Forbidden spaghetti.

I like trains.

Absolute wild scenes here as I have the riot that is plain jasmine rice. Out of control. Just extraordinary.

Getting my hermit² on.

The ancient art of remembering to shut the fuck up.

I guess the stars were aligned...

Stil.

I am thinking the idea of being a professional hermit isn't as wild and out there as I once thought.

It's really bad when a third sock appears, but you only put two in..

Cannot tell if I am sitting watching an endless train go by, waiting for it to end knowing it won't, or being run over by said endless train of infinite.

I don't think we are going to make it as a species. Sigh. Anyway, enjoy your Friday.

Meanjin returns home Queensland University of Technology (QUT) will become the new custodian of Meanjin, Australia's most eminent literary journal, bringing the publication back to Brisbane 80 years after it relocated to Melbourne. QUT Vice-Chancellor Professor Margaret Sheil said: “QUT is delighted to bring Meanjin home to Meanjin / Magandjin – the lands of the Turrbal and Yugara peoples – where the journal was founded and where our Gardens Point campus now stands. “Since its foundation by Clem Christesen in Brisbane in 1940, Meanjin has been instrumental in shaping Australian literary and intellectual culture,” she said. “It has provided a vital platform for critical discussion, a showcase of emerging writers and a valuable training ground for leading Australian publishers and editors. We are honoured to be entrusted with the legacy of this cultural icon.”

Under the terms of the transfer, QUT will appoint an editorial board to ensure Meanjin’s independence, values and standards are maintained and recruit an editor through a national competitive search. Professor Warren Bebbington, the Chair of Melbourne University Publishing (MUP), said MUP had received approaches to acquire Meanjin from a variety of organisations in recent months, but QUT’s understanding of the journal’s legacy surpassed those of the other expressions of interest received. “The Board is delighted Meanjin will continue, and in the hands of a university so clearly alert to the nature of the custodianship MUP had fulfilled for it for so long.” QUT will take time to thoughtfully re-establish the journal in Queensland and consider how to most effectively reinvigorate Meanjin, respecting the journal's founding vision and literary legacy while enhancing its relevance and rebuilding of readership to ensure a viable future.

THIS NEWS WILL PLEASE A FEW PEOPLE:

“QUT will become the new custodian of Meanjin, Australia's most eminent literary journal, bringing the publication back to Brisbane 80 years after it relocated to Melbourne.” www.qut.edu.au/meanjin

The Sunday session with Randa Abdel-Fattah & Louise Adler has sold out (1100 seats sold in 4 days!). Seats are going fast but still some available for Rivers of Reason: Blak & Arab Writers in Conversation (free, bookings essential), where Randa is also speaking.

Have fun, sneaks.

Fourty Seven Point Two Degrees Celcius.

An image showing the current temperature, of 46.5⁰ Celcius, with a high of 46.8. I do not. No. Please.

😬🔥

Eesh. I thought 43⁰ here was bad.

Screenshot of the local forecast for the next week, which can be best described as 'fuck off' heat.

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Is it on? It looks like it's on.

All the winning all the time every moment I love** this timeline.

Gorgeous speckled grey Wood Moth (Endoxyla cinereus) sunning herself on a courtyard brick.

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What the fuck.

Also every time I check, I realise I should not have. 😬

Happy Festivus. Or what-have-you.

What about a little bit of pud? Just a little bit.

It's very unlikely. We don't get nice things any more.

Not particularly. Zero stars. Do not recommend.

You know what's good? Me either.

Don't worry it's part of your charm.

That's a load bearing broadly. :)