Stilgherrian is a freelance journalist and commentator who covers the politics of the internet and the way it’s changing power relationships at every level of society. He’s particularly interested in internet policy, cybersecurity, privacy, cybercrime and hoovering up bulldust. But that’s far from all he’s interested in.
He writes a weekly newsletter titled The Weekly Cybers, a personal look at what the Australian government has been saying and doing in the digital and cyber realms, on various adjacent topics, and whatever else interests him.
He also makes terrible podcasts about politics, international affairs, and other topics, in particular The 9pm Edict and Another Untitled Music Podcast.
You can hire him to help you make your own podcasts. Or he can help you write and stuff.
Please support The 9pm Spring Series 2025
The world has started a new season, so it’s time for another crowdfunding campaign, The 9pm Spring Series 2025.
Your contributions will support my podcasts The 9pm Edict and Another Untitled Music Podcast by providing me with an income to live on.
Depending on the level of your support, you can also buy TRIGGER WORDS or a CONVERSATION TOPIC to insert your brain into the Edict, Recommend a Song to Us or submit a We Will We Will Judge You playlist into AUMP, score yourself a custom audio or video message, or more.
You have until Thursday 25 September to pledge your support. Please consider.
Latest Blog Posts
- Weekly Wrap 797: Spring takes me from lurgi to layoffs, with a mere glimpse of opium
- Weekly Wrap 796: Beating the lurgi and scheduling new work
- Weekly Wrap 795: A week of contrasts as the dreaded lurgi strikes me down
- Weekly Wrap 794: The Kangaroo of Future Possibilities
- Weekly Wrap 793: It began in Mount Victoria…
- Weekly Wrap 792: I slept a lot this week, so here’s a duck
Latest Podcasts and other Conversations
- The 9pm Usual Chaos in Indonesia and Thailand with Erin Cook
- The 9pm Half-time Bingo Card Update 2025 with Snarky Platypus
- The 9pm AUKUS and the Echidna with Sam Roggeveen
- The 9pm Remembering Valentina Tereshkova and Bonus Aliens with Dr Alice Gorman and Rami Mandow
- The 9pm Australia’s Most Important Relationship is with Indonesia with Erin Cook
- The 9pm Bears of Heaven with David F Porteous
more of The 9pm Edict
more Conversations
My primary social media presence is at Bluesky: bsky.app/profile/stilgherrian.com.
I am also on Mastodon at eigenmagic.net/@stilgherrian. Just log into your Mastodon instance and search for @stilgherrian@eigenmagic.net.
Finally, there’s an easy way to get onto my mailing list in case you’re not already a supporter. I’ll email you about upcoming podcasts, live recordings, crowdfunding campaigns, and other bits and pieces. There’s usually only one or two emails per month.