geographies: Little Topar

 

wednesday newstrip

People in the US state of Texas will soon be allowed to carry handguns without a licence · Greenland's melting ice sheet is unleashing an astonishing amount of mercury into the nation's rivers & fjords · the Australian Federal Court has ruled that the Environment Minister Ley-z Sussan has a legal duty not to cause harm to young people of Australia by exacerbating climate change when approving coal mining projects · Sri Lanka faces 'worst beach pollution' in history from burning ship · global car manufacturer says Australia is failing to lure electric vehicle importers · Israeli soldiers have shot & killed a Palestinian during a protest in the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian Health Ministry has said.

geographies: Tooleybuc

 

Spamelot Phishalot

I am being bombarded with spam, phishing spam. Nothing like the Nigerian scam emails, this stuff is sophisticated. Good graphics, 99% correct spelling; a number of click-on links; & with complex sender addresses that seem to indicate advanced programming & redirection abilities. I'm getting 30 to 40 a day. I can't block them because they're already identified by Gmail as spam. All I can do is report them as phishing messages.

A few samples of the sender addresses:

ABC Ethereum i39u9aiqhonxhjj@mjzgobktbvg23xpkp.us via mtnubdevpf849twe9z.94l4kzb071qhf8d.stataschool.gr.com

China Crypto wmm2awbl8jt43s7@durzrgtoozsg49chfnwbn.us via 653977295hi228366.2npjqfng3myshr6308k4slndczsoo10wxmdczze2--------------.ec2-208.67.249.123.us-west-2.compute.amazonaws.pyramid.systemshows.com

NESPRESSO UTZM2CAH.BV0ZYGCR@uwpttovjzxnqkhbyliie.us via bwuryj.53034-------.bzq-84-110-57-121.cablep.bezeqint.net

NESPRESSO G6O2CLP4.YSZ2LPNE@dxumfgvafloaguhdwsia.us via agdgon.62319-------.constantly.assistancewartime.com

China Crypto Bonus99-nooreply6F1QUVW...@6f1quvwqggmpmy5.us via mendiparc.bounabil18.earthosting.eu.org

Ethereum Invest J1B9HTO8.XIYNDZJH@fqoaeokirwniinxfrsri.us via malolajs.14mlo.foya.earthosting.eu.org

Ethereum Invest 6OU9HQV8.FCF9PZDQ@wdjjjicjdrwlzxsugvjw.us via malolajs.14mlo.foya.earthosting.eu.org

China Coin 7956@ro1zd4djeqrzxn7.us via sqnxqodmqwxqcmrkedmp.yj1ryikyt8fijxn.sxmvwjo14yqpz5nu1f.worldof.drivercycle.com

A few samples of the visuals :

Note the common address to write to if you want to unsubscribe. That's this place.

It's up for sale for $2.5 million if you want to buy it. I think it's empty.

Somebody who's obviously being subjected to the same bombardment as myself has tweeted: "As far as I can tell, that address is either a walk-in shipping/courier service, or maybe a hotel. (It's a weird block that's hard to navigate on streetview.) Clearly just an address harvested from somewhere that doesn't actually mean anything/an attempt at appearing legit."

I have a theory about these emails. It's to do with cryptocurrency mining. Since I can't discern any logic in plastering my email with a plethora of annoying & repetitive messages, I'm forced to believe that, possibly buried in that sender address, is an ongoing mining operation. Will continue to believe that unless someone comes up with an alternative theory.

wednesday newstrip

Australian Pram Minister Scat I'mtheshallowone is holding a news conference. Australian Prem Minister Scat I'mtheshallowone is holding a news conference. Australian Prim Minister Scat I'mtheshallowone is holding a news conference. Australian Prom Minister Scat I'mtheshallowone is holding a news conference. Australian Prum Minister Scat I'mtheshallowone is holding a news conference. Australian Pram Minister Scat I'mtheshallowone is holding a news conference. Australian Prem Minister Scat I'mtheshallowone is holding a news conference. Australian Prim Minister Scat I'mtheshallowone is holding a news conference. Australian Prom Minister Scat I'mtheshallowone is holding a news conference. Australian Prum Minister Scat I'mtheshallowone is holding a news conference.

wednesday newstrip

In emptiness of space, Voyager I detects plasma ‘hum’ · clever modder upgrades an old wacom into a pricier drawing tablet with $100 worth of parts · Ecstasy better at treating PTSD than traditional anti-depressants – study · Bill Gates told golf buddies that his marriage was ‘loveless’ · what 2,000-year-old poo says about our gut bugs · Federal Environment department tried to bury research that found huge underspend on Australian threatened species · Elongated Muskrat sends Bitcoin tumbling after pulling out of Tesla deal · freshly made plutonium from outer space found on ocean floor · for CBC, a dog story is more important than Israel’s apartheid · American business magazine Fortune has named New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern the world's greatest leader.

Today the post-
woman brought
me a life-sized
re-enactment of 
the first crossing
of the Atlantic 
Ocean by a pedal- 
powered liferaft. I
almost drowned.

seen in the carpark

 

The print parts of Otoliths issue sixty-one are now available

The print parts of Otoliths issue sixty-one are now available from The Otoliths Storefront at Lulu. Details are below. Lulu generally runs a promotional discount from Monday to Friday. This week's discount is 10% & the discount code is BOOKS10.

Part One
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Part One of Otoliths sixty-one contains fiction & non-fiction, vispo, reviews, translations, essays, & poetry from Sanjeev Sethi, Olchar E. Lindsann, Louise Landes Levi, Linda M. Walker, John Bradley, Andrew Topel, Clive Gresswell, Heller Levinson, Jack Galmitz, Patrick Cahill, Paul Dickey, C.S. Fuqua, Clara B. Jones, Nicholas Alexander Hayes, Anna Cates, Jim Meirose, Joann Renee Boswell, William Doreski, Tony Rauch, Ryan Quinn Flanagan, Ian Ganassi, GTimothy Gordon, Adam Fieled, Gavin Lucky, Joseph Salvatore Aversano, Ron Riekki, Cameron Love, Lynn Strongin, Mary Corbin, Jim Leftwich, Karl Bachmann, Dennis Hinrichsen, Nina Živančević, Charles Freeland, Hazel Smith, Peter J. King, Mark DuCharme, Mary Cresswell, Kenneth Rexroth, Bob Lucky, Heath Brougher, Nathan Whiting, John Levy, Jake Goetz, Tony Beyer, Simon Perchik, John M. Bennett, Hugh Tribbey, S. K. Kelen, Jeff Harrison, Luis Cuauhtémoc Berriozábal, Richard Kostelanetz, Timothy Pilgrim, Paul Ilechko, Martin Edmond, J. D. Nelson, John Sweet, Megan Wildhood, Aysegul Yildirim, Bob Kotyk, Michael Neal Morris, Elmedin Kadric, Randee Silv, Eric Hoffman, David Lohrey, Sheila E. Murphy, Keith Nunes, M.J. Iuppa, John J. Trause, Michael J. Leach, Tom Beckett, Alison J Barton, Mark Pirie, Penelope Weiss, Keith Polette, Bob Heman, Hrishikesh Srinivas, Paul Pfleuger Jr, Jane Simpson, Alex Glynne, & Javant Biarujia.

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Part Two of Otoliths sixty-one, the full color part, contains paintings, collages, drawings, photographs, essays, memoirs, asemics, & vispo from Laurent Grison, Brandstifter & Texas Fontanella, Demosthenes Agrafiotis, Sarah-Jane Crowson, Doren Robbins, Elaine Woo, Judith Skillman, Cecelia Chapman & Jeff Crouch, hiromi suzuki, Bart Plantenga, Pete Spence, David Miller, Cecelia Chapman, Jim George, Guy R. Beining, John McCluskey, Grzegorz Wróblewski, Greg Hill, Josie / Jocelyn Deane, Isabel Gómez de Diego, Dave Read, Remi Seamon, Texas Fontanella, John M. Bennett & Adam Roussopoulos, George Myers Jr, Daniel f Bradley, Rosella Quintini, Sreemanti Sengupta & Snigdhendu Bhattacharya, John Gallas, Daniel de Culla, Carol Stetser, Mike Callaghan, John M. Bennett, harry k stammer, Jeff Bagato, Magdelawit Tesfaye, Sophia Archontis, jeremy witherington, Diana Magallón, Olivier Schopfer, Keith Higginbotham, Marilyn Stablein, Fotis Begetis & Jack Galmitz, Katrinka Moore, Sam Langer, Michael Brandonisio, Cherie Hunter Day, & Stephen Nelson.

wednesday newstrip

The mystery of white dwarfs with intense magnetic fields could finally be solved · almost two-thirds of Australians think the Covid vaccine rollout is not going well, survey suggests · falling 21-tonne Chinese rocket 'garbage' could have landed anywhere from Denmark to Australia, but apparently came down in the Indian Ocean · new method shows that tau forms small aggregates as part of the body's normal physiology · Game of Thrones prequel, House of Dr. Agony, releases first photos · World baffled by Australia’s escalation with China · South Carolina adds firing squad to execution methods after running out of lethal-injection drugs.

Today the post-
woman brought
me an abacus.
"Does it still
work?" I asked.
"I wouldn't count
on it," she replied.

from the Manet archives

The Balcony

 

from the Magritte archives

Perspective II: Manet's Balcony

Whether it be
fête or
theater

or just

sitting
on the balcony
watching
the funeral
parade pass
by

Manet
insisted

his family
always dress
to reflect the
occasion.

Today the post-
woman brought
me a split infini-
tive. I ran out to 
quickly collect it.

geographies: Barcaldine

 

wednesday newstrip

David Beckham’s branding business makes $85,000 every single day · Sky News commentator claims "China 'relish' in Australia 'rotting' because of woke culture" · "staggering": 25,000 barrels of waste found at toxic dump site in Pacific Ocean off Los Angeles coast · an Australian wannabe politician has been ordered to pay $1.5 million to Universal Music after losing a copyright fight over his use of the Twisted Sister anthem We're Not Gonna Take It in a string of political advertisements before the 2019 federal election · 'wolf packs' of predatory bacteria lurk in our soil, & they play a crucial role · Louis Vuitton plane-shaped bag ridiculed for costing more than an actual plane.

The latest issue of Otoliths has gone live

To ease the transition from Walpurgisnacht to May Day, issue sixty-one of Otoliths, the southern autumn 2021 issue, has just gone live. As always, there's an eclectic — comes from being a one-person band — & exciting — comes from having an outstanding & ever-widening contributor base — mix on offer.

 

In this issue you'll find paintings, drawings, music, essays, vispo, fiction, fact, poetry, photography, & vispo, from Laurent Grison, Sanjeev Sethi, Olchar E. Lindsann, Brandstifter & Texas Fontanella, Louise Landes Levi, Linda M. Walker, Demosthenes Agrafiotis, John Bradley, Sarah-Jane Crowson, Doren Robbins, Andrew Topel, Clive Gresswell, Elaine Woo, Heller Levinson, Judith Skillman, Jack Galmitz, Patrick Cahill, Cecelia Chapman & Jeff Crouch, Paul Dickey, C.S. Fuqua, Clara B. Jones, Nicholas Alexander Hayes, Anna Cates, Jim Meirose, Joann Renee Boswell, hiromi suzuki, William Doreski, Bart Plantenga, Tony Rauch, Pete Spence, Ryan Quinn Flanagan, David Miller, Ian Ganassi, Cecelia Chapman, GTimothy Gordon, Adam Fieled, Jim George, Gavin Lucky, Joseph Salvatore Aversano, Guy R. Beining, Ron Riekki, John McCluskey, Cameron Lowe, Grzegorz Wróblewski, Greg Hill, Lynn Strongin, Mary Corbin, Josie/Jocelyn Deane, Isabel Gómez de Diego, Jim Leftwich, Dave Read, Remi Seamon, Karl Bachmann, Dennis Hinrichsen, Nina Živančević, Texas Fontanella, Charles Freeland, John M. Bennett & Adam Roussopoulos, Hazel Smith, George Myers, Jr., Daniel F Bradley, Peter J. King, Rosella Quintini, Mark DuCharme, Sreemanti Sengupta & Snigdhendu Bhattacharya, Mary Cresswell, Kenneth Rexroth, John Gallas, Bob Lucky, Heath Brougher, Daniel de Culla, Nathan Whiting, Carol Stetser, Mike Callaghan, John Levy, Jake Goetz, Tony Beyer, Simon Perchik, John M. Bennett, Hugh Tribbey, S. K. Kelen, harry k stammer, Jeff Bagato, Jeff Harrison, Luis Cuauhtémoc Berriozábal, Richard Kostelanetz, Tim Pilgrim, Paul Ilechko, Martin Edmond, J. D. Nelson, John Sweet, Megan Wildhood, Aysegul Yildirim, Magdelawit Tesfaye, Bob Kotyk, Elmedin Kadric, Michael Neal Morris, Randee Silv, Eric Hoffman, David Lohrey, Sophia Archontis, Sheila E. Murphy, Keith Nunes, M.J. Iuppa, jeremy witherington, John J. Trause, Michael J. Leach, Tom Beckett, Alison J Barton, Diana Magallón, Mark Pirie, Penelope Weiss, Olivier Schopfer, Keith Polette, Keith Higginbotham, Marilyn Stablein, Bob Heman, Hrishikesh Srinivas, Fotis Begetis & Jack Galmitz, Katrinka Moore, Sam Langer, Paul Pfleuger, Jr, Michael Brandonisio, Jane Simpson, Cherie Hunter Day, Alex Glynne, Javant Biarujia, & Stephen Nelson.

&, as always, enjoy.

wednesday newstrip

Essential poll: fewer than 50% of over-50s Australians willing to get Pfizer or AstraZeneca vaccines · climate change has now invisibly shifted Earth's axis, new data reveal · Russia has started making its own AMD B450 motherboards · countries are racing to send medical supplies, vaccine components to India as COVID-19 'storm' cripples nation · global supply issues & shipping delays hit the New Zealand family cat's dinner plate · Australian Prom Minister Scat notSorryi'mtheSonofgod warns that identity politics is an "evil thing" & social media can be "used by the evil one" · Brutish Pram Minister Bore us nowyourJohnny'sgone accused of saying he’d rather see 'bodies pile high in their thousands' than order 3rd lockdown.

Today the post-
woman brought
me an audio re-

cording of the
love that dare not
speak its name.

wednesday newstrip

Australian Federal Government’s 'confusing' new education campaign uses tacos & milkshakes to explain consent · Amazon cancels Lord of the Rings MMO, in latest blow to gaming division · tarantula’s pervasiveness traced back to the cretaceous period · we finally have a complete view of the resonance dust ring of Venus · US police: FedEx shooter legally bought guns used in shooting · Byron Bay goes to war with Netflix over 'hot Instagrammer' reality series · high-profile Norwegian conspiracy theorist who said COVID-19 was a hoax dies from the virus after hosting illegal house parties.

Recently, from Luna Bisonte Prods

Mark Young
The Toast
Luna Bisonte Prods
ISBN: 9781938521751
$US12.00
100 pages
Can be bought from Lulu here

 

Maybe it’s because “A railroad line runs im-/mediately behind the/parietal lobe.” Or maybe it’s because “Phallic ritual is a/literary genre that blends/aspects of natural rubber/& cognitive therapy…” I don’t know, but Mark Young’s poetry opens out into a kind of Gesamtkunstwerk, a total art work, limning our present moment. His work is at once intellectually engaging and truly entertaining. No small feat. I’m a fan. — Tom Beckett

geographies: Payard's Lagoon

 

Today the post-
woman brought
me a birthday 
card from the 
Marquis de 
Sade. Not for 
me, I told her, 
two houses up 
the road. I ran 
to retrieve it 
the minute she 
was out of sight.

wednesday newstrip

Graphene-like boron is stabilized by hydrogen, paving the way for practical applications · Putrid Dustbin becomes SittingonDefence Minister in Australian Federal Cabinet reshuffle · Army intel analyst tried to lure teen with chicken & condoms · pro-T.®ump women’s group says Matt Gaetz will speak at rally evem though there are child sex-trafficking allegations against him · Derek Chauvin murder trial hears George Floyd allegedly said 'I ain't do no drugs' in arrest rather than 'I ate too many drugs' · 5200 Tons of extraterrestrial dust rain down on Earth every single year · World COVID-19 vaccine rankings shows Australia languishing at back of the queue.

          Today the post-
                       woman brought
              me a pterodactyl.
                    I'd actually asked
               for some pommes 
                    de terre au gratin;
            but these days
                 you take what 
            you can get, & 
                  are grateful for it.

GarGoogle's idea of entertainment?

 

TEN TITLES from THE TOAST

 

now out from Sandy Press

 

List price = $US14.95
Available through Amazon.

& a blurb:

Mark Young’s Sorties

A sortie is a military manouevre, ‘an attack made by troops coming out from a position of defence.’ In Mark Young’s prose, the citadel is the home, or else the inside of his head; while the sorties are mounted against the land and city scapes of Rockhampton in Queensland, where Young lived in the earlier years of the 21st century. Or against the past. It wouldn’t be right to say he takes no prisoners. Birds are his constant companions, however; and the past, while certainly over, is sometimes close behind. These are intelligent, humorous, precise and well-informed observations, largely autobiographical, but delivered without any attempt at the construction of a narrative or of a unitary self. Mark Young, who gave up playing the double bass because he couldn’t fit the instrument into a taxi before or after a gig, now makes use of the keyboard, with its black and white registers, colored all over, to entertain, to perplex and to delight.

— Martin Edmond, author of Luca Antara, Isinglass, and many other books.

A PDF preview of sorties is available on the sandy press website.

wednesday newstrip

OpTic Chicago bounce back with win over Seattle Surge in 2021 Call of Duty League Stage 2 group play · scientists finally know how an ancient reptile lived with such an absurdly long neck · Myanmar's military junta killed 43 children in past two months, Save the Children says · Australian Pram Minister Scat SorrySon's efforts to engage with women are more 'me' than mea culpa · string theorist Michio Kaku: 'Reaching out to aliens is a terrible idea' · Amazon apologizes for denying US employees sometimes need to pee in bottles · 533 million Facebook users' phone numbers & personal data have been leaked online.

The Night Owl

wednesday newstrip

Indigenous entrepreneurs urged to verify their business to weed out 'black-cladding' · DoNuts T.®ump is planning a return to social media on his own platform · Egyptian feminist, activist Nawal Saadawi dies at 89 · Apple discontinues iMac Pro, along with 512GB & 1TB SSD 21.5-inch 4K iMacs. New iMacs soon? · melting glaciers contribute to Alaska earthquakes, cause land to rise at 1.5 inches per year · Suez Canal blocked after massive container ship gets stuck sideways · octopuses dream in "GIFs,' new experiment suggests · NASA gives all clear: Earth safe from the particularly menacing Apophis asteroid for 100 years.

geographies: Boulia

 

Out from SOd Press

 

Downloadable from here.

wednesday newstrip

Space travel & sperm bank on the moon necessary to keep world going, according to scientists · Lamela rabona against Arsenal ‘one of best goals in EPL history’ · NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Laptop GPU appears on Geekbench with 2,048 CUDA cores & 4 GB of VRAM · ancient Aboriginal technology unearthed in rare bone discovery on Ngarrindjeri country · 'unrealistic': doctors slam government over Covid vaccine booking website as GPs inundated · billions of lightning bolts may have jump-started life on Earth, study suggests · 'you can't escape the smell': mouse plague grows to biblical proportions across eastern Australia.

geographies: Forsayth

 

wednesday newstrip

Ancient Earth really was a serene water world, new evidence confirms · Australian aphrodisiac honey from Phoenix palm creates buzz in Middle East · don’t click on those Resident Evil Village early access emails · we finally know what's going on with that weird, long, recurring cloud on Mars · Australian Federal Minister for Homophobic Affairs, Putrid Dustbin, has proposed a Surveillance Bill that could be used to target everyone from Black Lives Matter campaigners to underage kids illegally downloading movies, critics have warned · China tells UN Australia's offshore detention centers violate human rights, don't have adequate conditions.

from Series Magritte

The Secret Life I


 

By day he was the stereo-
typically mild-mannered 
man, un petit bourgeois from 
curve of bowler hat to the 
wingtips down below. Too
immersed in Max Weber to 
consider Nietzsche as a role
model, but still had dreams 

to find a life in the theater.
Finally achieved; but too
shaped by bureaucracy to 
even be a lowly spear carrier. 
Instead is typecast, stage dec-
oration, a mute piece of wood. 

wednesday newstrip

Arrest made after woman pays $2000 for new iPhone but receives apple-flavored yogurt instead · Gatorade created a wearable patch that tells you how much Gatorade to drink · Great Barrier Reef home to giant donut-shaped structures with unique animal & plant communities · Adidas converts its classic Samba sneaker into a clipless cycling shoe · Japanese billionaire seeks crew for ‘fun’ trip around the Moon · enjoy it while it lasts: dropping oxygen will eventually suffocate most life on Earth · World’s first ever tweet by Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey up for auction · Oklahoma wants to return $2 million worth of unused hydroxy-chloroquine.

after Camus

 

wednesday newstrip

Woman pleads guilty to biting off man’s tongue before a seagull flew off with it · vampire squid fossil 'lost' during the Hungarian Revolution rediscovered · Yungblud’s Life On Mars cover was played as NASA’s rover landed on the planet · oldest-known Australian rock art is 17,300-year-old kangaroo in the Kimberley, wasp nests show · with gold-colored T.®ump statue, conservatives show fealty to former president · Facebook’s new app Bars will let you rap over premade beats · New Zealand PM Jacinda Ardern announces week-long COVID-19 lockdown after new case detected · DoNuts T.®ump misreads prompt, tells his audience he's "got the runs again." They mishear & cheer.

geographies: Havilah

 

cosplay

 

r.i.p. Lawrence Ferlinghetti, 3/24/1919 - 2/22/2021

STARTING FROM SAN FRANCISCO

Here I go again

wednesday newstrip

Is it true that all of the coronavirus in the world could fit in a coke can? · physicists thought the atomic giant Flerovium was 'magical', but it was just a mirage · a white swan has reportedly been stained black by printer ink while swimming in a UK pond · Tesla makes more money on Bitcoin than on cars · for planetary scientists, the Jimmy Carter–Ronald Reagan years were in retrospect like the Dark Ages, & they, the monks tending in enclaves to the embers of civilization · southern hairy-nosed wombats reclaim the Nullarbor · Samsung OLED TV with quantum dots could challenge LG as soon as next year · New Zealanders are discovering a new-found interest in returning taonga tūturu to their place and people of origin.

geographies: Weilmoringle

wednesday newstrip

The forever ponytail: woman shares ordeal after using Gorilla Glue on her hair · COVID-19 WHO investigation, 'extremely unlikely' virus came from Wuhan lab, bats · climate scientists think the PS5 & Xbox Series X are still too much of an energy drain · an analysis of coelacanth DNA suggests its genome has experienced some significant changes in recent evolutionary history, potentially dispelling the popular image of these iconic fish as being "living fossils" · DoNuts T.®ump claims "I'm peachy" fail · in a weird twist, scientists discover venus flytraps generate little magnetic fields · Mary Wilson, co-founder of The Supremes with Diana Ross, dies aged 76.

The print parts of Otoliths issue sixty are now available

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Part One of Otoliths sixty contains visual & varieties of text poetry, photographs, & short stories by Constant Laval Williams, Sanjeev Sethi, Seth Leeper, Kelsey Swancott, DS Maolalai, Louise Landes Levi, S. K. Kelen, Lynn Strongin, Arrowsmith Forge, Pete Spence, Michael J. Leach, Mark Danowsky, Timothy Pilgrim, John Stickney, Jack Galmitz, Doug Bolling, Kristin Garth, Joanna Walkden Harris & Pete Spence, Craig Cotter, Charles Borkhuis, Mary Kasimor, Kyle Seibel, Vernon Frazer, Owen Bullock, Nathan Whiting, Seth A. Howard, Ian Goodale, Jeff Harrison, J. D. Nelson, Darrell Petska, Jenny Enochsson, Jen Schneider, Ryan Scott, Doug Jones, Tom Montag, Simon Perchik, Naomi Buck Palagi, Tony Beyer, Tom Beckett, Vera Constantineau, Eric Hoffman, Clara B. Jones, Bob Lucky, Harvey Huddleston, Isabel Gómez de Diego, Richard Kostelanetz, M.J. Iuppa, Penelope Weiss, John M. Bennett & Jeff Crouch, John M. Bennett, Joseph Salvatore Aversano, David Lohrey, Lewis LaCook, Nathan Anderson, Jake Sheff, Johannes S. H. Bjorg, Keith Nunes, Anna Cates, Elmedin Kadric, Andrew Pascoe, Toby Fitch, Jim Meirose, Natsuko Hirata, Joel Chace, John Levy, Claudia Serea, Steven Fraccaro, Bob Heman, Mark Pirie, Casey Bush, Kirsty Lewin, Eve Rifkah, Paul Pfleuger, Jr., Vassilis Zambaras, Thomas Fink, Thomas Fink & Maya D. Mason, Zebulon Huset, Robert Knight, Adam Rosenkranz, & Peter Yovu.

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Part Two of Otoliths sixty contains collages, photographs, paintings, text & visual poems, essays, & drawings by Christian ALLE, hiromi suzuki, Diana Magallón & Jonathan Minton, Kon Markogiannis, Michael Sikkema, Kyle Hemmings, Elaine Woo, Judith Skillman, Grzegorz Wróblewski, Diana Magallón Jeff Crouch & Jonathan Minton, Barnaby Smith, Chidambar Navalgund, John M. Bennett & Adam Roussopoulos, Nico Vassilakis, Olivier Schopfer, Luis Cuauhtémoc Berriozábal, AG Davis, Scott Helmes & Carol Stetser, Cecelia Chapman & Jeff Crouch, Bruno Neiva, Dave Read, gobscure, Oormila Vijayakrishnan Prahlad, Kathup Tsering, John M. Bennett, George Myers, Jr., Jeff Bagato, Kell Nelson, Marcia Arrieta, Marilyn Stablein, K. S. Ernst & Sheila E. Murphy, Alan (Chong) Lau, Alberto Vitacchio, Bob Heman, Randee Silv, Valeria Sangiorgi, Carla Vertola, horace p sternwall, Michael Brandonisio, Edward Kulemin, Kristian Patruno, & Guy R. Beining.

Part Three: The Four Oaks Poems
Jim Leftwich
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Part Three of Otoliths sixty is a stunning collection of several hundred poems by Jim Leftwich, written during his stay in Four Oaks, North Carolina, in August & September, 2020.

Part Four : discourse 9
Karl Kempton
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Part Four of Otoliths sixty is the full-color chapbook of discourse 9, the latest of Karl Kempton's discourses, sub-titled "12 sand scores by the lunar solar wind & water quartette."

wednesday newstrip

Dark matter halo found around ancient 'cannibal' galaxy · Resident Evil Village's Lady Dimitrescu towers over her peers in height comparison chart · update your macOS to Big Sur 11.2 for new bug fixes · discoveries at edge of Periodic Table: first ever measurements of Einsteinium · Aung San Suu Kyi charged for owning illegal walkie-talkies following Myanmar military coup · sperm cells can poison each other in the race to be first to the egg · International Criminal Court clears way for war crimes probe of Israeli actions in occupied Palestinian territories · for 80 years, Captain America has battled the bad guys, including his own government.

geographies: Carstairs

 

Today the post-
woman brought me
Bud Abbott. Who's
on first? I asked him.
He punched me in
the face. He hasn't 
been the same since
Lou Costello passed.

once was

 

wednesday newstrip

Scientists solve the mystery of why wombats have cube-shaped poo · 28 trillion tonnes of ice have melted since 1994, on track with worst-case scenarios · Tesla’s new Model S can run Cyberpunk 2077 on its touchscreen · New South Wales police charge woman after baby ejected from car window in Sydney crash · own an iPhone? Apple could owe you £50 in compensation over battery life fallout · Ikea Byredo collaboration: designer candles on sale for just $9 · top T.®ump donor reportedly funded rally that preceded US Capitol riot · rare weather: three tropical cyclones tracking north of NZ.

Randomnest

The elephants marched in 

two by two

to keep the strudel alive.

wednesday newstrip

Unique 'super-puff' planet discovered 212 light years away from Earth is as big as Jupiter but 10 TIMES lighter · what is Google dorking and how to use it · scientists have described a dinosaur's butthole in exquisite detail · analysts say DoNuts T.®ump told 30,000 mistruths – that’s 21 a day – during presidency · Russia accuses US of meddling in its domestic affairs as thousands arrested at pro-Navalny rallies · Kourtney Kardashian & Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker dating · you can unlock a secret Isu weapon in Assassin's Creed Valhalla just by whacking a pile of rocks · DoNuts T.®ump is reportedly drawing up an "enemies list" of Republicans who opposed his claims of election fraud or voted for impeachment.

geographies: Firenze

solace

 

geographies: Womblebank

 

wednesday newstrip

As of January 8, the T.®ump administration had built just 47 miles of border wall where none existed before · Twitch’s Pogchamp removal was never enough, & now it’s turning into a disaster · horned Capitol rioter refused to eat because jail wouldn’t serve organic food · intranasal vaccination effectively reduces viral shedding of SARS-CoV-2 in monkeys · US executes first woman on federal death row in nearly seven decades · a military aide brought the 'nuclear football' for T.®ump's trip to Alamo, Texas · Go_ogle admits to running 'experiments' which remove some media sites from its search results.

choking the bucket

geographies: Cairdbeign

 

wednesday newstrip

Britney Spears' ex-husband of 55 hours attended the pro-T.®ump protest in DC where rioters stormed the Capitol · Russia & NZ in 'knock out brawl' over fishing vessel in protected Antarctic waters · Australian Pram Minister Scat SorrySon refuses to condemn T.®ump for inciting 'distressing' violence · Elongated Muskrat overtakes Jeff BeJezos to become world's richest person · unreleased Intel Rocket Lake-S processor overclocked to 7 GHz, & memory to 6666 MHz · glycylation essential to keep sperm swimming in a straight line, study shows · a man has died while driving his ride-on lawnmower at a rural property in Morrinsville.

geographies: Iyah

 

wednesday newstrip

Solar Orbiter probe makes its first Venus flyby · how to check your holiday rental for hidden surveillance cameras · the United Arab Emirates is trying to rebrand its image by making changes to its 'antiquated' legal system · Bassam Hamzy offers to help find missing rocket launchers in return for sentencing deal · a man wearing a DoNuts T.®ump mask & Santa Claus hat has been accused of attempted murder after he shot his estranged brother-in-law · more Australian men are getting vasectomies than ever before, despite some common myths enduring · French fashion designer Pierre Cardin dies aged 98.

geographies: Proserpine

 

underwent

 

wednesday newstrip

Vatican says it's OK to get virus vaccines using abortion cell lines · Canadian gold miner finds 57,000-year-old wolf pup still covered in fur · KFC launches 4K, 240FPS gaming console with a built-in chicken warmer · astronomers discover mysterious radio signal from Proxima Centauri · first Coronavirus cases recorded in Antarctica at Chilean research station · CD Projekt Red faces investor lawsuit over Cyberpunk’s messy launch · study reveals how ecDNA fragments drive gene amplification to generate drug resistance in cancer · DoNuts T.®ump plays golf as Congress scrambles to salvage Covid relief bill.

geographies: Dotswood

 

wednesday newstrip

Black hole goes 'missing' from the center of distant galaxy Abell 2261 · Virginia to receive 100,000 fewer doses of COVID-19 vaccine than initially planned under Warp Speed · someone found a weird unreleased Simpsons game on an old Dreamcast dev kit · suspected Russian hack on US sends cyber experts worldwide scrambling to defend networks · deadly 'brain-eating amoeba' has expanded its range northward · 'we cannot proceed with Christmas' - UK implements strict new Covid-19 lockdown for millions.

dans le jardin

 

thursday newscomicstrip

Today the postwoman 
brought me $266,400 
from the Liberty Center 
for God & Country to 

surveil a van over four 
days, run it off the road, 
put a gun to the driver's 
head, & then open the 

back of the van to find — 
instead of the predicted 
750,000 falsified ballot 

papers — the tools of  
trade of an airconditioning
maintenance engineer.

wednesday newstrip

Astronomers just found cosmic 'superhighways' for fast travel through the Solar System · suspected Russian hackers target US Treasury emails · tattooed, severed, & mummified Maori heads were once a prized collector’s item in Britain. New Zealand wants them back · DoNuts T.®ump insists election legal challenges 'not over' despite electoral college vote on Monday · Marvel's Spider-Man Remastered — Performance RT mode is now live · SMiley O'Cyrus finally explains infamous leaked video 10 years on · China space probe carrying moon rocks begins journey home.

geographies: Kynuna

 

Today the post-
woman brought 
me a CD of DoNuts
T.®ump trying
to recite The Star-
Spangled Banner
when I'd asked for
a sharp-angled
spanner to be de-
livered. Why this?
I asked. Listen to
the words, she said. 
I just wanted to point
out to the oft-critical
poet that there's some-
one even more inept
at using the correct
words than I am, & 
he used to be the
fucking President. 

geographies: Coolmunda

 

wednesday newstrip

The wings of insects might have evolved from the legs of crustaceans · Rudely GuiliAndrews said the (T.®ump) campaign doesn't need courts to change the outcome of the election. "The United States Constitution gives sole power to the state legislature to decide presidential elections" · personal trainer arrested after his children, 12 & 13, found beheaded in California · Homeland Security investigating scams related to new COVID-19 vaccines · technology is making sex toys better & smarter for men · should I buy 3200MHz or 3600MHz RAM for use with AMD's Ryzen 5 5600X?

geographies: Dirranbandi

 

wednesday newstrip

Cyberpunk 2077 won't support raytracing on AMD cards at launch · Faizon Love sues Universal over omission from Couples Retreat movie poster · salmon in mass breakout after fire melts Huon Aquaculture pen in southern Tasmania · Sony PS5 supply gets worse as Amazon customers get fry pans instead of new console · biocompatible photooxygenation catalyst could be potentially used to treat amyloid diseases · China is launching a space mission to collect the first rocks from the moon in 40 years · the most important question of 2020: is Benny from The Queen’s Gambit hot or not?

The print parts of Otoliths issue fifty-nine are now available

The print parts of Otoliths issue fifty-nine are now available from The Otoliths Storefront at Lulu. Details are below. Lulu generally runs a promotional discount from Monday to Friday.

Part One
437 pages, b&w
Price: $US19.95
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Part one of Otoliths fifty-nine contains text & visual poems, stories, essays, & historical newspaper columns from Lynn Strongin, Jim Leftwich, Joseph Salvatore Aversano, Jim Meirose, John M. Bennett, Sanjeev Sethi, Mark Pirie, Jen Schneider, Pete Spence, Heath Brougher, Ivan Klein, Jim McCrary, József Bíró, Jack Galmitz, Robert Ronnow, Kristin Garth, Vaughan Rapatahana, Adam Day, S. K. Kelen, Mike James, Seth A. Howard, Serena Piccoli & William Allegrezza, Hugh Tribbey, Joanna Walkden Harris & Pete Spence, Mark DuCharme, harry k stammer, Bruno Neiva, Clara B. Jones, Eric Hoffman translations of Ozaki Hōsai, J. D. Nelson, Sheila E. Murphy, Miriam Borgstrom, Jack Foley, Pat Nolan, Adriána Kóbor, Volodymyr Bilyk, red flea & old beetle, Kenneth Rexroth, Jeff Harrison, Christopher Barnes, Dale Jensen, Jim Leftwich & John M. Bennett, Thomas Fink, dan raphael, Michael Farrell, Jessie Janeshek, Chris Arnold & Francesca Jurate Sasnaitis, Andrew Taylor, Zebulon Huset, Ramsay Randall, Kenneth Howard Doerr, Penelope Weiss, Gavin Lucky, David Lohrey, Khaloud Al-Muttalibi, Barbara Daniels, J. Crouse, Simon Perchik, Karl Bachmann, Wes Lee, Roger Mitchell, Tom Beckett, Charles Wilkinson, Stephen Nelson, Bob Lucky, Jude VC, Tony Beyer, Jürgen O. Olbrich, Stu Hatton, R L Swihart, Dah, Daniel f Bradley, Michael Ruby, Magdelawit Tesfaye, Michael Spring, Les Wicks, Angela Costi, Pamela Miller, John Levy, Jay Buchanan, Keith Higginbotham, Douglas Barbour & Sheila E. Murphy, Peter Yovu, Paul Pfleuger, Jr. & Jack Galmitz, Paul Pfleuger, Jr., Michael Brandonisio, Rosalinda Ruiz Scarfuto & Eileen R. Tabios, Aurora Scott, Bob Heman, Jane Joritz-Nakagawa, Chris Gutkind, Jane Simpson, Jim Leftwich, & M.J. Iuppa.

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Part two of Otoliths fifty-nine contains collages, photographs, paintings, text & visual poems, essays, & drawings by Ruggero Maggi, Jim Leftwich, John M. Bennett & Thomas M. Cassidy, osvaldo cibils & John M. Bennett, John M. Bennett, Demosthenes Agrafiotis, Jennifer Hambrick, Rob Stuart, Scott MacLeod, Daniel de Culla, Elaine Woo, Mike Harriden & Texas Fontanella, Isabel Gómez de Diego, hiromi suzuki, Cecelia Chapman & Jeff Crouch, Olivier Schopfer, Baron Geraldo & Associates, AG Davis, Andrew Brenza, Cecelia Chapman, Joe Balaz, Rosaire Appel, Diana Magallón & Jeff Harrison, Andrew Topel, Andrew Topel & John M. Bennett, Oormila Vijayakrishnan Prahlad, Dave Read, Carol Stetser, T. W. Selvey, Doren Robbins, Diana Magallón & John M. Bennett, Jeff Bagato, Judith Skillman, Grzegorz Wróblewski, Michael Basinski, Jeff Crouch & Jim Leftwich & Cecelia Chapman, Stuart Wheatley & Texas Fontanella, Christian ALLE, Nick Nelson, Kathleen Reichelt & Rich Ferguson, Eileen R. Tabios, Susan Connolly, Luis Cuauhtémoc Berriozábal, Elmedin Kadric, Kathup Tsering, Jill Cameron, Marilyn Stablein, Richard Kostelanetz, Michael Brandonisio, Katrinka Moore, Keith Nunes, & Kristian Patruno.

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This standalone part of Otoliths is Fatal Breath by Texas Fontanella. Part one appeared in issue fifty-eight, the balance in issue fifty-nine. They have been combined here, for the first time.

Today the post-
woman brought me
the new collection
of short poems by
DoNuts T.®ump
entitled Massive 
fraud has been 
found. 

A sample example:
They talk about 
glitches. How many 
glitches did they 
find? Oh, gee, we 
had a glitch, 5000 
votes. We’re like a 
third-world country. 
The book is 
edited by Rudlie
Giulieandlieandlie
& selected copies
are signed in hair-
product by both
RuG & the DTs.

geographies: Bongeen

 

Recently, at Series Magritte

Representation II

The orchestra under the cypress
tree kicks into life. A few bars;
& then the scene we're watching
on the small screen is replicated
on a larger canvas that still permits
the original viewing platform to
be included in the corner, picture-
within-picture style, framed by 

the only thing that might be a 
goal were it not for the pawn on
top. Or maybe it was the other 
way around & downsizing has
occurred. No spectators to see
the "world game" shrunk to three 
a-side. The château now a simple
manor house. A lone pianola.

wednesday newstrip

AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine triggers robust immune response in older adults, peer-reviewed study says · Hubble captures a black hole's 'shadow beams,' yawning across space · sorry, Animal Crossing time travelers, you can’t skip ahead to the holidays · Afghanistan war crimes inquiry includes 'possibly the most disgraceful episode in Australia's military history', but it's completely redacted · Mo'Nique demands an apology from Tyler Perry after Will Smith & Janet Hubert make amends · Kyle Rittenhouse, the teenager charged with shooting 3 protesters in Kenosha, has posted $2 million bail & is no longer in custody.

Hu_bris

Dear Donald. 

How does it feel 
to be defeated by 
the person you have

called "the single 
worst candidate 
in the history of 

America?" What 
do you think
that makes you?

Centrifugal

 

wednesday newstrip

Celebrity Hillsong pastor Carl Lentz’s alleged lover tells all about tryst with Justin Bieber’s mate · Nafamostat mesylate initially reduces SARS-CoV-2 viral loads in hamsters, study finds · DoNuts GoNuts T.®ump does a slow motorcade drive-by through supporters gathered near the Wheat House on the way to his Virginia golf club · several Xbox Series X users are reporting a variety of hardware issues, including smoky consoles · Iyanka T.®umpledforeskin roasted over double standards in Alaska election call · Al-Qaeda’s second-in-command, indicted in the United States for the 1998 bombings of its embassies in Tanzania & Kenya, was secretly shot & killed in Tehran by two Israeli operatives on a motorcycle, reportedly at the behest of the United States.

geographies: Eromanga

wednesday newstrip

Ancient meteorite hints Mars had water before there was life on Earth · Netflix's SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run: Keanu Reeves' Sage steals the show · final T.®ump days ripe for settling scores, pardoning allies · a woman shed infectious coronavirus particles for at least 70 days without showing symptoms, a study found · scientists 3D print microscopic Star Trek spaceship that moves on its own · Sony is slyly sneaking a PS5 Remote Play app onto people’s PS4 consoles · the soon-to-be ex-precedent's personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani held a press conference in the carpark of a landscaping business, next to an adult shop & a crematorium. Theme: ashes to ashes, dust to dildos.

geographies: Prosperpine

 

Ballad of the Donald

Saw the Donald on TV today,
his face all pasty & puffy.
& if I was asked I'd have to say
he looks a lot like an orange roughy.

He'd just spent two days in the 
fallout shelter, wailing at the wall.
Had spent two days in the fallout 
shelter, weeping at the call.

Now emerges, blinking in the light,
looking cheated, so pale & wan. 
Emerges as the teleprompter quotes
Villon. Où sont les votes d'antan?

wednesday newstrip

Monkeys may have self-domesticated just like humans did, study suggests · the Razer Iskur gaming chair encourages perfect posture at a steep cost · 7 luxury hand sanitisers that won't look out of place in your handbag · Phasmophobia is out-selling Baldur’s Gate 3, Cyberpunk 2077, & The Outer Worlds on Steam · sea-ice loss to disrupt almost all Arctic chemistry & ecosystems · extracellular matrix molecule tenascin-C plays a role in glaucoma by regulating inflammatory processes · Australian lobsters have been stranded on the tarmac at a Chinese airport prompting fears seafood could become the next victim of escalating trade tensions · Sean Connery's widow reveals actor battled dementia before his death: 'It took its toll on him.'

geographies: Cooktown

 

The new issue of Otoliths is now live

 

Issue fifty-nine, the southern spring issue of Otoliths, is now live. It contains work by Ruggero Maggi, Lynn Strongin, Jim Leftwich, Joseph Salvatore Aversano, Jim Meirose, John M. Bennett, Thomas M. Cassidy, osvaldo cibils, Sanjeev Sethi, Mark Pirie, Demosthenes Agrafiotis, Jennifer Hambrick, Jen Schneider, Pete Spence, Heath Brougher, Rob Stuart, Ivan Klein, Jim McCrary, József Bíró, Jack Galmitz, Robert Ronnow, Kristin Garth, Scott MacLeod, Vaughan Rapatahana, Daniel de Culla, Adam Day, S. K. Kelen, Mike James, Texas Fontanella, Seth A. Howard, Serena Piccoli & William Allegrezza, Elaine Woo, Hugh Tribbey, Joanna Walkden Harris, Mike Harriden, Isabel Gómez de Diego, Mark DuCharme, hiromi suzuki, harry k stammer, Cecelia Chapman, Jeff Crouch, Bruno Neiva, Clara B. Jones, Eric Hoffman, J. D. Nelson, Sheila E. Murphy, Olivier Schopfer, Miriam Borgstrom, Jack Foley, Baron Geraldo & Associates, Pat Nolan, Adriána Kóbor, AG Davis, Volodymyr Bilyk, Andrew Brenza, red flea & old beetle, Joe Balaz, Kenneth Rexroth, Rosaire Appel, Jeff Harrison, Diana Magallón, Andrew Topel, Oormila Vijayakrishnan Prahlad, Christopher Barnes, Dave Read, Dale Jensen, Carol Stetser, Thomas Fink, dan raphael, Michael Farrell, Jessie Janeshek, T. W. Selvey, Chris Arnold & Francesca Jurate Sasnaitis, Andrew Taylor, Zebulon Huset, Ramsay Randall, Kenneth Howard Doerr, Penelope Weiss, Gavin Lucky, David Lohrey, Khaloud Al-Muttalibi, Barbara Daniels, Doren Robbins, J. Crouse, Simon Perchik, Karl Bachmann, Jeff Bagato, Wes Lee, Judith Skillman, Roger Mitchell, Grzegorz Wróblewski, Tom Beckett, Charles Wilkinson, Michael Basinski, Stephen Nelson, Bob Lucky, Jude VC, Tony Beyer, Stuart Wheatley, Jürgen O. Olbrich, Christian ALLE, Stu Hatton, Nick Nelson, R L Swihart, Kathleen Reichelt & Rich Ferguson, Dah, Daniel f. Bradley, Michael Ruby, Magdelawit Tesfaye, Eileen R. Tabios, Michael Spring, Les Wicks, Susan Connolly, Luis Cuauhtémoc Berriozábal, Elmedin Kadric, Angela Costi, Pamela Miller, John Levy, Jay Buchanan, Keith Higginbotham, Douglas Barbour, Kathup Tsering, Jill Cameron, Peter Yovu, Marilyn Stablein, Paul Pfleuger, Jr., Richard Kostelanetz, Michael Brandonisio, Katrinka Moore, Rosalinda Ruiz Scarfuto, Aurora Scott, Bob Heman, Keith Nunes, Jane Joritz-Nakagawa, Kristian Patruno, Chris Gutkind, Jane Simpson, & M.J. Iuppa.