The six most anticipated museum openings of 2026, BBC

https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20260219-the-six-most-anticipated-museum-openings-of-2026

@chpollin found it, for other curious eyes. 👀 https://github.com/DigitalHumanitiesCraft/co-ocr-htr

@chpollin interested to know what tool you’re using. Is it possible to share a link to information about it?

Thoroughly enjoyed my morning at Everything Open 2026 on Friday.

🌱 Thoughtful keynote from @emmadavidson

I've worked in GLAM and can ground the idea that shared leadership can occur in some small grassroots reality

... and ... and ...

💫 Just so very wonderful to listen to @KathyReid engage us and talk us through how fine tuning a trained model like Whisper works (and a whole lot more).

Best heart and brain feed I have had in some time.

Community vibe.

🥗 💗 🤓 #eo2026

In age of AI, can art expertise be digitised?

The Art Newspaper, 16 Jan 2026

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/01/16/in-age-of-ai-can-art-expertise-be-digitised

OAIC calls on federal agencies to be transparent on ADM use

https://www.itnews.com.au/news/oaic-calls-on-federal-agencies-to-be-transparent-on-adm-use-623072

Hidden white and black feather layers enhance plumage coloration in tanagers and other songbirds 🪶🦜🎨🌈

https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adw5857

‘It’s AI blackface’: social media account hailed as the Aboriginal Steve Irwin is an AI character created in New Zealand

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/jan/15/aboriginal-steve-irwin-ai-character-created-new-zealand?

For some reason, I am drawn to reading about five fierce Norse goddesses, as a means for reflection in the face of what's happening with X/GrokAI presently; and I reflect on a post on LinkedIn by a clever person that I glanced at, that poses an inversion.

What would we do if there were brutal and murderous images largely of male identifying persons, and female identifying persons were largely in power and they just ignored it.

Food. For. Thought.

Deplorable, just utterly deplorable.

https://theconversation.com/norse-mythology-brims-with-fierce-fabulous-women-here-are-5-of-my-favourites-270167

Past works reimagined in Second Look — Legacy, the Australian Design Centre's final exhibition

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01-07/australian-design-centre-second-look-legacy-exhibition/106192528?utm_source=abc_news_app&utm_medium=content_shared&utm_campaign=abc_news_app&utm_content=other

‘It’s time for healing’: remains of Aboriginal ancestors traded as curiosities are on their way home to country

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/jan/03/its-time-for-healing-remains-of-aboriginal-ancestors-traded-as-curiosities-are-on-their-way-home-to-country?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

@udcmrk @mia @nfitzger @BL_DigiSchol Big energy 😂 vibes. Have a wonderful time and conference!

The 2025 Oceania photo contest winners – in pictures

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2025/nov/22/the-2025-oceania-photo-contest-winners-in-pictures

What a testament to usury from the Commonwealth Bank of Australia.

https://www.theguardian.com/news/2025/nov/18/cba-boss-says-repaying-excessive-fees-to-low-income-customers-could-be-seen-as-taking-shareholder-money?

Australia's institutions are what make us freaking amazing
By Justin Wolfers

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10-23/justin-wolfers-boyer-lecture-australia-democracy/105922196?

Deep in the reeds: Australian scientists put dollar figure on floating wetlands’ global water quality savings 🌾💦

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/oct/19/australian-scientists-floating-wetlands-global-water-quality-savings?

Creating your own pelican costume #BirdOfTheYear

https://www.theguardian.com/global/video/2025/oct/15/how-to-build-the-ultimate-pelican-costume-behind-the-scenes-with-matilda-boseley-video

A haka tautoko and a response in the public gallery shutdown in parliament in Aotearoa New Zealand. People booted out of the chamber and penalised after a haka.

But it's all good to have a haka on the rugby field because it is a national sport.

Cultural symbolism, but only on certain terms.

#Hypocrites

https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/unplanned-haka-halts-new-zealand-parliament-after-mps-speech-2025-10-09/

Hard to know what to say about the removal of Māori wards in 25 local councils in Aotearoa New Zealand.

The decline in voter turnout is bad enough, and the rejection of Māori representation at local level is mostly in regional areas.

#Reactionaries

https://thespinoff.co.nz/politics/11-10-2025/local-elections-live-decision-day-2025

There in black and white: the 2025 Mono photographic awards – in pictures, The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2025/sep/21/there-in-black-and-white-the-2025-mono-photographic-awards-in-pictures?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other