Tseen Khoo
@tseenster.bsky.social
Researcher developer at #DeakinRDA | 1/2 of @TheRealRW | Critical university studies, research culture, academic identities | Creator #SadChairsOfAcademia and #TiredBagsOfMelbourne | tseenster.com
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5447-061X
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5447-061X
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Happy year of the fire horse
[Mark Rothko, Red on Red, 1969]
[Mark Rothko, Red on Red, 1969]
February 17, 2026 at 12:40 PM
Happy year of the fire horse
[Mark Rothko, Red on Red, 1969]
[Mark Rothko, Red on Red, 1969]
Well, now this is a total surprise!
Alpha School, an "AI-powered" private school that costs as much as $65k a year, is generating faulty lesson plans and stealing content from textbooks for training data www.404media.co/students-are...
'Students Are Being Treated Like Guinea Pigs:' Inside an AI-Powered Private School
Leaked documents reveal the inner workings of Alpha School, which both the press and the Trump administration have applauded. The documents show Alpha School's AI is generating faulty lessons that som...
www.404media.co
February 17, 2026 at 9:42 PM
Well, now this is a total surprise!
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WHO KNEW? "Thousands of paywalled research papers could be freed with this simple fix" (yes it is good ol' green open access, but in Australia we have been so fixated on read and publish deals the humble repository has been lost in the melee) theconversation.com/thousands-of...
Thousands of paywalled research papers could be freed with this simple fix
‘Green open access’ has existed for decades – and it’s not hard to get academics to use it more.
theconversation.com
February 16, 2026 at 5:42 AM
WHO KNEW? "Thousands of paywalled research papers could be freed with this simple fix" (yes it is good ol' green open access, but in Australia we have been so fixated on read and publish deals the humble repository has been lost in the melee) theconversation.com/thousands-of...
Australian University Census on Staff Wellbeing findings are now out and about!
stresscafe.net/census/
stresscafe.net/census/
Census - Stress Cafe
Despite multiple government reviews – including the Australian Universities Accord and a Senate Inquiry – staff wellbeing in the workplace has received little direct attention. In response, the Australian University Census on Staff Wellbeing was launched in 2025 as a sector-wide “name and support” public health and sustainability initiative. The purpose of the Census is […]
stresscafe.net
February 12, 2026 at 4:44 AM
Australian University Census on Staff Wellbeing findings are now out and about!
stresscafe.net/census/
stresscafe.net/census/
Welcome to 2026 from @therealrw.bsky.social! We've had a long time between optimistic round-up posts and starting this year with one bodes well.
Hope you have things to look forward to, too, research-wise!
researchwhisperer.org/2026/02/03/w...
Hope you have things to look forward to, too, research-wise!
researchwhisperer.org/2026/02/03/w...
Welcome to 2026
Photo by Warren Griffiths on Unsplash. 2026 is shaping up to be an interesting year. It feels like every year since 2020 has been an ‘interesting year’ for different reasons. Could we h…
researchwhisperer.org
February 3, 2026 at 2:59 AM
Welcome to 2026 from @therealrw.bsky.social! We've had a long time between optimistic round-up posts and starting this year with one bodes well.
Hope you have things to look forward to, too, research-wise!
researchwhisperer.org/2026/02/03/w...
Hope you have things to look forward to, too, research-wise!
researchwhisperer.org/2026/02/03/w...
Noooo. Mr Tulk, the iconic Melbourne cafe that's in the SLV, is being forced to close?! WTAF? Why mess with something that ain't broke?
If you are similarly incensed, there's a petition - pls sign: www.change.org/p/save-mr-tulk
If you are similarly incensed, there's a petition - pls sign: www.change.org/p/save-mr-tulk
a woman wearing glasses is reading a book and says " nuh uh " at the bottom
ALT: a woman wearing glasses is reading a book and says " nuh uh " at the bottom
media.tenor.com
February 2, 2026 at 12:41 AM
Noooo. Mr Tulk, the iconic Melbourne cafe that's in the SLV, is being forced to close?! WTAF? Why mess with something that ain't broke?
If you are similarly incensed, there's a petition - pls sign: www.change.org/p/save-mr-tulk
If you are similarly incensed, there's a petition - pls sign: www.change.org/p/save-mr-tulk
Some lovely @mcsweeneys.net to end your working week: How to become a professional writer
Definitely share it with your author-y friends. 😄
Definitely share it with your author-y friends. 😄
How to Become a Professional Writer
Do you enjoy writing? Do you like the idea of taking the thing you love doing the most in the world and turning it into work? So that your access t...
www.mcsweeneys.net
January 30, 2026 at 5:43 AM
Some lovely @mcsweeneys.net to end your working week: How to become a professional writer
Definitely share it with your author-y friends. 😄
Definitely share it with your author-y friends. 😄
Great long-read by Rebecca Solnit:
"Silicon Valley is giving us life void of connection. There is a way out – but it’s going to take collective effort"
www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
"Silicon Valley is giving us life void of connection. There is a way out – but it’s going to take collective effort"
www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
What technology takes from us – and how to take it back | Rebecca Solnit
The long read: Decisions outsourced, chatbots for friends, the natural world an afterthought: Silicon Valley is giving us life void of connection. There is a way out – but it’s going to take collectiv...
www.theguardian.com
January 30, 2026 at 12:19 AM
Great long-read by Rebecca Solnit:
"Silicon Valley is giving us life void of connection. There is a way out – but it’s going to take collective effort"
www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
"Silicon Valley is giving us life void of connection. There is a way out – but it’s going to take collective effort"
www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
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Staff at a Twin Cities yarn store put together a pattern for a red knit “Melt the ICE” hat inspired by the Norwegian resistance.
They thought they would attract 10 people to a weekly knit-along.
They’ve sold 70,000 copies, raising more than $250k for immigrant aid groups.
They thought they would attract 10 people to a weekly knit-along.
They’ve sold 70,000 copies, raising more than $250k for immigrant aid groups.
‘Rage knitting’ against the machine: the hobbyists putting anti-ICE messages into crafts
Makers take a stand through ‘Melt the ICE’ red knit caps and sparkly nails – all while raising funds for those affected by immigration raids
www.theguardian.com
January 29, 2026 at 1:43 PM
Staff at a Twin Cities yarn store put together a pattern for a red knit “Melt the ICE” hat inspired by the Norwegian resistance.
They thought they would attract 10 people to a weekly knit-along.
They’ve sold 70,000 copies, raising more than $250k for immigrant aid groups.
They thought they would attract 10 people to a weekly knit-along.
They’ve sold 70,000 copies, raising more than $250k for immigrant aid groups.
Wallowing in post-holiday feasting happiness? Got some time in this weird interstitial space before a new year starts?
Add to this Wiki entry on "Research Culture" that @therealrw.bsky.social's @jod999.bsky.social created! Make it better!
Read on: researchwhisperer.org/2025/12/09/r...
Add to this Wiki entry on "Research Culture" that @therealrw.bsky.social's @jod999.bsky.social created! Make it better!
Read on: researchwhisperer.org/2025/12/09/r...
a man with a beard is looking at a woman with the words maybe we could be better together
ALT: a man with a beard is looking at a woman with the words maybe we could be better together
media.tenor.com
December 29, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Wallowing in post-holiday feasting happiness? Got some time in this weird interstitial space before a new year starts?
Add to this Wiki entry on "Research Culture" that @therealrw.bsky.social's @jod999.bsky.social created! Make it better!
Read on: researchwhisperer.org/2025/12/09/r...
Add to this Wiki entry on "Research Culture" that @therealrw.bsky.social's @jod999.bsky.social created! Make it better!
Read on: researchwhisperer.org/2025/12/09/r...
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Pantone just updated their Color Of The Year
December 20, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Pantone just updated their Color Of The Year
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SIGH- not sure where all this will end but it is likely to be ugly
Closing out my year with a journal editor shocker 🧵
Checking new manuscripts today I reviewed a paper attributing 2 papers to me I did not write. A daft thing for an author to do of course. But intrigued I web searched up one of the titles and that's when it got real weird...
Checking new manuscripts today I reviewed a paper attributing 2 papers to me I did not write. A daft thing for an author to do of course. But intrigued I web searched up one of the titles and that's when it got real weird...
December 20, 2025 at 11:03 PM
SIGH- not sure where all this will end but it is likely to be ugly
That Vanity Fair article.
Some of the striking (!) photos on their Insta account: www.instagram.com/vanityfair/
📌 Meme not from the VF photoshoot.
Some of the striking (!) photos on their Insta account: www.instagram.com/vanityfair/
📌 Meme not from the VF photoshoot.
December 17, 2025 at 4:18 AM
That Vanity Fair article.
Some of the striking (!) photos on their Insta account: www.instagram.com/vanityfair/
📌 Meme not from the VF photoshoot.
Some of the striking (!) photos on their Insta account: www.instagram.com/vanityfair/
📌 Meme not from the VF photoshoot.
Fascinating project underway by @neilselwyn.bsky.social and colleagues - please share with your academic networks!
#AcademicSky
#AcademicSky
We're running a very short survey to explore why academics are increasingly turning to GenAI to do things that they know/feel they should probably be doing themselves (e.g. write peer reviews, draft papers, data analysis etc.) - please share (or fill in!): redcap.helix.monash.edu/surveys/?s=L...
Academics' 'grey' uses of GenAI - a scoping study
redcap.helix.monash.edu
December 12, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Fascinating project underway by @neilselwyn.bsky.social and colleagues - please share with your academic networks!
#AcademicSky
#AcademicSky
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Yes! A great start but the same people are still, astonishingly, running the State Library of Melbourne. They're not saying, 'we were wrong' but 'you don't understand it, so we'll re-word it'. Rally tomorrow Saturday, at Library 12.30! We must stiffen our spines! (Ba ha ha, books, I'm very tired.)
Well done all! The power of protest @austhistassoc.bsky.social
December 12, 2025 at 1:34 AM
Yes! A great start but the same people are still, astonishingly, running the State Library of Melbourne. They're not saying, 'we were wrong' but 'you don't understand it, so we'll re-word it'. Rally tomorrow Saturday, at Library 12.30! We must stiffen our spines! (Ba ha ha, books, I'm very tired.)
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Does having a judgemental lorikeet staring at you help you to write? Print this out, stick it on or next to your computer and see what happens! #academicchatter #academicsky #PhDchat #resdev #highered #suaw
December 10, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Does having a judgemental lorikeet staring at you help you to write? Print this out, stick it on or next to your computer and see what happens! #academicchatter #academicsky #PhDchat #resdev #highered #suaw
We've been deep in conference season here in Australia. So it may be too late for #AcademicCoachTaylor's take...yeah nah. It's never too late.
#AcademicSky #PhDchat #academia #resdevmemes #resdev
#AcademicSky #PhDchat #academia #resdevmemes #resdev
December 5, 2025 at 4:37 AM
We've been deep in conference season here in Australia. So it may be too late for #AcademicCoachTaylor's take...yeah nah. It's never too late.
#AcademicSky #PhDchat #academia #resdevmemes #resdev
#AcademicSky #PhDchat #academia #resdevmemes #resdev
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Help! Sign & share the petition to save the State Library of Victoria from rolling crises, gallery closures, harassment/jettisoning of staff & new cuts to destroy services for children & adults. c.org/Hj9G9WSg2f. (Or change.org, search Save The State Library of Victoria.) #StateLibrary #librarians
Can you spare a minute to help this campaign?
Save the State Library of Victoria!
c.org
December 1, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Help! Sign & share the petition to save the State Library of Victoria from rolling crises, gallery closures, harassment/jettisoning of staff & new cuts to destroy services for children & adults. c.org/Hj9G9WSg2f. (Or change.org, search Save The State Library of Victoria.) #StateLibrary #librarians
If you've had any tough days during #AcWriMo, I highly recommend adopting Taika Waititi's expansive classification system for writing. Another handy tip from the academia / writing / research meme stash. #PhDchat #academicsky #academicchatter #highered
November 28, 2025 at 12:15 AM
This goes out to all of you who have a log-jam of deadlines before the holiday season hits.
Good luck, colleagues!
#academicsky #acwri #resdevmemes
Good luck, colleagues!
#academicsky #acwri #resdevmemes
November 27, 2025 at 6:26 AM
This goes out to all of you who have a log-jam of deadlines before the holiday season hits.
Good luck, colleagues!
#academicsky #acwri #resdevmemes
Good luck, colleagues!
#academicsky #acwri #resdevmemes
New challenge for busy researchers who lament that they don't have time to think these days:
For 2026, plan for thinking time, or time to do nothing (which is when some of the best ideas happen). Protect it. Make it sacrosanct.
If you don't take your thinking time seriously, no-one else will.
For 2026, plan for thinking time, or time to do nothing (which is when some of the best ideas happen). Protect it. Make it sacrosanct.
If you don't take your thinking time seriously, no-one else will.
This banger from the academia / writing / research meme stash definitely has wider applicability but I do really like using it for coaching, mentoring, and workshop activities when we talk about the importance of saying 'no' to things as researchers. #academicchatter #academicsky #PhDchat
November 27, 2025 at 6:21 AM
New challenge for busy researchers who lament that they don't have time to think these days:
For 2026, plan for thinking time, or time to do nothing (which is when some of the best ideas happen). Protect it. Make it sacrosanct.
If you don't take your thinking time seriously, no-one else will.
For 2026, plan for thinking time, or time to do nothing (which is when some of the best ideas happen). Protect it. Make it sacrosanct.
If you don't take your thinking time seriously, no-one else will.
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It is with deep sadness that we share the passing of Emeritus Professor Graeme Turner AO FAHA FQA — one of Australia’s most influential humanities scholars and a towering figure in the Academy’s history. humanities.org.au/our-communit...
November 26, 2025 at 6:26 AM
It is with deep sadness that we share the passing of Emeritus Professor Graeme Turner AO FAHA FQA — one of Australia’s most influential humanities scholars and a towering figure in the Academy’s history. humanities.org.au/our-communit...
Heard via @humanitiesau.bsky.social (on LinkedIn) that Graeme Turner passed away last night. 😔
He was Head of School at UQ when I was there. As a colleague, he was inspiring, no BS, and always encouraging.
Good way to remember breadth of his expertise is to read his blog: graemeturner.org/blog/
He was Head of School at UQ when I was there. As a colleague, he was inspiring, no BS, and always encouraging.
Good way to remember breadth of his expertise is to read his blog: graemeturner.org/blog/
Blog - Graeme Turner
graemeturner.org
November 26, 2025 at 6:19 AM
Heard via @humanitiesau.bsky.social (on LinkedIn) that Graeme Turner passed away last night. 😔
He was Head of School at UQ when I was there. As a colleague, he was inspiring, no BS, and always encouraging.
Good way to remember breadth of his expertise is to read his blog: graemeturner.org/blog/
He was Head of School at UQ when I was there. As a colleague, he was inspiring, no BS, and always encouraging.
Good way to remember breadth of his expertise is to read his blog: graemeturner.org/blog/
I enjoy this meme.
The Grade 6 class I was talking to a few years ago about research integrity did not.
Look out for it in one of my #resdev sessions in the future.
#resdevmemes #academicsky
The Grade 6 class I was talking to a few years ago about research integrity did not.
Look out for it in one of my #resdev sessions in the future.
#resdevmemes #academicsky
November 26, 2025 at 4:44 AM
I enjoy this meme.
The Grade 6 class I was talking to a few years ago about research integrity did not.
Look out for it in one of my #resdev sessions in the future.
#resdevmemes #academicsky
The Grade 6 class I was talking to a few years ago about research integrity did not.
Look out for it in one of my #resdev sessions in the future.
#resdevmemes #academicsky
Corrected something in this post (ta, eagle-eyed librarian!) and counted all the zeroes properly this time. Elsevier's profit is not in the millions, it's billions. 😵💫
New at @therealrw.bsky.social this week: "Librarians versus the world"!
researchwhisperer.org/2025/11/25/l... #academicsky #acwri
New at @therealrw.bsky.social this week: "Librarians versus the world"!
researchwhisperer.org/2025/11/25/l... #academicsky #acwri
Librarians versus the world
Photo of London’s National Art Library by Sebastien LE DEROUT on Unsplash Here at the Research Whisperer, we love librarians. They are smart, dedicated people who want to help you with your researc…
researchwhisperer.org
November 26, 2025 at 4:20 AM
Corrected something in this post (ta, eagle-eyed librarian!) and counted all the zeroes properly this time. Elsevier's profit is not in the millions, it's billions. 😵💫
New at @therealrw.bsky.social this week: "Librarians versus the world"!
researchwhisperer.org/2025/11/25/l... #academicsky #acwri
New at @therealrw.bsky.social this week: "Librarians versus the world"!
researchwhisperer.org/2025/11/25/l... #academicsky #acwri