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Jon Piccini

@jonpiccini.bsky.social
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Senior Lecturer. Reviews editor. Union Thug. ADHD haver. Writing a history of Australian empire. Pessimism of the intellect, optimism of the will. Tweets mine. He/him

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Jon Piccini @jonpiccini.bsky.social · 12h
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AHA (Australia) @austhistassoc.bsky.social · 19h
There's a new Past/Present column in The Guardian! Peter Prince and (Waskam) Emelda Davis explore the High Court's backing of ethnic cleansing in 1906, forcing the expulsion of 4-6000 Australian South Sea Islanders as "aliens". Follow the link to read more! www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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In 1906 Australia’s high court backed ethnic cleansing. That historical wrong and error of law must be put right | Peter Prince and (Waskam) Emelda Davis
A disturbing precedent that branded British subjects ‘aliens’ is made even more dangerous by the rise of populism today
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Luke Ontario @coolhand.bsky.social · 20h
I have no idea if this is true but the collage kills me
A black lemur in a leafy tree with its mouth open as if singing, beside an inset photo of Pavarotti striking a similar pose. Text reads: “New research shows lemurs use operatic techniques when they sing, to reach high notes.” Classic FM.
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Dan of the Year @downwithdan.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Ah yes the circle of life
• Dispatched
Sep 25 23:03 pm
In Transit
Sep 26 09:52 am
Delayed
Sep 26 10:57 am
Held By Carrier
Sep 26 15:07 pm
Destroyed
Sep 26 15:08 pm
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norman emailer @maximumchips.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Meta needs to release smart underwear
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Purplepingers ☭ @purplepingers.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
"the kitchen is on the alfresco" indeed it is i guess #shitrentals linktr.ee/purplepingers
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Jon Piccini @jonpiccini.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Keywords was published 50 years ago. A great book that really opened my eyes to the complexities of language.
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Jon Piccini @jonpiccini.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Crocodile attacks prove need for more habitat closer to population zones.
abc.net.au
OpenAI breach proves need for more data centres, major parties say
Labor, Coalition agree OpenAI's Medicare breach proves the need for Australia to secure "a seat at the AI table" by rolling out data centres nationally.
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Jon Piccini @jonpiccini.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
An important call to justice here 👇
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In 1906 Australia’s high court backed ethnic cleansing. That historical wrong and error of law must be put right | Peter Prince and (Waskam) Emelda Davis
A disturbing precedent that branded British subjects ‘aliens’ is made even more dangerous by the rise of populism today
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Jon Piccini @jonpiccini.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
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Alberta’s self-image as world’s only rat-free region shattered by discovery of rat
Province’s rat patrol called in to investigate as town of Bowden announces discovery of dead vermin
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Jon Piccini @jonpiccini.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I mean,
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Jon Piccini @jonpiccini.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Wild that A New Britannia, which went through four editions and sold 10s of thousands of copies, wasn't even an option.
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Boyd van Dijk @boydvandijk.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
My new article examining the ICRC's visits to political prisoners in 1960s Apartheid South Africa, including its encounters with Mandela and Sobukwe, is out now in the Journal of Global History. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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Humanitarianism, race, and the late colonial global order: Red Cross prison inspections in Apartheid South Africa | Journal of Global History | Cambridge Core
Humanitarianism, race, and the late colonial global order: Red Cross prison inspections in Apartheid South Africa
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David Rafferty @davidrafferty.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
"His Holiness decrees that the Spanish and Portuguese empires shall be divided at the Hobart-Perth Line. Those English savages can have the Brisbane Zone."
Terrible Maps - world map image of the closest Australian city
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Jon Piccini @jonpiccini.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Feels like a race now as to which happens first: govts ban AI or the bubble bursts and we all go back to regularly scheduled programming.
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Jay Edidin @edidin.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
One of my favorite cases of someone being Wrong on the Internet was a very earnest, very confused vegan who was telling people how cruel honey is; and it eventually turned out they thought honey was made by putting bees in a centrifuge and spinning them around until they threw up.
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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
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ᴡᴇ ʙᴜɪʟᴛ ᴛʜɪꜱ ᴄɪᴛʏ @webuiltthiscity.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
This genuinely made me laugh out loud today
HOW AM I DRIVING?
HOW DOES AN ENGINE EVEN WORK?
HOW CAN A LOVING GOD CAUSE SUCH AGONY
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Twonks @twonks.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Take a picture
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Jon Piccini @jonpiccini.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
If the existing order is losing legitimacy, why should the young not at least look with curiosity towards its supposed challenger?
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China-maxxing at the end of history • Inside Story
Under the mainstream radar, a “China time of life” swept across social media in the West
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Sadiah Qureshi 🦈 @sadiahqureshi.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Stunned and honoured by where my love letter to life living has reached. My profound thanks to everyone who made it possible: from beloveds who roared with me without reading a word, to the readers and judges who so kindly did, and found it worthwhile. I’m delighted to be in such company.
Wolfson History Prize 2026 Shortlist image, featuring Vanished: An Unnatural History of Extinction. The book is shown with the front cover and spine, against the Wolfson logo.
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Jon Piccini @jonpiccini.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Ouch
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Jon Piccini @jonpiccini.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
My "detaining visa overstayers will not lead to ICE-style raids" t-shirt has people asking a lot of questions already answered by the shirt.
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Abby Barker @abbybarker.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Now *that's* collection management.
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Sam Wetherell @samwetherell.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Some incredibly exciting news! My book about how Liverpool's history makes us think differently about Britain's past, present and future has been shortlisted for the Wolfson History Prize!
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Jon Piccini @jonpiccini.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
And they say comedy is dead
abc.net.au
Reza Pahlavi accepts Coalition invitation to visit Australia
The exiled son of Iran's last shah says he wants to be a "bridge" to democracy in Iran, not a candidate to lead the country.
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A. M. Vincent @vincent.northsky.social · 15/09/2026
Martin Guerre.
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Jennifer de Guzman Strikes Again @jenniferdeguzman.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
My daughter’s latest masterpiece
A painting of a round cat with small ears in a McDonald’s fry bag
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Christopher @chrissalisbury.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Wishing all who celebrate a happy international day of democracy from fair Queensland, the cradle of democratic norms and traditions ⚖️
A former premier practising ‘getting out the vote’ in the Queensland fashion
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Nick Feik @nickfeik.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
New investigation: How Australia is propping up an entire international commercial airline (and a dangerously mismanaged one) for its offshore detention regime:
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Why is Australia propping up Nauru airlines to keep offshore detention alive?
Here’s a question you’ve probably never asked yourself: Why does Nauru Airlines exist? There’s a simple answer – Australia’s offshore detention regime. Australia’s “resettlement” program in Naoero req...
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Amy Remeikis @amyremeikis.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Every single Pauline Hanson story reporting on her latest racist comments should also include that a court has upheld that she racially discriminated against Mehreen Faruqi.
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Dan Ilic @danilic.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Holy shit www.deepcutnews.com/p/queensland...
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Queensland LNP copies Trump’s playbook with conservative appointees
A string of appointments in recent months has drawn concerns the LNP is quietly eroding the independence of state boards
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ℳatt @matttomic.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
I'm sorry, a free what of what?
Costco ad seen at the store: 1 free Bucket of Mayonnaise with your first online order
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 14/09/2026
A spoonful of sugar: how South Africa’s weigh-and-pay shops are tackling ‘poverty tax’ head on
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A spoonful of sugar: how South Africa’s weigh-and-pay shops are tackling ‘poverty tax’ head on
Run by a social enterprise, the six shops operate from shipping containers across Johannesburg’s Alexandra township and sell food and household goods by weight in small, affordable amounts
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Jon Piccini @jonpiccini.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Pauline just recycling Hitler's talking points. Sad.
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Jon Piccini @jonpiccini.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Whyalla wipeout, there on my socials feed
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@ratlimit @ratlimit.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
I think this was ultimately the right move.
The passengers (excluding the hijackers) and crew on board Flight 93 were nominated for the Congressional Gold Medal on September 19, 2001.
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Jon Piccini @jonpiccini.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
There is nothing more sacred in Australian politics than Albo's mum.
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Jon Piccini @jonpiccini.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Tag yourself: I'm the second Che Guevara.
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Matt Golding @goldingcartoons.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
American football at the MCG @theageaustralia.bsky.social
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Parliamentary History Journal @parlhistjournal.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Are you an early career researcher with an interest in parliamentary history? We are inviting submissions of 10,000 words, including references, for our annual essay prize, worth £500. The deadline is 30 Nov. 2026. More details here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/1750...
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Parliamentary History
Click on the title to browse this journal
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Princeton University Press @princetonupress.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
In Cancelled Futures, @amit-singh.bsky.social examines how race, class, gender, and place shape the ways working-class young people in Britain envision their transition from education to work. Out now! Learn more: buff.ly/OQDddw2
Cancelled Futures: Class, Race, and Place in Post-Industrial Britain by Amit Singh
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History Workshop @historyworkshop.org.uk · 10/09/2026
The Radar Key grants access to public toilets and is a small but crucial part of the history of disabled people demanding rights and independence in modern Britain. Kirstie Stage explores the little-known history of this radical object.
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Radical Object: The Radar Key
The Radar Key is a small but crucial part of the history of disabled people demanding rights and independence in modern Britain. Kirstie Stage explores the little-known history of this radical object.
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Josh Smith @smithjj.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Excited that my first monograph, The Politics of Reading at the British Subscription Library, has been published by @degruyterbrill.bsky.social. The book examines the political, social and intellectual culture of late 18thC Britain through books and reading habits. brill.com/display/titl...
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The Politics of Reading at the British Subscription Library, 1789-1832
"The Politics of Reading at the British Subscription Library, 1789-1832" published on 08 Sep 2026 by Brill.
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Jon Piccini @jonpiccini.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Fetterman has crossed the Rubicon
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Tim Lyons @picketer.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
“Pack your boogie board bag carefully, says an expert who learned the hard way.”
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Charlotte Lydia Riley @lottelydia.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
I’ve reconciled myself to being to the left of any Labour government in my adult lifetime, but I didn’t anticipate that I’d also wildly diverge from them on whether masked gangs of fascist thugs should be allowed to break the law with impunity in the service of inciting racial hatred
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Adrian Vickers @avick.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
People have been slow to congratulate @evansmithhist.bsky.social, and he doesn’t blow his own trumpet
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