Dominic Kelly
@dominickelly.bsky.social
Honorary Research Fellow, La Trobe University
CH Currey Fellow, State Library of NSW
Book: https://blackincbooks.com.au/books/political-troglodytes-and-economic-lunatics
Short-form: https://medium.com/@dominickelly_
Next book: history of Quadrant magazine
CH Currey Fellow, State Library of NSW
Book: https://blackincbooks.com.au/books/political-troglodytes-and-economic-lunatics
Short-form: https://medium.com/@dominickelly_
Next book: history of Quadrant magazine
Ah yes, the famously successful Fightback!
November 18, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Ah yes, the famously successful Fightback!
Reposted by Dominic Kelly
Superb. substack.com/home/post/p-...
The Mushroom Treatment
GH on a publishing phenomenon
substack.com
November 18, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Superb. substack.com/home/post/p-...
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Daniel Trilling (@trillingual.bsky.social) spoke to dozens of BBC journalists to understand how the corporation came to symbolise the West's failure over Israel's genocide in Gaza.
Read his in-depth report:
www.equator.org/articles/ins...
Read his in-depth report:
www.equator.org/articles/ins...
November 15, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Daniel Trilling (@trillingual.bsky.social) spoke to dozens of BBC journalists to understand how the corporation came to symbolise the West's failure over Israel's genocide in Gaza.
Read his in-depth report:
www.equator.org/articles/ins...
Read his in-depth report:
www.equator.org/articles/ins...
Feel like I’m going insane. What is wrong with these people?
The government may explore using AI to write sensitive cabinet submissions, despite concerns about data breaches
Public servants have raised alarm at the poor quality in AI content, effects on jobs, and fears about automated decision-making after Robodebt
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Public servants have raised alarm at the poor quality in AI content, effects on jobs, and fears about automated decision-making after Robodebt
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Australian government could explore using AI for cabinet submissions despite security concerns
Finance minister Katy Gallagher says the public service is building its own artificial intelligence program and spruiks productivity benefits
www.theguardian.com
November 12, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Feel like I’m going insane. What is wrong with these people?
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I signed off on my review of The Mushroom Tapes before the book got the gold plate publicity treatment over the weekend. When I write that it’s hard to differentiate this book from the torrents of chatter about the case, it’s not a positive evaluation.
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/n...
The Mushroom Tapes review – Erin Patterson through the eyes of Helen Garner, Chloe Hooper and Sarah Krasnostein
This account of what the three authors observed during Patterson’s triple murder trial does resemble a podcast transcript at times, but it is extremely readable
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 6:59 PM
I signed off on my review of The Mushroom Tapes before the book got the gold plate publicity treatment over the weekend. When I write that it’s hard to differentiate this book from the torrents of chatter about the case, it’s not a positive evaluation.
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/n...
Reviewed Sam Tanenhaus's William F. Buckley bio. insidestory.org.au/the-entertai...
The entertaining insurgent • Dominic Kelly
Conservative activist William F. Buckley cajoled America along the road to the Reagan revolution
insidestory.org.au
November 10, 2025 at 5:20 AM
Reviewed Sam Tanenhaus's William F. Buckley bio. insidestory.org.au/the-entertai...
Where to even begin with this.
November 9, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Where to even begin with this.
After this anniversary, can boomers please agree to never talk about the Dismissal again?
November 8, 2025 at 7:22 AM
After this anniversary, can boomers please agree to never talk about the Dismissal again?
If you buy the Garner/Hooper/Krasnostein transcript you deserve a custodial sentence. Sorry, no exceptions.
November 8, 2025 at 1:38 AM
If you buy the Garner/Hooper/Krasnostein transcript you deserve a custodial sentence. Sorry, no exceptions.
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Man, this whole project is so ghoulish. I'd walk barefoot over hot coals before I'd read this.
November 7, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Man, this whole project is so ghoulish. I'd walk barefoot over hot coals before I'd read this.
Millions of us begging for this to be brought out from behind the paywall.
End of The Line: how Saudi Arabia’s Neom dream unravelled on.ft.com/47FBigb
End of The Line: how Saudi Arabia’s Neom dream unravelled
Mohammed bin Salman’s utopian city was undone by the laws of physics and finance
on.ft.com
November 6, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Millions of us begging for this to be brought out from behind the paywall.
Imagine being taught American politics by a guy (Timothy Lynch) who says all this with a straight face.
November 6, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Imagine being taught American politics by a guy (Timothy Lynch) who says all this with a straight face.
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I reviewed the new, second volume of David Day’s biography of Bob Hawke, for ABR:
www.australianbookreview.com.au/abr-online/c...
www.australianbookreview.com.au/abr-online/c...
November 4, 2025 at 4:32 AM
I reviewed the new, second volume of David Day’s biography of Bob Hawke, for ABR:
www.australianbookreview.com.au/abr-online/c...
www.australianbookreview.com.au/abr-online/c...
RIP Ed Moloney. www.irishtimes.com/obituaries/2...
Ed Moloney: Secret historian of the IRA and one of Ireland’s ‘most brilliant’ journalists
Author and co-author of several groundbreaking books, including the exceptionally detailed A Secret History of the IRA
www.irishtimes.com
November 4, 2025 at 12:40 AM
RIP Ed Moloney. www.irishtimes.com/obituaries/2...
Remarkable piece.
“Never in history has so much of the Jewish leadership been stained with this much guilt – a guilt that can never be washed out.”
“Never in history has so much of the Jewish leadership been stained with this much guilt – a guilt that can never be washed out.”
Pulitzer-Prize winner Ben Moser reflects on his Texas childhood and on how the marriage of American exceptionalism and liberal Zionism led to genocide in Gaza. www.equator.org/articles/we-...
We Have Talked Enough About Ourselves • Articles • EQUATOR
How the marriage of American exceptionalism and liberal Zionism led to genocide
www.equator.org
October 30, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Remarkable piece.
“Never in history has so much of the Jewish leadership been stained with this much guilt – a guilt that can never be washed out.”
“Never in history has so much of the Jewish leadership been stained with this much guilt – a guilt that can never be washed out.”
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Sara Roy on the empty promise of “day after” plans in Gaza
What ‘Day After’ for Gaza? | Sara Roy
On Friday, October 10, when Israel and Hamas agreed to a cease-fire in Gaza, I heard from a Palestinian friend in the Strip. Gaza had been celebrating
buff.ly
October 28, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Sara Roy on the empty promise of “day after” plans in Gaza
The Productivity Commission should be eternally discredited for promoting this criminal idea. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
Artists rejoice as Labor rules out copyright carve-out for AI
Labor has ruled out changing copyright laws to give tech giants free rein to train artificial intelligence models on creative works, after the proposition was met with widespread backlash from artists...
www.abc.net.au
October 27, 2025 at 12:36 AM
The Productivity Commission should be eternally discredited for promoting this criminal idea. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
Joyride gone wrong.
October 26, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Joyride gone wrong.
Imagine trumpeting this as a good thing.
October 26, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Imagine trumpeting this as a good thing.
The Australian’s much-hyped new Culture liftout has one (1) book review. Embarrassing.
October 24, 2025 at 10:11 PM
The Australian’s much-hyped new Culture liftout has one (1) book review. Embarrassing.
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Opinion | The media would have you believe Barnaby Joyce is a sort of maverick political genius. In fact his ego means he’s politically poison to his own side, @keanebernard.bsky.social writes.
Barnaby Joyce isn't a 'maverick' political genius. He's a politically poisonous sook
www.crikey.com.au
October 20, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Opinion | The media would have you believe Barnaby Joyce is a sort of maverick political genius. In fact his ego means he’s politically poison to his own side, @keanebernard.bsky.social writes.
The biggest shock about this Barnaby Joyce news is that he’s only 58. Looks at least mid-70s. I guess that’s what a mostly booze diet will do.
October 19, 2025 at 1:25 AM
The biggest shock about this Barnaby Joyce news is that he’s only 58. Looks at least mid-70s. I guess that’s what a mostly booze diet will do.
Reposted by Dominic Kelly
Brigid thinking Orwell wrote about ‘Tiny Tiny Train World’ was pre-AI.
Critical thinking is one of the most important aspects of being human, according to Stoicism. So why are we handing it over to a machine? | Brigid Delaney
Critical thinking is one of the most important aspects of being human, according to Stoicism. So why are we handing it over to a machine? | Brigid Delaney
All of us, no matter what our circumstances, have the ability to be more wise, more just, more courageous and more moderate
Feeling not so great about being in the world right now? Uncertain and anxious about the future?
Older cultures have left behind maps and guides for living in uncertain times, whether it be through texts, philosophies, religions or letters. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
October 18, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Brigid thinking Orwell wrote about ‘Tiny Tiny Train World’ was pre-AI.
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These academics defend white nationalism. Their college says that’s ‘freedom of speech’. On Stephen McInerney and Stephen Chavura. www.smh.com.au/politics/nsw...
These academics defend white nationalism. Their college says that’s ‘freedom of speech’
A small but influential Catholic higher education institution launched an investigation into two senior staff over public comments about Australia’s racial identity.
www.smh.com.au
October 17, 2025 at 1:21 AM
These academics defend white nationalism. Their college says that’s ‘freedom of speech’. On Stephen McInerney and Stephen Chavura. www.smh.com.au/politics/nsw...