Jack Hayes
@jackhayes.bsky.social
PhD candidate at the Coral Bell School, ANU. Queerness, democracy, institutions…let’s call the whole thing off
Look I geddit, I understand no one wants to be the party of government when the Australian property market collapses. But I hope whomever is in power at the time has a contingency plan for: 1. regulating away predatory post-collapse investors 2. protecting renters and FTHB 3. genuine housing reform
I would feel very stressed as an Australian if, five years ago, I had pivoted my entire professional expertise towards AUKUS
What happened at Bondi is a tragedy and a crime. If there's one thing I hope for, it's that we don't fall into "now is not the time to talk about gun control" bullshit. Now is EXACTLY the time to talk about gun control. We need to stop this from happening again. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Australia’s gun lobby says it’s ‘winning’ the fight against firearm control as numbers surge
There are now more than 4m guns in the community – almost double the number recorded in the years after the Port Arthur massacre that prompted a national crackdown
theguardian.com
How are LGBTQIA+ politicians in Australia treated online? @blairwilliams26.bsky.social , @eliseinthewoods.bsky.social , @gosiami.bsky.social & @jackhayes.bsky.social analyse over 75,000 tweets in this new article in @ausjpolsci.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Out online: an analysis of tweets posted to LGBTQIA + Australian politicians during the 2022 federal election
Social media has increasingly become crucial for political actors, especially during election campaigns. However, these platforms are not without risks, as they can expose politicians to various fo...
tandfonline.com
I'm unsure if this is a Guardian editorial policy but I find it odd in a piece on Trump's knee-jerk misogyny in the face of ongoing Epstein pressure that they have chosen not to name the two women reporters he insulted. We know it was Catherine Lucey from Bloomberg and ABC's Mary Bruce. 1/2
pleasantly surprised that writing along to the soundtracks of city-building computer games like Age of Empires and Sierra's Pharaoh - games I played non-stop as a kid - unlocks some instinctual hyper-productivity that adulthood had buried
feels like there is some point of connection when, out fear for my ever-diminishing attention span, I turn to google for help on blocking vertical videos on apps - and all solutions are behind paywalled content
It's great to see the publication of the second paper from our "queer pollies" project exploring the social media harassment of LGBTQIA+ politicians during the 2022 Australian federal election. It's also Open Access! #AusPol @eliseinthewoods.bsky.social gosiami.bsky.social @jackhayes.bsky.social
Out online: an analysis of tweets posted to LGBTQIA + Australian politicians during the 2022 federal election
Social media has increasingly become crucial for political actors, especially during election campaigns. However, these platforms are not without risks, as they can expose politicians to various fo...
tandfonline.com
Just because the Trump administration frames this violence in an existential ideological divide (e.g. "real" Americans versus the radical left) it doesn't mean that news sources (particularly outside of the States!) should engage in the same rhetoric. 1/2
A bitter blame game is pushing the US towards the precipice
In a country with more guns than people, an increasingly violent and threatening public discourse is creating serious dangers.
abc.net.au
probably says something about Vance that public service is not, in his opinion, an expression of gratitude
Vance goes after NYC mayor hopeful Mamdani for not showing ‘gratitude’ to the US
‘I don’t know the guy but my sense is that he has had a very good life in this country,’ said Vance on Zohran Mamdani
independent.co.uk
if Trump can reframe an illegal invasion into a 50/50 scrap then every country with a significant security alliance with the states should be having a very close re-read of their agreement obligations. Is it in Pillar I or II? asking for a friend
Acyn@acyn.bsky.social · last yr.Trump: People go into war and then they get their asses kicked and they lose their country, Nobody goes into a war thinking they're going to lose. I'm sure Ukraine thought they were going to win. You don’t go into a war that’s 15 times your size
Not sure "the international paedophile ring encroached on the thing I had going on at Mar-a-Lago" is quite the argument he thinks it is...
Trump says Epstein 'stole' young women, including Virginia Giuffre, from Mar-a-Lago
The US president has given some of his most expansive public comments yet about his falling out with the convicted sex offender.
abc.net.au
"We can't say we didn't know", @civilianprotection.bsky.social PhD Scholar from our Department of International Relations, writes for @aunz.theconversation.com
The Conversation AUNZ@aunz.theconversation.com · last yr.Pressure is mounting on Israel to lift all restrictions on food and other emergency supplies, with more than 870 Palestinians having been killed while seeking aid.
In academia, we're expected to critically engage with available research, or to conduct our own, in order to substantiate an argument. This is a deeply serious accusation that is not at all self-evident, and I would expect the ASECA to be held to similar standards.
Jumpscare for De Santis' nasal whine. Also, least of the issues in the 77 seconds of this clip, but why are there always three times as many flags and seals than necessary? Betsy Ross didn't throw the first brick for this.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · last yr.Trump threatens to arrest Mamdani and then adds, "a lot of people are saying he's here illegally"
The Algorithm seems very sure that I'm a NYC resident of voting age
Woke up to more deeply upsetting news out of the States (so, it's a day ending in y).
The Transfeminine Review@thetransfemininereview.com · last yr.Skirmetti just came back. 6-3 against healthcare for trans minors. This is nauseating.
didn’t expect to get a little weepy in the Tate Modern. a beautiful collection of quilts honouring 384 people who died from HIV/AIDS. I’m always struck by how sweet and moving the messages stitched in by friends and family (chosen or otherwise). We live on in the memories of others.
With my sister in London and she’s filling out a local residence suggestion form for her street (requesting more pedestrian crossings). So why is “is your registered sex different to your sex at birth” the third question?
hey that’s me
GIWL ANU@giwlanu.bsky.social · last yr.The global backlash against diversity, equity and inclusion is growing – so what does it mean for Australia? Watch our latest event with experts from GIWL, DCA & WWDA as they unpack the international trends, what’s at stake & how we can protect equality 📺 ow.ly/g2Ox50VSfls @jackhayes.bsky.social
I'll be joining some fantastic people online on Friday to discuss the global backlash towards diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) policies, and it's creep into Australian political rhetoric. ⏰ Friday 2nd May, 2pm-3pm (AEST) 🗓️ Register: shorturl.at/76LWt
DEI under fire: The state of workplace diversity, equity and inclusion in Australia
Get tickets on Humanitix - DEI under fire: The state of workplace diversity, equity and inclusion in Australia. Online. Friday 2nd May 2025. Find event information.
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Australian reporting and commentary on the horiffic mass deportations currently underway in the United States remain incomplete without an acknowledgement that the Trump administration has taken significant inspiration from Australia's draconian offshore detention policies. 🧵1/5
So interesting when the data is this stark - the Liberal party is running twice as many men than women in this election, and of the seats the women candidates are contesting, 84% are mostly unwinnable 🥲
GIWL ANU@giwlanu.bsky.social · last yr.Our new report, published yday, finds that fewer women than men are running in the upcoming election and they're more likely to be contesting 'glass cliff' seats that are difficult to win and precarious to hold @eliseinthewoods.bsky.social for The Conversation ⬇️ theconversation.com/running-for-...
I spoke to the Special Broadcasting Service (SBS) Australia about Peter Dutton's recent comments on the so-called 'woke' agenda in Australian schools and universities. I had some thoughts (1/7) 🧵
What does 'woke' mean? Peter Dutton's warning to schools is deliberately vague
Schools and universities with "woke" curriculums have been put on notice by Peter Dutton who doesn't want young people "indoctrinated"
sbs.com.au
Why are no media outlets discussing Mark Butler’s gorgeous dimples?
I cannot imagine how difficult and exhausting it must be for a trans person living in the U.S. in this particular moment. Just a constant pouring of vitriol from the White House
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2y agoTrump: "We were the richest relatively -- think of this -- from 1870 to 1913. That was our richest. Because we collected tariffs ... we had so much wealth. Of course, now we give it away to transgender ... everybody gets a transgender operation."
