Nathan Wind
@nwind.bsky.social
I’m gonna set it straight this Watergate.. ranting about politics and the state of things.. China watching.
Jesus if Denton is out.. wow..
Denton, Garner, FitzSimons, Dalton, de Krester, Hammer, Lette, Zadie Smith...
It is very much at the point where the lower risk is actually to drop out. That is the mainstream position.
The Festival board (and those who support them) are the extremists.
It is very much at the point where the lower risk is actually to drop out. That is the mainstream position.
The Festival board (and those who support them) are the extremists.
Final update tonight. Andrew Denton is also out. Have also crossed out Michael Veitch & Tracey Lee Holmes as they were part of Better Off Said, which is out.
Remember the list is a not final. Don't assume those not crossed out are going
Others to be found here www.artshub.com.au/news/news/ad...
Remember the list is a not final. Don't assume those not crossed out are going
Others to be found here www.artshub.com.au/news/news/ad...
January 10, 2026 at 10:08 AM
Jesus if Denton is out.. wow..
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Noting contested facts re his non-participation, for comparison (if any) Friedman’s key bit is below. He somewhat (tepidly, IMHO) acknowledged the offence he caused in a later NYT post.
I still do not know what “comparable” risk Randa or her writing posed to warrant repudiation by the AF Board…
I still do not know what “comparable” risk Randa or her writing posed to warrant repudiation by the AF Board…
January 10, 2026 at 8:43 AM
Noting contested facts re his non-participation, for comparison (if any) Friedman’s key bit is below. He somewhat (tepidly, IMHO) acknowledged the offence he caused in a later NYT post.
I still do not know what “comparable” risk Randa or her writing posed to warrant repudiation by the AF Board…
I still do not know what “comparable” risk Randa or her writing posed to warrant repudiation by the AF Board…
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Hard to believe that a former SDA official would do something like this eh.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
SA premier denies pressuring Adelaide festival to drop Randa Abdel-Fattah
Letter from 11 South Australian cultural leaders labels cancellation of Palestinian-Australian’s participation a ‘grave mistake’ which brought festival into disrepute
www.theguardian.com
January 10, 2026 at 6:58 AM
Hard to believe that a former SDA official would do something like this eh.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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ADDRESS OF POPE LEO XIV TO MEMBERS OF DIPLOMATIC CORPS ACCREDITED TO HOLY SEE
'War is back in vogue & zeal for war is spreading. The principle est after WWII, which prohibited nations from using force to violate the borders of others, has been completely undermined.'
www.vatican.va/content/leo-...
'War is back in vogue & zeal for war is spreading. The principle est after WWII, which prohibited nations from using force to violate the borders of others, has been completely undermined.'
www.vatican.va/content/leo-...
To members of the Diplomatic Corps accredited to the Holy See (9 January 2026)
ADDRESS OF POPE LEO XIV TO MEMBERS OF THE DIPLOMATIC CORPS ACCREDITED TO THE HOLY SEE Hall of Benediction Friday, 9 January 2026 [ Multimedia ] _________________________________
www.vatican.va
January 10, 2026 at 9:24 AM
ADDRESS OF POPE LEO XIV TO MEMBERS OF DIPLOMATIC CORPS ACCREDITED TO HOLY SEE
'War is back in vogue & zeal for war is spreading. The principle est after WWII, which prohibited nations from using force to violate the borders of others, has been completely undermined.'
www.vatican.va/content/leo-...
'War is back in vogue & zeal for war is spreading. The principle est after WWII, which prohibited nations from using force to violate the borders of others, has been completely undermined.'
www.vatican.va/content/leo-...
The collapse of the US is in the mail.
We are witnessing a collective descent into the mass psychosis of the American Right.
Millions performing a scripted delusion, pretending to see an "assault" on an ICE agent by a car moving at a 1 mph. Frothing at the mouth, spitting with curated rage, all to defend a reality that does not exist 🧵
Millions performing a scripted delusion, pretending to see an "assault" on an ICE agent by a car moving at a 1 mph. Frothing at the mouth, spitting with curated rage, all to defend a reality that does not exist 🧵
January 10, 2026 at 7:58 AM
The collapse of the US is in the mail.
America will break up. Inevitable.
Instead of trying to cool things down, Double Down Donnie is escalating, targeting children in his lust for revenge
Trump Administration Freezes Food Stamps in Minnesota
www.nytimes.com
January 10, 2026 at 7:51 AM
America will break up. Inevitable.
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ICYMI — One of Trump’s untrained racist ICE goons slips and falls on the ice and his gun goes off in a residential Minneapolis neighborhood
January 10, 2026 at 4:47 AM
ICYMI — One of Trump’s untrained racist ICE goons slips and falls on the ice and his gun goes off in a residential Minneapolis neighborhood
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“What Hastie is doing might guarantee our survival as a political force on the right, but it doesn’t guarantee us becoming an election-winning force,” a Liberal MP tells The Saturday Paper. “And that’s why I tend to think it’s a bit self-indulgent and narcissistic of Hastie..."
‘Self-indulgent and narcissistic’: Inside Hastie’s Liberal Party www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/politic... via @thesaturdaypaper.com.au
That Hastie thinks people who have late-term abortions are doing it to get paid parental leave has permanently damaged his leadership prospects...really?
That Hastie thinks people who have late-term abortions are doing it to get paid parental leave has permanently damaged his leadership prospects...really?
‘Self-indulgent and narcissistic’: Inside Hastie’s Liberal Party
As Andrew Hastie continues to freelance on immigration policy, Liberal MPs from various factions say he is only hurting his leadership aspirations.
www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au
January 10, 2026 at 7:11 AM
“What Hastie is doing might guarantee our survival as a political force on the right, but it doesn’t guarantee us becoming an election-winning force,” a Liberal MP tells The Saturday Paper. “And that’s why I tend to think it’s a bit self-indulgent and narcissistic of Hastie..."
Where are the good guys with guns?
January 10, 2026 at 7:08 AM
Where are the good guys with guns?
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Some incredible acrobatics here from the SA premier: 'We had to destroy the village in order to save it' areas.
“I think the board has made the right judgment to seek to preserve the contest of ideas as distinct from silencing people by denying them cultural safety.”
“I think the board has made the right judgment to seek to preserve the contest of ideas as distinct from silencing people by denying them cultural safety.”
Writers' Week under threat of collapse as list of writers leaving nears 100 - News | InDaily, Inside South Australia
A multitude of high-profile authors has joined the flood of names demolishing the Writers' Week lineup.
www.indailysa.com.au
January 10, 2026 at 4:16 AM
Some incredible acrobatics here from the SA premier: 'We had to destroy the village in order to save it' areas.
“I think the board has made the right judgment to seek to preserve the contest of ideas as distinct from silencing people by denying them cultural safety.”
“I think the board has made the right judgment to seek to preserve the contest of ideas as distinct from silencing people by denying them cultural safety.”
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Please don’t tell me that a single letter was behind the Adelaide Festival board’s decision
January 9, 2026 at 10:41 AM
Please don’t tell me that a single letter was behind the Adelaide Festival board’s decision
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Odd to keep describing this as "a firebombing" when the story itself makes clear that it's a mad bloke setting fire, untargetedly, to a bunch of stuff www.theage.com.au/national/vic...
Man charged over firebombing rabbi’s car was allegedly on crime spree
John Argento is accused of setting fire to several other vehicles and stealing from stores over a more than month-long crime spree.
www.theage.com.au
January 10, 2026 at 3:47 AM
Odd to keep describing this as "a firebombing" when the story itself makes clear that it's a mad bloke setting fire, untargetedly, to a bunch of stuff www.theage.com.au/national/vic...
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Not an exaggeration at all to say that the feeling in Minneapolis is that the entire metro area is being treated as occupied territory by federal agents. Impossible to overstate how overwhelmingly people here do not like it. This does not feel sustainable.
January 10, 2026 at 1:02 AM
Not an exaggeration at all to say that the feeling in Minneapolis is that the entire metro area is being treated as occupied territory by federal agents. Impossible to overstate how overwhelmingly people here do not like it. This does not feel sustainable.
Whole lot of AM’s there
Former leaders of the Adelaide Festival have written to the board. They call it a grave mistake which brings the Festival and Writers Week into disrepute and which may have far-reaching consequences for
both the Festival and Writers Week well into the future."
both the Festival and Writers Week well into the future."
January 10, 2026 at 2:23 AM
Whole lot of AM’s there
A ‘board’ of non arts people just destroyed a writers fest and they will suffer zero consequences.
Where’s Tony Burke?
It’s times like these you realise that arts ministers have no interest in defending the arts, and that govts are willing to burn millions of $ for political reasons.
Adelaide’s board has just squandered millions of $ and months of work and countless opportunities for writers…
It’s times like these you realise that arts ministers have no interest in defending the arts, and that govts are willing to burn millions of $ for political reasons.
Adelaide’s board has just squandered millions of $ and months of work and countless opportunities for writers…
January 10, 2026 at 1:52 AM
A ‘board’ of non arts people just destroyed a writers fest and they will suffer zero consequences.
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Imagine killing your own writers festival rather than admitting you were wrong and reinstating the author you saw fit to remove from your lineup for the soul reason of her nationality
January 9, 2026 at 10:02 AM
Imagine killing your own writers festival rather than admitting you were wrong and reinstating the author you saw fit to remove from your lineup for the soul reason of her nationality
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Social Cohesion - Labor style
Malinauskas: “I do not support the inclusion of those who actively undermine the cultural safety of others, who celebrate the death of innocent civilians, or those who doxx other artists simply because of their faith or cultural background.” www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/south-a...
www.adelaidenow.com.au
January 9, 2026 at 9:20 PM
Social Cohesion - Labor style
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Adelaide Festival board member Tony Berg AM is of course a governor of the Australia-Israel Chamber of Commerce.
In case you were wondering. #auspol
aiccwa.org.au/leadership/
In case you were wondering. #auspol
aiccwa.org.au/leadership/
LEADERSHIP - AICCWA
Leadership AICC(WA) Board Members AICC(WA) PRESIDENT Mr Graham Laitt Managing Director, Milne AgriGroup; A Governor, Australia-Israel Chamber of Commerce AICC(WA) Vice-PRESIDENT Mr Larry Lopez Partner...
aiccwa.org.au
January 10, 2026 at 1:44 AM
Adelaide Festival board member Tony Berg AM is of course a governor of the Australia-Israel Chamber of Commerce.
In case you were wondering. #auspol
aiccwa.org.au/leadership/
In case you were wondering. #auspol
aiccwa.org.au/leadership/
Audience engagement?!
January 10, 2026 at 12:21 AM
Audience engagement?!
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The Adelaide Writers Festival now wrecked by the Adelaide Festival Board, half of which was appointed late last year: a marketing executive; a former politician; a local councillor/real estate agent; an airport manager; a lawyer; a media consultant; and a banker. Another public arts takeover fiasco.
January 10, 2026 at 12:11 AM
The Adelaide Writers Festival now wrecked by the Adelaide Festival Board, half of which was appointed late last year: a marketing executive; a former politician; a local councillor/real estate agent; an airport manager; a lawyer; a media consultant; and a banker. Another public arts takeover fiasco.
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Bendigo Writers Festival, Meanjin, now Adelaide Writers … powerful vested interests would rather destroy the cultural institutions they are supposedly responsible for than allow certain voices to be heard
Adelaide Festival board facing a stark choice: Are they willing to sacrifice the entire festival to prevent a single Palestinian-Australian author from speaking?
January 9, 2026 at 1:41 AM
Bendigo Writers Festival, Meanjin, now Adelaide Writers … powerful vested interests would rather destroy the cultural institutions they are supposedly responsible for than allow certain voices to be heard
Someone send this to Tony Tardio
"The phenomenon of "induced demand" doesn't just apply to new highway lanes, a new study confirms & if cities can pair great multimodal infrastructure with actions that support people using it, it can be powerful force to decarbonize the transportation sector."
usa.streetsblog.org/2026/01/09/c...
usa.streetsblog.org/2026/01/09/c...
Confirmed: Non-Driving Infrastructure Creates 'Induced Demand,' Too — Streetsblog USA
Widening a highway to cure congestion is like losing weight by buying bigger pants — but thanks to the same principle of "induced demand," adding bike paths and train lines to cure climate actually wo...
usa.streetsblog.org
January 9, 2026 at 11:53 PM
Someone send this to Tony Tardio
Annabelle Crabb still appearing at the writers fest for her ‘cooking with Netanyahu’ special
January 9, 2026 at 11:42 PM
Annabelle Crabb still appearing at the writers fest for her ‘cooking with Netanyahu’ special
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AOC: “I understand that VP Vance believes shooting a young mother of three in the face three times is an acceptable America that he wants to live in, & I do not — That is a fundamental difference between VP Vance & I — I do not believe the American people should be assassinated in the street”
January 9, 2026 at 6:30 PM
AOC: “I understand that VP Vance believes shooting a young mother of three in the face three times is an acceptable America that he wants to live in, & I do not — That is a fundamental difference between VP Vance & I — I do not believe the American people should be assassinated in the street”
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Not apocalyptic looking at all
January 9, 2026 at 9:59 AM
Not apocalyptic looking at all