Thursday, July 27, 2023


Today the post-
woman brought
me what looked 
like some sort 

of interrogation
tecnhique. I had
to ask her: is this 
a glottal stop

ʔ

Wednesday, July 26, 2023

wednesday newstrip

Twitter to rebrand to X & drop blue bird, says Elongated Muskrat · paramedic makes housecall & finds a man who’s had an amorous encounter with a meter-long mop · Barbie & Oppenheimer smash the box office around the world · "I am become Shiva, the destroyer of worlds" said Barbie, while Oppenheimer looked pretty in pink · drug found in toddler's autopsy matches police seizure · YouTube personality & longtime MrBeast collaborator Kris Tyson has come out as transgender in a joyful interview · Tony Bennett’s family find solace in his ‘musical legacy’ in the wake of his passing · Netanyahu has pacemaker fitted on eve of pivotal Knesset vote on the government’s highly contentious judicial overhaul · DoNuts T.®ump calls the United States a third-world country run by perverts.

Wednesday, July 19, 2023

wednesday newstrip

Dingoes allegedly becoming more fearless as rangers consider fate of animals involved in Queensland island attack · parents of toddler who 'miraculously' survived after ingesting fantasy sent to prison · extreme heatwave: Greece battles to contain wildfires as temperature in Italy forecast to hit 46C · turning offices to residences is touted as a housing fix for a work-from-home era, but a $520,000 listing takes the brief too literally · Margot Robbie is slammed by Americans for talking with her Aussie accent while on the press tour for Barbie · cheers, standing ovation at celebration of the world's first openly transgender elected politician, New Zealander Georgina Beyer's colorful life · scientists vibrated a box of particles & they formed a strange new material.

Wednesday, July 12, 2023

wednesday newstrip (again courtesy of Rupert Murdoch)

'We'll rue the day NACC (the Australian National Anti-Corruption Commission) was founded' · ‘gutless’: Prince Harry slammed for letting world believe Royal Family was racist · DoNuts T.®ump blasts 'crackhead' attorney after White House cocaine discovery · ‘Boss moment:’ Kate involved in ‘brilliant takedown’ of Harry & Meghan’s racism claims · voters 'will make Biden pay' at the ballot box after the Supreme Court sunk his half-baked student loan forgiveness program · Australian eco-zealots are heading for a messy divorce with green energy · Princess of Wales masterminded royal response to Sussexes' Oprah interview · 'monsters:' Alex Stein blasts Biden family as 'evil' for refusing to acknowledge grandchild · ‘this is obscene:’ advocates calling for a ban on DoNuts T.®ump Jr.’s visit to Australia criticized · left-wingers have created a ‘new science’ for gender & identity · Meghan Markle warned there’s ‘no future with Harry’ if she wants to ‘save her career.’

Wednesday, July 05, 2023

wednesday newstrip

Scientists have finally 'heard' chorus of gravitational waves that ripple through universe · 2 people are dead · 28 people were injured in mass shooting at a Baltimore block party · Aussie TikToker ‘accidentally’ spends $10k on Taylor Swift tickets amid fan frenzy · US Supreme Court backs businesses refusing same-sex couples · the last refugee held on Nauru was evacuated to Australia after 10 years, it has been announced · France to deploy 45,000 police to tackle riots. Macron blames video games, social media · New Zealand doctor tells woman to drink '4 cans of Coca-Cola' to remove chicken bone from throat · Canada is going to war with Google, & it might not win · European Space Agency launches new telescope to find dark matter.

Tuesday, July 04, 2023

Today the post-
woman brought 
me the DVD 
of Peter Quince
eating caviar 
that prompted the
well known poem  
by Wallace Stevens.