Reposted by @martinflanagan.bsky.socialGreg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 09/01/2026She made the call to withdrawal. Absolutely huge. The headline of the festival. This decision has destroyed the reputation of the Adelaide Writers Week, and sadly I doubt it will recover. 1232288
Reposted by @martinflanagan.bsky.socialLIV 🌻🍉😷 @mmechomski.bsky.social · 10/01/2026Richard Flanagan on the Adelaide Writers’ Festival. Wise commentary. 👍 Via SMH 06024
Reposted by @martinflanagan.bsky.socialBen Eltham @beneltham.bsky.social · 09/01/2026Bendigo Writers Festival, Meanjin, now Adelaide Writers … powerful vested interests would rather destroy the cultural institutions they are supposedly responsible for than allow certain voices to be heard 13441187
Reposted by @martinflanagan.bsky.socialKaz Cooke @kazcooke.bsky.social · 10/01/2026The Adelaide Writers Festival now wrecked by the Adelaide Festival Board, half of which was appointed late last year: a marketing executive; a former politician; a local councillor/real estate agent; an airport manager; a lawyer; a media consultant; and a banker. Another public arts takeover fiasco. 51770240
Reposted by @martinflanagan.bsky.socialRick Morton @squigglyrick.bsky.social · 11/01/2026Adelaide Festival / Writers’ Week now the biggest collapse in South Australia since the state bank (probably) 2344277
Reposted by @martinflanagan.bsky.socialThe Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 12/01/2026“Don’t feel for a minute that we don't have power. Don't think for a minute we can’t drive change.” – Dr Richard Denniss, co-CEO of The Australia Institute Read more from Dr Richard Denniss on The Point: thepoint.com.au/news/260109-... 416376
Reposted by @martinflanagan.bsky.socialChristopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 12/01/2026Oh, I definitely will remember… 530122743179
Reposted by @martinflanagan.bsky.socialsher12.bsky.social @sher12.bsky.social · 11/01/2026 517254548306
Reposted by @martinflanagan.bsky.socialThe Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 12/01/2026"This is further evidence that the share of Australia’s wealth held by the very rich is increasing.” Read the full piece on The Point: thepoint.com.au/off-the-charts/2601… 412363
Reposted by @martinflanagan.bsky.socialJason Wilson @jasonaw.bsky.social · 08/01/2026I guess they are ruining a writers festival to combat antisemitism www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...theguardian.comAdelaide festival dumps prominent academic Randa Abdel-Fattah over ‘cultural sensitivity’ concerns after Bondi attackAbdel-Fattah accuses the board of ‘blatant and shameless’ anti-Palestinian racism and censorship, as other authors pull out in solidarity 4376
Reposted by @martinflanagan.bsky.socialmarque lawyers @marquelawyers.com.au · 09/01/2026Looking forward to the new program of panel discussions among various columnists from The Australian, and a day-long session where Tony Abbott reads his history of Australia in a loud voice. 1013730
Reposted by @martinflanagan.bsky.socialSandy Horne @sandyhorne.bsky.social · 08/01/2026Red-necked stints backlit by the setting sun. Bald Hill Beach, South Australia. 0499
Reposted by @martinflanagan.bsky.socialamerica.is.not.free @antifapatriot.bsky.social · 07/01/2026Pink Robin southeastern Australia 📷: Deepak Karra #birds 1546
Reposted by @martinflanagan.bsky.socialDebbie Northway 🇦🇺🦘🐨 @debbienorthway.bsky.social · 07/01/2026#albo #auspol #Australia #MurdochGutterMedia 55518
Reposted by @martinflanagan.bsky.socialSandy Horne @sandyhorne.bsky.social · 07/01/2026Pied stilts at a suburban wetland area. Burton, South Australia. #BirdsSeenIn2026 111514
Reposted by @martinflanagan.bsky.socialEmma Shortis @emmashortis.bsky.social · 08/01/2026Following the decision from the Board of the Adelaide Festival, The Australia Institute is withdrawing its support from this year’s literary festival. Here is our statement, and a personal one from me. 35808214
Reposted by @martinflanagan.bsky.socialMarcus Kelson @marcuskelson.bsky.social · 06/01/2026standing ovation for Usman Khawaja at the SCG in what will probably be his last ever innings - this year was a bit patchy but the last three or four have shown what a champion batsman he has been and how the comeback helped him reinvent as an integral part of Australian Test cricket. #ashes 0444
Reposted by @martinflanagan.bsky.socialCricinfo @cricinfo.com · 08/01/2026Usman Khawaja receives a guard of honour as he walks out to bat for the final time in Test cricket 🙌 0133
Reposted by @martinflanagan.bsky.socialJessica D. M. 🇺🇦 🇦🇺 🇨🇦 🇵🇦 🇬🇱 🪃 🟧 @jessicaperthwa.bsky.social · 07/01/2026Webster averages 40 with the bat and 22 with the ball so far in TEST Cricket. Lock him in #Ashes #Cricket #Test #Sydney #PinkTest 4102
Reposted by @martinflanagan.bsky.socialJess Harwood Art @jessharwoodart.bsky.social · 06/01/2026Day at the cricket, the pink test in Sydney! 2577
Reposted by @martinflanagan.bsky.socialRIO LINDA MEX 🇺🇸🇲🇽🇨🇦🦍aka Gus Gallegos @riolindamex.bsky.social · 08/01/2026The Founding Fathers Could NEVER Have Conceived, An Unstable Fatty Mass Would Have Ascended To The Presidency. 49164141732
Reposted by @martinflanagan.bsky.socialRadley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 08/01/2026Yes, JD. Let’s ask them if they think a stay at home mom, avowed Christian, and widow of a veteran deserved to be shot in the face and left to bleed out in her own car after dropping her 6-year-old off at school, for the crime of looking out for her neighbors. Let’s ask everyone running for office. 1455269088307
Reposted by @martinflanagan.bsky.socialMatt Walton, M.Ed. @matt4va.bsky.social · 09/01/2026Every Republican member of Congress MUST be questioned about if they will allow Trump to do whatever he wants and show them this quote. We are beyond dangerous times in America. 3174
Reposted by @martinflanagan.bsky.socialThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 09/01/2026Ex-Minnesota Governor Jesse Ventura: “We’re a 3rd world country now. I know. I’ve been to ‘em. I spent 17 months in SE Asia while the draft dodger was playing golf… that’s what happens in a dictatorship. In comes the military. That’s what’s happening here.” 🇺🇸 7772962710363
Reposted by @martinflanagan.bsky.socialElizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 09/01/2026Amanda Gorman wrote this poem for Renee Good and that’s it for me tonight. 142125844647
Reposted by @martinflanagan.bsky.socialCheryl T. @g8rgrrlcheryl.bsky.social · 08/01/2026Cartoon by Pat Bagley, The Salt Lake Tribune 274197856935
Reposted by @martinflanagan.bsky.socialOregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield @agdanrayfield.bsky.social · 09/01/2026BREAKING NEWS: We are opening a formal investigation into the shooting involving federal agents in Portland today. Our office will take every step necessary to ensure the rights and security of Oregonians are protected. #orpol #breakingnews 350174724215
Reposted by @martinflanagan.bsky.socialThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 09/01/2026Stephen Miller’s cousin 👇🏽 475322068746
Reposted by @martinflanagan.bsky.socialPup Fiction @pupfiction.bsky.social · 03/01/2026Trump and Netanyahu seem to have succeeded in making international law pointless because half the western world let them. Slow hand clap especially to the US and Australia 614830
Reposted by @martinflanagan.bsky.socialChris Pomfret @chrispomfret.bsky.social · 03/01/2026In the USA in 2026 they have already had 133 people shot by a gun. 52 dead by homicide/murder/unintentional shootings. 3 mass shootings. Australia we can learn by this and be thankful we have a nation wishing to take action. 491513358
Reposted by @martinflanagan.bsky.socialRiddleyThomas @0ffkilter.bsky.social · 06/01/2026Greetings to everyone I hope you all have an absolutely beautiful day today. Sending you #sunsets from #Australia. #Landscape #Photo #Photography #BlueSky #EastCoastKin #Birds 38614
Reposted by @martinflanagan.bsky.socialRAOK @evolvingempathy.bsky.social · 05/01/2026Australia 🇦🇺 is not having any of Trump's lawless behavior anymore! 🤨👇🏼 5266
Reposted by @martinflanagan.bsky.socialDoug from Oz @dwb07.bsky.social · 03/01/2026Moon at 10.30pm 3rd January 2026, Geelong Australia 0758
Reposted by @martinflanagan.bsky.socialPeter Murphy @peterwmurphy1.bsky.social · 06/01/2026If the #USA seeks to take #Greenland by military force, would Australia be required under #AUKUS to support them? Did we provide logistical or any other support when they attacked #Venezuela and kidnapped Maduro? Australia seems to be acting like a cowed vassal state of a tyrannical empire. #auspol 128332
Reposted by @martinflanagan.bsky.socialProf. Eliot Jacobson @climatecasino.net · 06/01/2026Your 'moment of doom' for Jan. 6, 2026 ~ Just getting started. "More than half of Australia is set to swelter in blistering temperatures in what is expected to be the worst heatwave since the devastating black summer bushfires." www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...theguardian.comWorst heatwave since black summer forecast for more than half of AustraliaFire danger expected to reach extreme levels in South Australia, Victoria and inland NSW this week 88024
Reposted by @martinflanagan.bsky.socialProf Ray Wills @profraywills.futuresmart.com.au · 06/01/2026I'm posting this for no other reason than goats Well, solar's a pretty good reason, too And also, solar is the GOAT 15896261
Reposted by @martinflanagan.bsky.socialSenator David Shoebridge @davidshoebridge.bsky.social · 06/01/2026This is what happens when countries like Australia side with a violent, lawless bully. They keep on doing lawless, violent things. 511146
Reposted by @martinflanagan.bsky.socialSandy Horne @sandyhorne.bsky.social · 06/01/2026When you've washed your hair but can't do a thing with it 😄 Royal spoonbill. Burton, South Australia. 19713
Reposted by @martinflanagan.bsky.socialNaomi Klein @naomiaklein.bsky.social · 04/01/2026The weak response from Can, EU and UN to Trump's flagrant crimes in Venezuela is striking. It exposes that much of the world has been cowed. Most notable exception: the Latin American left. That is why the Trump Admin has gone to enormous lengths to defeat the left across the continent. 1/3 492902902
Reposted by @martinflanagan.bsky.socialLady Luddite (KJ Colt) @moistenedtart.bsky.social · 05/01/2026Same goes for Labor here in Australia 1439
Reposted by @martinflanagan.bsky.socialSandy Horne @sandyhorne.bsky.social · 05/01/2026A reed warbler ... in the reeds. Burton, South Australia. 712917
Reposted by @martinflanagan.bsky.socialWilliam Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol · 24/12/2025So tedious is this day As is the night before some festival To an impatient child that hath new robes And may not wear them. 335354
Reposted by @martinflanagan.bsky.socialWilliam Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol · 31/12/2025Love comforteth like sunshine after rain. 224457
Reposted by @martinflanagan.bsky.socialH e t e r o t o p ia @artsofexistence.bsky.social · 27/12/2025 02510
Reposted by @martinflanagan.bsky.socialAmante2 AmeliaBee7 @amante2ameliabee7.bsky.social · 06/01/2026 2267
Reposted by @martinflanagan.bsky.socialRobyn D - Difficult Woman @koparafallskid.bsky.social · 06/01/2026Rising tree death rates in all types of Australian forest tied to climate change #climatechange #environment People do realise we actually need trees, right?abc.net.auAs the world warms, more trees are dying in Australian forestsFrom Tasmania to the Top End, Australia's forest trees are dying at higher rates due to climate change, according to new research. 31610
Reposted by @martinflanagan.bsky.socialWalks In Camera 🇺🇦🌳 @walksincamera.bsky.social · 06/01/2026🌳☀️ #thicktrunktuesday #trees #woodland #treeclub 161585130
