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19 July 202019 July 2020

Weekly Wrap 529: Sushi and seagulls in Sydney

During these Quarantimes my energy and productivity levels have been waxing and waning, and my week of Monday 13 to Sunday 19 July 2020 was definitely a week without wax.

18 July 202018 July 2020

Talking Twitter hack, COVIDSafe, and Parler on ABC Brisbane and beyond

Computer generated representation of COVID-19 virions (SARS-CoV-2) under electron microscope. (Original by Felipe Esquivel Reed / Wikimedia Commons CC BY-SA 4.0, colour processing by Stilgherrian CC BY-SA 4.0)

As COVID-19 breaks out again in Victoria and, fortunately to a lesser extent so far, in New South Wales, the subject of Australia’s COVIDSafe app returns. There’s also interest in the new “free speech” social network Parler.

12 July 202012 July 2020

Weekly Wrap 528: The COVID-19 stress increases as I descend into confusion about the lockdown

My week of Monday 6 to Sunday 12 July 2020 was curious one. I felt the joy of being able to get out and about, but I felt the fear of Victoria’s borders being closed and the stress being increased for the rest of us Australians as the â€™rona kills more of us. Still, I made a podcast.

12 July 202026 April 2022

The 9pm His Plague Diary 12: The Maskening

President Donald Trump wears a face mask as he walks down a hallway during a visit to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland, Saturday. (Patrick Semansky/Associated Press)

It’s Day 117 of Stilgherrian’s coronavirus isolation. The borders with Victoria are now closed. Was opening up COVID-19 restrictions a mistake? There’s also an update on the mysterious R S Archer.

05 July 202008 July 2020

Weekly Wrap 527: A reminder of the drought, plus productivity

A petrol-driven transfer pump is being used to shift water from one rainwater tank to another through the scrub at Bunjaree Cottages, Wentworth Falls.

During the week of Monday 29 June to Sunday 5 July 2020 we ran out of rainwater. With all the COVID-19 dramas, we’d forgotten that we’ve still got all the other things happening. Such as climate change and the resulting lack of rainfall. Still I got some work done.

02 July 202029 October 2020

The 9pm Official Karening of the American Doom Times

A woman angrily explains her conspiracy-laden views on wearing face masks in a Florida county commission meeting, 25 June 2020.

In the episode we hear what some people think about other people who think very bad thoughts about statues, about the fear in America, and… and things which are truly beyond explanation.