Reposted by Jennifer MillsSenator David Shoebridge @davidshoebridge.bsky.social · 1hTogether, Steph and I have taken on AUKUS, fossil fuel giants, tech billionaires, and exposed Australia's defence links to Gaza. We aren't here to push Labor to be a little better: we are here to replace them. 24913
Reposted by Jennifer MillsSusan @artlovergirl.bsky.social · 19hA mural in Seattle. #AbolishICE 5546051142
Jennifer Mills @jennifermills.net.au · 21hLooking at all the stories on the working poor from media outlets that haven’t increased their freelance rates in 20 years 091
Reposted by Jennifer MillsJim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 23has a satire on so-called late stage capitalism how could one beat investors pouring a trillion into a company offering to wipe out humankind 982059710
Reposted by Jennifer MillsJosh Taylor @joshtaylor.bsky.social · 28/09/2026In May I covered three datacentre projects across Australia that local communities were fighting back against. Two of the three have now been scrapped. www.theguardian.com/technology/2... 414037
Jennifer Mills @jennifermills.net.au · 24/09/2026Something like this Medicare breach would surely be enough to make our government understand that flimsy “opt out” mechanisms are not enough to protect our creative work from AI theft Surely 0123
Reposted by Jennifer MillsAlex Zucker @alexzucker.bsky.social · 24/09/2026✨ TOMORROW❗️ A Radical Proposal: Why literary translators should see themselves as workers and how building solidarity will lead to better working conditions across the industry, and ensure a more vibrant, diverse, and sustainable literary ecosystem not only for translators but readers too. 01612
Reposted by Jennifer MillsAustralian Society of Authors @asauthors.bsky.social · 24/09/2026The ASA has launched our Annual Survey for 2026 and we need to hear from you! The survey is open to all authors and illustrators, including ASA members and non-members. And please share! For more details and to take the survey please visit: www.asauthors.org.au/news/have-yo... 037
Reposted by Jennifer MillsEd Zitron @edzitron.com · 24/09/2026I think that he should've had Altman arrested for running a company committing cybercrimes 261053179
Jennifer Mills @jennifermills.net.au · 23/09/2026Good morning to cryptic bird news and cryptic bird news only www.abc.net.au/news/science...abc.net.auVideo captures ranger's joyful tears on finding rare night parrot chickNew video captures a sighting of the elusive bird in its grassy home in the remote Great Sandy Desert during the day. 0168
Reposted by Jennifer MillsSandy Horne @sandyhorne.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Happy Wrensday Wednesday! A male white-winged fairywren at the Australian Arid Lands Botanic Garden. #wrensday 211704215
Reposted by Jennifer MillsMEAA @withmeaa.bsky.social · 16/09/2026MEAA members are calling on the government to require media organisations to pay superannuation on top of a minimum fee to freelancers through the News Bargaining Incentive. 031
Reposted by Jennifer MillsMEAA @withmeaa.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Freelance journalists are contracted as sole traders and paid per word or per piece, rather than per hour. They have no rights and protections under the Fair Work Act and Superannuation Act. Read the report and stand with freelancers fighting for a fair go: buff.ly/2FDX4CK #PayUp 123
Reposted by Jennifer MillsTimnit Gebru @timnitgebru.blacksky.app · 18/09/2026Remember folks, take notes here: ✅ When your company hacking another one helps with marketing, its "OMG rogue models gone wild hacking other companies." 😱 ❌ When a hacking incident doesn't raise your valuation but shows you to be massive thieves, it's an internal "ah nice" 4396130
Reposted by Jennifer MillsHarry Saddler @harrysaddler.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Took the day off work, saw an echidna. This is what capitalism is trying to keep from you 110816
Jennifer Mills @jennifermills.net.au · 21/09/2026“Something we have decided is that we’ll be paying writers MEAA rates. We’ll pay $1.12 a word. And we’ll pay ASA rates for the illustrations and graphic storytelling as well... We’d like to honour appropriate remuneration of creatives in Australia.” 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 @asauthors.bsky.social 0123
Jennifer Mills @jennifermills.net.au · 21/09/2026I have taken 30k words from this draft and as a result it is 10k words shorter. Novelist maths is the devil’s maths 260
Jennifer Mills @jennifermills.net.au · 19/09/2026Spring garden. Proud of this abundant chaos. Was 80% lawn <4 years ago 2241
Jennifer Mills @jennifermills.net.au · 17/09/2026I went to the dentist today, I mostly go to visit the resident wellbeing chihuahua Betty. Betty is close to retiring so now they have a new dog they are training up for the role: a TEACUP chihuahua. I am going to have the best teeth 340
Reposted by Jennifer MillsAustralian Society of Authors @asauthors.bsky.social · 16/09/2026The Australian Society of Authors is delighted to announce the shortlist for the 2026 Barbara Jefferis Award. The winner will be announced at ASA's Colin Simpson Memorial Keynote event in Sydney on Tuesday 10 November 2026. For more information please visit: www.asauthors.org.au/news/announc... 013
Jennifer Mills @jennifermills.net.au · 16/09/2026“Like dinosaurs in Jurassic Park, testing the fences” www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...theguardian.comAustralian politics live: PM distances himself from sacked Play School host turned Labor staffer; Lambie says AI companies ‘like dinosaurs in Jurassic Park testing fences’Follow the day’s news live 010
Reposted by Jennifer MillsUna Mullally @unamullally.bsky.social · 15/09/2026The Irish musicians, Beoga, who play alongside Ed Sheeran, have withdrawn from Sheeran’s tour. This is the statement they published on Instagram: 142104042159
Jennifer Mills @jennifermills.net.au · 15/09/2026This is a leak of a proposal and not set in stone. The ASA is currently providing feedback on this proposal. We know it’s inadequate & are saying so. More to come! www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09...abc.net.auGovernment documents reveal AI could train on data without paying creatorsLeaked government documents reveal AI companies would be allowed to train their models on online content without paying its creators as long as they struck deals with enough rights holders. 191
Jennifer Mills @jennifermills.net.au · 14/09/2026This Ken Liu story is a great cleanser for the AI-advocacy-saturated brain www.uncannymagazine.com/article/a-si...uncannymagazine.comA Sigilary for the Median Human in the Gearwrack - Uncanny MagazineThe Sigil of Assurance You take a bit of wax and drip it over the em dash fresh out of the printer, working it over, building it up until it’s a little caterpillar crawling on the page, nestled betwee... 094
Reposted by Jennifer MillsEd Zitron @edzitron.com · 10/09/2026I am serious that today’s journalism ecosystem would be fooled if they played war of the worlds on the radio. It would be on CNN within hours 504649882
Jennifer Mills @jennifermills.net.au · 10/09/2026Do we need a support group for the niche frustration of science fiction writers watching amateur tech bro doomsayer hype 020
Reposted by Jennifer MillsPenny Tangey @pennytangey.bsky.social · 08/09/2026I felt better after I wrote this. It was a relief to admit that I failed. climatefictionwritersleague.substack.com/p/is-it-me-i...climatefictionwritersleague.substack.comIs it me? Is it the characters? Is it the book?Middle Grade author Penny Tangey writes about the lows of writing climate fiction 365
Jennifer Mills @jennifermills.net.au · 09/09/2026News feed: AI could kill us all! Inbox: daily “book marketing strategist” spam Yep, this shit is going to annoy me to death 170
Reposted by Jennifer MillsAustralian Society of Authors @asauthors.bsky.social · 07/09/2026If you're included in the Anthropic Class Action Settlement and have received an email notice, please read the Writer Beware article on potential incorrect claims. This blog post is being updated live by Writer Beware as they gather more information. Please visit: writerbeware.blog/2026/09/04/a... 135
Reposted by Jennifer MillsAustralian Society of Authors @asauthors.bsky.social · 03/09/2026The ASA has published a guest article by Dr Terri Janke. The article addresses the cultural theft undertaken to develop the tools, and how ICIP protocols can be compromised when using AI platforms. For full article visit: www.asauthors.org.au/news/writing... 011
Jennifer Mills @jennifermills.net.au · 07/09/2026Good to see the local seal looking relaxed and well this morning 2111
Jennifer Mills @jennifermills.net.au · 05/09/2026Fingers crossed for the lamprey, absolute horror icons www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09...abc.net.auBlood-sucking, eel-like fish another possible casualty of algal bloomScientists say no lampreys have been caught during their usual winter migration from ocean to river during two consecutive monitoring periods. 051
Reposted by Jennifer MillsDerkHerkenbersh @dochackenbush.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Gen AI can eat my farts. #art #NoAI 3446161
Reposted by Jennifer MillsTone Goodfellow @goodfellow.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Waiting for the right time to talk about climate change 222073
Reposted by Jennifer MillsSenator David Shoebridge @davidshoebridge.bsky.social · 04/09/2026It’s been one of those “End AUKUS” kind of weeks! thepoint.com.au/new/260904-s...thepoint.com.auShoebridge slams AUKUS, says it is ‘inviting war’ onto Australian soilThe AUKUS security agreement is an extraordinary and deep betrayal of Australia’s national interests and will invite the frontline of the next great war onto our doorstep, an independent inquiry into ... 30327116
Jennifer Mills @jennifermills.net.au · 04/09/2026Q. Why was the moth exhausted all the time? A. Late stage caterpillarism 1152
Jennifer Mills @jennifermills.net.au · 03/09/2026Stoked to see The Airways on this list top100books.abc.net.au/browse/autho...top100books.abc.net.auTop 100 Australian Books | Vote nowVote now in Radio National's Top 100 Australian Books 120
Jennifer Mills @jennifermills.net.au · 31/08/20261. We don’t want it 2. They stole our stuff 3. Go away www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08...abc.net.auAustralia risks missing out on AI economic boom due to 'slow' uptakeTreasury says Australia risks missing out on the economic benefits of AI unless businesses use beyond basic use and make bigger changes to how they operate. 2155
Jennifer Mills @jennifermills.net.au · 28/08/2026How to Sell a Genocide restored to library shelves - great when decision makers come to their senses! Good work State Library NSW, everyone who signed the petition and others who raised their objections. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...theguardian.comBondi library returns book How to Sell a Genocide to shelves after State Library ‘outlines the law’Book was removed for review earlier this month following complaint but reinstated after petition and State Library letter to Waverley council 1166
Reposted by Jennifer MillsThe Cathy Wilcox @cathywilcox.bsky.social · 27/08/2026A valediction. My @smh @theage cartoon. 2061474386
Reposted by Jennifer MillsAmy Remeikis @amyremeikis.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Lots of writers (including me) and book stores have been caught up in this - so however you can, support your local book industry. (and thank you to those who have been still trying to buy our books) x www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08...abc.net.auBookstores struggle to fill shelves after cyber attack on major publisherA cyber attack on one of Australia's major publishing distributors has left independent bookstores and authors struggling to meet customer demand. 620998
Reposted by Jennifer MillsCrimethInc. Ex-Workers' Collective @crimethinc.com · 26/08/2026Autistici/Inventati is a tech project offering encrypted communications tools, email, web hosting, secure chat, and video conferencing platforms for users who prefer to stay off corporate grids. This is what the US government is shutting down as "terrorism." Screenshot from the press release. 126287
Reposted by Jennifer MillsWilliam Gillis 🏴 @rechelon.bsky.social · 26/08/2026The US is targeting the anarchist collective that hosts the popular Noblogs wordpress platform as terrorists. This is truly batshit (as are their various obvious lies about Rose City Antifa etc). This is a HUGE attack on basic free speech. www.state.gov/releases/off...state.govDesignation of Autistici/Inventati as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist - United States Department of StateToday, the Department of State, in partnership with the Department of the Treasury, is announcing the designation of Autistici/Inventati as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist. Autistici/Inventati... 6665390
Reposted by Jennifer MillsEvan Greer @evangreer.bsky.social · 25/08/2026in a world of JK Rowlings be a Dolly Parton 24107183226
Reposted by Jennifer MillsMartin Shaw @thebooksdesk.bsky.social · 25/08/2026“pip adam’s in possession of a stratospheric talent, evident once again in her latest novel kluge, which exhibits an original prose style she credits to not having read a book of NZ or foreign lit until she was 27” A major interview/look back here on Pip’s life & work! newsroom.co.nz/2026/08/26/p...newsroom.co.nzPortrait of the artist raised on soap opera and sci-fiAn extraordinary interview with NZ's most original literary novelist. 0187
Reposted by Jennifer MillsProfessor Euan Ritchie FAMS @euanritchie.bsky.social · 23/08/2026Government planning and responses to the arrival of H5N1 bird flu in Australia have been grossly inadequate. There is still time to greatly increase efforts to protect Australia’s wildlife and environments. My piece in today’s @aunz.theconversation.com 👉 theconversation.com/australias-b...theconversation.comAustralia’s bird flu response: too little, but it’s not too lateAustralia’s response to this deadly bird flu outbreak has been insufficient and too reactive. 310467
Jennifer Mills @jennifermills.net.au · 25/08/2026Hey Waverley Library, put the book back and let readers make up their own minds. Libraries are for everyone. www.change.org/p/restore-ho...change.orgSign the PetitionRestore How to Sell a Genocide to Waverley Library and protect the Public's Right to Read 032