Liz
@lizbarr.bsky.social
Aspiring middle-grade novelist, Trekkie, podcaster. Find me at antimatterpod.com, squiddishly.net and all the cool places: https://linktr.ee/lizbarr
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Love that we need Amnesty advising us of our rights now that states have decided protesting a genocide should be illegal.
A good read from Amnesty Australia about your rights if protesting - President Herzog (AKA Signer of Bombs that Blow Up Children and Assistant in a Genocide). Yes the Minns government announced draconian rules but its not unlawful to protest tomorrow
www.amnesty.org.au/national-day...
www.amnesty.org.au/national-day...
February 8, 2026 at 9:37 AM
Love that we need Amnesty advising us of our rights now that states have decided protesting a genocide should be illegal.
Pimple patches are the greatest cosmetic development of the last 20 years, except now I'm down to the last few patches on the sheet, and they're all massive and won't stay in place.
February 8, 2026 at 12:43 AM
Pimple patches are the greatest cosmetic development of the last 20 years, except now I'm down to the last few patches on the sheet, and they're all massive and won't stay in place.
In five years, WaPo will be publishing the weirdest, most niche news. Will it be accurate? Maybe. Will it have a pleasant vibe most of the time? Absolutely? Will it, for some reason, be absolutely chock full of the worst pornography you can imagine? You betcha!
Will Lewis is resigning as WaPo CEO, former Tumblr CEO Jeff D’Onofrio is the paper’s new acting CEO and publisher, per memos to staff
February 7, 2026 at 11:43 PM
In five years, WaPo will be publishing the weirdest, most niche news. Will it be accurate? Maybe. Will it have a pleasant vibe most of the time? Absolutely? Will it, for some reason, be absolutely chock full of the worst pornography you can imagine? You betcha!
"Star Trek needs to return to 26-episode seasons."
It was so difficult to achieve a season that long in the '90s that TNG, DS9 and Voyager had an open submission policy. Some years they literally did not have enough scripts and had to resort to the reject pile.
It was so difficult to achieve a season that long in the '90s that TNG, DS9 and Voyager had an open submission policy. Some years they literally did not have enough scripts and had to resort to the reject pile.
February 7, 2026 at 11:17 PM
"Star Trek needs to return to 26-episode seasons."
It was so difficult to achieve a season that long in the '90s that TNG, DS9 and Voyager had an open submission policy. Some years they literally did not have enough scripts and had to resort to the reject pile.
It was so difficult to achieve a season that long in the '90s that TNG, DS9 and Voyager had an open submission policy. Some years they literally did not have enough scripts and had to resort to the reject pile.
Escapist Routes is up! This week I'm looking at The Night Manager, A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, Star Trek: Starfleet Academy, Fallout, Hijack and The Pitt. But some of these are only touched on briefly because I've been super busy and A Knight... is not very good.
Escapist Routes #44
all aboard the discombobulation express
escapistroutes.beehiiv.com
February 7, 2026 at 11:05 PM
Escapist Routes is up! This week I'm looking at The Night Manager, A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, Star Trek: Starfleet Academy, Fallout, Hijack and The Pitt. But some of these are only touched on briefly because I've been super busy and A Knight... is not very good.
Reports from the Auckland and Gold Coast Laneway Festivals:
- food poisoning from a truck at Laneway (not allowed to bring own food in)
- wheelchair accessible exits closed off at Gold Coast, all exits closed when Chappell took the stage
- food and water ran out at GC
- also no shade at the GC
- food poisoning from a truck at Laneway (not allowed to bring own food in)
- wheelchair accessible exits closed off at Gold Coast, all exits closed when Chappell took the stage
- food and water ran out at GC
- also no shade at the GC
February 7, 2026 at 10:10 PM
Reports from the Auckland and Gold Coast Laneway Festivals:
- food poisoning from a truck at Laneway (not allowed to bring own food in)
- wheelchair accessible exits closed off at Gold Coast, all exits closed when Chappell took the stage
- food and water ran out at GC
- also no shade at the GC
- food poisoning from a truck at Laneway (not allowed to bring own food in)
- wheelchair accessible exits closed off at Gold Coast, all exits closed when Chappell took the stage
- food and water ran out at GC
- also no shade at the GC
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I am always surprised by Trekkies who treat Star Trek as a literal encyclopedia of future events, instead of as a set of stories that reflect the context of their creation, and which can provide a starting point for new stories, both within the franchise and beyond, through fan and original works.
I feel like too many Trekkies - the white cis male kind in particular - read Star Trek like the Bible instead of like a franchise or TV shows aka consumer capitalist products with specific audiences in specific production contexts.
February 7, 2026 at 2:33 AM
I am always surprised by Trekkies who treat Star Trek as a literal encyclopedia of future events, instead of as a set of stories that reflect the context of their creation, and which can provide a starting point for new stories, both within the franchise and beyond, through fan and original works.
I know I only did six months of a journalism degree, but I thought the rule was that when you get this sort of instruction, you immediately report on it
“Lamestream understands that journalists in the Canberra press gallery have been briefed on the visit but asked not to report on it.”
Incredible.
Incredible.
Exclusive: Israeli President to Make Official Australian Parliamentary Visit
The official parliamentary visit has not been made public by either the Australian or Israeli governments.
www.lamestream.com.au
February 6, 2026 at 10:49 PM
I know I only did six months of a journalism degree, but I thought the rule was that when you get this sort of instruction, you immediately report on it
A surprising number of our comments on TikTok are men arguing that men should be able to cuddle and gaze intently into each other's eyes without it being gay, and I do not disagree, HOWEVER
February 6, 2026 at 9:20 PM
A surprising number of our comments on TikTok are men arguing that men should be able to cuddle and gaze intently into each other's eyes without it being gay, and I do not disagree, HOWEVER
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We put on an all-Yiddish community production of fiddler on the roof in Philadelphia and cast member and local artist Sofie Rose Seymour created the most amazing show poster that ever was
February 6, 2026 at 5:10 AM
We put on an all-Yiddish community production of fiddler on the roof in Philadelphia and cast member and local artist Sofie Rose Seymour created the most amazing show poster that ever was
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'No longer can West Australians tell themselves their state is immune to the falling social cohesion and rising conflict seen elsewhere.'
I'mma looking fwd to reading a critical discourse analysis on the proliferation of the term s0ciAL c0hEsi0n in AUS jernalism.
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02...
I'mma looking fwd to reading a critical discourse analysis on the proliferation of the term s0ciAL c0hEsi0n in AUS jernalism.
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02...
Terror charge over Invasion day attack sends shock wave and reveals rifts
It will take time and significant effort to repair relationships with the Indigenous community amid the fallout from last week's attempted bombing in the Perth CBD — but other growing rifts in society...
www.abc.net.au
February 6, 2026 at 4:52 AM
'No longer can West Australians tell themselves their state is immune to the falling social cohesion and rising conflict seen elsewhere.'
I'mma looking fwd to reading a critical discourse analysis on the proliferation of the term s0ciAL c0hEsi0n in AUS jernalism.
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02...
I'mma looking fwd to reading a critical discourse analysis on the proliferation of the term s0ciAL c0hEsi0n in AUS jernalism.
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02...
Accidentally articulating why SFA reminds me of the Netflix reboot of Heartbreak High. Only with no drugs and a Klingon named Jay-Den instead of eshays.
Someone else mentioned that this is the first Trek show that will be written by millennials and not by people older than us and as a millennial, I think about that a lot
Yeah DS9 is the way it is because so many of the writers had worked on TNG and wanted to change how they wrote Star Trek.
SFA has that seem feel in response to Discovery.
SFA has that seem feel in response to Discovery.
February 6, 2026 at 4:03 AM
Accidentally articulating why SFA reminds me of the Netflix reboot of Heartbreak High. Only with no drugs and a Klingon named Jay-Den instead of eshays.
LOVE THIS. I have a relative who sometimes comes out with something utterly unhinged and high-key antisemitic, and it's always because they've been chatting to their SSPX friends. And then I have to gentle parent them back to reality.
Pope Leo XIV is facing his first major crisis with traditionalist Catholics.
Pope Leo XIV faces crisis as a traditionalist group plans bishop consecrations without consent
Pope Leo XIV is facing his first major crisis with traditionalist Catholics. A breakaway group attached to the traditional Latin Mass, the Society of St.
bit.ly
February 6, 2026 at 4:01 AM
LOVE THIS. I have a relative who sometimes comes out with something utterly unhinged and high-key antisemitic, and it's always because they've been chatting to their SSPX friends. And then I have to gentle parent them back to reality.
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This cost almost $400 that I don’t have so if anyone would like to donate to our found cat, here’s my info.
We named her Saja, after KPop Demon Hunters. It means ‘lion.’
venmo.com/u/pixiedane
We named her Saja, after KPop Demon Hunters. It means ‘lion.’
venmo.com/u/pixiedane
February 6, 2026 at 12:51 AM
This cost almost $400 that I don’t have so if anyone would like to donate to our found cat, here’s my info.
We named her Saja, after KPop Demon Hunters. It means ‘lion.’
venmo.com/u/pixiedane
We named her Saja, after KPop Demon Hunters. It means ‘lion.’
venmo.com/u/pixiedane
It's amazing how fast "social cohesion" has gone from being a milquetoast phrase to a giant red flag
Hello ladies! IPA boy Adam Creighton thinks your career advancement is undermining society so it's best if you get back in the kitchen, but can he buy you a drink?
February 6, 2026 at 1:01 AM
It's amazing how fast "social cohesion" has gone from being a milquetoast phrase to a giant red flag
This is a very good point!
I'm going to suggest that the DS9 stuff was fairly clearly not primarily for us white viewers. It was a love letter to Black Trek fans, both old and new. That's why it aired the first week of Black History Month here in the US.
February 5, 2026 at 10:17 PM
This is a very good point!
My specific beefs are a little different to Keith's, and I think it's an overall okayish episode, but ALSO I agree with him, and now I know how ENT fans felt when they watched "These Are The Voyages..."
Maybe my expectations were set too high, but I think episode 5 of #StarfleetAcademy is my least favourite. Great moments surrounded by the most cringe subplots so far.
February 5, 2026 at 10:06 PM
My specific beefs are a little different to Keith's, and I think it's an overall okayish episode, but ALSO I agree with him, and now I know how ENT fans felt when they watched "These Are The Voyages..."
With all due respect to Transport Victoria, I feel like the night of Laneway is a bad time to run train replacement buses.
February 5, 2026 at 9:45 PM
With all due respect to Transport Victoria, I feel like the night of Laneway is a bad time to run train replacement buses.
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They harassed Yassmin Abdel-Magied to the point she left Australia for good
A man was charged by the counter-terrorism command for harassing Antoinette Lattouf after the ABC made an example of her at the behest of a lobbying group.
Hard to imagine the same lobbying group isn’t crossing their fingers hoping Dr. Abdel-Fattah will be treated to the same if they keep it up.
Hard to imagine the same lobbying group isn’t crossing their fingers hoping Dr. Abdel-Fattah will be treated to the same if they keep it up.
February 5, 2026 at 7:33 AM
They harassed Yassmin Abdel-Magied to the point she left Australia for good
We are at the "clearly inspired the villain in a middle grade novel" stage of JK Rowling's fall.
February 5, 2026 at 7:49 AM
We are at the "clearly inspired the villain in a middle grade novel" stage of JK Rowling's fall.
It should be against the constitution for ABC shows to be removed from iView and put on Stan
February 5, 2026 at 7:44 AM
It should be against the constitution for ABC shows to be removed from iView and put on Stan
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It is 2027, Australia no longer has any arts festivals
The NSW government makes contact with the board of next month's Newcastle Writers Festival about the inclusion of Palestinian author Randa Abdel-Fattah, the ABC understands.
Questions about Randa Abdel-Fattah inclusion in NSW writers festival
The NSW government makes contact with the board of next month's Newcastle Writers Festival about the inclusion of Palestinian author Randa Abdel-Fattah, the ABC understands.
www.abc.net.au
February 5, 2026 at 7:41 AM
It is 2027, Australia no longer has any arts festivals