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!
The week of Monday 22 to 28 November 2021 saw the Bureau of Meteorology declare another La Niña event, and rightly so. There’s been so much rain in the Blue Mountains, but of course we’ve escaped the flooding that’s happening elsewhere in NSW.
Continue reading “Weekly Wrap 600: Jerkbirds, podcast work, and the Great Sog continues”
My week of Monday 15 to 21 November 2021 was full of conferences and fatigue, so while I got a podcast out I didn’t get anything written. I did start thinking about the Beforetimes, though, and stumbled across some photographs from the past.
Continue reading “Weekly Wrap 599: Conferences, a podcast, and some thistle-based nostalgia”
Most of my week of Monday 8 to 14 November 2021 was spent in Orange in NSW’s Central Tablelands. Primarily it was about recording a podcast with Fr Karl Sinclair, and you’ll hear that next week. But getting out of the house proved to be remarkably beneficial to be psychologically.
Continue reading “Weekly Wrap 598: Orange, but with more introspection”
Monday 1 to 7 November 2021 saw me do an actual social thing. With another person. OK, it was lunch at the pub with Mark Humphries before we recorded this week’s podcast, but it was still a wonderful sign that the Quarantimes are slowly coming to an end. I hope.
Continue reading “Weekly Wrap 597: Twitter, the law, and maybe even the end of the Quarantimes”
My week of Monday 25 to Sunday 31 October 2021 was the calm before a few very busy weeks, what with a podcast series to produce, conferences to cover, and the final weeks of Parliament for 2021. I’m especially looking forward to some travel, namely catching an XPT to Orange in the Central Tablelands.
Continue reading “Weekly Wrap 596: Calm before conference season, and a longing for imminent travel”
With just three weeks of parliamentary sittings remaining in 2021, I thought I’d compile a list of legislation and inquiries that are making their way through the system which are relevant to my interests — and perhaps yours. I need to catch up on a few of these.
Continue reading “Updated: Australian cyber-related legislation before parliament, plus current inquiries”