I'd rather stop using Blue Sky than verify my age using some third party service, so bbyeeeee I guess?

Charts showing the investment in the info media and IT industry and how in the past year it has increased around 65%

Datacenters are increasing growth... so good???... but err they're going to take up a tenth of energy use so that's pretty bad.

My column on how we need to think about the shape of the economy, not just the growth
www.theguardian.com/business/gro...

Australian bird of the year 2025: vote for your favourite #birdoftheyear in the Guardian / BirdLife Australia poll From little penguins to (very big) cassowaries, every bird has its fans. Vote for your favourite in the 2025 Guardian/BirdLife Australia poll

Bird of the year voting is OPEN - run, don't walk and vote PELICAN

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N E T U National Tertiary Education Union Cease Work Order in CASS A CASS Health and Safety Representative (HSR) has ordered that unsafe work cease due to psychosocial hazards and psychological injury resulting from Renew ANU NTEU is supporting the HSR and members in CASS. This email contains information on your rights in this situation

BREAKING | ANU staff in the College of Arts and Social Sciences have received a Cease Work Order due to dangerous working conditions. Under the WHS Act staff will be paid while this order is in place. The order seeks to protect lives and wellbeing.

Raewyn’s groundbreaking work changed how we think about men. Its origins were deeply personal Raewyn Connell has a global reputation and is speaking at an event marking one of the PM’s intellectual influences.

Wonderful profile of Raewyn Connell just published in the SMH www.smh.com.au/national/rae... - her Wheelwright Lecture, “Should we abolish universities?” is on tomorrow night! www.ppesydney.net/2025-wheelwr...

THAT WAS AN EARTHQUAKE (in QLD)

Opinion | The Seductions of A.I. for the Writer’s Mind

This piece illustrates and explores one of my chief worries about LLM use in writing and thinking work: self-alienation. Automating the writing experience by substituting LLM outputs leads to a distancing from your own life, your own mind and a flattened experience. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/18/o...

Thanks Tim, it's a short one.

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My latest with @claresoutherton.bsky.social - on AI and Aesthetic Alienation - aka the thorny issue of ai slop.

Completely open access.

journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

In Nov last year, I reported that an encrypted messaging app Sessions was forced to move offshore after the AFP visited. After a 9-month FOI fight with the AFP, I got emails around Sessions, including that the AFP wanted to keep an eye on them because of "their stated commitment to privacy".

💥 ✊ Australian Women’s and Gender Studies Association: Statement in support of sociology at Macquarie University

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#MacquireUniversity #Sociology #HigherEducation #AWGSA

🎓 What an incredible first online seminar with the Australian Women's and Gender Studies Association recently. | The Australian Women’s and Gender Studies Association (AWGSA) 🎓 What an incredible first online seminar with the Australian Women's and Gender Studies Association recently. Thank you to Chelsea Clementine Wallis and Dr Dr Naomi Smith for their thoughtful key...

🎓 What an incredible first online seminar with AWGSA recently. Thank you to Chelsea Clementine Wallis and Dr Naomi Smith @deadtheorist.bsky.social for their thoughtful keynotes.

Learn more here:

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#AWGSA #WomensStudies #GenderStudies #DV

Update for tomorrow's seminar: all welcome to our first AWGSA seminar for the year, now featuring Dr Naomi Smith @deadtheorist.bsky.social and Chelsea Wallis. Free! (though you can opt to provide a donation) #AWGSA #Feminist #GenderStudies

I've made my submission to the review of the ARC grant system. Have you?

5 more days, people.

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JOB ALERT: I'm hiring a part-time research fellow to work with me @healthy-societies.bsky.social at @sydneyuni.bsky.social on my research program on migration, im/mobility and belonging, with a specific focus on healthcare worker migration. Applications close 27 April bit.ly/4iAohs3 #Academicsky

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Hey! It’s me (again)

One thing that needs to get repeated until it sinks in is that “AI” does not simply function as a tool that people in power are using; it’s even more powerful as a permission structure for the destructive & extractive things they wanted to do in the first place.

Pete Evans is back on Facebook and Instagram. Meta knows but isn't doing anything

Pete Evans is back on Facebook and Instagram after being banned for sharing COVID-19 misinformation. Meta knows, but isn't booting him off, @CameronWilson.bsky.social reports.

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EOI: School of Law and Society talent pool Job in Brisbane QLD - SEEK Discover opportunities for casual employment at UniSC's School of Law and Society! Interested in exploring suitable roles aligned with your expertise?

School of Law and Society is recruiting sessionals across humanities and social sciences. Share very widely. We also do online teaching, so even if you know someone/ you are beyond the Sunshine Coast/Southeast, we'd still love to hear from you
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Why are the options so bad, don't answer, I know why, but why