My day started with the privilege of seeing blue bees at a slumber party; how was yours?

'global regulatory focus on Elon Musk’s X has reached a “tipping point” after a raid of the company’s offices in France this week.' 🍾

Give me choice and give me custom features! blog.mozilla.org/en/firefox/a...

Me: I'm going to take a weekend off and finally go to the Clunes Booktown Festival. Also me: First Nations Oral Storytelling- in cart. Working with Oral History- in cart. Any tips for having fun at the festival, my geeky peeps? #Clunes #Booktown #history

Recorded my first oral history as a practising historian this afternoon. The interviewee was 93 years old and gloriously opinionated. All I could think before was there's no way OH will be as heart-fluttering as archives. But now?

Sometimes this industry absolutely decimates any sense of joy. But other days, I'm listening to "Loser," doing transcription of diaries from the 1800s, thinking about a great meeting I had with colleagues yesterday, and planning an oral history that's to be recorded today. History life is sweet!

Looking forward to reading this one @nonwayne.bsky.social , especially after reading 'Moreover,categorising text as human- or AI-generated imposes a false dichotomythat ignores work created with, not by, AI.'

I've had a period of grant applications, and now it appears to be a "letters of support" era? What other hidden levels of paperwork await me? I was told about books and manuscripts when a student. This was not a thing!

Beck released a Valentine's album?!

Will sit in Melbourne rain for the opportunity to hear the Signature Choir's Mana Moana and the MSO. What a fabulous weekend of music in Melbourne 🎶🌊

When exhibition time unintentionally merges with gig time:

'Aiming to replace all US videoconferencing services by 2027, the deployment is the EU's latest policy move in support of digital sovereignty. And there's more to come.' Soooo, #Auspol got any plans to protect our data? Huh? @theguardian.com

This move will grow.

Huge fan of playing in learning spaces! My favourite projects have all come about because I spent time asking "what if" or "how do I"?

Five jobs I've had: Kids party organiser Waiter Various managerial roles at Woolworths Debt collector Academic

Quarterly reminder that if you'd like to pitch an "Off the Page" review for @historyaustralia.bsky.social (e.g. a review of an exhibition, podcast, series or movie), I'm your guy*! *gender-neutral

Management meeting- done. Journal article- submitted. Conference abstract- submitted. Monthly report- submitted. I have a Nick Cave gig this weekend, people, and nothing is going to stop my little gothic heart from enjoying that moment. This desk is going to be CLEARED!

Oh, we need to fill in the southern hemisphere:

AI should be limited, to ensure it's only used in required instances. With guidelines and consequences for creating or perpetuating harm. Frivolous use will not assist in resolving environmental problems and lack of resources.

Ms 20 was reading a Conversation article today, sent it to me, amused she "knows" the authors through my research. 🤣 so she has been paying attention when I read my work aloud! Knew it.

Good thing I have my trusty kit of archivists and fav. journals to cite in my articles! 🫡

**Looks at the clock.** Well, the good news is that the journal article is written. Bad news is I'm six hours behind today's plan.

Historians, have I got a choice grant application opportunity to share with you: @anthonyzougras.bsky.social @blairwilliams26.bsky.social can you please share on for the political nerds?

👻 read me 👻 cite me 👻 Oral Histories of Displaced Persons: “What for? The Story Like Mine’s Plenty Now” Hit me up for a pdf 🙌 share.google/rzlMLuRYav3i...

Today's early morning pondering: will the siesta become part of southern Australian culture? If these heatwaves continue, surely they must. Please.

Oh, sweet jeebus, how to destroy the potential of a large research tool in one foul** swoop; "ChatGPT also cited Grokipedia when repeating information that the Guardian has debunked, namely details about Sir Richard Evans’ work as an expert witness in David Irving’s trial." **tis deliberate

🎶On the last day of the weekend my love of history gave to me to me🎶 one, conference panel submission, two mangagement meeting reports, three lots of calendar tweaking and four cleared inboxes #singalong #history #weekendwork

Gimme those historic complexities 'Traditionally, museum labels are physically limited to just 30-50 words. Yet when an object is acquired, curators produce extensive files containing in-depth research. MUSEO now allows the museum to make that breadth of research available to the public.'

What's acceptable corporate speak for an academic without a permanent employer? I'm guessing "free-range historian" or "hybrid-historian" ain't it.

It's that part of summer. You know, when I think shaving my head is a good idea...

Woke up with my subconscious telling me to be kind to others, myself, and don't forget to wear sunscreen. Enjoy kiddos. Source: YouTube share.google/eQzeiAAwJh5H...

Have thoughts about queer museums, queerness in museums, or just plain being queer in museums? We'd love to hear from you. Early findings are turning out to be amazing, and we hope it helps museums do better. mqedu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_... @alanaaaab.bsky.social #Queer #Museums #QueerMuseums

#StealingIsntInnovation Graphic provided by The Authors Guild.

Great post from Lucie and ACMI folk: Making museums legible for machines (without breaking the human experience) | by Lucie Paterson | Jan, 2026 | ACMI LABS labs.acmi.net.au/making-museu... #MuseTech

🎶I made a finding aid for diary transcripts!🎶 People, places, and unnamed persons mentioned in the diaries; they're all there. I'm such a nerd. Such a very, very happy nerd. #history #keyword #archive #wordnerd #access

Weird thing about being a historian: sometimes there's a little sadness when reading about someone's death. Their passing is a known factor (1880s diaries) and expected, but still...All those diary entries, comments, and accounts of movements create a sense of... them. You know? #history #diary

My new favourite reality TV show: Protocols and champagne.

All we need now is for the dolphins to start talking...

If you're in Adelaide and recognise this numpty in the vid speak to the library or contact animal protection services: he dumped three kittens in the returns shoot. #Adelaide #library

Epic news for Pacific history researchers: 'SPC will act as a caretaker of the archive, not a copyright holder. Decisions around access and use will be led by Pacific countries, communities, and knowledge holders.' #archives #Pacific #history

🎶We will fight for bovine freedom🎶 www.theguardian.com/science/2026...

Historians, lend me your reading piles: has anyone written about farm diaries written by multiple people? I'm interested in analysing articles or book chapters about diaries that have daily entries composed of handwriting by a range of contributors. #Skytorians #history #farming #academic #diary

I WILL claim my writing time and I WILL get this journal article revised. And what topic do we start the day with? Archival power. Joy. #amwriting #history #archives #frickinnerd

Library reserve book tops the home TBR pile. That's the rule. 🤓

Re-upping for those of you on European time. 😉

Same. Sadly, the same.

What is supervised learning? Why should it matter to digital humanities practice? And, most importantly, why should historians get involved in the process? Brief answers are offered at the link below: #digitalhumanities #AI #research #socialhistory #history #academia

Because everything gets worse all the time, enshitification can't be stopped, YouTube seems like it's going to remove all official subtitles on Hololive videos www.reddit.com/r/youtube/co...

I had an absolutely decadent afternoon of being taught how to paint with water colours, listening to jazz, and doing nothing but working with the power of colourful water. It was spectacular. #craftybitch #painting #botanical

Word assistance please, my good people. Late 19th-century diary from vineyards, with Italian, German, Swiss, & French. The word "pondrettes" is used in association with pruning them or with the quantity of 10 000. The definitions don't make sense: powder or fertiliser. #help #transcription