wednesday newstrip

Why is a giant sculpture of Elongated Muskrat on a goat being paraded in Texas? · police arrested a woman, her husband & brother-in-law for allegedly dumping a 67-year-old man’s body after the latter died in the middle of having sex with the woman at her house · Doctor removes 23 contact lenses from eye of patient who 'forgot to take them out' · Iran's leader praises the Basij — paramilitary volunteers — for sacrifice in fighting anti-government protestors · Walmart supervisor bought gun on day of mass shooting, left behind a 'death note' · world’s oldest meal helps decode how the earliest animal ancestors evolved · US avian flu outbreak worst on record with 50 million dead birds.

wednesday newstrip

Weevil may save Great Britain up to £16.8m a year in management of invasive aquatic fern · New Zealand bus driver sacked after causing almost $100k worth of damage by driving double-decker bus into garage built for single-decker buses · White Ribbon Day plan for 50-jetski parade around Sydney Harbor labeled ‘tone-deaf stunt’ · ‘high risk’: Elongated Muskrat’s reinstating DoNuts T.®ump will not save Twitter · urgent Australia wide poppy seed recall over fears of 'severe poisoning' · at least five people killed, 18 injured in 'hate attack' shooting at US gay nightclub · Florida man makes announcement.

geographies: Patchewollock

 

wednesday newstrip

Majestic Princess cruise with 800 COVID-19 patients set to dock in Sydney · DoNuts T.®ump faces unpleasant dilemma after his handpicked candidates flop in midterm elections · climate change: 1.5°C warming threshold to be passed in 9 years as emissions hit record high · the world of deepfake advertising is coming this decade · octopuses caught on camera throwing rocks, shells, silt at each other · four Supreme Court justices attended right-wing gala — confirming the bias of the court · some God Of War Ragnarök collector editions are missing the game · the net worth of crypto wunderkind Sam Bankman-Fried plunges from $23 billion to zero after his company FTX filed for bankruptcy.

Today the post-
woman brought
me a seven-figure
check in payment
for the piece of
thick artist's paper
I'd left under the
front door mat
for six months &

then sold on eBay
as the original
Rauschenburg 
erasure of de
Kooning's nude.
Am a bit worried 
though. Modern 
technology being 
what it is it won't 

be long before what 
I described as the
vestigial remnants
of the original fig-
ure are identified 
as a not-too-clear
impression of the 
door mat maker's 
mark—an image 

of Kali, eight out-
stretched arms 
welcoming the
visitor—& beneath:
          The
       Bengali
      Coir Mat
      Factories
          P/L.

wednesday newstrip

US Air Force to deploy nuclear capable B-52 bombers to Australia as tensions with China grow · smuggled duck sees traveler's visa axed · Elongated Muskrat sacks half the Twitter staff, says that from now on he'll be known as Chief Twit · European Union bans sale of petrol & diesel cars from 2035 to boost electric vehicle uptake · little-known pīwauwau rock wren named as New Zealand’s 2022 bird of the year · researchers discover surprising link between picking nose & dementia · huge ‘planet killer’ asteroid discovered – & it’s heading our way · Jair Bolsonaro's supporters call for Brazil's military to overturn presidential election result · Indian capital New Delhi battles dangerous levels of air pollution more than 10 times the global safety threshold.

haibunny

The poet, roaming alone in the desert, is suddenly laid low with stomach cramps. Later, somewhat recovered, they return home & contemplate their day.

Indigestion or
inspiration — so much shit
in the world today.

celestial muscles

The most superficial, most 
Yáng system, mimics 

Kim Kardashian's facial 
expression & stylish top-

knot, & comes from the
merger of ordinary bonnet

needles & Alexei Nemov's 
fit gymnast body as he steps

out for the Prince's Trust
Awards in a stunning LBD.

wednesday newstrip

Addition of stereotactic body radiation therapy to sorafenib in patients with advanced hepatocellular carcinoma improves overall survival · 'where is Nancy?': intruder beat US speaker Nancy Pelosi's husband with hammer in their home · a swarm of honeybees can have the same electrical charge as a storm cloud · at least 149 killed during crowd crush at Halloween festivities in Seoul · Medibank reveals customer data breach much wider than originally thought · nose surgeon faces drug charge after allegedly buying cocaine · Iranian security forces open fire at Mahsa Amini's grave, as police clash with mourners · James Webb Space Telescope captures a spooky view of the Pillars of Creation.

Issue sixty-seven of Otoliths is now live

Issue sixty-seven of Otoliths, the southern spring, 2022 issue, is now live.

A bit larger than normal, it contains the usual wide variety of work, this time from Judith Skillman, Elisa C. Martínez Salazar, Cecelia Chapman & Jeff Crouch, Paul Siegell, Michael Orr & Texas Fontanella, Peter Yovu, Anna Cates, Sanjeev Sethi, Kyle Hemmings, Riccardo Benzina, Steven Bruce, CL Bledsoe, Texas Fontanella, Alan Catlin, David Miller, Craig Cotter, Ali Zarbali, Sharon H. Frost, Dale Jensen, Eric Hoffman, Lynn Strongin, Karl Kempton, Paul Dickey, Jack Galmitz, Gao An, Stacey Allam & John M. Bennett, John M. Bennett, Ioan Bunus & John M. Bennett, Bob Kotyk, Michael J. Leach, petro c. k., Maria Giesbrecht, Richard Kostelanetz, Demosthenes Agrafiotis, KJ Hannah Greenberg, Grzegorz Wróblewski, Jimmy Crouse, Nathan Anderson, Daniel de Culla, John Geraets, Jennifer Weigel, Judith Roitman, Ivars Balkits, Rob Martelli, Tohm Bakelas, Elaine Woo, Michael Sikkema, Livio Farallo, Diana Magallón, Jim Meirose, Carol Stetser, Eric Lunde, Sheila E. Murphy, dan raphael, Richard Magahiz, Daniel Barbiero, Pawel Markiewicz, Lawrence R. Smith, Mike Callaghan, John Tustin, George Myers Jr., Mark Pirie, James Grabill, Caleb Puckett, Damon Hubbs, Tim Gaze, Marilyn R. Rosenberg & Ann R. Shapiro, Mark Danowsky, Piet Nieuwland, Christopher Barnes, Guy R. Beining, Harvey Huddleston, Sterling Warner, Pete Spence, Julia Vaughan, Lewis LaCook, Dave Read, Susan Gangel & Ken Hay, Benjamin Niespodziany, Jim Leftwich, Joanne Bechtel, Brooks Lampe, Olchar E. Lindsann, John Digby & Bill Wolak, Linda M. Walker, Maximilian Speicher, Lucia Sapienza, LUNE OFFLINE, Samarra Prahlad, Gavin Lucky, Tom Beckett, Jeff Harrison, Bill Wolak, James Yeary, Joshua Martin, Uvia Shcho, Antonio Devicienti, Mark Cunningham, Carla Bertola, Alberto Vitacchio & Carla Bertola, Mercedes Webb-Pullman, Edward Kulemin, Nicholas Alexander Hayes, harry k stammer, Kenneth Rexroth, Jeff Bagato, Nathan Whiting, Catherine Eaton Skinner, Eileen R. Tabios, Mark Yale Harris, Heath Brougher, Natalie Christensen, Vernon Frazer, Bob Lucky, Daniel f Bradley, Heather M. Browne, Marcia Arrieta, Patrick Sweeney, John Levy, Glenn Ingersoll, Michael Ruby, Hrishikesh Srinivas, J.I. Kleinberg, Kit Kennedy, Caleb Fenez, Keith Nunes, Marilyn Stablein, Cecelia Chapman, M.J. Iuppa, Daniel Lehan, Elmedin Kadric, Hubert Kretschmer & Jürgen O. Olbrich, Penelope Weiss, Siân Vate, Elena Zalogina, Jill Jones, Alan Peat & Réka Nyitrai, Réka Nyitrai, hiromi suzuki, Thomas Camus, Barnaby Smith, J. D. Nelson, K. Roberts, Dennis Andrew S. Aguinaldo, Peter Cherches, Cherie Hunter Day, Keith Higginbotham, Angelo 'NGE' Colella, Darrell Petska, David Jalajel, Paul Pfleuger, Jr., & Jim Leftwich & John M. Bennett.