Dr Laura Smith-Khan

Not sure about that, but you should google how much some of them they get paid

In Australia it's all of this list, but at the same time somehow almost every uni has also spent millions over the past few years building fancy new buildings... just for extra salt in the wound, I guess?

💯 it seems extremely like a two-tier system otherwise doesn't it? You have a migrant background? Nope, you aren't to be trusted in leadership

Maclean academic claims prestigious humanities award - ABC listen Maclean’s Dr Laura Smith-Khan was over the moon for winning the 2022 Max Crawford Medal.

Also, if you need some audio of said variant, here's a short sample (bonus: my unplanned use of the word "humongously" 😅)
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"[We] would definitely not recommend setting your boat on fire whilst at sea," he said. 😅 awkward public comms for the police with this one 😂

Yesterday in Australia two autistic children were murdered by their parents. @australia.theguardian.com felt compelled to report that "The family were described on social media as a lovely couple and a good family." Lovely couples don't murder children.

travel is fraught these days, but it's always been so for scholars who needed to enter fortress europe and the US on visa. imo if a scholarly organisation is an international one, it should try to host conferences outside these locations.

Would love to learn more about the story of how this came to be on the map!

Language, Asylum and Credibility Since 2014, Laura Smith-Khan has been exploring the role of language in Australia’s asylum procedures. This began with a small Master’s research project, conducted under the supervision…

New year, new handle!
I finally got around to adjusting my Bluesky handle to use the domain of the LLIRN's website.
One of the most recent additions to the site is my project page for my ongoing work on language, asylum and credibility 🤗 I love having one place to collate everything!

These ones are at Dairyville (inland from Coffs Harbour) on Gumbaynggir land.

Stag horns on trees, with blue sky and sun behind them

Another angle. Strong trees!

Tall trees with several large stag horns growing on them, 4wd car in bottom right corner included for scariest. Style of the stag horns are very big

I saw some epic stag horns on the weekend.
#Langsky I'd love to know what these are called in other languages (the plants growing on the trees)

Adieu Teams : avec Visio, l’administration va avoir sa propre application souveraine de visioconférence Pour sortir de la dépendance aux outils américains, cette application « 100 % française » sera généralisée au sein de l’administration « d’ici 2027 », a annoncé le ministre de la fonction publique Dav...

The French government announced a major "digital sovereignty initiative" to reduce dependency on American technology platforms by rolling out a domestic videoconferencing solution called "Visio" across its entire administration by 2027.

Even the real meaning seems quite appropriate
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Online Arabic Student's Dictionary definitionof jazaa requital, repayment‎ • recompense, return‎ • compensation, setoff‎ • amends, reparation‎ • punishment, penalty‎ • نقدي‎ جزاء‎ (naqdī) fine n

From what I understand, the closest meaning would be just recompense for good or bad deeds.
Great rice nonetheless!

Black circle with blessings in each plate written inside.

Back of pack with lots of nutritional information in lots of languages. Description at the top, explaining the meaning of jazaa as blessing

Interestingly the definition of جزاء used by the brand seems to require a certain amount of poetic licence...

Golden bag with picture of rice dish and labelling details on it, including jazaa logo and description Sela Gold Rice, sela (parboiled rice) and 11 translations of (sela gold) rice. A detail to the side claims "blessings in each plate"

Love a creative language-related label! Here, the brand logo features the Arabic word جزاء combined with its transliteration jazaa with the j and ز one letter

One for my fellow law and language lovers - this article by Ikuko Nakane

Books to read this Invasion Day via @magabalabooks.bsky.social

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For the past 25 years there has never been a national security law that has done anything other than to give more power to cops and spooks and to ministers to stifle anyone who disagrees with the status quo.

Conviction not required (4) A person does not need to have been convicted of a hate crime in order for the AFP Minister to be satisfied an organisation has engaged in conduct of a kind mentioned in paragraph (1)(a). No procedural fairness required (5) The AFP Minister is not required to observe any requirements of procedural fairness in deciding whether or not the AFP Minister is satisfied for the purposes of this section.

Little note in the new Bill on Hate Speech

Good thing there will never be a Minister who acts in bad faith when they go about banning groups.

The banning power says the “Minister is not required to observe any requirements of procedural fairness” before criminalising and banning an organisation (and exposing current and former members to criminal prosecution). These are Trumpian powers, removing the usual checks for good decision-making.

"Al fin y al cabo, ¿qué clase de ciencia es ésa, capaz de poner un hombre en la luna pero incapaz de poner un pedazo de pan en la mesa de cada ser humano?"

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Limited Estonian skills could soon mean extended conscription service The Riigikogu's National Defense Committee is weighing whether to extend conscription for those who enter service without sufficient proficiency in Estonian.

Limited Estonian skills could soon mean extended conscription service news.err.ee/1609913110/l...

Marina, book by Carlos Ruiz Zafon A gothic tale for readers of all ages from the author of the bestselling The Shadow of the Wind. Barcelona, 1980. Óscar Drai finds himself drawn to an old dilapidated mansion where he meets the captiv...

Perfect backdrop! I recently read this one and really enjoyed it

Thanks, I read this and got the app yesterday. Immediately much better than duo