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!
As the weeks drag on, all I feel like saying is that my week of Monday 20 to Sunday 26 July 2020 was much the same as so many others this year. I got a few things done, yet didn’t stray far from home I hope you and yours are doing well in these Quarantimes.
Continue reading “Weekly Wrap 530: Standing in fear by the half-open COVIDoor”
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.
Continue reading “Talking Twitter hack, COVIDSafe, and Parler on ABC Brisbane and beyond”
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.
Continue reading “Weekly Wrap 527: A reminder of the drought, plus productivity”
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.
Continue reading “The 9pm Official Karening of the American Doom Times”
Thanks to the COVID-10 lockdown and, it must be admitted, quite a bit of laziness, the entirety of my week of Monday 11 to Sunday 17 May 2020 was spent less than 50 metres from my bed. Well, from the house. I did get out of bed a bit.
Continue reading “Weekly Wrap 520: The full-week 50-metre challenge”