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05 October 2025

Weekly Wrap 801: King parrot spring, with a podcast

Two Australian king parrots are in the branches of a shrub. On the right is the male, with his bright red head and chest, and dark green wings and tail. On the left, looking down before she flutters down to the food, is the female, with her two-toned green colouring and red belly.

In my week of Monday 29 September to Sunday 5 October 2025 I did some client work I can’t talk about yet, and recorded a podcast. I also saw a snake, which I’m not showing here.

28 September 202503 October 2025

Weekly Wrap 800: Podcasts finally emerge and that goddam kookaburra is back

A laughing kookaburra — yeah one of those chonky kingfishers — sits on top of a branch and glares at you.

In my week of Monday 22 to Sunday 28 September 2025 I moved beyond the stresses of earlier in the month and posted two podcasts, planned a bunch of stuff and wrapped up my 28th crowdfunding campaign. Welcome to spring. And yeah I took another photo of a kookaburra. That kookaburra.

27 September 202527 September 2025

The 9pm Uncommon Death Adder with David F Porteous

A square-faced Scottish man in a shirt, tie, and dark suit looks to the right and ponders the fate of the world as he stands in a black void. — *David F Porteous, who may or may not have a typical Scottish man vibe. (Photo: Supplied)*

Weeks late, the mid-2025 series finally draws to a close. Our special guest today is Scottish author and social researcher David F Porteous, and we cover a lot of different topics.

21 September 202525 September 2025

Weekly Wrap 799: Podcast production and the Sydney skyline

Monday 15 to Sunday 21 September 2025 was a big week for podcasts, with one posted and two more recorded. After several weeks of poor health I’m getting back into the flow. My photos have mostly been of birds, however, so for a change of pace I’m going with a cityscape from a few weeks back.

16 September 202516 September 2025

The 9pm Conspiracy Nation with Ariel Bogle and Cam Wilson

Black and white photos of two white people, a woman with her hair tied back neatly, and a man with short hair and a half-arsed beard. Between them is the cover of their book, CONSPIRACY NATION. — *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 inserted into you via chemtrails and the covid vaccine, or possibly by a UFOnaut which was probing you, I can control your mind.

15 September 2025

Weekly Wrap 798: A third week disrupted by illness, but a different one, plus squabbling birds

A bright sunny day. On a tree stump on the left, a brown cuckoo-dove with lighter brown undersides and pink feet raises its wings to look big and fierce. On the right, on a slightly lower tree stump, is an Australian magpie, head hunched down, wings extended. It's a stand-off! And on the far right, a red plastic water bowl.

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.