Jon Gresham
@jongresham.bsky.social
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Jon Gresham
@jongresham.bsky.social
· Nov 13
I had a terrific conversation with Khun Pitchaya Sudbanthad at #swf. Thanks Melissa de Silva for your warm & thoughtful moderation. It was good to have such an engaged & passionate audience too. Dark times but hope in down to earth community & connection.
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News Corp asks why all writers & other artists are endorsing any & all of Randa Abdel-Fattah's views. That's not it. Writers & other artists are standing by a principle: oppose political pressure to silence any artist because they are First Nations, Palestinian, Jewish, or anything else.
January 18, 2026 at 1:51 AM
News Corp asks why all writers & other artists are endorsing any & all of Randa Abdel-Fattah's views. That's not it. Writers & other artists are standing by a principle: oppose political pressure to silence any artist because they are First Nations, Palestinian, Jewish, or anything else.
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Photo by Pierre Lavie. Yes this is me. And I threw my Leica. It landed on the bass plate with hardly a scratch. Another Photographer grabbed it along with my phone and I was able to track him later. I was held face down tear gas deployed right in front of me and pepper sprayed directly into the eye.
January 17, 2026 at 2:57 PM
Photo by Pierre Lavie. Yes this is me. And I threw my Leica. It landed on the bass plate with hardly a scratch. Another Photographer grabbed it along with my phone and I was able to track him later. I was held face down tear gas deployed right in front of me and pepper sprayed directly into the eye.
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Her mother called 911 for help… and got turned into ICE instead.
They placed her and her five year old daughter in a hotel and told them not to contact anyone.
ICE didn’t want the community fighting for them.
Mother & daughter have been deported to Honduras and the local police were complicit.
They placed her and her five year old daughter in a hotel and told them not to contact anyone.
ICE didn’t want the community fighting for them.
Mother & daughter have been deported to Honduras and the local police were complicit.
ICE deports 5-year-old US citizen from TX to Honduras, group says
Génesis Ester Gutiérrez Castellanos and her mom were arrested in Austin on January 5.
www.mysanantonio.com
January 18, 2026 at 3:25 AM
Her mother called 911 for help… and got turned into ICE instead.
They placed her and her five year old daughter in a hotel and told them not to contact anyone.
ICE didn’t want the community fighting for them.
Mother & daughter have been deported to Honduras and the local police were complicit.
They placed her and her five year old daughter in a hotel and told them not to contact anyone.
ICE didn’t want the community fighting for them.
Mother & daughter have been deported to Honduras and the local police were complicit.
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Trump should be dogged forever by these two words. In my experience, protectors protect their own kind, too.
January 16, 2026 at 9:30 PM
Trump should be dogged forever by these two words. In my experience, protectors protect their own kind, too.
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My state is now the only state in Australia without a funded writers support organisation.
Once you destroy arts industry infrastructure, it can take YEARS to restore the foundational support artists need.
Please sign this petition.
www.parliament.vic.gov.au/get-involved...
Once you destroy arts industry infrastructure, it can take YEARS to restore the foundational support artists need.
Please sign this petition.
www.parliament.vic.gov.au/get-involved...
Restore funding for Writers Victoria - Petitions - Parliament of Victoria
www.parliament.vic.gov.au
January 16, 2026 at 1:08 PM
My state is now the only state in Australia without a funded writers support organisation.
Once you destroy arts industry infrastructure, it can take YEARS to restore the foundational support artists need.
Please sign this petition.
www.parliament.vic.gov.au/get-involved...
Once you destroy arts industry infrastructure, it can take YEARS to restore the foundational support artists need.
Please sign this petition.
www.parliament.vic.gov.au/get-involved...
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What a ridiculous awful mess of a thing to have its curatorial decisions overruled by a board with nobody on it who’s involved in books or the arts in any way, half of whom then immediately quit
January 11, 2026 at 11:11 AM
What a ridiculous awful mess of a thing to have its curatorial decisions overruled by a board with nobody on it who’s involved in books or the arts in any way, half of whom then immediately quit
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As a teenager in Adelaide I was so used to the idea that every year there would be a free outdoor week of writers talking that you could just pop along to without planning anything in advance; I didn’t realise how exceptional that was, how unlike almost every writers festival.
January 11, 2026 at 10:58 AM
As a teenager in Adelaide I was so used to the idea that every year there would be a free outdoor week of writers talking that you could just pop along to without planning anything in advance; I didn’t realise how exceptional that was, how unlike almost every writers festival.
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Instead of posting on social media, use your power, use your voice as an Australian citizen
If the pro-Israel lobby can get organised and complain and write letters, then so can you
Write to anyone & everyone at the Adelaide Festival and voice your complaint
And - get everyone else involved too
If the pro-Israel lobby can get organised and complain and write letters, then so can you
Write to anyone & everyone at the Adelaide Festival and voice your complaint
And - get everyone else involved too
January 11, 2026 at 8:31 AM
Instead of posting on social media, use your power, use your voice as an Australian citizen
If the pro-Israel lobby can get organised and complain and write letters, then so can you
Write to anyone & everyone at the Adelaide Festival and voice your complaint
And - get everyone else involved too
If the pro-Israel lobby can get organised and complain and write letters, then so can you
Write to anyone & everyone at the Adelaide Festival and voice your complaint
And - get everyone else involved too
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A letter from Henry Reynold's lawyer. Of course an academic who wrote first (?) books about Australia's genocide/s of First Nations peoples, at a time when speaking up was even dangerous for white people's careers, is standing in solidarity with Randa. (Apologies for no ALT)
January 11, 2026 at 3:33 AM
A letter from Henry Reynold's lawyer. Of course an academic who wrote first (?) books about Australia's genocide/s of First Nations peoples, at a time when speaking up was even dangerous for white people's careers, is standing in solidarity with Randa. (Apologies for no ALT)
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It needs to be said: this is a catastrophic act of vandalism. Adelaide Writers Week is free to access and open to everyone. I have participated in three. People might dunk on its greying audience but its existence is a statement of values. Like libraries. Don Dunstan would weep for his children.
I have been sent a copy of Adelaide Festival's response to the letter raising concerns about Thomas Friedman's participating in Adelaide Writers Week.
The response says that Friedman could not participate due to "last minute scheduling issues".
The response says that Friedman could not participate due to "last minute scheduling issues".
January 11, 2026 at 10:01 AM
It needs to be said: this is a catastrophic act of vandalism. Adelaide Writers Week is free to access and open to everyone. I have participated in three. People might dunk on its greying audience but its existence is a statement of values. Like libraries. Don Dunstan would weep for his children.
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When this blows over I might have to share some of the emails I’ve received over the days which really make me wonder why I am the one accused of hatred. There is deep unresolved trauma being spewed by some of these people and we cannot consent to living according to their warped reality.
January 11, 2026 at 11:28 AM
When this blows over I might have to share some of the emails I’ve received over the days which really make me wonder why I am the one accused of hatred. There is deep unresolved trauma being spewed by some of these people and we cannot consent to living according to their warped reality.
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Three women faced prison for pro-Palestine march. Then the extraordinary happened
Three women faced prison for pro-Palestine march. Then the extraordinary happened
Three women faced prison for pro-Palestine march. Then the extraordinary happened
www.independent.co.uk
November 3, 2025 at 3:39 AM
Three women faced prison for pro-Palestine march. Then the extraordinary happened
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Carole Cadwalladr on how the Guardian gave away the Observer (its Sunday paper) to the corporate world. Independent journalism, women editors, good reporters and readers, all sacrificed.
‘Fuckity bye’
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
‘Fuckity bye’
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
Fuckity bye
RIP, the Guardian-Observer 1993-2025. It was not a natural death.
open.substack.com
April 23, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Carole Cadwalladr on how the Guardian gave away the Observer (its Sunday paper) to the corporate world. Independent journalism, women editors, good reporters and readers, all sacrificed.
‘Fuckity bye’
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
‘Fuckity bye’
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
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The Trump admin is demanding universities institute anti-mask laws for student protesters, holding the schools’ funding as a ransom, while sending secret police in balaclavas to disappear immigrants
Men in plainclothes, one in a balaclava, raided the Charlottesville courthouse today. They abducted a local painter whose case (allegedly fighting with his roommate) was being dismissed, and another who was there paying fines. They took them away in unmarked vans.
dailyprogress.com/news/local/c...
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ICE detains 2 men in Charlottesville courthouse raid
Three men who identified themselves as Homeland Security officers raided a courthouse in downtown Charlottesville Tuesday, detaining two men without explanation.
dailyprogress.com
April 23, 2025 at 2:54 AM
The Trump admin is demanding universities institute anti-mask laws for student protesters, holding the schools’ funding as a ransom, while sending secret police in balaclavas to disappear immigrants
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UPDATE: ICE is wildly unconcerned about where this man is and no one will tell me, his registered attorney. The universal answer so far is "let's wait and see where he ends up." This is deeply off.
We would have more rights at this point if UPS had lost a pair of shoes I'd just bought from Zappos
We would have more rights at this point if UPS had lost a pair of shoes I'd just bought from Zappos
My detained client was scheduled for a bond hearing this AM in a MA immigration court. He wasn't brought in, and he and his case have disappeared.
I then received this notice of activity on a nonexistent docket in which his name was changed to "N/A"
It's all happening a lot faster than I expected
I then received this notice of activity on a nonexistent docket in which his name was changed to "N/A"
It's all happening a lot faster than I expected
April 8, 2025 at 10:41 PM
UPDATE: ICE is wildly unconcerned about where this man is and no one will tell me, his registered attorney. The universal answer so far is "let's wait and see where he ends up." This is deeply off.
We would have more rights at this point if UPS had lost a pair of shoes I'd just bought from Zappos
We would have more rights at this point if UPS had lost a pair of shoes I'd just bought from Zappos
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Once more, for anyone who might've missed it yesterday, you can nominate WORK-LIFE BALANCE, @charsiewspace.bsky.social, and myself in four categories for The Ringo Awards!
FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION
Best Original Graphic Novel - WORK-LIFE BALANCE: MALEVOLENT MANAGERS AND FOLKLORIC FREELANCERS
Best Writer - Wayne Rée
Best Artist - Benjamin Chee (@charsiewspace.bsky.social)
Best Cover Artist - Benjamin Chee
Vote for us at ringoawards.com now!
Best Original Graphic Novel - WORK-LIFE BALANCE: MALEVOLENT MANAGERS AND FOLKLORIC FREELANCERS
Best Writer - Wayne Rée
Best Artist - Benjamin Chee (@charsiewspace.bsky.social)
Best Cover Artist - Benjamin Chee
Vote for us at ringoawards.com now!
April 9, 2025 at 4:14 AM
Once more, for anyone who might've missed it yesterday, you can nominate WORK-LIFE BALANCE, @charsiewspace.bsky.social, and myself in four categories for The Ringo Awards!
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Americans voted against the most successful economic recovery of any nation on the planet for this, because they were mad at their servants being paid more and listened to liars who made them feel good.
April 9, 2025 at 4:52 AM
Americans voted against the most successful economic recovery of any nation on the planet for this, because they were mad at their servants being paid more and listened to liars who made them feel good.
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Water is becoming a major issue in the Southern California fires.
As crews battled the wildfire in Pacific Palisades, they put so much strain on the water system that the fire hydrants ran dry.
The fires have also fed ash into the water supply, leading to a boil order notice.
As crews battled the wildfire in Pacific Palisades, they put so much strain on the water system that the fire hydrants ran dry.
The fires have also fed ash into the water supply, leading to a boil order notice.
Fire hydrants ran dry in Pacific Palisades as a major wildfire raged
Janisse Quiñones, CEO of the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, said the fight to contain the flames has put immense strain on the system.
www.npr.org
January 8, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Water is becoming a major issue in the Southern California fires.
As crews battled the wildfire in Pacific Palisades, they put so much strain on the water system that the fire hydrants ran dry.
The fires have also fed ash into the water supply, leading to a boil order notice.
As crews battled the wildfire in Pacific Palisades, they put so much strain on the water system that the fire hydrants ran dry.
The fires have also fed ash into the water supply, leading to a boil order notice.
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The insanity of being a fire ecologist in the epicenter of a major fire event, bags packed and ready to evacuate, watching active fire from my window, while taking media requests and explaining to the public, for the 100,000th time how climate change is largely responsible for this
January 8, 2025 at 7:52 PM
The insanity of being a fire ecologist in the epicenter of a major fire event, bags packed and ready to evacuate, watching active fire from my window, while taking media requests and explaining to the public, for the 100,000th time how climate change is largely responsible for this
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🚨 this week the coal industry launched a dirty campaign against the independents through an ‘astroturf’ group: ‘australians for progress’.
using classic negative ad styling — complete with misinformation — billboards went up in monique ryan’s & allegra spender’s electorates.
using classic negative ad styling — complete with misinformation — billboards went up in monique ryan’s & allegra spender’s electorates.
January 8, 2025 at 10:07 PM
🚨 this week the coal industry launched a dirty campaign against the independents through an ‘astroturf’ group: ‘australians for progress’.
using classic negative ad styling — complete with misinformation — billboards went up in monique ryan’s & allegra spender’s electorates.
using classic negative ad styling — complete with misinformation — billboards went up in monique ryan’s & allegra spender’s electorates.
Nature will have its way with us whether we believe in the climate crisis or not
"the devastation on its way is unimaginable"---tell this to the podcasters who'd helped elect the anti-science US president & to the "youth vote" that failed to care enough to vote.
The devastation on its way is unimaginable - like nothing humanity has ever witnessed before - and everyone will wish they had been climate activists and ‘hysterics’ when they had the chance. We are in a moment of unprecedented stupidity
December 22, 2024 at 3:38 PM
Nature will have its way with us whether we believe in the climate crisis or not
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"the devastation on its way is unimaginable"---tell this to the podcasters who'd helped elect the anti-science US president & to the "youth vote" that failed to care enough to vote.
The devastation on its way is unimaginable - like nothing humanity has ever witnessed before - and everyone will wish they had been climate activists and ‘hysterics’ when they had the chance. We are in a moment of unprecedented stupidity
December 22, 2024 at 2:15 PM
"the devastation on its way is unimaginable"---tell this to the podcasters who'd helped elect the anti-science US president & to the "youth vote" that failed to care enough to vote.