Charlie Lewis
@theshufflediary.bsky.social
Journalist at Crikey, radio at Triple R, extremely intermittent music writing here: dancingtoarchitecture.home.blog
Bigger ideas here: https://meanjin.com.au/essays/pop-music-at-the-end-of-the-world/
Bigger ideas here: https://meanjin.com.au/essays/pop-music-at-the-end-of-the-world/
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Tonight on Spin Cycle on @3rrrfm.bsky.social we talk to Ben Smee from @australia.theguardian.com about their 2-yr investigation into alleged failures by police and courts in QLD DV deaths. And tomorrow we join Walk Against Family Violence. With @rachelwithers.bsky.social @theshufflediary.bsky.social
Broken trust | The Guardian
<p>A two-year Guardian Australia investigation into alleged failures by the police and coroner's court in domestic violence deaths in Queensland</p>
www.theguardian.com
November 27, 2025 at 3:52 AM
Tonight on Spin Cycle on @3rrrfm.bsky.social we talk to Ben Smee from @australia.theguardian.com about their 2-yr investigation into alleged failures by police and courts in QLD DV deaths. And tomorrow we join Walk Against Family Violence. With @rachelwithers.bsky.social @theshufflediary.bsky.social
We need not valorise Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro to predict how badly US meddling in Latin America ends up.
www.crikey.com.au/2025/11/26/v...
www.crikey.com.au/2025/11/26/v...
As Trump's focus on Venezuala intensifies, a look back at America's role in Latin America
We need not valorise Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro to predict how badly US meddling might end up.
www.crikey.com.au
November 26, 2025 at 1:25 AM
We need not valorise Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro to predict how badly US meddling in Latin America ends up.
www.crikey.com.au/2025/11/26/v...
www.crikey.com.au/2025/11/26/v...
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The award that inspired the unforgettable response from the desk of Gina Rinehart: “Surely you can and should do better, instead of wasting your time and agenda proving you are the ones who should be the recipients of your own childish award?”
On the 20th anniversary of Crikey’s end of year awards, help us pick candidates for the prestigious and sought after Arsehat of the Year.
'[Crikey] should be the recipients of your own childish award': Help us pick our 20th-anniversary Arsehat of the Year
www.crikey.com.au
November 25, 2025 at 5:18 AM
The award that inspired the unforgettable response from the desk of Gina Rinehart: “Surely you can and should do better, instead of wasting your time and agenda proving you are the ones who should be the recipients of your own childish award?”
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Also, if you're not a subscriber, now is a *great* time to put that out. We've got a sale on and you can get it for 14 months if you sign up using the promo code CHARLIE2025EOY
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November 25, 2025 at 3:28 AM
Also, if you're not a subscriber, now is a *great* time to put that out. We've got a sale on and you can get it for 14 months if you sign up using the promo code CHARLIE2025EOY
www.crikey.com.au/billing/chec...
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On the 20th anniversary of Crikey’s end of year awards, help us pick candidates for the prestigious and sought after Arsehat of the Year.
'[Crikey] should be the recipients of your own childish award': Help us pick our 20th-anniversary Arsehat of the Year
www.crikey.com.au
November 25, 2025 at 1:36 AM
On the 20th anniversary of Crikey’s end of year awards, help us pick candidates for the prestigious and sought after Arsehat of the Year.
This is the 20th year of Crikey's end of year awards, and the first year anniversary of some of the greatest correspondence we've ever received. Get involved! www.crikey.com.au/2025/11/25/a...
'[Crikey] should be the recipients of your own childish award': Help us pick our 20th-anniversary Arsehat of the Year
We are determined, with your help, to never keep a prime candidate like Gina Rinehart waiting so long for a nomination ever again.
www.crikey.com.au
November 25, 2025 at 1:29 AM
This is the 20th year of Crikey's end of year awards, and the first year anniversary of some of the greatest correspondence we've ever received. Get involved! www.crikey.com.au/2025/11/25/a...
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Australia has more than played its part in undermining COP climate change summits over the years, @theshufflediary.bsky.social writes.
Australia has been key in undermining COP from the very start
www.crikey.com.au
November 24, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Australia has more than played its part in undermining COP climate change summits over the years, @theshufflediary.bsky.social writes.
So one my favourite artists of all time, Cool Calm Pete, put out his first record for 20 years earlier this year. It took me this long to work out exactly what I made of it.
Basically, its fucking great:
dancingtoarchitecture.home.blog/2025/11/21/c...
Basically, its fucking great:
dancingtoarchitecture.home.blog/2025/11/21/c...
Cool Calm Pete: demolition
My beloved Cool Calm Pete is back, and I took five months to write about it. It’s a strange and beautiful album that get’s better with every listen.
dancingtoarchitecture.home.blog
November 21, 2025 at 11:08 PM
So one my favourite artists of all time, Cool Calm Pete, put out his first record for 20 years earlier this year. It took me this long to work out exactly what I made of it.
Basically, its fucking great:
dancingtoarchitecture.home.blog/2025/11/21/c...
Basically, its fucking great:
dancingtoarchitecture.home.blog/2025/11/21/c...
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No guest on Spin Cycle tonight because @theshufflediary.bsky.social and I are going all in on the Olivia Nuzzi story. Like spectators in the American journalism zoo, we’ll try and work out… why? 7pm on @3rrrfm.bsky.social
November 20, 2025 at 6:14 AM
No guest on Spin Cycle tonight because @theshufflediary.bsky.social and I are going all in on the Olivia Nuzzi story. Like spectators in the American journalism zoo, we’ll try and work out… why? 7pm on @3rrrfm.bsky.social
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The longest government shutdown in US history is over, but Democrats got nothing much to show for it.
@theshufflediary.bsky.social joins @emmashortis.bsky.social to discuss what this means for already-appalling health insurance costs. Plus: the CIA & the Whitlam dismissal.
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@theshufflediary.bsky.social joins @emmashortis.bsky.social to discuss what this means for already-appalling health insurance costs. Plus: the CIA & the Whitlam dismissal.
🎧 theaus.in/48jaGTH
November 18, 2025 at 6:13 AM
The longest government shutdown in US history is over, but Democrats got nothing much to show for it.
@theshufflediary.bsky.social joins @emmashortis.bsky.social to discuss what this means for already-appalling health insurance costs. Plus: the CIA & the Whitlam dismissal.
🎧 theaus.in/48jaGTH
@theshufflediary.bsky.social joins @emmashortis.bsky.social to discuss what this means for already-appalling health insurance costs. Plus: the CIA & the Whitlam dismissal.
🎧 theaus.in/48jaGTH
australiainstitute.org.au/post/anti-ac... If, like me, you'd greatly prefer a version that doesn't feature my face ...
November 18, 2025 at 2:10 AM
australiainstitute.org.au/post/anti-ac... If, like me, you'd greatly prefer a version that doesn't feature my face ...
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If Trump has lost Marjorie Taylor Green, is his base lost too? @theshufflediary.bsky.social examines the sudden shift in MAGA rhetoric.
Trump's desperation on the Epstein files has cost him the support of Marjorie Taylor Greene. What about his base?
www.crikey.com.au
November 17, 2025 at 3:29 AM
If Trump has lost Marjorie Taylor Green, is his base lost too? @theshufflediary.bsky.social examines the sudden shift in MAGA rhetoric.
Marjorie Taylor Green represented the moment that sincere, organic Trumpism entered congress; if she goes, does the base go with her?
www.crikey.com.au/2025/11/17/d...
www.crikey.com.au/2025/11/17/d...
Trump's desperation on the Epstein files has cost him the support of Marjorie Taylor Greene. What about his base?
Are the most loyal Trump fans in Congress finally turning on him?
www.crikey.com.au
November 17, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Marjorie Taylor Green represented the moment that sincere, organic Trumpism entered congress; if she goes, does the base go with her?
www.crikey.com.au/2025/11/17/d...
www.crikey.com.au/2025/11/17/d...
A few final thoughts on Oasis, New Labour, the gentrification of football and music for the end of history:
November 16, 2025 at 12:13 AM
A few final thoughts on Oasis, New Labour, the gentrification of football and music for the end of history:
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Opinion | The Democrats’ cave on the government shutdown leaves no interpretation other than cowardice, incompetence or deeply cynical politics, @theshufflediary.bsky.social writes.
The Democrats were winning the shutdown. So naturally, they caved
www.crikey.com.au
November 14, 2025 at 3:02 AM
Opinion | The Democrats’ cave on the government shutdown leaves no interpretation other than cowardice, incompetence or deeply cynical politics, @theshufflediary.bsky.social writes.
Tonight on Spin Cycle, @rachelwithers.bsky.social and I are thrilled to be chatting to @wakeinfright.bsky.social about the omnishables roiling the BBC.
Plus, the media's role in the dismissal, Coalition climate nonsense and a, let's say, inconsistent approaches to law and order. From 7 on RRR!
Plus, the media's role in the dismissal, Coalition climate nonsense and a, let's say, inconsistent approaches to law and order. From 7 on RRR!
November 13, 2025 at 4:37 AM
Tonight on Spin Cycle, @rachelwithers.bsky.social and I are thrilled to be chatting to @wakeinfright.bsky.social about the omnishables roiling the BBC.
Plus, the media's role in the dismissal, Coalition climate nonsense and a, let's say, inconsistent approaches to law and order. From 7 on RRR!
Plus, the media's role in the dismissal, Coalition climate nonsense and a, let's say, inconsistent approaches to law and order. From 7 on RRR!
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Scoop: Meta's (formerly Facebook) Messenger app is set to be in the teen social media ban, accidentally!
Despite the government saying messaging apps will be excluded, the app won't be able to have <16 users because of the law's drafting and the way the platform works.
www.crikey.com.au/20...
Despite the government saying messaging apps will be excluded, the app won't be able to have <16 users because of the law's drafting and the way the platform works.
www.crikey.com.au/20...
November 13, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Scoop: Meta's (formerly Facebook) Messenger app is set to be in the teen social media ban, accidentally!
Despite the government saying messaging apps will be excluded, the app won't be able to have <16 users because of the law's drafting and the way the platform works.
www.crikey.com.au/20...
Despite the government saying messaging apps will be excluded, the app won't be able to have <16 users because of the law's drafting and the way the platform works.
www.crikey.com.au/20...
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The horror films screening at the Melbourne Queer Film Festival are part of a history that stretches back to the monster movies of the 1930s, @theshufflediary.bsky.social writes.
Camp and catharsis: The Melbourne Queer Film Festival and a history of queer horror
www.crikey.com.au
November 12, 2025 at 3:01 AM
The horror films screening at the Melbourne Queer Film Festival are part of a history that stretches back to the monster movies of the 1930s, @theshufflediary.bsky.social writes.
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Very clever use of FOI by @cameronwilson.bsky.social means we can read a rundown of the national security’s chiefs AI prompts.
Exclusive | FOI logs reveal Australia's national security chief, Hamish Hansford, used the AI chatbot Copilot to write speeches and messages to his team. @cameronwilson.bsky.social reports.
How Australia's national security chief used AI to write speeches and 'personnel communications'
www.crikey.com.au
November 12, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Very clever use of FOI by @cameronwilson.bsky.social means we can read a rundown of the national security’s chiefs AI prompts.
It was so wonderful to talk to some of the creatives involved in this year's Melbourne Queer Film Festival, about a subject close to my heart -- the complicated and thrilling history of queerness in horror cinema:
www.crikey.com.au/2025/11/12/t...
www.crikey.com.au/2025/11/12/t...
Camp and catharsis: The Melbourne Queer Film Festival and a history of queer horror
The horror films at MQFF reach back through a complicated and ultimately liberating history.
www.crikey.com.au
November 12, 2025 at 2:15 AM
It was so wonderful to talk to some of the creatives involved in this year's Melbourne Queer Film Festival, about a subject close to my heart -- the complicated and thrilling history of queerness in horror cinema:
www.crikey.com.au/2025/11/12/t...
www.crikey.com.au/2025/11/12/t...
Today is a good day (as would be any day, tbh) to catch up on @crystaljane.bsky.social conversation with Professor Jenny Hocking on the Dismissal: www.youtube.com/watch?v=HwSE...
The biggest political scandal in Australian history: The Whitlam Dismissal, 50 years on
YouTube video by Crikey News
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November 10, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Today is a good day (as would be any day, tbh) to catch up on @crystaljane.bsky.social conversation with Professor Jenny Hocking on the Dismissal: www.youtube.com/watch?v=HwSE...
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In fundamental ways, culture is still locked into the groove Oasis carved out, @theshufflediary.bsky.social writes.
Oasis' legacy: 30 years later, we're still looking back
www.crikey.com.au
November 8, 2025 at 3:41 PM
In fundamental ways, culture is still locked into the groove Oasis carved out, @theshufflediary.bsky.social writes.