We had an anniversary this week and had a Thai green curry in honour of what we asked for years ago. This green curry was sooo much better than what they managed in the 90s in country Victoria though.

Victoria, Australia - World Famous for Crocodiles

“Even on pre-Iran war, pre oil crisis prices, we estimate that that run would have still been 70 per cent cheaper on energy cost alone.” How freight is electrifying faster than many expected: satpa.pe/kvIllCf

Octavia E. Butler, 1998:

www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04... I worked behind the scenes with Iskandhar Razak on this one. As a talking head and giving him access to research and putting in contact with cosplayers, photographers, and events. It's not a bad look at cosplay in Australia

Now that it is actually published in an issue, there are 50 more free eprints available via this link to this article on oral history records of the 'subaltern' in the Tablelands of NSW (especially Guyra and Uralla). www.tandfonline.com/eprint/KMWWT...

basicint.org/report-assem... It was a pleasure to be interviewed by group 2… a very interesting project considering the future of memory as the eyewitnesses pass away. The report downloadable here.

As Jewish Australians, we are devastated to learn of the Israeli assault on Lebanon yesterday. We urge @albomp.bsky.social and Foreign Minister Wong to speak out against Israel's violent escalation and call on the Government to take decisive action by demanding an immediate ceasefire.

Japan published 71,000 books in 2019, but only 24 made it into English translation (excluding manga). Missing from translation: the life-hack books, mysteries, and historical fiction that dominate Japanese bestseller lists. buff.ly/Lw0dEpv

I estimate there are at least several tens of thousands of people at the anti-war protest happening in Tokyo right now. I've never seen a demonstration this large here.

I am very insistent to yap about CHINAMAXXING some more 🚩

Funded PhD Studentship on Women, Nature, and Early Modernity in Japan Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona – the Consuming Nature Project #skystorians 🗃️www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQZ754/f...

This is good from Vic and Tas, and discussion about free fares/frequency should be both/and, not either/or, but for many journeys the fare was *already* cheaper than petrol and the cost of PT makes no diff if you've no option in the first place. PT stops before your shift does? You're stuck driving

So, yes, I do think greater frequency, inc. extended operating hours, would be more meaningful to help people use less fuel than attention-grabbing "free fares!" headlines. And expanding networks is hard to do overnight, but some areas also need new services to aid a switch But this is still good!

Europe spent years debating whether the energy transition was affordable. Spain quietly answered the question: gas now sets its electricity price in only 7% of hours. Strategic autonomy doesn’t arrive via summit communiqués. It’s built in advance — in wind farms, solar parks, and grid investment

not now Pacific nuclear tomb

In case anyone needs it for their syllabi, my statement in gen-Ai from the minicomic I made as a syllabus for class last semester. All online and printable here spinweaveandcut.com/fall-2025-sy...

probably should have waited a bit at least before being an absolute moron

In our unit this week, Asia Decolonised? we are reading about legacies of violence out of the atomic bombings, and the consequent bombings on the Korean Peninsula, and now it is unfortunately even more relevant for the 45 students.

Australia—DO NOT go there, do not. Do not go to war with a madman.

In his 2024 presidential campaign, Donald Trump promised voters that he would end wars, not start them. Over the past year, he has instead ordered military strikes in seven nations. His appetite for military intervention grows with the eating. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/28/o...

This is critically important for our future. The struggle over ethical parameters for AI use will determine whether authoritarian states can enact mass surveillance of their populations at granular level and allow machines to decide to kill people. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

New publication on the Ruins of the Urakami Cathedral published in the Encyclopaedia of Cultural Heritage and Conflict. link.springer.com/rwe/10.1007/... @springernature.com @nobigdiehl.bsky.social

Discovered today that Instagram had turned on (without my opt-in) automatic AUDIO translation of any reel that shows up in my feed not in English USING AI TO MIMIC THE SPEAKER’S VOICE and WOW it was creepy and upsetting. You can turn it off in “Language & Translations” in Settings. 🙅🏻‍♀️

About 20 minutes until the start of the protest

"Australia’s national #climate risk assessment report, released last week, revealed a horrifying future if urgent action to address global heating was not taken" #Australia 🇦🇺 #ClimateEmergency

"Your journalistic antennae are raised immediately when people don't want to give you answers." Guardian Australia's Ben Doherty on the "troubling" reality that the US government is far more transparent about the AUKUS submarines deal than Australia's government is. 🎧 theaus.in/4rhMet1

A Sydney grandmother says she suffered four broken vertebrae after being "violently" pushed to the ground while trying to leave a protest on Monday night.

We've shut down the busiest pedestrian intersection in Naarm/Melbourne because our government invited a genocidal war criminal to our country

Huge numbers here in Melbourne protesting the state-sponsored visit of the war criminal Isaac Herzog, president of Israel. We have shut down the centre of the city 💪🏽💪🏽💪🏽🍉🍉🍉🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸

No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition. Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...

I just noticed this book that’s coming out in July. I’ll need to check it out, definitely! Black Radical Thought in Japan: An Afro-Asian Intellectual History by Yuichiro Onishi uwapress.uw.edu/book/9780295...

5'7" Yuki Kawamura, shortest player in Bulls history, wins a jumpball against 6'5'' Kasparas Jakučionis, and then strips Jaime Jaquez Jr. and draws the foul (with replays)

In a historic joint action, the Hind Rajab Foundation (HRF), the Jewish Council of Australia, and the Australian National Imams Council (ANIC), have lodged a formal legal complaint to have Israeli President Isaac Herzog arrested or barred from entering Australia.

Look what came in the mail!

'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

White racist literally threw a bomb at black people to kill them, apparently not a sufficient cause to have a moral panic, special envoy, national introspection, royal commission, terrorism declaration, new laws, 1,000 op-eds in The Australian. We're struggling to identify why that might be.

Reporting on a #heatwave? This is how you do it.

Well that’s me locked out. No pay for the foreseeable future, all because I refuse to reschedule lost teaching, for which I have already lost pay as part of the strike. Please donate to support @sheffielducu.bsky.social members like me at www.gofundme.com/f/heubvb-sup...

Monday and the start of a second week of being prevented from working by my employer, the University of Sheffield. Management has decided that massive damage to staff morale, student experience and the university’s reputation is worth it in a futile attempt to break the union. Shame on them.

A moment of silence that ends with someone shouting "fuck ICE!" and the crowd roaring in response

I can't manage a march today but the Invasion Day speeches were as inspiring as ever, and as I left the large crowd was still growing. The people who want truth, treaty and justice are far greater in number than the fascists.

The burning of fossil fuels has led to the cancellation of an Invasion Day event in Adelaide, South Australia www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...

If you're living somewhere outside the USA, one thing you can do is pressure your leaders to boycott World Cup and Olympic events here.

“We are here to make sure that we can protect our freedoms and get ICE out of Minnesota.” That’s right. 📅 Friday, January 23 ✊🏽 #DayOfTruthAndFreedom ❌ No Work. ❌ No School. ❌ No Shopping. #ICEOutOfMN #ICEOutForGood #BeGood

That's uh. That's a shift.

You may have missed the news this week while certain groups focus on themselves, but Australia’s grid has hit a new milestone.