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Nicholas Bromfield

@nicholasbromfi1.bsky.social
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Academic. Political scientist researching public policy / admin & occasionally foreign policy via auspol + comparative analyses. Settler living on unceded Dharug country.

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Nicholas Bromfield @nicholasbromfi1.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Yo, signing out of the socials 'cause having one of those too distracted and procrastinating periods. Hit me up via email on the off chance you need me
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Nicholas Bromfield @nicholasbromfi1.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Geez these things are nice 🤔 liquidaudio.com.au/stunning-yam...
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Stunning Yamaha GT-2000L Turntable Service | LiQUiD AUDiO
Join me as I service what I think is one of the most beautiful turntables of all time, the Yamaha GT-2000L!
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Nicholas Bromfield @nicholasbromfi1.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Ah! My partner works for WSU out of the Kingswood campus. Hope the trip goes smoothly
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Nicholas Bromfield @nicholasbromfi1.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Whatcha doing out my part of the world anyways Mark?
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Nicholas Bromfield @nicholasbromfi1.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
So yes, agree probably most straightforward to fly to Kingsford Smith. Only about an hour out to Penrith.
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Nicholas Bromfield @nicholasbromfi1.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Yeah I know. Will be better once the metro opens to the WS airport, just not there yet
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Nicholas Bromfield @nicholasbromfi1.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Or you could ride a bike, the northern Rd has v good bike infrastructure now due to the airport upgrades 🤷‍♂️
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Nicholas Bromfield @nicholasbromfi1.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Yeah west syd is primarily hub and spoke east / west into the cbd, not north / south connecting up its hubs. Campbelltown to Penrith direct is currently car only, otherwise multiple train and / or buses
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Zack Furness @punkademic.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Hopping on for a quick second just to share news that my partner @daniellemaggio.bsky.social got a contract with @whiterabbitbks.bsky.social to do a UK version of her fabulous forthcoming book on @feministpress.bsky.social called Game is Her Middle Name: The Life & Music of Betty Davis
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Nicholas Bromfield @nicholasbromfi1.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
V v occasionally I miss working behind a bar. Then I come to my senses
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Nicholas Bromfield @nicholasbromfi1.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Ofc I left my book back in my hotel room 🙃
Pint of red ale on the bar
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Nicholas Bromfield @nicholasbromfi1.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Bennett is a sentimentalist at heart, he gets it
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Nicholas Bromfield @nicholasbromfi1.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
And now have a complete draft. *SO MUCH* work to do from here, but feels good to get over this initial hurdle.
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Nicholas Bromfield @nicholasbromfi1.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Oh, it's been stuck for months as I've had teaching, other papers, been sick, been travelling between capital cities for work etc. But finally broke the back of the findings - 30+ themes unpacked and mapped 😤
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Nicholas Bromfield @nicholasbromfi1.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
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George Bush Snr Simpsons meme: Hmmm... Good writing day. Good, not great.
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Nicholas Bromfield @nicholasbromfi1.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
I love New Order and this isn’t a new observation, but Bernard Sumner is not the lyricist that Ian Curtis was, is he
Ian Curtis; Bernard Sumner
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Nicholas Bromfield @nicholasbromfi1.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
The cute thing about this is when I order the hot (3 chilli) chicken they ask me ‘are you sure?’ with concerned looks on their faces (it’s not that hot) ❤️
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Nicholas Bromfield @nicholasbromfi1.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
When I come to Melb, I like to go to this Korean fried chicken joint and their ‘schooner’ always make me smile at the chutzpah ($2 coin for scale)
Tiny beer, purportedly a 425ml schooner, on a table. $2 coin for scale
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Nicholas Bromfield @nicholasbromfi1.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Me every time a lecture takes a whole day (or more) to write
Surprised Pikachu
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Nicholas Bromfield @nicholasbromfi1.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Elvis and a dunny
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The Drift @thedriftmag.com · 19/08/2026
Andrew Baker was also a “token black professor” at Bates College. But his perspective on the events Tyler Austin Harper recounts in his Atlantic cover story is very different. Read Baker’s side of the story online today. newsletter.thedriftmag.com/p/racism-and...
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Racism and labor at Bates: the other side of the story
Andrew Baker responds to Tyler Austin Harper
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Nicholas Bromfield @nicholasbromfi1.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Been sick for a week, better get cracking on the work I’m behind on! Computer: lol no, fuck you. Let me crash and refuse to boot.
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Monkey Working
ALT: Monkey Working
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Nicholas Bromfield @nicholasbromfi1.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Really don’t understand why a journal wouldn’t share reviews with all listed authors, both via email and in its submission portal. Anyways I guess I’ll hurry up and wait for my co-author to check their email when they get back from leave
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Nicholas Bromfield @nicholasbromfi1.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
I saw the Massive Attack show. I will say it’s interesting that a quintessential Gen X band is unpacking and forcing discomfort about the current politics and culture of the moment in a way that few otherwise are and / or doing so directly
Massive Attack | SydneyMassive Attack | Sydney
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Priyamvada Gopal @priyamvadagopal.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Something not been discussed much yet is the brand of diversity talk, esp around race, that Arday propagated, one entirely unthreatening & entirely palatable to neoliberal managers. It's pernicious in its own right, though he's hardly the only such. Perhaps that's a conversation for another day.
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Dr. Garrett Schumann @garrt.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Music in the twenty-first century is going to be so poorly documented for future scholars/curious people both because there are so few organized publication, digital and physical, and everything digital is so fragile and impermanent
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Nicholas Bromfield @nicholasbromfi1.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Nuked all my inboxes and achieved inbox 0
Feels good man wojak
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Nicholas Bromfield @nicholasbromfi1.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Solidarity fellow Friday rejection comrade ✊
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Nicholas Bromfield @nicholasbromfi1.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Paper proposal rejected day 🙃
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Nicholas Bromfield @nicholasbromfi1.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Album of the year? Album of the year? Three albums of the year!
Neurosis | An undying love for a burning world LPJohn Candy orange whip scene for the Blues Brothers
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Nicholas Bromfield @nicholasbromfi1.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Haven’t posted to the music and hifi thread *forever* so thought I’d drop a post and simply note that this is a rather good album innit
Television | Marque Moon LP
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Sam “The Great Pumpkin” Thielman @samthielman.com · 16/07/2026
I think one reason data center outrage is so pronounced is people spent decades recycling and composting and otherwise scrimping to offset energy use and protect clean water, and the second we hit an inflection point for cheap electricity the banking industry said we’re taking all of it, fuck you
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Nicholas Bromfield @nicholasbromfi1.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Obscene
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Nicholas Bromfield @nicholasbromfi1.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Just had the 5 yr old's bday yesterday and let's say that our norms re. gift giving aren't the same as her peers
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Nicholas Bromfield @nicholasbromfi1.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Not me once again singing the alphabet song in my head as I insert cites into my reference list...
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SML Jackie Chu Teaches ABCs
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Nicholas Bromfield @nicholasbromfi1.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Infuriating!
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Nicholas Bromfield @nicholasbromfi1.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
And in what world (but esp. one facing a peer reviewing crisis) do we need 4 reviewers on a paper??
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Nicholas Bromfield @nicholasbromfi1.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Sometimes you read the comments left by other reviewers on the papers you peer-reviewed, and you're like: did we read the same paper?
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Nicholas Bromfield @nicholasbromfi1.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Aus national sandwich!
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Nicholas Bromfield @nicholasbromfi1.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Doing some vagueposting again, but got some good news today that I am v pleased about. I hope to be able to share with youse all soon
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Rapid Punching Stephen Gilchrist Glover
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Nicholas Bromfield @nicholasbromfi1.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Ping @blairwilliams26.bsky.social
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Nicholas Bromfield @nicholasbromfi1.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
After emptying my recycling, Clive Palmer’s recent pamphlet remained stuck to the crud on the bottom and I’m sure there’s a tortured metaphor somehow here
Clive Palmer pamphlet, stuck to the bottom of a bin
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Nicholas Bromfield @nicholasbromfi1.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Got one too
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Nicholas Bromfield @nicholasbromfi1.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
The records on the bottom two shelves here have *no idea* what you’re talking about 😬
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Patrick Stokes @patrickstokes.com · 02/06/2026
Completely serious about this: one reason I have gotten so obsessed with woodturning? **It gives me back control of my attention**. I don't look at my phone, I'm not having my focus deliberately coopted by corporate algorithms that want to make me angry - and suddenly four hours have passed.
A large piece of Huon Pine on a wood lathe being turned using a skew chisel.
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Nicholas Bromfield @nicholasbromfi1.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Recently made a huge batch of mac n cheese for a get together (this is 1 of 2 trays), and was going to hand grate the kilos of cheese with a box grater until @shanavyre.bsky.social pointed out we had a food processor that could do that
One gronk and the most beautiful woman in the world standing over a big old tray of mac n cheese. We look slightly crazed because we’ve been cooking for 24hrs by this point in time.
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Nicholas Bromfield @nicholasbromfi1.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
They're all great but I love Emme Ruth Rundle. Maybe start with Marked for Death?
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Nicholas Bromfield @nicholasbromfi1.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Big Brave, Emma Ruth Rundle, Chelsea Wolfe...
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Nicholas Bromfield @nicholasbromfi1.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Camp Cope, Cable Ties, Jess Locke off the top of my head from Aus
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Nicholas Bromfield @nicholasbromfi1.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Taking a wee social media break for a week, maybe two. Shoot me an email to my unimelb address if on the off chance you need me. Cheers
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Man Says Peace Out and Disappears
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