Reposted by Dominic KellyEdward Luce @edwardluce.bsky.social · 34mGetting bored of US statesmen grokking "western civilization" to erect intellectually feeble scaffolding to justify attacks on liberal democracy in Europe - most recently Rubio at the Acropolis. Stop plundering Plato to justify your will to power. 89221
Reposted by Dominic KellyBen Eltham @beneltham.bsky.social · 8hIn Crikey today, I have a long read on Canberra’s endearment with AI and the dubious promise of data centre riches. While Australia’s creatives are being sold down the river, you don’t need to fire up Claude to spot some cracks in the hype-doom sales pitch ($) www.crikey.com.au/2026/10/08/a...crikey.com.auCanberra is 'drinking the Kool-Aid' on AI. Where will it take us?The Albanese government is treating the promises of AI and data centre investment like a digital mining boom. How does it sit within Labor's broader social project? 66927
Dominic Kelly @dominickelly.bsky.social · 06/10/2026I’m colour blind so forgive my ignorance, but this would be Queensland state of origin, no? 200
Dominic Kelly @dominickelly.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Sensible takes on Victorian politics are very rare; a nice relief to read this excellent piece by Paul Strangio. insidestory.org.au/oh-victoria-...insidestory.org.auOh Victoria, Victoria! • Paul StrangioA kind of dread hangs over the state as the November election approaches 63211
Dominic Kelly @dominickelly.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Great stuff from Clinton Fernandes. www.theage.com.au/technology/r...theage.com.auGone ‘rogue’ and set to kill us all? Please. I know the banal truthThere’s snake-oil being sold to us and much of the world is falling for it. 002
Dominic Kelly @dominickelly.bsky.social · 29/09/2026I'm presenting on my Quadrant research next week as part of the State Library of NSW's Fellows' Findings series. Tuesday 6 October, 11am, online and free. Please come along! www.sl.nsw.gov.au/events/domin...sl.nsw.gov.auDominic Kelly: Quadrant’s internal cold warsHistorian Dominic Kelly illuminates some of the disputes and controversies navigated by Quadrant magazine during the Cold War era. 1137
Reposted by Dominic KellyRahim Kurwa @rahimk.bsky.social · 27/09/2026A new book thoroughly documents America's complicity in genocide www.equator.org/articles/bid...equator.orgGuilty Men • EQUATORA new book thoroughly documents America’s complicity in genocide 043
Reposted by Dominic KellyPeter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Talk growing that Ireland’s players will refuse to play Israel www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer...irishtimes.comIreland’s match against Israel thrown into chaos as Bazunu tells squad he does not want to playSome other players understood to be considering whether to join goalkeeper in withdrawing from Nations League fixtures 2321957
Dominic Kelly @dominickelly.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Could Mossad be behind Pearce’s Achilles injury? Just asking questions here. 001
Dominic Kelly @dominickelly.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Never forget that Chris Fagan pressured Indigenous couples into having abortions. No amount of success can remove that stain, despite the media whitewash of his reputation. 0105
Reposted by Dominic KellyNovember Kelly @postoctobrist.bsky.social · 22/09/2026this was a great read about the evacuation of Chud Saigon www.thedriftmag.com/the-last-day...thedriftmag.comThe Last Days of the Danube Institute | A Report from Postliberal BudapestBy Brian Goodman. In the wake of Viktor Orbán’s defeat, Budapest’s postliberals face end times. 922139
Reposted by Dominic KellyTim Howard @tmhwrd.bsky.social · 23/09/2026[goose meme] what else did he advocate? WHAT ELSE DID HE ADVOCATE? 922148
Dominic Kelly @dominickelly.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Ah yes, the conservative man of principle with deep goodwill towards First Peoples. 293
Dominic Kelly @dominickelly.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Shocked to see the most detestable fans in the AFL acting like a bunch of entitled cunts. 021
Dominic Kelly @dominickelly.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Was only following the scores on my phone from an airport but can I just say: suck shit Hawthorn 1110
Reposted by Dominic KellyThe Baffler @thebaffler.com · 16/09/2026There’s only one occasional trillionaire in America, but there are more than twenty-three million millionaires. To truly understand the story of wealth inequality in America, we should be paying more attention to them. thebaffler.com/latest/for-t...thebaffler.comFor the Love of Money | Nico TaylorMain Street Millionaires are every bit as greedy and as cunning as the so-called fat cats we’re accustomed to reviling. 071
Reposted by Dominic KellyThe Baffler @thebaffler.com · 25/08/2026From the underwriters of eighteenth century London to the American viaticals industry of the 1980s, the insurance industry has long bet on death. Prediction markets follow in its footsteps. thebaffler.com/salvos/infin...thebaffler.comThe Polymarketification of American LifePrediction markets have been trying to skirt regulators by selling themselves not as sportsbooks but as insurance. 083
Dominic Kelly @dominickelly.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Come on, 20 wins out of 82 games is pretty good. 130
Reposted by Dominic Kellyfrankbongiorno.bsky.social @frankbongiorno.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Me on 'The unmaking of the Australian party system': my inaugural lecture as Donald Horne Professor for the Vice-Chancellor's Centre of Public Ideas at the University of Canberra: inside.org.au/the-unmaking...inside.org.auThe unmaking of the Australian party system • Frank BongiornoHow should we deal with a fragmented political landscape? First we need to understand how we got here 0345
Dominic Kelly @dominickelly.bsky.social · 29/08/2026Excellent essay by @joshuablackjb.bsky.social 140
Dominic Kelly @dominickelly.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Damn, didn’t know about Róisín Murphy going down this dark path. 210
Dominic Kelly @dominickelly.bsky.social · 22/08/2026Call me paranoid but I don’t think it’s a coincidence that they found such an unsympathetic figure for this story on AI refusal. Her cause is just! www.smh.com.au/technology/t...smh.com.auThis ‘AI refuser’ quit her dream job, and hopes others followGabrielle Boyle resigned three days before the AFL switched on Microsoft’s AI assistant, having been told she couldn’t opt out. 052
Dominic Kelly @dominickelly.bsky.social · 21/08/2026Ages of the three opinion columnists in the Saturday Paper today: 93, 82, 79 45712
Reposted by Dominic Kelly404 Media @404media.co · 17/08/2026SCOOP: 404 Media placed a tracking device in a shipment of rare books to see which AI company was buying it. What did we find? It ended up at an Amazon facility where Amazon scans and destroys books. Yes. This is literally the logo outside the Amazon warehouse door. Read now:404media.coWe Tracked a Shipment of Rare Books. It Ended at an Amazon AI Training FacilityWe placed a tracking device in a shipment of rare books to see which AI company was buying it, and found an Amazon facility where Amazon scans and destroys books. 15162283922
Dominic Kelly @dominickelly.bsky.social · 17/08/2026And what a roaring success the Do Not Call register has been. 071
Reposted by Dominic KellyJohn Bull @garius.bsky.social · 14/08/2026The biggest selling comic of all time is One Piece. The second biggest is not from the US or UK. It's French. DELIGHTED to welcome @juliekalman.bsky.social onto Untitled History Pod to talk origins of Asterix the Gaul and how it made modern France. Listen below, Youtube or your pod app of choiceopen.spotify.comEpisode 27: The history and cultural impact of Asterix the GaulThe Untitled History Podcast · Episode 38456126
Dominic Kelly @dominickelly.bsky.social · 15/08/202690% of conservatives have the same pathetic origin story: lefties annoyed me at uni. 171
Reposted by Dominic KellyDominic Kelly @dominickelly.bsky.social · 11/08/2026Got a new review up at @insidestory.bsky.social. insidestory.org.au/one-theory-t...insidestory.org.auOne theory to explain it all • Dominic KellyHow did Cultural Marxism become the right’s all-purpose pejorative? 32012
Reposted by Dominic KellyJames Ley @jamesley.bsky.social · 30/07/2026I have an article about the 'cultural Marxism' conspiracy theory in the latest ABR. www.australianbookreview.com.au/abr-online/c...australianbookreview.com.auJames Ley reviews ‘The Cultural Marxism Conspiracy: Why the right blames the Frankfurt school for the decline of the West’ by A.J.A. WoodsAnyone who has even a passing familiarity with the ideas of Theodor Adorno will know he was an antagonist of what he called the ‘culture industry’. In Dialectic of Enlightenment (1947), co-written wit... 193
Dominic Kelly @dominickelly.bsky.social · 11/08/2026Got a new review up at @insidestory.bsky.social. insidestory.org.au/one-theory-t...insidestory.org.auOne theory to explain it all • Dominic KellyHow did Cultural Marxism become the right’s all-purpose pejorative? 32012
Dominic Kelly @dominickelly.bsky.social · 11/08/2026Courier-Mail get on it. (Little Manning Clark joke for you all.) 0153
Dominic Kelly @dominickelly.bsky.social · 06/08/2026This will form a significant part of Jacinta Allan’s legacy. She must be proud. 0319
Reposted by Dominic KellyYung En Chee @yungenchee.bsky.social · 06/08/2026Really important research with clear findings, implications & policy recommendations to arrest the trend of oversized cars & trucks killing & maiming more pedestrians 🙏 & kudos to Milad Haghani, Abbas Rajabifard, Iman Taheri Sarteshnizi, & Neema Nassir @aunz.theconversation.comtheconversation.comBig US-style trucks are killing more pedestrians in Australia – our research proves itPedestrians are more likely to be killed by heavier cars – and even more so if the vehicle is taller, Australian-first research has found. 19314173
Dominic Kelly @dominickelly.bsky.social · 06/08/2026Raise your hand if you think Joe Aston’s newsletter is worth TWENTY-NINE MILLION DOLLARS. What the fuck are we doing here. 6145
Dominic Kelly @dominickelly.bsky.social · 27/07/2026Quadrant asking ChatGPT to go full R. Crumb. 2468
Dominic Kelly @dominickelly.bsky.social · 23/07/2026Lol, I think you mean Stanley Kramer, though I’d love to have seen Kubrick’s interpretation. 141
Dominic Kelly @dominickelly.bsky.social · 23/07/2026The HR Nicholls Society has had a rebrand, dropping the 'Society'. A nod to Thatcher, perhaps? Regardless, I'm sure it'll solve the issue of their complete irrelevance. 271
Reposted by Dominic KellyDavid Klemperer @dmk1793.bsky.social · 22/07/2026Remembering Utøya means refusing to compromise with far-right nationalism. Remembering Utøya means attacking the political and economic power of the oligarchs who promote far-right ideas. Remembering Utøya means continuing to fight for international social democracy. 124350
Reposted by Dominic KellyBenjamin Clark @benjamin-clark.bsky.social · 18/07/2026Some footage from #CPACGB earlier today. Absolutely packed crowd for Pauline Hanson’s speech! It was honestly quite sad. Liz Truss succeeding at event organising about as much as she did formulating economic policy. More to come from me in Monday’s @crikey.com.au 11519