Stephanie Russo
@drstephr.bsky.social
Historical fiction, Anne Boleyn, Jane Austen, pop girlies and fitness. Currently writing about counterfactual historical fiction. Australia's most important member of the BeyHive. Alena Smith stan. Editor of the Journal of Historical Fictions
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Stephanie Russo
@drstephr.bsky.social
· Apr 16
The Anachronistic Turn: Historical Fiction, Drama, Film and Television
The Anachronistic Turn: Historical Fiction, Drama, Film and Television is the first study to investigate the ways in which the creative use of anachronism in historical fictions can allow us to rethin...
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very convenient that the rich ruling class techbros solution to income and wealth inequality will be solved by letting them accumulate even more wealth
December 29, 2025 at 3:29 AM
very convenient that the rich ruling class techbros solution to income and wealth inequality will be solved by letting them accumulate even more wealth
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AI sloppers (is that a term?) crying that their prompts are being stolen is more beautiful than anything AI could produce
December 28, 2025 at 11:46 PM
AI sloppers (is that a term?) crying that their prompts are being stolen is more beautiful than anything AI could produce
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"And I never say no"
We need to have a serious talk about the way "AI companion" apps not only prey on the vulnerable, but are priming their users to ignore consent and to conflate love with control.
We need AI regulations across so many sectors, but this area is particularly horrifying.
We need to have a serious talk about the way "AI companion" apps not only prey on the vulnerable, but are priming their users to ignore consent and to conflate love with control.
We need AI regulations across so many sectors, but this area is particularly horrifying.
December 28, 2025 at 6:20 PM
"And I never say no"
We need to have a serious talk about the way "AI companion" apps not only prey on the vulnerable, but are priming their users to ignore consent and to conflate love with control.
We need AI regulations across so many sectors, but this area is particularly horrifying.
We need to have a serious talk about the way "AI companion" apps not only prey on the vulnerable, but are priming their users to ignore consent and to conflate love with control.
We need AI regulations across so many sectors, but this area is particularly horrifying.
Both Sinatra and Martin were the children of immigrants (and not considered white at the time)
Some people will commit human rights violations rather than just go to therapy
December 26, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Both Sinatra and Martin were the children of immigrants (and not considered white at the time)
Jfc this is actually evil
The comments on this are all about how sweet it is and I feel insane. Using AI to make fake memories of your grandma with dementia and telling her they happened and then filming her reaction
December 26, 2025 at 6:47 AM
Jfc this is actually evil
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And as people have pointed out, the ALP premier of NSW
Just try to contemplate that those who marched in protest of such murders occurring (in much greater numbers) are now being blamed by the Liberal Party for the Bondi Massacre.
“Israeli troops kill six Palestinians sheltering in Gaza school, bringing the total number of Palestinians killed by Israel to 401 since October ceasefire.”
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December 22, 2025 at 9:06 PM
And as people have pointed out, the ALP premier of NSW
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Fake references should lead to academic sanctions for the researchers involved, from both industry as well as from institutions. It needs to happen now, before every norm of academic integrity ends up sacrificed on the altar of production.
I’m sorry, but it is disgraceful to be an academic who uses this technology to conduct research. It should be prohibited in all of our scholarly institutions, including universities and journals.
December 20, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Fake references should lead to academic sanctions for the researchers involved, from both industry as well as from institutions. It needs to happen now, before every norm of academic integrity ends up sacrificed on the altar of production.
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The police were authorising fckin Nazis to parade at parliament while *at exactly the same time* the alleged Bondi shooters were getting terrorism training in the Philippines.
But sure, gotta look long and hard at those peace protesters.
But sure, gotta look long and hard at those peace protesters.
December 19, 2025 at 11:35 AM
The police were authorising fckin Nazis to parade at parliament while *at exactly the same time* the alleged Bondi shooters were getting terrorism training in the Philippines.
But sure, gotta look long and hard at those peace protesters.
But sure, gotta look long and hard at those peace protesters.
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It's over five months since Antisemitism Envoy Jillian Segal made headlines for being one of the biggest funders of highly divisive, far-right political lobby group "Advance".
She has at all times refused to denounce Advance, its bigotry and racist hate.
theklaxon.com.au/jillian-sega...
She has at all times refused to denounce Advance, its bigotry and racist hate.
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Jillian Segal and husband funding far-right group "Advance" - The Klaxon
Antisemitism envoy Jillian Segal and her husband are among the biggest funders of far-right group "Advance”, which spreads hateful propaganda and racist tropes.
theklaxon.com.au
December 18, 2025 at 12:40 AM
It's over five months since Antisemitism Envoy Jillian Segal made headlines for being one of the biggest funders of highly divisive, far-right political lobby group "Advance".
She has at all times refused to denounce Advance, its bigotry and racist hate.
theklaxon.com.au/jillian-sega...
She has at all times refused to denounce Advance, its bigotry and racist hate.
theklaxon.com.au/jillian-sega...
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Linking the march across the bridge to the massacre is disgusting and everyone doing so should be deeply ashamed of their giving tacit support for genocide
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
NSW to effectively ban protests for up to three months as premier links Gaza rallies to Bondi terror attack
Chris Minns says state ‘can’t risk another mass demonstration on that scale in NSW [because] the implications can be seen, in my view, on Sunday’
www.theguardian.com
December 19, 2025 at 7:14 AM
Linking the march across the bridge to the massacre is disgusting and everyone doing so should be deeply ashamed of their giving tacit support for genocide
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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Never forget it took less than a day for the right-wing conservative forces in Australia politics and media to turn the Bondi massacre into their own political grandstanding in order to sew division.
Contemptible.
Contemptible.
December 17, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Never forget it took less than a day for the right-wing conservative forces in Australia politics and media to turn the Bondi massacre into their own political grandstanding in order to sew division.
Contemptible.
Contemptible.
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Fuck me. Right on queue, SMH has done a highly detailed background check on Ahmed, and dedicated five paragraphs to what they discovered.
They’ve disguised it behind this innocuous heading:
They’ve disguised it behind this innocuous heading:
December 15, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Fuck me. Right on queue, SMH has done a highly detailed background check on Ahmed, and dedicated five paragraphs to what they discovered.
They’ve disguised it behind this innocuous heading:
They’ve disguised it behind this innocuous heading:
Absolutely horrified to discover that there are over 1100 guns in my very suburban area. There should be 0.
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December 16, 2025 at 2:13 AM
Absolutely horrified to discover that there are over 1100 guns in my very suburban area. There should be 0.
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Incredible the entire press gallery is actually buying the line (promulgated by Netanyahu!) that Albanese is personally to blame for the Bondi attack.
No one is actually explaining how firing academics for opposing Israel’s genocide would stop two people who never went to uni from this shooting.
No one is actually explaining how firing academics for opposing Israel’s genocide would stop two people who never went to uni from this shooting.
December 15, 2025 at 6:54 AM
Incredible the entire press gallery is actually buying the line (promulgated by Netanyahu!) that Albanese is personally to blame for the Bondi attack.
No one is actually explaining how firing academics for opposing Israel’s genocide would stop two people who never went to uni from this shooting.
No one is actually explaining how firing academics for opposing Israel’s genocide would stop two people who never went to uni from this shooting.
Jfc this has been just the most awful weekend
“Rob Reiner and his wife, Michele Singer Reiner, were killed by their son, Nick, multiple sources confirm to PEOPLE.”
Rob Reiner and His Wife Michele Were Killed by Their Son: Sources (Exclusive)
Rob Reiner and his wife, Michele Singer Reiner, were found after first responders were called to the couple's Brentwood home at 3:30 p.m.
people.com
December 15, 2025 at 4:09 AM
Jfc this has been just the most awful weekend
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Fuck this fucking shit ass year to hell
December 15, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Fuck this fucking shit ass year to hell
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Where I live, there are enforced rules about what colour you can paint your house and about a kid wanting an Insta account but my neighbour could own multiple rifles.
As I understand it, legal gun ownership requires a licencee to demonstrate a "genuine reason" for such ownership. But a 50'ish suburban man can have 6?!!
The 50-year-old Bondi beach terror suspect who died was a licensed firearms holder, and had six firearms, NSW police say. Police have the six firearms from the scene yesterday. His 24yo son is in police custody in hospital in a critical but stable condition.
December 15, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Where I live, there are enforced rules about what colour you can paint your house and about a kid wanting an Insta account but my neighbour could own multiple rifles.
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when the media starts platforming Hanson on this remember she believes and promotes the insane lie that Port Arthur was a government operation.
December 14, 2025 at 8:09 PM
when the media starts platforming Hanson on this remember she believes and promotes the insane lie that Port Arthur was a government operation.
The perpetrator's family was known to the Federal Police but was still allowed to legally purchase 6 guns. Unbelievably fucked.
December 15, 2025 at 1:32 AM
The perpetrator's family was known to the Federal Police but was still allowed to legally purchase 6 guns. Unbelievably fucked.
Absolutely shameful piece of trash article from a shameful piece of trash outlet.
In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
The Hanukkah massacre at Sydney’s Bondi Beach “represents the continuing inability of the government of Anthony Albanese, Australia’s prime minister, to safeguard the country’s Jewish community,” our columnist Bret Stephens writes.
The Hanukkah massacre at Sydney’s Bondi Beach “represents the continuing inability of the government of Anthony Albanese, Australia’s prime minister, to safeguard the country’s Jewish community,” our columnist Bret Stephens writes.
Opinion | The Bondi Beach Shooting Is What ‘Globalize the Intifada’ Looks Like
When a slogan’s real meaning comes true.
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December 14, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Absolutely shameful piece of trash article from a shameful piece of trash outlet.
Imcredibly scary
December 14, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Imcredibly scary
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This chart shows complete failure.
December 14, 2025 at 9:16 PM
This chart shows complete failure.
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Here’s an article from this year with the Australian gun lobby boasting that, with surging gun numbers, it was winning the fight against firearms control advocates. Blame guns. Blame anti-Semitism. Blame terrorists. Do not blame everyday Australians who marched for peace.
Australia’s gun lobby says it’s ‘winning’ the fight against firearm control as numbers surge
There are now more than 4m guns in the community – almost double the number recorded in the years after the Port Arthur massacre that prompted a national crackdown
www.theguardian.com
December 14, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Here’s an article from this year with the Australian gun lobby boasting that, with surging gun numbers, it was winning the fight against firearms control advocates. Blame guns. Blame anti-Semitism. Blame terrorists. Do not blame everyday Australians who marched for peace.
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Australia has had strict laws on gun control since the late 90s. But the system is a lot looser than people think, with some big loopholes allowing long guns to be bought legally www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Australia had the ‘gold standard’ on gun control. The Bondi beach terror attack will force it to confront its surging number of weapons
There are now more guns in the community per capita than in the aftermath of the Port Arthur massacre, with at least 2,000 new firearms lawfully entering the community every week
www.theguardian.com
December 14, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Australia has had strict laws on gun control since the late 90s. But the system is a lot looser than people think, with some big loopholes allowing long guns to be bought legally www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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take all the guns this time, we can have another 27yrs of none of this.
December 14, 2025 at 8:02 PM
take all the guns this time, we can have another 27yrs of none of this.