geographies: Mungerannie

 

A / newt's first / law of motion

The problem
with being
amphibious
is I can never
remember
whether it’s 
the coach 
driver or
the dive 
coach that’s 
supposed
to be looking 
after me.  

sartorial

He pulled
his lines
together

then tied
them in a
 

wednesday newstrip

According to the NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics & Research, just 7 per cent of reported cases of sexual assault in the state in 2018, the most recent data set available, resulted in a conviction. Just 15 per cent of reported cases to police resulted in a criminal charge, meaning the vast majority of reports resulted in no charges · in deadly Texas floods, one town, Comfort, had what some didn't: a wailing warning siren. No one died in Comfort · Australian government & NotJustAnyahoo incite hysteria over murky "antisemitic" incident · Matt Cameron departs Pearl Jam after 27 years as drummer · US lobby groups urge tariff retaliation against Australia’s 'socialized medicine' · Russian courts issue 101 convictions of LGBTQ+ extremism · after eight weeks of trial & a week of deliberation, a supreme court jury found Victorian woman Erin Patterson guilty of three counts of murder & one of attempted murder after three guests died & one almost died after eating her homemade beef wellington lunch containing death cap mushrooms · 'brought terror to the community': Federal agents stormed MacArthur Park while kids were playing. Jimmy Webb was not amused.

Concertina Bliss

Find the sunlight. Drink a glass
       of water. Drag the large 
red pin with the dot to any desi-
       red location. As promised 
by the realtor it's practically fail-
       proof & very easy to use. 
That is, until the butterfly effect 
       takes over or there's no 
GPS signal, & a dense & busy sche-
       matic results. Metallic 
gold foil may now glitter in the 
       light; but how do you 
communicate a circuit to a human? 
       How does a defibrillator 
work? How to demonstrate that
       each clustering algorithm 
comes in two variants as stated in
       the client list that the att-
orney general says she has on her 
       desk? Learning about sci-
ence can sometimes seem scary, so
       get that ebook for free now!

Chicken Noodle Soup

It doesn’t suddenly
fall into place. That’s
too much to ask
for. Rather, small pieces, frag-
ments of a template, shaken
loose by the coughing fits
that wake you every
hour, though not necessarily
on the hour. Sort of like
the leftovers from 
a bad acid trip, & you the
man in the park, with
the pointed stick, going round
gathering them up, taking them
back to your garden shed
where last year’s calendar 
garnishes the wall. Hoping 
to make some sense 
of them, never knowing 
if you’ve got them all. 

Grand Prix

My internet pro-
vidrr asks me
if I want to relive
all the highlights
of the 2024 V8
season. The
short answer is
no. The long answer
is that I never
lived them in 
the first place. Nor
do I want to, live
or re-live, not even
at the end of 
an evening where
I have gone round 
& round the same 
circuit without re-
sult. Boredom is not 
for me whether it 
be accompanied by
the smell of rubber 
or the smell of 
greasepaint or the
roar of the crowd.

geographies: Pandie Pandie

 

wednesday fake newstrip

U.S. President DoNuts T.®ump said he would bomb Norway if he is not awarded the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize · former U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris said, "If we elect T.®ump, we will be at war within six months" · at least twice in June, the president has wrongly claimed that the U.S. "brought in $88 billion" from tariffs in "two months" when the correct figure was closer to $40 billion · former U.S. first lady Michelle Obama has received a monthly payment of $122,000 from the General Services Administration since 2009 · mysterious sinkholes appeared in Lake Superior in June 2025 · authorities in Dayton, Ohio, fined & put on house arrest a 17-year-old high school student named Kameron Price for hacking into the city's traffic control system to make the stoplights sync up · Niagara Falls turned blood red for 10 minutes on the morning of June 22, 2025, the same day that the U.S. dropped "buster bombs" on Iran nuclear facilities · Dolly Parton announced her refusal to celebrate Pride Month.

the unrewarded followers

 

wednesday newstrip

NATO chief calls T.®ump 'daddy' · Sean 'Diddy' Combs' attorneys end their defense case after only 20 minutes · RFK Jr.'s vaccine panel to review long-approved jabs for children · T.®ump says Iranian nuclear capabilites 'obliterated' despite comments to the contrary from UN watchdog · former Austalian P.M. ToeKnee AssBit tells rightwing Advance supporters that bequeathing money to group will 'protect' Australian values · Mississippi man who spent nearly 50 years on death row executed · Zohran Mamdani declares historic victory in New York City mayoral primary after Cuomo concedes · wealth of top 1% surges by over $52.4tn in the past 10 years – enough to end poverty 22 times over, Oxfam finds · 'Witch-hunt': T.®ump calls for cancellation of Notjustanyahoo’s corruption trial · Wagyu embryos, semen, & cattle recovered after alleged fraud in NSW · Venice protesters (& their inflatable crocodiles) claim victory as Jeff Bezos changes wedding venue.

After listening to the head of NATO fawning over Trump hay(na)ku

It's
time to
move to Mars.

wednesday newstrip

Pakistan to nominate DoNuts T.®ump for Nobel peace prize · the US has struck three Iranian nuclear facilities, joining Israel's air campaign · tech tycoon’s superyacht Bayesian hauled up from the seabed after last year's tragedy which is still puzzling experts · former Israeli negotiator says Beenjammin' Notjustanyahoo is leading DoNuts T.®ump 'by the nose' · Australian man left with $130,000 hospital bill after suffering stroke in Japan · at least eight people have been killed when a hot-air balloon carrying 21 passengers caught fire & plummeted to the ground in southern Brazil · Australian Health authority hands down lifetime ban for testosterone salesman whose conduct operating three online testosterone replacement therapy (TRT) clinics had "posed a risk to public safety" · chaos, violence, & war become the norm as the US empire collapses. The US is now the main agent of global chaos. How should Australia’s policymakers respond?

Middle East hay(na)ku

Remember
those "weapons
of mass destruction?"

wednesday newstrip

Bromance over: Muskrat accuses T.®ump of being in Epstein files. Tesla loses $152 billion in market cap · the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety & Inspection Service (FSIS) has issued a public health alert for a widely sold ground beef product due to possible contamination with E. coli · on June 5, at a Deutsche Bank conference in Paris, Procter & Gamble Chief Financial Officer Andre Schulten announced that it will be laying off up to 7000 employees within the next two years · 'Daily Show' host Jon Stewart railed White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt over her emblematic cross, which Stewart said "The more she lies, the bigger her cross gets. … It’s like some sort weird Pinocchio cross." The next day, the cross was gone · the US Supreme Court unanimously blocked a lawsuit filed by Mexico against American gun manufacturers · CNN doubles down that Israel did open fire at aid site despite denial of previous claims · 30 Hooters restaurants abruptly closed amid bankruptcy struggle.

wednesday newstrip

Did RFK Jr.’s crew use AI to write error-filled MAHA — Make America Healthy Again — report? · Police have recovered 365 pieces of stolen pounamu after intercepting a vehicle on the Jackson River in South Westland on Wednesday, following a tip-off from the public. Te Rūnanga o Makaawhio chairman Paul Madgwick thanked police, saying the theft of greenstone had been an ongoing issue in remote areas · Pete Hogsbreath calls on Asia to boost military spending in face of 'imminent' threat from China · Australia’s trade minister says T.®ump plan to double steel & aluminium tariffs to 50% 'not the act of a friend' · people hit by cars, run over, 7 cops hurt at 'incredibly reckless' street racer meet attended by 1000 people in Levin, New Zealand on the anniversary of an illegal gathering that turned violent a year ago & there had been rumors a crowd would return · Elongated Muskrat's farewell at the White House has been overshadowed by a black eye, problems at Tesla, & allegations of drug use · New Zealand Cabinet minister Chris Bishop says he should have kept his comments to himself after saying "what a load of crap" during a performance at Thursday night's Aotearoa Music Awards in Auckland.

wednesday newstrip

Disney dumps Venezuelan cast members as the 'House of Mouse' aligns with T.®ump · Australian OnlyFans star Annie Knight hospitalized after sleeping with 583 men in six hours · T.®ump falsely claims Australia being 'inundated' by white South Africans fleeing 'genocide' · court to decide if Tasmanian supermarket discriminated by not allowing alpaca service animal into store · played by Vladimir Putain, a 'weary' DoNuts T.®ump could walk away from Ukraine · Nine Perfect Strangers season two review – not even Nicole Kidman’s new wig makes this worth watching · pro-doping Enhanced Games to debut in Las Vegas with T.®ump Jr. backing · Kim Jong-un furious as North Korea warship partly 'crushed' in launch gone wrong.

Gut Plastic

plastic from a shearwater's stomach
photo: Neal Haddaway. Australian Broadcasting Corporation

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05-15/birds-crunch-full-plastic-losing-war-waste/105221266

wednesday newstrip

Cannes bans red carpet nudity over celebrity craze for ‘the naked dress’ · stars frock up for exclusive party at Justin Hemmes’ Sydney harborside mansion with host's pregnant partner Madeline Holtznagel showing off her growing baby bump in a daring sheer dress complete with a thigh-high split · Charli XCX's hooded black naked dress totally frees the nip at the 2025 BRIT Awards · in a world of naked dresses, did Bianca Censori & Kanye West's 2025 Grammys stunt take it too far? · on Oscar's night, more celebrities tried the nearly naked look · Zoë Kravitz bares her butt cheeks in NSFW dress at Vanity Fair party · fashionistas bare all in 'cheeky' new trend: 'cracks as accessories' · there was no shortage of naked & barely-there dresses at the 2025 Met Gala · models bare butt cracks at Milan Fashion Week & style gurus are outraged: 'I do not want to live in that world.'

wednesday newstrip

Children may have been doused in petrol by their mother before triple fatal house fire in Toowoomba, Queensland · Denmark summons US diplomat over reports of increased intelligence gathering in Greenland · grandmother charged after two young grandsons found 'suffocated to death' in Coonabarabran, NSW · DoNuts T.®ump sparked widespread outrage Thursday by abruptly firing Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden with a two-sentence email sent by the White House's deputy director of presidential personnel. "The current #LibrarianOfCongress Carla Hayden is woke, anti-Trump, and promotes trans-ing kids," the conservative advocacy group, the American Accountability Foundation, said on its X account earlier on Thursday, just hours before the firing was made public. · police have seized what they say is more than half a billion dollars' worth of cocaine on a boat off the New South Wales Mid North Coast. Officers allege they found more than 1,000 bricks of cocaine, weighing just over a tonne in total · Gaza: ‘Worst-case scenario’ unfolds as brutal aid blockade threatens mass starvation reports the United Nations; The United States defended Israel on Wednesday at the International Court of Justice.

wednesday newstrip

A young Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) staffer, who has yet to obtain his undergraduate degree, has been tasked with using artificial intelligence to rewrite the entire Department of Housing & Urban Development’s rules & regulations · Marjorie Taylor Greene claims Catholic Bishops are 'controlled by Satan' during social media meltdown · a video clip shows former National Security Advisor Mike Waltz, just two days before being fired, being left standing on the tarmac at Joint Base Andrews as DoNuts T.®ump left for an event in Michigan · T.®ump has signed an executive order to open both US & international waters to deep-sea mining, ignoring a global treaty that controls the high seas · Health Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr has reprised his misleading claims about vaccines, including that the measles jab contains cells from aborted foetuses, at the same time that the country is battling one of its worst outbreaks of the infection in 25 years.

wednesday newstrip

A man is expected to be charged for offensive behaviour after a group including an alleged neo-Nazi booed & heckled a welcome to country at Melbourne’s main Anzac Day dawn ceremony · a Sydney radio station has been using an AI-generated host for about six months without disclosing it — & was not legally obliged to · the Western Australian premier, Roger Cook, has condemned a heckler who interrupted an Anzac Day service in Perth this morning. The person disrupted a welcome to country at the Kings Park dawn service, shouting obscenities · possum comes off second best as snake enjoys long weekend lunch · water in a central Auckland fountain was dyed red early this morning in what appeared to be a protest coinciding with Anzac Day · a group of Australian Ford car salesmen had timed vehicle races & did "donuts" on a pristine Otago, N.Z. beach, believing they were allowed to · two struck by lightning as storms disrupt Brisbane Anzac Day ceremony.

wenesday newstrip

T.®ump administration is working to end habitat protections for endangered animals, environmental groups say · a whistleblower accuses Elongated Muskrat & DOGE of being at the origin of a major security breach · Israel's investigation into Hamas' Nova festival massacre leaves families of victims with more questions than answers · Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-Maryland) says T.®ump administration paid El Salvador $15 million to detain prisoners · 'he's a fake': T.®ump hits back at US Senator Van Hollen for visit with Abrego Garcia · speaking to reporters at Dulles airport in Washington on Friday afternoon, the senator Chris Van Hollen just accused the government of El Salvador of creating the hoax he called “Margarita-gate”, by placing a pair of cocktail glasses on the table between himself & Kilmar Ábrego García as they met the night before, to make it look as though they were enjoying drinks · US will abandon Russia-Ukraine peace efforts if no progress soon, T.®ump & Rubberio say · Elongated Muskrat’s unofficial “department of government efficiency” & the T.®ump administration have spared the jobs of US Department of Transportation employees who provide support services for spacecraft launches by Musk’s companies, SpaceX & Starlink – a revelation that raises a new round of conflict-of-interest questions around Doge · thousands of records on the assassination of Robert F Kennedy released · https://www.whitehouse.gov/lab-leak-true-origins-of-covid-19/.

wednesday newstrip

'The penguins won': critics roast T.®ump over latest trade-war reversal · Pam Bondi Beach demands Supreme Court 'swiftly constrain' judges’ power to overrule T.®ump admin · homeless residents living in Moreton Bay park in Brisbane have tents, belongings bulldozed & dumped by council rangers · Volodymyr Zelenskyy says 155 Chinese nationals fighting with Russia in Ukraine · 'Breaks promises': T.®ump Education pick accused of 'overextending' her federal authority · Florida teacher is fired after calling student by their preferred name · Trans pilot launches lawsuit against right-wing influencer over false claim regarding DC plane crash · US Naval Academy library yanks Maya Angelou's memoir — & keeps Mein Kampf.

wednesday newstrip

‘Nowhere on Earth is safe’: T.®ump imposes tariffs on uninhabited — apart from penguins —islands near Antarctica · DoNuts T.®ump's big denial as markets continue to bleed: 'Oil Prices Are Down, There Is NO INFLATION' · T.®ump has Australia’s generic medicines in his sights. & no-one’s talking about it · US admiral at NATO fired as part of what appears to be an expanding national security purge of top officials by the T.®ump administration · Interior Secretary Dog Bumrug & his senior staff have reportedly used his position leading the agency to make a series of bizarre demands on his aides to use the agency’s industrial ovens to cook him chocolate chip cookies, instructed political appointees to work as servers for a multi-course meal, & ordered a U.S. Park Police helicopter for personal transport · Democrats in Congress demanded answers from the Pentagon on reported book bans at the service’s elite academies, a new policy that is meant to remove “woke” ideology from the elite colleges.

wednesday newstrip

Australia's Commonwealth Scientific & Industrial Research Organisation, CSIRO, was sent questions from T.®ump administration asking if it is taking ‘appropriate measures’ against gender ideology · Interior Secretary Dog Bumrug told Fox News host that he "certainly" believes there’s room on Mount Rushmore for President T.®ump’s face, in an interview that aired on Saturday · despite being prohibited by the Constitution under the 22nd Amendment from standing for election again, President T.®ump did not rule out the possibility of seeking a third term in the White House during an interview with NBC News · quake disaster has exposed a T.®ump-sized void on the world stage. China is stepping in · a Paris court has convicted French far-right leader Marine Le Pen of embezzling money from the European parliament · Iran has reacted with outrage after DoNuts T.®ump said the country will be bombed if it does not accept US demands to constrain its nuclear program.

wednesday newstrip

One of Elongated Muskrat’s own AI chatbots has identified him as being one of the largest spreaders of misinformation on X · T.®ump orders the "most lethal machine ever built," the Boeing F-47 fighter jet · the Australian Opposition Coalition's top economic spokesperson is unable to confirm the size of the opposition's planned public service & migration cuts, the taxpayer cost of building nuclear power plants, or how it would limit government spending · as trust in the US collapses, leaders in Australia & around the world are frantically recalibrating · Israel orders troops to 'seize more territory' in Gaza & threatens to annex land · Jay Graber, the CEO of Bluesky, one of the world’s fastest growing social media platforms, made a bold & widely applauded statement when she took to the stage at SXSW wearing a simple, black T-shirt with the phrase: "Mundus sine caesaribus," Latin for "a world without Caesars," clearly a dig at Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, who wore a shirt of the same color & typeface while delivering his keynote at the Meta Connect conference last September – only his shirt said: "aut Zuck aut nihil," a play on the ancient Latin phrase, "aut Caesar aut nihil" which translates to "either Caesar or nothing" · "Courageous, angry, passionate: "rallies around Australia honor the memory of women killed by male violence & demand urgent action.

wednesday newstrip aka bring on the T.®umpenproletariat

Following T.®ump's mass pardon of Jan. 6 insurrectionists, there is a new team in the White House whose job it is to "focus on clemency grants that underscore the president’s own grievances about what he sees as the political weaponization of the justice system" · T.®ump's CDC plans major study relitigating vaccination-autism conspiracy theory: report · possibility of T.®ump nominating a Fox host for Supreme Court is 'not a lunatic thought' · T.®ump signed a day-one executive order titled, "Restoring Freedom of Speech & Ending Federal Censorship," that stated, "Government censorship of speech is intolerable in a free society." Now a purge of so-called woke initiatives revealed by the N.Y. Times includes a list of banned words that came with that order – from phrases like "sense of belonging," "all-inclusive" & "at risk" – to more innocuous terms like "women," "institutional," & "systemic" · T.®ump pick for Pentagon says selling submarines to Australia would be 'crazy' if Taiwan tensions flare · Yes, T.®ump paid for a full-page newspaper ad criticizing US foreign policy in 1987. "Let's not let our great country be laughed at anymore," reads an open letter penned by T.®ump.