wednesday newstrip

Taylor Hawkins death: Foo Fighters drummer had 10 psychoactive substances in his body · genetically modified lettuce is the future of food in space, scientists say · BidenMyTime entering 'murky area' on challenge to overthrow Putain · people queue for up to 90 minutes for Costco memberships for projected first store in New Zealand · ‘Terrible plan’: call for Queensland to stop closing Covid testing clinics as case numbers escalate · major Great Western Highway upgrade could destroy historic Aboriginal places · Elongated Muskrat has hinted at the possibility of starting up his own social media company — or possibly buying Twitter.

Today the post-
woman brought
me the auto-
biography of 

a proofreader, 
entitled My 
Life in Correct- 
ional Services.

The River

 

wednesday newstrip

India blames accidental firing of missile into Pakistan on 'technical malfunction' · forget mammoths, study shows how to resurrect Christmas Island rats · Russia denies cosmonauts wearing yellow were supporting Ukraine · Soulja Boy defends Kanye West & threatens Pete Davidson “Nobody Talk To Ye Like That But Me” · US study shows SUVs, pickups hit pedestrians more often than cars do · CryptoRom Bitcoin swindlers continue to target vulnerable iPhone & Android users · Ingenuity Mars Helicopter faces toughest challenge yet as it helps look for traces of life on Mars · William & Kate cancel Caribbean event amid 'anti-colonialism' protests.

geographies: Dookie

 

wednesday newstrip

US man who received a pig heart transplant has died two months after the ground-breaking procedure · Kelly Clarkson to pay ex $158K a month in spousal support · Big Tobacco joins Russia exodus after backlash · wormholes help resolve black hole information paradox · Chinese nickel giant Tsingshan may lose billions · Gender Pay Gap Bot calls out brands tweeting about International Women's Day while paying women less than men · Japan schools ban ponytails because they could 'sexually excite' male students · Saudi Arabia executes 81 men in one day in largest mass execution in decades · Grimes ditching Elon Musk for Chelsea Manning has the internet questioning reality.

wednesday newstrip

Vlad ‘The Impaler’ Putain says Western sanctions on Moscow 'akin to declaration of war' · Paris Jackson calls out doctors prescribing ‘addictive medications like candy’ · in a wild turn of events, bull ant venom could treat long-term pain · a case of Axial Spondyloarthritis triggered by SARS-CoV-2 infection · abandoned rocket hits Moon at 9,300kph · NSW Premier says thousands of homes deemed uninhabitable as state continues floods clean-up · US Military announces plans for satellite orbiting the Moon · AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5995WX: 64C/128T @ 4.5GHz is coming soon · sparkles, unity, & messages of equality as COVID-weary Sydney welcomes Mardi Gras.

Stop the world. I want to get off.

 

A song for our times

wednesday newstrip

Former US prissygent DoNuts T.®ump labels Russian tactics in Ukraine as 'genius' · magpies have outwitted scientists by helping each other remove tracking devices · Iyanka bares her legs in a blue mini dress for date night with Jarred · NZ coroner asked to consider if police were 'confrontational & aggressive' to victims of Christchurch mosque attack · Australian grain prices set to rise as Russian invasion of Ukraine disrupts global supplies · astronomers identify real-life planet with two suns – like Tatooine from Star Wars · lack of association between pandemic chilblains & SARS-CoV-2 infection · Russian invasion of Ukraine drives up energy costs & Australians will feel the pain.

recently, at Series Magritte

Intimate Journal


& on the sixth day She
remade man in their own
image, after their own
likeness, but with minor

differences. The one to
carry a briefcase, & the
other a clean handker-
chief, so that he could

remove the small chips 
of stone that would in-
evitably catch in the eye 
when tears didn't come.