The Lost Captain in Huonville. Local ales, fab menu, quiz, kiddo friendly garden, and live music at the weekend.

Autumnal sunrise in southern Lutruwita- lots of reds, and purples, a sky bruise

Red sky in the morning, shepherds take warning / blue sky at night, day

There are PhD studentships available for some lucky people:

Collecting Space Heritage (Museum Studies) - le.ac.uk/study/resear...

Humanity and space, open theme - le.ac.uk/study/resear...

#STS #histSTM 📜

Why doesn’t Hobart have a Chinatown? Early Chinese communities might seem to have left little tangible trace. But such an absence does not necessarily mean the absence of a Chinese history.

'Why doesn’t Hobart have a Chinatown?' by @imoweg.bsky.social, Annaliese Claydon, and me! theconversation.com/why-doesnt-h...

And I can’t stress this strongly enough. No.

I was off most of last semester.

Received a wee round of applause from learners as I came in to class today.

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1) Being read well by others
2) Reading and discovering
3) Getting it out there - publishing
4) Writing

and 5) Being poorly read by others

Felt a bit meh today, and mostly on top of teaching. So spent some time reading the authors that have cited me of late. Quite a few PhDs and MRes, and a few interesting books.

So I’ve compiled my four (ok 5) favourite aspects of research… 1/2

I’ve reached the age. An overly energetic head bop to Hall & Oates on the school run and now I can’t look right.

I welcome massage recommendations in the Hobart area.

We have an online information meeting about our new Masters in Public Environmental Humanities program TODAY (Jan 27) at 14:00 Central European time. If you are interested in finding out more, register to attend the meeting (near bottom of this page): www.uis.no/en/studies/t...
#envhist #envhum

Blistering day of little progress in the garden.

So a quiet pint of cider with the always quarrelsome VS Naipaul.

A troubling read, but damn he can write prose like few I know.

2025 was a challenge on many fronts. A real struggle.

Only two days into 2026 an not even a rotten sinus infection can bring down the joy in receiving positive, constructive, and encouraging reviews received today to a very lengthy article in v prestigious journal posted mid year.

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No one is to speak to me today. No one.

I was surprised by this too so came back via Taroona, which was slow and meandering but it was least moving.

Job - Tenure Track - Environmental History - BOKU University Tenure-track BOKU University - Vienna position seeks environmental history scholar with strong research, teaching, interdisciplinary methods, funding success, and socio-ecological expertise.

Job – Tenure Track – Environmental History – BOKU University - Vienna

Apply by January 6th.

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#envhist

Oh dear #ashes

I so wish I could be at #AAANZ2025 where my wonderful colleague Karen Hall will be convening a terrific panel we devised on creative approaches to sound in #envhums #envhist.

Poor health keeps me away, but I hope speakers and audiences are enriched.

I rate Georges Didi-Huberman’s ‘Invention of Hysteria:
Charcot and the Photographic Iconography of the Salpetriere’.

Think I’ll go back to bed

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At what age is still acceptable to have a toy boat in your bath?

I’m asking for a me.

Is ‘Bread’ an option?

Much like the weather, today could go either way. But either by work or by luck, we’ll get there together.

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Toxic - by Richard Flanagan?

My wee tantrum over, I’ve deleted my outrage at how universities are attacking the very foundations of research and critical thinking (the thing that distinguishes us from rocks).

I’m now having a cup of tea in front of a fire in a lovely pub in Huonville.

I’m still right though.

“It is very likely that universities not actively using AI will risk having less competitive researchers.”

No. Research undertaken without AI will be competitive due to its assurance of integrity.

Three chatty kookaburras on the roof. That must be good.

I mean, one pooped on me. Less good.

But I’m going with the good overall. Trying to be positive.

A subject close to my heart.

What buildings around the county are at risk of being lost after neglect and decay Approval of planning permission to restore the Grade II listed Assize Court in Devizes has been welcomed by people interested in Wiltshire's…

Heritage At Risk in Wiltshire from the Historic England Register www.gazetteandherald.co.uk/news/2537618...

Counterpoint to the AHA Committee: it is NOT OUR JOB TO TEACH AI literacy. It is our job to teach students history, critical thinking; how to interrogate and analyse sources, primary and secondary; how to write and weave historical narratives; how to communicate history to the public and more.

Oh no. No. No no no.