Cassie Lewis
@cassielewis.bsky.social
Australian and American poet.
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Australia had the ‘gold standard’ on gun control. The Bondi beach terror attack will force it to confront its surging number of weapons
Australia had the ‘gold standard’ on gun control. The Bondi beach terror attack will force it to confront its surging number of weapons
There are now more guns in the community per capita than in the aftermath of the Port Arthur massacre, with at least 2,000 new firearms lawfully entering the community every week
For almost three decades, Australia’s gun laws have been recognised as among the most stringent – and effective – in the world.
After the horror of the 1996 Port Arthur massacre that killed 35 people in Tasmania, Australia’s then conservative government stared down the gun lobby to introduce restrictions that led to a dramatic decrease in the number of guns. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
December 14, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Australia had the ‘gold standard’ on gun control. The Bondi beach terror attack will force it to confront its surging number of weapons
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#Victorians! Our State Library is being trashed by a series of executives with no experience or understanding of public collections. Many hired as 'temps' without full process, who then caused scandals & exodus of specialist & librarian staff: a full wreck looms. www.theage.com.au/national/vic...
State Library proposes major cuts to staff and services
The library plans halve the number of reference librarians it employs and reduce the number of computers available for public use in a move that has outraged staff.
www.theage.com.au
November 22, 2025 at 12:05 AM
#Victorians! Our State Library is being trashed by a series of executives with no experience or understanding of public collections. Many hired as 'temps' without full process, who then caused scandals & exodus of specialist & librarian staff: a full wreck looms. www.theage.com.au/national/vic...
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An annual report from the Gates Foundation found deaths in children under 5 could rise by more than 200,000 from last year.
Bill Gates Blasts Trump—Says AID Cuts Increased Child Deaths
An annual report from the Gates Foundation found deaths in children under 5 could rise by more than 200,000 from last year.
www.forbes.com
December 4, 2025 at 5:15 PM
An annual report from the Gates Foundation found deaths in children under 5 could rise by more than 200,000 from last year.
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President Trump has now pardoned 12 members of Congress convicted of crimes varying from tax evasion, campaign corruption, lying to the FBI, bribery, insider trading, obstruction, etc.
If Jeff Epstein were alive today, he’d be a free man in Trump’s America.
If Jeff Epstein were alive today, he’d be a free man in Trump’s America.
December 4, 2025 at 2:03 PM
President Trump has now pardoned 12 members of Congress convicted of crimes varying from tax evasion, campaign corruption, lying to the FBI, bribery, insider trading, obstruction, etc.
If Jeff Epstein were alive today, he’d be a free man in Trump’s America.
If Jeff Epstein were alive today, he’d be a free man in Trump’s America.
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‘tis the season to ramp up environmental destruction
A cartoon by P. C. Vey. #NewYorkerCartoons
See more from this week’s issue: newyorkermag.visitlink.me/k2IV-5...
See more from this week’s issue: newyorkermag.visitlink.me/k2IV-5...
December 5, 2025 at 12:26 PM
‘tis the season to ramp up environmental destruction
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BREAKING: Federal grand jury REFUSES TO INDICT New York Attorney General Letitia James again
December 4, 2025 at 10:41 PM
BREAKING: Federal grand jury REFUSES TO INDICT New York Attorney General Letitia James again
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Breaking News: The EU fined X $140 million for violating rules governing the transparency of online platforms.
EU Hits Elon Musk’s X With $140 Million Fine
The case over online transparency has become a flashpoint between the European Union and the Trump administration.
nyti.ms
December 5, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Breaking News: The EU fined X $140 million for violating rules governing the transparency of online platforms.
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NEW: DHS used to only have information on immigrants who’d had contact with the agency.
Under a new data-sharing agreement, the system added information — including full Social Security numbers — on millions of Americans not in DHS databases.
Under a new data-sharing agreement, the system added information — including full Social Security numbers — on millions of Americans not in DHS databases.
DHS Agreement Reveals Risks of Using Social Security Data for Voter Citizenship Checks
A recently released agreement gives the Department of Homeland Security access to hundreds of millions of Americans’ Social Security data. It contains alarmingly few provisions to ensure accuracy and privacy, experts say.
www.propublica.org
October 30, 2025 at 1:00 PM
NEW: DHS used to only have information on immigrants who’d had contact with the agency.
Under a new data-sharing agreement, the system added information — including full Social Security numbers — on millions of Americans not in DHS databases.
Under a new data-sharing agreement, the system added information — including full Social Security numbers — on millions of Americans not in DHS databases.
This is a really important and tough read. Things don’t seem to make sense because they don’t, in fact, make sense.
Disappearing people, disappearing morals – how two years has changed Gaza and Israel | Orly Noy
Disappearing people, disappearing morals – how two years has changed Gaza and Israel | Orly Noy
There can be no healing until the world stares into and acknowledges the void torn open by this conflict, says Israeli journalist Orly Noy
www.theguardian.com
October 7, 2025 at 8:42 AM
This is a really important and tough read. Things don’t seem to make sense because they don’t, in fact, make sense.
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While there is no prohibition on Chinese ownership in U.S. military contractors like Elon Musk's SpaceX, such investment is heavily regulated and the issue is treated by the U.S. government as a significant national security concern.
By @justinelliott.bsky.social & @josh-kaplan.bsky.social
By @justinelliott.bsky.social & @josh-kaplan.bsky.social
Elon Musk’s SpaceX Took Money Directly From Chinese Investors, Company Insider Testifies
The newly unsealed testimony marks the first time direct Chinese investment in the company has been disclosed, raising new questions about foreign ownership interests in one of America’s most importan...
www.propublica.org
October 5, 2025 at 11:00 PM
While there is no prohibition on Chinese ownership in U.S. military contractors like Elon Musk's SpaceX, such investment is heavily regulated and the issue is treated by the U.S. government as a significant national security concern.
By @justinelliott.bsky.social & @josh-kaplan.bsky.social
By @justinelliott.bsky.social & @josh-kaplan.bsky.social
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The naturalist Jane Goodall died today at 91. Hope, she argued, is not merely “passive wishful thinking” but a “crucial survival trait.” Revisit a conversation with Goodall, from 2021: nyer.cm/F55JtsS
October 1, 2025 at 10:05 PM
The naturalist Jane Goodall died today at 91. Hope, she argued, is not merely “passive wishful thinking” but a “crucial survival trait.” Revisit a conversation with Goodall, from 2021: nyer.cm/F55JtsS
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Very glad to be able to speak to ABC RN's Arts in 30 about the closure of Meanjin.
Thanks, @skykirkham.bsky.social
Discussion starts at 20mins:
Thanks, @skykirkham.bsky.social
Discussion starts at 20mins:
Arts In 30 - ABC listen
Your weekly dose of news and interviews from ABC Radio National’s arts and culture team.
www.abc.net.au
September 24, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Very glad to be able to speak to ABC RN's Arts in 30 about the closure of Meanjin.
Thanks, @skykirkham.bsky.social
Discussion starts at 20mins:
Thanks, @skykirkham.bsky.social
Discussion starts at 20mins:
Another meaningful action we can each take. Don’t forget your local MP who has a vote riding on your approval.
Save Meanjin - write to your local member of parliament, your senators, and the arts representatives of the major parties to bring pressure to bear on MUP.
Labor: Tony Burke - www.tonyburke.com.au/contact
Coalition: Julian Leeser - julian.leeser.mp@aph.gov.au
Labor: Tony Burke - www.tonyburke.com.au/contact
Coalition: Julian Leeser - julian.leeser.mp@aph.gov.au
September 11, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Another meaningful action we can each take. Don’t forget your local MP who has a vote riding on your approval.
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Gareth Evans scolds ‘bone-headed’ Meanjin publisher as imminent closure sparks protest
Gareth Evans scolds ‘bone-headed’ Meanjin publisher as imminent closure sparks protest
Exclusive: Critics want Melbourne University Publishing to transfer ownership of Meanjin rather than dissolve it. But CEO says ‘the journal is not for sale’
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The former Labor attorney general and foreign affairs minister, Gareth Evans, has sent a scathing email to the chief executive of Melbourne University Publishing, lambasting its decision to scrap the literary journal Meanjin as “bone-headed”.
Several hundred protesters gathered outside MUP’s Swanston Street headquarters in Melbourne on Thursday protesting against the imminent closure of one of the cornerstones of Australian literary culture for 85 years. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
September 11, 2025 at 7:01 AM
Gareth Evans scolds ‘bone-headed’ Meanjin publisher as imminent closure sparks protest
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Melbourne poet Pi-O performs a poem at the Save Meanjin rally this morning
September 11, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Melbourne poet Pi-O performs a poem at the Save Meanjin rally this morning
Please keep the pressure on Melbourne University. Meanjin magazine was never theirs to buy or sell, it belongs to the Arts community.
September 9, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Please keep the pressure on Melbourne University. Meanjin magazine was never theirs to buy or sell, it belongs to the Arts community.
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The ASA is dismayed by the news that literary journal Meanjin will cease publishing this year, with the final issue due to be released in December.
Read more: www.asauthors.org.au/news/asa-dismayed-over-meanjin-closure/
Read more: www.asauthors.org.au/news/asa-dismayed-over-meanjin-closure/
ASA dismayed over Meanjin closure - Australian Society of Authors
The ASA is dismayed by the news that Australia's second-oldest literary journal Meanjin will cease publishing in December 2025.
www.asauthors.org.au
September 5, 2025 at 5:16 AM
The ASA is dismayed by the news that literary journal Meanjin will cease publishing this year, with the final issue due to be released in December.
Read more: www.asauthors.org.au/news/asa-dismayed-over-meanjin-closure/
Read more: www.asauthors.org.au/news/asa-dismayed-over-meanjin-closure/
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If Melbourne University Publishing doesn’t want to keep publishing Meanjin, they should hand over the journal to someone worthy of the responsibility. Me in The Conversation theconversation.com/the-decision...
The decision to close Meanjin misunderstands its wider importance. Australian culture deserves better
The decision to close Meanjin is the latest in a string of recent decisions that suggest universities are not safe harbours for priceless cultural institutions.
theconversation.com
September 8, 2025 at 7:46 AM
If Melbourne University Publishing doesn’t want to keep publishing Meanjin, they should hand over the journal to someone worthy of the responsibility. Me in The Conversation theconversation.com/the-decision...
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I was surprised by how much this one moved me. Roy Fisher
September 4, 2025 at 9:47 PM
I was surprised by how much this one moved me. Roy Fisher
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An Open Letter to the Vice Chancellor of The University of Melbourne on the Closure of Meanjin
openletter.earth
September 7, 2025 at 2:18 PM
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