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Kate Littlejohn

@kelittlejohn.bsky.social

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History, curriculum, curriculum history, books, writing. PhD student researching gender, historical consciousness, and the history curriculum in Australia. Passionate about rural equity. She/her. 🏳️‍🌈 My words and thoughts are my own.

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Kate Littlejohn @kelittlejohn.bsky.social · 16d

#PhD research callout!

I am seeking History teachers in NSW for a short interview about NSW History 7-10 syllabuses. If you have taught History in NSW and are interested, please enter your details into this form.

forms.office.com/r/cvf5QfLrLb

Ethics approval: H16788

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Seeking: NSW History Teachers. Have you taught History 7-10 in NSW? Are you interested in taking part in an online interview for a PhD study at WSU about the representation of women in the NSW history syllabuses? Please enter your details into the form below for further details. https://forms.office.com/r/cvf5QfLrLb Contacts: Kate Littlejohn, Kay Carroll

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Hell Ray-ser @sireviscerate.myatproto.social · 19m

Between the vice president's misbehaving "young boys" and the news media's "underage women", I'm starting to think nobody actually knows what a child is?

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Kate Littlejohn @kelittlejohn.bsky.social · 18m

Sharing again (will likely do this often for a little while)!

#EduSky #EduSkyAU

Kate Littlejohn @kelittlejohn.bsky.social · 16d

Kate Littlejohn @kelittlejohn.bsky.social · 12h

This is so far beyond impressive that I have not got words

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Kate Littlejohn @kelittlejohn.bsky.social · 15h

Nothing better than new stationery

Kate Littlejohn @kelittlejohn.bsky.social · 15h

No way! You love what you love!

Kate Littlejohn @kelittlejohn.bsky.social · 16h

I am going to a pen show next weekend for the first time and I am unbelievably pumped to look at fountain pens and inks and probably spend more money than I should. I need this.

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Jon Piccini @jonpiccini.bsky.social · 16h

So, exactly as Horne put it in 1964 then?

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Aparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 1d

In her life, Marilyn Monroe was exploited and abused by so many men.
Studio executives, so many people.
After she died, men continued to exploit her for their pleasure: trying to get themselves buried near/above her.
What your writer did here is obscene, nonconsensual and makes me feel slightly ill

Scientific American @sciam.bsky.social · 2d

Despite early, and familiar, copyright growing pains, Sora may be the prelude to AI-generated on-demand TV and movies

Want to See Marilyn Monroe in Game of Thrones? AI Could Make It Soon

Despite early, and familiar, copyright growing pains, Sora may be the prelude to AI-generated on-demand TV and movies

www.scientificamerican.com

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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 18h

The moment when he starts giving his canned response and she goes “that’s such bullshit” lmao I have no idea who these ladies are but they rock

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 19h

"What do you have to say about the capitulation that you participated in?"

Cory Booker clearly wasn't expecting the pushback he got from @ivehaditpodcast.bsky.social

Full interview: youtu.be/HLfzsOVjlxc

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Dave Itzkoff @ditzkoff.bsky.social · 1d

so what's in the news today

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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 1d

Whenever I see men complain about the male loneliness crisis or unique emotional/psychological issues faced by men, it’s very clear that they just don’t see women as full people capable of experiencing the exact same emotions they do

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Dr. Jonathan N. Stea @jonathanstea.bsky.social · 1d

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Francis Markham @francismarkham.bsky.social · 22h

Yesterday was the two year anniversary of the Voice Referendum.

I didn't see any media coverage marking that date. Efforts to memoryhole the episode seem to have been remarkably successful.

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Charlie Warzel @cwarzel.bsky.social · 1d

watching the government's social media accounts spit out groyper stuff on main this whole last year, this is how i imagined the behind the scenes chats were going

Politico @politico.com · 1d

EXCLUSIVE: Thousands of leaked messages show leaders of Young Republican groups joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape in a private Telegram chat.

Inside rising GOP leaders’ racist chats — obtained by POLITICO and spanning more than 7 months👇

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

www.politico.com

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Kate Littlejohn @kelittlejohn.bsky.social · 1d

I often think about this. I am the first person in my extended family to do my PhD and I feel that quite strongly whenever I get stuck or overwhelmed - there is no one that really gets it or even what I'm doing. Adding the rural factor and distance from campus it is a lonely path in many ways.

"Online Rent-a-Sage" Bret Devereaux @bretdevereaux.bsky.social · 1d

It's always striking seeing other academics talk about their academic parents and be reminded that close to a quarter of all tenure-line academics have at least one PhD parent.

That's not a critique, but I always wonder how different it would be to have a parent who already understood academia.

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 1d

I've said this before, but one of the more striking things about the current generation of righties is that they really show no sign of understanding that there's a world *beyond* their screens, beyond owning & being owned on social media. A real world, with real people & real problems.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Eric Trump: "We're saving Christianity. We've saving God. We've saving the family unit. We're saving this nation. I mean, DEI is out of the window, Benny. You no longer have Colin Kaepernick kneeling for the national anthem. You no longer have Budweiser going woke as hell. All of this is dead."

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Rhys Parton @rhysparton.bsky.social · 1d

Reported all over the media: “Crime, crime, crime! Crime is everywhere! Look at these crime rates!”

Reported less: “1 in 7 Australians live in poverty, including 1 in 6 Australian children.”

Being “tougher” isn’t going to lower the first statistic, helping people’s material conditions is.

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Kendra, regular version @kendrawcandraw.bsky.social · 1d

You can't logic your way out of being burnt out. Unless you're me. Who should be able to do it and it's a personal failing that I can't

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Kate Littlejohn @kelittlejohn.bsky.social · 1d

The first thing I thought of too haha

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Kate Littlejohn @kelittlejohn.bsky.social · 1d

Plot is annoying and too much of it gets in the way of the characters. Just let them be and let me follow them around.

Rachel Feder @rachelfeder.bsky.social · 2d

Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat

Kate Littlejohn @kelittlejohn.bsky.social · 1d

You would be right about that - he's definitely the kind to share his generosity and kindness as far as he can. Just one of those special humans (I am obviously a bit biased haha)

Kate Littlejohn @kelittlejohn.bsky.social · 1d

I thought of another one and couldn't help but share - ever since my Mum died 12 years ago, he still signs every card and note and special day text 'Love Mum and Dad' and keeps her memory alive in every way he can. They had 4 girls together and it means so much, and I know she would be so grateful.

Ź🖤🥀 @lalaspeaks.bsky.social · 2d

What’s ONE green flag about your father?

Kate Littlejohn @kelittlejohn.bsky.social · 1d

I feel endlessly lucky that I get to have him as my guide through life... I know not everyone is as lucky

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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 1d

Very much an advert hoping "no one has any further questions"

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Kate Littlejohn @kelittlejohn.bsky.social · 1d

He writes sweet little poems about the people he loves and regularly cries and shows vulnerability without shame when he's feeling big emotions. The least toxic man I've known... just a blessing on this world.

Ź🖤🥀 @lalaspeaks.bsky.social · 2d

What’s ONE green flag about your father?

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