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Literary critic in a library. Scholarly publishing, egoism, manifestos, and modernism. My book, The Ego Made Manifest, is available from Bloomsbury. Views my own and mostly on the other one. https://x.com/NonwayneWayne?t=8_wAuQkxi3mzXY2lgoWUbQ&s=09
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The causes for the decline of humanities programs across regional Australia are both long- and short-term, varied, complex and multifaceted. australianhumanitiesreview.org/2025/02/20/s...

Probably the hardest thing I've ever written, but far from my best writing. Everyone is to blame. There are no easy solutions. Generations of young people will pay the price for our failures. Jade's a trooper. australianhumanitiesreview.org/2025/02/20/sit… doi.org/10.56449/14631���

I watched Gladiator II (meh), but it did give me the idea of sidestepping our imminent civil war by making Kyle Rittenhouse bareknuckle box Luigi Mangione.

I Just finished recording a new episode of The Young Idealist Series with Dr. Owen Ware on his new book titled "Return of the Gods: Mythology in Romantic Philosophy & Literature & it was a fantastic experience. You can purchase Owen Ware new book here: global.oup.com/academic/pro...

The latest from Ailie McDowall and Fabiane Ramos: "The proliferation of decolonising scholarship has contributed to a performative ‘decolonising’ position, obscuring the object of analysis and instead signalling morality and authenticity." doi.org/10.4324/9781...

Surprised by a couple of pieces by David Lynch in Maastricht #teenageinsect

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4pm today on ABC Radio National 🔊

“Using AI to create art and scholarship adds another layer of insidious censorship. In a way, it’s almost worse — people think they are writing and thinking and making, but in many cases, they are generating something obvious and pre-controlled” irinadumitrescu.substack.com/p/the-world-...

We have a podcast! Join Mia, @bethanykeats.bsky.social and me as we chat with some brilliant writers about their work!

You can take the girl out of radio but you can't stop her from making a podcast 😅 Subscribe now via your favourite podcast app 🎧

@tenille.bsky.social @bethanykeats.bsky.social and Mia-Francesca Jones have a podcast! It's on writing! You should listen to it!

Something from me for the dubious 26th Jan, which I presented last yr at @humanitiesau.bsky.social with @profmdavis.bsky.social , McKenna and Konishi. All the best for Sunday guys… humanities.org.au/power-of-the...

Monday January 27th, 2025 will mark the 250th anniversary of the German philosopher: Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling's Birthday. This is a special day to all Schellingians as it marks a pivotal day to honor one of philosophy's most brilliant shining stars in it's long history

“At the moment, using Operator is significantly slower, more frustrating, and more expensive than simply doing any of these tasks yourself.” Trademark it. Put it on a billboard. The future is here.

Regular service announcement that if you’re looking to escape from the abysmal state of the mainland world today there’s a little book called ISLAND waiting to take you away 😱🏝️😮‍💨

Newsletter: Mark Zuckerberg's MAGA pivot is really just the continuation of years of rotting out the core products of Instagram and Facebook - and begins an era of unrestrained, unrepentant growth where tech will proudly make their products even worse. www.wheresyoured.at/the-slop-society/

petition to start a new *un*-professional org of historians and language and literature scholars tired of being so desperately disappointed by orgs that should be formidable forces of solidarity and advocacy in these impossible times

In 2022, the AHA collected $1.3 Million in dues, gave $128,175 in prizes & fellowship, increased its endowment by $383,825, & paid its Executive Director $300,975. In 2022, the MLA collected $1.7 Million in dues, gave $136,326 in prizes, increased its endowment by $437,727, & paid its EC $328,186.

Sunrise at Rialto Beach Washington. Leica M6 with Rollei Superpan. #rialtobeach #landscapephotography #blackandwhitephotography #filmphotography #fineartphotography #leica

Here is an image I recently had published in Wishbone Words issue 14. The Polaroid image is part of a series titled “Still Life.” #analoguephotography #vintagephotography #polaroidphotography

O what a pretty little book! So compact yet fully formed, so aesthetic! 🏝️ Yes, ISLAND is still new & still out in the world, waiting for your hungry eyes 👀 @bloomsburylit.bsky.social @bloomsburyacad.bsky.social

RIP David Lynch. He saw the evil at the heart of the family and the nation. He went deeper and deeper into the dark with each film. The final minutes of The Return are the great statement of our filthy and unredeemed century. “What year is it?”

I will say that big tech has shown their real contempt for users by pushing generative AI so hard, and I believe they have massively underestimated how loathsome most people find it. This is the desperation era! Welcome to the slop society!

An endorsement for my new book with Palgrave Pivot: *The Death of the Author and Anticolonial Thought." “This highly original ...study...will permanently change the way we think about authorship and the legacy of empire.” --Anna Bernard, author of Decolonizing Literature, King's College, London

"That many of our faculty are not only markedly better educators than any Generative AI application on the horizon, but can work longer hours for lower wages without overheating, is maybe not exactly a flex, but it is a bad omen for the hundreds of ventures marketed on that premise."

Yes

Turns out this is one platform I haven’t yet harassed you all about my book. Xmas beckons people. Those gifts are not buying themselves. Here is an astonishing bargain too: avidreader.com.au/p/bennelong-...

A friend is a professional artist. Has been for many years. He had some thoughts on studying art at university, but I have a suspicion that this reflects a heck of a lot of experiences in practical disciplines at university. Sound familiar to anyone?

If you aren't across the important work being done by Janine Gertz at UQ on Gugu Badhun sovereignty, you really need to check out her latest article in Thesis Eleven doi.org/10.1177/0725...

Gerald Murnane's "diagram of his life": www.theparisreview.org/blog/2025/01...

Somehow, and despite my best efforts to detonate the journal after three issues (my plan from the outset) Sūdō Journal keeps on keeping on! Congratulations @tenille.bsky.social and @bethanykeats.bsky.social on the release of volume 5!

'The truth is that Dutton’s vision of Australia rests on the disappearance of First Nations’ people – their invisibility becomes the currency of their inclusion in the nation.' A powerful piece by Mark McKenna www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...