Master of all he surveys
\n![\"An](\"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/1000x/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fphotos%2F600x%2Fhttps%3A%2F%2Fwiwi.kiwi%2Fuploads%2F2026%2Fimg-0310.jpg\")
\n","summary":"","url":"https://wiwi.kiwi/2026/08/01/master-of-all-he-surveys.html","date_published":"2026-07-31T23:09:01+00:00","author":{"name":"Ian Swainson","url":"https://iswanz.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F39%2F1827455.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"iswanz"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-07-31 23:09","date_timestamp":1785539341,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:qluq4m3qaas3uczbd6jz2r7t/post/3mry367jkfk2e"]}},{"id":"94838721","content_html":"![](\"https://micro.blog/books/9781473227675/cover.jpg\")
\nCurrently reading: Light by M. John Harrison 📚
\n","summary":"","url":"https://wiwi.kiwi/2026/07/29/currently-reading-light-by-m.html","date_published":"2026-07-29T08:52:29+00:00","author":{"name":"Ian Swainson","url":"https://iswanz.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F39%2F1827455.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"iswanz"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-07-29 08:52","date_timestamp":1785315149,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:qluq4m3qaas3uczbd6jz2r7t/post/3mrrke3scbb23"]}},{"id":"94838684","content_html":"![](\"https://micro.blog/books/9780063312715/cover.jpg\")
\nFinished reading: Annie Bot by Sierra Greer 📚
\n🤖🤖🤖🤖🤖 (5/5 stars)
\n\n\n“She has been happy here, and anxiously miserable, but she has never been free.”
\n
Its been some time since I read a book in one sitting, but Annie Bot was just that good. Brilliant, fascinating, and made me think a lot more than I thought it would. Hugely recommended, perfect summer reading (for those in the Northern Hemisphere)!
\n","summary":"","url":"https://wiwi.kiwi/2026/07/29/finished-reading-annie-bot-by.html","date_published":"2026-07-29T08:51:04+00:00","author":{"name":"Ian Swainson","url":"https://iswanz.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F39%2F1827455.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"iswanz"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-07-29 08:51","date_timestamp":1785315064,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:qluq4m3qaas3uczbd6jz2r7t/post/3mrrkbzsjqo2t"]}},{"id":"94838596","content_html":"\nCurrently reading: Annie Bot by Sierra Greer 📚
\n","summary":"","url":"https://wiwi.kiwi/2026/07/29/currently-reading-annie-bot-by.html","date_published":"2026-07-29T08:47:18+00:00","author":{"name":"Ian Swainson","url":"https://iswanz.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F39%2F1827455.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"iswanz"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-07-29 08:47","date_timestamp":1785314838,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:qluq4m3qaas3uczbd6jz2r7t/post/3mrrk2l4ted2u"]}},{"id":"94838558","content_html":"![](\"https://micro.blog/books/9780575097582/cover.jpg\")
\nFinished reading: Rivers of London by Ben Aaronovitch 📚
\n💧💧💧💧💧 (5/5 stars)
\nThis was excellent, I will definitely read the entire series.
\n\n\nWhen I’m considering this I find it helpful to quote the wisdom of my father, who once told me, ‘Who knows why the fuck anything happens?’
\n
I found the dedication particularly moving too:
\n\n\n","summary":"","url":"https://wiwi.kiwi/2026/07/29/finished-reading-rivers-of-london.html","date_published":"2026-07-29T08:45:55+00:00","author":{"name":"Ian Swainson","url":"https://iswanz.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F39%2F1827455.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"iswanz"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-07-29 08:45","date_timestamp":1785314755,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:qluq4m3qaas3uczbd6jz2r7t/post/3mrrjybjjx52y"]}},{"id":"94557971","content_html":"“In memory of Colin Ravey, because some people are too large to be contained by just the one universe.”
\n
![\"Cover](\"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/1000x/https%3A%2F%2Fwiwi.kiwi%2Fuploads%2F2026%2Ffe1756277f.jpg\")
\nDJ Cinéma Quartier Latin - Bruise
\nSublime, deep and moving - very impressive for a debut. Found via Pitchfork, who were somewhat underwhelmed.
\nApple Music 🍏:\n
\nSpotify 💩:
\n\n","summary":"","url":"https://wiwi.kiwi/2026/07/24/dj-cinma-quartier-latin-bruise.html","date_published":"2026-07-24T01:59:06+00:00","author":{"name":"Ian Swainson","url":"https://iswanz.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F39%2F1827455.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"iswanz"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-07-24 01:59","date_timestamp":1784858346,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:qluq4m3qaas3uczbd6jz2r7t/post/3mreawxg5mo2m"]}},{"id":"94433224","content_html":"You should play Mixtape!
\nHonestly its been a long time since a game made me really feel something like Mixtape did.
\nIt captures beautifully the sense of wonder and adventure you seek every day when you are young, and reminds me as I am older to keep doing just that.
\nI loved this game, and even if you are not...
wiwi.kiwi","summary":"","url":"https://wiwi.kiwi/2026/07/22/you-should-play-mixtape-honestly.html","date_published":"2026-07-22T01:23:35+00:00","author":{"name":"Ian Swainson","url":"https://iswanz.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F39%2F1827455.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"iswanz"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-07-22 01:23","date_timestamp":1784683415,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"94197298","content_html":"\nCurrently reading: Rivers of London by Ben Aaronovitch 📚
\n","summary":"","url":"https://wiwi.kiwi/2026/07/18/currently-reading-rivers-of-london.html","date_published":"2026-07-17T22:49:25+00:00","author":{"name":"Ian Swainson","url":"https://iswanz.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F39%2F1827455.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"iswanz"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-07-17 22:49","date_timestamp":1784328565,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:qluq4m3qaas3uczbd6jz2r7t/post/3mqutjfufkr2z"]}},{"id":"94196381","content_html":"![](\"https://micro.blog/books/9781668075081/cover.jpg\")
\nFinished reading: The Buffalo Hunter Hunter by Stephen Graham Jones 📚
\n🦇🦇🦇🦇🦇 (5/5 stars)
\nRemarkable and beautifully written 💜
\n","summary":"","url":"https://wiwi.kiwi/2026/07/18/finished-reading-the-buffalo-hunter.html","date_published":"2026-07-17T22:38:00+00:00","author":{"name":"Ian Swainson","url":"https://iswanz.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F39%2F1827455.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"iswanz"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-07-17 22:38","date_timestamp":1784327880,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:qluq4m3qaas3uczbd6jz2r7t/post/3mqusuyvhv72a"]}},{"id":"93815424","content_html":"Peter Hook in Auckland!
\n![\"\"](\"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/1000x/https%3A%2F%2Fwiwi.kiwi%2Fuploads%2F2026%2Fca7ce3ed79dd4819b9ab38b844d3f652.jpg\")
\n","summary":"","url":"https://wiwi.kiwi/2026/07/11/peter-hook-in-auckland.html","date_published":"2026-07-11T08:07:25+00:00","author":{"name":"Ian Swainson","url":"https://iswanz.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F39%2F1827455.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"iswanz"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-07-11 08:07","date_timestamp":1783757245,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:qluq4m3qaas3uczbd6jz2r7t/post/3mqe7gvhxbf22"]}},{"id":"93509587","content_html":"![\"\"](\"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/1000x/https%3A%2F%2Fwiwi.kiwi%2Fuploads%2F2026%2Fca018d9716.png\")
\nMadonna - Confessions II
\nThis is (hugely unexpectedly) really good dance music. Wasn’t expecting to love this.
\nApple Music 🍏:\n
\nSpotify 💩:
\n\n","summary":"","url":"https://wiwi.kiwi/2026/07/06/madonna-confessions-this-is-hugely.html","date_published":"2026-07-06T06:00:47+00:00","author":{"name":"Ian Swainson","url":"https://iswanz.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F39%2F1827455.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"iswanz"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-07-06 06:00","date_timestamp":1783317647,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:qluq4m3qaas3uczbd6jz2r7t/post/3mpxg2hsijp26"]}},{"id":"93508601","content_html":"![\"Primal](\"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/1000x/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fphotos%2F480x%2Fhttps%3A%2F%2Fwiwi.kiwi%2Fuploads%2F2026%2Fe410b33a86.png\")
\nWatched: Primal Season 1 🍿
\n🩸🩸🩸🩸🩸 (5 stars)
\nWow. This is really really good. Incredibly violent but poignant, and the animation is amazing. Not a single line of dialog, but you will be mesmerised. Hugely emotional. How have I never heard of this?
\n","summary":"","url":"https://wiwi.kiwi/2026/07/06/watched-primal-season-stars-wow.html","date_published":"2026-07-06T05:34:15+00:00","author":{"name":"Ian Swainson","url":"https://iswanz.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F39%2F1827455.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"iswanz"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-07-06 05:34","date_timestamp":1783316055,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:qluq4m3qaas3uczbd6jz2r7t/post/3mpxek4d7bh27"]}},{"id":"93409531","content_html":"Samoa was incredible ❤️
\n\n","summary":"","url":"https://wiwi.kiwi/2026/07/04/samoa-was-incredible.html","date_published":"2026-07-04T05:52:23+00:00","author":{"name":"Ian Swainson","url":"https://iswanz.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F39%2F1827455.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"iswanz"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-07-04 05:52","date_timestamp":1783144343,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:qluq4m3qaas3uczbd6jz2r7t/post/3mpsemwtprj25"]}},{"id":"92858508","content_html":"\nCurrently reading: The Buffalo Hunter Hunter by Stephen Graham Jones 📚
\n","summary":"","url":"https://wiwi.kiwi/2026/06/25/currently-reading-the-buffalo-hunter.html","date_published":"2026-06-25T05:42:21+00:00","author":{"name":"Ian Swainson","url":"https://iswanz.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F39%2F1827455.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"iswanz"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-06-25 05:42","date_timestamp":1782366141,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:qluq4m3qaas3uczbd6jz2r7t/post/3mp3puk37662f"]}},{"id":"92858455","content_html":"![](\"https://micro.blog/books/9780307279866/cover.jpg\")
\nFinished reading: Soon I Will be Invincible by Austin Grossman 📚
\n🦹 🦹🦹🫤🫤 (3/5 stars)
\nThis wasn’t as much fun as it should have been, and definitely didn’t stick the landing.
\n","summary":"","url":"https://wiwi.kiwi/2026/06/25/finished-reading-soon-i-will.html","date_published":"2026-06-25T05:40:21+00:00","author":{"name":"Ian Swainson","url":"https://iswanz.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F39%2F1827455.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"iswanz"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-06-25 05:40","date_timestamp":1782366021,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:qluq4m3qaas3uczbd6jz2r7t/post/3mp3pqzssby2n"]}},{"id":"92613336","content_html":"Pure magic day in the beautiful Kingdom of Tonga, this place never stops filling our hearts 🇹🇴
\n![\"\"](\"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/1000x/https%3A%2F%2Fwiwi.kiwi%2Fuploads%2F2026%2F37053c48dd.jpg\")
\n\n","summary":"","url":"https://wiwi.kiwi/2026/06/22/pure-magic-day-in-the.html","date_published":"2026-06-21T18:16:19+00:00","author":{"name":"Ian Swainson","url":"https://iswanz.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F39%2F1827455.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"iswanz"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-06-21 18:16","date_timestamp":1782065779,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:qluq4m3qaas3uczbd6jz2r7t/post/3mosy5ubknk2o"]}},{"id":"92537437","content_html":"Tonga evening 🇹🇴
\n![\"\"](\"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/1000x/https%3A%2F%2Fwiwi.kiwi%2Fuploads%2F2026%2F0b991fc6da3b438c9c1e5cf93fd6645e.jpg\")
\n","summary":"","url":"https://wiwi.kiwi/2026/06/20/tonga-evening.html","date_published":"2026-06-20T06:44:05+00:00","author":{"name":"Ian Swainson","url":"https://iswanz.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F39%2F1827455.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"iswanz"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-06-20 06:44","date_timestamp":1781937845,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:qluq4m3qaas3uczbd6jz2r7t/post/3mopaytsho72h"]}},{"id":"92413069","content_html":"Sunset over Nuku’alofa port 🇹🇴
\n![\"\"](\"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/1000x/https%3A%2F%2Fwiwi.kiwi%2Fuploads%2F2026%2F24f14c0f512747aa9a5ed63e5cc19a51.jpg\")
\n","summary":"","url":"https://wiwi.kiwi/2026/06/18/sunset-over-nukualofa-port.html","date_published":"2026-06-18T07:23:12+00:00","author":{"name":"Ian Swainson","url":"https://iswanz.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F39%2F1827455.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"iswanz"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-06-18 07:23","date_timestamp":1781767392,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:qluq4m3qaas3uczbd6jz2r7t/post/3mokcaqeifn22"]}},{"id":"92305176","content_html":"\nCurrently reading: Soon I Will be Invincible by Austin Grossman 📚
\n","summary":"","url":"https://wiwi.kiwi/2026/06/17/currently-reading-soon-i-will.html","date_published":"2026-06-16T18:28:05+00:00","author":{"name":"Ian Swainson","url":"https://iswanz.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F39%2F1827455.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"iswanz"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-06-16 18:28","date_timestamp":1781634485,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:qluq4m3qaas3uczbd6jz2r7t/post/3mogghmvlk72a"]}},{"id":"92304962","content_html":"![](\"https://micro.blog/books/031631613X/cover.jpg\")
\nFinished reading: Less by Andrew Sean Greer 📚
\n📈📈📈📈📉 (4 stars)
\nEnjoyable, but a Pulitzer? Some of Arthur’s thoughts on aging resonated strongly.
\n\n\nOn and on the plane convulses in the moonlight, like a man turning into a werewolf.
\n
\n\nThe view out his window was of a circular brick plaza, rather like a pepperoni pizza, which the whistling wind endlessly seasoned with dry leaves.
\n
\nwiwi.kiwi","summary":"","url":"https://wiwi.kiwi/2026/06/17/finished-reading-less-by-andrew.html","date_published":"2026-06-16T18:25:54+00:00","author":{"name":"Ian Swainson","url":"https://iswanz.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F39%2F1827455.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"iswanz"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-06-16 18:25","date_timestamp":1781634354,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:qluq4m3qaas3uczbd6jz2r7t/post/3moggdqv7aw2t"]}},{"id":"92304641","content_html":"“Strange to be almost fifty, no? I feel like I just understood how to be young.” “Yes! It’s like the last day in a foreign country. You finally figure out where to get coffee, and drinks, and a good steak. And then you have to...
\n
\nCurrently reading: Less by Andrew Sean Greer 📚
\n","summary":"","url":"https://wiwi.kiwi/2026/06/17/currently-reading-less-by-andrew.html","date_published":"2026-06-16T18:19:59+00:00","author":{"name":"Ian Swainson","url":"https://iswanz.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F39%2F1827455.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"iswanz"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-06-16 18:19","date_timestamp":1781633999,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:qluq4m3qaas3uczbd6jz2r7t/post/3mogfz2zivm2r"]}},{"id":"92304484","content_html":"![](\"https://micro.blog/books/9780451495150/cover.jpg\")
\nFinished reading: Our Share Of Night by Mariana Enriquez 📚
\nSome beautiful writing here, and some of the horror was unforgettable. I’m not sure I got enough out of the effort to read it sometimes though.
\n💪 💪💪🤳🤳 (3 stars)
\n\n\n“Gods always behave like the people who make them.” Zora Neale Hurston, Tell My Horse
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If any of my New Zealand readers (hi mum! 👋) wanted to provide a submission on this bill for our trans and non-binary friends:
\nLegislation (Definitions of Woman and Man) Amendment Bill
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\n","summary":"","url":"https://wiwi.kiwi/2026/06/14/i-dont-think-this-is.html","date_published":"2026-06-13T19:40:04+00:00","author":{"name":"Ian Swainson","url":"https://iswanz.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F39%2F1827455.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"iswanz"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-06-13 19:40","date_timestamp":1781379604,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:qluq4m3qaas3uczbd6jz2r7t/post/3mo6z3qmngh2c"]}},{"id":"91738039","content_html":"Historian and presenter Simon Schama on Pete Hegseth’s D-Day speech, quoted in The Guardian:
\n\n\nHegseth’s remarks were a “special kind of loathsomeness: a blend of historical deafness, grotesque stupidity and comically ludicrous self-importance”.
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\n\n","summary":"","url":"https://wiwi.kiwi/2026/06/08/grotesque-stupidity-historian-and-presenter.html","date_published":"2026-06-08T05:39:57+00:00","author":{"name":"Ian Swainson","url":"https://iswanz.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F39%2F1827455.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"iswanz"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-06-08 05:39","date_timestamp":1780897197,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:qluq4m3qaas3uczbd6jz2r7t/post/3mnqxsxdnze2k"]}}]}“As if the little people’s rage against immigration somehow is superior to the war against the 3rd Reich and entitles this comic book nobody to lecture the actual heroes.”
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