Stilgherrian is a freelance journalist and commentator who covers the politics of the internet and the way it’s changing power relationships at every level of society. He’s particularly interested in internet policy, cybersecurity, privacy, cybercrime and hoovering up bulldust. But that’s far from all he’s interested in.
He writes a weekly newsletter titled The Weekly Cybers, a personal look at what the Australian government has been saying and doing in the digital and cyber realms, on various adjacent topics, and whatever else interests him.
He also makes terrible podcasts about politics, international affairs, and other topics, in particular The 9pm Edict.
You can hire him to help you make your own podcasts. Or he can help you write and stuff.
Please support this season’s crowdfunder
Summer is almost here, which means it’s time for the new season’s crowdfunding campaign, The 9pm Summer Series 2024.
The funding goes towards making more special-guest episodes of my inappropriate and often disturbing podcast for grown-ups, The 9pm Edict, and other projects.
Please click though, read, and consider. You have until Thursday 5 December.
Latest Blog Posts
- Weekly Wrap 755: Watch out for the podcasts!
- Weekly Wrap 754: Calm blue ocean, calm blue ocean!
- Weekly Wrap 753: Another calm before a storm of work
- Weekly Wrap 752: The travels end with podcast planning
- Weekly Wrap 751: My busy holiday certainly didn’t dragon
- Weekly Wrap 750: Virtually South-East Asia, physically Queensland — at least today
Latest Podcasts and other Conversations
- The 9pm Secrets of Dinosaur Club on Ketamine with Snarky Platypus
- The 9pm Gorging on Pornography with Mark Humphries
- The 9pm Hippopotamus of Doom with David F Porteous
- The 9pm Indonesia and Thailand Crash Update with Erin Cook
- The 9pm AI Just Doesn’t Work with David Gerard (#NotAllAI)
- The 9pm Three More Minor Irritations
more of The 9pm Edict
more Conversations
I have all but abandoned Twitter. As of 1 January 2024 my interactions on X/Twitter have been minimal. My posts are largely limited to plugging my work elsewhere.
My primary social media presence is now at Bluesky, where you can find me as bsky.app/profile/stilgherrian.com. Bluesky is no longer invitation-only, so why not just join?
I am also on Mastodon at eigenmagic.net/@stilgherrian. Just log into your Mastodon instance and search for @stilgherrian@eigenmagic.net.
Finally, there’s an easy way to get onto my mailing list in case you’re not already a supporter. I’ll email you about upcoming podcasts, live recordings, crowdfunding campaigns, and other bits and pieces. There’s usually only one or two emails per month, although I may well organise some more email-based things as 2024 progresses.