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Belinda Barnet
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Snr Lecturer digital media Swinburne Uni, chicken whisperer, researcher. Smells books. Maybe we can build a new thing here 🌱 The Upside Down: https://twitter.com/manjusrii
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Belinda Barnet @manjusrii.bsky.social · May 3
Canada: it was a close fight, but even the conservative leader lost his seat

Australia: hold my beer
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Belinda Barnet @manjusrii.bsky.social · 4h
Trump has posted nine times in ten minutes on Truth Social, so a post per minute pretty much. Did he just find out the Nobel went to someone else
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Belinda Barnet @manjusrii.bsky.social · 19h
“Harald Stanghelle speculated that retribution from Trump – if it were to come – could take the form of tariffs, demands for higher Nato contributions or even declaring Norway an enemy.

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
Norway braces for Trump’s reaction if he does not win Nobel peace prize
US president may impose tariffs, demand higher Nato contributions or even declare Norway an enemy, analyst says
www.theguardian.com
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Belinda Barnet @manjusrii.bsky.social · 2d
“If the University of Virginia agrees to the terms dictated by a memo sent last Wednesday by Secretary of Education Linda McMahon, then this essay you are reading could cost the university all of its federal support.

newrepublic.com/article/2013...
Why This Essay Could Cause the University of Virginia to Shut Down
How Linda McMahon’s latest “compact” would do deep and permanent harm to American higher education
newrepublic.com
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 4d
Oof. 🤡

@financialtimes.com
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Belinda Barnet @manjusrii.bsky.social · 5d
“When a court subsequently did order Rotondo to remove the images and not to share them, his response was to email them to 50 addresses, including to Inman Grant herself.

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
In a world where techlords rule us by whim, Australia’s stance against deepfakes is reason to celebrate | Van Badham
Could courage be contagious? Let’s hope so, because in the absence of powerful regulation, the normalisation of awful blooms
www.theguardian.com
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Belinda Barnet @manjusrii.bsky.social · 7d
Precisely
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Liz Darvill @lizdarvill.bsky.social · 7d
Them: gender is immutable as ordained by Nature and the Heavens

Also Them: gender is a precariously fragile idea that dissolves on contract with any alternative idea
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Belinda Barnet @manjusrii.bsky.social · 7d
I’m over American tech executives who think gender diversity is a contagious disease you can get by watching a Netflix cartoon.
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Asher Wolf @asherwolf.bsky.social · 10d
Haven’t watched episode 2 & 3 of The People v Robodebt.

Me on waking: why do I have an email from the production company reminding me of their standing offer of counselling sessions?
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Raffi Melkonian @rmfifthcircuit.bsky.social · 14d
I do not think this is a useful application of ChatGPT, to be honest.
also ChatGPT, “What does monkey ass mean?” (Sep. 23, 2025), https://perma.cc/SS32-JRUX (explaining that monkey ass can be “potentially racial (depending on context)” but also an “insult or put-down (non-specific),” “emphasizing someone acting wild or stupid,” or “used in joking or aggressive banter” (citation modified)).
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Belinda Barnet @manjusrii.bsky.social · 14d
Microsoft has cut some services to the Israel Ministry of Defence because they were being used for mass surveillance.

This might seem trivial or insignificant but it is not: if all the major tech companies made decisions like this it could change the tide.
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Belinda Barnet @manjusrii.bsky.social · 15d
“You guys are probably next, right?

…Stanley cites Australia’s history of Indigenous displacement, its “performatively vicious” treatment of asylum seekers and the fierce “anti-woke” rhetoric that pierces public discourse.

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
A US fascism expert’s warning to Australia: ‘You guys are probably next’
The US’s slide towards authoritarianism is part of a global trend, says professor and fascism expert Jason Stanley. And distant Australia, far from being immune, is uniquely vulnerable
www.theguardian.com
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Belinda Barnet @manjusrii.bsky.social · 16d
This speech was like Dada performance art, at times completely nonsensical

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/23/u...
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Belinda Barnet @manjusrii.bsky.social · 17d
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Belinda Barnet @manjusrii.bsky.social · 18d
True.
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Belinda Barnet @manjusrii.bsky.social · 18d
Elon bought Twitter and turned it into an effective right-wing media machine. Rupert & Lachlan wanting a piece of TikTok and its 170 million US users makes perfect sense
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Belinda Barnet @manjusrii.bsky.social · 18d
You can’t make this stuff up. Rupert & Lachlan Murdoch are possibly in a hand-picked (by Trump) consortium to buy TikTok in the US

www.theage.com.au/business/com...
‘A man named Lachlan is involved’: Trump reveals Murdochs set to have role in new TikTok deal
President Donald Trump’s disclosure is the latest twist in a fast-moving potential deal to keep TikTok operating in the US.
www.theage.com.au
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Belinda Barnet @manjusrii.bsky.social · 21d
“President Trump on Thursday floated revoking TV broadcast licenses for networks that cover him negatively, a day after ABC's indefinite suspension of Jimmy Kimmel.

www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/tru...
Trump says TV networks covering him negatively should "maybe" have their licenses revoked
On Thursday, ABC took Jimmy Kimmel off the air after the FCC chairman hinted at action against ABC over comments the comedian had made about the suspect in Charlie Kirk's killing.
www.cbsnews.com
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Belinda Barnet @manjusrii.bsky.social · 23d
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Belinda Barnet @manjusrii.bsky.social · 23d
One of his followers just posted a mobile number under it. Surely this is not ok.
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Belinda Barnet @manjusrii.bsky.social · 23d
Yes we do
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Belinda Barnet @manjusrii.bsky.social · 23d
I feel sorry for the latest account he has picked on: the details shared underneath contain private and identifying information.
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Belinda Barnet @manjusrii.bsky.social · 23d
Senator Babet is calling on his followers to “investigate” and share “all relevant details” about accounts he thinks have mocked Charlie Kirk. He seems to be relishing this.

His followers duly find and post personal information in the comments underneath
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Belinda Barnet @manjusrii.bsky.social · 27d
Australians: you need to read about what happened to this Melbourne writer at the US border.

It makes me worried as an academic and writer too. Luckily my US family are mostly back in Oz now so I can stay away for a few years.

www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
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Ben Eltham @beneltham.bsky.social · Sep 4
Melbourne Uni is killing the literary journal Meanjin. It's cultural vandalism. Australian universities are now deeply anti-intellectual places www.crikey.com.au/2025/09/04/m...
Literary journal Meanjin to close after 85 years of publishing
Meanjin, a mainstay of Australia's cultural landscape and the nation's second-oldest literary publication, is shuttering after Melbourne University Publishing decided to cease financial support.
www.crikey.com.au
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