These stories of bravery are truly amazing, never stop believing in humans even in the worst times www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Correct me if I'm wrong but it seems that two years of weaponised genocidal mass murder in Gaza has probably made global political violence and terror *MORE* likely, not *LESS* likely And that opposing mass death makes you anti-terrorism, not pro-terrorism www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/10...

Returning to this story again and again in the midst of despair www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Absolutely horrifying to see those scenes from such a cowardly attack in Bondi.

This week we got an email saying the John Medley Building at the Uni of Melbourne is being torn down - we have to vacate mid next year (to an as yet unknown location). To make space for green grass. A blow for our architectural history, sustainability, staff wellbeing, and an attack on modernism

Love this interview with Andrew Brooks www.liminalmag.com/interviews/a...

It’s time for my annual thread of Australian poetry books you should buy ppl for Xmas. No one buys poetry partly cos it’s intimidating. It rarely makes xmas book guides. But poetry is an ethical gift that: supports underfunded writers; wins brownie points with gift receiver; improves the human soul

Reading the responses to this is unbelievably interesting, I can’t wait to share them in an eventual book

NEW! Survey on experiences of romantic crushes, please share widely! The aim of this study is to investigate the romantic crush. Note that this is only for people currently residing in Australia who are 18+. Find out more and complete the survey at this link: q.surveys.unimelb.edu.au/jfe/form/SV_...

“If this demand eventuates, it will make our emissions objective – and our ability to close coal on schedules that align with the emissions targets – very difficult, if not impossible” @dylanjmcconnell.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

NEW! Survey on experiences of romantic crushes, please share widely! The aim of this study is to investigate the romantic crush. Note that this is only for people currently residing in Australia who are 18+. Find out more and complete the survey at this link: q.surveys.unimelb.edu.au/jfe/form/SV_...

Victoria can’t make up its mind about supporting or condemning children, but this is at least welcome news www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

This is so good. TLDR: young people don't like it, and have great reasons why the ban is a bad idea

My only goal between now and Christmas is to close all of the tabs on my computer

Devastating reading the final edition of @meanjin.bsky.social As @anatolitis.bsky.social says in the editorial “We need these words desperately”

ARC are considering a restructure in which jobs there will be lost, a source tells me. This seems ridiculous when they're about to completely overhaul the entire grants system – they've never undertaken anything so large before! I've long said ARC needs MANY MORE staff, & should do more, not less.

So tired of this 🫩

And this is exactly why poetry is relatively safe from AI. It’s not worth anything to capital! Thank you Maggie Nelson!! 🙇🏻‍♀️

Definitely *do not* search “how many days until Christmas”

🆕 New Article! Check out Dr. Catherine Tebaldi’s (@cat-tebaldi.bsky.social) new article on "tradwives," who are social media influencers who promote an idealized, "feminine" womanhood by staging nostalgic chronotopes of tradition, from 1850s homesteads to 1950s suburban homes. 🧵1/3

A great thing that happened yesterday! 🥳

Fantastic, love this poem

I counter the claim that "AI steals just the way human artists steal." We do not. Artists engage relationally with sources rather than severing them for computational processing. Computers are not people. Comparing generative tools to artists is a dehumanizing act.

This demonstrates how artists actually work: through relational thinking, discerning, critiquing, connecting as thinking, feeling people. I know where every reference comes from. When artists take from each other with acknowledgement, responsibility, and respect, we make each other stronger.

Some radical quotes from me about borders and nations in this piece about Miss Universe 😎 www.sbs.com.au/news/datelin...

Who on earth is eating two cups of beans a day?! www.theguardian.com/wellness/202...

Very happy that @dustpoetry.bsky.social believes in this poem! You can read it here: www.dustpoetry.co.uk/post/so-many...

Thank goodness for advocates like @gemkillen.bsky.social speaking truth to those in positions of power www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Literally can’t believe sometimes good things happen

Hey friends, it's a great time to subscribe to Overland! Subscriberthon is on until November 7. Loads of major and daily prizes. Plus you get to support publishing local writers in an increasingly anaemic literary environment: overland.org.au/2025/10/over...

Quandongs need to be the next big food thing I can’t believe they’re not already

Obsessed with the brilliance of Lily Allen’s new album www.theguardian.com/music/2025/o...

“AI returns to the university as part of a broad effort to further corporatize universities, vocationalize higher-education instruction, and diminish both research and research-based pedagogy” defector.com/higher-eds-r...

My poem in the Poetry of Flight Liquid Amber anthology 🪶

The capitalism of Taylor Swift

I am presenting a summary of my upcoming book, based on my DECRA research, at the Care Lab UNSW next month. Come along if you can, in person or online: www.eventbrite.com.au/e/the-care-l...

I don't know how many times I have to say this, but if you are in masculinity studies and you want to write about femininity, then 👏 cite 👏 femininity 👏 studies 👏 scholars 👏

Can’t believe they didn’t note that a risk of practicing lucid dreaming is sleep paralysis!! www.theguardian.com/wellness/202...

For anyone currently revising (or doubling down on) their view of Taylor Swift, may I direct you to Holly Randall Moon’s excellent analysis in our edited collection from earlier this year, well before TLOASG landed…

Setting the “days since an Australian university admitted to wage theft” back to 0 www.canberratimes.com.au/story/908934...

It’s over for us. Sex tech always yields revolutionary developments

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Second edition landing in April 2026 📚 @whitmon.bsky.social www.bloomsbury.com/uk/queer-the...

LGBTIQA+ advocates are concerned the social media ban will have a significant impact on queer youth in regional and remote areas of Australia. They say there are not enough offline, physical supports for these teens to access when the ban comes into effect.

E. E. Cummings speaking from the past to our AI soaked future: "nothing is quite as easy as using words like somebody else. We all of us do exactly this nearly all of the time-and whenever we do it, we’re not poets." redtreetimes.com/2016/05/05/a...

Who said social movements were dead

I support several trans charities with my work, including donating all royalties from my book. One of those organisations is Transgender Victoria. If you donate to them through GiveOutDay between now and 16 October, funds will be matched. Donate here: giveoutday.org.au/o/transgende...

Read yourself a poem

“I remember the human parts. And the human error is the point.” therumpus.net/2025/10/02/h...

Delighted to read my poem at the Verge launch at Monash today, with a bonus appearance on a panel about the future of Australian lit mags