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James Macaronas

@jmacaronas.bsky.social
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Paranormal investigator. He/him. Naarm/Melbourne. PhD - the psychedelic experience in sci-fi. Always was, always will be Aboriginal land. Free Palestine. Fuck gen AI.

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James Macaronas @jmacaronas.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
An increasingly operatic commitment to a certain kind of optimism/telling us how we ought to feel became a bit much as the new series kept on trucking.
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James Macaronas @jmacaronas.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Its deep strangeness - sci-fi as freak-out against uncompromising reality, the Dr standing on a line between two worlds and us not sure if we want to follow.
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Dr. Damien P. Williams, dread portent down from a mountain cave @wolven.blacksky.app · 18/09/2026
Some good work here putting many of the pieces of these overlapping worldviews in one place.
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Chris Bratt @chrisbratt.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
People Make Games traveled to Michigan to meet Jerry Gretzinger, an 84-year-old man, who's spent most of his life working away on a single, giant map to an imaginary world. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Is8N...
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The Man Who's Spent a Lifetime Making One, Giant Map
YouTube video by People Make Games
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Draeci (Benjaku) 🏳️‍⚧️ @commissar.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
I didn't expect this to be seen, here's a handful more. In what was a terrifying time, especially for people with existing health conditions, his art brought some irreverency and kindness to people sheltering at home.
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Tabletop Battles @tabletopbattles.com · 03/06/2026
In memory of John Blanche, 1948-2026. www.tabletopbattles.com/in-memorium-...
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In Memoriam: John Blanche
In memory of John Blanche, 1948-2026.
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bagbosse.bsky.social @bagbosse.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Rip Blanche
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James Macaronas @jmacaronas.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
we love to see it 🖖
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HisCursedness | Hire Caps @hiscursedness.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
Leonid Crusade is the new Butlerian Jihad
bbc.co.uk
Pope Leo says AI must be 'disarmed' in first major teaching
The pontiff also warned of a "new digital slaveries" in his first encyclical since becoming Pope last year.
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Daniel José Older @djolder.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
"The scandal is that the existing formulae for “authentic” postcolonial prose are already so codified that a language model can reproduce them convincingly. In this way, AI does not disrupt literary taste so much as expose its furniture." africasacountry.com/2026/05/how-...
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Data & Society @datasociety.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
“AI can never be AI without humans. It is not artificial intelligence. It’s African intelligence,” says Michael Geoffrey Asia, a former data labeler in Kenya who is now secretary general of the Data Labelers Association. "We train ChatGPT and it’s killing us slowly.” www.404media.co/ai-is-africa...
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'AI Is African Intelligence': The Workers Who Train AI Are Fighting Back
Kenyan workers are still the underpaid labor behind AI training, moderation, and sex chatbots. The Data Labelers Association is fighting back.
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Comicsbeat @comicsbeat.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Congratulations to CANNON author Lee Lai, the first cartoonist and non-binary author to win Australia's Stella Prize.
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Lee Lai becomes first graphic novelist and non-binary author to win the Stella Prize
Lai's Cannon is the latest winner of the award for the year's best novel by an Australian woman or non-binary person.
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James Macaronas @jmacaronas.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
🙌
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Tim Dunlop @timdunlop.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
"Under the pressure of decades of right‑wing culture wars—which have run parallel to cross‑party support for neoliberalism—the traditional vocabulary of welfare, redistribution, egalitarianism, and class has not just fallen out of fashion; it has been demonised." thepoint.com.au/opinions/260...
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Talking ourselves into inequality: the new fuel ads, the NDIS and "social cohesion" show how neoliberalism has colonised our tongues
Under the pressure of decades of right wing culture wars—which have run parallel to cross party support for neoliberalism—the traditional vocabulary of welfare, redistribution, egalitarianism, and cla...
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Mike Brooks @mikebrooks668.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Ian Watson wrote the first Warhammer 40,000 novels I ever read, the Jaq Draco Inquisitor trilogy in the early 90s. Say what you want about certain elements of them - I have - but if you want a real handle on exactly how utterly batshit 40k should be, I think you can do no better. RIP.
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Tade "Will Eat Your Heart in the Marketplace" Thompson @tadethompson.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Ian Watson has died. A great writer and lovely man. Very kind. I was literally having a drink with him in Spain when my phone rang, and my agent informed me that I had won the Arthur C. Clarke award. Shenanigans ensued. Sleep well, Old Man.
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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 13/04/2026
We need to think deeply about our responsibilities to future generations — globally — with respect to the night sky. Who gets to decide what they will see when they look through a telescope at the moon? Right now there are no democratic processes for that. 🌔🧪🔭
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Andrew Dark Tom's Sin @andydrewz.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
BBC News - Lost Doctor Who and the Daleks episodes discovered in 'ramshackle' collection - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Lost Doctor Who and the Daleks episodes discovered in 'ramshackle' collection
The Doctor's assistant Peter Purves was invited to a screening of the episodes in Leicester.
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Overland Journal @overlandjournal.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
“The committed writer is a movement writer … The committed writer knows that they know very little, and that the way to remedy that ignorance is through solidarity with people in struggle.” For PEN Melbourne, André Dao on how a writer can make the world more free.
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The role of the committed writer in an unfree world - Overland literary journal
No, the committed writer is a movement writer. I mean that the committed writer knows that they know very little, and that the way to remedy that ignorance is through solidarity with people in struggl...
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Mira Al Hussein @miraalhussein.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Such a poignant and intimate reflection by Sky News’ Yousra Elbagir on what it feels like reporting on Sudan during war, when family, home and loss are so personal.
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Finding Hope and Love in the Ruins of Sudan’s War
"The war in Sudan has created the world’s largest humanitarian disaster but the spirit of Sudan endures," writes Yousra Elbagir
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Overland Journal @overlandjournal.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
“If we’re to emerge from this awful spiral,” writes @jeffsparrow1.bsky.social, “we’ll only do so on the basis of a very different politics: one that takes for granted the ability of ordinary people — of any race, gender or creed — to unite against racism and violence.”
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On the need for a renewed democratic universalism - Overland literary journal
If we’re to emerge from this awful spiral, in which one form of identitarian chauvinism spurs the next, we’ll only do so on the basis of a very different politics: one that takes for granted the abili...
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Overland Journal @overlandjournal.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
“But it’s also that this land, this beautiful Aboriginal land, was not made to hold such grief. It can, and it does, but it shouldn’t have this burden thrust upon itself.” @jordanas.bsky.social on the logic of violence that permeates Australia.
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Yes, this is what Australia is - Overland literary journal
Imagine though the possibility of a response which was not horrid. Which did not demand more violence be piled up. Which led us to other ways of being together, other horizons of possible futures. Ima...
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Matthew Holness @mrholness.bsky.social · 14/12/2025
Mass market paperbacks were always my favourite format. Made the idea and the feel of a book so exciting - a compact self-contained world you could carry round in your pocket. Genuinely sad they’re going. Trade paperbacks are just the ‘cheap’ version of a hardback. Not their own thing at all.
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Jewish Council of Australia @jewishcouncilau.bsky.social · 14/12/2025
To be confronted with this horrific act of antisemitic violence during the Jewish festival of light and hope is shattering. In moments like this, we hold each other close. We should all be able to gather with our communities, practice our culture, and worship in safety. 3/4
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Dungeons & Possums @dungeonsandpossums.com · 26/11/2025
Hey @bsky.app @safety.bsky.app @support.bsky.team please unsuspend Goran immediately. Goran is a great person, a great artist, and the whole anti-Palestine thing youre on is one of those "Ford funding Hitler" disasters you remember being shocked and dismayed by when you learned of in middle school.
An art piece by Goran Gligovic of a sword resting against a battered tree in front of a rocky dungeon entrance amidst a snowy field. The text says UNBAN GORAN GLIGOVIC.
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Letterboxd @letterboxd.social · 24/11/2025
Udo Kier (1944–2025)
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James Macaronas @jmacaronas.bsky.social · 15/11/2025
Well deserved!
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Penny Tangey @pennytangey.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
It's just been confirmed that Monash University is dropping Woodside as a partner because they don't align with their sustainable values. This is an incredible win for @stopwoodsidemonash.bsky.social who have run a dedicated grass roots campaign for years.
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James Macaronas @jmacaronas.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
Sorry you have to deal with this, that's sickening - reported & blocked ✊
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Paul Scoones @paulscoones.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
These deep dives into Terrance Dicks' Target novelisations are absolutely fascinating. Highly recommended (and not just because I get a glowing name check in this one)!
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bodyslams & pentagrams @mxswell.fighters.gay · 15/09/2025
relevant life lesson from comics on this one
calvin and hobbes comic. Mom: CALVIN! Stop running in the house
Calvin:the law is on the books, but it would take all their resources to enforce it.
Calvin runs off panel and his mom yells after him
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James Macaronas @jmacaronas.bsky.social · 14/09/2025
Narrm folks, if you're able, consider supporting Grandmas Against Removal, or another grassroots, Indigenous-led organisation.
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James Macaronas @jmacaronas.bsky.social · 14/09/2025
Yesterday's anti-racism, anti-Nazi march - calls for unity from Wurundjeri community, as well as solidarity from settler Aussies - including dismantling systems that profit from division.
Photo of a crowd outside Flinders Street station. An Aboriginal flag is being waved overhead.Photo of a crowd marching north on Swanston Street. A sign in the lower left reads "Solidarity with Camp Sovereignty".Photo of the top of a crowd on Spring Street. A sign being carried overhead reads "Always was always will be."Photo of a crowd marching outside Melbourne Town Hall. A banner held overhead reads "Readers and Writers Against the Genocide".
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Jenn Q. @jennqueen.bsky.social · 13/09/2025
White leftists empathizing with racists is exactly why we say you’re more dangerous than republicans. You talk the talk but never walk the walk especially when you’re not the target. Your stake in white supremacy matters more to you than your ideology, whatever that looks like now.
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James Macaronas @jmacaronas.bsky.social · 12/02/2024
"You have placed your services at the disposal of interests who are turning America into a police state [...] You have betrayed and sold out the talent that was granted you by this department. [...] As a writer you are finished." - William Burroughs to Truman Capote
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James Macaronas @jmacaronas.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
Boycott DC Comics.
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Vicky ACAB @vickyacab.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
They're still operating like their massive lying apparatus actually sets the terms of our thought and debate rather than just further demonstrating to us how much they need abolishing
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Slick Waves @sage-beatlove.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
“Charlie bit me!” - the dust
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James Macaronas @jmacaronas.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
Was waiting for you to get to this! Wild stuff 🌊
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James Macaronas @jmacaronas.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
what a (lovely) day to be teaching Fanon ..
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Rob Turpin 🇺🇦🇵🇸🏳️‍⚧️ @thisnorthernboy.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
This is beautifully, powerfully written… and I agree with every word. I too, am an AI Hater.
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James Macaronas @jmacaronas.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
... but more gleeful, more violent, as you say - new aliens bursting out in place of another human hybrid.
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James Macaronas @jmacaronas.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
Also riffing on a lot of Romulus's 'big ideas'! Young people/children being in this future, synth identity crisis, encounters with the Xenomorph always being produced by previous encounters ...
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James Macaronas @jmacaronas.bsky.social · 31/03/2024
"The enemy is not man is not woman—The enemy exists only where no life is and moves always to push life into extreme untenable positions" - William S. Burroughs, 'Nova Express'
Photo of a street in Naarm, with the skyscrapers clouded in haze.
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James Macaronas @jmacaronas.bsky.social · 18/04/2024
Still from 'Dracula' (1931). Van Helsing is talking to two men. The subtitles read "The strength of the vampire is that people will not believe in him."
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