Stephen Orr
@datsunland.bsky.social
Australian teacher, author, muckraker
My latest story concerns a man arrested for apparent far-right sympathies after he's flagged by a LLM trained on the complete works of Tim Winton.
quadrant.org.au/magazine/sto...
quadrant.org.au/magazine/sto...
Winto - Quadrant
"Then you’d know that the Tim Winton245 (v.3), or the Winto as we call it, couldn’t be wrong. Winton’s more Australian than you’ll ever be"
quadrant.org.au
December 3, 2025 at 1:49 AM
My latest story concerns a man arrested for apparent far-right sympathies after he's flagged by a LLM trained on the complete works of Tim Winton.
quadrant.org.au/magazine/sto...
quadrant.org.au/magazine/sto...
TBR (esp. the fifty-pages-in-before-I-lose-interest issue ...)
December 2, 2025 at 11:47 PM
TBR (esp. the fifty-pages-in-before-I-lose-interest issue ...)
Reposted by Stephen Orr
At 404 Media, we also talk to experts and those impacted by policies like book bans while the US government continues to push through safeguards on AI with tech giants.
Here, author @maggietokudahall.bsky.social and president of @authorsabb.bsky.social gives us perspective.
Here, author @maggietokudahall.bsky.social and president of @authorsabb.bsky.social gives us perspective.
December 2, 2025 at 12:59 AM
At 404 Media, we also talk to experts and those impacted by policies like book bans while the US government continues to push through safeguards on AI with tech giants.
Here, author @maggietokudahall.bsky.social and president of @authorsabb.bsky.social gives us perspective.
Here, author @maggietokudahall.bsky.social and president of @authorsabb.bsky.social gives us perspective.
I wrote this about Plato, wanding and Australian governments' attacks on human rights
www.theaustralian.com.au/culture/book...
www.theaustralian.com.au/culture/book...
www.theaustralian.com.au
December 1, 2025 at 5:53 AM
I wrote this about Plato, wanding and Australian governments' attacks on human rights
www.theaustralian.com.au/culture/book...
www.theaustralian.com.au/culture/book...
'It’s on readers to look beyond the season’s biggest titles that they’re being spoon-fed by major publishers.'
I spent the summer reporting this essay on why it seems harder than ever to sell a book right now—especially if it isn't a debut and comes with the dreaded "sales track." I'm grateful to the writers, agents, editors, publishers & experts who spoke to me for this piece: thewalrus.ca/the-publishi...
The Publishing Industry Has a Gambling Problem | The Walrus
Companies keep betting on the next bestseller. Literature is poorer for it
thewalrus.ca
September 29, 2025 at 3:23 AM
'It’s on readers to look beyond the season’s biggest titles that they’re being spoon-fed by major publishers.'
A new experimental piece of mine thanks to Ranger Magazine
www.rangermagazine.net/orr_issue13
www.rangermagazine.net/orr_issue13
Ranger magazine
www.rangermagazine.net
September 28, 2025 at 12:15 PM
A new experimental piece of mine thanks to Ranger Magazine
www.rangermagazine.net/orr_issue13
www.rangermagazine.net/orr_issue13