Art for knowledge sake Fascinating article about art recording information, and the complex knowledge of the ancient Caral culture of South America. "... the latest research shows that neither writing nor the wheel were necessary to achieve a complex society.? www.theguardian.com/science/2025...

Most teens are 'good kids'! Yes! It is lovely to see the media reporting my everyday experience - the vast majority of teens are great kids - sensible and terrific to be around. 'Manliness' and gender inequality are outdated attitudes. I love good news! www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...?

SITKA Whalefest I wish Sitka, SE Alaska wasn't on the opposite side of the planet! This interview is about Whalefest which features Tlingit Elder and Storyteller, David Kanosh, who was so much a part of my book 'The Knowledge Gene'. Great ideas about memory systems. www.kcaw.org/2025/11/03/w...

Great news for Australian bird watchers. Merlin now works in Australia. If you don’t know what Merlin is, it’s basically Shazam for birdsong.

Newborns. www.news-medical.net/news/2025102...

There’s something useful you could do with a minimum of fuss @albomp.bsky.social @chrisbowenmp.bsky.social - install solar/battery systems in all First Nations people’s housing in NT & Western Australia ASAP - works for me! #auspol #SolarEnergy

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AI tech execs wanted my intellectual property for free! Thank you government and the various organisations - such as the Australian Society of Authors - who fought this greedy grab. AI rich guys want to be legally endorsed to steal my books! #AI #copyright #writing www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...

Grog's rule of privatisation: "The day you decide to allow the private sector deliver a public service is also the day you should set the future date for the Royal Commission into abuses in the system."

Books have this magical way of weaving hope into our lives, don’t they? Each page is a thread connecting us to resilience and creativity. Let’s celebrate these stories together! #booksky #books 💖

ORKNEY - please protect it I have been there twice for research, before it was so popular. Everything was astounding: the archaeology, birds (puffins are adorable), the people, landscape ... Overtourism is a global problem. I won't go back, for Orkney's sake. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...?

An email from a fabulous new memory fanatic today wanted to ensure that I'd heard about The Memory Code. Which reminded me that I hadn't updated the discussion page about this epic books with @lynne-kelly-42.bsky.social in a long while. Remedied! www.magneticmemorymethod.com/the-memory-c...

How good is your memory? Research shows that having a good memory is less about natural ability and more about practise. This guide will show you how your memory can be improved with the right techniques @lynne-kelly-42.bsky.social

I have an article featured on Psyche - from Aeon / Psyche media. Given how much I admire the articles from this outlet, I am really proud to be there. I highly recommend you sign up for the free Aeon and Psyche newsletters if you haven't already discovered them. psyche.co/guides/how-t...

ABC Hobart and ABC Adelaide - same topic! Seems memory is a hot topic at exam time! I'll be talking with Leon Compton, ABC Hobart tomorrow, Thursday 16 October at 10:40 AM And with Rory McClaren ABC Adelaide at 9:30 AM (Adelaide time) on Tuesday 21 October.

Memory, cramming and exams Today, 3:05PM, I'll be talking with Chris Bath on ABC Radio Sydney 702 on memory systems and last minute tricks - music and art. Music and art are innate skills used by humans for millennia across all cultures, as per The Knowledge Gene and Memory Craft - so useful!

Damian and I are keen members of eBird. Delighted to read this: "eBird is now by far the biggest citizen science project ever undertaken." theconversation.com/the-remarkab...?

Hunter-gatherers choose to stay mobile - great article!. Note: mobile not nomadic. They move through known locations, not merely wandering as 'nomadic' implies. "The Mbendjele BaYaka have stressed the importance of mobility for the transmission of knowledge." Love it! aeon.co/essays/the-h...?

ROCK ART and KNOWLEDGE Lovely to see rock art interpreted as pragmatic knowledge. The art probably provided more info than the invaluable water courses, as it does with contemporary Indigenous cultures. A wonderful advance on rock art being for nebulous reasons. theconversation.com/12-000-year-...

A chromolithograph depicting the “nightly activities of insects” from the natural history series ‘Brehms Tierleben,’ first published from 1864-1869. Alfred E. Brehm was a German zoologist and explorer who became the first director of the Zoological Garden of Hamburg. #insectart #naturalhistory

Absolutely fascinating article on the way human origins research should be done, and the impact of US research cuts to this research. In Human Origins Research, Communities Are the Missing Link www.sapiens.org/archaeology/...

Physics, glorious physics: Two of my heroes: Stephen Hawking and Albert Einstein shown to be even more brilliant than we already knew. (I taught physics for decades): 10 years ago, gravitational waves changed astronomy. A new discovery shows there’s more to come theconversation.com/10-years-ago...

PODCAST - UNKNOWNS - Origin Stories I am on an episode of the Unknowns podcast, for the Big History Project. It was a real pleasure talking with David Christian, founder of Big History about the incredible memory methods embedded in Indigenous traditional knowing. open.spotify.com/episode/34ly...

Golbeki Tepe like monuments a-plenty! Missing from this fascinating article is acknowledging that the discoveries match the way knowledge is stored in oral cultures. Sophisticated memory systems are known from Indigenous cultures globally - including stories that date back thousands of years.

Top 100 Books of the 21st Century - ABC - voting I am amazed and delighted to see two of my books made the voting list. The Memory Code and The Knowledge Gene - so chuffed! Except my name is not spelt Lynee! top100books.abc.net.au/browse/autho...

Fascinating insight into non-speaking autism - so well explained! I’m autistic and don’t speak. Here’s what I want you to know theconversation.com/im-autistic-...

Wonderful to see Indigenous languages being preserved - of course - through song. It is the 'knowledge gene' which is a critical part of the story of why humans have this unique ability to store knowledge aided by the memory skills embedded in music. www.sbs.com.au/nitv/article...

FRACTALS and CHAOS Lovely to see fractals and chaos theory still making news. My masters thesis was on using them in education for kids who needed enrichment in maths and science. I still find them engrossing. www.sciencenews.org/article/frac...

That simmering dread you're feeling, that choked-up sensation, that stomach upset, that unsteadiness and uncertainty, that doubt always in the corner of your mind, that taut-wire feeling, that lurking constant low-level anxiety - It's fine, it's just repressed rage.

Accurate....procrastination and self doubt are my special talents 😂 #WritingCommunity #writerslift #writersofbluesky #writingmemes #authorscommunity #AuthorsOfbluesky #authors #authorproblems #booklover #writinghumor

SONGLINES for Younger Readers I am really chuffed by this review of 'Songlines for Younger Readers'. It encapsulates exactly the reason Margo and I wrote both the adult 'Songlines: the power and promise', and this Younger Readers version. thebottomshelf.edublogs.org/2025/08/26/s...

Scottish Carved Stone Balls I was delighted when a reader of 'The Knowledge Gene' and 'The Memory Code' sent an image of an art installation inspired by my favourite Neolithic memory devices. Thank you, Lee! #neolithic #theknowledgegene #memory #mnemonicdevices www.lynnekelly.com.au?page_id=652

Fascinating article! Resonates with ideas I wrote about In 'The Knowledge Gene' on synchronicity: "Engaging in group activities that generate synchronicity – such as rituals, dancing or singing in choirs – alter the sense of self and increase connection with others." aeon.co/essays/what-...

Singing knowledge - a lesson for all schools - this would work for any topic: "Music educates. Land, environment, animal," he said. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08...

Writing What Your Don’t Know: Letting Your Curiosity Drive Your Project Narrative non-fiction tells the story of the journey to new understanding. It's what I write. I am delighted to be giving this workshop for Writers Victoria. Second on the page linked. writersvictoria.org.au/connected-li...

US Tourism Here in Australia we are seeing ads for Texas - I've never seen US tourism advertising like this before. Most of my friends would be reluctant to travel to Trump's US. These statistics seems to explain why foreign tourists are being sought: wttc.org/news/us-econ...

"Digital artwork by Adrian Morgan, who drew inspiration from The Knowledge Gene. It was commissioned for a sadly cancelled exhibition on the theme "Threads of Connection", and invites reflection on art as a deeply human activity that connects us to each other, to important ideas, and across time."

A terrific article on Aboriginal astronomy, as it fits in the whole knowledge system linked by Songlines. cosmosmagazine.com/space/astron...?

Indigenous knowledges - so much is gained when archeologists work with First Nations knowledge holders: Precious finger traces from First Nations ancestors revealed in a glittering mountain cave in Australia theconversation.com/precious-fin...

A talk / workshop for the IAU Symposium: "Indigenous Astronomy in the Space Age" conference. - Indigenous knowledge, archaeology and cultural astronomy based on 'The Memory Code' and 'The Knowledge Gene'. www.youtube.com/watch? #indigenousknowledge #theknowledgegene #astronomy #memorysystems

APHANTASIA - the lack of visual imagery - the history and science. The brain doesn't link memory to the visual cortex. The excellent video explains that we aphantasics lack the ability to relive trauma. And how evolution favours diversity. psyche.co/videos/the-s... #aphantasia #theknowledgegene

Congratulations to my former student, Dan Peluso, for being named a semifinalist for the 2025-26 Fulbright Scholars Program! His innovative project, “Celestial Harmonies,” blending music and Aboriginal sky knowledge, is a testament to his creativity. www.dailyrepublic.com/news/vallejo...

GREEK MYTHS It is so refreshing to read an article which talks about Greek myths in terms of the knowledge encoded, not just the story which encodes it. And Nymphs are so much more than the superficial sexy girls! Love it! theconversation.com/greek-and-ro...?

MUSIC, WONDERFUL MUSIC In my previous books, I talked about the role of music for memory and in Indigenous cultures. I neglected the unifying, wonderful connection music can gift. Musicians taught me that for 'The Knowledge Gene'. Here is a wonderful example. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...?

Interesting that BBC accepted that British were the agents here. They usually like to say it’s just ‘Australians’. In the 1830s.

THE KNOWLEDGE GENE I will be talking about The Knowledge Gene on ABC Illawarra, on Mornings with Nick Rheinberger after the 10 AM news, this morning. www.abc.net.au/illawarra #theknowledgegene #memory #Indigenousknowledge

I am getting inquiries about my books in Chinese. "The Memory Code" is in both Simplified and Traditional. Link, I think, leads to where it can be bought. That's my drawing of Stonehenge, in negative! "Memory Craft" is currently being translated into Simplified. baike.baidu.com/item/%E8%AE%...