Nadia Niaz
@nadianiaz.bsky.social
she/her
Writing, multilingualism, academia, occasional gardening & powerlifting
Book! https://rabbitpoetry.com/shop/the-djinn-hunters-nadia-niaz
Writing, multilingualism, academia, occasional gardening & powerlifting
Book! https://rabbitpoetry.com/shop/the-djinn-hunters-nadia-niaz
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Nadia Niaz
@nadianiaz.bsky.social
· Nov 13
Finally found the Australians/Melburnians on here! Hello! I know some of you from Xitter, some from publications, some from your work and even some from real life. Really happy you're here and, if you've just joined, welcome!
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Behold: the first-ever list of news outlets that have banned generative AI in their reporting. As of today, this is literally information that you cannot find on Google.
My goal is to fill the starter pack, so please send over suggestions with supporting evidence!
go.bsky.app/8cn1XfT
My goal is to fill the starter pack, so please send over suggestions with supporting evidence!
go.bsky.app/8cn1XfT
December 17, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Behold: the first-ever list of news outlets that have banned generative AI in their reporting. As of today, this is literally information that you cannot find on Google.
My goal is to fill the starter pack, so please send over suggestions with supporting evidence!
go.bsky.app/8cn1XfT
My goal is to fill the starter pack, so please send over suggestions with supporting evidence!
go.bsky.app/8cn1XfT
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Thread.
AI is earthworms: a ramble.
So everyone loves earthworms, especially gardeners. They aerate the soil and make it better! They are an unalloyed Good.
Well… not always.
So everyone loves earthworms, especially gardeners. They aerate the soil and make it better! They are an unalloyed Good.
Well… not always.
December 18, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Thread.
That tracks. 'Woofering Heights' a calming video for dogs narrated by David Tennant knocked me out in about 3 minutes (and it worked for my dog too).
This is for cats (so I put it on for my cats during stressful things) but honestly it is very calming for people too. www.musicforcats.com
Home | Music for Cats | David Teie
In the long battle for feline affection, cat owners may have some fresh ammunition. David Teie, a soloist with the National Symphony Orchestra, recently teamed up with animal scientists to develop “Mu...
www.musicforcats.com
December 17, 2025 at 9:23 PM
That tracks. 'Woofering Heights' a calming video for dogs narrated by David Tennant knocked me out in about 3 minutes (and it worked for my dog too).
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while i am not an academic i did see this coming and post about it on bluesky, which is why i am quoted in this article
December 17, 2025 at 8:17 PM
while i am not an academic i did see this coming and post about it on bluesky, which is why i am quoted in this article
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I swear to fucking god mozilla, *everyone hates this idea*. Do NOT succumb to The Fear & the Monetization Disease. You don't need to have a "modern AI browser", at all, ever. You need to be th comany that respects user privacy, meaningful consent, & choice; the one w/ The Browser That Fucking Works
December 17, 2025 at 2:02 AM
I swear to fucking god mozilla, *everyone hates this idea*. Do NOT succumb to The Fear & the Monetization Disease. You don't need to have a "modern AI browser", at all, ever. You need to be th comany that respects user privacy, meaningful consent, & choice; the one w/ The Browser That Fucking Works
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Excellent reporting from Daniel on the Meanjin saga
This is the way #Meanjin ends — not with a bang but a whimper.
New FOI story from me for @crikey.com.au:
www.crikey.com.au/2025/12/17/m...
New FOI story from me for @crikey.com.au:
www.crikey.com.au/2025/12/17/m...
FOI docs reveal Meanjin axing never debated by Melbourne Uni. And why were all bids to save it rejected?
The University of Melbourne's finance committee didn't invite members to question the closure of the 85-year-old literary journal, instead only waving it through. Meanwhile, all external offers to sav...
www.crikey.com.au
December 17, 2025 at 5:29 AM
Excellent reporting from Daniel on the Meanjin saga
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Great #MultilingualDH food for thought, reflecting on global Englishes, the afterlives of British colonial education, and how that intersects with what writing is judged to be "human".
December 16, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Great #MultilingualDH food for thought, reflecting on global Englishes, the afterlives of British colonial education, and how that intersects with what writing is judged to be "human".
Excellent piece on the convergence of post-colonial Englishes and 'AI'-speak. I can't find a single pull quote because the whole thing is fantastic.
December 16, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Excellent piece on the convergence of post-colonial Englishes and 'AI'-speak. I can't find a single pull quote because the whole thing is fantastic.
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As we prepare for the festive season, it’s easy to let COVID boosters fall off our to-do lists. But COVID is still circulating and new shots are available.
Is there much COVID around? Do I need the new booster shot LP.8.1?
theconversation.com
December 16, 2025 at 8:09 AM
As we prepare for the festive season, it’s easy to let COVID boosters fall off our to-do lists. But COVID is still circulating and new shots are available.
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I think it's important not to misunderstand what these social media platforms are. They are not public arenas where we bravely take on reactionary forces in honorable combat. They are apps that expose you to stress and thereby simulate the feeling of having done something useful
December 15, 2025 at 9:41 PM
I think it's important not to misunderstand what these social media platforms are. They are not public arenas where we bravely take on reactionary forces in honorable combat. They are apps that expose you to stress and thereby simulate the feeling of having done something useful
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one of the great, pernicious myths perpetrated about higher ed—which media, higher ed administrators, politicians, and a number of faculty are complicit in spreading—is that humanities departments close due to some combination of cratering student demand and unjustifiable cost. It’s not true
My humanities dept was relevant. Majors were up. Courses were 100% enrolled. Revenue positive, GE serving, etc etc. We were still eliminated.
The problem is ideological administrative destruction. Couldn’t write a report, a self study, or a spreadsheet against that.
The problem is ideological administrative destruction. Couldn’t write a report, a self study, or a spreadsheet against that.
'For humanities departments to continue to matter, they must challenge the modern world rather than accommodate it. Indeed, the most useful lesson the humanities have to offer today is a profoundly countercultural one: Difficulty is good, an end in its own right.' 2/2
December 15, 2025 at 1:37 PM
one of the great, pernicious myths perpetrated about higher ed—which media, higher ed administrators, politicians, and a number of faculty are complicit in spreading—is that humanities departments close due to some combination of cratering student demand and unjustifiable cost. It’s not true
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John Oliver really was not kidding about the overwhelming rebellious power of just saying “Fuck you, make me.”
we can kill them all if we just work together and ✨believe💫
December 15, 2025 at 8:49 PM
John Oliver really was not kidding about the overwhelming rebellious power of just saying “Fuck you, make me.”
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I genuinely affirmatively think that it is now a democratic imperative to spend as much time as you can offline. Read more offline. Socialise more offline. Discuss media you consume with other people offline. Out there is a real world full of people looking for real human connection - seize it
Reading a bunch of books this year has really solidified for me how awful the internet is in comparison nowadays. Obviously in terms of general hostility but more generally in terms of lack of depth, insight, reading comprehension, base of knowledge, etc
December 15, 2025 at 7:51 AM
I genuinely affirmatively think that it is now a democratic imperative to spend as much time as you can offline. Read more offline. Socialise more offline. Discuss media you consume with other people offline. Out there is a real world full of people looking for real human connection - seize it
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"Those who have not given up are an inspiration to the rest of us. Those who have surrendered in advance are a danger, because both hope and despair, solidarity and surrender are contagious." @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social
www.meditationsinanemergency.com/between-the-...
www.meditationsinanemergency.com/between-the-...
Between the Best and the Worst: Some Thoughts on Not Surrendering
Dear readers,
I'm setting off in a couple of hours on an overnight trip with a friend to go visit our mutual friend, Jarvis Masters, who's one of the many prisoners moved off Death Row but not actual...
www.meditationsinanemergency.com
December 15, 2025 at 12:12 AM
"Those who have not given up are an inspiration to the rest of us. Those who have surrendered in advance are a danger, because both hope and despair, solidarity and surrender are contagious." @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social
www.meditationsinanemergency.com/between-the-...
www.meditationsinanemergency.com/between-the-...
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this field biologist does a great job highlighting the insidiousness of AI editing
these one-click AI edit buttons are incredibly appealing to many photographers, amateurs and professionals alike, and are framed as innocuous
this is worth sharing and educating people about
these one-click AI edit buttons are incredibly appealing to many photographers, amateurs and professionals alike, and are framed as innocuous
this is worth sharing and educating people about
December 15, 2025 at 2:21 AM
this field biologist does a great job highlighting the insidiousness of AI editing
these one-click AI edit buttons are incredibly appealing to many photographers, amateurs and professionals alike, and are framed as innocuous
this is worth sharing and educating people about
these one-click AI edit buttons are incredibly appealing to many photographers, amateurs and professionals alike, and are framed as innocuous
this is worth sharing and educating people about
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I think the fundamental gap here is that non-creative people think that creative people make things for the end product, when in fact it’s the act of creation and not the end point that makes it worthwhile.
I have grown to believe that excessive wealth does something to your brain that is analogous to a serious head injury
December 15, 2025 at 6:26 AM
I think the fundamental gap here is that non-creative people think that creative people make things for the end product, when in fact it’s the act of creation and not the end point that makes it worthwhile.
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“This glacier is the lifeline of the Lidder and Sind rivers,” says researcher Labeeb Gulzar. “Its loss could reshape the future of Kashmir’s water, agriculture and ecosystems.”
Even the animals seem confused’: a retreating Kashmir glacier is creating an entire new world in its wake
Kolahoi is one of many glaciers whose decline is disrupting whole ecosystems – water, wildlife and human life that it has supported for centuries.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Kolahoi is one of many glaciers whose decline is disrupting whole ecosystems – water, wildlife and human life that it has supported for centuries.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘Even the animals seem confused’: a retreating Kashmir glacier is creating an entire new world in its wake
Kolahoi is one of many glaciers whose decline is disrupting whole ecosystems – water, wildlife and human life that it has supported for centuries
www.theguardian.com
December 14, 2025 at 10:26 PM
“This glacier is the lifeline of the Lidder and Sind rivers,” says researcher Labeeb Gulzar. “Its loss could reshape the future of Kashmir’s water, agriculture and ecosystems.”
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Holiday gathering reminder 🎁
If your guests test w/rapids twice before the event, 48 hours apart, it’ll catch 63% of Covid cases even if they have no symptoms. Testing 3x improves that to 79%!
This is how we curb the annual January surge that gave me Long Covid—thanks for protecting yr community 🤍
If your guests test w/rapids twice before the event, 48 hours apart, it’ll catch 63% of Covid cases even if they have no symptoms. Testing 3x improves that to 79%!
This is how we curb the annual January surge that gave me Long Covid—thanks for protecting yr community 🤍
Study Examines Performance of Serial COVID Testing - News Center
Testing performance of rapid antigen tests for SARS-CoV-2 improved for both asymptomatic and symptomatic patients after testing multiple times in 48-hour intervals, according to findings published in ...
news.feinberg.northwestern.edu
December 14, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Holiday gathering reminder 🎁
If your guests test w/rapids twice before the event, 48 hours apart, it’ll catch 63% of Covid cases even if they have no symptoms. Testing 3x improves that to 79%!
This is how we curb the annual January surge that gave me Long Covid—thanks for protecting yr community 🤍
If your guests test w/rapids twice before the event, 48 hours apart, it’ll catch 63% of Covid cases even if they have no symptoms. Testing 3x improves that to 79%!
This is how we curb the annual January surge that gave me Long Covid—thanks for protecting yr community 🤍
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reminder of cryptogyny, the hiding of women's contributions to science, technology, engineering, and medicine:
"although three men received the Nobel Prize for penicillin, women participated significantly in the team effort that brought the drug to medical usefulness."
www.jstor.org/stable/jj.55...
"although three men received the Nobel Prize for penicillin, women participated significantly in the team effort that brought the drug to medical usefulness."
www.jstor.org/stable/jj.55...
November 15, 2025 at 9:08 AM
reminder of cryptogyny, the hiding of women's contributions to science, technology, engineering, and medicine:
"although three men received the Nobel Prize for penicillin, women participated significantly in the team effort that brought the drug to medical usefulness."
www.jstor.org/stable/jj.55...
"although three men received the Nobel Prize for penicillin, women participated significantly in the team effort that brought the drug to medical usefulness."
www.jstor.org/stable/jj.55...
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Banging this sign from now until I stand before the gates of Sto’vo’kor
There isn't a single problem "solved" by edtech that couldn't be fixed with smaller classes led by well-paid teachers given real academic freedom
December 12, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Banging this sign from now until I stand before the gates of Sto’vo’kor
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Australian C19 Weekly Update - 12th December 2025
Note: Cases recorded are from PCR testing only. Actual cases are significantly higher.
Data from: nindss.health.gov.au/pbi-dashboard/
Thanks to @angiecibisdesign for the design!
1/4
Note: Cases recorded are from PCR testing only. Actual cases are significantly higher.
Data from: nindss.health.gov.au/pbi-dashboard/
Thanks to @angiecibisdesign for the design!
1/4
December 12, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Australian C19 Weekly Update - 12th December 2025
Note: Cases recorded are from PCR testing only. Actual cases are significantly higher.
Data from: nindss.health.gov.au/pbi-dashboard/
Thanks to @angiecibisdesign for the design!
1/4
Note: Cases recorded are from PCR testing only. Actual cases are significantly higher.
Data from: nindss.health.gov.au/pbi-dashboard/
Thanks to @angiecibisdesign for the design!
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Sam Altman: hey I made a machine that stole literally all your stuff in order to make CSAM of your child actors, sometimes it encourages people to kill themselves
Disney: Holy shit here's a billion dollars
Altman: the machine loses more than that each week but thank you. Soon it will become god.
Disney: Holy shit here's a billion dollars
Altman: the machine loses more than that each week but thank you. Soon it will become god.
December 12, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Sam Altman: hey I made a machine that stole literally all your stuff in order to make CSAM of your child actors, sometimes it encourages people to kill themselves
Disney: Holy shit here's a billion dollars
Altman: the machine loses more than that each week but thank you. Soon it will become god.
Disney: Holy shit here's a billion dollars
Altman: the machine loses more than that each week but thank you. Soon it will become god.
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I’ve removed the paywall on this essay about the unhinged Zionist rubbish recently spouted by Christos Tsiolkas. sakr.substack.com/p/christos-t...
Christos Tsiolkas Is Switched Off In the Genocide
Amid the massacres, he moans
sakr.substack.com
December 13, 2025 at 3:34 AM
I’ve removed the paywall on this essay about the unhinged Zionist rubbish recently spouted by Christos Tsiolkas. sakr.substack.com/p/christos-t...
Ok but why do you want your car to sound like a very big blender? I have a 20-y-o Mazda sedan, my immediate neighbours have newer cars in the same bracket, & I don't hear them at all. The $$$ truck & sports car next door otoh rattle our windows when they start. Literally paying to be obnoxious?
December 13, 2025 at 5:55 AM
Ok but why do you want your car to sound like a very big blender? I have a 20-y-o Mazda sedan, my immediate neighbours have newer cars in the same bracket, & I don't hear them at all. The $$$ truck & sports car next door otoh rattle our windows when they start. Literally paying to be obnoxious?
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Goddam why does 1918 go so hard
December 12, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Goddam why does 1918 go so hard