Kafka only hits home runs

Is this good theguardian.com/environment/20…

Reading and rereading the great Adrienne Rich this week, from The Yale Review:

This is a ridiculous and damaging move from the ARC which should cause all academics here and abroad substantial concern. afr.com/policy/health-…

Fantastic interview danielle

oh so the Gene Hackman news was somehow more disturbing than any scenario I could have imagined, cool

Looks like conferences can no longer take place in the US. theguardian.com/us-news/2025/m…

If you need me this is where u can find me

Setting books like The Great Gatsby as required reading risks turning young people against literature forever. If we are serious about instilling lifelong reading habits in our students, we must refrain from assigning any reading whatsoever in our classrooms

I'm familiar with academics thank you

Modern academic: “my heavily qualified argument marginally advances the sub-discipline” 19th century academic: “my treatise, inspired by yesterday’s walk, revolutionizes philosophy, religion, and music. My critics are intellectually and sexually disordered”

Australia’s support for Israel’s ongoing illegal occupation and blockade of humanitarian aid to Gaza must end. Read our full statement with ACIJ is on bsky (theACIJ.bsky.social) : hrlc.org.au/news/statement…

experiencing whatever the opposite of enlightenment is

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As Gaza faces mass starvation, I wrote about Israel’s new militarised aid plan (to be run by a ‘Gaza Humanitarian Foundation’ headed by a former US sniper) and the call for a Diplomatic Humanitarian Convoy to break the siege. abc.net.au/religion/as-ga…

I viscerally hate doubting that a human has written the essays I’m marking. There’s no more miserable predicament in which to mark.

Opponents fear electing judges could politicise the judiciary, promote inexperienced or corrupt judges, and erode Mexico's system of checks and balances. UOW theconversation.com/will-elections…

Mexican President Claudia #Sheinbaum says electing judges will make #Mexico 🇲🇽 “the world’s most democratic country.” In reality, it’s like handing a guillotine to Lady Justice and calling it a makeover. I explain why in my piece for The Conversation - Australia + New Zealand 👇🏽 AILASA Latino Rebels ☆

Who has an institutional address in Oz and would like a bunch of books on Zizek, Bourdieu, Derrida, Bakhtin, Levinas or Ancient Greek tragedy? Grad students preferred

Excellent, probing piece today in Crikey by Catriona Menzies-Pike on the closure of Meanjin crikey.com.au/2025/09/08/mea…