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Kristen Alexander

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Aust aviation & captivity historian. 6th book Kriegies: The Australian Airmen of Stalag Luft III (alexanderfaxbooks.com.au or Amazon) winner 2024 NSW Premier's History Awards. Reading, cats & cake. #IAmWriting (at last!)

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Kristen Alexander @kristenauthor.bsky.social · Nov 12

V happy to meet new additions to this wild blue yonder space. Hallo & welcome! I'm into cake, books (read a few, written some) history, Australian aviation (people not machines; I'm interested in what they felt more than what they did), captivity, & cats. More at www.kristenalexander.com.au

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Kristen Alexander @kristenauthor.bsky.social · 8h

My front garden is looking particularly pretty at the moment. The banksia rose little B more magnificent in a day or so.

Kristen Alexander @kristenauthor.bsky.social · 14h

Every week I say I don’t need more books. And then I walk past a bookshop and see that my favourite authors have released something. So definitely I need another book! Good luck with your move. One good thing about sorting through books you will find all sorts of old favourites and treasures.

Kristen Alexander @kristenauthor.bsky.social · 20h

David up bright and early, heading off to the Mawson shop (Alexander Fax Booksellers) for the beginning of Week 4 of our Closing the Shop Forever Sale. He spent most of the weekend restocking shelves (lots in storage) so if you're Canberran and haven't visited yet, do pop in & help clear some space.

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Australian Historical Studies @ahsjournal.bsky.social · 1d

Kate Ariotti reviews ‘Gull Force: Australian POWs on Ambon and Hainan, 1941–45’ by Joan Beaumont
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Kristen Alexander @kristenauthor.bsky.social · 1d

Free to a good home! Found these on my walk and had to carry them home in stages. I figured I wasn’t being selfish because the stages were over three days. Obviously, nobody else wanted them. I think they are beautiful. Hopefully, I won’t kill them. I am not famous for my green thumb.

Kristen Alexander @kristenauthor.bsky.social · 2d

Agreed. And the wiki P authors all read the sources. They are secondary sources but they are transparent and you can check them. I’ve pulled apart a few in my time and I have only encountered a handful of problems. I would trust Wikipedia over AI any time.

Kristen Alexander @kristenauthor.bsky.social · 2d

Continuing ... and allowing myself a little pun ... the AI tutorial was scraping the bottom of the barrel of the internet in producing study content riddled with errors.

Kristen Alexander @kristenauthor.bsky.social · 2d

Elsewhere a group member posted details about an AI RAAF tutorial site: 'a curated collection of concise study posts' on RAAF history. I checked a couple & thought to myself, Wiki is more accurate. Its not perfect, & not scholarly, but content is produced by humans who follow Wiki's content rules.

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Kristen Alexander @kristenauthor.bsky.social · 2d

#HistBookChat morning tea!

Kristen Alexander @kristenauthor.bsky.social · 2d

Looks like you are planning a murder!

Kristen Alexander @kristenauthor.bsky.social · 3d

Fun morning! Met up with some old friends, got some ideas about what to do with my mother's old glomesh bags, and found a piece of cake with my name on it!

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Kristen Alexander @kristenauthor.bsky.social · 4d

I'm sorry. I was greatly interested in this idea when you first mentioned it. Keep trying: literary journal perhaps or something cultural-based. There are plenty of journals out there ... one will be the right 'home' for it.

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Kristen Alexander @kristenauthor.bsky.social · 4d

Done! I have put this is my diary. I am supposed to be working but have juggled.

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Kristen Alexander @kristenauthor.bsky.social · 4d

I'd like it too: I would love to 'attend' if I can.

Kristen Alexander @kristenauthor.bsky.social · 4d

Early morning coffee then off to the markets to stock up on jam.

Kristen Alexander @kristenauthor.bsky.social · 5d

The garden is looking its prettiest. The freesias, however, are a bit battered. They smell heavenly, though.

Kristen Alexander @kristenauthor.bsky.social · 5d

Latest issue of AJPH is online: special issue Australia & Vietnam: 50-Year Legacy @miamh.bsky.social & Tom Richardson eds). Includes Alexander & Ariotti “Laid to Rest in Australian Soil”: Legacies of Repatriation Policy Change during Vietnam War. Check it out. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/14678497...

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Kristen Alexander @kristenauthor.bsky.social · 6d

They didn't have any of mine so no possibility of voting for myself. In the end, I gave up. Too hard finding books by first name alpha order and, for A and B, I hadn't read any of them. I must be incredibly badly read, and there was me thinking I was well read. I guess I am a 20th century reader.

Kristen Alexander @kristenauthor.bsky.social · 7d

I didn't get that close...

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Kristen Alexander @kristenauthor.bsky.social · 7d

Thank you! And for the warning. Sometimes I (accidentally!) snaffle flowers if they verge on the verge (I they consider them fair game).

Kristen Alexander @kristenauthor.bsky.social · 7d

I don't know what this is but it has a bit of a lost in space alien planetscape vibe. Spotted it while walking, trying to get my head round reviewer comments, working out how to work in the suggestions & how to restructure to make sense. Have you guessed I'm tackling article revisions? Wish me luck!

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Kristen Alexander @kristenauthor.bsky.social · 7d

The orange poppyseed muffin was a tad undercooked. Perfect on the outside but just that little bit gluggy right in the middle. But I downed the lot. Waste not! (Wouldn't have minded an iced coffee like my friend but just as well I stuck with the tea - as it was I so was full I could not fit lunch!)

Kristen Alexander @kristenauthor.bsky.social · 8d

In days of yore when I was an undergrad at UNE Armidale, local lore had it that if you hadn't started exam revision before the wisteria came out you were doomed. I wonder if this holds true for article revision? My deadline is looming, the wisteria is out,& I haven't started. (Tomorrow. I promise.)

Kristen Alexander @kristenauthor.bsky.social · 9d

Its not just you. A free lance historian friend mentioned something similar. And come to think of it, I've had people approach me re RA work, all urgent urgent, never to hear from them again. One seemed so positive and interesting, I knocked back something else. I won't make that mistake again!

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Neil Renic @ncrenic.bsky.social · 9d

Chris Elliot and I argue that it’s past time for the Australian War Memorial to update its Ben Roberts-Smith exhibits to give a full, unvarnished accounting of his crimes and their impact on victims. www.abc.net.au/religion/aus...

How should the War Memorial acknowledge Ben Roberts-Smith’s alleged war crimes? - ABC Religion & Ethics

Ben Roberts-Smith has asked three courts to test allegations about his conduct in Afghanistan — it is now appropriate for the Australian War Memorial to change his exhibits to reflect the details of t...

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