Due to family reasons, I will not be posting on any of my channels until 1800 AEDT (UTC+1100) on 21 October 2026 at the earliest. This means that there will be no posts on any of my channels until that date (it will be finalised in the next couple of days and will be announced on BlueSky, Mastodon and Discord in due course). For those who are on BlueSky and Mastodon, there will be no quiz this week. My Facebook channel will provisionally reopen on 26 October 2026, but may be later. The series on BuyMeACoffee previewing the Lowy Institute Asia Power Index will be suspended indefinitely, but will return in early November 2026.

I apologise for this unforeseen temporary closure of all channels, and I thank you all for your understanding in this difficult time for me and my family. I will see you all soon on the various channels as early as 21 October 2026 (probably later, early November at the latest). Please check out the BlueSky, Mastodon and Discord through my Linktree page at linktr.ee/brendenhiskins/ for more details.

Thank you for your understanding.

Brenden Hiskins