““It really never should have come to this … consult with workers before you do [things]. “[The ANU needs] to have more awareness of the human cost of the executive’s prerogative.” Ian Prager region.com.au/federal-work...

we have gone from a world in which we were told not to cite wikipedia because it was unreliable to a world where wikipedia might be the only reliable source left on the internet and we all owe a lot to the pedantic nerds who got us there

"What does student success have to do with faculty success? Everything. If you think about it, faculty success is just student success, but with 'faculty' in place of 'student.'"

This is my favorite fucking holiday article.

IT IS TIME.

Any higher ed workers have a good clause in your EA you could share? One that gave you a bit of leverage where needed, that improved conditions, or gave staff more say over change management or workload? I am helping run some log of claims meetings this week and would love some examples to share

Bonjour à tous ! 🙏 #Mood C'est Lundi.......

Ladies, he replied!

Just going to have this as a daily affirmation stuck on my mirror.

Wow we should base our entire economy on this technology

“The ANU Chancellor is putting a lot of emphasis on workplace safety and due process for her own benefit, but very little as regards to Dr Allen and other staff who have raised concerns.” Senator @davidpocock.bsky.social spokesperson region.com.au/anu-chancell...

3 pages of sensible recommendations in the just released Interim Report of the Senate inquiry into university governance www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentar...

BREAKING: #ANU has announced that there will be no forced redundancies. ✊ Union members fought tirelessly to save these jobs, and every university staff member facing job cuts can take heart from what we have achieved. Together, we have changed what is possible. nteu.au/[email protected]

BREAKING | ANU staff in the College of Arts and Social Sciences have received a Cease Work Order due to dangerous working conditions. Under the WHS Act staff will be paid while this order is in place. The order seeks to protect lives and wellbeing.

Holy flip. This entire announcement is wild but check out how they're going to deal with the rise in emissions from offering brute-force text generation software to students ->

*deep breath* AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!

More fantastic reporting from Julie Hare on the ongoing madness at ANU.

Pretty amazing that over 1000 ANU staff and students turned up to the meeting about the VC’s resignation with only two hour’s notice. Hope Chancellor Julie Bishop is feeling the heat 🔥

@thesiswhisperer.bsky.social Queen! We are watching you from the campus pub and cheering!

Bishop needs to go as well. There is no sensible governance arrangement where she gets to lead appointing a new VC. A new Chancellor / Chair and then a deep breath followed by a proper process to appoint a new VC / CEO needed. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...

A massive win for our community and showing the strength of our collective voice. Thank you @nteuact.bsky.social @ouranu.bsky.social in particular!!!!

Our ANU will be posting a statement shortly… www.theage.com.au/politics/fed...

The ANU Governance Project Working Group invites the ANU community and stakeholders to offer feedback on the draft report over the next 48 hours (by midnight on Thursday, 11 September). anugovernance-davidpocock.nationbuilder.com/statement_re...

replace "lazy" with "correct" and you've got it Jeanine

Huge budget movie: *has amazing visual effects that look completely real* Same movie when there’s a childhood photo of the lead actor:

Wonderful profile of Raewyn Connell just published in the SMH www.smh.com.au/national/rae... - her Wheelwright Lecture, “Should we abolish universities?” is on tomorrow night! www.ppesydney.net/2025-wheelwr...

I WOULD DIE FOR THIS SMOL NUGGET 😍

Faculty, rejoice: gmail can now translate “deanspeak”

A photo of strength, confidence, audacity and charm.

We'll be ready to work with interim leadership from Day 1 to end Renew ANU and stop *all* forced redundancies. This is only possible with new leadership. @nteunion.bsky.social - and everyone else - knows that the farce at #ANU has gone on for far too long.

"Bishop has since led crisis talks over the university’s leadership, including delivering what one source described as a “go or get pushed” ultimatum to Bell." 🤞 www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/educati... Full text is on ANU subreddit @ouranu.bsky.social @drdemography.com @nteuact.bsky.social

Oh man, Bluesky allows posting your own gifs now. Fucking. Gamechanger.

I don't understand why we only get superman and spiderman movies when there are like 100 muppets and every single one of them has leading man/woman potential

This cause is close to my heart - please sign to stop needless cuts to our national university: www.megaphone.org.au/petitions/pe...

We need ComCare to make a similar intervention at ANU. The psychosocial harm ANU executive are inflicting upon ANU staff is completely unacceptable. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

What a historic win! SafeWork NSW has stepped in to force UTS management to pause job cuts. This would not be possible without NTEU members at UTS standing together to voice and expose the serious and damaging psychosocial impacts on staff wellbeing. Article 👉 www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

you don't understand. as someone who isn't inherently good at art, stealing paintings from the museum is the *only* way i'm able to express myself creatively. i wouldn't be able to paint beautiful portraits. but by breaking into a museum and stealing the paintings, now i am

Great moments in interface design. Why do we even have that button?

Vocabulary we didn't know we were lacking. 👇🏾

Good news about the cutting-edge AI tools from the $3-trillion-dollar company.

Academic books are notorious for boring endings, but @emilymbender.bsky.social and @alexhanna.bsky.social hit it out of the park! The last chapter of #TheAICon is full of actionable (pro-labor!) steps for standing up to Big Tech's hype. Fight silliness with silliness!

Across the nation, the March for Australia got underway stuffed full of Australians from all walks of (intolerant of other people) life — First Dog on the Moon www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

muppetized book covers: thread

We Have AI Now www.youtube.com/shorts/8-lgJ...

Today we launch Community of Praxis, a new podcast with Brenna Clarke Gray. Twice monthly Brenna sits down for critical chats about teaching and learning to invite a more care-centred, student-focused approach into classrooms, while still minding structural limitations like time and precarity.

KETTLE: [screaming] YOU WANT A NICE, CALMING CUP OF TEA? YEAH??? YOU WANNA FUCKING RELAX?

we live in a world defined by replacing human labor (employees) with machines which then need human babysitting (independent contractors on slave wages)*

This is an absolutely WILD story www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

“I find particularly offensive the attempt to gaslight staff by citing letters and votes of no confidence as evidence of staff not being afraid to voice their concerns,” Senator @davidpocock.bsky.social, ANU staff could not agree with you more! region.com.au/anu-expected...

@nteuact.bsky.social has today launched a petition to ANU Council 🛑 stop all forced redundancies 🛑 stop all Renew ANU change ❌ remove Chancellor Bishop ❌ remove Vice Chancellor Bell OPEN TO EVERYONE - please sign and share! www.megaphone.org.au/petitions/pe...