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Stilgherrian @stilgherrian.com · 23h

NEW BLOG POST: “Weekly Wrap 802: All the plane trees, all the hay fever” stilgherrian.com/weekly-wrap/... Covers 6–12 October 2025 and contains all the usual links to Interesting Things.

A quiet little street in inner Sydney’s Surry Hills. It’s lined on both sides with parked cars. On the right is a row of two-storey terrace houses, many of them still with old-fashioned iron railings, some with dormer windows added. Covering the street are the branches of London plane trees, fully leaved and towering to twice or maybe three times the height of the houses. The street itself and the sidewalks are littered with crushed and dried leaves, and the powdery remnants of seed pods.

Stilgherrian @stilgherrian.com · 12m

That’s.... that’s a lot of fortified in one go. :)

Stilgherrian @stilgherrian.com · 12m

Being a regular has its benefits. :)

Stilgherrian @stilgherrian.com · 19m

Wait, what? Lol.

Stilgherrian @stilgherrian.com · 30m

Maybe? That does feel more like regulatory wonks rather than practising medicos, and that’s who I could overheard. But maybe?

Stilgherrian @stilgherrian.com · 50m

And if you like Japanese beer then Sapporo is a perfectly decent choice. I miss the Nippon Club in Sydney.

Stilgherrian @stilgherrian.com · 52m

Thanks. Nothing relevant there, so maybe the medical connection is random.

Stilgherrian @stilgherrian.com · 55m

To be fair, if the fish has been frozen that's going to be OK. But I can also just go down to the Sydney Fish Market.

Stilgherrian @stilgherrian.com · 58m

I mean, I love tuna. But proper Japanese-grade? And what looks like perhaps 50 kg of it? YOU MAY NOT LEAVE JAPAN UNTIL!

Stilgherrian @stilgherrian.com · 1h

Also if the beer is from Sapporo why aren’t we going to Sapporo to eat the goddam fish? Or to Port Lincoln, which is probably where the fish came from?

Stilgherrian @stilgherrian.com · 1h

What, THAT fish? Mate, by the time the competition has run its course that’s going to be fuckin’ rank.

Advertising billboard. Photo of an old Japanese man standing behind an enormous tuna.

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So, pour a 伝説のビール Sapporo and win this fish and two tickets to tokyo to eat it Sapporo. Premium beer.

Stilgherrian @stilgherrian.com · 1h

To be clear, I m not engaging in the debate. ;)

Stilgherrian @stilgherrian.com · 1h

Obviously it may be completely coincidental.

Stilgherrian @stilgherrian.com · 1h

Both yesterday and today I’ve heard people at nearby tables talking about both medical things (vaguely) and local highlights (vaguely), as if medico or medico-adjacent people are catching up with visiting colleagues.

Stilgherrian @stilgherrian.com · 1h

Glad to hear it.

Stilgherrian @stilgherrian.com · 1h

I always enjoy hearing ancient history. Did giant wombats visit you? ;)

Stilgherrian @stilgherrian.com · 1h

Lol ABC Local Radio stopped branding stations with frequencies maybe 20 years ago? It's "ABC Sydney".

Stilgherrian @stilgherrian.com · 1h

Is there some sort of medical conference in Sydney currently?

Stilgherrian @stilgherrian.com · 2h

#tealandgreytrain, very briefly.

Stilgherrian @stilgherrian.com · 2h

I couldn't see the badge from where I was but I am 100% sure you're right.

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Christopher Owen @oysta.au · 2h

tfw you’ve arrived at the wrong venue

Moby Dick @mobydickatsea.bsky.social · 2h

There’s hogsheads of sperm ahead

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Moby Dick @mobydickatsea.bsky.social · 2h

There’s hogsheads of sperm ahead

Stilgherrian @stilgherrian.com · 2h

I reckon we could solve most of the world's problems if only all our social media bios contained just the right set of emojis.

Stilgherrian @stilgherrian.com · 3h

Thanks, Addy. I guess there *are* serious points to this. There's my evening reading!

Stilgherrian @stilgherrian.com · 3h

On a street in the Sydney CBD right now a young couple is changing their infant's nappy on the tailgate of their giant black 4WD ute. This is why you need a truck, parents!

Stilgherrian @stilgherrian.com · 3h

Fully antlered. All hail the Giant Neon Vagina.