mastodon 4.7.2Writer living in Melbourne. Four books in the world, and another on the way. Write about the intersection of media, politics and technology, so, you know, about power. Freelancer by choice. Democratic by inclination.
I published an email from Annabel Crabb (with her permission), critical of a piece I wrote about Kitchen Cabinet. I think this sort of transparency is useful, and would encourage you to read the whole thing. My response is there too, as is the original article.
https://open.substack.com/pub/tdunlop/p/kitchen-confidential?r=bhqa3&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
"Australian media has traditionally been so concentrated—so corporate—and so unchallenged, that there was a desperate need for a release valve, and Twitter provided that. You could hardly claim that it overthrew mainstream sources of power in Australia, but it decentralised them to some extent.
"But Twitter/X is over."
https://open.substack.com/pub/tdunlop/p/the-tragedy-of-the-digital-commons?r=bhqa3&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
"The problem is when we move beyond legitimate disagreement and use tactics that despoil the fragile space in which disagreement can exist but community can survive."
https://open.substack.com/pub/tdunlop/p/the-challenge-of-disagreeing-better?r=bhqa3&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
New report into trans-hate in Australia.
"The report is the largest ever investigation into anti-trans hate in Australia, compiling data from over 3099 survey responses, including 1309 responses from people in the trans community. The results show that anti-trans abuse, harassment, and violence in Australia is widespread and is escalating rapidly."
https://transjustice.org.au/fuelling-hate-report-blog/
Raw talent, before the producers move in.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jx1UBDNzyLw
"Nothing is inevitable about the rise of autocracy or the decline of democracy. Invest in political and civic organization if you want to create change...."
@anneapplebaum@journa.host writing about the result in the recent Polish election but reminding us of a broader truth.
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/10/poland-parliamentary-election-autocracy-tusk/675656/
This is worth reading (use 12ftladder if the paywall activates)
https://www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a/where-the-palestinian-political-project-goes-from-here
"The Federal Court established a precedent that means the federal government can ignore the risk such fossil fuel projects pose to protected plants, animals and places, when deciding whether or not to approve them."
Actually, you can't ignore them.
What a fucking joke.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-10-11/living-wonders-climate-cases-federal-court-analysis/102962176
Okay...
@RanTLaw@aus.social Of course, I got distracted, so this is good, thanks!
@robfwalter@aus.social Interesting thought
For fans of Hokusai
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pPd_GxEFMzA
@RanTLaw@aus.social thanks, I'll dig up. I really like the way the two of them interact here.