geographies: Rockingham

 

A line from Shane MacGowan

Behind an old wooden door
is a hallway handmade from
reclaimed timber, denailed by
hand with the help of WD-40

& olive oil. The character of 
the wood is its essence; the
presence of knots may decrease 
the strength of the wood but in-

creases that essence, highlight-
ing those lines that run in differ-
ent directions to overwhelm the 
faded pictures in the hallway.

Threshold

Liminal space beckons. Is filled
with fresh-cooked bagels that I
know can't be real because they
smell too good. I am standing at
the top of a stairway that leads
down to the local rail station. All
I can see are steps & a sign on the 
wall that says This way to the Led 

Zeppelin concert & looks out of 
date. The smell of bagels comes 
up from the bottom of the stairs: 
there are no signs of trains or tra-
velers; that emptiness is both 
imminent & fragrant disconcerts.

tendon tension

Fatigue doesn't eliminate risk. Be-
gin with squats. The kettlebell 
goblet squat is a compound move-
ment. You can try to download 
the Canary Version even though
it kicks off another download &
releases a new set of definitions 
every 3-4 hours. It might pay to
use the Save PDF option on the 
page, then soak in warm water &
apply zinc oxide ointment if the 

food noise comes back. My watch 
has been focused on elevating my
data infrastructure now terrorists 
have sought to divide the country.
My critique of their activities is 
confusing, even though I have up-
dated it several times. Apologies 
for any remaining typos. Federal 
agents arrived & arrested them as 
I was otherwise engaged, watching 
Taylor wearing a Forme Power Bra.

another Local Library note

The books are packed
so tightly together

on the library shelves
 that the only things 

about them that will 
be easy to read 

are their titles &
the authors' names.

Snapshot

Air-conditioners are on all through the house.

I am back into book-editing mode.

A Globemaster makes cumbersome circular training runs in the outside air.

The house shakes.

Which activity is causing it?

I break for lunch.

wednesday newstrip

As the sun rose over the sand at Bondi on Friday morning, Rabbi Yosef Eichenblatt urged defiance in the face of terror. "They want us to be afraid," he said. "We need to be more joyful, more brave." Hanukah, he told those gathered on the beach, celebrates the victory of light over darkness. "We need to bring more light into the world … even in the darkest of times, we can always light a candle" · Pete Hogsbreath says young Americans 'too fat' & 'too dumb' to serve · a first look through the Epstein files reveals celebrity snaps, police notes, & a lot of Bill Clinton · T.®ump DOJ officials threatened with impeachment over Epstein file drop · Australia's illegal tobacco problem has made the proverbial transition from tragedy to farce. Illicit, excise-evading cigarettes now comprise half of the cancer-inducing products sold to Australia's 2.7 million smokers · a person infected with measles attended a community Christmas carol event while infectious, health authorities have revealed. It is the 58th confirmed measles case in Western Australia this year · US launches airstrikes against dozens of Islamic State targets in Syria · amid the fierce debate around antisemitism, social cohesion, & political unity, it appeared symbolic that the principal resistor of an attack on a Jewish festival was an Arabic-speaking, Syrian-born Muslim. As the gunmen fired into the crowd, Ahmed al-Ahmed, unarmed but unhesitating, risked his life to save the lives of others unknown to him.

geographies: Norseman

 

wednesday newstrip

DOJ says T.®ump using ASL interpreter could hurt his 'image' · a Border Patrol agent who allegedly threatened to shoot a bystander during an arrest in Chicago has been exposed for a history of extreme, racist, & hate-filled online posts · Elongated Muskrat had an ominous prediction about MAGA strategist Steve Bannonthebomb on Friday after a newly released batch of photos showed the former senior aide with the late financier & convicted child offender Jeffrey Epstein. "Only a matter of time before he goes back to prison." · new study exposes dangers of silicone baking molds · in a statement on Friday, the DOJ said it was suing Fulton County in Georgia, along with four states — Colorado, Hawaii, Massachusetts, & Nevada — for voting records from the 2020 election. T.®ump lost in all of the localities that were sued · the U.S. claims 11 supercarriers—but nine more warships can launch jets, carry Marines, & fly F-35Bs · Taylor Swift reportedly gave out $197 million in bonuses to everyone who worked on the Eras Tour, including production staff & assistants, carpenters, dancers, & band members.

wednesday newstrip

T.®ump treats cabinet to stream of vitriol & untruths — but only when he’s awake · six people arrested on suspicion of deactivating fire alarms at Hong Kong fire apartment complex · High Court agrees to hear teenagers' challenge to Australia's under 16s social media ban · in its 2025 US National Security Strategy, the T.®ump administration praises the growing influence of what it calls "patriotic European parties", saying it gives "cause for great optimism" that the continent will be able to achieve a "revival of spirit" · The Kremlin has praised US President DoNuts T.®ump's new national security strategy, saying it is largely in line with Russia's views · condoms & contraceptives to become more expensive in China as Beijing accelerates push to lift birth rate · Signalgate report: Pete Hogsbreath jeopardized safety of US troops · T.®ump finally got his peace prize — from a soccer federation widely known for its corruption.

wednesday newstrip

Public libraries in Tennessee have begun to shut down as they carry out an order from state officials to remove children’s books containing LGBTQ+ themes or characters · T.®ump’s golf trips have cost taxpayers $71m since January & could eventually top staggering $300m across his full term, report says · climate activists stop three ships from entering world’s largest coal port in Newcastle, Australia · Israeli PM BeenJammin' Notjustanyahoo formally asks to be pardoned from corruption charges · Sydney police charge four men over alleged ‘international satanic child sex abuse material ring’ · death toll in Hong Kong blaze rises to 146 after more bodies found · a two-tiered cake & a groom-bride playlist for Australian Prime Minister's wedding.

wednesday newstrip

New Zealanders are leaving the country in record numbers, mainly to Australia, but the country still recorded a net migration gain in the 12 months to September 2025 · T.®ump calls Marjorie Taylor Greene resignation 'great news for the country' · Ukraine faces losing dignity or key partner under US plan, Zelensky says · U.S. senators say Marco Rubio told them Trump's Ukraine peace plan is Russia's 'wish list' · US drug dealer branded a killer by AI sues Google · at least 38 million tonnes of rubbish is disposed of illegally in England every year according to a UK parliamentary committee investigating "waste crime" · Virgin & Qantas to ban use of portable power banks after string of fires · a haunting 1940 self-portrait by famed Mexican artist Frida Kahlo sold Thursday for USD $54.7 million & became the top-selling work by any female artist at an auction · a Gustav Klimt portrait has sold for $236.4m, a record for a modern art piece.

recently at Series Magritte

Dialogue Revealed by the Wind



A wind, a cold wind has come
  Arthur Miller: The Crucible
"Nakedness has a way of showing
itself," she said. "If not the wind, then
some other act of nature. Though is it
natural that we should be standing
here, headless, legless, words that
usually describe some condition of
drunkeness? & is standing the right
word to use when we have nothing
left to really let us stand?" The other
two might have nodded in agree-
ment, had they not been beheaded 
& now had nothing left to nod with.

wednesday newstrip

AC/DC concert in Melbourne registered on earthquake detection equipment as the rock icons played their first concert in Australia in a decade · private emails written by sex offender Jeffrey Epstein claim US President DoNuts T.®ump knew about "the girls" & "spent hours" with a victim at his house · Sydney 'fortune-teller' allegedly ran $70m fraud by telling clients she saw a billionaire in their future · ratepayers in two regional councils will foot a $2 million bill to dispose of thousands of tonnes of contaminated organic waste in Western Australia's South West region · 'chaos situation' as potential asbestos exposure in colored sand closes Canberra schools · DNA proves Adolf Hitler may have had micropenis, one testicle · a free concert in Melbourne CBD by Amyl and the Sniffers, who are currently touring as the opening act on AC/DC's world tour. was canceled after overcrowding & safety concerns.

wednesday newstrip

Mexico’s president presses charges after street groping incident · feral pigs devour 99 out of every 100 lambs on a Central West NSW farm · lawmakers outraged that president is gilding White House as Snap food stamps in jeopardy amid longest US shutdown. Pity it wasn't the President who was gelded · a UPS cargo plane's left wing caught fire & its engine fell off moments before the aircraft crashed & exploded after take-off in Louisville, Kentucky · Typhoon Kalmaegi leaves 114 dead & 127 missing in Philippines · a bill that will allow the government to list the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as a terrorist organisation has passed the Australian parliament · Microsoft has began contacting more than 2.7 million Microsoft 365 Personal & Family subscribers in Australia to apologize & offer refunds after tech giant failed to communicate all subscription options & that subscribers could opt out of the AI option · American music star Jelly Roll accuses Sydney’s Louis Vuitton store of treating him 'like a criminal.'

Now out from Sandy Press

Just released from Sandy Press.

Mark Young
From the Cave's jukebox [Some more Tom Beckett Titles]
Sandy Press
ISBN: 979-8-9924582-6-8
Prices: $US 10.00 (paperback); $US6.00 (Kindle)
URL: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FZ2486MH

Rediscovered during Mark Young's trawling through past posts & pages while putting together an introduction to his 2024 compilation, 100 Titles From Tom Beckett, was another list of Beckett titles, this time a blog post containing sixteen titles that were later augmented by a further twelve to become a 'fragment' in his 2015 APPEARANCES; A NOVEL IN FRAGMENTS. Tom described them as "… titles of imaginary songs that appear on an imaginary jukebox in an imaginary bar called the Cave, a very special club house for the legendary performance art group Vaudeville without Organs."

A comment from Young on the blog post indicates that he had seen them; but, unlike earlier instances from 2003 onwards, had not acted on them. That just might have turned out to be a good thing; because instead of sixteen titles being dispersed amongst various collections, it is now possible to present all the poems derived from those songs on that imaginary jukebox in a single volume, From the Cave’s jukebox.

wednesday newstrip

Wealthy homeowners in the US are paying big bucks to install wasp nests as decor, according to the New York Times · T.®ump first warns Putain 'we have a nuclear submarine off your shore' after Russian cruise missile test, then makes 'immediate' nuclear weapons testing order two days later · Earth has reached its hottest temperature of the past 125,000 years, & its "vital signs" are being pushed to the brink, the 2025 State of the Climate Report has warned · Elongated Muskrat wants a trillion dollars or he'll leave Tesla · Australian Opposition Leader has defended her criticism of the prime minister, claiming a Joy Division T-shirt he wore when arriving back in Australia has antisemitic connotations · Dictionary.com reveals 6-7 as Word of the Year, capturing the chaos of 2025 internet culture · attracted to 'shiny' objects, children in Gaza mistake unexploded bombs for toys.

wednesday newstrip

Man challenges arrest for mocking DC troops with Darth Vader's theme song · T.®ump terminates trade talks with Canada claiming it ‘fraudulently’ used ad featuring Ronald Reagan speaking negatively about tariffs · MAGA lawmaker's lawsuit targeting Gavin Newsom hit with rejection by T.®ump's own appointee · billionaire Peter Thiel claims Greta Thunberg could be the Antichrist · popular podcasters are calling out T.®ump — will young men follow suit? · 80 per cent of Halloween toys in Australia fail safety tests, prompting warning to parents · satellite images show White House's East Wing has been demolished for Donald Trump's ballroom · AI models may be developing their own 'survival drive', researchers say.

My latest pdf

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is now available for downloading as the latest entry/output in/from Pat Nolan's marvelous Neo-Mimeo Editions. The URL is https://nuallainhousepublishers.com/2025/10/19/b-a-l-a-n-c-e/.

The full catalog, which is updated roughly once a week, can be found here.

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Taco T.®ump cools on 'incredible' weapons for Zelensky in wake of Putain call · T.®ump commutes former Republican Congressman George Santos's federal fraud jail sentence · 'Arc de Trump': T.®ump unveils plans for new Washington, D.C. monument · T.®ump called for Israel’s president, Isaac Herzog, to pardon Prime Minister Been Jammin' Notjustanyahoo, who has faced a years-long corruption case · T.®ump threatens to 'go in & kill' Hamas if killings in Gaza don't stop · T.®ump 'furious' over controversial Time magazine cover photo that’s sparked huge debate online · T.®ump insists 'I’m no King' with his fingers crossed behind his back as thousands of ‘No Kings’ protests set to take place across the country.

wednesday newstrip

'What a disgrace': T.®ump roasted for getting COVID jab while admin fans anti-vax flames · Venezuela's opposition leader Maria Corina Machado has been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for her work promoting democratic rights in the country · ahead of the announcement, experts on the award had said DoNuts T.®ump would not win it as he is dismantling the international world order the Nobel committee cherishes · the Pope has condemned clickbait as a "degrading" part of journalism, at a private audience with global newswires · Neil Young has announced he is pulling his music from Amazon while condemning Jeff Bezos’ support of DoNuts T.®ump · Republican candidate for Virginia Governor says banning same-sex marriage isn’t discrimination · T.®ump announces AstraZeneca will offer discount drugs on ‘TrumpRx’ website · UNICEF recently estimated that, since the war began two years ago, on average 28 children a day have been killed in Gaza. That's the equivalent of a classroom of children a day killed · Israel carried out intense airstrikes on southern Lebanon early Saturday, killing one person, wounding seven & briefly cutting a highway that links Beirut with parts of south Lebanon, the Health Ministry said.

recently, at Series Magritte

La Clef de Songes






We dance. Either by
moon- or candlelight.

We dance, The snow be-
gins to fall. I put on my

bowler hat, you make sure
your shoes are on tight.

We dance, on the ceiling,
treat the snow as if it were

the sands of the desert &
we under acacia trees.

We dance until a thunder-
storm comes hammering

along. I eat an egg. You
drink a glass of water.

We dream.

wednesday newstrip

Endangered numbats stressed by over-eager nature photographers, authorities say · Australian investors asked: cash out, or hold gold, after fund hits 50% returns · one of two victims in Manchester synagogue attack may have been killed by a bullet fired by police · a senior T.®ump administration official has declared that suspected drug traffickers & their "deadly drugs have been turned into stardust" following the latest US military strike off Venezuela’s coast · responding to this latest lethal bombing, Amnesty International USA declared: "this is murder. The US government must be held accountable" · the proprietors of a popular Wellington cafe say they are devastated after being told their landlord, Sir Peter Jackson, has decided to close the business · Hamas agrees to some of T.®ump's plan but seeks negotiations · Pete Hogsbreath fires US Navy Chief of Staff.

wednesday newstrip

If you haven't heard of the Armenian-Cambodian conflict, that's okay, because neither has anyone else — other than President DoNuts T.®ump, who claims to have ended the supposedly brewing clash between two countries 4150 miles apart · White House replaces Biden portrait with photo of an autopen · University of South Dakota professor can’t be fired for calling Charlie Kirk a 'Nazi,' judge rules · the Secret Service is investigating what DoNuts T.®ump branded "triple sabotage" of his United Nations appearance after an escalator stopped working while he was on it, his teleprompter didn't work, & Melania said she couldn't hear his speech due to technical difficulties · first new Qantas Airbus jets come with one toilet for every 90 economy passengers · T.®ump said Jimmy Kimmel had 'no ratings.' A record number of viewers disagreed.

wednesday newstrip

T.®ump's own words: about 300 million Americans died from drug overdose deaths just last year. Population of the Untied States last year: 340.1 million. Estimated 2025 population: 347 million · Israel has committed genocide in Gaza, says UN commission of inquiry · a doctor in the UK who left a patient midway through an operation to have sex with a nurse is at "very low risk" of repeating his serious misconduct, a medical tribunal has ruled · the First Lady of France will have to prove she was born a woman in a U.S. court · Volodymyr Zelenskyy says he will meet DoNuts T.®ump this week as Russia intensifies attacks · 'it’s slowly killing him:' Australian father-of-three battles extremely rare cadmium poisoning · US senator Ted Cruising for a Bruising, the Republican who leads oversight of the Federal Communications Commission, joined Democrats in criticizing FCC chair Brendan Carr’s recent threats against Disney & local broadcasters for airing Jimmy Kimmel Live! · T.®ump unveils $1,000,000 gold card for US residency.

wednesday newstrip

Groypers, Helldivers 2, Furries: what do the messages left by Charlie Kirk’s alleged killer actually mean? If the shell casings can be said to show an ideology of any kind, it is an ideology of “being terminally online” · conflict on Australian university campuses between staff & management as thousands are sacked & courses cut · DoNuts T.®ump says he is ready to impose sanctions on Russia — but only if NATO members agree do the same — as well as set massive tariffs on Russia's main ally, China · 'Celebrating murder': far-right protest in London turns violent as Elongated Muskrat blames the left for Charlie Kirk’s death · Australian Government makes $12bn downpayment on WA shipyard to help prepare it for Aukus nuclear submarine era · 'I waited years for a married man to leave his wife until I heard the famous three words' · Turning Point USA announces massive public memorial service for Charlie Kirk at Arizona football stadium. Seems like MAGA has decided it's found its first martyred saint.

wednesday newstrip

Anti-immigration protesters say Australia’s migration is at record highs — but the figures tell a different story · Jan. 6 rioters make demand for cash compensation after being emboldened by T.®ump pardons · leading world scholars claim Israel is committing genocide in Gaza · protesters keep getting arrested & released over rainbow chalk art at the Pulse shooting memorial crosswalk · Xi, Modi, & Putin meet in Beijing ahead of massive military parade in China. Kim Jong Un arrives to join them a day later in his bullet-proof train · a 'threat to lives & health:' nine ex-CDC heads gang up on RFK Jr. with a brutal op-ed in the New York Times · Epstein accusers urge T.®ump to release all case files after document dump reveals tens of thousands of pages already made public · Google confirms Gmail data breach warning is fake news · T.®ump has signed an executive order renaming the Defense Department, the Department of War.

wednesday newstrip

Federal appeals court rules that most of T.®ump's tariffs are illegal · RFK Jr. complains kids can't 'bring their guns' to school amid 'over-medicated nation' · 'Privacy Act violation?' T.®ump 'lapdog' Tinselly Gabbag ripped for exposing undercover agent · DOJ official tells right-wing host that gender-affirming care 'led to' mass shooting · T.®ump has canceled Kamala Harris's Secret Service protection, White House confirms · 'traumatic' wave of active-shooter hoaxes on campuses linked to right-wing extremist group · two firefighters battling Washington state’s biggest wildfire arrested by Border Patrol agents · Stephen Miller calls RFK Jr. a 'crown jewel' of T.®ump administration · two dead in Louisiana from flesh-eating bacteria after eating raw oysters.