Actual photo of me in the Mabo Library

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An actually good higher education piece in the AFR. VCs, toadies, and "a culture of fear." I must say though, that a culture of fear requires a culture of cowardice in my experience
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The Australian première of Existence is Resistance with @louisarmand.bsky.social in the heart of the nation's cultural scene (i.e. Townsville, northern Queensland), courtesy of @sudojournal.bsky.social with support from FALS and Mary Who? Bookshop

I'm exhausted and drained, but what a wonderful few days at AMSN 2024 was! Michelle Cahill discussing and reading from her novel, Daisy and Woolf, was such a grand way to finish, too. Congratulations and thanks to @utasenglish.bsky.social and @drmilthorpe.bsky.social and team for hosting!

Hear, hear!

When they tell you the lecture is dead it's because they have their heads in the sand or have something to gain

I really want to fight for the humanities but we need to see something worth fighting for from academic managers who are drawing some pretty egregious salaries and delivering an education worse than what they received. Change begins begins with recognition that universities serve the community

It still thinks I'm a self-help guru:

I *wish* people would talk about me like this:

They were great, but by gum it's hot!

Make that (for a brief moment in time) the most read article in the last 12 months!