This story is massive and atm there’s one piece out there that nails it. What’s happening today is going to have ramifications for Australian art and speech for a long time. Read Nour Haydar’s reporting on it. theguardian.com/artanddesign/2…

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One of my favourite podcasts to listen to during film awards season: mark lamster & Alexandra Lange nailing why The Brutalist is a bad movie about architecture (it's a very collaborative medium and not a 'lone cranky genius' medium as the film suggests) pca.st/episode/c51474…

After Vance accused Zelensky of not saying thank you, Zelensky is now tweeting individual thanks to every single world leader expressing solidarity with Ukraine.

Nice deep dive into A+ Severance ep by Brady Langmann, but Esquire subhead isn’t 100% true: there’s CGI in Severance! Ben Stiller says it was in S2’s amazing opener, 70% of snow in ORTBO is CGI. Work by VFX artists is still craft, not ‘lesser’. See Todd Vaziri x.com/tvaziri/status…

Extra shoutout to the VFX team!! All of their work is straight up invisible and needs to be appreciated more #severance

Bengali cuisine is charged with the livewire taste of mustard oil, which ripples across Kolkata Social's menu – even the martinis. My latest review for goodfoodAU includes a dish inspired by India's oldest Chinatown, snacks swapped for stationery & more. smh.com.au/goodfood/sydne…

This is an unbelievably dark story about ChatGPT from top to bottom, especially the twist at the end here nytimes.com/2025/06/13/tec…

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Yet again, we're seeing horrific reports of the killing of seven children in Gaza this time as they were waiting for water at a distribution site. UNICEF calls for an immediate and lasting ceasefire, aid at scale and release of hostages.

“#Gaza: ⛔️⛔️ The ban on the entry of international media must be lifted. - 650 days of atrocities against civilians with no international media allowed in. - Over 200 Palestinian journalists killed. Media ban fuels dis-information campaigns questioning firsthand data and

Please stop using AI. It’s like bad and stuff.

‘Gunshots rained down’: 85 killed in Gaza on deadliest day yet for aid-seekers. theage.com.au/world/middle-e…

“Musab al Dibes is 14 years old, but looks like a small child … His weight has dropped from 40 kilograms to 10 … The Gaza Strip is suffering from a major catastrophe in terms of food. There is no food, no milk, no meat, no fish, no legumes, nothing” abc.net.au/news/2025-07-2…

A group of journalists working at AFP said this week that “without immediate intervention, the last reporters in Gaza will die”. theguardian.com/world/2025/jul…