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Paranoid Poem # 4,375,169 

My new you
beaut anti-
virus program – 
2007 version –

(& which, since
installation, brings
on go slows or 
even freezing) scans 

my infernal machine 
& tells me 
it has detected
a tracking cookie.

"Low threat status"
says the report.
"Recommend
ignore." But

ignorance is
not bliss to the
committed
paranoid, so I

fix it & sally
forth into the
ether sans
worms, sans virii,

sans cookie. 
I do not
trawl the web,
rather step

delicately, as if
in a field of
glass. A brief
visit here &

there, check
my mail, de-
lete the spam –
though if it

wasn't for the fact
that it's been
done so many
times before

I could get 
some good 
poems from the 
subject lines — 

& then with-
draw, but not
without running
another scan.

The tracking 
cookie is 
back in the
jar again! So 

I revisit
the journey, a
slow waltz, step 
scan scan, &

decide it's my
email account 
that's probably 
the culprit

which makes
sense since
I recently read
that various

government 
agencies in 
concert with 
various inter-

net providers
are in the
process of
building up

databases of
everybody's
virtual travel
& cyber-

correspondence.
But what can I
do about it?
Somehow I don't

think that broad-
band wrapped
in alfoil would
have that much 

effect &, besides, 
it's the forces
of law & ordure 
that are lined 

up against me. 
So I decide 
to join them
whilst at the

same time pay
homage to the
comics & b&w 
serials that

nourished my
youth. Have
changed my
email address.

From now on 
I can be reached 
at Mark Young 
at G-man_dot_com. 

          12.20.2006

the largest one / ever seized / actually

Using all the hidden scrunch leggings 
I could find, I made an Android app
to provide a retro-inspired silhouette —
on or off the mat — that would avoid 
any chance of judicial enforcement act-
ion. The metal arm is seriously sturdy, 
has super elasticity & support, adjusts 
to fit pretty much any tanker — state-
less or otherwise — & will provide an 
optimized user experience, even off the 
coast of Venezuela, even if that beau-
tiful art is made by doG or fucked by the 
fickle finger of an unstable President.

geographies: Paynes Find

 

A rarely explored tonal pathway

He tore pages out of the book
An Open Doorway to the Almighty
& ate them. They repeated on
him, percussive, but still melo-
dic, much like a glockenspiel.

wednesday newstrip

T.®ump treats cabinet to stream of vitriol & untruths — but only when he’s awake · six people arrested on suspicion of deactivating fire alarms at Hong Kong fire apartment complex · High Court agrees to hear teenagers' challenge to Australia's under 16s social media ban · in its 2025 US National Security Strategy, the T.®ump administration praises the growing influence of what it calls "patriotic European parties", saying it gives "cause for great optimism" that the continent will be able to achieve a "revival of spirit" · The Kremlin has praised US President DoNuts T.®ump's new national security strategy, saying it is largely in line with Russia's views · condoms & contraceptives to become more expensive in China as Beijing accelerates push to lift birth rate · Signalgate report: Pete Hogsbreath jeopardized safety of US troops · T.®ump finally got his peace prize — from a soccer federation widely known for its corruption.

escalator elephants

Australia Post has issued an urgent warning to residents to remain on high alert as the risk of "porch pirates" starts to rise.
Scientists have found a fix for the increasing amount of space junk.

Archaeologists discover the world’s oldest paintings, made long before human existence — & strikingly advanced.
Trump hires a new architect for his $300M White House ballroom.

Joe Rogan recently told the American Alchemy podcast that AI-powered machines could one day have a 'virgin birth,' creating advanced robots, or 'offspring,' capable of performing real-world miracles using technology.
Australian Labor Government’s new AI plan puts faith in self-regulation.

'Good decision.' Trump hails controversial health plan as an advisory panel appointed by Trump’s vaccine-skeptic health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. voted to end a decades-old health recommendation affecting newborns.
Vanity Fair and Olivia Nuzzi announced Friday that they have agreed to go their separate ways following a flood of new revelations about her romantic relationship with Robert F. Kennedy Jr., including allegations of journalistic ethics breaches.

Trump family is inflicting a new kind of Saudi-style 'royalism' on the US.
Arrests as apple crumble, custard thrown at UK crown jewels.

Anger as National Parks grant free access on Trump's birthday — & end it for MLK day.
NATO state to declare state of emergency next week, Lithuanian PM says.

frayed reins

The lengths of crossing loops are
a limiting factor that is becoming 
more frequent & severe now that 
all orders are processed in Denmark.
Network vulnerabilities arise. One
only has to read this year's cyber
security report to see how easily 
they can be exploited by a malicious 

actor to compromise security. Else-
where the Sixers are building to-
wards their best as the finals race 
heats up; but it seems that the 76ers' 
fatal flaw, a brittle health, will again 
threaten their championship chances.

geographies: Cocklebiddy

 

ménage à trois

 

wednesday newstrip

Public libraries in Tennessee have begun to shut down as they carry out an order from state officials to remove children’s books containing LGBTQ+ themes or characters · T.®ump’s golf trips have cost taxpayers $71m since January & could eventually top staggering $300m across his full term, report says · climate activists stop three ships from entering world’s largest coal port in Newcastle, Australia · Israeli PM BeenJammin' Notjustanyahoo formally asks to be pardoned from corruption charges · Sydney police charge four men over alleged ‘international satanic child sex abuse material ring’ · death toll in Hong Kong blaze rises to 146 after more bodies found · a two-tiered cake & a groom-bride playlist for Australian Prime Minister's wedding.