Chris, staring into the abyss
@chrissalisbury.bsky.social
putting the Chris in Christmas cracker 💥
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"Have the creators of each new iteration followed Mary Shelley’s Promethean lead, nurturing a beloved creation, or have they followed Victor’s, embracing their ambition above their creation’s well-being?"
The first in our series A Time Of Monsters, from
@gvaughnjoy.bsky.social
The first in our series A Time Of Monsters, from
@gvaughnjoy.bsky.social
To Invent Immortality
Frankenstein yearns to live.
contingentmagazine.org
November 30, 2025 at 2:51 AM
"Have the creators of each new iteration followed Mary Shelley’s Promethean lead, nurturing a beloved creation, or have they followed Victor’s, embracing their ambition above their creation’s well-being?"
The first in our series A Time Of Monsters, from
@gvaughnjoy.bsky.social
The first in our series A Time Of Monsters, from
@gvaughnjoy.bsky.social
Brisbane/meanjin at night goes alright hey 🌟
November 29, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Brisbane/meanjin at night goes alright hey 🌟
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they are removing a big australian beach christmas artwork from redfern station (a huge train station) because it's ai garbage. kangaroos have koala heads and some animals have missing limbs and one of them is WEARING A BRA
November 28, 2025 at 4:43 AM
they are removing a big australian beach christmas artwork from redfern station (a huge train station) because it's ai garbage. kangaroos have koala heads and some animals have missing limbs and one of them is WEARING A BRA
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It is with deep sadness that we share the passing of Emeritus Professor Graeme Turner AO FAHA FQA — one of Australia’s most influential humanities scholars and a towering figure in the Academy’s history. humanities.org.au/our-communit...
November 26, 2025 at 6:26 AM
It is with deep sadness that we share the passing of Emeritus Professor Graeme Turner AO FAHA FQA — one of Australia’s most influential humanities scholars and a towering figure in the Academy’s history. humanities.org.au/our-communit...
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'From silent retreats and digital detoxes to mindfulness apps, culturally we are always being sold that the way to unwind is to quieten things down. However, sometimes the most effective way to clear something is to flood it.'
Noise is a Healing Force: #MyBloodyValentine Live
buff.ly/dNtJSrP
Noise is a Healing Force: #MyBloodyValentine Live
buff.ly/dNtJSrP
November 25, 2025 at 11:00 AM
'From silent retreats and digital detoxes to mindfulness apps, culturally we are always being sold that the way to unwind is to quieten things down. However, sometimes the most effective way to clear something is to flood it.'
Noise is a Healing Force: #MyBloodyValentine Live
buff.ly/dNtJSrP
Noise is a Healing Force: #MyBloodyValentine Live
buff.ly/dNtJSrP
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Gary ‘Mani’ Mounfield, the Stone Roses and Primal Scream bassist, dies aged 63
Gary ‘Mani’ Mounfield, the Stone Roses and Primal Scream bassist, dies aged 63
Ian Brown and Tim Burgess were among those to pay tribute to Mani, whose death was announced by his brother and nephew
Gary “Mani” Mounfield, best known as a founding member and bassist of the Stone Roses, has died aged 63. The cause of death has not been shared.
His brother Greg Mounfield posted the news on Facebook: “It is with the heaviest of hearts that I have to announce the sad passing of my brother.” His nephew also shared the news. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 20, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Gary ‘Mani’ Mounfield, the Stone Roses and Primal Scream bassist, dies aged 63
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Kraftwerk helped invent modern electronic music. What happens to their legacy when a co-founder’s studio is broken up and sold off?
Kraftwerk’s equipment defined electronic music. Now it’s on sale to the highest bidder
theconversation.com
November 17, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Kraftwerk helped invent modern electronic music. What happens to their legacy when a co-founder’s studio is broken up and sold off?
Death to the Pixies! (not really ofc)
Fortitude Music Hall, Brisbane 🖤
Fortitude Music Hall, Brisbane 🖤
November 16, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Death to the Pixies! (not really ofc)
Fortitude Music Hall, Brisbane 🖤
Fortitude Music Hall, Brisbane 🖤
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The Socceroos brought me so much heartbreak. Then 20 years ago against Uruguay, it all changed | Declan Fay
The Socceroos brought me so much heartbreak. Then 20 years ago against Uruguay, it all changed | Declan Fay
Australian football finally reached a turning point on 16 November 2005. Thank goodness I didn’t accidentally wipe out Marco Bresciano at school
I almost didn’t go. I couldn’t handle another heartbreak. For 32 years the Socceroos got so close to qualifying for the World Cup, but then something catastrophic would happen. In 1994 they lost to Argentina when a ball deflected off Alex Tobin. In 1998 they were two goals up against Iran at the MCG, when an idiot invaded the pitch and ripped the net down, shattering the momentum, allowing Iran to come back. In 2001 I got up in the middle of the night to watch Australia get obliterated by Uruguay, so badly that players left the ground in tears. And I swore I wouldn’t put myself through it again.
But when the 2005 sudden-death qualifier against Uruguay came around, an old school friend had organised a bunch of tickets, and gave me one. “We have to go,” he said, “for Marco.” Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 15, 2025 at 11:03 PM
The Socceroos brought me so much heartbreak. Then 20 years ago against Uruguay, it all changed | Declan Fay
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Today's blog post is inspired by the discussion this week of the 1975 Dismissal. It looks at how Senate majorities have changed since federation, and the role of electoral systems in shaping them. I also put a case that it's multi-party politics that protects us from a repeat of 1975 #auspol
How the Senate has changed since 1975
There has been a great deal of focus this week on the events of the Dismissal of Gough Whitlam’s Labor government, fifty years ago last Tuesday. I have been particularly drawn to examining ho…
www.tallyroom.com.au
November 13, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Today's blog post is inspired by the discussion this week of the 1975 Dismissal. It looks at how Senate majorities have changed since federation, and the role of electoral systems in shaping them. I also put a case that it's multi-party politics that protects us from a repeat of 1975 #auspol
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The Pub at the End of the University
As universities implode, the world still needs us.
open.substack.com
November 13, 2025 at 7:18 AM
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Thanks to the Job Ready Graduates scheme, an arts degree today will cost over $50,000. How have five decades of government policy taken us from free education to this?
How did Australian universities go from free education to $50,000 arts degrees in 50 years?
theconversation.com
November 12, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Thanks to the Job Ready Graduates scheme, an arts degree today will cost over $50,000. How have five decades of government policy taken us from free education to this?
Freshly delivered! It’s a busy time for 50th anniversaries… look forward to diving into these pages and reminiscing on five decades of 4ZZZ radio on Brisbane’s airwaves 📻 🤘 @4zzzradio.bsky.social
November 12, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Freshly delivered! It’s a busy time for 50th anniversaries… look forward to diving into these pages and reminiscing on five decades of 4ZZZ radio on Brisbane’s airwaves 📻 🤘 @4zzzradio.bsky.social
Me too, screaming goat pillow. Me too…
Look, I know that fast fashion is terrible and I try to buy nothing new and repair what I have whenever possible. But my normal resistance to Temu ads is utterly undone by this objectively incredible item
November 12, 2025 at 3:24 AM
Me too, screaming goat pillow. Me too…
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AHA members Lyndon McGarrity and Ben Jones have co-edited a special issue of Australian Studies Journal, on "Histories of Northern and Regional Australia". Access the special issue at the link to read the latest work from a bunch of AHA members! australienstudien.org/australian-s...
Australian Studies Journal 44/2025 – German Association for Australian Studies
German Association for Australian Studies
australienstudien.org
November 11, 2025 at 11:45 PM
AHA members Lyndon McGarrity and Ben Jones have co-edited a special issue of Australian Studies Journal, on "Histories of Northern and Regional Australia". Access the special issue at the link to read the latest work from a bunch of AHA members! australienstudien.org/australian-s...
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Opinion | If there is not a legal principle that Nazis have no rights, it’s time we created it, writes Michael Bradley.
It's no accident that Nazis rallied in Sydney. Police waved them through — and now Minns wants to punish us all
The existing law in NSW is more than adequate to have avoided the images of Nazis outside state parliament over the weekend.
www.crikey.com.au
November 11, 2025 at 4:17 AM
Opinion | If there is not a legal principle that Nazis have no rights, it’s time we created it, writes Michael Bradley.
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Pictured: Sir John Kerr passes his responsibilities as Governor General of Papua New Guinea to Sir John Guise, September 16 1975. In his speech, Kerr welcomed how PNG independence was achieved peacefully and democratically, in accordance with the constitution.
Kerr's life was otherwise uneventful.
Kerr's life was otherwise uneventful.
November 11, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Pictured: Sir John Kerr passes his responsibilities as Governor General of Papua New Guinea to Sir John Guise, September 16 1975. In his speech, Kerr welcomed how PNG independence was achieved peacefully and democratically, in accordance with the constitution.
Kerr's life was otherwise uneventful.
Kerr's life was otherwise uneventful.
Tired: Whitlam dismissal
Inspired: Whitlam’s dismissal of Albert Field’s brief but impactful political career as Queensland senator (or ‘rat’, depending) in the mad months of late 1975. For Whitlam, “an individual of the utmost obscurity, from which he rose and to which he sank with equal speed” 🔥
Inspired: Whitlam’s dismissal of Albert Field’s brief but impactful political career as Queensland senator (or ‘rat’, depending) in the mad months of late 1975. For Whitlam, “an individual of the utmost obscurity, from which he rose and to which he sank with equal speed” 🔥
November 11, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Tired: Whitlam dismissal
Inspired: Whitlam’s dismissal of Albert Field’s brief but impactful political career as Queensland senator (or ‘rat’, depending) in the mad months of late 1975. For Whitlam, “an individual of the utmost obscurity, from which he rose and to which he sank with equal speed” 🔥
Inspired: Whitlam’s dismissal of Albert Field’s brief but impactful political career as Queensland senator (or ‘rat’, depending) in the mad months of late 1975. For Whitlam, “an individual of the utmost obscurity, from which he rose and to which he sank with equal speed” 🔥
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My post on Gough: "Gough dreamed of a country that never was, and asked why not?"
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
Gough dreamed of a country that never was, and asked why not?
The point.com.au
thepoint.com.au
November 10, 2025 at 9:49 PM
My post on Gough: "Gough dreamed of a country that never was, and asked why not?"
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
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Currently doing some marking. A reminder to everyone involved in archives and collections: digitisation is not preservation. If I digitise a box of records and put the files on a USB stick I haven't preserved a thing. It's all about what you do with the files post-digitisation. #archives #digipres
November 10, 2025 at 5:35 AM
Watched the ABC’s ‘Civic Duty’ show. Hoping that in retrospectives on the Dismissal and poring over the Whitlam government’s legacy there’s recognition for the advent of the Australian Electoral Office, statutory office forerunner of the Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) - a national treasure 🗳️
November 10, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Watched the ABC’s ‘Civic Duty’ show. Hoping that in retrospectives on the Dismissal and poring over the Whitlam government’s legacy there’s recognition for the advent of the Australian Electoral Office, statutory office forerunner of the Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) - a national treasure 🗳️
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Tomorrow is the 140th anniversary of Melbourne's first cable tram.
It's been 85 years since the last cable tram ran, and they're largely forgotten now but they laid the foundations of today's extensive electric tram network.
Nice story by Ishkander Razak
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
It's been 85 years since the last cable tram ran, and they're largely forgotten now but they laid the foundations of today's extensive electric tram network.
Nice story by Ishkander Razak
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
The public transport punt that changed Melbourne
Melbourne's history with trams goes back 140 years. The city got its first tram in 1885 and the fleet has grown to become the world's largest tram network.
www.abc.net.au
November 10, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Tomorrow is the 140th anniversary of Melbourne's first cable tram.
It's been 85 years since the last cable tram ran, and they're largely forgotten now but they laid the foundations of today's extensive electric tram network.
Nice story by Ishkander Razak
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
It's been 85 years since the last cable tram ran, and they're largely forgotten now but they laid the foundations of today's extensive electric tram network.
Nice story by Ishkander Razak
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
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I’m honoured to be featured alongside some of Australia’s biggest names in wonkdom in the summer issue of Inflection Points.
My paper is the culmination of 4 years work on declining civic participation — and why other researchers into the phenomenon have a blind spot for political parties.
My paper is the culmination of 4 years work on declining civic participation — and why other researchers into the phenomenon have a blind spot for political parties.
November 9, 2025 at 8:47 PM
I’m honoured to be featured alongside some of Australia’s biggest names in wonkdom in the summer issue of Inflection Points.
My paper is the culmination of 4 years work on declining civic participation — and why other researchers into the phenomenon have a blind spot for political parties.
My paper is the culmination of 4 years work on declining civic participation — and why other researchers into the phenomenon have a blind spot for political parties.
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It’s that time of year when too much Whitlam is barely enough! Here’s my addition to the fray:
theconversation.com/extraordinar...
theconversation.com/extraordinar...
Extraordinary and occasionally inept: before The Dismissal, the Whitlam government changed Australia forever
With a bold reform agenda and occasional administrative chaos, Whitlam’s three-year government had, and continues to have, a profound effect on Australian life.
theconversation.com
November 9, 2025 at 8:43 PM
It’s that time of year when too much Whitlam is barely enough! Here’s my addition to the fray:
theconversation.com/extraordinar...
theconversation.com/extraordinar...
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Anne Twomey is turning into a YouTube machine with her series on the dismissal of the Whitlam government—and now she's promising "a special video in a unique location" for the 50th anniversary on Tuesday. Constitutional and political history fans lesssgoooooo
Constitutional Clarion
This channel is about constitutional matters - largely Australian, but sometimes broader international constitutional issues. It is conducted by Anne Twomey, who is a Professor Emerita of the Univers...
www.youtube.com
November 9, 2025 at 5:26 AM
Anne Twomey is turning into a YouTube machine with her series on the dismissal of the Whitlam government—and now she's promising "a special video in a unique location" for the 50th anniversary on Tuesday. Constitutional and political history fans lesssgoooooo