met a fan in Ballarat

George Brandis is a great example of a conservative gay guy who remains closeted for so long he gives himself brain damage

I genuinely believe you should feel ashamed of yourself if you consume true crime content in any medium 👍

In a country where mediocrity is rewarded above all else (Australia), it is genuinely gruelling to be great at what you do (disliking Australia)

I am Israeli, and this is my art

DJ is the most Israeli coded arts job to me, besides sketch comedy writer, of course

I don’t know Waleed, so take this with a pinch of salt. But what his latest piece *looks like* is celebrity logic refined (but not altered) by a PhD. Celebrity logic loves broadcast media: a one way flow of information from them to hoi polloi. The information flows down, and from a great distance.

I wrote about Kirk for @crikey.com.au www.crikey.com.au/2025/09/19/t...

One confusing thing about the liberal media is that it's extremely right-wing

Bluesky being so much more upset over Kimmel than Gaza seems about right.

it’s almost like Waleed is a giant idiot

new episode of The Battler is up. Get it in ya etc

working on a new unified theory of american reality i'm calling "everyone is twelve now"

President Trump warns an Australian reporter that he’s hurting Australia because he asked him about his business activity: You are hurting Australia very much right now. They want to get along with me. Your leader is coming to see me soon, I'm going to tell him about you.

read this and weep. all but confirms what we all suspected: the closure of Meanjin was deeply weird and the motivations behind it were most likely (obviously imho) political. time to boycott MUP i reckon

boycott MUP

even the octogenarians are mad for NOCK LOOSE!

i don't think Australian journalists are aware of how deep we are into The New Stupid. They certainly aren't equipped to deal with it. They are being asked to parse hieroglyphics at breakneck speed when they're modes of thinking are stuck somewhere around 2012.

in an incredible overcrowded field, Chris Bowen has to be one of the most vibeless, loathsome, unlikable manager-class nerds in OzPol

bookstagram for people who actually have taste /aren't dumb / and read books for adults is a million dollar idea.

got approached by a fan of The Battler while at Kryal Castle yesterday and it truly was a surreal experience to be 'recognised' out and about

Charlie Kirk's widow is about to embark on a grifting circuit that'll make Robert Ford's look chill.

people keep asking why Israel is so worked up over Charlie Kirk - it’s quite simple: He was a white nationalist/Nazi and Israel is a white nationalist/Nazi state

oh you're hanging out with friends again?? ok well.. enjoy your echo chamber. i will be out with my enemies having a productive and intellectually enriching night of angrily stating and restating our standpoints on today's most important issues

oh these are moderate views on the right?

Ezra Klein is one of the dumbest commentators of my life time (a miracle) and whats really grim is how many Australian politicians and journos absolutely adore him

MELBOURNE. TONIGHT!!!

Albo sucks, but imagine if your Prime Minister was Keir Starmer. Absolute agony!

say what you want, the shooter had impeccable comic timing

What Charlie Kirk's Assassination Means For Sydney Property Prices

longest “suck shit bozo” ever

I am easily Australia’s greatest living writer. This is real - it actually happened, and I witnessed it!!!!

I am easily Australia’s greatest living writer. This is real - it actually happened, and I witnessed it!!!!

I gotta get outta this loser colony, Christ!

Finally upgraded to a paid sub to @cormacmccafe.bsky.social's Yeah Nah substack after reading this take-no-prisoners rant about the murder of Meanjin. Meanjin’s Murder is Bullshit and Shameful open.substack.com/pub/yeahnah/...

does this entice you to read?

I wrote about the killing of Meanjin for YNR

the 'wheelie bag at high school' to 'quadrant writer' pipeline is sadly all too real

every letter between Trump and Epstein: TRUMP: hello Jeffrey, I love how good you are at human trafficking, and I love how we are both pedophiles together ;) lol EPSTEIN: thank you Donald, you are my best friend, and you are so good at being a pedophile. haha, what fun!

got attacked by the elderly nonce-nazis at Quadrant, what an honour! quadrant.org.au/news-opinion...

Australian writers love to get short-listed for the Grug Memorial prize

do i know anyone going to NYWF or Blue Mountain's Writer's Festival?

It’s funny because promoting and marketing a book in any way, shape, or form is actually NOT the author’s job. At all. It is unpaid labor we’ve been forced to do for so long the expectation has mutated like a virus into “okay now you also have to be a TikTok sensation to do this as a job.”

Meanjin’s former staff are locked out of the magazines socials. MUP are posting on their behalf, and have turned off comments. Very disingenuous behaviour from MUP.

I wrote for Crikey about the decision to shut Meanjin down - and to sever a connection to a hopeful progressive vision of Australian culture

They’re comparing me to Vonnegut and Pynchon in @thesaturdaypaper.com.au today! www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/culture/book...

Catriona Menzies-Pike does the maths on Meanjin www.crikey.com.au/2025/09/08/m...

reviews regularly comparing me/NOCK LOOSE to Vonnegut, Pynchon, and Joyce make me feel like Australian publishing won't touch my other books (even better) with a ten foot poll lol