wednesday newstrip

Worms share memories with others by swapping RNA, wild study reveals · Bob Enyart, anti-vaxxer pastor & homophobic anti-abortion radio host, dies of COVID · Queensland police hunting driver behind burnout gender reveal on Logan street · NSW Health forced to clarify side effects of COVID-19 vaccine after Nicki Minaj’s ‘swollen testicles’ tweet · ‘rainbow colors & legs for days’: Australian fly species named after drag star RuPaul · US President Joe Bidenmytime appeared to forget Australian Prom Minister Scat SorrySon's name while announcing America & Britain will help Australia build a nuclear-powered submarine fleet · fossil found by schoolkids in New Zealand's Kawhia Harbour is new species of extinct giant penguin.

Today the post-
woman brought
me a Stillson
wrench. I'm
still trying 
to come to 
grips with it.

wednesday newstrip

Western US faces future of prolonged drought even with stringent emissions control · Test cricket match between Australia & Afghanistan likely to be cancelled after Taliban says it will ban women from playing · new imaging reveals hidden Ice Age landscapes buried deep in the North Sea · America's 'forever prisoner' has spent two decades in custody for planning the 9/11 attacks. But it's not clear he was involved · a huge, unknown Cambrian bug fossil has been found in the eerie Burgess Shale · Virginia Confederate general Robert E Lee statue removed in Richmond after Supreme Court court decision · THE ULTIMATE SURFER’S "QUEEN BITCH" ANASTASIA ASHLEY ON SHOW’S WILD BEHIND-THE-SCENES BACCHANAL, THE NEAR MASS DROWNING, & PERSISTENT CANCELLATION RUMORS! · UK 'cut climate pledges' to clinch Australia trade deal · shape-shifting animals tell the story of climate change, review finds.

wednesday newstrip

Scientists watch bacteria fix broken DNA in real time to see exactly how it's done · Playstation has backflipped on the Horizon Forbidden West PS5 upgrade but future game upgrades will cost · ever wondered why Mercedes-Benz alloy wheels are called ‘manhole covers?’ · as the Taliban overran Afghanistan, Australia told asylum seekers they should expect to be returned there · Cardi B & Offset announce birth of their second child · Hubble discovers hydrogen-burning white dwarfs enjoying slow aging · manhunt for Palestinian prisoners who 'used rusty spoon' to tunnel out of Israel's high-security Gilboa jail.

geographies: Edenhope

 

Today the post-
woman brought
me a room to put 
the elephant in.

wednesday newstrip

A quarter of Sun-like stars eat their own planets, according to new research · new 'flushability' standard will help to end 'fatbergs' from clogging our sewerage network · cannibal toads eat so many of their young, they're speeding up evolution · Highway collapses & alligator attacks in aftermath of Hurricane Ida · the ancients in Italy made an amazing set of tools from elephant bones · Fire Emblem Switch fans, here’s your next tactics RPG obsession, Dark Deity · Pass The Fkn Popcorn ‘Cos Kourt & Travis Just Responded To Younes & Scott’s Savage DMs On IG · China is cracking down on 'effeminate' men, private tutors & gaming · ‘unintended consequences:’ banks warn of rising costs if forced to fund coal.

something a little different to my normal fare

wednesday newstrip

KanYe West full-on doxxed Drake’s address & group chat after hearing a diss track aimed at him · astronomers discover the Usain Bolt of asteroids blazing around Sun · rising number of breakthrough Delta infections among fully vaccinated · porn legend Ron Jeremy indicted on more than 30 sex charges · T.®ump’s border wall reportedly in severe disrepair in Arizona · female hummingbirds look like males to evade harassment · COVID-19: one person shows up at anti-lockdown protest in Auckland, New Zealand · LED streetlights partly responsible for insect decline.

Today the post-
woman brought
me a mass-mailed—
but individually ad-
dressed & personally 
signed in blue ink—
"letter" from the 
Postal Service 
Director herself 
asking me to part-
icipate in an online 
survey about min-
imizing fiscal outlay
by reducing mail 
deliveries to every 
other day of the 
week. Today the
postwoman wore a
black tee on which,
in blue, the message:
morituri te salutant.
  

geographies: Patchewollock

 

wednesday newstrip

Assassin’s Creed Valhalla’s new dlc adds cavalry units that keep kicking my ass · an organism that moves, eats, & learns without a bubble, mouth, legs, or brain trends on social networks · giant lair of bones, including human, discovered in gruesome Saudi Arabian cave · bat pups babble & bat moms use baby talk, hinting at the evolution of human language · Hidradenitis suppurativa: discontinuation of adalimumab prior to surgery is not necessary · N. Z. Covid 19 response Minister Chris Hipkins' amusing slip up, tells Kiwis to socially distance when you 'spread your legs' · Owen Wilson Revealed He Received A "Strike 1" Text Possibly From Kevin Feige After He Let It Slip That His "Loki" Character, Mobius, Had A Mustache, And I Want Someone To Check In On Tom Holland Stat · China's rover continues search for signs of life on Mars · DoNuts T.®ump was booed at a rally on Saturday in Alabama after telling supporters they should get vaccinated.

Today the post-
woman brought
me an unsigned
ransom note
threatening to 
destroy the world 
unless I came up 
& across with $10
billion in in-
consequential 
bills. "Such is life,"
I thought & threw
it in the trash. Ex-
istentialism does
have an upside.

wednesday newstrip

Federal parliament sittings in limbo after Canberra plunged into lockdown · Poly Network cryptocurrency hack sees hundreds of millions of dollars worth of Ethereum, other coins stolen · Taliban going door to door for girls as young as 12 to make them ‘sex slaves’ · fossil tusk reveals travels of woolly mammoth across Alaska 17,000 years ago during the ice age · GTA 5 should run at 4K 60fps on PS5, but will it? · study finds novel approach to attenuate mitochondrial dysfunction that drives diet-induced obesity · illegible note sees would-be robber flee bank empty-handed · only slight chance of asteroid Bennu hitting Earth: NASA.

geographies: Rupanyup

 

video Q

 

wednesday newstrip

Health experts call for reform as data suggests woodfired heaters are responsible for more premature deaths than thought · endangered Tuataras' super-speedy sperm could boost conservation efforts · astronomers find dancing cosmic 'ghosts' spawned by the wild weather of black holes · UN condemns Zimbabwe child marriages after 14-year-old girl forced to wed dies after giving birth · Taliban's hold on Afghanistan tightens as foreign troops withdraw · police & the army conducting COVID-19 compliance patrols in Sydney · 'biblical catastrophe': fires rampage through forests in Greece · NASA opens applications for year-long Mars simulation · Back 4 Blood beta players think they hear zombies yelling the N-word · Princess Diana's giant lace collar is back.

Today the post-
woman brought
me a cartouche.
"What's this?" I
asked.

                                she said.

geographies: Underbool

 

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

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Part One of Otoliths sixty-two contains fiction & non-fiction, vispo, reviews, translations, essays, & poetry from Pat Nolan, Sanjeev Sethi, Lisa Creech Bledsoe, Alan Catlin, Cameron Dean Gibson, Jim Leftwich, Christopher Barnes, Dave Drayton, Jimmy Crouse, Carol Shillibeer, Demosthenes Agrafiotis, Paul Dickey, Peycho Kanev, Clara B. Jones, Vernon Frazer, Joshua Martin, Eric Hoffman, Lynn Strongin, Craig Cotter, Michael Reich, Michael Spring, Jack Galmitz, Harvey Huddleston, Joseph Buehler, Joanna Walkden Harris & Pete Spence, Mark Rutter, Linda King, Nathan Anderson, Stephen C. Middleton, Richard J. Fleming, Lawrence R. Smith, Louise Landes Levi, Marcus Liljedahl, Charles Freeland, Robert van Vliet, Coleman Edward Dues, M.J. Iuppa, Mark Pirie, Anna Cates, Clive Gresswell, Norman Abjorensen, dan raphael, S. K. Kelen, Texas Fontanella & Brandstifter, Scott MacLeod, Jen Schneider, Mark Cunningham, John Levy, Sheila E. Murphy, Owen Bullock, Réka Nyitrai, Jordan Stempleman, Keith Polette, Stu Hatton, Thomas Osatchoff, Charles Wilkinson, Bob Lucky, Nicholas Alexander Hayes, Charles Borkhuis, Jeff Harrison, bart plantenga, Dominique Hamon, John M. Bennett, Penelope Weiss, Mary Kasimor, Jake Reeds, Keith Nunes, Ryan Quinn Flanagan, Michael J. Leach, Pam Brown, Daniel f Bradley, Tony Beyer, Nathan Whiting, Gavin Lucky, J. D. Nelson, R L Swihart, Mark Danowsky, Keith Higginbotham, Carla Sarett, Michael Brandonisio, Bob Heman, Paul Pfleuger, Jr., Tim Wright, Charlotte Jung, & Karl Kempton.

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Part Two of Otoliths sixty-two, the full color part, contains paintings, collages, drawings, mailart, anti-manifestos, photographs, text poetry, asemics, & vispo from Adam Roussopoulos & John M. Bennett, Cecelia Chapman & Randee Silv, David Harrison Horton, AG Davis, Andrew Topel, Cecelia Chapman & Jeff Crouch, John Vieira, Elaine Woo, Texas Fontanella, Rosella Quintini, hiromi suzuki, Scott Helmes, Grzegorz Wróblewski, Demosthenes Agrafiotis, Jürgen O. Olbrich, Carol Stetser, Pamela Miller, Liminalism, Joseph Salvatore Aversano, Jim Leftwich & Jeff Crouch, Kathup Tsering, Pete Spence, Judith Skillman, harry k stammer, John McCluskey, Daniel de Culla, Michelle Moloney King, John Levy, Dave Read, Jim Leftwich, corinne delmonico, Isabel Gómez de Diego, C. Mehrl Bennett & John M. Bennett, Mindaugas Žuromskas & John M. Bennett, John M. Bennett & Robert Jones, John M. Bennett, Guy R. Beining, Jeff Bagato, Oormila Vijayakrishnan Prahlad, Richard Magahiz, Marilyn Stablein, Diana Magallón, David Greenslade, Gian Luigi Braggio, Cecelia Chapman + Jeff Crouch + John M. Bennett + Jim Leftwich, Cecelia Chapman, Marcia Arrieta, & Alex Caldiero.

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Part Three of Otoliths sixty-two is noWon, Alberto Vitacchio's text & manipulated-photo philosophical essay / travelogue / love letter that spans both sides of the Atlantic in a wonderful demonstration of the breadth & depth of Vitacchio's vision.