Elissa 🏳️⚧️ 🏳️🌈
@libris55.bsky.social
Interested lots of things - medieval history, politics, tv shows - but mainly fairness and equality for all
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Latest debacles at the State Library of Victoria: an arresting report by Gideon Haigh. Is the Board illegal as well as awful? Is the withdrawn 'restructure' proceeding by stealth (cultural vandalism, expertise-jettisoning, giant video screens in the Dome, etc)?
www.cricketetal.com/p/whats-stil...
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What's (Still) Happening at the State Library of Victoria?
GH catches up
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February 1, 2026 at 10:32 AM
Latest debacles at the State Library of Victoria: an arresting report by Gideon Haigh. Is the Board illegal as well as awful? Is the withdrawn 'restructure' proceeding by stealth (cultural vandalism, expertise-jettisoning, giant video screens in the Dome, etc)?
www.cricketetal.com/p/whats-stil...
www.cricketetal.com/p/whats-stil...
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Please make it your new resolution to visit AskHistorians once a week, because we've never been this invested in overtaking another community.
February 1, 2026 at 7:53 PM
Please make it your new resolution to visit AskHistorians once a week, because we've never been this invested in overtaking another community.
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The Epstein emails should really end the debate over whether society should have billionaires. "Do you want there to be a class of people so powerful they can fuck your kids and no one will even try to do anything" seems like an easy sell if everyone in politics wasn't trying to get on their payroll
January 30, 2026 at 11:21 PM
The Epstein emails should really end the debate over whether society should have billionaires. "Do you want there to be a class of people so powerful they can fuck your kids and no one will even try to do anything" seems like an easy sell if everyone in politics wasn't trying to get on their payroll
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“What does matter is that we are beset with the ideology of maximising having while minimising doing. This has long been capitalism’s narrative and is now also technology’s. It is an ideology that steals from us relationships and connections and eventually our selves.”
January 31, 2026 at 1:00 PM
“What does matter is that we are beset with the ideology of maximising having while minimising doing. This has long been capitalism’s narrative and is now also technology’s. It is an ideology that steals from us relationships and connections and eventually our selves.”
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Pt. 2 on UK’s Reform & #Auspol’s One Nation. MSM is normalising & growing these parties. In a moment when RW politicians use “social cohesion” to suppress any criticism of their goals & @albomp.bsky.social to suppress criticism of Israel, this is real threat.
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The media wants MAGA in the UK and Australia
Too many legacy organisations and mainstream figures are working to make Farage's Reform and Hanson/Rinehart's One Nation into contenders for government.
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January 30, 2026 at 11:01 PM
Pt. 2 on UK’s Reform & #Auspol’s One Nation. MSM is normalising & growing these parties. In a moment when RW politicians use “social cohesion” to suppress any criticism of their goals & @albomp.bsky.social to suppress criticism of Israel, this is real threat.
lucyham29.substack.com/p/the-media-...
lucyham29.substack.com/p/the-media-...
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January 29, 2026 at 1:18 PM
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"There’s so much wrong with all this it makes the head spin. Most blatant is the unmistakable resemblance to the style and messaging of the Nazi propaganda machine."
johnmenadue.com/post/2026/01...
johnmenadue.com/post/2026/01...
Trump labor department takes a page from Hitler’s playbook
Official social media from the US Labor Department now echoes the imagery, language and logic of authoritarian propaganda – a warning sign for workers’ rights and democratic institutions.
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January 28, 2026 at 8:06 PM
"There’s so much wrong with all this it makes the head spin. Most blatant is the unmistakable resemblance to the style and messaging of the Nazi propaganda machine."
johnmenadue.com/post/2026/01...
johnmenadue.com/post/2026/01...
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Downfall Bovino Edition. You're welcome.
January 27, 2026 at 5:36 AM
Downfall Bovino Edition. You're welcome.
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rightwingers see people caring about others in their community and instead of finding that inspiring they think it’s some sort of grand conspiracy because they don’t understand what it means to care for others you don’t personally know
January 25, 2026 at 7:57 PM
rightwingers see people caring about others in their community and instead of finding that inspiring they think it’s some sort of grand conspiracy because they don’t understand what it means to care for others you don’t personally know
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Well done to Gareth Hutchens & the Economics/Finance section of the ABC for this work & publishing it.
The Economics/Finance area is one of the few that has always maintained integrity & independent, fact
based journalism at the ABC, not partisan or propaganda.
Much respect & thanks to you all.
The Economics/Finance area is one of the few that has always maintained integrity & independent, fact
based journalism at the ABC, not partisan or propaganda.
Much respect & thanks to you all.
January 25, 2026 at 11:29 PM
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You know where you can find mass infant remains?
right alongside and under the foundations of medieval churches. because infant mortality was heartbreakingly high and these assholes are doing everything they can to bring that back
right alongside and under the foundations of medieval churches. because infant mortality was heartbreakingly high and these assholes are doing everything they can to bring that back
I pointed out (elsewhere) that the Vice President was lying when he said in a speech that archaeologists used mass infant remains to identify ancient brothels (they don't) so now I have right-wing chuds emailing my university email to 'gotcha' me about the sites I mentioned by name already.
January 25, 2026 at 8:10 PM
You know where you can find mass infant remains?
right alongside and under the foundations of medieval churches. because infant mortality was heartbreakingly high and these assholes are doing everything they can to bring that back
right alongside and under the foundations of medieval churches. because infant mortality was heartbreakingly high and these assholes are doing everything they can to bring that back
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AUKUS has been a bullshit "alliance" since day one. An excuse for the US to fleece Australia of billions while our pollies cash their thankyou cheques. It's well past time to end it.
#AusPol
#AusPol
Just remember that right now the Albanese Govt is spending billions to the fund the USA military.
January 25, 2026 at 4:10 AM
AUKUS has been a bullshit "alliance" since day one. An excuse for the US to fleece Australia of billions while our pollies cash their thankyou cheques. It's well past time to end it.
#AusPol
#AusPol
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both groups, base and elite, are somehow more evil, perverted, and debased than one another
The conservative intelligentsia and media-industrial complex has been publicly masturbating about getting to kill people for years now, they are orders of magnitude worse than even the MAGA base. Everybody knows this, it's just politically incorrect to say it.
miller is regularly blamed but vance is not held to any account at all for having started the chain of events that got us here
January 25, 2026 at 1:12 AM
both groups, base and elite, are somehow more evil, perverted, and debased than one another
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years and years of avoiding plain language and the active voice do make the choice to use it more impactful, I suppose
January 24, 2026 at 8:31 PM
years and years of avoiding plain language and the active voice do make the choice to use it more impactful, I suppose
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oh cool you can see salmon farm pollution from space
January 24, 2026 at 7:40 AM
oh cool you can see salmon farm pollution from space
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Exactly: "The AI can’t do your job, but an AI salesman can convince your boss to fire you and replace you with an AI that can’t do your job. This is key because it helps us build the kinds of coalitions that will be successful in the fight against the AI bubble."
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
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January 22, 2026 at 1:38 AM
Exactly: "The AI can’t do your job, but an AI salesman can convince your boss to fire you and replace you with an AI that can’t do your job. This is key because it helps us build the kinds of coalitions that will be successful in the fight against the AI bubble."
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
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I was present for the birth of the web, the explosion of personal sites, and the blogging revolution, and you know what we never had to do? Beg people to use our shit.
AI boom could falter without wider adoption, Microsoft chief Satya Nadella warns
Big tech boss tells delegates at Davos that broader global use is essential if technology is to deliver lasting growth
www.irishtimes.com
January 21, 2026 at 12:19 AM
I was present for the birth of the web, the explosion of personal sites, and the blogging revolution, and you know what we never had to do? Beg people to use our shit.
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The party line has gone from "women have to start using genAI or they'll be left behind" to "everyone has to start using genAI or they'll be left behind" to "everyone has to start using genAI or genAI will be left behind."
AI boom could falter without wider adoption, Microsoft chief Satya Nadella warns
Big tech boss tells delegates at Davos that broader global use is essential if technology is to deliver lasting growth
www.irishtimes.com
January 20, 2026 at 5:54 PM
The party line has gone from "women have to start using genAI or they'll be left behind" to "everyone has to start using genAI or they'll be left behind" to "everyone has to start using genAI or genAI will be left behind."
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Was the wife of a Macquarie Bank exec with no Library expertise appointed to the board of #StateLibraryVictoria last year, only now on the website? Did the Bank just invest in a start-up backed by SLV President Christine Christian? Did she find that company through her Library-backed start-up hub?
January 18, 2026 at 11:23 PM
Was the wife of a Macquarie Bank exec with no Library expertise appointed to the board of #StateLibraryVictoria last year, only now on the website? Did the Bank just invest in a start-up backed by SLV President Christine Christian? Did she find that company through her Library-backed start-up hub?
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She is an expert on authoritarian regimes, in case you're wondering whether peaceful protests matter.
January 18, 2026 at 1:53 AM
She is an expert on authoritarian regimes, in case you're wondering whether peaceful protests matter.
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Hats off to whoever did this (and the beautiful model).
January 16, 2026 at 8:18 AM
Hats off to whoever did this (and the beautiful model).
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this reporting is terrible "no breakthrough" in what ? Greenland's part of Denmark.the US saying it wants it doesn't automatically mean the status quo changes & negotiations happen & concessions be made. it just means an over sized baby has staged a tantrum a smacked bottom is the best reaction
January 16, 2026 at 1:28 AM
this reporting is terrible "no breakthrough" in what ? Greenland's part of Denmark.the US saying it wants it doesn't automatically mean the status quo changes & negotiations happen & concessions be made. it just means an over sized baby has staged a tantrum a smacked bottom is the best reaction
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Hey @albomp.bsky.social how's your special relationship going with this dangerous dumb dodgy dickhead?
If you don't think it's time to review our 'alliance', your legacy will be your failure of leadership, which is putting Australian security at greater risk. #auspol
If you don't think it's time to review our 'alliance', your legacy will be your failure of leadership, which is putting Australian security at greater risk. #auspol
Q: Would you be willing to leave NATO to get Greenland?
TRUMP: I wouldn't be telling you. But Greenland is very security for natl security. There's not a thing Denmark can do if Russia or China wants to occupy Greenland. But there's everything we can do. You found that out last week with Venezuela
TRUMP: I wouldn't be telling you. But Greenland is very security for natl security. There's not a thing Denmark can do if Russia or China wants to occupy Greenland. But there's everything we can do. You found that out last week with Venezuela
January 15, 2026 at 3:28 AM
Hey @albomp.bsky.social how's your special relationship going with this dangerous dumb dodgy dickhead?
If you don't think it's time to review our 'alliance', your legacy will be your failure of leadership, which is putting Australian security at greater risk. #auspol
If you don't think it's time to review our 'alliance', your legacy will be your failure of leadership, which is putting Australian security at greater risk. #auspol
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all they had to do was let a woman talk about her new novel
In the space of one week, over 180 writers withdraw, the board is wiped, the director quits, the event is cancelled, and the SA premier faces a potential defamation suit.... www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
January 15, 2026 at 1:02 AM
all they had to do was let a woman talk about her new novel
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Some thoughts on Adelaide Writers' Week and the moment we find ourselves in. It's all just so grinding. rick-morton.ghost.io/the-great-si...
The Great Silencing
Last week it snowed heavily twice in Paris, turning the city into a frigid, monochrome fantasy land over three days, and at the weekend I popped into the Musée Marmottan Monet for a spot of impression...
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January 14, 2026 at 9:25 PM
Some thoughts on Adelaide Writers' Week and the moment we find ourselves in. It's all just so grinding. rick-morton.ghost.io/the-great-si...