@ms-sara-p.bsky.social
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Scrapped on "purely financial grounds"?
Meanjin just secured a $100k two-year grant.
Alongside sub income UniMelb's contribution was around $100k a year.
With grant that's $50k for nxt 2 yrs.
UniMelb made $250 million profit last year.
Tell me how killing a 85-yr old cultural journal is about $?
Meanjin just secured a $100k two-year grant.
Alongside sub income UniMelb's contribution was around $100k a year.
With grant that's $50k for nxt 2 yrs.
UniMelb made $250 million profit last year.
Tell me how killing a 85-yr old cultural journal is about $?
Decision to close Meanjin criticised as act of ‘utter cultural vandalism’
Shutting long-running literary journal, which published emerging writers as well as the cream of Australia’s literary talent, described as ‘enormous loss’
www.theguardian.com
September 5, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Scrapped on "purely financial grounds"?
Meanjin just secured a $100k two-year grant.
Alongside sub income UniMelb's contribution was around $100k a year.
With grant that's $50k for nxt 2 yrs.
UniMelb made $250 million profit last year.
Tell me how killing a 85-yr old cultural journal is about $?
Meanjin just secured a $100k two-year grant.
Alongside sub income UniMelb's contribution was around $100k a year.
With grant that's $50k for nxt 2 yrs.
UniMelb made $250 million profit last year.
Tell me how killing a 85-yr old cultural journal is about $?
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It’s ludicrous and insulting to suggest that the richest university in Australia can’t afford the two part-time wages to run Meanjin.
Also: did they even try to save it? Donation drive? Philanthropic efforts? Offering it to another institution?
No.
The university council shut it down intentionally.
Also: did they even try to save it? Donation drive? Philanthropic efforts? Offering it to another institution?
No.
The university council shut it down intentionally.
Exclusive: Australia’s second-oldest literary journal, Meanjin, is being shut down today for "financial" reasons, Crikey can reveal.
Literary journal Meanjin to close after 85 years of publishing
Meanjin, a mainstay of Australia's cultural landscape and the nation's second-oldest literary publication, is shuttering after Melbourne University Publishing decided to cease financial support.
www.crikey.com.au
September 4, 2025 at 9:00 AM
It’s ludicrous and insulting to suggest that the richest university in Australia can’t afford the two part-time wages to run Meanjin.
Also: did they even try to save it? Donation drive? Philanthropic efforts? Offering it to another institution?
No.
The university council shut it down intentionally.
Also: did they even try to save it? Donation drive? Philanthropic efforts? Offering it to another institution?
No.
The university council shut it down intentionally.
Are we going to let this happen without a fight? #Meanjin will never make money. This is an arts project that, like all arts projects, needs patronage to survive. Why would #MUP expect it to make money? www.theguardian.com/books/2025/s...
Decision to close Meanjin criticised as act of ‘utter cultural vandalism’
Shutting long-running literary journal, which published emerging writers as well as the cream of Australia’s literary talent, described as ‘enormous loss’
www.theguardian.com
September 5, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Are we going to let this happen without a fight? #Meanjin will never make money. This is an arts project that, like all arts projects, needs patronage to survive. Why would #MUP expect it to make money? www.theguardian.com/books/2025/s...
The thread 😂
this is the time for scifi fans to exercise the ultimate depth and breadth of their creativity
make them shut down the hotline
use all your best Borg jokes
make them shut down the hotline
use all your best Borg jokes
July 3, 2025 at 5:39 AM
The thread 😂
Never doubt that Australia has the best democracy in the world. Evidence: democracysausage.org/federal_elec...
Democracy Sausage
A real-time crowd-sourced map of sausage and cake availability at Australian elections. It's practically part of the Australian Constitution. Or something. #demsausage
democracysausage.org
May 2, 2025 at 6:27 AM
Never doubt that Australia has the best democracy in the world. Evidence: democracysausage.org/federal_elec...
"bonkers", "pathetic", "nonesense", "drivel" @economist.com pulls no punches on Trump www.economist.com/leaders/2025...
President Trump’s mindless tariffs will cause economic havoc
But the rest of the world can limit the damage
www.economist.com
April 3, 2025 at 10:46 PM
"bonkers", "pathetic", "nonesense", "drivel" @economist.com pulls no punches on Trump www.economist.com/leaders/2025...
When I first started in this industry freelancers were paid more than they are today. Sign this if you think that doesn't seem right: www.megaphone.org.au/petitions/fr...
Help freelancers at Nine Publishing win fair rates
Off the back of strike action last year, Nine management committed to engage in discussions about freelance rates and conditions with MEAA representatives.
Despite this commitment, Nine management ha...
www.megaphone.org.au
April 1, 2025 at 11:30 PM
When I first started in this industry freelancers were paid more than they are today. Sign this if you think that doesn't seem right: www.megaphone.org.au/petitions/fr...
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Video of the international student at Tufts being arrested by "federal authorities" in Massachusetts has been released and it's terrifying.
They're not even uniformed officers. Just secret police thugs in hoodies and masks.
From WCVB: youtu.be/PuFIs7OkzYY
They're not even uniformed officers. Just secret police thugs in hoodies and masks.
From WCVB: youtu.be/PuFIs7OkzYY
March 26, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Video of the international student at Tufts being arrested by "federal authorities" in Massachusetts has been released and it's terrifying.
They're not even uniformed officers. Just secret police thugs in hoodies and masks.
From WCVB: youtu.be/PuFIs7OkzYY
They're not even uniformed officers. Just secret police thugs in hoodies and masks.
From WCVB: youtu.be/PuFIs7OkzYY
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Trump moves to close the home site of the famous Keeling Curve, the Mona Loa site for NOAA that's been measuring CO2 concentration data since the 1950's. Gift article. wapo.st/4i7891y
Trump moves to close facility that helps track planet-warming pollution
The lab is connected to the Mauna Loa Observatory, where scientists gather data to produce the Keeling Curve, a chart on the daily status of atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations.
wapo.st
March 15, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Trump moves to close the home site of the famous Keeling Curve, the Mona Loa site for NOAA that's been measuring CO2 concentration data since the 1950's. Gift article. wapo.st/4i7891y
Very long thread. Worth it. 🦛
I have been doing entirely too much earnest posting about deep things recently, I need to do a proper thread about hippo testicles or something just to keep myself sane.
Oh by the way hippos have migratory testicles.
Oh by the way hippos have migratory testicles.
a statue of a hippopotamus with its mouth open and teeth showing .
Alt: A hippo being tossed a watermelon, which it crushes in its massive jaws.
media.tenor.com
March 13, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Very long thread. Worth it. 🦛
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Science journalist friends, I am available for interviews, as are the leaders of several of these societies and the UCS leadership team. 🧪
DMs open, or whysharksmatter at gmail.
DMs open, or whysharksmatter at gmail.
Today, a broad coalition of scientific professional societies who represent over 92,000 scientists are speaking out against the politicization and demonization of Federally funded science and government scientist jobs.
It was an honor to help the Union of Concerned Scientists with this! 🧪🌎
It was an honor to help the Union of Concerned Scientists with this! 🧪🌎
48 Scientific Societies Representing Almost 100,000 Scientists Ask Congress to Protect the Future of Science
48 scientific societies representing almost 100,000 scientists signed on to a letter asking Congress to protect the future of science
www.ucsusa.org
March 3, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Science journalist friends, I am available for interviews, as are the leaders of several of these societies and the UCS leadership team. 🧪
DMs open, or whysharksmatter at gmail.
DMs open, or whysharksmatter at gmail.
"It is hard to put into words the extent of the damage being done to the US research enterprise" from @nature.com www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Trump 2.0: an assault on science anywhere is an assault on science everywhere
US President Donald Trump is taking a wrecking ball to science and to international institutions. The global research community must take a stand against these attacks.
www.nature.com
February 26, 2025 at 11:26 PM
"It is hard to put into words the extent of the damage being done to the US research enterprise" from @nature.com www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Great little article from Smriti Mallapaty on where we stand on the question of the origin of the COVID-19 pandemic.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
What sparked the COVID pandemic? Mounting evidence points to raccoon dogs
More than five years on, studies suggest the animal is the most likely culprit, but other candidates haven’t been ruled out.
www.nature.com
February 24, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Great little article from Smriti Mallapaty on where we stand on the question of the origin of the COVID-19 pandemic.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Sam Kerr charged with "the crime of trying to explain the concept of white privilege while drunk" www.crikey.com.au/2025/02/14/s... good stuff from Meg Clement and @crikey.com.au
'Stupid and white' is the least of it: Kerr's vindication and the dire failings of London's police
Kerr’s not guilty verdict is indictment of a police force that fails the communities it purports to protect. The case should have no bearing on her place in Australia's sporting landscape.
www.crikey.com.au
February 19, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Sam Kerr charged with "the crime of trying to explain the concept of white privilege while drunk" www.crikey.com.au/2025/02/14/s... good stuff from Meg Clement and @crikey.com.au
@adammorton.bsky.social being lucid, as usual. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Australian nature: if our laws don’t radically change, environmental degradation will continue | Adam Morton
This country has a long history of taking its unique wildlife and landscapes for granted – but what has happened in this term of parliament is remarkable
www.theguardian.com
February 3, 2025 at 10:56 PM
@adammorton.bsky.social being lucid, as usual. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
I will admit I did look up the definition of "fascist" on Jan 20... www.newyorker.com/magazine/dis...
What Does It Mean That Donald Trump Is a Fascist?
Trump takes the tools of dictators and adapts them for the Internet. We should expect him to try to cling to power until death, and create a cult of January 6th martyrs.
www.newyorker.com
January 28, 2025 at 12:42 AM
I will admit I did look up the definition of "fascist" on Jan 20... www.newyorker.com/magazine/dis...
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Just making sure that everyone is aware of this crab that NOAA scientists found
January 19, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Just making sure that everyone is aware of this crab that NOAA scientists found
As usual, Helen is first out of the gate with a great explanatory piece on the CDC's updated technical report on the H5N1 case in Louisiana, with quotes from me and @scottehensley.bsky.social. 👇
The #H5N1 #birdflu virus from a severe case in Louisiana shows it was developing mutations that could help it attach to cells in human respiratory tracts, including a mutation seen in a recent severe case in British Columbia, Canada, the #CDC reported today. www.statnews.com/2024/12/26/c...
December 27, 2024 at 4:11 AM
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So it’s nine years since I quit my job, with nothing to go to, days before Christmas.
I don't recommend that route to self-employment (but if you boss is an asshole, I kind of do). Anyway, it turned out alright in the end.
Here’s 15 lessons I've learned since striking out on my own.
A 🧵
I don't recommend that route to self-employment (but if you boss is an asshole, I kind of do). Anyway, it turned out alright in the end.
Here’s 15 lessons I've learned since striking out on my own.
A 🧵
December 22, 2024 at 11:59 AM
So it’s nine years since I quit my job, with nothing to go to, days before Christmas.
I don't recommend that route to self-employment (but if you boss is an asshole, I kind of do). Anyway, it turned out alright in the end.
Here’s 15 lessons I've learned since striking out on my own.
A 🧵
I don't recommend that route to self-employment (but if you boss is an asshole, I kind of do). Anyway, it turned out alright in the end.
Here’s 15 lessons I've learned since striking out on my own.
A 🧵