Dianne Masri

Dianne Masri

@mediapixel.bsky.social

The Synchronicity of All Things https://substack.com/@thesynchronicityofthings?r=av2&utm_medium=ios&utm_source=stories&shareImageVariant=blur

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Nobel Prize
@nobelprize.org

Just in! New Nobel Prize laureate in literature Anne Carson stands surprised in her kitchen in Reykjavík, Iceland. Stay tuned for our exclusive interview with her coming soon. Join us in congratulating our 2026 literature laureate - send your greetings in the comments.

Dianne Masri
@mediapixel.bsky.social

My youngest is due to touchdown in Paris & I’m nostalgic for my time there last year immersed in #art culture & street life. Fascinated to know there resides in #Louvre, Queen Dido of Lebanon (painting by Rubens) also I dropped in to see the other Queen. I can feel a retrospective of Paris emerging

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International Bar Association
@ibanews.bsky.social

In February, the High Court of England and Wales found that the government’s decision to proscribe Palestine Action under the Terrorism Act was unlawful. The proscription of the direct-action group was highly controversial and led to the arrests of over 2000 people alleged to have expressed support.

ibanet.orgFreedom of expression: Palestine Action ruling draws line between criminal protest and terrorismIn February, the High Court of England and Wales found that the UK government’s decision to proscribe Palestine Action under the 2000 Terrorism Act was unlawful.

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Dianne Masri
@mediapixel.bsky.social

There’s a quote from Mary Ann Shaffer in The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society book - “… there is some secret sort of homing instinct in books that brings them to their perfect readers.” I believe that to be true #synchronicity open.substack.com/pub/thesynch...

open.substack.comThe Calling of the CedarThis morning, as a scroll through the latest news, the synchronicity of finding this photo is not lost on me - it feels like a message, a message of hope I need to hold.
Dianne Masri
@mediapixel.bsky.social

“Everyone has a mother. Everybody knows they were nurtured and cared for and that they needed a boost up.” It turned out to be a better metaphor than she imagined, she says, because many cultures already speak of mother trees www.theguardian.com/environment/... #trees

theguardian.com‘My ideas are a little revolutionary’: ecologist Suzanne Simard on intelligent forests, the climate and her criticsHer research popularised the idea of the wood wide web, but the scientific backlash was brutal. As the author of The Mother Tree returns to the forest in a new book, she discusses her battle to reimag...
Dianne Masri
@mediapixel.bsky.social

There’s a quote from Mary Ann Shaffer in The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society book - “… there is some secret sort of homing instinct in books that brings them to their perfect readers.” I believe that to be true #synchronicity open.substack.com/pub/thesynch...

open.substack.comThe Calling of the CedarThis morning, as a scroll through the latest news, the synchronicity of finding this photo is not lost on me - it feels like a message, a message of hope I need to hold.

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Jane Friedman
@janefriedman.com

The following is a roundup of new publishers and agents announced in 2025—free to all. Want to be notified every week of new publishers and agents? Sign up for my newsletter The Bottom Line (free version works as well as the paid version for this purpose). See comments for sign-up link.

janefriedman.comNew Publishers and Agents in 2025 | Jane FriedmanA roundup of new publishers, imprints, and agents announced in 2025, as covered in The Bottom Line.
Dianne Masri
@mediapixel.bsky.social

The medieval mystics have been coming up a lot for me this week. Im re-reading Dr Carmel Bendon’s fabulous novel w/ historical medieval reference to Julian of Norwich w/ modern day mystery based in Sydney & now @irinadumitrescu.bsky.social article incl.mystic Margery Kempe psyche.co/ideas/get-me...

psyche.coGet medieval on your haters: lessons from Beowulf and Chaucer | Psyche IdeasWhen your reputation is at stake, get medieval on your haters: lessons from Beowulf, Margery Kempe and Geoffrey Chaucer

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Hollen Singleton
@hollenonline.bsky.social

Meanjin has a highly engaged subscriber base, here and overseas. It gets tonnes of subs every time it opens them (often and for free). It's works are on university reading lists. It's a signal achievement for a writer to appear in its pages. The value lost for the uni (and us) is huge.

Crikey@crikey.com.au

Exclusive: Australia’s second-oldest literary journal, Meanjin, is being shut down today for "financial" reasons, Crikey can reveal.

crikey.com.auLiterary journal Meanjin to close after 85 years of publishingMeanjin, a mainstay of Australia's cultural landscape and the nation's second-oldest literary publication, is shuttering after Melbourne University Publishing decided to cease financial support.

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Dana Bergstrom
@danambergstrom.bsky.social

👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽Yes worth listening to, and contemplating deeply. However the message of the talk is: society will inevitably collapse, we have no choice, but I’m going to be a nice person when it does, so I’ll be ok… while I: a) starve b) be one of 70% of the global population under tyranny 1/

Brian E.@brianengels.bsky.social

You need to listen to this: "How to respond to #societal #collapse" | Sarah Wilson | TEDxSydney | www.youtube.com/watch?v=l7Ay...

youtube.comHow to respond to societal collapse | Sarah Wilson | TEDxSydneyYouTube video by TEDx Talks

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Project Drawdown
@projectdrawdown.bsky.social

If food waste were a country, it would be the world’s third-largest emitter of greenhouse gases, after China and the U.S. 😱 source: Food and Ag Org of the UN For more information on food waste, check out @paul-west.bsky.social for @sentientmedia.org 🔗 sentientmedia.org/the-climate-...

sentientmedia.orgThe Climate Solution Sitting in America’s TrashCutting food waste is a huge potential climate win. Why are we ignoring it?