Album release anniversary today…

Released June 25. 1984

Prince - Purple Rain

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#vinylcommunity #vinyl #records #music

This is part of an ARC Discovery Project undertaken by @pwik.bsky.social & me at @qutdmrc.bsky.social , @ariadnamf.bsky.social at UCD, and @dhutchman.bsky.social & Jo Gray at Uni of Sydney, with help from the Australian Internet Observatory, and a vibrant team of PhD students and RAs. Be in it!

Peering inside his TikTok viewing history, one user finds it is 'not just raw, pointless data' A new tool created by researchers at the Queensland University of Technology is allowing people to see themselves through the eyes of the algorithm.

We’re featured by ABC!
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04...

Explore your TikTok data and contribute to a study examining how TikTok influences political discourse: foryouparticipate.net/tiktok/

#ForYouProject #CitizenScience #TikTokResearch #QUT #auspol

Photo of a small crab from NOAA’s social media. It’s covered in spikes

Just making sure that everyone is aware of this crab that NOAA scientists found

Wildfire climate connection Climate change, including increased heat, extended drought, and a thirsty atmosphere, has been a key driver in increasing the risk and extent of wildfires in the western United States during the last ...

ABC, NBC & CBS dedicated about 16 minutes of airtime last night to the California wildfires without once mentioning climate change.

Since the news failed do it's job, here's a short summary of the role of climate change and wildfire risk:

www.noaa.gov/noaa-wildfir...

The empire strikes back

Let’s take it to the streets! (The ad was finished about 6 hours prior to receiving this embellishment) All these signs… I wish I was still teaching semiotics…

Oh Paris, how I have missed you…

International students unlikely to be capped from start of next year as Labor fails to win Coalition support The Coalition has announced it will oppose the government's bill to limit the number of international students able to enrol from next year, just weeks out from when the caps were meant to come into f...

What a mess… www.abc.net.au/news/2024-11...

Be nice! It’s not cool to be rude at work - this study shows how rudeness has a negative impact on team performance. psycnet.apa.org/doiLanding?d...

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