Dave Dun
@davedun.bsky.social
Language Teacher, Football Coach, Bad Parent, ADHDer. I try to be kind.
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The public library is an essential component of a 21st-century left political project as an example of both what is already available to us and what can be improved upon in the future. The library is a public good, and it is free as a public service.
I want more people to make the connections.
I want more people to make the connections.
January 31, 2026 at 10:58 PM
The public library is an essential component of a 21st-century left political project as an example of both what is already available to us and what can be improved upon in the future. The library is a public good, and it is free as a public service.
I want more people to make the connections.
I want more people to make the connections.
We may all need a bit of 1971 spirit in the coming days. Nice to know we have form in the “punch your local Nazi” department.
#OtD 31 Jan 1971 anti-fascists attacked the National Socialist Party HQ in Melbourne, Australia. The Nazis, dressed like storm troopers, were told by police to lock themselves inside, but over 500 people forced their way through and wrecked the offices stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1114...
January 31, 2026 at 11:22 AM
We may all need a bit of 1971 spirit in the coming days. Nice to know we have form in the “punch your local Nazi” department.
Any journal that deems itself “respected” needs to reject *any* paper containing “zombie” (ie AI hallucinated) citations.
Academic publishing is currently experiencing a viral spread of “zombie citations.” I tried following one to see how these references are infecting academic knowledge systems codeactsineducation.wordpress.com/2026/01/30/t...
Tracing the social half-life of a zombie citation
Photo by Henrik L. on Unsplash Academic publishing is currently experiencing a viral spread of “zombie citations.” This term refers to references of academic publications that do not ex…
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January 30, 2026 at 10:56 PM
Any journal that deems itself “respected” needs to reject *any* paper containing “zombie” (ie AI hallucinated) citations.
No crumbs left here…
Alison Luchs, who has worked at the National Gallery of Art for 47 years, agreed to learn Gen Z slang and make videos because she wanted to raise interest in the museum’s art.
She never expected to slay. https://wapo.st/45BXc3S
She never expected to slay. https://wapo.st/45BXc3S
January 30, 2026 at 7:20 AM
No crumbs left here…
This will arrive here in Australia shortly, the only difference being that the male will be called Chris and will be voiced by Karl Stefanovic and AI-leen will be voiced by the woman who does the Coles ads.
As an ex e-learning developer, I can confidently say this will be a terrible learning experience. I cannot wait to rip it to shreds.
Here's what the Free AI Training will look like 🧵
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Here's what the Free AI Training will look like 🧵
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BREAKING: Free AI training will be offered to every adult in the UK, with short courses to teach people how to use simple AI tools effectively in the workplace.
Technology Secretary Liz Kendall tells #BBCBreakfast about the scheme
Technology Secretary Liz Kendall tells #BBCBreakfast about the scheme
January 28, 2026 at 12:56 PM
This will arrive here in Australia shortly, the only difference being that the male will be called Chris and will be voiced by Karl Stefanovic and AI-leen will be voiced by the woman who does the Coles ads.
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#OtD 25 Jan 1995 Manchester United football legend Eric Cantona kung fu kicked a fascist football hooligan, who attended far-right NF and BNP rallies and had convictions for violent crime including attacking an anti-fascist. Commemorative merch here: shop.workingclasshistory.com/collections/...
January 25, 2026 at 7:55 PM
#OtD 25 Jan 1995 Manchester United football legend Eric Cantona kung fu kicked a fascist football hooligan, who attended far-right NF and BNP rallies and had convictions for violent crime including attacking an anti-fascist. Commemorative merch here: shop.workingclasshistory.com/collections/...
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Looking forward to the AFR's column on how people on Newstart can avoid mutual obligations
January 25, 2026 at 11:59 PM
Looking forward to the AFR's column on how people on Newstart can avoid mutual obligations
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'March for Australia rallies are typically anti-immigration, however Monday’s event appears to focus more on Australia Day and keeping the public holiday on January 26, directly opposing the Invasion Day rally’s push to mark the day on a different date.'
Bro. No.
www.theage.com.au/national/vic...
Bro. No.
www.theage.com.au/national/vic...
Police step up security as Melbourne braces for Australia Day protest and counterprotest
Anti-immigration protesters and Invasion Day demonstrators are set to converge on Melbourne’s CBD on Monday.
www.theage.com.au
January 25, 2026 at 11:53 PM
'March for Australia rallies are typically anti-immigration, however Monday’s event appears to focus more on Australia Day and keeping the public holiday on January 26, directly opposing the Invasion Day rally’s push to mark the day on a different date.'
Bro. No.
www.theage.com.au/national/vic...
Bro. No.
www.theage.com.au/national/vic...
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"Fuck ICE" has finally gone mainstream and this is a big opportunity for others in the genre such as "Fuck The Police" and "Fuck Capitalism"
January 25, 2026 at 6:53 PM
"Fuck ICE" has finally gone mainstream and this is a big opportunity for others in the genre such as "Fuck The Police" and "Fuck Capitalism"
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January 26 is considered a day of mourning for many, with crowds turning out at protests calling to abolish Australia Day or change the date.
Thousands attend Invasion Day rallies across Australia
January 26 is considered a day of mourning for many, with crowds turning out at protests calling to abolish Australia Day or change the date.
www.abc.net.au
January 26, 2026 at 2:18 AM
January 26 is considered a day of mourning for many, with crowds turning out at protests calling to abolish Australia Day or change the date.
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The beauty of this is that Guttenfelder is covering these men the way they have always wanted: dripping in tacticool gear, in action, looking down their sites at an enemy which surrounds them. In doing so, he reveals who they are. They imagine themselves heroes; he shows they are villains.
Dave Guttenfelder is an amazing photojournalist who‘s most recently primarily focused on conflict photojournalism in Syria and Ukraine.
Hes recently turned his talents to Minneapolis.
Hes recently turned his talents to Minneapolis.
January 25, 2026 at 7:07 AM
The beauty of this is that Guttenfelder is covering these men the way they have always wanted: dripping in tacticool gear, in action, looking down their sites at an enemy which surrounds them. In doing so, he reveals who they are. They imagine themselves heroes; he shows they are villains.
ABC Indigenous doesn’t miss.
We still have so far to go here in the colony. Solidarity & strength to those working to make things better. ✊
youtube.com/watch?v=c3Z6...
We still have so far to go here in the colony. Solidarity & strength to those working to make things better. ✊
youtube.com/watch?v=c3Z6...
'No One Should Call This Place Home' | Always Was Tonight
YouTube video by ABC Indigenous
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January 24, 2026 at 2:44 AM
ABC Indigenous doesn’t miss.
We still have so far to go here in the colony. Solidarity & strength to those working to make things better. ✊
youtube.com/watch?v=c3Z6...
We still have so far to go here in the colony. Solidarity & strength to those working to make things better. ✊
youtube.com/watch?v=c3Z6...
My students won’t get reliable air conditioning when they come back, but they will get a trained, passionate and accomplished language teacher…
#PublicEducation
#PublicEducation
"We now have schools that are no longer fit for purpose, where you can hear the classrooms on either side all day long, with doors that don’t shut, windows that don’t open, ancient toilets and strings of demountables."
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How public school students will start the year
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January 23, 2026 at 4:34 PM
My students won’t get reliable air conditioning when they come back, but they will get a trained, passionate and accomplished language teacher…
#PublicEducation
#PublicEducation
We live in a cursed timeline…
Google AI summary results containing in-line advertisements subtly integrated into the description of whatever unrelated thing that was searched for is a nice touch. Super informative and classy way to inform people about reality.
January 23, 2026 at 5:02 AM
We live in a cursed timeline…
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Imagine! How could wind and solar ever compete with fossil fuel electricity across an entire year, across an entire block of 450 million people!?😉
January 22, 2026 at 10:00 AM
Imagine! How could wind and solar ever compete with fossil fuel electricity across an entire year, across an entire block of 450 million people!?😉
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It’s Penguin Awareness Day which seems like a great excuse to post the greatest ever Wikipedia edit.
January 20, 2026 at 9:37 AM
It’s Penguin Awareness Day which seems like a great excuse to post the greatest ever Wikipedia edit.
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I’m pleased and proud to say that my new book is published! frenchteachernet.blogspot.com/2026/01/my-n...
My new book is out!
I'm delighted to let you know that that my new book Thinking About Language Teaching (Volume 2) is now out and available as a paperback or ...
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January 20, 2026 at 5:22 PM
I’m pleased and proud to say that my new book is published! frenchteachernet.blogspot.com/2026/01/my-n...
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TIL that the Unitary Executive = Anarchy.
I feel like such a dope thinking Anarchy was a society founded solidarity, mutual aid, production for need over profit and freedom of association
I feel like such a dope thinking Anarchy was a society founded solidarity, mutual aid, production for need over profit and freedom of association
January 20, 2026 at 3:59 PM
TIL that the Unitary Executive = Anarchy.
I feel like such a dope thinking Anarchy was a society founded solidarity, mutual aid, production for need over profit and freedom of association
I feel like such a dope thinking Anarchy was a society founded solidarity, mutual aid, production for need over profit and freedom of association
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I’ve seen a lot in my 26 years teaching in Saint Paul but today’s the first no school day due to the city being terrorized by the federal government
January 20, 2026 at 1:42 PM
I’ve seen a lot in my 26 years teaching in Saint Paul but today’s the first no school day due to the city being terrorized by the federal government
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"Minns says ‘no silver bullet’ for shark attacks after third incident in two days".
Yeah there is - the same solution he has for every problem. Give police more powers and ban the sharks from protesting.
Yeah there is - the same solution he has for every problem. Give police more powers and ban the sharks from protesting.
January 19, 2026 at 10:13 PM
"Minns says ‘no silver bullet’ for shark attacks after third incident in two days".
Yeah there is - the same solution he has for every problem. Give police more powers and ban the sharks from protesting.
Yeah there is - the same solution he has for every problem. Give police more powers and ban the sharks from protesting.
Join your union! ✊
Kerbside garbage collection is one of the great choke-points that can give labour power. Really good piece. www.currentaffairs.org/news/all-pow...
All Power to the Garbage Workers!
From New York in 1677 to India in 2025, the people who collect our trash are among the labor movement’s greatest heroes.
www.currentaffairs.org
January 19, 2026 at 9:41 PM
Join your union! ✊
“If Weiss is exceptional, it's only in her knack for making a spectacle of the sort of things that slicker operators in media say and do all the time without causing too much of a fuss.”
Let’s not kid ourselves into thinking that she is all that’s wrong with the media right now.
Let’s not kid ourselves into thinking that she is all that’s wrong with the media right now.
Bari Weiss is the symptom: defector.com/bari-weiss-i...
Bari Weiss Is The Symptom | Defector
Who says Bari Weiss doesn’t know how to run a newsroom? “My general view here,” the CBS News editor-in-chief wrote in a memo before shelving the now-infamous 60 Minutes report on El Salvador’s CECOT…
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January 19, 2026 at 9:09 PM
“If Weiss is exceptional, it's only in her knack for making a spectacle of the sort of things that slicker operators in media say and do all the time without causing too much of a fuss.”
Let’s not kid ourselves into thinking that she is all that’s wrong with the media right now.
Let’s not kid ourselves into thinking that she is all that’s wrong with the media right now.
So freaking cool.
These are the icy mountains of Pluto. It took 9 years to get these magnificent images… and 4.8 billion kilometers.
January 19, 2026 at 10:38 AM
So freaking cool.
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“The reason the state of our hospitals, schools and other essential services are getting worse is that, while Australia is one of the richest countries in the world, our governments act as if we are poor.” - Dr Richard Denniss
Read the full article: https://theaus.in/3NnGHCh
Read the full article: https://theaus.in/3NnGHCh
January 19, 2026 at 4:15 AM
“The reason the state of our hospitals, schools and other essential services are getting worse is that, while Australia is one of the richest countries in the world, our governments act as if we are poor.” - Dr Richard Denniss
Read the full article: https://theaus.in/3NnGHCh
Read the full article: https://theaus.in/3NnGHCh
Such a good article from Cory Doctorow on AI, reverse centaurs and how we can build solidarity to resist AI’s forced imposition.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
AI companies will fail. We can salvage something from the wreckage | Cory Doctorow
AI is asbestos in the walls of our tech society, stuffed there by monopolists run amok. A serious fight against it must strike at its roots
www.theguardian.com
January 19, 2026 at 12:32 AM
Such a good article from Cory Doctorow on AI, reverse centaurs and how we can build solidarity to resist AI’s forced imposition.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...