Prof. Katerina Teaiwa

Group show curated by Dan Toua featuring Pacific artists opening this Friday evening at the Canberra Contemporary gallery. Tearia, Nick & I collaborated on new photo work inspired by Teresia Teaiwa’s poem “Fear of Flying (in broken Gilbertese).” www.canberracontemporary.com.au/current

What Do Commercials About A.I. Really Promise? If human workers don’t have to read, write, or even think, it’s unclear what’s left for them to do.

An A.I. company that promises to do your thinking for you is “also threatening, somewhere down the line, to scoot you off the stage for good,” Vinson Cunningham writes.

Sorry, missed this while travelling!

Australian Journal of Biography and History: No. 9, 2025 <p>This special issue of the <em>Australian Journal of Biography and History</em>, ‘Oceania Lives’, showcases a collection of writing and dialogue from an emerging group of Pacific scholars interested...

Get your copy today: doi.org/10.22459/AJBH.09.2025

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Watch The Quilters | Netflix Official Site In this award-winning short documentary, men in a Missouri maximum-security prison design and sew beautiful, personalized quilts for foster children.

"The Quilters" is a #documentary that drops today on #Netflix. It is a healing, powerful story that follows incarcerated men at a Missouri #prison who take pride in creating quilts for foster children.

#fostercare #netflixandchill #prisonreform #kids #filmmaking

I just voted in @nteuact.bsky.social ANU Council endorsement. This and the university Council vote is unprecedented. It reflects the unprecedented times in university governance. Leaders are failing the university and nation. Get on board and support your colleagues. www.nteu.au/News_Article...

US judge rules Rumeysa Ozturk must be transferred from Louisiana to Vermont Court says detained pro-Palestine student has shown ‘significant evidence’ violations to her constitutional rights.

A federal judge in the US has ordered the government to transfer a pro-Palestine Turkish student, Rumeysa Ozturk, to Vermont for the court to assess legal challenges to her detention ⤵️ aje.io/s0t0k4

Lawyers Urge Courts to Halt More Deportations of Venezuelans Under Alien Enemies Act More than 50 Venezuelans were believed to be scheduled to be flown out of the country, presumably to El Salvador, from an immigration detention center in Anson, Texas.

Breaking News: The Supreme Court temporarily blocked the Trump administration from deporting a group of Venezuelans under the Alien Enemies Act.

4/9 Register for a Curatorial Lecture on Zoom to learn about how @cecilestudio.bsky.social and I developed our art exhibition on silence and militarism.
7pm
Moderated by Dr. Tie Jojima.

So you want to go to the USA? Are you sure? Here’s how to prepare your machines for Trumpistan | First Dog on the Moon Just reading this cartoon might get you thrown into an El Salvadoran jail – don’t do it!

Travelling to the USA? GOOD LUCK! Here are some handy hints to get you through US Customs. Or not. No correspondence will be entered into. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

‘Difficult decision’: ANU council member resigns A member of ANU’s governing body has resigned, citing concerns about the council’s direction and a lack of accountability after months of turmoil.

Dr Liz Allen has resigned from #ANU Council.

This follows the @nteunion.bsky.social Vote of No Confidence in ANU leadership.

Liz is a credit to herself and her colleagues. The resignations we should be getting are from the Chancellor & Vice-Chancellor.

Gigantic crowd in NYC for the #HandsOff march against Trump, Musk, and MAGA. So many people that the participants can barely move along. Signs decrying Trump and Co. on many fronts: immigration, science, Social Security, reproductive rights, tariffs, autocracy, kleptocracy & the price of eggs.

Israel continues its deadly attacks on Gaza, with UNRWA saying that at least 100 Palestinian children have been killed or injured each day in the besieged enclave since Israel broke the ceasefire on March 18.

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It’s a heist movie but just with a bunch of humanities scholars trying to get their grant money back.

Video discovered on the mobile phone of one of the victims reveals the details of an Israeli attack that killed 15 medics, including eight from the Palestinian Red Crescent in Gaza.

Read more: aje.io/6xwedh

DOGE Is Planning a Hackathon at the IRS. It Wants Easier Access to Taxpayer Data DOGE operatives have repeatedly referred to the software company Palantir as a possible partner in creating a “mega API” at the IRS, sources tell WIRED.

SCOOP: DOGE is hosting a “hackathon” in DC next week with the goal of building one “mega API” for accessing all IRS data.

Palantir has been brought up as a potential partner.

www.wired.com/story/doge-h...

I’m just sayin’. St Augustine FL is a town of 14,000. In a red county. And we’re doing this. #handsoff #50501 #April5 AND we have some spicy signs!

Y’all gotta go read books. There’s no way around it.

Read books.
Form your own opinions.
LEARN THINGS.

READ BOOKS WHILE LIBRARIES ARE STILL AROUND

Just saw my book, “White Too Long” was purged from the US Naval Academy library.
Listed along w/ 380 other books from @antheabutler.bsky.social , @michaelericdyson.bsky.social , @revjimwallis.bsky.social , Bryan Massingale, and others.

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UN says 100 children killed or injured in Gaza every day since war resumed Palestinian and UN bodies mark Palestine Children’s Day with ‘harrowing’ accounts of toll of Israel’s war on children.

The UN says at least 100 children have been killed or injured every day in Gaza since Israeli attacks resumed on March 18, even as the US underscores continued support for Israel.

Pocock calls for inquiry into ANU leadership over $1 million contract Independent Senator David Pocock accuses the Australian National University of misleading a Senate estimates committee over how much it paid to a consulting firm.

The numerous #ANU scandals demonstrate why @nteunion.bsky.social is calling for university governance reform.

Join the NTEU today at www.nteu.au/join. ✊

Critiquing a woman's leadership is not sexism. This is about power Bell is using sexism to shield herself from scrutiny.

A powerful response to recent #ANU claims.

That the authors felt the need to protect their identities further demonstrates the climate of fear and intimidation at the ANU.

@nteunion.bsky.social members have no confidence in ANU leadership.

#webcomic #theycantalk

If the military academies are purging libraries of “The Autobiography of Martin Luther King Jr.,” “Einstein on Race and Racism,” and a biography on Jackie Robinson, how long will it be before they eliminate classes on the Geneva Conventions and military obligations under international laws of war?

The reason that the US is locking up tourists for weeks in hellish detention centers rather than letting them book tickets back home is because the detention centers are owned by corporations. They are charging the taxpayers fortunes to cage these people, and making bonanzas off their suffering.

The ruling class wants us mad at our neighbors, not the billionaire CEOs cutting wages while giving themselves raises.

Dark Laboratory: groundbreaking book argues climate crisis was sparked by colonisation Tao Leigh Goffe argues climate breakdown is the mutant offspring of European scientific racism and colonialism

Dark Laboratory: groundbreaking book argues climate crisis was sparked by colonisation

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Jonathan Haidt Wants You to Take Away Your Kid’s Phone The social psychologist discusses the “great rewiring” of children’s brains, why social-media companies are to blame, and how to reverse course.

“The smartphone changed from being our servant to being our master, for many people,” the social psychologist Jonathan Haidt says. What does this mean for the development of children and teens?

The Six-Figure Nannies and Housekeepers of Palm Beach An influx of ultra-high-net-worth newcomers has increased demand for experienced—and discreet—household staff.

In a time of unprecedented wealth disparities, the American economy appears increasingly oriented toward the needs of the most affluent.