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Roger Luckhurst @theprofrog.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
A frankly trying modern literature university job for someone, being forced to live in Lausanne on a very good salary for years on end
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Assistant Professor (Tenure Track Directly to Professor Ordinaire) in Modern English Literature - Lausanne, Canton of Vaud (CH) job with UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE - UNIL | 415561
The University of Lausanne seeks a tenure-track Assistant Professor in Modern English Literature, leading to Professor Ordinaire ...
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Jeremy Noel-Tod @jntod.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Nobody: Universities: what if we kept trying to expand while having fewer and fewer staff
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Kaz Cooke @kazcooke.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Dolly was a subversive, funny, brilliant artist. Wrote songs on violence & abortion, supported trans & drag folk, funded black kids' bands, kid literacy & vaccine research. She knew her own style, her own priorities, her own heart. A genius superhero who used her powers for good. Forever beloved.
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Melody Schreiber @melodyschreiber.com · 06/08/2026
All of the dystopic novels assured me our leaders would be more charismatic than this
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Guardian Australia @australia.theguardian.com · 05/08/2026
The RBA says rate rises don’t really increase living costs. But the data is clear – they very much do | Greg Jericho
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The RBA says rate rises don’t really increase living costs. But the data is clear – they very much do | Greg Jericho
The latest cost of living figures show interest rate rises are having an impact on household costs, despite what the central bank says * Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast In this year’s June quarter,the cost of living for working households rose a sharp 1.5%, driven overwhelmingly by higher mortgage payments. This is despite the Reserve Bank suggesting that interest rate rises are “not really” an increase in the cost of living. Economics and finance is purposefully confusing. Those in the know are pretty happy for you to be ignorant so they can carry on their operation without much fuss. The RBA and a few economists have been rather bemused by the results of an RBA survey showing that 25% of respondents “assessed correctly that higher interest rates would ultimately lead to lower inflation, while more than half indicated that higher interest rates would lead to higher inflation”. Continue reading...
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The Onion @theonion.com · 14/07/2026
Geologist Reunited With Beloved Rock He Studied 20 Years Ago theonion.com/geologist-reunited-wit…
Geologist Reunited With Beloved Rock He Studied 20 Years Ago
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Count Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Here it is. My manifesto for the 2026 Clacton By-Election. It's a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Join me, clean up Clacton and let's make 13th August Bin Day! #VoteBinface #VoteyMcVoteface #YesWeTinCan
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Adam Weinstein @adamweinstein.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
I'm so disillusioned, I almost don't even care who gets the FIFA Peace Prize next year
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The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 07/07/2026
Don't believe every housing headline. Or, as Chief Economist Greg Jericho puts it, maybe it's time to calm the farm. The latest data shows the outlook for house prices is more nuanced than the doom-and-gloom commentary suggests. Read the full analysis on The Point: theaus.in/4b7wym4
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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Shocked to discover FIFA is corrupt. www.foxsports.com.au/football/wor...
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BREAKING: World Cup fury erupts as FIFA overturn US star Folarin Balogun red card ban after Donald Trump call
BREAKING: Fury erupts as FIFA overturn US star’s red card ban after Trump call
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Eddie Burfi @eddieburfi.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
The greatest Mexico v England tweets you will ever read. 😂 As you were.
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Ablokeimet @ablokeimet.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Not only did the AFR let AI invent its fictional graph, but the journo (whether or not "assisted" by AI) got the story wrong by not getting the difference between preference flows & transfers.
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Matt Zoller Seitz @mattzollerseitz.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
Probably my all-time favorite quote about editing is, some clueless individual asked Martin Scorsese's editor Thelma Schoonmaker how such a nice lady could edit such violent movies, and she replied "Marty's movies aren't violent until I edit them."
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Ben Schwarz @benschwarz.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Bunnings, a giant retailer in Australia just dropped their updated privacy policy, and boy. they like collecting data: customer identity (gore PII), credit history, income details, images of you in store, online activity/habits/interests and of course, use cookies to track you across the web
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sam @samthielman.com · 29/04/2026
king shit www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Mamdani's eagerness to avoid Charles was clear, his team distancing themselves from the king from the moment the 9/11 ceremony, at the World Trade Center, was announced. "The mayor will not meet privately with King Charles. But the mayor will be at the wreath laying ceremony today," Joe Calvello, the mayor's press secretary, said in a terse statement on Wednesday morning.
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(a King Charles meets first responders who were involved in the rescue efforts after the 2001 attacks, at the 9/11 memorial. Photograph: Samir Hussein/PA)
It was hardly the treatment Charles is accustomed to, but as the day unfolded it seemed he may have gotten lucky by avoiding a private audience. Asked on Wednesday morning what he would say to Charles if they were to spend time together beyond the ceremony, Mamdani said: "If I was to speak to the king separately from that, I would probably encourage him to return the Koh-i-Noor diamond."
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Los Angeles Review of Books @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
"Even the most high-art novel is still a commodity to be traded for money—and literary fiction is only sacred when such business is invisible." Tom Williams on Laura B. McGrath’s “Middlemen”: lareviewofbooks.org/article/middlem…
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The Power of Fit | Los Angeles Review of Books
Laura B. McGrath’s new book looks at how the largely invisible work of literary agents shapes American literature.
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Scott Nover @scottnover.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
BREAKING: The Pentagon has fired the Stars and Stripes ombudsman — the role Congress created to protect the military paper's editorial independence — after she publicly criticized the DOD's overhaul of the publication. w/ @liamjscott.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
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Pentagon fires ombudsman overseeing military newspaper after calling it ‘woke’
Stars and Stripes ombudsman Jacqueline Smith said the Defense Department dismissed her without giving a reason, according to an email reviewed by The Post.
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Ben Eltham @beneltham.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
John makes the key point about the NDIS “rorts”: the system was designed from the ground up around unaudited private provision
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Patrick Allington @patrickallington.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
Vale David Malouf, a great Australian writer. My favourite Malouf books are the novel The Great World, his lectures on Australian consciousness, the short stories in Every Move You Make, & the poetry in Typewriter Music. His words will endure. #auslit textjournal.scholasticahq.com/article/2608...
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Provocatively calm: on David Malouf as essayist | Published in TEXT
By Patrick Allington. This article focuses on the political implications of Malouf’s calm but opinionated approach to his essays, as well as on how Malouf sets out to persuade readers.
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Alice Grundy @alicektg.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
Come along to the @gleebooks.bsky.social launch of @janecaro.bsky.social’s Vantage Point essay. You’ll laugh, you’ll get mad, and be reminded it was a series of choices that got our public education into this state and we can choose to correct course
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Senator David Shoebridge @davidshoebridge.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
Funny how the law and order guys never think it applies to them 🙄 He’s again blaming the courts, the protesters and those attacked by police all for his appalling and illegal attempts to ban dissent
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Dr. Amy, PsyD @dramypsyd.rmh-therapy.com · 13/04/2026
Were Were those the only two options
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good news everyone
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Potatoes are better than human blood for making space concrete bricks, scientists say.
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Pro-Algae Leftist @robinvetskeptic.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
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Colin Carlson @colincarlson.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
Two things we can do to stop the next pandemic: 1️⃣ Reduce wildlife trade.* (👉 *But: criminalization drives trade underground, and we find that illegal trade accelerates spillover. We need new ideas.) 2️⃣ Ramp up disease surveillance in wildlife markets, farms, and supply chains.
illegal trade, live animal markets, and time in trade predict the number of pathogens shared with humans
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Benjamin Dreyer @bcdreyer.social · 09/04/2026
I've completely lost track of what I'm supposed to be distracted from.
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Colson Whitehead @colsonwhitehead.com · 09/04/2026
"One paper’s acknowledgements thank 'Professor Maria Bohm at The Starfleet Academy for her kindness and generosity in contributing with her knowledge and her lab onboard the USS Enterprise'."
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Val @ BOOM Goes the Bride!! @valwrites.ca · 08/04/2026
"You're alienating half of your audience by being political!" The half:
A bagel sliced not in half but with a sliver cut off of the main body, as though the bark of a tree were being removed
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Chris Somerville @chrisomerville.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
100 books you must read over easter
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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
This is the most delightful thing I’ve ever read
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Wendy Harmer @wendyharmer.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
Anyone posted this yet ... thought I'd get in early. From the always hilarious (and much missed) @kudelka.bsky.social
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AusPoast @daryltractor.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Under a proposed gambling shakeup, children will only be able to access their Sportsbet accounts at recess and after school.
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Alice Grundy @alicektg.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
Just 1 example of the kind of thing unis are getting for their massive spend on consultants. ANU spent $6k on a "non-significant meeting" with a reputation management firm at which apparently no one took a note. That's more than a tutor gets for a semester's work thepoint.com.au/opinions/260...
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ANU spent $6k on a 'non-significant' meeting. Then why do they pay tutors even less for a semester?
Last year the Australian National University (ANU) was getting some bad press, so they engaged a company called Bastion Reputation to help with the media fallout from restructures and the heavily crit...
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Yung En Chee @yungenchee.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
The scale of Australian universities managerial & governance surrender/capture is ASTOUNDING "Twelve of the 14 universities had council members, who had substantive roles as consultants from firms such as Ernst & Young, PwC, KPMG, Deloitte, McKinsey, and Boston Consulting Group"
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As universities cut courses, spending on consultants and contractors nears $2b
Consultancies have been accused of infiltrating universities and wasting scarce public funds on questionable advice about cutting courses and jobs.
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Evan Urquhart @evanurquhart.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
I feel genuinely flabbergasted by the defiantly anti-journalistic approach of NYT Comms here. They're saying the NYT's reporting on the stance of the American Medical Association is correct, despite the American Medical Association saying their stance is different from what NYT reported.
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Nick Feik @nickfeik.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
One day it may even be able to transport passengers
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New Spirit of Tasmania ferry to be used as Dark Mofo floating art gallery
The new spirit of Tasmania ferries might not be available for journeys across the Bass Strait yet — but this winter, one of them will take on a new role as an art gallery, during Hobart's Dark Mofo fe...
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marque lawyers @marquelawyers.com.au · 26/03/2026
Self-censorship is what we are increasingly seeing now among Australian institutions, a consequence of the relentless efforts of the pro-Israel lobby, Murdoch media and both major parties to silence any dissent to Israel's acts. In short - it's worked.
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Patrick Allington @patrickallington.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
It's time for new ideas, new voices, new gatekeepers, new strategies, new incentives, new politics to support Australian culture and the arts. Submissions to the Australian Government's consultation on its new cultural policy close 24 May. #ausarts #auslit #revive www.arts.gov.au/what-we-do/n...
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Ellis Rosen @ellisjrosen.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
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Alice Grundy @alicektg.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
Read the full @australiainstitute.org.au submission here: australiainstitute.org.au/report/the-a...
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The arts need funding, not philanthropy
Artists, authors, musicians and other creatives have a huge impact on Australian culture, how Australians see themselves, and how the world sees Australians. Australia’s arts and culture cannot be pro...
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David Juurlink @davidjuurlink.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
Remember all the talk of healthy young people dying suddenly after COVID-19 vaccination? Our new study in @plosmedicine.org shows there's absolutely nothing to that. journals.plos.org/plosmedicine...
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Patrick Allington @patrickallington.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
Voted in the South Australian election. Always a privilege, even if I would have voted for the sausage in bread had it been on the ballot. #SAVotes
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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 20/03/2026
Good news! The final ENTSO-E report into the Spain blackout is out A complex stew of different factors, but "too much solar" is simply not even among them, let alone a major component. As always: the narrative built by fossil/nuke advocates was wrong www.entsoe.eu/news/2026/03...
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The final report of the Expert Panel on the 28 April 2025 blackout in continental Spain and Portugal identifies the causes of the blackout and outlines recommendations to strengthen the resilience of Europe’s interconnected electricity system. It was prepared by a technical Expert Panel of 49 members, including representatives from Transmission System Operators (TSOs), Regional Coordination Centres (RCCs), ACER and National Regulatory Authorities (NRAs), and was chaired by experts from two unaffected TSOs.

The investigation concludes that the blackout resulted from a combination of many interacting factors, including oscillations, gaps in voltage and reactive power control, differences in voltage regulation practices, rapid output reductions and generator disconnections in Spain, and uneven stabilisation capabilities. These factors led to fast increases of voltage and cascading generation disconnections in Spain, resulting in the blackout in continental Spain and Portugal.

Based on these findings, the Expert Panel sets out recommendations addressing each of the factors identified in the report to help prevent similar events in the future. These include strengthened operational practices, improved monitoring of system behaviour and closer coordination and data exchange among power system actors. The findings of the investigation also underscore the need for regulatory frameworks to adapt in order to support the evolving nature of the power system.

The 28 April blackout was a first of its kind event, and the recommendations aim to strengthen system resilience with solutions that are already technologically deployable. This blackout highlights how developments at the local level can have system-wide implications and underlines the importance of maintaining strong links between local and European system behaviour and coordination, while ensuring that market…
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Southerly @southerlylitmag.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
As part of our ongoing revival plan, the inaugural Southerly Poetry Prize is now open to all Australian poets. Entries from both established and emerging writers are welcome. #southerly #auslit #poetry #poetryprize
In the middle is the artwork 'Slumbering sea, Mentone' by Tom Roberts, depicting a seaside scene, with a purple tint. The text reads: "Southerly Poetry Prize. Submissions now open. Submissions close 15 April 2026. Visit websits for T&Cs and to submit."Purple text reads: "Southerly is excited to announce Australia's newest literary prize. As part of our ongoing revival plan, the inaugral Southerly Poetry Prize will open for entries 1st March with a submission deadline of 15th April 2026. All Australian poets are eligible to enter. The winner will receive a cash prize of $2000 AUD, with their winning entry published in Southerly 81.1 in October 2026. Along with all shortlisted entries, the winner will also be published in Southerly online. The judges for this year's inaugral prize are Paul Dawson (Southerly's poetry editor), along with esteemed poets Kate Fagan and Bronwyn Lea."
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Guardian Australia @australia.theguardian.com · 11/03/2026
Australian governments subsidising fossil fuel use by more than $30,000 a minute, analysis finds
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Australian governments subsidising fossil fuel use by more than $30,000 a minute, analysis finds
Australia Institute data finds state and federal subsidies for coal, gas and oil products increased 10% in past year, growing at a faster pace than funding to NDIS * Sign up for climate and environment editor Adam Morton’s free Clear Air newsletter here Australian federal and state government subsidies that encourage fossil fuel use and help drive the climate crisis will reach $16.3bn this year after leaping by nearly 10%, according to a new analysis. It found federal and state governments will pay or forgo the equivalent of $31,020 each minute in 2025-26 to subsidise companies producing and using coal, gas and especially oil, mostly in the form of diesel. Sign up to get climate and environment editor Adam Morton’s Clear Air column as a free newsletter Continue reading...
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Adam Keiper @adamkeiper.com · 02/03/2026
Lovely.
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