My week of Monday 26 May to Sunday 1 June 2025 was another productive one, despite some annoying. However I’ve gone back three years for this week’s photo. Watch out for more podcasts starting this week.
Articles
- The Weekly Cybers #70. Work on Australia’s social media age restrictions continues, reporting your ransomware payments is now compulsory, and much more.
You can read my previous writing at Authory, where you can also subscribe to an email compilation of any new stories each Sunday morning.
Podcasts, Photos, Videos, Media Appearance, Corporate Largesse
None of these. You can subscribe to my YouTube channel to be notified when new videos appear and when livestreams are scheduled.
Muskwatch
As Elon Musk departs DOGE and the White House, the features and analysis are flowing.
- Drugs, marital advice and that black eye: key takeaways from Trump’s Oval Office send-off for Elon Musk.
- From the New York Times, On the campaign trail, Elon Musk juggled drugs and family drama (gift link).
- From the BBC, It’s Musk’s last day – what has he achieved at the White House?.
- From the Guardian, Whatever happened to Elon Musk? Tech boss drifts to margins of Trump world.
- Also from the Guardian, some delightful turns of phrase from Marina Hyde in So long, Elon: the cuts didn’t go to plan, but you completely shredded your reputation.
- Elon Musk promises more risky launches after sixth Starship failure.
Some Interesting Links
- Spectacular winning photos from the 2025 World Food Photography Awards.
- A solid feature from the New York Times: Far from home: Uyghur workers in factories supplying global brands (gift link).
- “Scientists just made guinea pigs listen to Adele for seven days… and the results are both surprising and worrying”.
- Can your cat recognise you by scent? New study shows it’s likely.
The Week Ahead
On Wednesday I’m recording an episode of The 9pm Edict podcast with Erin Cook. We’ll be looking at the Australia-Indonesia relationship and other news from South-East Asia. And yeah, we’ll also be talking about the cat.
If you’re a supporter with TRIGGER WORDS or a CONVERSATION TOPIC for this episode, please get them to me by 6pm AEST this Tuesday 3 June. The finished episode will be posted on Saturday, because during the week I have a whole bunch of client work to do.
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It’s then the long weekend for the King’s Birthday. I’ll have a social day down in Sydney on Sunday. Currently I have no plans for the Monday.
Further Ahead
- NEW: The 9pm Edict recording with space archaeologist Dr Alice Gorman aka Dr Space Junk and astrophysicist Rami Mandow. TRIGGER WORDS or a CONVERSATION TOPIC for this episode? By 8pm AEST on Tuesday 10 June please.
- Adelaide expedition, 26 June to 2 July 2025, with Snarky Platypus.
- The 9pm Edict recording with me, Stilgherrian. For a change, Snarky Platypus will be interviewing me about South Australia, my life, my thoughts, and more as we walk around Adelaide and nearby locations. TRIGGER WORDS or a CONVERSATION TOPIC for that episode? By 8pm AEST on Friday 27 June please.
- The 9pm Edict recording with Snarky Platypus, the bingo card half-year review episode, 28 June 2025 (TBC). We’ll record this at some point while in Adelaide, and it’ll be posted around 5 July.
- Another Untitled Music Podcast episode 1 recording, 12 July 2025, with the completed episode to be posted a few days later.
- Another Untitled Music Podcast episode 2 recording, 26 July 2025, with the completed episode to be posted a few days later.
- TechLeaders 2025, Hunter Valley, 16–18 August 2025.
[Photo: A magnificent example of the bracket fungus Trametes versicolor, photographed at Bunjaree Cottages on 26 May 2022.]