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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 22d

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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Ben Eltham @beneltham.bsky.social · 29d

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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Alexander Wells @ajbwells.bsky.social · Jul 28

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Martin Shaw @thebooksdesk.bsky.social · Jul 28

"I once met someone who takes a photo of the borrower with the book in their hands, so they know exactly what’s where..." @ajbwells.bsky.social on book borrowing/lending www.the-berliner.com/books/whos-g...

"Who's got my Czech Dreambook?" On the joys and perils of lending books - The Berliner

Why can't I stop giving books away? An investigation into the joys and murky ethics of loaning one’s library to fellow readers.

www.the-berliner.com

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Alexander Wells @ajbwells.bsky.social · Jun 10

Latest column for The Berliner mag aka who has my bloody book??? www.the-berliner.com/books/whos-g...

"Who's got my Czech Dreambook?" On the joys and perils of lending books - The Berliner

Why can't I stop giving books away? An investigation into the joys and murky ethics of loaning one’s library to fellow readers.

www.the-berliner.com

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Alexander Wells @ajbwells.bsky.social · Jun 6

the only good social media is comments section for disco music on youtube

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Alexander Wells @ajbwells.bsky.social · Jun 4

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Alexander Wells @ajbwells.bsky.social · Jun 3

Unrechtstaat BRD

Annika Brockschmidt @ardenthistorian.bsky.social · Jun 3

Dobrindt ignoriert geltendes Recht/Gerichtsurteil. Trumpismus made in Germany. www.tagesschau.de/inland/innen...

Trotz Gerichtsentscheidung: Dobrindt hält an Zurückweisungen fest

Bundesinnenminister Dobrindt hält trotz einer Gerichtsentscheidung an Zurückweisungen von Asylsuchenden an den Grenzen fest. Das Gericht habe eine Einzelfallentscheidung getroffen und verlange nur nac...

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Gabriel Flynn @gabrielflynn.bsky.social · May 25

Some pics from the launch of Poor Ghost! on Weds. Thanks to everyone who came out and to @lettretage.de for hosting, @curiousfoxbooks.bsky.social for selling books, and @ajbwells.bsky.social for being his very charming self and asking great questions.

Me and Alex chatting on stage and laughing

A hand reaching for a copy of Poor Ghost!

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Alexander Wells @ajbwells.bsky.social · May 17

quick reminder that this symposium-festival of wonderful Australian and Aoteoroa/New Zealand authors will be on next Saturday in Berlin!! just check out that line-up 👀👀.......

stadtsprachen.de/de/event/par...

PARATAXE SYMPOSIUM XVI = Antipoden: Down under in Berlin – die australischen & neuseeländischen Autor*innen Berlins

Programmentwurf: 13:30 Uhr: AuftaktMit Alexander Wells und Martin Jankowski 14:00 – 15:30 Uhr: Panel 1 (in deutscher Sprache)NEIGHBOURS. Begegnungen, Übersetzungen, Anregungen.Keynote: Prof. Anja Schw...

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Gabriel Flynn @gabrielflynn.bsky.social · May 22

My debut novel, Poor Ghost! is out today with @sceptrebooks.bsky.social

It’s about class, mourning, love, fathers, Manchester, and lots of other stuff.

I’m proud of it and I hope you’ll enjoy it too.

A handsome looking novel called Poor Ghost! with endorsements from Claire Messud, Lara Williams, Wendy Erskine, Tim MacGabhann, Julianne Pachico, and Aidan Cottrell-Boyce

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Alexander Wells @ajbwells.bsky.social · May 22

funny when you're in an archaeology museum and the wall text soberly informs you that a certain weird object "was likely used for rituals, potentially of a sacred or religious nature". it's ok mate just admit you don't know !!!

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Alexander Wells @ajbwells.bsky.social · May 21

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Alexander Wells @ajbwells.bsky.social · May 21

This legend's book launch is at Lettrétage tonight >>

www.the-berliner.com/books/gabrie...

Spectral analysis: Gabriel Flynn's gentrified ghouls - The Berliner

The struggling characters in the Berlin-based author's debut novel 'Poor Ghost!' are as haunted by their austere past as they are wary of Manchester's foreclosed future.

www.the-berliner.com

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Mireille Juchau @mireillejuchau.bsky.social · May 17

Looking forward to crossing multiple time zones to join this starry program of writers, next week, in Berlin.

Alexander Wells @ajbwells.bsky.social · May 17

quick reminder that this symposium-festival of wonderful Australian and Aoteoroa/New Zealand authors will be on next Saturday in Berlin!! just check out that line-up 👀👀.......

stadtsprachen.de/de/event/par...

PARATAXE SYMPOSIUM XVI = Antipoden: Down under in Berlin – die australischen & neuseeländischen Autor*innen Berlins

Programmentwurf: 13:30 Uhr: AuftaktMit Alexander Wells und Martin Jankowski 14:00 – 15:30 Uhr: Panel 1 (in deutscher Sprache)NEIGHBOURS. Begegnungen, Übersetzungen, Anregungen.Keynote: Prof. Anja Schw...

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Alexander Wells @ajbwells.bsky.social · May 17

quick reminder that this symposium-festival of wonderful Australian and Aoteoroa/New Zealand authors will be on next Saturday in Berlin!! just check out that line-up 👀👀.......

stadtsprachen.de/de/event/par...

PARATAXE SYMPOSIUM XVI = Antipoden: Down under in Berlin – die australischen & neuseeländischen Autor*innen Berlins

Programmentwurf: 13:30 Uhr: AuftaktMit Alexander Wells und Martin Jankowski 14:00 – 15:30 Uhr: Panel 1 (in deutscher Sprache)NEIGHBOURS. Begegnungen, Übersetzungen, Anregungen.Keynote: Prof. Anja Schw...

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Gabriel Flynn @gabrielflynn.bsky.social · May 13

Thanks @ajbwells.bsky.social for my first ever interview!

Martin Shaw @thebooksdesk.bsky.social · May 13

Interesting @ajbwells.bsky.social interview with @gabrielflynn.bsky.social ahead of the release of his debut novel: “if you were born in the late 1980s or early 1990s, you’ve…grown up expecting a world that then disappeared right as you were coming into it.” www.the-berliner.com/books/gabrie...

Spectral analysis: Gabriel Flynn's gentrified ghouls - The Berliner

The struggling characters in the Berlin-based author's debut novel 'Poor Ghost!' are as haunted by their austere past as they are wary of Manchester's foreclosed future.

www.the-berliner.com

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Martin Shaw @thebooksdesk.bsky.social · May 13

Interesting @ajbwells.bsky.social interview with @gabrielflynn.bsky.social ahead of the release of his debut novel: “if you were born in the late 1980s or early 1990s, you’ve…grown up expecting a world that then disappeared right as you were coming into it.” www.the-berliner.com/books/gabrie...

Spectral analysis: Gabriel Flynn's gentrified ghouls - The Berliner

The struggling characters in the Berlin-based author's debut novel 'Poor Ghost!' are as haunted by their austere past as they are wary of Manchester's foreclosed future.

www.the-berliner.com

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Alexander Wells @ajbwells.bsky.social · May 12

yes. also it's despicable

Robert Shrimsley @robertshrimsley.bsky.social · May 12

This is Labour's core problem here. The right will never allow Starmer a win on immigration because the issue is central to their appeal and therey' daren't lose it. So whatever he does will never be enough.

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Simon Sahner @simonsahner.bsky.social · May 11

Da mit Lars Klingbeil gerade mal wieder ein Politiker von den „normalen Leuten“ spricht, nochmal mein Text zu diesem leeren und in Konsequenz sogar gefährlichen Begriff.

Es gibt keine „normalen“ Leute, es gibt nur die Idee davon, die Menschen für sich beanspruchen und dadurch andere ausschließen

Rhetorik im Wahlkampf: Die Unnormalen, das sind natürlich die anderen

Im Wahlkampf beschwören Politiker nun die "normalen Leute" oder die "hart arbeitende Mitte". Ziel ist, andere zu markieren. Doch Vorsicht, "Normale" sind sehr fragil.

www.zeit.de

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Claudius Rück @claudiusc.bsky.social · May 11

Köln
#Liegenddemo #MECFS

Eine Person (von hinten) mit dem Kampagnen-T-Shirt

Blick auf den Alter Markt mit sitzenden Demonstranten

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Aadip Desai (he/him) @aadip.bsky.social · May 10

This is disturbing… a single ChatGPT query uses 10x more energy than using a search engine. One 100-word email drafted by ChatGPT-4 uses about a water bottle’s worth of H2O, and enough electricity to power 14 LED lightbulbs for an hour.

Lex McMenamin (they/them) @leximcmenamin.com · May 7

yes, ChatGPT is in schools; there are K-12 school districts and DOEs entering into AI contracts, too. so rather than panicking over the death of academia as a foregone conclusion—particularly when LLMs are frequently wrong—why don't we talk about the climate costs of AI?

my latest @teenvogue.com

ChatGPT Is Everywhere — Why Aren't We Talking About Its Environmental Costs?

One estimate found that a single ChatGPT search uses 10 times the energy of a normal Google search.

www.teenvogue.com

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Alexander Wells @ajbwells.bsky.social · May 10

not livestreamed sorry but there'll be recordings posted online!! (audio quality depending)

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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · May 8

I will never understand how people who advise the govt to do and say nothing about this look at themselves in the mirror without throwing up.

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...

Gaza will be entirely destroyed, Israeli minister says

Bezalel Smotrich says Palestinians will ‘leave in great numbers to third countries’, raising fears of ethnic cleansing

www.theguardian.com

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Alexander Wells @ajbwells.bsky.social · May 8

right on! and in my experience at least you can never quite tell where or what that excess is until you're there

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