The algorithms are stalking me!

// On Tuesday 15th, Neil Ashworth will host a Roving Spotlight show, together with Sylvie Ellsmore, Deputy Mayor of City of Sydney, and Judy Hopwood, ex Liberal Party member for Hornsby - talking about housing - owned, rented or just plain missing. I'll be sticking my oar in, too.

// Back around 2010, I wrote this article on Aboriginal Art in Australia, focusing on the artist Gordon Syron. It was originally published on the "Home Page Daily" website, I've since found an original copy for this website.

Gordon Syron is an Aboriginal artist who understands the market better than most, having run an art gallery in conjunction with his partner Elaine. It's a closed shop - particularly for Aborigines.

// Coming up on Tuesday on "Roving Spotlight", we'll have Ian Rose from the Support Assange and Wikileaks coalition. Also, I'll point out that today ( Sunday 30th October ), I'll be at Speaker's Corner in Sydney from 1pm to 3pm ( at least, even though it normally starts at 2pm ). You can find out more about speaker's corner here. But, back to the show ...

// Coming up on Tuesday, "Roving Spotlight" will cover a range - Ukraine saturation coverage, resource wars, Tariq Ali's book "Bush in Babylon" on the Middle East - particularly Iraq. There's also an extract by Christopher Hitchens, talking about the sins of the Catholic Church. Also the settlement of "New Italy".

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I'm receiving multiple similar emails from different people about the same set of causes. Sites like getup.com , dogooder.co and advocacysender.com These sites offer to back causes, monetising your desire to change the world for the better. 

// So, I need to denote preferences, much as we all say "you can choose your own preferences", it seems obligatory. Notably, Labor has been kind enough to put me at 3rd, and I need to do my bit. But, in the fine John August tradition, I can't just make a list, much as know people would put forward that list without the thinking behind it, and say "Aha! Look at John August's preferences! What does that tell you!".

// This is the text of a speech I gave to the Ryde-Hunters Hill Flora and Fauna Preservation Society on the 7th of May. I was asked to comment on environmental issues, and hope I did a decent job of that.Hello, I'm John August Fusion/Pirate party candidate for Bennelong.

// A first bulletin - 17th October 2022 Rather than making the odd update to the front page, I thought I'd put out a regular short bulletin. Here I'll be pointing out recent articles, past articles, and also radio work coming up and past radio work.

// Here's the speech I gave recently to the Eastwood Chamber of Commerce on the 11th of April. At the time, I made the point of recognising that there can be good people in the Liberal Party, and good candidates , but that was in the broader context of the Morrison Government and its record. For sure, I did not want to directly have a go at the Liberal Party candidate next to me.