I thought about this hard when recording four series of my podcast. I came to the conclusion that people were resourceful and could find out what words in an unfamiliar language might mean. Whether by context or searching.

Chilling.

In another life I used to do problem gambling research. There are so many problems with gambling, but the fact that gambling is normalised in advertising, when we know the harms is saying a big F*ck you to the mountains of research we have.

Take care friends!

There is some good in the world

My absolute read of the day from @emilyhughes.bsky.social "Babies take priority, while birthing parents are disposable. The actual must bow its head to the potential." defector.com/diabolical-m...

"... educational questions survive only as shadows cast by financial projections." 🔥

Scary stuff.

Given the amount of $$$$ healthcare companies are collectively making in the US, is it any surprise that the US doesn't have medicare for all? The image below is the top US companies by revenue (not market cap).

ONE person, Bruce, is responsible for nearly every book banned in this district over the course of the last *several years*.

Excellent from Beck Pearse on the crisis of governance at Australian universities

The Australian Jewish community is not a monolith, this is an argument we have made in our submission to the Royal Commission and in coverage today in the Sydney Morning Herald and the Age. To read our submission in full, head to www.jewishcouncil.com.au/2026/06/jewi...

Medical professionals giving medical opinions on how ethnicity and colonisation affects health = ideology. Right wing white supremacist minister removing them and installing new ones on medical council = impartial democracy. #nzpol

A country that sinks absurd amounts of money into dehumanizing carceral systems instead of building social safety nets is intentionally failing the most vulnerable members of society. My heart breaks for Ms. Michel and every human who is treated as disposable in the US. We can and must do better.

In a morally decent country, Daphy Michel would have received clinically appropriate support instead of being jailed for 6 months for yelling at imaginary people while in crisis. Had that happened, she may have never been taken into ICE custody. Abolishing ICE is necessary. It is not sufficient.

The continuing evils of ICE.

"ASMS executive director Sarah Dalton said the minister's move set a dangerous precedent in political interference with a regulatory body." www.rnz.co.nz/news/health/...

An alarming erosion of health professional autonomy, particularly around equity, Māori health, and Cultural Safety. We should all be alarmed. www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360...?

"Trans people. Intersex people. Takatāpui people. You belong. Your existence is not up for debate. Your dignity, safety, and right to be yourself matter ... Te Pāti Māori stand with our irawhiti (trans) and ira tangata (intersex) whānau." ❤️🏳️‍⚧️✊ @oriini_kaipara 13 June

We often desire the symbol more than what it represents: people go into debt because a new car makes them feel like they’ve “made it.” Generated text is a symbol of text in this sense, a cognitive debt that allows people to “think they have thought” about it when they have moved away from thinking.

My day job is at a rural branch of a public library, and we have a Pride display. Yesterday I was at the desk when a man came in. Fifties, maybe, or sixties. Plaid shirt, mesh trucker cap, suspenders. He went up to the display and just stood there for a long moment. Then he came up to the desk. 🧵 1/

The Final Report of the People’s Inquiry into Campus Free Speech on Palestine is out now. The reports documents case after case of censorship, surveillance, discrimination, disciplinary action, and bureaucratic obstruction targeting students and staff engaged in pro-Palestine advocacy.

So appreciating the careful and rigorous thinking. Grateful for community.

Much to think and act on here.

Buahaha

Another good 🧵 on the English Language Bill wherein Sidney does that thing we can't help doing when we look at some racism dressed in nonsense, and are like 'but this is nonsense tho?'

Love this! We need more delight in politics!

Why not use the term ‘ethnic cleansing’ in the headline - ‘large-scale Palestinian migration’ - this framing should horrify us all.

I think about this a lot.

I look forward to the flowering of my hakea laurina (pincushion hakea) and hakea Burrendong beauty every year. So joy inducing.

Genuinely really touched by the 10,000(!) women who have signed this petition already. It means a lot to see how fast that number is growing 🥹 our.actionstation.org.nz/petitions/e-...

Truth lol.

Love this, reading it as I recover from a broken fibula.

Told my students today that the hackers having their data wasn't necessarily worse than Canvas having it.

What I wish for everybody to remember when Canvas comes back online: The reason OUR data can be held for ransom is because Instructure, their owners (KKR private equity & Dragoneer venture capital), & our own employers (see ASU Atomic) monetize it. It's Canvas that hacked education & stole our IP.

Hehehe

Or those of us with over 40 books from three different libraries lol

Love this!

Raging insanity. If you were born in 2009, there will now be things it's illegal for you to do that it remains perfectly legal for someone born in 2008 to do. Forever, apparently. Textbook second-class citizenship. EVEN IF it's "in a good cause".

Yes indeedy.

Help if you can

Diplolaena grandiflora, a Western Australian native plant bringing me much joy in our garden.

Another fave in my native Australian garden. A sprawling hakea Burrendong beauty. The bees and birds go mad for it too.

Holy heck.

Brilliant piece “ An essential feature of art is that it allows us to encounter each others' unfathomable mystery.

I knew it was bad but really didn’t appreciate it was quite this bad as.ft.com/r/db911dd6-f...