Mike Jones

At the airport bound for Sydney, where I’ll be spending the next two days surveying archives for a community organisation to help them plan next steps (which might include a public history project). #archives #history

Paternal: cinema proprietor, farmer

Maternal: soldier, accountant to the Duke of Buccleugh

BREAKING: As I was first to report earlier, Trump has nominated Bradford Wilson, who does not meet the statutory requirements—which include that the nominee be nonpartisan and professionally qualified—to be the next Archivist of the United States.

lastcampaign.substack.com/p/breaking-t...

a woman is sitting in a crowd of people with her mouth open and the words `` i hate it ! '' ALT: a woman is sitting in a crowd of people with her mouth open and the words `` i hate it ! ''

Just came across the term 'tradigital' and I immediately hate it with a fiery passion.

This! Stop batch labeling everything “AI” and start using the name of the actual tool. The AI hype cycle does nothing to help disambiguate the ramifying harmful effects of extractive technologies from everything else.

This isn't a sales pitch. Just a reminder to people who get chronic migraines that there are new treatments available. If in Aus there are criteria you need to meet to get them on the PBS, but for me it's been totally worth it. After 30 years of migraines, it's been absolutely life changing. (3/3)

Eletriptan helped relieve the pain during an attack, but I was taking a lot every month, they made me super drowsy, and I often got rebound migraines or other rebound headaches.

Then I tried a CGRP treatment (Ajovy) and I now haven't had a single significant migraine for more than 12 months. (2/3)

CGRP Medications - Emgality, Ajovy, Aimovig, Vyepti and others Looking for information about the new migraine drugs like Emgality and how to access them on the PBS or through access programs? Latest info here.

Hey fellow chronic migraine sufferers. If you haven't tried them yet, I recommend talking to your doctor about CGRP medications: www.migraine.org.au/cgrp.

From 18-48, I got a severe migraine that lasted about 48 hours every 2-6 weeks. I tried multiple preventers and none of them worked. (1/3)

Cartoon. Person says to other person „We invented a robot that answers questions.“, adding, „we just have to feed it 10 baby giraffes a day“. The other person asks „But it answers the questions correctly?“ Person responds „Oh my goodness, no. No no no no no.“ By Aram J. French Appropriated due to missing alt text

Highlighted statistics: 69% disagreed that 'Senior management considers employee psychological health to be as important as productivity.' 73% disagreed that risks to their psychological health are actively monitored. 82% of participants ranked high or very high in emotional exhaustion.

Australian University Census of Staff Wellbeing is now out - some shocking stats!

Census WEBSITE for more info and full report: stresscafe.net/census/

#AcademicSky #AustralianUnis

Rather than build yet another database, Jen says, as we were asked to do, we rejected hoarding knowledge. Instead the Centre for Reworlding has created Bilya, with thanks to our collaborator @clairegcoleman.bsky.social for this name. Bilya maps the relationships so you find who you need #FACT2026

A deadline, says Ryuta, is a powerful technology. #FACT2026

BOOM

A toolkit! Yay!

1. Gathering qualitative insights - observations, informal feedback, playful approaches

2. Analysing- practical tools to look deeply into qual data

3. Translating - insights to action, sharing understandings

Here 'tis: www.museumdigitalsocialfutures.net/toolkit/

#FACT2026

Ruby Justice Thelot: “Of course you think culture is stuck, you’re 40 with two kids. You have a mortgage. You need to mow the lawn.” True, but ouch… #FACT2026

Everything You Wanted to Know About Wikipedia (But Didn’t Know Who to Ask) | SLV LAB This practical workshop introduces GLAM professionals to Wikipedia and other Wikimedia platforms, and how they can be used to support collections, research and public engagement.

Hey Melbourne #GLAM folks, the SLV LAB & @wm_au are running a free workshop this Friday afternoon on all things Wiki/pedia/data/commons: https://lab.slv.vic.gov.au/participate/wikipedia-workshop-2026

Another day, another letter from a university informing me that they underpaid me when I worked for them as a casual. This will be the third or fourth remediation payment I've received in the last few years. #universities #academia

What Herzog has said about Gaza, and why he won't be arrested in Australia When Israel's president lands in Australia this weekend, he can expect an official red carpet treatment. But he will be all too aware of the controversy his visit is generating.

The ABC on the JCA - "the left-wing Jewish Council of Australia"

Never heard them describe the AJA or ECAJ as "the right-wing", which they 100% are. The AJA was literally created by LNP and further right politicians.

www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02...

A social media message from Jon McNaughton. Text: "My new painting 'MAGA Symphony.'" The image is a painting showing Donald Trump as conductor, with an orchestra of politicians and lots of American flags.

Jon McNaughton: making AI art look good. #MAGASymphony

Interesting that in ASIC's list of criteria for undesirable business names, the only two people mentioned by name are Sir Donald Bradman and Saint Mary MacKillop.

Happy to help! Good luck with your research.

I saw this in my timeline and was curious so did some digging. Is it possible the date is incorrect? William Hewson Anderson was chief accountant for Shell Co of Australia 1935-50, and Federal President of the Liberal Party from 1951-56. Source: openresearch-repository.anu.edu.au/server/api/c...

Awesome ❤️

Every so often I stop in at ChatGPT to ask a question, just to keep an eye on how it's tracking. Today it started its response with 'Ooo exciting', and by reflex I said 'Oh fuck off' out loud. Is this really how we want our computers to respond to us? I certainly don't. #AI

Reports that OpenAI is planning a social network with biometric verification to try and eliminate bots. Users could then use OpenAI products to make content for their feed. So the value proposition is that you will know all the AI slop in your feed was produced at the request of real humans? #AI

The exercise in the one I did, after the sustainability poem, was to request an infographic from ChatGPT explaining climate change! It's like they are trolling us.

Not going to write up a critique of this one, but there's one on using AI ethically and responsibly I might take a look at in some more detail when I have a bit more time.

I've just finished it. It's delivered by an AI avatar, the content is generic and uninspired, and I'm pretty sure the script was written using gen-AI too. Like a lot of things produced by gen-AI, it's just bland, lacking in depth, nuance and insight, and completely blind to its own limitations.

a young boy wearing a yellow shirt is smiling for the camera . ALT: a young boy wearing a yellow shirt is smiling for the camera .

I've taken the plunge and am doing a 20 min 'Introduction to gen-AI' course. One of the lessons: log in to Chat-GPT and ask it to generate "a short and catchy poem about sustainability."

Nope. Not a historian… that’s all I’ll say 🤐

I don’t think so. It’s not the first time I’ve seen this type of thing.