Adrian Vickers
@avick.bsky.social
Professor Emeritus. Historian and art historian, especially of Indonesia/Bali. DH, cricket, representation. Comments personal and not related to my university’s views. Projects include http://balipaintings.org/ and https://omaa-arts.sydney.edu.au/
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Adrian Vickers
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· Nov 19
The Virtual Museum of Balinese Painting
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The Virtual Museum of Balinese Painting has undergone a major make-over. We're still fixing some things (like the bibliography link), but thanks to the Systemik team, I've been able to add a lot more: heurist-usyd.cloud.edu.au/heurist/?db=...
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Oops. Ooooooooooooops.
I do hope that nobody has been given or denied a job/promotion based on their SpringerNature citation counts in the past 15 years.
arxiv.org/pdf/2511.01675
h/t @nathlarigaldie.bsky.social
I do hope that nobody has been given or denied a job/promotion based on their SpringerNature citation counts in the past 15 years.
arxiv.org/pdf/2511.01675
h/t @nathlarigaldie.bsky.social
November 7, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Oops. Ooooooooooooops.
I do hope that nobody has been given or denied a job/promotion based on their SpringerNature citation counts in the past 15 years.
arxiv.org/pdf/2511.01675
h/t @nathlarigaldie.bsky.social
I do hope that nobody has been given or denied a job/promotion based on their SpringerNature citation counts in the past 15 years.
arxiv.org/pdf/2511.01675
h/t @nathlarigaldie.bsky.social
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How was this allowed to happen?https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/what-we-just-witnessed-was-state-sanctioned-nazism-20251110-p5n905.html
What we just witnessed was state-sanctioned Nazism
What on earth did the NSW Police think a rally organised by the National Socialist Network would be about?
www.smh.com.au
November 10, 2025 at 9:51 AM
How was this allowed to happen?https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/what-we-just-witnessed-was-state-sanctioned-nazism-20251110-p5n905.html
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Graham Richardson’s environmental legacy https://johnmenadue.com/post/2025/11/graham-richardsons-environmental-legacy #auspol
Graham Richardson's environmental legacy
In the week that Labor is struggling to pass its environmental legislation, the death of Graham Richardson is a reminder that, as Labor environment minister, he oversaw the passage of the biggest suite of environmental legislation put forward by any minister or government before or since.
johnmenadue.com
November 10, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Graham Richardson’s environmental legacy https://johnmenadue.com/post/2025/11/graham-richardsons-environmental-legacy #auspol
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Currently doing some marking. A reminder to everyone involved in archives and collections: digitisation is not preservation. If I digitise a box of records and put the files on a USB stick I haven't preserved a thing. It's all about what you do with the files post-digitisation. #archives #digipres
November 10, 2025 at 5:35 AM
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Important publication!📚 With its module #manuscript_notes also #Qalamos draws the attention of the scholars to the notes of various types and genres in the margins of #manuscripts. So far over five thousand marginal notes recorded. Read more here:👇
shorturl.at/vvoE3
shorturl.at/vvoE3
November 6, 2025 at 7:26 AM
Important publication!📚 With its module #manuscript_notes also #Qalamos draws the attention of the scholars to the notes of various types and genres in the margins of #manuscripts. So far over five thousand marginal notes recorded. Read more here:👇
shorturl.at/vvoE3
shorturl.at/vvoE3
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Don't be fooled by the headline - a list of exactly why this honour is so offensive to so many
Human Rights Violation Records Shadow Soeharto's National Hero Title - https://en.tempo.co/read/2064411/human-rights-violation-records-shadow-soehartos-national-hero-title
Human Rights Violation Records Shadow Soeharto's National Hero Title
Amid intense criticism and rejection, President Prabowo Subianto insisted on awarding former president Soeharto the national hero title, despite his controversial 32-year rule.
en.tempo.co
November 10, 2025 at 6:26 AM
Don't be fooled by the headline - a list of exactly why this honour is so offensive to so many
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"Will you have antibiotics with that?" Tasmanian salmon industry dosing stock. Ermmm ... not for me.https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11-07/salmon-florfenicol-antibiotics-approved-tasmania/105983426?utm_source=abc_news_app&utm_medium=content_shared&utm_campaign=abc_news_app&utm_content=link
November 10, 2025 at 2:41 AM
"Will you have antibiotics with that?" Tasmanian salmon industry dosing stock. Ermmm ... not for me.https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11-07/salmon-florfenicol-antibiotics-approved-tasmania/105983426?utm_source=abc_news_app&utm_medium=content_shared&utm_campaign=abc_news_app&utm_content=link
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Northern Thailand faces yearly haze as maize fields are burned for animal feed production.
Crackdowns haven’t worked — struggling farmers keep burning as yields fall and debts grow.
Crackdowns haven’t worked — struggling farmers keep burning as yields fall and debts grow.
Karen community fighting corn and coal for clean air in northern Thailand
MAE CHAM/OMKOI, Thailand — Rain lashed down in the northern Thai village of Nong Krating as Sawattiphon Wongkasettakon described the worsening air pollution that sweeps in through the mountains here…
news.mongabay.com
November 9, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Northern Thailand faces yearly haze as maize fields are burned for animal feed production.
Crackdowns haven’t worked — struggling farmers keep burning as yields fall and debts grow.
Crackdowns haven’t worked — struggling farmers keep burning as yields fall and debts grow.
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Sounds right:
The report found that the heaviest AI users are thought leadership writers (84%), PR/comms professionals (73%), and content marketing writers (73%).
The report found that the heaviest AI users are thought leadership writers (84%), PR/comms professionals (73%), and content marketing writers (73%).
November 9, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Sounds right:
The report found that the heaviest AI users are thought leadership writers (84%), PR/comms professionals (73%), and content marketing writers (73%).
The report found that the heaviest AI users are thought leadership writers (84%), PR/comms professionals (73%), and content marketing writers (73%).
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The People Want to Read: on the massive budget cuts proposed for Chicago Public Library. What's at stake and what you can do, whether or not you live in Chicago.
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The People Want To Read: On Massive Budget Cuts Proposed in Chicago
If passed, Chicago Public Library will lose half their budget for acquiring new books and materials.
buttondown.com
November 8, 2025 at 1:03 PM
The People Want to Read: on the massive budget cuts proposed for Chicago Public Library. What's at stake and what you can do, whether or not you live in Chicago.
buttondown.com/wellsourced/...
buttondown.com/wellsourced/...
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Two panels commemorating the contribution of Black American soldiers towards the liberation of the Netherlands in World War Two have been quietly removed from a cemetery in Limburg. It follows a complaint by right-wing think tank The Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission.
Op Margraten zijn twee panelen over zwarte Amerikaanse bevrijders van Nederland opeens weg. ‘Past bij beleid van de regering-Trump’
Op Margraten zijn twee panelen over zwarte Amerikaanse bevrijders van Nederland opeens weg. ‘Past bij beleid van de regering-Trump’
Op de Amerikaanse begraafplaats in Margraten is het opeens stil geworden rond de zwarte Amerikanen die hielpen Nederland bevrijden. Twee panelen die hun bijdrage herdachten – én wezen op hun strijd tegen racisme binnen het leger – werden zonder toelichting verwijderd.
www.nrc.nl
November 8, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Two panels commemorating the contribution of Black American soldiers towards the liberation of the Netherlands in World War Two have been quietly removed from a cemetery in Limburg. It follows a complaint by right-wing think tank The Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission.
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Will Climate Change force Tehran to Evacuate?
Will Climate Change force Tehran to Evacuate?
Iranian President Massoud Pezeshkian landed himself in hot water by broaching evacuating Iran's capital, Tehran
dlvr.it
November 9, 2025 at 6:55 AM
Will Climate Change force Tehran to Evacuate?
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November 9, 2025 at 12:11 AM
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Literally cannot catch a break this season
Philippines evacuates 100,000 people as Fung-wong intensifies into super typhoon - https://www.thestar.com.my/news/world/2025/11/09/philippines-evacuates-100000-people-as-fung-wong-intensifies-into-super-typhoon
Philippines evacuates 100,000 people as Fung-wong intensifies into super typhoon
ISABELA, Philippines (Reuters) -The Philippines evacuated over 100,000 residents across its eastern and northern regions as Fung-wong intensified on Sunday into a super typhoon ahead of its expected arrival later in the day, threatening to unleash torrential rains, destructive winds, and storm surges.
www.thestar.com.my
November 9, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Literally cannot catch a break this season
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Injured are taken to hospital after an explosion occurred during Friday prayers at a mosque inside a school complex.
Explosion at mosque in Indonesia’s Jakarta injures more than 50, police say
Injured are taken to hospital after an explosion occurred during Friday prayers at a mosque inside a school complex.
bit.ly
November 7, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Injured are taken to hospital after an explosion occurred during Friday prayers at a mosque inside a school complex.
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"Colonial Pathologies: American Tropical Medicine, Race, and Hygiene in the Philippines" by Warwick Anderson is a history of how U.S. science and medicine were used to control and "civilize" the Philippines from 1898 to the 1930s.
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November 7, 2025 at 10:16 AM
"Colonial Pathologies: American Tropical Medicine, Race, and Hygiene in the Philippines" by Warwick Anderson is a history of how U.S. science and medicine were used to control and "civilize" the Philippines from 1898 to the 1930s.
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It's not just the HSI agents have been temporarily reassigned – the agency's entire cultural property unit has been disbanded, reports @samtabachnik.bsky.social
November 7, 2025 at 12:22 AM
It's not just the HSI agents have been temporarily reassigned – the agency's entire cultural property unit has been disbanded, reports @samtabachnik.bsky.social
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Today I cross-examine a secret witness on his/her secret evidence (some of which I've now seen) as to why the Australian War Memorial censored the official history of ADF operations in Timor. Although I'm allowed in, the Tribunal door will be closed to the public . #FOI #auspol
November 6, 2025 at 8:22 PM
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Nottingham university is where I taught my first ever course, as French lectrice in Trent Building ... from day one I was hooked, and loved Academia.
Oh Academia, you never love us back. Such cruel news.
Nottingham university is where I taught my first ever course, as French lectrice in Trent Building ... from day one I was hooked, and loved Academia.
Oh Academia, you never love us back. Such cruel news.
Music and modern languages courses suspended at University of Nottingham
In a statement the institution also says it is "proposing to reduce its nursing offer".
www.bbc.com
November 6, 2025 at 8:24 PM
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Nottingham university is where I taught my first ever course, as French lectrice in Trent Building ... from day one I was hooked, and loved Academia.
Oh Academia, you never love us back. Such cruel news.
Nottingham university is where I taught my first ever course, as French lectrice in Trent Building ... from day one I was hooked, and loved Academia.
Oh Academia, you never love us back. Such cruel news.
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Uninstall Grammarly NOW. They've partnered with an AI company and actively scrape your writing to train its models.
HEAD'S UP FELLOW #CREATIVES!
If you haven't heard, #Grammarly is changing...and one change that doesn't pass the smell test is the incorporation of the ocean-boiling plagiarism machine that is #AI. 😒
I'm ditching Grammarly TONIGHT. #Writing #Writers #NoAI
www.grammarly.com/blog/company...
If you haven't heard, #Grammarly is changing...and one change that doesn't pass the smell test is the incorporation of the ocean-boiling plagiarism machine that is #AI. 😒
I'm ditching Grammarly TONIGHT. #Writing #Writers #NoAI
www.grammarly.com/blog/company...
Grammarly Rebrands Company as Superhuman, Introduces Superhuman Suite and Superhuman Go
Superhuman Platform delivers proactive, context-aware AI agents that work in the flow of work, wherever people work Grammarly today announced it is changing its company…
www.grammarly.com
November 5, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Uninstall Grammarly NOW. They've partnered with an AI company and actively scrape your writing to train its models.
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This is surely true, but misses the point. So many in the rest of the world resent that status and having it shoved down our throats! Nobody disputes the capital-I Importance of US elections
The "why do you care so much about the NY mayoral election" takes strike me as pretty obtuse. The world's sole superpower is being taken over by fascists, and this was part of the struggle to define what the opposition to that will look like. That obviously has major implications for all of us?
November 5, 2025 at 8:10 PM
This is surely true, but misses the point. So many in the rest of the world resent that status and having it shoved down our throats! Nobody disputes the capital-I Importance of US elections
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What historians see when people claim AI is solving mysteries that have baffled historians for years.
November 5, 2025 at 2:24 PM
What historians see when people claim AI is solving mysteries that have baffled historians for years.
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As the death toll from Typhoon Kalmaegi in the Philippines climbs, residents in the are confronting the devastation: homes reduced to rubble, debris-filled streets and lives upended.
Kalmaegi death toll climbs to 66 as Philippine survivors confront destruction
Residents in the hardest-hit province of Cebu are confronting the devastation the typhoon has left behind: homes reduced to rubble, debris-filled streets and lives upended.
ebx.sh
November 5, 2025 at 11:03 AM
As the death toll from Typhoon Kalmaegi in the Philippines climbs, residents in the are confronting the devastation: homes reduced to rubble, debris-filled streets and lives upended.