Cameron Colwell
@cecolwell.bsky.social
Writer of both fiction and non-fiction. Bylines include Cordite, Kill Your Darlings, and Overland Journal. He/Him pronouns :) ccolwellauthor@gmail.com
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Emmett Stinson: “Like, if the University of Melbourne does not see value in the second-oldest running literary journal in Australia, then who (i.e. among potential funding institutions) is going to see the value in them. They are--to be clear--enormously valuable culturally and socially” #Meanjin
September 4, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Emmett Stinson: “Like, if the University of Melbourne does not see value in the second-oldest running literary journal in Australia, then who (i.e. among potential funding institutions) is going to see the value in them. They are--to be clear--enormously valuable culturally and socially” #Meanjin
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obsessively thinking of this DFW paragraph lately
August 5, 2025 at 11:17 AM
obsessively thinking of this DFW paragraph lately
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“In chasing distraction, media and the public risk losing their grip on truth, justice and democracy," writes Santilla Chingaipe. http://satpa.pe/pbcl5Yg
The end of seriousness
satpa.pe
July 26, 2025 at 10:11 AM
“In chasing distraction, media and the public risk losing their grip on truth, justice and democracy," writes Santilla Chingaipe. http://satpa.pe/pbcl5Yg
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My sister in law runs a cafe in Toowoomba to employ & help at risk-youth and they’ve very sadly had one of the beautiful kids involved die. If you have any spare dollars to help her family pay for her funeral it would be extremely appreciated
July 14, 2025 at 7:01 AM
My sister in law runs a cafe in Toowoomba to employ & help at risk-youth and they’ve very sadly had one of the beautiful kids involved die. If you have any spare dollars to help her family pay for her funeral it would be extremely appreciated
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NADOC started as a day of Aboriginal protest 50 years ago. NAIDOC is now a week for Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islanders to celebrate Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander excellence, survival & joy. But there's still room for protest & resistance - which honours those who marched on first NADOC day
July 10, 2025 at 3:24 AM
NADOC started as a day of Aboriginal protest 50 years ago. NAIDOC is now a week for Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islanders to celebrate Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander excellence, survival & joy. But there's still room for protest & resistance - which honours those who marched on first NADOC day
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bro are you okay you seem like you’ve been containing multitudes recently
June 29, 2025 at 6:59 AM
bro are you okay you seem like you’ve been containing multitudes recently
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"The danger is not that AI will fail us, but that people will accept the mediocrity of its outputs as the norm."
theconversation.com/is-ai-sparki...
theconversation.com/is-ai-sparki...
Is AI sparking a cognitive revolution that will lead to mediocrity and conformity?
During the Industrial Revolution, craftsmanship retreated to the margins. As AI becomes widely adopted, will the same happen to original thinking?
theconversation.com
June 3, 2025 at 12:33 AM
"The danger is not that AI will fail us, but that people will accept the mediocrity of its outputs as the norm."
theconversation.com/is-ai-sparki...
theconversation.com/is-ai-sparki...
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Making up guys to be mildly bewildered by. Guy sitting on his city stoop, drinking beers, with a huge boombox blasting the original Broadway cast recording of Cats
June 2, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Making up guys to be mildly bewildered by. Guy sitting on his city stoop, drinking beers, with a huge boombox blasting the original Broadway cast recording of Cats
I've had an emotional journey reading all this ngl
May 7, 2025 at 10:33 AM
I've had an emotional journey reading all this ngl
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constantly thinking about this ominous sticky note drawing i saw in a boba shop
March 28, 2025 at 5:26 AM
constantly thinking about this ominous sticky note drawing i saw in a boba shop
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Tolkien once argued that the most beautiful words in the English language could be ‘cellar door’. This is thought to be because he died before anyone uttered the words ‘zinger banh mi’
February 25, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Tolkien once argued that the most beautiful words in the English language could be ‘cellar door’. This is thought to be because he died before anyone uttered the words ‘zinger banh mi’
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I would like things to be less evil. Why is this too much to ask
February 12, 2025 at 9:27 AM
I would like things to be less evil. Why is this too much to ask
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🚨🚨 LAUNCHING TODAY 🚨🚨
Really thrilled to be publishing the findings of the National LGBTIQA+ Sexual Violence Survey today - the largest sexual violence survey of sexual minority and gender diverse people undertaken to date theconversation.com/breaking-the...
Really thrilled to be publishing the findings of the National LGBTIQA+ Sexual Violence Survey today - the largest sexual violence survey of sexual minority and gender diverse people undertaken to date theconversation.com/breaking-the...
Breaking the silence: new research highlights the impact of sexual violence on queer and gender-diverse Australians
A new study finds many LGBTIQA+SB Australians have experienced sexual violence, and we need a more targeted and informed approach to dealing with it.
theconversation.com
February 9, 2025 at 9:21 PM
🚨🚨 LAUNCHING TODAY 🚨🚨
Really thrilled to be publishing the findings of the National LGBTIQA+ Sexual Violence Survey today - the largest sexual violence survey of sexual minority and gender diverse people undertaken to date theconversation.com/breaking-the...
Really thrilled to be publishing the findings of the National LGBTIQA+ Sexual Violence Survey today - the largest sexual violence survey of sexual minority and gender diverse people undertaken to date theconversation.com/breaking-the...
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One of the words on this list is “historically”.
🚨BREAKING. From a program officer at the National Science Foundation, a list of keywords that can cause a grant to be pulled. I will be sharing screenshots of these keywords along with a decision tree. Please share widely. This is a crisis for academic freedom & science.
February 4, 2025 at 7:42 AM
One of the words on this list is “historically”.
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Well the award for most cowardly, boot-lickingest academic society has squarely gone to the American Society of Microbiology, who has taken down features of various non-white scientists. Absolutely pathetic behavior. Those articles are now coming up as “under review”. Truly sickening cowardice here.
February 3, 2025 at 4:39 AM
Well the award for most cowardly, boot-lickingest academic society has squarely gone to the American Society of Microbiology, who has taken down features of various non-white scientists. Absolutely pathetic behavior. Those articles are now coming up as “under review”. Truly sickening cowardice here.
I miss when you could just post lyrics onto social media and it was a legible genre of post...It seemed corny in retrospect but I feel like it offered the world something we have now lost.
January 31, 2025 at 11:36 AM
I miss when you could just post lyrics onto social media and it was a legible genre of post...It seemed corny in retrospect but I feel like it offered the world something we have now lost.
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No pride in genocide. Always Was, Always Will Be, Aboriginal Land. #invasionday
January 25, 2025 at 10:25 PM
No pride in genocide. Always Was, Always Will Be, Aboriginal Land. #invasionday
It's always nice to think that we always have Lana Del Rey, at least. Things are bleak, but I guess we have Lana.
January 25, 2025 at 1:09 PM
It's always nice to think that we always have Lana Del Rey, at least. Things are bleak, but I guess we have Lana.
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I’ve got a piece up at Crikey today on the NDIS. There’s been a concerted campaign to attack the NDIS in recent months, and it’s been massively dishonest www.crikey.com.au/2025/01/24/b...
No, the NDIS is not ‘strangling’ the economy
Accusations against the NDIS are fuelled by a worldview that sees supporting the most vulnerable in our community as an unaffordable cost, while tactically ignoring the benefits.
www.crikey.com.au
January 24, 2025 at 1:55 AM
I’ve got a piece up at Crikey today on the NDIS. There’s been a concerted campaign to attack the NDIS in recent months, and it’s been massively dishonest www.crikey.com.au/2025/01/24/b...
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which marginalised people, stonewall?
which vulnerable group do you mean, buddy?
which vulnerable group do you mean, buddy?
Stonewall responds to new US Government's announcements on LGBTQ+ rights.
January 22, 2025 at 9:21 PM
which marginalised people, stonewall?
which vulnerable group do you mean, buddy?
which vulnerable group do you mean, buddy?
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this is catastrophic
Crazy that the NSW government can fuck up this badly in the delivery of a critical public health service and the response is... nothing?
Is the Commonwealth going to do anything, like threaten to halt the $34 million a month it pays NSW for admitted mental health services in public hospitals?
Is the Commonwealth going to do anything, like threaten to halt the $34 million a month it pays NSW for admitted mental health services in public hospitals?
January 21, 2025 at 10:37 PM
this is catastrophic