Caroline Gardam
@cazuarina.bsky.social
Writes, studies, gets muddy on stolen Jagera and Turrbal land.
QUT DMRC PhD student researching multimodality and climate denial. Occasional ceramicist.
QUT DMRC PhD student researching multimodality and climate denial. Occasional ceramicist.
November 25, 2025 at 12:29 AM
File under: unsurprised.
For those who still, whatever the reason, must/choose to face the hellsite, you can play the location game yourself: click the three dots next to the follow button, then 'About this account' will show you what country it derives from.
For those who still, whatever the reason, must/choose to face the hellsite, you can play the location game yourself: click the three dots next to the follow button, then 'About this account' will show you what country it derives from.
Top MAGA Influencers Accidentally Unmasked as Foreign Actors
A new feature on Elon Musk’s X has given deeper insight into the online “America First” movement.
www.thedailybeast.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:07 AM
File under: unsurprised.
For those who still, whatever the reason, must/choose to face the hellsite, you can play the location game yourself: click the three dots next to the follow button, then 'About this account' will show you what country it derives from.
For those who still, whatever the reason, must/choose to face the hellsite, you can play the location game yourself: click the three dots next to the follow button, then 'About this account' will show you what country it derives from.
Glorious writing. (Ghastly AI-slop illustrating.)
THE FISH BOWL: HOW MURDOCH MEDIA AND MINING BILLIONS STRANGLED AUSTRALIA’S CLIMATE FUTURE
Malcolm Turnbull knows a thing or two about being eaten alive in the Liberal party room.
davidjohntyler.substack.com
November 18, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Glorious writing. (Ghastly AI-slop illustrating.)
Reposted by Caroline Gardam
"A little party never killed nobody?" Clearly Trump never made it to the end of "The Great Gatsby"
November 4, 2025 at 4:15 PM
"A little party never killed nobody?" Clearly Trump never made it to the end of "The Great Gatsby"
YO! That's my supervisor @antmandan.bsky.social 🦾
Advance "duping" public: Top expert - The Klaxon
Lobby groups with deep ties to fossil fuels are “duping” unsuspecting members of the public by falsely claiming to represent “ordinary Australians”, says top expert.
theklaxon.com.au
November 6, 2025 at 12:17 AM
YO! That's my supervisor @antmandan.bsky.social 🦾
Sent a couple of my pippi bowls off to Open House, Vulture St, West End last week
(Meanjin, Queensland, Australia)
(Meanjin, Queensland, Australia)
October 28, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Sent a couple of my pippi bowls off to Open House, Vulture St, West End last week
(Meanjin, Queensland, Australia)
(Meanjin, Queensland, Australia)
The compost raider
21:20, 27 October 2025
21:20, 27 October 2025
October 28, 2025 at 2:30 AM
The compost raider
21:20, 27 October 2025
21:20, 27 October 2025
Reposted by Caroline Gardam
Blogging today on the inanity of politics and the banality of ecocide.
Here, perhaps for the first time ever, we have a piece of writing that includes Sun Tzu, Hannah Arendt, and Nelson Muntz.
I think it says something useful. And I think it is slightly hopeful, at the end.
Here, perhaps for the first time ever, we have a piece of writing that includes Sun Tzu, Hannah Arendt, and Nelson Muntz.
I think it says something useful. And I think it is slightly hopeful, at the end.
Wedgie politics & the banality of ecocide
On the adolescent inanity of politics at the end of the world as we know it
There's something so banal about the way the latest "attempt" to "reform" Australia's "environment laws" is unfolding.
[Is...
in-between-days.ghost.io
October 27, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Blogging today on the inanity of politics and the banality of ecocide.
Here, perhaps for the first time ever, we have a piece of writing that includes Sun Tzu, Hannah Arendt, and Nelson Muntz.
I think it says something useful. And I think it is slightly hopeful, at the end.
Here, perhaps for the first time ever, we have a piece of writing that includes Sun Tzu, Hannah Arendt, and Nelson Muntz.
I think it says something useful. And I think it is slightly hopeful, at the end.
Yes, Australian nurses DO pay more tax than Australian oil and gas companies.
We collect more HECS, too.
We collect more HECS, too.
Factcheck: Do nurses pay more tax than oil and gas companies in Australia?
To address the housing crisis, the ACTU has proposed a series of tax reforms. But is it true that nurses pay more tax than oil and gas companies in Australia?
thepoint.com.au
October 26, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Yes, Australian nurses DO pay more tax than Australian oil and gas companies.
We collect more HECS, too.
We collect more HECS, too.
October 26, 2025 at 8:16 AM
Is anybody watching
At least 38 Palestinians have been killed as the Israeli army commits 47 violations of ceasefire agreement.
Israel continues deadly attacks on Gaza, closes Rafah crossing
At least 38 Palestinians have been killed as the Israeli army commits 47 violations of ceasefire agreement.
bit.ly
October 19, 2025 at 6:17 AM
Is anybody watching
Insight into a rather dodgy submission to the Senate Select Committee on climate/energy info integrity, including misrepresenting key work on organised denial.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Queensland anti-renewables group cited nonexistent papers in inquiry submissions using AI, publisher says
Exclusive: Rainforest Reserves Australia has published submissions naming nonexistent government authorities and a nonexistent windfarm
www.theguardian.com
October 18, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Insight into a rather dodgy submission to the Senate Select Committee on climate/energy info integrity, including misrepresenting key work on organised denial.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
How unsurprising from the former grifter in chief
Scott Morrison declares role with Saudi oil company
When he was prime minister, Morrison appointed a Saudi fossil fuel firm's board member to two different taskforce roles in 2019 and 2022.
www.crikey.com.au
October 15, 2025 at 4:47 AM
How unsurprising from the former grifter in chief
Reposted by Caroline Gardam
God this is going to sound obnoxious but I'm doing it anyway: one of the most radical and genuinely bolshy things you can do right now is just fucking check stuff. Take a moment, find some sources, talk to some humans, corroborate stuff using independent pathways.
It is going out of fashion fast
It is going out of fashion fast
In which John Oliver methodically unpacks how thin it is to claim you’re all about “the truth” when you’re only running essays don’t get properly fact-checked — and don’t hold up to even basic reporting scrutiny www.youtube.com/watch?v=gieT...
Bari Weiss: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
YouTube video by LastWeekTonight
www.youtube.com
October 13, 2025 at 6:09 PM
God this is going to sound obnoxious but I'm doing it anyway: one of the most radical and genuinely bolshy things you can do right now is just fucking check stuff. Take a moment, find some sources, talk to some humans, corroborate stuff using independent pathways.
It is going out of fashion fast
It is going out of fashion fast
I looked up UQP: there were 22 books listed, including work by Kate Grenville, Melissa Lucashenko.
The works lookup link for the Anthropic settlement: secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup
Submit a Claim
secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com
October 11, 2025 at 2:32 AM
I looked up UQP: there were 22 books listed, including work by Kate Grenville, Melissa Lucashenko.
The works lookup link for the Anthropic settlement: secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup
Submit a Claim
secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com
October 11, 2025 at 2:29 AM
The works lookup link for the Anthropic settlement: secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup
While obvs very happy for a ceasefire, I will just leave this here.
Jared Kushner says Gaza’s ‘waterfront property could be very valuable’
Donald Trump’s son-in-law also says Israel should bulldoze an area of the Negev desert and move Palestinians there
www.theguardian.com
October 10, 2025 at 4:35 AM
While obvs very happy for a ceasefire, I will just leave this here.
Please join us at @qutdmrc.bsky.social summer school.
! SAVE THE DATE !
The DMRC 2026 Summer School is back again on our Kelvin Grove Campus in Brisbane, Australia from 2 February to 6 February 2026, featuring interactive sessions showcasing digital humanities and social science research across key programs and projects within the DMRC.
The DMRC 2026 Summer School is back again on our Kelvin Grove Campus in Brisbane, Australia from 2 February to 6 February 2026, featuring interactive sessions showcasing digital humanities and social science research across key programs and projects within the DMRC.
October 10, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Please join us at @qutdmrc.bsky.social summer school.
Bird ballot break
Australian bird of the year 2025: vote for your favourite #birdoftheyear in the Guardian / BirdLife Australia poll
From little penguins to (very big) cassowaries, every bird has its fans. Vote for your favourite in the 2025 Guardian/BirdLife Australia poll
www.theguardian.com
October 9, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Bird ballot break
October 9, 2025 at 4:24 AM
Chilling.
Police Said They Surveilled Woman Who Had an Abortion for Her 'Safety.' Court Records Show They Considered Charging Her With a Crime
Court records show that the narrative Flock and a Texas Sheriff's Office has told the public isn't the whole story, and that police were conducting a 'death investigation' into the abortion.
www.404media.co
October 7, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Chilling.
*thinking face*
Trust in Media at New Low of 28% in U.S.
Americans' trust in newspapers, television and radio to report the news fully, accurately and fairly is at a new low of 28%.
news.gallup.com
October 2, 2025 at 10:00 PM
*thinking face*
Quick sojourn to present at the Senate Select Committee on Information Integrity on climate and energy with @carlylubicz.bsky.social and @riedlinm.bsky.social for @qutdmrc.bsky.social
September 30, 2025 at 8:32 AM
Quick sojourn to present at the Senate Select Committee on Information Integrity on climate and energy with @carlylubicz.bsky.social and @riedlinm.bsky.social for @qutdmrc.bsky.social
Joining two of the best tomorrow @carlylubicz.bsky.social and @riedlinm.bsky.social repping @qutdmrc.bsky.social at the Australian Senate Select Inquiry — Information Integrity, climate change & energy.
Pleased to be contributing to this discussion tomorrow at the Senate Inquiry with some of my @qutdmrc.bsky.social colleagues @cazuarina.bsky.social and @riedlinm.bsky.social: www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09... #informationintegrity #scienceforpolicy #climatechange #energytransition
Trump-style 'climate hoax' playbook spreads to Australia
US researchers have tracked how dark money funds a tangled web of climate denial think tanks with vested interests in slowing climate action. And Australia is not immune.
www.abc.net.au
September 29, 2025 at 2:54 AM
Joining two of the best tomorrow @carlylubicz.bsky.social and @riedlinm.bsky.social repping @qutdmrc.bsky.social at the Australian Senate Select Inquiry — Information Integrity, climate change & energy.