alex bennetts

I’ve been calling Sentimental Value “Senti Val” in my head for the past 4 months. A sickness.

Simple book cover for Literature Class, published by New Directions

I’ve been reading Literature Class by Julio Cortázar, collecting eight lectures he gave at Berkley in 1980.

Cat Name: macromedia flash. The Four Brothers of The Metabolic Prime Minister Extracting the Rare Earth Minerals (Controversial) An apolitical golem

loose notes

Humanity in Business: AI at Walmart

ABC article: The Catholic priest who quit over celibacy rules

thinking about the guy from Tula

a frog with bat wings

do you think The Guardian has a type

pond scum international, by pond scum international 10 track album

mechapilot.bandcamp.com/album/pond-s... buy my album for bandcamp friday & maybe I’ll announce a new one :)

they’re putting less sultanas in the sultana bran

which idiot called it “heated rivalry” and not “the mighty fucks”

@puzzmo.com quokka is not a wallaby :(

Disconsolate Joint vows to 'come back stronger' after early Aus Open exit

new band name just dropped

A regent honey eater is perched on a branch.

The Regent Honeyeater: a critically endangered australian bird with only about 200/300 left in the wild. due to the low number of males who teach younger birds to sing, they are gradually losing the ability to sing their own song and have begun mimicking songs from other birds.

found a cool book cover

Adelaide Festival is done - and the rest of the board has stepped down

who and me

I have been informed that Trazza has now read the room

Trezza Dazza Writers Week

bushwick couple looking for a third

Punishing artists for (alleged) political speech hasn't worked for Creative Australia, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, State Libraries VIC and QLD, Bendigo Writers Fest, and the ABC... but maybe it will work in Adelaide

Two Days Talking to People Looking for Jobs at ICE | Yanis Varoufuckice Naturally there were lots of law enforcement types hanging around the convention — men with military fades, moisture-wicking shirts, and tattoos of the Bible and the Constitution and eagles and flags ...

The US is filled with “pretty nice guys” who are ready to inflict, who have already inflicted, senseless and life-shattering violence on innocent, impoverished people. www.nplusonemag.com/issue-51/pol...

is “fatally injured” legally distinct from “killed” or is the ABC/Reuters just minimising civilian death

scanning the QR code on my beer can to Find Out More

bluesky at night, poster’s delight
blue sky at night, a terrible sight