Annie Bannany
@annashi.bsky.social
Music maker, historian of 17th century popular culture, print, astrology, magic and politics. Sometime modern politics and culture too. I’m an eclectic person. Dja Dja Warrung country Australia.Living outside my timeline and ancestry.
Oh dear my day starts with the dentist, where you pay enormous amounts of money for the most uncomfortable and vulnerable experiences.
December 1, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Oh dear my day starts with the dentist, where you pay enormous amounts of money for the most uncomfortable and vulnerable experiences.
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I’m a Guardian journalist who has covered Victoria police’s new search powers. On Sunday, police searched me | Lisa Favazzo
#auspol
#auspol
I’m a Guardian journalist who has covered Victoria police’s new search powers. On Sunday, police searched me | Lisa Favazzo
I was covering Sunday’s Put Australia First Rally in Melbourne’s CBD when two officers approached, explaining the process as though reciting a script
www.theguardian.com
December 1, 2025 at 8:42 AM
I’m a Guardian journalist who has covered Victoria police’s new search powers. On Sunday, police searched me | Lisa Favazzo
#auspol
#auspol
In my attempt to be less ignorant about American history I’m watching the series John Adam’s which is somewhat interesting. It’s not in anyway sexy, unlike English historical productions. Are we allowed to say sexy still or is that banned along with gender?
December 1, 2025 at 10:52 AM
In my attempt to be less ignorant about American history I’m watching the series John Adam’s which is somewhat interesting. It’s not in anyway sexy, unlike English historical productions. Are we allowed to say sexy still or is that banned along with gender?
My grownup child just got a permanent teaching
job from their contract, which is so amazing. They are particularly awesome in my opinion. I mean permanent jobs are very few and far between nowadays. Naturally I raised them alone so I still get some reflected glory.
job from their contract, which is so amazing. They are particularly awesome in my opinion. I mean permanent jobs are very few and far between nowadays. Naturally I raised them alone so I still get some reflected glory.
December 1, 2025 at 8:07 AM
My grownup child just got a permanent teaching
job from their contract, which is so amazing. They are particularly awesome in my opinion. I mean permanent jobs are very few and far between nowadays. Naturally I raised them alone so I still get some reflected glory.
job from their contract, which is so amazing. They are particularly awesome in my opinion. I mean permanent jobs are very few and far between nowadays. Naturally I raised them alone so I still get some reflected glory.
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📣Out now on #firstview!
Marlo Avidon (@marloavidon.bsky.social) on 'The Evelyn Family, the Mundus muliebris, and Conceptualizations of Fashionable Female Dress in Late Seventeenth-Century England'
#Fashion #Polemic #Moral #Style 17thc 🗃️👗🎩
👉Read open access: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Marlo Avidon (@marloavidon.bsky.social) on 'The Evelyn Family, the Mundus muliebris, and Conceptualizations of Fashionable Female Dress in Late Seventeenth-Century England'
#Fashion #Polemic #Moral #Style 17thc 🗃️👗🎩
👉Read open access: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
November 19, 2025 at 8:29 AM
📣Out now on #firstview!
Marlo Avidon (@marloavidon.bsky.social) on 'The Evelyn Family, the Mundus muliebris, and Conceptualizations of Fashionable Female Dress in Late Seventeenth-Century England'
#Fashion #Polemic #Moral #Style 17thc 🗃️👗🎩
👉Read open access: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Marlo Avidon (@marloavidon.bsky.social) on 'The Evelyn Family, the Mundus muliebris, and Conceptualizations of Fashionable Female Dress in Late Seventeenth-Century England'
#Fashion #Polemic #Moral #Style 17thc 🗃️👗🎩
👉Read open access: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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As the lights go out all over the world, be a shining beacon
It is important everyone knows there is still good out there, and where to find it
The darker it gets, the more you shine
Do not lose your humanity
It is important everyone knows there is still good out there, and where to find it
The darker it gets, the more you shine
Do not lose your humanity
November 30, 2025 at 10:14 PM
As the lights go out all over the world, be a shining beacon
It is important everyone knows there is still good out there, and where to find it
The darker it gets, the more you shine
Do not lose your humanity
It is important everyone knows there is still good out there, and where to find it
The darker it gets, the more you shine
Do not lose your humanity
I know some sweet men, but you read this & realise it’s scary. I love being alone so I’m not sure if I can ever trust men again after two were violent to me. Is this issue worse now & why? Why do some men feel entitled to control & hurt women & children? It’s weird.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
Smart cars used as 'weapons' by domestic violence abusers
A new eSafety advisory warns Australians about technology-facilitated abuse and provides advice on how to protect themselves from it.
www.abc.net.au
November 30, 2025 at 9:50 PM
I know some sweet men, but you read this & realise it’s scary. I love being alone so I’m not sure if I can ever trust men again after two were violent to me. Is this issue worse now & why? Why do some men feel entitled to control & hurt women & children? It’s weird.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
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November 27, 2025 at 8:23 PM
I’d definitely agree about this, it’s difficult to find a librarian in the state library when you come down from the country, let alone the actual research resources you are looking for.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
State Library of Victoria faces job cuts as staff accuse management of pursuing ‘digital vanity projects’
Under the plan, 39 jobs would be lost and the public-facing workforce of reference librarians would be cut from 25 staff to 10
www.theguardian.com
November 27, 2025 at 8:02 PM
I’d definitely agree about this, it’s difficult to find a librarian in the state library when you come down from the country, let alone the actual research resources you are looking for.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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I'm no Luddite - far from it - but the ways in which in this development has been spoken of seem blind to, or completely uninterested in, what cannot be machine read and searched for: the pounce, sweat marks, soot, or wax; the non-semantic yet semiotically rich substrate that OCR strips away.
November 27, 2025 at 4:29 AM
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Are people in Victoria allowed to ride small motorcycles on the footpath now? If so do pedestrians have to move out of the way when they are walking? I’d like someone to clarify this for me.
November 27, 2025 at 6:25 AM
Are people in Victoria allowed to ride small motorcycles on the footpath now? If so do pedestrians have to move out of the way when they are walking? I’d like someone to clarify this for me.
Oh Gosh I just had the weirdest dream, after going back to sleep, that I was wearing this full on, Kim Kardashian styled lace cream wedding dress, with an enormous long train. How strange. I don’t think I even believe in marriage as a concept nowadays. Maybe it’s from another parallel universe.
November 26, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Oh Gosh I just had the weirdest dream, after going back to sleep, that I was wearing this full on, Kim Kardashian styled lace cream wedding dress, with an enormous long train. How strange. I don’t think I even believe in marriage as a concept nowadays. Maybe it’s from another parallel universe.
More secrecy from this weird government. Every spy agency from across the world will know about it, but not the Australian people. (perish the thought that they matter). Stupid bloody submarines. They will never be built.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Albanese and Ley to decide members of ‘secret’ new committee set to scrutinise Aukus – but Greens excluded
No more than seven government MPs will be appointed but Greens and independents will not be included
www.theguardian.com
November 26, 2025 at 7:09 PM
More secrecy from this weird government. Every spy agency from across the world will know about it, but not the Australian people. (perish the thought that they matter). Stupid bloody submarines. They will never be built.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
For anyone interested in Astrology, Saturn goes direct in a day and I’m really looking forward to seeing move forward & then leave Pisces. Hopefully by early next year we will all discover our brains again & Trump will then leave the White House due to cognitive dysfunction. That’s my prediction.
November 26, 2025 at 2:17 PM
For anyone interested in Astrology, Saturn goes direct in a day and I’m really looking forward to seeing move forward & then leave Pisces. Hopefully by early next year we will all discover our brains again & Trump will then leave the White House due to cognitive dysfunction. That’s my prediction.
I personally feel really dodgy about this increase in police powers. They don’t like ordinary citizens at the best of times. Anyway I’m just going to try and avoid Melbourne for six months because any time you can get searched for no reason.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
Police search powers in Melbourne CBD criticised as 'gross invasion'
Melbourne's CBD will become a designated area from this weekend for six months, giving police the power to search people and vehicles for prohibited weapons without a warrant.
www.abc.net.au
November 26, 2025 at 12:18 PM
I personally feel really dodgy about this increase in police powers. They don’t like ordinary citizens at the best of times. Anyway I’m just going to try and avoid Melbourne for six months because any time you can get searched for no reason.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
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OMG We have reached new depths when Universities start advocating AGAINST protecting our life support system.
#auspol
#auspol
Australia's leading universities sign letter opposing environment legislation
Australia's top universities have aligned themselves with oil and gas producers, miners and developers on a a key piece of environment legislation, drawing the ire of dozens of academics.
www.abc.net.au
November 26, 2025 at 7:30 AM
OMG We have reached new depths when Universities start advocating AGAINST protecting our life support system.
#auspol
#auspol
Today I went for a walk with my dog in my favourite place & picked up rubbish (as I usually do when ever I’m out walking). Why do people think it’s ok to just drop rubbish everywhere now? Are Aussies just incompetent? Are they selfish? Is it just they are not trained to not drop rubbish everywhere?
November 26, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Today I went for a walk with my dog in my favourite place & picked up rubbish (as I usually do when ever I’m out walking). Why do people think it’s ok to just drop rubbish everywhere now? Are Aussies just incompetent? Are they selfish? Is it just they are not trained to not drop rubbish everywhere?
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24 November 1582: John Dee, who has been in intense conversation with the angels the past few days, records a rather distressing night in his diary: 'I dremed that I was deade, and afterward my bowels wer taken out I walked and talked with diverse, and among other with the Lord .... 1/
#earlymodern
#earlymodern
November 24, 2025 at 9:57 AM
24 November 1582: John Dee, who has been in intense conversation with the angels the past few days, records a rather distressing night in his diary: 'I dremed that I was deade, and afterward my bowels wer taken out I walked and talked with diverse, and among other with the Lord .... 1/
#earlymodern
#earlymodern
Some natural singing. It’s so beautiful to hear a real voice in the woods.
youtu.be/9ktU0N15jCs?...
youtu.be/9ktU0N15jCs?...
Song out in Nature
YouTube video by Eat Bake Sing
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November 24, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Some natural singing. It’s so beautiful to hear a real voice in the woods.
youtu.be/9ktU0N15jCs?...
youtu.be/9ktU0N15jCs?...
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Reading Ronald Hutton’s Cromwell biography in public but remembering to shake my head and tut vigorously so people don’t think I approve of (either) the subject (and/or) the interpretation (depending on taste).
November 24, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Reading Ronald Hutton’s Cromwell biography in public but remembering to shake my head and tut vigorously so people don’t think I approve of (either) the subject (and/or) the interpretation (depending on taste).
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WHO IS CALLING THE BELGIAN ROYAL LIBRARY *DUSTY*???
Look at it:
Look at it:
November 24, 2025 at 7:39 AM
WHO IS CALLING THE BELGIAN ROYAL LIBRARY *DUSTY*???
Look at it:
Look at it:
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Minister Gallagher refuses to answer basic questions from @davidpocock.bsky.social about whether they got legal advice that giving cops these powers to cancel welfare payments is constitutional
"This is extraordinary that the government won't even confirm"
"This is extraordinary that the government won't even confirm"
November 24, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Minister Gallagher refuses to answer basic questions from @davidpocock.bsky.social about whether they got legal advice that giving cops these powers to cancel welfare payments is constitutional
"This is extraordinary that the government won't even confirm"
"This is extraordinary that the government won't even confirm"
