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Philosopher & author. Coming in 2025 with Scribe: IMMORTAL GESTURES. March (UK), April (AU), May (US). Representation: Zeitgeist & Alex Adsett. www.damonyoung.com.au
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"Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra."

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If you were shocked by my film on Israeli settlers in the West Bank, you haven’t been paying attention | Louis Theroux

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“…translating literature isn’t like solving an equation. Rather, it’s an art form.” An important conversation about translation at Melbourne Writers Festival: www.theage.com.au/culture/book...

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I was in the Sydney Morning Herald’s Booklist newsletter yesterday, talking about my bamboo writing screen (and some daily writing habits).

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Absolutely here for everyone's sky pictures, thank you.

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BREAKING: pope studied existentialism and phenomenology

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I admire and respect Margaret and David as much as the next person, but isn't it depressing they've been off air for a decade and they're still the only public face of criticism in Australia?

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If the international rules-based order you followed brought you to this, of what use was the international rules-based order?

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#photography

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Friends, if you want to read the full endnotes for my new book IMMORTAL GESTURES, we’ve put together a thicc document for you. It’s available on the @scribepub.bsky.social (not UK or US) website or here on mine: www.damonyoung.com.au/s/ImmortalGe...

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Look, fair enough. Graham and I didn’t do enough to properly define “martial arts” in our collection (relying on a few paradigm cases), so it makes sense that these authors want to do better.

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Absolutely disgusting scenes in Hobart tonight. Appalling. Write to your minister.

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Crazy that this is the first piece that decided to actually examine if Gaza “cost the Greens votes”. If the party ever wants to get outside the white enclaves of Sydney and Melbourne this kind of campaigning is what they need to do, and it pays off? www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05...

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I want to hear the donkey's side of this

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someone's probably speedrunning latin duolingo rn

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Found in my second-hand Conan paperback: a 1998 receipt from the Watertrough Saloon, Portland, Oregon. Thanks for the book, James.

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Mobile Fighter G Gundam (1994) Episode 36 - A Knights' Pride! Gundam Rose Stolen 08:50.683

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Cleansed. My @smh @theage cartoon.

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Friends, if you want to read the full endnotes for my new book IMMORTAL GESTURES, we’ve put together a thicc document for you. It’s available on the @scribepub.bsky.social (not UK or US) website or here on mine: www.damonyoung.com.au/s/ImmortalGe...

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been researching the political economy of plastics for over two years and somehow still discovering new horrors about plastics pollution

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Bleak. nymag.com/intelligence...

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