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Dr. Librarian Caroline @txttimes3.bsky.social · 8h

I spend an increasingly large part of each day screaming at AI pop-up-swoosh-in-sideways-block-the-part-of-the-screen-I-want bits of bullshit that "no I fucking don't piss off".

Ah the productivity ...

Dr. Librarian Caroline @txttimes3.bsky.social · 1d

Nobody needs a house with 9 bathrooms.
It's obscene.

Rich lister Heloise Pratt lists Toorak house for $58m to $63m

The Visy heiress and her then-husband Alex Waislitz bought the home in 2000, but it was recently transferred into her name.

www.theage.com.au

Dr. Librarian Caroline @txttimes3.bsky.social · 1d

Is there one place to find consultants’ reports to the Australian Government?
When I have time in a few weeks, I might start a summer project of checking the citations in all of them.

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Dr. Librarian Caroline @txttimes3.bsky.social · 2d

Spring sunshine casting pretty shadows.

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Dr. Librarian Caroline @txttimes3.bsky.social · 3d

Oh how I wish I had said this…

Luke Foley @lukefoley.me · 3d

The first rule of parliament sports club is you do not talk about parliament sports club.

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Dr. Librarian Caroline @txttimes3.bsky.social · 3d

Beautiful spring thing.

Dr. Librarian Caroline @txttimes3.bsky.social · 4d

“Now the only moral value is courage, which is useful here for judging the puppets and chatterboxes who pretend to speak in the name of the people."
Albert Camus

He was an insightful person whose words apply beyond his lifetime.

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Dr. Librarian Caroline @txttimes3.bsky.social · 4d

"A shopfront..."
Perfect summary of the facadal NACC @ronnisalt.bsky.social
Great insights on The Sunday Shot - thank you.
(Also, very nice chair you have there.)

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Pup Fiction @pupfiction.bsky.social · 4d

BREAKING
Anthony Albanese approves 50 million dollar funding for new wing of the Australian War Memorial to honour those who served in the Conflicts of Interest.
The collection is expected to include a display of at least 16 of Paul Brereton’s hats
#auspol

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 6d

he also said that 80% of antifa's members are landlords and if you lower the cost of housing, you basically starve the network of its financing

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Dr. Librarian Caroline @txttimes3.bsky.social · 6d

There are good, smart people in this country. Truly. I’ve met some of them.
Time to move on the pompous wankers who’ve had their snouts in the public trough for way too long. #Estimates

Senator David Shoebridge @davidshoebridge.bsky.social · 8d

It has cost $1.138 million and counting for the independent lawyer the NACC has had to hire to fix the mess their Commissioner made of the Robodebt inquiry

Compromised decision making costs public money and trust.

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Dr. Librarian Caroline @txttimes3.bsky.social · 6d

It was so calm and perfectly cutting!

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Dr. Librarian Caroline @txttimes3.bsky.social · 6d

I like the way this Nobel bloke speaks, his calm manner, and his pointed choice of words.

Dr. Librarian Caroline @txttimes3.bsky.social · 6d

"It is an immense privilege to serve ..."

"We take our obligations incredibly seriously ..."

I am so sick of the death by a thousand bullshit clichés in #Estimates

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Dr. Librarian Caroline @txttimes3.bsky.social · 6d

FRO

Matthew Noe @noethematt.bsky.social · 6d

Hey, this sucks. Like... a lot. 📚

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UNC schools of data science and information science to merge, forming unnamed ‘School of AI’

www.dailytarheel.com/article/univ...

UNC schools of data science and information science to merge, forming unnamed ‘School of AI’

SDSS Dean Stanley Ahalt will be made dean of the new school while SILS Dean Jeffrey Bardzell will stand as the University’s Chief Artificial Intelligence Officer and Vice Provost for AI.

www.dailytarheel.com

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Shana Gadarian @sgadarian.bsky.social · 6d

Everyone who studies research methods just had an aneurysm

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7d

RFK Jr on Tylenol and autism: "It is not proof. We're doing the studies to make the proof."

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Pup Fiction @pupfiction.bsky.social · 6d

I’ve nominated antifa for the Nobel Peace Prize just to give Trump the shits

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Dr. Librarian Caroline @txttimes3.bsky.social · 7d

I really like having a black floor except, it turns out, when I drop one small blueberry on it.
No way I’m finding that little bugger until I step on it.

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Dr. Librarian Caroline @txttimes3.bsky.social · 7d

🤣

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Dr. Librarian Caroline @txttimes3.bsky.social · 7d

Just popping in to say how much i appreciate your work - and how much I love your banner photo.

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Dr. Librarian Caroline @txttimes3.bsky.social · 8d

Circulation.

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Dr. Librarian Caroline @txttimes3.bsky.social · 8d

Oh my dog the NACC bloke is whining that any lack of public confidence is because of all the nasty things people say about us and nobody understands us. #Estimates

a baby is standing next to a couch on the floor .

ALT: a baby is standing next to a couch on the floor .

media.tenor.com

Dr. Librarian Caroline @txttimes3.bsky.social · 8d

Senators David Shoebridge, Barbara Pocock and David Pocock should form a band called The Third Degree and I’ll be front row at their first gig. #Estimates.

Dr. Librarian Caroline @txttimes3.bsky.social · 8d

Has there ever, once, in the godforsaken history of Sarah Henderson at #Estimates , been a communications session where she has not managed to pontificate, at some length, on the shining example of her own past experience in tv journalism?

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Dr. Librarian Caroline @txttimes3.bsky.social · 9d

Journalist types be needing to keep a journal to keep their stories straight*
*crooked stories

Andy Fleming @slackbastard.bsky.social · 9d

~ ermahgerd ~

Seems v much like the NPC was not truthful about its cancellation of Hedges' scheduled appearance on OCT 20.

'Statement on Cancellation of Chris Hedges’ confirmed appearance at the National Press Club of Australia'

www.afopa.com.au/blog/2025/10...

Statement on Cancellation of Chris Hedges’ confirmed appearance at the National Press Club of Australia — Australian Friends of Palestine Association

AFOPA is responding to the Statement published on 4 October 2025 by the National Press Club of Australia ( NPC) in relation to their cancellation of Chris Hedges’ confirmed appearance at the National ...

www.afopa.com.au

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