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@thinkymachine

interested in making broken things better

 Canberra, Australia
Joined January 2013
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If I ran a uni (eg ANU) into the ground and I wanted everyone to think it wasn't my fault, I'd absolutely ask that the 'community' of my employees cut their own pay in order to 'save' their own jobs, even if it didn't work, just so that they felt like the damage was theirs to own
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Re free school lunches in qld - absolutely yes. I work in education policy and have a note on my desk that I scribbled down in a meeting about canteens that says "maybe canteens are not the answer" - maybe we don't rely largely on women's unpaid labour (P&Cs) to sell food - -
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Maybe, actually, all kids need to eat good food, and some of them don't get to, maybe we start with that premise and work from there, and maybe you'd come up with something like free school lunch being, actually, obvious - -
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Too much of schooling is done because it was always done like that, and good policy requires paring back to the most basic parts - ('kids need food') and often you'd come up with something simple, affordable, and that, shockingly, meets the needs of children.
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With voting well underway, we’re pleased to be launching our ACT Election Scorecard, which reviews 7 key party platforms on their support for more and better homes. Abundant housing is on the ballot this election - make sure your vote counts. More details on each party below. 1/
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I just learned that some people have no concept of a "reading group" and I cannot imagine the bliss of this kind of life
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The thing I can't parse is: veep was right all along, but kamala is incredibly parks and rec coded. And those are two cinematic universes that should join up, but just don't
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........... yes
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a few years ago I was in a meeting at ANU convened to discuss the student impact of uni decisions to gut my humanities department - - 1/
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I will never understand how you can be a scholar of social sciences and not feel complete rage at injustice. If genocide isn't one of your red lines, but disruption to class is, I have no words for you. Hope your paycheck helps you sleep at night
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Anyway by complete coincidence, nice to see one of the dumbest corporate uni statement videos of all time hit the timeline ft that same uni leader. Glad they got nice lighting to tell students that no one cares about genocide. That will surely convince the protesters!
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Instead of saying, “Professors and students are not criminals” try saying, “While there is a lower class, I am in it, while there is a criminal element, I am of it, and while there is a soul in prison, I am not free.”
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Joining a union is essentially saying you’re ready to throw down for any worker, even a stranger, and you know without having to ask that they’ve made the same promise to you. Metal as hell, everyone should do it
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maybe a spicy take but personally if I was seeking to hold public office I would take the (usually lucrative) steps towards simply not being a landlord
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We threw a surprise party for my friend who was on the union bargaining team when the enterprise agreement got voted up with 94% voting “yes”
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Surprise parties should not be reserved for birthdays and engagements throw surprise parties for accomplishments like a new job or finally folding the large pile of clean laundry on their chair
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What they don't tell you about post-ac careers is that one day your boss will make you delete the word 'quinquennial' from your report on the basis of being extremely wanky
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psa if you're an academic who seeks to influence public policy with your research but you have 0 open access pubs.....no you don't
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the amount of articles I see titled something like 'the one weird policy trick that would solve all our problems' and there is no way for me, a little guy with not insignificant platform to influence that policy can actually download the work
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