RemoNotRomolo
@remoostini.bsky.social
Recovering academic. Convinced that it’s worth caring about each other. Curious about democracy. 🤨 Queenslander living in the ACT. Country boy at heart.
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Stephen Dubner on what he learnt from hanging out with economists — probability and clear-eyed reasoning is important.
And what he didn’t — the connection between people is far more important.
freakonomics.com/podcast/what...
And what he didn’t — the connection between people is far more important.
freakonomics.com/podcast/what...
November 30, 2025 at 3:26 AM
Stephen Dubner on what he learnt from hanging out with economists — probability and clear-eyed reasoning is important.
And what he didn’t — the connection between people is far more important.
freakonomics.com/podcast/what...
And what he didn’t — the connection between people is far more important.
freakonomics.com/podcast/what...
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A new post on LinkedIn about a beautiful podcast from Yo Yo Ma and Anna Gonzales.
Reminding us of the importance of place to who we are, and the dangers of throwing in your lot with an extractive industry.
www.linkedin.com/pulse/our-co...
Reminding us of the importance of place to who we are, and the dangers of throwing in your lot with an extractive industry.
www.linkedin.com/pulse/our-co...
Our Common Nature
Our Common Nature is a beautiful new show by Anna Gonzales of Radiolab and Terrestrials fame. It's a podcast project of Yo Yo Ma with not as much Yo Yo Ma as I was expecting but a beautiful exploratio...
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November 30, 2025 at 12:21 AM
A new post on LinkedIn about a beautiful podcast from Yo Yo Ma and Anna Gonzales.
Reminding us of the importance of place to who we are, and the dangers of throwing in your lot with an extractive industry.
www.linkedin.com/pulse/our-co...
Reminding us of the importance of place to who we are, and the dangers of throwing in your lot with an extractive industry.
www.linkedin.com/pulse/our-co...
October 31, 2025 at 10:53 PM
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Movement, platform, political party; which comes first? A new LinkedIn piece looks at this question and provides a diagram of some work on this question for Common Endeavour. The article suggests that perhaps the process begins with a political philosophy.
www.linkedin.com/pulse/platfo...
www.linkedin.com/pulse/platfo...
October 27, 2025 at 3:52 AM
Movement, platform, political party; which comes first? A new LinkedIn piece looks at this question and provides a diagram of some work on this question for Common Endeavour. The article suggests that perhaps the process begins with a political philosophy.
www.linkedin.com/pulse/platfo...
www.linkedin.com/pulse/platfo...
Self-efficacy is a powerful foundation for doing hard things.
But this morning I’d like to give a shout out to all those people every day who don’t have the self-efficacy but still go out and do the hard thing anyway.
But this morning I’d like to give a shout out to all those people every day who don’t have the self-efficacy but still go out and do the hard thing anyway.
October 12, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Self-efficacy is a powerful foundation for doing hard things.
But this morning I’d like to give a shout out to all those people every day who don’t have the self-efficacy but still go out and do the hard thing anyway.
But this morning I’d like to give a shout out to all those people every day who don’t have the self-efficacy but still go out and do the hard thing anyway.
Wait, I just discovered that 1985 was 40 years ago! How did this happen? I remember 1985. It wasn’t that long ago. Can human beings even remember things for 40 years?
September 26, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Wait, I just discovered that 1985 was 40 years ago! How did this happen? I remember 1985. It wasn’t that long ago. Can human beings even remember things for 40 years?
August 7, 2025 at 4:39 AM
Richard Haass in Foreign Affairs. Almost encouraging…
“The good news is that it is far from inevitable that the world will eventually arrive at a catastrophe; the bad news is that it is far from certain that it will not.”
www.foreignaffairs.com/world/how-wo...
“The good news is that it is far from inevitable that the world will eventually arrive at a catastrophe; the bad news is that it is far from certain that it will not.”
www.foreignaffairs.com/world/how-wo...
How a World Order Ends
Just because an order is in irreversible decline does not mean that chaos or calamity is inevitable. But if the deterioration is managed poorly, catastrophe could well follow.
www.foreignaffairs.com
July 27, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Richard Haass in Foreign Affairs. Almost encouraging…
“The good news is that it is far from inevitable that the world will eventually arrive at a catastrophe; the bad news is that it is far from certain that it will not.”
www.foreignaffairs.com/world/how-wo...
“The good news is that it is far from inevitable that the world will eventually arrive at a catastrophe; the bad news is that it is far from certain that it will not.”
www.foreignaffairs.com/world/how-wo...
I bought W.E.B. Du Bois’ third autobiography today. Imagine having such a long and interesting life that it required you to write about it three times!
Keen to see what he has to say about his life.
Keen to see what he has to say about his life.
July 23, 2025 at 11:02 AM
I bought W.E.B. Du Bois’ third autobiography today. Imagine having such a long and interesting life that it required you to write about it three times!
Keen to see what he has to say about his life.
Keen to see what he has to say about his life.
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There's a new Common Endeavour journal post.
journal.commonendeavour.org/the-act-of-existence/
On a couple of things that political parties ought to consider: that truth is felt and not derived from knowledge or the news, and on the act of existence.
journal.commonendeavour.org/the-act-of-existence/
On a couple of things that political parties ought to consider: that truth is felt and not derived from knowledge or the news, and on the act of existence.
The act of existence
Two ideas that speak to how we understand our lives lived together: we feel truth, we don't get it from knowledge or news; and the sheer act of existence.
journal.commonendeavour.org
July 23, 2025 at 12:01 AM
There's a new Common Endeavour journal post.
journal.commonendeavour.org/the-act-of-existence/
On a couple of things that political parties ought to consider: that truth is felt and not derived from knowledge or the news, and on the act of existence.
journal.commonendeavour.org/the-act-of-existence/
On a couple of things that political parties ought to consider: that truth is felt and not derived from knowledge or the news, and on the act of existence.
I go to one #BallParkMusic concert and now I’m thinking I need to move back to Queensland. What’s happening to me?!
July 18, 2025 at 8:31 AM
I go to one #BallParkMusic concert and now I’m thinking I need to move back to Queensland. What’s happening to me?!
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Apropos of nothing, the journal I co-edit, RECEPTION, is looking for guest editors rn and we would love something on reception/reading and pedagogy (we did “academics not having time to read” for our last themed issue… scholarlypublishingcollective.org/psup/recepti...)
July 16, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Apropos of nothing, the journal I co-edit, RECEPTION, is looking for guest editors rn and we would love something on reception/reading and pedagogy (we did “academics not having time to read” for our last themed issue… scholarlypublishingcollective.org/psup/recepti...)
Australia is flatter than the moon though…
Random fact courtesy of The Daily Aus: www.newsletter.thedailyaus.com.au
Random fact courtesy of The Daily Aus: www.newsletter.thedailyaus.com.au
July 16, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Australia is flatter than the moon though…
Random fact courtesy of The Daily Aus: www.newsletter.thedailyaus.com.au
Random fact courtesy of The Daily Aus: www.newsletter.thedailyaus.com.au
Pair Amanda Gorman’s beautiful words with remembering to breathe and you’re halfway there.
With thanks to @anabaptistsaunz.bsky.social
With thanks to @anabaptistsaunz.bsky.social
July 16, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Pair Amanda Gorman’s beautiful words with remembering to breathe and you’re halfway there.
With thanks to @anabaptistsaunz.bsky.social
With thanks to @anabaptistsaunz.bsky.social
The absolute joy of ripe custard apple!
(Those gigantic avocados are also delicious)
(Those gigantic avocados are also delicious)
July 7, 2025 at 10:02 PM
The absolute joy of ripe custard apple!
(Those gigantic avocados are also delicious)
(Those gigantic avocados are also delicious)
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PRODUCTIVITY ROUNDTABLE MUST RECOGNISE THAT OLDER AUSTRALIANS ARE OUR NATION'S MOST UNRECOGNISED AND UNUSED ASSET. everaldcompton.com/2025/07/03/p...
PRODUCTIVITY ROUNDTABLE MUST RECOGNISE THAT OLDER AUSTRALIANS ARE OUR NATION'S MOST UNRECOGNISED AND UNUSED ASSET. - Everald Compton
I applaud Jim Chalmers decision to hold a Productivity Roundtable at Parliament in Canberra in August with the aim of creating a plan to increase the productivity of our nation. 25 of Australia’s top ...
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July 2, 2025 at 10:55 PM
PRODUCTIVITY ROUNDTABLE MUST RECOGNISE THAT OLDER AUSTRALIANS ARE OUR NATION'S MOST UNRECOGNISED AND UNUSED ASSET. everaldcompton.com/2025/07/03/p...
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At Linville school in 1930's two #aborigines were mates of mine. Learned in horror of murder of their people. Decades later I worked for #Yes to #Voice. Visionary partnerships needed not #money.
Yoorrook seeks action on truth www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/indigen... via @thesaturdaypaper.com.au
Yoorrook seeks action on truth www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/indigen... via @thesaturdaypaper.com.au
Yoorrook’s call for action on truth
The Yoorrook Justice Commission offers the Victorian government the chance to lead the country in acknowledging the truth and full history of First Nations genocide.
www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au
July 5, 2025 at 7:31 AM
At Linville school in 1930's two #aborigines were mates of mine. Learned in horror of murder of their people. Decades later I worked for #Yes to #Voice. Visionary partnerships needed not #money.
Yoorrook seeks action on truth www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/indigen... via @thesaturdaypaper.com.au
Yoorrook seeks action on truth www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/indigen... via @thesaturdaypaper.com.au
Looks like the problem isn’t screen time, it’s addictive behaviour on social media.
This requires a whole different regulatory response - with implications for the platforms themselves. Brings a useful focus onto where platforms need to fix their algorithms.
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/18/h...
This requires a whole different regulatory response - with implications for the platforms themselves. Brings a useful focus onto where platforms need to fix their algorithms.
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/18/h...
Real Risk to Youth Mental Health Is ‘Addictive Use,’ Not Screen Time Alone, Study Finds
www.nytimes.com
July 7, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Looks like the problem isn’t screen time, it’s addictive behaviour on social media.
This requires a whole different regulatory response - with implications for the platforms themselves. Brings a useful focus onto where platforms need to fix their algorithms.
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/18/h...
This requires a whole different regulatory response - with implications for the platforms themselves. Brings a useful focus onto where platforms need to fix their algorithms.
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/18/h...
In Common Endeavour news!
It’s an exciting week for Common Endeavour with our first two small group convos in Canberra and southern Queensland.
The topic: ‘Creating trusted space(s) for common sense in political discourse.’
The topic: ‘Creating trusted space(s) for common sense in political discourse.’
June 23, 2025 at 1:28 AM
In Common Endeavour news!
Feels like a big week for me. Updating my LinkedIn to put my Common Endeavour work front and centre.
Small beans in the context of all that’s going on but may yet amount to something.
Always happy to talk about the work with anyone who’s interested.
www.linkedin.com/in/remo-osti...
Small beans in the context of all that’s going on but may yet amount to something.
Always happy to talk about the work with anyone who’s interested.
www.linkedin.com/in/remo-osti...
June 21, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Feels like a big week for me. Updating my LinkedIn to put my Common Endeavour work front and centre.
Small beans in the context of all that’s going on but may yet amount to something.
Always happy to talk about the work with anyone who’s interested.
www.linkedin.com/in/remo-osti...
Small beans in the context of all that’s going on but may yet amount to something.
Always happy to talk about the work with anyone who’s interested.
www.linkedin.com/in/remo-osti...
Julia Nakamura and colleagues show how volunteering helps you live longer by improving physical health and social connection, with physical health itself appearing to be improved by contact with friends and helping others.
psycnet.apa.org/record/2026-...
psycnet.apa.org/record/2026-...
APA PsycNet
psycnet.apa.org
June 7, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Julia Nakamura and colleagues show how volunteering helps you live longer by improving physical health and social connection, with physical health itself appearing to be improved by contact with friends and helping others.
psycnet.apa.org/record/2026-...
psycnet.apa.org/record/2026-...
June 6, 2025 at 12:56 AM
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Some gorgeous thoughts about faith. Not restricted to religious faith.
With thanks to @anabaptistsaunz.bsky.social
With thanks to @anabaptistsaunz.bsky.social
June 4, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Some gorgeous thoughts about faith. Not restricted to religious faith.
With thanks to @anabaptistsaunz.bsky.social
With thanks to @anabaptistsaunz.bsky.social