"Under the pressure of decades of right‑wing culture wars—which have run parallel to cross‑party support for neoliberalism—the traditional vocabulary of welfare, redistribution, egalitarianism, and class has not just fallen out of fashion; it has been demonised."
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Ian Watson wrote the first Warhammer 40,000 novels I ever read, the Jaq Draco Inquisitor trilogy in the early 90s.
Say what you want about certain elements of them - I have - but if you want a real handle on exactly how utterly batshit 40k should be, I think you can do no better.
RIP.
Ian Watson has died. A great writer and lovely man. Very kind.
I was literally having a drink with him in Spain when my phone rang, and my agent informed me that I had won the Arthur C. Clarke award. Shenanigans ensued.
Sleep well, Old Man.
We need to think deeply about our responsibilities to future generations — globally — with respect to the night sky. Who gets to decide what they will see when they look through a telescope at the moon? Right now there are no democratic processes for that. 🌔🧪🔭
BBC News - Lost Doctor Who and the Daleks episodes discovered in 'ramshackle' collection - BBC News
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“The committed writer is a movement writer … The committed writer knows that they know very little, and that the way to remedy that ignorance is through solidarity with people in struggle.”
For PEN Melbourne, André Dao on how a writer can make the world more free.
Such a poignant and intimate reflection by Sky News’ Yousra Elbagir on what it feels like reporting on Sudan during war, when family, home and loss are so personal.
“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.”
“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 ..