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Jon Piccini
@jonpiccini.bsky.social
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Senior Lecturer. Reviews editor. Union Thug. ADHD haver. Writing a history of Australian empire. Pessimism of the intellect, optimism of the will. Tweets mine. He/him
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Jon Piccini @jonpiccini.bsky.social · Nov 21
Excited to see this, the first output of our ARC project on Vietnam war R&R in Sydney, live at Journal of Contemporary history. We look at how the scheme awkwardly positioned white Australia within an emerging neo-colonial tourist economy. And it's OA! journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Tourism, Americanization and the Vietnam War R&R Scheme in Sydney, Australia, 1967–71 - Chris Dixon, Lisa Featherstone, Jon Piccini, 2024
Australia's addition to the Vietnam War R&R scheme in September 1967 brought some 280,000 short-stay tourists to Sydney, and particularly its notorious ‘red lig...
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tom westland @tomwestland.bsky.social · 5h
CALL FOR PAPERS
A workshop at LSE next April on 'Uses and Abuses of the Murdock Atlas in Social Science Research'. We're looking for cross-disciplinary engagement to think critically about what this widely used source means, what it can & can't tell us. Submit by Nov 14
www.lse.ac.uk/economic-his...
Uses and abuses of the Murdock Atlas in social science research
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Marc Morris @marcmorris.bsky.social · 5h
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Jon Piccini @jonpiccini.bsky.social · 5h
Gotta be done
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Martin D.B. Brown @martindbbrown.bsky.social · 5h
Off to brainwashed undergrads for a Mickey Mouse degree
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Jon Piccini @jonpiccini.bsky.social · 5h
Good on ya!
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Dr Blair Williams @blairwilliams26.bsky.social · 5h
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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Patrick Stokes @patrickstokes.com · 7h
Habsbuuuurgs iiiiin Spaaaaaaaaaaaaace...
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Tombmas Spooks @thomasfuchs.at · 23h
How many trillions of dollars have been invested into this technology so far?
Google search for "austria hungary in space" Google excitedly tells you about the 1889 orbital flight, and that by 1908 there was a Mars research output with 30 people.
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The Ass is the father of the legs @internethippo.bsky.social · 9h
Sometimes a user will post a joke and then that very same user will post something sincere. And I as the reader am expected to understand this, using my brain?
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Kimberley Crofts 🍉 @ktcita.bsky.social · 6h
Just putting this out into the world. Come March next year I’ll be looking for #PostDoc research assistant work in Sydney (or remote). Please keep me in mind and send any ideas my way. Looking for projects in one or any of #EnergyTransitions #Decarbonisation #EnvironmentalPlanning #HumanGeography
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Jon Piccini @jonpiccini.bsky.social · 8h
The best thing about Grant applications is definitely having to input your budget into three different systems that each require the numbers organized in a different way.
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Tim Lyons @picketer.bsky.social · 13h
"It was not until Othniel Antwi had finished his masters and was looking for work that he realised his degree was not accredited."
This is horrendous from public unis - *I sold you this great car for your commute, but oopsie you can't drive it on a public road, sorry.* www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
Careers in limbo after graduates discover university courses were never accredited
Students have been left with HECS debts and careers that are "non-existent" after completing degrees that were not accredited. Class actions have been launched against two Australian universities.
www.abc.net.au
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Jon Piccini @jonpiccini.bsky.social · 1d
It's the same line as ANZUS. No guarantee.
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Jon Piccini @jonpiccini.bsky.social · 1d
It's literally exactly the same wording as ANZUS. Gives a huge get out of jail free card (parliament might say no, etc)
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Jon Piccini @jonpiccini.bsky.social · 2d
Contrary to reporting, the 'PukPuk' treaty does not require either Australia or PNG to come to the other's defence in the event of war. Much like ANZUS it is merely that both sides would consider doing so.
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Jon Piccini @jonpiccini.bsky.social · 2d
Hommus goats cheese and salami on a bread roll is an a+ lunch
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Stilgherrian @stilgherrian.com · 2d
The Graun’s Australian Bird of the Year poll is now open. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Australian bird of the year 2025: vote for your favourite #birdoftheyear in the Guardian / BirdLife Australia poll
From little penguins to (very big) cassowaries, every bird has its fans. Vote for your favourite in the 2025 Guardian/BirdLife Australia poll
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Jon Piccini @jonpiccini.bsky.social · 2d
It worked
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You love to see it
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Jon Piccini @jonpiccini.bsky.social · 3d
Storm can't lose from here
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Green Left @greenleftonline.bsky.social · 3d
Fifty years ago this month, Morocco launched its armed invasion of Western Sahara and sent hundreds of thousands of Moroccan settlers across the border. www.greenleft.org.au/2025/1439/wo...
Western Sahara: The UN’s ‘Theatre of Neutrality’ and buried truths
Morocco invaded and occupied Western Sahara 50 years ago this month. Australian Western Sahara solidarity activist Ron Guy discusses these events and the role of WikiLeaks in revealing the truth behin...
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Jon Piccini @jonpiccini.bsky.social · 3d
Don't talk to me or my son Reece ever again
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Andy Arthur💃🏰⚓🦌 Threadinburgh 🧵 @threadinburgh.scot · 13d
Look what we have here then.
1817 map snipping, "Well. Well. Well."
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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 6d
'In a tragic turn, Mākereti Papakura – believed to be the first woman from an Indigenous community to study at the university – died just weeks before completing her thesis, and in the decades since, her family has fought to have her degree recognised.'
Nearly 100 years after her death, Oxford’s first female Indigenous scholar honoured
Mākereti Papakura died weeks before handing in her thesis at Oxford university documenting the life and customs of her tribe, work that is still used by Māori today
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Andy Fleming @slackbastard.bsky.social · 6d
'A former deputy head of the Ramsay Centre for Western Civilisation, McInerney has also argued the White Australia Policy did not go far enough and that white Australians may need to live in separate neighbourhoods as a form of “tactical retreat”.'

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The far-right figures teaching students at a Sydney college
The dean of studies says the country will need political parties for white Australians. A senior lecturer wants an Anglo-Celtic club to inspire fear in “leftist thugs”.
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