Dr Blair Williams
@blairwilliams26.bsky.social
Award-winning academic. Lecturer in AusPol. Research examines the gendered media coverage of women in politics. Also loves craft. #feminist #disabilityactivist #unionist #craftivist TEDx speaker 🏳️🌈
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My Daggy Dads and State Daddies paper has officially been published!
This paper has everything - Diggers,Larrakins, Battlers, Daggy Dads, State Daddies, thirst traps, glow ups and more!
You can access the article (for free!) using this link:
#AusPol
This paper has everything - Diggers,Larrakins, Battlers, Daggy Dads, State Daddies, thirst traps, glow ups and more!
You can access the article (for free!) using this link:
#AusPol
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funny like how “women saw this coming but no one values our opinions because, patriarchy”
January 6, 2026 at 2:01 AM
funny like how “women saw this coming but no one values our opinions because, patriarchy”
Gender studies will help you understand LITERALLY most things!!
ESPECIALLY politics!!!
ESPECIALLY politics!!!
kind of darkly funny that "gender studies" is the stereotypical "useless degree" because gender studies will help you understand a large and important chunk of the current psychosis in american life
January 6, 2026 at 6:26 AM
Gender studies will help you understand LITERALLY most things!!
ESPECIALLY politics!!!
ESPECIALLY politics!!!
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they're doing it for gender, imo
It’s genuinely wild that the United States spent decades building an elaborate rules-based international order which de facto cemented its permanent status as the dominant global hegemon, sustained by ideology rather than might, and now is just blowing it all up for literally no reason
January 6, 2026 at 1:57 AM
they're doing it for gender, imo
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How did Twitter users react right after Elon Musk bought the social media site? @macaukfmak.bsky.social @zeningduan.bsky.social Sijia Yang and I used a panel survey (wave 1 before Musk took control of Twitter, wave 2 after) to find out. 1/ urldefense.com/v3/__https:/...
To quit or not to quit Twitter? The interplay of identities, perceptions, and behavioral reactions to changing platform ownership
Elon Musk’s acquisition of Twitter (now ‘X’) raised concerns about its governance and functioning. Using this as a case study, we propose a framework to analyze the interplay of social identities, ...
urldefense.com
December 15, 2025 at 2:28 PM
How did Twitter users react right after Elon Musk bought the social media site? @macaukfmak.bsky.social @zeningduan.bsky.social Sijia Yang and I used a panel survey (wave 1 before Musk took control of Twitter, wave 2 after) to find out. 1/ urldefense.com/v3/__https:/...
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I call on the Australian government to #RaiseTheRate of all support payments to a living wage.
This would be the single most effective way to lift the productivity, quality of life, and well-being of the whole country.
#CommitToALivingWage
This would be the single most effective way to lift the productivity, quality of life, and well-being of the whole country.
#CommitToALivingWage
January 5, 2026 at 3:26 AM
I call on the Australian government to #RaiseTheRate of all support payments to a living wage.
This would be the single most effective way to lift the productivity, quality of life, and well-being of the whole country.
#CommitToALivingWage
This would be the single most effective way to lift the productivity, quality of life, and well-being of the whole country.
#CommitToALivingWage
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Those first few months proved that a more inclusive, slower and kinder way of life was possible.
It just wasn’t beneficial to our corporate overlords.
So they tossed disabled people to the wayside.
They ripped all the accommodations and safeguards away.
They made us the enemy.
It just wasn’t beneficial to our corporate overlords.
So they tossed disabled people to the wayside.
They ripped all the accommodations and safeguards away.
They made us the enemy.
January 5, 2026 at 8:21 AM
Those first few months proved that a more inclusive, slower and kinder way of life was possible.
It just wasn’t beneficial to our corporate overlords.
So they tossed disabled people to the wayside.
They ripped all the accommodations and safeguards away.
They made us the enemy.
It just wasn’t beneficial to our corporate overlords.
So they tossed disabled people to the wayside.
They ripped all the accommodations and safeguards away.
They made us the enemy.
Guess which days I'm back in Melbourne to pack up my entire flat?? 🫠🫠
January 5, 2026 at 8:27 AM
Guess which days I'm back in Melbourne to pack up my entire flat?? 🫠🫠
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"We will be monitoring this delicate situation to make sure there is no unnecessary loss of innocent oil” chaser.com.au/world/ally-l...
January 4, 2026 at 4:21 AM
"We will be monitoring this delicate situation to make sure there is no unnecessary loss of innocent oil” chaser.com.au/world/ally-l...
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Worth noting, there will never be an illegal war over solar energy. That's what true energy independence looks like.
Ryan: This is clearly us starting another forever war—which the American people do not support.
Trump is just straight up admitting this is a war for oil, and that he is willing to send our blood and treasure, to “run Venezuela,” whatever the hell that means, with no plan.
Trump is just straight up admitting this is a war for oil, and that he is willing to send our blood and treasure, to “run Venezuela,” whatever the hell that means, with no plan.
January 4, 2026 at 6:59 AM
Worth noting, there will never be an illegal war over solar energy. That's what true energy independence looks like.
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Fascists will be fascists, appeasement will only empower them to cause more harm.
Forceful commentary from my Sydney colleague, international law expert Ben Saul: 'Countries like Australia need to wake up to who they are dealing with in the US ... Appeasing him emboldens him to do worse...'
Australia should not lie in bed with a shameless dictator like Trump
The US president should be met with strength, not with “fear, fawning and appeasement”.
www.smh.com.au
January 4, 2026 at 7:44 AM
Fascists will be fascists, appeasement will only empower them to cause more harm.
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Zelensky on Venezuela:
“About Venezuela? How should I respond to that? Well, what can I say? If… If it is possible to act with dictators like this, it means the United States knows what to do next. Thank you”
Omg I love it.
“About Venezuela? How should I respond to that? Well, what can I say? If… If it is possible to act with dictators like this, it means the United States knows what to do next. Thank you”
Omg I love it.
January 4, 2026 at 1:32 AM
Zelensky on Venezuela:
“About Venezuela? How should I respond to that? Well, what can I say? If… If it is possible to act with dictators like this, it means the United States knows what to do next. Thank you”
Omg I love it.
“About Venezuela? How should I respond to that? Well, what can I say? If… If it is possible to act with dictators like this, it means the United States knows what to do next. Thank you”
Omg I love it.
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My whole life, advocating war has been fed to me as “the adult position,” akin to drinking your coffee black or reading the business section of the newspaper. Let’s be very clear — war is the childish nonsense of impulsive destructive idiots playing baby-brained video games with real human lives.
January 4, 2026 at 2:02 AM
My whole life, advocating war has been fed to me as “the adult position,” akin to drinking your coffee black or reading the business section of the newspaper. Let’s be very clear — war is the childish nonsense of impulsive destructive idiots playing baby-brained video games with real human lives.
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Men have felt and will always feel entitled to control women’s bodies. We see this everywhere, from Twitter to the Supreme Court. Generative AI simply offers another vector for attempting to exert that control. A mere photo of your face online now means you can be in porn against your will.
January 3, 2026 at 2:25 PM
Men have felt and will always feel entitled to control women’s bodies. We see this everywhere, from Twitter to the Supreme Court. Generative AI simply offers another vector for attempting to exert that control. A mere photo of your face online now means you can be in porn against your will.
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Blows my mind that some of the same journalists who see Trump as a want-to-be dictator at home are earnestly discussing the "challenges" for this same man to "bring democracy" to a country it just illegal invaded. Please grow up.
January 3, 2026 at 6:16 PM
Blows my mind that some of the same journalists who see Trump as a want-to-be dictator at home are earnestly discussing the "challenges" for this same man to "bring democracy" to a country it just illegal invaded. Please grow up.
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I hate it here and by “here” I mean this planet being run by all these incompetent immature and vile men.
January 4, 2026 at 2:50 AM
I hate it here and by “here” I mean this planet being run by all these incompetent immature and vile men.
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Here's one from the The Australia Institute
Source: australiainstitute.org.au/initiative/g...
Source: australiainstitute.org.au/initiative/g...
January 4, 2026 at 12:49 AM
Here's one from the The Australia Institute
Source: australiainstitute.org.au/initiative/g...
Source: australiainstitute.org.au/initiative/g...
So as I made my way to Cbr Airport the other day to pick up my mum, I spotted this horrific billboard...
What the actual hell is this nonsense (lies)?!
As @australiainstitute.org.au has found, from 2020-4 "Australians have given away the gas that made $149 billion worth of LNG, for free."
#AusPol
What the actual hell is this nonsense (lies)?!
As @australiainstitute.org.au has found, from 2020-4 "Australians have given away the gas that made $149 billion worth of LNG, for free."
#AusPol
January 3, 2026 at 11:56 PM
So as I made my way to Cbr Airport the other day to pick up my mum, I spotted this horrific billboard...
What the actual hell is this nonsense (lies)?!
As @australiainstitute.org.au has found, from 2020-4 "Australians have given away the gas that made $149 billion worth of LNG, for free."
#AusPol
What the actual hell is this nonsense (lies)?!
As @australiainstitute.org.au has found, from 2020-4 "Australians have given away the gas that made $149 billion worth of LNG, for free."
#AusPol
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this is your mission. our pedophile president needs you to jump out of a helicopter to kidnap a head of state and his wife so some oil ceos can make a lot of money. we’ll be watching from a resort in florida that still serves wedge salad and checking how many retweets we get. good luck soldier
January 3, 2026 at 10:57 PM
this is your mission. our pedophile president needs you to jump out of a helicopter to kidnap a head of state and his wife so some oil ceos can make a lot of money. we’ll be watching from a resort in florida that still serves wedge salad and checking how many retweets we get. good luck soldier
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It's so miserable that the US is still breaking international law and slaughtering innocent people for oil, in 2025, when we have the technology and resources to transition to renewables for good. It's absolute hell that we are being led by such close minded, regressive imbeciles.
January 3, 2026 at 10:59 PM
It's so miserable that the US is still breaking international law and slaughtering innocent people for oil, in 2025, when we have the technology and resources to transition to renewables for good. It's absolute hell that we are being led by such close minded, regressive imbeciles.
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Really looking forward to the 2032 film about the American soldier suffering PTSD from the invasion of Venezuela. Will be emotionally deep and really say something about society. Oscars all round
January 3, 2026 at 11:10 PM
Really looking forward to the 2032 film about the American soldier suffering PTSD from the invasion of Venezuela. Will be emotionally deep and really say something about society. Oscars all round
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Trump Says US Will Occupy Venezuela for As Long as It Takes To Distract From Epstein Files
Trump Says US Will Occupy Venezuela for As Long as It Takes To Distract From Epstein Files — The Shovel
Pentagon sources said several alternative distractions were considered, including declaring war on TikTok, arresting the moon, and releasing a new line of Trump NFTs, before settling on Venezuela as ‘...
theshovel.com.au
January 3, 2026 at 11:05 PM
Trump Says US Will Occupy Venezuela for As Long as It Takes To Distract From Epstein Files
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January 3, 2026 at 8:53 PM
I miss when universities used to cap courses 🥲🥲🥲
Our working conditions are eroding so fast.
Our working conditions are eroding so fast.
My US History class formerly capped at 40 will have 100 students in the spring. Did anybody tell much less ask me? Lol no. But if I’m lucky I *may* be assigned a TA so 🤞🏼
January 3, 2026 at 10:42 PM
I miss when universities used to cap courses 🥲🥲🥲
Our working conditions are eroding so fast.
Our working conditions are eroding so fast.
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Americans quietly hoping another country kidnaps THEIR President. #USA #Venezuela
January 3, 2026 at 8:58 PM
Americans quietly hoping another country kidnaps THEIR President. #USA #Venezuela
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When Trump says it won’t end up costing the United States to illegally invade and “control” Venezuela because of the value of their oil, he means there will be a massive public cost, but that’s ok because private companies and oligarchs, including his family, will make a ton of money.
People wondering whether the US is going to be able to "run the country" of Venezuela at "no cost" might like to remind themselves it's a place one-third *larger* than Afghanistan, the running of which cost the US $2,260,000,000,000. (That's $2.26 trillion).
January 3, 2026 at 8:47 PM
When Trump says it won’t end up costing the United States to illegally invade and “control” Venezuela because of the value of their oil, he means there will be a massive public cost, but that’s ok because private companies and oligarchs, including his family, will make a ton of money.