Mia Martin Hobbs
@miamh.bsky.social
Oral historian researching war (Vietnam War & War on Terror), trauma, memory, gender, security. Postdoc fellow at Deakin. She/her. miamartinhobbs.com
I know this is the least of problems with this, but it REALLY bothers me that AI trump isn’t hitting the cowbell in time
Trump just posted an AI-generated video depicting Russ Vought as the grim reaper, set to Don't Fear the Reaper
October 3, 2025 at 11:08 AM
I know this is the least of problems with this, but it REALLY bothers me that AI trump isn’t hitting the cowbell in time
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Latest issue of AJPH is online: special issue Australia & Vietnam: 50-Year Legacy @miamh.bsky.social & Tom Richardson eds). Includes Alexander & Ariotti “Laid to Rest in Australian Soil”: Legacies of Repatriation Policy Change during Vietnam War. Check it out. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/14678497...
October 2, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Latest issue of AJPH is online: special issue Australia & Vietnam: 50-Year Legacy @miamh.bsky.social & Tom Richardson eds). Includes Alexander & Ariotti “Laid to Rest in Australian Soil”: Legacies of Repatriation Policy Change during Vietnam War. Check it out. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/14678497...
The Special Issue of AJPH on ‘Australia and Vietnam: the Fifty Year Legacy’ is finally out! 🥳🥳🥳
#VietnamWar #history #auspol
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/14678497...
#VietnamWar #history #auspol
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/14678497...
Special Issue: Australia and Vietnam: The Fifty Year Legacy: Australian Journal of Politics & History: Vol 71, No 3
Click on the title to browse this issue
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
October 3, 2025 at 12:35 AM
The Special Issue of AJPH on ‘Australia and Vietnam: the Fifty Year Legacy’ is finally out! 🥳🥳🥳
#VietnamWar #history #auspol
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/14678497...
#VietnamWar #history #auspol
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/14678497...
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i am going to say something very mean
if you cannot handle footnotes, it is not that there are too many footnotes, it is actually a you problem
if you cannot handle footnotes, it is not that there are too many footnotes, it is actually a you problem
September 22, 2025 at 1:16 PM
i am going to say something very mean
if you cannot handle footnotes, it is not that there are too many footnotes, it is actually a you problem
if you cannot handle footnotes, it is not that there are too many footnotes, it is actually a you problem
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Good!!! A farm is NOT MEANT TO BE IN YOUR SUPER!!!
The ONLY reason anyone would put a farm in their super IS TO AVOID PAYING TAX!!
The ONLY reason anyone would put a farm in their super IS TO AVOID PAYING TAX!!
July 23, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Good!!! A farm is NOT MEANT TO BE IN YOUR SUPER!!!
The ONLY reason anyone would put a farm in their super IS TO AVOID PAYING TAX!!
The ONLY reason anyone would put a farm in their super IS TO AVOID PAYING TAX!!
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"I asked ChatGPT” “I asked grok” ok well I consulted the archive
July 23, 2025 at 6:20 AM
"I asked ChatGPT” “I asked grok” ok well I consulted the archive
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41 years later...
Huge thanks to APH and @miamh.bsky.social for letting me share some thoughts on the state of nuclear records in Aus and the UK💥
Huge thanks to APH and @miamh.bsky.social for letting me share some thoughts on the state of nuclear records in Aus and the UK💥
This week marks 41 years since the Royal Commission into British Nuclear Tests began; a process that was marred by govt obstruction. Four decades on, Max Billington reveals the ongoing difficulties that researchers face when trying to uncover this history in the archives
aph.org.au/2025/07/ghos...
aph.org.au/2025/07/ghos...
July 17, 2025 at 7:35 AM
41 years later...
Huge thanks to APH and @miamh.bsky.social for letting me share some thoughts on the state of nuclear records in Aus and the UK💥
Huge thanks to APH and @miamh.bsky.social for letting me share some thoughts on the state of nuclear records in Aus and the UK💥
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This week marks 41 years since the Royal Commission into British Nuclear Tests began; a process that was marred by govt obstruction. Four decades on, Max Billington reveals the ongoing difficulties that researchers face when trying to uncover this history in the archives
aph.org.au/2025/07/ghos...
aph.org.au/2025/07/ghos...
July 17, 2025 at 1:34 AM
This week marks 41 years since the Royal Commission into British Nuclear Tests began; a process that was marred by govt obstruction. Four decades on, Max Billington reveals the ongoing difficulties that researchers face when trying to uncover this history in the archives
aph.org.au/2025/07/ghos...
aph.org.au/2025/07/ghos...
🙋♀️ in @auspolicyhistory.bsky.social - this is a comprehensive new proposal for reworking the ADF to forge an independent defence strategy and tackle the climate threat, from one of Australia’s leading military historians
**NEW REVIEW**
On the website, @miamh.bsky.social reviews Albert Palazzo's 'Big Fix' for Australia's national security #natsec #auspol #militaryhistory
aph.org.au/2025/06/book...
On the website, @miamh.bsky.social reviews Albert Palazzo's 'Big Fix' for Australia's national security #natsec #auspol #militaryhistory
aph.org.au/2025/06/book...
June 29, 2025 at 11:35 PM
🙋♀️ in @auspolicyhistory.bsky.social - this is a comprehensive new proposal for reworking the ADF to forge an independent defence strategy and tackle the climate threat, from one of Australia’s leading military historians
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“The Pause That Refreshes”: American Servicemen on R&R in Australia, 1967–1971.
New from our DP about US troops on R&R during the Vietnam War (and acronyms), part of a special issue on neglected legacies of the war edited by @miamh.bsky.social
New from our DP about US troops on R&R during the Vietnam War (and acronyms), part of a special issue on neglected legacies of the war edited by @miamh.bsky.social
“The Pause That Refreshes”: American Servicemen on R&R in Australia, 1967–1971
Nearly 10% of the 3 million Americans who served in Vietnam spent one week of “R&R” leave in Australia—principally in Sydney. This “friendly invasion” constitutes a substantial neglected legacy of th...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
June 25, 2025 at 8:46 AM
“The Pause That Refreshes”: American Servicemen on R&R in Australia, 1967–1971.
New from our DP about US troops on R&R during the Vietnam War (and acronyms), part of a special issue on neglected legacies of the war edited by @miamh.bsky.social
New from our DP about US troops on R&R during the Vietnam War (and acronyms), part of a special issue on neglected legacies of the war edited by @miamh.bsky.social
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#CFP Inaugural SHAFR-in-Asia Pacific Workshop, to be held 3-4 March 2026 on the campus of the Singapore Management University. Participants will present and workshop dissertation/book chapters or article drafts—apply by October 1!
cis.smu.edu.sg/events/call-...
cis.smu.edu.sg/events/call-...
Call for Applications: SHAFR-in-Asia Pacific Workshop 2026 | College of Integrative Studies
Call for Applications SHAFR-in-Asia Pacific Workshop March 3-4, 2026, Singapore Management University.
cis.smu.edu.sg
June 11, 2025 at 3:28 PM
#CFP Inaugural SHAFR-in-Asia Pacific Workshop, to be held 3-4 March 2026 on the campus of the Singapore Management University. Participants will present and workshop dissertation/book chapters or article drafts—apply by October 1!
cis.smu.edu.sg/events/call-...
cis.smu.edu.sg/events/call-...
Back to WFH in Melbourne winter = neighbours at the bus stop directly in front of my window staring at me wiggling to the Gap Band at my standing desk in my hot pink sleeping bag onesie
a cartoon of maggie simpson standing next to a green machine
ALT: a cartoon of maggie simpson standing next to a green machine
media.tenor.com
June 19, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Back to WFH in Melbourne winter = neighbours at the bus stop directly in front of my window staring at me wiggling to the Gap Band at my standing desk in my hot pink sleeping bag onesie
ABC’s new political editor really hitting with the ahistorical headlines here 🤨
June 19, 2025 at 12:54 AM
ABC’s new political editor really hitting with the ahistorical headlines here 🤨
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Only in the Middle East are relatively comprehensible modern conflicts rooted in the balance of power of nation-states reduced to quasi-mystical "ancient hatreds."
June 16, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Only in the Middle East are relatively comprehensible modern conflicts rooted in the balance of power of nation-states reduced to quasi-mystical "ancient hatreds."
Moderately threatening, IWM, but ok
June 11, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Moderately threatening, IWM, but ok
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June 10, 2025 at 9:15 PM
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best reaction i've yet seen to someone blasting unwanted music from their phone on the subway: a bunch of teens shouting endless requests.
May 30, 2025 at 4:16 AM
best reaction i've yet seen to someone blasting unwanted music from their phone on the subway: a bunch of teens shouting endless requests.
My latest in Australian Outlook for the @aiianational.bsky.social, on the role of imperial nostalgia in the #AUKUS pact and the dangers it poses to Australian #security
www.internationalaffairs.org.au/australianou...
www.internationalaffairs.org.au/australianou...
Imperial Nostalgia is Blinding Australia to the Realities of a Sinking AUKUS - Australian Institute of International Affairs
www.internationalaffairs.org.au
May 30, 2025 at 3:43 AM
My latest in Australian Outlook for the @aiianational.bsky.social, on the role of imperial nostalgia in the #AUKUS pact and the dangers it poses to Australian #security
www.internationalaffairs.org.au/australianou...
www.internationalaffairs.org.au/australianou...
Geared up for an endless battle against the yucca tree from the one patch of soil in my garden. Ready with axe and spade to destroy the spiky bastard over many lunch breaks.
I ripped it out in ten minutes with my BARE HANDS. Evidently it was already dead but still WITH MY BARE HANDS 💪💪💪
I ripped it out in ten minutes with my BARE HANDS. Evidently it was already dead but still WITH MY BARE HANDS 💪💪💪
May 22, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Geared up for an endless battle against the yucca tree from the one patch of soil in my garden. Ready with axe and spade to destroy the spiky bastard over many lunch breaks.
I ripped it out in ten minutes with my BARE HANDS. Evidently it was already dead but still WITH MY BARE HANDS 💪💪💪
I ripped it out in ten minutes with my BARE HANDS. Evidently it was already dead but still WITH MY BARE HANDS 💪💪💪
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"But let’s be clear: this 'burnout' that secure scholars are feeling is phantom pain where their colleagues should be . . . You are suffering from the effects of intentional systemic understaffing."
A Profession, If You Can Keep It
Imagined meritocracies mean little to extractive institutions.
contingentmagazine.org
May 19, 2025 at 6:23 PM
"But let’s be clear: this 'burnout' that secure scholars are feeling is phantom pain where their colleagues should be . . . You are suffering from the effects of intentional systemic understaffing."
A talk I gave at an ACU seminar on PTSD and legacies of Vietnam is featured in tonight’s ABC Big Ideas ep, ‘The Spectre of War’
I am very disappointed that Big Ideas did not feature my co-presenters, Dr Anh Nguyen and Dr Indigo Willing, who expertly weaved personal stories with scholarly insights.
I am very disappointed that Big Ideas did not feature my co-presenters, Dr Anh Nguyen and Dr Indigo Willing, who expertly weaved personal stories with scholarly insights.
May 20, 2025 at 9:15 AM
A talk I gave at an ACU seminar on PTSD and legacies of Vietnam is featured in tonight’s ABC Big Ideas ep, ‘The Spectre of War’
I am very disappointed that Big Ideas did not feature my co-presenters, Dr Anh Nguyen and Dr Indigo Willing, who expertly weaved personal stories with scholarly insights.
I am very disappointed that Big Ideas did not feature my co-presenters, Dr Anh Nguyen and Dr Indigo Willing, who expertly weaved personal stories with scholarly insights.
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I literally gave a lecture about this in 2018. It's so weird watching "experts" and boosters drag their feet to this entirely predictable conclusion. It's almost like the history of automation can, like, tell us stuff.
Despite the widespread and often employer-encouraged adoption of AI tools, a new study finds that artificial intelligence chatbots "have had no significant impact on earnings or recorded hours in any occupation."
Time saved by AI offset by new work created, study suggests
Survey of 2023–2024 data finds that AI created more tasks for 8.4 percent of workers.
arstechnica.com
May 17, 2025 at 12:46 PM
I literally gave a lecture about this in 2018. It's so weird watching "experts" and boosters drag their feet to this entirely predictable conclusion. It's almost like the history of automation can, like, tell us stuff.
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I don't think Chain Gang All-Stars was supposed to be something to aspire to
Kristi Noem has been working with the producer of “Duck Dynasty” to pitch a reality TV show—titled “The American”—where immigrants will compete in a string of challenges across the country “for the honor of fast-tracking their way to U.S. citizenship,” according to a new report.
Noem Plots Reality Show Where Migrants Fight for Citizenship
A Homeland Security official told the Daily Beast that the show is in the early stages of vetting, though approval has not been given—or denied.
www.thedailybeast.com
May 16, 2025 at 4:42 AM
I don't think Chain Gang All-Stars was supposed to be something to aspire to
At this point we maybe need to rename the Streisand effect.
Ben Roberts-Smith did a Ben Roberts-Smith and now he’s gone and Ben Roberts-Smith’d himself AGAIN
Ben Roberts-Smith did a Ben Roberts-Smith and now he’s gone and Ben Roberts-Smith’d himself AGAIN
That's a shame
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Ben Roberts-Smith loses appeal against defamation ruling he committed war crimes in Afghanistan
Ruling upholds decision of justice Anthony Basenko in 2023 who found SAS veteran had, on balance of probabilities, murdered unarmed civilians
www.theguardian.com
May 16, 2025 at 1:39 AM
At this point we maybe need to rename the Streisand effect.
Ben Roberts-Smith did a Ben Roberts-Smith and now he’s gone and Ben Roberts-Smith’d himself AGAIN
Ben Roberts-Smith did a Ben Roberts-Smith and now he’s gone and Ben Roberts-Smith’d himself AGAIN