Johannes Jakob

editor at @penguinbooksaus. Guiness Book of Records (2015) world’s stupidest idiot.

[Johannes Jakob @jojojakob]

i am pre-owned, in the sense that i am a priori getting owned by all people at all times, online or otherwise

[Express Media @Express__Media]

Applications are NOW OPEN for the 2025 Kat Muscat Fellowship! ✏️

Now in its 10th year, the KMF offers professional development up to the value of $5,000 for an editorial project or work of writing by a young person of an underrepresented gender.

Apply: https://t.co/RfC90QN8XA

[crisp mattman @cushbomb]

This is the stupidest day in American history, a record that will be broken by every subsequent day in American history.

[Josh Butler @JoshButler]

Lidia Thorpe argues she pledged allegiance to the late Queen's "hairs", not "heirs", in her oath of office in 2022

looking forward to the legal scholars weighing in on this one
(via ABC Arvo Briefing)

[Johannes Jakob @jojojakob]

here is a small and obscure Jameson passage on detective stories that i like :)

[Tobi Haslett @tobihaslett]

RIP Fredric Jameson

[Johannes Jakob @jojojakob]

there should be a kind of leave you can take from work for losing your head over a football game

[Harry Saddler @MondayStory]

It’s worth noting that this speech was delivered in the presence of federal government MPs Tony Burke, Susan Templeman, and Graham Perrett, and indeed was directed at them as André faced them and looked them in the eye while he spoke.

[Antoinette Lattouf @antoinette_news]

Detonating bombs via pagers in supermarkets, offices and homes is “humbling” and not terrorism according to this ABC headline. An 8yo girl was one of several killed. Thousands injured.
I am sure lots of people in Lebanon are feeling humble at the moment.

[Overland Journal @OverlandJournal]

For Dao Van, and Yousef Dawas | The text of the speech delivered by André Dao at the Prime Minister's Literary Awards

https://t.co/G1ZuufEaDR

[Johannes Jakob @jojojakob]

@GrogsGamut i haven't even sent my cards yet!

[Kill Your Darlings @kyd_magazine]

.@penguinbooksaus Write It recipient A. D. John on how writing his first novel became a pathway to culture and language.

Read more: https://t.co/UhVzKiB846

[symbolic human @mxcreant]

“Let us create a humanitarian visa for Palestinians. Let us fulfil our international obligations by withdrawing all support for Israel’s illegal occupation of Palestinian territory, starting with an arms embargo.” Finally an ozlit novelist with GUTS https://t.co/WLJwDa6foM

[Defector @DefectorMedia]

Neither Elon Musk nor anybody else will ever colonize Mars: https://t.co/6nKtTHvSUc

[Johannes Jakob @jojojakob]

great book; great guy.

[Guardian Australia @GuardianAus]

Prime Minister’s Literary awards 2024: Andre Dao wins $80,000 for debut novel Anam https://t.co/mkIcprP3Kb

[Johannes Jakob @jojojakob]

militarised police defending the police militarising conference

[Johannes Jakob @jojojakob]

the only upside to banning teens from social media is that Australia could become a global leader in re-establishing the primacy of phpbb

[Tom Studans @maximumwelfare]

You are the Labor party. It is history's clearest lesson that the forces of capital and reaction will come for you no matter how you try and sell yourselves. The only decision is whether to fight, or perish like a dog

[Nour Naim| نُور @NourNaim88]

🚨Breaking: Israel killed “Medo” Mohammed Saeed Al-Halimi (20) ,He was not just a number‼️

He was part of the Voices from Palestine team and volunteered with Tamer Institute to promote reading. His friends remember him as a book lover and a kind soul.
#GazaGenocide