Stefanie Fishel

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Part 96 of historically interesting things

“Death blowing bubbles,” one of the several depictions of death created by Johann Georg Leinberger between 1729 and 1731 for the ceiling of the Holy Grave Chapel in Michaelsberg Abbey in Bamberg, Germany. The bubbles are symbols of the fragility of life

What? Use the bloody megaphone (my head is half Monty python skits and half song lyrics, sad really)

The bells are getting louder :)

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As the Trump Administration slides further and further into authoritarianism, it becomes increasingly clear Australia needs to escape the disastrous AUKUS deal.

Two-thirds of Australians support a Parliamentary Inquiry into AUKUS.

Add your name to the call. ✍️⤵️ #auspol

Australia must ‘step up to prevent catastrophic and preventable loss of life’ amid Trump cuts, former CDC boss says — Guardian US Dr Tom Frieden served as director of the US health body under Barack Obama until 2017 and warns about cuts under Donald Trump

Let's let AUKUS die
and invest in public health. apple.news/AzCalAuzuQOu...

Adani denies claims it sold ‘below-market coal’ leading to Queensland missing out on hundreds of millions in royalties Adani has strongly rejected the Australia Institute’s findings, including that customers paid an average of $102 a tonne in 2022-23

My new report is out - Adani sold coal at mates rates to India, avoiding $400m in royalty payments to Queensland

...and Qld's LNP gov doesn't seem to care.

Thread below on how they did it.

Write up in @australia.theguardian.com
@australiainstitute.org.au
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Always happy to chat on the phone. DM if you need an ear.

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Trump Says Signing a New ‘Compact’ Will Benefit Colleges’ Finances. It Could Also Do the Opposite. Despite the promise of more federal dollars, several provisions could upend an already precarious business model.

I looked at the potential financial implications for colleges if they sign Trump’s compact.

@phoebegilpin.bsky.social @childhoodjourn.bsky.social @criticalchildhood.bsky.social @journalces.bsky.social @clpn.bsky.social @suomenkuvalehti.fi @tampereurban.bsky.social @naturebased.bsky.social @poisedrg.bsky.social @naturebased.bsky.social @flusterbird.bsky.social @isilova.bsky.social

Banksy unveils a new mural of a judge beating a protester outside London court A new mural by the elusive street artist Banksy has appeared outside a London court

banksy knows.
abcnews.go.com/Internationa...

MIT Press expands Direct to Open (D2O) open access model in 2026 with publishing partners Direct to Open, MIT Press’s diamond open access model for monographs, looks to grow even further in 2026 with publishing partners Duke University Press and Goldsmiths Press.

This is an excellent program and MIT Press are delightful to work with!
mitpress.mit.edu/mit-press-ex...

@microbesinfo.bsky.social @cssmicrobes.bsky.social @tampereupress.bsky.social @tampereurban.bsky.social @flusterbird.bsky.social @phoebegilpin.bsky.social @childhoodjourn.bsky.social @journalces.bsky.social @clpn.bsky.social @criticalchildhood.bsky.social @poisedrg.bsky.social

Repeal Job-Ready Graduates Policy Now: Restoring Equity in Higher Education - Online petition We sign this petition in solidarity with those who signed the Open Letter to the Prime Minister on 28 July 2025 (https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/jul/28/open-letter-to-australian-govern...

www.openpetition.org/au/petition/...

It’s bad. We had them try to peddle and AI podcast at my uni.

Repeal Job-Ready Graduates Policy Now: Restoring Equity in Higher Education - Online petition We sign this petition in solidarity with those who signed the Open Letter to the Prime Minister on 28 July 2025 (https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/jul/28/open-letter-to-australian-govern...

www.openpetition.org/au/petition/...

We finally find out what Labor will do with its second term The question we have been asking is ‘what will Labor do with power?” Now we have the answer – the least possible.

It’s the very least they can do

www.thenewdaily.com.au/news/politic...

Ozzy Osbourne meets Paul McCartney for the first time, 2001.

a man is sitting on a couch with his eyes closed and talking about his slides . ALT: a man is sitting on a couch with his eyes closed and talking about his slides .

Dear academics: please just create some more slides in your presentation. Yes, you. There's no rule for the maximum slide amount. Go nuts. It's okay. #conference #slides #academicbluesky

It was a pleasure to host @anthonyburke.bsky.social from UNSW Canberra for a book talk of his latest book, The Ecology Politic (MIT Press), co-authored with @flusterbird.bsky.social, presenting bold reimagining of political life on a damaged planet.

Open access here: direct.mit.edu/books/oa-mon...

Universities aren’t pizza joints; stop treating them that way Policymakers must set aside the fiction that universities are just another industry that can generate its own funding and that academics can be turned into entrepreneurs.

University policy has been broken for 40 years. ‘Our policymakers must be brave enough to argue that education is unequivocally and intrinsically a public good, vital to the interests of the nation, and therefore worth funding properly.’ www.afr.com/policy/healt...

91 millionaires paid no tax, ATO data reveals There were 91 Australians who earned more than $1 million in total income yet paid no tax in 2022-23, while Australia's highest earners live in Sydney's eastern suburbs, taking in Darling Point, Edgec...

Thousands of people are homeless and 91 millionaires paid *nothing* in tax in Australia. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-06...

A photograph of a panel of 4 speakers, in small room packed with an audience of more than 20 people

Planetary Politics RT at #BISA2025 is packed, in teeny weenie room. Problematising of concepts of ownership, epistemology, 'dehumanisation' and so much more. This discussion is proving a smasher! With @flusterbird @anthonyburke‬ @ckweatherill @cameronharrington ‬ @hannahhughes @bisa-ecpwg

Late stage capitalism is the worst. You are complicit and miserable at the same time.

Netflix's 'The Eternaut' makes a haunting series of an esteemed Argentine comic El Eternauta has acquired near-mythic status in Argentina since it was first published in 1957.

El Eternauta has acquired near-mythic status in Argentina since it was first published in 1957.

LA Protests Live Updates: Judge Blocks Trump From Deploying National Guard in LA The ruling orders the administration to return control of the National Guard to the California governor. It takes effect on Friday.

Breaking News: A federal judge ordered President Trump to relinquish control of the California National Guard, saying he improperly deployed troops to protests.

Follow live updates. https://trib.al/93rjnZV