bestqualitycrab
@bestqualitycrab.bsky.social
cultural big data, #digitalhumanities, HuNI http://huni.net.au Has Anyone Seen A Woman? http://vimeo.com/144863312
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So thrilled to be a part of the important volume. The “critical” in “critical infrastructure” describes an analytical disposition but I think it also gestures at the sense of something crucial that shapes so much of what is possible in the digital worlds we inhabit.
U Minnesota Press's Spring 26 catalog, listing our new Critical Infrastructure Studies & Digital Humanities (in Debates in DH series), eds. Alan Liu, Urszula Pawlicka-Deger, @jamessmithies.bsky.social): z.umn.edu/spring26. Table of contents: www.upress.umn.edu/978151791608... @uminnpress.bsky.social
December 4, 2025 at 11:12 PM
So thrilled to be a part of the important volume. The “critical” in “critical infrastructure” describes an analytical disposition but I think it also gestures at the sense of something crucial that shapes so much of what is possible in the digital worlds we inhabit.
Further to my last post about the unaccountable accountants that are asset stripping our cultural infrastructure - please sign: www.megaphone.org.au/petitions/ha...
Hands off our State Library!
Library workers deliver essential services to 2.8 million people in our community each year. They run information services, connect people online, hold free workshops, develop community connections an...
www.megaphone.org.au
December 3, 2025 at 3:43 AM
Further to my last post about the unaccountable accountants that are asset stripping our cultural infrastructure - please sign: www.megaphone.org.au/petitions/ha...
Everything #GideonHaigh says. The unrepentant carelessness and spiritual emptiness of the library’s decision makers (and the government that put them there) is jawdropping: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
I have a lifelong connection to Victoria’s state library – which is why I am aghast at its crude self-lobotomy | Gideon Haigh
If the ‘suits’ can come for the State Library of Victoria, they can come for anyone, and no public institution is safe
www.theguardian.com
December 3, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Everything #GideonHaigh says. The unrepentant carelessness and spiritual emptiness of the library’s decision makers (and the government that put them there) is jawdropping: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Just imagining how much better it would be if ALL news stories about vaccine-preventable illnesses were illustrated with pictures of people with the disease, not pictures of needle injections. If you must show something that people will find scary & unpleasant, make it the disease, not the cure.
I'm so tired of measles.
I'm also tired of people using needle shots on stories like this.
Show what measles looks like.
I'm also tired of people using needle shots on stories like this.
Show what measles looks like.
Gallatin Co. reports 2nd measles case, warns of exposure sites nbcmontana.com/news/local/g...
December 2, 2025 at 4:40 AM
Just imagining how much better it would be if ALL news stories about vaccine-preventable illnesses were illustrated with pictures of people with the disease, not pictures of needle injections. If you must show something that people will find scary & unpleasant, make it the disease, not the cure.
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🔴 NEW: The University of Edinburgh has quietly paid more than £750,000 to a controversial consulting firm amid job cuts - staff say bosses ignored "repeated" questions about its role.
Read more about 'Nousferatu' 👉 www.theferret.scot/p...
Read more about 'Nousferatu' 👉 www.theferret.scot/p...
November 30, 2025 at 8:30 AM
🔴 NEW: The University of Edinburgh has quietly paid more than £750,000 to a controversial consulting firm amid job cuts - staff say bosses ignored "repeated" questions about its role.
Read more about 'Nousferatu' 👉 www.theferret.scot/p...
Read more about 'Nousferatu' 👉 www.theferret.scot/p...
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The declaration of central Melbourne as a "designated area" for 6 months is a disturbing overreach. This declaration gives police extraordinary powers to stop and search people without a warrant, or even reasonable grounds - and over an unprecedented area and timeframe 🧵(1/3)
November 26, 2025 at 2:36 AM
The declaration of central Melbourne as a "designated area" for 6 months is a disturbing overreach. This declaration gives police extraordinary powers to stop and search people without a warrant, or even reasonable grounds - and over an unprecedented area and timeframe 🧵(1/3)
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It's staggeringly unlikely this stupid power will ever be used.
Congratulations to the Albanese Government and @tanyaplibersekmp.bsky.social for embarrassing themselves, for insulting the welfare and legal sectors, and wasting everyone's time for no public or political benefit whatsoever.
Congratulations to the Albanese Government and @tanyaplibersekmp.bsky.social for embarrassing themselves, for insulting the welfare and legal sectors, and wasting everyone's time for no public or political benefit whatsoever.
Sadly, they cut a deal with the Libs to indeed rush this through
November 26, 2025 at 1:44 AM
It's staggeringly unlikely this stupid power will ever be used.
Congratulations to the Albanese Government and @tanyaplibersekmp.bsky.social for embarrassing themselves, for insulting the welfare and legal sectors, and wasting everyone's time for no public or political benefit whatsoever.
Congratulations to the Albanese Government and @tanyaplibersekmp.bsky.social for embarrassing themselves, for insulting the welfare and legal sectors, and wasting everyone's time for no public or political benefit whatsoever.
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Today @tanyaplibersekmp.bsky.social succeeded in establishing new powers to cancel Centrelink payments before conviction.
Thanks @senatorthorpe.bsky.social @andrewwilkiemp.bsky.social @davidpocock.bsky.social @pennyallmanpayne.com for trying to stop this dangerous law.
Thanks @senatorthorpe.bsky.social @andrewwilkiemp.bsky.social @davidpocock.bsky.social @pennyallmanpayne.com for trying to stop this dangerous law.
Shame Labor shame: New powers to cancel Centrelink payments before conviction pass the senate
Welfare recipients have a right to be treated equally under the law, and should not be subject to punishment before having access to legal advice for any reason, ever.
apcentre.substack.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Today @tanyaplibersekmp.bsky.social succeeded in establishing new powers to cancel Centrelink payments before conviction.
Thanks @senatorthorpe.bsky.social @andrewwilkiemp.bsky.social @davidpocock.bsky.social @pennyallmanpayne.com for trying to stop this dangerous law.
Thanks @senatorthorpe.bsky.social @andrewwilkiemp.bsky.social @davidpocock.bsky.social @pennyallmanpayne.com for trying to stop this dangerous law.
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FOR THE NEXT 6 MONTHS the cops have 'Designated' Melbourne's CBD & all nearby parkland a 'Zone' where you have to let them search you, empty your bags & pockets, & remove "headwear, jackets, scarves" 🤔 🇵🇸 & any "face covering" that protects you from injurious "crowd-controlling substances" ACAB
Public notice: Melbourne CBD - Sunday 30 November 2025 to Friday 29 May 2026
A public notice for Melbourne CBD and surrounds from Sunday 30 November 2025 to Friday 29 May 2026.
www.police.vic.gov.au
November 25, 2025 at 4:03 AM
FOR THE NEXT 6 MONTHS the cops have 'Designated' Melbourne's CBD & all nearby parkland a 'Zone' where you have to let them search you, empty your bags & pockets, & remove "headwear, jackets, scarves" 🤔 🇵🇸 & any "face covering" that protects you from injurious "crowd-controlling substances" ACAB
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(Relatedly, I love Lye's 1935 A Colour Box, commissioned by the British General Post Office)
A Colour Box - Len Lye (1935)
YouTube video by optimisticwombatninja08
www.youtube.com
November 23, 2025 at 4:53 AM
(Relatedly, I love Lye's 1935 A Colour Box, commissioned by the British General Post Office)
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Regret to report that there has been another good linkedin post
November 22, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Regret to report that there has been another good linkedin post
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Almost a year now since I received this absolutely classic burn from the Canadian government.
November 21, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Almost a year now since I received this absolutely classic burn from the Canadian government.
Interesting thread on how the impact of AI on the job market is both terrible (creative industries are hit hardest) and negligible (overall AI is not creating employment efficiencies).
How is AI *really* impacting jobs?
Henley Chiu, the CTO of Revealera, a jobs data analysis firm, analyzed 180 million jobs listings in 2024 and 2025, in an effort to find out. Chiu found an:
-8% drop in all jobs postings
-~30% drop in art, photography, writing jobs
-22% drop in journalism jobs
Henley Chiu, the CTO of Revealera, a jobs data analysis firm, analyzed 180 million jobs listings in 2024 and 2025, in an effort to find out. Chiu found an:
-8% drop in all jobs postings
-~30% drop in art, photography, writing jobs
-22% drop in journalism jobs
What’s really going on with AI and jobs?
Record-breaking layoff reports, Amazon's mass firings, and a slump in entry level employment. Is AI behind it all?
www.bloodinthemachine.com
November 13, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Interesting thread on how the impact of AI on the job market is both terrible (creative industries are hit hardest) and negligible (overall AI is not creating employment efficiencies).
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![[Scene is a kitchen - a middle aged woman called JANET is boiling peas at the stove. A younger more colourfully dressed woman named LIZ approached her.]
JANET:
Ugh...
LIZ:
What's up?
JANET:
I am so bored of cooking peas!
LIZ:
Have you tried...
AI peas?
JANET:
AI peas?
LIZ:
They're peas with AI!
[Liz holds up to us a packet of peas labelled: Pea-i AI - Peas with AI].
LIZ:
Al-powered peas harness the potential of your peas
JANET:
What
LIZ [Now a voiceover as we cut to a whizzy technology diagram of peas all connected by meaningless dotted lines]
Why not take your peas to the next level with Al Peas' new Al tools to power your peas?
[Show a techno diagram of a pea with a label reading 'AI' pointing to a random zone in it]
LIZ:
Each pea has Al in a way we haven't quite worked out yet but it's fine
[Show Janet and Liz now in a Matrix-style world of peas]
LIZ:
With Al peas you can supercharge productivity and make AI work for your peas!
JANET:
What
LIZ:
Shut up
LIZ:
Our game-changing Pea-Al gives you the freedom to unlock the potential of the power of the future of your peas workflow
From opening the bag of peas
to boiling the peas
to eating the peas
To spending millions on adding Al to the peas and then having to work out what that even means.
JANET:
Is it really necessary to-
LIZ [Grabbing Janet by the collar]:
THE PEAS HAVE GOT AI, JANET
[Cut to an advert ending screen, with the bag of peas and the slogan:
AI PEAS: Just 'Peas' for god's sake buy the AI peas.
[Ends]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4m3we4apbjayclzcnhwe3pfp/bafkreiayqa37f7kik7l7s7fbtfp2sir5ckb662ry2lylinyjrfa2rkvvka@jpeg)
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We are featured in over 50 news outlets today: PhD student David Mahoney's research using web archives, @archive.org, to measure historic website emissions, offering a new method and open-source code for analysing & highlighting online environmental impact. www.energylivenews.com/2025/11/11/c...
COP websites emit 10 times more carbon than average webpages - Energy Live News
COP conference websites emit more carbon per page view than typical webpages
www.energylivenews.com
November 11, 2025 at 9:34 AM
We are featured in over 50 news outlets today: PhD student David Mahoney's research using web archives, @archive.org, to measure historic website emissions, offering a new method and open-source code for analysing & highlighting online environmental impact. www.energylivenews.com/2025/11/11/c...
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She's absolutely right. As a producer with several films in development with female directors, I can say it is an absolute uphill battle to get execs to fund their projects. Great scripts are sitting on shelves while a generation of our most talented women sit idle.
www.avclub.com/kristen-stew...
www.avclub.com/kristen-stew...
Kristen Stewart declares "state of emergency" over gender inequality in film
Kristen Stewart declares "state of emergency" over gender inequality in film
www.avclub.com
November 5, 2025 at 6:22 PM
She's absolutely right. As a producer with several films in development with female directors, I can say it is an absolute uphill battle to get execs to fund their projects. Great scripts are sitting on shelves while a generation of our most talented women sit idle.
www.avclub.com/kristen-stew...
www.avclub.com/kristen-stew...
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Really pleased to announce the launch of the all-new, all-dancing, London Lives website - www.londonlives.org It has been thoroughly re-engineered to facilitate more types of search, and redesigned for phones and tablets. The team very much hopes peope like it. 1/
London Lives
www.londonlives.org
November 5, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Really pleased to announce the launch of the all-new, all-dancing, London Lives website - www.londonlives.org It has been thoroughly re-engineered to facilitate more types of search, and redesigned for phones and tablets. The team very much hopes peope like it. 1/
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🎵 "Every woman, every man
Join the canavan climate trust
(Stand up) stand up, stand up" 🎵
Join the canavan climate trust
(Stand up) stand up, stand up" 🎵
Simon Holmes à Court has launched a new fundraiser - ‘The Canavan Climate Trust’ - by cataloguing all the “climate-denying” nonsense from the Nats over the last few weeks, & “every dollar donated” is going to be put towards Ads highlighting their “most unhinged comments”👏💥 #Abc
November 3, 2025 at 9:14 AM
🎵 "Every woman, every man
Join the canavan climate trust
(Stand up) stand up, stand up" 🎵
Join the canavan climate trust
(Stand up) stand up, stand up" 🎵
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Last chance to turn it off.
On Monday, November 3rd, Microsoft will start using your LinkedIn data for AI training. And remember, you're opted in by default.
To toggle it off 👉 Account - Settings & Privacy > Data privacy > Data for Generative AI Improvement.
On Monday, November 3rd, Microsoft will start using your LinkedIn data for AI training. And remember, you're opted in by default.
To toggle it off 👉 Account - Settings & Privacy > Data privacy > Data for Generative AI Improvement.
October 31, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Last chance to turn it off.
On Monday, November 3rd, Microsoft will start using your LinkedIn data for AI training. And remember, you're opted in by default.
To toggle it off 👉 Account - Settings & Privacy > Data privacy > Data for Generative AI Improvement.
On Monday, November 3rd, Microsoft will start using your LinkedIn data for AI training. And remember, you're opted in by default.
To toggle it off 👉 Account - Settings & Privacy > Data privacy > Data for Generative AI Improvement.
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The road to Nat zero.
📢 The Nationals have formally walked away from support of Australia's net zero emissions by 2050 policy after a party room meeting in Canberra. The decision sets up a potential showdown with their coalition partner the Liberals, who are also reviewing their approach to climate change after their…
Nationals ditch net zero as Liberals ponder their own climate policy
www.sbs.com.au
November 2, 2025 at 7:57 PM
The road to Nat zero.
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This reads like an April Fool's joke. The first author in this "Sh-index" doesn't even get full credit for the paper. It's bad enough negotiating author order without these weightings!
"Google Scholar tool gives extra credit to first and last authors"
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
"Google Scholar tool gives extra credit to first and last authors"
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
October 27, 2025 at 10:53 AM
This reads like an April Fool's joke. The first author in this "Sh-index" doesn't even get full credit for the paper. It's bad enough negotiating author order without these weightings!
"Google Scholar tool gives extra credit to first and last authors"
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
"Google Scholar tool gives extra credit to first and last authors"
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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i see you're doing something online that you have effortlessly done 100,000 times. would you like to use this ai tool? would you like to use this ai tool? would you like to use this ai tool? would you like to use this ai tool? would you like to use this ai tool? would you like to use this ai tool? w
October 20, 2025 at 2:38 PM
i see you're doing something online that you have effortlessly done 100,000 times. would you like to use this ai tool? would you like to use this ai tool? would you like to use this ai tool? would you like to use this ai tool? would you like to use this ai tool? would you like to use this ai tool? w
Love your work @quinnanya.me !!!
Wrote some things about what it was actually like inside an inflatable frog costume at the #NoKings protest, and how we might remember this someday.
The View from Inside an Inflatable Frog
https://www.quinndombrowski.com/blog/2025/10/18/view-inside-inflatable-frog/ I hadn't thought much of it, but there's a good reason the inflatable frogs were most often nocturnal, and found in northe...
quinndombrowski.com
October 20, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Love your work @quinnanya.me !!!
Following this thread 🧵
Great start to #KnowledgeIsHuman by Jimmy Wales: open knowledge is essential infrastructure. Every layer of knowledge in ecosystem is grounded in human effort - creating; sharing; synthesising; remixing; reusing. GLAMs, BBC, Wikimedia and us - we can all contribute
wikimedia.org.uk/wp/wp-conten...
wikimedia.org.uk/wp/wp-conten...
October 20, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Following this thread 🧵
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In a normal world: "Australia prepares for H5 strain of bird flu".
In ABC-brane land:
In ABC-brane land:
October 19, 2025 at 9:20 PM
In a normal world: "Australia prepares for H5 strain of bird flu".
In ABC-brane land:
In ABC-brane land: