Great thread. Link to article at end.

Thrilled to be attending The Cultures of Early Television conference over the next two days. Looking forward to lots of stimulating discussions with new and old media history colleagues.

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The "huge swathes" of Pitjantjatjara lines in the 1949 film Bitter Springs are at last translated. Warning: This story contains images of Indigenous people who have died. #aboriginal #language #history #movies #indigenous #culture

Another radio hat from 1923. This one is shocking. #fashion #mediahistory

Another fabulous radio hat from 1923, with knobs on! #fashion #mediahistory 2/3

Wireless themed millinery: 'The Aerial'. From Radio in Australia and New Zealand, 1923. #mediahistory #fashion 1/3

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Peacock Spider (genus Maratus), a group of tiny Australian jumping spiders famous for their vibrant colours and elaborate courtship dances to attract its mate. They are very tiny in size only between 2-5 millimetres ( the size of a pea)

The Pirates of the Mediterranean Sea have kidnapped Aboriginal activist Sam Woripa Watson on open waters, along with 100s of other humanitarians. Free the flotilla members. Free Palestine www.blackwitness.com/p/we-have-a-...

Looking up datacenter locations for a piece I'm working on and found maybe the most egregious piece of AI art I've come across in the wild.

Everlee Wihongi is a green card holder. I honestly don't think it can be said to be safe to travel in and out of the US for anyone right now, especially if you are a person of colour. One small thing could go wrong and then you could end up in an internment camp!

We are sad to report the passing of BBC costume designer Joyce Hawkins. She was a central figure at Pebble Mill and at BBC Birmingham, with her work seen in hundreds of productions. Joyce was also a friend to us, helping Ian Greaves tell the story of Penda's Fen: Scene by Scene…

finding this shit on my Mac was a pain in the ass, btw I guess recent OSes hide the library folder? anyway, here's how I finally located the weights.bin file open finder > command + shift + G search for "~/Library/Application Support/Google/Chrome/Default"

Why would we want to learn from our pasts, or ponder the power of the written and spoken word, or explore the deep questions of humanity? According to the University of Hertfordshire, we wouldn't. They've just cut all of our undergrad Humanities programmes

The Government ten days ago released a new strategic vision for archives which makes a strong and convincing case for their central importance. Using it as a yardstick shows just how far short of best practice the BBC Written Archives Centre falls. www.illuminationsmedia.co.uk/new-strategi...

New special issue of @womenshistoryrev.bsky.social on'Value' & women's work in broadcasting, co-edited with Kristin Skoog & Kate Terkanian. #mediahistory #broadcastinghistory #womenshistory #radiohistory #televisionhistory #feministproductionstudies www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Intro to new special issue of @womenshistoryrev.bsky.social on 'Value' and women's work in broadcasting, co-edited with Kate Terkanian & Kristin Skoog, now published! www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Another brilliant post from @hannahforsyth.bsky.social Uni managers gain 'headroom' by fucking everything up. open.substack.com/pub/hannahfo...

Help for families in Gaza This war on Gaza’s people must stop

I’m a China correspondent for the BBC (formerly ABC); I worked on the ABC’s AM, PM and The World Today; I reported for Four Corners and Lateline on the ABC & where did all this start? Sydney’s 2SER radio. The loss of 2SER would be utterly terrible. It’s too depressing to consider. Come on!

This article co-written with @nickhall.bsky.social about women camera operators at the BBC in the 1970s and 1980s, is some of my most valuable work, yet also the least cited. www-tandfonline-com.ezproxy.newcastle.edu.au/doi/full/10....

@dreamcargoes.bsky.social 👆 TM: Note death, aged 100, of Sheila Tomlinson, leading editor of UK (BBC) television drama, developing the role in 30+ years, 1956<-1985, from film-editing to equivalent to feature film status as deputy director. Should get the full, informed, obituaries she deserves.

Open to people ALL OVER AUSTRALIA. Only Melbourne-based particpants are asked to attend the Alfred Hospital (Melbourne) for a blood sample on two occasions. A little more info is here emerge.org.au/get-involved... COMPLETE THE SCREENING SURVEY redcap.helix.monash.edu/surveys/?s=K... #LongCovid

Littleproud resigns. Never has a man achieved so little so often apart from his one true accomplishment - exhibiting the ultimate nominative determinism.

We are proud to present a new regular section of History Australia: Dadirri, a dedicated forum for First Nations thinking on history. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... The first contribution is co-authored by archivist and poet Nathan Mudyi Sentance and musician and academic Lauren Booker

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Terrifying

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Despite the ceasefire, Palestinian folk still are forced to live in squalor and continue to be terrorized by Israel. Please, strongly consider donating to campaigns like this chuffed.org/project/omsham

😲 This is THE most amazing thing I've seen this year. (And that's saying something!) A ResistDance retelling of ICE murdering Renee Good & Alex Pretti enacted through dance‼️😭 Performed by First Amendment Troop in DC. 🤍

Results of the Australian university census on staff wellbeing. All universities recorded high or very high risk psychosocial climates. 76% of university staff reported high- to very high-risk levels of psychosocial safety: more than double the general workforce. #AcademicSky #AcademicMentalHealth

Jamal is in intensive care and Mohammed need $200 urgently to get imaging done on his heart and eyes, Jamal is diabetic and has been hurt in the war. Please share and donate whatever you can. Mohammed can't post for himself and is desperate. Don't look away. gofund.me/6cf17fe66

All 4 universities I've worked at are in the bottom 7 for staff wellbeing. My current employer is the 2nd worst across the country. A whopping 82% of participants ranked high or very high in emotional exhaustion - directly related to organisational change.

Down in the Tube Station at Midnight (The Jam)

We're looking to capture experiences of what it means to be queer in the UK today! To do that we're collecting day diaries for 12th February. It doesn't matter what you get up to, or how you record it, we'd love to have it!🧵 (1/4) #LGBTplusHM #lgbthm26

New exciting adventure: Women’s Broadcasting History book series edited by @nenieb.bsky.social and @helenwarner.bsky.social and yours truly. If you have a relevant project shaping up, please get in touch!

spineless..

The stolen generator also provides backup power to the Mt Gordon fire spotting tower in the Marysville Triangle area. A district that's already been thru Black Saturday. With catastrophic fire conditions forecast for later this week, this theft puts lives at risk. As such, I urge you to reshare.

Fire tower back up generator stolen #ausnews #vicnews #cfa #marysville #polive #vkc #theft #emergency #wx #investigation #mtgordon #ugfm

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I think we need a mega thread of everyone's craziest archive stories.

A University of Wollongong student says she left the institution after being unable to complete core subjects due to course cuts.

Whhyyyy do we have to hear Christmas Muzak in every space? Do people generally like it ? Most of it is downright awful.