@southerlylitmag.bsky.social, so-called Australia's oldest literary journal, has quietly woken from a long hiatus to join us in the Bluesky. This must be a sign of something brewing. So give them a follow.

Telling my kids this was the battle of normandy

My papadum has a passing resemblance to trump where can I sell this

when the AI bubble pops I'll be swooping in and buying those data centres and turning them into dining precincts. i'm talking a Guzman Y Gomez, a Grilld, a Rolld, a Coffee Club, a Fratelli Fresh, a Strike Bowling

In the den!? May god have mercy on us all

Post a fictional comedian who definitely would accept an invitation to the Riyadh Comedy Festival.

My second book, The Butterfly Thief, is out today — cracking open the complicated world of natural history museums, and the gentleman collector who left them scrambling 🦋 Net it in the wild at your local bookshop or order online: scribepublications.com.au/books/the-bu...

Oh hell yeah 👀

The inconvenient truth...

i think about this post every time i watch a movie

I do! I do love to see it!!

The beatles purposefully wrote catchy songs to generate interest in their band

hey i just got an alert saying your personal info was found on the dork web

Not only is the hunger for new data centres already impacting Australia's energy demands, it's even driving down our ambitions for reducing our emissions, Ketan Joshi reports in Crikey. www.crikey.com.au/20...

It felt like Australian publishing was shrinking with mergers and the shock closure of Meanjin - waiting to see the full story behind that! But there's a few new players bring fresh energy and new books in recent months. With thanks to @jocaseau.bsky.social for excellent editing.

#BREAKING 🚨 Israel is committing genocide in Gaza, according to a report by a United Nations Commision of Inquiry The report has found Israeli authorities have "intended to kill as many Palestinians as possible" and committed the crime against humanity of extermination

This hits pretty hard, from the chair of the UN commission on Gaza www.nytimes.com/2025/09/16/o...

I'm so embarrassed to be alive during all of this

Calling peoples' employers in a rage because their tributes to Robert Redford weren't horny enough

My wife & I tried role play but we kept fighting over who would be Mr. Bean

my city has a “foodies” facebook group with over 30,000 people in it used exclusively to wage blood feuds about tipping and post photos of food so vile they’d qualify as a war crime

Announcing the 2025 Richell Prize longlist! ✨ We are delighted, in partnership with the Hachette Australia, to announce the longlist for the 2025 Richell Prize for Emerging Writers. Full details here: emergingwritersfestival.org.au/blog/2025/an...

Once again thinking about Macaulay Culkin walking into the Parisian café where the wifi password was “Macaulay Culkin” and the owner saying “I knew you’d come here someday”

its sandpaper what do you want me to say

[hushed whisper] dudes rock

Peter Carey: “Remember when property developers destroyed mangroves without understanding they were a breeding ground for mud crabs, prawns, & barramundi? They bear comparison with MUP, who are now destroying a proven breeding ground for Australian literary culture” www.theage.com.au/culture/book...

It’s ludicrous and insulting to suggest that the richest university in Australia can’t afford the two part-time wages to run Meanjin. Also: did they even try to save it? Donation drive? Philanthropic efforts? Offering it to another institution? No. The university council shut it down intentionally.

The loss of Meanjin is devastating news for Australian writers and readers. Always meant so much to see my work there. Some of my best experiences of being edited. An entirely avoidable disaster.

i constantly think about this post

they’ll just move him to a different parish and he’ll do it again

Every so often I go and check in on the reviews for what seems to be the most hated doctor in Sydney

the roman empire would have loved vaping

Adelaide friends: we are officially launching Here Are My Demands at Ern Malley bar in Stepney on 27 August. Come hear me tee off about the state of the future! All welcome, (free) tickets essential. Details here: www.eventbrite.com.au/e/book-launc...

we have the hottest country in the world. she’s got big honkers and legs for days

Its so funny to force this into everything and then say "hey actually don't use it if your job depends on being factually correct"

“It’s difficult to find a job you can put everything into & still have time & energy for writing. There always comes a point in the day job where they’re saying, don’t you want to do more? & I’m like, No, not really.” Great @pipadam.bsky.social interview! thecreativeindependent.com/people/autho...

when they close it all up, I do believe this will go down as the funniest video on the internet

New hobby just dropped (body shaming horses online)

‘An ear for truth and love for the human’: tributes paid to film critic David Stratton

It’s very sad seeing Australian cultural institutions tear themselves apart trying to prevent people from even talking about massacres and deliberate starvation

A reminder that this is tonight! From the comfort of your preferred location, listen to Alex be erudite about satire, and me... also say words.

science has gone too far

the hummingbirds in my neighborhood watching me refill their empty feeders

Same vibes, don’t ask me how

my loathsome servants seem unhappy with their allotment of crumbs and keep sprouting visible thought bubbles of me trussed up like a glistening ham