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Gillian Polack @gillianpolack.bsky.social · 24d

I fear it's Dadaist dekopon.

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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · Sep 19

I wanted to get a video of this ghost crab but every time I got close to their hole they scuttled back in, so I tried getting clever with it. I made a little sandcastle and shoved my phone into it, hit record, and walked away. Crab was VERY suspicious of this addition to their environment.

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Gillian Polack @gillianpolack.bsky.social · Sep 9

We had a cloudy night.

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Gillian Polack @gillianpolack.bsky.social · Sep 7

If I'm up at 3.30 in the morning, and if it's high enough in the sky... I'll take you a picture or two.

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Gillian Polack @gillianpolack.bsky.social · Aug 31

I so love basalt columns. I have so many pictures of them in different places.

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Gillian Polack @gillianpolack.bsky.social · Aug 30

My favourite typo this morning is "Jewish asp." "Jewish past" is so much less interesting.

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Gillian Polack @gillianpolack.bsky.social · Aug 28

Food and Family (with household hints)
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Food and Family (with household hints)

Gillian Polack explores how Anglo-Australian Jewish recipes and family traditions helped sustain identity and counter antisemitism

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Gillian Polack @gillianpolack.bsky.social · Aug 15

The word 'genocide' threw me, too. It always does. partly, it's the NF book: about lost history, which means dealing with much Judenhass. Also, I know the definition of 'genocide' has changed, but I still react to the old one. Family then and family on Oct 7 is a lot to handle silently.

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Gillian Polack @gillianpolack.bsky.social · Aug 15

I thought Alan read my posts on FB, to be honest. And I didn't expect him not to know about what was happening at this end of things.

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Gillian Polack @gillianpolack.bsky.social · Aug 15

That was what I was referring to. I read the restrictions and they should not have prevented people from talking about Gaza. The IHRA definition is very clear that criticism of Israel is fine and long as it doesn't become antisemitism.

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Gillian Polack @gillianpolack.bsky.social · Aug 15

it was not meant as deflection at all. But I don't see any use in talking about it when accusations come before asking each other "What do you mean?"

Gillian Polack @gillianpolack.bsky.social · Aug 15

Dear Spellcheck
Would you please give me a reason for your insistence that 'Lebkuchen' should be replaced by 'Lecherous. This is not the first odd suggestion you've made about food. Do you find German food history difficult?

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Gillian Polack @gillianpolack.bsky.social · Aug 15

You see nothing to talk about, so I will no longer talk to you about these things. It's less exhausting for me, in any case. I'm tired of being called a Satan-worshipping pedo genocidaire and of being told that Jewish voices are not welcome.

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Gillian Polack @gillianpolack.bsky.social · Aug 14

No. it's giving you some context. If you don't want it, that's fine, I'll go silent again.

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Gillian Polack @gillianpolack.bsky.social · Aug 14

For the record, Continuuma nd Swancon do not do this. They're just as wonderful as ever. But I don't get paid for work I do there - I do it out of love, for my community - so they don't count as income unless I sell books.

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Gillian Polack @gillianpolack.bsky.social · Aug 14

Being chronically ill and Jewish mean that I didn't get beyond the "We appreciate you applying" stage, even when I win awards. Also, so many of my old left wing friends and colleagues do not speak to me any more.

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Gillian Polack @gillianpolack.bsky.social · Aug 14

I'm not welcome at most Writers' Festivals anyhow... I'm too Jewish.

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Gillian Polack @gillianpolack.bsky.social · Aug 14

But you have toothpaste.

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Gillian Polack @gillianpolack.bsky.social · Aug 1

I walked out on someone for literally saying this to me and meaning it. Mind you, he also wanted me to switch my brain off after 5 pm.

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Gillian Polack @gillianpolack.bsky.social · Jul 30

Avoiding too much hate (some is unavoidable) takes up an increasing amount of my time. you don't let the hate in - this is another good thing you do.

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Gillian Polack @gillianpolack.bsky.social · Jul 29

I envy that balance. I had it for a week and have lost it again. But it's so good to have you connecting people again - in a difficult world, it makes a difference.

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Gillian Polack @gillianpolack.bsky.social · Jul 29

Durian is like coriander - it's either adore or loathe. Me, I like coriander, but remember the Canberra shopping complex that was evacuated when someone mistook the smell of a ripe durian for a gas leak.

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Gillian Polack @gillianpolack.bsky.social · Jul 29

Next time we're in the same city, IOU much coffee or even dinner. You do the most wonderful work for all of us.

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Gillian Polack @gillianpolack.bsky.social · Jul 29

AU - I forgot top type AU!!

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