John Birmingham @birmo.bsky.social · 07/10/2026DM me a postal addy and I'll hook you up with something spesh 220
John Birmingham @birmo.bsky.social · 06/10/2026But my book and you will get a cheque for $5000. In a few weeks. After the royalties. 11462
John Birmingham @birmo.bsky.social · 06/10/2026It was the 90s. And network Television had a lot of money. 010
John Birmingham @birmo.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Don’t freak out about Bolsonaro Junior winning in Brazil. It means Trump has somewhere to go into exile rather than nuking the world when it all falls apart for him in a couple of months 3396
John Birmingham @birmo.bsky.social · 06/10/2026… and then he would have to hide in some convenient crawl space so that the magic of the freshly peeled chocolate treat might not be undone by the revelation of its prosaic origins. 3170
John Birmingham @birmo.bsky.social · 06/10/2026And by fresh, he meant fresh, and by peeled, he meant properly. By a chocolatier. Whom Lord Archer was never to see. A producer friend at the nine network told me they would smuggle the Chocolatier into the green room to perform his magic just before Lord Archer arrived… 3160
John Birmingham @birmo.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Whenever Lord Archer would visit these shores on one of his many book tours, he would insist when visiting a television network that he have a separate green room from the other guests of whatever show he was on, and that the room be supplied with one freshly peeled Mars bar. 1181
John Birmingham @birmo.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Oh? A plague outbreak in Russia, you say? Cool, cool, very cool. Is there any reason I should pay my taxes or mortgage this month? 1110713
John Birmingham @birmo.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Yeah. Back to number two on the ballot for me unfortunately 170
John Birmingham @birmo.bsky.social · 04/10/2026You look like you should have a popular late night TV show introducing horror movies of the golden era. 190
John Birmingham @birmo.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Just finished watching Neagley. It was very good. 8321
Reposted by John BirminghamLeena 🌵 @leena.reuben.games · 03/10/2026Okay so a shout out on a pod AND a book all in the one day Which one of you jabronies is going to put me in a song before midnight tonight 1111
John Birmingham @birmo.bsky.social · 03/10/2026From the Quarterly Essay copy edit. I do shiver with pleasure at the firm smack of editorial correction. 3190
John Birmingham @birmo.bsky.social · 03/10/2026“Columnists are very possibly the worst demographic in journalism. And as you know, that really DOES mean something…” Hangs head. So true. So very true. 030
John Birmingham @birmo.bsky.social · 02/10/2026I did spend a frankly ridiculous amount of time wondering whether I could somehow work the phrase “bridge of shoes“ into that piece 120
John Birmingham @birmo.bsky.social · 02/10/2026David Shoebridge is about 20 years too early...aliensideboob.substack.comAway off in the never-neverThe Greens’ new leader David Shoebridge is right. 7348
Reposted by John BirminghamTufty McTavish @tuftymctavish.com · 01/10/2026📕 Following along in the wake of The @scifiscavenger.bsky.social I’ve today made a start on “The Cruel Stars” by @birmo.bsky.social and @headofzeus.bsky.social Met the calm Lieutenant, the grumpy old boy, and now a gang with the cold head 😳 📚🚀 #SciFiBooks 🪐📚💙 #BookSky #ReaderSky 🦋 1213
John Birmingham @birmo.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Every 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. 1291
John Birmingham @birmo.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Lulz. Scrolling mindlessly I saw the image before I saw who posted it and I totally thought, Scalzi is so buying this stupid thing. 0101
Reposted by John BirminghamKai @kaih.au · 29/09/2026I'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...amazon.com.auThe 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 392
John Birmingham @birmo.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Ted 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 411610
John Birmingham @birmo.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Ashamed to say it, but I find a Japanese literature to be weird and difficult 120
John Birmingham @birmo.bsky.social · 26/09/2026You know one way of stopping AI agents from accessing Australian government data would be by making them have MyGov accounts. 1333784
John Birmingham @birmo.bsky.social · 25/09/2026But fair use has always covered this hasn’t it? Or is this just Spotify using its money to terrorize small competitors off the field? 4211
Reposted by John BirminghamWendy Harmer @wendyharmer.bsky.social · 25/09/2026“Demented tin can” - best description I’ve heard of AI yet. Tks @birmo.bsky.social aliensideboob.substack.com/p/turn-the-d...aliensideboob.substack.comTurn the dial up to extreme miffedness, Mr Cooley.All I wanted to do was write a funny little column about deleting unread email. 13913
John Birmingham @birmo.bsky.social · 24/09/2026All 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. 6847
Reposted by John BirminghamSciFiScavenger @scifiscavenger.bsky.social · 24/09/2026With 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 4265
