Mike Jones
@mikejonesphd.bsky.social
Archivist, public historian, freelance consultant, museum researcher, reader, film fan, occasional musician/DJ, dad, queer, goth, Naarm resident, and maker of lists. https://mikejonesonline.com
Excuse me, but [clears throat] FOR FUCK'S SAKE WILL YOU STOP BASING YOUR WHOLE FUCKING WORLD AROUND FUCKING DIGGING SHIT OUT OF THE GROUND AND BURNING IT, YOU'RE DESTROYING THE PLANET YOU FUCKING INCOMPETENT, SHORT-SIGHTED, MONEY-HUNGRY BELLENDS.
November 26, 2025 at 5:38 AM
Excuse me, but [clears throat] FOR FUCK'S SAKE WILL YOU STOP BASING YOUR WHOLE FUCKING WORLD AROUND FUCKING DIGGING SHIT OUT OF THE GROUND AND BURNING IT, YOU'RE DESTROYING THE PLANET YOU FUCKING INCOMPETENT, SHORT-SIGHTED, MONEY-HUNGRY BELLENDS.
Exploring the new album by Liar, Flower, the most recent project of KatieJane Garside (of Ruby Throat, Queen Adreena, and Daisy Chainsaw) and Chris Wittingham (Ruby Throat).
November 24, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Exploring the new album by Liar, Flower, the most recent project of KatieJane Garside (of Ruby Throat, Queen Adreena, and Daisy Chainsaw) and Chris Wittingham (Ruby Throat).
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
This from the Conversation today. I have a different view to the author on what constitutes 'compelling'.
October 28, 2025 at 10:26 PM
This from the Conversation today. I have a different view to the author on what constitutes 'compelling'.
I have all my old CDs ripped and sometimes put the lot on shuffle to see what comes up. Tonight: Skinny Puppy.
October 28, 2025 at 10:22 AM
I have all my old CDs ripped and sometimes put the lot on shuffle to see what comes up. Tonight: Skinny Puppy.
What perfect album came out when you were 16?
July 27, 2025 at 10:13 AM
What perfect album came out when you were 16?
Australian universities. Where people going through bruising cost-cutting and change management processes decide to put themselves forward for Voluntary Separation Schemes (VSS), their vacant positions are then abolished, and the column headed 'Staff impact' reads: 'Nil.'
Fuck you ANU leadership.
Fuck you ANU leadership.
July 3, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Australian universities. Where people going through bruising cost-cutting and change management processes decide to put themselves forward for Voluntary Separation Schemes (VSS), their vacant positions are then abolished, and the column headed 'Staff impact' reads: 'Nil.'
Fuck you ANU leadership.
Fuck you ANU leadership.
The change plan for the ANU's College of Arts and Social Sciences (CASS) is online now. Here's the summary.
For the full details: d1zkbwgd2iyy9p.cloudfront.net/files/2025-0...
Solidarity with ANU colleagues today. Thinking of you all.
For the full details: d1zkbwgd2iyy9p.cloudfront.net/files/2025-0...
Solidarity with ANU colleagues today. Thinking of you all.
July 3, 2025 at 3:36 AM
The change plan for the ANU's College of Arts and Social Sciences (CASS) is online now. Here's the summary.
For the full details: d1zkbwgd2iyy9p.cloudfront.net/files/2025-0...
Solidarity with ANU colleagues today. Thinking of you all.
For the full details: d1zkbwgd2iyy9p.cloudfront.net/files/2025-0...
Solidarity with ANU colleagues today. Thinking of you all.
I hope any HASS academic wanting to move to Australia is clear-eyed in their assessment of the current university and research landscape. Otherwise they are likely to land in the middle of change management hell.
Remember the Dianoia Institute of Philosophy at ACU? #universities #research #academia
Remember the Dianoia Institute of Philosophy at ACU? #universities #research #academia
July 3, 2025 at 12:53 AM
I hope any HASS academic wanting to move to Australia is clear-eyed in their assessment of the current university and research landscape. Otherwise they are likely to land in the middle of change management hell.
Remember the Dianoia Institute of Philosophy at ACU? #universities #research #academia
Remember the Dianoia Institute of Philosophy at ACU? #universities #research #academia
Early 20thC Australian film director and producer John Gavin, setting a new bar for square jaws.
June 27, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Early 20thC Australian film director and producer John Gavin, setting a new bar for square jaws.
Just walked past this building in Canberra. As someone with a lifelong passion for the arts, I’m still depressed every time I see that department name.
June 27, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Just walked past this building in Canberra. As someone with a lifelong passion for the arts, I’m still depressed every time I see that department name.
Private families picking up the bill when government funding falls short? You’re talking about private schools. If I had my way the whole fucking lot would go to public schools. Fund your own damn hall/pool/sculpture walk. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
June 26, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Private families picking up the bill when government funding falls short? You’re talking about private schools. If I had my way the whole fucking lot would go to public schools. Fund your own damn hall/pool/sculpture walk. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Criminal. Civilian target. The world must speak out.
June 19, 2025 at 6:48 AM
Criminal. Civilian target. The world must speak out.
This does not look like a 'romantic comedy' #FilmHistory
May 13, 2025 at 12:33 PM
This does not look like a 'romantic comedy' #FilmHistory
How white middle class men got jobs in the early twentieth century.
May 12, 2025 at 11:36 PM
How white middle class men got jobs in the early twentieth century.
Stevie has found herself a pile of washing.
May 3, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Stevie has found herself a pile of washing.
"Act like universities, not like businesses"—good advice in any context, including Australia right now.
M. Gessen in the New York Times: This Is How Universities Can Escape Trump’s Trap, if They Dare www.nytimes.com/2025/04/14/o...
M. Gessen in the New York Times: This Is How Universities Can Escape Trump’s Trap, if They Dare www.nytimes.com/2025/04/14/o...
April 22, 2025 at 12:03 AM
"Act like universities, not like businesses"—good advice in any context, including Australia right now.
M. Gessen in the New York Times: This Is How Universities Can Escape Trump’s Trap, if They Dare www.nytimes.com/2025/04/14/o...
M. Gessen in the New York Times: This Is How Universities Can Escape Trump’s Trap, if They Dare www.nytimes.com/2025/04/14/o...
Some of today’s headlines. What a time to be alive.
April 10, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Some of today’s headlines. What a time to be alive.
“I don’t want my kids taught agendas, I just want them to be taught about Western civilisation” is the most LNP take I’ve heard in a while #auspol
April 8, 2025 at 9:19 AM
“I don’t want my kids taught agendas, I just want them to be taught about Western civilisation” is the most LNP take I’ve heard in a while #auspol
The kinder class next to my daughter’s made a cockatoo and it’s the most wonderfully horrifying thing I have seen in a long time.
April 1, 2025 at 7:14 AM
The kinder class next to my daughter’s made a cockatoo and it’s the most wonderfully horrifying thing I have seen in a long time.