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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Academics and students fought for 5 years against research sponsorship at Monash University from oil and gas company Woodside. This week, we forced Australia’s largest university to abandon its greenwashing contract www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Woodside Energy’s partnership with Monash University to end after protests by staff and students
Under the deal, Woodside paid Monash University $43m over seven years and company was given naming rights to building on one of the Melbourne campuses
www.theguardian.com
November 13, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Academics and students fought for 5 years against research sponsorship at Monash University from oil and gas company Woodside. This week, we forced Australia’s largest university to abandon its greenwashing contract www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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The Pub at the End of the University
As universities implode, the world still needs us.
open.substack.com
November 13, 2025 at 7:18 AM
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Sing it with me everyone 😂
🎵 The Net Zero Hokey Pokey
You put your policy in,
You pull net zero out,
You put Paris back in,
Then you shake the logic out
You talk some climate waffle ‘bout the lights going out
And that’s what we’re all about!
🎵 The Net Zero Hokey Pokey
You put your policy in,
You pull net zero out,
You put Paris back in,
Then you shake the logic out
You talk some climate waffle ‘bout the lights going out
And that’s what we’re all about!
November 13, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Sing it with me everyone 😂
🎵 The Net Zero Hokey Pokey
You put your policy in,
You pull net zero out,
You put Paris back in,
Then you shake the logic out
You talk some climate waffle ‘bout the lights going out
And that’s what we’re all about!
🎵 The Net Zero Hokey Pokey
You put your policy in,
You pull net zero out,
You put Paris back in,
Then you shake the logic out
You talk some climate waffle ‘bout the lights going out
And that’s what we’re all about!
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At least Sussan Ley will be able to look back at her few months as leader secure in the knowledge she never once bothered to stand for anything
November 13, 2025 at 8:47 AM
At least Sussan Ley will be able to look back at her few months as leader secure in the knowledge she never once bothered to stand for anything
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www.theguardian.com/environment/...
“Libs & Nats never supported the idea of reaching net zero by 2050. Some individual MPs have but not the parties. We know this bc they haven’t backed a policy to help meet it since Morrison adopted target in 2021 to try to deflect rising pressure at home & abroad
“Libs & Nats never supported the idea of reaching net zero by 2050. Some individual MPs have but not the parties. We know this bc they haven’t backed a policy to help meet it since Morrison adopted target in 2021 to try to deflect rising pressure at home & abroad
The spectacular nonsense of the Coalition’s internal brawl over the 2050 net zero emissions target | Clear air
The public stoush is really about whether the party will drop the charade or maintain it while shuffling some words
www.theguardian.com
November 13, 2025 at 7:20 AM
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
“Libs & Nats never supported the idea of reaching net zero by 2050. Some individual MPs have but not the parties. We know this bc they haven’t backed a policy to help meet it since Morrison adopted target in 2021 to try to deflect rising pressure at home & abroad
“Libs & Nats never supported the idea of reaching net zero by 2050. Some individual MPs have but not the parties. We know this bc they haven’t backed a policy to help meet it since Morrison adopted target in 2021 to try to deflect rising pressure at home & abroad
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It's just been confirmed that Monash University is dropping Woodside as a partner because they don't align with their sustainable values. This is an incredible win for @stopwoodsidemonash.bsky.social who have run a dedicated grass roots campaign for years.
November 11, 2025 at 5:37 AM
It's just been confirmed that Monash University is dropping Woodside as a partner because they don't align with their sustainable values. This is an incredible win for @stopwoodsidemonash.bsky.social who have run a dedicated grass roots campaign for years.
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One would expect "leaders" not to collaborate with people who would gladly stuff them and their constituents in a concentration camp without even a whiff of due process. But nope, not these seven. Btw, *this* is how democracy dies.
In the future, I will refer to the seven Democratic* Senators who voted for the deal the Chamberlain Caucus.
How Every Senator Voted on Passing the Bill to End the Shutdown
A bipartisan group of senators agreed on a deal to reopen the government.
www.nytimes.com
November 11, 2025 at 10:29 AM
One would expect "leaders" not to collaborate with people who would gladly stuff them and their constituents in a concentration camp without even a whiff of due process. But nope, not these seven. Btw, *this* is how democracy dies.
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FWIW, the best tech people I know are ones who genuinely are interested in the humanities and also grasp that there are those who know more than they do (this also applies to people in general).
My theory is that tech bros hate humanities because they've all tried once to impress a girl studding English Lit by talking about a book and they were all laughed at for their complete misreading of the text.
*maximum alpha at 1.25x speed* continuously lives on in my head, unfortunately.
November 11, 2025 at 3:50 AM
FWIW, the best tech people I know are ones who genuinely are interested in the humanities and also grasp that there are those who know more than they do (this also applies to people in general).
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"Supporting net zero is a lot easier than defining it. The maths behind net zero is easy; in theory, if carbon removals from tree growth or carbon capture and storage match emissions, then net zero works.
But the problem isn’t the maths. It’s the biology, the economics and the bullshit." #auspol
But the problem isn’t the maths. It’s the biology, the economics and the bullshit." #auspol
Like ‘housing affordability’ ‘net zero’ has become one of those meaningless political sayings
Labors support for net zero hasn’t stopped them supporting new coal or gas or from spending billions on fossil fuel subsidies
My latest column on @thepointau.bsky.social
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
Labors support for net zero hasn’t stopped them supporting new coal or gas or from spending billions on fossil fuel subsidies
My latest column on @thepointau.bsky.social
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
Net Zero hides a truth the mining giants understand perfectly: nothing has to change
The point.com.au
thepoint.com.au
November 10, 2025 at 10:54 AM
"Supporting net zero is a lot easier than defining it. The maths behind net zero is easy; in theory, if carbon removals from tree growth or carbon capture and storage match emissions, then net zero works.
But the problem isn’t the maths. It’s the biology, the economics and the bullshit." #auspol
But the problem isn’t the maths. It’s the biology, the economics and the bullshit." #auspol
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finally the ABC moves this up the page, hours after the story was posted by Guardian Australia and smh. Our ABC kept a copaganda piece about police feelings top of the NSW tab all afternoon.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
Neo-Nazi rally outside NSW parliament allowed to go ahead by police
A neo-Nazi rally outside the NSW parliament on Saturday morning was deemed "authorised" because police had chosen not to oppose the public assembly.
www.abc.net.au
November 8, 2025 at 8:52 AM
finally the ABC moves this up the page, hours after the story was posted by Guardian Australia and smh. Our ABC kept a copaganda piece about police feelings top of the NSW tab all afternoon.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
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the nurses were sacked and are being prosecuted after speculating about imaginary Israelis to one person, who posted a video. The nazis making direct threats to Jews on the steps of parliament are not arrested, not investigated, not charged, and not prosecuted.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Bankstown nurse sacked over viral video has charge of threatening to kill Israeli patients dropped
Sarah Abu Lebdeh yet to enter plea for other charges related to video in which she and a colleague allegedly said they would refuse to treat Israeli patients
www.theguardian.com
November 8, 2025 at 7:34 AM
the nurses were sacked and are being prosecuted after speculating about imaginary Israelis to one person, who posted a video. The nazis making direct threats to Jews on the steps of parliament are not arrested, not investigated, not charged, and not prosecuted.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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hahaha omg Minns has made a statement saying it is likely the parliament has to give police more powers after police approved a nazi rally for today at NSW Parliament. There are no sunk costs more extreme than public money costs sunk into police.
November 8, 2025 at 6:03 AM
hahaha omg Minns has made a statement saying it is likely the parliament has to give police more powers after police approved a nazi rally for today at NSW Parliament. There are no sunk costs more extreme than public money costs sunk into police.
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This week's column is on Billionaire Brain: the condition which seems to prevent extremely rich people from perceiving the utterly bleeding obvious.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
I wish we could ignore Bill Gates on the climate crisis. But he’s a billionaire, so we can’t | George Monbiot
Money talks – and his essay denouncing ‘near-term emissions goals’ at Cop30 mostly argues the case for letting the ultra-rich off the hook
www.theguardian.com
November 8, 2025 at 8:19 AM
This week's column is on Billionaire Brain: the condition which seems to prevent extremely rich people from perceiving the utterly bleeding obvious.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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In 2008, a blogger named Curtis Yarvin called for a future president to kill foreign aid programs as part of a plan to replace democracy with dictatorship.
Now 600,000 people are dead—and 14 million will die by 2030, according to the Lancet. This is the running death toll of tech fascism.
Now 600,000 people are dead—and 14 million will die by 2030, according to the Lancet. This is the running death toll of tech fascism.
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 7, 2025 at 10:28 PM
In 2008, a blogger named Curtis Yarvin called for a future president to kill foreign aid programs as part of a plan to replace democracy with dictatorship.
Now 600,000 people are dead—and 14 million will die by 2030, according to the Lancet. This is the running death toll of tech fascism.
Now 600,000 people are dead—and 14 million will die by 2030, according to the Lancet. This is the running death toll of tech fascism.
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Shocking that these worries would come from a newspaper owned by <checks notes> the world's fourth richest man and executive chairman of a retailer that employs over a million people in the US
June 26, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Shocking that these worries would come from a newspaper owned by <checks notes> the world's fourth richest man and executive chairman of a retailer that employs over a million people in the US
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"Living in poverty while at uni, that's not the way it should be for a society that's about mobility and opportunity."
Professor George Williams discussed his new Vantage Point essay 'Aiming Higher: Universities and Australia's future' on RN Breakfast!
#auspol
Professor George Williams discussed his new Vantage Point essay 'Aiming Higher: Universities and Australia's future' on RN Breakfast!
#auspol
November 7, 2025 at 12:50 AM
"Living in poverty while at uni, that's not the way it should be for a society that's about mobility and opportunity."
Professor George Williams discussed his new Vantage Point essay 'Aiming Higher: Universities and Australia's future' on RN Breakfast!
#auspol
Professor George Williams discussed his new Vantage Point essay 'Aiming Higher: Universities and Australia's future' on RN Breakfast!
#auspol
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The goddamn nerve of Jeff Bezos' newspaper to talk shit about raising the minimum wage at a moment when workers at Jeff Bezos' online superstore -- who are paid so little half of them in one study were on SNAP benefits -- are going hungry.
The fucking arrogance.
The fucking arrogance.
Wow, sounds like Jeff Bezos is mad
(from A Washington Post editorial entitled "Zohran Mamdani’s victory is bad for New York and the Democratic Party")
(from A Washington Post editorial entitled "Zohran Mamdani’s victory is bad for New York and the Democratic Party")
November 7, 2025 at 1:00 AM
The goddamn nerve of Jeff Bezos' newspaper to talk shit about raising the minimum wage at a moment when workers at Jeff Bezos' online superstore -- who are paid so little half of them in one study were on SNAP benefits -- are going hungry.
The fucking arrogance.
The fucking arrogance.
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David Pope in Canbera Times
November 6, 2025 at 9:44 AM
David Pope in Canbera Times
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PANIC!!
My @smh @theage cartoon
My @smh @theage cartoon
November 6, 2025 at 9:20 PM
PANIC!!
My @smh @theage cartoon
My @smh @theage cartoon
"Alas, the Liberals appear to have forgotten many things about Robert Menzies. But perhaps the most important is that elections are won in the middle — wherever that middle may currently find itself."
#AusPol #Liberals
#AusPol #Liberals
The people that time (and the Liberal Party) forgot
The Liberal Party has lost track of who the 'forgotten people' were meant to be. But as Judith Brett argues, Menzies’ framing makes little sense in the current context anyway.
www.crikey.com.au
November 6, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Spoke to AAP yesterday about the Liberal coup speculations:
'Monash University politics lecturer Blair Williams said it would be a "terrible look" for the Liberal Party's first female leader to be dumped by a bunch of men.
"Women are watching," she told AAP.'
#AusPol #Liberals #Coalition
'Monash University politics lecturer Blair Williams said it would be a "terrible look" for the Liberal Party's first female leader to be dumped by a bunch of men.
"Women are watching," she told AAP.'
#AusPol #Liberals #Coalition
'Women are watching' treatment of Sussan Ley by party
Dumping Sussan Ley as opposition leader wouldn't bode well for the Liberal Party's standing with women, analysts say, as leadership challenge speculation grows.
au.news.yahoo.com
November 5, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Spoke to AAP yesterday about the Liberal coup speculations:
'Monash University politics lecturer Blair Williams said it would be a "terrible look" for the Liberal Party's first female leader to be dumped by a bunch of men.
"Women are watching," she told AAP.'
#AusPol #Liberals #Coalition
'Monash University politics lecturer Blair Williams said it would be a "terrible look" for the Liberal Party's first female leader to be dumped by a bunch of men.
"Women are watching," she told AAP.'
#AusPol #Liberals #Coalition
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I’ve been interested in political speeches for as long as I can remember. I’ve listened to nearly every inaugural and major address, and I’ve given tons of public speeches myself.
Zohran’s talent in this arena ranks among the best. He’s damn good. Hella good. Remarkably good.
Crazy to watch.
Zohran’s talent in this arena ranks among the best. He’s damn good. Hella good. Remarkably good.
Crazy to watch.
November 5, 2025 at 4:35 AM
I’ve been interested in political speeches for as long as I can remember. I’ve listened to nearly every inaugural and major address, and I’ve given tons of public speeches myself.
Zohran’s talent in this arena ranks among the best. He’s damn good. Hella good. Remarkably good.
Crazy to watch.
Zohran’s talent in this arena ranks among the best. He’s damn good. Hella good. Remarkably good.
Crazy to watch.
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Yep, agree, how can wanting equity for everyone be seen as radical. Billionaire controlled media & captured selfish politicians have a lot to answer for.
November 5, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Yep, agree, how can wanting equity for everyone be seen as radical. Billionaire controlled media & captured selfish politicians have a lot to answer for.
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I mean #sorrysonotsorry WTAF makes someone a radical for wanting people to be fed and clothed and housed while the rich cunts shoring up their own riches and power and yachts get to just be ‘conservatives’ keeping the world afloat by capitalism. FRO.
November 5, 2025 at 10:44 AM
I mean #sorrysonotsorry WTAF makes someone a radical for wanting people to be fed and clothed and housed while the rich cunts shoring up their own riches and power and yachts get to just be ‘conservatives’ keeping the world afloat by capitalism. FRO.