The 9pm Edict – Stilgherrian

13 May 202313 May 2023

The 9pm Extra: Vertical Hold episode 428, “Is Google’s Pixel 7a a winner, How is the budget fighting cybercrime?”

The Bluesky Social home page as of 13 May 2023. (Screenshot: Stilgherrian) Inset: Vertical Hold podcast profile image. (Supplied)

Google’s Pixel 7a is here (as is Google I/O), but is the Pixel 7a a worthwhile phone? How is Australia’s Federal budget fighting scammers and cybercrime? Are blue skies already turning grey at Bluesky Social? I was on this week’s Vertical Hold: Behind The Tech News and this is an updated version.

04 May 202307 May 2023

The 9pm Public House Forum 7 LIVE

Your host Stilgherrian, cartoonist Cathy Wilcox, and satirist Mark Humphries at the recording of Pubic House Forum 7 at the Royal Exhibition Hotel on 29 April 2023. (Photo: @oberonsghost)

In the first Pubic House Forum episode of the The 9pm Edict since 2018, I was joined by Sydney Morning Herald cartoonist Cathy Wilcox and satirist Mark Humphries at Sydney’s Royal Exhibition Hotel in Surry Hills with an enthusiastic live audience.

There’s also a video of this episode on YouTube.

24 April 202304 May 2023

The 9pm Edict Live

Public House Forum 7: Recorded live at the Royal Exhibition Hotel

The next livestreamed recording of The 9pm Edict podcast is Public House Forum 8, currently scheduled for Saturday 27 May 2023 at 1.30pm AEST.

12 March 202320 April 2023

The 9pm Poorly Governed Semantic Argument with Justin Warren

Is a cow a thing? Is the ocean a thing? We ponder these and other important questions with Justin Warren, “consultant, freedom of information tragic, hexagon enthusiast, and creator of the CyberRating™ labelling scheme”. He’s also chair of Electronic Frontiers Australia, but I’m sure they’ll disown him.

01 March 202311 March 2023

The 9pm Death by Woke Mind Virus Superbugs with Dr Trent Yarwood

Dr Trent Yarwood pictured with a variety of potential sources of infection, unless they’ve been washed recently. (Photo: Brisbane Times. Digital processing: Stilgherrian)

In the news this week we’ve been reminded that so-called “superbugs” are going to kill millions of us, so I thought we should talk once more with infectious disease physician Dr Trent Yarwood.

12 February 202316 February 2023

The 9pm Polystomatous Russian Disinformation Campaign with Elise Thomas

Elise Thomas looks into the camera, unaware of the out-of-focus Russia sneaking up behind her. (Photo: supplied. Background image: Worldometer. Digital composition: Stilgherrian.)

As the war in Ukraine continues, Russian disinformation is becoming somewhat unhinged. Joining me to explore that further is Elise Thomas, freelance journalist and OSINT analyst with the Institute for Strategic Dialogue.