No matter how long I live overseas, nothing quite compares to swimming at an Australian beach. I hope you enjoy this watercolour sketch of the Sunshine Coast that I painted while visiting my family over the holidays #Watercolor #SketchbookArt #LandscapeArt #BeachVibes #EmmaBoltonArt #Art

No matter how long I live overseas, nothing quite compares to swimming at an Australian beach. I hope you enjoy this watercolour sketch of the Sunshine Coast that I painted while visiting my family over the holidays #Watercolor #SketchbookArt #LandscapeArt #BeachVibes #EmmaBoltonArt #Art

"Obscene wealth and ongoing poverty are not the natural order of things – they are policy choices."

It’s not just obscene, but I’d go as far as to say extreme inequity is our (and the developed world’s) most significant problem; the issue that must be addressed first if we are to be healthier, wealthier, more secure, and more sustainable. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...

If you are in Seattle, please go patronize this store because this is amazing content/promo 😂 (laughing to keep from crying, and I do kind of low-key want that orange spider plant I have never seen that before) Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DTQrTqZ...

being an artist is really just realising that you've never actually known what anything looks like ever

These prompts are *amazing* www.theparisreview.org/blog/2026/01...

Mitski back with an incredible work of art:

pulling this reflection on white silence/fear over here, too:

i spent my entire comics career thinking i was slow as mud for taking 2-3 years to finish each book, until my french editor called me "fast" and when i asked what he meant by that he said that on average french artists are taking 5-10 years to finish a book

I felt such a sense of achievement finishing this watercolour painting of Granada's Fuente de las Granadas. It was already one of my favourite monuments, and taking the time to paint it has helped me appreciate its details even more. #acuarela #art #spain

I felt such a sense of achievement finishing this watercolour painting of Granada's Fuente de las Granadas. It was already one of my favourite monuments, and taking the time to paint it has helped me appreciate its details even more. #acuarela #art #spain

Did you know that the PR agency for #COP30 also works for fossil fuel companies like Shell? We made a meditation app to help them sleep at night. Try it for yourself here oilwell.app

When I say AI is a rhetorical technology

This NYTimes feature on Noah Wyle and the second season of The Pitt is one of the best magazine profiles I have ever read (gift link): www.nytimes.com/2026/01/04/m...

Didn't take long to need an update. Marian Wilkinson is out as well. Well over half now of the "big names" the Festival wanted to highlight to people thinking about buying tickets.

like there are a million things you can do here is a list www.lifeisasacredtext.com/goodtrouble/

Good morning. I'd like to invite anyone who is interested to make a small gesture of kindness today. It's up to you to decide what that can be. The key is for you to act on the idea. With so much out of our control, we can choose how to be with each other today and every day.

A bit late, but Monday this week (Jan 5) marked two whole years since I had my cochlear implant “activated”. To say it has been life-changing, in all the best ways possible, would be an understatement.

España verá tres eclipses en tres años: todo lo que debes saber sobre estos fenómenos

Following the decision from the Board of the Adelaide Festival, The Australia Institute is withdrawing its support from this year’s literary festival. Here is our statement, and a personal one from me.

No Adelaide Writers Week for me. I can’t in any good conscience now appear at a festival seeking to mute a very necessary public conversation … Randa Abdel-Fattah is an important voice. Here’s something I published from her on, guess what, Palestinian marginalisation. meanjin.com.au/latest/the-g...

people are withdrawing from Adelaide writers week faster than can be reported. In addition to the names listed here are Ren Wyld, Emma Shortis, and Fiona Katsaukas. Important detail: the only creative, Stephen Page, has left the Adelaide Festival board. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...

“WAGMI” — we're all gonna make it — was crypto's 2021 rallying cry. But those with wealth and power knew it was a lie, and that “all” just meant them. My latest traces the last five years from hype to technoligarchy — and why they're not all gonna make it either.

I tend to stay out of online dust-ups. And I am ALWAYS grateful when I see cis folks acknowledging the ways in which trans folks are being targeted in this moment, so thank you for this post! We're all going to need solidarity to survive, and there are concrete things you (yes YOU!) can do. A 🧵

This Langston Hughes poem is relevant af.

So much of what felt successful to me in 2025 isn't apparent from the outside or easily measurable. It's far more about what's happening internally – about finding ways to connect with my body, the people around me and a sense of home. So I wrote a different kind of year in review:

Watercolour paper that I've used to test colours on while painting. It's nice and thick and colourful! My local library usually also has free bookmarks for upcoming events

It’s true. Scots will deep-fry anything.

Love this from Guillermo del Toro

2-minute comic

Another post from a Venezuelan friend:

Hoy damos un paso más desde el Gobierno de España y condenamos, junto a los gobiernos progresistas de América Latina, la intervención de EEUU en Venezuela.

The letter I needed to read today:

I say this often but it bears repeating: if you make your money from creating art then you NEED to find an art or craft where you just do it for fun and don't try to be perfect or make any money from it, and when anyone tells you to monetise it you say 'No', because otherwise your soul will die.

La rueda de prensa de Trump es un ejemplo más de un modo de gobierno basado en el autoritarismo y la violencia. Representa un paso más en la destrucción del derecho internacional y un enfrentamiento directo con la Carta de las Naciones Unidas.

Drugs are the primary boogeyman used to justify imperial intervention in Latin America. When academics and activists like myself talk about legalizing drugs, it's not only to keep drug users safe from the toxic supply (which is reason enough), it's about geopolitical stability. It affects YOU

Thank you AOC. Drugs have always been a boogeyman used to justify imperial intervention and resource extraction in Latin America. I'm an anthropologist with a PhD in this subject, I made a video this morning to explain the context:

"We're in the oil business" - Trump

Ever relevant, this poem by Mary Oliver, especially today.

Going to try to channel this sentiment for the rest of the day

wake up at 4am to Get Ahead. ahead of what. ahead of whom. They will not say. just ahead. always ahead. never arriving

The Australian government must unequivocally condemn the lawless aggression of the US if its position in the international community is to be taken seriously.

Trump says US has 'captured' Venezuelan President Maduro and his wife in 'large scale strike' www.bbc.com/news/live/c5...

🔴 ÚLTIMA HORA | Trump dice que Maduro ha sido capturado y trasladado fuera de Venezuela

Just learned the Irish word "aonarán" which is someone who is totally content with their own company--not lonely, not sad--just someone who just enjoys solitude; and yes

🚨 Thread collecting actionable steps to help civilians in Venezuela, Venezuelan refugees fleeing to neighboring countries, and Venezuelan immigrants in the US. 🚨 ✅️ Please post ideas / links, especially to local frontline groups. ❌️ Please avoid non-actions, and be cautious regarding sanctions. 👇

I love that on the Spanish news, it's normal for two middle-aged men to end an interview by saying "un abrazo" to each other. Hugs all around!

The first phone call I ever made in Spanish was to cancel El País (because my Spamish just wasn't good enough to enjoy it at the time). The call went well and it helped me with my confidence in Spanish, but yeah there should be an easy cancel button globally