Jenny Sinclair
@jennysinclair.bsky.social
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https://jennysinclair.substack.com
Research and higher ed skeets at: @jsResearchPro.bsky.social
https://jennysinclair.substack.com
Research and higher ed skeets at: @jsResearchPro.bsky.social
if you are giving a boring conference paper, please know that I am using that time to WhatsApp the school chat about pizzas.
November 19, 2025 at 5:24 AM
if you are giving a boring conference paper, please know that I am using that time to WhatsApp the school chat about pizzas.
A dog could set up as an international education agent in Australia, assistant minister for IE says with great frankness. I suppose that means regulations are on the way…
November 19, 2025 at 4:16 AM
A dog could set up as an international education agent in Australia, assistant minister for IE says with great frankness. I suppose that means regulations are on the way…
We’re using “poor” instead of “low income” again are we?
November 18, 2025 at 11:20 PM
We’re using “poor” instead of “low income” again are we?
I’ll rely on AI when it stops misspelling common words in live subtitles. When it’s Indigenous words and family/peoples’ names it’s a bit cringe.
November 18, 2025 at 10:26 PM
I’ll rely on AI when it stops misspelling common words in live subtitles. When it’s Indigenous words and family/peoples’ names it’s a bit cringe.
At a high powered academic conference. There’s a nice lady on the auto check in booths claiming she’s not there to help boffins type in their own names, but rather to attach name tags to lanyards. Which is much less embarrassing for the Phds and uni vice chancellors who abound here.
November 18, 2025 at 10:02 PM
At a high powered academic conference. There’s a nice lady on the auto check in booths claiming she’s not there to help boffins type in their own names, but rather to attach name tags to lanyards. Which is much less embarrassing for the Phds and uni vice chancellors who abound here.
Fair point. Maybe if someone puts the questions in writing, using his full title and respectful, appropriately subordinate language, on Buckingham Palace notepaper?
Q: Why wait for Congress to release the Epstein files? Why not just do it now?
TRUMP: It's not the question that I mind. It's your attitude. I think you're a terrible reporter. It's the way you ask these questions. You start off with a man who's highly respected asking him an insubordinate question
TRUMP: It's not the question that I mind. It's your attitude. I think you're a terrible reporter. It's the way you ask these questions. You start off with a man who's highly respected asking him an insubordinate question
November 18, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Fair point. Maybe if someone puts the questions in writing, using his full title and respectful, appropriately subordinate language, on Buckingham Palace notepaper?
Ah Matt Golding, you’ve done it again.
November 18, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Ah Matt Golding, you’ve done it again.
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do you make up ridiculous longform versions of your dog's name? if so please share. I've been calling lambo "lamborghini wigglesworth" (mr. wiggles for short)
November 18, 2025 at 2:05 AM
And I thought it was just me.
hooray. sometimes doing the Wordle afterwards is the only thing keeping me at my desk until the work is done.
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November 17, 2025 at 4:19 AM
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8am: my physio (who trained on footballers) marvels at the stunning knots in my neck.
3pm: finish typing, cutting and pasting and generally mousing around 1800 words of feature article, wonder why my neck hurts.
3pm: finish typing, cutting and pasting and generally mousing around 1800 words of feature article, wonder why my neck hurts.
November 17, 2025 at 3:59 AM
8am: my physio (who trained on footballers) marvels at the stunning knots in my neck.
3pm: finish typing, cutting and pasting and generally mousing around 1800 words of feature article, wonder why my neck hurts.
3pm: finish typing, cutting and pasting and generally mousing around 1800 words of feature article, wonder why my neck hurts.
at the staring into the fridge looking for snacks I well know aren't there stage of writing this complicated feature piece.
November 17, 2025 at 3:09 AM
at the staring into the fridge looking for snacks I well know aren't there stage of writing this complicated feature piece.
Not my bailiwick, but some strong language in this about welfare recipients...
You can read the full report I pulled out under FOI here - it starts at page 36. The intent of the unlawful mutual obligations scheme stripped bare: www.dewr.gov.au/download/171...
www.dewr.gov.au
November 17, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Not my bailiwick, but some strong language in this about welfare recipients...
Toggling between Hansard and a government statistics spreadsheet trying to figure out wta(redacted) a politician was *talking* about, with a few Budget and cabinet papers thrown in, and my brain hurts. How's your day?
November 17, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Toggling between Hansard and a government statistics spreadsheet trying to figure out wta(redacted) a politician was *talking* about, with a few Budget and cabinet papers thrown in, and my brain hurts. How's your day?
Narrowly prevented myself from looking up latest Trump allegations. Working here folks!
November 17, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Narrowly prevented myself from looking up latest Trump allegations. Working here folks!
I have Pluribus theories. We’ll see. Tbh I’d like to see more zombie alien virus action and less apocalypse-as-opportunity-for-personal growth. But it’s visually very cool and Seehorn is very watchable.
November 16, 2025 at 8:54 PM
I have Pluribus theories. We’ll see. Tbh I’d like to see more zombie alien virus action and less apocalypse-as-opportunity-for-personal growth. But it’s visually very cool and Seehorn is very watchable.
in a game of chicken with resellers of AC/DC tickets. They seem very confident of getting full price +10%, an hour before the gates open.
November 16, 2025 at 5:58 AM
in a game of chicken with resellers of AC/DC tickets. They seem very confident of getting full price +10%, an hour before the gates open.
A partly true story about that one time I was stuck in an elevator with Elon Musk open.substack.com/pub/jennysin...
That time I was stuck in an elevator with Elon Musk
adventures with the meritobrocracy
open.substack.com
November 16, 2025 at 4:13 AM
A partly true story about that one time I was stuck in an elevator with Elon Musk open.substack.com/pub/jennysin...
I need a list of places where there are people with guns to protect me so I can avoid going there. I’ve avoided entire countries for this kind of thing. #melbourne
November 14, 2025 at 8:07 PM
I need a list of places where there are people with guns to protect me so I can avoid going there. I’ve avoided entire countries for this kind of thing. #melbourne
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Multiple Gmail addresses.
November 12, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Multiple Gmail addresses.
Epstein used a Gmail account?
November 12, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Epstein used a Gmail account?
Aurora already cooking in Melbourne. Very faint pink in 2s exposure pic…
November 12, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Aurora already cooking in Melbourne. Very faint pink in 2s exposure pic…
Owing to god’s hilarious sense of humour, my firstborn’s birthday is also my cancerversary. He was one year old. Today he’s 22.
I’m going surfing.
I’m going surfing.
November 12, 2025 at 5:53 AM
Owing to god’s hilarious sense of humour, my firstborn’s birthday is also my cancerversary. He was one year old. Today he’s 22.
I’m going surfing.
I’m going surfing.