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Stilgherrian
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Word-whore • Write 'em, Talk 'em • Cybers, politics, media • I have a podcast, obviously • Ph/Signal +61407623600 • All hail Eris! Vive les poissons rouges sauvages! • Based in Wentworth Falls NSW AU.
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NEW BLOG POST: “Weekly Wrap 815: Easing into 2016 with heat and long naps” stilgherrian.com/weekly-wrap/...

Covers 5–11 January 2026 and contains the usual links to Interesting Things. Also, an unrelated cat.
Black and white photo. The upper third is the lower part of the side a caravan, with a tyre visible on the right. The foreground is all overgrown grass of various kinds, with flowers and seeds visible. And on the grass, a grey and white cat stands looking at us.
January 11, 2026 at 8:58 AM
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It's damp in the Blue Mountains today and it'll be getting even damper tonight. The temperature is 6°C below average.
January 11, 2026 at 12:27 AM
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It's hot and windy in the Blue Mountains today, with the temperature 11°C above average. I will be hiding from it, mostly.
January 9, 2026 at 10:21 PM
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The News Cycle, a photograph.
Three men in their underpants stand close together in a triangle, each bending over with his head inside the pants of the man to his left.
January 9, 2026 at 8:22 AM
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It's hot and sunny in the Blue Mountains today, some 12°C above average. Unpleasant. And it'll be much hotter elsewhere.
January 8, 2026 at 8:36 PM
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A patient Australian magpie mother (Gymnorhina tibicen) feeds a very insistent juvenile.
January 8, 2026 at 8:47 AM
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“Kim Jong Un and his daughter look at chickens during a visit to Kwangchon Chicken Farm on January 7, 2024. (Source: Korean Central Television)”
The Supreme Leader wears a white lab coat and he stands with three others similarly clothed. He's looking at a series of chicken cages and egg collection troughs which seem to stretch endlessly into the distance. He is amused. Judging from other photos I have seen, I suspect he is imaging all the chickens spiced and deep-fried and in his mouth.
January 7, 2026 at 11:00 PM
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It's hot in the Blue Mountains today, with the temperature headed for 10°C above average.
January 7, 2026 at 10:45 PM
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This is excellent, and thanks for the correction. I have a very new rock lying around here somewhere, a piece of trinitite from 1945. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trinitite
A lump of greenish glass rock with bubbles in it site on a sheet of 5 mm graph paper. It’s about 12 mm across.
January 7, 2026 at 2:23 AM
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It's sunny and hot in the Blue Mountains today. The temperature is 7°C above average and it'll be even hotter for the next three days.
January 7, 2026 at 1:30 AM
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I just found this image I made from October 2019 and I’m wondering what triggered it.
On a smooth grey surface sits two clams. The one in the foreground is open, like a mouth, with a speech bubble shouting "China!". The caption reads "A Message from Hive Clamilton".
January 6, 2026 at 8:18 AM
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It's partly cloudy in the Blue Mountains today, and the temperature will be 2°C above average — but the next few days will be much warmer, up to 12°C above average.
January 5, 2026 at 9:45 PM
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Pigeons are astounding.
January 5, 2026 at 10:03 AM
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It's sunny in the Blue Mountains right now but it might rain later, perhaps even a thunderstorm. The temperature will be 1°C above average, but for me much cooler than yesterday because yesterday I was down in Sydney.
January 4, 2026 at 10:26 PM
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NEW BLOG POST: “Weekly Wrap 814: Happy New Year with belated pelicans” stilgherrian.com/weekly-wrap/... Covers 29 December 2025 to 4 January 2026, and contain the usual links to Interesting Things. stilgherrian.com/weekly-wrap/...
A small stone quay at the side of an estuary, water on the left, and a pathway and then lawn on the right. On the quay, four pelicans stand looking at the water, one with its wings outstretched. On the water a group of five pelicans look back. Half a dozen tourists stand watching the scene.
January 4, 2026 at 9:16 AM
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Here be some swamp wallaby (Wallabia bicolor) action over the holidays break, including a joey. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swamp_w...

Unedited video 2m18s at drive.google.com/file/d/1X2z6...
A black and white image from an infrared camera. A small clearing in a eucalypt forest. In the centre of the image, with its back to us, is a wallaby. And just beyond it there's a smaller, younger wallaby.
January 4, 2026 at 8:31 AM
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Is he though, @justjim.bsky.social?
A slim man wears a white t-shirt, the back of which shows a row of colourful signal flags. They spell: C[obscured by a strap]AMPION.
January 4, 2026 at 12:18 AM
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It's warm in Sydney today and, later, moist. The temperature will be 4°C above average. Just like your underpants during an acute illness.
January 3, 2026 at 10:07 PM
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Some of you are getting quite worked up so here is a calming photo of a cute kitten.
Photo of a kitten in a tree and definitely not a racoon.
January 3, 2026 at 12:28 PM
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If you ever needed proof that Australia is a civilised nation...
A banner on a traditional Aussie pub balcony reading: Aurora Horel 20 Hard Brekkie! Brekkie Burger & Schooner of Hard Rated Orange
January 3, 2026 at 6:58 AM
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BYD is kinda easy though. fabrikbrands.com/branding-mat...
A red oval outline aligned horizontally containing the stylised letters “BYD”.
January 3, 2026 at 12:59 AM
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It's partly cloudy again in Sydney today, but slightly warmer at 1°C above average.
January 3, 2026 at 12:08 AM
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12. Gathggwyn hisses at me again, 27 December. For several years now I’ve been catsitting Gathgwyn while his humans are away, but still he hates me.

THE END.
A big fluffy white cat with grey ears looks straight into the camera, eyes narrowed, ears slightly flattened, mouth open in a snarl.
January 2, 2026 at 5:06 AM
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11. #purpletrain in the mists, 22 November. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Sou...

The Sydney Trains V-Set fleet is finally being retired. I have tons of photos of them, but this one really hits the mood.
A Sydney Trains V-Set InterCity train arrives at Wentworth Falls station. It's a double-deck train with fluted metal sides and yellow doors. The blunt nose is yellow too, with a dark orange section above the driver's cab. The train is emerging from the mist and the platform is wet with rain.
January 2, 2026 at 4:51 AM
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10. A young red-bellied black snake (Pseudechis porphyriacus), 3 October. Look at it trying to be tough with its flattened neck all threatening lol. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red-bel...

Not such a good photo, but it reminded me that I’m overcoming my fear of snakes — although this one is just a baby.
A narrow dirt path runs between two patches of unkempt grass. Across it, from left to right in the bright sun, trundles a very shiny little black snake, about 80cm long. Its neck is flattened in a mild threat display. Its stubby little tail can just be seen among the grassy bits on the left.
January 2, 2026 at 4:42 AM