@sybiln.bsky.social
Historian, editor, publishing academic. Melbourne, Australia
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Some detailed information from the ABC to counteract the misinformation swirling, incl that it took ages for the police to arrive. It took them ~ 3mins.
What videos tell us about the final moments of the Bondi Beach terrorist attack:
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
What videos tell us about the final moments of the Bondi Beach terrorist attack:
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
The final six minutes of the Bondi Beach terrorist attack
In the final horrific minutes of the Bondi Beach terror attack, more than 100 shots were fired. ABC NEWS Verify has analysed footage showing how the last six minutes unfolded.
www.abc.net.au
December 15, 2025 at 4:58 AM
Some detailed information from the ABC to counteract the misinformation swirling, incl that it took ages for the police to arrive. It took them ~ 3mins.
What videos tell us about the final moments of the Bondi Beach terrorist attack:
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
What videos tell us about the final moments of the Bondi Beach terrorist attack:
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
Wow, Charlotte Wood's novel Stone Yard Devotional made the NY Times's Top 10 books of the year list.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/b...
The 10 Best Books of 2025
www.nytimes.com
December 2, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Wow, Charlotte Wood's novel Stone Yard Devotional made the NY Times's Top 10 books of the year list.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/b...
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Starmer's Britain.
People are routinely arrested for daring to oppose Israel's #GazaGenocide.
People are routinely arrested for daring to oppose Israel's #GazaGenocide.
In Manchester, 85-year-old Pat was arrested during a pro-Palestine protest for holding a sign stating, "I oppose genocide. I support Palestine action."
November 30, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Starmer's Britain.
People are routinely arrested for daring to oppose Israel's #GazaGenocide.
People are routinely arrested for daring to oppose Israel's #GazaGenocide.
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Heading back to Melbourne today for a busy week at SLV as my residency wraps up. I'll be giving a talk on Wednesday if you're interested in what I've been doing: https://lab.slv.vic.gov.au/participate/technologist-talk-tim-sherratt #maps #libraries #glam #digitalhumanities
Technologist Talk: Tim Sherratt | SLV LAB
Tim Sherratt presents his SLV LAB residency project: making place-based collections more accessible to library users.
lab.slv.vic.gov.au
November 30, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Heading back to Melbourne today for a busy week at SLV as my residency wraps up. I'll be giving a talk on Wednesday if you're interested in what I've been doing: https://lab.slv.vic.gov.au/participate/technologist-talk-tim-sherratt #maps #libraries #glam #digitalhumanities
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this is amazing news - the HPV vaccine promises to eliminate cervical cancer in countries where uptake is high.
November 26, 2025 at 6:57 PM
this is amazing news - the HPV vaccine promises to eliminate cervical cancer in countries where uptake is high.
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Dave Rowe the dismissal..
Financial Review
Financial Review
November 10, 2025 at 6:15 AM
Dave Rowe the dismissal..
Financial Review
Financial Review
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But it has long gone global already?
That the UK did not have it for a while and it was at risk in the USA, does not mean it's not broadcast around the world? Seriously what is this Anglo centric headline
"In 2019 190m children viewed over 160 versions of Sesame Street in 70 languages."
That the UK did not have it for a while and it was at risk in the USA, does not mean it's not broadcast around the world? Seriously what is this Anglo centric headline
"In 2019 190m children viewed over 160 versions of Sesame Street in 70 languages."
November 10, 2025 at 6:44 AM
But it has long gone global already?
That the UK did not have it for a while and it was at risk in the USA, does not mean it's not broadcast around the world? Seriously what is this Anglo centric headline
"In 2019 190m children viewed over 160 versions of Sesame Street in 70 languages."
That the UK did not have it for a while and it was at risk in the USA, does not mean it's not broadcast around the world? Seriously what is this Anglo centric headline
"In 2019 190m children viewed over 160 versions of Sesame Street in 70 languages."
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oh my god they actually did it lmao
November 6, 2025 at 12:36 AM
oh my god they actually did it lmao
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Let's fucking go.
Judge rules George R.R. Martin and other authors can sue OpenAI for copyright infringement
• Said ChatGPT generated 'Game of Thrones' content similar enough to infringe copyright
• OpenAI’s motion to dismiss was denied
• Said ChatGPT generated 'Game of Thrones' content similar enough to infringe copyright
• OpenAI’s motion to dismiss was denied
October 30, 2025 at 5:49 AM
Let's fucking go.
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Australian history: lots of sheep
I watched six hours of Australian history on TV so you don’t have to (though I think you should!)
www.smh.com.au/culture/tv-a...
www.smh.com.au/culture/tv-a...
Tony Abbott and Rachel Griffiths are hosting rival TV shows with some surprising things in common
Both take on frontier violence and the challenge of finding drama in a foundational moment that many Australians don’t appreciate.
www.smh.com.au
October 27, 2025 at 5:49 AM
Australian history: lots of sheep
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‘Why do we, as a society, ask those who have been weakened by abuse to do the heaviest lifting… Instead of requiring the wounded to endlessly recite their worst memories on repeat, why don’t we bear down more forcefully on those they accuse of wrongdoing?’
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/19/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/19/o...
Opinion | Why Virginia Roberts Giuffre Would Not Stop Talking About Jeffrey Epstein
www.nytimes.com
October 19, 2025 at 8:50 PM
‘Why do we, as a society, ask those who have been weakened by abuse to do the heaviest lifting… Instead of requiring the wounded to endlessly recite their worst memories on repeat, why don’t we bear down more forcefully on those they accuse of wrongdoing?’
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/19/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/19/o...
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Federal Government officials have admitted they can’t identify Freedom of Information requests from artificial intelligence bots, or even if they are any, despite that being a reason given for changing FoI laws region.com.au/no-bots-abou...
No bots about it, government can't even identify if an FoI request is AI-generated | Region Canberra
Federal Government officials have admitted they can’t identify Freedom of Information requests from artificial intelligence bots, or even if they…
region.com.au
October 10, 2025 at 4:09 AM
Federal Government officials have admitted they can’t identify Freedom of Information requests from artificial intelligence bots, or even if they are any, despite that being a reason given for changing FoI laws region.com.au/no-bots-abou...
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My, my, my. How the tone has changed.
September 14, 2025 at 1:06 AM
My, my, my. How the tone has changed.
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Great news to share
Thank you @scalzi.com
Why
Because if the bees go
So do we
This....OXFORD
See trump administration
Why SCIENCE is so important
Thank you @scalzi.com
Why
Because if the bees go
So do we
This....OXFORD
See trump administration
Why SCIENCE is so important
August 24, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Great news to share
Thank you @scalzi.com
Why
Because if the bees go
So do we
This....OXFORD
See trump administration
Why SCIENCE is so important
Thank you @scalzi.com
Why
Because if the bees go
So do we
This....OXFORD
See trump administration
Why SCIENCE is so important
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🚨New issue 49.3 out now!🚨
Featuring: a special section on Australian deserts guest edited by Andrea Gaynor and Gary Reger as well as articles on Aus-US public relations, environmental protest, and gender in Australian visual arts.
Stay tuned for feature posts!
www.tandfonline.com/toc/rjau20/c...
Featuring: a special section on Australian deserts guest edited by Andrea Gaynor and Gary Reger as well as articles on Aus-US public relations, environmental protest, and gender in Australian visual arts.
Stay tuned for feature posts!
www.tandfonline.com/toc/rjau20/c...
August 27, 2025 at 1:36 AM
🚨New issue 49.3 out now!🚨
Featuring: a special section on Australian deserts guest edited by Andrea Gaynor and Gary Reger as well as articles on Aus-US public relations, environmental protest, and gender in Australian visual arts.
Stay tuned for feature posts!
www.tandfonline.com/toc/rjau20/c...
Featuring: a special section on Australian deserts guest edited by Andrea Gaynor and Gary Reger as well as articles on Aus-US public relations, environmental protest, and gender in Australian visual arts.
Stay tuned for feature posts!
www.tandfonline.com/toc/rjau20/c...
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"The ABC says it will allow the word genocide if someone else uses that word, but it won’t use it the word itself. The media—want us to believe—the current genocide started on 7 October—Israel is an occupying power & Palestinians/Hamas have a right to resist."
johnmenadue.com/post/2025/08...
johnmenadue.com/post/2025/08...
John Menadue in conversation with David Marr
In a wide-ranging discussion, P&I editor-in-chief John Menadue discusses a life full of achievement driven by conviction, and nominates seeing off the White Australia policy and establishing P&I as hi...
johnmenadue.com
August 25, 2025 at 8:43 PM
"The ABC says it will allow the word genocide if someone else uses that word, but it won’t use it the word itself. The media—want us to believe—the current genocide started on 7 October—Israel is an occupying power & Palestinians/Hamas have a right to resist."
johnmenadue.com/post/2025/08...
johnmenadue.com/post/2025/08...
Did you hear @AlboMP on ABC Radio the other day being sneery about academics not being part of the real world? Read on, PM!
Universities have lost their way, but cost-cutting and consultants are not the answer
Last week in Sydney, we saw a melodrama acted out that could stand in for the state of Australian universities more generally.
theconversation.com
August 25, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Did you hear @AlboMP on ABC Radio the other day being sneery about academics not being part of the real world? Read on, PM!
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ANU and the Search Foundation are offering a PhD with $100,000 top up to complete the final (1970-91) volume of the history of the Communist Party of Australia. 👇
Calling for Applicants to the Australian National University-SEARCH Foundation PhD Scholarship | School of History
history.cass.anu.edu.au
August 21, 2025 at 7:41 AM
ANU and the Search Foundation are offering a PhD with $100,000 top up to complete the final (1970-91) volume of the history of the Communist Party of Australia. 👇
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BHP has deferred plans to electrify its mining fleets into the next decade, citing technology delays, in stark contrast to Andrew Forrest's real zero target for 2030.
BHP pushes mine fleet electrification plans into next decade, blames tech delays
BHP has deferred plans to electrify its mining fleets into the next decade, citing technology delays, in stark contrast to Andrew Forrest's real zero target for 2030.
thedriven.io
August 21, 2025 at 12:11 AM
BHP has deferred plans to electrify its mining fleets into the next decade, citing technology delays, in stark contrast to Andrew Forrest's real zero target for 2030.
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In which Advance Australia owns its advocacy of making the planet uninhabitable, for some reason. Clever to use GenAI to try and hasten the process.
Fkn clowns
#auspol
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Fkn clowns
#auspol
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
‘Dump it, or we’ll dump you’: secretive consultancy group sends Liberal MPs barrage of emails over net zero policy
Some MPs received more than 100 emails within 48 hours from the same address criticising the party’s energy policy
www.theguardian.com
August 17, 2025 at 2:11 AM
In which Advance Australia owns its advocacy of making the planet uninhabitable, for some reason. Clever to use GenAI to try and hasten the process.
Fkn clowns
#auspol
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Fkn clowns
#auspol
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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🇦🇺 #ABCNewsAU
#ABCAustralia #NotOurABC #BoycottMurdochMedia #NewsCorp #NewsCorpAU #ClareArmstrong #ALP #LNP #AnikaWells #Crikey #ABC730 #ABCInsiders #ABCAfternoonBriefing
#AUSpol 🦘
#ABCAustralia #NotOurABC #BoycottMurdochMedia #NewsCorp #NewsCorpAU #ClareArmstrong #ALP #LNP #AnikaWells #Crikey #ABC730 #ABCInsiders #ABCAfternoonBriefing
#AUSpol 🦘
August 17, 2025 at 12:59 AM
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Sarah Shaw, who has a US visa and lives in Washington state, was detained after attempting to re-enter US from Canada. www.theguardian.com/world/2...
August 13, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Sarah Shaw, who has a US visa and lives in Washington state, was detained after attempting to re-enter US from Canada. www.theguardian.com/world/2...
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BREAKING WSJ:
The Trump White House plans to conduct a far-reaching review of Smithsonian museum exhibitions, materials and operations ahead of America's 250th anniversary to ensure the museums align with "Trump's interpretation of American history." www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
The Trump White House plans to conduct a far-reaching review of Smithsonian museum exhibitions, materials and operations ahead of America's 250th anniversary to ensure the museums align with "Trump's interpretation of American history." www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Exclusive | White House to Vet Smithsonian Museums to Fit Trump’s Historical Vision
Top White House officials will scrutinize exhibitions, internal processes, collections and artist grants ahead of America’s 250th anniversary.
www.wsj.com
August 12, 2025 at 5:05 PM
BREAKING WSJ:
The Trump White House plans to conduct a far-reaching review of Smithsonian museum exhibitions, materials and operations ahead of America's 250th anniversary to ensure the museums align with "Trump's interpretation of American history." www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
The Trump White House plans to conduct a far-reaching review of Smithsonian museum exhibitions, materials and operations ahead of America's 250th anniversary to ensure the museums align with "Trump's interpretation of American history." www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
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"Western politicians like to describe violence that they have no intention of doing anything to stop 'senseless'
There was nothing senseless about what Israel did. The country’s military and its troll acolytes on social media spent months defaming Anas, in an attempt to justify his eventual murder"
There was nothing senseless about what Israel did. The country’s military and its troll acolytes on social media spent months defaming Anas, in an attempt to justify his eventual murder"
I tried to write a tribute for Anas al-Sharif, but my words failed me and I was left with just this. Never forget.
The Murder of Gaza’s Mockingbird @newlinesmag.bsky.social newlinesmag.com/spotlight/th...
The Murder of Gaza’s Mockingbird @newlinesmag.bsky.social newlinesmag.com/spotlight/th...
The Courage and Death of Anas al-Sharif
The Palestinian journalist’s life was devoted to truth and dignity, and his death lays bare Israel’s impunity in Gaza
newlinesmag.com
August 12, 2025 at 3:37 AM
"Western politicians like to describe violence that they have no intention of doing anything to stop 'senseless'
There was nothing senseless about what Israel did. The country’s military and its troll acolytes on social media spent months defaming Anas, in an attempt to justify his eventual murder"
There was nothing senseless about what Israel did. The country’s military and its troll acolytes on social media spent months defaming Anas, in an attempt to justify his eventual murder"