Parchmaxxing at the gym.

Having a greyhound is a great way to find out where all the free-roaming cats in your neighbourhood that you never noticed live.

Text messages reading: What's going on with the war 11:31 AM Don't worry kitten 11:40 AM Okay

Shorter national address

Having the word 'Panopticon' blasted on the walls really feels like A Choice.

Audio Erotica Audio erotica is sexually explicit audio-only content, designed to arouse the listener and bring them fulfilment. While it has existed for a long time, it has achieved significant popularity in recent...

I've got a new academic book out today! Audio Erotica, by me and Athena Bellas, looks at the rise of erotic audio content directed primarily towards women, focusing on four major apps.

It's expensive, obviously, but if you work in a university, I'd love if you asked your library to buy it!

art gallery: You finish that painting of Frodo and Gollum?
Artist: Sure did boss, real fuckin sexy just like you asked.

A written statement from artist James Hillier / Nordacious regarding contact from Queensland Police about artworks containing slogans recently criminalised under new Queensland hate speech laws. The second image shows three Nordacious illustrations - with the words on their clothing and signage obscured by yellow and red CENSORED stamps.

A statement regarding recent contact from Queensland Police about my work.

Stop worrying about what YA books to let your kids read and let them sort it out with V C Andrews and cocaine era Stephen King as God intended

It's friggin chilly!

This Company Is Secretly Turning Your Zoom Meetings into AI Podcasts WebinarTV hosts 200,000 “webinars.” A Zoom call you may thought was private might be one of them.

“WebinarTV, a company that bills itself as ‘a search engine for the best webinars,’ is secretly scanning the internet for Zoom meeting links, recording the calls, and turning them into AI-generated podcasts for profit.”

Everyone’s business model is just crime now.

(Like I know that's what data annotation always has been. But now people are actually losing their jobs to AI - or the glorified promises of AI - it just seems extra grim)

GRIM

Finishing a podcast at the exact moment your plane lands 👌🏻

Congrats on the the funding!

Some kind of purple plastic crafting device for texturising paper called distressing tool

Saw your boyfriend in Hobbycraft

State of Play opens its 2026 NSW Independent Developer Survey | ScreenHub: Film, TV, Streaming and Games State of Play NSW, an organisation that aims to raise the profile of NSW-based indie game developers, has opened its latest survey for submissions.

state of play is currently seeking input from local nsw-based game developers for their new report. if that's you, head on over.

Yessssss the Tillies

Unfortunately, I believe I have to.

"At least once a week, every week, 1800 RESPECT – run by Telstra Health – is being subpoenaed, and not only is the $147 million government-funded service handing over confidential client notes, but 1800 RESPECT is also handing over complete audio recordings of victim counselling sessions"

It feels like some sort of film-lover discrimination that Mondays are inevitably my busiest, most meeting-heavy day of the week and I have to follow the Oscars - poorly - through social media posts. One day I'll remember to take it as leave.

I'm with you. Really liked the first episode but I don't feel like they've brought it back together.

The Australian cover of A Study in Sparkling. It's bright pink, with the title in teal lettering, and features cartoon images of a white woman with brown hair and a Japanese man with bleached hair drinking sparkling wine together. The release date is 28 July 2026.

The US cover of A Study in Sparkling. It's bright pink, with the title in teal lettering, and features cartoon images of a white woman with brown hair and a Japanese man with bleached hair drinking sparkling wine together. The release date is 15 September 2026.

Cover reveal! A Study in Sparkling is coming out on 28 July in Australia/NZ and 15 September in the US.

Aus/NZ preorder: www.simonandschuster.com.au/books/A-Stud...

US preorder: www.simonandschuster.com/books/A-Stud...

Had to party poop a friend on this recently.

i thought not having the entire world tremble from the ravings of a mad king was the whole fucking promise of liberal democracy

I don't care about vous-ing or tu-ing as long as someone is woo-ing 😂

When we talk about Baby Boomers not getting off the stage: In 1997, the US president was born in 1946.

In 2007, the US president was born in 1946.

In 2017, the US president was born in 1946.

And next year in 2027? The US president will have been born in 1946.

Please please please get on this

Just great stuff