What happened at Bondi is a tragedy and a crime. If there's one thing I hope for, it's that we don't fall into "now is not the time to talk about gun control" bullshit. Now is EXACTLY the time to talk about gun control. We need to stop this from happening again. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

How are LGBTQIA+ politicians in Australia treated online? @blairwilliams26.bsky.social , @eliseinthewoods.bsky.social , @gosiami.bsky.social & @jackhayes.bsky.social analyse over 75,000 tweets in this new article in @ausjpolsci.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

I'm unsure if this is a Guardian editorial policy but I find it odd in a piece on Trump's knee-jerk misogyny in the face of ongoing Epstein pressure that they have chosen not to name the two women reporters he insulted. We know it was Catherine Lucey from Bloomberg and ABC's Mary Bruce. 1/2

Australia's greatest ally

pleasantly surprised that writing along to the soundtracks of city-building computer games like Age of Empires and Sierra's Pharaoh - games I played non-stop as a kid - unlocks some instinctual hyper-productivity that adulthood had buried

feels like there is some point of connection when, out fear for my ever-diminishing attention span, I turn to google for help on blocking vertical videos on apps - and all solutions are behind paywalled content

It's great to see the publication of the second paper from our "queer pollies" project exploring the social media harassment of LGBTQIA+ politicians during the 2022 Australian federal election. It's also Open Access! #AusPol @eliseinthewoods.bsky.social gosiami.bsky.social @jackhayes.bsky.social

Just because the Trump administration frames this violence in an existential ideological divide (e.g. "real" Americans versus the radical left) it doesn't mean that news sources (particularly outside of the States!) should engage in the same rhetoric. 1/2

probably says something about Vance that public service is not, in his opinion, an expression of gratitude

if Trump can reframe an illegal invasion into a 50/50 scrap then every country with a significant security alliance with the states should be having a very close re-read of their agreement obligations. Is it in Pillar I or II? asking for a friend

Not sure "the international paedophile ring encroached on the thing I had going on at Mar-a-Lago" is quite the argument he thinks it is...

"We can't say we didn't know", @civilianprotection.bsky.social PhD Scholar from our Department of International Relations, writes for @aunz.theconversation.com

In academia, we're expected to critically engage with available research, or to conduct our own, in order to substantiate an argument. This is a deeply serious accusation that is not at all self-evident, and I would expect the ASECA to be held to similar standards.

Jumpscare for De Santis' nasal whine. Also, least of the issues in the 77 seconds of this clip, but why are there always three times as many flags and seals than necessary? Betsy Ross didn't throw the first brick for this.

The Algorithm seems very sure that I'm a NYC resident of voting age

Woke up to more deeply upsetting news out of the States (so, it's a day ending in y).

didn’t expect to get a little weepy in the Tate Modern. a beautiful collection of quilts honouring 384 people who died from HIV/AIDS. I’m always struck by how sweet and moving the messages stitched in by friends and family (chosen or otherwise). We live on in the memories of others.

With my sister in London and she’s filling out a local residence suggestion form for her street (requesting more pedestrian crossings). So why is “is your registered sex different to your sex at birth” the third question?

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Congrats, Sussan Ley

I 💛 the AEC

I'll be joining some fantastic people online on Friday to discuss the global backlash towards diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) policies, and it's creep into Australian political rhetoric. ⏰ Friday 2nd May, 2pm-3pm (AEST) 🗓️ Register: shorturl.at/76LWt

Australian reporting and commentary on the horiffic mass deportations currently underway in the United States remain incomplete without an acknowledgement that the Trump administration has taken significant inspiration from Australia's draconian offshore detention policies. 🧵1/5

So interesting when the data is this stark - the Liberal party is running twice as many men than women in this election, and of the seats the women candidates are contesting, 84% are mostly unwinnable 🥲

I spoke to the Special Broadcasting Service (SBS) Australia about Peter Dutton's recent comments on the so-called 'woke' agenda in Australian schools and universities. I had some thoughts (1/7) 🧵

Why are no media outlets discussing Mark Butler’s gorgeous dimples?

I cannot imagine how difficult and exhausting it must be for a trans person living in the U.S. in this particular moment. Just a constant pouring of vitriol from the White House

I'm sure I'm not alone in feeling horrified hearing Trump repeatedly claim that Ukraine somehow instigated their own invasion - see comments made at the Saudi meeting - but there's a trend in analysts going out of their way to parse Trump's statements into entirely different points. For e.g.:

WIth a federal election looming, keep a close 👁️ on the audiences the majors will be attempting to attract. It's clear that the Coalition is trying to recreate the Trump playbook - a media blitz of microbloggers, streamers and podcasters with audiences comprised mainly of 18-35yr olds 🧵 1/5

Just in time for the next federal election, read into our latest paper on the “risky visibility” of queer people running for political office, posted with @aunz.theconversation.com Read here: theconversation.com/australian-l...

How does it become a man to behave towards this American government today? In Thoreau we trust.

We're so happy to be joining Bluesky! Stay tuned to hear all about our latest research, news, events, podcasts and more!

Excited to announce our latest paper, co-authored with @eliseinthewoods.bsky.social @gosiami.bsky.social and @jackhayes.bsky.social Examining the Twitter harassment of LGBTQIA+ pollies during the 2022 Aus Fed election, we found that they face a double bind, experiencing more personal hate. #auspol

This, from the former secretary of the parliamentary friends of Palestine group. Apparently the decision to not comment on every statement is actually a decision to not comment on any.

Limiting access to gender affirming care doesn’t make adolescents healthier, happier or safer. And the Qld gov NAMING the health clinic that allegedly triggered the review certainly does not make the public health staff working there safer! Incredibly irresponsible. www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...

Another year, another march to change the date. This year was all about centring the next generation ❤️💛🖤

A tricky part of these early weeks of the Trump regime is that there will be so many headlines exactly as horrible as this that it will be difficult to maintain a grasp on how awful this is for individual people. It will require real skill to centre the suffering of people over knee-jerk outrage

“They say: We can act like Nazis not because we are all secret Nazis in the official underground Nazi club, but rather, because we are free to play with History that YOU have deemed inappropriate in your era of total cultural dominance.”

At possibly only 1.6% (Pew ‘22) of the US pop., protecting vulnerable trans and non-binary people should be one of the core principles of a modern democracy. My heart breaks over the scapegoating of queer people by the Trump regime. This does not make anyone safer, more secure, or more prosperous.

Biden swerving the customary President to President Kiss? Welcome to the resistance

saddest thing about people being surprised Anita Bryant was still alive (until very recently) is the idea she was able to live her remaining days in relative anonymity

Australia leads the world in arresting climate and environment protesters www.abc.net.au/news/2024-12...

The two Australian case studies in the Five Eyes release today about youth radicalisation are both white supremacist/far right radicalisation examples... The spy agencies tend to be a bit reluctant to call this out in isolation because of the politics around it. www.asio.gov.au/system/files...

A “Meet the Critic™” session for @eliseinthewoods.bsky.social’s fantastic book, The Face of the Nation. Self professed critic-turned-fan-girl Prof @becstrating.bsky.social is nailing it! #APSA2025

Exciting to see a few more people here.

Trump has exploited a rare loophole in the muted mics problem, which is that if you just interrupt for long enough they’ll turn it back on

Huge/unfortunate night for Aurora, Colorado, the only town Trump seems to know in that state

Genius move to bait him on rally attendance

I've spoken to some amazing career diplomats while researching the experiences of LGBTQ+ people working in international diplomacy. So I'm sending out the call for the final round of interviews! ➊ Interview: lnkd.in/gdpsTXUW ➋ Survey: lnkd.in/gPBJejqk