Word-whore. I write 'em. I talk 'em. Information, politics, media, and the cybers. I drink. I use bad words. All publication is a political act. All communication is propaganda. All art is pornography. All business is personal. All hail Eris! Vive les poissons rouges sauvages!
As regular listeners to the Edict will know, I reckon Australians should know more about the other nations in our region. So our special guest today is journalist Erin Cook, who covers South-East Asia, and we’re talking Indonesia and Thailand. Mostly.
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What a week! Between Monday 30 September and Sunday 6 October 2024 I kicked off a new podcast series, started reviewing my photo archive, and had quite a few naps — but they weren’t as long as last week. I’m very happy with this start to 2024 Q4.
Continue reading “Weekly Wrap 749: The Moth of Reflection”
The spring series of the Edict kicks off properly with our first special guest and it’s David Gerard, co-editor of the newsletter Pivot to AI. So guess what we talk about.
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Well then, my week of Monday 23 to Sunday 29 September 2024 represented quite a change. Last week was good for me. This week less so. Was I fighting some sort of lurgi? Because by the weekend I was sleeping for most of the day and got almost nothing done. And most of the birds abandoned me.
Continue reading “Weekly Wrap 748: The escalation of cicadas, the plummet of productivity, but little more”
One highlight of my week of Monday 16 to Sunday 22 September 2024 was visiting Sydney’s new Metro stations — which I won’t tell you about just yet. A second was coming to understand how a change of environment will do me good. And then I had another win in the crowdfunding game. Hurrah!
Continue reading “Weekly Wrap 747: Sometimes I just feel like parroting previous posts”
It’s more or less the start of the spring series as Stilgherrian vents about three more things that got on his wick this week. He also plugs his current crowdfunding campaign, because of course he does.
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