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#WordWeavers 2. Which character knows your MC better than your MC knows themselves?
That is a hard question because the MC doesn't know themselves as good as they think they do, and almost everyone in The Mansion know them very well. I'm almost inclined to say 'Who doesn't know them better than they do themselves?' actually, though Fronty Front Brain bark might take off…

Another "Meet the Author" at ANU tonight. Monday was Norman Swan, and tonight is Josh Black (my old Australian politics tutor).
Joshua Black will be in conversation with Andrew Leigh on his new book Performance Politics: Australian politicians and the stories they tell, which provides an eye-opening account of how Australian politicians have become experts at fashioning and refashioning stories about themselves, their lives, personal ambitions and political entanglements.

Meet the author - Joshua Black
Joshua Black will be in conversation with Andrew Leigh on his new book Performance Politics: Australian politicians and the stories they tell, which provides an eye-opening account of how Australian politicians have become experts at fashioning and refashioning stories about themselves, their lives, personal ambitions and political entanglements.

Raiders Not Getting Ahead of Themselves with Chiefs Matchup Looming https://www.si.com/nfl/raiders/onsi/raiders-not-getting-ahead-of-themselves-with-chiefs-matchup-looming

NFL Catchup: Cowboys Release Milton, Tunsil Goes on IR And Nabers Injury Update https://www.foxsports.com/stories/nfl/nfl-catchup-cowboys-release-milton-tunsil-goes-ir-nabers-injury-update

The Israeli military says 170 people killed in the war in Gaza who called themselves journalists were actually militants; CPJ says it will evaluate the list (Ephrat Livni/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/02/world/middleeast/isr…

Israel Says 170 Killed in Gaza Were Militants Posing as Media Workers
The Israeli military published an investigation it said rebuts accusations that it intentionally targeted journalists, but rights group say it is responsible for hundreds of news media deaths.

I wish I could blame OpenAI or Sendgrid for the unparsibility of headers on the latest submission for a SA ‘bug’ but I cannot. Their headers are abhorrent, but not the problem.
Some MTAs just shoot themselves and their clients in the foot by not writing proper Received headers. SA does not try to discern truth from a pile of shit. (Unlike OpenAI)
#Spam

It's almost as if pest control is being aimed at the farmers themselves.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/sep/02/50-per-cent-world-farmers-poisoned-pesticides-every-year-experts?CMP=S…

Almost half of world’s farmers poisoned by pesticides every year, experts find
Study reveals that pesticide poisoning kills 11,000 people each year, with India accounting for nearly 60% of fatalities

Poe's Bros
the podcast for people who somehow became way too invested in the life of Edgar Allan Poe but don't take themselves too seriously...
Great Australian Pods Podcast Directory: https://www.greataustralianpods.com/poes-bros/

A group of 22 advocacy organizations including the ACLU, EFF, and PEN America writes Disney CEO Josh D'Amaro to support Disney's defense against the FCC (Brian Steinberg/Variety)
https://variety.com/2026/tv/news/aclu-disney-support-fcc-tangle-1236823050/…

22 Advocacy Groups Line Up to Support Disney in Tangle With FCC
ACLU, National Coalition Against Censorship and 20 Other Groups Line Up to Support Disney in Tangle With FCC

Memo: USA Today is cutting staff and reorganizing its audience team as search traffic falls: "our current structure was built for a different media landscape" (Ben Mullin/@benmullin)
https://x.com/benmullin/status/2095468660567482480

Ben Mullin (@BenMullin) on X
Some news: USA Today is cutting staff and reorganizing its audience team. The changes are designed to address the depreciation of search traffic, which is “under pressure” as “platforms are increasingly keeping user experiences to themselves.” The internal memo: