Gary Nunn 🚴♂️🇬🇧🇦🇺🇦🇷🏳️🌈
@garynunn.bsky.social
Journalist for the BBC, Guardian http://bit.ly/2LZVySv ABC http://ab.co/2ZzNZos & Sydney Morning Herald https://rb.gy/18jsl3
My debut book: The Psychic Tests http://panterapress.com.au/product/the-ps
Library lover. Digital nomad.
My debut book: The Psychic Tests http://panterapress.com.au/product/the-ps
Library lover. Digital nomad.
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"What if Jonathan Bryan wasn't communicating in his own words at all?"
A startling investigation by @garynunn.bsky.social into the so-called "miracle cure" known as Facilitated Communication:
A startling investigation by @garynunn.bsky.social into the so-called "miracle cure" known as Facilitated Communication:
November 6, 2025 at 9:41 AM
"What if Jonathan Bryan wasn't communicating in his own words at all?"
A startling investigation by @garynunn.bsky.social into the so-called "miracle cure" known as Facilitated Communication:
A startling investigation by @garynunn.bsky.social into the so-called "miracle cure" known as Facilitated Communication:
My ABC News investigation reveals 2 major fertility clinics have sent sperm donors inaccurate family lists of the children born from their donation; in one case, 3 times over.
One major clinic recently lost all a donor’s newly donated blood for screening www.abc.net.au/news/2025-06...
One major clinic recently lost all a donor’s newly donated blood for screening www.abc.net.au/news/2025-06...
Sperm donor Mark met his biological kids. Then the IVF clinic found a mistake
Some of Australia's largest IVF clinics have passed inaccurate information about children born from sperm donations to their male donors.
www.abc.net.au
June 14, 2025 at 9:35 PM
My ABC News investigation reveals 2 major fertility clinics have sent sperm donors inaccurate family lists of the children born from their donation; in one case, 3 times over.
One major clinic recently lost all a donor’s newly donated blood for screening www.abc.net.au/news/2025-06...
One major clinic recently lost all a donor’s newly donated blood for screening www.abc.net.au/news/2025-06...
Non-verbal Alex's speech facilitator claimed he'd said-via an ABC board-he wanted to live in a town away from his family
“He’d have died if that happened” mum Mary Busk says
As she learnt, it very nearly did #facilitatedcommunication
My @theipaper feature: liveapp.inews.co.uk/category/363...
“He’d have died if that happened” mum Mary Busk says
As she learnt, it very nearly did #facilitatedcommunication
My @theipaper feature: liveapp.inews.co.uk/category/363...
‘Our autistic son was manipulated by speech therapists who put words in his mouth’
Alex’s parents were told he was ‘communicating’ via a controversial method – soon, their excitement turned to suspicion
liveapp.inews.co.uk
June 12, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Non-verbal Alex's speech facilitator claimed he'd said-via an ABC board-he wanted to live in a town away from his family
“He’d have died if that happened” mum Mary Busk says
As she learnt, it very nearly did #facilitatedcommunication
My @theipaper feature: liveapp.inews.co.uk/category/363...
“He’d have died if that happened” mum Mary Busk says
As she learnt, it very nearly did #facilitatedcommunication
My @theipaper feature: liveapp.inews.co.uk/category/363...
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“Gaga for the woo woo” should be the title for the LNP election review www.smh.com.au/politics/fed... via @garynunn.bsky.social
Nothing suss about Sussan’s extra ‘s’. Many leaders go gaga for woo-woo
Sussan Ley was influenced by numerology. But is it less ludicrous than theology?
www.smh.com.au
May 13, 2025 at 11:02 PM
“Gaga for the woo woo” should be the title for the LNP election review www.smh.com.au/politics/fed... via @garynunn.bsky.social
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As France is told that their adult-only hotels and restaurants are ‘violence against children’, @garynunn.bsky.social says that’s another country off his bucket-and-spade list www.independent.co.uk/voices/franc...
I’m gay – I don’t want to be surrounded by children on holiday
As France is told that their adult-only hotels and restaurants are ‘violence against children’, Gary Nunn says that’s another country off his bucket-and-spade list
www.independent.co.uk
May 31, 2025 at 8:33 AM
As France is told that their adult-only hotels and restaurants are ‘violence against children’, @garynunn.bsky.social says that’s another country off his bucket-and-spade list www.independent.co.uk/voices/franc...
Last year, I broke my wrist when mountain biking 🚵♀️ down a volcano 🌋 in Peru 🏥
Almost 8 months on, I’m still in physio & my wrist still isn’t fully functional 😭 🤦🏼♂️
I wrote for today’s UK Guardian ‘Why I quit’ series about what it taught me 😳
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Almost 8 months on, I’m still in physio & my wrist still isn’t fully functional 😭 🤦🏼♂️
I wrote for today’s UK Guardian ‘Why I quit’ series about what it taught me 😳
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Thrill-seeking made me feel alive – until the day I hurtled down a volcano on a mountain bike | Gary Nunn
My bungee-jumping and skydiving days are over because I can’t shake the visceral memory of learning that I’m not invincible, says freelance journalist and author Gary Nunn
www.theguardian.com
February 17, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Last year, I broke my wrist when mountain biking 🚵♀️ down a volcano 🌋 in Peru 🏥
Almost 8 months on, I’m still in physio & my wrist still isn’t fully functional 😭 🤦🏼♂️
I wrote for today’s UK Guardian ‘Why I quit’ series about what it taught me 😳
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Almost 8 months on, I’m still in physio & my wrist still isn’t fully functional 😭 🤦🏼♂️
I wrote for today’s UK Guardian ‘Why I quit’ series about what it taught me 😳
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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@garynunn.bsky.social thank you for this. I spent years mentoring the ‘working class gifted’ and telling them how much more they were worth to employers vs well supported kids with the same grades. This observation isn’t made often enough:
www.theneweuropean.co.uk/i-was-a-soci...
www.theneweuropean.co.uk/i-was-a-soci...
I was a social mobility experiment. Here's how it changed my life
Summer schools sent underprivileged kids like Wes Streeting and I to university. Reuniting with some of them 25 years on, this is what I found
www.theneweuropean.co.uk
February 3, 2025 at 9:21 PM
@garynunn.bsky.social thank you for this. I spent years mentoring the ‘working class gifted’ and telling them how much more they were worth to employers vs well supported kids with the same grades. This observation isn’t made often enough:
www.theneweuropean.co.uk/i-was-a-soci...
www.theneweuropean.co.uk/i-was-a-soci...
Today’s @abcnews long read is on #ADHD and is written by me.
It specifically looks at a way of managing the condition without medication: the ADHD coach.
They do 9 months of training, zero marketing to recruit clients & charge $190+ per hour.
More here: www.abc.net.au/news/2025-01...
It specifically looks at a way of managing the condition without medication: the ADHD coach.
They do 9 months of training, zero marketing to recruit clients & charge $190+ per hour.
More here: www.abc.net.au/news/2025-01...
ADHD diagnoses are skyrocketing but coaching can help
With more Australians than ever being diagnosed with ADHD, how do the treatments on offer stack up?
www.abc.net.au
January 25, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Today’s @abcnews long read is on #ADHD and is written by me.
It specifically looks at a way of managing the condition without medication: the ADHD coach.
They do 9 months of training, zero marketing to recruit clients & charge $190+ per hour.
More here: www.abc.net.au/news/2025-01...
It specifically looks at a way of managing the condition without medication: the ADHD coach.
They do 9 months of training, zero marketing to recruit clients & charge $190+ per hour.
More here: www.abc.net.au/news/2025-01...
From Jan 2025, I could be sued for suggesting in any news article that the Y.M.C.A. is a gay anthem - by the co-writer of the song, who'll perform it at Trump's inauguration this month.
My piece for the @smh
www.smh.com.au/culture/musi...
My piece for the @smh
www.smh.com.au/culture/musi...
January 15, 2025 at 9:18 PM
From Jan 2025, I could be sued for suggesting in any news article that the Y.M.C.A. is a gay anthem - by the co-writer of the song, who'll perform it at Trump's inauguration this month.
My piece for the @smh
www.smh.com.au/culture/musi...
My piece for the @smh
www.smh.com.au/culture/musi...
Misogynistic?
Reclaimed?
Feminist?
Sexy?
Empowering for LGBTQI people?
Vulgar?
The history of the word CUNT in broadcast media: my story for @newscomauHQ
www.news.com.au/entertainmen...
Reclaimed?
Feminist?
Sexy?
Empowering for LGBTQI people?
Vulgar?
The history of the word CUNT in broadcast media: my story for @newscomauHQ
www.news.com.au/entertainmen...
www.news.com.au
December 23, 2024 at 9:43 PM
Misogynistic?
Reclaimed?
Feminist?
Sexy?
Empowering for LGBTQI people?
Vulgar?
The history of the word CUNT in broadcast media: my story for @newscomauHQ
www.news.com.au/entertainmen...
Reclaimed?
Feminist?
Sexy?
Empowering for LGBTQI people?
Vulgar?
The history of the word CUNT in broadcast media: my story for @newscomauHQ
www.news.com.au/entertainmen...
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Thank you @garynunn.bsky.social from me & so many other DCP I know, fighting to end the unethical practice of creating children with the intent to deny them access to identity www.nytimes.com/2024/12/21/o...
Opinion | The U.S. Should Abolish Anonymous Sperm Donations
Children deserve better than to feel left in the dark against their will.
www.nytimes.com
December 21, 2024 at 1:15 PM
Thank you @garynunn.bsky.social from me & so many other DCP I know, fighting to end the unethical practice of creating children with the intent to deny them access to identity www.nytimes.com/2024/12/21/o...
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When it comes to anonymous sperm donation, the U.S. should look to countries like Australia to inspire better regulation, @garynunn.bsky.social writes in a guest essay.
Opinion | The U.S. Should Abolish Anonymous Sperm Donations
Children deserve better than to feel left in the dark against their will.
www.nytimes.com
December 21, 2024 at 7:56 PM
When it comes to anonymous sperm donation, the U.S. should look to countries like Australia to inspire better regulation, @garynunn.bsky.social writes in a guest essay.
My first piece for The New York Times
From 1 January 2025, Colorado will become the first U.S. state to outlaw anonymous sperm donations
Abolishing anonymous donation worldwide will help donor conceived people to know their genetic identities
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/21/o...
@nytimes
From 1 January 2025, Colorado will become the first U.S. state to outlaw anonymous sperm donations
Abolishing anonymous donation worldwide will help donor conceived people to know their genetic identities
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/21/o...
@nytimes
Opinion | The U.S. Should Abolish Anonymous Sperm Donations
Children deserve better than to feel left in the dark against their will.
www.nytimes.com
December 21, 2024 at 12:34 PM
My first piece for The New York Times
From 1 January 2025, Colorado will become the first U.S. state to outlaw anonymous sperm donations
Abolishing anonymous donation worldwide will help donor conceived people to know their genetic identities
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/21/o...
@nytimes
From 1 January 2025, Colorado will become the first U.S. state to outlaw anonymous sperm donations
Abolishing anonymous donation worldwide will help donor conceived people to know their genetic identities
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/21/o...
@nytimes
For the new @DNAmagazine, I meet the gay men who voted & campaigned for @realdomaldtrump.bsky.social including the Log Cabin Republicans & Gays for Trump founder Peter Boykin
Here’s a teaser & the editor’s letter.
Subscribe here www.dnamagazine.com.au/product-cate...
Here’s a teaser & the editor’s letter.
Subscribe here www.dnamagazine.com.au/product-cate...
December 4, 2024 at 7:51 PM
For the new @DNAmagazine, I meet the gay men who voted & campaigned for @realdomaldtrump.bsky.social including the Log Cabin Republicans & Gays for Trump founder Peter Boykin
Here’s a teaser & the editor’s letter.
Subscribe here www.dnamagazine.com.au/product-cate...
Here’s a teaser & the editor’s letter.
Subscribe here www.dnamagazine.com.au/product-cate...
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Here is Trump’s nominee for FBI Director Kash Patel calling for “offensive operations” to jail Americans who they consider “the enemy.”
“We will go out and find the conspirators... Yes, we are going to come after the people in the media."
“We will go out and find the conspirators... Yes, we are going to come after the people in the media."
December 1, 2024 at 1:02 AM
Here is Trump’s nominee for FBI Director Kash Patel calling for “offensive operations” to jail Americans who they consider “the enemy.”
“We will go out and find the conspirators... Yes, we are going to come after the people in the media."
“We will go out and find the conspirators... Yes, we are going to come after the people in the media."
I spoke to Australian digital nomads in Bali, Thailand, Colombia and, of course, Argentina to discover what life on the road is really like.
For many, it’s one of the best ways to feel alive: to go on a new adventure / challenge yourself.
For news.com.au
www.news.com.au/finance/work...
For many, it’s one of the best ways to feel alive: to go on a new adventure / challenge yourself.
For news.com.au
www.news.com.au/finance/work...
November 29, 2024 at 9:55 PM
I spoke to Australian digital nomads in Bali, Thailand, Colombia and, of course, Argentina to discover what life on the road is really like.
For many, it’s one of the best ways to feel alive: to go on a new adventure / challenge yourself.
For news.com.au
www.news.com.au/finance/work...
For many, it’s one of the best ways to feel alive: to go on a new adventure / challenge yourself.
For news.com.au
www.news.com.au/finance/work...
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Clear, sensible piece about how charities work and why so-called overhead costs are essential to their success by @garynunn.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
I worked in charities for years – here’s how I make sure my money is going to a good cause, not Captain Tom’s family | Gary Nunn
This year, the family of Captain Tom or Naomi Campbell have shown us the pitfalls of celebrity charities, writes journalist Gary Nunn
www.theguardian.com
November 27, 2024 at 10:33 AM
Clear, sensible piece about how charities work and why so-called overhead costs are essential to their success by @garynunn.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Australia's Macquarie Dictionary crowns #enshittification as the word of 2024
As @pluralistic.net.web.brid.gy said earlier this year: "We’re all living through the enshittocene, a great enshittening, in which the services that matter to us, that we rely on, are turning into giant piles of shit”
As @pluralistic.net.web.brid.gy said earlier this year: "We’re all living through the enshittocene, a great enshittening, in which the services that matter to us, that we rely on, are turning into giant piles of shit”
‘What many of us feel’: why ‘enshittification’ is Macquarie Dictionary’s word of the year
The committee’s honourable mentions went to ‘right to disconnect’ and ‘rawdogging’
www.theguardian.com
November 26, 2024 at 12:30 PM
Australia's Macquarie Dictionary crowns #enshittification as the word of 2024
As @pluralistic.net.web.brid.gy said earlier this year: "We’re all living through the enshittocene, a great enshittening, in which the services that matter to us, that we rely on, are turning into giant piles of shit”
As @pluralistic.net.web.brid.gy said earlier this year: "We’re all living through the enshittocene, a great enshittening, in which the services that matter to us, that we rely on, are turning into giant piles of shit”
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Here's an important message from @garynunn.bsky.social in the @theguardian.com -
"I worked in charities for years – here’s how I make sure my money is going to a good cause, not Captain Tom’s family"
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
"I worked in charities for years – here’s how I make sure my money is going to a good cause, not Captain Tom’s family"
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
I worked in charities for years – here’s how I make sure my money is going to a good cause, not Captain Tom’s family | Gary Nunn
This year, the family of Captain Tom or Naomi Campbell have shown us the pitfalls of celebrity charities, writes journalist Gary Nunn
www.theguardian.com
November 26, 2024 at 5:16 PM
Here's an important message from @garynunn.bsky.social in the @theguardian.com -
"I worked in charities for years – here’s how I make sure my money is going to a good cause, not Captain Tom’s family"
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
"I worked in charities for years – here’s how I make sure my money is going to a good cause, not Captain Tom’s family"
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Just 16c in every $1 was donated to charities from Shane Warne’s foundation.
Celeste Barber's $51.3m could only be used for training/admin/equipment for NSW rural fire service
In today's @theguardian.com: why overhead costs at well-established charities matter.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Celeste Barber's $51.3m could only be used for training/admin/equipment for NSW rural fire service
In today's @theguardian.com: why overhead costs at well-established charities matter.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
November 25, 2024 at 11:16 PM
Just 16c in every $1 was donated to charities from Shane Warne’s foundation.
Celeste Barber's $51.3m could only be used for training/admin/equipment for NSW rural fire service
In today's @theguardian.com: why overhead costs at well-established charities matter.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Celeste Barber's $51.3m could only be used for training/admin/equipment for NSW rural fire service
In today's @theguardian.com: why overhead costs at well-established charities matter.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Recently, Australian broadcasters panicked: next year, “our inflation rate could have a 3 in front of it."
I’m so used to triple-digit figure inflation in Argentina, I had to check if they meant 300
But the projected figure they’re worrying about is 3.7%
thehustle.co/originals/i-...
I’m so used to triple-digit figure inflation in Argentina, I had to check if they meant 300
But the projected figure they’re worrying about is 3.7%
thehustle.co/originals/i-...
November 25, 2024 at 10:19 PM
Recently, Australian broadcasters panicked: next year, “our inflation rate could have a 3 in front of it."
I’m so used to triple-digit figure inflation in Argentina, I had to check if they meant 300
But the projected figure they’re worrying about is 3.7%
thehustle.co/originals/i-...
I’m so used to triple-digit figure inflation in Argentina, I had to check if they meant 300
But the projected figure they’re worrying about is 3.7%
thehustle.co/originals/i-...
Can any current third sector bods chime in here with the latest?
@garynunn.bsky.social interesting article in the guardian today but can you offer any help on how to identify good charities. Is there quick and handy list, leader board or something reliable? The digital overwhelm is real this time of year so can't spend hours researching.
November 25, 2024 at 4:40 PM
Can any current third sector bods chime in here with the latest?
2024 hasn’t been great for UK celebrity fronted charity foundations
Captain Tom Moore’s family & Naomi Campbell used charitable capital on luxurious personal spas for themselves. Both are banned from being charity trustees
My piece for today's @theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Captain Tom Moore’s family & Naomi Campbell used charitable capital on luxurious personal spas for themselves. Both are banned from being charity trustees
My piece for today's @theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
November 25, 2024 at 4:36 PM
2024 hasn’t been great for UK celebrity fronted charity foundations
Captain Tom Moore’s family & Naomi Campbell used charitable capital on luxurious personal spas for themselves. Both are banned from being charity trustees
My piece for today's @theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Captain Tom Moore’s family & Naomi Campbell used charitable capital on luxurious personal spas for themselves. Both are banned from being charity trustees
My piece for today's @theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Is there an app that just follows any of the X accounts I follow who are on Bluesky?
Because I really can't be arsed.
Because I really can't be arsed.
November 22, 2024 at 7:05 PM
Is there an app that just follows any of the X accounts I follow who are on Bluesky?
Because I really can't be arsed.
Because I really can't be arsed.
Why I cannot wait for driverless cabs to arrive in Australia.
My piece for today’s Sydney Morning Herald / The Age
www.smh.com.au/national/i-c...
My piece for today’s Sydney Morning Herald / The Age
www.smh.com.au/national/i-c...
November 20, 2024 at 8:46 PM
Why I cannot wait for driverless cabs to arrive in Australia.
My piece for today’s Sydney Morning Herald / The Age
www.smh.com.au/national/i-c...
My piece for today’s Sydney Morning Herald / The Age
www.smh.com.au/national/i-c...