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Jon Piccini

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Senior Lecturer. Reviews editor. Union Thug. ADHD haver. Writing a history of Australian empire. Pessimism of the intellect, optimism of the will. Tweets mine. He/him

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Jon Piccini @jonpiccini.bsky.social · Nov 21

Excited to see this, the first output of our ARC project on Vietnam war R&R in Sydney, live at Journal of Contemporary history. We look at how the scheme awkwardly positioned white Australia within an emerging neo-colonial tourist economy. And it's OA! journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Tourism, Americanization and the Vietnam War R&R Scheme in Sydney, Australia, 1967–71 - Chris Dixon, Lisa Featherstone, Jon Piccini, 2024

Australia's addition to the Vietnam War R&R scheme in September 1967 brought some 280,000 short-stay tourists to Sydney, and particularly its notorious ‘red lig...

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Jon Piccini @jonpiccini.bsky.social · 13h

I don't support her cutting immigration policy...but I do support her pro gamer policy

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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.bsky.social · 1d

Pentagon officials confirm “Operation Prize Patrol” is already underway.

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Jon Piccini @jonpiccini.bsky.social · 13h

Wondering about the 23% of PHON voters who don't support cutting migration.

6 News Australia @6newsau.bsky.social · 14h

🚨 NEW: 58% of people support a "significant reduction in Australia's immigration numbers", according to a new Resolve poll

A cut is supported by a majority of Labor, Coalition and One Nation voters, while Greens voters (35% support, 32% oppose, 33% unsure) are split

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Andy Fleming @slackbastard.bsky.social · 13h

ANYWAY

this drops tomorrow & i look fwd to it muchly.

(like the donald, the clinton knows words; he has the best words).

www.mup.com.au/books/turbul...

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Jeremy Poxon @jeremypoxon.bsky.social · 23h

Great run-down of the mutual obligations system — both it's current unlawful administration, and it's rotten ideological underpinnings that destroys lives — by @amyremeikis.bsky.social here: www.thenewdaily.com.au/news/politic...

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frankbongiorno.bsky.social @frankbongiorno.bsky.social · 1d

Much looking forward to this conversation with David Day on his new Bob Hawke biography at the Canberra Writers Festival (Museum of Australian Democracy) on Sunday, 26 October. Bookings for all events available at: It's going to be a brilliant Festival! www.canberrawritersfestival.com.au

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Jon Piccini @jonpiccini.bsky.social · 1d

The war against 'false news' is not 'new', but has been a concern of international organisations for over 100 years. The ever captivating Roland Burke launches a new Guardian column, Past/Present, sponsored by the @austhistassoc.bsky.social.

The fledgling UN tried to rein in mass-scale misinformation. The world turned its back and is now paying the price | Roland Burke

The ruinous result of the US approach to freedom of information and media has made anti-democratic contagion impossible to ignore

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Jonathan Healey @jonathanhealey.bsky.social · 2d

It was two OUP books.

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Jon Piccini @jonpiccini.bsky.social · 2d

Exactly. The messiness of teaching is good actually!

Jon Piccini @jonpiccini.bsky.social · 2d

In my classroom, there is always a delay. Between question and answer. That space—the stutter, the pause, the gesture—is where actual teaching happens. Not in the bullet points or the Google Doc comments, but in the moment someone says, “I don’t know if this makes sense, but—” and suddenly it does.

Human Error Is the Point: On Teaching College During the Rise of AI - The Rumpus

My syllabus is a mess of half-remembered intentions. I re-use icebreakers that I know don’t work. I forget to grade the first assignment until Week Four. I write emails that begin with “So sorry for t...

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Margot Tudor @drmargottudor.bsky.social · 6d

Interested in the transitory nature of academia and how this shapes scholarship on internationalism? Come along to our virtual conference, 'Blind Spots and Buzzwords in Internationalism' on 5th and 6th Nov 👁️. Get your tickets here: www.eventbrite.com/e/blind-spot...

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Ria Kapoor @riakapoor.bsky.social · 3d

I have a new article out.

TLDR: Actively courting deportation by air is a way to claim rights as a stateless person and even as a refugee.

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Air Travel, Statelessness, and the Rights Claims of Ugandan Asians, c.1973*

Abstract. In the aftermath of Idi Amin’s expulsion of Uganda’s South Asians in 1972, some of those made technically stateless arrived in India unsupported

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Maggie Blackhawk @maggieblackhawk.bsky.social · 3d

New essay in the Atlantic today: How Native Nations Shaped the Revolution by Ned Blackhawk (with many lessons on how we ended up where we are as a nation, and a gift link) www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...

How Native Nations Shaped the Revolution

The Founders were inspired—and threatened—by the independence and self-governance of nations like the Iroquois Confederacy.

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Jon Piccini @jonpiccini.bsky.social · 3d

So I submitted the complete manuscript of my new book to the publisher. Hope it'll be out in the world late next year. It's about why Australia's role as an overseas coloniser was strikingly obvious to all and sundry till the 1970s, then was abruptly (and conveniently) forgotten.

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John Avocado 宇杰 @supercroup.com · 3d

Can't even send mass murderers to prison now because of woke.

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Pat Simons @patsimons.bsky.social · 3d

China is installing the wind and solar equivalent of five large nuclear power stations every week shows new research by Climate Energy Finance. The rest of the world must learn from China's incredible doubling down on clean energy. www.abc.net.au/news/science...

'Winning the race': How China plans to meet its 2030 renewables target by the end of this month

While Australia debates the merits of going nuclear and frustration grows over the slower-than-needed switch to solar and wind power, China's renewables rollout is breaking all the records.

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Peter Anderson @zerogeewhiz.bsky.social · 3d

I feel like this encapsulates the social media ban’s motives. It’s not actually about doing something it’s just looking like you are.

Guardian Australia @australia.theguardian.com · 3d

4chan unlikely to be included in Australia’s under-16s social media ban, eSafety commissioner says

Julie Inman Grant says message board will need to comply with other codes which will also include age assurance for sites hosting violent and adult content * Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates * Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast The eSafety commissioner is not expected to block children from accessing 4chan as part of the under-16s social media ban, despite it being labelled one of the “darker” places on the internet. The eSafety commissioner, Julie Inman Grant, was asked by independent senator Fatima Payman in Senate estimates on Wednesday night whether 4chan, the message board often referred to as the engine room of the internet, would be considered one of the sites required to prevent under-16s when the social media ban comes into effect from 10 December. Continue reading...

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Duncan Bell @duncanbell.bsky.social · Aug 21

Duncan Bell, “John Stuart Mill on Federation, Civilization and Empire,” History of Political Thought (2025)

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John Stuart Mill on Federation, Civilization and Empire: Ingenta Connect

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Jon Piccini @jonpiccini.bsky.social · 4d

The Australian equivalent (ARC)

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tom westland @tomwestland.bsky.social · 4d

CALL FOR PAPERS
A workshop at LSE next April on 'Uses and Abuses of the Murdock Atlas in Social Science Research'. We're looking for cross-disciplinary engagement to think critically about what this widely used source means, what it can & can't tell us. Submit by Nov 14
www.lse.ac.uk/economic-his...

Uses and abuses of the Murdock Atlas in social science research

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Marc Morris @marcmorris.bsky.social · 4d

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Jon Piccini @jonpiccini.bsky.social · 4d

Gotta be done

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Martin D.B. Brown @martindbbrown.bsky.social · 4d

Off to brainwashed undergrads for a Mickey Mouse degree

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Jon Piccini @jonpiccini.bsky.social · 4d

Good on ya!

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Dr Blair Williams @blairwilliams26.bsky.social · 4d

I'm excited to officially share that I'll be joining UNSW Canberra as a Lecturer in International and Political Studies in January 2026!

#AcademicLife #Academia #NewJob

Wattle with the Black Mountain tower in tje background

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