First demand is a ceasefire so they can properly bury the dead, my god

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Australia abstained Anthony Albanese Senator Penny Wong you both are shameful. Just absolutely shameful.

'To let suffering speak' | Overland's co-editor Œdipus Dex responds to some of the criticism we have received for our solidarity with Palestine. overland.org.au/2023/11/to-let…

Israel’s bombing of Gaza for the last month being so unimaginably relentless that a four hour pause is newsworthy is a horror that should haunt us all.

Protest Sydney Town Hall Tuesday December 19 Anthony Albanese is giving a major address to the Lowy Institute We can't let him appear in public unchallenged as he continues to green-light Israel's genocide in Gaza Be there in big numbers 5pm Media release and notice attached

"Light has always been bound up with humankind’s quest for knowledge." Pubs & Ops Manager Danielle Clough (danielle (she/they)) selects Lauren Collee's exploration of light pollution from LARB Quarterly, no. 39: "Air" for their 2023 staff pick. lareviewofbooks.org/article/362001/

a little louder for the people in the back!

I’m actually almost speechless at this story. This is so breathtakingly, brazenly, cruelly depraved that I don’t know what to say. Every time you think this country can’t possibly sink further into the darkness in its treatment of refugees, it finds a new layer of hell.

Today, we're happy to share Lauren Collee's (Lauren Collee) interview with Rami Younis and Sarah Friedland, directors of the documentary LYD. They discuss the political force of science-fiction, crafting "ambiguous utopias," Palestinian memory, and much more. tinyurl.com/43wvdtee

Pictures of Palestinians in the sea, on a hot day, in a city with no water, “enraged Israelis” who apparently took it as evidence that they have not “gone far enough” in their extermination of 15,000 children, their mass murder of 50K people. An utterly racist, genocidal colony.

White phosphorus burns at 800 °C, through clothing, flesh, and bone. Fragments of white phosphorus munitions continue to burn in the wound, meaning that, for those hit, fragments must be dug out with a knife. The wound must then be debrided to avoid organ damage from absorption.

The carnival around the 2024 eclipse brought out evangelists, conspiracists, and tourists in search of a little shorthand sublime. Lauren Collee offers a report from the middle of the afternoon and the end of the world. thebaffler.com/latest/black-h…

In WordsWithoutBorders, Lauren Goldenberg interviews Kate Briggs about her new novel, “The Long Form”. Henry Oliver on actor’s cues in Shakespeare. In The Baffler, Lauren Collee on Annie Dillard and eclipses. In Commonweal Magazine, Jared Marcel Pollen reviews a recent Lispector translation. (1/2)

i wrote about the eclipse's rapidly-dissipating cultural shockwave for The Baffler

these are fine but none top my personal favourite, buried in a soggy back-corner of hampstead heath

"SHEIN’s predicted $60 billion annual revenue is the equivalent of selling seven black sweetheart neck long sleeve shirts to all 7.8 billion people on Earth." nplusonemag.com/issue-47/revie…

The Spring 2024 issue of Meanjin Quarterly is out today! And you know that means a bunch of SICK reviews, now from mikey Lauren Collee Aimee Knight Revan and Timmah Ball. Read on!