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Stephanie Russo

@drstephr.bsky.social
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Australia's most important member of the BeyHive. Also do academic things. stephanierusso.net

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Stephanie Russo @drstephr.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I took my nephew to get his haircut and every single man at this barber has boasted that he has good hair but his friends are bald. EVERY SINGLE ONE. The male ego is fascinating.
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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
AI bros are almost universally freakish losers who should be put in labs and studied as to how they grew up around people and yet exhibit no traits of humanity worth possessing. futurism.com/artificial-i...
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AI Bros Are Having a Meltdown Because the Associated Press Stylebook Clarifies That AIs Don't Have Feelings
The Associated Press Stylebook posted a reminder not to anthropomorphize AIs because they can't think, trigger a meltdown among AI bros.
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Dale Townshend @dalegothic96.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
University departments that are doing away with research-led teaching and getting their academic staff to teach on broad, non-specialist modules instead are effectively deskilling their workforce.
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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 27/09/2026
Remember the random dude who got 49020939 articles of uncritical media coverage in the space of two days because he quit anthropic based on his fears of existential AI risk? Yeah..........he's a climate denier. So is the whole AI industry. www.crikey.com.au/2026/09/22/a...
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Stephanie Russo @drstephr.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
You can now pre-order The Palgrave Handbook of Shakespearean Biofiction! It is really pretty and I have a chapter in it on fictions about Shakespeare's parents and siblings: link.springer.com/book/9783032...
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The Palgrave Handbook of Shakespearean Biofiction
This handbook is the first to gather together, within one cover, the multitude of existing and emerging works connected with Shakespeare biofiction.
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Stephanie Russo @drstephr.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Kylie is our greatest ever Aussie 🤗
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Stephanie Russo @drstephr.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I wrote about the twentieth anniversary of Marie Antoinette! bibs-and-bobs-by-stephanie-russo.ghost.io/on-twenty-ye...
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On Twenty Years of Sofia Coppola's Marie Antoinette
I was a day one Marie Antoinette stan. It is hard to remember now, since the film has become so beloved and influential, but it was not popular upon release. It was booed at screenings in France, and ...
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John Delmenico @thebigjohnnyd.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
nice to see prime minister is putting his foot down and making it clear that if you hack the Australian government, he will say it is ‘concerning’ then roll over and continue with his plans to change the law so you can steal from Aussie artists
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The Cathy Wilcox @cathywilcox.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Why would you trust an industry founded on theft to self-regulate?
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Seamus Byrne @seamusbyrne.me · 24/09/2026
I guess it'll be a third radio spot in a row where I am once again calling for AI accountability as the only path to AI safety. No human gets a free pass for accidentally breaking the law. No company executive should get one for breaking laws at scale.
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Anthony B, @swearyanthony.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
These people (not "agents" - people) clearly have no intention to stop behaving so recklessly with the vast amount of computing power they have access to. We as a society have processes to address this, including "charging people with crimes when they do crimes".
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Stephanie Russo @drstephr.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Okay so where are the criminal charges against Altman et al?
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Smurfingbeer @smurfingbeer.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
If you've forgotten, Angry Anderson was a shithead.
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Susanne Gruss @susannegruss.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
A blazon, but for the middle-aged folks among us it's just a description of every body part that hurts, head to toe.
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Nick Feik @nickfeik.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Please someone write again about Albanese's peerless political instincts
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Stephanie Russo @drstephr.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
What on earth does this mean? Shakespeare's plays are in modern English.
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Stephanie Russo @drstephr.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
The new Guardian podcast on Pauline Hanson (The Populist) is great but utterly terrifying. These people are going to kill us all.
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Nick Feik @nickfeik.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
As his government approves its 37th new fossil fuel project
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No avoiding the cost of inaction on climate, Anthony Albanese says in New York
Before United Nations meeting, prime minister says Australians knows the impact of global heating as well as anyone
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Thomas Lecaque @tlecaque.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Do you know what makes for good undergrad research? SMALL CLASS SIZES WITH A LOW STUDENT TO FACULTY RATIO AND AN INSTITUTIONAL CULTURE SUPPORTING AND REWARDING GOOD MENTORING OF UNDERGRADS.
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agentcosta.bsky.social @agentcosta.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
This was fun- read, subscribe
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Shana @shanamd.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
I am SORRY for sharing something that was posted on the other place, but this is too good.
The future pope at a party with a caption “they don’t know I’m the future pope”
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Stephanie Russo @drstephr.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
I have a newsletter on historical fiction! So of course I started it by writing about Troye Sivan's new music video: bibs-and-bobs-by-stephanie-russo.ghost.io/party-like-i...
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Party like it's 1499: On Troye Sivan's Party
So of course I start off my newsletter with an article about a music video. Anyway, my idea with this thing is to write little pieces about historical fiction or literature or pop culture or anything...
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
One of the coolest things about people who don't have a lot of power taking a principled stand is it lays bare the complete cowardice of the ones who actually *do* have power when they fail to do even a fraction as much.
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British Association for Romantic Studies @bars.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
New on the BARS Blog - “Elementary, My Dear Austen”: Why Jane Austen Has Turned to Crime by @rjdashwood.bsky.social and @drstephr.bsky.social While the idea of the Austen crime novel might seem odd, crime and romance share some decided similarities... Read more at www.bars.ac.uk/blog/?p=6606
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ABC News Australia @news.abc.net.au · 01/09/2026
The Nerd Reich wants to destroy democracy, and its mask has slipped
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ANALYSIS: Silicon Valley fascism is waging war on democracy
The author of The Nerd Reich: Silicon Valley Fascism and the War on Democracy, has a warning.
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Robbie Moore @robbiemoore.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Honestly the first uni to market itself as an AI-free teaching institution is going to get a huge enrolment boost
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Robbie Moore @robbiemoore.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
“Instead of a group discussion or a tutor teaching you, it’s a class activity done with a robot,” the student said. “I feel like I’m teaching this robot how to take jobs away from my teachers.” www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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Macquarie University swaps in-person psychology classes with AI chatbot for two subjects
University’s move is part of trend that critics within academia say will lead to further staff cuts and the loss of ‘everything that makes the job worth doing’
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Stephanie Russo @drstephr.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Yeah that lazy wastrel Tiny Tim should have died in a ditch
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Stephanie Russo @drstephr.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Imagine pretending that you are care about policy and then turning in policy documents full of made-up BS. Just the most embarrassing shit imaginable.
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Elias Greig @eliasgreig.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
We've legitimised this filth in every way: "One Daily Telegraph article received dozens of comments on Facebook from people claiming that missing citizens who were not white weren’t Australian, which were later deleted. One said: “Hoping we have new vacancies in Australia that Aussies can fill.”"
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Australians missing in Nepal targeted by ‘heartbreaking’ and ‘abhorrent’ racist slurs
As families await news after the catastrophe, community members appeal for compassion in the face of hateful rhetoric
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Stephanie Russo @drstephr.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
This is a new one...was approached by a radio station in the US for an interview about one of my books. Only after I said an initial yes the dude let slip he charges $250 for "production costs". Um, no.
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Stephanie Russo @drstephr.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
I'm going to be at ConSYDeration on 13 September 2026 at Old Government House in Parramatta Park, speaking about alternate history and counterfactuals! Book your tickets at: sydneyfringe.com/events/consy... #consyd #consyderation #sydneywriters #speculativefiction #australianwriters
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ConSYDeration | Sydney Fringe
Sydney Speculative Scribes and WestWords have partnered to present an event for speculative fiction writers to meet as a community, explore ideas, refine craft, and form lasting connections.
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Library of Congress @librarycongress.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
The Library is devastated to learn of the passing of Dolly Parton, a music legend and titan of children's literacy. Her Imagination Library program has earned multiple Library Literacy Awards and, in 2018, she visited us to donate its 100 millionth book to our collection and host a story time. 🦋❤️
Dolly Parton reads to children in the Library’s Great Hall in 2018. Photo by Shawn Miller.
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Mo Ryan @moryan.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
you can build a bunker for you and your retainers & you can hoard your power & fame, you can worship nothing but ambition or status and stand by while people you might be able to help--in big ways or small ways--go without. Or you can be Dolly. All these things are choices. She made good ones.
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HuffPost @huffpost.com · 25/08/2026
Parton said she was inspired to start the program by her dad, who couldn’t read or write.
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Dolly Parton Gave More Than 332 Million Books To Kids — For Free
Dolly Parton Gave More Than 332 Million Books To Kids — For Free
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Stephanie Russo @drstephr.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
The worst news to wake up to 💔
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Stephanie Russo @drstephr.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Please can the asteroid come now
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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Good. Julie Bishop should never be heard from again in any role. An absolute cancer. www.smh.com.au/national/anu...
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ANU apologises to whistleblower after ‘indefensible treatment’
Academic Liz Allen named then-chancellor Julie Bishop and two other senior leaders as having threatened, bullied and intimidated her.
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Stephanie Russo @drstephr.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
"I have a podcast but I don't know why so I asked the plagiarism machine to figure it out for me"
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Michael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
The aesthetics of 50’s Hollywood musicals were just a joy.
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Bec Shaw @brocklesnitch.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
When anyone mentions Marilyn Monroe’s pill addiction I am honour bound to bring up her severe incredibly painful endometriosis that she had surgery on BACK THEN because it was so bad. She was considered unreliable by men when she was often in debilitating pain
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Elias Greig @eliasgreig.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
There's a peculiar stricken, heartsick feeling I get watching people give up their literacy to AI. Thinking about the centuries of struggle so many of our ancestors went through to gain even an illicit literacy — how can we give that up so easily?
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Stephanie Russo @drstephr.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Everything is terrible
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John Attridge @johnattridge.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
The first sentence of Wide Sargasso Sea doesn't get talked about enough as one of the all time great openers: "They say when trouble comes close ranks, and so the white people did."
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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 16/08/2026
"Why do the kids hate the filterless sociopaths who are destroying the environment and the economy and who monologue like James Bond villains?"
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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 14/08/2026
Meta is so unbelievably evil. They make a technology primarily designed to enable abuse, harassment and privacy violations, but also embed real disability aids. The tactic now is to use an entire community as human shields to defend against criticisms www.engadget.com/2236054/meta...
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Stephanie Russo @drstephr.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Young Talent Time was my biggest obsession as a child...such fond memories of dancing along standing on my lounge
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Adam @kels316.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
regardless of what the facts of the story are, "Dobby's grave" should be desecrated and any adult who has visited it hunted for sport.
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Sean Thomason @seanthomason.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
So embarrassing when people think the point of reading a novel is to know the plot, so a summary is just as good. The plot isn’t important, you rube. You absolute simpleton. The point of reading a novel is to find out what the characters are eating and start thinking about what you want for dinner.
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