Ceinwen Langley
@feedthewriter.bsky.social
Grumpy Australian: reads and writes genre fiction; rages against the centre and right wing; enjoys punctuation.
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Aurealis — Science Fiction & Fantasy
aurealis.com.au
Absolutely chuffed to announce that I have a story in this month's Aurealis magazine!
It's an Australian gothic historical horror that begins with something that has always scared the shit out of me: a knock on the door in the middle of the night.
aurealis.com.au
It's an Australian gothic historical horror that begins with something that has always scared the shit out of me: a knock on the door in the middle of the night.
aurealis.com.au
Surprised myself by successfully roundhouse kicking and then stomping a grasshopper that's been annihilating my hardenbergia and, fortunately, was witnessed by someone who thought it was pretty cool.
November 28, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Surprised myself by successfully roundhouse kicking and then stomping a grasshopper that's been annihilating my hardenbergia and, fortunately, was witnessed by someone who thought it was pretty cool.
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PROMOTE YOUR BOOKS! EVERYONE WANTS TO HEAR ABOUT YOUR PUBLISHED BOOKS!
Almost Midnight is the collection of fairy tale retellings I wrote in the year after my dad passed. It’s kind of a collected works of fresh grief, and I’m very fond of it.
www.kobo.com/au/en/ebook/...
Almost Midnight is the collection of fairy tale retellings I wrote in the year after my dad passed. It’s kind of a collected works of fresh grief, and I’m very fond of it.
www.kobo.com/au/en/ebook/...
November 27, 2025 at 11:03 PM
PROMOTE YOUR BOOKS! EVERYONE WANTS TO HEAR ABOUT YOUR PUBLISHED BOOKS!
Almost Midnight is the collection of fairy tale retellings I wrote in the year after my dad passed. It’s kind of a collected works of fresh grief, and I’m very fond of it.
www.kobo.com/au/en/ebook/...
Almost Midnight is the collection of fairy tale retellings I wrote in the year after my dad passed. It’s kind of a collected works of fresh grief, and I’m very fond of it.
www.kobo.com/au/en/ebook/...
PROMOTE YOUR BOOKS! EVERYONE WANTS TO HEAR ABOUT YOUR PUBLISHED BOOKS!
Almost Midnight is the collection of fairy tale retellings I wrote in the year after my dad passed. It’s kind of a collected works of fresh grief, and I’m very fond of it.
www.kobo.com/au/en/ebook/...
Almost Midnight is the collection of fairy tale retellings I wrote in the year after my dad passed. It’s kind of a collected works of fresh grief, and I’m very fond of it.
www.kobo.com/au/en/ebook/...
November 27, 2025 at 11:03 PM
PROMOTE YOUR BOOKS! EVERYONE WANTS TO HEAR ABOUT YOUR PUBLISHED BOOKS!
Almost Midnight is the collection of fairy tale retellings I wrote in the year after my dad passed. It’s kind of a collected works of fresh grief, and I’m very fond of it.
www.kobo.com/au/en/ebook/...
Almost Midnight is the collection of fairy tale retellings I wrote in the year after my dad passed. It’s kind of a collected works of fresh grief, and I’m very fond of it.
www.kobo.com/au/en/ebook/...
The sigh my partner gives when I tell him that I've found and purchased a physical copy of the history of the eleventh battalion is the sound of a man who desperately wants to stop hearing about World War 1 over breakfast.
November 27, 2025 at 11:53 AM
The sigh my partner gives when I tell him that I've found and purchased a physical copy of the history of the eleventh battalion is the sound of a man who desperately wants to stop hearing about World War 1 over breakfast.
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Australia recorded ZERO cases of cervical cancer in women under 25 for the first time since they started tracking the cancer in the 80s.
This is the power of vaccines.
The HPV vaccine is extremely effective at preventing cancer.
Viruses can be oncogenic. Get your vaccines and protect yourself!
This is the power of vaccines.
The HPV vaccine is extremely effective at preventing cancer.
Viruses can be oncogenic. Get your vaccines and protect yourself!
newsGP - Australia set for world-first cervical cancer elimination
Vaccination programs have played a key role, and GPs remain ‘instrumental’ in boosting screening rates to reach the 2035 target.
www1.racgp.org.au
November 27, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Australia recorded ZERO cases of cervical cancer in women under 25 for the first time since they started tracking the cancer in the 80s.
This is the power of vaccines.
The HPV vaccine is extremely effective at preventing cancer.
Viruses can be oncogenic. Get your vaccines and protect yourself!
This is the power of vaccines.
The HPV vaccine is extremely effective at preventing cancer.
Viruses can be oncogenic. Get your vaccines and protect yourself!
My theory as to why boomers struggle so badly to identify even the earliest, most obvious AI generated images is that most of them have this shit activated on their TV.
November 27, 2025 at 2:23 AM
My theory as to why boomers struggle so badly to identify even the earliest, most obvious AI generated images is that most of them have this shit activated on their TV.
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Many men feel the stripper really likes them. Scientists say it's time to consider whether they're onto something
November 26, 2025 at 7:27 AM
Many men feel the stripper really likes them. Scientists say it's time to consider whether they're onto something
Remember when Black Friday was a single day sale that happened exclusively in person, in a country I don't live in? Because I do, and it was nice.
November 26, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Remember when Black Friday was a single day sale that happened exclusively in person, in a country I don't live in? Because I do, and it was nice.
Couldn't be arsed digging out my hot glue gun to reattach a paper star to the wreath I made a couple years ago, and this is how we make scientific discoveries such as "nail glue also works for that."
November 25, 2025 at 7:11 AM
Couldn't be arsed digging out my hot glue gun to reattach a paper star to the wreath I made a couple years ago, and this is how we make scientific discoveries such as "nail glue also works for that."
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I spoke to @australia.theguardian.com about the unworkability of Australia’s #SocialMediaBan for children and young people:
Labor has brushed aside concerns over the social media ban. But what if it doesn’t work as promised?
If Meta, the world’s biggest social media company, expects problems after a year of preparation, then what should the rest of us be expecting?
www.theguardian.com
November 23, 2025 at 10:21 PM
I spoke to @australia.theguardian.com about the unworkability of Australia’s #SocialMediaBan for children and young people:
The lighting in Wicked Part 1 is so terrible it’s given me a headache. This is what you get for giving into FOMO, kids.
November 23, 2025 at 12:53 PM
The lighting in Wicked Part 1 is so terrible it’s given me a headache. This is what you get for giving into FOMO, kids.
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Israel cannot break ceasefires, they can only “test“ them by killing dozens of people
November 22, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Israel cannot break ceasefires, they can only “test“ them by killing dozens of people
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When @australianlabor.bsky.social trots out a warning to The Greens "not to "make the perfect the enemy of the good"" you can absolutely bet they're going to offer up crud & join forces with LNP to deploy media beat up strategies against people who want to prevent rubbishing of EPBC laws
Labor offers Greens forestry deal in exchange for support on environment laws
The ABC has been told the federal government is willing to ensure native forestry complies with tougher new standards within three years if the Greens back the reforms.
www.abc.net.au
November 23, 2025 at 8:56 AM
When @australianlabor.bsky.social trots out a warning to The Greens "not to "make the perfect the enemy of the good"" you can absolutely bet they're going to offer up crud & join forces with LNP to deploy media beat up strategies against people who want to prevent rubbishing of EPBC laws
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"Stop Forcing AI Into Every Fucking Thing" stickers are BACK IN STOCK
Brighter than ever— a rich ketchup-y orange-red.
3" circle of thick vinyl, yours for $2
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Brighter than ever— a rich ketchup-y orange-red.
3" circle of thick vinyl, yours for $2
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November 22, 2025 at 11:03 PM
"Stop Forcing AI Into Every Fucking Thing" stickers are BACK IN STOCK
Brighter than ever— a rich ketchup-y orange-red.
3" circle of thick vinyl, yours for $2
▶ square.link/u/BFQkzE6U
Brighter than ever— a rich ketchup-y orange-red.
3" circle of thick vinyl, yours for $2
▶ square.link/u/BFQkzE6U
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Everything ISRAEL does is a crime against humanity but they don’t give a shit
and
the rest of the world is not giving a shit either
and
the rest of the world is not giving a shit either
Meanwhile, a new report from Human Rights Watch finds the Israeli government’s forced displacement of 32,000 Palestinians in three West Bank refugee camps in January and February amounts to war crimes and crimes against humanity.
November 23, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Everything ISRAEL does is a crime against humanity but they don’t give a shit
and
the rest of the world is not giving a shit either
and
the rest of the world is not giving a shit either
Mama tells me I shouldn't bother
That I ought just stick to another man
A man that surely deserves me
But I think you do
So I cry, and I pray, and I beg
(for
you
to)
Love me, love me
Say that you love me
Fool me, fool me
Go on and fool meEE
That I ought just stick to another man
A man that surely deserves me
But I think you do
So I cry, and I pray, and I beg
(for
you
to)
Love me, love me
Say that you love me
Fool me, fool me
Go on and fool meEE
November 22, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Mama tells me I shouldn't bother
That I ought just stick to another man
A man that surely deserves me
But I think you do
So I cry, and I pray, and I beg
(for
you
to)
Love me, love me
Say that you love me
Fool me, fool me
Go on and fool meEE
That I ought just stick to another man
A man that surely deserves me
But I think you do
So I cry, and I pray, and I beg
(for
you
to)
Love me, love me
Say that you love me
Fool me, fool me
Go on and fool meEE
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if there’s one lesson for progressives from the MAGA decade, it’s that they shouldn’t be tricked into being the defenders of institutions by virtue of polarisation.
Public trust is not earned by telling people they should trust things, it’s by making something or someone worth trusting
Public trust is not earned by telling people they should trust things, it’s by making something or someone worth trusting
“What I don’t understand is why some Democrats are hopping on this bandwagon. They may believe the Epstein file release will hurt Trump. But they are undermining public trust and sowing public cynicism in ways that make the entire progressive project impossible.“
. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/o...
. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/o...
Opinion | The Epstein Story? Count Me Out.
www.nytimes.com
November 22, 2025 at 3:06 AM
if there’s one lesson for progressives from the MAGA decade, it’s that they shouldn’t be tricked into being the defenders of institutions by virtue of polarisation.
Public trust is not earned by telling people they should trust things, it’s by making something or someone worth trusting
Public trust is not earned by telling people they should trust things, it’s by making something or someone worth trusting
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The arc of the moral universe was like
November 22, 2025 at 1:35 AM
The arc of the moral universe was like
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Almost a year now since I received this absolutely classic burn from the Canadian government.
November 21, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Almost a year now since I received this absolutely classic burn from the Canadian government.
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Relying on ChatGPT to teach you about a topic leaves you with shallower knowledge than Googling and reading about it, according to new research that compared what more than 10,000 people knew after using one method or the other.
Shared by @gizmodo.com: buff.ly/yAAHtHq
Shared by @gizmodo.com: buff.ly/yAAHtHq
November 21, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Relying on ChatGPT to teach you about a topic leaves you with shallower knowledge than Googling and reading about it, according to new research that compared what more than 10,000 people knew after using one method or the other.
Shared by @gizmodo.com: buff.ly/yAAHtHq
Shared by @gizmodo.com: buff.ly/yAAHtHq
It looks like I am knitting a skimpy bikini but I assure you I am knitting a skimpy singlet.
November 21, 2025 at 11:43 AM
It looks like I am knitting a skimpy bikini but I assure you I am knitting a skimpy singlet.
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I’ve spent a lot of the last three years investigating the rise of anti-trans politics. Often, it came back to the controversy over trans women athletes.
So I teamed up with @pablo.show to look into the leading figure on the issue: Riley Gaines.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202... 1/
So I teamed up with @pablo.show to look into the leading figure on the issue: Riley Gaines.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202... 1/
How right-wing superstar Riley Gaines built an anti-trans empire
The swimmer tied a trans woman for fifth. The MAGA industrial complex took care of the rest.
www.motherjones.com
November 20, 2025 at 1:25 PM
I’ve spent a lot of the last three years investigating the rise of anti-trans politics. Often, it came back to the controversy over trans women athletes.
So I teamed up with @pablo.show to look into the leading figure on the issue: Riley Gaines.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202... 1/
So I teamed up with @pablo.show to look into the leading figure on the issue: Riley Gaines.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202... 1/
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This piece nicely encapsulates why independent journalism is increasingly trusted above mainstream.
Skye Predavec accurately describes the $9 trillion claim as "gross misrepresentation".
The take from most mainstream journos?:
'Mr Littleproud said...' #ClimateCrisis #auspol
Skye Predavec accurately describes the $9 trillion claim as "gross misrepresentation".
The take from most mainstream journos?:
'Mr Littleproud said...' #ClimateCrisis #auspol
This by @skyelark.bsky.social was such a brilliant slaughtering of the LNP’s $9tn claim. Ley won’t even say the number anymore #ThePoint
thepoint.com.au/factchecks/2...
thepoint.com.au/factchecks/2...
Will Net Zero cost $9 trillion to Australia?
As the Nationals abandon their commitment to achieving net zero by 2050, leader David Littleproud has cited a stunning $9 trillion dollar price tag on the policy as a key reason for the move.
thepoint.com.au
November 20, 2025 at 11:19 PM
This piece nicely encapsulates why independent journalism is increasingly trusted above mainstream.
Skye Predavec accurately describes the $9 trillion claim as "gross misrepresentation".
The take from most mainstream journos?:
'Mr Littleproud said...' #ClimateCrisis #auspol
Skye Predavec accurately describes the $9 trillion claim as "gross misrepresentation".
The take from most mainstream journos?:
'Mr Littleproud said...' #ClimateCrisis #auspol
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This is a nuts story. An AI chatbot and image platform left millions of images exposed. They show what people are actually using the AI for: taking random women's yearbook, graduation, and social media photos and making super realistic hardcore porn with them
www.404media.co/ai-porn-secr...
www.404media.co/ai-porn-secr...
Massive Leak Shows Erotic Chatbot Users Turned Women’s Yearbook Pictures Into AI Porn
Chatbot roleplay and image generator platform SecretDesires.ai left cloud storage containers of nearly two million of images and videos exposed, including photos and full names of women from social me...
www.404media.co
November 19, 2025 at 3:28 PM
This is a nuts story. An AI chatbot and image platform left millions of images exposed. They show what people are actually using the AI for: taking random women's yearbook, graduation, and social media photos and making super realistic hardcore porn with them
www.404media.co/ai-porn-secr...
www.404media.co/ai-porn-secr...
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Incredible headline.
Elon Musk Could 'Drink Piss Better Than Any Human in History,' Grok Says
Grok has been reprogrammed to say Musk is better than everyone at everything, including blowjobs, piss drinking, playing quarterback, conquering Europe, etc.
www.404media.co
November 20, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Incredible headline.