Lest we forget the Aboriginal lives lost during the 1841 Wonnerup Massacre (at Lake Minimup) in Western Australia. Today is a day of mourning An article in the 1914 Western Mail reads: 👇🏾

Solidarity with all colleagues striking today and this week in #unimelbstrikes, in particular Faculty of Arts, Melbourne Law School, UniMelb Library, Faculty of Fine Arts and Music & Stop 1. I just donated to the UniMelb Strike Fund, especially in support of casual staff. You can too here: nteu.au/Donation/Donat…

Hey, join my team! Or move to Sydney and join my team!! #datalibs

“If merit is so important, then why won't the future King of England fly to a Commonwealth country to witness it?…Why don't vast, wealthy football behemoths pay for it? Why don't male media executives think viewers will watch it?” abc.net.au/news/2023-08-2…

Thanks Kathryn for the invite to join in! A quiet bunch, but vociferous in the listing of challenges and solutions.

Extremely excited to finally announce that the Swiftposium – an academic conference on Taylor Swift – is happening in Melbourne in February 2024 (organised by a team from seven universities across Aus and NZ!). CFP and abstract submission portal here: swiftposium2024.com

Citation-o-matic AI-powered Reference Checker. Does this exist? Do academics want this sort of thing? Asking for a friend. #phdchat #librarians science.org/content/blog-p…

It’s terrible that the response to No advocates arguing that the Voice would lead to reparations and more Black control of land is “that’s outrageous scaremongering” rather than “that would be right and just”. This cedes huge ground to racism and the polls are crashing regardless

Do I know anybody at a uni/govt/health research/library in Brisbane interested in trainer training to teach data science skills in mid-Oct (11-12th online, then 16th in-person). Tell me now! #phdchat #datalibs

📢New report by myself & Penny Nakou "What Mobilises People To Go Against Big-Tech?". Download-> openaccess.city.ac.uk/id/eprint/3137… We asked digital rights NGO practitioners – what works, what didn't work & how can we move forward to challenge the power asymmetries. Short🧵on our findings:

Hehe, I didn’t even know about the hardware!

oh my god. I am so sick of stupid acronyms in my professional life, I want to vomit.

What the Research Lifecycle TM eclipses @TomHoneyman3

I always find it odd then people equate complexity with individuals feeling uncertain. You can be uncertain in a complicated environment as well if you don't understand or control it. Complexity is very natural to humans, its how we manage our family, our friendships and life

This'd be a great talk to hear! [Online] Exploring the Open Source Landscape in Australia meetup.com/data-umbrella/… #Meetup via Meetup

I’m so not feeling it but it’s too good not to share.

these are gorgeous! strong hayao miyazaki vibes.

cw - suicide If an employee and student suicides on your campus, is your first action to remove videos of them from your website (on their charity and tutoring work) morally just? abc.net.au/news/2023-10-1…

A gingerbread Frank Lloyd Wright Fallingwater house