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• Post #4480504

  I can hear this being played from the other end of the apartment. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iPOmFUid3vA

• Post #4445423

  Whoever this hero is, I salute you. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-08/perth-man-charged-over-car-smashing-and-police-chase/107012862

• Post #4408247

  “COVID can wake up a slew of dormant viruses inside you” https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-02443-2

• Post #4189010

  Hey Lawyers and Adjacents! LexisNexis is partnering with AustLII “to advance the rule of law and access to justice in the AI era”, which seems a bit vague. “LexisNexis will support AustLII to accelerate the development of AI-enhanced legal research capabilities.” https://en.prnasia.com/releases/apac/lexisnexis-announces-agreement-with-austlii-to-advance-the-rule-of-law-and-access-to-justice-in-the-ai-era-542230.shtml

• Post #4189009

  Dear Tech PR People, your challenge for the remainder of 2026 is to write media releases with none of these words: accelerate ecosystem embrace enhanced harness next-generation power Any others?

• Post #4189008

  “Australia Post stamp price increase not opposed by ACCC” https://www.accc.gov.au/media-release/australia-post-stamp-price-increase-not-opposed-by-accc

• Post #4189007

  Something for the white person in your life.

• Post #4189006

  MEANJIN NEWS: Yes, this literary quarterly is now at QUT. There’s a new Reading Trails series to give you a taste of the archives; submissions are now open for poetry and short fiction; news of subscription plans will be coming soon. https://meanjin.com.au Disclosure: Meanjin is a client of mine.

• Post #4177450

  “Sam Altman: Guys, we’re in the Singularity now.” https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/07/28/sam-altman-guys-were-in-the-singularity-now/ What a total fuckwit.

• Post #4135301

  “Psychology says people who listen to familiar songs on repeat aren’t stuck in the past: Research suggests repeated music helps regulate emotion and create a sense of stability.” https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life-style/spotlight/psychology-says-people-who-listen-to-familiar-songs-on-repeat-arent-stuck-in-the-past-research-suggests-repeated-music-helps-regulate-emotion-and-create-a-sense-of-stability/articleshow/132179468.cms

• Post #4129691

  Have a goose.

• Post #4122550

  Monday. Confront the retiree with an intervention. There is criticism, maybe even a crisis, but they will relinquish their carriage. A river is just a shiny type of knitting. Monday.

• Post #4047314

  “With this clone, I can become my own blood boy, test therapies on the clone, grow organs for transplantation, develop new treatments, and inject young cells,” says Bryan Johnson. https://www.yahoo.com/news/science/articles/biohacker-bryan-johnson-says-cloned-131411098.html

• Post #4023891

  I just saw an email subject line “Smart staples” and thought, wow, AI in the workplace has gone too far. But it was “smart” as in fashionable, and “staples” as in basic, essential, or regularly used items. T-shirts, work slacks, etc.

• Post #4002804

  RE: https://eigenmagic.net/@stilgherrian/116951184634815519 I’ve just done a mailout to my supporters* about this season’s crowdfunder. I’ll give a special surprise to whoever is first to contribute. * Those whose email addresses I have, anyway. If you’re not on the list, feel free to sign up at https://confirmsubscription.com/h/r/5B75E294130E6CB8

• Post #4002207

  I just found this ancient photo of me at the wargaming table. That’s me on the left. Looks like I had a lucky roll of the dice! I seem to remember that the bloke on the right is Ian somebody.

• Post #3952687

  “Hacker wipes Romania's entire land registry database” https://news.risky.biz/risky-bulletin-hacker-wipes-romanias-entire-land-registry-database/ Oops.

• Post #3884839

  “Cockatoo teasing Kookaburra,” because it’s an arsehole (2017) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K41IMe28zhg

• Post #3872469

  Hold on, my dishwasher is messaging me...

• Post #3871333

  Fri plan: Easing into the day once again thanks to The Dreams; write and post “The Weekly Cybers” newsletter (check out the archives and subscribe for FREE at https://stilgherrian.com/theweeklycybers); yet more important administrivia; TGIF. I will keep crying to a minimum.

• Post #3427656

  Sure. Whatever. Goodnight.

• Post #3416220

  Today, Saturday 27 June, is Global Smurf Day. https://www.daysoftheyear.com/days/global-smurf-day/ Also, World Sand Dune Day. https://www.daysoftheyear.com/days/world-sand-dune-day/ And on this day in 1967 the first ATM was installed by Barclays Bank, Enfield, North London. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ATM

• Post #3315883

  RE: https://eigenmagic.net/@stilgherrian/116695822228007817 Sun plan: Sleep in (done); administrivia relating to The Great Unboxening*; 1500 AEST voiceover* recording, Summer Hill; Weekly Wrap, eventually. I also have some standby tasks. * Some pricing, and marking some items “reserved”. ** Voice acting, actually, because it’s a character in a short film.

• Post #3161999

  jI wonder whether Fox Sports Australia is capable of creating a chat show which isn’t four middle-aged white blokes sitting in a semi-circle.

• Post #3113428

  THE GREAN UNBOXENING UPDATE: Nearly all my books, DVDs, CDs, and vinyl records are still available so I’ve posted links to the full lists at https://stilgherrian.com/tgu/. Do please browse and feel free to make an offer.

• Post #2516096

  Has anyone thought about shipping software that doesn’t contain bugs?

• Post #2492857

  “A Russian ship sank in mysterious circumstances. It may have been carrying submarine nuclear reactors to North Korea” https://edition.cnn.com/2026/05/12/world/a-russian-ship-sank-in-mysterious-circumstances-it-may-have-been-carrying-nuclear-reactors-to-north-korea

• Post #2491228

  BIRTHDAY DRINKS: If you’re in Sydney tomorrow, Saturday 9 May, you might like to join me at the Mountbatten Hotel, 701 George Street, Haymarket, from 3pm AEST. https://mountbattenhotel.com.au Because, yes, my birthday is roughly around now. And the Mountbatten is no longer a shithole.

• Post #2449403

  I am once more proud report that the Australian metric tablespoon (20 ml) is different from that of the rest of the world (15 ml). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tablespoon 1 Australian metric tablespoon ≈ 5.63 British imperial fluid drachm.

• Post #2425907

  Tuesday. The police are blind to the crude ambiguity of architecture. The chorus does not rhyme. Insert your own message and claim the loot. Tuesday.