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Every time I see this image, I imagine Jack Smith imagining Ralph Wiggum saying “I’m in danger”, and then trying very very hard not to laugh.

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John Birmingham @birmo.bsky.social · 6h

Neither is being a college professor.

Screen cap from New York Times op-ed piece saying, “I’m a college professor writing isn’t as important as we think.”

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Kai @kaih.au · 29/09/2026

I've been eagerly awaiting the final novel in the Cruel Stars trilogy by @birmo.bsky.social – and it's nearly here. Get your pre-orders in at the Bezos' big rock-candy mountain. www.amazon.com.au/gp/product/B...

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The Forever Dead (The Cruel Stars Trilogy Book 3)

The Forever Dead (The Cruel Stars Trilogy Book 3) eBook : Birmingham, John: Amazon.com.au: Kindle Store

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John Birmingham @birmo.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Ted has realised his cone of shame confers superpowers, such as denying access to any and all rivals who would challenge him for dinner plate clean up action

Ted the Labrador seals off a dinner plate by sealing it inside his Cone of Shame

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John Birmingham @birmo.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

The new series of Ted Lasso makes me feel good.

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John Birmingham @birmo.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

You know one way of stopping AI agents from accessing Australian government data would be by making them have MyGov accounts.

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John Birmingham @birmo.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Yeah, but really, I'm here for the hats.

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John Birmingham @birmo.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

All I wanted to do was write a funny little column about deleting unread emails, and now I gotta write this shit about AI gremlins getting into Medicare? Fuck me, this is tiresome.

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SciFiScavenger @scifiscavenger.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

With The Forever Dead (bk 3) due out soon, I've yanked this forward from my yet to be announced October TBR. I've enjoyed a few of @birmo.bsky.social's earlier books over the years, so looking forward to this. #scifibooks #sciencefiction #nowreading #spaceopera

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John Birmingham @birmo.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Jeez I love deleting unread emails

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John Birmingham @birmo.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

My cat, who I can assure you has had dinner, looking quite perplexed at news that there will be no second dinner

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John Birmingham @birmo.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Yes, I'm fact-checking the essay before it goes to the fact-checkers.

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John Birmingham @birmo.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Watched the first ep of NEAGLEY. It was good.

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John Birmingham @birmo.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Really regret giving this guy an advance copy of my new book

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John Birmingham @birmo.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Finally got back to the gym for the first time since I had the flu three weeks ago. Realized I’d forgotten my AirPods. What is even the point? I’m gonna go get a coffee and a donut.

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John Birmingham @birmo.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Spending the afternoon copy editing this essay on Hanson and I’m surprised, but not really, at how many times I used the word ‘nonsense’. Having to dive into my thesaurus quite a bit

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John Birmingham @birmo.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

The things I learned (that had nothing to do with Pauline Hanson) while writing 30 000 words about Pauline Hanson. 1. You need a competent editor cat.

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You can brute force serendipity

Indulge me if you will.

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John Birmingham @birmo.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Yeah. That’s right. It’s QLD. There’s crocodiles in the river. What are your big tough Olympic rowers soft or something?

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John Birmingham @birmo.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

One day I learn not to eat too much fibre before my jujitsu class, but today was not that day.

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John Birmingham @birmo.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Calm down everyone. Kid Rock is gonna open for Ed Sheeren.

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John Birmingham @birmo.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Having just received by post a paper cheque from a US publisher I shall now load up my trusty burro with saltbeef and water pans and strike out across the Badlands to find the last open bank branch, hoping not to encounter too many coyote or road agents along the way.

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John Birmingham @birmo.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Just finished the essay. It is awesome.

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John Birmingham @birmo.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

“ if I caused any offense…” is Hanson showng her OG supporters she still believes everything she said about aboriginal Australians. But it’s also telling millions of normies giving her a first pref that she’s not some sort of, um, vicious racist so yes, they can vote for her with a clear conscience.

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Head of Zeus @headofzeus.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

In this thrilling conclusion to @birmo.bsky.social epic sci-fi adventure, #TheCruelStars trilogy, #TheForeverDead is now available on @netgalley.bsky.social A final stand that will demand the ultimate sacrifice... and extreme violence. Request it now: bit.ly/4h7Cpdg

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John Birmingham @birmo.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Islamist terror bloke arrives at the border. Aussie migration bloke steps up and hands him a form. “It’s a statement of Australian values, Cobber. You have to sign it or you can’t come in.” Islamist terror bloke shakes fist at sky. “Curses! foiled again!”

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John Birmingham @birmo.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Me, exhausted, croaky voice: So close to finishing this essay. So close. The Essay, hands on hips, head thrown back, laughing like a Viking: You fool! I'm only a draft. Me, sobbing: Shut up. Shut up.

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John Birmingham @birmo.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

After working thru the weekend on this essay I am super excited for a big treat. Gonna move from my standing desk to my sitting desk!

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John Birmingham @birmo.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Writing is hard, especially on a Saturday afternoon. Especially when it's about Hanson and neo-Nazis. My head hurts.

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John Birmingham @birmo.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Gah. Stupid brain. Give me more words. This essay needs more words brain. Do your fucking job.

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John Birmingham @birmo.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Cat food, rage and fascism: "I was irrationally fucking furious. I was about to stroke out. Inside my head, an angry cartoon me jumped up and down, shaking his tiny fist. There Was A Little Yellow Sticker. It promised me a price of $5.50. I am not paying $13.95. Why is this so fucking difficult?"

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Cat food, rage and fascism.

Just a quick note today because the first draft of my Quarterly Essay, in which I try to explain Pauline Hanson’s resurrection, is due Monday.

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John Birmingham @birmo.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Slept poorly. Got up with a migraine. Still on deadline. I'm gonna need a shit ton of trucker speed, a bucket of chilli beer and someone to deliver my order of bottomless hot chips from Les Bubbles.

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John Birmingham @birmo.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

This essay is reminding me why I gave up non fiction writing for novels that improve with altitude.

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John Birmingham @birmo.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Be more like Wade. Use your local library

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John Birmingham @birmo.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

If I were the Australian defence minister and that Hegseth fellow came calling, I would simply be washing my hair. Yes. I know that I do not have any hair, but I would… simply… be… washing… it!

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John Birmingham @birmo.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

This reminds me to go and write some scorching 1 stars reviews for the nazi collaborating map apps.

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John Birmingham @birmo.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

I loved The Sims and did not realise that this nepo baby fascist oligarch now owned it. So from this day forward I hate The Sims.

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John Birmingham @birmo.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Third day with the flu (Influenza A confirmed by my GP’s swab) but feeling a little better thanks to the mountain of drugs prescribed. hoping to scratch out a few words on the essay today between long naps.

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John Birmingham @birmo.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

‘Maybe Scrooge was right,’ is the final triumph of Neoliberalism

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John Birmingham @birmo.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

I am feeling utterly wretched with the flu, so here is a picture of my cat

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John Birmingham @birmo.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Pray for me. I am very sick. I have pneumonic plague or whooping cough or possibly even—God help me—Man Flu. The only thing for it is a pint of scorching hot Lemsip and a big sit down with Annie Jacobsen’s Biological Warfare: a scenario.

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John Birmingham @birmo.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Went to QPAC and watched Death of a Salesman. It was good.

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John Birmingham @birmo.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

I think I just want to live in GTA VI. Vice City looks so much better than reality.

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Tom Quinn @tomquinn.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

"The perpetrators were the boards and CEOs of fossil fuel companies who have known for decades what they were doing, have known the consequences of it, and carried on with reckless indifference to those consequences. They murdered the hundreds, maybe a thousand or more" - @birmo.bsky.social

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The Reckoning

That imagery of the Himalayan tsunami smashing into the multi-story building in Nepal was horrifying, but then murder always is, isn’t it?

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John Birmingham @birmo.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

That imagery of the Himalayan tsunami smashing into the multi-story building in Nepal was horrifying, but then murder always is, isn’t it? That’s what happened at that border crossing: mass murder

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The Reckoning

That imagery of the Himalayan tsunami smashing into the multi-story building in Nepal was horrifying, but then murder always is, isn’t it?

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John Birmingham @birmo.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Turns out when I block myself from this website, I get more work done.

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John Birmingham @birmo.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Anyone checked in on America? Heard some weird noises coming from over there recently.

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John Birmingham @birmo.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Having an adult beverage at Bar Lou Lou. It is good.

A warm, intimate table setting in a cosy restaurant, with glasses of red and white wine, grilled chicken skewers garnished with herbs and lime, and small sliders on a plate. A vase of flowers and the soft glow of the room frame the table, with the street visible through the window beyond.

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