Twentieth century man

Are dozens of drones flying in synch referred to as a murmuration!

Again, some revolutions in history likely started on less contemptuous insult than "You're too stupid to understand that this product we're forcing you to buy was created from things we stole from you." bsky.app/profile/keta...

Yes there’s a lot more to this cover than it might seem.

Frida is excited

A stunning novel with imaginative prose and a cast of maniacs caught up in the trenches of WW1 The cover of the book features lots of clouds and it’s design becomes clear when you read the penultimate scenes in the novel

knowledgequest.aasl.org/when-the-amb... A very good read about. the purpose of #kidlit and the role of librarians in promoting reading to children Also about diversity and representation

There's a theme in these lawsuits where a librarian has been fired for refusing to remove books or discriminate against LGBTQ+ folks. They are not losing. www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/edu...

Take that Minns

www.theguardian.com/music/2026/m... Oh dear, I’ve been looking forward to this album but the snippets available so far have not grabbed me

www.theguardian.com/australia-ne... The lies of Angus Taylor

A good article in The Age from Tommy’s Wright showing up Angus Taylor’s rubbery rhetoric about migrants. Also a good reminder that the post WW2 migrants had a rough reception from the locals

I would enjoy seeing Discipline winning as a big FU to the cultural and political types who have let our country down with the censorious cowardice but First Name, Second Name was such a glorious read that it is my sentimental favourite

Reviewed by me, an excellent read

www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m... Overtourism

Nice news to wake up to

I was 33

Shamelessly exploiting Flora and Frida in order to win this sensational prize of a book bitten by Uggi

Change the record old man

It’s sweet of that bloke on the 7:30 report to assume that Angus Taylor will be leading the opposition at the next election

The NSW Literary Awards honoured a mix of established names and breakout voices on Monday night. #culture #books

The two dentists and hygienist I see are immigrants, seven out of nine of the GPs at the Practice I go to are immigrants, the three vets that the dogs see are immigrants. The reception staff are all Skips/ Aussies and there's nothing wrong with that

www.theguardian.com/film/2026/ma... I like the look of this film about Thomas Mann returning to Germany after the war

The Nasty Party since 1996

We do?

This is funny - where is your husband on the AI spectrum

LOL

I'd love to see Royal Commissions into Racism against Indigenous Australians, Islamophobia and Homophobia and anti-trans prejudice

In three news items my feelings of loathing for Starmer, Albanese and Trump have been confirmed. ABC News

FYI

Hey @v8sheppard.bsky.social I'm curious - have you read Heated Rivalry or seen the series

Satisfying arrangement at a Japanese bookshop. @nicholasroyle.bsky.social would approve.

I think that the elephant lurking behind all of these discussions is the simple issue that 'what schools teach' is not as important in the lives of students as 'schools as socializing devices'. you're being molded into an adult and the particulars of it are largely irrelevant to you at the time

Currently reading Yeah The Boys by Holden Sheppard

🖤💛💔

It’s a plutocracy 😈

Isn't the main lesson here that the creative writing workshop format isn't that useful or helpful (and possibly damaging) when dealing with writers who have zero writing experience and who don't even know where to start.

🐀 sinking 🚢

Of course they are

Ugh ABC calling it for ON

These are actual Freedom Riders, now elderly, sitting together decades after risking their lives to challenge segregation in the American South. On May 4, 1961, they rode buses south to defy illegal segregation in terminal facilities.

Flora soaking up the sun

😳 those interested in the history of ISIS and the Yezidis should read Rivers in the Sky by Elif Shafak.