Merran Williams
@mantis07
Convict history, writing, filmmaking & beachcombing. Teaching journalism @latrobe.
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98.2% is outstanding!
18,098,797 people are enrolled to vote for the federal election! 🎉 This represents a record 98.2% of all eligible Australians - the envy of so many democracies around the globe.
Today I'm looking back at the career of English painter, book illustrator and war artist Edward Ardizzone!
Four years ago I wrote my inaugural poem The Hill We Climb. Both when I wrote it and performed it, I did so while continuously reflecting on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr and Coretta Scott King’s legacy. I was (and am) blown away by how my words reverberated around the world; if…
Beach shacks are an iconic part of Australian summer. Yet, they have also have a hidden, more complex history theconversation.com/beach-shacks-a… via @ConversationEDU
Sometimes, life gives you a #platypus coming down a waterfall. 🤩 #Tasmania #platypuses #fieldwork #MammalWatching #WildOz
Jimmy Carter, former US president who was committed to human rights, has died. He was 100 years old. Carter set a powerful example for world leaders to make human rights a priority, and he continued to fight for human rights after he left office.
Polish broadcaster OFF Radio Kraków replaces presenters with AI hosts, sparking outrage abc.net.au/news/2024-10-2… via @ABCaustralia
Look at that data, heading out to a happy crowd. Thanks for waiting.
abc.net.au/news/2024-06-1… ANALYSIS: My new column for @abcnews "The Australian media industry tells a long and continuing story ... of mediocre men whose shamelessness extends their professional life expectancies well beyond a real meritocracy would permit."
This is Nellie Chin from Georgetown QLD, 1929. Her photograph comes from The National Archive of Australia in Brisbane. It was taken for her application for exemption to the dictation test, a function of the White Australia Policy.
No comment on below… there’s no need. Just beyond grateful for @karentighe 💙
Karen Tighe was a trailblazer for women in sports media, and it wasn't always easy: here she is in 1993 eloquently shutting down a question about her credibility as a sports broadcaster. Just perfect. 🤩 Hear her farewell on Summer Grandstand: ab.co/3ZukF1l
Today is International Day of Women and Girls in Science so let’s celebrate one of the earliest. Woman of the Day Mary Edwards (1750-1815) of Ludlow, Shropshire, the first ever woman to work as a human computer for the British Nautical Almanac and the first to be paid by the…
AI helps scholars read scroll buried when Vesuvius erupted in AD79 theguardian.com/science/2024/f…
46 years ago today, the BBC aired its latest science fiction series. Dark, violent and dystopian it pitted a group of criminals against a neo-fascist Federation in a doomed battle for survival and freedom. This is the story of Blakes 7...
Sports Illustrated accused of publishing articles written by AI theguardian.com/media/2023/nov…
Not only did @Gannett's AI posts sound robotic - but their “authors” may not even be real. They’re not Reviewed editors, don’t have LinkedIn profiles, and Google searches turn up no other written work.
‘Some of the most startling portraits in existence’: Hans Holbein’s mini masterpieces theguardian.com/artanddesign/2…
Higher costs for live music events are causing Australians to question how much is too much to pay for concert tickets. #australianmusic #livemusic #EntertainmentNews news.com.au/entertainment/…
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