Reposted by @simonmusgrave.bsky.socialClaire @chirila.bsky.social · 21/09/2026This is an amazing story and beautiful work! Gives me hope that the Berndt collection may be playable 084
simonmusgrave.bsky.social @simonmusgrave.bsky.social · 16/09/2026An error message which is a classic of the genre: Backend exited before liveness with exit code: 1. 000
Reposted by @simonmusgrave.bsky.socialAustralian Research Data Commons (ARDC) @ardc.edu.au · 08/09/2026Introducing the Australian Internet Observatory (AIO) Platform for #DigitalPlatform Research 📅24 Sept, 1pm AEST - Online Register now > ow.ly/yul850ZKsag #DigitalHumanities #AIO #socialdata #socialmediadata #InternetObservatory 022
Reposted by @simonmusgrave.bsky.socialAustralian Research Data Commons (ARDC) @ardc.edu.au · 07/09/2026Working With Text #Workshops: From Interview Transcripts to 125 years of Hansard 📅29 to 30 September 📍The University of Sydney 3 free in-person workshops for researchers. Each session stands alone: register for one, or come to all. Register: ow.ly/ygbP50ZJXyk #TextAnalysis #HASS #skillsow.lyJoin 3 free hands-on workshops at the University of Sydney for researchers who work with text. No coding needed.Join 3 free hands-on workshops at the University of Sydney for researchers who work with text. No coding needed. 033
simonmusgrave.bsky.social @simonmusgrave.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Times must really be tough - I just saw a TV ad for Penfolds Grange. 010
simonmusgrave.bsky.social @simonmusgrave.bsky.social · 04/09/2026And it all applies to Australia as well - we are just further away and less visible to Americans. 000
Reposted by @simonmusgrave.bsky.socialAndré Brett @drdrehistorian.bsky.social · 02/09/2026This is a crucial national institution so emaciated already that Archives NZ shut down its digitisation programme and its digitisation on demand service in 2024. It is already pared to the bone, and then some. The only thing that should be happening is the govt pledging more funds and more staff 12710
simonmusgrave.bsky.social @simonmusgrave.bsky.social · 01/09/2026A couple of things I heard/read recently make me concerned about our collective numeracy. 1/ 100
simonmusgrave.bsky.social @simonmusgrave.bsky.social · 28/08/2026I just listened to this - it's a wild ride! I think I will need a few more listens to get my ears around it. outhere-music.com/en/albums/ma...outhere-music.comMahler: Symphony No. 5 on Period InstrumentsFollowing the critical and public success of Mahler’s Symphony No. 9, Philipp von Steinaecker and the Mahler Academy Orchestra continue their recording of Mahler’s symphonies on period instruments wit... 000
simonmusgrave.bsky.social @simonmusgrave.bsky.social · 12/08/2026I was delighted to learn something this morning about the online behaviour of fairy penguins. Apparently they have 'high site fidelity'. 000
Reposted by @simonmusgrave.bsky.socialAustralian Research Data Commons (ARDC) @ardc.edu.au · 10/08/2026Text as #data, but code not your thing? 🧶 Free online workshop, Fri 28 Aug: Join a guided tour of point-and-click #TextAnalysis with LDaCA Wordflow, followed by a hands-on workshop with the new #GenAI Annotation tool. ardc.edu.au/event/text-a... #HASS @sydney-crf.bsky.socialardc.edu.auText Analytics Without Code: LDaCA Wordflow | ARDCJoin a guided tour of point-and-click text analysis, followed by a hands-on workshop with the new GenAI Annotation tool. 021
simonmusgrave.bsky.social @simonmusgrave.bsky.social · 08/08/20267.00am Sunday morning, Maffra (Victoria, Australia) 000
simonmusgrave.bsky.social @simonmusgrave.bsky.social · 05/08/2026@lanthony.bsky.social is presenting two events at The University of Queensland this month on the topic of LLMs in HASS research. A research seminar: events.humanitix.com/llms-for-has... A workshop: events.humanitix.com/working-with...events.humanitix.comLLMs for HASS Research: Opportunities, Challenges, and a Human-Centered FutureLarge language models (LLMs) are rapidly changing; this talk examines their influence across three interconnected stages of the research lifecycle. 010
Reposted by @simonmusgrave.bsky.socialNew-Cleckit Dominie @ncdominie.bsky.social · 28/07/2026This is just to say I have OCRed the text thet was in tne arch:ve and whicb yov were prabaldy seamhing for "breahtast" Fargme ms fheg mem debo:w5 sb ?mccf mmb 5c oc1b 7778522571
Reposted by @simonmusgrave.bsky.socialEndangered Languages Project @e-l-p.bsky.social · 28/07/2026If you’ve seen this article, you may be sitting with anger, pain, or just exhaustion at dealing with another helping of colonial nonsense. We feel a responsibility to speak back when these colonizing narratives show up, yet again, in such a prominent venue. endangeredlanguages.com/story/respon... 5191120
simonmusgrave.bsky.social @simonmusgrave.bsky.social · 20/07/2026What an embarrassment! #barnabyjoyce 000
simonmusgrave.bsky.social @simonmusgrave.bsky.social · 10/07/2026Reflections on #NAIDOCWeek: 50 Years of Deadly by language workers and researchers: www.ldaca.edu.au/news/posts/n...ldaca.edu.au50 Years of Deadly: Reflections from our Chief Investigators and AdvisorsWe invited several of LDaCA's Chief Investigators, Advisors and collaborators to reflect on the NAIDOC Week 2026 theme. 001
Reposted by @simonmusgrave.bsky.socialAustralian Research Data Commons (ARDC) @ardc.edu.au · 09/07/2026The new Framework for the Governance of Indigenous Data is here! It integrates #FAIR technical principles with #CARE principles for Indigenous data governance to support more ethical research. 🔗 ow.ly/Zbpr50Zkv0j #ResearchData #OpenScience #IndigenousData #IDgov #IDsov 043
Reposted by @simonmusgrave.bsky.socialMonika Bednarek @corpusling.bsky.social · 25/06/2026We hope this will be useful for corpus compilers 095
Reposted by @simonmusgrave.bsky.socialMonika Bednarek @corpusling.bsky.social · 24/06/2026New #SydneyCorpusLab guest blog post about combining corpus linguistics with NVivo sydneycorpuslab.com/decisions-de...sydneycorpuslab.comDecisions, decisions… Combining corpus linguistic software with qualitative analysis through NVivowritten by Rodrigo Arellano One research practice that has puzzled me over the years is the combination of software packages and the complementary analyses they afford to develop a better understan… 013
Reposted by @simonmusgrave.bsky.socialShiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · 21/06/2026" Roger(Federer) was my biggest rival. But unfortunately he didn't consider it a rivalry because he always won." -Andy Roddick 18101262
Reposted by @simonmusgrave.bsky.socialAustralian Research Data Commons (ARDC) @ardc.edu.au · 18/06/2026We’re thrilled to welcome the new ARDC Indigenous intern, Blanche Alexander, located at the Language Data Commons of Australia. Hear from Blanche in our welcome article: ardc.edu.au/article/intr... #HASS #IDgov #LDaCAardc.edu.auIntroducing Blanche Alexander: ARDC’s New Indigenous InternWe’re excited to welcome the new ARDC Indigenous intern, Blanche Alexander, located at the Language Data Commons of Australia. 021
Reposted by @simonmusgrave.bsky.socialMonika Bednarek @corpusling.bsky.social · 18/06/20263 minute video conversation featuring Prof Barbra Meek talking about our joint work: youtube.com/watch?v=KbwR...youtube.comDr. MeekYouTube video by Journal of Linguistic Anthropology 011
Reposted by @simonmusgrave.bsky.socialAdam Schembri (ˈʃɛmbɹi/ˈʃkɛmbri) @adamcschembri.bsky.social · 18/06/2026Our new book on sign language linguistics (adapted from the 2007 Auslan linguistics book) isn't out until next month, but over 500 clips of BSL and ASL sign examples from the book can be downloaded now! Take a look at the resources section on the book's webpage. www.cambridge.org/highereducat...cambridge.orgSign Language Linguistics | Cambridge Aspire websiteDiscover Sign Language Linguistics, 1st Edition, Adam Schembri, HB ISBN: 9781107077140 on Cambridge Aspire website 03418
Reposted by @simonmusgrave.bsky.socialABC News Australia @news.abc.net.au · 17/06/2026Bluey translated into an Indigenous language for the first timeabc.net.auBluey speaks Yolŋu Matha for the first timeThe animated award-winning cartoon series Bluey has been translated into Yolŋu Matha, from north-east Arnhem Land, for NAIDOC Week. 015352
Reposted by @simonmusgrave.bsky.socialKillerspud @killerspud.bsky.social · 14/06/2026Reverse Gallipoli where the Turks can’t get past the Beach 613333
simonmusgrave.bsky.social @simonmusgrave.bsky.social · 01/06/2026John Symonds just said on 7.30 that Australia is the highest taxed country in the world apart from inheritance taxes. No push back from David Speers! Unbelievable! #auspol 050
simonmusgrave.bsky.social @simonmusgrave.bsky.social · 31/05/2026McAlister River wetlands. Maffra Vic, this morning 000
Reposted by @simonmusgrave.bsky.socialDr. Peter Paul Rubens @peterpaulrubens.bsky.social · 30/05/2026Hedgehog. Oak leaves. Chestnuts. And a snail! From Giovanna Garzoni, of course. 211921
Reposted by @simonmusgrave.bsky.socialrowecartoon.bsky.social @rowecartoon.bsky.social · 20/05/2026la MAGA nostra 213355
Reposted by @simonmusgrave.bsky.socialBriony Neilson @brionyneilson.bsky.social · 15/05/2026Workers making their way to work through columns of light and shade at Australia Square in Sydney in 1966 (photo by Max Dupain, National Archives of Australia) 🗃️ 16716
Reposted by @simonmusgrave.bsky.socialDr Alexandra Marley @bulletproofling.bsky.social · 15/05/2026👀 jobs.anu.edu.au/jobs/researc...jobs.anu.edu.auResearch Fellow - Pacific Creoles - Canberra / ACT, ACT, AustraliaClassification: Academic Level BSalary package: $121,598 - $137,870 per annum plus 17% superannuationTerm: Full-time, Continuing (Contingent Funded) This position is continuing (contingent funded). Th... 001
Reposted by @simonmusgrave.bsky.socialTim Sherratt @wragge.hcommons.social.ap.brid.gy · 15/05/2026The ARDC Community Data Lab has released a draft project plan on the 'HASS Geospatial Capability Project' for comment: ardc.edu.au/project/ardc-community-… 114
Reposted by @simonmusgrave.bsky.socialTammy Komoff @tammykomoff.bsky.social · 13/05/2026My bachelor’s degree in a nutshell. 😆 22380111174
Reposted by @simonmusgrave.bsky.socialBriony Neilson @brionyneilson.bsky.social · 13/05/2026The panopticon reading room of Melbourne's State Library of Victoria under construction, c. 1913 (State Library of Victoria) 🗃️ 14912
simonmusgrave.bsky.social @simonmusgrave.bsky.social · 09/05/2026www.theguardian.com/world/commen...theguardian.comAI will make language barriers disappear – and diminish our understanding of other culturesMachines may soon translate every conversation flawlessly. But language is more than information – it is curiosity, intimacy and cultural discovery 011
simonmusgrave.bsky.social @simonmusgrave.bsky.social · 01/05/2026I am in awe at the zen calm Miriam is showing over this! 100
Reposted by @simonmusgrave.bsky.socialAustralian Research Data Commons (ARDC) @ardc.edu.au · 17/04/2026The Language Data Commons of Australia mid-point co-design is underway! Help strengthen the technical architecture of the Language Data Commons of Australia to better serve user communities. Provide your feedback by 29 May. ardc.edu.au/project/mid-... #DigitalHumanities #LDaCA #LanguageDataardc.edu.auMid-Point Co-Design for HASS and Indigenous RDC Focus AreasThe mid-point co-design process for the HASS and Indigenous Research Data Commons focus areas is now underway for 4-year co-investment partnerships. 001
simonmusgrave.bsky.social @simonmusgrave.bsky.social · 12/04/2026Kudos to Dr Charles Miller, guest on democracy sausage this week, for casually (and correctly) using the Latin plural of premium. 000
Reposted by @simonmusgrave.bsky.socialGretchen McCulloch @gretchenmcculloch.com · 31/03/2026What you think of a particular language, dialect, or accent is about your attitude towards the people who use it, not some intrinsic property of the linguistic variety itself All varieties are valid, systematic, worthy of study and respect 426285
Reposted by @simonmusgrave.bsky.socialDr Alexandra Marley @bulletproofling.bsky.social · 26/03/2026Doing a talk with Nick Evans on plant cognates to the ANU archaeology dept this Friday if anyone interested. Zoom details in link: archanth.cass.anu.edu.au/events/plant...archanth.cass.anu.edu.auPlant use in ancient northern Australia: evidence from linguistics | School of Archaeology and AnthropologyPresented in person and online, details below. 122
simonmusgrave.bsky.social @simonmusgrave.bsky.social · 02/03/2026for me, the natural antecedent of `they` is `the US and....Israel` - what's the problem? 000
Reposted by @simonmusgrave.bsky.socialRobert Merkel @rgmerk.bsky.social · 28/02/2026I'm sure most of you are all too familiar with enshittification, but for the normies in your life, here's a 4 minute explanation from the Norwegian consumer protection bureau (in English) youtu.be/T4Upf_B9RLQ?...youtu.beA Day in the Life of an Ensh*ttificatorYouTube video by Forbrukerrådet - Norwegian Consumer Council 011
Reposted by @simonmusgrave.bsky.socialDr. Peter Paul Rubens @peterpaulrubens.bsky.social · 26/02/2026Commuters on the Omnibus, 1864. Demonstrating that manspreading is a problem as old as public transportation! By Honoré Daumier, born OTD 1808. 210225
simonmusgrave.bsky.social @simonmusgrave.bsky.social · 09/02/2026Linton Besser had a lot of fun with wry comments and subtle facial expressions tonight. I hope he is setting a tone for the year. #mediawatch 010