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Jonathon Dallimore

@jvdallimore.bsky.social

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Currently working as the Executive Officer for the History Teachers’ Association of NSW. I also write (mostly textbooks and articles) and teach on-and-off at UNSW and some secondary schools. History, teaching, writing, music, photography and adventure

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Jonathon Dallimore @jvdallimore.bsky.social · Feb 26

Still a favourite quote to share with early career teachers. Worth knowing even a little bit of education history if you become a teacher. The re-invention and re-packaging can be mind-boggling, but if you know that's what's probably coming, you can more deftly navigate it.

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Jonathon Dallimore @jvdallimore.bsky.social · 3d

I think the description misses a really important point though: schools/teachers are often under pressure to do this out of competition. I've read some good stuff on how the marketisation encourages a lot of what is described.

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Phillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social · 10d

If you listened closely to Hegseth and Trump, they were saying that the US military should be more like the Russian military--unaccountable for its actions, using lethality in favor of intelligence, and where training can be used to abuse recruits.

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Erin Grievances @erinbartram.bsky.social · 11d

We've had evidence of this for ages, right? Frankly this feels like those endless UBI studies where they all demonstrate UBI works but that's not the answer the people in charge want to hear so nothing changes.

Annie @anniearmstrong.bsky.social · 11d

www.psypost.org/students-rate-identical-lectures-differently-based-on-professors-gender-researchers-find/# #AcademicSky - it never ends.

Students rate identical lectures differently based on professor's gender, researchers find

When philosophy students were asked to evaluate identical lectures assigned to men or women professors, their responses varied by gender. The study suggests gender bias plays a role in how teaching is...

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André Brett @drdrehistorian.bsky.social · 12d

🎶 Guess what's back
Back again
History's back
Tell a friend 🎶

Tim Howles @timhowles.bsky.social · 14d

Francis Fukuyama: ‘The neoliberals went too far. Now, we need more social democratic policies’

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Francis Fukuyama: ‘The neoliberals went too far. Now, we need more social democratic policies’

The political scientist, who at the beginning of the 1990s declared ‘the end of history,’ returns with a new book where he identifies the threats to classical liberalism: runaway capitalism and too mu...

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Kate Littlejohn @kelittlejohn.bsky.social · 12d

#PhD research callout!

I am seeking History teachers in NSW for a short interview about NSW History 7-10 syllabuses. If you have taught History in NSW and are interested, please enter your details into this form.

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Ethics approval: H16788

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Seeking: NSW History Teachers. Have you taught History 7-10 in NSW? Are you interested in taking part in an online interview for a PhD study at WSU about the representation of women in the NSW history syllabuses? Please enter your details into the form below for further details. https://forms.office.com/r/cvf5QfLrLb Contacts: Kate Littlejohn, Kay Carroll

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Frank Conniff @frankconniff.bsky.social · 24d

One of these rich dudes invested in a food company with all proceeds going to kids in need. The other started Sundance Institute, boosting the lives of countless artists. Hey modern rich dudes, don't be a typical greedy AI crypto-prick, be like these two.

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Jonathan Coe @jonathancoe.bsky.social · May 8

One of the strangest ironies of the last ten years has been watching Britain immersing itself as deeply as ever in memories of WW2 while proudly turning its back on the project that emerged from it.

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Jonathon Dallimore @jvdallimore.bsky.social · Mar 20

From the very first edition of 'Teaching History' (NSW) in 1961. It's refreshing to see so many historic examples of thoughtful teachers working through popular pedagogy trends rather than jumping on bandwagons uncritically or taking up fundamentalist positions.

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Liam Byrne @liamj47.bsky.social · Sep 8

Meet the Revolutionaries and Ratbags who shaped the world as we know it!

Was hugely fun to co-host this new history podcast with Francis Leach looking at some of history's great rebels and revolutionaries, and to discuss what this history means for us today

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Thomas Rogers @drtom-historian.bsky.social · Sep 3

Come and study with us! It'll be fun!

Applications are open for the Australian War Memorial Summer Scholars program, to be held in Canberra next Jan-Feb.

Apply here: www.awm.gov.au/get-involved...

B+W photo of Charles Bean at work, c. 1920s. AWM A05389.

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The New Yorker @newyorker.com · Aug 25

An M.I.T. study found that 95% of companies that had invested in A.I. tools were seeing zero return. It jibes with the emerging idea that generative A.I., “in its current incarnation, simply isn’t all it’s been cracked up to be,” johncassidysays.bsky.social writes.

The A.I.-Profits Drought and the Lessons of History

Like the steam engine, electricity, and computers, generative artificial intelligence could take longer than expected to transform the economy.

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Jonathon Dallimore @jvdallimore.bsky.social · Aug 25

theconversation.com/universities...

Universities have lost their way, but cost-cutting and consultants are not the answer

Last week in Sydney, we saw a melodrama acted out that could stand in for the state of Australian universities more generally.

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Senator David Shoebridge @davidshoebridge.bsky.social · Aug 21

Guess where former defence ministers are? 👀

The revolving door is a real obstacle to good governance and it should be SHUT.

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Jonathon Dallimore @jvdallimore.bsky.social · Aug 13

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08...

Authors warn AI copyright exception a 'free pass' for Big Tech to steal work

The Productivity Commission's interim report on AI has triggered a fierce backlash from the literary community.

www.abc.net.au

Jonathon Dallimore @jvdallimore.bsky.social · Aug 13

This is an extremely brief summary of what sounds like a truly bizarre experience. He was in utter disbelief, but it was also helpful in that he knew that he certainly didn't want to work there (and it's not because he's a dirty discovery learner).

Jonathon Dallimore @jvdallimore.bsky.social · Aug 13

Just heard from a colleague who inquired about a job advert at a school and was told by a senior leader that they might find it difficult because their previous school (this leader has never worked at) 'is dedicated to discovery learning' and 'here we use Rosenshine'. Getting weirder by the day.

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Michelle Arrow @michellearrow.bsky.social · Aug 12

Help us reach our target of 5000 signatures - please sign and share!

Michelle Arrow @michellearrow.bsky.social · Jul 30

It baffles me that @australianlabor.bsky.social wants to hang this failed, unfair policy around its neck, when they could condemn it as a folly of the unpopular Morrison government and ditch it. Sign our petition to urge them to abolish it now!

www.openpetition.org/au/petition/...

Repeal Job-Ready Graduates Policy Now: Restoring Equity in Higher Education - Online petition

We sign this petition in solidarity with those who signed the Open Letter to the Prime Minister on 28 July 2025 (https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/jul/28/open-letter-to-australian-govern...

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Dr Blair Williams @blairwilliams26.bsky.social · Aug 10

First of all, WHY CONSULTANTS!? I thought Labor was supposed to be weaning off them? You could've gotten academics or NGOs to do this research??

#AusPol #Childcare

Labor asks Deloitte to design universal childcare system as PM eyes political legacy

Exclusive: Government could redirect billions in existing spending on the childcare subsidy and introduce a daily flat fee for families

www.theguardian.com

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Jonathon Dallimore @jvdallimore.bsky.social · Aug 10

I know it doesn't mean a lot in the big scheme of things given that the category is so niche, but it's still a nice surprise to see my little book on Teaching History hit #1 on Amazon's bestseller list after 6 months in the wild. Its first review is a lovely 5/5 from a teacher in the UK.

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Matt Fitzpatrick @kilderbenhauser.bsky.social · Aug 1

If you're looking for an online seminar about the British, Germans and French in Siam before WWI, and you'd like to see me try and use microhistory to speak to transimperial history, then send me a DM or email and I'll give you the password to my seminar next Friday here at Flinders.

Flinders History seminar flyer for Matt Fitzpatrick, 8 August.

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Jonathon Dallimore @jvdallimore.bsky.social · Aug 4

Definitely agree. Clearly some ground to cover, but I like their prospects under Gill tbh. I think there’s something there and I think the fact that they managed this last one without Bumrah will help. In Australia, it looked a bit like a one man show at times.

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Jonathon Dallimore @jvdallimore.bsky.social · Aug 4

The best. That’s two very strong tours from India in the last 6-7 months. Pushed Australia hard and then basically broke England. Impressive stuff.

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Jonathon Dallimore @jvdallimore.bsky.social · Aug 4

India!!!!!! That game swung every which way a few times over five days and down to 6 runs 🤯 #INDvsENG

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AHA (Australia) @austhistassoc.bsky.social · Aug 4

We are so close to reaching our target of 2500 signatures on this petition calling for the repeal of Job-Ready Graduates! If you care about equity in higher education and want the BA to be affordable and accessible for *all* students, please sign! www.openpetition.org/au/petition/...

Repeal Job-Ready Graduates Policy Now: Restoring Equity in Higher Education - Online petition

We sign this petition in solidarity with those who signed the Open Letter to the Prime Minister on 28 July 2025…

www.openpetition.org

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Stephen West @stephenwest.bsky.social · Aug 2

Honestly, this one I'm okay with

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AI is coming for the consultants. Inside Mackinsey, this is existential

If AI can analyze information, crunch data and deliver a slick PowerPoint within seconds, how does the biggest name in consulting stay relevant?

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