Willa McDonald
@wmcd.bsky.social
Academic - painter - mum. I research and write about narrative/literary journalism, especially its links to social justice
Ah, nothing like a Hallmark Christmas movie - and even better if it takes just 2 mins. www.instagram.com/reel/DDDV8iy...
December 6, 2024 at 1:33 AM
Ah, nothing like a Hallmark Christmas movie - and even better if it takes just 2 mins. www.instagram.com/reel/DDDV8iy...
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On how evil Brian Thompson was, how rapacious UnitedHealthCare is, and how extraordinary was the public response to his murder.
"This is the fate of the Mass Social Murderer — not assassination, necessarily, but the celebration of it."--@cormacmccafe.bsky.social
open.substack.com/pub/yeahnah/...
"This is the fate of the Mass Social Murderer — not assassination, necessarily, but the celebration of it."--@cormacmccafe.bsky.social
open.substack.com/pub/yeahnah/...
December 5, 2024 at 9:41 AM
On how evil Brian Thompson was, how rapacious UnitedHealthCare is, and how extraordinary was the public response to his murder.
"This is the fate of the Mass Social Murderer — not assassination, necessarily, but the celebration of it."--@cormacmccafe.bsky.social
open.substack.com/pub/yeahnah/...
"This is the fate of the Mass Social Murderer — not assassination, necessarily, but the celebration of it."--@cormacmccafe.bsky.social
open.substack.com/pub/yeahnah/...
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Over the past year, government-aligned industries (healthcare & social assistance, education and public admin & safety) account for more than 80% of jobs growth.
It highlights the growing divide between big spending government and a struggling private sector #ausbiz #auspol
It highlights the growing divide between big spending government and a struggling private sector #ausbiz #auspol
December 6, 2024 at 12:42 AM
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Playing with a few ideas of how to cover politics in Australia a bit differently. What would you like to see?
November 30, 2024 at 8:54 PM
Playing with a few ideas of how to cover politics in Australia a bit differently. What would you like to see?
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I have spent a lot of time reporting on, and writing about, fossil fuel sponsorship. It's very rare you get a working demonstration of why this matters. This double page spread in the Herald Sun was just sent to me with calls for more gas extraction -- sponsored by the gas industry.
December 2, 2024 at 1:17 AM
I have spent a lot of time reporting on, and writing about, fossil fuel sponsorship. It's very rare you get a working demonstration of why this matters. This double page spread in the Herald Sun was just sent to me with calls for more gas extraction -- sponsored by the gas industry.
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(I’d argue all investment in weapons manufacturers and fossil fuel companies by the sovereign Future Fund should be banned and guidelines for ethical investments put in place, but you get my point)
December 2, 2024 at 8:37 AM
(I’d argue all investment in weapons manufacturers and fossil fuel companies by the sovereign Future Fund should be banned and guidelines for ethical investments put in place, but you get my point)
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Music can change how you feel about the past
Music can change how you feel about the past
Neuroscientists found that music cannot only influence your emotions in the present − it can also alter how you remember your memories.
buff.ly
December 2, 2024 at 10:04 PM
Music can change how you feel about the past
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Oil giants blocked a treaty to curb plastic pollution, but countries will try again
Oil giants blocked a treaty to curb plastic pollution, but countries will try again
There’s still hope for a treaty after international negotiations stalled.
buff.ly
December 2, 2024 at 10:20 PM
Oil giants blocked a treaty to curb plastic pollution, but countries will try again
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This is Theo. He's always looking out for his older sister Mia. Sometimes that means simply making sure she gets enough pets at day care. 13/10 for both
December 2, 2024 at 8:12 PM
This is Theo. He's always looking out for his older sister Mia. Sometimes that means simply making sure she gets enough pets at day care. 13/10 for both
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I followed this from the start. MedSky Science
Fantastic news.
Australian of the Year Richard Scolyer still cancer-free after 18 months of experimental brain cancer treatment
Fantastic news.
Australian of the Year Richard Scolyer still cancer-free after 18 months of experimental brain cancer treatment
'Blown away I'm still here': Richard Scolyer still cancer-free 18 months into revolutionary treatment
After 18 months and 14 doses of revolutionary experimental treatment, Australian of the Year Richard Scolyer gives an update on his latest brain scan, cautioning that these results "could just be luck...
www.abc.net.au
November 21, 2024 at 2:35 AM
I followed this from the start. MedSky Science
Fantastic news.
Australian of the Year Richard Scolyer still cancer-free after 18 months of experimental brain cancer treatment
Fantastic news.
Australian of the Year Richard Scolyer still cancer-free after 18 months of experimental brain cancer treatment
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Beautiful poetic response from Neha Kale to Angelika Mesiti's The Rites of When at the Art Gallery of NSW: "There are worlds alongside this one, if you decide to pay attention." www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/culture/visu...
Angelica Mesiti’s The Rites of When at the Art Gallery of NSW
Angelica Mesiti’s installation at the Art Gallery of NSW’s Tank, The Rites of When, is a reminder for times of crisis that there are worlds beyond this one.
www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au
November 22, 2024 at 10:48 PM
Beautiful poetic response from Neha Kale to Angelika Mesiti's The Rites of When at the Art Gallery of NSW: "There are worlds alongside this one, if you decide to pay attention." www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/culture/visu...
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Bluesky now has over 20M people!! 🎉
We've been adding over a million users per day for the last few days. To celebrate, here are 20 fun facts about Bluesky:
We've been adding over a million users per day for the last few days. To celebrate, here are 20 fun facts about Bluesky:
November 19, 2024 at 6:51 PM
Bluesky now has over 20M people!! 🎉
We've been adding over a million users per day for the last few days. To celebrate, here are 20 fun facts about Bluesky:
We've been adding over a million users per day for the last few days. To celebrate, here are 20 fun facts about Bluesky:
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Back in 2012, a bunch of us decided we'd had enough of the way Alan Jones talked about women. We decided to #destroythejoint. Much love to all those women and men who helped. www.smh.com.au/national/i-t...
I took on Alan Jones. I survived, but the backlash terrified me
Everyone knew that Alan Jones was the most powerful man in media. But how he wielded that power created fear - real fear.
www.smh.com.au
November 19, 2024 at 6:00 AM
Back in 2012, a bunch of us decided we'd had enough of the way Alan Jones talked about women. We decided to #destroythejoint. Much love to all those women and men who helped. www.smh.com.au/national/i-t...
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Indeed. When they rounded up the Japanese Americans, myself and my family included, for internment during WWII out of fear over Japanese spies and saboteurs, two thirds of us were U.S. citizens.
Don’t think it won’t happen again when they come for the “undocumented.”
Don’t think it won’t happen again when they come for the “undocumented.”
November 17, 2024 at 9:23 AM
Indeed. When they rounded up the Japanese Americans, myself and my family included, for internment during WWII out of fear over Japanese spies and saboteurs, two thirds of us were U.S. citizens.
Don’t think it won’t happen again when they come for the “undocumented.”
Don’t think it won’t happen again when they come for the “undocumented.”
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No matter what you feel about Alan Jones BE REALLY REALLY CAREFUL ABOUT POSTING ANYTHING THAT MIGHT HURT THE CASE - ie pretty much anything at all
November 17, 2024 at 11:07 PM
No matter what you feel about Alan Jones BE REALLY REALLY CAREFUL ABOUT POSTING ANYTHING THAT MIGHT HURT THE CASE - ie pretty much anything at all
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Goodreads is owned by Jeff Bezos. A better alternative is StoryGraph, a Black woman-owned platform. And before y’all start, you can transfer all your Goodreads data to Storygraph so you literally have no excuse.
November 16, 2024 at 11:38 PM
Goodreads is owned by Jeff Bezos. A better alternative is StoryGraph, a Black woman-owned platform. And before y’all start, you can transfer all your Goodreads data to Storygraph so you literally have no excuse.
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It was never about “free speech” over in the bad place.
November 17, 2024 at 7:03 PM
It was never about “free speech” over in the bad place.
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Wow another million in a day! 👀
Thank you everyone — we’re going to do our best to make this place great for you.
Thank you everyone — we’re going to do our best to make this place great for you.
November 18, 2024 at 2:32 AM
Wow another million in a day! 👀
Thank you everyone — we’re going to do our best to make this place great for you.
Thank you everyone — we’re going to do our best to make this place great for you.
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NEW: The great Trump-Musk crackdown is coming. And it will hit hard & fast. Journalists will be first. But everyone else is next.
I urge you to read my 20 lessons in How to Survive the Broligarchy, inspired by & featuring the great @timothysnyder.bsky.social
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www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
I urge you to read my 20 lessons in How to Survive the Broligarchy, inspired by & featuring the great @timothysnyder.bsky.social
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www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
How to survive the broligarchy: 20 lessons for the post-truth world | Carole Cadwalladr
In the wake of Trump’s unnerving appointees, the investigative journalist and veteran of the libel court offers pointers on coping in an age of surveillance
www.theguardian.com
November 17, 2024 at 8:39 PM
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Goodreads is owned by Jeff Bezos. A better alternative is StoryGraph, a Black woman-owned platform. And before y’all start, you can transfer all your Goodreads data to Storygraph so you literally have no excuse.
November 13, 2024 at 9:38 PM
Goodreads is owned by Jeff Bezos. A better alternative is StoryGraph, a Black woman-owned platform. And before y’all start, you can transfer all your Goodreads data to Storygraph so you literally have no excuse.
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"Eaten by the whale" is so good. The whole country!
This YouTube comment is the single most insightful thing I've read about Musk and Twitter
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LvGktIVwlnI&lc=Ugz0cj_O-a2I5AhK93N4AaABAg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LvGktIVwlnI&lc=Ugz0cj_O-a2I5AhK93N4AaABAg
November 15, 2024 at 1:21 AM
"Eaten by the whale" is so good. The whole country!
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This new social media thing is extra painful for freelance journalists who don’t have a built-in promo team. Here’s a starter pack of freelance environmental reporters. Follow us — then hire us? (And lmk who I’m missing!)
go.bsky.app/LEwiBCr
go.bsky.app/LEwiBCr
Freelance Environmental Journalists
Join the conversation
go.bsky.app
November 13, 2024 at 1:37 PM
This new social media thing is extra painful for freelance journalists who don’t have a built-in promo team. Here’s a starter pack of freelance environmental reporters. Follow us — then hire us? (And lmk who I’m missing!)
go.bsky.app/LEwiBCr
go.bsky.app/LEwiBCr
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Australians arriving at BlueSky
November 13, 2024 at 3:45 AM
Australians arriving at BlueSky