Patrick Stokes

It's 21st October, and that means it's 48 years since a calm, clear Saturday evening that still haunts those left behind by Frederick Valentich. Bittersweet hearing Steve Robey's voice now; I'm so glad I got the chance to talk to him for this piece.

Gosh, I bet Vic Labor are relieved they didn't cave in to the ETU on a bunch of weird, unpopular demands around hunting, they'd look like right turkeys now.

the only way to stop a guy with a gun who said he was good but was really bad is a good guy with a gun who answered honestly and is actually good

My Portuguese might be a little rusty, but to all my Brazilian followers I’d like to say: “You’ve reached your monthly usage limit. Purchase more credits to continue using Claude”

The laughter is the privilege! Our political "debates" are shallow horse shit. We are globally mocked for what we think are our 'problems'. Australia is a very large place filled with very small minded people. And nothing highlights it more than our domestic political discourse..... /n

Your country might be great but does it follow Australia’s lead by colour-coordinating its currency with the nation’s favourite snack foods?

The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Mitchells Adventure

It’s *always* a retired engineer, even if as here you’ve got to do a MAD fold-in to get there

Among the many things climate change deniers don’t understand is significance. They spend years looking for errors in climate data but don’t understand that what they find is almost always insignificant. It’s also why they’ll never be satisfied by any rigorous report on climate data.

if you ever happen to see someone post a joke you don't understand or discuss a subject you aren't familiar with, you are well within your right to complain, and perhaps even scold them if necessary. you are their customer and you have rights

I have a long piece at @theconversation.com about AI and the university theconversation.com/friday-essay...

Every time I am approached by a potential MA or PhD student I take it as part of my responsibility to tell them there is no functioning academic job market in Australian philosophy and there hasn’t been one in more than a decade.

our institutions have stopped hiring, we've been telling students not to pursue advanced study, and to the extent that humanists have mounted a defence, it's been by pleading our utility as an adjunct of STEM disciplines and professional schools in short, it all worked

Glorious triumphs in meeting the ABC's charter.

'Bev in Nimbin' isn't the only one flogging them.......meet 'Emily in Vermont' 🤨 share.google/syT2h0qQzyuq...

and just let it happen *shakes head*

Legitimately a dream to write something that inspires a reader to "go Martin Luther Mode."

Oak bowl I did at Merri Shed on the weekend. Completely different to what I had in mind but happy with it. #woodturning

University of Nottingham, right now, is cutting 560 jobs. Do we need to rebrand universities as very large, very clean, land-based oil rigs to get government support?