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TarZangief @tarzangief.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

"Neutral in the culture war"

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Micaela Pattison @micaelapattison.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

100% All laid out so perfectly. It´s all stuff we know, but there's a very welcome boldness in this manner of laying out each element of the argument in a way that demands a direct response, leaving little room for obfuscation.

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Alex Harvey @alexharvv.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Does anyone per-chance have access to this chapter: Sager, A (2002) 'Hungarians as vremde in Medieval Germany' in: Meeting the Foreign in the Middle Ages by Classen, A.

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Micaela Pattison @micaelapattison.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

All of this. Does it look/ feel like academic freedom when 'strategic career advice' for grad students & those seeking jobs/ funding/ tenure/ survival in their jobs consistently amounts to a call to pivot, play down disciplinary expertise, or creatively pass off projects as something more palatable?

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Bécquer Seguín @becquer.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

Yesterday, I was on @sobremesapod.bsky.social, hosted by the wonderful @eoghangilmartin.bsky.social, to talk about why Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez seems to be loved everywhere but in his own country. (Link in the thread, which includes other related links.)

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Micaela Pattison @micaelapattison.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

God's work reading that one so others don't have to, Jane. 🙏 I'm left wondering if you are quiet reader, or rather, a demonstrative huffer and puffer with a propensity to put the book down to vent about it to anyone unlucky enough to be in the vicinity, or in one of my WhatsApp groups. 😅

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Micaela Pattison @micaelapattison.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

Oh gosh, he looks so happy. Beautiful pic, Bodie. I'm glad it's brought you happiness in difficult times.

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Micaela Pattison @micaelapattison.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

Nice! Congratulations. Volume looks great.

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Micaela Pattison @micaelapattison.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

I was was just about to write 'now finish pushing out the transphobes' 😅

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Micaela Pattison @micaelapattison.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

I note the signature of a researcher at the CSIC's AI Research Institute in Barcelona and can't help thinking that it's precisely these researchers we need to connect with and learn from (ie. rather than the cynical acolytes churning out SoTL publications like they're PR briefs.)

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Micaela Pattison @micaelapattison.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

Really interested to hear what Australian educators/ academics think about the framing of this open letter.

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Micaela Pattison @micaelapattison.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

"This is more than shortsighted – it’s self-sabotage. When we hollow out the teaching profession, we undermine our children’s future. When we strip away specialist programs like Tesol [..] we deepen inequality, leaving the most vulnerable students further behind." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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Something is rotten in Australia’s tertiary education. And UTS’s suspension of teaching courses is one of its biggest disgraces | Isobel Crealy

If preparing teachers for NSW during an ongoing teacher shortage isn’t a public good, what is?

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Micaela Pattison @micaelapattison.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

I didn't rush out to buy but listed with interest when he gives the gist of it in Novara interview. www.youtube.com/watch?v=FGo8...

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Liberalism is in Trouble | Aaron Bastani meets Francis Fukuyama | Downstream

YouTube video by Novara Media

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Micaela Pattison @micaelapattison.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

Bahaha. Ouch. Have you looked at his more recent 'uh oh, liberalism is in trouble' book?

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Micaela Pattison @micaelapattison.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

Happy Antifascist Pasta Day to all who observe the holiday! 🍝✊

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Micaela Pattison @micaelapattison.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

Música para muñecas! 🙌 Como burguesa arruinada transfeminista, cómo no voy a apoyar este proyecto?

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Micaela Pattison @micaelapattison.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

From what we know of him, I think he'll be grand with the 'titled' Sevillanos. Give him some pastel linens, good quality brown leather, an expensive cardy over the shoulders; and the business he knows best... - He and the new fam will be uña y carne in no time!

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Micaela Pattison @micaelapattison.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

My sincere thanks to @jordanas.bsky.social @zorasimic.bsky.social and Ben Silverstein for this important piece. Full article: ‘We open our eyes despite the pain it causes’: a role for historians in these genocidal times www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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‘We open our eyes despite the pain it causes’: a role for historians in these genocidal times

Published in History Australia (Ahead of Print, 2025)

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Micaela Pattison @micaelapattison.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

Absolutely! (apologies for late reply)

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Micaela Pattison @micaelapattison.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

This one made me think of Cristina. 🦄🦕🐀🧚

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Nic Anstett @nicanstett.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

So, the National Endowment for the Arts announced today that they are reworking the guidelines for all 2026 grants and will be prioritizing projects that center the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. It's now just a propaganda fund. www.arts.gov/news/press-r...

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Updates on National Endowment for the Arts FY 2026 Grant Opportunities

The National Endowment for the Arts is updating its FY 2026 grant guidelines, with deadlines in March and July 2025. These changes impact organizations applying in the Grants for Arts Projects or Chal...

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AHA (Australia) @austhistassoc.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

The AHA strongly opposes Minister Jason Clare's call for the ARC to investigate Dr Randa Abdel-Fattah's grant. Such political interference, which the Minister promised to end, undermines the integrity of the ARC and its independent, peer-review processes.

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Micaela Pattison @micaelapattison.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

It truly was. Though we were later given insights into some responses the leadership team offered when given the same exercise and I couldn't help noticing that the nature of my group's optimism was somewhat different to theirs. Oddly enough.

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Micaela Pattison @micaelapattison.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

At a faculty planning meeting we were placed into groups and asked to discuss various 'apocalyptic' scenarios. I can't be the only one who thinks this all sounds kinda amazing. 🤔 #Goals

Black poster reads: Extinction Era Universities: Climate disaster is well underway, resulting in global food and water insecurity, uprisings and mass movements of people.

Universities lead the global response. They no longer compete for funding or prestige, but work through global research networks focused on coordinated responses to planetary crises. The internet persists, enabled by green power, but it is restricted to research, education, community and government uses only.

Borders are erased to support mass migration. Money no longer exists: collective assets are redistributed to empower sustainable local management. All activity operates according to an ‘eco bottom line’ in which value accumulates to individuals, organisations and regions on the basis of the work they do to support survival and enable renewability. University teaching is transformed into mass public survival education and is conducted through open education networks and local learning collectives.

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Juan José Ponce Vázquez @jjponcevazquez.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

This is hilarious. They go to Spain twice for vacation, decide to relocate to live the “European lifestyle,” they move to Santander (of all places) and then complains about the weather being too rainy, the siesta time because she can’t shop..Where do you think you are??🤣🤣 www.cnn.com/travel/ameri...

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She relocated to Spain in 2022, but after struggling to adapt, this American woman has packed up and returned home | CNN

After vacationing in Spain a few times, Cristina Martinez, from the US, felt enamoured with the European country and was eager to return – for good. She left Miami for Spain in 2022, but decided to re...

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Micaela Pattison @micaelapattison.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

100% Lol. Though I won't pretend I don't somewhat relish the image of someone so irritating being driven out by all those the hordes of okupas running around *checks notes again to be sure* Santander! 🤣

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Micaela Pattison @micaelapattison.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

🤣 I was giggling and rolling my eyes until "The country has a big problem with squatters, if you buy a property over there, you run the risk of it being occupied". Cristina is quite insufferable.

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Arts and Humanities Alliance @artsandhums.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

The Arts and Humanities Alliance have written an open letter to Bridget Philippson, Secretary of State for Education, on the recently announced cuts across the sector. We are concerned that these measures disproportionately affect our disciplines and call for an urgent government review.

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Micaela Pattison @micaelapattison.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

chng.it/WccdwysvFT Please sign to defend Academic Freedom & Pro-Palestinian Voices – Stand with Dr. Randa Abdel-Fattah - Sign the Petition!

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Sign the Petition

Defend Academic Freedom & Pro-Palestinian Voices – Stand with Dr. Randa Abdel-Fattah

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Micaela Pattison @micaelapattison.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

I'd already read with great interest the goldfish blog and Hare's piece, but there was something about logging back on here and seeing the reposts with your few-fucks-to-give face that just warmed my heart like you wouldn't believe. 😍 🙌

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Micaela Pattison @micaelapattison.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

But the creepiness is also part of what makes those of us who do social and cultural history of same period elsewhere so damn jealous 🤣

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Micaela Pattison @micaelapattison.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

Needed that version of the major stories 😆

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The Conversation AUNZ @aunz.theconversation.com · 27/01/2025

Australia was a trailblazer from the inception of International Women’s Year. But despite the gains, there are still forces pushing back against women’s empowerment.

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1975 was declared International Women’s Year. 50 years on, the ‘revolution in our heads’ is still being fought

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Micaela Pattison @micaelapattison.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

Enough already. The damage that's been done to Australian universities is irreparable. Collegial governance now!

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