Steph
@stepwest.bsky.social
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Steph
@stepwest.bsky.social
· Apr 7
in honour of the federal budget and the comedy fest starting with an AI critic, perfect timing for my latest fiction piece THE LAST PHYSICAL ARTS FESTIVAL.
Launched today in Suburban Review #37 'Bottom'.
Launched today in Suburban Review #37 'Bottom'.
The Last Physical Arts Festival • Stephanie Westwood • The Suburban Review
Her new ID card and lanyard. Her new business card—just one, to display on her desk. The rest were digital blocks loaded in her new smart watch, waiting to be doled out at networking events. There was...
thesuburbanreview.com
the paywall on this has been lifted so you can now read it for free. if you love writing acquittal reports on how your art has saved the economy, this one is for you ❤️
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Opinion | Melbourne University Press says it shut down Meanjin for "purely financial reasons". Perhaps the university could have used some of its $273 million surplus to safeguard the seminal journal, @catrionamp.bsky.social writes.
Meanjin's 'financial' shutdown doesn't add up
www.crikey.com.au
September 8, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Opinion | Melbourne University Press says it shut down Meanjin for "purely financial reasons". Perhaps the university could have used some of its $273 million surplus to safeguard the seminal journal, @catrionamp.bsky.social writes.
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RALLY TO SAVE MEANJIN
Thursday 11 Sep 9am
Outside the Melbourne University Publishing office, 715 Swanston St, Carlton.
A number of Australian writers and editors will speak in support of this vital cultural institution
Thursday 11 Sep 9am
Outside the Melbourne University Publishing office, 715 Swanston St, Carlton.
A number of Australian writers and editors will speak in support of this vital cultural institution
September 8, 2025 at 8:53 AM
RALLY TO SAVE MEANJIN
Thursday 11 Sep 9am
Outside the Melbourne University Publishing office, 715 Swanston St, Carlton.
A number of Australian writers and editors will speak in support of this vital cultural institution
Thursday 11 Sep 9am
Outside the Melbourne University Publishing office, 715 Swanston St, Carlton.
A number of Australian writers and editors will speak in support of this vital cultural institution
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August 14, 2025 at 12:02 AM
confession: i am a dupe. my parents could NOT afford the real thing. but tbh in online pics you can hardly tell the difference!!!
August 14, 2025 at 12:50 AM
confession: i am a dupe. my parents could NOT afford the real thing. but tbh in online pics you can hardly tell the difference!!!
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What a fantastic piece of storytelling
Holy fuck.
Tumblr pointed me to this Murderbot fic.
It's about multiple SecUnits trying to keep their humans safe.
YOU READ IT BY PLAYING MINESWEEPER.
IT'S A GAME OF MINESWEEPER THAT'S A MURDERBOT FIC.
archiveofourown.org/works/66992527
Tumblr pointed me to this Murderbot fic.
It's about multiple SecUnits trying to keep their humans safe.
YOU READ IT BY PLAYING MINESWEEPER.
IT'S A GAME OF MINESWEEPER THAT'S A MURDERBOT FIC.
archiveofourown.org/works/66992527
Closed Loop System - One_of_Them (greenbean_paste) - The Murderbot Diaries - Martha Wells [Archive of Our Own]
An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works
archiveofourown.org
July 31, 2025 at 11:11 PM
What a fantastic piece of storytelling
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July 28, 2025 at 5:04 AM
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The ABC spent millions defending this Lattouf case. The Creative Australia chair resigned. The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra had its worst financial result in a long time. The SLV and SLQ are still dealing with the fallout from their cowardice.
It doesn't pay to betray your own principles and values.
It doesn't pay to betray your own principles and values.
June 25, 2025 at 1:15 AM
The ABC spent millions defending this Lattouf case. The Creative Australia chair resigned. The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra had its worst financial result in a long time. The SLV and SLQ are still dealing with the fallout from their cowardice.
It doesn't pay to betray your own principles and values.
It doesn't pay to betray your own principles and values.
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Should we take care of each other?
To me, this is the central question underpinning pretty much every current major sociopolitical issue.
To me, this is the central question underpinning pretty much every current major sociopolitical issue.
June 16, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Should we take care of each other?
To me, this is the central question underpinning pretty much every current major sociopolitical issue.
To me, this is the central question underpinning pretty much every current major sociopolitical issue.
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Hi everyone
I was denied entry, detained, and deported from the USA over the last 48 hours because of my reporting on the Columbia student protests
I arrived back in Melbourne hours ago and had my phone handed back to me upon landing
I was denied entry, detained, and deported from the USA over the last 48 hours because of my reporting on the Columbia student protests
I arrived back in Melbourne hours ago and had my phone handed back to me upon landing
June 14, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Hi everyone
I was denied entry, detained, and deported from the USA over the last 48 hours because of my reporting on the Columbia student protests
I arrived back in Melbourne hours ago and had my phone handed back to me upon landing
I was denied entry, detained, and deported from the USA over the last 48 hours because of my reporting on the Columbia student protests
I arrived back in Melbourne hours ago and had my phone handed back to me upon landing
About 12 years ago I loaned Geoffrey Rush some change to use a payphone in Carlton one night, think his wife had kicked him out. Also while working at Boost Juice I sold Lady Gaga a smoothie. She was visiting a radio station nearby to promote Just Dance.
Right folks. Feeling rather down at the moment so bringing back an oldie
Please Quote this with your most minor celebrity interaction
Please Quote this with your most minor celebrity interaction
June 16, 2025 at 1:43 AM
About 12 years ago I loaned Geoffrey Rush some change to use a payphone in Carlton one night, think his wife had kicked him out. Also while working at Boost Juice I sold Lady Gaga a smoothie. She was visiting a radio station nearby to promote Just Dance.
one of my best friends over drinks the other night spent an hour telling me the detailed plot of 2 (fanfic) episodes of Supernatural she is writing. I do not know anything about this show but she cared about it so much that I didn't wanna stop listening. that's love baby
May 31, 2025 at 11:08 PM
one of my best friends over drinks the other night spent an hour telling me the detailed plot of 2 (fanfic) episodes of Supernatural she is writing. I do not know anything about this show but she cared about it so much that I didn't wanna stop listening. that's love baby
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Main character energy is OUT, this summer we’re bringing NPC energy. We’re posted up at the bar dropping lore and suggesting side quests. We’re leaning casually near a locked door and saying “I don’t think you have the key for that” when someone tries the handle. We’re staring at a tree.
May 29, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Main character energy is OUT, this summer we’re bringing NPC energy. We’re posted up at the bar dropping lore and suggesting side quests. We’re leaning casually near a locked door and saying “I don’t think you have the key for that” when someone tries the handle. We’re staring at a tree.
"it's not that deep" oh my friend yes it is. it's mariana trench deep. it's warm bed on a winter's morning deep. it's lounge room couch high at kick-ons deep. it's two am dj set dance floor deep. it's lovers eyes deep. dive in!!
May 26, 2025 at 1:05 AM
"it's not that deep" oh my friend yes it is. it's mariana trench deep. it's warm bed on a winter's morning deep. it's lounge room couch high at kick-ons deep. it's two am dj set dance floor deep. it's lovers eyes deep. dive in!!
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If Shakespeare were writing for games today he would have been laid off six months ago
Every generation does this. "If Beethoven were alive today, he'd be totally into heavy metal," or hip-hop, or whatever. It's weirdly narcissistic.
May 25, 2025 at 12:43 PM
If Shakespeare were writing for games today he would have been laid off six months ago
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![Glass cliff
Workplace phenomenon affecting women in leadership roles
This article is about workplace discrimination. For the similarly named developmental psychology experiment, see Visual cliff.
The glass cliff is a hypothesized phenomenon in which women are more likely to break the "glass ceiling" (i.e. achieve leadership roles in business and government) during periods of crisis or downturn when the risk of failure is highest.[1][2] Other research has expanded the definition of the glass cliff phenomenon to include racial and ethnic minority groups.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:o52oolbdkac57wxfweyi6pn4/bafkreid5ev5n6xtzsubnnxdkzq7gynvwtj3xsxvbw5fhg3fopho6rwowme@jpeg)
May 13, 2025 at 2:17 AM
babes dont threaten me with a good time!
May 3, 2025 at 8:45 AM
babes dont threaten me with a good time!
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video games make eleventy billion dollars a year but we can only have one website about them, and it’s owned by The Bastard Group
May 1, 2025 at 6:02 PM
video games make eleventy billion dollars a year but we can only have one website about them, and it’s owned by The Bastard Group
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< portrait on imagined horizon >
a mysterious interactive story, made for DOMINO CLUB's 9th jam: DECLASSIFIED.
📑 ~15-20 min, runs on desktop AND mobile
📁 dominoclub.itch.io/portrait-on-...
a mysterious interactive story, made for DOMINO CLUB's 9th jam: DECLASSIFIED.
📑 ~15-20 min, runs on desktop AND mobile
📁 dominoclub.itch.io/portrait-on-...
April 22, 2025 at 8:00 AM
< portrait on imagined horizon >
a mysterious interactive story, made for DOMINO CLUB's 9th jam: DECLASSIFIED.
📑 ~15-20 min, runs on desktop AND mobile
📁 dominoclub.itch.io/portrait-on-...
a mysterious interactive story, made for DOMINO CLUB's 9th jam: DECLASSIFIED.
📑 ~15-20 min, runs on desktop AND mobile
📁 dominoclub.itch.io/portrait-on-...
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If want to send a message to the major parties that you want real, progressive change in this election, you should vote 1 @vicsocialists.bsky.social
April 23, 2025 at 4:17 AM
If want to send a message to the major parties that you want real, progressive change in this election, you should vote 1 @vicsocialists.bsky.social
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Some cute close ups of the work I showed at ALT: FEATURES over the weekend about Videogames as People 💾📀📂
April 14, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Some cute close ups of the work I showed at ALT: FEATURES over the weekend about Videogames as People 💾📀📂
the paywall on this has been lifted so you can now read it for free. if you love writing acquittal reports on how your art has saved the economy, this one is for you ❤️
in honour of the federal budget and the comedy fest starting with an AI critic, perfect timing for my latest fiction piece THE LAST PHYSICAL ARTS FESTIVAL.
Launched today in Suburban Review #37 'Bottom'.
Launched today in Suburban Review #37 'Bottom'.
The Last Physical Arts Festival • Stephanie Westwood • The Suburban Review
Her new ID card and lanyard. Her new business card—just one, to display on her desk. The rest were digital blocks loaded in her new smart watch, waiting to be doled out at networking events. There was...
thesuburbanreview.com
April 7, 2025 at 5:00 AM
the paywall on this has been lifted so you can now read it for free. if you love writing acquittal reports on how your art has saved the economy, this one is for you ❤️
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Donald Trump has imposed a 10% tariff on the Heard and McDonald Islands – an uninhabited Australian external territory that contains two active volcanoes – according to a White House graphic listing it as a country
Norfolk Island has also been hit with a 29% ‘reciprocal tariff’
Norfolk Island has also been hit with a 29% ‘reciprocal tariff’
April 2, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Donald Trump has imposed a 10% tariff on the Heard and McDonald Islands – an uninhabited Australian external territory that contains two active volcanoes – according to a White House graphic listing it as a country
Norfolk Island has also been hit with a 29% ‘reciprocal tariff’
Norfolk Island has also been hit with a 29% ‘reciprocal tariff’
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Israel turns the screw again. More misery for Palestinians. More land for Israel.
Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz says the military will expand its operation in Gaza and seize "large areas" which will be "incorporated into Israeli security zones".
Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz says the military will expand its operation in Gaza and seize "large areas" which will be "incorporated into Israeli security zones".
Israel to expand military operation and seize 'large areas' of Gaza
Defence Minister Israel Katz said this would require a large-scale evacuation of Palestinians.
www.bbc.com
April 2, 2025 at 7:02 AM
Israel turns the screw again. More misery for Palestinians. More land for Israel.
Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz says the military will expand its operation in Gaza and seize "large areas" which will be "incorporated into Israeli security zones".
Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz says the military will expand its operation in Gaza and seize "large areas" which will be "incorporated into Israeli security zones".
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ACMI microgame commission: www.acmi.net.au/collection-p...
ACMI Microgames Commission
Got a great idea for a microgame?
www.acmi.net.au
April 2, 2025 at 9:21 PM
ACMI microgame commission: www.acmi.net.au/collection-p...