Bronwyn Clarke
@bronwync.bsky.social
Dress historian and historical dressmaker esp. 19th-early 20th centuries every day dress | Spinner, weaver, knitter, quilter, maker of things | Also novelist (as Bronwyn Parry | Australian | Social justice matters
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What I have learned in recent years as I’ve begun to read more and more romance—and you already know—is that romance writers are MASTERS of structure. Tension. Internal conflict. External conflict. I thought I knew what those things were.
Nah, buddy. Not a clue.
Nah, buddy. Not a clue.
November 14, 2025 at 8:38 PM
What I have learned in recent years as I’ve begun to read more and more romance—and you already know—is that romance writers are MASTERS of structure. Tension. Internal conflict. External conflict. I thought I knew what those things were.
Nah, buddy. Not a clue.
Nah, buddy. Not a clue.
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I think the hardest part of grasping craft is paying attention to what your are consuming. Read everything you can get your hands. Watch everything, but while you’re doing that pay attention the story that’s actually unfolding beginning to end. What works, what doesn’t.
November 14, 2025 at 8:17 PM
I think the hardest part of grasping craft is paying attention to what your are consuming. Read everything you can get your hands. Watch everything, but while you’re doing that pay attention the story that’s actually unfolding beginning to end. What works, what doesn’t.
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I mean I don't mind it as marketing, tropes are great marketing! Like tell me, as a reader, what tropes are in your books!
But I do think that on the writing side, people have lost the understanding of how they work and that tropes are shorthand for an exploration of a certain dynamic/scenario.
But I do think that on the writing side, people have lost the understanding of how they work and that tropes are shorthand for an exploration of a certain dynamic/scenario.
November 14, 2025 at 8:07 PM
I mean I don't mind it as marketing, tropes are great marketing! Like tell me, as a reader, what tropes are in your books!
But I do think that on the writing side, people have lost the understanding of how they work and that tropes are shorthand for an exploration of a certain dynamic/scenario.
But I do think that on the writing side, people have lost the understanding of how they work and that tropes are shorthand for an exploration of a certain dynamic/scenario.
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'An epistemic crisis is a crisis in the production and delivery of knowledge. It’s about what we know and how we know it, what we agree to be true and what we identify as false. We face, alongside a global threat to our life-support systems, a global threat to our knowledge-support systems.'
Dark forces are preventing us fighting the climate crisis – by taking knowledge hostage | George Monbiot
The fundamental problem is this: that most of the means of communication are owned or influenced by the very rich, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
November 14, 2025 at 7:45 AM
'An epistemic crisis is a crisis in the production and delivery of knowledge. It’s about what we know and how we know it, what we agree to be true and what we identify as false. We face, alongside a global threat to our life-support systems, a global threat to our knowledge-support systems.'
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A lot of people when talking about Gough's economic record seriously underplay how beyond comprehension the 1973 Oil Crisis was.
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
November 10, 2025 at 11:41 PM
A lot of people when talking about Gough's economic record seriously underplay how beyond comprehension the 1973 Oil Crisis was.
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
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It was an Issue on which serious people were expected to have opinions.
Over and over again we’ve seen the media refuse to create Issues out of anything related to right-wing radicalization. If they get any mention, they’re in stories about ‘polarization,’ a misstatement of the actual problem.
Over and over again we’ve seen the media refuse to create Issues out of anything related to right-wing radicalization. If they get any mention, they’re in stories about ‘polarization,’ a misstatement of the actual problem.
October 24, 2025 at 7:29 AM
It was an Issue on which serious people were expected to have opinions.
Over and over again we’ve seen the media refuse to create Issues out of anything related to right-wing radicalization. If they get any mention, they’re in stories about ‘polarization,’ a misstatement of the actual problem.
Over and over again we’ve seen the media refuse to create Issues out of anything related to right-wing radicalization. If they get any mention, they’re in stories about ‘polarization,’ a misstatement of the actual problem.
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Melbourne: ever helpful
October 19, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Melbourne: ever helpful
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As long as the loudest folks on the left insist tone-policing, compromise on human rights, and acquiescence are our only options for a unified country, they will continue to lose the faith of the marginalized. And even when they win, they’ll just be waiting to lose the same way again.
October 2, 2025 at 2:45 PM
As long as the loudest folks on the left insist tone-policing, compromise on human rights, and acquiescence are our only options for a unified country, they will continue to lose the faith of the marginalized. And even when they win, they’ll just be waiting to lose the same way again.
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Billionaires Are The Most Dangerous Minority…..
Elon Musk spent $277 million to buy the presidency last election. It's the same as someone who makes $60,000 spending $43 to buy the presidency. WAKE UP: This isn't left vs. right. This is the billionaires vs. the rest of us.
Elon Musk spent $277 million to buy the presidency last election. It's the same as someone who makes $60,000 spending $43 to buy the presidency. WAKE UP: This isn't left vs. right. This is the billionaires vs. the rest of us.
September 29, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Billionaires Are The Most Dangerous Minority…..
Elon Musk spent $277 million to buy the presidency last election. It's the same as someone who makes $60,000 spending $43 to buy the presidency. WAKE UP: This isn't left vs. right. This is the billionaires vs. the rest of us.
Elon Musk spent $277 million to buy the presidency last election. It's the same as someone who makes $60,000 spending $43 to buy the presidency. WAKE UP: This isn't left vs. right. This is the billionaires vs. the rest of us.
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frankly, it still seems like the only job AI replaces is idea guys who don't know how to make things and the investor class is just frothing at the mouth for it because they're all idea guys who don't know how to make things.
September 9, 2025 at 5:11 AM
frankly, it still seems like the only job AI replaces is idea guys who don't know how to make things and the investor class is just frothing at the mouth for it because they're all idea guys who don't know how to make things.
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So disappointed to discover the Bendigo Writers Festival thinks our words are just ‘content,’ to be forced into alignment with corporate values. Writers are there to pursue difficult conversations. That’s the job. If that makes you nervous, you may as well play pre-recorded music out of a speaker.
August 14, 2025 at 10:37 PM
So disappointed to discover the Bendigo Writers Festival thinks our words are just ‘content,’ to be forced into alignment with corporate values. Writers are there to pursue difficult conversations. That’s the job. If that makes you nervous, you may as well play pre-recorded music out of a speaker.
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“AI companies used what amounts to the collective history of our species to create software that obscures its very richness and complexity. Becoming overly dependent on it may rob people of the opportunity to draw conclusions from looking at the evidence for themselves.”
ChatGPT and similar programs weren’t just trained on the internet—they were trained on specific pieces of information presented in specific contexts.
When stripped of that context, the bots can confuse and alarm users, or even dangerously mislead them.
When stripped of that context, the bots can confuse and alarm users, or even dangerously mislead them.
The Real Demon Inside ChatGPT
AI chatbots strip language of its historical and cultural context. Sometimes what looks like a satanic bloodletting ritual may actually be lifted from Warhammer 40,000.
wrd.cm
August 3, 2025 at 12:47 AM
“AI companies used what amounts to the collective history of our species to create software that obscures its very richness and complexity. Becoming overly dependent on it may rob people of the opportunity to draw conclusions from looking at the evidence for themselves.”
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A thread that sums up many of my concerns about AI.
I feel like it’s hard to have discussions on AI because very reasonable positions are being treated like they’re saying “all AI bad, good AI impossible.”
But we cannot have a reasonable discussion of AI without talking about who is making it and how.
But we cannot have a reasonable discussion of AI without talking about who is making it and how.
June 21, 2025 at 10:05 PM
A thread that sums up many of my concerns about AI.
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I'm not just being romantic, you literally cannot function as a whole human being without consuming and producing art. You will be extremely fucked up without it. That's why religious groups that ban art are so fucked in the head (you can guess how I know)
think of it like this: we eat cause we need nutrition for our bodies
both producing and consuming art is how we nourish our minds. you can actually see people who don't have art in their life going off the fucking deep end. it's a processing/centering mechanic. it's a meal for the human in you
both producing and consuming art is how we nourish our minds. you can actually see people who don't have art in their life going off the fucking deep end. it's a processing/centering mechanic. it's a meal for the human in you
June 12, 2025 at 12:14 AM
I'm not just being romantic, you literally cannot function as a whole human being without consuming and producing art. You will be extremely fucked up without it. That's why religious groups that ban art are so fucked in the head (you can guess how I know)
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In other big crafting news today, the big four sewing pattern companies have been sold to a liquidator, citing tariffs and the closure of Joann as factors, as well as softening in the craft market generally. craftindustryalliance.org/parent-compa...
Parent Company of the Big 4 Sewing Pattern Brands Sold to a Liquidator - Craft Industry Alliance
The legacy sewing pattern brands Simplicity, Butterick, McCalls, and Vogue, commonly referred to as the Big 4, have been sold to a liquidator.
craftindustryalliance.org
June 5, 2025 at 9:07 PM
In other big crafting news today, the big four sewing pattern companies have been sold to a liquidator, citing tariffs and the closure of Joann as factors, as well as softening in the craft market generally. craftindustryalliance.org/parent-compa...
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I don't normally click on substack links (b/c nazi platform)
I don't normally read "I made chatGPT do something *as an experiment*" pieces (b/c ethical nightmare/boring).
but I'm glad I read this one.
This is gross technology, and says so much about the sqirmy, nasty, disingenous minds behind it.
I don't normally read "I made chatGPT do something *as an experiment*" pieces (b/c ethical nightmare/boring).
but I'm glad I read this one.
This is gross technology, and says so much about the sqirmy, nasty, disingenous minds behind it.
June 3, 2025 at 4:30 PM
I don't normally click on substack links (b/c nazi platform)
I don't normally read "I made chatGPT do something *as an experiment*" pieces (b/c ethical nightmare/boring).
but I'm glad I read this one.
This is gross technology, and says so much about the sqirmy, nasty, disingenous minds behind it.
I don't normally read "I made chatGPT do something *as an experiment*" pieces (b/c ethical nightmare/boring).
but I'm glad I read this one.
This is gross technology, and says so much about the sqirmy, nasty, disingenous minds behind it.
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the Minns government is refusing to find $30 million pa to retain public system psychiatrists while announcing over $100 million for prisons - places that cause and exacerbate mental health conditions - in case you were wondering about NSW Labor priorities.
June 3, 2025 at 7:14 AM
the Minns government is refusing to find $30 million pa to retain public system psychiatrists while announcing over $100 million for prisons - places that cause and exacerbate mental health conditions - in case you were wondering about NSW Labor priorities.
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Researchers from two Aussie universities are conducting a survey of creative workers whose work or income has been impacted by AI.
Original post on LinkedIn by @beneltham.bsky.social 👇
Contact ben.eltham@monash.edu to take part 💚
Original post on LinkedIn by @beneltham.bsky.social 👇
Contact ben.eltham@monash.edu to take part 💚
May 27, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Researchers from two Aussie universities are conducting a survey of creative workers whose work or income has been impacted by AI.
Original post on LinkedIn by @beneltham.bsky.social 👇
Contact ben.eltham@monash.edu to take part 💚
Original post on LinkedIn by @beneltham.bsky.social 👇
Contact ben.eltham@monash.edu to take part 💚
Museum folk, esp living museums: I'm seeking academically sound evaluation approaches for the effectiveness of activations interpreting female trades/skills in living museums. I haven't found much yet so any refs/experiences gratefully received!
May 22, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Museum folk, esp living museums: I'm seeking academically sound evaluation approaches for the effectiveness of activations interpreting female trades/skills in living museums. I haven't found much yet so any refs/experiences gratefully received!
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Amazon Prime wiped the start of Ridley Scott's 2010 Robin Hood.
The intro is now a shot of blank parchment. Before it had the words
"In times of tyranny and injustice, when the law oppresses the people, the outlaw takes his place in history."
www.youtube.com/shorts/h_ht3...
The intro is now a shot of blank parchment. Before it had the words
"In times of tyranny and injustice, when the law oppresses the people, the outlaw takes his place in history."
www.youtube.com/shorts/h_ht3...
Robin Hood movie changes on Amazon Prime #amazon #amazonprime #movie
YouTube video by Internet Tour Guide
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May 6, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Amazon Prime wiped the start of Ridley Scott's 2010 Robin Hood.
The intro is now a shot of blank parchment. Before it had the words
"In times of tyranny and injustice, when the law oppresses the people, the outlaw takes his place in history."
www.youtube.com/shorts/h_ht3...
The intro is now a shot of blank parchment. Before it had the words
"In times of tyranny and injustice, when the law oppresses the people, the outlaw takes his place in history."
www.youtube.com/shorts/h_ht3...
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the only people making the world confusing for teenage boys are adult men who are telling them that the world they inhabit is broken and has turned against them because people’s values have evolved in the ~30 years that they’ve ceased to be teenagers and they no longer feel in control
May 3, 2025 at 11:03 PM
the only people making the world confusing for teenage boys are adult men who are telling them that the world they inhabit is broken and has turned against them because people’s values have evolved in the ~30 years that they’ve ceased to be teenagers and they no longer feel in control
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🚨Liberal Party-funded disinformation group “Advance” sent an email to tens of thousands of Australians sowing division over ANZAC Day just hours before Friday’s dawn service.
Advance and Coalition running campaign together against Indigenous ceremony...
theklaxon.com.au/x37s
Advance and Coalition running campaign together against Indigenous ceremony...
theklaxon.com.au/x37s
Liberal's "Advance" spread Anzac-eve division - The Klaxon
Liberal Party-funded disinformation group “Advance” sent a mass email sowing division over ANZAC Day just hours before Friday’s dawn service.
theklaxon.com.au
April 28, 2025 at 9:24 AM
🚨Liberal Party-funded disinformation group “Advance” sent an email to tens of thousands of Australians sowing division over ANZAC Day just hours before Friday’s dawn service.
Advance and Coalition running campaign together against Indigenous ceremony...
theklaxon.com.au/x37s
Advance and Coalition running campaign together against Indigenous ceremony...
theklaxon.com.au/x37s
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