wrote about the thorny discourse around who is "allowed" to write mlm romance, which has abounded since the success of heated rivalry. In short - it's usually more gatekeeping and purity politics which I think is shortsighted open.substack.com/pub/heterose...

My parents owned place for the storage of large quantities of equipment, food, or goods and gave me a job there. I guess you could say I’m a depot baby

I talked to one of the victims of the “Grindr attacks”, and delved into the “shame” and mistrust of the police that led to him not reporting the crime www.starobserver.com.au/news/jack-ga...

“I think that experience really illustrates the problem – shame stops people reporting at the time, and then when they finally do work up the courage to come forward, the system is slow and the burden falls entirely on the victim to keep chasing it up.”

I talked to one of the victims of the “Grindr attacks”, and delved into the “shame” and mistrust of the police that led to him not reporting the crime www.starobserver.com.au/news/jack-ga...

I was just reminded of the time I threw a wasp at someone

Supporting ‘illegal aggression’ against Iran ‘the worst thing’ Australia could do, international law experts say www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

We had a *lot* of laughs recording with @patricklenton.bsky.social - look out for our conversation on #Bridgerton S4E4 in the next couple of weeks

A fun Saturday morning read - I had a look at the anti trans “Lesbian Action Group” and their third court case to try and exclude trans women from their events. It looks like that’s all the group of 12 women do - agitate in court www.starobserver.com.au/news/lesbian...

I learned some harsh lessons about myself at the dentist yesterday open.substack.com/pub/heterose...

Some news etc - thrilled to join the Star Observer team and become a professional queer www.starobserver.com.au/profile/patr...

Using Olivia dean logic I’m the perfect mix of Tuesday night and the rest of your life

wrote about how the right's playbook is all about attacking language and policing meaning and use heterosexualnonsense.substack.com/p/one-though...

A new paper shows that less than 2 months of exposure to Twitter’s algorithmic feed significantly shifts people’s political views to the right. Moving from chronological feed to the algorithmic feed also increases engagement. This is one of the most concerning papers I’ve read in awhile.

Always worth reading @patricklenton.bsky.social but this metaphor in particular is perfect

@patricklenton.bsky.social on what a recent dating trend reveals is missing in modern romance.

I’m almost through season 10 of greys anatomy now, and recently I found myself feeling really anxious about being a surgeon until I remembered I am not one

I have to “print something” which is basically impossible. Why do I suffer

Journos, what do we use for news aggregation these days? I used to have RSS feeds and tweekdeck columns, but neither work anymore

“Lamestream understands that journalists in the Canberra press gallery have been briefed on the visit but asked not to report on it.” Incredible.

Open your Harry Dresden pickles & join lady nerd @alicefraser.bsky.social & aquatic troper @patricklenton.bsky.social discuss Encino Man (no joke), kitchen sink mythology, the erasure of desperately horny lady nerds, & stand-near-him/her/they courtship rituals. Meow! shows.acast.com/6786518e3cee...

There simply has to be a better way to do this headline

I'm so proud, only three re-reads for the month. Of the new-to-me books, highlights were In Spite of You by @patricklenton.bsky.social and Snake-Eater by @tkingfisher.com

I wish I was a noble in Bridgerton, so all my concerns were about clothes and not knowing what orgasms are

I am SO excited about this!

So QAnon spent years spreading conspiracy theories that the government was run by a cabal of elite pedophiles and it turns out they supported the actual cabal of elite pedophiles to get into power and destroy democracy.

In Australia it’s not called “twink death” it’s moving into your golden gaytime

I wrote about dungeons and dragons becoming more important as a social function as I get older for @australia.theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

In Spite of You by @patricklenton.bsky.social is an hilarious queer revenge romance set in Australia.

The rook series are some of my favourite books ever

Also Australian-authored: Luke Arnold's Fetch Phillips series, starting with Last Smile in Sunder City (2020). Author played Long John Silver in 'Black Sails', so there's multiple levels of international success going on there.

Maybe Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo?

I need some help book folk, for an article. Can anyone give me any recent successful urban fantasy books, kinda in the vein of Rivers of London? BONUS points if queer.

If action films have taught me anything, it’s to never die after letting my child follow in my career footsteps

Slightly more expensive pants

I don’t enjoy the taste of crabs but I eat them all the time. Why? As revenge for Amelia Earhart

Indiana Phones.

When I put in my 2 factor authentication passcode with only a few seconds to go on the app: that’s me sliding under the stone door and grabbing my hat

I’m still watching greys anatomy. Season 9. There’s a flash mob and I’ve never loathed anything more in my life

It’s also going through a divorce :(

Royal commission into bofa

Did Susan write this about Edmund

“I think you have so many clothes because you were in the closet for so long and now there’s a big void to fill in there ” - my bf with an unexpectedly devastating read

I've been thinking about this sign for 6 months. a phrase I'll treasure forever. a metaphor with boundless potential

still my favorite christmas post

Billionaires are so bold these days that we had to give the ghost of Christmas past a gun

Basil and his toy horde