Step Three: Claim victory. Announce that the nuclear sites have been completely destroyed. Do not worry if your intelligence officers tell you otherwise. Prematurely declaring "mission accomplished" signals to the enemy that you are well-versed in American military tactics.

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Deal news! So delighted to announce @eleytherius.bsky.social's debut non-fiction book, Fifty Beating Wonders: a Doctor's Search for Meaning, a fabulous deep dive into the wonders of the human body & those called upon to fix it. Out this November! www.booksandpublishing.com.au/articles/202...

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This damn post has absolutely ruined my brain every time I hear someone mention "for the time being." Major kudos to the poster, if I ever meet you in person I will congratulate you and then punch you in the face.

so, is the arc of the moral universe long and bendy?

When times are weird & inexplicable, remember the f block of the periodic table, the dark alley, the shadowlands of strange: the lanthanoids, the actinoids, Lawrencium, Thorium, Promethium, a rag-tag bunch of fizz. All a little unhinged, or brief, or unstable. Weird, sure, but beautiful.

Book 21/30. Death Valley. Melissa Broder. A glorious surreal wander through Death Valley, the mind and a magical cactus. Another unhinged masterpiece (my preferred genre, it might appear).

Book(s) 16/30 Assorted poetry. 'Twas a fool's errand to choose the poetry book I loved most over this year. How different poems will speak to you at different times, with their perfection of language, JUST when you need or desire them. Clever universe. Anyway, here is a selection of books I adored.

Great culture can save lives. Literally. Amazing letter in today’s @thetimes.com about Tom Stoppard

Book 10/30 Field Notes from Death's Door. Katie Treble. One of the most compelling medical memoirs I have read (and I have read a few). A rare wonder, surging with humility & humanity. The unfettered, uplifting, harrowing truth of the MSF experience in the Central African Republic. I stand in awe.

Book 2/30. Arborescence, by @rhettsdavis. Entrancing, otherworldly & sharp as an axe, it's a transporting story of people deciding, or not deciding, to turn into trees as a sideways answer to the Anthropocene. Startling dialogue, intense characters. PLUS a little hat-tip to Lumen? Loved it.

Book 1/30 Dear Lord, I loved this book. The buzz & hum of the Sydney restaurant scene. Characters alive with the sadness & wonder of reality. Cracking dialogue. Light & shade co-existing within the sentence. The complexity of women's relationships with their bodies. The Big Merino. Supreme.

Book lovers. Life lovers! Forthwith I shall post a book a day, books I’ve read this year. Books I’ve loved & have intrigued me, changed me, occasionally books I’ve wondered if I could marry. Maybe books YOU might love. And remember, dearests of the world, how GREAT books make for Christmas presents

I would reach for the word "masterpiece" too! "Powerful, intelligent and beautifully written, it’s likely to attain future status as a culturally-resonant literary classic. @eleytherius.bsky.social reviewed over @artshub.bsky.social www.artshub.com.au/news/reviews...

The Revisionists review: Michelle Johnston's third novel is a masterpiece

Michelle Johnston's The Revisionists, is a powerful book about the complex responsibilities of journalism.

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Mad thrilled to have The Revisionists as Apple's 'What To Read This Month' book. Want a story about love and war and Dagestan and bad decisions and money and the malleability of memory? You could do worse :-) apple.co/WhatToReadThisMonth apple.co/new-release-...

Book lovers, friends, countrypeeps, if anybody was out and about on these dates and wanted to come and talk The Revisionists and all things bookish - writing, war (!), bad decisions, New York, Dagestan, language, memory - I would LOVE to see you at one of these events! Come say hello!

I'm teaching an intimate, online creative writing class through Varuna from 22 July. It's all about writing with humour and heart, the two great threads of life. It's not about being a comedian but having a zest for the incongruous. Apps close tomorrow! www.varuna.com.au/for-writers/...

Writing with Heart and Humour with Rick Morton — Varuna, The National Writers' House

Applications close 18 June This eight-session masterclass for writers in any genre will develop your skills in positioning yourself as an observer, and bringing nuance and humour to the story you wo...

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No Kings, except for this one - King of the bins, screeching out at his subjects, opening his massive birdy bowels over all his lands.

One for your calendars: two shining stars of the OZ literary firmament are sharing the stage! Namely Angela O'Keeffe is interviewing @eleytherius.bsky.social regarding her (stunning!) new novel at Kinokuniya on July 17 events.humanitix.com/an-evening-w...

An Evening with Michelle Johnston | The Revisionists

Join us for an evening with Michelle Johnston as she discusses her new book, 'The Revisionists'.

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Sweet bluesky. Coming into blossom on this election night. Realtime, old twitter-feel rant and roar and right up-to-datedness.

It’s so important to not let yourself become bitter or disheartened or cynical. To not let the news of the world break your spirit. Because I’m already doing that. It’s my thing. Find your own, stop copying me.

So great to see @eleytherius.bsky.social’s #TheRevisionists as one of the key titles from OZ for this week’s #LBF25 www.booksandpublishing.com.au/articles/202...

which crazy cat came up with the ESR? oh yeah, how about how fast your blood falls means how sick you are? like a party trick for illness

reading the news each morning with an 'is it cake?' vibe. Is it stupidity, or is it rank cruelty? Neither tastes any good, though.

Seems a tad unusual to be displayed on the counter of the little old lady volly lolly shop, but who am I to judge?

This all *she gestures around* seems like a very bad vaudeville. I don’t recall buying tickets for this.

DEI is not about choosing someone who is worse at a job but from a minority, it's about ensuring people who are equally good or better qualified aren't overlooked because they're from a minority.

There is always art. There is always love. *chants to self while hiding phone under a pillow*

Syringes in the stairwell, police lining the corridors, resolutions becoming undone in the waiting room; it must be New Year’s Day in the emergency department.

sorry about that, i asked it to make sense of my life choices

Doing some research today and discovered the heart of a grasshopper is a tube as thick as a strand of spaghetti and my day is infinitely better