Robbie Moore
@robbiemoore.bsky.social
Senior Lecturer in English at UTAS. "Hotel Modernity: Corporate Space in Literature and Film" from Edinburgh UP. He/him.
Stranger Things S5 is a chore, sadly. Already-bloated IP expanded into a joyless, airless, all-encompassing multiverse. What if worldbuilding was the enemy all along?
January 18, 2026 at 6:34 AM
Stranger Things S5 is a chore, sadly. Already-bloated IP expanded into a joyless, airless, all-encompassing multiverse. What if worldbuilding was the enemy all along?
Chaïm Soutine, "Windy day in Oxera" (1939)
January 17, 2026 at 1:59 AM
Chaïm Soutine, "Windy day in Oxera" (1939)
The internet is amazing because you can go from “I know nothing about the 1986 assassination of Swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme” to “Christer Pettersson was the fall guy for the South African Security Branch” within ~15 minutes
January 16, 2026 at 11:11 PM
The internet is amazing because you can go from “I know nothing about the 1986 assassination of Swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme” to “Christer Pettersson was the fall guy for the South African Security Branch” within ~15 minutes
Back in my day, we didn't have "On the Nature of Daylight" in every movie. No sir! We had "Symphony of Sorrowful Songs" in every movie.
January 16, 2026 at 10:22 AM
Back in my day, we didn't have "On the Nature of Daylight" in every movie. No sir! We had "Symphony of Sorrowful Songs" in every movie.
Strings
open.spotify.com
January 14, 2026 at 10:28 AM
They should all know, with the certainty of Cassandra, that people will line up to toilet on their graves; that if there's security, people will fly piss-drones, or Big Bertha piss-cannons ... whatever it takes
January 14, 2026 at 9:52 AM
They should all know, with the certainty of Cassandra, that people will line up to toilet on their graves; that if there's security, people will fly piss-drones, or Big Bertha piss-cannons ... whatever it takes
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Behold, a 'fluencer:
January 13, 2026 at 10:11 PM
Behold, a 'fluencer:
The word “influencer” is immensely sinister. Are we sure it wasn’t invented in dystopian fiction
January 13, 2026 at 9:53 PM
The word “influencer” is immensely sinister. Are we sure it wasn’t invented in dystopian fiction
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Proposals invited: special issue: *Feminist Modernist Exiles*, to show how women’s ongoing experiences of transnational, transcultural, and translingual experiences in voluntary and involuntary exile continue to generate new forms of feminist modernism.
Info: phyllisl @ northwestern .edu
Info: phyllisl @ northwestern .edu
January 13, 2026 at 8:44 AM
Proposals invited: special issue: *Feminist Modernist Exiles*, to show how women’s ongoing experiences of transnational, transcultural, and translingual experiences in voluntary and involuntary exile continue to generate new forms of feminist modernism.
Info: phyllisl @ northwestern .edu
Info: phyllisl @ northwestern .edu
What happens to the Craig Silvey-Industrial Complex now? Belvoir are in the middle of adaptating Runt for starters
January 13, 2026 at 9:59 AM
What happens to the Craig Silvey-Industrial Complex now? Belvoir are in the middle of adaptating Runt for starters
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Few words.
My @smh @theage cartoon
My @smh @theage cartoon
January 12, 2026 at 10:56 PM
Few words.
My @smh @theage cartoon
My @smh @theage cartoon
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This is a huge loss for Australian arts. Louise Adler has resigned, after years of racist campaigning from Murdoch’s hate machine for her continued audacity to have 1-2 Palestinian writers in her festivals. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
I cannot be party to silencing writers, which is why I am resigning as director of Adelaide Writers’ Week | Louise Adler
Cancelling the Australian Palestinian author Randa Abdel-Fattah weakens freedom of speech and is the harbinger of a less free nation
www.theguardian.com
January 12, 2026 at 10:38 PM
This is a huge loss for Australian arts. Louise Adler has resigned, after years of racist campaigning from Murdoch’s hate machine for her continued audacity to have 1-2 Palestinian writers in her festivals. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Got vertigo. Miserable. Sitting motionless looking out the window at neighbouring apartments. How many other Hitchcockian maladies can I get.
January 11, 2026 at 10:59 PM
Got vertigo. Miserable. Sitting motionless looking out the window at neighbouring apartments. How many other Hitchcockian maladies can I get.
I need a materialist theory of complicated 70s chord progressions
January 11, 2026 at 3:37 AM
I need a materialist theory of complicated 70s chord progressions
Bowie has been gone for a decade. But the dank apocalyptic glamour of his 70s work seems made for this moment. You can hear it in Cate Le Bon, who borrows his police siren sax lines
youtu.be/SS5Jj2B3RXw
youtu.be/SS5Jj2B3RXw
Is It Worth It (Happy Birthday) ?
YouTube video by Cate Le Bon - Topic
youtu.be
January 10, 2026 at 1:09 PM
Bowie has been gone for a decade. But the dank apocalyptic glamour of his 70s work seems made for this moment. You can hear it in Cate Le Bon, who borrows his police siren sax lines
youtu.be/SS5Jj2B3RXw
youtu.be/SS5Jj2B3RXw
A.C. Grayling is short for “Air Conditioned Grayling” - few know this
January 9, 2026 at 9:40 PM
A.C. Grayling is short for “Air Conditioned Grayling” - few know this
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Property, homes, domesticity - its all a horror story
January 9, 2026 at 9:04 PM
Property, homes, domesticity - its all a horror story
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”Sir, Trent Dalton has pulled out of Adelaide Writers“
January 9, 2026 at 7:17 AM
”Sir, Trent Dalton has pulled out of Adelaide Writers“
It be the whale ghosts overland.org.au/previous-iss...
January 9, 2026 at 12:41 AM
It be the whale ghosts overland.org.au/previous-iss...
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More withdrawals from Adelaide Writers Week reportedly include:
Bri Lee
Maxine Beneba Clarke
Clare Wright
Paul Daley
Hannah Kent
Robbie Arnott
Walter Marsh
Jennifer Mills
Hannah Ferguson
+ at least 5 others to add to yesterday’s lot
Bri Lee
Maxine Beneba Clarke
Clare Wright
Paul Daley
Hannah Kent
Robbie Arnott
Walter Marsh
Jennifer Mills
Hannah Ferguson
+ at least 5 others to add to yesterday’s lot
January 8, 2026 at 9:23 PM
More withdrawals from Adelaide Writers Week reportedly include:
Bri Lee
Maxine Beneba Clarke
Clare Wright
Paul Daley
Hannah Kent
Robbie Arnott
Walter Marsh
Jennifer Mills
Hannah Ferguson
+ at least 5 others to add to yesterday’s lot
Bri Lee
Maxine Beneba Clarke
Clare Wright
Paul Daley
Hannah Kent
Robbie Arnott
Walter Marsh
Jennifer Mills
Hannah Ferguson
+ at least 5 others to add to yesterday’s lot
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One day we will look back at these unrepentant racists with the same disgust we have for the Confederates, the KKK, the Boer regime.
The total elimination of Arabs from public life for “safety” mirrors the very worst racist regimes of history.
The total elimination of Arabs from public life for “safety” mirrors the very worst racist regimes of history.
Announcement by Adelaide Writers Festival cancelling invitation to Randa Abdel-
Fattah
Fattah
Adelaide Festival Board Statement
www.adelaidefestival.com.au
January 8, 2026 at 2:32 AM
One day we will look back at these unrepentant racists with the same disgust we have for the Confederates, the KKK, the Boer regime.
The total elimination of Arabs from public life for “safety” mirrors the very worst racist regimes of history.
The total elimination of Arabs from public life for “safety” mirrors the very worst racist regimes of history.
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“Look on my Works” except it’s just a tyre fire burning forever
Humans have emitted 2750 gigatons of CO2 since the industrial revolution from burning fossil fuels and land use change. To put this in perspective, this is more than the (dry) mass of all living things on earth and everything humans have ever built combined:
January 2, 2026 at 10:41 PM
“Look on my Works” except it’s just a tyre fire burning forever
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Every year, the new year becomes a little more "whew, we made it!" than "woohoo, the future!" and I can't tell if it's age or, you know, end times
January 1, 2026 at 10:52 PM
Every year, the new year becomes a little more "whew, we made it!" than "woohoo, the future!" and I can't tell if it's age or, you know, end times
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Looks like my time is up.
January 1, 2026 at 2:11 AM
Looks like my time is up.