Rachel Cunneen
@rachcunneen.bsky.social
She, her, hers
Teacher Educator @ UC
Researcher - Secondary English Teaching, Mythopoetics, Digital Literacies
Yoga Enthusiast
Mother - doing my best to advocate for chronic illnesses esp #POTS, #LongCovid.
Living on unceded Ngunnawal/Ngambri land
Teacher Educator @ UC
Researcher - Secondary English Teaching, Mythopoetics, Digital Literacies
Yoga Enthusiast
Mother - doing my best to advocate for chronic illnesses esp #POTS, #LongCovid.
Living on unceded Ngunnawal/Ngambri land
Pinned
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An isolated woman tries a newly developed therapy to overcome her fear of being touched. Writer-Director: Jennie Feyen Producer: Lauren McDonough
vimeo.com
This is a gentle, haunting, short film from my sister-in-law and friend, Jennie Feyen. It's won awards at the Sydney Science Fiction Film Fest and the Directors' Film Fest and was selected for screening around the globe. Watch it! It's only ten minutes long but you'll never forget it.
Re the emails-hardly the main point but I remember a certain cultural moment around 2000 & before phone keyboards when it was uncool NOT to have typos bc texting was hard. Educators worried that text-speak would hasten illiteracy. Could JE not write, or was he just using the register of the time?🤷🏻♀️
November 16, 2025 at 3:22 AM
Re the emails-hardly the main point but I remember a certain cultural moment around 2000 & before phone keyboards when it was uncool NOT to have typos bc texting was hard. Educators worried that text-speak would hasten illiteracy. Could JE not write, or was he just using the register of the time?🤷🏻♀️
Just reposting bc it's so beautiful. I've never seen a sunbird.
Timeline cleanse: A sunbird.
I am proud to say I’ve seen a sunbird in person. 😊
I am proud to say I’ve seen a sunbird in person. 😊
November 14, 2025 at 7:05 AM
Just reposting bc it's so beautiful. I've never seen a sunbird.
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This entire thread. All of it. Read it. Now.
"What should poor people be allowed to eat?" seems to be a burning question for those who aren't poor, have never been poor, and can afford to eat what they like, but want to keep poor people from eating anything that tastes really good. "No fresh meat," said Iowa, a few years ago.
November 4, 2025 at 3:44 AM
This entire thread. All of it. Read it. Now.
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I literally did this the other day. You see, I'm an Australian Aboriginal. We call lots of people Aunty and Uncle. I couldn't remember whether a relative was my Great Aunt or second cousin. My little sisters are actually my cousins. One of my Aunties is actually my second cousin. Super normal.
Sorry I refuse to entertain the complete non-existent world where white people don’t know that countless cultures, including some of their own but certainly diasporic racialized ones, call their mom’s cousin’s friend’s sister they grew up with “cousin” and call close women elders “aunt/auntie”
October 29, 2025 at 12:35 AM
I literally did this the other day. You see, I'm an Australian Aboriginal. We call lots of people Aunty and Uncle. I couldn't remember whether a relative was my Great Aunt or second cousin. My little sisters are actually my cousins. One of my Aunties is actually my second cousin. Super normal.
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28.10.2025
'If you've ever wondered what 185+mph winds sound like, here you are.
Category 5 hurricane Malissa is absolutely battering Jamaica at the moment.
Terrifying.'
via Met4CastUK [X] #ClimateCrisis #FossilFuels #Melissa
'If you've ever wondered what 185+mph winds sound like, here you are.
Category 5 hurricane Malissa is absolutely battering Jamaica at the moment.
Terrifying.'
via Met4CastUK [X] #ClimateCrisis #FossilFuels #Melissa
October 28, 2025 at 6:13 PM
28.10.2025
'If you've ever wondered what 185+mph winds sound like, here you are.
Category 5 hurricane Malissa is absolutely battering Jamaica at the moment.
Terrifying.'
via Met4CastUK [X] #ClimateCrisis #FossilFuels #Melissa
'If you've ever wondered what 185+mph winds sound like, here you are.
Category 5 hurricane Malissa is absolutely battering Jamaica at the moment.
Terrifying.'
via Met4CastUK [X] #ClimateCrisis #FossilFuels #Melissa
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I discussed how climate change supercharged Hurricane #Melissa + Bill Gates latest climate comments with Chris Jansing on @msnbc.com: www.youtube.com/watch?v=AQ5O...
Michael Mann discussed Hurricane Melissa +Bill Gates climate comments with Chris Jansing on MSNBC
YouTube video by Michael Mann
www.youtube.com
October 28, 2025 at 6:55 PM
I discussed how climate change supercharged Hurricane #Melissa + Bill Gates latest climate comments with Chris Jansing on @msnbc.com: www.youtube.com/watch?v=AQ5O...
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🧵 The Wayback Machine isn’t just web pages 💻 It’s a record of decades of projects, family histories, local sites & memories that may no longer exist anywhere else.
What does the #WaybackMachine mean to you? Tell us ⤵️
blog.archive.org/trillion/
#Wayback1T
What does the #WaybackMachine mean to you? Tell us ⤵️
blog.archive.org/trillion/
#Wayback1T
October 15, 2025 at 4:07 PM
🧵 The Wayback Machine isn’t just web pages 💻 It’s a record of decades of projects, family histories, local sites & memories that may no longer exist anywhere else.
What does the #WaybackMachine mean to you? Tell us ⤵️
blog.archive.org/trillion/
#Wayback1T
What does the #WaybackMachine mean to you? Tell us ⤵️
blog.archive.org/trillion/
#Wayback1T
Important re ME/CFS, especially in the UK 👇👇👇
The thread on one page: skywriter.blue/pages/did:pl...
Page by George Monbiot | @georgemonbiot.bsky.social
ME/CFS is a devastating condition that has long been denied, dismissed, psychologised and underdiagnosed. Research is at last starting to catch up with it, with glimmers of hope for those who have bee...
skywriter.blue
October 20, 2025 at 6:30 AM
Important re ME/CFS, especially in the UK 👇👇👇
Watching the #NoKings from Australia. The numbers are FANTASTIC but one of the (many) things I love about it is that you're all so bloody hilarious. It could have been a grim, angry day but I keep seeing footage that has me in tears of laughter. Power to the (funny) people 🇺🇸 👏 🐸🦄
October 19, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Watching the #NoKings from Australia. The numbers are FANTASTIC but one of the (many) things I love about it is that you're all so bloody hilarious. It could have been a grim, angry day but I keep seeing footage that has me in tears of laughter. Power to the (funny) people 🇺🇸 👏 🐸🦄
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Yes your taxes should support disabled people.
They should support homeless people.
They should support those living in poverty, children and the elderly.
This is literally the purpose of taxes, and I would far rather support those who need it than continue to enrich the elite.
They should support homeless people.
They should support those living in poverty, children and the elderly.
This is literally the purpose of taxes, and I would far rather support those who need it than continue to enrich the elite.
October 15, 2025 at 4:49 AM
Yes your taxes should support disabled people.
They should support homeless people.
They should support those living in poverty, children and the elderly.
This is literally the purpose of taxes, and I would far rather support those who need it than continue to enrich the elite.
They should support homeless people.
They should support those living in poverty, children and the elderly.
This is literally the purpose of taxes, and I would far rather support those who need it than continue to enrich the elite.
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Leah Belsky, a person leading Open AI's charge to foist its products on universities and schools is paid > $1M/year. Her net worth is > $25M.
Before this, she ran (unsuccessful) efforts at Coursera.
Ed-tech is fleecing public schools for private profit.
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/07/t...
Before this, she ran (unsuccessful) efforts at Coursera.
Ed-tech is fleecing public schools for private profit.
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/07/t...
Welcome to Campus. Here’s Your ChatGPT.
www.nytimes.com
August 3, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Leah Belsky, a person leading Open AI's charge to foist its products on universities and schools is paid > $1M/year. Her net worth is > $25M.
Before this, she ran (unsuccessful) efforts at Coursera.
Ed-tech is fleecing public schools for private profit.
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/07/t...
Before this, she ran (unsuccessful) efforts at Coursera.
Ed-tech is fleecing public schools for private profit.
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/07/t...
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Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.
October 5, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.
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My heart is filled with bittersweet sadness and admiration for the end of a life truly well-lived.
Rest in Power, Jane Goodall.
Thank you for embodying the best of humanity. Your imprint on the planet and its creatures is indelible.
Rest in Power, Jane Goodall.
Thank you for embodying the best of humanity. Your imprint on the planet and its creatures is indelible.
Jane Goodall, Eminent Primatologist Who Chronicled the Lives of Chimps, Dies at 91
www.nytimes.com
October 1, 2025 at 7:03 PM
My heart is filled with bittersweet sadness and admiration for the end of a life truly well-lived.
Rest in Power, Jane Goodall.
Thank you for embodying the best of humanity. Your imprint on the planet and its creatures is indelible.
Rest in Power, Jane Goodall.
Thank you for embodying the best of humanity. Your imprint on the planet and its creatures is indelible.
Spring evening on Ngunnawal country
September 25, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Spring evening on Ngunnawal country
Housing is a human right.
An important step.
"It's never been done in Australia before — enshrining housing as a human right. But it's a concept that will soon become a reality in the ACT."
#Canberra #housing #auspol
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...
"It's never been done in Australia before — enshrining housing as a human right. But it's a concept that will soon become a reality in the ACT."
#Canberra #housing #auspol
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...
Solving the housing crisis is a marathon but a new law could be the first step
The ACT government has passed legislation enshrining housing as a human right. What does that mean, and should other states follow?
www.abc.net.au
September 21, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Housing is a human right.
That was tricky! Hadn't realised how many favourites were from the 20th Century. #ABCRadioNational. #Top100BooksOfThe21stCentury. #BookSky
September 21, 2025 at 11:58 AM
That was tricky! Hadn't realised how many favourites were from the 20th Century. #ABCRadioNational. #Top100BooksOfThe21stCentury. #BookSky
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Judith Butler: “Did you consider not complying with this request?” https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/12/uc-berkeley-trump-administration-antisemitism
September 13, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Judith Butler: “Did you consider not complying with this request?” https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/12/uc-berkeley-trump-administration-antisemitism
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This whole thing may have finally, finally, undone my impulse to look at social media too often.
September 13, 2025 at 2:57 PM
This whole thing may have finally, finally, undone my impulse to look at social media too often.
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And the main objective of a good university education is to get this across to students, and ideally turn it into curiosity: knowledge is open-ended, and while there is a canon that we should be aware of, that canon is evolving and never complete.
September 10, 2025 at 10:26 AM
And the main objective of a good university education is to get this across to students, and ideally turn it into curiosity: knowledge is open-ended, and while there is a canon that we should be aware of, that canon is evolving and never complete.
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lot of people out here laboring under the misapprehension that uni is just further high school and there is some higher authority on content than the professor who is a live, working researcher in the field
September 10, 2025 at 9:45 AM
lot of people out here laboring under the misapprehension that uni is just further high school and there is some higher authority on content than the professor who is a live, working researcher in the field
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I think he’s somewhere shedding his skin.
August 30, 2025 at 5:12 AM
I think he’s somewhere shedding his skin.
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Bushland on the edge of suburbia in Canberra. The flagpole on the top of Parliament House can be seen in the distance. I love this city 🥰
#Australia #nature #gumtrees
#Australia #nature #gumtrees
August 30, 2025 at 6:14 AM
Bushland on the edge of suburbia in Canberra. The flagpole on the top of Parliament House can be seen in the distance. I love this city 🥰
#Australia #nature #gumtrees
#Australia #nature #gumtrees
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I am sickened by the relentless demonisation of refugees.
No refugee underfunded a school.
No refugee closed a hospital.
No refugee took away support from the sick and disabled.
We need solutions not scapegoats. Stop blaming refugees and tax the rich instead!
No refugee underfunded a school.
No refugee closed a hospital.
No refugee took away support from the sick and disabled.
We need solutions not scapegoats. Stop blaming refugees and tax the rich instead!
August 27, 2025 at 9:11 AM
I am sickened by the relentless demonisation of refugees.
No refugee underfunded a school.
No refugee closed a hospital.
No refugee took away support from the sick and disabled.
We need solutions not scapegoats. Stop blaming refugees and tax the rich instead!
No refugee underfunded a school.
No refugee closed a hospital.
No refugee took away support from the sick and disabled.
We need solutions not scapegoats. Stop blaming refugees and tax the rich instead!
I'm utterly revolted by Linda Reynold's lawyer attempt to reframe the aftermath of Brittany Higgins' rape as a 'fairy story' - revoltingness surpassed only by Zali Burrows insistence on Lehrmann's 'soft rape.'
Rape victims, I am so sorry. These words are legalistic, linguistic travesties.
Rape victims, I am so sorry. These words are legalistic, linguistic travesties.
August 27, 2025 at 8:50 AM
I'm utterly revolted by Linda Reynold's lawyer attempt to reframe the aftermath of Brittany Higgins' rape as a 'fairy story' - revoltingness surpassed only by Zali Burrows insistence on Lehrmann's 'soft rape.'
Rape victims, I am so sorry. These words are legalistic, linguistic travesties.
Rape victims, I am so sorry. These words are legalistic, linguistic travesties.