Thy O'Donell (he/him/his)

This looks fantastic! Keen to read it.

Doing Death Research: Interviews and Career Reflections with Death Studies Scholars This book brings together illuminating interviews with the most influential scholars who have shaped the interdisciplinary field of death studies. From sociological explorations to psychological frame...

New edited available for pre-order! Doing Death Research: Interviews and Career Reflections with Death Studies Scholars
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Me watching the Matildas v Philippines game tonight:

I am now a Jeep Guy (I bought a very old secondhand Jeep) which means I am now having to reassess my finances because she (the Jeep) needs repairs

Thanks for tuning into 'Out of the Pan' on Sunday to hear me talk about my PhD research project! 🏳️‍⚧️📻

If you missed it, you can listen back or read the transcript here: www.3cr.org.au/outofthepan/...

Tune into 3CR Community Radio (855 AM) this Sunday 15th Feb at noon (12:00pm AEDT) to hear me chat with Sally Goldner on Out of the Pan about my PhD research project!

www.3cr.org.au

Very pleased to say that this was an excellent evening and I had a lot of fun. Also pleased to say that if you are hungry and tired, there's nothing stopping you from going home! Go home early, folks!

Trying to go on more weird "side quests" this year, and this evening i'm going to a medieval combat cage fight at the German club

🏳️‍⚧️ I'm looking to talk to people who identify as transgender and/or gender diverse (based in Australia) about what their expectations and desires are for palliative and end-of-life care! 🏳️‍⚧️

Please share amongst your networks or scan the QR code/follow the link: forms.office.com/r/pwRUj8R6Rt.

Sadly, YOTI / KWS / BlueSky did not tell me how old it thinks I am but it did ask me to do this!

Count Us In | UNSW Sydney For the first time, the 2026 Census will ask everyone aged 16 and over about their gender and sexual orientation.

Some very timely research being undertaken by UNSW Kirby Institute about the upcoming 2026 Census, I just completed the survey and you can too!

www.unsw.edu.au/research/cou...

smoldering coals 🌑

Burn GIF Alt: Burn GIF

Goodbye and good riddance, 2025!

The Undisciplining Seminar Series 2026 Call for applications The Sociological Review Foundation invites proposals for its 2026 Undisciplining Seminar Series exploring “Who and what is sociology for?”

CALL: seminar funding for 2026

The Foundation is inviting submissions for its 2026 Undisciplining Seminar Series exploring who and what sociology is for.

Submit your proposal by 31 January for public events focusing on the transformative potential of sociological thinking.

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a good and necessary read for many

O, horrible, O, horrible, most horrible!

this month i've decided to leave google for good, and i also made a wikipedia account. feels nice to balance things out!

what's also pretty rad? compression socks

but i may have to invest in some actual flight ones and not some old surgery ones

really feel for the queer kids, disabled kids, neurodivergent kids, those who live in rural areas and everyone who will be and are affected by this ridiculous and silly social media ban for under 16 year-olds

you know what's rad? plane wifi

I’m 15 years old and have a disability. Social media has been a lifeline – why is the government kicking me off? | Ezra Sholl As I come to terms with life as a quadriplegic, Instagram and TikTok are a reminder I’m not alone

A whole lot of not thinking things through with this policy.

Pretty much assumes everyone is a middle-upper class white, straight teenager with no issues living in a city

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

I’m 15 years old and have a disability. Social media has been a lifeline – why is the government kicking me off? | Ezra Sholl As I come to terms with life as a quadriplegic, Instagram and TikTok are a reminder I’m not alone

Australia’s social media ban fails to consider so many aspects of parenting and childhood, let alone fixing structural problems of online platforms. Disability and disadvantage are key issues ignored by the ban. Shocking policy. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

something that was shared with me recently by an academic was: "not all emails a worth of a response, a lack of one is response enough"

A photograph of cut hair and a silver electric handheld razor on concrete in dappled sunlight.

Goodbye mohawk, it was nice knowing you.

This is a poster with text that reads: The Dignity Project is a practice led project focused on support for older LGBTQ+ folks. The project is inspired by the work of the late Dr David Hardy and led by Prof Sandy O’Sullivan (MQ). Please get in touch if you want to hear more or be part of the conversation in 2026. At the bottom of the poster is an excerpt from the red cover of David’s book BOLD: stories from older lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and intersex people.

This is the next project. Please get in touch, or save this until next year.

Looks great! Happy to help distribute amongst folks too if that would be of any help.

Spotify has laid off thousands in recent years, while reportedly paying artists $0.003 per stream.

Spotify profits rose 28% in Q3. Its CEO is worth $9.8 billion. It's making money off ICE recruitment ads.

Don't you think it's time put a wrap on corporate greed and exploitation?

Last night at the Australian National Botanic Gardens (near ANU)! I was there working at the outdoor cinema hence the music in the video.

I don't think it's a nest (?) because a lot of other birds go and visit this hollow and it usually fills up with water, but she sure climbed in there!

Black-and-white image of several sets of human hands, fingers out, forming a circle on top of paper pages, some with rings, some pinching page edges, with some color detail on some polished finger nails in pink, green, blue. In the middle, all-caps sans-serif white font: Spring & Summer Titles. Above, diagonally cutting across, in all-caps serif font: University of Minnesota Press. Below: 2026. At bottom right, vertical University of Minnesota Press logo.

📢 Early 2026 releases await! Fascinating fiction, children's books, scholarly titles, MN writers, translations. Thrilled to feature @danhf.bsky.social @lnakamura.bsky.social @lhertzel.bsky.social @shannongibney.bsky.social @timcresswell.bsky.social @alanyliu.bsky.social & more!

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The Cass Review is the worst kind of pseudoscience & has at least 13 peer-reviewed critiques of it (all ignored by mainstream media).

Streeting now wants a Cass Review for Autism, ADHD, etc.

I have characterised these as “contrived authority” strategies (referring to the work of Max Weber)

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