Dr Blair Williams
@blairwilliams26.bsky.social
Award-winning academic. Lecturer in AusPol. Research examines the gendered media coverage of women in politics. Also loves craft. #feminist #disabilityactivist #unionist #craftivist TEDx speaker 🏳️🌈
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My Daggy Dads and State Daddies paper has officially been published!
This paper has everything - Diggers,Larrakins, Battlers, Daggy Dads, State Daddies, thirst traps, glow ups and more!
You can access the article (for free!) using this link:
#AusPol
This paper has everything - Diggers,Larrakins, Battlers, Daggy Dads, State Daddies, thirst traps, glow ups and more!
You can access the article (for free!) using this link:
#AusPol
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"Australia is the Land of the Parrot — few places in the world have such a dazzling array of colourful and clever members of the psittacine family.
There are 56 native species across the continent, including 42 varieties of true parrots along with 14 cockatoos."
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
There are 56 native species across the continent, including 42 varieties of true parrots along with 14 cockatoos."
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
Who's thriving? Who's barely surviving? A guide to Australia's native parrots
Australia is the land of the parrot — few places in the world have such a dazzling array of colourful and clever members of the psittacine family.
www.abc.net.au
November 30, 2025 at 12:59 AM
"Australia is the Land of the Parrot — few places in the world have such a dazzling array of colourful and clever members of the psittacine family.
There are 56 native species across the continent, including 42 varieties of true parrots along with 14 cockatoos."
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
There are 56 native species across the continent, including 42 varieties of true parrots along with 14 cockatoos."
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
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Whether its pollsters or journalists, Americans need to change their description of the Supreme Court majority.
Crazy to call the six "conservative", when it's really the opposite. They are highly activist, with little regard for institutions, precedent, or norms.
"Radical right" is more accurate.
Crazy to call the six "conservative", when it's really the opposite. They are highly activist, with little regard for institutions, precedent, or norms.
"Radical right" is more accurate.
"'History’s eyes are on the Supreme Court,' she said.
'This court will have to decide, is it going to be the court that puts an end to American democracy as we know it'..."
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
'This court will have to decide, is it going to be the court that puts an end to American democracy as we know it'..."
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
November 30, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Whether its pollsters or journalists, Americans need to change their description of the Supreme Court majority.
Crazy to call the six "conservative", when it's really the opposite. They are highly activist, with little regard for institutions, precedent, or norms.
"Radical right" is more accurate.
Crazy to call the six "conservative", when it's really the opposite. They are highly activist, with little regard for institutions, precedent, or norms.
"Radical right" is more accurate.
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Starmer's Britain.
People are routinely arrested for daring to oppose Israel's #GazaGenocide.
People are routinely arrested for daring to oppose Israel's #GazaGenocide.
In Manchester, 85-year-old Pat was arrested during a pro-Palestine protest for holding a sign stating, "I oppose genocide. I support Palestine action."
November 30, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Starmer's Britain.
People are routinely arrested for daring to oppose Israel's #GazaGenocide.
People are routinely arrested for daring to oppose Israel's #GazaGenocide.
Awww 11 years ago today I received a conditional offer (pending Honours results) to do my PhD at The Australian National University 🥹🥹
What an amazing 10 years it's been since I started!
#AcademicLife #AcademicChatter
What an amazing 10 years it's been since I started!
#AcademicLife #AcademicChatter
November 29, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Awww 11 years ago today I received a conditional offer (pending Honours results) to do my PhD at The Australian National University 🥹🥹
What an amazing 10 years it's been since I started!
#AcademicLife #AcademicChatter
What an amazing 10 years it's been since I started!
#AcademicLife #AcademicChatter
Most cooked seat in the most cooked state? 😂
#BREAKING 🚨 6 News projects the LNP has gained Hinchinbrook from Katter's Australian Party in a state by-election, winning with a two-candidate-preferred swing of around 17%
The KAP suffered a swing of more than 15% against them on primary votes, while One Nation has overtaken Labor to finish third
The KAP suffered a swing of more than 15% against them on primary votes, while One Nation has overtaken Labor to finish third
November 29, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Most cooked seat in the most cooked state? 😂
Speaking of... I presented my paper at the APSA conference this week on political portraits in The Australian Women's Weekly, including this one of Albo and Jodie speaking about their engagement.
Good timing 👀😂
#AusPol
Good timing 👀😂
#AusPol
November 29, 2025 at 7:27 AM
Speaking of... I presented my paper at the APSA conference this week on political portraits in The Australian Women's Weekly, including this one of Albo and Jodie speaking about their engagement.
Good timing 👀😂
#AusPol
Good timing 👀😂
#AusPol
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Ummmmm wtf????
Nice ableism. Also, people should be able to protect themselves from pepper spray and any other harmful chemicals used by the violent police state...
Nice ableism. Also, people should be able to protect themselves from pepper spray and any other harmful chemicals used by the violent police state...
November 28, 2025 at 1:56 PM
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Don’t go off searching for wannabe nativist PM Hastie’s new vid almost failing to put a flagshagger sticker on a garbage bin. He’s playing to the ethnonationalist march crew with the plausible deniability of just opposing multiculturalism & First People’s unique identity in a call for 🇦🇺 unity 🙄
November 28, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Don’t go off searching for wannabe nativist PM Hastie’s new vid almost failing to put a flagshagger sticker on a garbage bin. He’s playing to the ethnonationalist march crew with the plausible deniability of just opposing multiculturalism & First People’s unique identity in a call for 🇦🇺 unity 🙄
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Small changes to the tone of posts fed to users of X can increase feelings of political polarisation as much in a week as would have historically taken at least three years, research has found.
Small changes to ‘for you’ feed on X can rapidly increase political polarisation
Study finds that a week of political content can bring about a shift in views that previously would have taken three years
www.theguardian.com
November 28, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Small changes to the tone of posts fed to users of X can increase feelings of political polarisation as much in a week as would have historically taken at least three years, research has found.
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This would be a war crime even if there were an actual war and these people were actual combatants, which there isn't and they weren't.
It's unquestionably an unlawful homicide under any form of law you wish to apply: military or civilian, domestic or international, federal or state. ...
It's unquestionably an unlawful homicide under any form of law you wish to apply: military or civilian, domestic or international, federal or state. ...
Textbook war crime/extrajudicial killing
"Two survivors were clinging to the smoldering wreck. The Special Operations commander overseeing the Sept. 2 attack ... ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions."
Report by @alexhorton.bsky.social @ellenwapo.bsky.social o.bsky.social
"Two survivors were clinging to the smoldering wreck. The Special Operations commander overseeing the Sept. 2 attack ... ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions."
Report by @alexhorton.bsky.social @ellenwapo.bsky.social o.bsky.social
Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a verbal order to kill all crew members in the Sept. 2 strike on a suspected drug boat. Navy SEALs fired a second missile.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 28, 2025 at 8:12 PM
This would be a war crime even if there were an actual war and these people were actual combatants, which there isn't and they weren't.
It's unquestionably an unlawful homicide under any form of law you wish to apply: military or civilian, domestic or international, federal or state. ...
It's unquestionably an unlawful homicide under any form of law you wish to apply: military or civilian, domestic or international, federal or state. ...
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Scoop: The most popular apps in Australia right now are social media platforms not included in the teen ban (so far).
This comes as teens make videos recommending that they all migrate to these alternative platforms to get around the ban — something experts warned about.
www.crikey.com.au/20...
This comes as teens make videos recommending that they all migrate to these alternative platforms to get around the ban — something experts warned about.
www.crikey.com.au/20...
November 27, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Scoop: The most popular apps in Australia right now are social media platforms not included in the teen ban (so far).
This comes as teens make videos recommending that they all migrate to these alternative platforms to get around the ban — something experts warned about.
www.crikey.com.au/20...
This comes as teens make videos recommending that they all migrate to these alternative platforms to get around the ban — something experts warned about.
www.crikey.com.au/20...
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Opinion | "To talk of 'the centre' seems to me less meaningful than recognising that Labor has embraced the conservative pragmatism that was once seen as the special property of the Liberal Party," writes Frank Bongiorno.
The Liberal crisis runs deep — Labor’s embrace of small-c conservativism partly explains why
www.crikey.com.au
November 28, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Opinion | "To talk of 'the centre' seems to me less meaningful than recognising that Labor has embraced the conservative pragmatism that was once seen as the special property of the Liberal Party," writes Frank Bongiorno.
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Ed Husic MP, quoted in Niki Savva’s book, urges Albo/ALP caucus to take on harder issues: perverse gas exports; gambling addiction ads; negative gearing distortions; ALP credibility undermined by MPs owning 5-10 homes; tax breaks for new investment start-ups ✅👍 James Massola SMH/Age 👇
November 27, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Ed Husic MP, quoted in Niki Savva’s book, urges Albo/ALP caucus to take on harder issues: perverse gas exports; gambling addiction ads; negative gearing distortions; ALP credibility undermined by MPs owning 5-10 homes; tax breaks for new investment start-ups ✅👍 James Massola SMH/Age 👇
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The Albanese government has signed up to a commitment to phase out fossil fuels…and to achieve that goal….it says we need more fossil fuels…FFS
Climate denial is not confined to the hard right of Australian politics
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
Climate denial is not confined to the hard right of Australian politics
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
Australia’s gas bonanza is for corporate super-profits, not climate superheroes
The point.com.au
thepoint.com.au
November 24, 2025 at 9:11 PM
The Albanese government has signed up to a commitment to phase out fossil fuels…and to achieve that goal….it says we need more fossil fuels…FFS
Climate denial is not confined to the hard right of Australian politics
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
Climate denial is not confined to the hard right of Australian politics
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
Ummmmm wtf????
Nice ableism. Also, people should be able to protect themselves from pepper spray and any other harmful chemicals used by the violent police state...
Nice ableism. Also, people should be able to protect themselves from pepper spray and any other harmful chemicals used by the violent police state...
November 27, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Ummmmm wtf????
Nice ableism. Also, people should be able to protect themselves from pepper spray and any other harmful chemicals used by the violent police state...
Nice ableism. Also, people should be able to protect themselves from pepper spray and any other harmful chemicals used by the violent police state...
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I know I am exhausted and sick atm, but reading the 'progress' report on the disability royal commission is utterly shattering. a new plan and the ndis fraud work. that's it. 10,000 stories and 4.5 years.
www.health.gov.au/resources/pu...
www.health.gov.au/resources/pu...
www.health.gov.au
November 27, 2025 at 10:21 PM
I know I am exhausted and sick atm, but reading the 'progress' report on the disability royal commission is utterly shattering. a new plan and the ndis fraud work. that's it. 10,000 stories and 4.5 years.
www.health.gov.au/resources/pu...
www.health.gov.au/resources/pu...
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I know people find it impossible to remember who was the president in 2020, but I *did* think they at least knew who the president was in 2025...
REUTERS: “Trump blamed Biden-era vetting failures for the admission of an Afghan immigrant suspected of shooting two National Guard members — but the alleged gunman was granted asylum this year under Trump…” www.yahoo.com/news/article...
November 27, 2025 at 9:50 PM
I know people find it impossible to remember who was the president in 2020, but I *did* think they at least knew who the president was in 2025...
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State Library of Victoria faces job cuts as staff accuse management of pursuing ‘digital vanity projects’
State Library of Victoria faces job cuts as staff accuse management of pursuing ‘digital vanity projects’
Under the plan, 39 jobs would be lost and the public-facing workforce of reference librarians would be cut from 25 staff to 10
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State Library of Victoria staff have accused management of undermining the 171-year-old institution’s core purposes in favour of flashy tourist-oriented “digital vanity projects” in a proposed restructure.
Under the plan, 39 jobs would be lost and the public-facing workforce of reference librarians would be cut from 25 staff to 10, while many publicly accessible computers would be removed. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 27, 2025 at 2:04 PM
State Library of Victoria faces job cuts as staff accuse management of pursuing ‘digital vanity projects’
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The ultra rich give themselves permission to be predators - from refusing people healthcare for their children with cancer to systemic predation on literal child bodies. It’s time the numerical majority took back our power to place limits on this phenomenon. Nobody should be able to buy the law/gov.
I normally don't post/repost anything about Megyn Kelly. She is - as one poster put it - a vapid c*nt who just wants her 15 minutes.
However, I'm glad that this young lady I am posting was given permission by her parents to post this 👇🏽💙 Spot on dear! 💙
However, I'm glad that this young lady I am posting was given permission by her parents to post this 👇🏽💙 Spot on dear! 💙
November 27, 2025 at 10:03 PM
The ultra rich give themselves permission to be predators - from refusing people healthcare for their children with cancer to systemic predation on literal child bodies. It’s time the numerical majority took back our power to place limits on this phenomenon. Nobody should be able to buy the law/gov.
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Budgets are about priorities. The idea is to tax things you want less of & subsidise things you want more of
In Australia we spend $14 billion per year on fossil fuel subsidies & we are cutting science jobs at CSIRO…
As i said, budgets are about priorities #climate
thepoint.com.au/news/251127-...
In Australia we spend $14 billion per year on fossil fuel subsidies & we are cutting science jobs at CSIRO…
As i said, budgets are about priorities #climate
thepoint.com.au/news/251127-...
If the Government's top priority is productivity, slashing the CSIRO budget does not make sense
Research and development is one of the major drivers of productivity and the CSIRO has a long track record of making productivity enhancing breakthroughs.
thepoint.com.au
November 27, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Budgets are about priorities. The idea is to tax things you want less of & subsidise things you want more of
In Australia we spend $14 billion per year on fossil fuel subsidies & we are cutting science jobs at CSIRO…
As i said, budgets are about priorities #climate
thepoint.com.au/news/251127-...
In Australia we spend $14 billion per year on fossil fuel subsidies & we are cutting science jobs at CSIRO…
As i said, budgets are about priorities #climate
thepoint.com.au/news/251127-...
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"Poverty is not evidence, the presumption of innocence must apply to everyone" Smashing column by @kristin8x.antipovertycentre.org & @maiyazize.bsky.social #ThePoint
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
Poverty is not evidence, the presumption of innocence must apply to everyone
In the final days of October, the Federal Government quietly inserted a last-minute amendment into an unrelated bill. It has been trying to rush through a change that would allow police and the Home A...
thepoint.com.au
November 23, 2025 at 11:38 PM
"Poverty is not evidence, the presumption of innocence must apply to everyone" Smashing column by @kristin8x.antipovertycentre.org & @maiyazize.bsky.social #ThePoint
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
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Massive increase in empty homes in Melbourne
youtube.com/shorts/CX5Dn...
youtube.com/shorts/CX5Dn...
Massive increase in empty homes in Melbourne
YouTube video by PurplepingersTV
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November 27, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Massive increase in empty homes in Melbourne
youtube.com/shorts/CX5Dn...
youtube.com/shorts/CX5Dn...
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Australia recorded ZERO cases of cervical cancer in women under 25 for the first time since they started tracking the cancer in the 80s.
This is the power of vaccines.
The HPV vaccine is extremely effective at preventing cancer.
Viruses can be oncogenic. Get your vaccines and protect yourself!
This is the power of vaccines.
The HPV vaccine is extremely effective at preventing cancer.
Viruses can be oncogenic. Get your vaccines and protect yourself!
newsGP - Australia set for world-first cervical cancer elimination
Vaccination programs have played a key role, and GPs remain ‘instrumental’ in boosting screening rates to reach the 2035 target.
www1.racgp.org.au
November 27, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Australia recorded ZERO cases of cervical cancer in women under 25 for the first time since they started tracking the cancer in the 80s.
This is the power of vaccines.
The HPV vaccine is extremely effective at preventing cancer.
Viruses can be oncogenic. Get your vaccines and protect yourself!
This is the power of vaccines.
The HPV vaccine is extremely effective at preventing cancer.
Viruses can be oncogenic. Get your vaccines and protect yourself!