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sleepship.bsky.social
@sleepship.bsky.social
Writer, artist, parent.
I write about art in lutruwita at Makeando.art
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If you're in Lutruwita, I write about visual art and culture over at makeanddo.art !
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Writing on art and culture from lutruwita/Tasmania by Andrew Harper
makeanddo.art
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Honoured that my ‘Burning the books’ -
the @harvardpress.bsky.social edition - should feature in @thelibrariansfilm.bsky.social - a must- see for anyone concerned about the freedom to read and to think - it highlights the courageous libraries defending democracy in America
October 11, 2025 at 5:20 PM
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ARCHIVAL FUNDING: Ann Ball Bodley Visiting Fellowship in Women’s History, to use Bodleian Libraries collections to advance scholarship in women’s history, of any geographical area and historical period. Deadline 28th Nov. www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/csb/fellowsh...
Bodleian Visiting Fellowships in Special Collections
www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk
October 28, 2025 at 3:36 PM
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The Barbellion Prize celebrates and promotes writing that represents the experience of chronic illness and disability. Since the re-launch laste week we've raised 10% of our target, so there's still a way to go. Pllease support this unique literary award barbellionprize.org Thank you!
The Barbellion Prize | A prize recognising literary representation of chronically disabled lives.
barbellionprize.org
November 9, 2025 at 12:25 PM
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Richest nation in human history
November 7, 2025 at 11:52 AM
oh wonderful I broke the resume formatting
November 9, 2025 at 10:47 PM
far out, Amyl and The Sniffers got nominated for a Grammy. It's amazing that something that's actually good got a look.
November 9, 2025 at 9:22 PM
spent days sweating over 250 words for a writing gig i really want, everything else is on hold. I think i have done it and i am so bloody tired
November 9, 2025 at 12:42 PM
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For the Sunday crowd, my latest Substack post is about the forgotten author Jane Gallion, her publisher Essex House, and the hard graft that was being one of America’s first female smut writers. Free to read at the link below (although paid subs are welcome.

andrewnette.substack.com/p/jane-galli...
November 9, 2025 at 9:00 AM
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I fully believe in the corporate death penalty and believe we would be a better world if OpenAI lost its corporate charter and was forcibly dissolved.

www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
ChatGPT encouraged college graduate to commit suicide, family claims in lawsuit against OpenAI | CNN
A 23-year-old man killed himself in Texas after ChatGPT ‘goaded’ him to commit suicide, his family says in a lawsuit.
www.cnn.com
November 7, 2025 at 1:12 AM
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succubus - female demon that seduces men

incubus - male demon that seduces women

vengabus - non-binary demon that likes to party
November 6, 2025 at 3:38 PM
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The women who actually use Kenwood Ladies Pond spoke clearly: the 900 members democratically voted to maintain their trans+ inclusive policy, in place since 2019. 🏊‍♀️

notinourname.org.uk/nion-women-r...

#TransInclusion #KenwoodLadiesPond #TransRightsAreHumanRights @nionwomen.bsky.social
NION Women Rejects Anti-Trans Narrative at Kenwood Ladies Pond - Not in our name
NION women supports the previous decision by members to keep the Kenwood ponds inclusive, and calls for people to engage in the consultation
notinourname.org.uk
November 7, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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I was just leafing through 1725 occult tome The Secret Magic of Abramelin the Mage in search of scary invocations for the BOOK, and I came across this list of subordinate spirits to the princes of Hell.
November 5, 2025 at 5:19 PM
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I love that the two greatest Anglophone cities of the world are both now run by democratic socialist Muslim men of South Asian descent.

Very here for the first Sadiq–Zohran bilateral ♥️

photo: @bylinetimes.bsky.social
November 6, 2025 at 6:41 AM
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Trump's Nazification of America has had a profound effect in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. Every single Republican has been voted off the school board. The American people recognize the threat and consequences of authoritarian fascism.
November 5, 2025 at 1:49 PM
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This is important to remember. the Devs are libetarian weirdos. Not leftists.
Bluesky hates Palestinians, actively encouraged their starvation by preventing them from fundraising and suspended people who celebrated the killing of a far-right racist. I need you to remember this while you're high on the Mamdani win and referring to this app as pre-Musk Twitter
November 5, 2025 at 3:52 AM
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Zohran Mamdani ran an ultra-disciplined campaign for mayor — one that barely touched on climate change. Once he's in office, how will the one-time self-described "ecosocialist" govern?

Here's @robinsonmeyer.bsky.social with the backstory:

heatmap.news/politics/zoh...
Zohran Mamdani’s Silent Climate Politics
The self-described “ecosocialist” ran an ultra-disciplined campaign for New York City mayor. Once he’s in office, the climate issue could become unavoidable.
heatmap.news
November 5, 2025 at 8:06 AM
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Welfare payments should never be used as a mechanism of control or surveillance
November 4, 2025 at 8:12 AM
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This should have happened a long time ago (and the quota should probably be higher), but this is a step in the right direction.
Streaming services to be made to produce Australian content
The federal government puts laws requiring streaming services to produce Australian content back on the table after a hiatus following the US election.
www.abc.net.au
November 4, 2025 at 7:54 AM
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Manufacturers should be forced to recycle batteries at the end of their lives to deliver significant safety, environmental and financial benefits.
reneweconomy.com.au
November 3, 2025 at 10:15 PM
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It’s truly scary how few mainstream publications are willing to publish working class voices and perspectives (let alone leftist ones), and every one we lose is yet another blow to the fragile hope for a better world
November 3, 2025 at 8:59 PM
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Just fell down a rabbit hole of apps that you can secretly install on people’s phones to notify you if they watch porn and holy shit what is wrong with everyone
November 3, 2025 at 4:03 AM
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some jazzers have been griping about Hancock’s vocoder ad-lib segment, which he’s been doing every set. Allow me to set you straight. Herbie Hancock is one of the greatest musicians ever to live and in the context of music if he makes a choice then that is the right choice. Hope this clarifies
just saw Herbie Hancock at the Strathmore. played almost exclusively progressive jazz, went ~1 hour over time, much of the overage stemming from a nearly 40m lecture on evolution, compassion, & futurism done entirely via vocoder, and saved almost all the accessible fusion for post-lecture. the GOAT!
November 3, 2025 at 11:13 AM
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I once got on a bus having just bought a Pret breakfast bowl and realised I hadn't picked up a spoon to eat it with. The best I could find was a credit card I had in my wallet which had split down the middle. Luckily the woman sitting next to me had a spoon and offered it to me when she saw this.
November 3, 2025 at 1:37 PM
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I never know what counts in those "first record you ever bought" things because there's a very blurry line between "parents buy you records for birthday/Xmas", "pester mum to buy you record while you're with her at the shops" and "mum gives you money but you spend it while at the shops with her".
November 3, 2025 at 1:44 PM