Kim Ho
@kimho.bsky.social
Playwright & Screenwriter (The Newsreader, NCIS: Sydney, The Great Australian Play) • they/them • Taungurung Country
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"The raison d’être of art and literature is to disrupt the status quo: and one doesn’t have to be a student of history to know that art in the service of 'social cohesion' is propaganda." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
I cannot be party to silencing writers, which is why I am resigning as director of Adelaide Writers’ Week | Louise Adler
Cancelling the Australian Palestinian author Randa Abdel-Fattah weakens freedom of speech and is the harbinger of a less free nation
www.theguardian.com
January 12, 2026 at 11:51 PM
"The raison d’être of art and literature is to disrupt the status quo: and one doesn’t have to be a student of history to know that art in the service of 'social cohesion' is propaganda." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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“The prime minister, Anthony Albanese, told Victorians: “We’ve got your back”.”
This coming from the PM who approved the extension of Woodside’s North West Shelf project, which is expected to generate 4 billion tonnes of emissions over 50 years, further fuelling these fires.
This coming from the PM who approved the extension of Woodside’s North West Shelf project, which is expected to generate 4 billion tonnes of emissions over 50 years, further fuelling these fires.
January 11, 2026 at 6:32 AM
“The prime minister, Anthony Albanese, told Victorians: “We’ve got your back”.”
This coming from the PM who approved the extension of Woodside’s North West Shelf project, which is expected to generate 4 billion tonnes of emissions over 50 years, further fuelling these fires.
This coming from the PM who approved the extension of Woodside’s North West Shelf project, which is expected to generate 4 billion tonnes of emissions over 50 years, further fuelling these fires.
i suppose what i'm saying is, act 3 will take a sexually violent turn and we will have to pretend to be surprised by that turn
wagering now that emerald fennell is going to use her overly romanticised & aestheticised "wuthering heights" to rug pull the audience and go "actually it's a story about ABUSE" 😤 then use that as justification for casting a white heathcliff
January 11, 2026 at 4:13 AM
i suppose what i'm saying is, act 3 will take a sexually violent turn and we will have to pretend to be surprised by that turn
wagering now that emerald fennell is going to use her overly romanticised & aestheticised "wuthering heights" to rug pull the audience and go "actually it's a story about ABUSE" 😤 then use that as justification for casting a white heathcliff
January 10, 2026 at 10:20 PM
wagering now that emerald fennell is going to use her overly romanticised & aestheticised "wuthering heights" to rug pull the audience and go "actually it's a story about ABUSE" 😤 then use that as justification for casting a white heathcliff
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The Adelaide Writers Festival now wrecked by the Adelaide Festival Board, half of which was appointed late last year: a marketing executive; a former politician; a local councillor/real estate agent; an airport manager; a lawyer; a media consultant; and a banker. Another public arts takeover fiasco.
January 10, 2026 at 12:11 AM
The Adelaide Writers Festival now wrecked by the Adelaide Festival Board, half of which was appointed late last year: a marketing executive; a former politician; a local councillor/real estate agent; an airport manager; a lawyer; a media consultant; and a banker. Another public arts takeover fiasco.
why is it 'the ones who walk away from omelas' and not 'the ones who stage a heist and bust that kid out'
October 22, 2025 at 12:30 PM
why is it 'the ones who walk away from omelas' and not 'the ones who stage a heist and bust that kid out'
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Opinion | The Victorian government is using the horrific East Melbourne synagogue attack as a veil to bring in draconian new anti-protest laws. They will only result in more division and violence, @sarahschwartz.bsky.social writes.
Victoria's draconian new anti-protest laws will have a chilling effect on free speech — and won't keep anyone safe
Far-reaching anti-protest measures and giving police more repressive powers only serve to increase the risk of escalating violence.
www.crikey.com.au
July 9, 2025 at 3:47 AM
Opinion | The Victorian government is using the horrific East Melbourne synagogue attack as a veil to bring in draconian new anti-protest laws. They will only result in more division and violence, @sarahschwartz.bsky.social writes.
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I’ve made the post-9/11 comparison before, but there really is a growing, and depressing, familiarity with how the media and politicians are treating this current moment and the War on Terror era. It shows how nothing structurally has shifted in the past 20 years re policing Arabs and Muslims.
December 17, 2024 at 9:37 AM
I’ve made the post-9/11 comparison before, but there really is a growing, and depressing, familiarity with how the media and politicians are treating this current moment and the War on Terror era. It shows how nothing structurally has shifted in the past 20 years re policing Arabs and Muslims.
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Labor govt pushing through legislation to seize mobile phones of detainees
November 26, 2024 at 10:28 AM
Labor govt pushing through legislation to seize mobile phones of detainees
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Cameron Stewart is the deputy chair of the Walkleys judging board. The treatment of News Corp as a “normal” actor by the rest of the Australian media makes them all pretty culpable for their racism, genocide apologism general corrosiveness.
Hilarious this person influences “prestigious” awards.
Hilarious this person influences “prestigious” awards.
November 22, 2024 at 10:55 PM
Cameron Stewart is the deputy chair of the Walkleys judging board. The treatment of News Corp as a “normal” actor by the rest of the Australian media makes them all pretty culpable for their racism, genocide apologism general corrosiveness.
Hilarious this person influences “prestigious” awards.
Hilarious this person influences “prestigious” awards.
pleased to announce we are so back. and by "we", haha, well. let's justr say. Bisexual chaos
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Official Trailer | The Newsreader: Season 3 | ABC iview
YouTube video by ABC iview
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November 22, 2024 at 10:14 PM
pleased to announce we are so back. and by "we", haha, well. let's justr say. Bisexual chaos
youtu.be/6mfEVaP4ZJA?...
youtu.be/6mfEVaP4ZJA?...
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History-making profits. World-ending emissions.
In 2022 profits for the five oil majors soared to nearly $200 Billion. In the same year, global CO2 emissions from fossil fuels hit a record high. Instead of investing profits in the transition to cle...
energy-profits.org
November 22, 2024 at 11:50 AM
mochi loves our new home in the country
November 21, 2024 at 12:55 AM
mochi loves our new home in the country
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For the newbies, one of the great features on here is that when someone has tried to quote-post dunk on you, hit the … and select “detach quote” and nobody will see the post or who wrote it and they will look like an asshole. (Blocking works like this too.)
November 10, 2024 at 2:31 AM
For the newbies, one of the great features on here is that when someone has tried to quote-post dunk on you, hit the … and select “detach quote” and nobody will see the post or who wrote it and they will look like an asshole. (Blocking works like this too.)
it's right though [-o-]
November 22, 2023 at 9:38 AM
it's right though [-o-]
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A whiteboard in a Gaza hospital, which usually tracks upcoming surgeries, is wiped clean and instead now displays this message:
WHOEVER STAYS UNTIL THE END WILL TELL THE STORY
WE DID WHAT WE COULD
*REMEMBER US*
(Source: Doctors Without Borders)
WHOEVER STAYS UNTIL THE END WILL TELL THE STORY
WE DID WHAT WE COULD
*REMEMBER US*
(Source: Doctors Without Borders)
November 11, 2023 at 10:58 PM
A whiteboard in a Gaza hospital, which usually tracks upcoming surgeries, is wiped clean and instead now displays this message:
WHOEVER STAYS UNTIL THE END WILL TELL THE STORY
WE DID WHAT WE COULD
*REMEMBER US*
(Source: Doctors Without Borders)
WHOEVER STAYS UNTIL THE END WILL TELL THE STORY
WE DID WHAT WE COULD
*REMEMBER US*
(Source: Doctors Without Borders)
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Mapping changes in temperature: every year from 1850 to 2023
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November 1, 2023 at 2:31 PM
Mapping changes in temperature: every year from 1850 to 2023
climatelabbook.substack.com/p/mapping-ch...
climatelabbook.substack.com/p/mapping-ch...
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'As the obliteration of Gaza unfolds with little resistance from the world’s hegemons, it feels as though a new standard is being normalised for the most vulnerable populations on the planet.'
Faisal Al-Asaad on Gaza and the future of the Global South
Faisal Al-Asaad on Gaza and the future of the Global South
Gaza, or the future of the Global South - Overland literary journal
One need hardly be a genocide scholar or historian to observe that the deaths and devastation in Gaza will be forever baked into our collective consciousness. But given the historical tipping point we...
overland.org.au
October 18, 2023 at 3:13 AM
'As the obliteration of Gaza unfolds with little resistance from the world’s hegemons, it feels as though a new standard is being normalised for the most vulnerable populations on the planet.'
Faisal Al-Asaad on Gaza and the future of the Global South
Faisal Al-Asaad on Gaza and the future of the Global South
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When I tell people children are being slaughtered, and they want to know which children before moving into outrage mode or justification mode - that mentality, that conditional humanity, is exactly the problem.
October 15, 2023 at 11:59 AM
When I tell people children are being slaughtered, and they want to know which children before moving into outrage mode or justification mode - that mentality, that conditional humanity, is exactly the problem.
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The occupation is an intolerable crime, and resistance to it is a fundamental right, and murdering civilians is wrong, and collective punishment of an entrapped population is immoral. We live in a world of ands, not ors.
October 9, 2023 at 1:37 AM
The occupation is an intolerable crime, and resistance to it is a fundamental right, and murdering civilians is wrong, and collective punishment of an entrapped population is immoral. We live in a world of ands, not ors.
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October 9, 2023 at 11:33 AM