a dopamine deficient day but at least there were stripey clouds

Today's new word: acrophobia, the irrational fear of heights

MEAA stands with Nine Publishing members affected by today’s announcement that 30 editorial roles will be cut across The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, Brisbane Times and WAToday. Read more: meaa.io/4frrhXV

Culture changes so fast. Language is always morphing. Constant innovations. And yet I just heard my kid say "made you look you dirty chook"

Happy for this guy.

The inimitable, sublime Louise Glück:

Lying to your editor

So.......how the hell did the New York Times get Australia's AI data centre story so wildly wrong? Albanese's new AI rules **WORSEN** their position by allowing more room for gas Check out my new piece at @thepointau.bsky.social for all the lovely, gory details thepoint.com.au/opinions/260...

Oh. Ohhhh.

getting paid for a short story 🤝 buying a new notebook

A bit more about me & my upcoming novel in The Weekend Australian today.

For your convenience, the Pride and Prejudice live-posting super-thread 📚

Patient dad-coach overheard at Saturday sport: "Yes. Yes we do need VAR"

One of the most depressing parts of the Divine Playhouse story is the fact that people are treating the anti queer bigotries of these extremist religious groups as being not only valid concerns, but also that conflict is somehow intrinsic between religion and queerness.

Passed a church today with police + private security outside a funeral and I want to know everything

Leaderlike. My @smh cartoon.

Let the discourse begin! (For the record, I'm in)

Still thinking about this extraordinary man in the When the River Rose doco on the Lismore floods - what a life www.hannahcabinet.com/photo-gallery/

That feeling when you only get Wordle because everyone's been blowing up about it and you know it has to be something ~really~ unhinged

Very pleased to hear confirmation today that the Australian govt is standing by creators and not making changes to copyright. It’s time for big tech to accept the facts and come to the table. Our rights as creators must be respected in practice, as well as in principle. @asauthors.bsky.social

Pam the Bird has broken containment and is now being covered in the international art media Fly free you big loaf with wings

〰️new from me, with thanks to the wonderful Flash Frog for giving this odd little baby a home, and to Noreen Graf for capturing the story in the illo I haven't been writing or subbing much this year, so it's a good feeling to be back in the park

Gosh just watched When The River Rose, which among other heartbreaking moments, sees Lismore man Geoff Hannah talking about when he discovered his cabinet - 6.5 years of work - had gone under at the Lismore Art Gallery

Off to start a culture war on X about how Baz Luhrmann's Romeo and Juliet is not historically accurate

Another one framing copyright as an obstacle. It’s not complicated. It’s our right as creators not to have our work stolen. You have to ask permission. Licensing is not difficult! We’re all extremely contactable! www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07...

NEW STORY⚡️🐸 “Total Lunar Eclipse” by @sightlined.bsky.social is now up! Art by Noreen Graf flash-frog.com/2026/07/13/t...

〰️new from me, with thanks to the wonderful Flash Frog for giving this odd little baby a home, and to Noreen Graf for capturing the story in the illo I haven't been writing or subbing much this year, so it's a good feeling to be back in the park

"The response shouldn’t be that Australia should publish less. It’s that we should be investing in the structures, funding, distribution and readership development that let the volume we already have actually thrive" —David Ryding, Melbourne UNESCO City of Literature Office

Adding to this for visual artists too, SAY WHERE YOU ARE BASED

Sam Neill’s 20 best roles

I call for a national holiday in Australia and New Zealand as we mourn one of the very best human beings of the past century, who also happend to be quite a dab hand at acting. Mine is one of so many broken hearts the world over - what a fucking mensch.

The NGA have exhibited their collection of costumes for Ballets Russes a couple of times over the last few decades and if they ever do it again I’d urge everyone to go see them if you’re able to, they’re absolutely wonderful. (A couple of them are on permanent display I think.)

Incredibly specific life goal #113: publishing a book with fancy edge printing

So excited for Wednesday! Hornsby Council is subsidising this workshop to make it accessible for everyone. If you know anyone in the Hornsby area who wants to learn more about flash fiction writing, please pass it on. And if that’s you, book here and join us: www.hornsby.nsw.gov.au/Community/Ev...

Oh gosh, that last line

"Justice Hill found the MSO's reasons for cancelling Gillham's concert were not because of his political beliefs…Instead, they were to 'address the anticipated adverse impacts' of Gillham's statement on the orchestra's business and reputation." To be clear, this huge ramifications across the arts.

As is well known, classical music has never touched on themes of politics or war

We've gathered today's staff meeting here, on the top of this slippery slope, to announce an exciting....

A beautiful read here from Sarah Ayoub on caregiving and art-making, and trying to do both

Sydney's newest public artwork, Mikala Dwyer's Monument for Fishes

The $400m flying bribe has shelves of fake books, some titled “Library”.

wish I could see this in person - Jonathan Baldock at Arnolfini looking very folkloric, wild and unsettling

〰️ new from me, interviewing Jahkarli Romanis, Mark Maurangi Carrol, Linda Sok, Daniel Sherington and Savannah Jarvis, and looking into both Platform at IMA and Primavera at MCA, which has just opened in Sydney www.artshub.com.au/news/intervi...

Whoa! 'About 40% of local bookshops report under $50,000 profit each year, the ABA says' www.theguardian.com/books/2026/j...

🚨 Local NSW writer friends, have we all seen this? 10 x $50k fellowships just launched, for emerging, mid-career and established creatives writingnsw.org.au/fellowships/

Coming up tomorrow night, anyone want to join me for writing chats and goofy writing prompts?

made the longlist 😭 thanks to @hexliterary.bsky.social for giving 'Gretel' a home, and congrats to everyone on the Top 50 and LL, some of my all time favourites in this pick

So Josephine Rowe's Little World has made it to the shortlist for the Miles Franklin, among some wonderful novels My review here for Adroit last year if you're curious

Joyscrolling for a change is so nice.