Kathy Reid (she/her)
@kathyreid.au
#PhD researcher at #ANU Cybernetics, investigating bias in #speech and #voice #tech, with a focus on #data & #ML. Leads R&D at @mozdatacollective.bsky.social
Ex NVIDIA, Mycroft AI, @linuxaustralia.bsky.social, Deakin Uni.
https://linktr.ee/kathyreid
Ex NVIDIA, Mycroft AI, @linuxaustralia.bsky.social, Deakin Uni.
https://linktr.ee/kathyreid
WATCH AND ACT - PREPARE TO EVACUATE - OTWAYS
Multiple towns in #Otways advised to evacuate given 45 C predictions for Tuesday 27th. Extends as far east as Gerangamete, Barwon Downs. Carlisle River fire not contained, will not be contained by tmrw.
#vicfires
emergency.vic.gov.au/respond/#!/w...
Multiple towns in #Otways advised to evacuate given 45 C predictions for Tuesday 27th. Extends as far east as Gerangamete, Barwon Downs. Carlisle River fire not contained, will not be contained by tmrw.
#vicfires
emergency.vic.gov.au/respond/#!/w...
Incidents and Warnings - VicEmergency
Victoria's combined source of emergency information and warnings, helping the community to prepare for, respond to and recover from emergencies across the state.
emergency.vic.gov.au
January 26, 2026 at 1:04 AM
WATCH AND ACT - PREPARE TO EVACUATE - OTWAYS
Multiple towns in #Otways advised to evacuate given 45 C predictions for Tuesday 27th. Extends as far east as Gerangamete, Barwon Downs. Carlisle River fire not contained, will not be contained by tmrw.
#vicfires
emergency.vic.gov.au/respond/#!/w...
Multiple towns in #Otways advised to evacuate given 45 C predictions for Tuesday 27th. Extends as far east as Gerangamete, Barwon Downs. Carlisle River fire not contained, will not be contained by tmrw.
#vicfires
emergency.vic.gov.au/respond/#!/w...
Reposted by Kathy Reid (she/her)
A huge congratulations to the incoming Linux Australia Inc. Council for the term 2026 - 2027:
President: @joeladdison.au
Vice-President: Jenny Cox
Secretary: Neill Cox
Treasurer: Russell Stuart
Ordinary Committee Members
Elena Williams @elequ.bsky.social
Jonathan Woithe
Harrison Oates
President: @joeladdison.au
Vice-President: Jenny Cox
Secretary: Neill Cox
Treasurer: Russell Stuart
Ordinary Committee Members
Elena Williams @elequ.bsky.social
Jonathan Woithe
Harrison Oates
January 25, 2026 at 5:43 AM
A huge congratulations to the incoming Linux Australia Inc. Council for the term 2026 - 2027:
President: @joeladdison.au
Vice-President: Jenny Cox
Secretary: Neill Cox
Treasurer: Russell Stuart
Ordinary Committee Members
Elena Williams @elequ.bsky.social
Jonathan Woithe
Harrison Oates
President: @joeladdison.au
Vice-President: Jenny Cox
Secretary: Neill Cox
Treasurer: Russell Stuart
Ordinary Committee Members
Elena Williams @elequ.bsky.social
Jonathan Woithe
Harrison Oates
Reposted by Kathy Reid (she/her)
Know where to get the information to keep you safe during the coming danger days.
#WAFires
www.emergency.wa.gov.au
#SAFires
cfs.sa.gov.au/warnings-res...
#VicFires
www.emergency.vic.gov.au/respond/
#NSWFires
www.rfs.nsw.gov.au/fire-informa...
#Heatwave
www.bom.gov.au/weather-and-...
#WAFires
www.emergency.wa.gov.au
#SAFires
cfs.sa.gov.au/warnings-res...
#VicFires
www.emergency.vic.gov.au/respond/
#NSWFires
www.rfs.nsw.gov.au/fire-informa...
#Heatwave
www.bom.gov.au/weather-and-...
January 23, 2026 at 6:47 AM
Know where to get the information to keep you safe during the coming danger days.
#WAFires
www.emergency.wa.gov.au
#SAFires
cfs.sa.gov.au/warnings-res...
#VicFires
www.emergency.vic.gov.au/respond/
#NSWFires
www.rfs.nsw.gov.au/fire-informa...
#Heatwave
www.bom.gov.au/weather-and-...
#WAFires
www.emergency.wa.gov.au
#SAFires
cfs.sa.gov.au/warnings-res...
#VicFires
www.emergency.vic.gov.au/respond/
#NSWFires
www.rfs.nsw.gov.au/fire-informa...
#Heatwave
www.bom.gov.au/weather-and-...
EMERGENCY - TAKE SHELTER NOW - CARLISLE RIVER, GELLIBRAND
emergency.vic.gov.au/respond/#!/w...
The bushfire is travelling from the west of Gellibrand in a easterly direction towards Gellibrand. Fire within 1km. Impact at any time.
#vicfires #Otways
emergency.vic.gov.au/respond/#!/w...
The bushfire is travelling from the west of Gellibrand in a easterly direction towards Gellibrand. Fire within 1km. Impact at any time.
#vicfires #Otways
Incidents and Warnings - VicEmergency
Victoria's combined source of emergency information and warnings, helping the community to prepare for, respond to and recover from emergencies across the state.
emergency.vic.gov.au
January 24, 2026 at 9:38 PM
EMERGENCY - TAKE SHELTER NOW - CARLISLE RIVER, GELLIBRAND
emergency.vic.gov.au/respond/#!/w...
The bushfire is travelling from the west of Gellibrand in a easterly direction towards Gellibrand. Fire within 1km. Impact at any time.
#vicfires #Otways
emergency.vic.gov.au/respond/#!/w...
The bushfire is travelling from the west of Gellibrand in a easterly direction towards Gellibrand. Fire within 1km. Impact at any time.
#vicfires #Otways
Reposted by Kathy Reid (she/her)
This was fascinating, particularly seeing the community-based surveillance infrastructure people are putting into place in Minnesota to warn their neighbours about ICE activity and support those who can't leave their houses.
NEW: Weekend News Agents
Our special report from Minnesota
On the ground, inside Donald Trump’s new surveillance state. Where ICE watch citizens. And the citizens watch back. Where political authority is fraying with each passing day.
Listening now
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
Our special report from Minnesota
On the ground, inside Donald Trump’s new surveillance state. Where ICE watch citizens. And the citizens watch back. Where political authority is fraying with each passing day.
Listening now
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
Special Report: Surveillance and snatch squads in Trump's new America
Podcast Episode · The News Agents · 23/01/2026 · 54m
podcasts.apple.com
January 24, 2026 at 11:59 AM
This was fascinating, particularly seeing the community-based surveillance infrastructure people are putting into place in Minnesota to warn their neighbours about ICE activity and support those who can't leave their houses.
Reposted by Kathy Reid (she/her)
📣NEW! SmolTalk-Chinese: high-quality multi-task dataset for Chinese conversational AI, covering 19 task types: advice-seeking, code gen, daily chat! Dialogue model training & LLM fine-tuning 🧡
📎 Available at datacollective.mozillafoundation.org/datasets/cmk...
⚠️ Academic/non-commercial use only
📎 Available at datacollective.mozillafoundation.org/datasets/cmk...
⚠️ Academic/non-commercial use only
smoltalk-chinese | Mozilla Data Collective
SmolTalk-Chinese is a high-quality multi-task dataset for Chinese conversational scenarios, covering 19 task types (e.g., advice-seeking, code generation, daily chat). The full dataset is accessible v...
datacollective.mozillafoundation.org
January 22, 2026 at 10:00 PM
📣NEW! SmolTalk-Chinese: high-quality multi-task dataset for Chinese conversational AI, covering 19 task types: advice-seeking, code gen, daily chat! Dialogue model training & LLM fine-tuning 🧡
📎 Available at datacollective.mozillafoundation.org/datasets/cmk...
⚠️ Academic/non-commercial use only
📎 Available at datacollective.mozillafoundation.org/datasets/cmk...
⚠️ Academic/non-commercial use only
Are you at @everythingopen.au today? Come join my tutorial after morning tea where I'll cover fine-tuning #Whisper #ASR models using @mozdatacollective.bsky.social datasets!
#EO2026 #EverythingOpen
#EO2026 #EverythingOpen
January 22, 2026 at 8:09 PM
Are you at @everythingopen.au today? Come join my tutorial after morning tea where I'll cover fine-tuning #Whisper #ASR models using @mozdatacollective.bsky.social datasets!
#EO2026 #EverythingOpen
#EO2026 #EverythingOpen
Reposted by Kathy Reid (she/her)
This is the most astonishing graph of what the Trump regime has done to US science. They have destroyed the federal science workforce across the board. The negative impacts on Americans will be felt for generations, and the US might never be the same again.
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
January 20, 2026 at 10:53 PM
This is the most astonishing graph of what the Trump regime has done to US science. They have destroyed the federal science workforce across the board. The negative impacts on Americans will be felt for generations, and the US might never be the same again.
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
Reposted by Kathy Reid (she/her)
📣🌍 Meet the Ewondo_Fong_ALCAM-MultimodalDataset! Highlighting Fong; a variant of Ewondo speech that’s widely used but rarely documented. Native-speaker audio, example sentences + Fong–French text to support language learning and speech tech 🧡
🔗 datacollective.mozillafoundation.org/datasets/cmk...
🔗 datacollective.mozillafoundation.org/datasets/cmk...
Ewondo_Fong_ALCAM-MultimodalDataset | Mozilla Data Collective
Ewondo_Fong_ALCAM-MultimodalDataset is a richly curated, multimodal linguistic dataset dedicated to the documentation and technological enhancement of the Fong variety of the widely designated 'Ewondo...
datacollective.mozillafoundation.org
January 21, 2026 at 11:51 AM
📣🌍 Meet the Ewondo_Fong_ALCAM-MultimodalDataset! Highlighting Fong; a variant of Ewondo speech that’s widely used but rarely documented. Native-speaker audio, example sentences + Fong–French text to support language learning and speech tech 🧡
🔗 datacollective.mozillafoundation.org/datasets/cmk...
🔗 datacollective.mozillafoundation.org/datasets/cmk...
Reposted by Kathy Reid (she/her)
📣 New dataset! 🇫🇷 Large-scale collection of 400,000+ real user conversations generated on the compar:IA platform. #opensource and proprietary systems developed within the French Ministry of Culture. 👏 datacollective.mozillafoundation.org/datasets/cmk... @info.gouv.fr @mozilla.org
Compar:IA conversations | Mozilla Data Collective
The compar:IA dataset is a large-scale collection of real user conversations generated on the compar:IA platform, a public conversational AI comparison service developed within the French Ministry of ...
datacollective.mozillafoundation.org
January 20, 2026 at 12:40 PM
📣 New dataset! 🇫🇷 Large-scale collection of 400,000+ real user conversations generated on the compar:IA platform. #opensource and proprietary systems developed within the French Ministry of Culture. 👏 datacollective.mozillafoundation.org/datasets/cmk... @info.gouv.fr @mozilla.org
Reposted by Kathy Reid (she/her)
This is a fantastic article with a lot of simple explanations in it of everyday counterintuitive bullshit, just as you’d expect from Cory Doctorow.
Yeah AI is a bubble. But what sort of bubble? Who puffed it up? And what do we do?
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
Yeah AI is a bubble. But what sort of bubble? Who puffed it up? And what do we do?
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
AI companies will fail. We can salvage something from the wreckage | Cory Doctorow
AI is asbestos in the walls of our tech society, stuffed there by monopolists run amok. A serious fight against it must strike at its roots
www.theguardian.com
January 20, 2026 at 8:02 AM
This is a fantastic article with a lot of simple explanations in it of everyday counterintuitive bullshit, just as you’d expect from Cory Doctorow.
Yeah AI is a bubble. But what sort of bubble? Who puffed it up? And what do we do?
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
Yeah AI is a bubble. But what sort of bubble? Who puffed it up? And what do we do?
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
Andrew Donnellan (who you may know as @ajdlinux on other platforms) was part of the winding up of #OzLabs in #CBR #Canberra recently.
If you're looking for a standout #Linux #kernel engineer or someone for #embedded pick Andrew.
www.linkedin.com/in/andrewdon...
#EO2026 #EverythingOpen
If you're looking for a standout #Linux #kernel engineer or someone for #embedded pick Andrew.
www.linkedin.com/in/andrewdon...
#EO2026 #EverythingOpen
Andrew Donnellan - IBM | LinkedIn
I'm a software engineer with a background in systems programming, open source and the… · Experience: IBM · Education: The Australian National University · Location: Canberra · 411 connections on L...
www.linkedin.com
January 20, 2026 at 3:56 AM
Andrew Donnellan (who you may know as @ajdlinux on other platforms) was part of the winding up of #OzLabs in #CBR #Canberra recently.
If you're looking for a standout #Linux #kernel engineer or someone for #embedded pick Andrew.
www.linkedin.com/in/andrewdon...
#EO2026 #EverythingOpen
If you're looking for a standout #Linux #kernel engineer or someone for #embedded pick Andrew.
www.linkedin.com/in/andrewdon...
#EO2026 #EverythingOpen
Reposted by Kathy Reid (she/her)
Who gets to shape the tech we use? Since launching in Nov datacollective.mozillafoundation.org has been so excited about the educators, media orgs and technologists joining us! New in:
• Teacher-led bias dataset (Argentina)
• 70 hours of Luhya speech data (Kenya)
• Radio archives (Northern Uganda)
• Teacher-led bias dataset (Argentina)
• 70 hours of Luhya speech data (Kenya)
• Radio archives (Northern Uganda)
January 19, 2026 at 10:34 AM
Who gets to shape the tech we use? Since launching in Nov datacollective.mozillafoundation.org has been so excited about the educators, media orgs and technologists joining us! New in:
• Teacher-led bias dataset (Argentina)
• 70 hours of Luhya speech data (Kenya)
• Radio archives (Northern Uganda)
• Teacher-led bias dataset (Argentina)
• 70 hours of Luhya speech data (Kenya)
• Radio archives (Northern Uganda)
Reposted by Kathy Reid (she/her)
Thank you so much to @zackpolanski.bsky.social for inviting me onto his podcast. We talked about critical issues the media & political establishment is ignoring such as the extraordinarily dumb & dangerous UK defence deal with Peter Thiel’s Palantir
"Peter Thiel... the founder of this company, does not believe in democracy"
January 15, 2026 at 12:46 PM
Thank you so much to @zackpolanski.bsky.social for inviting me onto his podcast. We talked about critical issues the media & political establishment is ignoring such as the extraordinarily dumb & dangerous UK defence deal with Peter Thiel’s Palantir
Reposted by Kathy Reid (she/her)
☀️ Summer School 📚
“Critical AI Literacies for Resisting and Reclaiming"
Organisers and teachers:
👉 @marentierra.bsky.social
👉 @olivia.science
👉 myself
Deadline for application:
🐦 31 March 2026 (early bird fee)
1/🧵
www.ru.nl/en/education...
“Critical AI Literacies for Resisting and Reclaiming"
Organisers and teachers:
👉 @marentierra.bsky.social
👉 @olivia.science
👉 myself
Deadline for application:
🐦 31 March 2026 (early bird fee)
1/🧵
www.ru.nl/en/education...
Critical AI Literacies for Resisting and Reclaiming | Radboud University
This course is designed to foster critical AI literacies in participants to empower them to develop ways of resisting or reclaiming AI in their own practices and social context.
www.ru.nl
January 16, 2026 at 8:36 PM
☀️ Summer School 📚
“Critical AI Literacies for Resisting and Reclaiming"
Organisers and teachers:
👉 @marentierra.bsky.social
👉 @olivia.science
👉 myself
Deadline for application:
🐦 31 March 2026 (early bird fee)
1/🧵
www.ru.nl/en/education...
“Critical AI Literacies for Resisting and Reclaiming"
Organisers and teachers:
👉 @marentierra.bsky.social
👉 @olivia.science
👉 myself
Deadline for application:
🐦 31 March 2026 (early bird fee)
1/🧵
www.ru.nl/en/education...
Reposted by Kathy Reid (she/her)
get in girlies, we're talking surveillance! we're talking the fantasy of automation propped up by humans! we're talking unfulfilled promises of tech to reduce household labour! we're talking funwashing of robots made for warfare!
Aside from creepy surveillance, what are ‘consumer-ready’ service robots actually for? | Samantha Floreani
For A$30k you could have a remote employee see inside your home via a walking, talking machine with a chilling blank face. Count me out
www.theguardian.com
January 16, 2026 at 1:46 AM
get in girlies, we're talking surveillance! we're talking the fantasy of automation propped up by humans! we're talking unfulfilled promises of tech to reduce household labour! we're talking funwashing of robots made for warfare!
Reposted by Kathy Reid (she/her)
Flash flooding hits Victoria’s Great Ocean Road as cars washed out to sea
Flash flooding hits Victoria’s Great Ocean Road as cars washed out to sea
Wye river overflows and people take shelter as severe thunderstorms dump rain on parts of Victoria’s southwest coast
People have been urged to find shelter after a severe thunderstorm caused flash flooding, closed a major scenic tourism road and washed cars out to sea.
An emergency warning was in place for the Wye, Kennett and Cumberland rivers in the Lorne area in Victoria’s southwest coast after thunderstorms dumped more than 170mm of rain on the area on Thursday afternoon. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
January 15, 2026 at 5:29 AM
Flash flooding hits Victoria’s Great Ocean Road as cars washed out to sea
Reposted by Kathy Reid (she/her)
Today, @wikipedia.org Turns 25!
25 years of making the internet just a little bit better, one edit at a time! Join Australia in celebrating what has become the backbone of the internet. Sign our virtual birthday card 🎂
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Event:A...
Ferfive, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
25 years of making the internet just a little bit better, one edit at a time! Join Australia in celebrating what has become the backbone of the internet. Sign our virtual birthday card 🎂
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Event:A...
Ferfive, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
January 15, 2026 at 1:37 AM
Today, @wikipedia.org Turns 25!
25 years of making the internet just a little bit better, one edit at a time! Join Australia in celebrating what has become the backbone of the internet. Sign our virtual birthday card 🎂
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Event:A...
Ferfive, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
25 years of making the internet just a little bit better, one edit at a time! Join Australia in celebrating what has become the backbone of the internet. Sign our virtual birthday card 🎂
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Event:A...
Ferfive, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Welcome to Bluesky, @anufennerschool.bsky.social
Great to have you with us!
Here's my list of ANU accounts:
bsky.app/profile/did:...
Great to have you with us!
Here's my list of ANU accounts:
bsky.app/profile/did:...
January 14, 2026 at 1:08 AM
Welcome to Bluesky, @anufennerschool.bsky.social
Great to have you with us!
Here's my list of ANU accounts:
bsky.app/profile/did:...
Great to have you with us!
Here's my list of ANU accounts:
bsky.app/profile/did:...
Thought for the day:
What if we spent all that #GPU compute that's being used to create AI slop-grade writing, emails, images and so on, on projects like #BOINC and the World Community Grid, where thousands of people across the world gave up computer processing power to .. crunch cancer data?
What if we spent all that #GPU compute that's being used to create AI slop-grade writing, emails, images and so on, on projects like #BOINC and the World Community Grid, where thousands of people across the world gave up computer processing power to .. crunch cancer data?
January 12, 2026 at 12:53 AM
Reposted by Kathy Reid (she/her)
I'm looking for media scholars and ethicists with expertise on how the memory and likeness of dead people has been handled historically and is changing now with AI. Any recommendations?
(I know, that's pretty niche. Which is why I'm asking for help!)
(I know, that's pretty niche. Which is why I'm asking for help!)
January 11, 2026 at 4:04 PM
I'm looking for media scholars and ethicists with expertise on how the memory and likeness of dead people has been handled historically and is changing now with AI. Any recommendations?
(I know, that's pretty niche. Which is why I'm asking for help!)
(I know, that's pretty niche. Which is why I'm asking for help!)
Reposted by Kathy Reid (she/her)
If you’re new to BlueSky or know people who are, you can pin this feed to follow the best people thinking about the ethics and politics of technology — the type of folks who would be deprioritized on your X feed. :) bsky.app/profile/did:... #welcome #newsky
January 10, 2026 at 7:52 PM
If you’re new to BlueSky or know people who are, you can pin this feed to follow the best people thinking about the ethics and politics of technology — the type of folks who would be deprioritized on your X feed. :) bsky.app/profile/did:... #welcome #newsky
Emergency relief centre has been set up at Colac Performing Arts and Cultural Centre
95-97 Gellibrand St, Colac
If you have large animals, including horses, with you, you can go to the Colac Showgrounds.
The Colac Community Hub in Connor Street is welcoming people with domestic pets.
95-97 Gellibrand St, Colac
If you have large animals, including horses, with you, you can go to the Colac Showgrounds.
The Colac Community Hub in Connor Street is welcoming people with domestic pets.
Advice - Bushfire - Stay Informed: Barongarook West, Colac, Colac East, Elliminyt, Irrewillipe, Larpent, Tulloh, Colac West, Irrewillipe East, Nalangil, Pirron Yallock, Swan Marsh, Yeo emergency.vic.gov.au/respond/#!/w...
Carlisle Rvr fire in Otways remains out of control - evac to Colac
#VicFires
Carlisle Rvr fire in Otways remains out of control - evac to Colac
#VicFires
Incidents and Warnings - VicEmergency
Victoria's combined source of emergency information and warnings, helping the community to prepare for, respond to and recover from emergencies across the state.
emergency.vic.gov.au
January 10, 2026 at 7:27 AM
Emergency relief centre has been set up at Colac Performing Arts and Cultural Centre
95-97 Gellibrand St, Colac
If you have large animals, including horses, with you, you can go to the Colac Showgrounds.
The Colac Community Hub in Connor Street is welcoming people with domestic pets.
95-97 Gellibrand St, Colac
If you have large animals, including horses, with you, you can go to the Colac Showgrounds.
The Colac Community Hub in Connor Street is welcoming people with domestic pets.
Reposted by Kathy Reid (she/her)
Affected (or know someone who is) by Jan 2026 Victorian Bushfires?
Click➡️ emergency.vic.gov.au/relief/#janu...
Info. /Links to
🔸Relief Centres (images below)
🔸Help with pets, livestock etc
🔸Emergency Relief Payments
🔸Travel/Road Closures
🔸Power Outages & more...
#Vicfires
Click➡️ emergency.vic.gov.au/relief/#janu...
Info. /Links to
🔸Relief Centres (images below)
🔸Help with pets, livestock etc
🔸Emergency Relief Payments
🔸Travel/Road Closures
🔸Power Outages & more...
#Vicfires
January 10, 2026 at 5:37 AM
Affected (or know someone who is) by Jan 2026 Victorian Bushfires?
Click➡️ emergency.vic.gov.au/relief/#janu...
Info. /Links to
🔸Relief Centres (images below)
🔸Help with pets, livestock etc
🔸Emergency Relief Payments
🔸Travel/Road Closures
🔸Power Outages & more...
#Vicfires
Click➡️ emergency.vic.gov.au/relief/#janu...
Info. /Links to
🔸Relief Centres (images below)
🔸Help with pets, livestock etc
🔸Emergency Relief Payments
🔸Travel/Road Closures
🔸Power Outages & more...
#Vicfires