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Rosanna Stevens @wordress.bsky.social · 4d

This is why I pay you the big bucks.

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Our ANU @ouranu.bsky.social · 5d

“Herein lies the question: if not to sustain ANU’s once diverse range of courses and degrees, and if not to retain the knowledge and skills of its academics, then what is that $232.4 million revenue for?”

www.woroni.com.au/news/austral...

WoroniAustralia Institute Analyses ANU Budget Reports—No Deficit Found - Woroni

The Australia Institute has released its audited analysis of ANU’s 2023 and 2024 budget. ANU’s unaudited deficit was reported at $142.5 million, while its audited revenue showed a surplus of $89.9 mil...

www.woroni.com.au

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Rosanna Stevens @wordress.bsky.social · 8d

Landlord? You’ve chosen a business that turns the right to live into a commodity, and you’re profiting from poverty.

Don’t like it? Become a comrade.

Break the cycle that taught you, you worked hard enough - you shouldn’t have had to. You deserved security in the first place. We all do.

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Rosanna Stevens @wordress.bsky.social · 13d

I’m making a short trip to ANU (yes, in the midst of the shittest time - woo) to run a workshop on audio-documenting, at the BEST school there - CHL. Today they’ve published a sweet story about my work.

chl.anu.edu.au/news/reverbe...

#podcasting #audioresearch #audiodocumentary

Reverberations: CHL PhD Graduate Making Stories With Sound | School of Culture, History & Language

CHL PhD graduate and Visiting Fellow Rosanna Southerton returns Oct 13 to share audio storytelling skills, helping researchers and communities tell their stories their way.

chl.anu.edu.au

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Rosanna Stevens @wordress.bsky.social · 14d

I guess it’s time to pull Apple, the platform starring white supremacy, from its subscription schedule. 💸

Vulture @vulture.com · 15d

Apple has pulled The Savant, its series starring Jessica Chastain’s about hunting down white supremacist cells across America, from its immediate release schedule.

Apple Pulls The Savant From Its Release Schedule

Apple has pulled The Savant, its series starring Jessica Chastain’s about hunting down white supremacist cells across America, from its immediate release schedule.

www.vulture.com

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Rosanna Stevens @wordress.bsky.social · 14d

Had I a platform, this would be on it. Have you considered pitching to @thesqueakywheel.bsky.social?

Rosanna Stevens @wordress.bsky.social · 14d

These are so full of character, and so beautiful!

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Claire G. Coleman @clairegcoleman.bsky.social · 23d

‘A 24-year-old man who hit two Aboriginal pedestrians with his car and sped away, later bragging to his friends he'd run down an "oxygen thief", has been spared actual jail time.’

Hit-run driver's 'disgusting' messages aired in court

One man died and another was injured after Jake Danby struck them with his car outside a Darwin shopping centre in 2024, with the driver then sending a series of "disgusting" text messages about the v...

www.abc.net.au

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Rosanna Stevens @wordress.bsky.social · 23d

My wife is showing me Star Trek. I DELIGHT in finding 90% of Next Gen Season 1 consists of the following:

No1 - “I’ll form an away team.”
Capt - “This smells like a trap.”
No1 - “I agree. Let’s go!”

*Smoke machine, lycra & prosthetics- fuelled conflict & trickery ensue.* 💖

#StarTrek

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Rosanna Stevens @wordress.bsky.social · 26d

And so many trans women and non-binary folks leading chants - which also rocked.

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Rosanna Stevens @wordress.bsky.social · 26d

A big shid off to racism here in Melbourne/Naarm today. The rally was chant-ready, moisturised and vibrant.

#Naarm #AntiRacism #AlwaysWasAlwaysWillBe #RacistsArentWelcome

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Rosanna Stevens @wordress.bsky.social · 26d

Best games deal ever???!!!

Erika Ishii @erikaishii.bsky.social · 26d

382 lovely indie games for $8! All proceeds support UNRWA USA’s humanitarian aid in Palestine.
♥️🖤🤍💚

Play for Peace - Games for Palestine 2025 Charity Bundle by Junch and 248 others

Play for Peace - Games for Palestine 2025 Charity Bundle: 382 items for $8.00

itch.io

Rosanna Stevens @wordress.bsky.social · 27d

Last night we hosted dinner with our queer family and we, collectively, had the single-handedly biggest, loudest fight we’ve ever had, and it was about JOJO SIWA. And I will NOT get into it here but this is to say that so long as we have tables, gay culture is alive and well folks.

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Lilly ⭐️ @mothcub.bsky.social · Sep 4

Iconic moment at the Downton Abbey premiere

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Alice Grundy @alicektg.bsky.social · Sep 5

One option for the future of Meanjin is for Uni Melb to reinstate its support. And here's one idea for how to fund it.

An Open Letter to the Vice Chancellor of The University of Melbourne on the Closure of Meanjin

openletter.earth

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Claire G. Coleman @clairegcoleman.bsky.social · Sep 1

True that, where is our special envoy to tackle racism against Indigenous people?

stranger @strangerous.bsky.social · Sep 1

If we have special envoys to tackle racism for specific races and cultures who experience racism, why is there no special envoy to tackle racism against First Nations people? #campsovereignty

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Rosanna Stevens @wordress.bsky.social · Aug 22

I kinda just want to call them tweets but I feel someone else wrote biskie once in passing and I was like “Actually - that’ll do it.” (I cannae remember the source.)

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Rosanna Stevens @wordress.bsky.social · Aug 22

My wife has recently introduced me to Star Trek Next Gen after growing up in a sci-filess household, and I can only describe the experience of watching episodes as being like reading an episodic comic book each time. SO INTO IT. So into this matching episodic podcast!!

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Rosanna Stevens @wordress.bsky.social · Aug 21

I did not know this and it is NOT a fun or interesting fact for the day!!!

Assigned Media @assignedmedia.org · Aug 21

20 Aug 25 -- Bluesky has suspended multiple trans users for anti-J.K. Rowling posts even when they didn't mention threats or violence. @rikiwilchins.bsky.social

Bluesky silenced trans voices over J.K. Rowling, here’s why

Outcry grows after multiple trans users were targeted for mild criticisms of the anti-trans billionaire.

www.advocate.com

Rosanna Stevens @wordress.bsky.social · Aug 21

This biskie has been the highlight of my morning. I want to write a whole “Glory to the Mod” bit inspired by this now.

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · Aug 21

Some incredibly good news:

One year ago this week, The Onion returned to print.

In that one year, we’ve grown to the 13th largest print newspaper in the United States, just ahead of the Boston Globe, and growing fast.

In short, it’s working.

So… thank you. Thank you for helping save this thing.

Exclusive | The Onion Brought Back Its Print Edition. The Gamble Is Paying Off.

Publications turn to the old-style products to appeal to nostalgic readers and stand out in a crowded digital-media landscape.

www.wsj.com

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Maureen Gallagher @maureenogallagher.bsky.social · Aug 20

I am one of the staff members impacted by this. I truly thought when I first read the email that it might mean my job is safe because I have not yet been made redundant, but, no, I am still facing the axe. It was a maliciously cruel email to send.

Dr Liz Allen @drdemography.com · Aug 20

Tough time for many at ANU. At around midday yesterday staff received a university-wide email. The language was ambiguous and could be read to say all forced redundancies would stop. I received many messages from people being forced out. Were they now safe?

I am writing to you today with three key updates for our community regarding the Renew ANU Program:
1. The University leaders have confirmed that all future changes under Renew ANU will be achieved without involuntary redundancies. This means that all future changes under Renew ANU will be achieved through our other mechanisms, including lift and shift/ realignments, continuation of the Recruitment Advisory Committee (RAC), natural attrition, and voluntary separations. We will continue to create greater accountability for senior leaders to ensure compliance with budget and resource allocation.
2. The University's timeline for future change has been brought forward from 31 October to today, Wednesday 20 August 2025. This means that under Renew ANU, no further change proposals will be released in 2025, and as expressed above, no further job losses will occur through involuntary redundancy.
3. Finally, the University will open a second Voluntary Separation Scheme (VSS) for the entire community next week, with details released via On Campus next Tuesday.

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Our ANU @ouranu.bsky.social · Aug 21

“The impacts of … Renew ANU … on us are not abstract – they are deeply personal and profoundly damaging …

The erosion of one-on-one teaching, the gutting of performance and competition and the casualisation of elite staff have left us feeling abandoned and misled,”

www.afr.com/work-and-car...

Students ‘robbed of education’ threaten legal action against ANU

ANU music students say proposed changes are in fundamental breach of the legislation under which ANU operates, as well as a contravention of consumer law.

www.afr.com

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Rosanna Stevens @wordress.bsky.social · Aug 19

Thanks Thy!!

Rosanna Stevens @wordress.bsky.social · Aug 19

Please consider rt @ouranu.bsky.social <3

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