My week of Monday 26 October to Sunday 1 October 2026 was a good one. I got some client work done. I enjoyed walks. I organised some podcast recordings. I chased up some routine health and medical matters. And I had some very good food, both at the Kings Cross Hotel and the Korea Day Festival.
After plugging The 9pm Spring Series 2026 crowdfunder last week, I forgot to follow it up. So we’re still sitting at 70% of the way to the second target. There’s two weeks left, until Sunday 15 November. If you haven’t already done so, please consider. Pledge your support now.
I also forgot to chase up the storage company responsible for the saga of The Lost Module. I need to get onto that.
Articles
- The Weekly Cybers #140. Crypto exchange Binance freezes funds after a potential hack, the Digital Duty of Care Bill clears the House of Reps, Anthropic files a data-free IPO, and much more.
Podcasts, Photos, Videos, Media Appearances, Corporate Largesse
None of these this week. You can subscribe to my YouTube channel to be notified when new videos appear and when the occasional livestreams are scheduled.
Some Interesting Links
- I found the premise of this video interesting: We Got Too Good At Taking Photos. “I get into why slide film and old family photos feel more alive than anything on my phone, what we gave up when every shot became free and fixable, and how to actually get it back,” he writes. Like so many YouTube presenters, his on-camera style is a bit too intense. Chill the fuck out, people! Talk like a normal human being! But his argument is worth listening to.
- The Guardian has some fantastic photography of Kati Thanda-Lake Eyre in flood.
- Also in the Guardian, these British blokes who are going to play out The Campaign for North Africa, the most complicated take-up war-game ever. They expect it to take 30 years.
- A nice piece about furniture made from Cray supercomputers.
- “Eric, the female emu, is making life hell for this north Queensland pensioner,” reports ABC News.
- This week’s suggested follow: I’ve linked to some of Alasdair Beckett-King’s parody videos before, but hey why not follow his YouTube channel?
The Week Ahead
I’m hoping that on Monday and Tuesday I can knock off a bunch of client work. The wet weather forecast for Tuesday will help with this.
NEW: On Wednesday I’m recording an episode of The 9pm Edict with philosopher, reprobate, and all-round cleverthinker Patrick Stokes. The conversation will included questions about whether AI is intelligent or sentient or capable of moral choices and all that stuff — plus whatever comes up. If you’re a supporter with TRIGGER WORDS or a CONVERSATION TOPIC for this episode’s, please let me know by 8pm AEDT this coming Tuesday 4 November.
I’ll edit and post that podcast on Thursday. Thursday also sees me begin something new related to my health, but I’ll tell you about it on the socials.
Friday is the start of FrogID Week, another fun science project which actually runs for ten days because frog scientists can’t count. The Weekly Cybers newsletter will appear on Friday afternoon as usual.
NEW: Given that it’s the spring festival season, and the various community celebrations are usually fun, on Saturday we’re checking out the Nepal Festival at Tumbalong Park.
Further Ahead
- The 9pm Edict recording with high-speed rail enthusiast David Feng who was on the pod in July, 19 November 2026. If you’re a supporter with TRIGGER WORDS or a CONVERSATION TOPIC for this episode, please let me know by 8pm AEDT on Wednesday 18 November.
- NEW: The 9pm Edict recording with author John Birmingham, who’s been on the pod many times, but not for nearly two years! He’s about to publish a Quarterly Essay on Pauline Hanson’s One Nation. If you’re a supporter with TRIGGER WORDS or a CONVERSATION TOPIC for this episode, please let me know by 8pm AEDT on Thursday 19 November.
[Photo: Four sulphur-crested cockatoos (Cacatua galerita), in front of a Canary Island date palm (Phoenix canariensis), photographed in Campsie, Sydney, on 27 October 2026.]