Former SAS Soldier Ben Roberts-Smith arrested and facing multiple war crime murder charges - Law Society Journal Ben Roberts-Smith, Australia’s most decorated living soldier, was arrested by the AFP at Sydney Airport on Tuesday morning.

#BenRobertsSmith has been arrested for #warcrimes. Will his awards/medals be taken from him? lsj.com.au/articles/for...

This is wonderful

We must have about 3000 books. There are bookcases in the hall, in the front room, in the living room. Currently reading Jo Brand's Born Lippy - picked up at one of our local free book libraries.

So Taylor says 'be kind' and 'Australia is worth fighting for'. All this over a #petrolshortage??? Insane! Where were these comments from him during #covid19 ? #auspol #Australia #Iran

I mean it is April Fools today 🫠

A to Z of Expert Searching – N is for Nesting Hello again! I’ve been working on a little paid project and so have been occupied elsewhere. But I am back! And will try to write more. Nesting, otherwise known as searching with parentheses,…

I'm back to blogging again after a short break. clinicallibrarian.wordpress.com/2026/03/28/a... #medlibs #ukmedlibs #healthlibraries

Synchronised napping!

Born 24 March 1935 - Carol Kaye, one of the most prolific bass guitarists, who has played on an estimated 10,000 recordings in a career spanning over 50 years. Kaye was the bassist on many Phil Spector and Brian Wilson productions in the 1960s and 1970s. She is 91 years old today. #CarolKaye

Who knew there was a #bookburning incident in #mildura ? I didn't. It's well known that there are very very conservative ppl in top ranks in #australia . #alia #censorship burningbookspalgrave.blogspot.com/2010/10/

Meeting Peter Tyndall I saw the artist Peter Tyndall at the rally protesting the visit by the leader of a genocidal regime, President Isaac Herzog of Israel. Or rather, I saw Tyndall’s sign and knew that he must be atta…

New blog post about meeting the artist Peter Tyndall at the anti-Herzog rally in Melbourne.
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More about #AI and #copyright in #Australia :

www.minterellison.com/articles/ai-...
www.copyright.com.au/membership/a...
copyright.unimelb.edu.au/shared/using...
www.copyright.org.au/browse/book/...

#alia #libraries #medlibs #auspol

US Supreme Court declines to hear dispute over copyrights for AI-generated material The U.S. Supreme Court declined on Monday to take up the ​issue of whether art generated by artificial intelligence can be copyrighted under U.S. law, turning ‌away a case involving a computer scienti...

Colour me suprised! I agree with something Trump. The US Supreme Court upholds US #copyright Office which stated that #AI content cannot have copyright because no human was involved in its creation. #libraries #medlibs www.reuters.com/legal/govern...

“If the assassination of Julius Caesar became a model for the effective removal of a tyrant, it was also a powerful reminder that getting rid of a tyrant did not necessarily dispose of tyranny.”
― Mary Beard, SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome

With Gentle Majesty (Melbourne 1962 street scenes). Last days of the working horse. YouTube video by Kelly Bay Films

My Dad appears early in this archive film about the last working horses in #melbourne He drove a milk delivery cart and worked at a dairy. youtu.be/FjT6LxdBq4E?... #history #horses

DoJ cases against protesters keep collapsing as officers’ lies are exposed in court String of embarrassing defeats for prosecutors as experts condemn DoJ effort to cast people as ‘violent perpetrators’

"In Chicago, of 92 people arrested for assaulting or impeding officers last fall, 74 cases have resulted in no charges; in 13 cases, charges were filed and dismissed; and five charged cases were still pending. . . there have been no convictions.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

What is a celebrity these days? I looked up Lucy Worsley on Wikipedia last week but didn't save her pic. I don't recognise any of the ppl in the replies or the pic you used. I guess it is all country specific!

How would you retrieve an earlier donation to a state library if the state library has fallen into disrepute/is no longer able to care for historical items due to changed focus/has massively reduced funding? #statelibraries #publiclibraries #libraries #australia #auspol #medlibs

If you haven't 'verified' your #LinkedIn account, don't! Another company is stealing your data and secretly sending it to others. #privacy #dataharvesting #AI

This should be more widely known. I'm sharing this on LinkedIn (hahahahaha). Very disturbing. I'm glad I haven't done this 'verification' process.

Yet more dire news about the #SLV. I used to know Roxanne Missingham, so this is extremely disturbing and disappointing. #medlibs #ALIA

So, the HR Manager at #SLV used to work for TAB, a large Australian gambling company (responsible for destroying many lives). The #SLV is being dismantled before our very eyes. #medlibs #ALIA

'Bikini medicine' has marginalised women in every area of health - InSight+ A legacy of exclusion means Australia’s medical system is fundamentally skewed, as it was built for and tested on men A University of NSW researcher has found that despite some progress, women’s healt...

How many female medical mannekins have you seen? None or hardly any? #medlibs #medicind #equality insightplus.mja.com.au/2026/1/bikin...

Open letter against the adoption of the Australian Special Envoy to Combat Antisemitism's Plan - Overland literary journal We, the undersigned university researchers, educators, students and professional staff, call on the Australian Government to reject the unprecedented attack on academic freedom and the autonomy of uni...

Open letter against the adoption of the Australian Special Envoy to Combat Antisemitism’s Plan: Academics against racism overland.org.au/2025/07/open...

Criticism or Israel is not antisemitism. We criticise Australia and the US and other countries all the time - is that UnAustralian etc? Of course not! Anyway, no country has the right to exist and every country has the right to defend itself.

I'm impressed. Instats have launched 2 free AI tools. That in itself isn't impressive. What's impressive? The tools have carbon offsets! #medlibs

Two new free AI tools: Research Assistant and Pathways, available now at instats.org. Both tools are carbon-offset by Gold Standard .www.goldstandard.org

Tony Abbott among Writers’ Week speakers still being paid Authors who did not pull out of Adelaide Writers’ Week 2026 will be paid $250, honouring lost income from book sales.

Tony Abbott and a few others, did not withdraw from the Adelaide Writers Week This demonstrates what values he has. www.thenewdaily.com.au/news/state/s... #AdelaideWritersWeek

She is such a sweetie! #cats

Gondwana Rainforest Trust Make a donation today to protect the Daintree

deposit.savethedaintree.org I'm a regular donor to this important cause. If you can give to save the Daintree Rainforest, please do! #daintreerainforest #donate #climate

Sharing this event on behalf of ALIAVic. They would love to have people from as many different types of library sectors as possible in their contingent at this year’s Pride March in St Kilda on Sunday 1st Feb. #hla #healthlibrariesvictoria #medlibs

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If you want to understand what happened with the Adelaide Writers Festival, this book will enlighten and frighten. I plan to read it soon.