The People’s Republic of Couch
Datavis / Flâneurd / PhD student @QUT
In Couch We Trust
https://thepeoplesrepublicofcouch.org
@boontavista.com
The least consequential news from around the world from the least informed minds in Australia. Andrew, Theo, Lucy and Ben bring you the week's stories that conveniently fit into one of their countless, concerningly specific segments. boontavista.com
@antounissa.bsky.social
Newsletters ed at Guardian Australia, write the Afternoon Update (sign up - https://bit.ly/46C0hjl), shoot some vids, fellow at Middle East Institute, chair of Collingwood Pride
@adverbsetc.bsky.social
Your friendly, all-abilities writing playground. Staunch adverbs defender. Strongly believe I could defeat Stephen King in unarmed combat. adverbs.com.au | @lizzieposte.bsky.social
@sydneystations.bsky.social
A personal nerdy project to document the look and feel of every station on Sydney Trains, Intercity, Metro & Ferries. A look at urban environments in and around Sydney. Also other transit & urban things. Just some nerd...
@iris-meredith.bsky.social
Software engineer, trans advocate and general nuisance. Blogs at https://deadsimpletech.com/blog/posts. Support my writing: https://www.patreon.com/c/IrisMeredithandherblog https://en.liberapay.com/iris_meredith/
@hannahforsyth.bsky.social
Historian in Oz (history of work, education, capitalism) on unceded Dharug & Gundungurra land. Books = Virtue Capitalists: rise & fall of the professional class (2023) and History of the Modern Australian University (2014). She/her. Views mine. 🍉🍉🍉
@blackazizanansi.bsky.social
@jonathanliew.bsky.social
100% pure nuance. https://www.theguardian.com/profile/jonathan-liew
@larissawaters.bsky.social
Leader of the Australian Greens and Senator for Queensland 💚 Greens spokesperson on Women & Democracy. She/her. Authorised by L. Waters, The Greens, Brisbane.
@alexmckinnon.bsky.social
Independent journalist in western Sydney reporting what others won't about Australia's silence on Palestine. Got a tip? Email [email protected].
@crystaljane.bsky.social
Founder & Chief of Everything at Zee Feed zeefeed.com.au Readers' Editor at Crikey crikey.com.au I write Australia's best* and biggest** weekly newsletter about news & feminist politics: zeefeed.beehiiv.com *According to my parents **Can't disprove it
@robgmacfarlane.bsky.social
Books: Is A River Alive? (May ‘25), Underland, The Lost Words, The Old Ways etc | Films: River, Mountain, Upstream | Music: The Moon Also Rises, Lost In The Cedar Wood, etc Nature, climate, people. Prof at Cambridge. https://linktr.ee/robmacfarlane
@snappyalligator.bsky.social
Academic @unimelb, sexual violence & queer researcher, cat-pillow, coffee/wine/gin enthusiast, amateur crochet, german-learner & gardener. Hoping for a kinder world. Views my own. Settler on stolen Wurundjeri land.
@beijingpalmer.bsky.social
Deputy editor at Foreign Policy, China nerd, gaming nerd, reads a lot
@nataliesqrl.bsky.social
Natalie 🌟 she/her #lgbt 💖 30 🌈 #bpd 🌿 Lives in Melbourne, originally from Adelaide 🚊 #writingcommunity 📖 Squirrel 🐿
@anatolitis.bsky.social
art – tenacity – democracy Writer and arts advocate Editor @meanjin.bsky.social Creative strategy, Test Pattern Governing Council, National Gallery of Australia Co-Chair, Australian Republic Movement Hon A/Prof, RMIT School of Art estheranatolitis.net
@aadh.bsky.social
The Australasian Association for Digital Humanities Inc (aaDH): A community strengthening digital humanities research in Australia & Aotearoa (New Zealand) | https://aa-dh.org/ | Our 2025 conference: dha25.org
@internetobservatory.org.au
Advancing research in HASS & RDC through the development of a National Research Infrastructure equipped with cutting-edge tools, data, and training. Empowering Australian digital research for a better future. #AIO
@latingle.bsky.social
@emitanaka.org
Statistical Data Artist & Scientist at Australian National University 🇳🇿 Interested in mixed models, experimental design, plant breeding 🌱, bioinfo 🧬, data vis 📊, statistical practice, ML/AI 👩🏻💻 Dabbles in UI, UX, front-end & #rstats 📦 dev emitanaka.org
@angryasianman.bsky.social
Angry Asian Man. RISE: A Pop History of Asian America From the Nineties to Now. They Call Us Bruce. All The Asians On Star Trek. Stay Angry. angryasianman.com
@oaf.org.au
Digital Library Services for Democracy. Transforming democracy in Australia with theyvoteforyou.org.au, righttoknow.org.au, planningalerts.org.au and more. We are a registered charity. https://linktr.ee/openaustraliafoundation
@swordsjew.bsky.social
journalist, author, sword collector, schmoe. newsletter: buttondown.email/theswordandthesandwich buy my new book!! https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/talia-lavin/wild-faith/9780306829192/ contact: [email protected]
@kashana.bsky.social
TV writer. Author of the novels THE SURVIVALISTS and THE PAYBACK (July 2025). Deadly with a butter knife. Preorder THE PAYBACK here 👉🏾 https://kashanacauley.com
@australiainstitute.org.au
The Australia Institute is a leading think-tank based in Canberra http://australiainstitute.tv | Authorised by E Bennett, The Australia Institute, Canberra 2603
@frogandtoadbot.bsky.social
Cozy random passages from Arnold Lobel's Frog and Toad books. Posts auto-delete.
@saranahmed.bsky.social
Writer and independent feminist scholar Queer person of colour #FreePalestine
@themarkup.org
Challenging technology to serve the public good. Send tips: http://mrkup.org/tips. Subscribe: http://mrkup.org/klaxon. Support: http://mrkup.org/donate.
@thaophan.bsky.social
Feminist STS, gender, race, algorithmic culture // Lecturer in Sociology (STS) at Australian National University// Ngunnawal and Ngambri Country
@melaniemitchell.bsky.social
Professor, Santa Fe Institute. Research on AI, cognitive science, and complex systems. Website: https://melaniemitchell.me Substack: https://aiguide.substack.com/
@kenchengceo.bsky.social
CEO, the biggest brain on LinkedIn Contestant on ITV's #GeniusGame https://linktr.ee/kencheng
@restofworld.org
We’re a nonprofit publication covering global technology outside the West. For the latest updates subscribe to our newsletter here: https://restofworld.org/newsletters/global/
@haaretzcom.bsky.social
All the news, opinion and analysis from Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish World
@harrysaddler.bsky.social
Wrote a book about a bird (the Eastern Curlew, 2018), a river (A Clear Flowing Yarra, 2023), and a global existential crisis or three (Questions Raised By Quolls, 2021).
@jennitaur.bsky.social
@rincewind.run
Recovering forum poster, politics doomer, basketball nerd. I write code for a living. He/him. Views entirely my own. Deputy Chair of the Ankh-Morpork Posters’ Guild 🏳️⚧️ rights are human rights PFP by @atlastalos.bsky.social
@jadiehm.bsky.social
Fan of finer things: LEGO, women’s sports, & pop divas. Not a fan of: post acute infection syndrome. Data journalist at The Pudding. (she/her)
@foxmeyer.bsky.social
Wellington-based journo with Newsroom | Otago geology dept | road cone apologist
@twonks.bsky.social
Cartoons and comics by Steve Nelson. Manager: [email protected] https://linktr.ee/twonkscomics
@dorianlynskey.bsky.social
Journalist (Guardian/Observer, MOJO, BBC Culture, the i), podcaster (Origin Story, Oh God What Now?) and author (33 Revolutions Per Minute, The Ministry of Truth, Everything Must Go, Origin Story). Anti-doomer despite everything. www.dorianlynskey.com
@wearedelasoul.com
The official account of De La Soul Follow Posdnuos @posplugwon.bsky.social 🌼🌼🌼 https://linktr.ee/wearedelasoul
@archive.org
Internet Archive is a non-profit research library preserving web pages, books, movies & audio for public access. Explore web history via the Wayback Machine.
@inbedwiththeright.bsky.social
A podcast about how conservatives see sex and gender, and how they keep fucking things up for the rest of us. Hosted by Adrian Daub and Moira Donegan.