Jessica Alice
@jessicaalice.bsky.social
Writer, poet and broadcaster
Artistic Director | Byron Writers Festival, Byron Bay
Chair | National Young Writers Festival
Artistic Director | Byron Writers Festival, Byron Bay
Chair | National Young Writers Festival
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How Australia’s national security chief used AI to write speeches and ‘personnel communications’
Pretty wild story from @cameronwilson.bsky.social who has done the first chatbot FOI in Australia (possibly the world??)
www.crikey.com.au/2025/11/12/a...
Pretty wild story from @cameronwilson.bsky.social who has done the first chatbot FOI in Australia (possibly the world??)
www.crikey.com.au/2025/11/12/a...
How Australia's national security chief used AI to write speeches and 'personnel communications'
As the government pushes public servants to use AI, this is the first time that FOI has been used to reveal how the government staff are already using the technology.
www.crikey.com.au
November 12, 2025 at 5:50 AM
How Australia’s national security chief used AI to write speeches and ‘personnel communications’
Pretty wild story from @cameronwilson.bsky.social who has done the first chatbot FOI in Australia (possibly the world??)
www.crikey.com.au/2025/11/12/a...
Pretty wild story from @cameronwilson.bsky.social who has done the first chatbot FOI in Australia (possibly the world??)
www.crikey.com.au/2025/11/12/a...
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A brilliant appointment in @jennifermills.net.au! www.asauthors.org.au/news/asa-wel...
ASA welcomes new Chair, Jennifer Mills - Australian Society of Authors
We are delighted to announce Jennifer Mills has been appointed Chair of the Australian Society of Authors.
www.asauthors.org.au
November 12, 2025 at 5:34 AM
A brilliant appointment in @jennifermills.net.au! www.asauthors.org.au/news/asa-wel...
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As #COP30 officially starts today, a look at how various actors try to obstruct UN climate processes, with @cssn.org's Kari de Pryck and Eduardo Viola drilled.media/podcasts/dri...
S14, Ep10 | The Corruption of COP
Investigating the obstacles to action on climate change.
drilled.media
November 11, 2025 at 1:57 AM
As #COP30 officially starts today, a look at how various actors try to obstruct UN climate processes, with @cssn.org's Kari de Pryck and Eduardo Viola drilled.media/podcasts/dri...
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ICYMI: Microsoft’s charge “implies a more than $12 billion quarterly loss at OpenAI, said Firoz Valliji, an analyst at Bernstein.”
That “would mark one of the largest single-quarter losses for a tech company in history.”
@jessefelder.bsky.social $MSFT
www.wsj.com/livecoverage...
That “would mark one of the largest single-quarter losses for a tech company in history.”
@jessefelder.bsky.social $MSFT
www.wsj.com/livecoverage...
November 7, 2025 at 7:17 PM
ICYMI: Microsoft’s charge “implies a more than $12 billion quarterly loss at OpenAI, said Firoz Valliji, an analyst at Bernstein.”
That “would mark one of the largest single-quarter losses for a tech company in history.”
@jessefelder.bsky.social $MSFT
www.wsj.com/livecoverage...
That “would mark one of the largest single-quarter losses for a tech company in history.”
@jessefelder.bsky.social $MSFT
www.wsj.com/livecoverage...
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I do not regret to inform you that we are going to win
BREAKING: Zohran Mamdani wins the New York City mayoral race, NBC News projects. nbcnews.to/4nIzNUC
November 5, 2025 at 2:34 AM
I do not regret to inform you that we are going to win
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Drilled was asked to promote a new pro-nuclear book. When we found it contained a conspiracy alleging the oil industry funded environmental groups to kill the nuclear industry -- and that it didn't stack up -- it turned into an investigation.
New from me in @drilledmedia.bsky.social:
New from me in @drilledmedia.bsky.social:
Isabella Boemeke Isn’t Trying to Spread Conspiracy Theories in her New Pro-Nuclear Book, But She Is
Pro-nuclear influencer Isabelle Boemeke’s new book, Rad Future, indulges in conspiracy theories, unsourced claims, and personal attacks against the industry’s critics.
drilled.media
October 14, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Drilled was asked to promote a new pro-nuclear book. When we found it contained a conspiracy alleging the oil industry funded environmental groups to kill the nuclear industry -- and that it didn't stack up -- it turned into an investigation.
New from me in @drilledmedia.bsky.social:
New from me in @drilledmedia.bsky.social:
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Krasznahorkai has said of his work: ‘You will never go wrong anticipating doom in my books, any more than you’ll go wrong in anticipating doom in ordinary life.’
In 2012, we recorded a 94-minute conversation with Colm Tóibín for our Bookshop podcast:
www.londonreviewbookshop.co.uk/podcasts-vid...
In 2012, we recorded a 94-minute conversation with Colm Tóibín for our Bookshop podcast:
www.londonreviewbookshop.co.uk/podcasts-vid...
László Krasznahorkai in conversation with Colm Tóibín | London Review Bookshop
Our first Literary Friendships event brought together Colm Tóibín with his friend László Krasznahorkai. Described by the Guardian as a ‘visionary writer’,…
www.londonreviewbookshop.co.uk
October 9, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Krasznahorkai has said of his work: ‘You will never go wrong anticipating doom in my books, any more than you’ll go wrong in anticipating doom in ordinary life.’
In 2012, we recorded a 94-minute conversation with Colm Tóibín for our Bookshop podcast:
www.londonreviewbookshop.co.uk/podcasts-vid...
In 2012, we recorded a 94-minute conversation with Colm Tóibín for our Bookshop podcast:
www.londonreviewbookshop.co.uk/podcasts-vid...
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For every €1 provided through a Basic Income For Artists pilot program in Ireland, the government got €1.46 back. So it’s being made permanent.
Over and over we see it. It saves public money to provide public housing. And it makes public money to provide basic income.
We can’t afford to NOT do it.
Over and over we see it. It saves public money to provide public housing. And it makes public money to provide basic income.
We can’t afford to NOT do it.
Damn. This is amazing. £325 per week, paid monthly, for 3 years - and the result was a profit for the Irish economy:
www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employmen...
www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employmen...
October 7, 2025 at 12:40 AM
For every €1 provided through a Basic Income For Artists pilot program in Ireland, the government got €1.46 back. So it’s being made permanent.
Over and over we see it. It saves public money to provide public housing. And it makes public money to provide basic income.
We can’t afford to NOT do it.
Over and over we see it. It saves public money to provide public housing. And it makes public money to provide basic income.
We can’t afford to NOT do it.
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This is the biggest, toughest article I’ve done about so-called “AI psychosis.” It’s the story of a man who committed a horrific crime in his youth but served his time and against all odds found love and a new life—one that completely unraveled after he started talking to Google’s Gemini chatbot.
He Grew Obsessed With an AI Chatbot. Then He Vanished in the Ozarks
Jon Ganz committed a terrible crime in his youth, but he survived prison, fell in love, and started over. His new life unraveled in a way nobody could have predicted.
www.rollingstone.com
October 2, 2025 at 12:10 AM
This is the biggest, toughest article I’ve done about so-called “AI psychosis.” It’s the story of a man who committed a horrific crime in his youth but served his time and against all odds found love and a new life—one that completely unraveled after he started talking to Google’s Gemini chatbot.
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Tonight on Spin Cycle, @roycerk2.bsky.social on the woeful climate discourse we must endure while the world burns. Plus news of the week. With @rachelwithers.bsky.social and @theshufflediary.bsky.social. Tune into @3rrrfm.bsky.social from 7pm. Then we are off to stare at walls for three weeks.
September 25, 2025 at 7:03 AM
Tonight on Spin Cycle, @roycerk2.bsky.social on the woeful climate discourse we must endure while the world burns. Plus news of the week. With @rachelwithers.bsky.social and @theshufflediary.bsky.social. Tune into @3rrrfm.bsky.social from 7pm. Then we are off to stare at walls for three weeks.
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"Common decency stigmatizes people that do not participate in it—removes them from voluntary association. We indeed have to live with one another, but terms and conditions apply."
me on why Ezra Klein should be ashamed / why shame is Good Actually
www.bostonreview.net/articles/how...
me on why Ezra Klein should be ashamed / why shame is Good Actually
www.bostonreview.net/articles/how...
How Can We Live Together? - Boston Review
Ezra Klein is wrong: shame is essential.
www.bostonreview.net
September 23, 2025 at 5:09 PM
"Common decency stigmatizes people that do not participate in it—removes them from voluntary association. We indeed have to live with one another, but terms and conditions apply."
me on why Ezra Klein should be ashamed / why shame is Good Actually
www.bostonreview.net/articles/how...
me on why Ezra Klein should be ashamed / why shame is Good Actually
www.bostonreview.net/articles/how...
incredible detail: ‘Even Geoffrey Hinton, a Nobel Prize-winning computer scientist known as a "Godfather of AI" recently conceded that his girlfriend had broken up with him using ChatGPT.’
September 19, 2025 at 10:42 PM
incredible detail: ‘Even Geoffrey Hinton, a Nobel Prize-winning computer scientist known as a "Godfather of AI" recently conceded that his girlfriend had broken up with him using ChatGPT.’
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As venues close and festivals cancel, our artists and arts sector is in desperate need of support.
We've just published a submission with 3 key ideas to save our arts industry.
• Culture passes
• Book bounty
• Remove tax on art prizes & grants
We've got five ideas for how to pay for it too. ⤵️
We've just published a submission with 3 key ideas to save our arts industry.
• Culture passes
• Book bounty
• Remove tax on art prizes & grants
We've got five ideas for how to pay for it too. ⤵️
Investing in joy. How to save our declining arts sector - submission
Australian artists, writers, musicians and other creative industries helped the nation survive the COVID pandemic, yet they've been left to decline, according to a submission by The Australia Institut...
australiainstitute.org.au
September 19, 2025 at 12:04 AM
As venues close and festivals cancel, our artists and arts sector is in desperate need of support.
We've just published a submission with 3 key ideas to save our arts industry.
• Culture passes
• Book bounty
• Remove tax on art prizes & grants
We've got five ideas for how to pay for it too. ⤵️
We've just published a submission with 3 key ideas to save our arts industry.
• Culture passes
• Book bounty
• Remove tax on art prizes & grants
We've got five ideas for how to pay for it too. ⤵️
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Sydney book launch, Tues September 30 @ Gleebooks, in conversation with Helen Sullivan 🦋🍷
Tickos: gleebooks.com.au/event/walter...
Tickos: gleebooks.com.au/event/walter...
Walter Marsh – The Butterfly Thief – Gleebooks.com.au
gleebooks.com.au
September 18, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Sydney book launch, Tues September 30 @ Gleebooks, in conversation with Helen Sullivan 🦋🍷
Tickos: gleebooks.com.au/event/walter...
Tickos: gleebooks.com.au/event/walter...
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Meanjin’s performance and sustainability were the focus of a review commissioned by MUP in February. The final recommendations of the report, which was never released publicly, did not include closing Meanjin.
Who killed Meanjin?
www.crikey.com.au
September 16, 2025 at 6:01 AM
Meanjin’s performance and sustainability were the focus of a review commissioned by MUP in February. The final recommendations of the report, which was never released publicly, did not include closing Meanjin.
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From “One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This” by Omar El Akkad.
September 12, 2025 at 7:38 AM
From “One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This” by Omar El Akkad.
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The Trump administration appears to be trying to make a global war on renewables. I spoke to @mkblyth.bsky.social for @drilledmedia.bsky.social about the strategy of carbon dominance, how this is shaping politics not just in the US but everywhere, and what that means for the future.
Trump Is Trying to Kill Renewables Everywhere
The US government is trying to strangle renewables to save fossil fuels. Trump wants other countries to do the same.
drilled.media
September 8, 2025 at 9:20 PM
The Trump administration appears to be trying to make a global war on renewables. I spoke to @mkblyth.bsky.social for @drilledmedia.bsky.social about the strategy of carbon dominance, how this is shaping politics not just in the US but everywhere, and what that means for the future.
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The meaning and value of culture cannot be captured in market terms, and the cultural loss of Meanjin will far exceed what can be measured on a balance sheet. (2/4)
September 8, 2025 at 5:34 AM
The meaning and value of culture cannot be captured in market terms, and the cultural loss of Meanjin will far exceed what can be measured on a balance sheet. (2/4)
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Byron Writers Festival is deeply concerned by the shuttering of Meanjin, one of Australia's oldest, most revered and influential literary magazines, for 'financial' reasons. (1/4)
September 8, 2025 at 5:34 AM
Byron Writers Festival is deeply concerned by the shuttering of Meanjin, one of Australia's oldest, most revered and influential literary magazines, for 'financial' reasons. (1/4)
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What exactly happened to Meanjin? And why in this manner?
Some excellent observations (and questions) from @catrionamp.bsky.social over on @crikey.com.au: www.crikey.com.au/2025/09/08/m...
Some excellent observations (and questions) from @catrionamp.bsky.social over on @crikey.com.au: www.crikey.com.au/2025/09/08/m...
September 8, 2025 at 3:55 AM
What exactly happened to Meanjin? And why in this manner?
Some excellent observations (and questions) from @catrionamp.bsky.social over on @crikey.com.au: www.crikey.com.au/2025/09/08/m...
Some excellent observations (and questions) from @catrionamp.bsky.social over on @crikey.com.au: www.crikey.com.au/2025/09/08/m...
“Literary journals have never been a commercial enterprise, they have been a cultural enterprise ... To talk about the ‘problem’ of Meanjin as being a commercial one is to disavow the purpose of a university.” @sophtree.bsky.social
The ASA is dismayed by the news that literary journal Meanjin will cease publishing this year, with the final issue due to be released in December.
Read more: www.asauthors.org.au/news/asa-dismayed-over-meanjin-closure/
Read more: www.asauthors.org.au/news/asa-dismayed-over-meanjin-closure/
ASA dismayed over Meanjin closure - Australian Society of Authors
The ASA is dismayed by the news that Australia's second-oldest literary journal Meanjin will cease publishing in December 2025.
www.asauthors.org.au
September 5, 2025 at 5:23 AM
“Literary journals have never been a commercial enterprise, they have been a cultural enterprise ... To talk about the ‘problem’ of Meanjin as being a commercial one is to disavow the purpose of a university.” @sophtree.bsky.social
This is so deeply troubling.
For a university/publisher to cite 'viability' concerns over a cultural endeavour – the leading literary publication in the country, no less – and do so one month after the long-awaited launch of Writing Australia body raises many questions.
For a university/publisher to cite 'viability' concerns over a cultural endeavour – the leading literary publication in the country, no less – and do so one month after the long-awaited launch of Writing Australia body raises many questions.
Exclusive: Australia’s second-oldest literary journal, Meanjin, is being shut down today for "financial" reasons, Crikey can reveal.
Literary journal Meanjin to close after 85 years of publishing
Meanjin, a mainstay of Australia's cultural landscape and the nation's second-oldest literary publication, is shuttering after Melbourne University Publishing decided to cease financial support.
www.crikey.com.au
September 4, 2025 at 1:46 AM
This is so deeply troubling.
For a university/publisher to cite 'viability' concerns over a cultural endeavour – the leading literary publication in the country, no less – and do so one month after the long-awaited launch of Writing Australia body raises many questions.
For a university/publisher to cite 'viability' concerns over a cultural endeavour – the leading literary publication in the country, no less – and do so one month after the long-awaited launch of Writing Australia body raises many questions.
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This, from Jonathan Green, pretty much sums it up: “Meanjin’s financial demand is trivial … a few hundred thousand dollars … the cultural loss of its death is as significant as it is tragic.”
www.crikey.com.au/2025/09/04/m...
www.crikey.com.au/2025/09/04/m...
Literary journal Meanjin to close after 85 years of publishing
Meanjin, a mainstay of Australia's cultural landscape and the nation's second-oldest literary publication, is shuttering after Melbourne University Publishing decided to cease financial support.
www.crikey.com.au
September 4, 2025 at 12:54 AM
This, from Jonathan Green, pretty much sums it up: “Meanjin’s financial demand is trivial … a few hundred thousand dollars … the cultural loss of its death is as significant as it is tragic.”
www.crikey.com.au/2025/09/04/m...
www.crikey.com.au/2025/09/04/m...
“This was not a protest hijacked by the far-right, it was far-right from inception to execution.”
It would be a massive mistake for progressive folk to convince themselves the March for Australia was a bust, or can safely be ridiculed.
It was an alarming escalation of far-right action, and we need to reckon with it.
More thoughts (un-paywalled) here:
www.lamestream.com.au/how-mainstre...
It was an alarming escalation of far-right action, and we need to reckon with it.
More thoughts (un-paywalled) here:
www.lamestream.com.au/how-mainstre...
How mainstream media and politicians fuelled Australia's biggest far-right rally
Six takeaways from the March for Australia and why it should be a wake-up call.
www.lamestream.com.au
September 1, 2025 at 8:39 AM
“This was not a protest hijacked by the far-right, it was far-right from inception to execution.”