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AV @alanvaarwerk.com · 02/10/2026

that’s now 4 melbourne earthquakes i’ve not been aware of until after the fact

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AV @alanvaarwerk.com · 24/09/2026

lookin good dude, real normal

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AV @alanvaarwerk.com · 11/08/2026

just got an email from the abs, the boffins have crunched the data and it turns out i “won” the census. very cool!

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MEAA @withmeaa.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

MEAA stands with Nine Publishing members affected by today’s announcement that 30 editorial roles will be cut across The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, Brisbane Times and WAToday. Read more: meaa.io/4frrhXV

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Amy @lolennui.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

there’s my president rooting for his future home argentina

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Luke O'Neil @lukeoneil47.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

The beauty of sports is you can just decide at any point “I give a shit about this now. Against all reason.” Ten minutes later you hate one of the teams more than life and it’s all downhill from there.

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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 04/07/2026

[person who has never seen soccer before] “oh no is that guy hurt?”

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Caitlin Cassidy @caitlinecassidy.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Australia may have lost but the CABO VERDE DREAM IS STILL ALIVE

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Kill Your Darlings @kydmagazine.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

UFO or something else? Miles Franklin-winning writer Jennifer Down explores the true Australian mystery of Frederick Valentich. Read this new exclusive story here: www.killyourdarlings.com.au/article/my-g...

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MEAA @withmeaa.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

MEAA condemns the continuing treatment of journalist Sarah Martin by One Nation leader Pauline Hanson. Journalists must be able to do their job without fear of intimidation, exclusion, or personal attack. This is a moment for us to stand together and hold the line on press freedom. meaa.io/3SbzRlK

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Amy Remeikis @amyremeikis.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Sarah Martin is an incredible journalist and Hanson personally attacking her for very standard questions shows just how down the Trump normalisation we are. And it will come to all journalists who do their job.

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Bianca Nogrady @biancanogrady.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

If journalists don't stand up for each other when we're attacked by politicians, we're going to get picked off one by one. This is how press freedom dies; bit by bit, insult by insult, undermining how important journalism is until no one cares about it anymore.

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AV @alanvaarwerk.com · 01/06/2026

some really thoughtful responses in here

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I'm Dirt Mother Fucker @aynrandy.boontavista.com · 17/05/2026

Life partner unveils most insane dishwasher packing strategy yet

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Chris Paxton @cpaxton.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

We all have days like this

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AV @alanvaarwerk.com · 13/04/2026

back on my bullshit (writing about how good old bikes are)

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RM @dorsalstream.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

The horse op-ed is an instant classic. I can't tell you how much joy this piece gives me. It should be taught in every introductory writing class in no small part because the horse arguments are so compelling. "I have noticed that human children get to eat cake. But I am bigger than the children."

I Work Very Hard, And I Would Like To Try Cake

By A Horse

Hello. I am a horse. I work very hard at my job of being a horse. When humans say move the heavy thing, I move the heavy thing. When humans sit on top of me and pull on my head, I carry them where they want to go. The main food the humans give me is hay and oats. But I am thinking it would be nice to have a different food.

I am thinking I would like to try cake.

Yes, yes. Cake. I know all about it. When humans eat cake, it is in glad times. It is the food for a celebration, such as when a woman becomes 47. I have seen cake on the Fourth of July. When humans have a cake, they stand around it and clap hands and smile and say happy birthday at each other. Sometimes there are beautiful markings on a cake, such as balloons or a pink shape.

Sometimes the top of a cake is on fire and a boy must blow on the fire with mouth wind. This is the scariest cake. I do not want this kind. But I will eat any other cake. Any cake that is not the fire cake that tries to kill the boy.

Please understand: I do not get money for doing work. I do not get to go inside the house. All I am either doing my horse job or standing in my pen or eating food off the floor. I always do these things. But I have never once gotten cake and I would like it very much.

I have noticed that human children get to eat cake. But I am bigger than the children. I am more helpful to the farm. Children do not move the heavy things like me or let anyone ride on them. And yet they get cake. Maybe the humans will realize this. Maybe they will say, "You know who deserves cake? That horse. That horse whose back we are always on."

Every day I dream about what it will be like if I get to eat cake. Here is what will happen. First, I will walk to the cake and putt my nose at it like hrrfff to make and stomping my hooves to make sure it is not a snake. Then I will trot in a circle to show that I am a horse and I am large. After that, I will nuzzle the cake to …

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Kill Your Darlings @kydmagazine.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

Culture is the real tortured ghost of Emerald Fennell’s “Wuthering Heights”, writes @laurencarrollharris of Hollywood's latest hype-machine. Read it here: bit.ly/3Mj7D65

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Josh Taylor @joshtaylor.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

I feel like large parts of the commentariat have memory-holed that the Christchurch terrorist was Australian and was radicalised in Australia.

THE AUSTRALIAN
The anti-Israel Greens have shocked
Australian Jews and families of Bondi terror victims after using parliament's official condolences to claim "powerful forces" are using the massacre for political ends and that the attack could have happened to gay and trans people or Muslims.

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Luke O'Neil @lukeoneil47.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

"There’s no engagement on Twitter. Get rid of that excuse. If you’re on the left or center, nobody on Twitter comes to your work through that app." flaminghydra.com/issue-479/

There’s no engagement on Twitter. Get rid of that excuse. If you’re on the left or center, nobody on Twitter comes to your work through that app. If you’re on the right, you’re driven to post at ever higher registers, lest you get pinned down as the wrong sort of right, until you’re posting child porn prompts. If you’re still on Twitter, you’re a mark and an asshole who evidently approves of child porn, that is, who doesn’t disapprove of it enough to exit the child porn factory.

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AV @alanvaarwerk.com · 08/01/2026

wrote about how bikes rule

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AV @alanvaarwerk.com · 27/11/2025

savage garden: "animals and children tell the truth, they never lie" me: ok sure "which one is more human, there's a thought now you decide" wait what

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violet allen @blipstress.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

An actual hot take: Too many authors are afraid of editors watering down their voice or whatever and not afraid enough of editors letting you put any old slop on the page.

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Maria Bustillos @mariabustillos.com · 23/09/2025

On language "learning," Duolingo, A.I., and travel; many beautiful and comical reflections by @annamerlan.bsky.social flaminghydra.com/issue-407/#a...

Alles Klar by Anna Merlan with Duolingo Owl and speech bubble saying [...]

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AV @alanvaarwerk.com · 04/09/2025

did a bit of reverse image searching at work

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MEAA @withmeaa.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

Targeting journalists is a war crime. As colleagues, we remember them. meaa.io/45A4vZ5

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MEAA @withmeaa.bsky.social · 01/08/2025

MEAA supports the Palestine Action Group’s bid to March for Humanity across the Sydney Harbour Bridge. meaa.io/4laIpSL

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

A horrifying statement published today by the Editorial Committee of the Agence France-Presse (AFP) news agency. "Without immediate intervention, the last reporters in Gaza will die" Translation from French to English by @cnorristrent.bsky.social:

Without immediate intervention, the last reporters in Gaza will die
July 21, 2025

AFP has been working with 1 writer, 3 photographers and 6 videographers, all freelance, in the Gaza Strip since its staff journalists left in 2024.

Along with a few others, they are now the only ones left to report what is happening in the Gaza Strip. The international press has been banned from entering the territory for nearly two years.

We refuse to watch them die.

One of them, Bashar, has been working with AFP since 2010, first as a fixer, then freelance photographer, and since 2024, as lead photographer. On July 19th he managed to post a message on Facebook: “I no longer have the strength to work for the media. My body is thin and I can’t work anymore.”

Bashar, 30, works & lives in the same conditions as all Gazans, moving from one refugee camp to another under Israeli bombings. For > a year he’s lived in utter destitution, working at extreme risk to his life. Hygiene is a major issue for him, with recurring bouts of severe intestinal illness.

Since Feb, Bashar’s been living in the ruins of his home in Gaza City with his mother, 4 brothers & sisters and the family of one of his brothers. Their house is devoid of any furnishings, except a few cushions. On Sunday morning, he reported that one of his brothers had “fallen, due to hunger.”

Even though these journalists receive a monthly salary from AFP, it’s no longer enough to buy food, or they have to pay completely exorbitant prices. The banking system has collapsed, and those who exchange money via online bank accounts charge a commission of up to 40%.

AFP no longer has the ability to provide them with a vehicle and there is not enough fuel to allow these journalists to travel for their reporting. Driving a car means becoming a target for Israeli airstrikes. AFP reporters therefore travel on foot or by donkey cart. (alt txt continued in next post)

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Kill Your Darlings @kydmagazine.bsky.social · 26/05/2025

In a time when big conglomerates are absorbing small publishers, there’s a new indie on the scene! We spoke with Emily Hart and Margot Lloyd about why they packed in their jobs at established publishing houses to start Pink Shorts Press from scratch.