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Kathy Reid (she/her)
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#PhD researcher at #ANU Cybernetics, investigating bias in #speech and #voice #tech, with a focus on #data used for #ML. Contracts at @mozilla.org #CommonVoice

Ex NVIDIA, Mycroft AI, @linuxaustralia.bsky.social, Deakin Uni.

https://linktr.ee/kathyreid
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mozilla.org
We’re steering AI in a different direction — with open source building blocks, community-led datasets, and trustworthy products. Mark Surman on our next era, our double bottom line economic model and our optimism.
blog.mozilla.org/en/mozilla/r...
Rewiring Mozilla: Doing for AI what we did for the web | The Mozilla Blog
AI isn’t just another tech trend — it’s at the heart of  most apps, tools and technology we use today. It enables remarkable things: new way
blog.mozilla.org
November 25, 2025 at 9:56 AM
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schock.cc
At #MozFest, we organized a surprise main stage session titled "Unlearning Cisnormativity: Trans Justice is Tech Justice."

The recording is now live, w/ @vektra.bsky.social, Dia Kayyali, Elijah MacKinnon, @alexhanna.bsky.social, and myself:

www.mozillafestival.org/en/2025-high...

@mozilla.org
Unlearning Cisnormativity - Mozilla Festival 2025
This year at Mozilla Festival, we unlearned the old rules of the internet to imagine new ways to build, connect, and create together. Watch the highlights on-demand.
www.mozillafestival.org
November 22, 2025 at 7:28 PM
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ardc.edu.au
#jobalert Closing soon!
Research Data Specialist (AI/ML)
📍 #Sydney
Close 26 Nov
🔗 https://ow.ly/kWt650XrrBl

Engagements Team Manager
📍#Sydney
Close 26 Nov
🔗 https://ow.ly/FibC50XrrB8

Cloud Infrastructure and Services Architect
📍#Melbourne
Close 1 Dec
🔗 https://ow.ly/b6ji50XrrBa
November 21, 2025 at 12:45 AM
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eryk.bsky.social
"Anatomy of an AI Coup" examines a shift of power from policy makers and bureaucrats to those with the skill to train and fine-tune large language models - often behind system prompts, which further calibrate the gov. worker's options toward the decisions of those who calibrate the system.
Anatomy of an AI Coup | TechPolicy.Press
DOGE is gutting federal agencies to install AI across the government. Democracy is on the line, writes Tech Policy Press fellow Eryk Salvaggio.
www.techpolicy.press
November 20, 2025 at 10:03 AM
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mozilla.org
At #MozFest 2025, rupture met repair, and new stories took root.

MozFest speaker and moderator @alexhanna.bsky.social reflects on a weekend of unlearning, from privacy to trans justice, and how imagination can reshape the future of tech.

Alex's thoughtful takeaways here 👉

bit.ly/3JXV6DP
MozFest 2025: Rupture, Narrative, and Trans Justice
I had the opportunity to attend MozFest -- Mozilla's annual festival -- the weekend of November 7 to 9 in Barcelona, Spain. Taking place in the absolutely...
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November 21, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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mozilla.org
We’re looking for the next generation of defiant optimists—technologists, creators, and advocates turning ideas into impact.

Nominate a visionary for the 2026 Mozilla Fellowship, because the future of tech should serve people. #MozillaFellow
#makegoodtech
bit.ly/3LOQjFi
November 21, 2025 at 7:14 PM
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zenaassaad.bsky.social
New #ResponsibleBytesPodcast episode with Alison Kershaw chatting about science communication and generative AI 👇🏼

Listen anywhere you get your podcasts 🔗🔗

𝐒𝐩𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐲: open.spotify.com/show/2x2yNvU...

𝐀𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐝𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐬: podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/r...

𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐓𝐮𝐛𝐞: www.youtube.com/@Responsible...
November 19, 2025 at 9:42 PM
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mozilla.org
Chile’s “AI boom” promised 80K+ jobs.

#MozillaFellow Paz Peña found the truth: most data centers hire <250 people — and drain local water + energy. restofworld.org/2025/data-ce...
Microsoft, Google say their data centers create thousands of jobs. Their permit filings say otherwise
Chile and tech giants promise economy-wide impact but permits show fewer onsite jobs after construction.
restofworld.org
November 19, 2025 at 7:17 PM
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floreani.bsky.social
do you resent playing AI detective online??? does it make you so, so annoyed to spend time looking for generative AI red flags? me too!!! my latest piece for the guardian is for those of us who are fed! up!
Becoming an AI-detective is a job I never wanted and wish I could quit | Samantha Floreani
My social media feed is now a hellish stream of puerile AI slop. Am I stubborn to want to hang on to reality?
www.theguardian.com
November 19, 2025 at 12:50 AM
kathyreid.au
Cloudflare doing a us-east-1
November 18, 2025 at 3:40 PM
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mozilla.org
Communities built the world’s largest open voice dataset.
Now they’re building a new model for AI data — one rooted in choice, transparency, and collective power.

Mozilla Data Collective is live🎉
✳️ Join the community mzl.la/44aTEoe
@mozdatacollective.bsky.social
#MozillaDataCollective
November 14, 2025 at 9:16 PM
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everythingopen.au
🚀 We are pleased to announce Steven De Costa will be presenting a keynote at #EverythingOpen in Canberra. 2026.everythingopen.au/news/steven-...

⏰ Get tickets now to guarantee the best price!
2026.everythingopen.au/dashboard/ (Go to Attend > Dashboard))

#EO2026
#conference
#openSource
November 10, 2025 at 3:09 AM
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ardc.edu.au
Join the ARDC team!
Research Data Specialist (AI/ML)
📍 #Sydney
Close 26 Nov
🔗 https://ow.ly/EZwi50Xrrwo

Engagements Team Manager
📍#Sydney
Close 26 Nov
🔗 https://ow.ly/oHwh50Xrrwm

Cloud Infrastructure and Services Architect
📍#Melbourne
Close 1 Dec
🔗 https://ow.ly/FkxB50Xrrwk

#jobalert
November 14, 2025 at 12:45 AM
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stephaniebrandl.bsky.social
Excited to see this being presented @euripsconf.bsky.social in Copenhagen ✨
November 13, 2025 at 4:33 PM
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jenitennison.com
We @connectedbydata.org are planning a conference next year (early March, in Manchester) about people, power and participation in (public sector) data and AI.

If you were coming, who would you really like to hear from as a keynote speaker to kick off the day?
November 11, 2025 at 9:08 AM
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lucy3.bsky.social
It's the season for PhD apps!! 🥧 🦃 ☃️ ❄️

Apply to Wisconsin CS to research
- Societal impact of AI
- NLP ←→ CSS and cultural analytics
- Computational sociolinguistics
- Human-AI interaction
- Culturally competent and inclusive NLP
with me!

lucy3.github.io/prospective-...
A staircase in the new School of Computer, Data & Information Sciences building at Wisconsin Madison. Tan wood structures surround tapestry art and a small indoor garden. A view from above of the staircases in the Wisconsin CDIS building An shot from below of winding wooden staircases and a glass atrium rooftop. The new School of Computer, Data & Information Sciences building at Wisconsin Madison. A bicolor white cat with seal-colored markings, looking upwards with big wide dark eyes.
November 11, 2025 at 10:32 PM
kathyreid.au
I'm off to an event tonight hosted by CAVAL and Informit which is a screening of the documentary The Librarians, followed by a panel discussion featuring @saera.au, Holly Hammond, Mali Jorm and @angelasavage.bsky.social.

All about the right to read & democracy

events.humanitix.com/the-libraria...
The Librarians: Screening and Panel Discussion
A powerful documentary and panel discussion on librarians defending democracy, free speech & the right to read.
events.humanitix.com
November 9, 2025 at 10:18 PM
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mozilla.org
We’re closing out #MozFest with a major announcement ! 🚀 🥁 We've launched Mozilla Data Collective, a community-led data platform for AI data exchange. Watch the fireside chat moderated by @martyswant.bsky.social, E.M. Lewis-Jong, MDC founder & @nabiha.bsky.social

www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-8p...
Mozilla Data Collective Launch & Closing - Mozilla Festival 2025
YouTube video by Mozilla
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November 9, 2025 at 7:08 PM
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alexhanna.bsky.social
Surprise #MozFest panel -- we're having a session on the main stage called "Unlearning Cisnormativity: Trans Justice is Tech Justice" at 12:15 PM CET, right after @xychelsea.tv's talk.

Featuring Veronyka Gimenes, @schock.cc, Dia Kayyali, Elijah MacKinnon, and myself.

www.mozillafestival.org/en/
November 9, 2025 at 10:14 AM
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katharinehayhoe.com
While there are many things wrong with the world in 2025, one of the things that’s totally right is the incredible democratization of science--how curiosity, affordable technology, and perseverance can now bring the universe within reach.

The non-NASA images here are my son's! ☺️
which one is your favorite? Keep in mind NASA does WAYY more science with these images and data. NASA is absolutely valuable and goes so beyond anything citizen scientists can do! B-ROLL CRED/ Ellion ...
TikTok video by sadrastro
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November 7, 2025 at 11:22 PM
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alexhanna.bsky.social
Opening up #MozFest, @ruha9.bsky.social asks us "who owns the future?" but also problematizing the notion of ownership. Need to shift the question, expanding the vision of how we imagine new futures.
A projected screen. A picture of Nichelle Nichols, the late actress who played Uhura, sitting in the Captain's seat on the Starship Enterprise. Superimposed on the picture are the words in multiple colors: "who owns the future?"
November 7, 2025 at 11:30 AM
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alexhanna.bsky.social
#MozFest folks! I'll be on the Main Stage at 4 PM today, in conversation with @signal.org's Udbhav Tiwari and @mozilla.org's Lauren Hendry Parsons talking about Unlearning Privacy.
November 7, 2025 at 8:58 AM
kathyreid.au
Delighted to provide expert commentary for this article about automated accent bias in #voice #AI systems by @joshglid.bsky.social for @smartcompany.bsky.social

www.smartcompany.com.au/artificial-i...
How your Aussie accent could trip up AI
Because AI training data is thin on Australian named entities, particularly indigenous place names like Wagga Wagga and Canberra, the speech engines will usually get them wrong.
www.smartcompany.com.au
November 5, 2025 at 12:43 AM
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glenberman.bsky.social
If you'll be in Melbourne (or nearby) in February, come join us for a one day symposium. We're seeking proposals for talks that engage with Hannah Landecker's recent paper Life as Aftermath.

More detail here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
tdneale.bsky.social Timothy Neale @tdneale.bsky.social · 27d
Melbourne-ite STS-ers, the local AusSTS node are doing a wee Summer Symposium on AFTERMATH - Mon 23 February 2026. If you are interested in coming along then please submit an abstract by 25 Nov 2025 ⏰https://forms.gle/9kwgnpDiE2HP61sF7?_imcp=1
AFTERMATH: AUSSTS MELBOURNE SUMMER SYMPOSIUM 2026
The Melbourne Node of AusSTS is holding a 1-day summer symposium for scholars to present and discuss works in progress. We welcome applications that broadly engage with Science and Technology Studies ...
forms.gle
November 4, 2025 at 1:20 AM
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jamessmithies.bsky.social
I'm excited to be involved in this suite of projects, and looking forward to contributing through the RSE Capacity Enhancement Project (RSE-CEP). It's a wonderful opportunity to work with the ARDC, and one of the first major projects led by our new ANU HASS Digital Research Hub: hdrh.anu.edu.au.
November 2, 2025 at 9:33 PM