast is available on Amazon Music, Apple Podcasts, Castbox, Deezer, Google Podcasts, iHeartRadio, JioSaavn, Pocket Casts, Podcast Addict, Podchaser, Spotify, and Speaker.<br />
3140. <br />
3141. <br />
3142. <br />
3143. You can also subscribe to the generic podcast feed.<br />
3144. <br />
3145. <br />
3146. <br />
3147. Episode Links<br />
3148. <br />
3149. <br />
3150. <br />
3151. <br />
3152. <br />
3153. <br />
3154. <br />
3155. If the links aren't showing up, try here.<br />
3156. <br />
3157. <br />
3158. <br />
3159. Thank you, Media Freedom Citizenry<br />
3160. <br />
3161. <br />
3162. <br />
3163. 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 />
3164. <br />
3165. <br />
3166. <br />
3167. For this episode it's thanks again to everyone who supported The 9pm Mid-2025 Series crowdfunding campaign.<br />
3168. <br />
3169. <br />
3170. <br />
3171. CONVERSATION TOPICS: Joanna Forbes, Peter Viertel, and one person who chooses to remain anonymous.<br />
3172. <br />
3173. <br />
3174. <br />
3175. THREE TRIGGER WORDS: Bernard Walsh, Paul Williams, and Peter Lieverdink.<br />
3176. <br />
3177. <br />
3178. <br />
3179. 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 />
3180. <br />
3181. <br />
3182. <br />
3183. 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 />
3184. <br />
3185. <br />
3186. <br />
3187. PERSONALISED VIDEO MESSAGE: Briala Bowmer.<br />
3188. <br />
3189. <br />
3190. <br />
3191. PERSONALISED AUDIO MESSAGE: Kimberley Heitman, KO Hall, and Matt Arkell.<br />
3192. <br />
3193. <br />
3194. <br />
3195. 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 />
3196. <br />
3197. <br />
3198. <br />
3199. MEDIA FREEDOM CITIZENS who contributed a BASIC TIP: None this time, which is curious.<br />
3200. <br />
3201. <br />
3202. <br />
3203. 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 />
3204. <br />
3205. <br />
3206. <br />
3207. Series Credits<br />
3208. <br />
3209. <br />
3210. <br />
3211. <br />
3212. The 9pm Edict theme by mansardian via The Freesound Project.<br />
3213. <br />
3214. <br />
3215. <br />
3216. Edict fanfare by neonaeon, via The Freesound Project.<br />
3217. <br />
3218. <br />
3219. <br />
3220. Elephant Stamp theme by Joshua Mehlman.</itunes:summary>
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3227. <title>Weekly Wrap 788: I saw a kestrel on Granite Island</title>
3228. <link>https://stilgherrian.com/weekly-wrap/788/</link>
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3231. <pubDate>Sun, 06 Jul 2025 08:14:37 +0000</pubDate>
3232. <category><![CDATA[Weekly Wrap]]></category>
3233. <category><![CDATA[adelaide]]></category>
3234. <category><![CDATA[america party]]></category>
3235. <category><![CDATA[doge]]></category>
3236. <category><![CDATA[elon musk]]></category>
3237. <category><![CDATA[granite island]]></category>
3238. <category><![CDATA[victor harbor]]></category>
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3240.  
3241. <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>
3242. <content:encoded><![CDATA[
3243. <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>
3244.  
3245.  
3246.  
3247. <span id="more-38320"></span>
3248.  
3249.  
3250.  
3251. <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>
3252.  
3253.  
3254.  
3255. <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>
3256.  
3257.  
3258.  
3259. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Articles</h4>
3260.  
3261.  
3262.  
3263. <ul class="wp-block-list">
3264. <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>
3265. </ul>
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3284.  
3285.  
3286.  
3287. <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>
3288.  
3289.  
3290.  
3291. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Media Appearances</h4>
3292.  
3293.  
3294.  
3295. <ul class="wp-block-list">
3296. <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>
3297. </ul>
3298.  
3299.  
3300.  
3301. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Podcasts, Photos, Videos, Corporate Largesse</h4>
3302.  
3303.  
3304.  
3305. <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>
3306.  
3307.  
3308.  
3309. <h4 class="wp-block-heading" id="recommendations-add">Muskwatch</h4>
3310.  
3311.  
3312.  
3313. <p>Pour out the Schadenfreude Gin, because things have been happening this week.</p>
3314.  
3315.  
3316.  
3317. <ul class="wp-block-list">
3318. <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>
3319.  
3320.  
3321.  
3322. <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>
3323.  
3324.  
3325.  
3326. <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>
3327.  
3328.  
3329.  
3330. <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>
3331.  
3332.  
3333.  
3334. <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>
3335. </ul>
3336.  
3337.  
3338.  
3339. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Some Interesting Links</h4>
3340.  
3341.  
3342.  
3343. <ul class="wp-block-list">
3344. <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>
3345.  
3346.  
3347.  
3348. <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>
3349.  
3350.  
3351.  
3352. <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>
3353.  
3354.  
3355.  
3356. <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>
3357. </ul>
3358.  
3359.  
3360.  
3361. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">The Week Ahead</h4>
3362.  
3363.  
3364.  
3365. <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>
3366.  
3367.  
3368.  
3369. <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>
3370.  
3371.  
3372.  
3373. <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>
3374.  
3375.  
3376.  
3377. <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>
3378.  
3379.  
3380.  
3381. <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>
3382.  
3383.  
3384.  
3385. <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>
3386.  
3387.  
3388.  
3389. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Further Ahead</h4>
3390.  
3391.  
3392.  
3393. <ul class="wp-block-list">
3394. <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>
3395.  
3396.  
3397.  
3398. <li><a href="https://www.techleaders.com.au">TechLeaders 2025</a>, Hunter Valley, 16?18 August 2025.</li>
3399.  
3400.  
3401.  
3402. <li><a href="https://www.livenation.com.au/sam-campbell-tickets-adp1602998">Sam Campbell: Window Sucker</a>, Sydney, 31 October 2025.</li>
3403. </ul>
3404.  
3405.  
3406.  
3407. <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>
3408.  
3409.  
3410.  
3411. <p></p>
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3417. <item>
3418. <title>Weekly Wrap 787: A late (lack of) news from Adelaide</title>
3419. <link>https://stilgherrian.com/weekly-wrap/787/</link>
3421. <dc:creator><![CDATA[Stilgherrian]]></dc:creator>
3422. <pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2025 07:43:58 +0000</pubDate>
3423. <category><![CDATA[Weekly Wrap]]></category>
3424. <category><![CDATA[3000 class]]></category>
3425. <category><![CDATA[adelaide]]></category>
3426. <category><![CDATA[donald trump]]></category>
3427. <category><![CDATA[elon musk]]></category>
3428. <category><![CDATA[grok]]></category>
3429. <category><![CDATA[port adelaide]]></category>
3430. <category><![CDATA[starlink]]></category>
3431. <category><![CDATA[tesla]]></category>
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3433.  
3434. <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>
3435. <content:encoded><![CDATA[
3436. <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>
3437.  
3438.  
3439.  
3440. <span id="more-38285"></span>
3441.  
3442.  
3443.  
3444. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Articles</h4>
3445.  
3446.  
3447.  
3448. <ul class="wp-block-list">
3449. <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>
3450. </ul>
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3469.  
3470.  
3471.  
3472. <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>
3473.  
3474.  
3475.  
3476. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Podcasts, Photos, Videos, Media Appearances, Corporate Largesse</h4>
3477.  
3478.  
3479.  
3480. <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>
3481.  
3482.  
3483.  
3484. <h4 class="wp-block-heading" id="recommendations-add">Muskwatch</h4>
3485.  
3486.  
3487.  
3488. <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>
3489.  
3490.  
3491.  
3492. <ul class="wp-block-list">
3493. <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>
3494.  
3495.  
3496.  
3497. <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>
3498.  
3499.  
3500.  
3501. <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>
3502.  
3503.  
3504.  
3505. <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>
3506. </ul>
3507.  
3508.  
3509.  
3510. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Some Interesting Links</h4>
3511.  
3512.  
3513.  
3514. <p>I&#8217;ll skip this for now because we&#8217;re already very late.</p>
3515.  
3516.  
3517.  
3518. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">The Week Ahead</h4>
3519.  
3520.  
3521.  
3522. <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>
3523.  
3524.  
3525.  
3526. <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>
3527.  
3528.  
3529.  
3530. <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>
3531.  
3532.  
3533.  
3534. <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>
3535.  
3536.  
3537.  
3538. <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>
3539.  
3540.  
3541.  
3542. <p><strong><strong><em>The 9pm Edict</em>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<em>Another Untitled Music Podcast</em>&nbsp;are supported by the generosity of their listeners. You might like to&nbsp;<a href="https://skank.com.au/tip/">throw a few coins into the tip jar</a>&nbsp;or&nbsp;<a href="https://skank.com.au/subscribe">subscribe for special benefits</a>. Please consider.</strong></strong></p>
3543.  
3544.  
3545.  
3546. <p><em>The Weekly Cybers</em> returns on Friday, and then the weekend is unplanned. I suspect I&#8217;ll be exhausted.&nbsp;</p>
3547.  
3548.  
3549.  
3550. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Further Ahead</h4>
3551.  
3552.  
3553.  
3554. <ul class="wp-block-list">
3555. <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>
3556.  
3557.  
3558.  
3559. <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>
3560.  
3561.  
3562.  
3563. <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>
3564.  
3565.  
3566.  
3567. <li><a href="https://www.techleaders.com.au">TechLeaders 2025</a>, Hunter Valley, 16?18 August 2025.</li>
3568.  
3569.  
3570.  
3571. <li><a href="https://www.livenation.com.au/sam-campbell-tickets-adp1602998">Sam Campbell: Window Sucker</a>, Sydney, 31 October 2025.</li>
3572. </ul>
3573.  
3574.  
3575.  
3576. <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>
3577.  
3578.  
3579.  
3580. <p></p>
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3587. <title>Weekly Wrap 786: Cleaning the pipes before the mind</title>
3588. <link>https://stilgherrian.com/weekly-wrap/786/</link>
3590. <dc:creator><![CDATA[Stilgherrian]]></dc:creator>
3591. <pubDate>Sun, 22 Jun 2025 08:22:32 +0000</pubDate>
3592. <category><![CDATA[Weekly Wrap]]></category>
3593. <category><![CDATA[butcherbird]]></category>
3594. <category><![CDATA[doge]]></category>
3595. <category><![CDATA[elon musk]]></category>
3596. <category><![CDATA[grok]]></category>
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3604. <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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3606. <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>
3607.  
3608.  
3609.  
3610. <span id="more-38247"></span>
3611.  
3612.  
3613.  
3614. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Articles</h4>
3615.  
3616.  
3617.  
3618. <ul class="wp-block-list">
3619. <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>
3620. </ul>
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3640.  
3641.  
3642. <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>
3643.  
3644.  
3645.  
3646. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Podcasts, Photos, Videos, Media Appearances, Corporate Largesse</h4>
3647.  
3648.  
3649.  
3650. <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>
3651.  
3652.  
3653.  
3654. <h4 class="wp-block-heading" id="recommendations-add">Muskwatch</h4>
3655.  
3656.  
3657.  
3658. <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>
3659.  
3660.  
3661.  
3662. <ul class="wp-block-list">
3663. <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>
3664.  
3665.  
3666.  
3667. <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>
3668.  
3669.  
3670.  
3671. <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>
3672.  
3673.  
3674.  
3675. <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>
3676.  
3677.  
3678.  
3679. <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>
3680.  
3681.  
3682.  
3683. <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>
3684.  
3685.  
3686.  
3687. <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>
3688. </ul>
3689.  
3690.  
3691.  
3692. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Some Interesting Links</h4>
3693.  
3694.  
3695.  
3696. <ul class="wp-block-list">
3697. <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>
3698.  
3699.  
3700.  
3701. <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>
3702.  
3703.  
3704.  
3705. <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>
3706.  
3707.  
3708.  
3709. <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>
3710.  
3711.  
3712.  
3713. <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>
3714. </ul>
3715.  
3716.  
3717.  
3718. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">The Week Ahead</h4>
3719.  
3720.  
3721.  
3722. <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>
3723.  
3724.  
3725.  
3726. <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>
3727.  
3728.  
3729.  
3730. <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>
3731.  
3732.  
3733.  
3734. <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>
3735.  
3736.  
3737.  
3738. <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>
3739.  
3740.  
3741.  
3742. <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>
3743.  
3744.  
3745.  
3746. <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>
3747.  
3748.  
3749.  
3750. <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>
3751.  
3752.  
3753.  
3754. <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>
3755.  
3756.  
3757.  
3758. <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>
3759.  
3760.  
3761.  
3762. <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>
3763.  
3764.  
3765.  
3766. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Further Ahead</h4>
3767.  
3768.  
3769.  
3770. <ul class="wp-block-list">
3771. <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>
3772.  
3773.  
3774.  
3775. <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>
3776.  
3777.  
3778.  
3779. <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>
3780.  
3781.  
3782.  
3783. <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>
3784.  
3785.  
3786.  
3787. <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>
3788.  
3789.  
3790.  
3791. <li><a href="https://www.techleaders.com.au">TechLeaders 2025</a>, Hunter Valley, 16?18 August 2025.</li>
3792.  
3793.  
3794.  
3795. <li><a href="https://www.livenation.com.au/sam-campbell-tickets-adp1602998">Sam Campbell: Window Sucker</a>, Sydney, 31 October 2025.</li>
3796. </ul>
3797.  
3798.  
3799.  
3800. <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>
3801.  
3802.  
3803.  
3804. <p></p>
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3811. <title>Weekly Wrap 785: Thinking of more pleasant times is the Quay to happiness, right?</title>
3812. <link>https://stilgherrian.com/weekly-wrap/785/</link>
3814. <dc:creator><![CDATA[Stilgherrian]]></dc:creator>
3815. <pubDate>Sun, 15 Jun 2025 08:32:42 +0000</pubDate>
3816. <category><![CDATA[Weekly Wrap]]></category>
3817. <category><![CDATA[circular quay]]></category>
3818. <category><![CDATA[diarrhoea]]></category>
3819. <category><![CDATA[donald trump]]></category>
3820. <category><![CDATA[elon musk]]></category>
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3823. <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>
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3825. <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>
3826.  
3827.  
3828.  
3829. <span id="more-38217"></span>
3830.  
3831.  
3832.  
3833. <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>
3834.  
3835.  
3836.  
3837. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Podcasts</h4>
3838.  
3839.  
3840.  
3841. <ul class="wp-block-list">
3842. <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>
3843. </ul>
3844.  
3845.  
3846.  
3847. <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>
3848.  
3849.  
3850.  
3851. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Articles</h4>
3852.  
3853.  
3854.  
3855. <ul class="wp-block-list">
3856. <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>
3857. </ul>
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3876.  
3877.  
3878.  
3879. <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>
3880.  
3881.  
3882.  
3883. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Photos, Videos, Media Appearances, Corporate Largesse</h4>
3884.  
3885.  
3886.  
3887. <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>
3888.  
3889.  
3890.  
3891. <h4 class="wp-block-heading" id="recommendations-add">Muskwatch</h4>
3892.  
3893.  
3894.  
3895. <p>Last week we enjoyed the explosion between Elon Musk and Donald Trump. This week there&#8217;s <em>almost</em> a rapprochement.</p>
3896.  
3897.  
3898.  
3899. <ul class="wp-block-list">
3900. <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>
3901.  
3902.  
3903.  
3904. <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>
3905.  
3906.  
3907.  
3908. <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>
3909.  
3910.  
3911.  
3912. <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>
3913. </ul>
3914.  
3915.  
3916.  
3917. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Some Interesting Links</h4>
3918.  
3919.  
3920.  
3921. <ul class="wp-block-list">
3922. <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>
3923.  
3924.  
3925.  
3926. <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>
3927.  
3928.  
3929.  
3930. <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>
3931.  
3932.  
3933.  
3934. <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>
3935.  
3936.  
3937.  
3938. <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>
3939. </ul>
3940.  
3941.  
3942.  
3943. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">The Week Ahead</h4>
3944.  
3945.  
3946.  
3947. <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>
3948.  
3949.  
3950.  
3951. <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>
3952.  
3953.  
3954.  
3955. <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>
3956.  
3957.  
3958.  
3959. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Further Ahead</h4>
3960.  
3961.  
3962.  
3963. <ul class="wp-block-list">
3964. <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>
3965.  
3966.  
3967.  
3968. <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>
3969.  
3970.  
3971.  
3972. <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>
3973.  
3974.  
3975.  
3976. <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>
3977.  
3978.  
3979.  
3980. <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>
3981.  
3982.  
3983.  
3984. <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>
3985.  
3986.  
3987.  
3988. <li><a href="https://www.techleaders.com.au">TechLeaders 2025</a>, Hunter Valley, 16?18 August 2025.</li>
3989.  
3990.  
3991.  
3992. <li><a href="https://www.livenation.com.au/sam-campbell-tickets-adp1602998">Sam Campbell: Window Sucker</a>, Sydney, 31 October 2025.</li>
3993. </ul>
3994.  
3995.  
3996.  
3997. <p>[<strong>Photo:</strong> Circular Quay from Sydney Harbour, photographed from a ferry on 24 May 2025.]</p>
3998.  
3999.  
4000.  
4001. <p></p>
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4007. <item>
4008. <title>The 9pm Remembering Valentina Tereshkova and Bonus Aliens with Dr Alice Gorman and Rami Mandow</title>
4009. <link>https://stilgherrian.com/edict/00248/</link>
4011. <dc:creator><![CDATA[Stilgherrian]]></dc:creator>
4012. <pubDate>Sat, 14 Jun 2025 09:51:36 +0000</pubDate>
4013. <category><![CDATA[The 9pm Edict]]></category>
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4015. <category><![CDATA[aliens]]></category>
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4020. <category><![CDATA[ns-31]]></category>
4021. <category><![CDATA[peryton]]></category>
4022. <category><![CDATA[ramin mandow]]></category>
4023. <category><![CDATA[Space]]></category>
4024. <category><![CDATA[valentina tereshkova]]></category>
4025. <category><![CDATA[vostok-6]]></category>
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4027.  
4028. <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>
4029. <content:encoded><![CDATA[
4030. <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>
4031.  
4032.  
4033.  
4034. <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>
4035.  
4036.  
4037.  
4038. <span id="more-38222"></span>
4039.  
4040.  
4041.  
4042. <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>
4043.  
4044.  
4045.  
4046. <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>
4047.  
4048.  
4049. <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>
4050.  
4051.  
4052.  
4053. <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>
4054.  
4055.  
4056.  
4057. <p>You can also <a href="https://www.spreaker.com/show/1530079/episodes/feed">subscribe to the generic podcast feed</a>.</p>
4058.  
4059.  
4060.  
4061. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Episode Links</h4>
4062.  
4063.  
4064.  
4065.  
4066.  
4067.  
4068. <p>If the links aren&#8217;t showing up, <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:stilgherrian/t:edict00248">try here</a>.</p>
4069.  
4070.  
4071.  
4072. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Thank you, Media Freedom Citizenry</h4>
4073.  
4074.  
4075.  
4076. <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>
4077.  
4078.  
4079.  
4080. <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>
4081.  
4082.  
4083.  
4084. <p>CONVERSATION TOPICS: Joanna Forbes, Peter Viertel, and one person who chooses to remain anonymous.</p>
4085.  
4086.  
4087.  
4088. <p>THREE TRIGGER WORDS: Bernard Walsh, Paul Williams, and Peter Lieverdink.</p>
4089.  
4090.  
4091.  
4092. <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>
4093.  
4094.  
4095.  
4096. <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>
4097.  
4098.  
4099.  
4100. <p>PERSONALISED VIDEO MESSAGE: Briala Bowmer.</p>
4101.  
4102.  
4103.  
4104. <p>PERSONALISED AUDIO MESSAGE: Kimberley Heitman, KO Hall, and Matt Arkell.</p>
4105.  
4106.  
4107.  
4108. <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>
4109.  
4110.  
4111.  
4112. <p>MEDIA FREEDOM CITIZENS who contributed a BASIC TIP: None this time, which is curious.</p>
4113.  
4114.  
4115.  
4116. <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>
4117.  
4118.  
4119.  
4120. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Series Credits</h4>
4121.  
4122.  
4123.  
4124. <ul class="wp-block-list">
4125. <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>
4126.  
4127.  
4128.  
4129. <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>
4130.  
4131.  
4132.  
4133. <li>Elephant Stamp theme by <a href="http://twitter.com/vealmince">Joshua Mehlman</a>.</li>
4134. </ul>
4135.  
4136.  
4137.  
4138. <p></p>
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4143.  
4144. <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>
4145. <itunes:summary>Left: Dr Alice Gorman. (Photo: Simon Royal/ABC) Right: Rami Mandow. (Photo: Supplied; Post-processing: Stilgherrian).&lt;br /&gt;
4146. <br />
4147. <br />
4148. <br />
4149. 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 />
4150. <br />
4151. <br />
4152. <br />
4153. <br />
4154. <br />
4155. <br />
4156. <br />
4157. 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 />
4158. <br />
4159. <br />
4160. <br />
4161. 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 />
4162. <br />
4163. <br />
4164. <br />
4165. <br />
4166. <br />
4167. <br />
4168. <br />
4169. This podcast is available on Amazon Music, Apple Podcasts, Castbox, Deezer, Google Podcasts, iHeartRadio, JioSaavn, Pocket Casts, Podcast Addict, Podchaser, Spotify, and Speaker.<br />
4170. <br />
4171. <br />
4172. <br />
4173. You can also subscribe to the generic podcast feed.<br />
4174. <br />
4175. <br />
4176. <br />
4177. Episode Links<br />
4178. <br />
4179. <br />
4180. <br />
4181. <br />
4182. <br />
4183. <br />
4184. <br />
4185. If the links aren't showing up, try here.<br />
4186. <br />
4187. <br />
4188. <br />
4189. Thank you, Media Freedom Citizenry<br />
4190. <br />
4191. <br />
4192. <br />
4193. 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 />
4194. <br />
4195. <br />
4196. <br />
4197. For this episode it's thanks again to everyone who supported The 9pm Mid-2025 Series crowdfunding campaign.<br />
4198. <br />
4199. <br />
4200. <br />
4201. CONVERSATION TOPICS: Joanna Forbes, Peter Viertel, and one person who chooses to remain anonymous.<br />
4202. <br />
4203. <br />
4204. <br />
4205. THREE TRIGGER WORDS: Bernard Walsh, Paul Williams, and Peter Lieverdink.<br />
4206. <br />
4207. <br />
4208. <br />
4209. 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 />
4210. <br />
4211. <br />
4212. <br />
4213. 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 />
4214. <br />
4215. <br />
4216. <br />
4217. PERSONALISED VIDEO MESSAGE: Briala Bowmer.<br />
4218. <br />
4219. <br />
4220. <br />
4221. PERSONALISED AUDIO MESSAGE: Kimberley Heitman, KO Hall, and Matt Arkell.<br />
4222. <br />
4223. <br />
4224. <br />
4225. 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 />
4226. <br />
4227. <br />
4228. <br />
4229. MEDIA FREEDOM CITIZENS who contributed a BASIC TIP: None this time, which is curious.<br />
4230. <br />
4231. <br />
4232. <br />
4233. 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 />
4234. <br />
4235. <br />
4236. <br />
4237. Series Credits<br />
4238. <br />
4239. <br />
4240. <br />
4241. <br />
4242. The 9pm Edict theme by mansardian via The Freesound Project.<br />
4243. <br />
4244. <br />
4245. <br />
4246. Edict fanfare by neonaeon, via The Freesound Project.<br />
4247. <br />
4248. <br />
4249. <br />
4250. Elephant Stamp theme by Joshua Mehlman.</itunes:summary>
4251. <itunes:author>Stilgherrian</itunes:author>
4252. <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
4253. <itunes:explicit>true</itunes:explicit>
4254. <itunes:duration>1:04:24</itunes:duration>
4255. </item>
4256. <item>
4257. <title>Weekly Wrap 784: You can&#8217;t catch a tram to Indonesia</title>
4258. <link>https://stilgherrian.com/weekly-wrap/784/</link>
4260. <dc:creator><![CDATA[Stilgherrian]]></dc:creator>
4261. <pubDate>Mon, 09 Jun 2025 02:02:46 +0000</pubDate>
4262. <category><![CDATA[Weekly Wrap]]></category>
4263. <category><![CDATA[donald trump]]></category>
4264. <category><![CDATA[elon musk]]></category>
4265. <category><![CDATA[light rail]]></category>
4266. <category><![CDATA[parramatta]]></category>
4267. <guid isPermaLink="false">https://stilgherrian.com/?p=38168</guid>
4268.  
4269. <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>
4270. <content:encoded><![CDATA[
4271. <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>
4272.  
4273.  
4274.  
4275. <span id="more-38168"></span>
4276.  
4277.  
4278.  
4279. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Podcasts</h4>
4280.  
4281.  
4282.  
4283. <ul class="wp-block-list">
4284. <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>
4285. </ul>
4286.  
4287.  
4288.  
4289. <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>
4290.  
4291.  
4292.  
4293. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Articles</h4>
4294.  
4295.  
4296.  
4297. <ul class="wp-block-list">
4298. <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>
4299. </ul>
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4319.  
4320.  
4321. <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>
4322.  
4323.  
4324.  
4325. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Photos, Videos, Media Appearances, Corporate Largesse</h4>
4326.  
4327.  
4328.  
4329. <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>
4330.  
4331.  
4332.  
4333. <h4 class="wp-block-heading" id="recommendations-add">Muskwatch</h4>
4334.  
4335.  
4336.  
4337. <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>
4338.  
4339.  
4340.  
4341. <ul class="wp-block-list">
4342. <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>
4343.  
4344.  
4345.  
4346. <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>
4347.  
4348.  
4349.  
4350. <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>
4351.  
4352.  
4353.  
4354. <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>
4355.  
4356.  
4357.  
4358. <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>
4359.  
4360.  
4361.  
4362. <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>
4363.  
4364.  
4365.  
4366. <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>
4367. </ul>
4368.  
4369.  
4370.  
4371. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Some Interesting Links</h4>
4372.  
4373.  
4374.  
4375. <ul class="wp-block-list">
4376. <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>
4377.  
4378.  
4379.  
4380. <li><a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cp92pr5pr48o">Scientists create &#8216;world&#8217;s smallest violin&#8217;</a>.</li>
4381.  
4382.  
4383.  
4384. <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>
4385.  
4386.  
4387.  
4388. <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>
4389. </ul>
4390.  
4391.  
4392.  
4393. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">The Week Ahead</h4>
4394.  
4395.  
4396.  
4397. <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>
4398.  
4399.  
4400.  
4401. <p>Tuesday sees a day trip Sydney for a variety of personal and business appointments.</p>
4402.  
4403.  
4404.  
4405. <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>
4406.  
4407.  
4408.  
4409. <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>
4410.  
4411.  
4412.  
4413. <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Further Ahead</h4>
4414.  
4415.  
4416.  
4417. <ul class="wp-block-list">
4418. <li>Adelaide expedition, 26 June to 2 July 2025, with Snarky Platypus.</li>
4419.  
4420.  
4421.  
4422. <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>
4423.  
4424.  
4425.  
4426. <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>
4427.  
4428.  
4429.  
4430. <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>
4431.  
4432.  
4433.  
4434. <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>
4435.  
4436.  
4437.  
4438. <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>
4439.  
4440.  
4441.  
4442. <li><a href="https://www.techleaders.com.au">TechLeaders 2025</a>, Hunter Valley, 16?18 August 2025.</li>
4443.  
4444.  
4445.  
4446. <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>
4447. </ul>
4448.  
4449.  
4450.  
4451. <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>
4452.  
4453.  
4454.  
4455. <p></p>
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4463.