wednesday newstrip

Kim Jong Un orders North Korea into lockdown after Pyongyang confirms first COVID-19 outbreak · final refrain for iPod as Apple stops production · United States records 1 million deaths from COVID-19 two years after start of the pandemic · running Twitter may be much harder than Elongated Muskrat thinks · Israeli police beat pallbearers at Al Jazeera journalist’s funeral · Finland, Sweden inch closer to seeking NATO membership · crypto-currency crash sees man lose $650k life savings · cancer surgery patients fare better with robot surgeons, study finds — with chances of re-admission reduced by 52%.

recently, at Series Magritte

Le parfum de l'abîme

L'abîme est un band de Montréal in-
fluencé par le jazz, le rock, & le
classique contemporain. This isn't
them. More likely the painted
shape is one of those bits of 
bricolage, the detritus one finds 
rolling around the bottom of an 
abyss. Magritte, more concerned
with shadow than with shape, 
appoints it the head of a child. No 
jazz there. Possibly death metal.
 

geographies: Pyramid Hill

 

wednesday newstrip

Kim Kardashian's Monroe moment at the Met Gala shows money, influence, & Instagram can get you what should be untouchable · Sri Lanka's President declares state of emergency as thousands protest & demand his resignation · woman lost $1m to Tinder swindler after bank approved hundreds of thousands in loans, two of them days apart · Palestinians vow to stay on West Bank land despite defeat in decades-old legal battle · after fighting & dying against Crucible Knight Ordovis, a player showcases how tragically close they came to defeating the two crucible knights ·Taliban issues decree mandating Afghan women wear head-to-toe burka in public · man who received a pig heart transplant dies with animal virus DNA.

The print parts of Otoliths issue sixty-five are now available.

The print parts of issue sixty-five are now available from the Otoliths storefront at Lulu. Lulu's weekly promotion code can be found on the Lulu Press Facebook page, https://www.facebook.com/Luludotcom/.

Otoliths issue sixty five, part one.
Page count: 380 pages
Price: $US23.95
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Part one contains poems, short stories, & various other bits & pieces by Linda King, Mark Pirie, Dario Zumkeller, Mark Cunningham, Sanjeev Sethi, James Cochran, Jim Leftwich, hiromi suzuki, Michael J. Leach, Elancharan Gunasekaran, Louise Landes Levi, Chuck Joy, Jimmy Crouse, Andrew Cyril Macdonald, Nicholas Alexander Hayes, Timothy Pilgrim, Alan Catlin, Paul Ilechko, Jim Meirose, Adam Fieled, John Sweet, Sterling Warner, Jack Galmitz, Lynn Strongin, Richard J. Fleming, M.J. Iuppa, John M. Bennett, Harvey Huddleston, bofa xesjum, Ben Egerton, Nathan Whiting, Volodymyr Bilyk, Xe M. Sánchez, Ellen Wardman, Barbara Parchim, Bruce Robinson, Jeff Bagato, jim mccrary, Gale Acuff, harry k stammer, Jen Schneider, Heather Sager, Keith Polette, Luis Cuauhtémoc Berriozábal, Daniel f Bradley, Robert Beveridge, Tom Beckett, Mary Kasimor, Connor van Bussel, R. S. Stewart, Tony Beyer, John Levy, Kenneth Rexroth, Nathan Anderson, Jeff Harrison, Charles A. Perrone, Russ Bickerstaff, Paul Dickey, Keith Nunes, Bob Lucky, bart plantenga, Joshua Martin, Jillian Oliver, Réka Nyitrai, Marilyn Stablein, Jerome Berglund, Christopher Barnes, Peter Cherches, Kay Kestner, Cameron Morse, Eric Hoffman, Gavin Lucky, Kiriti Sengupta, Patrick Sweeney, Robin Wyatt Dunn, Jane Simpson, Kit Kennedy, Steven Tran, dan raphael, Andrew Taylor, Charlotte Jung, Michael Borth, John M. Bennett & Jim Leftwich, Rich Murphy, J. D. Nelson, Kit Willett, Angelo 'NCE' Colella, H. A Sappho, Martin Stannard, Paul Pfleuger, Jr., David Jalajel, Keith Higginbotham, Susan Gangel, & Bob Heman.


Otoliths issue sixty five, part two.
Page count: 311 pages
Price: $US47.45
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Part two, the full color part, contains photographs, paintings, video stills, poetry, an essay, visual poetry, & collages from Karl Kempton, AG Davis, Ken Friedman, Demosthenes Agrafiotis, KJ Hannah Greenberg, Marco Giovenale, Mario José Cervantes, Gregory Stephenson, Texas Fontanella, Sarah Bilodeau, John M. Bennett, Carla Bertola & John M. Bennett, fred flynn, John McCluskey, John Gallas, Laurent Grison, Jeff Bagato, Grzegorz Wróblewski, Howie Good, Alberto Vitacchio, richard lopez & Márton Koppány, Michael Basinski, Dave Read, Daniel de Culla, Joanne Bechtel, Bill Wolak, Elmedin Kadric, Clara B. Jones, Nicole Raziya Fong, Sabine Miller, Diana Magallón, Cecelia Chapman & Jeff Crouch, Jürgen O. Olbrich & Hubert Kretschmer, Carol Stetser, Penelope Weiss, Marcia Arrieta, Márton Koppány, Cecelia Chapman, Michael Brandonisio, Judith Skillman, Katrinka Moore, & Guy R. Beining.

wednesday newstrip

New Zealand cannot afford to put back everything that will be damaged by rising sea levels, the Climate Change Commissioner says, as new data shows an earlier risk of inundation than expected · Police use tear gas during annual May Day rally in Paris a week after Macaron's election · Vladimir Putain has two secret sons by his gymnast 'lover' Alina Kabaeva, according to a new report · Netflix drops Meek& Markle’s animated series amid cutbacks – report · leave space missions to billionaires & robots, says U.K. astronomer royal · Russians plunder $5M farm vehicles from Ukraine -- to find they've been remotely disabled · Atlanta pedal pub vehicle rolls over causing 'mass casualty incident', 16 injured.

The new issue of Otoliths is now live.

Issue sixty-five of Otoliths, the southern autumn 2022 issue, is now up.

This issue, which marks the beginning of the seventeenth year of the journal's existence, contains a mix of — sometimes mixed — photographs, paintings, short stories, poetry, interviews, magazine columns, & manifestos from an international contributor list including Karl Kempton, Linda King, Mark Pirie, Dario Zumkeller, AG Davis, Mark Cunningham, Sanjeev Sethi, Ken Friedman, Demosthenes Agrafiotis, James Cochran, Jim Leftwich, hiromi suzuki, Michael J. Leach, Elancharan Gunasekaran, Louise Landes Levi, KJ Hannah Greenberg, Chuck Joy, Marco Giovenale, Jimmy Crouse, Andrew Cyril Macdonald, Nicholas Alexander Hayes, Mario José Cervantes, Timothy Pilgrim, Alan Catlin, Paul Ilechko, Jim Meirose, Adam Fieled, Gregory Stephenson, John Sweet, Sterling Warner, Jack Galmitz, Lynn Strongin, Texas Fontanella, Richard J. Fleming, Sarah Bilodeau, M.J. Iuppa, John M. Bennett, Carla Bertola & John M. Bennett, Harvey Huddleston, bofa xesjum, fred flynn, John McCluskey, Ben Egerton, John Gallas, Nathan Whiting, Laurent Grison, Volodymyr Bilyk, Xe M. Sánchez, Ellen Wardman, Barbara Parchim, Bruce Robinson, Jeff Bagato, jim mccrary, Gale Acuff, Grzegorz Wróblewski, harry k stammer, Howie Good, Jen Schneider, Alberto Vitacchio, richard lopez & Márton Koppány, Heather Sager, Keith Polette, Michael Basinski, Luis Cuauhtémoc Berriozábal, Daniel f Bradley, Dave Read, Robert Beveridge, Tom Beckett, Mary Kasimor, Connor van Bussel, R. S. Stewart, Tony Beyer, Daniel de Culla, John Levy, Joanne Bechtel, Kenneth Rexroth, Nathan Anderson, Jeff Harrison, Bill Wolak, Clara B. Jones, Nicole Raziya Fong, Charles A. Perrone, Russ Bickerstaff, Paul Dickey, Sabine Miller, Keith Nunes, Diana Magallón, Bob Lucky, Cecelia Chapman & Jeff Crouch, bart plantenga, Joshua Martin, Jillian Oliver, Réka Nyitrai, Marilyn Stablein, Jerome Berglund, Christopher Barnes, Peter Cherches, Jürgen O. Olbrich & Hubert Kretschmer, Kay Kestner, Cameron Morse, Eric Hoffman, Gavin Lucky, Kiriti Sengupta, Patrick Sweeney, Robin Wyatt Dunn, Jane Simpson, Elmedin Kadric, Kit Kennedy, Steven Tran, dan raphael, Andrew Taylor, Charlotte Jung, Michael Borth, Carol Stetser, Penelope Weiss, Marcia Arrieta, John M. Bennett & Jim Leftwich, Márton Koppány, Rich Murphy, Cecelia Chapman, J. D. Nelson, Kit Willett, Angelo 'NGE' Colella, H. A. Sappho, Martin Stannard, Michael Brandonisio, Paul Pfleuger, Jr., Katrinka Moore, David Jalajel, Keith Higginbotham, Susan Gangel, Judith Skillman, Bob Heman, & Guy R. Beining.

As always, enjoy.

wednesday newstrip

NASA doctor is 'holoported' to the International Space Station for the first time · BoreUs Long_Johns_on no longer ‘worthy’ to be prim minister, says former chief whip · Jacinda Ardern greeted by giant sad dancing kiwifruit during visit to Japan · new World Of Warcraft expansion lets you fly dragons · anthropologist believes ancient human species could still be alive in the forests of Flores Island · New Zealand shoppers order groceries from Australia as inflation soars · Harvard scientist wants to launch an investigation into alien technology at the bottom of Pacific · evidence of zoonotic spread: Superbug C. difficile can jump between pigs & humans.

Cartography

 

wednesday newstrip

Club Penguin fan remake allegedly shut down by Disney after five years · Elongated Muskrat sued by former Twitter shareholders for delay in disclosing his stake in company · Putain's propaganda playbook shows how an army of fake fact-checkers is sowing doubt & confusion · give a dog kale, instead of a bone: study · Swiss man, 20, was left in intensive care after suffering rare lung injury from masturbating · largest comet ever seen is heading towards Earth – will we survive it? · Brazilian man gets 2kg dumbbell stuck up his ass, with medics unable to remove it surgically · Time might not exist, according to physicists & philosophers — but that’s okay.

archi/vale

Later he would walk down to the lagoon / to look for the pelicans.

geographies: Heathcote

wednesday newstrip

A study of the visual system of fruit flies reveals factors regulating neuron development & uncovers similarities with human brain development · 'abandon the Cold War mindset': China's response to Australia's missile plans · 'For the children' written on rocket used in Ukraine train station strike, killing dozens · nationwide recall of Kinder Surprise Easter eggs due to salmonella contamination · Will Smith gets 10-year Oscars ban over Chris Rock slap · DoNuts T.®ump Jr texted White House chief of staff Mark Meadows two days after the 2000 presidential election with strategies for overturning the result if T.®ump's father lost, CNN reports · an alien world is so extreme, it has literal clouds of vaporized rock.

necromancer

 

wednesday newstrip

An angry stalker used an Apple watch wrapped around his ex’s tire spokes to secretly track her · eating two servings of avocados a week linked to lower risk of cardiovascular disease · 'cannibal' coronal mass ejection will hit Earth at nearly 2 million mph · DOJ reportedly probing whether Google Maps policies are anticompetitive · researchers predict hundreds of mammal species still to be identified · millions of Australians face $1500 tax hike as ‘lamington’ crumbles · No Man’s Sky neo-Nazi banned after wreaking havoc on galactic hub · Tweetdeck users might have to start ponying up for their favorite Twitter client · research illuminates why immune disorders affect only one of two identical twins.

geographies: Bendigo

 

wednesday newstrip

Taylor Hawkins death: Foo Fighters drummer had 10 psychoactive substances in his body · genetically modified lettuce is the future of food in space, scientists say · BidenMyTime entering 'murky area' on challenge to overthrow Putain · people queue for up to 90 minutes for Costco memberships for projected first store in New Zealand · ‘Terrible plan’: call for Queensland to stop closing Covid testing clinics as case numbers escalate · major Great Western Highway upgrade could destroy historic Aboriginal places · Elongated Muskrat has hinted at the possibility of starting up his own social media company — or possibly buying Twitter.

Today the post-
woman brought
me the auto-
biography of 

a proofreader, 
entitled My 
Life in Correct- 
ional Services.

The River

 

wednesday newstrip

India blames accidental firing of missile into Pakistan on 'technical malfunction' · forget mammoths, study shows how to resurrect Christmas Island rats · Russia denies cosmonauts wearing yellow were supporting Ukraine · Soulja Boy defends Kanye West & threatens Pete Davidson “Nobody Talk To Ye Like That But Me” · US study shows SUVs, pickups hit pedestrians more often than cars do · CryptoRom Bitcoin swindlers continue to target vulnerable iPhone & Android users · Ingenuity Mars Helicopter faces toughest challenge yet as it helps look for traces of life on Mars · William & Kate cancel Caribbean event amid 'anti-colonialism' protests.