The ASA is dismayed by the news that literary journal Meanjin will cease publishing this year, with the final issue due to be released in December. Read more: www.asauthors.org.au/news/asa-dismayed-over-meanjin-closure/

We have an enormous leadership vacuum in our politics and global community. And an even bigger compassion and empathy vacuum. Our systems have elevated sociopathy instead of wisdom and cruelty in place of care.

Opinion | Australia's silence on the genocide in Gaza only encourages Benjamin Netanyahu to be more open and aggressive in his slaughter of Palestinians, writes Bernard Keane.

We always wondered why people did nothing about the genocide during WWII. I for one - don't wonder anymore. During WWII it wasn't on screens every single day. Now it is - and we still do nothing. In fact Govts who should step up instead supply the weapons used!! #auspol

A leaked report has confirmed what Larrakia people and environmental experts have been saying all along — Labor's Middle Arm Gas Hub is an ecocidal disaster in the making. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Jewish Council Advisory Member Louise Adler AM does not mince words about Israel’s crimes against Gazans—forced starvation among them. Videography by Simon Aubor.

“The Israeli army says it is reviewing an attack on the home of two doctors in Khan Younis which killed nine of their 10 children.” Oh they are ‘reviewing’ it? Oh that’s nice. That doesn’t bring back her innocent babies you complete monsters.

If starving and bombing children to death doesn’t warrant sanctions what will? For 19 months children have born the brunt of the war in Gaza. It is a war on children. There is no excuse for the brutality being inflicted on the innocent lives of Palestinian children & families. It must end 💔

Powerful Stella prize speech from Michelle de Kretser: “In Australia today it isn’t those applauding mass murder who have cause to be afraid, but those speaking out against it. Principally targeted are Palestinians, Arabs, Muslims, First Nations people, people of colour, queers.”

I’ve heard more than once that those of us with no ‘dog in this fight’ should stay silent, that there’s infinite complexity that we couldn’t possibly understand. But there’s nothing complex about the destruction of international law. And we ALL bear the cost of that. You will not silence us.

I find myself completely unable to function today. I’ve seen a child surrounded by the flames of what was her family home. Starving babies. Defeated, broken men. Women cradling their shrouded children. It’s too much. And yet I still have to hear ‘but Hamas..’ FUCK OFF. Israel is committing genocide

There's nothing ever wrong with facing objective reality. ‘This could be the beginning of the end’ Finally, the @abcnewsbot.bsky.social gets real. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05...

They can rescind my award, take away my prize money, rip up the contract but I was still one of two winners of the prestigious Blak & Write Fellowship for 2025. A panel of peers read my manuscript, and selected my work as worthy of winning. Haters can not rob me of Blak joy

below is the brief acceptance speech I was going to give on Tuesday, but instead my Fellowship was rescinded a few hours before the award ceremony:- I acknowledge that I’m speaking on the unceded lands of Turrbal, Yuggera and Jagerra peoples and pay my respect to their Elders, past and present. 1/

The @statelibraryqld.bsky.social is blaming the Queensland Government. The Queensland Government is blaming the State Library. Who will have courage to at least admit they are consciously suppressing an important Indigenous writer’s voice, and collective freedom of expression and speech here?

This is abhorrent. Violence is never ever the answer. My sympathies to the victims and their families.

This is nuts. Neither of these parties will ever be in government again unless they find a way to build a new coalition. But the scales have finally fallen perhaps from many an eye. This puts Labor in their strongest position ever historically. Let’s see what Albo makes of it.

Mark Kenny showing the moral clarity so many are lacking right now.

This years comp was an excellent demo of why nations currently committing atrocity have no place being in Eurovision. Even the results become political. Shame on the organisers for not having more moral clarity.

Israel should not have been allowed to compete in Eurovision any more than Russia. Platforming matters. International pressure matters. The atrocities must stop.

Nothing to do with October 7. The escalation of Israel's genocide had been planned since 2017 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Synopsis for draft 0 done for my new ‘sapphic greek myth retelling x steampunk romantasy’. It’s got lady pirates, flying triremes & sexy times. It’s the first time I’ve outlined a whole book before jumping in to write it and honestly it’s been a revelation how easily this one has come together.

American conservatives calling the pope woke and Marxist is a great indicator for people who don’t realize just how unhinged American conservatives have gotten

Doom scrolling break youtu.be/FNpEwnofQcs

What the Liberals do next is important to them & irrelevant to Australia. ALP has a big majority in the House, and with the Greens have a majority in the Senate. The Liberals are a minor party in waiting It’s time to crack on and get big stuff done. My column www.thenewdaily.com.au/news/politic...

Margaret Simon nailing it once again. Good lessons in here for the left, which has become too reactive. News Corp hasn’t had influence for a while now. Let’s stop pretending it’s important: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

James McGrath is absurd. The answer is get offline. Stop looking to evangelical bloody christians in the US and to washed up culture warring Canadian ex professors and start talking to actual Australians. Listen to the science. Put some common sense policies forward. JFC. It’s not rocket science.

Can we just spare a thought, too, for the official end of News Corp as a political force. No one outside an aging political class pays any attention to them.

Liberal Senator James McGrath calls the Greens as just a "horrible, horrible, party ... horrible people. Racist, anti-Semitic ... just appalling, horrible people". Gee, I wonder why the Liberals are losing votes and fail to court younger Australia 🤔 #AusPol #AusVotes

DICKSON!!!!

McGraths attack on the Greens tonight was vile. An anti-migrant party who dog whistles to divide the nation and lied about the Voice accusing the Greens of racism for wanting Palestinian kids to live. Go take a flying leap McGrath. #ausvotes

A massive study of 50,000 households over 1,000 archaeological sites provides ample evidence that inequality is not a "natural" outgrowth of sophistication. Instead, it is a political choice. Which means, kids, that we don't have to choose it. archaeologymag.com/2025/04/stud...

This scene was actually so much fun to play 🤩

A perfect example of why universities, law firms, organisations and brands should never ever ever gut their own values to bend the knee. It is never ever worth it. @columbiauniversity.bsky.social have seriously damaged their historic brand for nothing.

If caring about Palestinian children is now 'antisemitism', what are we doing here folks? This is the problem of conflating criticism against a government (Israel) with bigotry against a people. What kids in Gaza have been subjected to is objectively horrific. We need to be able to say so.

Dutton is in with a decent chance to get over the line in minority imo. Call it vibes, I know Labor currently look on more solid footing but it would be a mistake to forget that Aussies are swimming in the same toxic muck online as other democracies. And our media ecosystem is sclerotic. 1/

I’m seeing a lot of people blame the Monash University Museum of Art for the decision to postpone an exhibition featuring Khaled Sabsabi. The Museum didn’t make this decision and the staff are devastated. The Museum was ordered to pull the show by Monash Vice-Chancellor Sharon Pickering.

Stripping funding from the entire organisation because an artist spoke out against genocide. Australians really need to shut the fuck up about Trump for a second while this shit is going on.

Monash Uni’s ‘Change It’ was built on a reputation for good impact. It tells students they can change the world for the better with a Monash education & then capitulates to what amounts to a racist request. If you’re not living your values Monash you don’t stand for them. Full stop.

Evening walk by the wetlands near my house. Beautiful calm night ✨🌙

ACF: “The Albanese government has fumbled reforms to our broken nature laws for 3 years. Now, with an election looming, the PM has hurried a bill into parliament that means nature has less protection that it did when he came to office.” www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

I'm so excited to see things like #RevPit over here on BlueSky now. One of the things I've missed since deactivating my account over on the bad place has been the literary community. 🥰

My author/performer photoshoot from last year remains one of my favourite things I've ever done. My 9-year-old even doubled up as co-creative director to help us create these fun and colourful shots.

The magnificent @vickikyriakakis.bsky.social in the centre of these pictures, taken by the brilliant Matthew Chen. Book tickets now at: www.eventfinda.com.au/2024/time-lo...

I don't need history to prove me right because I am fully capable of judging right from wrong now, in real time. Israel is committing genocide against Palestinians. It is threatening people with ethnic cleansing by forced removal as the BEST case scenario or complete annihilation.

Oh hi, this is ALWAYS where your trans hate was going. Looking at you JK Rowling

It’s all unravelling very fast for Americans. Just as people warned it would. Sending love to all those resistance fighters within who will need strength and resilience for what’s ahead

Oh America. What the hell have you done.

I really do think part of the problem is the old bankers and ceos and plausibly sane media people are straight up too old and offline to see how degenerate and evil and insane the enemy is.