Robyn Edmanson
@robynedmanson.bsky.social
Research Librarian, MinfMgt, JD, GDLP
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If you read a book this year, im proud of you 🫶🏽 reading and literacy has become an act of rebellion in such an illiterate world
December 17, 2025 at 2:29 PM
If you read a book this year, im proud of you 🫶🏽 reading and literacy has become an act of rebellion in such an illiterate world
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John Howard pushed for the invasion of Iraq, which was one of the dominoes which created the conditions for ISIS and caused untold human misery we are still dealing with today. He refused to acknowledge racism was a main driver of the Cronulla riots.
December 17, 2025 at 12:47 AM
John Howard pushed for the invasion of Iraq, which was one of the dominoes which created the conditions for ISIS and caused untold human misery we are still dealing with today. He refused to acknowledge racism was a main driver of the Cronulla riots.
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Some languid academic on the radio today was saying it's not a big deal for suburban men in NSW to have more than 6 high-powered rifles. Well it bloody well should be illegal. Vote Shooters Party last for all elections to come. LNP will be obliterated if they don't step up on way tougher gun laws.
December 16, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Some languid academic on the radio today was saying it's not a big deal for suburban men in NSW to have more than 6 high-powered rifles. Well it bloody well should be illegal. Vote Shooters Party last for all elections to come. LNP will be obliterated if they don't step up on way tougher gun laws.
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"I completely forgot to check whether today’s one is the defamation appeal, the appeal of the defamation appeal, the defamation proceedings about the coverage of the defamation appeal, or the hearing about whether we need another hearing. It’s so hard to keep up" theshovel.com.au/2025/12/11/r...
Reminder: Only 8 More Bruce Lehrmann Court Cases Before Christmas — The Shovel
"Bruce Lehrmann court proceedings act a bit like an Advent calendar. Except instead of chocolate, every window reveals another court to appeal to”.
theshovel.com.au
December 12, 2025 at 1:43 AM
"I completely forgot to check whether today’s one is the defamation appeal, the appeal of the defamation appeal, the defamation proceedings about the coverage of the defamation appeal, or the hearing about whether we need another hearing. It’s so hard to keep up" theshovel.com.au/2025/12/11/r...
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Please join us at the rally to save the #StateLibraryofVictoria from mismanagement & insane staff cuts. Library steps, Saturday 13 December at 12.30. Every citizen of this city owns this place & now we have to defend it. I'm sorry we're all so busy & distracted by bad things: but this we can do.
December 6, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Please join us at the rally to save the #StateLibraryofVictoria from mismanagement & insane staff cuts. Library steps, Saturday 13 December at 12.30. Every citizen of this city owns this place & now we have to defend it. I'm sorry we're all so busy & distracted by bad things: but this we can do.
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"The story of Timor-Leste is also a warning. In an era of geopolitical competition, small nations remain vulnerable. The lessons of 1975 – intervention, complicity, and silence – are as relevant today as they were then."
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History, memory, and pain: Fifty years after the Indonesian invasion of East Timor
On 7 December 2025, fifty years since Indonesian troops invaded East Timor, survivors and their descendants continue to live with the legacy of occupation, violence and loss – and to insist that remem...
johnmenadue.com
December 6, 2025 at 7:51 PM
"The story of Timor-Leste is also a warning. In an era of geopolitical competition, small nations remain vulnerable. The lessons of 1975 – intervention, complicity, and silence – are as relevant today as they were then."
johnmenadue.com/post/2025/12...
johnmenadue.com/post/2025/12...
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Dr Assal Rad—
“This is not a “peace plan.” It’s OCCUPATION AND ETHNIC CLEANSING.
“And the media needs to call it what it is.”
“This is not a “peace plan.” It’s OCCUPATION AND ETHNIC CLEANSING.
“And the media needs to call it what it is.”
November 15, 2025 at 4:17 AM
Dr Assal Rad—
“This is not a “peace plan.” It’s OCCUPATION AND ETHNIC CLEANSING.
“And the media needs to call it what it is.”
“This is not a “peace plan.” It’s OCCUPATION AND ETHNIC CLEANSING.
“And the media needs to call it what it is.”
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AUKUS will not make Australia safer.
It makes Australia more vulnerable and compromises our ability to make independent decisions about our own security.
#auspol
It makes Australia more vulnerable and compromises our ability to make independent decisions about our own security.
#auspol
November 3, 2025 at 6:37 AM
AUKUS will not make Australia safer.
It makes Australia more vulnerable and compromises our ability to make independent decisions about our own security.
#auspol
It makes Australia more vulnerable and compromises our ability to make independent decisions about our own security.
#auspol
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I don’t think people realise how bad it’s getting.
November 2, 2025 at 6:35 AM
I don’t think people realise how bad it’s getting.
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Rick Morton, scoop machine.
The Bureau of Meteorology’s new website was rushed out – years overdue and almost $47 million over budget – despite testing scores falling below the standard for release. Read more: satpa.pe/GSlS9rm
November 1, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Rick Morton, scoop machine.
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Technology is radically restructuring so many elements of social life, from development and education to dating and politics.
Watch what happens to dating around 2007...
Watch what happens to dating around 2007...
October 30, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Technology is radically restructuring so many elements of social life, from development and education to dating and politics.
Watch what happens to dating around 2007...
Watch what happens to dating around 2007...
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Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor reached an out-of-court settlement in Feb 2022 with Virginia Giuffre, who had accused him of sexual assault when she was a minor.
Multiple outlets inc Guardian, BBC reported the figure was believed to be £12 million.
Yet ABC repeatedly states he denies the allegations?!
Multiple outlets inc Guardian, BBC reported the figure was believed to be £12 million.
Yet ABC repeatedly states he denies the allegations?!
October 31, 2025 at 7:09 AM
Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor reached an out-of-court settlement in Feb 2022 with Virginia Giuffre, who had accused him of sexual assault when she was a minor.
Multiple outlets inc Guardian, BBC reported the figure was believed to be £12 million.
Yet ABC repeatedly states he denies the allegations?!
Multiple outlets inc Guardian, BBC reported the figure was believed to be £12 million.
Yet ABC repeatedly states he denies the allegations?!
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Given idiot boy is back on the "cognitive test" bandwagon, I'm bringing Sarah Cooper back out from the vault.
October 31, 2025 at 5:20 AM
Given idiot boy is back on the "cognitive test" bandwagon, I'm bringing Sarah Cooper back out from the vault.
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Well, now we might find out what schemozzle shenanigans are going on with the artist formerly known as the Bureau of Meteorology.
Feel like I've been writing about new BoM website for 3 years now (because I have, and it is even later than that) but covering the go-live of the new site for this weekend's paper. I've learned some stuff. If you know more, internally or as a user I'm: rickjamesmorton@protonmail.com
October 28, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Well, now we might find out what schemozzle shenanigans are going on with the artist formerly known as the Bureau of Meteorology.
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Hadn't got around to it, but tonight this made me delete the Spotify app immediately:
October 26, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Hadn't got around to it, but tonight this made me delete the Spotify app immediately:
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“A library director in Wyoming who was fired two years ago because she refused to remove books with sexual content and L.G.B.T.Q. themes from a library’s children & young adult sections was awarded $700,000 in a settlement on Wednesday… “I don’t regret standing up for the First Amendment in any way”
Librarian Fired in Books Dispute to Receive $700,000 Settlement
www.nytimes.com
October 12, 2025 at 6:37 PM
“A library director in Wyoming who was fired two years ago because she refused to remove books with sexual content and L.G.B.T.Q. themes from a library’s children & young adult sections was awarded $700,000 in a settlement on Wednesday… “I don’t regret standing up for the First Amendment in any way”
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A lovely tribute to Virginia Woolf with the discovery and publication of three early short stories youtu.be/baW3meZQzCw
Collection of Virginia Woolf's lost stories published nearly 80 years after her death
YouTube video by PBS NewsHour
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October 10, 2025 at 4:02 AM
A lovely tribute to Virginia Woolf with the discovery and publication of three early short stories youtu.be/baW3meZQzCw
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"Professor of Public Policy and Law at Griffith University, A J Brown, made the uncontested point that if the general public thinks there is a problem with corruption there is a problem with corruption"
michaelwest.com.au/asic-nacc-ex...
michaelwest.com.au/asic-nacc-ex...
A culture of leniency. Exposing wrongdoing or protecting wrongdoers? - Michael West
Corporate regulator ASIC lets crooked bankers walk free, and the notional anti-corruption commission ignores Robodebt.
michaelwest.com.au
October 8, 2025 at 8:22 AM
"Professor of Public Policy and Law at Griffith University, A J Brown, made the uncontested point that if the general public thinks there is a problem with corruption there is a problem with corruption"
michaelwest.com.au/asic-nacc-ex...
michaelwest.com.au/asic-nacc-ex...
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Greta Thunberg will be in history books. never stop Greta. you are a beacon of hope. More guts than every leader in this world.
October 7, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Greta Thunberg will be in history books. never stop Greta. you are a beacon of hope. More guts than every leader in this world.
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The generals weren’t the only ones who gave Kegsbreath a bad review.
October 4, 2025 at 4:39 PM
The generals weren’t the only ones who gave Kegsbreath a bad review.
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This is a truly excoriating and well-deserved take-down of the National Press Club @PressClubAust by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Chris Hedges.
You really, 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 should read it. His words cut like a hot knife into butter. #auspol #GazaGenocide
johnmenadue.com/post/2025/10...
You really, 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 should read it. His words cut like a hot knife into butter. #auspol #GazaGenocide
johnmenadue.com/post/2025/10...
Hedges Report: NPC Australia caves to Israel Lobby, cancels talk on our betrayal of Palestinian journalists
The National Press Club of Australia cancelled my talk on how the media, by amplifying Israeli lies, have betrayed Palestinian journalists, 278 of whom have been assassinated by Israel.
johnmenadue.com
October 4, 2025 at 10:15 PM
This is a truly excoriating and well-deserved take-down of the National Press Club @PressClubAust by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Chris Hedges.
You really, 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 should read it. His words cut like a hot knife into butter. #auspol #GazaGenocide
johnmenadue.com/post/2025/10...
You really, 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 should read it. His words cut like a hot knife into butter. #auspol #GazaGenocide
johnmenadue.com/post/2025/10...
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Already in use in China? "I’m hearing the Trump team used AI & facial-recognition during those briefings to monitor the generals’ reactions in real time. Every eyebrow raise, every flicker of doubt, every moment of discomfort was scanned and analyzed?" levremembers.substack.com/p/breaking-t...
Breaking: Trump Used AI to Scan U.S. Generals’ Faces for Loyalty — and to Root Out Whistleblowers
On the Jewish Day of Atonement, America Must Reckon With a President Who Never Repents
levremembers.substack.com
October 4, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Already in use in China? "I’m hearing the Trump team used AI & facial-recognition during those briefings to monitor the generals’ reactions in real time. Every eyebrow raise, every flicker of doubt, every moment of discomfort was scanned and analyzed?" levremembers.substack.com/p/breaking-t...