Kate Littlejohn
@kelittlejohn.bsky.social
History, curriculum, curriculum history, books, writing. PhD student researching gender, historical consciousness, and the history curriculum in Australia. Passionate about rural equity. She/her. 🏳️🌈 My words and thoughts are my own.
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Kate Littlejohn
@kelittlejohn.bsky.social
· Sep 29
#PhD research callout!
I am seeking History teachers in NSW for a short interview about NSW History 7-10 syllabuses. If you have taught History in NSW and are interested, please enter your details into this form.
forms.office.com/r/cvf5QfLrLb
Ethics approval: H16788
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I am seeking History teachers in NSW for a short interview about NSW History 7-10 syllabuses. If you have taught History in NSW and are interested, please enter your details into this form.
forms.office.com/r/cvf5QfLrLb
Ethics approval: H16788
Please share!
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Man when JCO is on she is ON
“whatever club he’s invited to join has been devalued by the invitation”
November 11, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Man when JCO is on she is ON
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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).
I've done a few interviews for my PhD research this week and every one has been amazing - the insight and deep knowledge that history teachers bring to their work and the seriousness with which they take their role as educators is so uplifting to see. I am so lucky to be doing this! #PhDchat #PhDSky
November 11, 2025 at 8:51 AM
I've done a few interviews for my PhD research this week and every one has been amazing - the insight and deep knowledge that history teachers bring to their work and the seriousness with which they take their role as educators is so uplifting to see. I am so lucky to be doing this! #PhDchat #PhDSky
One of my dream fountain pens is currently on sale and I've read that they're going to be bumped up in price next year and I am so tempted to buy it but it's also much more expensive than any other pen I own... Truly a ridiculously nerdy program to have. 🖋️
a man with glasses and a beard is holding a red pen in his hand
Alt: a man with glasses and a beard is holding a red pen in his hand
media.tenor.com
November 11, 2025 at 8:37 AM
One of my dream fountain pens is currently on sale and I've read that they're going to be bumped up in price next year and I am so tempted to buy it but it's also much more expensive than any other pen I own... Truly a ridiculously nerdy program to have. 🖋️
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Every time someone’s like “put that in the louvre,” my head now goes “and then steal it from the louvre, the security password is louvre”
November 11, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Every time someone’s like “put that in the louvre,” my head now goes “and then steal it from the louvre, the security password is louvre”
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The Simpsons Stop Stop Already, he’s Dead meme, but that kid is smiling in evil glee
“whatever club he’s invited to join has been devalued by the invitation”
November 11, 2025 at 3:40 AM
The Simpsons Stop Stop Already, he’s Dead meme, but that kid is smiling in evil glee
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Help mom I’m being bullied by 87 year old novella writer Joyce Carol Oates again can you pick me up
November 11, 2025 at 3:28 AM
Help mom I’m being bullied by 87 year old novella writer Joyce Carol Oates again can you pick me up
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for those who may not know - friends not in Australia - this was monumental.
November 11, 2025 at 12:25 AM
for those who may not know - friends not in Australia - this was monumental.
This is so stark and such an indictment on our government and the callousness with which it treats (and has treated) people that are struggling. Howard's legacy is cruelty by design.
Gough raised unemployment benefits to their highest level relative to poverty - then Fraser (and his treasurer John Howard) fucked it up as soon as they could.
Hawke/Keating repaired some of the damage... then Howard fucked it up for good
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
Hawke/Keating repaired some of the damage... then Howard fucked it up for good
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
November 11, 2025 at 1:36 AM
This is so stark and such an indictment on our government and the callousness with which it treats (and has treated) people that are struggling. Howard's legacy is cruelty by design.
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"Whitlam was a rarity in modern Labor leaders in that he was not afraid of power. Not of it and crucially, not of using it." @amyremeikis.bsky.social
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
Whitlam’s legacy is one of possibility and hope. He showed us what a brave, grown up Australia could look like.
Whitlam showed us what a brave, grown up Australia could look like. And 50 years later, you have to wonder – is it even possible to make Australia brave again?
thepoint.com.au
November 10, 2025 at 9:43 PM
"Whitlam was a rarity in modern Labor leaders in that he was not afraid of power. Not of it and crucially, not of using it." @amyremeikis.bsky.social
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
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🚨This 16 year old was living a normal life until this administration took over the country. ICE is the enemy of humanity, decency, integrity, and all that used to represent this country. Meanwhile, Trump is building a private army, one that will be more ruthless and violent. 1/2
November 10, 2025 at 7:26 PM
🚨This 16 year old was living a normal life until this administration took over the country. ICE is the enemy of humanity, decency, integrity, and all that used to represent this country. Meanwhile, Trump is building a private army, one that will be more ruthless and violent. 1/2
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Wait do I have it correct that Joyce Carol Oates said Musk was a shell of a man with no joy in his life and he totally saw it and said "No I'm not" and now he's searching the titles of different movies he likes and replying "great movie"
November 10, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Wait do I have it correct that Joyce Carol Oates said Musk was a shell of a man with no joy in his life and he totally saw it and said "No I'm not" and now he's searching the titles of different movies he likes and replying "great movie"
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history will ultimately decide this but i think joyce carol oates might have just landed the most devastating burn in human history. like the death star trench run of posting
November 10, 2025 at 7:03 PM
history will ultimately decide this but i think joyce carol oates might have just landed the most devastating burn in human history. like the death star trench run of posting
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Unfortunately still true bsky.app/profile/adam...
American politics makes a lot more sense when you realize that the GOP is afraid of pissing off the GOP base, and the Dems are afraid of pissing off the GOP base, but neither party is afraid of pissing off the Dem base.
November 10, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Unfortunately still true bsky.app/profile/adam...
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we should not be letting any company get away with blaming AI for their failures. I'm not even sure how we got to this point. people are like "it's just a tool" okay so is a forklift and we still hold somebody responsible when it goes wrong and hurts someone. this is YOUR AI!
November 10, 2025 at 4:05 PM
we should not be letting any company get away with blaming AI for their failures. I'm not even sure how we got to this point. people are like "it's just a tool" okay so is a forklift and we still hold somebody responsible when it goes wrong and hurts someone. this is YOUR AI!
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Maybe important to note it was the disruption in air travel that Democrats couldn't stand and not, you know, 40+ million people not knowing where their next meal was coming from.
November 10, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Maybe important to note it was the disruption in air travel that Democrats couldn't stand and not, you know, 40+ million people not knowing where their next meal was coming from.
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Booklovers in Victoria, help me out.
November 10, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Booklovers in Victoria, help me out.
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you can see why fascism is so popular when the other option is The Loser Party That Loves Losing
November 10, 2025 at 12:49 AM
you can see why fascism is so popular when the other option is The Loser Party That Loves Losing
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Who made this and why are you choosing nerd violence? ✍️ I mean, it is true, but still.
November 9, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Who made this and why are you choosing nerd violence? ✍️ I mean, it is true, but still.
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‘The water and energy are trivial’ because it is often the most under-privileged communities that pay the price so you can use LLMs.
No one should be quite so cavalier.
No one should be quite so cavalier.
The water and energy are trivial in comparison to potential value.
As for value/valuation, there is reason for skepticism. But to discount their value entirely is way out of the ballpark. The impact generative AI is having on the world is quite profound (for better and sometimes for worse).
As for value/valuation, there is reason for skepticism. But to discount their value entirely is way out of the ballpark. The impact generative AI is having on the world is quite profound (for better and sometimes for worse).
November 9, 2025 at 10:24 AM
‘The water and energy are trivial’ because it is often the most under-privileged communities that pay the price so you can use LLMs.
No one should be quite so cavalier.
No one should be quite so cavalier.
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Just got the best out-of-office message I've ever seen from a fellow academic:
"I am currently away on leave. If this is an emergency... well, I doubt it. What could possibly be an emergency in my line of work?"
"I am currently away on leave. If this is an emergency... well, I doubt it. What could possibly be an emergency in my line of work?"
November 8, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Just got the best out-of-office message I've ever seen from a fellow academic:
"I am currently away on leave. If this is an emergency... well, I doubt it. What could possibly be an emergency in my line of work?"
"I am currently away on leave. If this is an emergency... well, I doubt it. What could possibly be an emergency in my line of work?"
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My theory about Joyce Carol Oates is that all her bad posts are her charging up like Godzilla's spines until she lets loose with a radioactive blast that leaves the world's richest Nazi a pile of ash
November 9, 2025 at 2:31 PM
My theory about Joyce Carol Oates is that all her bad posts are her charging up like Godzilla's spines until she lets loose with a radioactive blast that leaves the world's richest Nazi a pile of ash
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lol she got his ass and he knows it
November 9, 2025 at 3:36 PM
lol she got his ass and he knows it