Dr Peta Longhurst

Doctor of Quarantine. Archaeology, museums, feminism, and ridiculous novelty dresses. She/her.

[Dr Peta Longhurst @petalonghurst]

My World Archaeology paper has just been published online! On 'Contagious objects: artefacts of disease transmission and control at North Head Quarantine Station, Australia'.

https://t.co/iWJkgk6WZx

[Dr Peta Longhurst @petalonghurst]

@history2wheeler @statelibrarynsw @Joideverve_x Oh that's excellent news, congratulations @pitt_nicholas!

[Dr Peta Longhurst @petalonghurst]

@Brocklesnitch They do! Supabarn in Annandale sells them, so I assume you can also get them elsewhere.

[Dr Peta Longhurst @petalonghurst]

@Brocklesnitch She worked there back in the 70s but I went once as a kid while visiting my grandparents and it was pretty fancy (normally they took us to Sizzler)

[Dr Peta Longhurst @petalonghurst]

@Brocklesnitch I just had a sudden flashback to a waiter asking me if I was sure when I ordered octopus salad at the Toowoomba Coffee Club

[Dr Peta Longhurst @petalonghurst]

@jane_cmcmahon @RCU_SA @livingmuseum @uwanews @SydneyUni_Media Amazing, congratulations!

[Josh Butler @JoshButler]

So she was fine when Labor nominated her for the election

And fine when she sat in the senate for 2 years as a Labor senator

But the afternoon she quits the party - suddenly "Labor figures" have had a stunning revelation that they've had to alert the papers about

🙃🙃🙃

[Leo Puglisi @Leo_Puglisi6]

so they were fine with it when they chose her as a candidate but now it's a problem that she's quit?

also not sure what more they could do if they can't contact the Taliban!

[Dr Peta Longhurst @petalonghurst]

@bencjenkins *Two summer blockbusters

[The author, Séamas O'Reilly @shockproofbeats]

There's no way to prepare you for what this sounds like, I can only insist that it's one of the greatest things I've ever heard.

[Stephanie Dalzell @steph_dalzell]

It’s Endometriosis Awareness month, aimed at raising awareness of a disease that takes so much from so many of us. I wrote this piece in hospital five years ago, and since then have had more surgery, several ruptured ovarian cysts and an ectopic pregnancy 🧵

[Dr Peta Longhurst @petalonghurst]

@karaschlegl Looks like jujube/Chinese date/red date - I've seen the fresh ones around the last few weeks but more commonly see them dried at Asian supermarkets

[Dr Peta Longhurst @petalonghurst]

@nephstar Students used to tell me they'd read my honours thesis expecting me to be pleased and I was always horrified

[Gina Rushton @ginarush]

Why are doctors still telling women with endometriosis to become pregnant? Wrote about some really disappointing new research and what might happen if we thought about the uterus like we do other organs

https://t.co/LWlQWMEMxW

[Sally Rugg @sallyrugg]

Hold on - journalists who’ve been gifted trips to Israel paid for by the Israeli gov are free to report on the Israel/Hamas conflict (without disclosing these Israeli gov-paid junkets), but journalists who’ve called for fairness, accuracy & transparency in reporting are banned?

[Dr Peta Longhurst @petalonghurst]

@KCMartinStone Google Translate has a real time 'conversation' and supports Malay and Tamil

[Prof Sandy O'Sullivan @sandyosullivan]

Just spent time talking to @UniSuperNews - who are taking many calls from members about this. They confirmed to me that they are receiving a number of complaints and also confirmed that this concern about 'pedalling death' (his quote of what others have said) has been raised.

[Dr Peta Longhurst @petalonghurst]

@genevievegdn I'm technically in the org's infrastructure team, who often work with archaeologists and heritage consultants, so I think my experience helped in that regard, on top of the more usual transferable research and writing skills

[Dr Peta Longhurst @petalonghurst]

@genevievegdn Archaeology PhD here, now working as a public servant - specifically a project manager in my state's arts and culture agency