Kings Domain Resting Place

The first in a new series of videos following young writers in Gaza. Here, Batool Abu Akleen reads her poem, Judgement Day, from her searingly powerful debut collection. Please watch and share widely. youtube.com/watch?v=mHunLNYShWI&feature=youtu.be

Somehow not the most insane term I’ve seen in a residential lease.

www.theguardian.com/australia-ne... when #auspol brings much-needed comic relief from what’s happening elsewhere.

www.theguardian.com/australia-ne... “Several MPs say the activist group’s advertising push is becoming a problem for the party because ‘you cannot win from the margins’” Cool but someone should remind them it’s also a problem cos it’s assimilationist xenophobic rubbish and most people find it gross

George V Memorial While I drew this I wondered why I bother drawing now there is AI 🤷

Well I watched Pride and Prejudice (1995) with my teenager who enjoyed it hugely of course and who now says that his purpose in life is to marry someone with ten thousand pounds a year.

I hope the New Yorker survives but you know what? I’m not sanguine

Australia has imposed 1,600 sanctions in response to Russia’s actions in Ukraine. 1,600. And Israel? About a dozen, against individuals and groups - but not on trade. It’s not that we can’t act against a genocide, it’s that we are choosing not to.

if Jimmy Kimmel's political humor is too hot for you to handle, I'm not sure "snowflake" even cuts it as a term of derision for the level of fragility you've achieved

Today we propose to sanction extremist ministers and violent settlers, and suspend trade concessions with Israel. And put bilateral support to Israel on hold, without affecting our work with Israeli civil society or Yad Vashem. link.europa.eu/nx3DrG

My offspring is on day 3 of being sick, so

Hell yeah

The issuing of PINs (here and at UTS) to duty holders in universities engaged in slashing staff jobs is a good thing. May it put the fear of god into administrators who think they have carte blanche to wreck and destroy and that consultation is a mere box tick. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

The tournament of who is the worst person in Australia has begun www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Here’s a pencil and watercolour drawing of the Elvis Memorial at Melbourne General Cemetery. An interesting technical challenge, to draw something of which the essence is dog’s breakfast, without the drawing becoming also dog’s breakfast

World is fukt but here’s a really enjoyable playlist my boyfriend made. It is 100%Wings, and a very superior selection open.spotify.com/playlist/56l...

A little drawing of a very unappealing and unloved heritage object

This is not allowed

Ooh I love to watch The Box it is a great show

This is Pompey, my cruel, mean, dirty, oafish little baby. The raised paw means he’s begging for pats like the utter, worthless slob of a bastard that he is ❤️

If you're shocked by Price's view on the Indian community, wait until you hear her views on First Nation communities.

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09... I’m sure I speak for the entire international underground comics and cartoons sector when I say that the Trump/Epstein birthday letter is a grotesquely awful challenge to our core stance that anyone can draw

Big turnout at this morning’s rally against @mupublishing.bsky.social vandalism of Meanjin. @beneltham.bsky.social called for Meanjin’s name and archive to be surrendered so the magazine can be published by someone who deserves to and appreciates the honour

Hey universities! I’ll do any of your vice chancellor’s jobs for HALF what you’re paying them! Probably won’t do it worse! Call me www.afr.com/politics/fed...

Lmao at this open letter to the Unimelb VC proposing she pay for Meanjin with a 10% salary sacrifice that would still leave her better paid than the VC of the University of Cambridge It was my joy to sign, & I recommend doing so to all in the world of arts & letters

I’m thinking about maybe doing a little graphic and text project on some of Melbourne’s heritage places and things, concentrating on the unprotected, the unfashionable, the overlooked and the embarrassing. This sculpture is much loved but is privately owned and has no heritage protection

Weirdly specific denial in this Guardian article that Melbourne Uni’s board didn’t play any role in killing Meanjin

RFK, Jr. is definitely in the running for the most dangerous, least honest, least competent cabinet secretaries in U.S. history. In fact, he may be among the most dangerous, least honest, least competent people ever to hold any job ever. Ever. He is the worst possible pick for this job. The worst.

Yes, the irony is that Thomas Sewell is facing charges stemming from events in November 2024, and if he were an Indigenous man, he'd likely have been in prison on remand since then, instead of released on bail. And he'd almost certainly have been taken into custody on Sunday for breaching bail.

Another piece of big and welcome news. My @themonthly story about the true history of George Pell is back up.

Robert Manne’s recent words: “ The most dangerous form of racism in Australian history and in contemporary Australia is anti-indigenous racism, something one still reads about every day” But today I didn’t read about it, I saw a sickening and horrific live streamed attack on Camp Sovereignty

I sense that the staff in the kids Readings think my book is reactionary but they did make this nice sign and put it next to a big heap of it. I suppose they just want it out of there.

Japan Post has ceased all mail delivery to the US for packages valued over $100. To get around this, a Japanese denim company tells me they'll ship components to US customers one-by-one — fabric, buttons, rivets, a sewing needle, and thread. You then assemble the jeans at home like IKEA furniture.

Very pleased to learn that Justice Michael Lee is going to hear the case of the CEO who is mad because he didn’t get a good enough bonus off the Wiggles

This cause is close to my heart - please sign: www.megaphone.org.au/petitions/sa...

Today at the National Library of Australia. My book was recognised by the Children’s Book Council of Australia as 2025 Honour Book in the nonfiction category. What a trip!

The Polish White Eagle Club in Canberra is everything. ITS ERVERYBTHING

Look AI is obviously very bad for creators not to mention for the environment, but what about for audiences? I certainly don’t want to have to read, listen to or look at inhuman slop, it’s bad enough thinking how much of my short reading life I’ve already wasted on interminable rereads of Lucky Jim

I’m having my idea of a very nice time in Canberra

At the Vic market today I saw this book. It’s just a repro of an engraving-illustrated mail order catalogue. It was $45 so I didn’t buy it. But I wanted to. We had a copy when I was little. Round about in 1977, this was, I’d have been four or five. I used to lie in bed and pore over it for hours.

Pretty much the only thing I like on the internet now is the questions people also ask

I hate Kiss

This is Amnesty International, the most reputable human rights group in the world. No one can say they didn’t know.

Well I’m doing the very very last assignment in my tafe cert IV in OHS, and dragging it out in inevitably based-zenoesque fashion The last unit would have to be chemicals, I hate chemicals But I will miss the insane tafe study resource handouts

April Sun In Cuba cover at no. 26, 25, 24, 23, 22 and 21 Weird hottest 100 I suspect something dodgy is going on

youtu.be/BagIaF6HFeg On reflection I should have voted for Mean Pair of Jeans instead of this

Mandatory uninteresting sticking-in of Hottest 100 oar Started the voting procedure, lost interest, didn’t realise I’d recorded two song votes, felt embarrassed when I read the confirmation email, didn’t listen to the countdown. I already know people have got REALLY SHIT TASTE You know it’s true

In the @australia.theguardian.com six weeks ago