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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 6d

Part Two of Karl Marx: in which Karl goes wild in Soho, Bakunin acts like a godforesaken fucking maniac and we do a crash course in Marxist economics. Everything you need to know about one if the most important ideas in history.

Origin Story @originstorypodcast.bsky.social · 7d

🚨NEW EPISODE🚨

Welcome back to Season Eight: The Story of Socialism as @iandunt.bsky.social and @dorianlynskey.bsky.social conclude the story of Karl Marx and the birth of Marxism. Listen here 👉 linktr.ee/originstoryp...

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Mike Sowden @mikeachim.bsky.social · 8d

Damn. This is amazing. £325 per week, paid monthly, for 3 years - and the result was a profit for the Irish economy:
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Post from Threads user rodneyowl: "Ireland has declared the Basic Income for Artists scheme permanent. This will be officially announced in tomorrow’s budget. Details to follow. Congratulations to all who fought for it and the present and future artists of all sorts in Ireland. That includes me 👌We’re just comin to the end of a 3 year pilot scheme. It’s been a roaring success. For every €1 paid out to the 2000 participants, the government got €1.46 back. Can’t argue with that. Other countries are already taking note."

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Kill Your Darlings @kydmagazine.bsky.social · 7d

💪 *New* 30 Day Writing Boot Camp with @rebeccastarford.bsky.social

Gain immediate access to daily lessons, prompts, motivational tools and writing exercises designed to strengthen your craft, boost creativity and build a foundation for future writing projects.

Sign up: bit.ly/475C5XI

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Rebecca Starford @rebeccastarford.bsky.social · 16d

Really proud of this project! Please have a listen if you get the opportunity. Big shout-out of thanks to the smart-as critics joining me over the next six eps, my super colleagues @suzygracias.bsky.social & Mia Abrahams, wonderful producer @michellemacklem.bsky.social, and Copyright Agency! 🏳️‍🌈 📚

Kill Your Darlings @kydmagazine.bsky.social · 16d

What was queer heartbreak like in 1950s Melbourne?

In episode one of KYD’s new limited podcast series, @madeleinegray.bsky.social discusses Beverley Farmer’s cult classic ‘Alone’. Listen now wherever you get your podcasts!

Apple:
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The Kill Your Darlings Podcast

Books Podcast · Interviews, readings and discussions about books, culture and the arts in Australia and beyond, brought to you by Kill Your Darlings magazine.

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Kill Your Darlings @kydmagazine.bsky.social · 19d

🌈📚 Introducing our new limited series podcast: Queer Critics Series 🎙️
Launching Monday 29 September — listen to the trailer and subscribe now!

The Kill Your Darlings Podcast

Books Podcast · Interviews, readings and discussions about books, culture and the arts in Australia and beyond, brought to you by Kill Your Darlings magazine.

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Tarik Abou-Chadi @tabouchadi.bsky.social · 19d

The success of the far right is not only measured in votes and seats but in its impact on rhetoric, policy and ideology. The fact that a (nominally) social democratic head of government with a huge majority choses to say and do this is maybe the biggest success of the far right in Europe yet.

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Bat Krown 🦇 @katbrownwrites.com · 21d

“An emotional research team became tearful as they described how data shows the disease was slowed by 75% in patients.”

What an absolutely incredible, joyous achievement for everyone involved. Hurrah for science and scientists! www.bbc.com/news/article...

Huntington's disease successfully treated for first time

One of the most devastating diseases finally has a treatment that could transform lives, tearful doctors tell BBC

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Purplepingers ☭ @purplepingers.bsky.social · Sep 9

Glou Wine Bar in Collingwood - the bar that donated all of the drinks VS used during our federal election campaign - had Nelson Alexander reach out to ask if they could have their Christmas party there. Their response is marvellous.

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 29d

Israel has committed genocide in Gaza, says UN inquiry

Commission’s 72-page legal analysis cites examples including scale of killings, aid blockages and forced displacement * Middle East crisis – live updates A UN commission of inquiry concluded on Tuesday that Israel had committed genocide in Gaza and that top Israeli officials including the prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, had incited these acts. It cited examples of the scale of the killings, aid blockages, forced displacement and the destruction of a fertility clinic to back up its genocide finding, adding its voice to rights groups and others that have reached the same conclusion. Continue reading...

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Owen Jones @owenjones.bsky.social · Sep 11

Banksy satirised the state silencing those opposed to Israel’s genocide.

The state then inadvertently made his artwork genius.

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Talia Lavin @swordsjew.bsky.social · Sep 11

to my mind the woman who dies of sepsis because of antiabortion laws, or the person who dies because they can't afford insulin -- these are just as much victims of political violence as the man shot through the throat while making a racist speech

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · Sep 7

Warsaw opens metro station ‘express’ library to get commuters off their phones

Metroteka aims to encourage people to read more in country that lost majority of libraries in second world war

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Rebecca Starford @rebeccastarford.bsky.social · Sep 7

Seconded!

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Jessica Alice @jessicaalice.bsky.social · Sep 5

“Literary journals have never been a commercial enterprise, they have been a cultural enterprise ... To talk about the ‘problem’ of Meanjin as being a commercial one is to disavow the purpose of a university.” @sophtree.bsky.social

Australian Society of Authors @asauthors.bsky.social · Sep 5

The ASA is dismayed by the news that literary journal Meanjin will cease publishing this year, with the final issue due to be released in December.

Read more: www.asauthors.org.au/news/asa-dismayed-over-meanjin-closure/

ASA dismayed over Meanjin closure - Australian Society of Authors

The ASA is dismayed by the news that Australia's second-oldest literary journal Meanjin will cease publishing in December 2025.

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Rebecca Starford @rebeccastarford.bsky.social · Sep 4

Very strange...

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Rebecca Starford @rebeccastarford.bsky.social · Sep 4

Perhaps they meant 200K?

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Rebecca Starford @rebeccastarford.bsky.social · Sep 4

This figure of $2m from CA can't be right?!

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Kill Your Darlings @kydmagazine.bsky.social · Sep 4

The closure of Meanjin is real blow to the Australian literary community. We're sad to see the loss of another place where writers, thinkers, and culture-makers have a voice and platform. Our thoughts are with staff and contributors.

Crikey @crikey.com.au · Sep 4

Exclusive: “The death of Meanjin is a loss to the country’s cultural memory and a loss to those writers who might have been part of its literary present and future," said former Meanjin editor Jonathan Green.

Literary journal Meanjin to close after 85 years of publishing

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Kill Your Darlings @kydmagazine.bsky.social · Aug 24

Introducing the first story in our New Short Fiction series, a new space for Australia’s best short fiction writers! Grief is a four-winged creature in this exclusive new story by award-winning author Melanie Cheng.

Australian Ghost Story by Melanie Cheng

Grief is a four-winged creature in this exclusive new story by the highly acclaimed author of The Burrow.

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Kill Your Darlings @kydmagazine.bsky.social · Aug 12

An iPhone detox didn’t make me more productive, but I did feel free, writes Eloise Grills. I don’t want to wake up one day and realise that my most devoted relationship has been with a screen.

I Don’t Want to Die with a Smartphone in My Hand

An iPhone detox didn’t make me more productive, but I did feel free.

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Marina Purkiss @marina-purkiss.bsky.social · Aug 11

Not one Al Jazeera journalist left…

All systematically murdered by a regime desperate to conceal the truth

And while many of their western counterparts and media figures (who are safe and salaried) choose silence and complicity.

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Rebecca Starford @rebeccastarford.bsky.social · Aug 12

Really proud of @kydmagazine.bsky.social's gorgeous new website! The animations, the buttons 😍 This upgrade has been months in the making. Special thanks to our head of digital strategy Mia Abrahams and editor @suzygracias.bsky.social for all their hard work as we got this over the finish line!

Kill Your Darlings @kydmagazine.bsky.social · Aug 12

It's been a big few weeks at KYD! 🎉 We’ve been working behind the scenes to keep KYD your go-to for great Australian writing, as well as the place for practical, hands-on resources for writers. PS. We revamped our website, check it out: buff.ly/6PI5XM5

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Julia Carrie Wong @joolia.bsky.social · Jul 23

Tomorrow’s Guardian front page

A front page of the Guardian newspaper is entirely given over to the famine in Gaza. A large photo shows a mother holding her emaciated child’s body. The banner headline says, “We have faced hunger before, but never like this'

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Alice Grundy @alicektg.bsky.social · Jul 24

Looking forward to seeing who wins the Miles Franklin tonight.

A shame that they pay tax on their winnings but if you win the Block or a TV game show you don't pay tax.

Past time for change!

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Here's something absolutely cooked about books in Australia

It's a big week for Australian culture, with announcement of the shortlist for the Miles Franklin Literary Award, one of the country's top writing prizes.

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Kill Your Darlings @kydmagazine.bsky.social · Jul 17

Save the date: The KYD Creative Non-Fiction Essay Prize is back!

Find out more: buff.ly/DtOd0Fj

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