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 9pm Edict is a podcast looking at the news and its frustrations. Produced and presented by Stilgherrian. It contains strong language and disturbing mental imagery.
The summer series continues, and it’s more science. Today’s special guest is infectious diseases physician Dr Trent Yarwood.
Continue reading “The 9pm Medical Semiotics of Bow Ties, Long Covid, and Poo with Dr Trent Yarwood”
Happy New Year. It’s time for another look at space news, I reckon, so once more my special guests are space archaeologist Dr Alice Gorman aka Dr Space Junk from Flinders University, and astrophysicist and founder of SpaceAustralia.com Rami Mandow.
Continue reading “The 9pm Colonisation of Mars and the Universe with Dr Alice Gorman and Rami Mandow”
Back at the start of the year, my good friend Snarky Platypus and I created some bingo cards for 2024. Two sets of 25 things that might happen. Well, we’re now at the end of the year, so let’s see how we went.
Continue reading “The 9pm Full-time Bingo Card Update 2024 with Snarky Platypus”
Our first special guest in the summer series is Scottish author and social researcher David F Porteous, and we’re going to talk about everything that happened in 2024. Every single thing.
Continue reading “The 9pm Weeds of Disappointment with David F Porteous”
The first summer series episode of the Edict features Stilgherrian telling a personal story, plus a few other bits and pieces.
Continue reading “The 9pm Major Irritation (and certain other amusements)”
It’s the final episode of the spring series, finally. And with all the weird digital policy action in Australia in recent weeks, I figured we’d better chat once more with Justin Warren, “consultant, freedom of information tragic, hexagon enthusiast, and creator of the CyberRating™ labelling scheme“.
