Today’s Information Filter –
It’s SPRING Downunder!!!

Welcome to my information filter blog where I try to select interesting ‘stuff’ from what passes my eyes when reading, surfing, watching or listening. Enjoy or not – that is the way information goes.

Today in Queensland it is 72 days after the winter solstice (22 June) 42 weeks till we are back in Winter again! In Brisbane 10-28C with Sunrise at 6.01AM and Sunset at 5.34 PM.

Today’s Music

Tweet of the Day

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Weep for Britain. A sick, cynical brutal and horribly dangerous coup d’état. Children playing with matches, but spitefully not accidentally: gleefully torching an ancient democracy and any tattered shreds of reputation or standing our poor country had left.

— Stephen Fry (@stephenfry) August 28, 2019

Today’s Book of Interest

A Long Way From Home by Peter Carey – Irene Bobs loves fast driving. Her husband is the best car salesman in rural south eastern Australia. Together with Willie, their lanky navigator, they embark upon the Redex Trial, a brutal race around the continent, over roads no car will ever quite survive. A Long Way from Home is Peter Carey’s late style masterpiece; a thrilling high speed story that starts in one way, then takes you to another place altogether. Set in the 1950s in the embers of the British Empire, painting a picture of Queen and subject, black, white and those in-between, this brilliantly vivid novel illustrates how the possession of an ancient culture spirals through history – and the love made and hurt caused along the way. More on Goodreads

Today’s Blog of Interest
Ars Technica was founded in 1998 when Founder & Editor-in-Chief Ken Fisher announced his plans for starting a publication devoted to technology that would cater to what he called “alpha geeks”: technologists and IT professionals.	Stone tools suggest the first Americans came from Japan

Today’s Poetry of Interest

The Light of A Candle by Agha Shahid Ali

Today’s Podcast of Interest

London Review of Books A recent one is here Robert Lowell Studies

Today’s Photographer of Interest

Steve Parish, Steve Parish

Today’s Information Filter –
Happy Fathers Day Downunder

Welcome to my information filter blog where I try to select interesting ‘stuff’ from what passes my eyes when reading, surfing, watching or listening. Enjoy or not – that is the way information goes.

Today in Queensland it is 71 days after the winter solstice (22 June) 43 weeks till we are back in Winter again! In Brisbane 10-24C with Sunrise at 6.03AM and Sunset at 5.33 PM.

Tweet of the Day

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President Obama’s 2019 summer reading list has been released & we couldn’t be more excited! Looking for a recommendation for next listen? Check out this list for your next must have #audiobook: https://t.co/NXE3wNKqem@POTUS44 @randomhouse @doubledaybooks @VintageAnchor

— Penguin Random House Audio 🎧 📚 (@PRHAudio) August 15, 2019

Today’s Book of Interest

Latest Readings by Clive James- In 2010, Clive James was diagnosed with terminal leukemia. Deciding that “if you don’t know the exact moment when the lights will go out, you might as well read until they do,” James moved his library to his house in Cambridge, where he would “live, read, and perhaps even write.” James is the award-winning author of dozens of works of literary criticism, poetry, and history, and this volume contains his reflections on what may well be his last reading list. A look at some of James’s old favorites as well as some of his recent discoveries, this book also offers a revealing look at the author himself, sharing his evocative musings on literature and family, and on living and dying. As thoughtful and erudite as the works of Alberto Manguel, and as moving and inspiring as Randy Pausch’s The Last Lecture and Will Schwalbe’s The End of Your Life Book Club, this valediction to James’s lifelong engagement with the written word is a captivating valentine from one of the great literary minds of our time. More on Goodreads

Today’s Blog of Interest
20 Jazz Funk Greats Interesting blog with lots of music clips to while away teh hours./td>	Jazz Funk Greats

Today’s Poetry of Interest

The Light of A Candle by Yosa Buson

Today’s Podcast of Interest

Cinema Roundup Podcasts Most recent is here Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw

Today’s Photographer of Interest

Steve McCurry, Steve McCurry

Today’s Information Filter

Welcome to my information filter blog where I try to select interesting ‘stuff’ from what passes my eyes when reading, surfing, watching or listening. Enjoy or not – that is the way information goes.

Today in Queensland it is 69 days after the winter solstice (22 June) 43 weeks till we are back in Winter again! In Brisbane 10-23C with Sunrise at 6.04AM and Sunset at 5.33 PM.

Today’s Book of Interest
Bad Behaviour by Rebecca Starford- It should have been a time of acquiring confidence, building self respect and independence, of fostering a connection with the natural world through long hikes… A gripping, compulsively readable memoir of bullying at an elite country boarding school.. More on Goodreads

Today’s Blog of Interest
Gizmodo covers Australian science and entertainment news with a team of award-winning journalists – and localises the best posts from the US + UK editions.	Gizmodo

Today’s Poetry of Interest

The Aloe by Laurence Hope

Today’s Podcast of Interest

The Graham Norton Podcast Most recent is here Graham with Frances Barber, Neil Tennant, Jonathan Harvey plus June Bernicoff

Today’s Photographer of Interest

BILL HENSON, Bill Henson

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Today’s Book of Interest
The Strange Birth, Short Life, and Sudden Death of Justice Girl by Julian David Stone – McCarthyism Versus Justice and the American Way. An intriguing Sci-Fi novel. More on Goodreads

Today’s Blog of Interest

Londonist is about London and everything that happens in it. That means news, reviews and events; the history and future of London. We provide everything you need to know about the capital, as well as celebrating the quirks, eccentricities, hidden and surprising bits that make up the alternative side of the city. Upbeat and eclectic, Londonist is created by a diverse team of contributors who share a passion for London.

Londonist

Today’s Poetry of Interest

High Flight by John Gillespie Magee, Jr

Today’s Podcast of Interest

The Kindle Chronicles – A. G. Riddle’s book Solar War

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Mick Porter, Mick Porter

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Today’s Book of Interest
Planetfall by Emma Newmann – A great sci-fi adventure yarn. More on Goodreads

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Quillette is a platform for free thought. We respect ideas, even dangerous ones. We also believe that free expression and the free exchange of ideas help human societies flourish and progress. Quillette aims to provide a platform for this exchange.	Quillette

Today’s Poetry of Interest

Bats’ Ultrasound by the late great Les Murray. © Les Murray From:The Daylight Moon, Persea Books, 1987

Today’s Podcast of Interest

ABC Sum of all Parts Podcasts – Electronic music’s origin story Joel Werner presents extraordinary stories from the world of numbers.

Today’s Photographer of Interest

Australian Creative Photographer of the Year – Peter Rossi Peter’s Gallery