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Ellie Marney @elliemarney.bsky.social · 13h

If you ever wanted my YA "Silence of the Lambs"-inspired serial killer thriller, NONE SHALL SLEEP, in digital then now is an excellent time because it costs less than 2 bucks US 😊🖤
www.amazon.com/None-Shall-S...

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Dr Liz Allen @drdemography.com · 1d

#Breaking | ANU College of Arts & Social Sciences will not face structural changes at this time. No renaming, merging, or disestablishment of areas. Change management appears to have been halted, even walked back completely. It’s unclear the impacts of this announcement on the school of music.

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Professor Euan Ritchie @euanritchie.bsky.social · 1d

Each day the upper management of different unis seemingly find new ways to disappoint those of us working at universities. I love what I do, it breaks my heart what's been allowed to happen to unis in recent decades. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10... Robodebt for university academic integrity? WT!

University caught out using AI to wrongly accuse students of cheating with AI

An Australian university has accused thousands of its students of cheating with artificial intelligence. The problem? Many have done nothing wrong.

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Laura Vivanco @lauravivanco.bsky.social · 1d

Amy Krug from the University of Dayton got in touch about their library's popular romance novel collection, which is being created by her students

Romance at the University of Dayton

Amy Krug, from the University of Dayton, is happy to report that the University of Dayton (Dayton, Ohio) now has a dedicated collection, the...

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Jodi McAlister @jodimca.bsky.social · 2d

For The Conversation, @dramyburge.bsky.social and I wrote an obituary for the late, great Jilly Cooper.

Jilly Cooper: why readers still cherish her ‘fat, fun, frothy novels’

Many of Cooper’s depictions of sex are very funny. However, there is a clear message throughout.

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Liam Hogan @liamhogan.id.au · 2d

One of the conspirators who helped Gavrilo Princip shoot Archduke Franz Ferdinand survived to see the breakup of Yugoslavia. He could conceivably have watched the Neighbours episode where Scott and Charlene got married

rax ‘levon honkers’ king @raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 2d

you ever think about those real weird overlaps. like tennessee williams might have listened to the ramones

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Jodi McAlister @jodimca.bsky.social · 2d

For The Conversation, @dramyburge.bsky.social and I wrote an obituary for the late, great Jilly Cooper.

Jilly Cooper: why readers still cherish her ‘fat, fun, frothy novels’

Many of Cooper’s depictions of sex are very funny. However, there is a clear message throughout.

theconversation.com

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Dr Amy Burge @dramyburge.bsky.social · 2d

We have been researching her works for a few years now - @jodimca.bsky.social and I wrote about the late Jilly Cooper's work and the readers who loved her for @theconversation.com

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Jilly Cooper: why readers still cherish her ‘fat, fun, frothy novels’

Many of Cooper’s depictions of sex are very funny. However, there is a clear message throughout.

urldefense.com

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Chibdm @chibdm.bsky.social · 3d

Robin Williams' daughter has some quality thoughts on AI slop

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Jodi McAlister @jodimca.bsky.social · 3d

Vale Jilly Cooper.

Jilly Cooper, English author known for her 'bonkbusters' dies at age 88

The author was best known for The Rutshire Chronicles, including the novel Rivals, which was recently adapted into a Disney+ series.

www.abc.net.au

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Sarah C E Ross @sarahceross.bsky.social · 5d

Job alert! University of Auckland, lectureship in English, in the long 19th century:

jobs.smartrecruiters.com/TheUniversit...

Lecturer - English

Company Description: Waipapa Taumata Rau | The University of AucklandThe University of Auckland is New Zealand’s pre-eminent University, with a turnover of $1.1bn, including research revenue of over $...

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Jodi McAlister @jodimca.bsky.social · 5d

October 5, A SMART GIRL'S GUIDE TO SECOND CHANCES, Steph Vizard (🇦🇺).

Love triangles are very difficult to pull off in romance, but this was a masterclass.

The cover of A Smart Girl's Guide to Second Chances by Steph Vizard.

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Jodi McAlister @jodimca.bsky.social · 8d

Sure. If you DM me your email, I'll send it to you.

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Jodi McAlister @jodimca.bsky.social · 12d

It's the last few days of this sale! Not Here To Make Friends* is $1.99 in e-book for the month of September only.

*the one about two Machiavellian reality TV masterminds falling in love, and also one of the NYT's Best Romances of 2024 bookshop.org/p/books/not-...

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Jodi McAlister @jodimca.bsky.social · 10d

Kate Cuthbert and I recently published an overview in Synergy (semi-scholarly, but we'll eventually work it up into something more scholarly).

Romantasy: An overview and a history | Synergy

slav.vic.edu.au

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JB_AU @jbau.bsky.social · 11d

This whole section really.

Finally: AI cannot do your job, but an AI salesman can 100% convince your boss to fire you and replace you with an AI that can't do your job, and when the bubble bursts, the money-hemorrhaging "foundation models" will be shut off and we'll lose the AI that can't do your job, and you will be long gone, retrained or retired or "discouraged" and out of the labor market, and no one will do your job.
AI is the asbestos we are shoveling into the walls of our society and our descendants will be digging it out for generations:

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ainsleyboo @ainsleybee.bsky.social · 12d

I really enjoyed this and am looking forward to reading the others in the series!

Jodi McAlister @jodimca.bsky.social · 12d

It's the last few days of this sale! Not Here To Make Friends* is $1.99 in e-book for the month of September only.

*the one about two Machiavellian reality TV masterminds falling in love, and also one of the NYT's Best Romances of 2024 bookshop.org/p/books/not-...

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Cam @abnormalamanda.bsky.social · 11d

Ooh a popular fiction scholar and a Shakespeare scholar marriage of convenience I was ADDICTED I could not put down An Academic Affair by @jodimca.bsky.social

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Jodi McAlister @jodimca.bsky.social · 11d

This is gorgeous - thank you!!

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Wool-Encased Tea Addict @passeriform.bsky.social · 12d

I enjoyed this book, and the sequels. It's clever, and heartfelt, and it pulls it off.

Jodi McAlister @jodimca.bsky.social · 12d

It's the last few days of this sale! Not Here To Make Friends* is $1.99 in e-book for the month of September only.

*the one about two Machiavellian reality TV masterminds falling in love, and also one of the NYT's Best Romances of 2024 bookshop.org/p/books/not-...

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Jodi McAlister @jodimca.bsky.social · 12d

September 28, AFTER THE SIREN, Darcy Green (🇦🇺).

It's hard to imagine a more perfect read for grand final weekend than this absolutely killer AFL romance about two players who do not like each other learning that they might, in fact, do considerably more than that...

The cover of After The Siren, featuring cartoon images of two men in AFL uniforms just brushing hands.

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Felicia Davin @feliciadavin.com · 12d

this book is amazing! (the whole series is amazing and benefits from being read in order in my opinion, but go get this one while it’s on sale!)

Jodi McAlister @jodimca.bsky.social · 12d

It's the last few days of this sale! Not Here To Make Friends* is $1.99 in e-book for the month of September only.

*the one about two Machiavellian reality TV masterminds falling in love, and also one of the NYT's Best Romances of 2024 bookshop.org/p/books/not-...

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Jodi McAlister @jodimca.bsky.social · 12d

Thank you!!

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Jodi McAlister @jodimca.bsky.social · 12d

Thank you!!

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Jodi McAlister @jodimca.bsky.social · 12d

Thank you so much, Felicia!!

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