iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Dr GangGang @rachcunneen.bsky.social · 17h

This is hilarious. I guess I knew I was a Bernie sister. (Also, an interesting and detailed quiz - recommended)

Reposted by Dr GangGang

Nathalie @theuntamedshrew.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

A few years ago I had a flight of whimsy where I decided to plant some banksias right next to my loungeroom with the idea that one day I'd be able to casually watch black cockatoos from the comfort of my couch. My friends, that day hath cometh.

Lil black cockatoo head peeking at me through my window

Four black cockatoos in an olive tree eating banskia seed heads.

3543052

Dr GangGang @rachcunneen.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

It's the right time all the time. How f'ing embarrassing 😡

000

Reposted by Dr GangGang

Denis - The COVID Info Guy @thecovidinfoguy.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Kids housebound or bedbound with Long COVID created superheroes inspired by their experiences with chronic illness and disability. Their heroes find strength in resting, asking for help and compassion. The characters now feature in a 72-page full-colour comic, Long Covid Superheroes. #LongCOVIDkids

thesicktimes.org

Kids with Long COVID co-created their own superhero comic book - The Sick Times

Long Covid Superheroes showcases the bravery of asking for help, resting, and being compassionate with yourself and others.

319977

Dr GangGang @rachcunneen.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Reasons to be cheerful: bogong moths and dragon flies everywhere and the dams are full! #regeneration

A large eucalyptus tree and a dam with brown water

An Australian spring scene with a mountain, bush, a dam and a blue sky with clouds.

Green Australian bushland after heavy rain. There is a small stream running between the trees

1114

Reposted by Dr GangGang

Estelle Platini @estelle.eurosky.social · 30/09/2026

If you organize against institutional AI promotion, here is a template:

162

Dr GangGang @rachcunneen.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

#academicsky I've only just heard about this but at first glance I don't like it at all. #Turnitin have updated their End User License Agreement so they can use student data (ie work) to train their #AI models. Sounds grossly unethical to me!

001

Reposted by Dr GangGang

Olivia Guest · Ολίβια Γκεστ @olivia.science · 24/09/2026

Finally getting round to reading this: YES, @rjwatt42.bsky.social! > academia [now demands] conformity, compliance, obedience and that this is stifling universities to the point where they will cease to exist as anything other than a machine. The only escape […] is to make room for prophets.

Priests see a system as structure and then meaning.
They are rule-makers, rule-followers, averse to going outside a domain that can be managed by rules, by laws, by rituals.
How rather than Why.
Priests make academia predictable, navigable, safe.
Prophets see academia as a meaning and then structure.
They are meaning-seekers, story-tellers, uncomfortable with limitations and structures.
Why and then How.
Prophets keep academia focussed on its purposes.

14112

Reposted by Dr GangGang

DrAnnD @drannd.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

I introduced a student, future English teacher, to bell hooks and Gloria Anzaldúa this week. Noticing and holding onto a moment when the world gets a little bigger and a little better.

081

Reposted by Dr GangGang

Sandy Horne @sandyhorne.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

I heard rosellas outside. So I grabbed my camera and snuck out the back and waited. Amazingly, an adult and young one flew into my backyard. I wasn't very well hidden so it's a bit of a miracle they didn't skidaddle. The adult went down on the ground to feast on the freshly whipper-snippered grass 😀

2569276

Dr GangGang @rachcunneen.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

@janephuong.bsky.social has the best pictures of Australian birds on Bluesky 🐦‍⬛

110

Dr GangGang @rachcunneen.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

What Made the First Luddites Fighting Mad? Great piece @richardconniff.bsky.social The Luddites fought against low wages, unemployment & food shortages caused by the introduction of power looms. They were pro-artisanship & workers' rights. They were not anti-tech. Let's make Luddites sexy again.

richardconniff.substack.com

What Made the First Luddites Fighting Mad?

Companies were turning technology against their workers. Sound familiar?

130

Dr GangGang @rachcunneen.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Ooh I love them!! (Late capitalism, not so much 😕)

010

Dr GangGang @rachcunneen.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

It's truth telling and it's an essential part of the work of decolonisation. And that right there is why white policy makers don't want Aussie kids to know about it.

010

Reposted by Dr GangGang

Wildlife @worldwildlife.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Pink Robin (Petroica rodinogaster): This is a small passerine bird native to southeastern Australia. Photo taken by Nikki Long, Tasmania, Australia. #robin #pinkrobin #australia #bird #wildlife #pink

764080584

Dr GangGang @rachcunneen.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

@ettemedia.bsky.social - You're probably already aware of this guy and his grift. I know he's just one peanut in our great misinformation salad, but some coverage from you would bring a bit of fresh air and maybe some levity? What do you think?

000

Dr GangGang @rachcunneen.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Well I can't vote but y'all should, US friends! Please. Everyone on this little planet needs you to do it 🙏🙏🙏

000

Reposted by Dr GangGang

Helen Alexander @bawley.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Galah. Funniest bird without even trying.

522899345

Reposted by Dr GangGang

Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 14/09/2026

Coxon could've mentioned the environmental catastrophe of AI data centers, or how ChatGPT has led people to killing themselves and others. Instead, he retold a dramatized and manipulative version of the Hugging Face attack that left the AI labs blameless. www.wheresyoured.at/ai-is-alread...

At no point did Coxon bring up how ChatGPT was used as a “suicide coach,” directly caused a murder-suicide, or aided and abetted in mass shootings in Florida and Canada, or the horrifying gas turbines poisoning black communities. His own discussion of the Hugging Face attack — much like all of his criticisms — focuses on the anthropomorphization of large language models as this unknowable, unstoppable force, with no real responsibility for anyone involved.

114016

Reposted by Dr GangGang

Wildlife Nomads @wildlifenomads.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

You may know the American Robin. But have you seen this one? That bright pink chest belongs to a pink robin. Australia’s robins come in a surprising range of colours. #birds #australia #animals #robin

A pink robin perched on a branch, dark grey head and back with vivid pink breast and belly.

492430301

Reposted by Dr GangGang

Sandy Horne @sandyhorne.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Another snap of the Cazneaux Tree. Wilpena, Flinders Ranges.

21389

Reposted by Dr GangGang

lukelukeluke @lukelukeluke.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Here is a nice mushroom

A large and beautiful bear’s head tooth mushroom grows from the flaky bark of a dying maple tree in a sultry summer swamp. All photos by me

1875721603

Reposted by Dr GangGang

Sandy Horne @sandyhorne.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Another photos of the Sturt desert peas 25 km east of Blinman (4WD only, if you are thinking of going - and you'll need to be quick).

1333842

Dr GangGang @rachcunneen.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

And there's a double meaning in "everything is breaking"

001

Reposted by Dr GangGang

frankbongiorno.bsky.social @frankbongiorno.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

An evening of Australian literature, politics and memory with CoPI on 23 September at the University of Canberra with John Uhr, Kim Rubenstein and Andrew Dillon in conversation with Rachel Cunneen. Free event - more details and registrations at: events.humanitix.com/literature-g...

events.humanitix.com

Literature, Gender and Politics in Australia: A Launch and Panel Discussion on Writing, Postcolonialism and Memory

Join the launch of John Uhr's "Promoting Postcolonial Australia" and Panel Discussion on Writing, Postcolonialism, Memory and Catherine Helen Spence

044

Reposted by Dr GangGang

Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Mapquest for the win. (You too can rename Lake Ontario: gulfof.mapquest.com/lakeontario )

2324248855

Reposted by Dr GangGang

Ette Media @ettemedia.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

The British media is reporting that the late Cambridge University professor, Jason Arday, was at the center of a plagiarism scandal but the fact is he was at the centre of something far bigger and more toxic that the media had a hand in. www.youtube.com/shorts/xsSMr...

youtube.com

UK media hounds black professor

The British media is reporting that the late Cambridge University professor, Jason Arday, was at the center of a plagiarism scandal but the fact is he was at the centre of something far bigger and…

55425

Reposted by Dr GangGang

Prof Ray Wills @profraywills.futuresmart.com.au · 27/08/2026

It's not an "unseasonably warm" winter It's exactly the winter Australia's regional climate models from the 1990s and 2000s said would happen It's climate change And it gets worse next decade Perisher Snow Stake 27Aug2026 at 0cm www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08... (and thread)

15937

Dr GangGang @rachcunneen.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

It's nearly spring! Also, it's been unseasonably warm - about three degrees above average - which worries me. Today this kookaburra & I will just enjoy it though.

020

Reposted by Dr GangGang

Charles C Roseman @evoroseman.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

RE: freedom of speech, academic freedom, and race science. In this (long) thread, I’m going to 1) establish my bona fides on academic freedom and race science, 2) show why academic freedom and freedom of speech are different and… 1/34

519094

Reposted by Dr GangGang

Flight Free Australia @flightfreeoz.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Around the globe governments are banning fossil fuel ads. What are Australian politicians waiting for? thepoint.com.au/opinions/260...

0137

Reposted by Dr GangGang

Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

I love it how when I post images instead of opinions lots of people join me. Please keep sabotaging the stress and grind with beauty.

828010

Reposted by Dr GangGang

Viola Smart @smartvpants.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Optimist: The cup is half full Pessimist: The cup is half empty Teacher: By the end of this lesson, students will be able to identify and accurately measure the contents of the cup.

0397

Dr GangGang @rachcunneen.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

I see these ridiculously beautiful birds outside my house every day.

030

Reposted by Dr GangGang

Amy @lolennui.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

I guess this is just who I am now, I draw lemons to keep from scrolling

2697766

Reposted by Dr GangGang

Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

14/ how the whiteosphere thinks academics spend our time: - wake up - drink soy milk - eat vegan breakfast - take sex hormones - lecture students about Marxism - deface a synagogue - masturbate to footage of Stalin - trans some passing schoolchildren

326928

Reposted by Dr GangGang

Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

15/ how academics actually spend their time - emails - class preparation - marking - small bits of research - meetings - more email - teaching - more marking

428420

Dr GangGang @rachcunneen.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

I'm horrified by so much about Jason Arday's death. Too horrified to unpack it on social media. Relying on the post below to sum it up for now 👇

020

Dr GangGang @rachcunneen.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

#wordle today is ridiculous. That is all. Wordle 1,852 5/6 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ 🟩⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟩⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

0160