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Tim Coronel

@timcoronel.bsky.social

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Toiling in the word mines for decades. Publishing/comms lecturer at Unimelb. Opinions, I got plenty. Join your union/s!

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Tim Coronel @timcoronel.bsky.social · 11d

in furious agreement www.theguardian.com/film/2025/oc...

‘Everything that is wrong with the human race’: inside Hollywood’s bizarre war on the leaf blower

For 18 years, Cate Blanchett has railed against the hated garden gadget – and she’s not alone. From Hugh Grant to Danny DeVito, the backpack blower has united stars in unlikely, furious contempt

www.theguardian.com

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d.ly @dly.bsky.social · 5h

soup is crazy one day someone said dinner will be wet

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Baldur Bjarnason @baldurbjarnason.com · 28m

Because of its long history of underpaying both writers and employees, trade publishing has a disproportionate number of vulnerable narcissists and the pathologically codependent in a mirror image to how lottery-sized winnings have caused tech to be dominated by grandiose narcissists and sociopaths

Rachel Feder @rachelfeder.bsky.social · 22h

Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat

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Tim Coronel @timcoronel.bsky.social · 47m

thanks to whoever recommended the Devo doco on Netflix. It's great (@fionakatauskas.bsky.social , perhaps?)

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fesshole 🧻 @fesshole.bsky.social · 1h

Whenever I put cutlery back into the drawer after the dishwasher, I always move the spoons around and bring the old ones to the top. It's nothing to do with hygiene, I just don't want the spoons to get upset about not making tea.

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natasha @natasharedmane.bsky.social · 1h

Quds News Network reported quadcopters are firing at people. At least three dead.
Warplanes also just bombed people trying to return to their homes in Gaza City. 5 dead.

Middle East Eye (Unofficial) @middleeasteye-rss.bsky.social · 1h

Israeli soldiers opened fire at Palestinians in Gaza - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-soldiers-opened-fire-suspects-gaza

Israeli soldiers opened fire at Palestinians in Gaza

<article data-history-node-id="430162" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-soldiers-opened-fire-suspects-gaza" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-soldiers-opened-fire-suspects-gaza" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Israeli soldiers opened fire at Palestinians in Gaza </span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p style="margin-bottom:11px">The Israeli army issued a statement stating that Israeli soldiers opened fire at Palestinians calling them "several suspects" who came closer to troops stationed in northern Gaza on Tuesday morning.</p> <p>"Attempts were made to distance the suspects. The suspects did not comply and continued approaching the troops, who opened fire to remove the threat," the statement said.</p> </div> </div> </article>

www.middleeasteye.net

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Moose Allain @mooseallain.bsky.social · 1h

www.worldofmoose.com/collections/...

Cartoon of a plesiosaur. Seen from the side, the top line of its shape is echoed in ripples up the page, reminiscent of the artwork for the Joy Division album Unknown Pleasure. Caption: Unknown Plesiosaurs

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Alex von Tunzelmann @alexvont.bsky.social · 2h

One of the posts that got me flamed back in the old place was when I said I didn’t fetishise books as objects and wasn’t bothered if their owners wanted to rip them in half to make their baggage lighter or chuck them in the recycling once they’ve read them or whatever. Some people went ballistic

Nick Pettigrew @nick-pettigrew.bsky.social · 14h

The veneration of Books As Objects misses the point entirely. If you're reading a book, turn the corners down, break the spine, spill soup on it. It's your book, go nuts. A pristine, unread book is a tragedy in a way that a beloved, much-read book that looks like the dog's been at it could never be.

Rachel Feder @rachelfeder.bsky.social · 22h

Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat

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Tiny Owl Workshop @tinyowlworkshop.bsky.social · 2h

‘… it isn’t really funding or institutional backing that decides a magazine’s fate, but the determination (and health, and age) of the flesh-and-blood people behind it. If they have the energy and desire to keep on, the magazine will continue.’

Great read. Thanks @gitaralleigh.bsky.social

The London Magazine @thelondonmagazine.bsky.social · 11d

'There’s big trouble in the world of little magazines.' — Tristram Fane Saunders

Tristram Fane Saunders on what makes 'little magazines' so fragile, why they matter and why they so often vanish without any fanfare.

Read here: thelondonmagazine.org/article/essa...

Essay | Why Magazines Fail by Tristram Fane Saunders - The London Magazine

Drawing on recent literary magazine closures, Tristram Fane Saunders asks what makes 'little magazines' so fragile, why they matter and why they so often vanish.

thelondonmagazine.org

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🏳️‍⚧️ Josephine Riesman (Horrifying) @josie.zone · 2h

"Chef Andrew Gruel, of American Gravy Concepts" is 100% a Tim & Eric bit that escaped containment into reality

Stephen Lurie @luriethereal.bsky.social · 7h

Time to tune in to some analysis from Antifa expert…Chef Andrew…Gruel?…founder of…American Gravy Concepts?

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The Shovel @theshovel.bsky.social · 2h

“I honestly thought I’d be inundated,” the PM said at a press conference today, staring at his phone’s empty notifications screen. “Not even a scam text pretending to be Australia Post”.

theshovel.com.au/2025/10/14/a...

Albo Yet to Receive Single Phone Call After Number Leaked Online — The Shovel

“Not even a scam text pretending to be Australia Post”.

theshovel.com.au

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the wicker mang @mangmangmang.bsky.social · Aug 14

People are always rightly pointing out that Warhammer contributes more to the British economy than the fishing industry, but the problem is that there just aren't very many folk songs about Warhammer

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David Olsen @ddsd.dolsen.net · 2h

This is cool.

Carceral Abolition @carceralabolition.bsky.social · 3h

How Lego MRI scanner sets are reducing anxiety in children undergoing medical treatment www.cnbc.com/2025/10/13/l...

How Lego MRI scanner sets are reducing anxiety in children undergoing medical treatment

Lego's MRI scanner play sets, which launched in 2023, are significantly reducing anxiety and the use of sedation in children, according to new research.

www.cnbc.com

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Jessica Price @delafina777.bsky.social · 2h

4500 men.

1 in 7 said they would consider sexually abusing a child 14 or under if they knew they wouldn’t be caught.

www.thetimes.com/uk/law/artic...

Millions of men ‘would sexually abuse children if secrecy was assured’

Millions of men would have sexual contact with a child if they were certain that no one would find out, research has suggested.

www.thetimes.com

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Tim Coronel @timcoronel.bsky.social · 2h

closely followed by his family -- he wasn't an escapee

Tim Coronel @timcoronel.bsky.social · 2h

teeniest tot (3?) just went running/staggering past my window in a colourful yarmulkah and his tallit tails hanging out

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Joel @storywonker.bsky.social · 22h

Meme:

OP: why do you need a specific word for being thrown out of a window

The burgomaster of Prague: i be in situations

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Cam Walker @camwalker.bsky.social · 6h

What a despicable bunch of backwards looking sods.

Guardian Australia @australia.theguardian.com · 7h

Victorian Coalition vows to scrap Australia’s first statewide treaty with First Nations peoples if it wins government

Opposition’s plan announced as state parliament’s lower house begins debate on landmark treaty bill * Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates * Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast The Victorian Coalition has announced if elected in 2026, it will scrap Australia’s first formal statewide treaty agreement with First Nations peoples within 100 days of government. As Victorian parliament’s lower house begins debate on the statewide treaty bill on Tuesday, the opposition leader, Brad Battin, and the Coalition spokesperson for Aboriginal affairs, Melina Bath, announced their plan to repeal the agreement. Continue reading...

www.theguardian.com

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Tade Thompson @tadethompson.bsky.social · 2h

Chaka Khan wants you to have a great Tuesday.

A Black woman with long, blown out hair.

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spooky jas 👻🎀 @jazzybean.bsky.social · 12h

😭😭😭😭

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Bex Luther @superbreeze.bsky.social · 4h

When it's a scene at night, books should switch to white writing on a black page

Rachel Feder @rachelfeder.bsky.social · 22h

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Isa / EvilCleverDog @evilcleverdog.bsky.social · Aug 23

Using ChatGPT

Edith @edithcharles.bsky.social · Aug 23

What's something that isn't considered embarrassing but you think it should be?

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Joe Bak-Coleman @jbakcoleman.bsky.social · 4h

Open science rhetoric to justify jamming agi into predatory journals and convert rando data to “papers”

Samuel Moore @samuelmoore.org · 17h

"Tasks that once took months of manual work — from curating datasets and checking compliance to creating metadata and publishable outputs — are now completed in minutes by the AI Data Steward"

Another case of commercial publishers looking to replace library labour with their junk AI.

90% of Science Is Lost: Frontiers’ revolutionary AI-powered service transforms data sharing to deliver breakthroughs faster

Frontiers, the open-science publisher, is tackling this problem with the launch of Frontiers FAIR² Data Management, the world’s first all-in-one, AI-powered ser

www.frontiersin.org

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Tim Coronel @timcoronel.bsky.social · 3h

thanks Andrew. It's tough, but we get visits from Albus the Upstairs, and my partner has started looking at the shelter websites ...

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WHAT A FUCKING RECORD @whatafuckingrecord.bsky.social · 4h

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WHAT A FUCKING RECORD @whatafuckingrecord.bsky.social · 4h

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