The Australian constitution forbids Members of Parliament from holding dual citizenships, and multiple MPs have just become Involuntarily Canadian, which is inconvenient for them, but also VERY funny.

HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW: “.. In our in-progress research, we discovered that AI tools didn’t reduce work, they consistently intensified it.” hbr.org/2026/02/ai-d...

I was at a party last september for a bunch of exchange students and their host families. two of the hosts were doctors who told me, earnestly, that whatever concerns I had around writing, AI was going to replace a lot of the work others did in medicine. I remain skeptical.

Muslim organisations and civil liberties groups have slammed NSW Premier Chris Minns after NSW Police threw punches, used pepper spray, charged into pro-Palestine protesters and forcibly broke up a Muslim prayer group outside Sydney Town Hall yesterday. www.deepcutnews.com/p/unfathomab...

Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again. #Pinks #ProudBlue

Oh god. I’m either the food one or the children’s one aren’t I.

Being a journalist is sick: I just contacted a pre-eminent jaguar conservationist in Argentine with a question that has been weighing on me for ages and he wrote back right away with an informed answer.

Journalists, please remember that repeating obviously false statements is not balance or fairness. It is actively participating in deception.

who the fuck WANTS their posts to go viral, have you ever had that actually happen? it's like getting a winning pull on a slot machine if wasps started pouring out the bottom instead of quarters

I still get told that removing our music from spotify was like “leaving money on the table” and like lol, lmao

BREAKING: The UK Government is working with Canada and Australia to launch a coordinated ban on X, per the Telegraph

Now only paying subscribers can make violent non-consenual sexual imagery of women and children - Grok turns off image generator for most users after outcry over sexualised AI imagery www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

We've removed the paywall from this guide so everyone can access it. 👇 Stay safe.

GROK IS GENERATING ABOUT ‘ONE NONCONSENSUAL SEXUALIZED IMAGE PER MINUTE www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...

Don’t forget to leave water out for animals and to blame fossil fuel companies. #heatwave #bushfires #Exxon #Shell #BP #SaudiAramco #Woodside #Santos

Jen Sorensen nails the hypocrisy and racism of the "European culture" argument.

I hope 2026 is kind to us all

Happy new year everyone! Here are pictures of Freddie Mercury with cats to celebrate

Share a great male villain!

I don't understand why we need to share our "most disappointing reads" of the year. Let's lift up our favorite work and those authors instead of dragging down others. 🤷‍♂️

What lovely company to be in! Glad you enjoyed 💙

"Be realistic," says World Motivated Reasoning Champ. "It's here to stay :) You can't put it back in the bottle," says the Self-Serving Argument Master. "We just make sure it's Used Responsibly; you see it's actually very good at doing things I don't understand or know how to do."

Post a perfect album from the '90s that isn't Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden or Alice in Chains. (I feel like I'm cheating and The Cure should also have been disqualified lol)

Not to be controversial but I think we should use tools and resources to make people's lives less miserable instead of more

“It’s just a tool, it’s just a tool—!” sure yeah, a shovel is also just a tool, but if you’re asking me to dig my own grave with it, I’d say I have damn good right to have an issue with the tool usage and context.

Spending Australian Christmas the traditional way: covered in mosquito bites

I see there’s a post about microplastics going around with a photo of drinking straws, so here is my semi-regular reminder that the 3 biggest sources of microplastics are tires (45%), synthetic clothing particles (35%) and paint (~10%). Lay article attached:

French publishing house Harlequin decided to use AI translation instead of human translations. All their freelance translators (some of whom had been working with Harlequin for +30y!!!) were told they would no longer receive work from Harlequin

Ahmed al Ahmed, the man who tackled one of the Bondi killers, became an Australian citizen 3 years ago. His deed was "his way of conveying his gratitude for staying in Australia, for being granted citizenship." He took 5 bullets, and fears he'll lose his left arm. www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...

this field biologist does a great job highlighting the insidiousness of AI editing these one-click AI edit buttons are incredibly appealing to many photographers, amateurs and professionals alike, and are framed as innocuous this is worth sharing and educating people about

This is such a great resource, please consider it for the writers and writer-adjacent people in your life

"I asked chatgpt--" Shut the fuck up. I asked the Lady of the Lake, and she said you are unworthy of the sword Excalibur. You will never be king.

Cover Reveal Countdown #9: The Black Cat Detectives is NOT an alien abduction story! ⚡️📚💙 ☕️💀📚 🌈📚 🐈‍⬛🐈‍⬛🐈‍⬛ #WritingCommunity #CatSky @crookedlanebooks.bsky.social

“Anti-trans activist and Binary Australia spokesperson Kirralie Smith has been ordered to pay $95,000 in fines and issue a public apology after she was found to have vilified two trans women earlier this year.” Look, it’s possible to hold transphobes accountable for abusing trans people.

@profanity.accountant please tell me how much I’m swearing on here, I should probably make sure I’m safe for children

this is how you lose the dish war

PRINCE OF FORTUNE IS OUT IN THE UK JUST SO YOU KNOW 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉 #booksky #fantasy #YAbooks #lgbtBooks

I opened this app, and there was a picture of the BEST PIGEON and then the whole feed RELOADED and I will NEVER see that pigeon again will I 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

EVERYONEEEEEEEEEE THE BOYFRIEND FROM #GHOSTSAUSTRALIA IS THE SPOONBOY FROM THE MATRIXXXXXXXX THIS IS AMAZINGGGGGG why is nobody TALKING ABOUT THISSSSSSS

Write something. Write it today. Write your heart out. Write something weird that only you would think of. Your enemies will not topple to your silence. Write your future and live it.

Joy sparks joy

The teenager who served me today at my local supermarket remembered me as the crazy chicken lady who was about to go pick up baby chicks last time she served me and demanded to know how they were and see photos and this is why self-checkouts just don’t suit everyone

This is a great piece from Mel Saward on some of the First Nations books that should have appeared on RN's Top 100 Books of the 21st Century.

Eternally trying to remind myself of this.

It is both the first birthday of Prince of Fortune AND the paperback release day so obviously, I had to make a cake #booksky

You’re welcome!

Aaaaand we have ten instances of the word Champagne. All have to go, since ... this world has no France and therefore no Champagne region. I love revising. It isn't annoying at all.

Really, really want to use the phrase "a stranger in a strange land" in this thing I'm writing but am forcing myself not to since that's decidedly biblical and this is second-world fantasy. Am I gritting my teeth? Who can say #writing

Can I please just be clear that I talked about hieroglyphs on rolling pins in THIS MONTH's newsletter: it isn't something I talk about ... every month. That would be a bit weird, I think. Also here are some cookies made with said rolling pin.