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@simonmusgrave.bsky.social
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One time professional violinist, one time academic linguist, current research infrastructure worker. More importantly, long time partner to @deborahhart.bsky.social and father to Anna and Olivia.

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Dr Neil & Mr Price @drneil.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
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“Don't anthropomorphize computers - they hate it.
Andrew McAfee”


From quotefancy
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Claire @chirila.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
This is an amazing story and beautiful work! Gives me hope that the Berndt collection may be playable
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simonmusgrave.bsky.social @simonmusgrave.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
An error message which is a classic of the genre: Backend exited before liveness with exit code: 1.
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Australian Research Data Commons (ARDC) @ardc.edu.au · 08/09/2026
Introducing the Australian Internet Observatory (AIO) Platform for #DigitalPlatform Research 📅24 Sept, 1pm AEST - Online Register now > ow.ly/yul850ZKsag #DigitalHumanities #AIO #socialdata #socialmediadata #InternetObservatory
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Australian Research Data Commons (ARDC) @ardc.edu.au · 07/09/2026
Working 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 #skills
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Join 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.
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simonmusgrave.bsky.social @simonmusgrave.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Times must really be tough - I just saw a TV ad for Penfolds Grange.
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simonmusgrave.bsky.social @simonmusgrave.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
And it all applies to Australia as well - we are just further away and less visible to Americans.
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André Brett @drdrehistorian.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
This 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
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Cory Laran @corylaran.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
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simonmusgrave.bsky.social @simonmusgrave.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
A couple of things I heard/read recently make me concerned about our collective numeracy. 1/
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simonmusgrave.bsky.social @simonmusgrave.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
I 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...
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Mahler: Symphony No. 5 on Period Instruments
Following 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...
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simonmusgrave.bsky.social @simonmusgrave.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
I was delighted to learn something this morning about the online behaviour of fairy penguins. Apparently they have 'high site fidelity'.
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Australian Research Data Commons (ARDC) @ardc.edu.au · 10/08/2026
Text 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.social
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Text Analytics Without Code: LDaCA Wordflow | ARDC
Join a guided tour of point-and-click text analysis, followed by a hands-on workshop with the new GenAI Annotation tool.
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simonmusgrave.bsky.social @simonmusgrave.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
7.00am Sunday morning, Maffra (Victoria, Australia)
Rainbow in the morning sky
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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...
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LLMs for HASS Research: Opportunities, Challenges, and a Human-Centered Future
Large language models (LLMs) are rapidly changing; this talk examines their influence across three interconnected stages of the research lifecycle.
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New-Cleckit Dominie @ncdominie.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
This 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
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Endangered Languages Project @e-l-p.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
If 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...
New Yorker article title "Sometimes It's Okay to Let a Language Die" with "Sometimes It's" crossed out in red ink and "IT'S NOT" written above it. To the right is text "A Response to The New Yorker" and the ELP logo.
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simonmusgrave.bsky.social @simonmusgrave.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
this is very scary
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simonmusgrave.bsky.social @simonmusgrave.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
What an embarrassment! #barnabyjoyce
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simonmusgrave.bsky.social @simonmusgrave.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Reflections on #NAIDOCWeek: 50 Years of Deadly by language workers and researchers: www.ldaca.edu.au/news/posts/n...
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50 Years of Deadly: Reflections from our Chief Investigators and Advisors
We invited several of LDaCA's Chief Investigators, Advisors and collaborators to reflect on the NAIDOC Week 2026 theme.
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Australian Research Data Commons (ARDC) @ardc.edu.au · 09/07/2026
The 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
Card reading "A New Framework for the Governance of Indigenous Data in HASS Research Infrastructure" with a photo of Marcia Langton presenting on the Framework
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Monika Bednarek @corpusling.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
We hope this will be useful for corpus compilers
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Monika Bednarek @corpusling.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
New #SydneyCorpusLab guest blog post about combining corpus linguistics with NVivo sydneycorpuslab.com/decisions-de...
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Decisions, decisions… Combining corpus linguistic software with qualitative analysis through NVivo
written 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…
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Shiv 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
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Australian Research Data Commons (ARDC) @ardc.edu.au · 18/06/2026
We’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 #LDaCA
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Introducing Blanche Alexander: ARDC’s New Indigenous Intern
We’re excited to welcome the new ARDC Indigenous intern, Blanche Alexander, located at the Language Data Commons of Australia.
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Monika Bednarek @corpusling.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
3 minute video conversation featuring Prof Barbra Meek talking about our joint work: youtube.com/watch?v=KbwR...
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Dr. Meek
YouTube video by Journal of Linguistic Anthropology
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Adam Schembri (ˈʃɛmbɹi/ˈʃkɛmbri) @adamcschembri.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Our 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...
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Sign Language Linguistics | Cambridge Aspire website
Discover Sign Language Linguistics, 1st Edition, Adam Schembri, HB ISBN: 9781107077140 on Cambridge Aspire website
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ABC News Australia @news.abc.net.au · 17/06/2026
Bluey translated into an Indigenous language for the first time
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Bluey speaks Yolŋu Matha for the first time
The animated award-winning cartoon series Bluey has been translated into Yolŋu Matha, from north-east Arnhem Land, for NAIDOC Week.
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Killerspud @killerspud.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Reverse Gallipoli where the Turks can’t get past the Beach
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simonmusgrave.bsky.social @simonmusgrave.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
John 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
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simonmusgrave.bsky.social @simonmusgrave.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
McAlister River wetlands. Maffra Vic, this morning
McAlister River wetlands, Maffra Vic, Sunday morning
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Dr. Peter Paul Rubens @peterpaulrubens.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
Hedgehog. Oak leaves. Chestnuts. And a snail! From Giovanna Garzoni, of course.
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simonmusgrave.bsky.social @simonmusgrave.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Mud, mud, glorious mud!
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rowecartoon.bsky.social @rowecartoon.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
la MAGA nostra
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Briony Neilson @brionyneilson.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Workers 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) 🗃️
b&w photo of people walking through light and shadow cast by pillars in a modernist skyscraper
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Dr Alexandra Marley @bulletproofling.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
👀 jobs.anu.edu.au/jobs/researc...
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Research Fellow - Pacific Creoles - Canberra / ACT, ACT, Australia
Classification: 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...
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Tim Sherratt @wragge.hcommons.social.ap.brid.gy · 15/05/2026
The ARDC Community Data Lab has released a draft project plan on the 'HASS Geospatial Capability Project' for comment: ardc.edu.au/project/ardc-community-…
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Tammy Komoff @tammykomoff.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
My bachelor’s degree in a nutshell. 😆
Picture of various authors from different countries and what their books are mainly about.
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Briony Neilson @brionyneilson.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
The panopticon reading room of Melbourne's State Library of Victoria under construction, c. 1913 (State Library of Victoria) 🗃️
b&w photo of a large domed building under construction; planks of timber are on the ground in the base of the shot
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simonmusgrave.bsky.social @simonmusgrave.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
www.theguardian.com/world/commen...
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AI will make language barriers disappear – and diminish our understanding of other cultures
Machines may soon translate every conversation flawlessly. But language is more than information – it is curiosity, intimacy and cultural discovery
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simonmusgrave.bsky.social @simonmusgrave.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
I am in awe at the zen calm Miriam is showing over this!
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Australian Research Data Commons (ARDC) @ardc.edu.au · 17/04/2026
The 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 #LanguageData
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Mid-Point Co-Design for HASS and Indigenous RDC Focus Areas
The mid-point co-design process for the HASS and Indigenous Research Data Commons focus areas is now underway for 4-year co-investment partnerships.
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simonmusgrave.bsky.social @simonmusgrave.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
Kudos to Dr Charles Miller, guest on democracy sausage this week, for casually (and correctly) using the Latin plural of premium.
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simonmusgrave.bsky.social @simonmusgrave.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
Some Sydney skyline.
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Gretchen McCulloch @gretchenmcculloch.com · 31/03/2026
What 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
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Dr Alexandra Marley @bulletproofling.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
Doing 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...
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Plant use in ancient northern Australia: evidence from linguistics | School of Archaeology and Anthropology
Presented in person and online, details below.
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simonmusgrave.bsky.social @simonmusgrave.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
for me, the natural antecedent of `they` is `the US and....Israel` - what's the problem?
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Robert Merkel @rgmerk.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
I'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?...
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A Day in the Life of an Ensh*ttificator
YouTube video by Forbrukerrådet - Norwegian Consumer Council
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Dr. Peter Paul Rubens @peterpaulrubens.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
Commuters on the Omnibus, 1864. Demonstrating that manspreading is a problem as old as public transportation! By Honoré Daumier, born OTD 1808.
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simonmusgrave.bsky.social @simonmusgrave.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
Linton 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
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