Kim Connor
@theotherkim.bsky.social
Archaeologist, food historian, digital humanist. Working on historical archaeology of institutions of immigration in the British Empire (AUS, GB, IE, CA). More info at kimberleyconnor.com. All opinions my own.
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‘Pry open the jaws of Treasury’ to fund CSIRO amid hundreds of job losses, Labor MP Ed Husic tells own party
‘Pry open the jaws of Treasury’ to fund CSIRO amid hundreds of job losses, Labor MP Ed Husic tells own party
Husic, who oversaw CSIRO cuts as the former science minister, said some in government see scientific agency funding as a ‘cost’ not an ‘investment’
Ed Husic has challenged his own government to “pry open the jaws of Treasury” to boost funding for Australia’s national scientific agency after it announced up to 350 research jobs would be cut to deal with an imminent budgetary cliff.
The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) announced on Wednesday it would look to cut between 300 and 350 research unit roles as part of efforts to narrow its research scope and address an ageing property portfolio in need of urgent modernisation. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 19, 2025 at 6:40 AM
‘Pry open the jaws of Treasury’ to fund CSIRO amid hundreds of job losses, Labor MP Ed Husic tells own party
Thankfully I avoided the hotel room interviews. But my supervisor still provides advice about how to decline invites to hotel rooms as part of her standard advising package. And now I do the same.
If you are not in academia, you might not know this, but job interviews used to be held at conferences IN HOTEL ROOMS. Women candidates in a hotel room alone with often all-male committees. People sitting on beds! The horror stories I've heard.
I thing I sometimes thing about is that university departments were still doing job interviews in hotel rooms in the mid aughts
November 16, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Thankfully I avoided the hotel room interviews. But my supervisor still provides advice about how to decline invites to hotel rooms as part of her standard advising package. And now I do the same.
I had to give up my subscription but I cannot explain how excited I am that it's Christmas Lima Bean soup time of year once again
November 13, 2025 at 11:46 PM
I had to give up my subscription but I cannot explain how excited I am that it's Christmas Lima Bean soup time of year once again
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This article outlines three main things Mississippi policymakers did to fix their schools:
1. Require the teaching of phonics.
2. Require teachers be *trained* in teaching phonics.
3. Require third-graders who cannot read at a proper level to repeat the grade.
1. Require the teaching of phonics.
2. Require teachers be *trained* in teaching phonics.
3. Require third-graders who cannot read at a proper level to repeat the grade.
September 26, 2025 at 1:12 PM
This article outlines three main things Mississippi policymakers did to fix their schools:
1. Require the teaching of phonics.
2. Require teachers be *trained* in teaching phonics.
3. Require third-graders who cannot read at a proper level to repeat the grade.
1. Require the teaching of phonics.
2. Require teachers be *trained* in teaching phonics.
3. Require third-graders who cannot read at a proper level to repeat the grade.
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If you liked that @lithub.com.web.brid.gy essay on not talking to the NYT about Mamdani, read this @nplusonemag.com piece by the same author on working class higher ed and its enemies.
www.nplusonemag.com/online-only/...
www.nplusonemag.com/online-only/...
Memos of Blood and Fire | Peter Coviello
So if you ask me about the signature strength of the department where I work, I will tell you. It is world-caliber field-defining research, wedded to a fantastically dynamic practice of instruction, a...
www.nplusonemag.com
November 8, 2025 at 7:30 PM
If you liked that @lithub.com.web.brid.gy essay on not talking to the NYT about Mamdani, read this @nplusonemag.com piece by the same author on working class higher ed and its enemies.
www.nplusonemag.com/online-only/...
www.nplusonemag.com/online-only/...
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Microsoft to refund millions of customers over 365 subscription price increase for Copilot AI add-on
Microsoft to refund millions of customers over 365 subscription price increase for Copilot AI add-on
Almost 3 million Australians will be eligible for a refund of the difference between the AI-powered Copilot and ‘classic’ versions of the 365 software
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Almost three million Australians will be offered refunds after Microsoft apologised for the way it charged customers to access its artificial intelligence tools.
Microsoft Australia emailed the offer to software subscribers on Thursday and admits the pricing structure and plans lacked clarity and fell short of its standards. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 5, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Microsoft to refund millions of customers over 365 subscription price increase for Copilot AI add-on
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The #FindThatLizard Scholarship is accepting applications until 12/10.
We fund girls, women, and gender non conforming persons pursuing herpetology🦎🐍🐸🐢
I can’t wait to read your application! earynmcgee.com/findthatliza...
We fund girls, women, and gender non conforming persons pursuing herpetology🦎🐍🐸🐢
I can’t wait to read your application! earynmcgee.com/findthatliza...
November 5, 2025 at 2:37 PM
The #FindThatLizard Scholarship is accepting applications until 12/10.
We fund girls, women, and gender non conforming persons pursuing herpetology🦎🐍🐸🐢
I can’t wait to read your application! earynmcgee.com/findthatliza...
We fund girls, women, and gender non conforming persons pursuing herpetology🦎🐍🐸🐢
I can’t wait to read your application! earynmcgee.com/findthatliza...
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I maintain that if a metal detectorist finds a historical/archaeology artefact the most reward they should get is a pat on the head and the threat of a massive fine/jail time if they don't hand it over.
November 5, 2025 at 8:54 AM
I maintain that if a metal detectorist finds a historical/archaeology artefact the most reward they should get is a pat on the head and the threat of a massive fine/jail time if they don't hand it over.
Learning to process acorns today ahead of the William & Mary Indigenous Peoples' Feast
November 1, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Learning to process acorns today ahead of the William & Mary Indigenous Peoples' Feast
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You can’t even use SNAP to buy a hot rotisserie chicken unless you live in a state with a special waiver.
ROB SCHMITT: People are using SNAP benefits to get their nails done, to get their weaves and their hair. This is a really ugly program.
SEN. RON JOHNSON: That program needs to be dramatically reformed.
SEN. RON JOHNSON: That program needs to be dramatically reformed.
November 1, 2025 at 3:20 PM
You can’t even use SNAP to buy a hot rotisserie chicken unless you live in a state with a special waiver.
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I love November because it starts with such optimism. We're going to write so many words together! If you want to write, and need some friends to write with, it's not too late to AcWriMo! Read more and sign up here: epilogueediting.substack.com/p/how-to-acw...
How to AcWriMo
...or motivating yourself to write, a lot (or a little).
epilogueediting.substack.com
November 1, 2025 at 5:16 PM
I love November because it starts with such optimism. We're going to write so many words together! If you want to write, and need some friends to write with, it's not too late to AcWriMo! Read more and sign up here: epilogueediting.substack.com/p/how-to-acw...
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Chatbots — LLMs — do not know facts and are not designed to be able to accurately answer factual questions. They are designed to find and mimic patterns of words, probabilistically. When they’re “right” it’s because correct things are often written down, so those patterns are frequent. That’s all.
June 19, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Chatbots — LLMs — do not know facts and are not designed to be able to accurately answer factual questions. They are designed to find and mimic patterns of words, probabilistically. When they’re “right” it’s because correct things are often written down, so those patterns are frequent. That’s all.
Type A cookies for a Halloween #cookieparty 🎃🖤
October 27, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Type A cookies for a Halloween #cookieparty 🎃🖤
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Hosted by the Society for American Archaeology (SAA) and the SAA Public Education Committee, watch archaeologists as they discuss challenges in research, excavation, fieldwork, and more, and answer your questions for the 2025–2026 FIRST #LEGO League #UNEARTHED Season!
Exploring Archaeological Challenges: A Webinar for FIRST® LEGO® League UNEARTHED(TM) Robotics Teams
YouTube video by Society for American Archaeology
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October 25, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Hosted by the Society for American Archaeology (SAA) and the SAA Public Education Committee, watch archaeologists as they discuss challenges in research, excavation, fieldwork, and more, and answer your questions for the 2025–2026 FIRST #LEGO League #UNEARTHED Season!
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Now accepting applications! #Anthropology departments are invited to apply for ACRN’s Department Advisory Initiative (DAI), which provides up to $1,000 in facilitator support. Applications are due Dec. 1.
More info: anthrocareerready.net/for-instruct...
#SfAA #SocialScience #AppliedAnthropology
More info: anthrocareerready.net/for-instruct...
#SfAA #SocialScience #AppliedAnthropology
October 21, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Now accepting applications! #Anthropology departments are invited to apply for ACRN’s Department Advisory Initiative (DAI), which provides up to $1,000 in facilitator support. Applications are due Dec. 1.
More info: anthrocareerready.net/for-instruct...
#SfAA #SocialScience #AppliedAnthropology
More info: anthrocareerready.net/for-instruct...
#SfAA #SocialScience #AppliedAnthropology
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Found the recipe!
October 20, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Found the recipe!
Cooking up a special treat for the kids in my Archaeology of Institutions class. Reprising the turnip pudding from last time and trying a new dish, rice porridge. Both made to Bentham's specifications although scaled down a lot because experience tells me that no one wants more than a tiny taste🏺🗃️🍽️
October 19, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Cooking up a special treat for the kids in my Archaeology of Institutions class. Reprising the turnip pudding from last time and trying a new dish, rice porridge. Both made to Bentham's specifications although scaled down a lot because experience tells me that no one wants more than a tiny taste🏺🗃️🍽️
Flirting in your thirties is just sending back and forth your latest bird sightings
October 19, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Flirting in your thirties is just sending back and forth your latest bird sightings
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And from image events, we get POLYSEMIC images that carry multiple forms of ideology into the present. Here, we have the convergence of Shepard Fairey's iconic HOPE poster for the Obama campaign with the frog icon from #NoKings. The is how you visually dismantle fascist iconography.
October 19, 2025 at 2:01 AM
And from image events, we get POLYSEMIC images that carry multiple forms of ideology into the present. Here, we have the convergence of Shepard Fairey's iconic HOPE poster for the Obama campaign with the frog icon from #NoKings. The is how you visually dismantle fascist iconography.
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So, Australia collects 43 cents per $100 of exported gas.
Qatar collects 46 DOLLARS per $100 of exported gas
And Norway collects 56 DOLLARS per $100 of exported oil
This is not just a piss take ... it's the out and out theft of our natural resources.
www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...
Qatar collects 46 DOLLARS per $100 of exported gas
And Norway collects 56 DOLLARS per $100 of exported oil
This is not just a piss take ... it's the out and out theft of our natural resources.
www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...
‘For every $100 of gas exported, Australia gets 43 cents’: Unions open new tax battle
The federal government this week overhauled its superannuation tax reforms. Now the union movement says it should radically overhaul taxes on gas exports.
www.smh.com.au
October 16, 2025 at 11:59 PM
So, Australia collects 43 cents per $100 of exported gas.
Qatar collects 46 DOLLARS per $100 of exported gas
And Norway collects 56 DOLLARS per $100 of exported oil
This is not just a piss take ... it's the out and out theft of our natural resources.
www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...
Qatar collects 46 DOLLARS per $100 of exported gas
And Norway collects 56 DOLLARS per $100 of exported oil
This is not just a piss take ... it's the out and out theft of our natural resources.
www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...
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In our second guide @cliocontemporary.bsky.social
editor Sarah King provides advice to students considering PhD programs: "Embarking on a PhD in history can be incredibly rewarding, but before you apply, it's best to have a clear-eyed view of academia as a whole..."
editor Sarah King provides advice to students considering PhD programs: "Embarking on a PhD in history can be incredibly rewarding, but before you apply, it's best to have a clear-eyed view of academia as a whole..."
What to Think About When Thinking About Grad School: So, you want to do a PhD?
Embarking on a PhD in history can be incredibly rewarding, but before you apply, it’s best to have a clear-eyed view of academia as a whole (including the various types of universities where …
clioandthecontemporary.com
October 14, 2025 at 7:40 PM
In our second guide @cliocontemporary.bsky.social
editor Sarah King provides advice to students considering PhD programs: "Embarking on a PhD in history can be incredibly rewarding, but before you apply, it's best to have a clear-eyed view of academia as a whole..."
editor Sarah King provides advice to students considering PhD programs: "Embarking on a PhD in history can be incredibly rewarding, but before you apply, it's best to have a clear-eyed view of academia as a whole..."
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Mesolithic and Neolithic homes. Perfect for your stoneage homework!
October 14, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Mesolithic and Neolithic homes. Perfect for your stoneage homework!