The Dixson family were great Australian philanthropists, but their wealth was built on slave labour theconversation.com/the-dixson-f...

‘… social historian David Kynaston, told The Observer he suspects “a serious scandal is unfolding” John Wyver, Ian Greaves, Erica Wagner and others on the growing battle to prevent damaging changes to the BBC’s priceless behind-the-scenes archives:

We're planning an exhibition to mark the centenary of The Women's Library next year. We'd like to feature collections and research that people are working on currently. Please get in touch and let us know.

This is the Ad that #Newscorpse initially pulled despite that it was already paid for by the Jewish Council of Australia. #Newscorpse deny they pulled it, saying it was delayed due to internal processes. Sounds like BS, I’m pretty sure they don’t want ppl to see it. Plz share.

🎉📣 Announcing the IHR Research Training Courses for October - December 2025. Visit the IHR website to register and find detailed information on each course: www.history.ac.uk/study-traini...

Thank you to @theobserveruk.bsky.social for giving attention today to the campaign for independent access to the BBC Written Archives. The Corporation is still yet to engage with our argument and properly defend the policy shift. That is because it is indefensible. observer.co.uk/news/nationa...

Our campaign for the continuation of independent access to the BBC Written Archive Centre is highlighted this morning by Vanessa Thorpe in The Observer. Her article, with excellent contributions from David Kynaston and Ian Greaves, outlines the issue with clarity. observer.co.uk/news/nationa...

Education Minister Jason Clare tells university heads to ‘lean into’ their $1M+ salaries being cut www.afr.com/politics/fed...

Sometimes it takes an act of extraordinary courage to expose and bring down those who rule through fear and intimidation. I hope @nteunion.bsky.social member Liz Allen's brave and harrowing testimony today is the start of such a process - at ANU and other universities. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08...

A difficult but necessary watch. I'm in awe of your courage & integrity @drdemography.com. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08...

Please help Maisa if you can.

Today is the 47th anniversary of this clearly unimprovable photo, from a story so absurd that it shouldn’t be true, but is: the day a team of workers from British Waterways pulled the plug out of the Chesterfield Canal, and all the water emptied out

Youth allowance has only seen an increase of $19 in 25 years! 25 years! @albomp.bsky.social

Pre-order links for UK and US editions of The Butterfly Thief — with alternative cover 🦋 🇬🇧 scribepublications.co.uk/books-author... 🇺🇸 scribepublications.com/books-author...

Please help Mahmoud Hamad if you can, to help rebuild a future for his children chuffed.org/project/1332...

Please sign this petition against the decimation of sociology, politics & gender studies at Macquarie University: www.megaphone.org.au/petitions/sa...

campaign is slowing down because I’ve been helping share others’ campaign needs — but my own family is in deep crisis. I’m responsible for family, and we have no food. Please don’t leave us alone. We truly need your support — donate and share. www.gofundme.com/f/donate-to-...

The attacks on humanities & social sciences continue in Australian universities - this week the university of Tasmania chooses to make a significant proportion of its small faculty redundant www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07...

Please sign this petition to save Sociology, Politics & Gender Studies at Macquarie University: www.megaphone.org.au/petitions/sa...

Sharif has a new fundraiser ❤️❤️ He’s been taking care of his three children by himself (his wife died of COVID before all this) and he needs help chuffed.org/project/sharif

I just donated to this cause. Marrah & her baby Miela are in urgent need of help due to the war in Gaza—any donation you can make will directly support their basic needs like food and medical care. If you can't donate right now, please consider sharing their story with others.

I love that the announcements in the elevator at the Science and Media Museum in Bradford - “going up” etc - have a Yorkshire accent.

Well. Historical plaque folderol in the UK venerates the grifter Eliza Fraser, libeller of Butchulla people, & BS reason for brief renaming of K'gari as Fraser Island, plus ludicrous summation of Arthur Phillip's failed, brutal faff-around as 1st military colonial governor of NSW. #colonialnonsense

Loved this film tonight. Brilliant work from director #daisymayhudson, & actors #posysterling and #IdilAhmed heading a fantastic cast. The writing is beautiful & authentic. See it!

"Impressive naturalistic flair as well as a profound sense of humanity." Click the link to read our ⭐⭐⭐⭐½ review for the empathetic Britsh drama Lollipop, about a mother trying to reclaim her children from the foster system! filmfeeder.co.uk/film-reviews...

oh man, 33 degrees in London, what the hell (literally)?!

Why do Brits put duvet/doonas on their beds all through summer?

Hi everyone I was denied entry, detained, and deported from the USA over the last 48 hours because of my reporting on the Columbia student protests I arrived back in Melbourne hours ago and had my phone handed back to me upon landing

Loved seeing William Wellman’s women-centred Western, Westward the Women, on beautiful 35mm today at the BFI’s #Filmonfilm festival. Hope Emerson as Patience was my favourite.

The Faraday Library at the Institution of Engineering and Technology at Savoy Place (early home of the BBC) is such a peaceful place to work, with an outlook over the Thames. And delicious tortilla de patatas for lunch from Casa Manolo on the Strand.

How perfect is the name of this alleged criminal ?

In 1984 I saw Adam Ant striding down the street near London Zoo, dressed entirely in black leather.

i've been trying to see what the right wing platforms (even outside of X) are showing people regarding the protests in LA and i am not sure it can be overstated just how much the AI slop is being used to reinforce the idea that downtown is a post-apocalyptic war zone

Elsie Eleanor Verity 'First Lady of the motor trade' owner & engineer of Verity’s Garage #Manchester. Trained armed Forces drivers #WWI & #WWII as well as Civil Defence worker. Interwar she managed Verity's Garage & Motor School Womens Eng Soc memb d. #OTD 9 Jun 1971 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elsie_E...

„They're asleep now - my twin boys. Not because they're safe, but because exhaustion won. This isn't a crib. It's a corner of a tent, cold and fragile. I'm just a father trying to hold on, hoping someone out there still cares.“ _Moamen Nashwan, father in G*za 🔁 & Give 🙏🏻 chuffed.org/project/1310...

How can we expect Palestinians to suffer under forced starvation & genocide without breaking? How can we continue on as if everything is "business as usual" when humans are being treated like this? One way to help is to support verified Gazan families like Ahmad's directly w/ MUTUAL AID! Donate!

A bit earlier: National Guard shooting into a gaggle of press and demonstrators. “This os America!” one demonstrator shouts

Fadi Quran— "Her daughter, 5 years old, was starving. "She walked to the US/Israel so called distribution point. "Israeli soldiers shot her dead in front of her 12 year son and daughter."

Marah, Mila’s mum, has an important message, please don’t ignore I have to say these videos are also important because most times no matter the time you can hear planes and drones, you can confirm this is their reality gofund.me/32c68d64

One of the insane facts I discovered writing this article is that WA collects more revenue from motorists in registration than it collects from fossil fuel companies in gas royalties