Tom Plevey
@parkerfiftyone.bsky.social
Writer, photographer, freelance journo. Bylines have appeared in Guardian Australia and New England Times. Cat butler to Jazz. Horses have tried to kill me on numerous non-consecutive occasions.
@greatdismal.bsky.social smells like long-chain monomers.
November 22, 2025 at 10:01 AM
@greatdismal.bsky.social smells like long-chain monomers.
Fucking good.
Today the NSW government launched a nation-leading literature strategy which puts authors at the heart of investment. The Stories Matter strategy is the state's first writing and literature strategy, and promises a $3.2m commitment to the sector.
‘We want our stories to be told’: NSW Labor pledges $3.2m to support writing and literature amid AI onslaught
Stories Matter strategy responds to urgent pressures such as declining reading rates and growing impact of digital media on publishing, minister says
www.theguardian.com
October 17, 2025 at 6:20 AM
Fucking good.
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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...
Do you want a second Sepoy Rebellion?!
"I am immune to propaganda" MFs eagerly agreeing to call lard "beef tallow" is pretty funny
September 6, 2025 at 4:14 AM
Do you want a second Sepoy Rebellion?!
You think this is bad, pity the poor National Guard bastard who has to be Trump's official toilet-seat warmer.
National Guard is now tasked with picking up garbage in DC
August 27, 2025 at 6:24 AM
You think this is bad, pity the poor National Guard bastard who has to be Trump's official toilet-seat warmer.
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The reason Silicon Valley is now offering monarchy money for AI experts who are in the reasoning area is exactly because of things like the recent suicide guidance. They’ve created a complex parrot that has no ability to know what it’s saying. Its goal is to fulfil a user request. It’s not thinking.
August 27, 2025 at 5:00 AM
The reason Silicon Valley is now offering monarchy money for AI experts who are in the reasoning area is exactly because of things like the recent suicide guidance. They’ve created a complex parrot that has no ability to know what it’s saying. Its goal is to fulfil a user request. It’s not thinking.
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This is the best product listing copy I’ve ever read
August 20, 2025 at 5:56 PM
This is the best product listing copy I’ve ever read
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The Men Who Killed the News, a book about the disturbing power of media moguls by Crikey publisher Eric Beecher, has been longlisted for the Australian Political Book of the Year. Read this exclusive extract.
My flirtation with Murdoch only lasted two years before my moral compass became too dysfunctional
www.crikey.com.au
August 21, 2025 at 12:47 AM
The Men Who Killed the News, a book about the disturbing power of media moguls by Crikey publisher Eric Beecher, has been longlisted for the Australian Political Book of the Year. Read this exclusive extract.
RIP David Stratton. Half of the biggest voice in Aussie film criticism.
August 14, 2025 at 5:27 AM
RIP David Stratton. Half of the biggest voice in Aussie film criticism.
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This clip is from 'Stone Cold Justice,' John Lyons reporting for Four Corners, which aired in Feb 2014 on @abcnews but is no longer available on the ABC's website.
Still happening. What are you doing to stop this hostage taking, @senatorwong.bsky.social @albomp.bsky.social. Please advise. #auspol
Still happening. What are you doing to stop this hostage taking, @senatorwong.bsky.social @albomp.bsky.social. Please advise. #auspol
August 13, 2025 at 11:35 PM
This clip is from 'Stone Cold Justice,' John Lyons reporting for Four Corners, which aired in Feb 2014 on @abcnews but is no longer available on the ABC's website.
Still happening. What are you doing to stop this hostage taking, @senatorwong.bsky.social @albomp.bsky.social. Please advise. #auspol
Still happening. What are you doing to stop this hostage taking, @senatorwong.bsky.social @albomp.bsky.social. Please advise. #auspol
I see no problem.
The Biblical Case For Supporting Israel
During a speech in South Carolina, US Senator Lindsey Graham warned that God will “pull the plug” on Americans if they stop supporting Israel.
www.caitlinjohnst.one/p/the-biblic...
During a speech in South Carolina, US Senator Lindsey Graham warned that God will “pull the plug” on Americans if they stop supporting Israel.
www.caitlinjohnst.one/p/the-biblic...
The Biblical Case For Supporting Israel
Listen to a reading of this article (reading by Tim Foley):
www.caitlinjohnst.one
August 14, 2025 at 3:32 AM
I see no problem.
I take the piss out of him a bit, but he's right.
Tim Winton among 100 high-profile Australians calling for university fees that don’t ‘punish’ arts students
Tim Winton among 100 high-profile Australians calling for university fees that don’t ‘punish’ arts students
Open letter urges Labor to reverse JRG scheme, introduced by Coalition in 2021, as cost of humanities degrees reaches more than $50,000
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Tim Winton knows what it’s like to be the first in a family to go to university – “what a breakthrough that is, the kind of opportunities it provides”.
It was at the Western Australian Institute of Technology, studying arts, that he wrote his first novel, An Open Swimmer, launching a four-decade writing career. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
July 27, 2025 at 3:41 PM
I take the piss out of him a bit, but he's right.
July 23, 2025 at 9:31 AM
What the actual- who knew that one of my favourite childhood books led down the path of degeneracy I enjoy today?
ICYMI: The mind-boggling list of hundreds of #bannedbooks in Tennessee now includes Calvin and Hobbes by cartoonist Bill Watterson, They Called Us Enemy by @georgetakei.bsky.social, and The Complete Book of Cats by Rosie Pilbeam. More at: pen.org/magic-tree-h... #Caturday #Censorship
July 13, 2025 at 5:38 AM
What the actual- who knew that one of my favourite childhood books led down the path of degeneracy I enjoy today?
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It's not quite tank man but it's not quite not
July 12, 2025 at 6:04 PM
It's not quite tank man but it's not quite not
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I will never understand why it’s Germans specifically who always get lost in the middle of nowhere Australia.
Lost German backpacker Carolina Wilga was found alive but "ravaged by mosquitoes" on Friday, 12 days after going missing in remote bushland in Western Australia.
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July 11, 2025 at 1:54 PM
I will never understand why it’s Germans specifically who always get lost in the middle of nowhere Australia.
@davemilbo.bsky.social Hey, Milbo, can I trouble you for some knowledge of the suburbs of Melbourne? Need it for a piece I'm writing.
July 11, 2025 at 6:30 AM
@davemilbo.bsky.social Hey, Milbo, can I trouble you for some knowledge of the suburbs of Melbourne? Need it for a piece I'm writing.
See, thing is, middle-Australia, middle-class suburbanites don't find institutionalised racism as salacious as a the mushroom trial. THINK OF THE TRUE CRIME PODCASTERS, PEOPLE.
July 10, 2025 at 8:27 AM
See, thing is, middle-Australia, middle-class suburbanites don't find institutionalised racism as salacious as a the mushroom trial. THINK OF THE TRUE CRIME PODCASTERS, PEOPLE.
White South African to lecture Australia on racism.
July 10, 2025 at 2:44 AM
White South African to lecture Australia on racism.
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