Jock Serong
@jockserong.bsky.social
jockserong.com
nocturnal mammal
Gunditjmara country, southwest Vic
Rep'd Melanie Ostell Literary / Booked Out Speakers
nocturnal mammal
Gunditjmara country, southwest Vic
Rep'd Melanie Ostell Literary / Booked Out Speakers
Great satirists seem to die at a rate that's disproportionate to their odious subjects.
February 9, 2026 at 3:45 AM
Great satirists seem to die at a rate that's disproportionate to their odious subjects.
Interesting test for Aus media. Will someone ask our apparent 'friend' Hertzog, to his face, why his military are bulldozing our war dead?
February 4, 2026 at 9:57 PM
Interesting test for Aus media. Will someone ask our apparent 'friend' Hertzog, to his face, why his military are bulldozing our war dead?
It’s truly astonishing, when the level of athleticism has been so high, how much of this tournament’s coverage has been about Novak and his delicate feelings.
February 1, 2026 at 8:54 AM
It’s truly astonishing, when the level of athleticism has been so high, how much of this tournament’s coverage has been about Novak and his delicate feelings.
It says everything about these grubs and their relationship to culture that you pretty much have to be a Pulitzer winner to make forty bucks an hour.
X is hiring a creative writing specialist at $40 an hour to make Grok better at writing and a true LOL at the qualifications
January 30, 2026 at 10:49 PM
It says everything about these grubs and their relationship to culture that you pretty much have to be a Pulitzer winner to make forty bucks an hour.
She may have done all sorts of brilliant things, but Catherine O’Hara will always be Cookie Fleck to me.
January 30, 2026 at 10:39 PM
She may have done all sorts of brilliant things, but Catherine O’Hara will always be Cookie Fleck to me.
Yes, in the sense that the glass case is my belly and I am its curator.
January 27, 2026 at 9:14 AM
Yes, in the sense that the glass case is my belly and I am its curator.
Phew. VB neenish tarts are superior, politics aside.
January 27, 2026 at 8:37 AM
Phew. VB neenish tarts are superior, politics aside.
I’m away, but terrified to think my favourite might’ve been the flag-waver.
January 27, 2026 at 8:15 AM
I’m away, but terrified to think my favourite might’ve been the flag-waver.
Nope, can confirm only two. Loyalty to each has split the town on sectarian lines for a century.
January 27, 2026 at 8:11 AM
Nope, can confirm only two. Loyalty to each has split the town on sectarian lines for a century.
Trying to get a sense of what 238 years means in the context of 65,000.
This table's 2400mm long. There's a pen balanced at the far end - it's 8.7mm wide.
That's the relationship between the two numbers.
Colonisation, for all its destructive power, happened moments ago. It's nothing to celebrate.
This table's 2400mm long. There's a pen balanced at the far end - it's 8.7mm wide.
That's the relationship between the two numbers.
Colonisation, for all its destructive power, happened moments ago. It's nothing to celebrate.
January 26, 2026 at 6:06 AM
Trying to get a sense of what 238 years means in the context of 65,000.
This table's 2400mm long. There's a pen balanced at the far end - it's 8.7mm wide.
That's the relationship between the two numbers.
Colonisation, for all its destructive power, happened moments ago. It's nothing to celebrate.
This table's 2400mm long. There's a pen balanced at the far end - it's 8.7mm wide.
That's the relationship between the two numbers.
Colonisation, for all its destructive power, happened moments ago. It's nothing to celebrate.
Aurora Australis over Wybalenna chapel, Flinders island.
January 20, 2026 at 1:06 PM
Aurora Australis over Wybalenna chapel, Flinders island.
Reposted by Jock Serong
Dr Gary Foley, Melbourne/Naarm, Jan 11
"A small group of Zionists demanding a royal commission are the same people cheering on the genocide of Palestine."
"Aboriginal people had our own royal commission 30 years ago. Nothing was done. 600 of us have died in prison since"
"A small group of Zionists demanding a royal commission are the same people cheering on the genocide of Palestine."
"Aboriginal people had our own royal commission 30 years ago. Nothing was done. 600 of us have died in prison since"
January 11, 2026 at 2:09 AM
Dr Gary Foley, Melbourne/Naarm, Jan 11
"A small group of Zionists demanding a royal commission are the same people cheering on the genocide of Palestine."
"Aboriginal people had our own royal commission 30 years ago. Nothing was done. 600 of us have died in prison since"
"A small group of Zionists demanding a royal commission are the same people cheering on the genocide of Palestine."
"Aboriginal people had our own royal commission 30 years ago. Nothing was done. 600 of us have died in prison since"
Big props to Ch.7 for having a grown-up conversation about Usman and racism. That's reaching all sorts of Australian ears that need to hear it. #Ashes
January 5, 2026 at 1:54 AM
Big props to Ch.7 for having a grown-up conversation about Usman and racism. That's reaching all sorts of Australian ears that need to hear it. #Ashes
Somehow Susssan Ley has managed to combine the confident vacuity of Liz Truss with the wounded spite of Pauline Hanson. That's no small feat.
December 22, 2025 at 5:18 AM
Somehow Susssan Ley has managed to combine the confident vacuity of Liz Truss with the wounded spite of Pauline Hanson. That's no small feat.
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Remember how I said I have it written into my foreign-language contracts that my work has to be translated by an actual human? This shit is why.
Those book translations are gonna suck. They'll save money putting out books that are going to be painful to read. That's not a great long-term strategy.
Those book translations are gonna suck. They'll save money putting out books that are going to be painful to read. That's not a great long-term strategy.
French publishing house Harlequin decided to use AI translation instead of human translations.
All their freelance translators (some of whom had been working with Harlequin for +30y!!!) were told they would no longer receive work from Harlequin
All their freelance translators (some of whom had been working with Harlequin for +30y!!!) were told they would no longer receive work from Harlequin
December 18, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Remember how I said I have it written into my foreign-language contracts that my work has to be translated by an actual human? This shit is why.
Those book translations are gonna suck. They'll save money putting out books that are going to be painful to read. That's not a great long-term strategy.
Those book translations are gonna suck. They'll save money putting out books that are going to be painful to read. That's not a great long-term strategy.
This is why we have test cricket, KL. It matters so much because it doesn’t matter.
December 18, 2025 at 8:38 PM
This is why we have test cricket, KL. It matters so much because it doesn’t matter.
“Hi, my name’s Cam, and I signed up for Bonesaw while they were still putting Kashoggi in bags…”
December 17, 2025 at 4:21 AM
“Hi, my name’s Cam, and I signed up for Bonesaw while they were still putting Kashoggi in bags…”
Why did he draw pubic hair on it?
December 10, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Why did he draw pubic hair on it?
World Socialist website has been doing some great reporting on the NSW Cobar mine disaster - major media in Aus seem to have dropped the ball entirely on this. www.wsws.org/en/articles/...
Australia: Cobar miner warns fatal accident at Endeavor Mine could be repeated
“I don’t think what the company has done in sending workers back on the job is right at all,” a Cobar worker said, referring to the October 28 mine explosion that killed two workers.
www.wsws.org
December 10, 2025 at 8:56 AM
World Socialist website has been doing some great reporting on the NSW Cobar mine disaster - major media in Aus seem to have dropped the ball entirely on this. www.wsws.org/en/articles/...
I can no longer work under this constant surveillance
December 7, 2025 at 10:12 PM
I can no longer work under this constant surveillance
Absolutely bonzer. Book people are the best people.
December 7, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Absolutely bonzer. Book people are the best people.
I had all this stuff I was going to get done, but the skydivers are on strike, so...
December 5, 2025 at 1:41 AM
I had all this stuff I was going to get done, but the skydivers are on strike, so...
There's a possibility we're not considering here: Olivia Nuzzi is actually Dan Brown.
December 4, 2025 at 10:25 PM
There's a possibility we're not considering here: Olivia Nuzzi is actually Dan Brown.