Gareth Knapman
@garethknapman.bsky.social
Historian of C18th & C19th Southeast Asia, South Asia and Australia. Research Fellow at ANU. Main research - provenance reports for repatriation. Quaker.
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"that it is far cheaper for Australia, and the world, to make a well-coordinated effort to reach net zero by 2050'
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The climate crisis is expensive: net zero is cheaper for Australia than not doing more
The Coalition claims net zero by 2050 will cost too much – but unchecked warming or even a delayed transition would be worse for the economy
www.theguardian.com
November 14, 2025 at 8:35 PM
"that it is far cheaper for Australia, and the world, to make a well-coordinated effort to reach net zero by 2050'
www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
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Who at the ABC wrote, then approved, the words "ceasefire will hold" over an image of Palestinian bodies? Also, how much deference should the media give to Trump given his government continues to provide bombs to kill Palestinians?
October 31, 2025 at 4:17 AM
Who at the ABC wrote, then approved, the words "ceasefire will hold" over an image of Palestinian bodies? Also, how much deference should the media give to Trump given his government continues to provide bombs to kill Palestinians?
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Egyptian-Canadian journalist Omar El-Akkad, author of One Day, Everyone Will Have Been Against This, on the refusal to give up hope.
Listen to his raw conversation with @antoinettelattouf.bsky.social here: tinyurl.com/45d98p2h
Listen to his raw conversation with @antoinettelattouf.bsky.social here: tinyurl.com/45d98p2h
October 31, 2025 at 4:38 AM
Egyptian-Canadian journalist Omar El-Akkad, author of One Day, Everyone Will Have Been Against This, on the refusal to give up hope.
Listen to his raw conversation with @antoinettelattouf.bsky.social here: tinyurl.com/45d98p2h
Listen to his raw conversation with @antoinettelattouf.bsky.social here: tinyurl.com/45d98p2h
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Why did The Australian use an image of Imane Khelif, a cis woman of colour, in a transphobic headline about banning trans women in sport? Imane was assigned female at birth and identifies as a woman. Paired with the use of the word "men", this headline is irresponsible, misleading and offensive.
November 12, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Why did The Australian use an image of Imane Khelif, a cis woman of colour, in a transphobic headline about banning trans women in sport? Imane was assigned female at birth and identifies as a woman. Paired with the use of the word "men", this headline is irresponsible, misleading and offensive.
2 new books to digest.
November 14, 2025 at 6:15 AM
2 new books to digest.
A very good question.
“Barnaby Joyce’s distaste for renewable energy and his silence towards coal seam gas highlights his real agenda, driven by Gina Rinehart and others. It puts the farming community in a very difficult position,” writes Tony Windsor. satpa.pe/K0Uxut6
What is the purpose of Barnaby Joyce?
satpa.pe
November 13, 2025 at 12:59 AM
A very good question.
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How do Lenny Henry’s arguments for reparations for trans-Atlantic slavery stand up to Lord Biggar’s arguments against them? Head-to-head review here:
November 12, 2025 at 8:13 AM
How do Lenny Henry’s arguments for reparations for trans-Atlantic slavery stand up to Lord Biggar’s arguments against them? Head-to-head review here:
The thing that always amazes me is that conservative rural electorates in Australia, are all against doing anything on climate change. Their livelihoods will suffer most.
"Climate-related disasters forcibly displaced 250 million people globally over the past decade, the equivalent of 70,000 displacements every day. The climate crisis is a “risk multiplier” that compounded existing inequalities & injustices." www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Climate disasters displaced 250 million people in past 10 years, UN report finds
Floods, storms and droughts have uprooted people across the globe as rising temperatures intensify conflict and hunger
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 11:47 PM
The thing that always amazes me is that conservative rural electorates in Australia, are all against doing anything on climate change. Their livelihoods will suffer most.
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Climate change is really expensive: cost of the South Australian algal bloom expected to shoot well past $500m www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/south-a...
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November 11, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Climate change is really expensive: cost of the South Australian algal bloom expected to shoot well past $500m www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/south-a...
So 2 thirds of voters - the overwhelming majority- want a net zero future. That should be the focus.
November 11, 2025 at 9:02 PM
So 2 thirds of voters - the overwhelming majority- want a net zero future. That should be the focus.
We have entered a twilight zone that would have been hard to believe in 2015, despite the warning signed being there.
Israel’s Knesset has approved the execution for Palestinian detainees bill in its first reading, it needs two more to become law.
After the vote, National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir handed out baklava to celebrate.
After the vote, National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir handed out baklava to celebrate.
November 11, 2025 at 7:10 AM
We have entered a twilight zone that would have been hard to believe in 2015, despite the warning signed being there.
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Never forget this most extraordinary rendition of the Whitlam Dismissal from the "Gillies Report" ABC TV
Still thrilled to have been a bit player in the BEST of Australian satire!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jp7f...
Still thrilled to have been a bit player in the BEST of Australian satire!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jp7f...
The Gillies Report Il Dismissale
YouTube video by NockturneSA
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November 11, 2025 at 5:00 AM
Never forget this most extraordinary rendition of the Whitlam Dismissal from the "Gillies Report" ABC TV
Still thrilled to have been a bit player in the BEST of Australian satire!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jp7f...
Still thrilled to have been a bit player in the BEST of Australian satire!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jp7f...
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Australia’s retirement system assumes seniors are homeowners. Suggesting forever renters need to suck it up and accept their fate is heartbreaking. Political elite have given up on a big chunk of Aussies.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
Forever renters want solutions. Experts say look at Vienna
Australia has a growing cohort of forever renters and experts say the government should be looking to examples in other countries where more social and affordable housing options are being developed.
www.abc.net.au
November 7, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Australia’s retirement system assumes seniors are homeowners. Suggesting forever renters need to suck it up and accept their fate is heartbreaking. Political elite have given up on a big chunk of Aussies.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
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November 7, 2025 at 4:27 AM
When are people gonna stop using the term “ late stage capitalism”? I’m 45 years old and I can remember it being used for all of my adult life. And arguably Lenin’s “highest stage of capitalism” phrase articulated the same sentiment. Maybe latest stage of capitalism would be more appropriate.
The fact that 30% of our stock market is wrapped up in “help-kids-kill-themselves” technology seems to be an important datapoint in the evolution of late stage capitalism.
ChatGPT advised a suicidal young woman on how to take her own life, telling her "If you choose death, I'm with you - till the end, without judging."
November 7, 2025 at 1:30 AM
When are people gonna stop using the term “ late stage capitalism”? I’m 45 years old and I can remember it being used for all of my adult life. And arguably Lenin’s “highest stage of capitalism” phrase articulated the same sentiment. Maybe latest stage of capitalism would be more appropriate.
ChatGPT appears to love the “ ;” .
A) is this semicolon use a tell for student misuse of AI.
B) will we now see a re-popularisation of the “;”?
A) is this semicolon use a tell for student misuse of AI.
B) will we now see a re-popularisation of the “;”?
November 7, 2025 at 12:32 AM
ChatGPT appears to love the “ ;” .
A) is this semicolon use a tell for student misuse of AI.
B) will we now see a re-popularisation of the “;”?
A) is this semicolon use a tell for student misuse of AI.
B) will we now see a re-popularisation of the “;”?
Why is every time I start writing an article I suddenly end up with a 20,000 word manuscript!
November 6, 2025 at 4:41 AM
Why is every time I start writing an article I suddenly end up with a 20,000 word manuscript!
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Dick Cheney passing on the same day as a Muslim socialist wins NYC is definitely evidence of a higher power.
November 5, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Dick Cheney passing on the same day as a Muslim socialist wins NYC is definitely evidence of a higher power.
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Dick Cheney died far too old and far too free. The fact that such monsters get to pass away in their eighties surrounded by loved ones instead of alone in a cage is an indictment of our entire civilization.
November 4, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Dick Cheney died far too old and far too free. The fact that such monsters get to pass away in their eighties surrounded by loved ones instead of alone in a cage is an indictment of our entire civilization.
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“incredibly stupid”, “absolutely disgraceful”…
Despite ANU’s own socially responsible investment policy, the university invested in and profited from Elbit systems shares - “a key enabler of the Israel Defense Forces in its commission of war crimes”. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Despite ANU’s own socially responsible investment policy, the university invested in and profited from Elbit systems shares - “a key enabler of the Israel Defense Forces in its commission of war crimes”. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
ANU bought shares in Israeli weapons maker after pledging to stop controversial arms investments
Exclusive: University says Elbit Systems, whose drones have been used extensively in Gaza, not on any controversial weapons list when shares bought and sold this year
www.theguardian.com
November 4, 2025 at 8:51 PM
“incredibly stupid”, “absolutely disgraceful”…
Despite ANU’s own socially responsible investment policy, the university invested in and profited from Elbit systems shares - “a key enabler of the Israel Defense Forces in its commission of war crimes”. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Despite ANU’s own socially responsible investment policy, the university invested in and profited from Elbit systems shares - “a key enabler of the Israel Defense Forces in its commission of war crimes”. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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We are proud to share that JICH has received over 58k downloads in 2025's 3rd quarter - a 76% increase from this time last year! Well done to our editorial team and all our supporters - @andrekosvarnava.bsky.social @evansmithhist.bsky.social @jonasgjerso.bsky.social @yiannicart.bsky.social
November 2, 2025 at 9:56 AM
We are proud to share that JICH has received over 58k downloads in 2025's 3rd quarter - a 76% increase from this time last year! Well done to our editorial team and all our supporters - @andrekosvarnava.bsky.social @evansmithhist.bsky.social @jonasgjerso.bsky.social @yiannicart.bsky.social
When colonial civilian government and the military disagree: ‘The Military duties imposed on me by Lord Minto are not the fixing proportions for Coolies, or preparing minute regulations for Grass contracts’ major general Gillespie to TS raffles on irritating tasks of government!
November 2, 2025 at 4:15 AM
When colonial civilian government and the military disagree: ‘The Military duties imposed on me by Lord Minto are not the fixing proportions for Coolies, or preparing minute regulations for Grass contracts’ major general Gillespie to TS raffles on irritating tasks of government!
John Bastin was right, that you can only write a Collingwood version of SEA history using Raffles. What Bastin missed however, was the crucial element that it was by a series of unforeseen events that TS Raffles manuscripts survived.
biblioasia.nlb.gov.sg/files/pdf/Vo...
biblioasia.nlb.gov.sg/files/pdf/Vo...
biblioasia.nlb.gov.sg
November 2, 2025 at 1:06 AM
John Bastin was right, that you can only write a Collingwood version of SEA history using Raffles. What Bastin missed however, was the crucial element that it was by a series of unforeseen events that TS Raffles manuscripts survived.
biblioasia.nlb.gov.sg/files/pdf/Vo...
biblioasia.nlb.gov.sg/files/pdf/Vo...
biblioasia.nlb.gov.sg
November 2, 2025 at 12:53 AM
John Bastin was right, that you can only write a Collingwood version of SEA history using Raffles. What Bastin missed however, was the crucial element that it was by a series of unforeseen events that TS Raffles manuscripts survived.
biblioasia.nlb.gov.sg/files/pdf/Vo...
biblioasia.nlb.gov.sg/files/pdf/Vo...
When you just paid $300 for copy of an archive file, but realised you already have it. But then realise that you now have the first draft of a report with all the corrections and changes.
a black and white photo of a man with a caption that says i don 't know what my feelings are doing
Alt: a black and white photo of a man with a caption that says i don 't know what my feelings are doing
media.tenor.com
November 1, 2025 at 10:52 AM
When you just paid $300 for copy of an archive file, but realised you already have it. But then realise that you now have the first draft of a report with all the corrections and changes.