Lex
@abouthalfthree.bsky.social
Printmaking, circus, speculative fiction.
Works in a bank in Naarm/Melbourne.
Works in a bank in Naarm/Melbourne.
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"GenAI is the futu--
January 6, 2026 at 3:31 AM
"GenAI is the futu--
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Jerome Powell and the pope successfully navigating the moral imperatives posed by fascism while the nobel peace prize committee and the washington post just absolutely faceplant.
you just never know, I guess.
you just never know, I guess.
January 12, 2026 at 6:32 AM
Jerome Powell and the pope successfully navigating the moral imperatives posed by fascism while the nobel peace prize committee and the washington post just absolutely faceplant.
you just never know, I guess.
you just never know, I guess.
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entirely obsessed with this Lucy Dacus performance of Bread and Roses for Mamdani's inauguration, and it reminded me of the @globalvoices.org Global Songs of Resistance playlist* we put together a year ago
open.spotify.com/playlist/3pI...
open.spotify.com/playlist/3pI...
Lucy Dacus - Bread and Roses @ Zohran Mamdani’s Inauguration 1/1/26
YouTube video by boygenius source
www.youtube.com
January 11, 2026 at 4:37 PM
entirely obsessed with this Lucy Dacus performance of Bread and Roses for Mamdani's inauguration, and it reminded me of the @globalvoices.org Global Songs of Resistance playlist* we put together a year ago
open.spotify.com/playlist/3pI...
open.spotify.com/playlist/3pI...
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Theodor Adorno wrote that "A wrong life cannot be lived rightly."
Trans people need to understand that we are "wrong lives". Our actions will never improve our standing with most Americans. But for the fact that I am trans, I would be regarded as having lived an exemplary life. Instead, I'm exiled.
Trans people need to understand that we are "wrong lives". Our actions will never improve our standing with most Americans. But for the fact that I am trans, I would be regarded as having lived an exemplary life. Instead, I'm exiled.
January 10, 2026 at 5:38 PM
Theodor Adorno wrote that "A wrong life cannot be lived rightly."
Trans people need to understand that we are "wrong lives". Our actions will never improve our standing with most Americans. But for the fact that I am trans, I would be regarded as having lived an exemplary life. Instead, I'm exiled.
Trans people need to understand that we are "wrong lives". Our actions will never improve our standing with most Americans. But for the fact that I am trans, I would be regarded as having lived an exemplary life. Instead, I'm exiled.
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Just because a story is by Jews or about Jews doesn’t mean it’s Zionist propaganda.
This is a subskeet about comics.
This is a subskeet about comics.
January 11, 2026 at 7:00 AM
Just because a story is by Jews or about Jews doesn’t mean it’s Zionist propaganda.
This is a subskeet about comics.
This is a subskeet about comics.
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It bothers me a lot when people erase queer, trans, and nonbinary authors writing m/m fiction in favor of calling us all "straight women" because we aren't gay cis white men,
But it especially pisses me off when people toss my friends' names at me like a gotcha.
But it especially pisses me off when people toss my friends' names at me like a gotcha.
January 11, 2026 at 4:07 AM
It bothers me a lot when people erase queer, trans, and nonbinary authors writing m/m fiction in favor of calling us all "straight women" because we aren't gay cis white men,
But it especially pisses me off when people toss my friends' names at me like a gotcha.
But it especially pisses me off when people toss my friends' names at me like a gotcha.
Re: Timothy Busfield news, the Variety article goes into more specific (and therefore slightly more explicit) detail. It describes a pattern of behaviour that seems to be about creating plausible deniability.
variety.com/2026/tv/news...
variety.com/2026/tv/news...
Timothy Busfield Faces Arrest Warrant for Child Sex Abuse Charges Involving Boy Actor
Timothy Busfield is facing an arrest warrant for two counts of child sex abuse in Albuquerque involving boys on the set of 'The Cleaning Lady.'
variety.com
January 10, 2026 at 12:49 PM
Re: Timothy Busfield news, the Variety article goes into more specific (and therefore slightly more explicit) detail. It describes a pattern of behaviour that seems to be about creating plausible deniability.
variety.com/2026/tv/news...
variety.com/2026/tv/news...
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holy fucking shit????????????
Authorities in New Mexico have issued an arrest warrant for director and Emmy Award-winning actor Timothy Busfield to face a child sex abuse charge.
Actor Timothy Busfield accused of child sex abuse in New Mexico
Authorities in New Mexico have issued an arrest warrant for director and Emmy Award-winning actor Timothy Busfield to face a child sex abuse charge.
bit.ly
January 10, 2026 at 8:36 AM
holy fucking shit????????????
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The response of the poster: “Just tryna get home to Bendigo and not be stranded. There were many firefighters so I felt safe”.
There are shelters open. Driving around road blocks by taking backroads and depending on emergency services to save your ass puts CFA/SES lives at extra risk
There are shelters open. Driving around road blocks by taking backroads and depending on emergency services to save your ass puts CFA/SES lives at extra risk
January 10, 2026 at 4:07 AM
The response of the poster: “Just tryna get home to Bendigo and not be stranded. There were many firefighters so I felt safe”.
There are shelters open. Driving around road blocks by taking backroads and depending on emergency services to save your ass puts CFA/SES lives at extra risk
There are shelters open. Driving around road blocks by taking backroads and depending on emergency services to save your ass puts CFA/SES lives at extra risk
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a poem that came spilling out today.
January 8, 2026 at 4:53 PM
a poem that came spilling out today.
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Black Lives Matter folks are showing up to demand justice for Renee Nicole Good.
All Lives Matter folks are defending the man and celebrating the bullet that killed her.
Maybe now you can understand what we’d been saying all along.
All Lives Matter folks are defending the man and celebrating the bullet that killed her.
Maybe now you can understand what we’d been saying all along.
January 9, 2026 at 2:35 PM
Black Lives Matter folks are showing up to demand justice for Renee Nicole Good.
All Lives Matter folks are defending the man and celebrating the bullet that killed her.
Maybe now you can understand what we’d been saying all along.
All Lives Matter folks are defending the man and celebrating the bullet that killed her.
Maybe now you can understand what we’d been saying all along.
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Jewish Council of Australia condemns Adelaide Festival cancelling Dr Randa Abdel-Fattah “in the strongest possible terms”. Invoking cultural sensitivity “exemplifies anti-Palestinian racism and the scapegoating of Palestinians in the supposed name of Jewish safety”.
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Statement: Jewish Council Condemns Adelaide Festival Removal of Dr. Randa Abdel-Fattah
January 8, 2026 at 11:22 PM
Jewish Council of Australia condemns Adelaide Festival cancelling Dr Randa Abdel-Fattah “in the strongest possible terms”. Invoking cultural sensitivity “exemplifies anti-Palestinian racism and the scapegoating of Palestinians in the supposed name of Jewish safety”.
bsky.app/profile/jewi...
bsky.app/profile/jewi...
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Is it sometimes a little boring in the moment? I dunno maybe. But it also feels like when you interact with an artist's work, the interests that are specific to them are valuable and, more importantly, part of the whole deal, even if not all of them work for you
January 9, 2026 at 7:48 AM
Is it sometimes a little boring in the moment? I dunno maybe. But it also feels like when you interact with an artist's work, the interests that are specific to them are valuable and, more importantly, part of the whole deal, even if not all of them work for you
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If you aren't at imminent risk, please stay off the Vic Emergency app and website today.
Tune into ABC radio or third party sources so that people who desperately need the emergency info have reliable access.
Tune into ABC radio or third party sources so that people who desperately need the emergency info have reliable access.
The VicEmergency website has been overloaded, causing intermittent outages. Use radio for official emergency updates www.abc.net.au/emergency/ho... #VicFires
How to listen to ABC Radio in an emergency - ABC Emergency
Stay informed in an emergency, set your local ABC radio station in the ABC listen app, and find the frequency on your battery-powered radio.
www.abc.net.au
January 9, 2026 at 4:27 AM
If you aren't at imminent risk, please stay off the Vic Emergency app and website today.
Tune into ABC radio or third party sources so that people who desperately need the emergency info have reliable access.
Tune into ABC radio or third party sources so that people who desperately need the emergency info have reliable access.
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Reposting this because the kind replies contain recommendations for so many excellent folk to follow that it may be helpful for others.
Thank you to everyone who responded and keep the links coming!
Thank you to everyone who responded and keep the links coming!
So. We need to fill our feed out a little. Tell us who we should be following for the good genre and genre adjacent stuff. Authors, reviewers, commentators, all the good people.
Fun, serious, wry, excitable - bring them all.
Fun, serious, wry, excitable - bring them all.
January 9, 2026 at 9:17 AM
Reposting this because the kind replies contain recommendations for so many excellent folk to follow that it may be helpful for others.
Thank you to everyone who responded and keep the links coming!
Thank you to everyone who responded and keep the links coming!
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Here’s her prize-winning poem, if anyone’s interested - it’s a gut punch ❤️
poets.org/2020-on-lear...
poets.org/2020-on-lear...
2020 Academy of American Poets Prize
On Learning to Dissect Fetal Pigs by Renée Nicole Macklin
poets.org
January 8, 2026 at 7:11 AM
Here’s her prize-winning poem, if anyone’s interested - it’s a gut punch ❤️
poets.org/2020-on-lear...
poets.org/2020-on-lear...
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Sometimes all you can do is make the world 0.0000000000001% less awful by being a good person and it feels very meaningless but it’s also the only thing that really matters
January 7, 2026 at 7:49 PM
Sometimes all you can do is make the world 0.0000000000001% less awful by being a good person and it feels very meaningless but it’s also the only thing that really matters
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I've interviewed for work and my book, ppl who waited, or stayed to defend on catastrophic fire days. Every single person regrets not leaving. Every one. #vicfires
If it’s safe to leave, leave now. If VIC Emergency suggests you should leave, please leave
January 8, 2026 at 8:28 AM
I've interviewed for work and my book, ppl who waited, or stayed to defend on catastrophic fire days. Every single person regrets not leaving. Every one. #vicfires
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Disgraceful news: the 2026 Adelaide Writers' Festival Board is disinviting a writer because she is of Palestinian heritage. Another arts org trashes its reputation & makes other people pay for its decision. The choice for other invitees & people with tickets is very unfair. And very clear.
January 8, 2026 at 6:29 AM
Disgraceful news: the 2026 Adelaide Writers' Festival Board is disinviting a writer because she is of Palestinian heritage. Another arts org trashes its reputation & makes other people pay for its decision. The choice for other invitees & people with tickets is very unfair. And very clear.
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In the midst of a brutal heatwave in Melbourne, our nurses at Yourh Projects have been out checking on the homeless on our streets, with water, sunscreen, hats and our centre is open with airconditioning, showers, clean clothes, lounges and free health care.
January 7, 2026 at 10:21 AM
In the midst of a brutal heatwave in Melbourne, our nurses at Yourh Projects have been out checking on the homeless on our streets, with water, sunscreen, hats and our centre is open with airconditioning, showers, clean clothes, lounges and free health care.
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Don’t forget to leave water out for animals and to blame fossil fuel companies.
#heatwave #bushfires #Exxon #Shell #BP #SaudiAramco #Woodside #Santos
#heatwave #bushfires #Exxon #Shell #BP #SaudiAramco #Woodside #Santos
January 7, 2026 at 5:21 AM
Don’t forget to leave water out for animals and to blame fossil fuel companies.
#heatwave #bushfires #Exxon #Shell #BP #SaudiAramco #Woodside #Santos
#heatwave #bushfires #Exxon #Shell #BP #SaudiAramco #Woodside #Santos
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I have for like four years wanted to do a story about "surprise" allergens, so if you're an editor who is into that thing LMK.
I specifically want to talk about how people with allergies aren't unintelligent they KNOW they have allergies, they know where those allergens are most likely to occur.
I specifically want to talk about how people with allergies aren't unintelligent they KNOW they have allergies, they know where those allergens are most likely to occur.
January 7, 2026 at 5:07 AM
I have for like four years wanted to do a story about "surprise" allergens, so if you're an editor who is into that thing LMK.
I specifically want to talk about how people with allergies aren't unintelligent they KNOW they have allergies, they know where those allergens are most likely to occur.
I specifically want to talk about how people with allergies aren't unintelligent they KNOW they have allergies, they know where those allergens are most likely to occur.
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The FEDS drugged and shot Fred Hampton in bed.
Philly cops blew up a building in the 1980s and most people don't even know the MOVE bombing happened.
I think you're downplaying how normalized US death is.
Philly cops blew up a building in the 1980s and most people don't even know the MOVE bombing happened.
I think you're downplaying how normalized US death is.
If the DEA had killed 80 innocent Americans in the course of apprehending one drug dealer, there would be riots. But we are so ghoulishly indifferent to the lives and humanity of people abroad that it's barely even part of the conversation.
A reminder that the US killed 80 people in Venezuela, and it would be nice if the US media cared enough to think that the life of a grandmother in Caracas whose building is destroyed by a US bomb matters as much as the life of a person in the US.
January 6, 2026 at 7:26 PM
The FEDS drugged and shot Fred Hampton in bed.
Philly cops blew up a building in the 1980s and most people don't even know the MOVE bombing happened.
I think you're downplaying how normalized US death is.
Philly cops blew up a building in the 1980s and most people don't even know the MOVE bombing happened.
I think you're downplaying how normalized US death is.