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!
On Friday, Prime Minister Scott Morrison called a press conference to talk about a “sophisticated nation-state actor” conducting sustained cyber attacks on Australian government and private sector organisations. There’s wasn’t much detail, so why do it? I spoke about that this afternoon with Jules Schiller on ABC Adelaide.
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It’s Day 60 of Stilgherrian’s coronavirus isolation. Prime Minister Scott Morrison is starting to tell us it’s time to move towards opening the economy. But with COVID-19 infections in the US at such high levels, are we moving to early?
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It’s Day 52 of Stilgherrian’s coronavirus isolation, but Prime Minister Scott Morrison has now sketched out a three-step plan for rolling back the restrictions on our movements. If everything works. Meanwhile, everything in The America is collapsing.
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It’s Day 25 of Stilgherrian’s coronavirus isolation. A trip down to Sydney on Friday provided some relief, but also a reminder of how bleak everything is becoming.
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It’s Day 19 of Stilgherrian’s coronavirus isolation. People are starting to realise that things might be different in the Aftertimes, and some of them don’t like it. Also, God bless Jared Kushner.
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In a second and much briefer diary-style podcast, I talk about fear, and about how to avoid being overwhelmed by the news as the COVID-19 pandemic rolls into Australia.
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