Anthony N Castle
@anthonyncastle.bsky.social
Writer/journalist; The Guardian, ABC, The Lifted Brow, Meanjin, Eureka Street, The Advertiser. Writes about climate, religious/queer communities, autism, serial killers.
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That tech oligarchs are noisy and incensed about the remote possibility of a wealth tax and utterly silent about the murder of a man who was only using the phone they invented to chronicle the thuggish government goon squads should tell you everything about these desiccated souls.
January 25, 2026 at 1:37 AM
That tech oligarchs are noisy and incensed about the remote possibility of a wealth tax and utterly silent about the murder of a man who was only using the phone they invented to chronicle the thuggish government goon squads should tell you everything about these desiccated souls.
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Meanjin has (had 😭) two - TWO - part time staff members.
I'd be willing to bet my dinner that the cost of supporting Meanjin is less than what a single top 15 executive at Uni Melb makes in a year
I'd be willing to bet my dinner that the cost of supporting Meanjin is less than what a single top 15 executive at Uni Melb makes in a year
September 4, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Meanjin has (had 😭) two - TWO - part time staff members.
I'd be willing to bet my dinner that the cost of supporting Meanjin is less than what a single top 15 executive at Uni Melb makes in a year
I'd be willing to bet my dinner that the cost of supporting Meanjin is less than what a single top 15 executive at Uni Melb makes in a year
It’s been a year since my father passed. Today I noticed an older man in a cafe that looked so much like him. I watched the man drink a coffee and eat something sweet.
He looked out over the ocean. I strained to see him as he left through the crowd. Unsure whether that felt like hello, or goodbye.
He looked out over the ocean. I strained to see him as he left through the crowd. Unsure whether that felt like hello, or goodbye.
August 17, 2025 at 8:22 AM
It’s been a year since my father passed. Today I noticed an older man in a cafe that looked so much like him. I watched the man drink a coffee and eat something sweet.
He looked out over the ocean. I strained to see him as he left through the crowd. Unsure whether that felt like hello, or goodbye.
He looked out over the ocean. I strained to see him as he left through the crowd. Unsure whether that felt like hello, or goodbye.
Really wonderful piece. It’s so important to share these stories, to have your experiences heard but also so people can begin to learn.
This is possibly the most important piece of journalism I’ll ever write. At the age of 50, I was diagnosed autistic. Please read my story and share it so others don’t have to wait so long to understand who they are ❤️
#autism #autistic #neurodivergent
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#autism #autistic #neurodivergent
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I thought it was being gay that made my life so difficult. Then, at 50, I got an eye-opening diagnosis …
I spent far too many years lonely and angry, thanks to schoolmates who called me ‘weird’ and bosses who dismissed me as ‘hysterical’. But was it my sexuality that put their backs up – or the autism I ...
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June 6, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Really wonderful piece. It’s so important to share these stories, to have your experiences heard but also so people can begin to learn.
I’m just a boy, standing in front of a streaming service, asking how they did that final shot of Working Girl.
May 24, 2025 at 12:36 PM
I’m just a boy, standing in front of a streaming service, asking how they did that final shot of Working Girl.
Thing about Dutton’s backflip on the sackings/WFH; Libs seem surprised these ideas had any impact, let alone a negative one. Similarly taken aback that the retreat would have weight.
At no point have they treated these ideas as real policies, and assumed voters might too.
This is an election.
At no point have they treated these ideas as real policies, and assumed voters might too.
This is an election.
April 7, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Thing about Dutton’s backflip on the sackings/WFH; Libs seem surprised these ideas had any impact, let alone a negative one. Similarly taken aback that the retreat would have weight.
At no point have they treated these ideas as real policies, and assumed voters might too.
This is an election.
At no point have they treated these ideas as real policies, and assumed voters might too.
This is an election.
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SCOOP: YouTube removes 'gender identity' from hate speech policy. "YouTube quietly removing ‘gender identity and expression’ from its list of protected groups is a major radical shift away from best practices in the field of trust and safety."
YouTube removes 'gender identity' from hate speech policy
TariffTokers, Gen Z’s ‘it couple’, Easter potatoes, anti-MAGA hats, Zuck's D.C. mansion, Amazon's TikTok bid, Silicon Valley's cupid, and the fastest growing political channels on YouTube
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April 3, 2025 at 4:23 PM
SCOOP: YouTube removes 'gender identity' from hate speech policy. "YouTube quietly removing ‘gender identity and expression’ from its list of protected groups is a major radical shift away from best practices in the field of trust and safety."
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I wrote about op shopping, loss, and finding new meaning in old things.
I used to love finding the weird and joyful in secondhand shops, but it’s time to let go | Anthony N Castle
I used to love finding the weird and joyful in secondhand shops, but it’s time to let go | Anthony N Castle
I bury some old things in a box: clothes that no longer fit, books I won’t finish. I can’t make my way forward while still holding on
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I found myself in an op shop most days when I was…
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March 3, 2025 at 9:04 AM
I wrote about op shopping, loss, and finding new meaning in old things.
Albo removes coat and tie.
Liberal Party:
Liberal Party:
March 30, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Albo removes coat and tie.
Liberal Party:
Liberal Party:
‘Get in loser, we’re failing publicly’
March 11, 2025 at 9:22 PM
‘Get in loser, we’re failing publicly’
I wrote about op shopping, loss, and finding new meaning in old things.
I used to love finding the weird and joyful in secondhand shops, but it’s time to let go | Anthony N Castle
I used to love finding the weird and joyful in secondhand shops, but it’s time to let go | Anthony N Castle
I bury some old things in a box: clothes that no longer fit, books I won’t finish. I can’t make my way forward while still holding on
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I found myself in an op shop most days when I was…
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March 3, 2025 at 9:04 AM
I wrote about op shopping, loss, and finding new meaning in old things.
Looks like the RBA koala didn’t see a shadow so we all get a rate cut and no one’s problems change!
February 18, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Looks like the RBA koala didn’t see a shadow so we all get a rate cut and no one’s problems change!
Was late to work this morning because I was sitting in my car sobbing about the angler fish seeing the sun before she died. It’s made me cry for a week.
This world is so beautiful and so precious and we’ve handed so much of its future over to billionaires who will never be rich enough
This world is so beautiful and so precious and we’ve handed so much of its future over to billionaires who will never be rich enough
February 17, 2025 at 12:58 AM
I can’t really be bothered explaining what I mean by this but the best comparison I have for watching the US government right now is Gremlins 2. It’s all Gremlins 2.
February 1, 2025 at 10:13 PM
I can’t really be bothered explaining what I mean by this but the best comparison I have for watching the US government right now is Gremlins 2. It’s all Gremlins 2.
I’ve been trying to put my finger on something similar, a feeling I’ve had for the last few years. This article speaks to it. It’s grief. I’ve found myself grieving for the possibilities that era seemed to offered creatives and writers, now gone, replaced with techno feudalism and AI garbage.
“The death of ‘websites’ and outlets that value true creativity and diversity in coverage — largely at the whims of ghoulish executives and private equity vulturism — has created in me a stinging grief that I cannot seem to shake.” lindseyadler.substack.com/p/ten-years-...
Ten Years In A Crumbling Industry
There’s a screenshot from TikTok that recently caused me and a group of my writer friends to lose our minds.
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January 24, 2025 at 12:09 PM
I’ve been trying to put my finger on something similar, a feeling I’ve had for the last few years. This article speaks to it. It’s grief. I’ve found myself grieving for the possibilities that era seemed to offered creatives and writers, now gone, replaced with techno feudalism and AI garbage.
The horse got back in the hospital. I repeat…
January 21, 2025 at 5:17 AM
The horse got back in the hospital. I repeat…
Lynch created new ways to see our world and made it all look effortless and cool. He was an incredible wordsmith, speaking in his own sardonic beat poetry. Even his statement about emphysema made the smoking that was killing him sound mythic. Don’t be like him. Do yourself with the same easy genius.
a man wearing sunglasses says that if you can believe it it 's a friday once again
ALT: a man wearing sunglasses says that if you can believe it it 's a friday once again
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January 16, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Lynch created new ways to see our world and made it all look effortless and cool. He was an incredible wordsmith, speaking in his own sardonic beat poetry. Even his statement about emphysema made the smoking that was killing him sound mythic. Don’t be like him. Do yourself with the same easy genius.
2024. Would not recommend.
January 1, 2025 at 3:37 AM
2024. Would not recommend.
After this year, it’s been the strangest Christmas I’ve had. Still wonderful. Merry Christmas.
December 25, 2024 at 10:40 PM
After this year, it’s been the strangest Christmas I’ve had. Still wonderful. Merry Christmas.
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No nation state is above criticism. You can criticise Israel's actions and policies without it being anti-semitic. It does not make Jewish people safer by conflating criticism of Israel with anti-semitism.
December 11, 2024 at 1:54 AM
No nation state is above criticism. You can criticise Israel's actions and policies without it being anti-semitic. It does not make Jewish people safer by conflating criticism of Israel with anti-semitism.
Been some back and forth on Simon Birmingham’s exit and the value of a moderate Liberal. In 2022 he made space to hear queer voices during the Religious Discrimination debate. He didn’t have to listen to LGBTQIA+ communities, but he did, and that mattered.
December 5, 2024 at 2:21 AM
Been some back and forth on Simon Birmingham’s exit and the value of a moderate Liberal. In 2022 he made space to hear queer voices during the Religious Discrimination debate. He didn’t have to listen to LGBTQIA+ communities, but he did, and that mattered.
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Used to be that his name was Ben Solo, but now you have to call him Kylo Ren. Because of Snoke
November 18, 2024 at 12:40 AM
Used to be that his name was Ben Solo, but now you have to call him Kylo Ren. Because of Snoke
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Why @guardianaustralia.bsky.social is no longer posting on X
Why the Guardian is no longer posting on X
We will stop posting from our official editorial accounts on the platform, but X users can still share our articles
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November 13, 2024 at 12:30 PM
Why @guardianaustralia.bsky.social is no longer posting on X
Hello, newer crew! I’m Anthony.
I’ve written for The Guardian, ABC, The Lifted Brow, Meanjin, Eureka Street, The Advertiser.
Have written about climate, inclusion, equality, autism, memory, grief, gender.
I’m a journalist for a non-profit and I also mentor autistic writers.
Goth-dad.
I’ve written for The Guardian, ABC, The Lifted Brow, Meanjin, Eureka Street, The Advertiser.
Have written about climate, inclusion, equality, autism, memory, grief, gender.
I’m a journalist for a non-profit and I also mentor autistic writers.
Goth-dad.
November 12, 2024 at 4:21 AM
Hello, newer crew! I’m Anthony.
I’ve written for The Guardian, ABC, The Lifted Brow, Meanjin, Eureka Street, The Advertiser.
Have written about climate, inclusion, equality, autism, memory, grief, gender.
I’m a journalist for a non-profit and I also mentor autistic writers.
Goth-dad.
I’ve written for The Guardian, ABC, The Lifted Brow, Meanjin, Eureka Street, The Advertiser.
Have written about climate, inclusion, equality, autism, memory, grief, gender.
I’m a journalist for a non-profit and I also mentor autistic writers.
Goth-dad.
I wrote about the difficulties of loss, of belief and doubt, parenting and neurodivergence. How do I talk about death to my children?
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How do I talk about death to my children? Christianity, doubt and neurodivergence - ABC Religion & Ethics
I am on the autism spectrum, and we are a neurodivergent family. After the death of my father, I want to share something about loss with my children that I know to be true.
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August 30, 2024 at 4:21 AM
I wrote about the difficulties of loss, of belief and doubt, parenting and neurodivergence. How do I talk about death to my children?
www.abc.net.au/religion/dou...
www.abc.net.au/religion/dou...