from the archives

Diogenes reborn 

I did not always live in
a barrel, said the famous 
philosopher, adjusting his 
position just a little though 
enough to show his better 
side. I used to live in a 
trailer park. Then someone
told me about reality tv
& webcams & the internet
& how there was this
vast audience out there
fascinated by the trivial 
things of life. Thought
about it for a while; finally 
decided what the fuck! 
Needed a gimmick so 
came up with this. I reach
more people this way. & 
besides, with the artificial
lighting I’ve set up, I no 
longer have to worry 
about someone getting 
between me & the sun.

     11/16/2004

Lost Momentum

I am reading about 
moments, but this 
piece takes longer than
that to get through. 
& in the moments 
that it takes to read 
more pieces arrive
momentarily & even

if I only take two or
three moments to read 
each of them & leave 
out those that are not
poetry I will never
get through them all.

geographies : Koo Wee Rup

 

Today the post-
woman brought
me a punching
bag in the like-
ness of Donald
Trump. I'm

thinking about
sending it back.
a + b – a = b —
I've done the 
maths. If you 
knock the shit

out of a shithead
you're left with
just the head. & 
who wants to 
be left with a
head like that?

wednesday newstrip

T.®ump-backed lawmaker roasted after apparently mistaking Star Wars prop for captured drone · Madison school shooter pictured on her father’s Facebook page with shotgun at firing range just months before her deadly rampage · 'army of MAGA enforcers' prepares to 'strong-arm' Republicans who resist T.®ump’s agenda · taking acetaminophen, a.k.a. paracetamol, one of the most globally recognized, widely-used painkillers, for a prolonged period, increases the risk of serious complications in older folks, according to a new study · Elongated Muskrat asks ex-T.®ump aides to snitch on federal staff who should be 'blacklisted' · urgent warning issued as new Covid wave hits Western Australia · Chief of Russia’s Radiological, Chemical, & Biological Defence forces killed in Moscow by bomb in electric scooter · Impossible Foods has issued a recall on approximately 552,643 pounds of its plant-based ground sausage products nationwide, the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) announced. The recall involves concerns over potential contamination with metal fragments.

Clickbait / should be / — at least — bearlievable

 

geographies: Sebastopol

 

wednesday newstrip

Hundreds more jobs are poised to go at Health New Zealand under proposals to be laid out to staff on Friday. The two units facing the latest cuts are the 1000-strong procurement supply unit & 500-strong planning, funding & outcomes unit · Meta outage for Facebook, Instagram, Messenger, & WhatsApp impacting users worldwide · 'USA is a threat': Canadians slam 'bully' T.®ump’s 'arrogant' mockery of 'Governor Trudeau' · a Netherlands-flagged cargo ship has been temporarily banned from entering Australian ports due to safety fears over its storage of ammonium nitrate · in recent months, Israel has bombed Gaza, the West Bank, southern Lebanon, the Bekaa Valley, the southern suburbs of Beirut, central Beirut, & now Syria · energy experts have warned that the cost of building nuclear power plants in Australia could be more than double the figure the CSIRO has suggested, based on international experience · cow suffered for months after New Zealand woman tried DIY cancer removal.

yet another variant

 

geographies: Joel Joel

 

wednesday newstrip

'It must stop now: ' Amnesty accuses Israel of genocide in Gaza · Bitcoin soars past $100K as T.®ump nominates pro-crypto Atkin as next SEC chair · South Korea’s President Yoon Suk Yeol now 'a dead man walking' after martial law fiasco · over the next fortnight, two planetary-scale atmospheric waves will run into each other to the north of Australia, increasing the likelihood of heavy rain, thunderstorms, & tropical cyclone activity · Canadian man leaps onto polar bear to defend wife during attack · Australian Federal Government’s support for UN resolution calling for end to Israel’s occupation of Gaza to blame for Melbourne synagogue fire, says BeenJammin' NotJustAnyYahoo · too young for TikTok, old enough for jail — how a meaner Australia treats its kids · uterus transplant recipient's son was bitten by a funnel-web spider in their northern NSW home but survived after anti-venom treatment.

fraught in solvent

another variant

 

wednesday newstrip

Australian police officer convicted of manslaughter in Taser death of a 95-year-old woman with dementia & a walking frame · woman accidentally threw out hard drive containing ex's access to £618 million Bitcoin fortune · Sydney risks blackouts as heat soars & coal power plants falter · a convicted murderer who stabbed a mother-of-three to death over $50 has been granted release from a Victorian prison to undergo IVF treatment · cryptocurrency entrepreneur who bought banana art for $9.5 million eats the fruit publically in Hong Kong · Carolina Prime Pet, Inc, announced on Friday it is recalling 400 bags of 16-ounce Hollywood Feed Carolina Made Chicken Chips dog food that may contain salmonella · recall for cucumbers as dozens fall sick with salmonella in 26 states · JD Vance depicts himself as 'Trump’s wife' in Thanksgiving post.

A variant to Doom