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Glenn Charlie Dunks @glenncharliedunks.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

“Motorists driven to crime by soaring fuel prices” Do you think this would be a moment of reflection for people? And for those in charge?! That just one or two small changes to one’s circumstances can alter how people exist? No, of course it won’t. If COVID didn’t then either will this.

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Rochelle Siemienowicz @milan2pinsk.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

Australian author Helen Garner is now so famous and well-regarded that to say you don’t like her has almost become a badge of honour among rebels, which I think is sad. Wrote this piece for @artshub.bsky.social.

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Why do we love Helen Garner so much?

From Monkey Grip to How to End a Story, Helen Garner has been writing with clear-eyed precision for the better part of 50 years.

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Lenore Taylor @lenoret.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

www.theguardian.com/environment/... 50,000 year old art. Oldest known representation of a human face. Industrial pollution WILL damage. "Private negotiations". Remediation delayed. As @adammorton.bsky.social argues here, these laws do NOT work.

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Australia’s laws to protect the environment don’t work. Woodside’s 40-year greenlight proves it

Approval of the North West Shelf extension shows the purpose of the EPBC Act is to allow developments, not to protect and preserve

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Tim Lyons @picketer.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

Aircraft bought to run Sydney-Perth etc. Toilet services may be limited for the first three years of operation, please use the amenity bag in the seat pocket............

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Lincoln Michel @thelincoln.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

For real, if you've ever been considering reviewing / interviewing / etc. someone but stopped yourself because the book was released months ago... do it! We love getting coverage after pub day.

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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 12/09/2025

And taking the trash out on Friday afternoon too

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Rochelle Siemienowicz @milan2pinsk.bsky.social · 13/09/2025

Such a great article explaining why the vibes are so bad on socials now.

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Ben Eltham @beneltham.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

RALLY TO SAVE MEANJIN Thursday 11 Sep 9am Outside the Melbourne University Publishing office, 715 Swanston St, Carlton. A number of Australian writers and editors will speak in support of this vital cultural institution

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Nick Feik @nickfeik.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

So many unanswered questions posed in this excellent piece on the Meanjin closure. eg. -Why the sudden irreversible decision? -Why didn't they try to save it (community, donor drives etc)? -Why the secrecy? -Why use the financial viability argument now? As if the v wealthy UniMelb can't afford it.

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Meanjin's 'financial' shutdown doesn't add up

Melbourne University reported a $273 million surplus in 2024 on an operating income of $3.2 billion. It is against these figures that the 'purely financial decision' to close Meanjin has raised eyebro...

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Jinghua Qian @jinghuaqian.com · 10/05/2025

It's never too late to break up, quit, come out, move, transition, divorce, change your life, start something new. If you choose to stay with something that makes you miserable, you owe yourself a better justification than sunk cost.

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Rochelle Siemienowicz @milan2pinsk.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

Beyond Monogamy. The ABCTV episode of Compass that I participated in is available to watch now. They treated us well.

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Inside polyamorous relationships and open marriages | Compass | ABC Australia

YouTube video by ABC Australia

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Jay Rosen @jayrosen.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

"The rise of end times fascism" by Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor is an outstanding work. www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i... Recommended.

The authors wright: As fascism always does, today’s Armageddon complex crosses class lines, bonding billionaires to the Maga base. Thanks to decades of deepening economic stresses, alongside ceaseless and skillful messaging pitting workers against one another, a great many people understandably feel unable to protect themselves from the disintegration that surrounds them (no matter how many months of ready-to-eat meals they buy). But there are emotional compensations on offer: you can cheer the end of affirmative action and DEI, glorify mass deportation, enjoy the denial of gender-affirming care to trans people, villainize educators and health workers who think they know better than you, and applaud the demise of economic and environmental regulations as a way to own the libs. End times fascism is a darkly festive fatalism – a final refuge for those who find it easier to celebrate destruction than imagine living without supremacy.

It’s also a self-reinforcing downward spiral: Trump’s furious attacks on every structure designed to protect the public from diseases, dangerous foods and disasters – even to tell the public when disasters are headed their way – strengthen the case for prepperism at both the high and low ends, all while creating myriad new opportunities for privatization and profiteering by the oligarchs powering this rapid-fire unmaking of the social and regulatory state.

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Ben Eltham @beneltham.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

I’m quite interested to know whether Peter Dutton’s plan to abolish the federal Department of Education also includes abolishing the Australian Research Council, the main body funding university research in this country

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T.J. Stiles @tj-stiles.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

You know what we really can afford to cut completely? Funding to send humans to Mars.

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Rochelle Siemienowicz @milan2pinsk.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

Enjoyed reading and writing about this memoir. Sent me back to Porter’s verse novels too and made me wish I had a big sis.

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Newtown Review of Books @newtownbooks.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

Yes! There's another big book bundle to be won in our Last Days of Summer #BookGiveaway today. But hurry - entries close midnight TONIGHT Wed 19 Feb 2025: buff.ly/41ijAxn @scribepub.bsky.social @milan2pinsk.bsky.social #BookSky 💙 📚

Image showing covers of books Long Yarn Short by Vanessa Turnbull-Roberts, Thirst by Marina Yuszczuk, The Pool by Hannah Tunnicliffe, and Double Happiness by Rochelle Siemienowicz.

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Rochelle Siemienowicz @milan2pinsk.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

Small bit of good news. Bill just passed to guarantee 3 days of subsidised childcare to all Australian families and the scrapping of the discriminatory 'activity test' which the LNP wanted to retain. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-02...

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Three days of subsidised child care guaranteed for all families

Parents will be guaranteed a minimum three days of subsidised child care regardless of how much they work or study, as parliament passes laws that take a step towards universal childcare.

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Naomi Klein @naomiaklein.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

Here is a glimpse into that secular version of The Rapture: "The underground abode will be decked out with a number of lavish amenities such as wellness areas, gourmet dining, and a medical suite with robots for doctors." www.realtor.com/news/unique-... h/t @thelever.bsky.social

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Inside $300 Million Members-Only Luxury Doomsday Bunker With AI-Powered Medical Suites and Indoor Pools Where the 1% Can Seek Shelter From Apocalypse

A membership-only doomsday bunker complete with its very own pool and robot-powered medical suites is offering shelter to the wealthiest few.

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allyann @allyann.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

"Given the Coalition are pretty stuck on that ‘36,000 extra public servants’ number, it might be a good time to remind you that in the last year of the Morrison government, the Coalition spent $20.8 BILLION on consultants – which is the equivalent of about 54,000 full-time public servants."

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Australia Institute Live: First question time of the year gets underway – Australia Institute Live

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Kristin Carao @mikaelakristin.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

Going to this on Thursday Feb 6, 6.30 p.m! Rochelle Simienowicz in conversation with Irma Gold at the Sun Bookshop. See you there! It's free but reserve your tix below. @milan2pinsk.bsky.social www.eventbrite.com.au/e/double-hap...

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Double Happiness: Rochelle Siemienowicz in conversation

Join us for a conversation between Rochelle Siemienowicz and Irma Gold discussing Rochelle's new book, Double Happiness.

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Rochelle Siemienowicz @milan2pinsk.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

It's a dark world out there but over on TikTok #CommonwealthTikTok is giving me such joy and hope. So much solidarity, decency and silliness. People finding each other across the algorithm. It's a fun place... for now.

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Martin Shaw @thebooksdesk.bsky.social · 31/12/2024

Wonderful chat with @milan2pinsk.bsky.social on the subject of her fantastic debut novel Double Happiness over @beyondthezero.bsky.social open.spotify.com/episode/1Epx...

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Bonus episode

Beyond The Zero · Episode

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Rochelle Siemienowicz @milan2pinsk.bsky.social · 11/01/2025

Oh Emma, I'm not on here very often but just saw this. Thanks so much for reading and I'm glad it wasn't a slog! x

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Digital Rights Watch @drwaus.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

Instead of rushing legislation through parliament without meaningful consultation or a senate inquiry, the government needs to prioritise privacy reform, and at least wait to see the outcome of the $6.5million age assurance trial.

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Rochelle Siemienowicz @milan2pinsk.bsky.social · 12/11/2024

Logged back in after 13 months. I guess this is where we hang now.

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Rochelle Siemienowicz @milan2pinsk.bsky.social · 21/10/2023

What a wonderful essay - and I keep thinking about this: ‘What difference would it make if we learnt at school that the first named author was a woman, writing in the first person singular some 2,200 years before Homer?’

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Rochelle Siemienowicz @milan2pinsk.bsky.social · 15/10/2023

Oh hi Bluesky. This is where everyone went.

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