Next week I will be chatting with Dr Nadine Levy at Nan Tien about happiness. can't wait!

The culmination of my ABC Top5 experience is out - I made a radio show! I interview @jordanmck.bsky.social about our emotional reactions to the future. We talk about prepping, parenthood and emotional uses of technology. Give it a listen! 🎧

I am excited to see this one out in the world

My article in the Conversation today with @tomdoig.bsky.social on prepping culture in Australia. It’s not all guns and bunkers.

This is horrific - www.megaphone.org.au/petitions/sa...

***Job Alert*** 18-month full-time post-doc. Looking for an experienced qualitative researcher to join our team investigating youth radicalisation online. careers.adelaide.edu.au/cw/en/job/51... @tasayouth.bsky.social @sociologyaustralia.bsky.social

This is an interesting article and patrimonialism is definitely part of the picture here. The work of sociologist Julia Adams builds on Weber in original and interesting ways and should definitely be on your reading lists. sociology.yale.edu/people/julia... #socialtheory

Hi everyone. We are looking for participants for a study we're doing on how parents and families cope with climate anxiety and disasters. We're after any parents who would like to talk to us living in Australia, in NSW, QLD, or the ACT. Use the QR code for more info and feel free to share 👍

This is disgraceful. Sports entertainment is being destroyed by gambling and leagues do not give a shit.

Looks like Adorno’s Authoritarian Personality is going back on the syllabus for this year.

I just bought fruit mince tarts and hot X buns in the same basket. There are no rules in the end times.

#tasa2024 FOMO is real. Wishing I could be there this week.

Something is very very broken with Australian universities

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As @jvl.bsky.social pointed out, Harris ran a smart campaign. She was a solid candidate. Trump ran a disastrous campaign and is in clear decline. This was a clear choice. No matter who wins, half of voters either chose bigotry and authoritarianism, or had no problem with it. And that’s hard to take.

There’s a lot that the democrats could have done differently. Personally I would have liked them to go far left rather than try to court moderate voters. But I get the strategy; “maybe we can give people an out if they personally find Trump gross.” But the thing is,

Hey everyone! We are looking for participants in a study on families and climate disasters/change/anxiety in NSW and QLD. Use the QR code for more info and feel free to share 👍

First post here and it is shameless self promotion :) the article is free and probably worth having a debate about www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

At UOW in Wollongong on Oct 31, 1-3.30: launch of the UOW Academic Activist Incubator, by way of a tribute to David Graeber, with Cammi Webb-Cannon, Susan Engel, @jordanmck.bsky.social and me.