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Daniel Angus

@antmandan.bsky.social

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Professor of Digital Communication and Director of the QUT Digital Media Research Centre. Cyclist, beer brewer, nerd, community advocate.

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Daniel Angus @antmandan.bsky.social · 1d

Thanks Lion, I had a lot of fun on this panel. I really liked @theoaraujo.bsky.social observation of how sample bias, often invoked to support the universality of research findings, could be more productively reframed to identify and prioritise the inclusion of marginalised/underrepresented groups.

Daniel Angus @antmandan.bsky.social · 21d

I know the stories, and have had prior experiences, but my god @deutschebahn.com are truly hopeless. For the entire month I've not ridden a train that has gone on time, and multiple have just never shown up or just randomly cancelled stations mid-route. I love you Germany, please sort this out.

Daniel Angus @antmandan.bsky.social · 23d

Massive respect to the Spanish fans, riders like Pello Bilbao above, and others who showed up and made their voices heard. Your peaceful protest has forced everyone to face the contradiction. Cycling deserves far better governance than this. The UCI can't pick and choose when ethics matter.

Daniel Angus @antmandan.bsky.social · 23d

The UCI’s decision to allow an Israeli team ride the Vuelta was beyond inconsistent. They’ve banned other teams and athletes over political issues before, but suddenly it was "sport is neutral"?! That’s not neutrality, that's hypocrisy. www.cyclingnews.com/news/i-dont-...

'I don't understand the UCI's hypocrisy; what happened in Gaza is genocide' - Pello Bilbao speaks out after Vuelta a España protests

'Everything that's happened at the Vuelta serves to show the weakness of cycling' - Bahrain Victorious rider tells El Periódico

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QUT Digital Media Research Centre @qutdmrc.bsky.social · 23d

Congratulations to PhD student Caroline Gardam (@cazuarina.bsky.social), Dr Michelle Riedlinger (@riedlinm.bsky.social), Dr Daniel Angus (@antmandan.bsky.social), and DMRC alum Jane Tan for their new paper on the multimodal narratives of climate denial.

Multimodal narratives of climate denial: A novel, visual-first methodology for analysing conspiracy theory discourse on Instagram

Problematic information about climate change in online spaces can impact public awareness about climate change’s causes, impacts, and mitigation strat…

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Daniel Angus @antmandan.bsky.social · 26d

The ANU Bell affair shows how a “born-to-rule” mindset warps university governance. This ABC opinion piece asks the bigger questions we all should be asking inside and outside the sector.
abc.net.au/religion/anu...

Has meritocracy gotten the better of our universities? Why events at ANU are grounds for hope - ABC Religion & Ethics

It’s not every day that the students and staff of a university succeed in forcing a vice-chancellor from office — that’s what happened last week at ANU, but why did change take so long when it was cle...

abc.net.au

Daniel Angus @antmandan.bsky.social · Sep 11

I'm in Cologne for work. We had Warntag today, which is an annual test of the alert systems. For me, a non-German speaker who had no pre-warning of this, it was extremely normal to have my phone just start blaring an alert tone and show up an alert message while air raid sirens started going off.

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ADM+S Centre @admscentre.org.au · Sep 11

New ADM+S submission: Research ahead of the 2025 Federal Election reveals astroturfing is mainstream in climate & energy debates. Calls for stronger laws, transparency & platform accountability to protect democracy.
Read more bit.ly/41MbRYn
#PoliticalAdvertising #Astroturfing #DigitalTransparency

ADM+S submission to the Senate Select Committee on Information Integrity on Climate Change and Energy

This submission to the Senate Select Committee on Information Integrity on Climate Change and Energy draws on research conducted ahead of the 2025 Australian Federal Election to track political advert...

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Daniel Angus @antmandan.bsky.social · Sep 8

I saw this great interview about Bluesky by my good colleague @dhutchman.bsky.social here on Bluesky, so I'm boosting it on Bluesky.

Jonathon Hutchinson @dhutchman.bsky.social · Sep 8

I was interviewed about Bluesky, so I’m sharing it on Bluesky: www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Research posts on Bluesky are more original — and get better engagement

Bluesky posts about science garner more likes and reposts than similar ones on X.

www.nature.com

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Jonathon Hutchinson @dhutchman.bsky.social · Sep 8

I was interviewed about Bluesky, so I’m sharing it on Bluesky: www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Research posts on Bluesky are more original — and get better engagement

Bluesky posts about science garner more likes and reposts than similar ones on X.

www.nature.com

Daniel Angus @antmandan.bsky.social · Sep 2

Great to be here at @gesis.org at the same time as my wonderful Canadian colleagues @philipmai.com & @gruzd.ca. The @qutdmrc.bsky.social is the Australian partner of the polidashboard.org an initiative of their @socialmedialab.ca. A wonderful tool for enhancing transparency of political advertising.

Professor Phillip Mai from social media lab in Toronto Canada presenting a talk on Polidashboard, a tool for tracking political ads on Meta's platforms

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Australian Internet Observatory (AIO) @internetobservatory.org.au · Sep 1

Our partner lead @antmandan.bsky.social is a currently in Germany as a visiting fellow at @gesis.org.

His talk is on Sep 10 to the institute is on Tracking online ads through citizen-engaged, privacy-preserving methods. Check out more info here: www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

QUT (Queensland University of Technology) partner lead, Prof. Daniel Angus, is currently spending time as a visiting fellow at GESIS - Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences in Germany. As an… | Au...

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ADM+S Centre @admscentre.org.au · Aug 31

Voice technologies are being rapidly integrated into AI systems, raising new questions & intensifying old ones, across everyday life. This paper surveys the history & current developments, highlighting emerging responses in real-world settings. apo.org.au/node/331920 #AI #VoiceTech #Authenticity

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Daniel Angus @antmandan.bsky.social · Aug 28

I feel a red line was crossed today, and it might be time for outlets like @betootaadvocate.bsky.social and others to reconsider how their satire works to normalise the antics of these conservative gun-nut caricatures from the deep north. This just isn't funny anymore.

Daniel Angus @antmandan.bsky.social · Aug 28

And while I know Josh Bavas to be an incredibly fair and respected journalist, and it's good to see the press pack and his executives standing behind him, ultimately it shouldn't matter. Violence is never acceptable, no matter who the target is. Katter and his party owe him an unreserved apology.

Daniel Angus @antmandan.bsky.social · Aug 28

Bob Katter may enjoy cult-like meme status as a quirky political oddity, but it's clear that beneath the cowboy hat is a mean bully whose behaviour should never be excused as harmless eccentricity. His violent outburst today was an utter disgrace and he should be censured for it in parliament.

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Daniel Angus @antmandan.bsky.social · Aug 27

So @albomp.bsky.social reckons we can't "do policy on the run" when it comes to gambling ads, after years of reviews, inquiries, and expert consensus begging for action. But somehow it's fine to rush through contested laws that reshape the entire internet in under 6 months. The hypocrisy is wild.

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Hella Iain @iainnd.bsky.social · Aug 27

Look what they did to Notepad. Shut the fuck up. This is Notepad. You are not welcome here. Oh yeah "Let me use Copilot for Notepad". "I'm going to sign into my account for Notepad". What the fuck are you talking about. It's Notepad.

Windows Notepad, the native simple text editor, now has formatting options and a Copilot button.

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nicholas carah @nnniccc.bsky.social · Aug 25

From Darkness to Hypervisibility! A one day symposium on the promotional and creator cultures of social media at UQ in November. CFP and details here: hass.uq.edu.au/event/sessio... @bradyjay.bsky.social @antmandan.bsky.social

Darkness to hyper-visibility: exploring promotional and creator cultures of social media

This one-day symposium explores the visibility games at the heart of social media’s promotional and creator cultures. From influencers and everyday users to advertisers and automated algorithms, every...

hass.uq.edu.au

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Daniel Angus @antmandan.bsky.social · Aug 24

Ah yes, Europe, the land of stringent regulation… except when it comes to every other idiot ruining the vibe by chain-smoking through every meal or nice moment. To the hipsters who think it's an aesthetic: you don't look chic, you just smell like regret and tar.

Daniel Angus @antmandan.bsky.social · Aug 21

Until Sunday, let's catch up if you're around?

Daniel Angus @antmandan.bsky.social · Aug 20

Absolutely lucked out on my academic visit to Amsterdam this week by timing it with a once every 5 year mass sailing event. These tall ships are absolutely gorgeous, and there are about 60 of them that all sailed in together today.

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Daniel Angus @antmandan.bsky.social · Aug 13

Being in the UK this week means I've seen several variations of Lower Wafflington AFC vs Bishop's Piddle United on the pub TVs. It's baffling, because apparently there are 147 other cups, shields, plates, and vases happening at the same time, all in overlapping leagues that somehow share teams.

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Dan @dannno0o.bsky.social · Aug 12

Hello, good morning, I am happy to share an opinion piece in The Spinoff that I wrote off of the back of a policy submission to the NZ Government's Education and Workforce Committee alongside a group of wonderful @qutdmrc.bsky.social colleagues. You can read it here thespinoff.co.nz/internet/13-...

Pretending the internet doesn’t exist won’t protect our young people from harm

Our inquiry into online harm should not follow the same rushed process that resulted in Australia's under-16 social media ban.

thespinoff.co.nz

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Daniel Angus @antmandan.bsky.social · Jul 31

Age verification?

I tore the edges off printer paper.

Axel Bruns @snurb.info · Jul 31

Age verification ?

I served in the Cold War.

sylmobile @sylmobile.com · Jul 31

Age verification?

I rode Sydney Hydrofoil Ferries.

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Axel Bruns @snurb.info · Jul 31

Age verification ?

I served in the Cold War.

sylmobile @sylmobile.com · Jul 31

Age verification?

I rode Sydney Hydrofoil Ferries.

Mike @bikeymikey70.bsky.social · Jul 31

Age verification?

I listened to the 1978 NRL grand final replay on the wireless

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Stilgherrian @stilgherrian.com · Jul 31

“The more governments try to restrict social media use, the more young people will find ways to get around it” by @leopuglisi6.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

The more governments try to restrict social media use, the more young people will find ways to get around it | Leo Puglisi

Australia’s vow to ban teens from accessing YouTube through their own account isn’t going to stop harmful content in the slightest

www.theguardian.com

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Daniel Angus @antmandan.bsky.social · Jul 30

Say carbon credits again. I dare you. I double dare you.

David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · Jul 30

Motherfucking wind farms…

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Daniel Angus @antmandan.bsky.social · Jul 30

The best way to tackle the toxic cultures shaped by our legacy commercial media? Apparently, it's to steer kids off social media and right back into their arms. More betting ads, more booze, more body image pressure, more stale white males. Brilliant strategy, really. 🇦🇺🍔🎰🍻💸

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Daniel Angus @antmandan.bsky.social · Jul 30

With fewer kids on YouTube, TikTok and Reels maybe they’ll go back to learning values from Married At First Sight and Sportsbet ads. Forget digital literacy, what our kids really need is more 5-minute ad breaks and reality shows where every woman is a stereotype and every bloke is named Trent.

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