Kate Littlejohn
@kelittlejohn.bsky.social
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
· Sep 29
#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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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
Please share!
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The man who inspired Australia's teen social media ban literally did this:
December 2, 2025 at 4:09 AM
The man who inspired Australia's teen social media ban literally did this:
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"I am *unsettled* that ChatGPT, fed on the plethora of articles I and others have written on the subject as well as my own chat history has reproduced a rough sketch of our arguments back to me, this is *chilling*!"
This guy has massive influence on tech policy. Wonderful.
This guy has massive influence on tech policy. Wonderful.
December 2, 2025 at 3:13 AM
"I am *unsettled* that ChatGPT, fed on the plethora of articles I and others have written on the subject as well as my own chat history has reproduced a rough sketch of our arguments back to me, this is *chilling*!"
This guy has massive influence on tech policy. Wonderful.
This guy has massive influence on tech policy. Wonderful.
Every day it becomes more obvious that the only people whose needs are genuinely of interest to governments globally are big tech and big money corporations - regular people do not matter and the incessant knee bending to the AI industry is a prime example of this.
The Australian government has missed an opportunity to become a global leader in the ways of safeguarding AI users, and other people online, against the bias, disinformation and harms that can be perpetuated by unregulated AI use.
National AI Plan drops 'mandatory guardrails' for artificial intelligence
The federal government's long-awaited National AI Plan will seek to accelerate the growth of artificial intelligence in Australia, and largely leverage existing laws to protect against its worst harms...
www.abc.net.au
December 1, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Every day it becomes more obvious that the only people whose needs are genuinely of interest to governments globally are big tech and big money corporations - regular people do not matter and the incessant knee bending to the AI industry is a prime example of this.
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some folks will do anything to sound well read except for reading any books
December 1, 2025 at 12:27 PM
some folks will do anything to sound well read except for reading any books
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This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥
December 1, 2025 at 11:09 AM
This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥
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If you want people to spend more, pay them more.
December 1, 2025 at 5:12 PM
If you want people to spend more, pay them more.
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we gotta do something about the tech world
November 30, 2025 at 5:15 PM
we gotta do something about the tech world
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Fun fact: The Nightmare Sequence was mentioned in The Conversation’s Best Books Of 2025, thanks to Jen Webb. Another fun fact: this is my first book released in Aus, UK, and the US in the same year and so far it’s gotten zero reviews in mainstream papers and outlets.
December 1, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Fun fact: The Nightmare Sequence was mentioned in The Conversation’s Best Books Of 2025, thanks to Jen Webb. Another fun fact: this is my first book released in Aus, UK, and the US in the same year and so far it’s gotten zero reviews in mainstream papers and outlets.
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reading a couple pop science/pop psych books for an upcoming video and these things have way fewer citations than the average post-hbomberguy video essay. lots of "many people are saying this". who though who is saying it "a study found" what was the name of the study
November 30, 2025 at 4:49 PM
reading a couple pop science/pop psych books for an upcoming video and these things have way fewer citations than the average post-hbomberguy video essay. lots of "many people are saying this". who though who is saying it "a study found" what was the name of the study
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Unfortunately, in US journalism it is considered neutral to spread a lie, but it is considered "biased" to call out a lie. So, there is a structural asymmetry that rewards colorful lies with virality.
November 30, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Unfortunately, in US journalism it is considered neutral to spread a lie, but it is considered "biased" to call out a lie. So, there is a structural asymmetry that rewards colorful lies with virality.
My grandmother's recipes all contain helpful instructions like this and it makes me laugh every time, what a legend.
shout out to my grandmother’s stuffing recipe for containing such helpful instructions as ‘cook it til it’s done’ and ‘pour broth til it looks right’
November 30, 2025 at 10:05 PM
My grandmother's recipes all contain helpful instructions like this and it makes me laugh every time, what a legend.
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"No ceiling" results in what we have: a couple dozen psychopaths control several trillion dollars and the power has made them go stark raving mad. They are obsessed with using their concentrated wealth to punish the population and remake the country into a failed state and international pariah.
No value, no villain, no vision. Sounds like the tagline for the earnings call of a collapsing appliance retailer
November 30, 2025 at 6:30 PM
"No ceiling" results in what we have: a couple dozen psychopaths control several trillion dollars and the power has made them go stark raving mad. They are obsessed with using their concentrated wealth to punish the population and remake the country into a failed state and international pariah.
I need to do this... How to find the willpower to do this?
Hey folks, I am sorry to announce that practicing the art of being bored has greatly helped my overall focus, to the point I am starting to feel very pre-internet some days.
I know, this is terrible news.
I know, this is terrible news.
November 30, 2025 at 7:43 PM
I need to do this... How to find the willpower to do this?
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AUSTRALIAN AI: G’day! I’m Bonza, the LLM trained on dinky-di Aussie lingo! What can I do for you tod-
ME: Potato cake.
AUSTRALIAN AI: [sparks fly out of computer, explodes]
ME: Potato cake.
AUSTRALIAN AI: [sparks fly out of computer, explodes]
📢 Sovereign Australia AI wants to build a model that understands Australian culture and values. But does the country really need it?
👉 Report issues, make suggestions
👉 Report issues, make suggestions
‘Thongs aren’t underwear’: The case for an Australian ChatGPT
www.smh.com.au
November 30, 2025 at 8:02 AM
AUSTRALIAN AI: G’day! I’m Bonza, the LLM trained on dinky-di Aussie lingo! What can I do for you tod-
ME: Potato cake.
AUSTRALIAN AI: [sparks fly out of computer, explodes]
ME: Potato cake.
AUSTRALIAN AI: [sparks fly out of computer, explodes]
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Browsing museums, galleries, libraries, bookstores have been some of the best hours of my life, but yes, its not instant gratification and its designed to take time
The death of browsing is part of the reason art is the way it is now. Our opinions are largely fed to us by algorithms. Spending a spare 15 minutes wandering around a bookstore or comic shop or video rental place was how you found stuff you wouldn't ordinarily pick up and thereby expanded your taste
Bookselling is like the most "people go to the store and buy what looks cool to them without a particular agenda" type business left, and your purchases have a huge influence on what is ordered, what is displayed, and what is recommended.
November 29, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Browsing museums, galleries, libraries, bookstores have been some of the best hours of my life, but yes, its not instant gratification and its designed to take time
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On this is becoming an Apple Educator or Google Guru or whatever still a thing? That was so weird. Teachers vying for the approval of billion dollar corporations.
No. If you want to buddy up to big tech do it with your own people. Leave the kids I'm responsible for alone.
The government recently invited schools to become 'edtech testbeds'. Kristy Evers explains what they are, and how they can be run successfully for everyone involved
https://schoolsweek.co.uk/phillipson-should-look-to-nordics-to-help-guide-edtech-testbeds/
https://schoolsweek.co.uk/phillipson-should-look-to-nordics-to-help-guide-edtech-testbeds/
November 29, 2025 at 8:08 AM
On this is becoming an Apple Educator or Google Guru or whatever still a thing? That was so weird. Teachers vying for the approval of billion dollar corporations.
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In my experience, characters who are explicitly autistic in media are beloved by NT's and ridiculed by ND's 99% of the time
Whereas ND's look at a character who is just autistic coded/wouldn't be clocked as autistic to NT's and go "Ah yes: me"
Whereas ND's look at a character who is just autistic coded/wouldn't be clocked as autistic to NT's and go "Ah yes: me"
November 29, 2025 at 7:15 PM
In my experience, characters who are explicitly autistic in media are beloved by NT's and ridiculed by ND's 99% of the time
Whereas ND's look at a character who is just autistic coded/wouldn't be clocked as autistic to NT's and go "Ah yes: me"
Whereas ND's look at a character who is just autistic coded/wouldn't be clocked as autistic to NT's and go "Ah yes: me"
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The death of browsing is part of the reason art is the way it is now. Our opinions are largely fed to us by algorithms. Spending a spare 15 minutes wandering around a bookstore or comic shop or video rental place was how you found stuff you wouldn't ordinarily pick up and thereby expanded your taste
Bookselling is like the most "people go to the store and buy what looks cool to them without a particular agenda" type business left, and your purchases have a huge influence on what is ordered, what is displayed, and what is recommended.
November 29, 2025 at 6:44 PM
The death of browsing is part of the reason art is the way it is now. Our opinions are largely fed to us by algorithms. Spending a spare 15 minutes wandering around a bookstore or comic shop or video rental place was how you found stuff you wouldn't ordinarily pick up and thereby expanded your taste
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1. Thread.
Ed tech and the best lesson I taught this year.
The best Ed tech in the world for my subject is a book.
It is the ideal delivery method because the effort of concentrating on it helps people learn what's in it.
Ed tech and the best lesson I taught this year.
The best Ed tech in the world for my subject is a book.
It is the ideal delivery method because the effort of concentrating on it helps people learn what's in it.
November 29, 2025 at 8:39 AM
1. Thread.
Ed tech and the best lesson I taught this year.
The best Ed tech in the world for my subject is a book.
It is the ideal delivery method because the effort of concentrating on it helps people learn what's in it.
Ed tech and the best lesson I taught this year.
The best Ed tech in the world for my subject is a book.
It is the ideal delivery method because the effort of concentrating on it helps people learn what's in it.
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Is there anything more anticlimactic than Black Friday, a day that has been happening for weeks?
November 28, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Is there anything more anticlimactic than Black Friday, a day that has been happening for weeks?
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Look forward to Bari Weiss asking "has identity politics gone too far?" while studiously ignoring the most virulent identity politics driving American government
A reminder for those who are not aware: "remigration" is the process of deporting all non-white people from a country. It includes citizens and is, by definition, ethnic cleansing.
And to be clear: this is not fake. I just screenshot it myself.
And to be clear: this is not fake. I just screenshot it myself.
November 28, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Look forward to Bari Weiss asking "has identity politics gone too far?" while studiously ignoring the most virulent identity politics driving American government
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I don’t know if anyone else notices or cares, but when I see a presentation in which the speaker uses obviously generated-AI images to illustrate their slides, it makes me immediately less confident in whatever other content they’re presenting.
November 28, 2025 at 3:07 PM
I don’t know if anyone else notices or cares, but when I see a presentation in which the speaker uses obviously generated-AI images to illustrate their slides, it makes me immediately less confident in whatever other content they’re presenting.
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Every presenter giving a talk with AI generated images.
Every person suggesting using AI to generate survey questions in a discussion.
Every person pulling up ChatGPT to come up with "suggestions" in workshops.
Every academic using it to review papers.
I think less of all of them.
Every person suggesting using AI to generate survey questions in a discussion.
Every person pulling up ChatGPT to come up with "suggestions" in workshops.
Every academic using it to review papers.
I think less of all of them.
I don’t know if anyone else notices or cares, but when I see a presentation in which the speaker uses obviously generated-AI images to illustrate their slides, it makes me immediately less confident in whatever other content they’re presenting.
November 28, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Every presenter giving a talk with AI generated images.
Every person suggesting using AI to generate survey questions in a discussion.
Every person pulling up ChatGPT to come up with "suggestions" in workshops.
Every academic using it to review papers.
I think less of all of them.
Every person suggesting using AI to generate survey questions in a discussion.
Every person pulling up ChatGPT to come up with "suggestions" in workshops.
Every academic using it to review papers.
I think less of all of them.