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louiseadler1.bsky.social @louiseadler1.bsky.social · 1d

But did anyone on this train know who Leavis was? Would anyone care if he’d met his end in a train’s toilet ? Finally after way too long he emerged. I didn’t have the courage to ask him about his conviction that the text is everything . And we went our separate ways.

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louiseadler1.bsky.social @louiseadler1.bsky.social · 1d

What if his briefcase held his last ms? What if he’d changed his mind and decided that context and history mattered and might actually enrich our textual analysis. Of course “appropriating” his ms would be a delicious post-modern response but to a nice girl from Melbourne it wasn’t ethical .

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louiseadler1.bsky.social @louiseadler1.bsky.social · 1d

On the Reading train is a trip down memory lane. Last century sat opposite F.R.Leavis .He disappeared into the toilet, leaving his briefcase on the seat. What was a young English Lit student to do ? What if Leavis had joined God’s other Great Critics in the sky?

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London Review of Books @lrb.co.uk · Aug 21

‘That Germany has a responsibility to remember the Holocaust is beyond question. But it’s striking how little concern there is for other populations that have experienced racial discrimination or violence at the hands of the Germans.’

@adamshatz.bsky.social in Berlin: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

Adam Shatz · Berlin Diary

Throughout my stay in Berlin, I kept hearing from Germans quietly critical of Israel that ‘cracks’ had begun to...

www.lrb.co.uk

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louiseadler1.bsky.social @louiseadler1.bsky.social · Aug 18

Nothing new about letters / phone calls being used to intimidate arts orgs & silence artists.Lobby groups simply ramped up efforts in the last 22 months. hhttps://www.theage.com.au/culture/books/letter-to-bendigo-writers-festival-emerges-flagging-concern-over-palestinian-writer-20250818-p5mnpd.html

Letter to Bendigo Writers Festival flagged ‘concern’ over Palestinian writer

A letter warning about the appearance of Dr Randa Abdel-Fattah at the Bendigo Writers Festival was sent to event organisers by lobby group 5A in July.

www.theage.com.au

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The Cathy Wilcox @cathywilcox.bsky.social · Aug 12

Killing journalists.
My @smh cartoon.

Two scenes. Scene 1: man beside corpse wrapped for burial with PRESS flak jacket on top, Netanyahu on other side. Man says, “Why did you kill him?”.Netanyahu replies, “Because he was Hamas.” Scene 2: same set up, man says, “How do you know he was Hamas?” Netanyahu says, “Because we killed him.”

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louiseadler1.bsky.social @louiseadler1.bsky.social · Aug 13

Shame on me , a book person , failing to spell an author’s name correctly . Forgive me @charlottemendelson.bsky.social

louiseadler1.bsky.social @louiseadler1.bsky.social · Aug 12

@Charlottemendelsnon.bsky.social thanks for this tribute to Australia’s best literary festival .It was a joy to have you join us . “My uneasy relationship with birdlife continued, until Australia.

‘Have you seen my hair? Nothing pecky with claws flies ne...

Birds had always been something of a mixed blessing for the writer, until a visit to Australia changed her mind

observer.co.uk

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louiseadler1.bsky.social @louiseadler1.bsky.social · Aug 12

I was in my element.https://observer.co.uk/style/gardens/article/have-you-seen-my-hair-nothing-pecky-with-claws-flies-near-me

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louiseadler1.bsky.social @louiseadler1.bsky.social · Aug 12

I was asked to Adelaide for the glory that is Writers’ Week. The festival was an unalloyed sunny joy: stately Australian women in either long stylish dresses and therapist jewellery, or short dresses with multiple piercings; clever readers; loads of fruit.

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louiseadler1.bsky.social @louiseadler1.bsky.social · Aug 12

@Charlottemendelsnon.bsky.social thanks for this tribute to Australia’s best literary festival .It was a joy to have you join us . “My uneasy relationship with birdlife continued, until Australia.

‘Have you seen my hair? Nothing pecky with claws flies ne...

Birds had always been something of a mixed blessing for the writer, until a visit to Australia changed her mind

observer.co.uk

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louiseadler1.bsky.social @louiseadler1.bsky.social · Aug 9

Sad news today of the death of Rose Wight , a brilliant Director of Adelaide Writers’ Week and the co-founder of the Festival of Ideas . She was a passionate advocate for writing and reading and her festivals were unmissable for everyone in the book business.

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London Review of Books @lrb.co.uk · Aug 5

‘It hasn’t escaped Palestinians’ notice that Israel’s strikes against Gaza have been far less precise than its strikes against Iran and Lebanon: a measure of the contempt in which they are held.’

Adam Shatz on the world since 7 October: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

Adam Shatz · The World since 7 October

The inability of Western powers to condemn Israel’s conduct – much less bring it to an end – has made a mockery...

www.lrb.co.uk

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louiseadler1.bsky.social @louiseadler1.bsky.social · Aug 2

Read this to understand the playbook that underpins the Segal report and the proposed “report card” to assess the compliance of Australian universities to the lobby’s edicts . www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

I spent decades at Columbia. I’m withdrawing my fall course due to its deal with Trump | Rashid Khalidi

The university’s draconian policies and new definition of antisemitism make much teaching impossible

www.theguardian.com

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louiseadler1.bsky.social @louiseadler1.bsky.social · Jul 28

Exhibit A re Israel’s policy of mass starvation? Oct 9th,
2023 then-Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant declared “I have ordered a complete siege on the Gaza Strip. There will be no electricity, no food, no fuel, everything is closed. We are fighting human animals and we are acting accordingly.”

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louiseadler1.bsky.social @louiseadler1.bsky.social · Jul 28

Gazans are not being starved as a matter of fiat by the Netanyahu government ? Really ?

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Ronni🧂Salt @ronnisalt.bsky.social · Jul 28

Dan Tehan has taken trips to Israel - at Israel's expense

He is compromised by Israel's many gifts to him and their soft propaganda fed to him

Dan Tehan is not a reliable source

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The Cathy Wilcox @cathywilcox.bsky.social · Jul 28

He argued the point saying we needed to know *the facts*, suggesting what we have currently from Gaza is not reliable. Every time someone says this they should be reminded that Palestinian journalists get killed, sometimes deliberately, and Israel won’t allow access to International press.

PK 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🇵🇸 @paul.kidd.id.au · Jul 27

Just deplorable.

1h ago 08.22 AEST
Dan Tehan claims Hamas responsible for
IDF soldiers shooting Palestinians at Gaza food checkpoints
Liberal frontbencher Dan Tehan says Hamas has been taking aid coming into Gaza, telling ABC RN Breakfast, that Hamas is the "sole responsible actor" for the situation in the region.

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louiseadler1.bsky.social @louiseadler1.bsky.social · Jul 27

Here’s the link to the Ha’aretz article. www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...

'The children haunt me at night': A protest forces Israelis to face kids killed in Gaza

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www.haaretz.com

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louiseadler1.bsky.social @louiseadler1.bsky.social · Jul 27

You can’t say you didn’t know . Adi Ronen Argov’s project documents the reality in Gaza and the West Bank on her website “The Daily File“ and collects data “Forcibly Involved”. “The children haunt me at night': A protest forces Israelis to face kids killed in Gaza.

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louiseadler1.bsky.social @louiseadler1.bsky.social · Jul 22

Devastating .
“Our Palestinian friends on the West Bank sometimes say, correctly, “War or no war, it hardly matters—we are living on the edge of an abyss…If Israel’s external enemies have been temporarily defeated, the rampant internal illness of this country remains to be healed.”

Netanyahu’s War | David Shulman

Engineering a second Nakba and annexing the occupied territories are integral parts of Netanyahu’s war against the State of Israel’s democratic institutions, its social solidarity, and above all the r...

www.nybooks.com

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louiseadler1.bsky.social @louiseadler1.bsky.social · Jul 21

@cathywilcox.bsky.social nails it again! 👏👏👏

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David @daverino.bsky.social · Jul 19

Yet again, to our shame, an Israeli newspaper is more forthright than our mass media and politicians

"Under the smokescreen of Gaza's destruction, Israel has been working simultaneously on two tracks – a genocide in Gaza and ethnic cleansing in the West Bank"
www.haaretz.com/opinion/2025...

Israel is ethnically cleansing the West Bank, too | Opinion

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www.haaretz.com

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louiseadler1.bsky.social @louiseadler1.bsky.social · Jul 18

@jennaprice.bsky.social well said!

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Simon Rosenberg @simonrosenberg.bsky.social · Jul 18

"How is it even possible that the government did not check on those adjacent to #JillianSegal?
How did it think it was appropriate to nominate a person to this role who so clearly supports Israel's current behaviour?" 💯

For Albo, seems that social cohesion ranks behind appeasing the Israel lobby.

Joanna Mendelssohn @oldlillipilli.bsky.social · Jul 17

Well said @jennaprice.bsky.social
#Antisemitism #auspol

Article in the Canberra Times on the folly of Jillian Segal

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louiseadler1.bsky.social @louiseadler1.bsky.social · Jul 18

“If we agree to that, if we forget our own essential fragility, we become complicit in the crime and the same evil raining down on the corpse-ridden sands of Gaza begins to poison us as well.” Nothing more needs to be said. It is now up to the govt to act .

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