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Dr Una McIlvenna @unamcilvenna.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

If you're in Canberra this evening, we're putting on a very exciting performance at The Street Theatre of ballads about early colonial Australian history. Tickets are free, and I think there might be one or two left, but you'll need to be quick! www.thestreet.org.au/shows/singin...

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Singing The News in Early Colonial Australia

ballads as news in colonial Australia

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Dr Una McIlvenna @unamcilvenna.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

So this week 446 years ago, Sir Francis Drake arrived in Plymouth after having been the second captain ever to circumnavigate the globe. I talked about it on ABC Radio National, and sang a little bit of a ballad about him! Have a listen here: www.abc.net.au/listen/progr... @ouranu.bsky.social

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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

When America is gone, remember NYT headlines like this and never again ask what role corporate media played in normalizing the most dangerous man on Earth

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God @thegodshow.com · 23/08/2026

A Flock camera was pointed directly at a community pool... you know, for reading license plates of course.

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Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 24/08/2026

Men need to do so much better. Wrote this recently on the hard truth that women are simply not safe around men — and what we men must do to fix this ongoing atrocity: www.qasimrashid.com/p/women-are-...

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JosephWelchVI @josephwelchvi.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

This is the updated one-

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Abilu Tangwa. @abilutangwa.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

100 companies are responsible for 71% of global emissions. They told YOU to recycle better while they polluted more. Don't fall for it. Hold systems accountable. #ClimateCrisis

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Dr Una McIlvenna @unamcilvenna.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Oooh, this looks awesome, and at the home of English folk dance and song - Cecil Sharp House! Folk arts people, the deadline for abstracts is 21 August, so get cracking! Call for Papers: Folk Arts as Intangible Cultural Heritage Conference www.efdss.org/about-us/wha...

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Call for Papers: Folk Arts as Intangible Cultural Heritage Conference

Folk Arts as Intangible Cultural Heritage in England Conference In collaboration with Esbjörn Wettermark and Access Folk (University of Sheffield)Saturday 24 October, Cecil Sharp House, London This on...

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

The 60 largest planned data centers could produce the same amount of carbon dioxide emissions as 27 coal plants. Big Tech CEOs are polluting our planet and selling out our future to line their own pockets. We need a data center moratorium — now.

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Bunny Bunny training arc @fitterflittermouse.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

High speed rail between multiple major cities? No can do. But here’s another data center.

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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 13/08/2026

And this is just the beginning.

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SARS‑CoV‑2 (COVID-19) @covid19disease.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

🚨 BREAKTHROUGH: 25-year-old Argentinian biologist Pilar Ferrer has developed an injectable gel that helps repair damaged heart tissue after a heart attack

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Delta Airlines charging me for my bag? That's obnoxious. Delta Airlines charging me to book a seat? That's obnoxious. But Delta Airlines working with ICE to ship people to concentration camps is COLLABORATION. Boycot #delta

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Pascale Aebischer (she/her) @pascaleexeter.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Are you using early modern broadside ballads in your work? If so, please fill in this survey for a student's project on broadside ballad databases and the impact of the closure of the Bodleian's Broadside Ballads Online: forms.cloud.microsoft/e/TQrAhSLXkK Thank you!

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Microsoft Forms

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The Liberal BoJack @thelibbojack.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

More cops have been arrested for using flock cameras to stalk women than there are transgender athletes in youth sports.

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tomwellborn3rd @wellborn.net · 04/08/2026

A 60 Minutes probe into Epstein's banking, with Wyden already interviewed, vanished right after Sharyn Alfonsi got pushed out under Bari Weiss. Same editor who stalled the CECOT migrant story until Stephen Miller got a say. CBS keeps calling it timing. Sure looks like a pattern.

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60 Minutes Epstein Banking Story Vanished After CBS Ousted Sharyn Alfonsi, Dem Senator Reveals

Wyden revealed he was interviewed for the show in a Senate report alleging the country's largest banks turned “a blind eye” to Epstein's financial activity

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Ononebete @ononebete.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Microsoft: $101 BILLION in profits. $12.5 BILLION in tax breaks. $176 BILLION in stock buybacks. 4,800 workers fired this week. 9,000 workers fired last year. Please don't tell me trickle-down economics works. It never did. Nothing trickles down.

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Kent Parkstreet @kentparkskeet.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Everyone in politics and showbiz knew about this. They were all complicit. For decades. Those who know and have the power to act, but don’t act, are part of the crime. #AusPol

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Alan Jones trial on indecent assault and sexual touching charges begins in Sydney

The 85-year-old former broadcaster faces 22 charges from six different complainants in what is expected to be a four-month trial

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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

This is VERY bad. Congressional investigation immediately. They’re trying to use Palantir to figure out who you voted for. 0% chance this ends well. Stop it ASAP.

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Exclusive: FBI gets voter's IP address in new fraud probe tactic

The move offers a glimpse into how authorities are now digging into voter rolls and registration practices.

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Robin Kirby @robinmk.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

The guy that they want you to be terrified of (Mamdani) is making sure kids in NYC are fed all summer and people have access to cheaper groceries, all while they take food away from kids getting SNAP. Just sayin, feeding kids should make you the good guy.

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Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 26/07/2026

Mitch McConnell hasn’t been seen or heard from in 6 weeks(!) in the hospital. Yet he still has a job, still getting paid, and getting unlimited world class healthcare. The man who voted against a living wage, against universal healthcare, and against guaranteed paid leave—is now getting all three.

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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

I’m glad that the walls seem to be closing in on Andrew Tate, but it took criminal investigations across three countries, dozens of outspoken victims, and a hit TV show implying he drives boys to murder girls for this to happen—and he still hasn’t been convicted yet. This is why 98% get away with it

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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 22/07/2026

Benjamin Netanyahu is a war criminal.

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Memento Mori @mementomori4950.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Northridge citizenship questioned 🤔😆

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

McGeehan: The first thing to understand is that World Cups are a scam, right? They’re a complete scam because the U.S. pays for everything, and FIFA walks away with all the profits.…

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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Don't have time or money to see The Odyssey this week? This documentary on the wreckage wrought by higher education consultancies in Australia is shorter, free and packed with danger, conflict, captives, omens and lotus-eaters. Lots of lotus-eaters. So have a view of it instead, or in the meantime.

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Universities $1.8 billion consultancy spending under wraps | Four Corners Documentary

YouTube video by ABC News In-depth

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Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

I took a hard look at the financial donors to ICE’s biggest supporters in Congress. These are people who want to significantly expand ICE’s power and have sponsored or co-sponsored legislation to do so. Here are the top 25 consumer brands bankrolling the biggest ICE supporters in Congress:

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Johnny 🫧 Cowlick @jefferycowlick.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Big tech needs--and the government wants--these data centers because they're recording and archiving our every key stroke. Big brother needs a lot of storage space.

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Frenemy of the People @frenemyofthepeople.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

If they can build a data center overnight, then they can install a solar farm overnight.

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𝙽𝚊𝚜𝚑 𝙸𝚜 𝙷𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝙵𝚘𝚛 𝙸𝚝 @nashishereforit.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

This is how to speak to every single one of those sycophants.

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The Road Jess Travelled @jesspected.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Men when women criticize men's abuses: Not All Men Men when defending their behavior to other men: Yes, All Men do that. Every single one. This is standard male behavior that you, me, Dave over there, do.

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Crikey @crikey.com.au · 14/07/2026

Opinion | "It has become clear that many senior executives and heads of governance throughout Australia’s university sector suffer from moral blindness," writes Julie Hare. www.crikey.com.au/2026/07/14/u...

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Nordic News @nordicnews.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Ro! Ro! – Norway's World Cup team "rows" with 90,000 people outside Royal Palace in Oslo tv.vg.no/video/383250...

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💙🪄 Keep Rising 🪄💙 @keeprising.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

💛 look at her JOY 🪄 animals deserve freedom 🔆💛💚💛🌿

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13/07/2026

New in PN: Lindsey Graham and the rot of modern conservatism "Graham died a coward. From Gingrich to Trump, he embodied the movement-to-racket transformation of the GOP. Has America ever seen a capitulation so self-abnegating as his conversion from snarling Trump critic into swooning cheerleader?"

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Lindsey Graham and the rot of modern conservatism

From Gingrich to Trump, Graham was a fixture as the GOP became increasingly malignant.

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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Best “remove glasses to look at something unbelievable” in cinema history.

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Jurassic Park: Dr. Grant's Surprise

Alt: Jurassic Park: Dr. Grant's Surprise

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Mathew Buck @filmbrainbmb.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

RIP Sam Neill, 78. Credits include Jurassic Park, Event Horizon, Possession, Omen III: The Final Conflict, Rams (2029), In the Mouth of Madness, Peaky Blinders, Merlin, Bicentennial Man, Sirens, The Piano, The Hunt for Red October, Hunt for the Wilderpeople, Dead Calm, Attack Force Z, and many more.

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Tom Reagan’s Witch’s Hat @rufustsuperfly.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

That’s what I loved about Sam Neill as an actor: no macho crap. Just played the humanity of the character. www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...

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Dr Una McIlvenna @unamcilvenna.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

What a tribute to him it would be if we all worked together to achieve this goal….

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Dr Una McIlvenna @unamcilvenna.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Every one of us should live our lives in such a way that we might earn a fraction of the kind of praise, love, and adoration that Sam Neill has inspired today. 💔 www.theguardian.com/film/2026/ju...

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Sam Neill tributes: actors, directors and leaders remember ‘a true gentleman’

The star of more than 100 films is remembered as a champion of New Zealand’s arts, culture and environment, and a generous collaborator and friend

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Dean Obeidallah @deanobeidallah.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

Michael Fanone's take on Lindsey Graham is one of the most powerful I've read:

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Carol Duncan @carolduncan.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Oh my heart. We've lost Sam Neill. :(

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