Emily Fitzgerald
@emily-fitzgerald.bsky.social
Historian, data-nerd, map maker, cat lover. (She/her)
I've been working as a freelance professional academic editor for over 15 years and have finally got around to creating a website. If you're an academic writer seeking experienced editorial help on a writing project (e.g. book, chapter, journal article), get in touch! And please spread the word ✏️📖
Briony Neilson
Briony Neilson Editorial and Manuscript Services – assisting writers and academic researchers through all stages of the writing and publishing process
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If you're a humanities researchers who is interested in using geospatial data (or pulling it from their existing research data), do you want to come to a consultation on what you want and need in this area? link to register: ardc.edu.au/event/ardc-c... (online, 29 April, 12pm AEST)
ARDC Community Data Lab Co-design Workshop: HASS Geospatial Capability | ARDC
Join us to co-design a HASS Geospatial Capability based on Open Geospatial Consortium standards-based software.
ardc.edu.au
And in finally good news news. The Longwood fire has been downgraded to an Advice Level Warning. "The grassfire and bushfire that started from Fogartys Gap Road, Ravenswood South is under control." #VicFires
It’s better not to travel right now if you can avoid it: heat, smoke, injured animals, emergency crews and road blocks make long distance driving difficult through Victoria atm. #VicFires
We're hiring! Collaborate to boost HASS, digital humanities & Indigenous research: 👩💻Research Software Engineer go.unimelb.edu.au/zta2 🗺️Research Assistant in Digital Humanities go.unimelb.edu.au/qta2 Apps close 8 Dec #ResearchSky #AcademicSky
Had a sticky beak in the new Parkville Station, so of course thought of @drdrehistorian.bsky.social 😛 who I imagine is already planning a trip to Melbourne to see the new stations!
just incredibly thrilled to announce that after months and months of uncertainty over the future of the game, and several I have bought Zombies, Run!, the game I co-created and have been making for the past 12 years: zombiesrungame.com observer.co.uk/the-critics/...
I’m a novelist who’s just bought a video games company. Here’s why you should care about games writing | The Observer
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Useful thing for Aussie people juggling jobs: the Fair Work Ombudsman has an app called Record My Hours which doesn't store your data (unlike all the other freelancer type apps/programs out there) and lets you track actual hours worked in a way that is lowkey and doesn't add too much cognitive load.
Christopher Pyne, the same person who sought (unsuccessfully) to deregulate university fees in Australia only a decade ago. What acts of social, cultural, and intellectual vandalism does he now have in mind for Australia's National Library? Dark days ahead.
Greg Jericho@grogsgamut.bsky.social · 10mo agoWhat a brain-dead dumb, completely shite appointment. @tonyburkemp.bsky.social
Know anyone who would want to come work with me? 1 year position for someone with a HASS background (don’t need to be a programmer), working on a tool to search historical documents like colonial Hansard. unimelb.wd105.myworkdayjobs.com/en-GB/UoM_Ex...
Research Assistant in Digital Humanities
Role type: Full Time; Fixed term until February 2027 Faculty: Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology Department: School of Computing and Information Systems Salary: Level A - $87,226 - $118...
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Look, I know we're all sick of hearing "if this had happened with any other president ..." but it's absolutely true and absolutely can't be forgotten. For some reason, this nation gives this idiotic spoiled brat a free pass from things that would destroy the administration of any other person.
Jordan Uhl@jordanuhl.com · 10mo agoWhen asked if there was anything "incriminating" in Epstein's emails, Trump pointed a finger in a female reporter's face and snapped. 'Quiet. Quiet, Piggy.' people.com/donald-trump...
This is appalling! And the most narrow minded view of education, not to mention self contradictory - all we need are micro-certainly, but also do better on research that requires expertise! Also, if politicians want better results in research rankings, maybe they should properly fund research?
Hannah McCann@binarythis.bsky.social · 12mo agoAbsolutely horrific concepts for the university sector from Bill Shorten, now VC of the University of Canberra. A vision for the utter decimation of higher education
Happening on zoom today if anyone would like to come along!
Melbourne Data Analytics Platform (MDAP)@mdap-unimelb.bsky.social · last yr.While maps may appear an objective narrative, the mapmaker is telling a story through data & design. Join @emily-fitzgerald.bsky.social & @wearehades.bsky.social to explore maps made with the same data, the stories they tell & what we can learn from them! rduevents.unimelb.edu.au/event/same-d...
This cause is close to my heart - please sign to stop needless cuts to our national university: www.megaphone.org.au/petitions/pe...
Petition to ANU Council
In support of our petition, we observe that: • ANU Council has the entire control and management of the University and is required to act in all matters concerning the ANU in the way it thinks w...
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It baffles me that @australianlabor.bsky.social wants to hang this failed, unfair policy around its neck, when they could condemn it as a folly of the unpopular Morrison government and ditch it. Sign our petition to urge them to abolish it now! www.openpetition.org/au/petition/...
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...
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Want to see what your research data can do? Collaborate with MDAP in 2026. From research design and data collection, to analysis, AI, and visualisation – work with us to apply creative, innovative and tailored approaches to your data. EOIs close 14 Sep ⬇️ www.unimelb.edu.au/mdap/news/co...
Collaborate with us in 2026
Collaborate with us in 2026
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I finished reading SPOCK’S WORLD by @diane.dianeduane.com last night with my Star Trek book club and the line that knocked us all flat on our asses was when a smug Vulcan logic bro says “the data speaks for itself,” and Bones replies “NO data speaks for itself. data just lies there. PEOPLE speak.”
Questions to think about when writing a book review: - what does the book argue? - does it adhere to scholarly standards? - does it achieve what the author set out to do? - why did I agree to write a book review? - I mean sure, free book, but now I have to write a book review - ugh this is the worst
3. Historians make for very versatile researchers in non-academic employment but can annoy people by always asking to look at the original sources
‘If Labor won’t act to defend equity in education, what is the point of them – I mean, what do they really stand for?’ Tim Winton in @australia.theguardian.com today. Good question @australianlabor.bsky.social
Kate Fullagar@kfullagar.bsky.social · last yr.The @austhistassoc.bsky.social is proud to have initiated this open letter asking for the repeal of the egregious JRG punishment of humanities and social sciences in Australia. Read about the 100 signatories below, and please sign in solidarity yourself: www.openpetition.org/au/petition/...
If you would like to add your voice in support, you can sign here: url.au.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/w2nbCBNqgB...
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 (about:blank). We also write as individuals with a range of political beliefs. We are de...
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An especially good one today on the humanities in Oz. Every word true. graemeturner.org/2025/07/20/w...
Why do they hate us? That’s the question academics in the humanities are asking. - Graeme Turner
This is the question I was asked last week. Why are government, the media, even university administrations, so carelessly participating in the gradual demolition of one of the foundation stones of our...
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Thank you, @roopikarisam.bsky.social, for your closing words for #DH2025: 'the future of DH requires access grounded in accountability; repair sustained by care; scholarship driven by solidarity' And also, 'hope and strategy are very important things to hold onto right now'
