Michael Winkler
@micwink.bsky.social
Writer, reader, swimwear model. Last book Grimmish. Next book Griefdogg.
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Now the FAIR and GOBLINHOOD tours are over, I wanted to share this essay I wrote for @thelondonmagazine.bsky.social about writing both books. thelondonmagazine.org/article/essa...
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Essay | Evading Capture: On Writing Two Experimental Memoirs by Jen Calleja - The London Magazine
From our December / January 2025 issue, Jen Calleja on writing experimental memoir and the freedom of experimental forms.
thelondonmagazine.org
November 11, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Now the FAIR and GOBLINHOOD tours are over, I wanted to share this essay I wrote for @thelondonmagazine.bsky.social about writing both books. thelondonmagazine.org/article/essa...
@prototypepubs.bsky.social @roughtradebooks.bsky.social
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“Labor sources have told ABC Investigations the prime minister's office has been putting pressure on advocates for gambling reform within the parliamentary Labor party to prevent them from speaking up.”
So pathetic. Backbenchers scared of taking a moral position, Albanese scared of any reform.
So pathetic. Backbenchers scared of taking a moral position, Albanese scared of any reform.
'Broad, unspoken consensus': silent Labor MPs want action on gambling
Andrew Wilkie has asked the PM to allow a free vote on banning gambling advertising and it appears many Labor MPs would support it.
www.abc.net.au
November 7, 2025 at 11:04 PM
“Labor sources have told ABC Investigations the prime minister's office has been putting pressure on advocates for gambling reform within the parliamentary Labor party to prevent them from speaking up.”
So pathetic. Backbenchers scared of taking a moral position, Albanese scared of any reform.
So pathetic. Backbenchers scared of taking a moral position, Albanese scared of any reform.
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hey Bluesky whatever you’re doing to pick the thumbnails for videos……. Keep doing that Shit
November 7, 2025 at 10:56 AM
hey Bluesky whatever you’re doing to pick the thumbnails for videos……. Keep doing that Shit
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I've had rather a lot of people recommending AI to me lately, so I've drawn Shakespeare stabbing a robot in the eye with a quill.
#art #ink #scribbleau #verymuchnotAI
#art #ink #scribbleau #verymuchnotAI
November 6, 2025 at 8:31 AM
I've had rather a lot of people recommending AI to me lately, so I've drawn Shakespeare stabbing a robot in the eye with a quill.
#art #ink #scribbleau #verymuchnotAI
#art #ink #scribbleau #verymuchnotAI
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Little known fact about Jesus: he was also very close to the gambling lobby, and fought hard to shut down freedom of information requests
At the Christian prayer breakfast this week, Attorney-General Michelle Rowland said that the “principles and values that Jesus lived by underpin the role of Australia’s first law officer” and claimed that “our values and faith” guide lawmakers. Read more: rationalist.com.au/australias-a...
#auspol
#auspol
November 6, 2025 at 5:49 AM
Little known fact about Jesus: he was also very close to the gambling lobby, and fought hard to shut down freedom of information requests
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Just how I always pictured it
November 6, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Just how I always pictured it
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Can’t wait for the next election so we can vote out the Morrison government
#Auspol
#Auspol
At the Christian prayer breakfast this week, Attorney-General Michelle Rowland said that the “principles and values that Jesus lived by underpin the role of Australia’s first law officer” and claimed that “our values and faith” guide lawmakers. Read more: rationalist.com.au/australias-a...
#auspol
#auspol
November 5, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Can’t wait for the next election so we can vote out the Morrison government
#Auspol
#Auspol
Most daring novel I've read in months. Published 1969.
November 5, 2025 at 3:36 AM
Most daring novel I've read in months. Published 1969.
Thank you, forced-on-us google AI overview.
140145kmh is very fast indeed.
140145kmh is very fast indeed.
November 5, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Thank you, forced-on-us google AI overview.
140145kmh is very fast indeed.
140145kmh is very fast indeed.
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No memento mori more effective than needing to scroll ever longer to select your birth year.
November 2, 2025 at 6:43 PM
No memento mori more effective than needing to scroll ever longer to select your birth year.
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I somehow missed the alert when this went up yesterday but I’m very proud of this review, of a moving and extremely strange new book by Carol Tyler.
Turning Grief Into Art With Unusual Wit
www.nytimes.com
November 3, 2025 at 1:45 AM
I somehow missed the alert when this went up yesterday but I’m very proud of this review, of a moving and extremely strange new book by Carol Tyler.
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Another historic achievement in transparency by the Albanese govt: cratering the FOI system.
thepoint.com.au/off-the-char...
thepoint.com.au/off-the-char...
November 2, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Another historic achievement in transparency by the Albanese govt: cratering the FOI system.
thepoint.com.au/off-the-char...
thepoint.com.au/off-the-char...
There's scum, there's sludge, and then somewhere way down below that there's these rotten bastards.
October 31, 2025 at 11:57 PM
There's scum, there's sludge, and then somewhere way down below that there's these rotten bastards.
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A portion of every dollar spent on Harry Potter merchandise goes to anti-transgender campaigns.
October 25, 2025 at 5:54 PM
A portion of every dollar spent on Harry Potter merchandise goes to anti-transgender campaigns.
Great moments in courtroom art
October 31, 2025 at 5:09 AM
Great moments in courtroom art
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Not now, widening gyre
August 1, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Not now, widening gyre
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Happy anniversary to those who celebrate 🥳
October 29, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Happy anniversary to those who celebrate 🥳
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Someone needs to take this guy down a peg
October 30, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Someone needs to take this guy down a peg
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Got into the one bit of the faux outrage over Albanese’s Joy Division shirt that I do find interesting -- the ideas behind early Punk's flirtation with the symbols of extreme right politics, and the battles over racism in rock at the time:
www.crikey.com.au/2025/10/29/a...
www.crikey.com.au/2025/10/29/a...
This Fascist Groove Thing: Sussan Ley, Albo's Joy Division T-shirt and the politics of punk
The faux outrage over Albanese's band shirt calls to mind the early battles for the soul (and politics) of punk music.
www.crikey.com.au
October 29, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Got into the one bit of the faux outrage over Albanese’s Joy Division shirt that I do find interesting -- the ideas behind early Punk's flirtation with the symbols of extreme right politics, and the battles over racism in rock at the time:
www.crikey.com.au/2025/10/29/a...
www.crikey.com.au/2025/10/29/a...
What's the best thing to do when you're still whirring from Jen Calleja's book on translation? Reread this mighty collection from poet-translator Chris Andrews. It deserves all the awards.
October 28, 2025 at 10:08 PM
What's the best thing to do when you're still whirring from Jen Calleja's book on translation? Reread this mighty collection from poet-translator Chris Andrews. It deserves all the awards.
The inventive, antic, justice-fighting spirit of Jen Calleja is something to behold, bent here to an exploration of translation and the role of the literary translator. A ripper.
October 28, 2025 at 11:42 AM
The inventive, antic, justice-fighting spirit of Jen Calleja is something to behold, bent here to an exploration of translation and the role of the literary translator. A ripper.
October 27, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Save the date - 6th December - if you can get to Coburg RSL, a riotous evening dedicated to restoring the razzle dazzle to the great Robert Skinner. It's going to be fab, just like him. Will post booking link etc once available.
October 25, 2025 at 5:27 AM
Save the date - 6th December - if you can get to Coburg RSL, a riotous evening dedicated to restoring the razzle dazzle to the great Robert Skinner. It's going to be fab, just like him. Will post booking link etc once available.