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Mia Martin Hobbs @miamh.bsky.social · 5d

I know this is the least of problems with this, but it REALLY bothers me that AI trump isn’t hitting the cowbell in time

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 6d

Trump just posted an AI-generated video depicting Russ Vought as the grim reaper, set to Don't Fear the Reaper

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Kristen Alexander @kristenauthor.bsky.social · 6d

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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Mia Martin Hobbs @miamh.bsky.social · 6d

I’m really pleased at the mix of approaches we were able to include. We’ve got strategy! ✅ R&R! ✅ pacification! ✅ repatriation! ✅ romances! ✅ veteran experiences - Australian and Vietnamese! ✅ ✅

Almost all articles are Open Access so check them out! 👀

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Mia Martin Hobbs @miamh.bsky.social · 6d

It was great fun editing this SI with Tom Richardson and working with all our authors, incl @jonpiccini.bsky.social @kristenauthor.bsky.social and @annawilkinson.bsky.social who are each taking new and original approaches to the study of the Vietnam War in Aus

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Mia Martin Hobbs @miamh.bsky.social · 6d

The Special Issue of AJPH on ‘Australia and Vietnam: the Fifty Year Legacy’ is finally out! 🥳🥳🥳

#VietnamWar #history #auspol

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/14678497...

Special Issue: Australia and Vietnam: The Fifty Year Legacy: Australian Journal of Politics & History: Vol 71, No 3

Click on the title to browse this issue

onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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Ewamore, Quoth the Raven @ewacat.bsky.social · 16d

i am going to say something very mean

if you cannot handle footnotes, it is not that there are too many footnotes, it is actually a you problem

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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · Jul 23

Good!!! A farm is NOT MEANT TO BE IN YOUR SUPER!!!

The ONLY reason anyone would put a farm in their super IS TO AVOID PAYING TAX!!

Story in The Australian

Super tax ‘the last straw’ for this cattle farmer
Helen Trinca
Craig Huf, a farmer from Burringbar in far north NSW, will pull one of his farms out of super because of the tax on unrealised capital gains

Cattle farmer Craig Huf says the federal government’s proposed superannuation tax will likely be the “straw that breaks the camel’s back” forcing him to pull his $3m farm out of his self-managed super fund.

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Jon Piccini @jonpiccini.bsky.social · Jul 23

"I asked ChatGPT” “I asked grok” ok well I consulted the archive

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Max Billington @atomicmax.bsky.social · Jul 17

41 years later...
Huge thanks to APH and @miamh.bsky.social for letting me share some thoughts on the state of nuclear records in Aus and the UK💥

Australian Policy and History @auspolicyhistory.bsky.social · Jul 17

This week marks 41 years since the Royal Commission into British Nuclear Tests began; a process that was marred by govt obstruction. Four decades on, Max Billington reveals the ongoing difficulties that researchers face when trying to uncover this history in the archives

aph.org.au/2025/07/ghos...

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Mia Martin Hobbs @miamh.bsky.social · Jul 17

Google sites which has now been bought by Squarespace but same interface and cost - $23 a year, very easy to use

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Australian Policy and History @auspolicyhistory.bsky.social · Jul 17

This week marks 41 years since the Royal Commission into British Nuclear Tests began; a process that was marred by govt obstruction. Four decades on, Max Billington reveals the ongoing difficulties that researchers face when trying to uncover this history in the archives

aph.org.au/2025/07/ghos...

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Mia Martin Hobbs @miamh.bsky.social · Jun 29

🙋‍♀️ in @auspolicyhistory.bsky.social - this is a comprehensive new proposal for reworking the ADF to forge an independent defence strategy and tackle the climate threat, from one of Australia’s leading military historians

Australian Policy and History @auspolicyhistory.bsky.social · Jun 29

**NEW REVIEW**

On the website, @miamh.bsky.social reviews Albert Palazzo's 'Big Fix' for Australia's national security #natsec #auspol #militaryhistory

aph.org.au/2025/06/book...

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Jon Piccini @jonpiccini.bsky.social · Jun 25

“The Pause That Refreshes”: American Servicemen on R&R in Australia, 1967–1971.

New from our DP about US troops on R&R during the Vietnam War (and acronyms), part of a special issue on neglected legacies of the war edited by @miamh.bsky.social

“The Pause That Refreshes”: American Servicemen on R&R in Australia, 1967–1971

Nearly 10% of the 3 million Americans who served in Vietnam spent one week of “R&R” leave in Australia—principally in Sydney. This “friendly invasion” constitutes a substantial neglected legacy of th...

onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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Brad Simpson @bradleyrsimpson.bsky.social · Jun 11

#CFP Inaugural SHAFR-in-Asia Pacific Workshop, to be held 3-4 March 2026 on the campus of the Singapore Management University. Participants will present and workshop dissertation/book chapters or article drafts—apply by October 1!

cis.smu.edu.sg/events/call-...

Call for Applications: SHAFR-in-Asia Pacific Workshop 2026 | College of Integrative Studies

Call for Applications SHAFR-in-Asia Pacific Workshop March 3-4, 2026, Singapore Management University.

cis.smu.edu.sg

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Mia Martin Hobbs @miamh.bsky.social · Jun 19

Back to WFH in Melbourne winter = neighbours at the bus stop directly in front of my window staring at me wiggling to the Gap Band at my standing desk in my hot pink sleeping bag onesie

a cartoon of maggie simpson standing next to a green machine

ALT: a cartoon of maggie simpson standing next to a green machine

media.tenor.com

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Mia Martin Hobbs @miamh.bsky.social · Jun 19

ABC’s new political editor really hitting with the ahistorical headlines here 🤨

Headline of ABC article ‘Australia’s status as an aloof observer of faraway events could soon be tested’

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Joel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · Jun 16

Only in the Middle East are relatively comprehensible modern conflicts rooted in the balance of power of nation-states reduced to quasi-mystical "ancient hatreds."

"The endgame of a 2,611-year-old Jewish-Persian enmity
Premium
Israel’s operations against Iran were limited to eliminating Tehran’s strategic capabilities, but may have unforeseen consequences in the region and beyond"

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Mia Martin Hobbs @miamh.bsky.social · Jun 11

Moderately threatening, IWM, but ok

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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · Jun 10

www.nytimes.com/2025/06/10/o...

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Mia Martin Hobbs @miamh.bsky.social · Jun 5

Not a bad spot to begin a book review! Taking in Albert Palazzo’s proposal for a new national security outlook with a dram on the River Clyde

#natsec #glasgow

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jesse jarnow @bourgwick.bsky.social · May 30

best reaction i've yet seen to someone blasting unwanted music from their phone on the subway: a bunch of teens shouting endless requests.

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Mia Martin Hobbs @miamh.bsky.social · May 30

Originally inspired by pondering how this was supposed to be a serious world leader on whom Australia depends for our security

a man in a suit and blue helmet is holding a british flag in a london tonight exclusive

ALT: a man in a suit and blue helmet is holding a british flag in a london tonight exclusive

media.tenor.com

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Mia Martin Hobbs @miamh.bsky.social · May 30

This opinion piece draws from my recent research into the Australian-UK defence relationship in the C21st:

doi.org/10.1080/1444...

Imperial Nostalgia in Australian Defence Policy in the 21st Century

This article explores the recent history of the United Kingdom—Australia defence relationship in context of the Australia—United Kingdom—United States (AUKUS) submarine agreement. Drawing on defenc...

doi.org

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Mia Martin Hobbs @miamh.bsky.social · May 30

My latest in Australian Outlook for the @aiianational.bsky.social, on the role of imperial nostalgia in the #AUKUS pact and the dangers it poses to Australian #security

www.internationalaffairs.org.au/australianou...

Imperial Nostalgia is Blinding Australia to the Realities of a Sinking AUKUS - Australian Institute of International Affairs

www.internationalaffairs.org.au

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Mia Martin Hobbs @miamh.bsky.social · May 22

Geared up for an endless battle against the yucca tree from the one patch of soil in my garden. Ready with axe and spade to destroy the spiky bastard over many lunch breaks.

I ripped it out in ten minutes with my BARE HANDS. Evidently it was already dead but still WITH MY BARE HANDS 💪💪💪

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