I really want to help this guy find this photo of Leonardo DiCaprio at the University of Sydney student bar, but the websites he mentions - 2Day FM and others - have all been re-made os many times there's be no archives.

Is Santa coming on a one horse open sleigh, or with nine reindeers? Why are there so many holes in a fabricated story? Does Christmas need better writers?

Some personal news: in the new year I’m also going to be studying a diploma in the difference between the “Auto Intensive”, “Auto Wash”, and “Super Wash” modes on my dishwasher.

What a time to be alive. When Dawkins defined a meme as “unit of cultural information spread by imitation” he was definitely thinking of Sidetalk NYC’s Thanksgiving on IG spreading to the Jonas Brothers in the Whitehouse on Tiktok. Bing bong.

What exactly is Crazy Frog riding? Is it a spacecraft, a motorbike, a bicycle, an Imperial Speeder Bike?

Alan Jones’ “audience didn’t go anywhere. It’s still there and it’s still being fed the same old shit to serve the same old interests of the truly wealthy, madly powerful and deeply, deeply unaccountable.”

From JB’s Alien Sideboob

Spiders, mannn looks large over Brisbane

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Calile-rise

Astral Codex Ten on the potential threat of ancient plagues emerging:

“I think if something goes wrong, the third most likely vector will be curious Siberians who see a corpse half-hidden in the ice and go investigate. The second most likely vector will be archaeologists. And the most likely vector - by far - will be scientists investigating to see whether something could go wrong.”

Listing of the day: “With minimal land left in this stunning new estate”

Science:

“Researchers have identified an odorless compound emitted by people—and in particular babies—called hexadecanal, or HEX, that appears to foster aggressive behavior in women and blunt it in men.”

Just a heads up and reminder - because @scottymcdonald reminded me - that maybe you’re walking around with excess blood this Christmas, so why not donate some and they’ll pass it onto some peeps that really need it.

Nature is healing!

The Queensland border has been open to other people for 12 hours and our roads are filled with tourists who don’t know the roads again. It’ll be a good week for tow trucks.

Business idea: Home Alone 6: Too home, too alone.

Name the song with lyrics and without searching:

“You serve me up with cake and that’s your big mistake”

How you know email communities are a real threat: when Facebook enters the game.

James Clear:

“Someone else living a good life does not prevent you from living a good life. There are many ways to win and plenty of space.”

Mavic 3’s 1x versus 28x zoom.

Somewhere in my nerdiness - born in DOS, grew into Win 3.11-XP, morphed on over to macOS sometime in 2006 - I missed the workshop that explained how websites work in 2021.

It's like website admin has gotten harder since Frontpage and Dreamweaver, then Wordpress, not easier ….

I’m so keen I reckon I’ll double these numbers before 2022

After being grounded for over a year - since the great wave vs. drone fight of 2019 - some of my favourite people bought me a new bird to commemorate my 40th birthday.

I am beyond pumped to get back in the air making art!

Cherian George for Nieman Lab:

“China’s and Russia’s global influence operations won’t need to resort to fake news to exploit the genuine dysfunctions in the American system.”

Photoshoot with a spider

The most depressing take on the state of "the media" today is the one in Max Read's email that basically suggests that Buzzfeed's public listing failure will be its biggest success because it will prove that there's no market for more new media.

Happy Pretend to Be A Time Traveller Day!

(Yes, this is a real international day, Google it.)

I’m vibing this Dutch multigenerational living space

Ever seen a goanna scale a brick wall?

“So let's sink another drink, 'Cause it'll give me time to think, If I had the chance I'd ask the world to dance, And I'd be dancing with myself, oh-oh.”

With every drop of news about Omicron I feel sicker about our future. The pandemic is strangling the life out of a business we've spent 10 years building. Even just on Saturday with the closure of the Queensland and Tasmanian borders to Adelaide, that cost me $3130.

Why eleven babies have been born on (in?) Antarctica

“If you want a golden rule that will fit everybody, this is it: Have nothing in your houses that you do not know to be useful or believe to be beautiful.”

— William Morris

Spouses, as you cross the 75% completion mark of cleaning up after dinner, be like: “oh, honey, I’ll clean up, leave it to me”

Hello! I’m Josh Withers. You may remember me from such movies as Regional Breakfast Radio Guy, Weird International Wedding Celebrant, Super Zoom Photographer, and 2022’s Newest Real Estate Agent.

All the world’s a social feed, and all the men and women are merely variables in an algorithm.

I find it interesting that this important research of 60,000 Australians released as a YouTube video has only been watched 154 times. It’s fascinating data on Australian consumers trust, and also separately, distrust of Australian brands, companies, and industries.

Southern Gold Coasters wondering what’s happening at the old Pizza Hut beachside pavilion, it’s called Siblings, and I’ve been documenting the build.

“Ninety-nine percent of who you are is invisible and untouchable.”

– Buckminster Fuller

Thought I’d share something I’m proud of today: I’ve consolidated all of our family’s brands and business ventures under the one website/domain name: withers.co