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dan mentos @danmentos.com · 22/09/2026

[job interview] interviewer: so god killed all your kids? job: that's right

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Victoria Strauss @victoriastrauss.com · 11h

Australian publisher Starfish Bay, which took money for publication, is accused of leaving authors high and dry. Writer Beware is collecting info on this disaster; if you've been affected, pls contact me. beware@sfwa.org www.nine.com.au/australia-ne...

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Australian publisher accused of taking thousands and ghosting children’s authors

A grieving mother paid $12,000 to publish a book written in memory of her late son. She was left without a finished book and completely ignored.

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maura quint @mauraquint.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Yes every woman has been harassed, many assaulted. But every woman has also experienced invisible loss from moments she avoided harassment. She felt a space becoming unsafe, so she left, while men stayed on. And in leaving, she lost: opportunities, experiences, learning, promotions, even simply fun.

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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

The latest corporate tax data just dropped. And congrats to Santos Ltd - 11yrs in a row of no company tax.

Table of Santos ltd company tax 2014-15 to 2024-25

Year Total income Company Tax
2014-15 $3,389,399,798 $0
2015-16 $3,476,002,729 $0
2016-17 $3,715,263,715 $0
2017-18 $3,498,043,596 $0
2018-19 $4,360,612,850 $0
2019-20 $5,013,931,702 $0
2020-21 $4,070,327,153 $0
2021-22 $4,746,037,784 $0
2022-23 $6,257,384,778 $0
2023-24 $8,210,276,022 $0
2024-25 $5,117,008,013 $0
Total $51,854,288,140 $0

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 30/09/2026

anyway character driven stories are not, in fact, easy to generate by a thing that doesn't understand human emotion

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Jeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

They quoted me in this New Yorker piece about AI today. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...

“Let’s say there’s a world or time line I exist in where A.I. has been subject to regulation. It is ethical. It has no footprint environmentally,” the novelist Jeff VanderMeer, a prominent critic of A.I., told me over the phone. “With those guardrails in place, would I read an A.I. book? All I can say is no. And the reason is, in part, because I want to read something coming from a particular mind.” Using A.I., he said, “feels like a betrayal of the whole point of why you’re a writer.”

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Thomas Ha @thomasha.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

i should clarify, when i write people doing bad things, it's because i am bad. they are me. more importantly, when you read about those bad things, they also become you. that's how story works. in fact, you are going to think about murder before this skeet ends. how's that feel, sicko.

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Enough Trope @enoughtrope.com · 29/09/2026

Enough Trope has a newsletter! It goes out on the last day of every month and includes an exclusive editorial, news about genre, book recommendations, and (this month at least) a special giveaway. You can subscribe for free here: enoughtrope.com

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Dr Abeba Birhane @abeba.blacksky.app · 24/09/2026

over the past few weeks several AI evaluation/cybersecurity experts have explained how what's happening is a result of human incompetence rather than "AI going rogue". I'm begging the media to show a shred of journalistic integrity and stop parroting what altman or amodei say

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One Angry Eyebrow… @oneangryeyebrow.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

IKEA is releasing a Pallas Cat plush, and they have nailed the expression…

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samantha floreani @floreani.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

having a totally Normal Time today trying to imagine what the Australian government's response would be if literally any other kind of foreign company gained unauthorised access to our public healthcare infrastructure. but alas they are thirsty thirsty thirsty for that AI/data centre investment

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John Delmenico @thebigjohnnyd.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

nice to see prime minister is putting his foot down and making it clear that if you hack the Australian government, he will say it is ‘concerning’ then roll over and continue with his plans to change the law so you can steal from Aussie artists

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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Concern? How about arrest the f*cker?? Cripes. If you or I hacked Medicare, the AFP would bash down our doors. AI does it? Oopsies! I am concerned! www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

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Anthony Albanese says OpenAI agent hacked Medicare and he expressed ‘extreme concern’ to Sam Altman

Prime minister says he told chief executive he was disappointed it had taken company ‘way too long’ to inform government of breach

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Dave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

No one would be able to say this stuff if the fossil fuel industry didn't own both the people saying it *and* the media ecosystem reporting it. But here we are.

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Aliette de Bodard @aliettedebodard.com · 23/09/2026

Out of curiosity I ran one of my texts (which is already available online) in Pangram, the AI detector thing. It thinks it's 75% likely to be AI. I obv didn't use any AI whatsoever in writing it. So yeah, miss me with "we are SO reliable in detecting AI".

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Shivaun Plozza @shivaun.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

I’ve just received one for someone else’s book (People Like Us by Sally Piper). So that’s my book now, I guess. Sorry, Sally.

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Shivaun Plozza @shivaun.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

My favourite of the AI-slop author scam emails are the ones that get the book titles completely, absurdly wrong. Apparently I wrote a book called Frankenstiltskin?? (Frankie would be a very different book if that were the case)

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Shivaun Plozza @shivaun.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

What I would give for a monster-of-the-week tv show with these two at the helm

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Enough Trope @enoughtrope.com · 19/09/2026

We're open for submissions! Have thoughts on genre fiction and want to share them? We accept submissions of 1000 words with a relevance to Australian genre fiction. Commentary, reviews, articles, or thoughtpieces? Share them with us: enoughtrope.com/submissions

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Submissions — Enough Trope

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Enough Trope @enoughtrope.com · 18/09/2026

Enough Trope is live! Smart and contemporary commentary, articles, and reviews about Australian genre fiction! Come check us out: enoughtrope.com

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Jodi McAlister @jodimca.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

So: my pal @katydidinoz.bsky.social has started a digital literary magazine and podcast called Enough Trope, which is a serious look at genre fiction in Australia. I was thrilled to be her first podcast guest - but beyond that, thrilled about the whole overall project, which absolutely rules.

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Reverse Age Gap — Enough Trope

with Jodi McAlister

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Oisín McGann @oisinmcgann.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

I am assuming, based on the silence from the Anthropic Settlement administrators, that they haven't yet figured out how to pay – or even allocate the percentage of the settlement due to – people who are not resident and pay tax in the United States. Which should have occurred to them earlier.

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Calvinball Congress @emericanjezebel.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

the tech bros telling you LLMs are conscious don’t think women are people.

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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

"Can someone explain why – in an economy in which the central bank has decided we need almost 700,000 people to be unemployed – those people live in such dreadful poverty that it can make you up to 10 times more likely to die in the prime of your life?" www.theguardian.com/business/gro...

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In such a rich country, it is shameful how many Australians on jobseeker are dying in desperate poverty | Greg Jericho

Lifting the abysmally low jobseeker rate to the poverty line would save thousands of lives

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Kelly Gardiner @kmjgardiner.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Writers! Bring your story to life with a vivid and memorable sense of place. Don't miss this full-day masterclass. There are only a few places left. 17 October, in person, in Melbourne. Find out more and book here: newpagewriting.com/2026/08/10/w...

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Writing place & building worlds (October 2026)

If you’re a writer who wants to bring your fictional worlds to life, this class is for you. Writing place is so much more than simply creating a setting. Place affects everything – tone, atmosphere…

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Janel Comeau 🍁 @verybadllama.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

I mean if you really want to hear Ed Sheeran without any opening acts you can simply get put on hold with your bank

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Juliet E McKenna @julietemckenna.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

"AI models are typically trained on enormous amounts of data scraped from the internet, including copyrighted materials taken without their owners' permissions, to the chagrin of creative groups." Chagrin?! CHAGRIN?! Try FURY at having our work stolen and our governments ignoring clear copyright law

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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 10/09/2026

"To establish that AI did not write your book, we will upload it to an AI detector. The detector will retain your words, learn from your distinct syntax and semicolon placement, and use them to improve the technology that will eventually produce more books resembling yours." buff.ly/FYVr6Zx

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A Note from Your Editor Regarding the Entirely Routine Authentication of Your Humanity

“To establish that AI did not write your book, we will upload it to an AI detector. The detector will retain your words, learn from your distinct syntax and ...

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Better Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

If you made software not intended to kill everyone and now you think it might kill everyone that sounds like a product liability issue. You should go fix it and stop bothering me

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Dr Rehaminator's Monster Cock @drrehaminator.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

"I'm too talented to need shortcuts" goes so fucking hard.

youtube community post from Huggbees that discusses why he does not and will not ever use AI in his art

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s. e. smith @sesmith.lol · 08/09/2026

All else aside there is nothing I want or need genAI to do for me. I like reading. I like doing research. I like playing around in spreadsheets. I like interviewing people. I like writing. I like doing these things for myself because I take pleasure in the doing and they make me a better thinker.

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Kelly Gardiner @kmjgardiner.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

A few thoughts on writing place in fiction, why it matters, and why it's the focus of my next masterclass (17 October, Melbourne). kellygardiner.com/2026/08/26/a...

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A sense of place

Place in fiction is so much more than setting. Think of the mean city streets of detective noir, the high moors or lonely cabin, the claustrophobic sailing ship or space station, dusty country road…

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Ren Wyld @wyld.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Beloved author Randa Abdel-Fattah (who's not at all controversial) in running for SA Premier's Award in SA government-funded 2026 SA Literary Awards - six months after said Premier pressured a Board to disinvite Randa from SA Writers Festival. Love this for her. www.indailysa.com.au/news/just-in...

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Controversial Writers' Week author shortlisted for top SA literary prize - News | InDaily, Inside South Australia

The author at the centre of the 2026 Adelaide Writers’ Week chaos has been shortlisted for a prestigious literary prize that is backed by the SA government.

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Tobias Wilson-Bates @phdhurtbrain.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

There is no gray area on Scrooge. He is the most explicitly caricatured figure in all of Dickens. A Sistine Chapel level finely filigreed precise depiction of every miserly trait boiled down to an aromatic reduction. A Platonic ideal of the form.

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draculaderonda @scanningtwo.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

The videogame guy I'm controlling? That's not me; I'm me. The main character in a novel I'm reading isn't me either. More and more I feel like this is an unusual attitude towards art.

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Freya Marske @freyamarske.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

I am going to write a classic golden age style murder mystery peopled entirely by characters named for the purported senders of my AI generated marketing scam emails

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Rolling Stone @rollingstone.com · 25/08/2026

Dolly Parton's family asked that, in lieu of flowers, fans make a donation to the singer's Imagination Library. Here's what the charity does ⬇️ www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...

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Turning Pages: Inside Dolly Parton's Imagination Library

Core team of 15 staff and thousands of volunteers and partners help the country-music philanthropist deliver books to kids around the world.

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Shivaun Plozza @shivaun.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

I’m running the online 8-week Writing YA Fiction course at Allen & Unwin’s Faber Academy. Details and bookings here: faberwritingacademy.com.au/course/writi... Reskeets (?) much appreciated. (It says YA but I happily accept writers working on MG and whatever we’re calling new adult these days)

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Writing YA Fiction

Explore Writing YA Fiction with expert guidance in this eight-week course designed for aspiring authors of young adult novels.

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Shveta Thakrar @shvetathakrar.com · 20/08/2026

We've let capitalism fool us into believing that every part of life must be efficient. That's not true. Automate my laundry, sure. Wash the dishes for me--yes, please. But dreaming and thinking and learning and just BEING are meant to be slow and meandering. That's where the treasures are found.

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 17/08/2026

"AI" has existed in its current form for barely four years and the fact that it's jammed up the cognitive development of an entire generation that fast (and that there's a specific overclass of techofascists who are deeply thrilled about this) is a big damn red flag. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/17/u...

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What Do Students Lose When They Stop Writing? (Gift Article)

Educators are worried that many students can no longer write essays without A.I. And it’s costing more than just grammar skills.

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LJ Pemberton @ljabouttown.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

This reliance on frequency is why people say AI is designed to foreclose the future. If people become so reliant on it that they cannot fact check it, then human thinking will become stuck in what has already been thought, rather than what might be discovered.

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