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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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Covers 5–11 January 2026 and contains the usual links to Interesting Things. Also, an unrelated cat.
January 11, 2026 at 8:58 AM
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
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
The News Cycle, a photograph.
January 9, 2026 at 8:22 AM
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
A patient Australian magpie mother (Gymnorhina tibicen) feeds a very insistent juvenile.
January 8, 2026 at 8:47 AM
“Kim Jong Un and his daughter look at chickens during a visit to Kwangchon Chicken Farm on January 7, 2024. (Source: Korean Central Television)”
January 7, 2026 at 11:00 PM
It's hot in the Blue Mountains today, with the temperature headed for 10°C above average.
January 7, 2026 at 10:45 PM
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
January 7, 2026 at 2:23 AM
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
I just found this image I made from October 2019 and I’m wondering what triggered it.
January 6, 2026 at 8:18 AM
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
Pigeons are astounding.
January 5, 2026 at 10:03 AM
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
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/...
January 4, 2026 at 9:16 AM
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...
January 4, 2026 at 8:31 AM
Is he though, @justjim.bsky.social?
January 4, 2026 at 12:18 AM
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
Some of you are getting quite worked up so here is a calming photo of a cute kitten.
January 3, 2026 at 12:28 PM
If you ever needed proof that Australia is a civilised nation...
January 3, 2026 at 6:58 AM
BYD is kinda easy though. fabrikbrands.com/branding-mat...
January 3, 2026 at 12:59 AM
It's partly cloudy again in Sydney today, but slightly warmer at 1°C above average.
January 3, 2026 at 12:08 AM
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.
January 2, 2026 at 5:06 AM
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.
January 2, 2026 at 4:51 AM
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.
January 2, 2026 at 4:42 AM