Simon Farley
@sighmonger.bsky.social
Historian, among other things | Usual disclaimers | My pronouns are ze/zir or they/them
Some of you may be interested in this symposium on 'truth-telling' (in its many guises) being held at the University of Melbourne this week. Students and mob can attend for free, Unimelb staff get a 20% discount, and unwaged scholars get a 75% discount. I will be there for some of Friday's sessions!
November 9, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Some of you may be interested in this symposium on 'truth-telling' (in its many guises) being held at the University of Melbourne this week. Students and mob can attend for free, Unimelb staff get a 20% discount, and unwaged scholars get a 75% discount. I will be there for some of Friday's sessions!
Even limiting my choices to full-length novels originally written in English, this was tough
October 1, 2025 at 7:56 AM
Even limiting my choices to full-length novels originally written in English, this was tough
Intriguing footnote from Patrick Wolfe
August 14, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Intriguing footnote from Patrick Wolfe
Some people are overly harsh on Fukuyama but gee whiz he sure was wrong about this
July 25, 2025 at 4:20 AM
Some people are overly harsh on Fukuyama but gee whiz he sure was wrong about this
Did anyone else know that Chicago and Milwaukee are next to each other?? (Seppos DNI)
July 17, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Did anyone else know that Chicago and Milwaukee are next to each other?? (Seppos DNI)
Had to shoot from the hip with this - I tried to think about it as little as possible. Too many white men, but hey, that's the dominant theme of the last 200 years of Australian history I guess. What are some bangers I omitted?
June 19, 2025 at 7:56 AM
Had to shoot from the hip with this - I tried to think about it as little as possible. Too many white men, but hey, that's the dominant theme of the last 200 years of Australian history I guess. What are some bangers I omitted?
my hair looks great tonight but tragically I decided not to go out
June 12, 2025 at 10:35 AM
my hair looks great tonight but tragically I decided not to go out
New blog post today! L*nk in the replies 👀
June 11, 2025 at 11:01 PM
New blog post today! L*nk in the replies 👀
Why did I spend precious time making this
June 10, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Why did I spend precious time making this
If you think solar panels and wind turbines tear up the landscape and piss people off, just wait until you see a nuclear power plant!!!
May 20, 2025 at 4:33 AM
If you think solar panels and wind turbines tear up the landscape and piss people off, just wait until you see a nuclear power plant!!!
Honestly? Lmao (Sun New-Pictorial, April 17, 1950)
May 2, 2025 at 7:31 AM
Honestly? Lmao (Sun New-Pictorial, April 17, 1950)
ah, but I know one sight more beautiful: ride a Mernda/Hurstbridge train from Clifton Hill to West Richmond at sunset on a hot summer night, look out to the west, and you'll see it.
April 28, 2025 at 12:22 PM
ah, but I know one sight more beautiful: ride a Mernda/Hurstbridge train from Clifton Hill to West Richmond at sunset on a hot summer night, look out to the west, and you'll see it.
I'm looking at you so benevolently rn
April 12, 2025 at 10:40 AM
I'm looking at you so benevolently rn
Sometimes I'm looking like this these days idk
April 11, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Sometimes I'm looking like this these days idk
Obsessed also with this sassy little ellipsis from the same article
March 3, 2025 at 6:59 AM
Obsessed also with this sassy little ellipsis from the same article
Natalie Zemon Davis 😍
March 3, 2025 at 6:49 AM
Natalie Zemon Davis 😍
just realised I'm dressed like Robert Crumb's Normal Guy today (no pic)
February 26, 2025 at 12:48 AM
just realised I'm dressed like Robert Crumb's Normal Guy today (no pic)
I hate that there's this big ugly fence around the Queen Victoria monument! As a resident of Melbourne, I have the right to drink beers next to it or smoosh my face up against it or do whatever I like!! Tear it down!!!!
February 20, 2025 at 6:27 AM
I hate that there's this big ugly fence around the Queen Victoria monument! As a resident of Melbourne, I have the right to drink beers next to it or smoosh my face up against it or do whatever I like!! Tear it down!!!!
This may not mean anything to anyone else, but they've cut down this big old tree in Cussonia Court (out front of the Old Arts building at Melbourne Uni). I don't even know what species it was, but it blossomed beautifully in spring. I'm genuinely a bit grief-stricken 😭
February 19, 2025 at 6:33 AM
This may not mean anything to anyone else, but they've cut down this big old tree in Cussonia Court (out front of the Old Arts building at Melbourne Uni). I don't even know what species it was, but it blossomed beautifully in spring. I'm genuinely a bit grief-stricken 😭
I had a blast presenting at this year's InASA conference at Macquarie (pictured). If you'd like to read an edited transcript of my paper, check the replies!
February 13, 2025 at 10:58 PM
I had a blast presenting at this year's InASA conference at Macquarie (pictured). If you'd like to read an edited transcript of my paper, check the replies!
Just received my first print edition of @theonion.com 😍 can't wait to read this on the tram and the toilet 🥹
February 8, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Just received my first print edition of @theonion.com 😍 can't wait to read this on the tram and the toilet 🥹
Cross-posting this gorgeous wildlife map of Melbourne - published in the Age in 1989 - from Tw*tter. Such a cool find! I would've gone absolutely bonkers for this as a kid.
November 27, 2024 at 7:07 AM
Cross-posting this gorgeous wildlife map of Melbourne - published in the Age in 1989 - from Tw*tter. Such a cool find! I would've gone absolutely bonkers for this as a kid.