Anne Rafferty
@annerafferty.bsky.social
Backyard revolution is my thing🌺
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The Adelaide Festival board PR release paraphrased:
We don't understand
-writers
-books
-festivals
-the arts
-audience
-what our job is
-how to resist interference
-the gravity of our mistake
-how to apologise.
So we've obliterated Writers' Week & left the whole Adelaide Festival boardless, byeeee.
We don't understand
-writers
-books
-festivals
-the arts
-audience
-what our job is
-how to resist interference
-the gravity of our mistake
-how to apologise.
So we've obliterated Writers' Week & left the whole Adelaide Festival boardless, byeeee.
January 13, 2026 at 4:44 AM
The Adelaide Festival board PR release paraphrased:
We don't understand
-writers
-books
-festivals
-the arts
-audience
-what our job is
-how to resist interference
-the gravity of our mistake
-how to apologise.
So we've obliterated Writers' Week & left the whole Adelaide Festival boardless, byeeee.
We don't understand
-writers
-books
-festivals
-the arts
-audience
-what our job is
-how to resist interference
-the gravity of our mistake
-how to apologise.
So we've obliterated Writers' Week & left the whole Adelaide Festival boardless, byeeee.
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I suggest you read the apology bit carefully. "I'm sorry you feel this way about it"
January 13, 2026 at 4:07 AM
I suggest you read the apology bit carefully. "I'm sorry you feel this way about it"
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It's disturbing to see Labor supporting Israel and the Zionist lobby, angrily vilifying anyone who criticises Israel or speaks in support of Palestinians' human rights. It seems Israel owns both sides of the Australian political duopoly, state & federal. #auspol #EndTheOccupation #FreePalestine
January 13, 2026 at 6:21 AM
It's disturbing to see Labor supporting Israel and the Zionist lobby, angrily vilifying anyone who criticises Israel or speaks in support of Palestinians' human rights. It seems Israel owns both sides of the Australian political duopoly, state & federal. #auspol #EndTheOccupation #FreePalestine
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A peregrine falcon wearing its hunting face.
These birds swoop down from above on other birds in flight. The victims really don't know what hits them. Very efficient hunters.
The fastest animal on the planet.
This one is young and still learning - but it looks like it has the hang of it.
These birds swoop down from above on other birds in flight. The victims really don't know what hits them. Very efficient hunters.
The fastest animal on the planet.
This one is young and still learning - but it looks like it has the hang of it.
January 13, 2026 at 8:22 AM
A peregrine falcon wearing its hunting face.
These birds swoop down from above on other birds in flight. The victims really don't know what hits them. Very efficient hunters.
The fastest animal on the planet.
This one is young and still learning - but it looks like it has the hang of it.
These birds swoop down from above on other birds in flight. The victims really don't know what hits them. Very efficient hunters.
The fastest animal on the planet.
This one is young and still learning - but it looks like it has the hang of it.
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spineless..
January 13, 2026 at 6:05 AM
spineless..
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The Bleeding Tooth Fungus — aka Devil’s Tooth — is straight-up oozing thick, blood-red droplets like it’s alive and bleeding. [📹 fascinatedbyfungi]
January 12, 2026 at 1:04 PM
The Bleeding Tooth Fungus — aka Devil’s Tooth — is straight-up oozing thick, blood-red droplets like it’s alive and bleeding. [📹 fascinatedbyfungi]
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Malinauskas should resign now. There's no place for that sort of racist rhetoric in leadership.
January 13, 2026 at 7:46 AM
Malinauskas should resign now. There's no place for that sort of racist rhetoric in leadership.
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The Adelaide Writers’ Week fight rolled out at board level months before Bondi
"The emergence of a key letter casts new light on the rationale used by the festival board to uninvite Randa Abdel-Fattah."
www.crikey.com.au/2026/01/13/a...
"The emergence of a key letter casts new light on the rationale used by the festival board to uninvite Randa Abdel-Fattah."
www.crikey.com.au/2026/01/13/a...
The Adelaide Writers' Week fight rolled out at board level months before Bondi
The emergence of a key letter casts new light on the rationale used by the festival board to uninvite Randa Abdel-Fattah.
www.crikey.com.au
January 13, 2026 at 5:55 AM
The Adelaide Writers’ Week fight rolled out at board level months before Bondi
"The emergence of a key letter casts new light on the rationale used by the festival board to uninvite Randa Abdel-Fattah."
www.crikey.com.au/2026/01/13/a...
"The emergence of a key letter casts new light on the rationale used by the festival board to uninvite Randa Abdel-Fattah."
www.crikey.com.au/2026/01/13/a...
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AP: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says that Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence chatbot Grok will join Google’s generative AI engine in operating inside the Pentagon network.
January 13, 2026 at 5:57 AM
AP: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says that Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence chatbot Grok will join Google’s generative AI engine in operating inside the Pentagon network.
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Yes we are aware of what Premier Malinauskas said about Randa Abdel-Fattah today and no we don't think it's ok for a public official to talk about a private citizen in such terms.
January 13, 2026 at 4:20 AM
Yes we are aware of what Premier Malinauskas said about Randa Abdel-Fattah today and no we don't think it's ok for a public official to talk about a private citizen in such terms.
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This, to be clear, is not an apology. Not sure what it is.
January 13, 2026 at 4:18 AM
This, to be clear, is not an apology. Not sure what it is.
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A failure of principle led to a failure of courage that led to a failure of governance and has now brought us to a failure of accountability.
Writers - and readers - deserve so much better than this.
Malinauskas should answer for the destruction of Writers Week.
Writers - and readers - deserve so much better than this.
Malinauskas should answer for the destruction of Writers Week.
January 13, 2026 at 5:10 AM
A failure of principle led to a failure of courage that led to a failure of governance and has now brought us to a failure of accountability.
Writers - and readers - deserve so much better than this.
Malinauskas should answer for the destruction of Writers Week.
Writers - and readers - deserve so much better than this.
Malinauskas should answer for the destruction of Writers Week.
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The 2026 Adelaide Writers' Week has officially been cancelled. Well done to the Board of the Festival and the Premier of South Australia for this devastating outcome.
January 13, 2026 at 3:49 AM
The 2026 Adelaide Writers' Week has officially been cancelled. Well done to the Board of the Festival and the Premier of South Australia for this devastating outcome.
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Here's @instanterudite.bsky.social . "Why is a Labor Premier silencing a writer?"
(In case you're only familiar with her work on The Shot, Jo used to run the AWW.)
(In case you're only familiar with her work on The Shot, Jo used to run the AWW.)
Why is a Labor Premier silencing a writer? - The Shot
For many Adelaideians, Adelaide Writers’ Week (AWW) is the highlight of their year. A glorious six days when the Pioneer...
theshot.net.au
January 13, 2026 at 12:52 AM
Here's @instanterudite.bsky.social . "Why is a Labor Premier silencing a writer?"
(In case you're only familiar with her work on The Shot, Jo used to run the AWW.)
(In case you're only familiar with her work on The Shot, Jo used to run the AWW.)
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Breaking NYT:
The Pentagon used a secret aircraft painted to look like a civilian plane in its first boat attack, according to officials briefed on the matter.
The laws of armed conflict forbid combatants from feigning civilian status.
That is a war crime called "perfidy."
The Pentagon used a secret aircraft painted to look like a civilian plane in its first boat attack, according to officials briefed on the matter.
The laws of armed conflict forbid combatants from feigning civilian status.
That is a war crime called "perfidy."
U.S. Attacked Boat With Aircraft That Looked Like a Civilian Plane
www.nytimes.com
January 13, 2026 at 12:05 AM
Breaking NYT:
The Pentagon used a secret aircraft painted to look like a civilian plane in its first boat attack, according to officials briefed on the matter.
The laws of armed conflict forbid combatants from feigning civilian status.
That is a war crime called "perfidy."
The Pentagon used a secret aircraft painted to look like a civilian plane in its first boat attack, according to officials briefed on the matter.
The laws of armed conflict forbid combatants from feigning civilian status.
That is a war crime called "perfidy."
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Alice Vickery died #OTD in 1829. She was an English physician, campaigner for women's rights, and the first British woman to qualify as a chemist and pharmacist. #WomenInSTEM
She actively supported a number of causes, including free love, birth control, and the destigmatization of illegitimacy.
She actively supported a number of causes, including free love, birth control, and the destigmatization of illegitimacy.
January 12, 2026 at 2:06 PM
Alice Vickery died #OTD in 1829. She was an English physician, campaigner for women's rights, and the first British woman to qualify as a chemist and pharmacist. #WomenInSTEM
She actively supported a number of causes, including free love, birth control, and the destigmatization of illegitimacy.
She actively supported a number of causes, including free love, birth control, and the destigmatization of illegitimacy.
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It's time to stop the expansion of fossil fuels.
🎤co-CEO Leanne Minshull
Add your name to demand strong environment laws that can stop new coal and gas now! ✍️ https://nb.australiainstitute.org.au/strong_environment_laws_stop_new_coal_and_gas
🎤co-CEO Leanne Minshull
Add your name to demand strong environment laws that can stop new coal and gas now! ✍️ https://nb.australiainstitute.org.au/strong_environment_laws_stop_new_coal_and_gas
January 13, 2026 at 12:00 AM
It's time to stop the expansion of fossil fuels.
🎤co-CEO Leanne Minshull
Add your name to demand strong environment laws that can stop new coal and gas now! ✍️ https://nb.australiainstitute.org.au/strong_environment_laws_stop_new_coal_and_gas
🎤co-CEO Leanne Minshull
Add your name to demand strong environment laws that can stop new coal and gas now! ✍️ https://nb.australiainstitute.org.au/strong_environment_laws_stop_new_coal_and_gas
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if you put this in a script even erin brockovitch would be like “too on the nose, dial it back”
January 12, 2026 at 7:01 PM
if you put this in a script even erin brockovitch would be like “too on the nose, dial it back”
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Start today.
Reach out to others in your local community.
Get organised. Campaign. Vote.
No one is coming to save us but us.
Start today #auspol
Reach out to others in your local community.
Get organised. Campaign. Vote.
No one is coming to save us but us.
Start today #auspol
January 12, 2026 at 8:57 PM
Start today.
Reach out to others in your local community.
Get organised. Campaign. Vote.
No one is coming to save us but us.
Start today #auspol
Reach out to others in your local community.
Get organised. Campaign. Vote.
No one is coming to save us but us.
Start today #auspol
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Took a little to find him a new gig - but Kevin Rudd will finish up as the US ambassador in March and return to the Asia Society as it's president.
So Australia has given in to America in all forms.
So Australia has given in to America in all forms.
January 12, 2026 at 8:37 PM
Took a little to find him a new gig - but Kevin Rudd will finish up as the US ambassador in March and return to the Asia Society as it's president.
So Australia has given in to America in all forms.
So Australia has given in to America in all forms.
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Cathy Wilcox, demonstrating what moral authority actually looks like
January 12, 2026 at 8:44 PM
Cathy Wilcox, demonstrating what moral authority actually looks like
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January 12, 2026 at 10:36 PM
The wagons are definitely in a circle with Madeline King joining the fray.
Somehow she gets the last quote in the article as if her opinion matters? The quarry master should stick to her day job, and leave the Arts to theirs.
#sapol #auspol
www.indailysa.com.au/news/just-in...
Somehow she gets the last quote in the article as if her opinion matters? The quarry master should stick to her day job, and leave the Arts to theirs.
#sapol #auspol
www.indailysa.com.au/news/just-in...
Former NZ Prime Minister pulls out of Writers' Week as Abdel-Fattah’s lawyer speaks out - News | InDaily, Inside South Australia
Writer Dr Randa Abdel-Fattah has called in lawyers over her exclusion from Adelaide Writers Week as the festival grapples with a mass exodus in response.
www.indailysa.com.au
January 12, 2026 at 1:47 PM
The wagons are definitely in a circle with Madeline King joining the fray.
Somehow she gets the last quote in the article as if her opinion matters? The quarry master should stick to her day job, and leave the Arts to theirs.
#sapol #auspol
www.indailysa.com.au/news/just-in...
Somehow she gets the last quote in the article as if her opinion matters? The quarry master should stick to her day job, and leave the Arts to theirs.
#sapol #auspol
www.indailysa.com.au/news/just-in...