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Matt Fitzpatrick @kilderbenhauser.bsky.social · 7h

Sat down for a nice long chat with the podcast @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social to explore my latest book, 'A Pacific Power: Liberal Imperialism in German Samoa' newbooksnetwork.com/a-pacific-po... If you're a podcast listener, take a look!

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A Pacific Power: Liberal Imperialism in German Samoa with Matthew P. Fitzpatrick (Oxford UP, 2025) - New Books Network

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Deborah Lee-Talbot @colourfulhistories.bsky.social · 9h

Anyone wish to sponsor a historian with expertise in ethical AI policy to attend this conference? Also, what ever happened to accessible information? ONE presenter will be supported? In this "demise of universities" economy? unes.co/9g168o

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Call for papers: Advancing research on the Ethics of Artificial

Deadline: 30 October 2026 UNESCO and the AI and Society Institute at École normale supérieure (ENS-PSL), Paris, launch a call for papers inviting recent PhD graduates (within five years of graduation)

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Deborah Lee-Talbot @colourfulhistories.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Today's mood in one handy line: Bureaucracy is the parasite of capitalism. Thank you to my email inbox for sponsoring this early-morning sense of futility.

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Deborah Lee-Talbot @colourfulhistories.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Blessed be my beloved, who ran into the house from a car trip and said 'TripleR is talking about AI and ACADEMICS!' He's got my geek needs sorted. Better than flowers. Great episode of Uncommon Sense today. Well worth a listen.

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Deborah Lee-Talbot @colourfulhistories.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

My mother has just done the great "take the family photos" handover. It was oddly emotional to see my first study, in the first house Chef and I purchased. I did not choose that wallpaper. Posters, 100% mine. What was your first study like?

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Deborah Lee-Talbot @colourfulhistories.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Currently introducing the kidlets to the idea of Adelaide's pie floaters. This is going to be an interesting family trip. They seem a little...less impressed. What other food should we introduce them to in Adelaide?

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Deborah Lee-Talbot @colourfulhistories.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I'll be doing the late shift in Australia to dial in for this momentous AI and History conference, hosted by American Historical Association and Johns Hopkins University. Anyone care to join me? It'd be great to have a southern group chat :) Details below. #history #AI #conference

proflouishyman.github.io

AI and History Conference 2026

A practitioner-focused conference for historians using AI and computational methods, October 15–16, 2026 at Johns Hopkins University.

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Deborah Lee-Talbot @colourfulhistories.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Some Halloween tunes while I complete marking history assessments? A stormy day? Some earthquakes and aftershocks? Shucks. What a combo for this grown-up* goth. Tunes: tidal.com/playlist/22b... * Debatable

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Halloween 2026

Playlist - Halloween 2026 - 97 items

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Deborah Lee-Talbot @colourfulhistories.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Huh, so sending AI bots to a meeting instead of attending yourself is a thing now. Wonder what the percentages are for people who actually read the meeting notes and then follow up on them.

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Deborah Lee-Talbot @colourfulhistories.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Have I stumbled onto a new cure for the common cold? Currently surrounded by a heat pack, blankets, and the divine tunes of Prince and the New Power Generation. Here's hoping I get through the workday.

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Deborah Lee-Talbot @colourfulhistories.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

You would think, after four years of this commercial AI-BS I could write a set of guidelines for historians without being interrupted by tech-bros confessing to something stupid. This means I then have to -research the stupid act - explain the stupid act - remind historians they have ethics.

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Deborah Lee-Talbot @colourfulhistories.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

One of the perks of belonging to a hospitality/academic family is that public holidays lose all meaning and grant writing becomes the norm🙃 Anyway, happy conclusion to the season of short-shorts, big tattoos and ball-kicking to all who celebrate. #DayBeforeGrandFinalDay #AcademicLife #GrantWriting

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Deborah Lee-Talbot @colourfulhistories.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

The Digital Death Ethics Lab now has a website! Along with @patrickstokes.com Stokes, Adam Buben, & Vipra Chopra, I hope you find it interesting and a good way to stay in touch with the fast-paced field of Digital Death Ethics.

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Deborah Lee-Talbot @colourfulhistories.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Get some policy & ethical practice for research and industry before widespread adoption. Then, maybe, you won't think widespread use and I integration will be ideal. Australia politics live: Labor & Coalition party rooms to consider deal on gambling ads; Labor wants to adopt AI ‘everywhere we can’

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Australia politics live: Labor and Coalition party rooms to consider deal on gambling ads; Labor wants to adopt AI ‘everywhere we can’

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Warwick Anderson @wombatscholar.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

TWO great jobs in History and Philosophy of Science at Sydney! Rank from Lecturer (Assistant Prof) to Assoc Prof. Particularly interested in candidates working in the areas of early modern science, or science or medicine in Asia, or Indigenous knowledge systems... #HPS #STS #histstm #histsci

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Lecturer/Senior Lecturer/Associate Professor to the School of History and Philosophy of Science - Camperdown, Australia job with UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY | 410910

Build your research and apply your expertise by contributing as a Lecturer/Senior Lecturer/Associate Professor to the School of History and Philos...

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Deborah Lee-Talbot @colourfulhistories.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Steampunker: one who cobbles together a satisfying career from a mixture of academic and professional contracts. Yeah, hearing this one delighted me a lot! 🤓

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Deborah Lee-Talbot @colourfulhistories.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Who caused more chaos: Elvis or Johnny Cash?

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Deborah Lee-Talbot @colourfulhistories.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

I saw a post where a commenter asked if the content was AI. When the researcher (neuroscience) said they were human, the commenter asked, so where'd you get all that information from, huh? Like it was some kind of gotcha. I really fear for people without curiosity & research awareness.

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Deborah Lee-Talbot @colourfulhistories.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Doing a census with two adult children, who are also nerds, is so much fun. Questions with the most discussion: religion (yes, I regret telling them we answered Jedi that one time), and gender. A full night's entertainment in one little government funding bubble.

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Deborah Lee-Talbot @colourfulhistories.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

How many craft projects does it take to keep me out of the office on a rainy weekend? Five and a small lego kit. Working from a home space has challenges, especially when I'm mid-writing for a project and the weather's miserable. But taking breaks on weekends... It's such a privilege to do so.

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Deborah Lee-Talbot @colourfulhistories.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

I put this cross-stitch down months ago last year, as Chef had extended leave due to an injury. And what good is a Xmas surprise if he sees it being made? In the meantime, I completed little projects. And now I've come back to it with more skills, a keener eye, and a happiness to be back at it.

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Australian Policy and History @auspolicyhistory.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Today, a piece from @colourfulhistories.bsky.social on the PM's proposal for the world's first national framework on AI. Dr Lee-Talbot flags that Albo skipped a crucial aspect: data sovereignty, an issue with a long history that 'has implications for every Australian'. aph.org.au/2026/08/aust...

aph.org.au

Australians need more than rhetorical assertions about sovereignty | Australian Policy and History

The Office of AI is a template, not a plan

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Deborah Lee-Talbot @colourfulhistories.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

I'm going to tell Chef the only acceptable display of his love is kransky flowers:

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Deborah Lee-Talbot @colourfulhistories.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

After encountering labour exploitation and the generosity of genuine mentorship in one day, it's quite a mind-slap.

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Batman Slapping Robin Meme

ALT: Batman Slapping Robin Meme

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Kris Inwood @kris-inwood.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Traditional historical sources have hidden women’s engagement with the economy, according to Cath Bishop & coauthors, who introduce a new issue of the Asia-Pacific EcHR on women & finance with a thoughtful lit review & fascinating examples from Aotearoa New Zealand & Australia!

doi.org

Making, spending and saving: Women and money in Australasia

Moneymaking, investment and the giving and receiving of loans are often portrayed historically as men's business. Even female spending was patrolled by men. This article, and the special issue it int....

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Deborah Lee-Talbot @colourfulhistories.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Check out the ABC News Daily ep. (3 Aug) to hear how women have absolutely no protection from men using these glasses for their perverse and misogynistic pleasure. Australians need more than the PM's assertions of sovereignty. Will the Office of AI fix this before harm is done?

theguardian.com

Kmart sells out of low-cost rival to Meta camera glasses across Australia amid warnings of ‘privacy nightmare’

Expert says people face being filmed without their consent as $89 Anko smartglasses sell out in stores and online

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Deborah Lee-Talbot @colourfulhistories.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Me: I'm going to the movies for pulp-tastic goodness. **2.5 hours later ** Me: Yeah, the film was good, but the casual acceptance and empty critiques of AI are gonna bother me in the wee hours.

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Deborah Lee-Talbot @colourfulhistories.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

As part of our Gary Oldman movie month, the Lee-Talbots are now watching The Darkest Hour. I'm 💯 using this time for funtime fact checking.

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Gary Oldman as Winston Churchill: Never Surrender

ALT: Gary Oldman as Winston Churchill: Never Surrender

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Deborah Lee-Talbot @colourfulhistories.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Funtimes in the winter sun on Wurundjeri Country

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Deborah Lee-Talbot @colourfulhistories.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Medusa came into my craft kit as Mx18 asked me what I wanted for Christmas. I asked for the gift of crafting time. A couple of years later...she is done. Time is so...flexible. 🤓

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Deborah Lee-Talbot @colourfulhistories.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

WTF?! This is just taking the piss, surely.

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Deborah Lee-Talbot @colourfulhistories.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

One project presentation, one opinion piece, one journal article and drafting a workshop about grant management make for a very tired historian this week. I need a forest stomp.

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Relaxing in a Sunny Flower Field

ALT: Relaxing in a Sunny Flower Field

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Deborah Lee-Talbot @colourfulhistories.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Sometimes the greatest joy of presenting research is watching the women in the room smile at each other when I say, "Women's histories are crucial to understanding the past.". Doesn't have to be one person in particular. Just that group sense of "we matter".

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Deborah Lee-Talbot @colourfulhistories.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

'Wilson, who is department chair and professor of classical studies at the University of Pennsylvania, also went on the attack in an interview with the Sunday Times...' This is why we can't have nice things. The distinction between 'attack' and evidenced critique is not acknowledged by some.

theguardian.com

‘I would be ashamed to have written any part of this’: Odyssey translator Emily Wilson attacks Nolan blockbuster

Wilson, whose work on Homer’s epic was praised by Nolan, said his film was grandiose and superficial with ‘nothing convincing to say’

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Deborah Lee-Talbot @colourfulhistories.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

As a junior historian, I once had the greatest afternoon, sitting in Niel Gunson's front living room, asking him questions about his journey as a Pacific historian and how he worked in London archives. Super grateful there's an online link to attend this event tomorrow:

cass.anu.edu.au

Unboxing the Historian: Sources and Surprises in the Neil Gunson Archive

What remains of the scholar when the man is gone? A great mass of paper is one answer: paper with major potential for future researchers. To realise that potential, by turning an inchoate heap of mate...

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Deborah Lee-Talbot @colourfulhistories.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Teeth were gritted, all reviewers' comments addressed (except the one that didn't improve the article's argument and were outside my scope). Just a logic read and footnotes correction needed. **exhale**

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Deborah Lee-Talbot @colourfulhistories.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Today, on the bingo card of bad shit people do while claiming to invest in teaching: Dehumanising feminised professions. That's almost a librarian's wage. Think of all the books that could have been purchased. Or, wait for it, an actual teacher. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

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‘Really inappropriate’: teachers decry plan for humanoid robot in New York high school

Robot from company that acquired sex doll maker to be introduced in school with large Native American population

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Deborah Lee-Talbot @colourfulhistories.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

She's so close to being completed. So close. 🙃

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Deborah Lee-Talbot @colourfulhistories.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

'The order went so far as to suggest that the signage inform potential museum visitors of locations where American history is better presented.' Maybe they'll redirect people to the dino/flat earther/ fundamentalist Christian funpark? Seriously, keep those histories complex people.

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Alan Lester @alanlester.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Do listen to this masterful exposition of the links between trans-Atlantic slavery and Australian settler colonisation from the brilliant & meticulous Zoe Laidlaw (working with @janelydon.bsky.social) www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...

abc.net.au

How British slave money flowed to colonial Australia - ABC listen

In 1833, slavery in the British Empire was abolished, but not without a massive compensation scheme paid out to slave owners. Some of that money flowed to colonial Australia. Two-thirds of Australia's...

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Deborah Lee-Talbot @colourfulhistories.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

☔️ I have a rainy day at home tomorrow. I'm not afraid to use it. 🪡

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