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Liam Elphick

@liamelphick.bsky.social

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Lecturer @ Monash University | Discrimination law, torts, legal education | 🏳️‍🌈 | Traumatised former Bad Place user longing for a return of community

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Liam Elphick @liamelphick.bsky.social · Nov 16

📢 Calling all discrimination and equality law academics, practitioners and policy-makers!

Felt like we should get in on the starter pack action too, so I had a first crack at our list. Please share widely, and comment below if you’d like to be added or have any suggestions 😊

go.bsky.app/8Gw18QV

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Senthorun S. Raj @senthorun.bsky.social · Dec 8

A few weeks ago, I began curating a starter pack of queer scholars/activists. It’s grown so quickly and it’s been fabulous to engage with many different people doing queer work. Please join and follow our curious, joyous, reflective, and passionate community.

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go.bsky.app/Ke4Ctey

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Alternative Law Journal @altlj.bsky.social · Dec 10

Alternative Law Journal cerebrates 50 years as Australia's leading law reform journal. We publish critical scholarly articles on law, social justice, human rights, critique of the legal system, innovative & alternative practice & community legal education #Auslaw journals.sagepub.com/home/alj

Alternative Law Journal: Sage Journals

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Liam Elphick @liamelphick.bsky.social · Dec 5

Please write this paper I want to read it

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Liam Elphick @liamelphick.bsky.social · Dec 4

100000000% to active listening

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Dr Joe McIntyre @drjoemcintyre.bsky.social · Dec 3

Another excellent post by @edzitron.com.

Having just taught a course on Legal Analytics and AI, I saw that (a) students believe that gen AI is some form of AGI - and don't know its content blindness; and (b) are using this tech extensively and shamelessly- largely because of (a).

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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · Dec 3

Newsletter: We're at peak AI - generative AI models have hit the wall where they won’t improve much further thanks to a lack of training data, killer apps or any kind of sustainable business model.

The results of a collapse could be catastrophic.
wheresyoured.at/godot-isnt-making-it

Godot Isn't Making it

Before we get going — please enjoy my speech from Web Summit, Why Are All Tech Products Now Shit? I didn’t write the title. What if what we're seeing today isn't a glimpse of the future, but the new ...

wheresyoured.at

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Liam Elphick @liamelphick.bsky.social · Dec 2

Omg Cotton Eye Joe 💃

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Liz Hicks @lizhicks.bsky.social · Nov 30

Calling all PhD students working on law, environment and non-human animals:

Centre Marc Bloch & the Law and Society Institute @ Humboldt Uni are partnering with the Oxford Centre for Socio-Legal Studies for a Winter School in Berlin in March 2025.

Applications are due 20 December!

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Liam Elphick @liamelphick.bsky.social · Nov 30

Want and want.

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Alastair Lawrie @alastairlawrie.bsky.social · Nov 30

"For the trans youth we speak to, social media sites can be healthy and life-giving spaces – and they ought to be kept available."
theconversation.com/trans-youth-...

Trans youth are already among Australia’s most marginalised people. The social media ban could make this worse

Young trans people in Australia have much higher rates of suicide, mental health struggles and anxiety disorders – but many find refuge in social media.

theconversation.com

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Liam Elphick @liamelphick.bsky.social · Nov 30

50-50 ratio seems fair at this time of the academic year 🥃

Liam Elphick @liamelphick.bsky.social · Nov 30

LOVE 💖

Liam Elphick @liamelphick.bsky.social · Nov 30

It’s depressing how relevant that first paragraph is still today. Just change 1994 to 2024 and anti-gay to anti-trans.

Liam Elphick @liamelphick.bsky.social · Nov 30

We walked down the old Olympic bobsleigh track in the snow. Core life memory 🥲

Liam Elphick @liamelphick.bsky.social · Nov 30

🤤🤤 Take me BACK

Liam Elphick @liamelphick.bsky.social · Nov 30

Mostar and Sarajevo are two of the most beautiful and welcoming places I’ve ever visited. And both such important historical sites too.

Liam Elphick @liamelphick.bsky.social · Nov 30

Amazing Chris!

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Ali Struthers @dralistruthers.bsky.social · Nov 27

I saw a thread by in Archaeology that pulled together all Starter Packs into one handy thread for new people joining.

Not sure if it's been done for Law yet, so thought I'd get a thread going with a few that I've come across.

Please do share & add any other Starter Packs that I've missed.

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Jess Mant @jessmant.bsky.social · Nov 26

1/4 Last week, the team at the Responders Lab came to deliver a guest session to my undergraduate family law students.

In the session, the facilitators provided a supportive, encouraging and open space for students to reflect on their own understandings and awareness of family violence.

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Liam Elphick @liamelphick.bsky.social · Nov 30

Of course Kalina! Done 😊

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Emma Sherry @emmasherry.bsky.social · Nov 23

A new starter pack for all things and people in the sport for development sector - please let me or @kyliebates.bsky.social know if you’d like to be added to the list or if we are missing connections who should be added too go.bsky.app/5pmzqzk

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Queer Judgments Project @queerjudgments.bsky.social · Nov 22

The Queer Judgments Project has just joined Bluesky. We are a group of scholars, lawyers, activists, and creatives interested in re-imagining and re-creating judgments from queer and other critical perspectives. Consider joining us! And please share with your networks! www.queerjudgments.org

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Welcome to the Queer Judgments Project: An Emerging Global Collaboration

www.queerjudgments.org

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Liam Elphick @liamelphick.bsky.social · Nov 22

So. Damn. Beautiful. 🥹

Liam Elphick @liamelphick.bsky.social · Nov 22

Wow this looks *excellent*, and so timely. Ordering now!

Liam Elphick @liamelphick.bsky.social · Nov 22

@bethgoldblatt.bsky.social is in the building (and on our discrimination law starter pack)!

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Liam Elphick @liamelphick.bsky.social · Nov 16

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