James Macaronas

I loved Black Library precisely because it allowed me to download the epubs I bought onto my desktop, for offline reading on my own e-reader - so this is disappointing.

you love to see it

On the need for a renewed democratic universalism - Overland literary journal If we’re to emerge from this awful spiral, in which one form of identitarian chauvinism spurs the next, we’ll only do so on the basis of a very different politics: one that takes for granted the abili...

“If we’re to emerge from this awful spiral,” writes @jeffsparrow1.bsky.social, “we’ll only do so on the basis of a very different politics: one that takes for granted the ability of ordinary people — of any race, gender or creed — to unite against racism and violence.”

Yes, this is what Australia is - Overland literary journal Imagine though the possibility of a response which was not horrid. Which did not demand more violence be piled up. Which led us to other ways of being together, other horizons of possible futures. Ima...

“But it’s also that this land, this beautiful Aboriginal land, was not made to hold such grief. It can, and it does, but it shouldn’t have this burden thrust upon itself.”

@jordanas.bsky.social on the logic of violence that permeates Australia.

Mass market paperbacks were always my favourite format. Made the idea and the feel of a book so exciting - a compact self-contained world you could carry round in your pocket. Genuinely sad they’re going. Trade paperbacks are just the ‘cheap’ version of a hardback. Not their own thing at all.

To be confronted with this horrific act of antisemitic violence during the Jewish festival of light and hope is shattering. In moments like this, we hold each other close.

We should all be able to gather with our communities, practice our culture, and worship in safety. 3/4

An art piece by Goran Gligovic of a sword resting against a battered tree in front of a rocky dungeon entrance amidst a snowy field. The text says UNBAN GORAN GLIGOVIC.

Hey @bsky.app @safety.bsky.app @support.bsky.team please unsuspend Goran immediately.

Goran is a great person, a great artist, and the whole anti-Palestine thing youre on is one of those "Ford funding Hitler" disasters you remember being shocked and dismayed by when you learned of in middle school.

Udo Kier (1944–2025)

Well deserved!

It's just been confirmed that Monash University is dropping Woodside as a partner because they don't align with their sustainable values. This is an incredible win for @stopwoodsidemonash.bsky.social who have run a dedicated grass roots campaign for years.

Sorry you have to deal with this, that's sickening - reported & blocked ✊

These deep dives into Terrance Dicks' Target novelisations are absolutely fascinating. Highly recommended (and not just because I get a glowing name check in this one)!

relevant life lesson from comics on this one

Narrm folks, if you're able, consider supporting Grandmas Against Removal, or another grassroots, Indigenous-led organisation.

Photo of a crowd outside Flinders Street station. An Aboriginal flag is being waved overhead.

Photo of a crowd marching north on Swanston Street. A sign in the lower left reads "Solidarity with Camp Sovereignty".

Photo of the top of a crowd on Spring Street. A sign being carried overhead reads "Always was always will be."

Photo of a crowd marching outside Melbourne Town Hall. A banner held overhead reads "Readers and Writers Against the Genocide".

Yesterday's anti-racism, anti-Nazi march - calls for unity from Wurundjeri community, as well as solidarity from settler Aussies - including dismantling systems that profit from division.

White leftists empathizing with racists is exactly why we say you’re more dangerous than republicans. You talk the talk but never walk the walk especially when you’re not the target. Your stake in white supremacy matters more to you than your ideology, whatever that looks like now.

"You have placed your services at the disposal of interests who are turning America into a police state [...] You have betrayed and sold out the talent that was granted you by this department. [...] As a writer you are finished."
- William Burroughs to Truman Capote

Boycott DC Comics.

They're still operating like their massive lying apparatus actually sets the terms of our thought and debate rather than just further demonstrating to us how much they need abolishing

“Charlie bit me!” - the dust

Was waiting for you to get to this! Wild stuff 🌊

what a (lovely) day to be teaching Fanon ..

This is beautifully, powerfully written… and I agree with every word. I too, am an AI Hater.

... but more gleeful, more violent, as you say - new aliens bursting out in place of another human hybrid.

Also riffing on a lot of Romulus's 'big ideas'! Young people/children being in this future, synth identity crisis, encounters with the Xenomorph always being produced by previous encounters ...

Photo of a street in Naarm, with the skyscrapers clouded in haze.

"The enemy is not man is not woman—The enemy exists only where no life is and moves always to push life into extreme untenable positions"
- William S. Burroughs, 'Nova Express'

Still from 'Dracula' (1931). Van Helsing is talking to two men. The subtitles read "The strength of the vampire is that people will not believe in him."

You don't say?