Jane O'Sullivan

The children yearn for the medieval (laudatory) www.theguardian.com/world/2026/o...

Edward Ruscha, OOF, 1962 (reworked 1963) https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1135163

In related and unsurprising news, I feel very old. Might put on Parliament Funkadelic's Flashlight and just lean in

Today I also stumbled across "the first art prize judged entirely by AI" I won't link or name it because I don't want to signal boost, but it has left me wondering. What's happening with your self worth if you don't want your work looked at by humans? Isn't... connection... the point?

Had someone retract a headshot this week because they didn't realise their assistant had put it through AI and it no longer looked like them

Adelaide pals: seldom do we celebrate a Victorian, but we have to make an exception for Wayne Marshall's debut novel, Henry Goes Bush. Launching next Wed at Ern Malley. Free entry, just rock up, and don't worry: LOCALLY-sourced readings from yours truly, Alex Cothren & @jake-dean.bsky.social.

the kids are watching The Matrix for the first time "oh wow this movie is so old"

ChatGPT is adding the signatures of real New Yorker cartoonists to its AI-generated images. So far, I've found the signatures of more than 15 contributors. "It’s slop, and unlike the other slop that I’ve encountered, this is slop that’s pretending to be me." www.niemanlab.org/2026/10/chat...

"You want to help me bake a cake?" "Ah... no? "You just want to help eat it?" "Yes?"

Here’s a gift link for this piece, which hits on so many themes I have been struggling with recently. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/29/o...

I have separated the art from the artist and am now whipping the art to stiff peaks, after which I will gently fold it into the artist before baking at 350 til golden and puffed

Today's fun fact: exit mould and laundry spray come in the exact same bottle

"So who was in your group, were there any little kids?" "No, no echidna-gartners"

Today's small good thing: blueberry countdown has started

Why would you trust an industry founded on theft to self-regulate?

Interesting background on the Arts Centre Melbourne strikes (and just how hard it is to actually strike)

I'm getting super from a lit journal soon and I'm FLOORED No idea about this 20% who are apparently did get super, wonder where

“Something we have decided is that we’ll be paying writers MEAA rates. We’ll pay $1.12 a word. And we’ll pay ASA rates for the illustrations and graphic storytelling as well... We’d like to honour appropriate remuneration of creatives in Australia.” 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 @asauthors.bsky.social

Took the day off work, saw an echidna. This is what capitalism is trying to keep from you

OH MY GOD I'M GETTING SUPER FOR A PIECE OF WRITING 🦄🍀😱

And the award for best media release in my inbox this morning goes to...

Another time round with this piece in @lostballoon.bsky.social - would love you to read it as I really loved writing it 🧡

Sat down to watch the 2018 Westwood doco: "So anyway I don't know that I want to show any of this shit. And I don't know what the fuck this is." Glorious. Just glorious

Today's small good thing: hearing my kid coming down the street from school (because his bestie always walks him home and those two don't stop talking)

Macquarie Dictionary word of the day going niche

I’ve got a new flash in this month’s @pitheadchapel.bsky.social, a true story that reads stranger than fiction. Thanks a million to @kimmagowan.bsky.social for loving this, because I truly love Pithead Chapel. ✨🖤

Rough Draft vs Final Draft

did the American dialect quiz as an Australian and... I'm Miss Rhode Island mydialect.us/quiz-standar...

ASK ME HOW I KNOW

Before I turn in a book review these days, I ask myself if I have sinned as others have sinned against me. To whit, willfully refused to read a section, awfully misquoted a passage or placed it out of context, hexed upon me unsubstantiated intent or influence, gotten the basics of the plot wrong,

Currently working on my next art book review. Cannot tell you how deeply I love reading/thinking/writing these!

I love it, the dress code for the media preview of QAGOMA's Jim Henson exhibition is "Bold, Bright and Fantastical"

I learned a new word, "retronym", I love this concept. We had cameras, then we had digital cameras, and the retronym is "film cameras", a distinction that didn't have to exist until digital cameras came along. (See also: watch --> wristwatch --> retronym: pocket watch.)

the moment AI developed the TRUE artist mindset

The peregrine falcons are back for 2026 and they have three eggs!! Livestream started on Monday after the first egg was laid on Sunday

The 5 #Simpsons lines I utter most off the top of my head: 1. No, no, dig up stupid 2. Which was the fashion in the day 3. No, it's the children who are wrong 4. You don't win friends with salad 5. I see you've played knifey spoony before

When I die, I would also like something good to read in the afterlife