Emily Jane

What’s the point of writers’ festivals — or, for that matter, writers — if they can’t discuss issues that matter? Australian arts administrators would rather destroy the whole sector than allow Palestinians to speak about genocide. It’s beyond shameful.

Authors withdraw from festival after Palestinian Australian author dropped After Randa Abdel-Fattah was dropped from Adelaide Writers' Week by the Adelaide Festival Board, a slew of authors, including Michelle de Kretser, have withdrawn from the event.

people are withdrawing from Adelaide writers week faster than can be reported. In addition to the names listed here are Ren Wyld, Emma Shortis, and Fiona Katsaukas. Important detail: the only creative, Stephen Page, has left the Adelaide Festival board.

www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...

Who’s your favourite Jedit? (Wrong answers only.)

Omg no 😭😭

garden showers Playlist - garden showers - 79 items

Tidal recommended this playlist for me called “Garden showers” by beepo🍓. It is exactly what I need right now as I’m recovering from a medical procedure. Thank you beepo🍓, whoever you are and wherever you are! 💜 It feels like a gentle hug in the garden.

tidal.com/playlist/2a6...

Common tern with fish in its mouth on a cloudy day

Seeing lots of common terns around the coast at the minute. They spend a lot of their time diving down for food, it doesn’t always pay off, but this time it did. #commontern #birds #wildlife #ukwildlife #birdphotography

Pink cherry blossom with morning sun shining through the top petals

#bloomscrolling

Life update: I put a bowling alley in my Sim’s basement. 🎉

An echidna hunkered down at the intersection of a brick wall and a wooden fence.

🚨 echidna in the garden 🚨
🚨 ECHIDNA IN THE GARDEN 🚨

I’m sending love to all of the people still taking Covid precautions five years in. I know how exhausting it can be where the majority of the world has stopped caring about it, but you’re still doing it. You’re standing for community, love, and solidarity. Keep going. 💜

"Nac Mac Feegle! The wee free men!

"Nae king! Nae quin! Nae laird! Nae master!

"We willna' be fooled again!"

---Terry Pratchett, quote from THE WEE FREE MEN

Leadership changes at DANA Leadership changes at DANA

bit of news - my lovely boss isgoing to be the new NSW Ageing and Disability Commissioner, and I'll be the new DANA CEO from late March. Huge shoes to fill!

www.dana.org.au/leadership-c...

www.nsw.gov.au/ministerial-...

Hollywood lied to us: The Little Mermaid - ABC listen Yes, the Little Mermaid is an animated movie, but if it were real, where would this mermaid paradise be?  Is it plausible that Ursula the Octo-woman would have henchmen in the form of eels?  Ann Jon...

I absolutely love Ann Jones’ “What the Duck?” podcast! And I think I’ve just listened to one of my favourite episodes in the “Hollywood Lied to Us” series- how biologically accurate is The Little Mermaid? 🧜‍♀️ It made me laugh so much - thank you Ann! www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...

On the need for new ways of healing, a letter to psychiatrists Amidst all the public discussion of the NSW psychiatrists’ pay dispute, there has been little focus on the needs and

I am proud to have written this story, published in @croakeynews.bsky.social today. I believe it is time for the world to feel the stories of psychiatric survivors. Thank you, Fay Jackson. #NotAllPsychiatrists

#NSWPsychiatryCrisis #DisabilityRights #MadStudies #PublicHealth

Aussies, sign this petition before tonight. We shouldn't be forced to depend on our partners if we are on the disability support pension, it puts us at great risk of abuse and heightens our vulnerability.

You’re so welcome - thank you so much for your advocacy. And welcome to bluesky!!!

Thank you Grace for writing this!

On the need for new ways of healing, a letter to psychiatrists Amidst all the public discussion of the NSW psychiatrists’ pay dispute, there has been little focus on the needs and

My friend Grace wrote this powerful piece on @croakeynews.bsky.social about centring psychiatric survivors’ voices in the NSW psychiatrists’ pay dispute and what it means to our psychiatric system. Thank you Grace & Croakey for publishing this!

www.croakey.org/on-the-need-...

A screenshot of the Bluesky settings list. Each item has a relevant picture next to it. It includes Account, Privacy & security, moderation, content & media, appearance, accessibility, languages, help, and about.

Hello, it's me again! Please flip on your Alt Text reminder. How, you might ask?

First, go to settings. You should see a list like this:

Disabled people need you writing and calling and badgering your reps.

We do not need replies of "I'm in a red state, there's nothing I can do."

There are reports around the country of politicians sweating pressure. One more call can help more than you know.

Include disabled people in your resistance planning. In many ways we’re built for resistance, as we have to find creative and sustainable ways to survive every single day.

This is the time for intersectionality and community care. We need to work together and save one another.

A photo of a packet of Vege Sweet Potato Nibbles, salt and vinegar flavour. There is a picture of a red fries container with strips of the purple, yellow and orange sweet potato nibbles looking like fries in it.

I discovered these at the grocery store today - salt and vinegar sweet potato nibbles! They were $6 (expensive!) but they are so yummy. Hopefully they’ll go on sale soon.

So today I started a Substack! My first post is about acknowledging the state of the world (a dumpster fire 🔥) and sharing some moments that have brought me joy over the last week or so.

You can read it here: open.substack.com/pub/rambling...

Worldwide Mask Bloc Directory – Find your local Mask Bloc MaskBloc.org lists active Mask Blocs around the world. Free high-quality masks, COVID-19 tests and other equipment for your community. Mutual Aid & We Keep Us Safe.

If you can’t handle the social discomfort or personal inconvenience of wearing an n95 to protect disability communities, you won’t be able to handle the discomfort and risk of actual “resistance” work.

Expand your capacity for discomfort to expand your capacity to liberate.

And wear a damn mask:

Hey. Using the r word or the ending of the r word attached to whatever suffix for our enemies is still

1. Ableist in ways that HELP THEM
2. Repugnant
3. Telling disabled people like me exactly what you think of us

I do not care what your rationale is, it is wrong.

A pink filled mushroom stands a few inches tall above some fir needles and some twigs. The background of fir trees in blurred and in the top right corner of the photo, you can see a blurred fir tree trunk.

This is your sign to take a small break from scrolling, wrap up in a cozy blanket, and take a rest under this #fungi. 🧚✨

Remember to hydrate, breathe, and smile, #fungifriends. ✨

Thousand stand in front of the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin with lights lit on their phones. 14 people at the front hood lit letters spelling out Hope & Resistance

An incredible photo from Berlin this evening.

An estimated 100,000 have been on the streets in the German capital today to protest against the Far Right and fascism in Europe.

#Resist

(📸 Ricarda Lang)

Rally invasion day 2025. Boorloo 1230 Forrest chase. Gadigal 1000am Belmore Park. Bimini 1000am Fogarty Park. Kaurna 1200 Victoria Sq. Naarm 10am Vic Parliament House. Nipaluna 11am 198 Elizabeth Street. Ngunnawal Ngambri 10am Tent Embassy. Meanjin 9am Queens Gardens.

#mobsky

Books to read for Invasion Day as recommended by Magabala Books.

magabala.com.au/collections/...

@austlit.bsky.social

#alwayswasalwayswillbe

"26th Jan is Invasion Day!
Only wankers celebrate genocide"

Seen in Kaurna Land, so-called Adelaide, South Australia.