Anthony Morris
@morrbeat.bsky.social
Writer of various things (film and TV reviews, occasional op-eds, co-wrote two novels). Intellectual lightweight. Once wrote a short story about the future of road resurfacing that was on a "years best" list
The only reason "AI will replace journalism" is a thing is because we're at the end of a 30 year project to turn journalism from a job where you physically had to go places, see things, talk to people, and build up knowledge of your beat, to reprinting press releases and deliberately idiotic op eds
February 15, 2026 at 4:27 AM
The only reason "AI will replace journalism" is a thing is because we're at the end of a 30 year project to turn journalism from a job where you physically had to go places, see things, talk to people, and build up knowledge of your beat, to reprinting press releases and deliberately idiotic op eds
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*Everybody since the 1960s has always recited the "cure cancer" and "go to the moon" thing
*Absolutely standard "American Technological Sublime," it's a cultural shibboleth, has next-to-nothing to do with what happens
*Absolutely standard "American Technological Sublime," it's a cultural shibboleth, has next-to-nothing to do with what happens
February 13, 2026 at 7:11 AM
*Everybody since the 1960s has always recited the "cure cancer" and "go to the moon" thing
*Absolutely standard "American Technological Sublime," it's a cultural shibboleth, has next-to-nothing to do with what happens
*Absolutely standard "American Technological Sublime," it's a cultural shibboleth, has next-to-nothing to do with what happens
Reading "AI could compress a century of medical research into a decade. Cancer, Alzheimer's, infectious disease, aging itself... these researchers genuinely believe these are solvable within our lifetimes" on the day the US gov / FDA kneecapped basic vaccine development suggests maybe not
*Well, something like 60 million people (so far) have read this guy's focussed, extensive screech of alarm about AI reassembling the entire world top-top-bottom
*I hope that was gratifying; I don't think he was kidding, even if he's visibly guzzling his own bathwater
shumer.dev/something-bi...
*I hope that was gratifying; I don't think he was kidding, even if he's visibly guzzling his own bathwater
shumer.dev/something-bi...
February 13, 2026 at 7:01 AM
Reading "AI could compress a century of medical research into a decade. Cancer, Alzheimer's, infectious disease, aging itself... these researchers genuinely believe these are solvable within our lifetimes" on the day the US gov / FDA kneecapped basic vaccine development suggests maybe not
That "who is the most famous person from your school" question is wank - all the answers are either "this mid-list muso" or "uh well me actually", when in reality the correct answer is "some boring dipshit who went on to be VP at some massive firm where half a million people see their name daily"
February 12, 2026 at 11:29 AM
That "who is the most famous person from your school" question is wank - all the answers are either "this mid-list muso" or "uh well me actually", when in reality the correct answer is "some boring dipshit who went on to be VP at some massive firm where half a million people see their name daily"
There's a big difference between a film that's legitimately weird and excessive and one that just repeatedly tells you "hey, aren't I totally weird and excessive!", and if you're unsure of which is which then there's a new version of Wuthering Heights out this week that should clear things up
February 10, 2026 at 2:56 AM
There's a big difference between a film that's legitimately weird and excessive and one that just repeatedly tells you "hey, aren't I totally weird and excessive!", and if you're unsure of which is which then there's a new version of Wuthering Heights out this week that should clear things up
Things I may have said out loud in an otherwise empty house: “Comics - they’re the best!”
February 8, 2026 at 4:53 AM
Things I may have said out loud in an otherwise empty house: “Comics - they’re the best!”
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Every single media outlet on earth reviewing the Trump concubine movie, and paying to do so, to further enrich the cunts, in order to tell everyone what we already knew, which is that it’s utter trash, while they invariably ignore numerous worthwhile works of art every fucking day. Nice system.
February 3, 2026 at 3:54 AM
Every single media outlet on earth reviewing the Trump concubine movie, and paying to do so, to further enrich the cunts, in order to tell everyone what we already knew, which is that it’s utter trash, while they invariably ignore numerous worthwhile works of art every fucking day. Nice system.
Threads is good for nothing but the most insane writing “advice” and literary gossip you will ever read - it’s a demented circle jerk where AI slop peddlers tell each other publishing 40K-60K words a month they haven’t actually read makes them the real authors and everyone else is just jealous
fell victim to one of the classic blunders (opening threads) and was immediately subjected to whatever the fuck this is
February 5, 2026 at 10:32 AM
Threads is good for nothing but the most insane writing “advice” and literary gossip you will ever read - it’s a demented circle jerk where AI slop peddlers tell each other publishing 40K-60K words a month they haven’t actually read makes them the real authors and everyone else is just jealous
The Herald Sun are running a lot of “we’re for Victoria” ads on commercial television at the moment - they must be getting ready for a big push telling Victorians they need to vote for a red-haired Queenslander who just put out a movie insulting the entire state
February 5, 2026 at 10:16 AM
The Herald Sun are running a lot of “we’re for Victoria” ads on commercial television at the moment - they must be getting ready for a big push telling Victorians they need to vote for a red-haired Queenslander who just put out a movie insulting the entire state
My question is: will Neil Gaiman publish something new under his real name before Warren Ellis does?
February 3, 2026 at 10:58 AM
My question is: will Neil Gaiman publish something new under his real name before Warren Ellis does?
The most unbelievable thing in Neil Gaiman's latest bullshit outburst is that he's "close" to finishing a new novel
February 3, 2026 at 1:50 AM
The most unbelievable thing in Neil Gaiman's latest bullshit outburst is that he's "close" to finishing a new novel
I've got three novels (and a play) stashed around here - the first novel was a parody of a (terrible) illness memoir that even I felt was too mean-spirited, then a formalist office drama that was basically one long subtweet, then a crime novel that became a little *too* topical so I had to drop it
Hey authors -- I'm curious. For various reasons, we usually only see the highlight reals on social media, but how many novels have you trunked over your career? Especially post first published book?
February 2, 2026 at 3:12 AM
I've got three novels (and a play) stashed around here - the first novel was a parody of a (terrible) illness memoir that even I felt was too mean-spirited, then a formalist office drama that was basically one long subtweet, then a crime novel that became a little *too* topical so I had to drop it
Future of public healthcare is at 18 you get given a Predator medkit and anything you can’t fix by pouring some glowing goo on it you have to pay for
January 31, 2026 at 11:19 AM
Future of public healthcare is at 18 you get given a Predator medkit and anything you can’t fix by pouring some glowing goo on it you have to pay for
The best part of the news that my favourite stupid thriller of the last 7 years - that'd be THE CHAIN - is being made into a streaming series is that "Lindelof is said to be expanding the mythology of McKinty’s thriller", which is code for "new ending"
www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/h...
www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/h...
HBO Orders Damon Lindelof Series ‘The Chain,’ a Thriller Described as “‘Jaws for Parents”
The 'Lost' and 'Leftovers' showrunner returns to HBO with a twisty new project based on Adrian McKinty's novel.
www.hollywoodreporter.com
January 30, 2026 at 6:12 AM
The best part of the news that my favourite stupid thriller of the last 7 years - that'd be THE CHAIN - is being made into a streaming series is that "Lindelof is said to be expanding the mythology of McKinty’s thriller", which is code for "new ending"
www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/h...
www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/h...
I've read two separate people arguing that AI is bad because it's inert data incapable of innovation or creativity and that we should embrace death as the price we pay for creative thought, and whatever the merits of that argument I'm pretty sure "death is good, actually" isn't a great sales pitch
January 29, 2026 at 1:31 PM
I've read two separate people arguing that AI is bad because it's inert data incapable of innovation or creativity and that we should embrace death as the price we pay for creative thought, and whatever the merits of that argument I'm pretty sure "death is good, actually" isn't a great sales pitch
It’s going to be crazy here when people realise that Annabel Crabb’s Kitchen Cabinet is returning in 2026
This pretty much signals the end of the ABC
Speers and propaganda
No doubt a hidden sponsor too
Speers and propaganda
No doubt a hidden sponsor too
January 28, 2026 at 10:59 AM
It’s going to be crazy here when people realise that Annabel Crabb’s Kitchen Cabinet is returning in 2026
Based on every single (film) critic I've ever met, this would instantly turn into a circular firing squad only everyone would be going after everyone else with flamethrowers
January 28, 2026 at 5:45 AM
Based on every single (film) critic I've ever met, this would instantly turn into a circular firing squad only everyone would be going after everyone else with flamethrowers
Just told my partner about some minor plumbing repairs I completed and then got a MyGov notification that my text had been rated "R" by the Australian Classification Board for excess use of the words "pipe" "hole" and "root"
January 23, 2026 at 7:24 AM
Just told my partner about some minor plumbing repairs I completed and then got a MyGov notification that my text had been rated "R" by the Australian Classification Board for excess use of the words "pipe" "hole" and "root"
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Tomorrow's session will look at current levels of wheel use, with an eye to stricter regulation.
January 22, 2026 at 11:43 AM
Tomorrow's session will look at current levels of wheel use, with an eye to stricter regulation.
Civilisation was fun while it lasted
January 22, 2026 at 11:40 AM
Civilisation was fun while it lasted
This is subtweeting someone who isn't even on Bluesky, but: the reason the government doesn't pour millions into "actual development programs for screen content" is because they'd have nothing to show for it - nobody running a network / streamer is out there demanding even more Australian content
January 22, 2026 at 2:46 AM
This is subtweeting someone who isn't even on Bluesky, but: the reason the government doesn't pour millions into "actual development programs for screen content" is because they'd have nothing to show for it - nobody running a network / streamer is out there demanding even more Australian content
I hear rich people can get away with murder these days
January 21, 2026 at 2:40 PM
I hear rich people can get away with murder these days
I was going to name each Australian crime series guilty of the cliches in this feature I wrote for @screenhub.bsky.social, but it really did turn out to be pretty much all of them: www.screenhub.com.au/news/feature...
How to make an Australian crime series | ScreenHub: Film, TV, Streaming and Games
Crime series are a mainstay of Australian television but these days, getting a new series off the ground means following some very strict rules.
www.screenhub.com.au
January 20, 2026 at 3:32 AM
I was going to name each Australian crime series guilty of the cliches in this feature I wrote for @screenhub.bsky.social, but it really did turn out to be pretty much all of them: www.screenhub.com.au/news/feature...
Oh it's the "the rest of the world can never truly understand the United States" discourse again, where citizens of a nation that rules the planet and firehoses their media into every corner of the globe complain that everybody else - who they barely think of as real, let alone human - has opinions
January 20, 2026 at 2:35 AM
Oh it's the "the rest of the world can never truly understand the United States" discourse again, where citizens of a nation that rules the planet and firehoses their media into every corner of the globe complain that everybody else - who they barely think of as real, let alone human - has opinions
The trouble with having Gaiman leap to your defense for not completing a novel or three is that even at the time it was obvious Gaiman enjoyed swanning around performing "being a writer" more than he did writing, and he felt that once you hit a certain level of fame work became an optional extra
I've been spending some time recently pondering the Song of Ice and Fire / George R.R. Martin (hereafter GRRM) situation.
There was a famous column many years ago by scumbucket Neil Gaiman, with the pithy line 'George RR Martin is not your b*tch'.
There was a famous column many years ago by scumbucket Neil Gaiman, with the pithy line 'George RR Martin is not your b*tch'.
January 18, 2026 at 12:17 PM
The trouble with having Gaiman leap to your defense for not completing a novel or three is that even at the time it was obvious Gaiman enjoyed swanning around performing "being a writer" more than he did writing, and he felt that once you hit a certain level of fame work became an optional extra