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18 January 202618 January 2026

Weekly Wrap 816: A podcast, and far too much rain

Looking out through the coach window all is wet. Streams of water run down the window. Everything is grey and blurry. A white van can just be made out, its shape rippled and distorted.

My week of Monday 12 to Sunday 18 January 2026 was wet, particular in the second half. However I did produce a podcast, I had an extensive medical screening for a vaccine trial, and we resumed apartment-hunting for the new year in between Saturday’s pouring rain.

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11 January 202612 January 2026

Weekly Wrap 815: Easing into 2016 with heat and long naps

Black and white photo. The upper third is the lower part of the side a caravan, with a tyre visible on the right. The foreground is all overgrown grass of various kinds, with flowers and seeds visible. And on the grass, a grey and white cat stands looking at us.

I’ve been back in the Blue Mountains all this week, Monday 5 to Sunday 11 January 2026, but a combination of fatigue and then overly-warm weather means there’s little new to report. I did bring The Weekly Cybers newsletter back earlier than planned, however.

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04 January 202604 January 2026

Weekly Wrap 814: Happy New Year with belated pelicans

A small stone quay at the side of an estuary, water on the left, and a pathway and then lawn on the right. On the quay, four pelicans stand looking at the water, one with its wings outstretched. On the water a group of five pelicans look back. Half a dozen tourists stand watching the scene.

Happy New Year. My week of Monday 29 December 2025 to Sunday 4 January 2026 was suitably recreational, although I did insert some podcast post-production — with the result that you have our Bingo Card discussion. The pelicans are from last week

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31 December 202503 January 2026

Bingo Card 2026: Which of these things will happen?

Illustrative stock imagery of a bingo card and bingo player stamps, with an inset image of a random platypus.

Snarky Platypus and I have created this bingo card for 2026 listing 25 distinctly possible things. We also list the suggestions which didn’t make the Final Cut.

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29 December 202529 December 2025

Weekly Wrap 813: Actually relaxing over Christmas

A view across a large estuary to a tree-covered island and then to the forested banks beyond on a bright sunny day. In the foreground on the right is a railway station platform, and on the other side a Sydney Trains D-Set Mariyung train stands, having just disgorged some passengers. The twin railway tracks sweep from the right into the centre and middle distance, along a causeway, to an island and into a tunnel.

My week of Monday 22 to Sunday 28 December 2025 was relaxing, as befits the holiday season. That said, a podcast was recorded and various other targets were reached, most of them too small to be worthy of mention.

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21 December 202528 December 2025

Weekly Wrap 812: All hail the Parrot of Persistence

A male Australian king parrot is perched on the wrist of an outstretched arm, the hand of which is holding some bird seed. He has a bright red head, neck, chest, and belly, and deep green wings. In the background are computer screens, behind which a window overlooks some shrubbery.

My week of Monday 15 to Sunday 21 December 2025 was exhausting. I think I started it with a slight throat infection. Oh well, at least pushed out a podcast and planned a bunch of things. And one of the local king parrots kept me company.

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