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Ok. I concede. The movie Hamnet was good but it wasn't the book. I think this pairing, though, is an acknowledgement that movies and books need to live together today, rather than on top of each other.

The Passing of Time, 2023 by Jess Allen www.instagram.com/jessallenart...

Black-and-white pen drawing of a large, toadstool-like mushroom with a wide, patterned cap and visible gills. A small lantern hangs from the underside of the cap, glowing faintly. The mushroom’s tall, textured stem rises from a forest floor scattered with leaves, grasses, and curling plant forms. At the base, a small pixi creature rests among the foliage, and a cluster of smaller mushrooms grows nearby. The scene feels whimsical and slightly magical, like a miniature forest world.

Black-and-white pen illustration of a whimsical forest scene. On the left, a hollow tree stump forms a tiny house with a rounded door and small windows; a mouse sits on top of the stump holding food. Mushrooms grow from the stump and the ground beside it, and a spider web hangs near the doorway. Snails crawl along the forest floor. On the right, tall grasses and plants cluster beneath a tree branch that arches in from above, covered in fine leaves and small dark berries. The drawing is detailed and textured, with a storybook, slightly surreal feel.

Holiday pen and ink. Nostalgic dreamscapes as far from academia as humanly possible.

I cried for a week with the book so this is the best recommendation

Good to know. The press about it is stopping me wanting to see it.

Fair. But I loved how in the book he was never named. Just "the husband" so it didn't direct attention away from Agnes. The technique for decentering the man who always attracts attention

Hamnet isn't about Shakespeare and I'm annoyed at all the press for the movie saying it is

Heart goes out to Senior English teachers having to pivot to a new novel.

What is fucking wrong with people

Can't wait to meet you either!

We'll wear you down 😊

At least 1,250 people dead: What caused the devastating Asia floods? Climate advocates say it's time to move to accountability for climate change, as people in Asia are living the evidence.

“People across South and Southeast Asia are living the data,” @harjeet11.bsky.social says it’s time to talk about the legal and moral obligations of polluting countries to act on climate change.

My latest for Al Jazeera on the deadly floods across Asia

www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/12...

Had a great time in Newcastle this week! Now can someone please confirm or deny that Silverchair played the AARE conference when they were a still just a school band?

How 4ZZZ kept Brisbane loud and proud with the help of bands, battles and beer Brisbane community radio station 4ZZZ has withstood political, social and financial pressure for 50 years and it's still thriving as a loud and proud beacon of counterculture.

Happy birthday 4ZZZ
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...

Did anyone else just stumble upon a request to assess in RMS without any email notification? I was submitting a DPEI27 and saw an FT request to assess just hanging there. I would not have known if I wasn't one of the cast of thousands throwing my hat in the ring for DPs @arc-tracker.bsky.social

I don't think I have enough years left to consume all the One Piece pop culture

One Piece Manga compilation Commune 1-3

This likely will kill me because my kid wanted me to put it on marketplace

Imagine being a National Party member? You’ve stuck with Joyce through all his drunken foolishness, his falling asleep as a slobbering mess in the chamber, his drunken ramblings as a slobbering mess on a Canberra street, then he repays your loyalty with a glib “ok fellas, I’m orf”.

#AusPol

Enjoying neurospicy Kid 15's monotrope face and commentary more than Stranger Things 🥰

A towering, billowing white cloud dominates the horizon, rising in a rounded, lumpy shape that resembles the children’s book character Grug. The photo is taken from inside a car at an intersection during golden hour, with traffic lights, cars, and trees in the foreground and the massive cloud glowing warmly in the evening light.

Illustration of Grug, a small, round Australian children’s book character made of brown, striped, grass-like fibres. He has a large oval nose, simple oval eyes, short arms and legs, and a tuft of grass tied at the top of his head.

Grug in the sky

Great movie

This will play during the end credits of the ALP, but the bag will be a very tattered version of the bingo teatowel.

The cover slide for my presentation at AARE 2025. It is titled 'Discord servers as queer classrooms'.

Looking forward to #AARE2025 next week in Newcastle! I'll be talking about how Discord servers have substituted for school-based sexuality and civics education for queer and trans young people - and what that might mean for sex ed and wellbeing on the cusp of a youth social media ban 🥴 🌈🎓

Thanks for saying but I'm just happy to support amazing work which I knew yours was from the moment I met you

This is the best news. Congratulations!

I'm so thrilled for you!!!

As Qld government school teachers take industrial action again today, I'm impressed by the level of public support. When I was a teacher we were so demonised for going on strike. This is both good news for public education and sobering. Sobering because we're aware of current teaching conditions.

I had this one. That picture. So familiar

Brisbane washed clean and sparkling in the sun is my favourite Brisbane

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