Michelle Prak - author 🇦🇺
@prakky.bsky.social
Thriller writer. Thrills not 100% guaranteed, but gosh, I'd be surprised if you didn't get one.
Barren Cape, The Rush (Simon & Schuster ANZ); Le Deluge (HarperCollinsFrance); The Rush (Crooked Lane Books) michelleprak.com
Barren Cape, The Rush (Simon & Schuster ANZ); Le Deluge (HarperCollinsFrance); The Rush (Crooked Lane Books) michelleprak.com
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BARREN CAPE is a thriller set against Australia's homelessness crisis. Thank you to everyone who played a part in this book.
Can't wait for you to meet Mac, Erika and Brex - and behold the choices they make!
www.simonandschuster.com.au/books/Barren...
#BarrenCape
BARREN CAPE is a thriller set against Australia's homelessness crisis. Thank you to everyone who played a part in this book.
Can't wait for you to meet Mac, Erika and Brex - and behold the choices they make!
www.simonandschuster.com.au/books/Barren...
#BarrenCape
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100 on track deaths....and who knows how many off track deaths, since this stat is completely hidden. And in SA the industry's assisted by a reform inspector with NO intention of reporting factually on the state of the industry and who continues to sign off on inquiry recommendations without proof!
100 DOGS DEAD IN 2025 💔
One-year-old Brunswick Rocks became the 100th greyhound to die on-track in 2025.
He suffered a "near side front leg injury" and was put down at Queensland's Q2 track.
Brunswick Rocks' third race was his last. He made his exploiters $995.
#BringBacktheBan.
#AusPol #QldPol
One-year-old Brunswick Rocks became the 100th greyhound to die on-track in 2025.
He suffered a "near side front leg injury" and was put down at Queensland's Q2 track.
Brunswick Rocks' third race was his last. He made his exploiters $995.
#BringBacktheBan.
#AusPol #QldPol
November 29, 2025 at 1:56 AM
100 on track deaths....and who knows how many off track deaths, since this stat is completely hidden. And in SA the industry's assisted by a reform inspector with NO intention of reporting factually on the state of the industry and who continues to sign off on inquiry recommendations without proof!
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France on Thursday announced the creation of a paid, voluntary military service for young adults, becoming the latest European country to begin beefing up its armed forces in the face of perceived threats from Russia since its full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
Here's what to know.
Here's what to know.
France Creates Voluntary Military Service as Europe Faces Russian Threat
The effort is aimed at young people and came after an army chief angered many by saying the country must accept the possible loss of children in a future war.
nyti.ms
November 27, 2025 at 7:55 PM
France on Thursday announced the creation of a paid, voluntary military service for young adults, becoming the latest European country to begin beefing up its armed forces in the face of perceived threats from Russia since its full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
Here's what to know.
Here's what to know.
“He did not mention the male reporter who co-wrote the story, Dylan Freedman”.
The New York Times produced a detailed, data-driven report on President Trump showing signs of aging. The president, 79, responded by calling the female reporter who co-wrote the story “ugly.” https://cnn.it/48idUFL
November 26, 2025 at 8:39 PM
“He did not mention the male reporter who co-wrote the story, Dylan Freedman”.
People dress like they’re going to bed…BECAUSE IT’S A GENIUS COMFORT MOVE.
Duffy: "Trump talks about the golden age of transportation. But the golden age in transportation truly begins with you ... People dress up like they're going to bed when they fly ... so we want to push people as we come into a really busy travel season: Help people out, be in a good mood, dress up"
November 23, 2025 at 5:53 PM
People dress like they’re going to bed…BECAUSE IT’S A GENIUS COMFORT MOVE.
What colours should we wear, Commander? 🙄
As travelers head to the airports this holiday season, the U.S. government wants them to rethink their travel checklists, their behavior — and also, their outfits. It's a part of a new campaign by Sean Duffy, the secretary of transportation, that he called “The Golden Age of Travel Starts With You.”
Sean Duffy Asks Travelers to ‘Bring Civility Back’ to Airports in New PSA
The secretary of transportation kicked off a new civility campaign on Wednesday called “The Golden Age of Travel Starts With You.”
nyti.ms
November 22, 2025 at 1:22 AM
What colours should we wear, Commander? 🙄
Loooving my second time in Canada. And getting some writing done…
November 18, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Loooving my second time in Canada. And getting some writing done…
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Right before they were put on an involuntary medical leave, one of my high school teachers hijacked our morning announcements and told stories like this
Trump: "They saw a lot of unbelievable activity at the McDonald's next to the base where they take off. The McDonald's was doing -- right? -- 5 times, they were going crazy. So they say 'there's something going on over there.' The biggest activity that McDonald's had ever had. It was a nice story."
November 18, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Right before they were put on an involuntary medical leave, one of my high school teachers hijacked our morning announcements and told stories like this
So tired of this AI hallucinatory bullshit.
November 13, 2025 at 8:57 PM
So tired of this AI hallucinatory bullshit.
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I wrote about the fantasic news that FIFA is launching the I CAN'T BELIEVE IT'S NOT THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE PEACE PRIZE www.theguardian.com/football/202...
We love football because of moments like Van de Ven’s goal, not the Fifa Peace Prize | Max Rushden
Gianni Infantino has a new idea, and like most of his ideas it’s not one many are going to like, except maybe Donald Trump
www.theguardian.com
November 7, 2025 at 9:29 AM
I wrote about the fantasic news that FIFA is launching the I CAN'T BELIEVE IT'S NOT THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE PEACE PRIZE www.theguardian.com/football/202...
Tr$mp waits for his instructions to be beamed in 🙄
incredible photo that's definitely worth at least 1,000 words from Andrew Harnik of Getty
November 6, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Tr$mp waits for his instructions to be beamed in 🙄
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this is actually impressive, making up a brand new nobel peace prize replacement is a genuine innovation in bribery
absolutely nobody does corruption like FIFA
absolutely nobody does corruption like FIFA
November 6, 2025 at 1:16 AM
this is actually impressive, making up a brand new nobel peace prize replacement is a genuine innovation in bribery
absolutely nobody does corruption like FIFA
absolutely nobody does corruption like FIFA
“"I now spend hours each week answering, editing, reworking AI outputs provided to me by others in the organisation, like a French teacher marking Google Translate essays in 2008," Thomas, from Victoria, says.”
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
'My $40K degree is worthless now': How AI is erasing jobs once thought safe
AI's rapid uptake in Australian workplaces has many workers asking how they can stay relevant.
www.abc.net.au
November 6, 2025 at 12:10 PM
“"I now spend hours each week answering, editing, reworking AI outputs provided to me by others in the organisation, like a French teacher marking Google Translate essays in 2008," Thomas, from Victoria, says.”
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
Microsoft had told these subscribers with auto-renewal enabled that to maintain their subscription, they "must accept the integration of Copilot and pay higher prices for their plan, or, alternatively, cancel their subscription.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
Microsoft to refund customers for subscription price hike
Microsoft apologises to customers and says it will refund them, after the consumer watchdog alleged the tech giant misled about 2.7 million Australians over subscription costs so they would remain on ...
www.abc.net.au
November 6, 2025 at 1:53 AM
Microsoft had told these subscribers with auto-renewal enabled that to maintain their subscription, they "must accept the integration of Copilot and pay higher prices for their plan, or, alternatively, cancel their subscription.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
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Folks...
HOSTIN: You don't believe in QAnon anymore? You've changed?
MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE: No, I haven't changed. I was a victim just like you were of media lies and stuff you read on social media
MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE: No, I haven't changed. I was a victim just like you were of media lies and stuff you read on social media
November 5, 2025 at 12:35 PM
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For many around the world, the yellow school bus is a mythic figure - the stuff of movies and TV. We don’t have these buses in Australia. Seeing them can be mesmerising, they’re adorable 🤩
November 5, 2025 at 12:12 AM
For many around the world, the yellow school bus is a mythic figure - the stuff of movies and TV. We don’t have these buses in Australia. Seeing them can be mesmerising, they’re adorable 🤩
Visiting family in the best northern American country.
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November 3, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Visiting family in the best northern American country.
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Is there ever going to be an interviewer who pushes back and tells him that immigrants seeking asylum is different than insane asylums?
O'DONNELL: Are we going to war against Venezuela?
TRUMP: I doubt it. They emptied their mental institutions and insane asylums into the United States of America
TRUMP: I doubt it. They emptied their mental institutions and insane asylums into the United States of America
November 3, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Is there ever going to be an interviewer who pushes back and tells him that immigrants seeking asylum is different than insane asylums?
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the tone deafness is beyond parody
October 31, 2025 at 5:31 PM
the tone deafness is beyond parody
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Trump Org’s income in the first half of 2024 was $51 million.
In the first half of 2025 it rose to $864 million.
A massive percentage came from foreigners.
It should be the biggest scandal in the history of American politics.
But few even care. www.reuters.com/investigatio...
In the first half of 2025 it rose to $864 million.
A massive percentage came from foreigners.
It should be the biggest scandal in the history of American politics.
But few even care. www.reuters.com/investigatio...
Inside the Trump family’s global crypto cash machine
The U.S. president’s family raked in more than $800 million from sales of crypto assets in the first half of 2025 alone, a Reuters examination found, on top of potentially billions more in unrealized “on paper” gains. Much of that cash came from foreign sources as Donald Trump's sons touted their business on an international investor roadshow.
www.reuters.com
October 28, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Trump Org’s income in the first half of 2024 was $51 million.
In the first half of 2025 it rose to $864 million.
A massive percentage came from foreigners.
It should be the biggest scandal in the history of American politics.
But few even care. www.reuters.com/investigatio...
In the first half of 2025 it rose to $864 million.
A massive percentage came from foreigners.
It should be the biggest scandal in the history of American politics.
But few even care. www.reuters.com/investigatio...
Surprise!
"The ACCC said Microsoft misled customers by not disclosing that subscribers could retain their current plans, without Copilot, at their existing lower prices".
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
"The ACCC said Microsoft misled customers by not disclosing that subscribers could retain their current plans, without Copilot, at their existing lower prices".
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
ACCC sues over allegedly misleading Microsoft 365 subscription hikes
The consumer watchdog is accusing Microsoft of allegedly misleading about 2.7 million Australians about price increases for certain plans.
www.abc.net.au
October 27, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Surprise!
"The ACCC said Microsoft misled customers by not disclosing that subscribers could retain their current plans, without Copilot, at their existing lower prices".
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
"The ACCC said Microsoft misled customers by not disclosing that subscribers could retain their current plans, without Copilot, at their existing lower prices".
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
I'm begging newsletter editors and others, LEARN what a widow is in graphic design 😩🤮
Just saw the ugliest widow in a long headline.
(Image from www.indesignskills.com/tutorials/wi...)
Just saw the ugliest widow in a long headline.
(Image from www.indesignskills.com/tutorials/wi...)
October 24, 2025 at 3:42 AM
I'm begging newsletter editors and others, LEARN what a widow is in graphic design 😩🤮
Just saw the ugliest widow in a long headline.
(Image from www.indesignskills.com/tutorials/wi...)
Just saw the ugliest widow in a long headline.
(Image from www.indesignskills.com/tutorials/wi...)
Instant execution without trial, evidence or questions. What the actual fuck
Trump: "I don't think we're necessarily going to ask for a declaration of war, I think we're just gonna kill people that are bringing drugs into our country. We're going to kill them. They're going to be, like dead."
October 24, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Instant execution without trial, evidence or questions. What the actual fuck