Hugh Davies

First as Simpsons, then as farce.

kids teacher just sent this home as part of an assignment he's doing and i want to smash every computer at the school

lazy devs

I am intensely proud of my wife Yoko who has just had her book published! Next Wednesday, Yoko will be book signing at Kinokuniya in Sydney. Please book a seat and come along if you are in town. tinyurl.com/bdfxrs9z

The Thai cover band you didn't know you needed in your life.

Crank it! 😀 🎸

Bendigo Writers Fest confirms that 59% of speakers withdrew.
What an own goal.
I hope those responsible for trying to silence writers are feeling good about themselves. Wrecked an important cultural institution.

Tel Aviv Anti-War Riots

Riot police - most without identification tags and some masked - violently attack protesters and beat them, while their colleagues shield the actions with their bodies and stand in a ready-to-attack position

The Rise of the US Military’s Clandestine Foreign War Apparatus Seth Harp’s new book, “The Fort Bragg Cartel,” goes deep into the forming of the Joint Special Operations Command and its origins in the aftermath of 9/11.

so so excited that we were able to excerpt Seth Harp's incredible new book, The Fort Bragg Cartel, which was one of the most jaw-dropping reading experiences I've had this year. www.wired.com/story/the-fo...

Writers festival requires ‘complete self-censorship’ over Gaza war, academic claims, as speakers withdraw in protest Dr Randa Abdel-Fattah among those to boycott Bendigo writers festival, arguing she cannot appear ‘as a Palestinian’ due to speaker code

If you have plans to attend the Bendigo writers festival as a speaker or participant, now would be a good time to loudly withdraw

www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Authors withdraw from Bendigo Writers Festival over anti-Palestinian 'censorship' Festival organisers sought compliance with controversial definition of antisemitism that includes criticism of Israel

Yeah, here’s a piece by @alexmckinnon.bsky.social: www.deepcutnews.com/p/authors-wi...

Wow! Bendigo Writers Festival (15 - 17 Aug) is making guest speakers sign a last-minute agreement to not mention Israel's genocide of Palestinians. Writers who care about human rights are cancelling. Any writer/guest still thinking of appearing should seriously reconsider. Stand up! Refuse to comply

This weekend as part of the IndieCade Festival, I will be discussing Alternate Reality Games (ARGs) in the Age of “Alternative Facts” with Michael Andersen and Celia Pearce. The event is online and in US/European time. www.indiecade.com/playablethea...

On Sinopessimism, or Junkies of Futility | Made in China Journal This essay is written precisely so that it could be dismissed. —Paul Mann (1991: 141)   Gary Zhexi Zhang (2021) first coined the term ‘Sinopessimism’ as a speculative counterpart to Afropessimism, ima...

Outstanding words by Ge Zhang on Sino-Sinopessimism madeinchinajournal.com/2025/08/05/o...

Gaza.

Israel doesn’t want anyone to see this aerial photo.

Deadline extended! Following popular demand, we have extended the deadline for abstract submissions to the Video Games in Museums event in Shanghai this November. New deadline is August 12th. chinesedigra.org/934-2/

See you there.

YouTube video by LucianaVerace Our Little Sister (海街diary) soundtrack + SCENE: 13 Sakura Tunnel/桜トンネル

Our Little Sister www.youtube.com/watch?v=5QYp...

YouTube video by Drifting Transience Portrait of a Lady on Fire OST - La Jeune Fille en Feu [Extended]

Portrait of a Lady on Fire. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kkmz...

YouTube video by 1979moviefan Penélope Cruz singing in movie Volver

Volver www.youtube.com/watch?v=yav6...

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Absolutely agreed, so the NAZIs could live with their war crimes. So they could commit a genocide but also alleviate suffering - of the Jews, but ultimatly and primarily - of themselves. But to my original point, that's not what's happening in Gaza.

Totally agree the NAZIs sought the eradication of all European Jews. Disagree the book is nonsense.

Yes, and again, see the book chapter I posted. Its freely accessible, informative, well researched. It's by Dr. Nestar Russell, a trained criminologist, and titled is "The Nazi’s Pursuit for a “Humane” Method of Killing".

I'm not talking about living conditions or scale. Im talking about death. Read the paper I posted.

The Nazi’s Pursuit for a “Humane” Method of Killing When Nazis of all ranks spoke of a “humane” method of killing other human beings, what exactly did they mean? One outcome of this book is a tentative outline of the key characteristics&#82...

link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...

The difference is the NAZI's worked to produce a humane death in the holocaust. The Israeli's have worked to produce an inhumane death in the Gaza genocide.

What an appalling place Britain has become. The sadness and shame on peoples faces; protesters, police, politicians, everyone, but the support of genocide and violent supression of its protest continues.

Someone will get AI to write it. Then it will be Friendslop slop.