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Rob Tobin
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Archaeologist, Western Bulldogs member, crap Futsal player, bicycle tourer
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austarchj.bsky.social
Australian Archaeology Volume 91 Issue 2 is now complete and available online. All original articles are open access! 🔑⬇️
www.tandfonline.com/toc/raaa20/9...
September 21, 2025 at 5:18 AM
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andrewgigacz.bsky.social
Seeing MKR ads during the #BrownlowMedal count has prompted me to send out my annual reminder:

MY KITCHEN RULES
is an anagram of
HERE – LICK MY NUTS.

#MKR #Brownlow
September 22, 2025 at 11:02 AM
archaetools.bsky.social
Blackburn playing deep forward has been confusing me all year. Is it fitness? Coming back from injury?

#AFLWGiantsDogs #AFL #AFLW
September 13, 2025 at 8:06 AM
archaetools.bsky.social
Howard was a disaster not just for the Liberal Party but for Australia. His legacy lives on in the divisions in modern Australia. Great article here by Patricia Karvalas exploring one part of this; how the Liberal Party abandoned women’s issues.

#AusPol
Howard paved the way for Abbott, Morrison and the Liberal Party's 'women problem'
New analysis argues that under John Howard, the Liberal Party became increasingly influenced by a social conservatism that emphasised traditional gender norms.
www.abc.net.au
August 24, 2025 at 10:05 PM
archaetools.bsky.social
I don’t know who this John Cena guy is but he does know good coffee. And good coffee is from #Melbourne
From the melbourne community on Reddit: Melbourne coffee getting some kudos.
Explore this post and more from the melbourne community
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August 23, 2025 at 10:03 PM
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thesaturdaypaper.com.au
Exclusive: “At the time of assessment, assurance cannot be provided in relation to the integrity, the effectiveness, or appropriateness of decisions produced by the Targeted Compliance Framework IT system in its current form.” satpa.pe/22yZhgO
Exclusive: Government warned over ‘legal basis’ of welfare system
Despite being warned in 2018 that jobseekers were being exposed to unfair and excessive decisions, the Department of Employment and Workplace Relations ‘chose to continue with the status quo’.
satpa.pe
August 16, 2025 at 9:35 PM
archaetools.bsky.social
Why are Melbourne buses soooo bad at following their timetables?
August 2, 2025 at 1:53 AM
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skyelark.bsky.social
Australia has a politician problem: not too many, but too few.

There are nine times the number of voters than in 1903, but the number of MPs has only doubled. Maybe it's time for our representative democracy to get a bit more representative?
@australiainstitute.org.au #auspol
July 31, 2025 at 2:01 AM
archaetools.bsky.social
Port fans going off right now

#Hottest100 #AFL #AFLCrowsPower
July 26, 2025 at 10:02 AM
archaetools.bsky.social
Take me to church

#Hottest100
July 26, 2025 at 6:54 AM
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Judging by the results it’s obvious that some people out there in Australian music land have never spent a raucous and sweaty smoke filled beer swilling sticky stained carpet go mental moshing kind of night at places like the Great Britain, Sarah Sands and the Tote etc etc. #Hottest100
July 26, 2025 at 5:56 AM
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grogsgamut.bsky.social
Quite possibly my most hated Australian song #eaglerock #hottest100
July 26, 2025 at 5:21 AM
archaetools.bsky.social
This song is still sadly relevant today

#Hottest100
July 26, 2025 at 6:15 AM
archaetools.bsky.social
We all have to go to church eventually

#Hottest100
July 26, 2025 at 2:32 AM
archaetools.bsky.social
As if Peking Duck remember anything from 2014

#Hottest100
July 26, 2025 at 1:52 AM
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australiainstitute.org.au
On July 2, the Australia Institute wrote to Environment Minister Murray Watt, asking he make public the conditions imposed on the extension of Woodside’s North West Shelf.

We have not received a response.

Read the letter here: australiainstitute.org.au/report/lette...

#auspol
July 23, 2025 at 7:31 AM
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caa-australasia.bsky.social
Quick reminder that our next event is coming up in just a few days! "Demystifying Digital Field Recording" is a free online panel exploring hot topics in digital field recording! The panel takes place on Wed 23 July, 6pm AEST. Register at the link below!

events.humanitix.com/demystifying...
Demystifying Digital Field Recording | CAA Australasia Panel
Join us for a discussion of hot topics in digital field recording!
events.humanitix.com
July 21, 2025 at 12:36 AM
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thebethocracy.bsky.social
"No more lanes, build more trains!" Campaign slogan up for grabs from my 11-year-old.
July 20, 2025 at 5:22 PM
archaetools.bsky.social
Dwarshuis made the mistake of not being Victorian

#WIvAUS #cricket
July 21, 2025 at 1:29 AM
archaetools.bsky.social
Anyone interested in media studies needs to watch this
Michael Spicer : Media Studies
YouTube video by Michael Spicer
youtube.com
July 19, 2025 at 12:05 PM
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kriswilson.bsky.social
July 10, 2025 at 8:07 PM
archaetools.bsky.social
Come back @aflxscore.bsky.social I need to know the expected score on Pittonets’ torp!

#AFL #AFLBluesLions
July 10, 2025 at 10:19 AM
archaetools.bsky.social
New product idea:

A podcast studio set up to record podcasts of men aged 18-45 which immediately deletes the podcast when everyone leaves the room
July 9, 2025 at 4:35 AM
archaetools.bsky.social
The siege of Constantinople in 1453 was less brutal than this being suffered by Carton

#AFL #AFLBluesPies
July 4, 2025 at 10:25 AM
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ianmosby.bsky.social
If your museum is mostly going to ignore Indigenous people and perspectives, maybe it would be useful if the one "fact" you present about them isn't incorrect.

(No, this is not how murder was treated under Haudenosaunee law.)
A justice of exception In 1759, there were some 1800 First Nations warriors around Québec. The French needed their support to learn about their warrior techniques and take advantage of their knowledge of the land. To maintain their alliances, the French army had no choice but to adopt a conciliatory approach towards the First Nations. The army tolerated some of their customs and habits, and occasionally even participated in them. For example, when a dispute arose between First Nations and the Canadians, the crime was often resolved in the manner of the First Nations, rather than according to French law, which irritated some Canadians who failed to receive the compensation anticipated. Among the First Nations, the consequence of a serious crime such as murder was death, expediently and without a trial. Otherwise, most crimes were settled through gifts given to the victim by the guilty party or his close relatives. Theft was rare, because according to their values, the resources belonged to everyone. The concept of ownership was not the same among the Canadians, which brought its share of problems. Things were different for the British. They did not have many allies around Québec. In the British colonies, the First Nations were subject to British law and they even went as far as to use the colonial courtr to settle their disputer. An Iroquois kills another Iroquois in public. What will happen to him? A) He was trier and sentenced to be hanger. B) Nothing. The murderer's apology, the deceased's family accepts his apology. C) He is killed when he is found, without trial ANSWER: C [guly 4, 1758] An Iroquois, knifed one of his brothers in fulf public view [..] The murderer ran away [The Iroquois hunted him down to kill him. they punish assassins themselves , promptiy killing them with no formality either before or after the execution"Pranslation) Journal au marquis de Montcaln durant sey cam pagnes en Canada de 1756 $ 1959.
July 2, 2025 at 7:26 PM