FYI #135

• Inside the Luddite festival harnessing Gen Z’s rage against Big Tech, via Ars Technica

• Why I wrote Hyperscale, Paris Marx talking about his new book. Plus, Marx in conversation with Saul Levin about data centre opposition in the US.

• Festival of Dangerous Ideas 2026 program. August, in Sydney

• Stories Matter: NSW Literary Fellowships

• On creative spaces, artistic survival and Sara Baume, by Sinead Gleeson. I love Baume’s writing but hadn’t heard of the painter, Mollie Douthit talked about in this post.

• Bookshops offer much more than just retail – but who would open one in this economy?, via the Guardian

• Emma Thompson on the Smartless podcast

• Can the West Reclaim its Power from Trump? Malcolm Turnbull on the Leading podcast

• Monuments for Fishes, by Mikala Dwyer, at Barangaroo.