ANU academics! You will have read about the draft ANU governance report in the Canberra Times and AFR. We'll use it inform, amongst other things, a paper to the senate inquiry. Please share widely! We can make a difference. More here: assets.nationbuilder.com/davidpocock/...

Australian universities are in a governance crisis. VC pay blowouts, scandals, mission drift — these aren’t random, they’re structural. This new working paper with @marijataflaga.bsky.social & Keith Dowding digs into why the system is broken, and how to fix it. doi.org/10.25911/MWW... A thread:

💜 Happy Liz Day to all who celebrate! 💜 Join us today for an @nteunion.bsky.social BBQ to show appreciation to Liz, Francis, Millan and others who bravely gave evidence in the Senate to stand up for #ANU staff and students. Not yet a union member? Join at www.nteu.au/join. ✊

On Sunday, The Age commissioned an opinion piece from Palestinian author and academic Randa Abdel-Fattah - only to decline publishing it after it was submitted. Thanks to Randa for letting us publish it here. www.deepcutnews.com/p/pro-israel...

Well he would say that wouldn't he

The following thread contains 201 open access articles, books, chapters & reports written and led by First Nations’ researchers. We write our own research across all areas. The order is random and ranges across disciplines, because of course it does. #201FirstNationsArticles

Incredible image from LA

And I cannot lie

A report from the scene of a horrifying kidnapping on the streets of Worcester, MA today by @billshaner.bsky.social www.welcometohellworld.com/they-dont-ne...

Hey, just a quiet reminder: it’s not true that people get more conservative as they age. *Populations* get more conservative as they age because poor and marginalized people die sooner. nymag.com/intelligence...

So today they announced that my graphic novel Making the Shrine is freakin’ shortlisted in the Children’s Book Council of Australia Book of the Year 2025.

& that’s that on that.

'The simulacrum is never that which conceals the truth—it is the truth which conceals that there is none. The simulacrum is true'

I’m looking for people who identify as neurodivergent women to complete a 5–10-minute survey about the media and self-esteem for my psychology dissertation. Thank you. ueapsych.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

beloveds, i am here for this experiment. let’s grow.

Next Thursday at University of Technology Sydney… Voice: Making a Postcolonial Multicultural Nation Speakers: Heidi Norman, Michelle Deshong, Craig Foster, Jason Yat-Sen Li & Andrew Jakubowicz. 7 September, 6-8pm at UTS & live streamed. Register: events.humanitix.com/voice-making...

The empathy people have towards people with serious mental disorders is too bad they're dead, after they've met the most tragic ends, rather than extending anything at all that would have made life sweeter for them.