“2020 wasn’t a gradual transition into a digital dystopia. It is what happens when the real world becomes deleted, and all you are left with is the app version” open.substack.com/pub/georgets...

I’m on Substack - with so many other great people . Just published my latest essay on how the algorithm is hurting Bali . Subscribe ! open.substack.com/pub/brigidwd...

Great piece ‘You are living with a difficult person who is waiting to die’: my harrowing time as Patricia Highsmith’s assistant www.theguardian.com/books/2025/j...

In a letter drawn from a posthumous collection of correspondence, published in 2019, the neurologist Oliver Sacks argued that society had no immunity to the seductions of digital life. “What we are seeing—and bringing on ourselves—resembles a neurological catastrophe on a gigantic scale,” he wrote.

Everything’s stored in the Cloud

Very proud to announce my new book. Out in October A journalist is given a strange assignment - travel to a cut off kingdom and see whether this community has the secret to happiness. What follows is a story like no other . #stoicism Preorder here www.booktopia.com.au/the-seeker-a...

The world needs more of this and less of most other things

Just arrived ! The portugese , Brazilian and Japanese translations of Reasons not to worry

590nm infrared on a cloudy day, shot with my lovely ltm voigtlander color skopar 35/2.5

Just been signing at kinokuniya in Sydney CBD, if anyone wants a signed copy of Reasons Not to Worry

Congrats everyone in Labor family for a great result - especially all that volunteered on the day and leading up to campaign

I learned a new word today: dunkleflaute. Dunkelflaute, translated to "dark lull" in English, refers to a period of reduced wind and solar power generation, often coinciding with winter months and increased electricity demand.

Hard to believe ……Ten years today since Myuran and Andrew were executed #mercycampaign

The invisible man: Bryan died in an accident in 2015. Why did it take 10 years to identify him?

Big full moon tonight , like a searchlight

@brigidwd.bsky.social great read for all! Highly recommended‼️ ⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️

The most Castlemaine thing ever ! @jennyvalentish.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/film/2025/ap...

Rip iceman Val Kilmer, Film Star Who Played Batman and Jim Morrison, Dies at 65 www.nytimes.com/2025/04/01/m...

Hello new order 💯💯💯

First chapter in and I can ‘feel’ the neural pathways beginning to calm. A gently encouraging re-framing and taming for our whirling mind, with an interesting historical perspective. Perfect for this epoch, if you’re post loss and/or looking for reflection time. Thank you @brigidwd.bsky.social

So many great books - particularly in translation - are out right now. Highly recommend this one

Had an extremely “everyone on the bus clapped” moment in NYC. A busker was playing “every little thing is gonna be alright” and everyone on the platform started singing along. It was really surreal but also great.

Super interesting piece on post feminism thepointmag.com/examined-lif...

actually you drank from the fountain of sonic youth now you'll hear distortion forever

Every new book I write has a playlist that speaks to the themes . This is the one for Stoic 2

Highly recommend @brigidwd.bsky.social's Reasons Not to Worry esp. to #climate advocates needing some calm in the dark whirlwind of 2025. Stoic philosophy applied to contemporary crises; practice reason to overcome the chaos deployed to derail your work. #booksky www.harpercollins.ca/978006331482...

2025 been a helluva year!

Los Angeles from the air 😳💔

Amazing news! So relieved for him & his loved ones

Books are transportation away from whatever the heck this is.

If y’all still looking for meaningful Christmas gift ….

Gen Z’s politics are hard to categorize – and a harbinger of a new political order | Ross Barkan www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

The most effective editing move is still the one I stole from George Saunders: read your draft over and over and over again, out loud, until you have to fix the bad parts because you will literally die if you have to read them more time

King parrots in Canberra are thriving ! Not shy at all

Just now: Former Nine Entertainment chief executive Hugh Marks has been announced as the new managing director of the ABC.

Alex gibney - taxi to the dark side - doco maker to do Luigi Mangione film . 👀 variety.com/2024/film/ne...

This was everything I needed to get my head straight for at least a little while. Thank you for putting this into the universe @brigidwd.bsky.social ! litzyditz.com/2024/12/06/s...

This is a breathtaking piece of writing www.esquire.com/news-politic...

Same! Never reread!

Imagine being in medieval times, about to go into battle, when you realize you forgot your headphones

Starting to settle in with this BlueSky place… love the feeling of positivity versus the other place…

Barnes & Noble is making a comeback: The world’s largest retail bookseller is expanding at a breakneck pace and is on track to reach its goal of more than 60 planned openings this year.

Nick Bryant at the press club with some advice for journalists: “If you are a young journalist watching this, please hear those words: don't predict elections. We are correspondents, not clairvoyants.” #npc

Sneak preview of my next book cover. I think I’ve covered all bases with the tagline. #author #authors #introvert #introverts #writers #writing #books

My new favourite word is SEDIMENT

Great to share a birthday w @ellamcgrath.bsky.social ☀️☀️☀️

This is a really interesting critique of how the left / right divide may no longer be a good way of thinking about our current cultural moment www.honest-broker.com/p/15-observa...

Am I gonna tweet like it’s 2005??? You bet !!!!!!!! Bring it !!!!!!