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Nick Petroulias

@nickpetroulias.bsky.social

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Writer of fiction Melbourne Australia Author of Man Alone https://www.asterismbooks.com/product/man-alone

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Nick Petroulias @nickpetroulias.bsky.social · Nov 27

'Enshittafication': the feeling that everything on the internet is becoming progressively worse. Macquarie dictionary's new word of the year.

Nick Petroulias @nickpetroulias.bsky.social · 11d

ICE escapes - a great new genre
Can anyone explain why one ice guy is wearing a white ten gallon hat?

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It's Hammer Time 🤣😂😆 ICE Melts Under Pressure!!!

YouTube video by The Tony Michaels Podcast

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Nick Petroulias @nickpetroulias.bsky.social · 29d

π reading at the Meanjin rally this morning.

Hopefully an independent group can take the name and archive and start afresh away from corporate control. happy to help in whatever wsy

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Ben Eltham @beneltham.bsky.social · Sep 8

RALLY TO SAVE MEANJIN

Thursday 11 Sep 9am
Outside the Melbourne University Publishing office, 715 Swanston St, Carlton.

A number of Australian writers and editors will speak in support of this vital cultural institution

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Briony Neilson @brionyneilson.bsky.social · Sep 10

People in Melbourne, get along to the rally at 9am tomorrow (Thursday 11 September) on the footpath outside Melbourne University Press (715 Swanston Street, Carlton) to demand that Meanjin be saved. (I'll be there in spirit)

James Ley @jamesley.bsky.social · Sep 10

savemeanjin.org

Save Meanjin

Save Meanjin from closure

savemeanjin.org

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Save Meanjin @savemeanjin.bsky.social · Sep 10

Rally tomorrow morning: 9am at MUP
Hear from literary giants, show your support, #savemeanjin
Details at savemeanjin.org

Save Meanjin

Save Meanjin from closure

savemeanjin.org

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Nick Petroulias @nickpetroulias.bsky.social · 29d

@savemeanjin.bsky.social

On my way

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Yung En Chee @yungenchee.bsky.social · Sep 7

Overwhelmingly NEGATIVE response to Melbourne University Publishing shutting Meanjin down (what did they honestly expect❓)

MUP needs to reverse the decision

Martin Shaw @thebooksdesk.bsky.social · Sep 5

Peter Carey: “Remember when property developers destroyed mangroves without understanding they were a breeding ground for mud crabs, prawns, & barramundi? They bear comparison with MUP, who are now destroying a proven breeding ground for Australian literary culture” www.theage.com.au/culture/book...

‘Destroying a proven breeding ground’: Peter Carey slams Meanjin closure

The acclaimed Australian author added his voice to outcry over the Melbourne University Press’s decision to stop publishing the literary magazine.

www.theage.com.au

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Patrick Marlborough @cormacmccafe.bsky.social · Sep 9

I wrote about the killing of Meanjin for YNR

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Jonathan Green @greenj.bsky.social · Sep 5

The Death of Meanjin. a couple of thoughts. open.substack.com/pub/greenwor...

The Death of Meanjin

Price of everything, value of nothing dept.

open.substack.com

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Daniel James @mrdtjames.bsky.social · Sep 6

Jacinta Parsons on the fall of another literary institution- Meanjin.

The day the music died

The death of an institution

www.thespencerstreetend.com.au

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Byron Writers Festival @byronwritersfest.bsky.social · Sep 8

Byron Writers Festival is deeply concerned by the shuttering of Meanjin, one of Australia's oldest, most revered and influential literary magazines, for 'financial' reasons. (1/4)

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Nici @nicijl.bsky.social · Sep 8

FYI MEAA Rally: Save Meanjin!
Thursday 11 September, 9am
Outside the Melbourne University Publishing office, 715 Swanston St, Carlton.

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Crikey @crikey.com.au · Sep 8

Opinion | Melbourne University Press says it shut down Meanjin for "purely financial reasons". Perhaps the university could have used some of its $273 million surplus to safeguard the seminal journal, @catrionamp.bsky.social‬ writes.

Meanjin's 'financial' shutdown doesn't add up

www.crikey.com.au

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Ben Eltham @beneltham.bsky.social · Sep 9

Rally to save Meanjin magazine
Thursday 11 Sept 9am
715 Swanston St Carlton

A number of Australian writers, editors and academics will speak in support of this vital cultural institution

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Nick Petroulias @nickpetroulias.bsky.social · Sep 6

Got to get it up and running again.
Meanjin first published my work years back

Nick Petroulias @nickpetroulias.bsky.social · Sep 5

I feel that these day to day software programs peaked about 25 years ago and all that’s left is decline by a generation of apps and people who can’t write sentences anymore and think research is google

Fuck i sound old

Nick Petroulias @nickpetroulias.bsky.social · Sep 5

Is Meanjin seriously closing ?
Is there a funding project yo to keep it alive?
Fuck this, who’s the fucker behind it?
I know freedom and democracy are hard work but it’s becoming near impossible without such journals.

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Nick Petroulias @nickpetroulias.bsky.social · Aug 30

Regardless of the court ruling
No country will trust the US again on trade

Nick Petroulias @nickpetroulias.bsky.social · Aug 30

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08...

Most of Donald Trump's tariffs illegal, US court rules

But the US president says the ruling is "incorrect", and is indicating taking the case to the Supreme Court.

www.abc.net.au

Nick Petroulias @nickpetroulias.bsky.social · Aug 7

Someone should write the thesis.One of the great themes of colonial settlers is the fear of losing their little outpost of the homeland - in Oz this is the closing of the outback pub AKA frontier outpost.

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08...

Fears tiny town will die as 130-year-old pub closes its doors

The Moonan Flat Pub was once bustling with regulars and tourists, but its closure has left locals fearing it could spell the end of the town.

www.abc.net.au

Nick Petroulias @nickpetroulias.bsky.social · May 28

Respect to the Macrons. Firstly their argument is nobody else’s business and secondly thanks for letting your emotions free in public. Relationship aren’t fantasy.

Nick Petroulias @nickpetroulias.bsky.social · Mar 22

Could a journalist please ask Dutton a question like: do ordinary Australians value the the same things as Gina Rinehart?
I know the answer, but does Mr Dutton know?

Nick Petroulias @nickpetroulias.bsky.social · Mar 22

Pleased to see the term ‘village’ is equally complicated.

Nick Petroulias @nickpetroulias.bsky.social · Mar 20

Ok I’m listening. You say we drop the Hills Science Diet because we boycott USA. We switch to an Australian product of equivalent nutritional value. So where is it ?

Nick Petroulias @nickpetroulias.bsky.social · Mar 19

Late night at the lizard lounge