Great article about what we do, and what we should do, with research records. Although having people see my multiple, unread, files is a something I could do without. #history #archives #digitisation #informationmanagement

Where would you go to spot a Critically Endangered species? Possibly not to a city cemetery? But here in Vienna, European Hamsters Critecus critecus are thriving. @mammalconeurope.bsky.social @mammalsociety.bsky.social @habitatfoundation.bsky.social 🐹📸 #wildlife #photography #nature #conservation

@raulpachecovega.bsky.social provides excellent advice on improving your analytical and interpretive writing. Move beyond description. www.raulpacheco.org/2025/07/a-gu...

In 2011, Justice Michael Kirby wrote: “Uncritical technological euphoria is not a proper response to the challenges to privacy presented by new technology and the shifting public use of it. This is not a subject where 'anything goes'.” Discuss. www.eventbrite.com.au/e/generative...

Q: When should I stop reading and start writing? A: You will never stop reading. You will always need to read to stay up-to-date. And you should start writing NOW. It's not read or write. It's read and write. #PhDchat #ECRchat #Phdforum #acwri

The Centre for Contemporary Histories at Deakin is providing 10 Writing Fellowships for Early Career Researchers, valued at $500 each. You'll be commissioned to write one opinion piece and one policy briefing note related to your research. #histodons #fundingalert […]

Good night Bluesky. Together is the only way we build liveable todays and tomorrows.

After a very enlightening, sometimes amusing & a little challenging conversation with a data scientist, I really think all humanities peeps should have a STEM buddy. Hearing how they see the world is fascinating; a good way to learn what can be done with AI for the humanities. #history #STEM #AI

Great moments in research funding. Eratosthenes "...knew it was 800 km. Why? Because he hired a man to pace out the entire distance..." #ResearchFunding #BudgetsMatter

Carl Sagan explains how the ancient Greeks knew the Earth was round and calculated its circumference over 2,000 years ago.

We cannot let the Wayback Machine get deep-sixed, as it may be the only place we can find some govt docs/sites that this regime alters or "disappears." NPR article: is.gd/BsVRpI Donate: archive.org/donate FAQ: help.archive.org/help/categor... (The Internet Archive is a US 501c3 non-profit org.)

#WritingResources: The Pomodora Technique buff.ly/47x6E8q The idea is short bursts of focussed activity. Set a timer for 25 minutes Focussed work with no distractions Take a 5 minute break. Repeat #PhDchat #acwri #ECRchat

If you have lost your research funding, crowdfunding may help BUT it isn't always straightforward. Here is my quick guide of what to think about. #CrowdfundResearch researchwhisperer.org/2025/04/15/m...

Every time you use Gen AI, a penguin dies.

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Whoa … this is getting real! Thanks, @mikejennions.bsky.social for putting this together. I'm blushing! 😊

This looks useful. Scholarly Podcasting for Research Dissemination: A Scoping Review. By Lindsay Persohn and Stephanie Branson from Caffeine Classroom podcast. Ping @thesiswhisperer.bsky.social, @tseenster.bsky.social, @superlinguo.bsky.social. doi.org/10.1177/2158... #ScholarlyPodcasting

"...confidence is about clarity and precision, not complexity." - Holly Zink, I Do Grants. You aren't begging. You aren't boasting. You are clearly saying what you will do, writing from a position of strength. #ECRChat hollyzink.com/2024/12/03/w...

"A dog editor loves you, loves your work, believes it's possible, can't wait to read it." ... "A cat editor is fastidious, busy with their own work, and needs to be convinced your work is worth their time." - @katherinefirth.bsky.social. #ECRChat researchinsiders.blog/2024/12/06/d...

"Be kind to yourself and embrace the mess. I’m sorry that it’s hard, and I wish it weren’t, but you’ve got this." - @Brian Spurlock on his experience with adult ADHD. wp.me/pbK9S3-1hN

"Be kind to yourself and embrace the mess. I’m sorry that it’s hard, and I wish it weren’t, but you’ve got this." - Brian Spurlock on his experience with adult ADHD. wp.me/pbK9S3-1hN

Deakin Waterfront campus is a beautiful place for #ShutUpAndWrite. Waterfront Pantry Cafe every Thursday 9:30 am - 12 noon. All welcome.

UMass/Amherst (left) and Wesleyan University are both warning their international students to be on American soil before noon on Jan 20 -- Inauguration Day.

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Leaving the UK now. Thanks for all the wonderful chats, and the snow

We're brilliant at putting ourselves down, not so good at giving ourselves a pat on the back, and doing it for each other, too...

Kate Bagnall & I are delighted to have an article we published recognised by the Australian and New Zealand Legal History Society with the 2024 Annual Prize in Legal History (Best Article or Book Chapter) - 'Identification Photography and the Surveillance of Chinese Mobility in Colonial Australasia'

Dear new followers, If you want me to follow you back, please fill out your profile. Just a sentence will do. Just a clue. Ta. Jonathan

I have several hours at Heathrow airport. What should I do, peeps? PS: I'm inside security and I ain't going out until Melbourne.

Dandenong Hospital has had to re-open its COVID-19 ward. "3AW Breakfast was tipped off to a late rumour on the program yesterday regarding hospital wards re-opening their COVID-19 wards, with Dandenong Hospital confirmed to have done that very thing." #COVID19VIC www.3aw.com.au/the-hospital...

NSW Health Will Cease Publishing It's Weekly Covid Report On Social Media After Today 📌 The announcement follows the death of 19 persons in NSW due to Covid in the last 7 days and rising Covid hospital cases (702) twitter.com/NSWHealth/st...

Hey folks, if you are going to the effort of producing a massive, potentially helpful report and publish it to PDF, please take the time to add a useful navigation system

We are all Augustine being told off by Jerome to close all our tabs and just get on with writing. recherche.smb.museum/detail/87014...

The 'Small Gods' series is brilliant. It has been consistently good for years. Every time I go back to it, I am in awe. #SmallGods www.tumblr.com/smallgodseri...

Peak academic overload.

A short play in three acts. ACT 1. September 25, 2023.

🧪🔬🧫🦠🖥🧬 Methods matter. Stats matter. Specially when running microbiome analyses. Contact your statistician AND ecologist early in your project. Before experimental design. journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...

Hello, #PaxAus. Come and play games with me. PS: You are never going to see these tables this empty again.

Who needs an inflatable cable when you have an inflatable tavern. Thanks, #DrachenfestAustralia & #PaxAus

Thanks, PAX Aus. Where else can I see a griffon being fed a giant steak to save a kid. Run, kid, run! #PaxAus

Ewen Bell, a chap I follow over on Mastodon, has written this blog which deeply resonates with me. I learned to embrace imperfection when I came back to film in 2017. ewenbell.com/blog/The_Par... #believeinfilm #filmisnotdead #shootfilmbenice #filmphotography

Both my tamariki live in Naarm (Melbourne) the unceded lands of the Wurundjeri people. They are voting YES in the Voice referendum. 80% of aboriginal peoples support the Voice. #VoteYes

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