wednesday newstrip

An April 2023 train derailment in rural Maine that spilt hundreds of gallons of fuel & left three workers in hospital was caused by beavers, state officials said · humpback whale swallows & then spits out kayaker off Chile coast · goat bitten by red-bellied black snake given $3k worth of antivenom · US sends Israel 2,000-pound bombs that can 'pancake' buildings · despite DOGE budget cut crusade, T.®ump has already spent $10.7 million of taxpayer money on golf trips · 'good luck with that': CNN made FOIA request about DOGE only to learn FOIA staff was fired · Chinese warships sail within 150 nautical miles of Sydney, issue a live fire drill warning & forcing commercial flights to be diverted in the Tasman Sea without informing the Australian military · contempt for this national disinformation campaign notwithstanding, if the polls are correct – &, as usual, reporters have their doubts – then enough voters are buying it & Australia may well end up with Opposition Leader Putrid Dustbinn as its next prime minister.

Annie Lennox singing Joni Mitchell

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P2NfgLlJ6zQ"

What more

is there

to say?

wednesday newstrip

Israeli police have raided a Palestinian-owned bookstore in East Jerusalem, detaining its owners & confiscating books about the Israeli–Palestinian conflict · fans were left outraged amid "poor communication" after a sold-out Bryan Adams concert in Perth was canceled hours after it was scheduled to start due to a build up of fat, grease, & rags in the sewerage system, known as a fatberg · T.®ump orders DOJ to pause prosecutions of Americans who bribe foreign officials: report · Georgia Republican Rep. introduces bill to rename Greenland Red White & Blue Land · 'An act of betrayal': Japan to maximise nuclear power 14 years after Fukushima disaster · Sydney nurses stood down after claiming they would kill Israeli patients in social media video · DoNuts T.®ump trade adviser says Australia 'killing aluminium market' in blow to tariff exemption hopes.

More unsavory news noise from the T.®ump pits

AI-generated T.®ump and Muskrat video dupes MAGA faithful into buying fake Golden Eagles coins · T.®ump is the second most unpopular new president in decades. Who was the most unpopular? Why T.®ump of course, in 2017 · 'Delay, whine, lie, blather, wince, repeat': T.®ump question time stuns onlookers · DoNuts T.®ump & Been Jammin' Notjustanyahoo held a joint press conference during the Israeli Prime Minister’s visit to the White House. By working together, Notjustanyahoo said, the two leaders could "strengthen security, broaden the circle of peace, achieve a remarkable era of peace through strength, & let the U.S. take over the Gaza Strip & get rid of the Palestinians to somewhere else" · T.®ump's administration is preparing an executive order to begin dismantling the Education Department – while acknowledging the president lacks the authority to kill the agency entirely. T.®ump vowed during the election campaign to end what he called 'wokeness' & 'indoctrination' at the agency · in late night Truth Social rant, DoNuts T.®ump has accused Senate Democrats of deliberately delaying the confirmation of his nominees to top cabinet positions, angrily insisting, without evidence, that his political rivals are intentionally sabotaging his new administration & laughing about doing so behind the scenes · some of the 8,000 migrants arrested under the T.®ump administration's deportation crackdown have already been released back into the U.S., according to a report.

A poem from the Bureau of Meteorology

Significant rainfall may develop over 
the weekend about the Herbert & 
Lower Burdekin & the Cassowary Coast, 
with a monsoon trough in place, rich 

tropical moisture & onshore flow ex-
pected to strengthen. Enhanced rainfall 
due to widespread showers & isolated 
embedded thunderstorms is possible 

from tonight & throughout the week-
end, with extremely wet soils & river 
catchments leading to a higher than 
normal vulnerability to flash flooding.

Source:

Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology
TOP PRIORITY FOR IMMEDIATE BROADCAST

Severe Weather Warning
for HEAVY RAINFALL
6.05 p.m., 2/7/2025

recently, at Series Magritte

Le Regard Mental


Look at 
the build-
                 ing. Think. How do I
                 reach the roof? & which 
                                                         roof should
                                                         I aim for? & 
                  if I do 
                  reach a
               roof, will the entire 
               structure remain up-
               right or will it tumble 
                                                      over
                                                      once 
                                my weight threatens 
                                to send it off balance? 
                                Houses upon houses
                                in this one spot. How 
     is the rest of the street likely to look?

wednesday newstrip

T.®ump moves to stop Bush-era AIDS relief program that saved millions of lives · Britons are being put off buying Tesla cars because of Elongated Muskrat’s behavior, new research has revealed · social media influencer manufactured symptoms that caused one-year-old to need brain surgery, Brisbane court hears. The woman, 34, is accused of torturing an infant & posting videos of the little girl online to build a social media following & solicit donations · Grace Tame, former Australian of the Year, makes statement at PM’s Australian of the Year function with 'Fuck Murdoch' T-shirt · T.®ump offers public servants seven months pay to resign · Caroline Kennedy warns senators that her cousin RFK Jr is a 'predator' · Google Maps will rename Gulf of Mexico as Gulf of America in US · China's chatbot juggernaut DeepSeek could mark the end of US supremacy in AI.

wednesday newstrip

Taranaki Maunga, a mountain in New Zealand, will now have the rights of a human being under legislation to be passed by parliament · DoNuts T.®ump ends security deal for Anthony Fauci, says he'd feel no responsibility if harm befell him · Australian eSafety organization 'saddened' to learn UK teen who killed three girls at dance class searched for an Australian stabbing video it unsuccessfully fought Elongated Muskrat to remove from X · T.®ump describes North Korea leader Kim Jong Un as a "smart guy" in an interview on Fox News · Bonnie Blue sex event erupts as Mum pulls son out of queue: ‘put your clothes on’ · Potent Hogsbreath, the former Fox News personality & rightwing commentator who has said women should not serve in combat roles, recommended the military purge generals, & faced allegations of sexual assault & alcoholism, has been confirmed as secretary of defense in the Senate by a tie-breaking vote from Vice-insistent JD Vance · Sky News presenter calls for Opposition leader Putrid Dustbin to ‘Make Australia Great Again’ · woman in Sydney intensive care with suspected botulism linked to unregulated anti-wrinkle injection.

Australia Invasion Day

Always was, always will be

Aboriginal land

wednesday newstrip

The UN says Australia violated human rights law, but it’s unlikely to change the way refugees are treated · 2024 is declared Earth’s hottest on record · Meta ends diversity & inclusion programs, Suckerbug blasts Biden · Kiwi couple were duped after the Australian hotel booking they made through Agoda led them to a shopping center devoid of accomodation · drug-eating rats raid police evidence room in Houston filled with mushrooms, cocaine, & marijuana · DoNuts T.®ump has appointed Mel Gibson, Sylvester Stallone, Jon Voight as special Hollywood ambassadors · the midair explosion of SpaceX’s Starship rocket took over social media with space watchers ridiculing the Elongated Muskrat-owned company’s rebranding of the incident as "a rapid unscheduled disassembly" · Jaffa Bejesus' Blue Origin successfully launches New Glenn rocket for the first time · China vowed on Tuesday to continue participating in two cornerstone multinational arrangements — the World Health Organisation & Paris climate accord — after newly sworn-in US President DoNuts T.®ump ordered withdrawals from them.

Otoliths at an exorbitant price

which I have nothing to do with.

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The T.®ump pits: newstrip 15 1 25

President-elect Elongated Muskrat seeks to install himself as global dictator – & 'so far it's working': expert · T.®ump says he's going to rename Gulf of Mexico to 'Gulf of America': Mexico's president tells T.®ump it's the U.S. that should be renamed · DoNuts T.®ump was reportedly planning to dodge a televised town hall hosted by Fox News last year, until an insider at the network fed him questions ahead of time · Justin Trudeau shuts down T.®ump 's idea of Canada joining the U.S. · the progressive advocacy group Public Citizen on Tuesday launched a new project aimed at tracking the incoming T.®ump / Muskrat administration's approach to corporate crime, an effort the watchdog said is particularly urgent given that many of the companies currently under federal investigation have connections to the presidents-elect · DoNuts T.®ump jnr goes window-shopping for his dad in Greenland · Danish king changes coat of arms amid row with T.®ump over Greenland.

wednesday newstrip

President-elect Elongated Muskrat has changed his name to "Kekius Maximus" on X, the social media platform he owns, signaling support for a type of cryptocurrency · Kremlin supporters tout T.®ump takeover threats on Canada, Greenland, & the Panama Canal as aiding Putin’s expansionist goals · without providing evidence, DoNuts T.®ump linked the truck driven into a New Orleans New Year crowd fatal attack to illegal immigration. The FBI, however, said the suspect was an American citizen from Texas · Tesla Cybertruck fire outside T.®ump hotel in Las Vegas leaves one dead, others injured · FBI says it has made 'largest seizure of explosives' in its history after raid on US farm · two men who went hunting for Bigfoot found dead in forest.

Today the post-
woman brought
me some ephemera—

at least that's
what the customs
declaration on the

now empty box
said was sup-
posed to be in it.

wednesday newstrip

Man accused of attacking TV reporter & yelling ‘This is Trump’s America now’ · festival-goer overdoses on first day of Victorian pill-testing trial · T.®ump sides with Elongated Muskrat in MAGA immigration feud over H-1B visas. Muskrat had vowed to go to "war" on the issue & told one critic on X to go "fuck yourself in the face" · scientists are hoping to grow plants on the moon to feed astronauts · Professor Geoffrey Hinton, the 'Godfather of AI,' shortens odds new tech will wipe out human race · Putain apologizes for Azerbaijani plane crash, but won't say if it was shot down · Aussie construction giant collapses leaving 1,300 apartments worth an eye-watering $1.5billion unfinished · hui, protests, kotahitanga, and a new Kuini — a historic year for Māoridom.

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

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

 

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