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Alice Chik @alicechik.bsky.social · Jun 4

Incredibly sad to learn this, spent my teen reading many of his work 🥲

The Guardian @theguardian.com · Jun 4

Edmund White, novelist and great chronicler of gay life, dies aged 85

The American essayist, playwrightauthor of books including A Boy’s Own Story and The Married Man, has died

www.theguardian.com

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Alison Phipps አሊሰን @alisonphipps.bsky.social · May 28

“He also dropped English as the primary language for his literature and vowed to only write in his mother tongue, Kikuyu.
He published his last English language novel, Petals of Blood, in 1977.”

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o - a giant of African literature - dies aged 87

The Kenyan author sent shockwaves through African literature by refusing to write in English.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Alice Chik @alicechik.bsky.social · May 26

Joey Chung & I are thrilled to learn that our #Trove
@TroveAustralia #Australian children's #picturebooks translated into #Chinese was the most viewed #Trove list (Jul - Dec 2024)! 🦾 #community #demand for #multicultural translation @tonyburkemp.bsky.social‬

trove.nla.gov.au/list/179558

Trove

Australia’s free online research portal. Trove is a collaboration between the National Library of Australia and hundreds of Partner organisations around Australia.

trove.nla.gov.au

Alice Chik @alicechik.bsky.social · May 21

Almost time! #NationalSimultaneousStorytime #ALIA #TheTruckCat is a wonderful #picturebook!

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Alice Chik @alicechik.bsky.social · May 17

Putting this plant on my balcony to remind myself that upside under is real #strangerthings

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Alice Chik @alicechik.bsky.social · May 12

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Alice Chik @alicechik.bsky.social · May 12

This weekend I had the pleasure of having a long chat w a neighbor - his story of moving from #Poland to #UK to #Australia. His family's stories of surviving the war, reunion, & life. Now showing us a rare #Wollemi pine tree that he planted #multicultural www.nationalparks.nsw.gov.au/plants-and-a...

Wollemi pine | Australian threatened plants | NSW National Parks

The critically endangered Wollemi pine is one of the world’s oldest and rarest trees. With less than 46 adult trees in the wild, this Australian species has special protections to ensure its survival.

www.nationalparks.nsw.gov.au

Alice Chik @alicechik.bsky.social · Mar 9

On Sunday we made #Baccala #Mantecato, dreaming of #Venice

Alice Chik @alicechik.bsky.social · Jan 29

Happy Lunar New Year! 恭喜發財🎊🎊

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Jenny Gibson @drjennyg.bsky.social · Jan 22

I'm excited that our new project about #autism and #comics got reported by the BBC!

If you're autistic and into comics, #manga or graphic novels please check it out - there's a link in the article to a research survey.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Autistic comic book fans asked to help Cambridge University study

The Collaboration For Comics And Autism study has been organised by University of Cambridge experts.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Alice Chik @alicechik.bsky.social · Jan 13

Listening to Nexus by Yuval Noah Harari. It is blood chilling. #read2025

www.penguin.com.au/books/nexus-...

Nexus by Yuval Noah Harari

From renowned historian and #1 Sunday Times bestselling author Yuval Noah Harari comes the story of how information networks have made, and unmade, our world

www.penguin.com.au

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Alice Chik @alicechik.bsky.social · Jan 8

So happy that the hiker was found, and I was in tears yesterday reading the news. We all need every bit of good news in 2025.

The Guardian @theguardian.com · Jan 8

Hadi Nazari: hiker missing in Kosciuszko national park since Boxing Day found alive

Hadi Nazari, 23, has been found after going missing two weeks ago in Kosciuszko national park * Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates * Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast A 23-year-old hiker who has been…

www.theguardian.com

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Alice Chik @alicechik.bsky.social · Jan 4

An absolutely mad but delicious #tteokbokki #Frenchtoast w #gochujang sauce & #maple syrup #ONACoffee #Marrickville

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Alice Chik @alicechik.bsky.social · Jan 3

Beautiful

Alice Chik @alicechik.bsky.social · Jan 2

Absolutely thrilled to find this edition in a 2nd bookshop! 1 day will find the 1967 ed illustrated by Virginia Smith #children #picturebook

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Alice Chik @alicechik.bsky.social · Dec 24

Maybe it’s 2024, my voice has ‘an edge of #hysteria’ as well, but can’t believe I read this in a children’s book #oliviagoestovenice to be clear, right now, I’ll be fine w being hysteria in #Venice #holidayneeded

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Kit de Waal @kitdewaal.com · Dec 22

The Bluesky Directory is now huge. Something for everyone, please share.

Kit de Waal @kitdewaal.com · Nov 12

If youre still looking for your tribe, here’s a directory of hundreds of starter packs covering all interests and searchable by keyword. Repost and check it out.

All - Bluesky Directory

A curated collection of all things relating to the Blue Sky social media platform.

blueskydirectory.com

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Julien Mayor @julienmayor.bsky.social · Dec 18

Interested in doing a PhD on language acquisition in Oslo?

Check application process: www.jobbnorge.no/en/available... and feel free to reach out for more information!

PS. We have a nice growing community including Natalia Kartushina, Luca Onnis, @audunrosslund.bsky.social, and many more!

Doctoral research fellowships in linguistics and verbal communication (272418) | University of Oslo

Job title: Doctoral research fellowships in linguistics and verbal communication (272418), Employer: University of Oslo, Deadline: Friday, February 28, 2025

www.jobbnorge.no

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Alice Chik @alicechik.bsky.social · Dec 18

Asking Santa for a kind 2025

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Islamophobia is an everyday reality for too many Australians | Aftab Malik

Sometimes it’s discrimination or harassment. Sometimes abuse or outright hatred. And sometimes violence. It must stop

www.theguardian.com

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Michael Erard @michaelerard.bsky.social · Dec 16

the same goes for character encodings...

Michael Erard @michaelerard.bsky.social · Dec 16

"Efforts to close the digital language divide in a responsible manner must go beyond merely adding more languages to datasets. They must also address the power dynamics and biases that shape how these languages are represented and used."
www.brookings.edu/articles/clo...

Closing the gap: A call for more inclusive language technologies

Chinasa T. Okolo and Marie Tano explore the digital language divide and how low-resourced languages can thrive in a digital world.

www.brookings.edu

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Kristina Lewis @kristinablewis.bsky.social · Dec 14

I'm excited to finally be able to share this article, just published in TESOL Quarterly, where I explore the possibilities of inviting (student) teachers to create and collaboratively analyze memes as a way to reflect on their (practicum) teaching experiences and identity development.

Using Memes to Facilitate TESOL Student Teachers' Reflections on Identity

While reflection on one's own developing language teacher identity is a valuable experience for TESOL student teachers, written reflections and concerns about evaluation make it challenging to engage...

onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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Melissa Castan @drmcastan.bsky.social · Dec 14

“I keep meeting people who are extremely burned out. I meet them so often that I’m beginning to think burnout is something that exists by design”
@patrickfreyne.bsky.social on toxic productivity & the myths of meritocracy.

[hint: this is not a bug, it’s a feature]

Patrick Freyne @patrickfreyne.bsky.social · Dec 14

I'm launching a new career as a demotivational speaker (thanks to everyone who got in touch this morning - it's nice to hear it strikes a chord) www.irishtimes.com/life-style/p...

Patrick Freyne: I am becoming a demotivational speaker – let’s all have an averagely productive December

I keep meeting people who are extremely burned out. I meet them so often that I’m beginning to think burnout is something that exists by design

www.irishtimes.com

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Anton Hur @antonhur.com · Dec 8

Han Kang's Nobel lecture is now online.

Please note that this was filmed *before* the events of 12/3 and only *released* now.

The Nobel Prize in Literature 2024

The Nobel Prize in Literature 2024 was awarded to Han Kang "for her intense poetic prose that confronts historical traumas and exposes the fragility of human life"

www.nobelprize.org

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Alice Chik @alicechik.bsky.social · Dec 12

Good point…I thought 郎in Chinese is an old-fashioned term for a man

Alice Chik @alicechik.bsky.social · Dec 12

More interesting is 郎

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