13. Hence our dismal conclusion: rather than finding that LLMs free us to do a better job of what we were doing before they came along, they shift scientific incentives (and the playing field of academic competition) in ways that compel us to do more and more, faster and faster, less and less well.

You don’t want hands free driving, you want trains. You want trains you want trains you want TRAINS

there is literally no amount of caveats or careful wording that will protect you from stupidity or bad faith, so you might as well say things straightforwardly and strongly to begin with.

Calling Aus historians - has anyone encountered death threats toward politicians in the archive? If so, how were they catalogued? Stumbled across something recently and it keeps niggling at me #natsec #aus

Pete Hegseth: "We need our warriors to embrace the Spartan mindset" U.S. Military: *suffers crushing defeat to the Persians*

Lying to your editor

I use ‘crux of the biscuit’ so frequently I think I’ve confused at least one student into thinking it’s a common idiom and not one half of a Zappa lyric

Stephen Bush@stephenkb.bsky.social · 3w ago

What’s the cultural reference you must frequently have to stop yourself from making at work, because no-one else would get it? Mine is “ze price stabilité is ze most important thing”.

He talks big but noting in today's announcement actually builds sovereign capability AND the PM is leaving Palantir embedded in the agencies holding Australians' most sensitive information, including Defence.

Believe Women is an epistemological stance. It doesn't mean you assume that every single woman is telling the truth and women never lie. It means you understand that in the system that we exist in, there's much more risk and pain for women coming forward about abuse than there is anything to gain.

Sydney friends, on Sat 27th I’ll be speaking about ‘Challenging Anzac: Stories that don’t fit the legend’ at the Maritime Museum, along with one of our authors @atomicmax.bsky.social! All are welcome, and it’s free! Info below Author Talk: Challenging ANZAC www.eventbrite.com.au/e/author-tal...

Author Talk: Challenging ANZAC

The ANZAC legend has shaped Australia’s national identity for more than a century. Yet many experiences of war do not fit within it.

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Gladwell wanted to become a historian but he couldn't spare 10,000 hours.

After NINE MONTHS finally secured ethics approval for a new digital tool that will enable some incredible #digitalhumanities research on security! 🥳🥳🥳 Ethics app was so long and onerous that the digital tool no longer requires ethics approval for use 😒😒😒

Screaming Marmot - Angry Reaction

ALT: Screaming Marmot - Angry Reaction

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Yes. Using a computer now feels like this at all times.

Pavel@spavel.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Thinking about why women might not want to use a product that has forced itself into every software interface to confidently shout things that are wrong

Australian Policy and History has new leadership! Dr @miamh.bsky.social is now our Director, and we welcome Dr Geraldine Fela as our new Deputy Director! We are excited for this new chapter, including new initiatives connecting past and present in #auspol coming soon! aph.org.au/2026/05/new-...

📣 join Contemporary Histories for a lightning seminar on the new collection ‘Challenging Anzac’ next week - I’ll be sharing my research on how the Anzac legend was invoked by SAS in Afghanistan to legitimise alleged war crimes #auspol #brs cch.deakin.edu.au/2026/03/cch-...

🙋‍♀️ with Carolyn Holbrook on ABC Nightlife last night discussing our new edited collection “Challenging Anzac: Stories that don’t fit the legend”, which is published today! www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...

Nightlife History - Challenging Anzac - ABC listen

In their book, Challenging Anzac, leading historians explore real-life stories: Aboriginal activists, deserters on the Western Front, soldiers who became radicalised by service.

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It's beginning to sink in! Yesterday I was awarded a #DECRA for my research on race, gender, and violence in the War on Terror at Deakin University. This has been years in the making and I am so grateful that I can pursue my dream project! #oralhistory #security #waronterror

Happy to share my new book 'Quiet Protest: A New History of Activism during the Vietnam War', which will be published by UNSW Press on 1 April 2026.

I know this is the least of problems with this, but it REALLY bothers me that AI trump isn’t hitting the cowbell in time

Matt Novak@paleofuture.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Trump just posted an AI-generated video depicting Russ Vought as the grim reaper, set to Don't Fear the Reaper

Latest issue of AJPH is online: special issue Australia & Vietnam: 50-Year Legacy @miamh.bsky.social & Tom Richardson eds). Includes Alexander & Ariotti “Laid to Rest in Australian Soil”: Legacies of Repatriation Policy Change during Vietnam War. Check it out. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/14678497...

The Special Issue of AJPH on ‘Australia and Vietnam: the Fifty Year Legacy’ is finally out! 🥳🥳🥳 #VietnamWar #history #auspol onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/14678497...

Special Issue: Australia and Vietnam: The Fifty Year Legacy: Australian Journal of Politics & History: Vol 71, No 3

Click on the title to browse this issue

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i am going to say something very mean if you cannot handle footnotes, it is not that there are too many footnotes, it is actually a you problem

Good!!! A farm is NOT MEANT TO BE IN YOUR SUPER!!! The ONLY reason anyone would put a farm in their super IS TO AVOID PAYING TAX!!

"I asked ChatGPT” “I asked grok” ok well I consulted the archive

41 years later... Huge thanks to APH and @miamh.bsky.social for letting me share some thoughts on the state of nuclear records in Aus and the UK💥

Australian Policy and History@auspolicyhistory.bsky.social · last yr.

This week marks 41 years since the Royal Commission into British Nuclear Tests began; a process that was marred by govt obstruction. Four decades on, Max Billington reveals the ongoing difficulties that researchers face when trying to uncover this history in the archives aph.org.au/2025/07/ghos...

This week marks 41 years since the Royal Commission into British Nuclear Tests began; a process that was marred by govt obstruction. Four decades on, Max Billington reveals the ongoing difficulties that researchers face when trying to uncover this history in the archives aph.org.au/2025/07/ghos...

🙋‍♀️ in @auspolicyhistory.bsky.social - this is a comprehensive new proposal for reworking the ADF to forge an independent defence strategy and tackle the climate threat, from one of Australia’s leading military historians

Australian Policy and History@auspolicyhistory.bsky.social · last yr.

**NEW REVIEW** On the website, @miamh.bsky.social reviews Albert Palazzo's 'Big Fix' for Australia's national security #natsec #auspol #militaryhistory aph.org.au/2025/06/book...

“The Pause That Refreshes”: American Servicemen on R&R in Australia, 1967–1971. New from our DP about US troops on R&R during the Vietnam War (and acronyms), part of a special issue on neglected legacies of the war edited by @miamh.bsky.social

“The Pause That Refreshes”: American Servicemen on R&R in Australia, 1967–1971

Nearly 10% of the 3 million Americans who served in Vietnam spent one week of “R&R” leave in Australia—principally in Sydney. This “friendly invasion” constitutes a substantial neglected legacy of th...

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#CFP Inaugural SHAFR-in-Asia Pacific Workshop, to be held 3-4 March 2026 on the campus of the Singapore Management University. Participants will present and workshop dissertation/book chapters or article drafts—apply by October 1! cis.smu.edu.sg/events/call-...