Tim Coronel

Tim Coronel

@timcoronel.bsky.social

Toiling in the word mines for decades. Publishing/comms lecturer at Unimelb. Opinions, I got plenty. Join your union/s!

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The Author, Séamas O'Reilly
@seamas.bsky.social

Penguin released not one, but *two* books by Morrissey in their Classics line. One was the memoir excoriated by AA Gill, but the other was his novel List Of The Lost, which was much, much worse. 11 years ago this week, I read it so you don't have to. www.balls.ie/the-rewind/m...

balls.ieA Necessary Review Of Morrissey's Mind-Bendingly Bad Novel, List Of The Lost | Balls.ieMorrissey Novel - Morrissey -that one- wrote an abysmal novel entitled List of the Lost in 2015, and it got The Reducer treatment this week.
Odd This Day@oddthisday.bsky.social

It is, today, not the 13th anniversary of the publication of Steven Morrissey’s autobiography (it had been out for ten days) but something much better: the 13th anniversary of the Sunday Times publishing A. A. Gill’s merciless mauling of it—a review which went on to win Hatchet Job of the Year

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Emma Jacobs
@emmavj.bsky.social

I keep thinking about the joy of the bus enthusiasts “I’ve not slept for 37 hours,” Kristina Watson, 20, tells London Centric, having been awake since riding the last ever night bus down Oxford Street the previous day.

Jim Waterson@jim.londoncentric.media

I absolutely love the photos in this. www.londoncentric.media/p/oxford-str...

londoncentric.mediaWhile you were asleep, Oxford Street was pedestrianisedPhoto essay: We spent the night with the team making it happen • The last bus is packed • The taxi drivers don’t know • The pedicabs don’t care

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Andy Lewis
@andylewis.bsky.social

Happy 40th Birthday to this absolute masterpiece of an album. I don't think XTC made a better album than this. Oh yes, they made albums that were amazingly good with songs that are peerless after Skylarking. But this is, as they say, all bangers & no clangers. Yesterday I waxed lyrical about-

WHAT A FUCKING RECORD@whatafuckingrecord.bsky.social

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Vanessa Smith
@normalness.bsky.social

Replying to @phonakins.com

The systems should feel guilty that food banks need to exist, not users feeling guiltily they attend a food bank

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Glen
@gergyl.bsky.social

'Don't be evil'. Well, initially. Look, there's all this money to be had.

Mother Jones@motherjones.com

Anthropic’s filing appears to partly walk back the co-founders’ pledge to commit 80% of their personal equity holdings in the AI startup to philanthropic causes. Those acts, the filing suggests, are “voluntary, revocable expressions” that “do not constitute binding obligations.”

motherjones.comAnthropic's founders pledged to donate most of their stock. Their IPO tells another story.The AI giant's new filing calls the promise a "revocable," nonbinding "expression" that depends on market conditions.

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The Guardian
@theguardian.com

Super-rich get ‘double dividend’ from causes and costs of climate crisis, report finds

theguardian.comSuper-rich get ‘double dividend’ from causes and costs of climate crisis, report findsOxfam says investing by rich in disaster recovery widens inequality and gives incentive to delay climate action The world’s wealthiest people are not just profiting from the polluting causes of climate breakdown, they are also increasingly cashing in on the catastrophic consequences, according to a study by Oxfam. The global equality organisation has found that the richest 0.1% of the world’s population are heavily invested in disaster preparedness, recovery and reconstruction – a market that is projected to grow from $70bn to $92bn a year by 2029. Continue reading...

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Simon Rosenberg
@simonrosenberg.bsky.social

"The report found Israeli authorities and forces had continued to 'commit genocidal acts' even after the so-called ceasefire in Gaza, 'with the intent to destroy the Palestinian people'." No surprise that this got hardly any mainstream coverage. #GazaGenocide www.nine.com.au/world-news/m...

nine.com.auBombshell UN report accuses Israel of genocide hours before electionIsraelis will go to the polls today in the first national elections since the October 7 attacks.

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Robbie Moore
@robbiemoore.bsky.social

After five years my academic book has reached the minimum threshold for paying royalties (£50). The money train is at the station, toot toot.

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Don Moynihan
@donmoyn.bsky.social

A 2025 Nobel Prize winner in chemistry, Omar Yaghi is the son of Palestinian refugees who grew up in Jordan. He just left the US to move to China after raising concerns about rising anti-immigrant sentiment, like the kind shown here. donmoynihan.substack.com/p/china-than...

The Bulwark@thebulwark.com

RFK: "There's five hundred million Arabs in the world. And yet they don't produce science. They don't win the Nobel Prize. They don't win the Fields Prize. They don't win the Wolf Prize. They don't produce literature."

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Nanjala
@nanjala.bsky.social

This article does not discuss one major reason why chocolate in the West got worse - Ghana and Ivory Coast, the two African countries that are the biggest suppliers of cacao globally, got organised and started demanding fair prices for it. www.reuters.com/world/africa...

ghanacitizenship.comGhana-Ivory Coast Cocoa Alliance: Mahama and Ouattara Sign Joint DeclarationGhana and Ivory Coast signed a Joint Declaration to strengthen their cocoa alliance, aligning producer prices and expanding local processing.
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Patrick Stokes
@patrickstokes.com

Neither of the people in this photograph are qualified for an academic job (see also "Professor" Bill Shorten). I like Ardern a lot, and creating a role using her experience for mentoring is great, but hospitals don't say "we've hired Nicole Kidman and Hugh Jackman to do heart surgeries this month."

theguardian.comJacinda Ardern joins University of Sydney as lecturer and mentorFormer New Zealand prime minister will focus on leadership, social cohesion and public health in new role

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Lilly
@lillyull.bsky.social

Two men abducted by US servicement from a US military installation in Scotland. Tell me again about why we need the US to take over our military installations in Australia?

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Nathan Wind
@nwind.bsky.social

It has lower gross debt than nearly any developed country and an AA credit rating. Can we have some serious commentary please.

The Conversation AUNZ@aunz.theconversation.com

Victoria’s debt gets a lot of bad press. But the state has made progress in repairing its finances, and in some other states, debt is now growing much faster.

theconversation.comWith an election looming, Victoria’s debt is huge. But are the state’s finances really that bad?

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Tim Lyons
@picketer.bsky.social

One of the most important public health officials in the world with some insane racism.

The Bulwark@thebulwark.com

RFK: "There's five hundred million Arabs in the world. And yet they don't produce science. They don't win the Nobel Prize. They don't win the Fields Prize. They don't win the Wolf Prize. They don't produce literature."

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George Takei
@georgetakei.bsky.social

My heart is heavy. Walter Koenig, our Ensign Pavel Chekov, passed away early today. Walter and I met on the bridge of the Enterprise in the 1960s, and we stayed friends for nearly six decades. When Brad and I married in 2008, Walter stood beside us as our best man.

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Kathy O'Donnell
@kathyodonnell.bsky.social

Under Restore, it will be your RIGHT to shoot in the face any old man in a flat cap found using the public footpath next to your farmhouse. Especially if he appears to be carrying a snake.