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The 9pm Secrets of Dinosaur Club on Ketamine with Snarky Platypus

A vast strange robotic creature only vaguely like a whale drifts through an aquatic environment. In the foreground, silhouetted against the bright blue scene, is a crowd of onlookers.
China’s aquariums utilise robotic whales to reduce the costs associated with keeping live animals. Photo: SCMP composite / Shutterstock / Weibo. Platypus inset photo by Taronga Conservation Society Australia / Chris Wheeler. Digital composition by Stilgherrian.

No, we’re not really on ketamine. But as the spring series continues we’re going sideways with a bonus episode featuring my good friend Snarky Platypus and many, many topics.

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Weekly Wrap 735: The end of another financial year, with added recreation

Photograph of a colonial-era sandstone wall, being the foundations of the Paragon Hotel at Circular Quay. On the lower right of the image is the rusty remnant of a pipe and spout entering the room. The beauty is in the textures.

My week of Monday 24 to Sunday 30 June 2024 was a strange end to the financial year. I did get a little bit of client work done, but I was also very tired. Then I had a recreational weekend which extended into Monday — an unplanned long weekend! And on top of that I received a surprise gift.

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Weekly Wrap 734: Winter cocktails provide a refreshing but potentially dangerous break

On an old wooden table sits an old-style lowball glass containing a pale yellow liquid, ice cubes, and slice of lemon. In the background, out of focus, the lush dark red furnishings of a high-Victorian drawing room.

My week of Monday 17 to Sunday 23 June 2024 was a curious one. An evening of delightful cocktails midweek may or may not have had something to do with a lingering sore throat. A client project received a bullet in the head, much to my relief. And I started mapping out my podcast’s winter series, for which a crowdfunder is running.

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The 9pm Extruded Cheese Snack of Destiny with David F Porteous

David F Porteous in a shot from his final performance at the Acting Out Drama and Public Speaking School. David says: “I did Succession, Marvellous Mrs Maisel, and Frasier. I look mean all the time, by the way.” (Photo: Supplied)

This episode’s special guest is Scottish author and social researcher David F Porteous, who manages to deliver some fascinating commentary on happenings in Britain, while I increasingly suffer the totally unforeseeable effects of wine and gin.

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