The guy auditing higher education for anti-semitism jokes about ‘decades of house arrest’ for Louise Adler
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January 24, 2026 at 6:20 AM
The guy auditing higher education for anti-semitism jokes about ‘decades of house arrest’ for Louise Adler
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Congrats to amongst others @jeffsparrow1.bsky.social, nominated for the Hazel Rowley Literary Fellowship for his biography of Lesbia Harford! (Also, @lancerichardson.bsky.social in Melbourne town in March!) hazelrowley.com/news/
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January 22, 2026 at 7:45 AM
Congrats to amongst others @jeffsparrow1.bsky.social, nominated for the Hazel Rowley Literary Fellowship for his biography of Lesbia Harford! (Also, @lancerichardson.bsky.social in Melbourne town in March!) hazelrowley.com/news/
Most of these think pieces about Adelaide completely miss the point. There is a genocide in progress. If you’re curating a festival of ideas, do you want people who talk about supporting the genocide or speakers who talk about opposing it? Everything else is secondary.
January 19, 2026 at 1:40 AM
Most of these think pieces about Adelaide completely miss the point. There is a genocide in progress. If you’re curating a festival of ideas, do you want people who talk about supporting the genocide or speakers who talk about opposing it? Everything else is secondary.
I wrote a piece for @crikey.com.au on how we should be talking about MAGA anti-semitism www.crikey.com.au/2026/01/15/m...
The bigotry deep within the MAGA movement is infecting our politics
The bigotry spreading out from Donald Trump’s MAGA movement should be part of the post-Bondi discussion of antisemitism in Australia.
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January 15, 2026 at 4:38 AM
I wrote a piece for @crikey.com.au on how we should be talking about MAGA anti-semitism www.crikey.com.au/2026/01/15/m...
Penny Wong doing her part to destroy international law
January 14, 2026 at 3:40 AM
Penny Wong doing her part to destroy international law
These organisations working in the public domain should have a responsibility to publicise their decisions. Make the minutes available! Show who voted for what and why!
January 13, 2026 at 3:53 AM
These organisations working in the public domain should have a responsibility to publicise their decisions. Make the minutes available! Show who voted for what and why!
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I gotta say, I'm not jazzed by the apology for "how the decision was represented" and "the distress this decision has caused" rather than apologising for the decision itself
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Adelaide Festival Board Statement - 13 January 2026
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January 13, 2026 at 3:46 AM
I gotta say, I'm not jazzed by the apology for "how the decision was represented" and "the distress this decision has caused" rather than apologising for the decision itself
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Morry Schwartz "navigates a complex and unprecedented moment" by blaming Louise Adler for the implosion of Adelaide Writers’ Week, claiming it was an act of deliberate sabotage on her part to invite Randa Abdel-Fattah to appear.
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January 12, 2026 at 8:24 AM
Morry Schwartz "navigates a complex and unprecedented moment" by blaming Louise Adler for the implosion of Adelaide Writers’ Week, claiming it was an act of deliberate sabotage on her part to invite Randa Abdel-Fattah to appear.
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Welp, the Chaser's article on the Adelaide Writer's Week, calling it the Adelaide Writer's Afternoon, has infiltrated the Edge AI summary. 'Hilariously', the AI summary combines the parody article with real news, so it could very easily trick people not in the know.
#saparli
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January 12, 2026 at 5:47 AM
Welp, the Chaser's article on the Adelaide Writer's Week, calling it the Adelaide Writer's Afternoon, has infiltrated the Edge AI summary. 'Hilariously', the AI summary combines the parody article with real news, so it could very easily trick people not in the know.
#saparli
#saparli
January 11, 2026 at 4:24 AM
Thanks to Tom Ballard for having me on his Serious Danger podcast. Full episode via seriousdanger.com.au
January 11, 2026 at 3:58 AM
Thanks to Tom Ballard for having me on his Serious Danger podcast. Full episode via seriousdanger.com.au
I'm sure Szego thinks she's making a point here but her writing's so bad it's hard to work out what it is. 'The usage by the man on the Clapham omnibus is normalised at top universities,' or something.
January 10, 2026 at 8:29 AM
I'm sure Szego thinks she's making a point here but her writing's so bad it's hard to work out what it is. 'The usage by the man on the Clapham omnibus is normalised at top universities,' or something.
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I stand with Randa and everyone standing against hate, genocide, oppression and terror. In all its forms.
January 8, 2026 at 5:28 AM
I stand with Randa and everyone standing against hate, genocide, oppression and terror. In all its forms.
Looking at that guest list it seems most unlikely they’ll have a festival now. They must have known that but they did this anyway
What’s the point of writers’ festivals — or, for that matter, writers — if they can’t discuss issues that matter? Australian arts administrators would rather destroy the whole sector than allow Palestinians to speak about genocide. It’s beyond shameful.
January 8, 2026 at 5:00 AM
Looking at that guest list it seems most unlikely they’ll have a festival now. They must have known that but they did this anyway
What’s the point of writers’ festivals — or, for that matter, writers — if they can’t discuss issues that matter? Australian arts administrators would rather destroy the whole sector than allow Palestinians to speak about genocide. It’s beyond shameful.
January 8, 2026 at 4:57 AM
What’s the point of writers’ festivals — or, for that matter, writers — if they can’t discuss issues that matter? Australian arts administrators would rather destroy the whole sector than allow Palestinians to speak about genocide. It’s beyond shameful.
The UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory explicitly names the Israeli President as responsible for inciting genocide — and yet Albanese is inviting him here. Shameful and scandalous!
December 24, 2025 at 3:44 AM
The UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory explicitly names the Israeli President as responsible for inciting genocide — and yet Albanese is inviting him here. Shameful and scandalous!
Wrote something for @OverlandJournal about the scapegoating of the Palestine solidarity rallies
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On the need for a renewed democratic universalism - Overland literary journal
If we’re to emerge from this awful spiral, in which one form of identitarian chauvinism spurs the next, we’ll only do so on the basis of a very different politics: one that takes for granted the abili...
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December 18, 2025 at 6:17 AM
Wrote something for @OverlandJournal about the scapegoating of the Palestine solidarity rallies
overland.org.au/2025/12/on-t...
overland.org.au/2025/12/on-t...
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“If we’re to emerge from this awful spiral,” writes @jeffsparrow1.bsky.social, “we’ll only do so on the basis of a very different politics: one that takes for granted the ability of ordinary people — of any race, gender or creed — to unite against racism and violence.”
On the need for a renewed democratic universalism - Overland literary journal
If we’re to emerge from this awful spiral, in which one form of identitarian chauvinism spurs the next, we’ll only do so on the basis of a very different politics: one that takes for granted the abili...
overland.org.au
December 18, 2025 at 3:12 AM
“If we’re to emerge from this awful spiral,” writes @jeffsparrow1.bsky.social, “we’ll only do so on the basis of a very different politics: one that takes for granted the ability of ordinary people — of any race, gender or creed — to unite against racism and violence.”
British Labour is significantly more authoritarian than Trump
November 25, 2025 at 9:50 PM
British Labour is significantly more authoritarian than Trump
Not long before he joins One Nation
November 25, 2025 at 7:05 AM
Not long before he joins One Nation
When Scomo waved his lump of coal in parliament, he was supporting Malcolm Turnbull’s attack on renewables
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Malcolm Turnbull accuses Liberals of ‘Trumpian campaign against renewables’ after party dumps net zero
Climate groups call backflip a ‘disaster’ while moderate Liberals worry about impact on winning back urban electorates
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November 14, 2025 at 5:08 AM
When Scomo waved his lump of coal in parliament, he was supporting Malcolm Turnbull’s attack on renewables
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I wrote a piece for @deepcutnews about how the media sees some genocides as more important than others
www.deepcutnews.com/p/the-age-ca...
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The Age called out the Myanmar genocide. Why not Gaza's?
The paper's treatment of the Palestinians reeks of double standards.
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November 11, 2025 at 8:42 PM
I wrote a piece for @deepcutnews about how the media sees some genocides as more important than others
www.deepcutnews.com/p/the-age-ca...
www.deepcutnews.com/p/the-age-ca...
I’ve got a piece up at @OverlandJournal about Gaza and colonial Australia as part of Subscriberthon. Take out a sub and show your support!
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Strategies of colonial denial: the case of Palestine and Australia - Overland literary journal
Australians shouldn't be surprised at the social and psychological mechanisms that have enabled the Gaza genocide, since similar techniques facilitated the violent dispossession of Indigenous people i...
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October 31, 2025 at 1:21 AM
I’ve got a piece up at @OverlandJournal about Gaza and colonial Australia as part of Subscriberthon. Take out a sub and show your support!
overland.org.au/2025/10/stra...
overland.org.au/2025/10/stra...