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 spring series of The 9pm Edict comes to a belated finale with special guest Yun Jiang, the inaugural China Matters Fellow at the Australian Institute of International Affairs. And guess what? We’re discussing news from China.
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I began my week of Monday 29 August to Sunday 4 September 2022 in Sydney, spending an evening in a pub before returning to the Blue Mountains. Three days later I was exhausted, my body ached, and I spent the day in bed. I can guess what happened.
Continue reading “Weekly Wrap 640: Damaged by rain and other impacts, but happy enough”
The winter series of The 9pm Edict concludes with another look at all the plagues and many other things — some of them fun — with infectious diseases physician Dr Trent Yarwood.
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My plans for the week of Monday 8 to Sunday 14 August 2022 fell into chaos. I had a sore throat, though it wasn’t the ’rona. And I slept much longer than usual. At least I got a podcast done, and some tax paperwork.
Continue reading “Weekly Wrap 637: “I’m sorry, I have a cold,” he said, before descending into aero-nostalgia”
My week of Monday 1 to Sunday 7 August 2022 felt like the beginning of spring accompanied by a surge of productivity. That’s not such a bad thing. Apart from the climate change implications.
Continue reading “Weekly Wrap 636: With all this productivity it must be spring!”The winter series of The 9pm Edict kicks off with special guest Yun Jiang, the inaugural China Matters Fellow at the Australian Institute of International Affairs. And guess what? We’re discussing China and Australia.
Continue reading “The 9pm Big Moist China Conversation with Yun Jiang”