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Dr Blair Williams
@blairwilliams26.bsky.social
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Award-winning academic. Lecturer in AusPol. Research examines the gendered media coverage of women in politics. Also loves craft. #feminist #disabilityactivist #unionist #craftivist TEDx speaker 🏳️‍🌈 Canberra/Naarm
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Dr Blair Williams @blairwilliams26.bsky.social · Mar 20
My Daggy Dads and State Daddies paper has officially been published!

This paper has everything - Diggers,Larrakins, Battlers, Daggy Dads, State Daddies, thirst traps, glow ups and more!

You can access the article (for free!) using this link:

#AusPol
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Dr Blair Williams @blairwilliams26.bsky.social · 2h
Thanks 😁 We'll have to catch up!
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Dr Blair Williams @blairwilliams26.bsky.social · 2h
Kelly on the money here!

"As it bangs on about conservatism, reinforced by media backers, it doesn’t get that conservatism doesn’t enjoy majority support in Aus. It never has and it never will. Since Federation, Australia has never been governed by a party that calls itself Conservative."

#AusPol
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Dr Blair Williams @blairwilliams26.bsky.social · 3h
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Dr Blair Williams @blairwilliams26.bsky.social · 3h
Wtfffff!! 😤😤😤😤😤😤😤
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NTEU Monash @nteumonash.bsky.social · 16h
We're sad to see you go comrade but can't wait to see what trouble you get up to in Canberra!
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Dr Blair Williams @blairwilliams26.bsky.social · 16h
I'll be sad to leave my students, colleagues and the formidable @nteumonash.bsky.social branch committee, I'm so grateful for the past 3 1/2 years. I've loved teaching the 1st year Auspol course and reshaping its curriculum to be more inclusive/diverse, and creating my beloved genderpol course.
Me and a bunch of members, holding a "STOP WAGE THEFT SIGN" at an NTEU protest
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Dr Blair Williams @blairwilliams26.bsky.social · 13h
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Dr Blair Williams @blairwilliams26.bsky.social · 13h
Yeah it's ADFA 🤗
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Dr Blair Williams @blairwilliams26.bsky.social · 15h
I'm getting an electric bike and will ride to work 😁
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Dr Blair Williams @blairwilliams26.bsky.social · 16h
That said, Canberra has always felt like home, and I'm excited to return full-time to the heart of the nation. Exciting things await!

#AcademicLife #Academia #NewJob
A photo of Haig Park
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Dr Blair Williams @blairwilliams26.bsky.social · 16h
I'll be sad to leave my students, colleagues and the formidable @nteumonash.bsky.social branch committee, I'm so grateful for the past 3 1/2 years. I've loved teaching the 1st year Auspol course and reshaping its curriculum to be more inclusive/diverse, and creating my beloved genderpol course.
Me and a bunch of members, holding a "STOP WAGE THEFT SIGN" at an NTEU protest
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Dr Blair Williams @blairwilliams26.bsky.social · 16h
I'm excited to officially share that I'll be joining UNSW Canberra as a Lecturer in International and Political Studies in January 2026!

#AcademicLife #Academia #NewJob
Wattle with the Black Mountain tower in tje background
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Dr Blair Williams @blairwilliams26.bsky.social · 1d
Also, another harvest from my abundant snow and snap peas!

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A bowl of snow and sugar snap peas
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Dr Blair Williams @blairwilliams26.bsky.social · 1d
Omggg my tomato seedlings are growing their first set of proper tomato leaves! 😍😍

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Little baby tomato seedling
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Dana Bergstrom @danambergstrom.bsky.social · 2d
Morals can be culturally specific but ethics are universal. The ethics of reciprocity, or the Golden Rule is universal. Kidnapping & torture of Greta & others, people seeking to help a displaced and starving population, is immediately identifiable as repugnant, universally.
A chart documenting the varied versions of the ethics of reciprocity across world religions - source https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Rule
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Dr Blair Williams @blairwilliams26.bsky.social · 2d
Exactly!
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QOTL 🇺🇦🇨🇦🇬🇱🇵🇦 @iamqotl.bsky.social · 2d
Agree. Most aren’t grinning Artful Dodger types. There is hunger, desperation and an awareness no one is watching (out for) them.
I can understand not abiding by a law in a place which seems to have so much and not really care about looking after it.
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Dr Blair Williams @blairwilliams26.bsky.social · 2d
I'm more worried about wage theft and giant corporation tax dodging 💁‍♀️💁‍♀️

Perhaps more young people are ok with petty theft because they know they're stealing from unethical companies?

Would be interesting to know the % of people ok with stealing from big corps vs small businesses 🤔
The Australians who think it's fine to steal, and those who disagree
A new survey found a generational divide when it comes to rationalising retail theft behaviours, including scanning items incorrectly at self-checkout.
www.sbs.com.au
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Karl (sad trombone noise enthusiast) @brainnotonyet.bsky.social · 2d
Liberals will appease the fascists before allowing you to protect yourself or community from fascist violence.

The mayor is doing the fascists job for them by curtailing our first amendment right to protest
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Dave Byrnes @djbyrnes1.bsky.social · 2d
New: Broadview, IL Mayor Katrina Thompson issued an executive order today - her first this year - limiting protest outside the Broadview ICE facility to between 9 a.m. and 6 p.m.

The order cites "recent escalation of violence by ICE" at the facility as reason to restrict protest there.
An executive order restricting protest at the Broadview ICE facility. Full order can be found here: https://broadview-il.gov/reference/latest-news/village-of-broadview-executive-order-no-2025-01/
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David Milner @davemilbo.bsky.social · 3d
Seriously, "leftie" journos in that room, where. the . fuck. are. you? It might be time to put ethics and morality ahead of your career prospects. This is a holocaust and a fascistic assault on democracy in the West. And you're just gonna sit there quietly? Go fuck yourself.
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David Milner @davemilbo.bsky.social · 4d
Could the National Press Club be less embarrassing and less complicit in the genocide of Palestine/the West's decline into overt fascism, pretty, pretty, pretty please? 🙏 Cancelling Chris Hedges' talk on the betrayal of Palestinian journalists only proves his point. Truly, truly pathetic
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Melissa Sweet @melissasweetdr.bsky.social · 2d
When journalists, healthcare workers and children are targets, their stories must be recorded and witnessed
www.croakey.org/when-journal...
By Palestinian journalist Mohammed Al-Sawwaf
When journalists, healthcare workers and children are targets, their stories must be recorded and witnessed
Introduction by Croakey: Israel carried out at least 17 military attacks on or near healthcare facilities in Gaza City between
www.croakey.org
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Dr Blair Williams @blairwilliams26.bsky.social · 2d
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

It does help! 😜
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Simon Frankel Pratt @simonpratt.bsky.social · 2d
The UK government's response to the unpopularity of its policies regarding Israel and Gaza is to simply ban public demonstrations of dissent, it seems.
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Defend Our Juries @defendourjuries.bsky.social · 3d
UNLAWFUL ARREST

This woman was arrested for holding a sign with “I do not support the proscription of Palestine Action” on it, a totally lawful statement to make, even under the Labour government’s absurd new laws proscribing the direct action group.

wedonotcomply.org
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Purplepingers ☭ @purplepingers.bsky.social · 6d
Labor during the election: “we’ll fully fund public schools”

Labor after the election: “actually we meant private schools soz”
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Dr Desirée Kozlowski @pleasurelab.bsky.social · 2d
I call on the Australian government to #RaiseTheRate of all support payments to a living wage.
This would be the single most effective way to lift the productivity, quality of life, and well-being of the whole country.
#CommitToALivingWage
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Dr Blair Williams @blairwilliams26.bsky.social · 3d
After more than TWO WHOLE YEARS I have FINALLY finished this dress!!

It is made from the most gorgeously soft rayon... which made it an absolute pain to sew. Namely, the neckline. It just would NOT sit flat. Looked terrible.

I tried over and over to fix it and just couldn't figure out a way!
Me, a white woman with brown hair and bangs, in a cream and black handmade spotty dress and black converse and handknit yellow socks
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