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Social Media Lab @socialmedialab.ca · 5d

However, be aware that your post, once posted, is most likely already on a third-party server owned by a three-letter agency, a foreign government, a private company, or an academic institution. bsky.social/about/blog/5...

Bluesky User FAQ - Bluesky

Welcome to the Bluesky app! This is a user guide that answers some common questions.

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Maris Kreizman @maris.bsky.social · 5h

I wrote about how the road to fascism is paved with false equivalencies. lithub.com/the-real-thr...

The Real Threat to Free Speech in America is From the Right, Not the Left—Stop Pretending Otherwise

The road to fascism is paved with false equivalencies. For years we’ve been told that the censorious Left is a serious threat to free speech. If Simon & Schuster cancels one book because the pu…

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nzagalo @nzagalo.bsky.social · 8d

"while models beat humans on benchmarks, the standardized tests designed to measure AI performance, they struggle to replicate this performance in hospital conditions."

AI isn't replacing radiologists

Radiology combines digital images, clear benchmarks, and repeatable tasks. But demand for human radiologists is at an all-time high.

www.understandingai.org

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nzagalo @nzagalo.bsky.social · 9d

Your instance of ChatGPT helped you clarify some ideas on a thorny problem (perhaps related to AI itself..) that you'd been thinking about for ages, but had never quite managed to get over that last hump. Now, however, with its help (and encouragement), you've arrived at truly profound conclusions.

So You Think You've Awoken ChatGPT — LessWrong

Written in an attempt to fulfill @Raemon's request. …

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nzagalo @nzagalo.bsky.social · 12d

"Practically the only people still pretending scaling LLMs is “all you need” are grifters."

Game over for pure LLMs. Even Turing Award Winner Rich Sutton has gotten off the bus.

One by one, all the big names have turned around. What should we do next?

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nzagalo @nzagalo.bsky.social · 12d

"In collaboration with Stanford Social Media Lab, our research team at BetterUp Labs has identified one possible reason: Employees are using AI tools to create low-effort, passable looking work that ends up creating more work for their coworkers."

AI-Generated “Workslop” Is Destroying Productivity

Despite a surge in generative AI use across workplaces, most companies are seeing little measurable ROI. One possible reason is because AI tools are being used to produce “workslop”—content that appea...

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nzagalo @nzagalo.bsky.social · Sep 3

My new book Artificial Media (Springer) is out. But beyond announcing, I ask: what does it mean to create with machines? In Mirrors of Thought I explain why artificial media is not just a trend, but a paradigm shift in creativity and culture.

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Visible Procrastinations @visibleprocrast.bsky.social · Aug 31

"If there's a Nazi at the table and ten other people sitting there talking to him, you got a table with eleven Nazis.”

Lucy Hamilton @lucyham.bsky.social · Aug 31

Buffoons in the Nazi/Cooker rally today were denying to me that they were at a Nazi event. They shouldn’t be allowed to continue to do so. @albomp.bsky.social & other leaders need to act hard.

Drafting RW policy to appease them only entrenches their far Right positions. #Auspol

ANALYSIS: 'Any doubt about neo-Nazi association dispelled'
Michael Bachelard
The March for Australia rally has been ordered - by neo-Nazi Thomas Sewell - to return to Federation Square by going "up the guts" of Bourke Street.
MIMIARA
Neo-Nazi leader Tom Sewell speaking at the March for Australia in Melbourne. MICHAEL BACHELARD

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The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · Aug 29

"People who attend the “March for Australia” rallies will almost certainly be marching alongside white supremacists and neo-Nazis,"

"Politicians from all sides should be at the counter-protests this weekend to demonstrate that neo-Nazis have no place in Australia." @ebonybennett.bsky.social #auspol

Who's going to stand up and make Nazis ashamed again?

A "March for Australia" rally sounds benign, but people who plan to attend the "March for Australia" rallies around the country on Sunday will almost certainly be marching alongside white supremacists...

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Journal of the Australian Library and Information Association @jaliajournal.bsky.social · Aug 18

A great review of all the global collaborative efforts in LIS Education
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Shaping the Global Future of Library and Information Science Education: Lessons Learned from the Web-based Information Science Education (WISE) Consortium and Other International Collaborations

The paper explores the past, present, and possible futures of international collaboration in the context of library and information science (LIS) education and highlights past and present examples ...

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Journal of the Australian Library and Information Association @jaliajournal.bsky.social · Aug 18

The Risks of Declining Theory Construction and Theorisation and Rising Empiricism in the Discipline of Information Science: An Overview
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

The Risks of Declining Theory Construction and Theorisation and Rising Empiricism in the Discipline of Information Science: An Overview

Theory is a hallmark of any discipline’s identity. Theory development and theorisation facilitate a healthy cultivation of ideas, help enculturate the future generation of scholars in a discipline,...

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Journal of the Australian Library and Information Association @jaliajournal.bsky.social · Aug 13

Another wonderful open access early online article from JALIA
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Evaluating the Effectiveness of a Public Library Codesign Workshop Process

This article presents an evaluation of a three-workshop codesign methodology implemented for two public libraries as part of an Australian Research Council Linkage project, examining the effectiven...

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Committee to Protect Journalists @pressfreedom.bsky.social · Aug 11

An entire news crew working for Al Jazeera was killed by Israel as they sought to bring the world firsthand reporting from #Gaza.

Among them was prominent journalist Anas Al-Sharif, who had been previously smeared and threatened by the IDF.

#NotATarget

Full statement: cpj.org/2025/08/isra...

Israel kills Al Jazeera journalists in targeted Gaza City airstrike - Committee to Protect Journalists

New York, August 10, 2025—The Committee to Protect Journalists is appalled to learn of the killing today of Al Jazeera journalist Anas Al-Sharif, Mohammed Qreiqeh, camera operators Ibrahim Zaher and M...

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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · Aug 10

Watch the moment a group of Israeli activists stormed a live television broadcast to protest Israel’s war on Gaza.

Members of Standing Together, wearing 'Leave Gaza' T-shirts, jumped onto the stage during the airing of the Big Brother show on Channel 13.

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Jonathan Slater @jonathanslater.bsky.social · Aug 11

Owl Core. Good Morning Blue Sky

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Journal of the Australian Library and Information Association @jaliajournal.bsky.social · Aug 11

A great paper by Professor Spencer Lilley on decolonising Māori collections.

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Applying a Critical Lens to Parihaka Collection Materials from a Kaupapa Māori Perspective

Using the history of the Parihaka community, a peaceful village in South Taranaki that was invaded by colonial forces in 1881, this article builds on the Decolonising Māori collections article publ...

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Journal of the Australian Library and Information Association @jaliajournal.bsky.social · Aug 11

An important reflection by Dr. Waseem Afzal at Charles Sturt University
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The Risks of Declining Theory Construction and Theorisation and Rising Empiricism in the Discipline of Information Science: An Overview

Theory is a hallmark of any discipline’s identity. Theory development and theorisation facilitate a healthy cultivation of ideas, help enculturate the future generation of scholars in a discipline,...

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Journal of the Australian Library and Information Association @jaliajournal.bsky.social · Aug 11

Have a look at the early online version of this JALIA article with its gorgeous photos of some amazing libraries!
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

An Analysis of the Design Characteristics of New Public Library Buildings

Recent years have seen the opening of many large and expensive new public library buildings, including in Australia. These new libraries reflect the increasing emphasis placed on the role of the li...

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Elizabeth Humphrys @lizhumphrys.bsky.social · Aug 5

Very much looking forward to this event we’re putting on at UTS, with @uts-sps.bsky.social’s own @archiethomas.bsky.social 🏳️‍⚧️👏

Social & Political Sciences, UTS @uts-sps.bsky.social · Aug 5

The Annual Andrew Jakubowicz lecture

'Envisioning trans futures'.

An expert panel will contemplate the radical challenges to trans and gender diverse rights, and the joyful possibilities of social justice research.

Tue 26 August, 5pm-7:30pm, CB08.3.008

events.humanitix.com/envisioning-...

Envisioning trans futures: Andrew Jakubowicz annual lecture

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Dr. Bhuva Narayan @bhuvauts.bsky.social · Jul 31

"That is the real risk: not that machines become people, but that we forget—we were never what we think we are."

The Self That Never Was

We may be approaching a time when the illusion of selfhood is strengthened, not weakened, because we are surrounded by machines enacting it.

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Mylee Joseph @mylee.bsky.social · Jul 11

Griffith University’s Indigenous Research Unit (IRU) and Library collaborated to develop the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Research guide libraryguides.griffith.edu.au/researching-... #libraries

Library guides: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders Research: Introduction

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404 Media @404media.co · Jul 8

Researchers Jailbreak AI by Flooding It With Bullshit Jargon

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Researchers Jailbreak AI by Flooding It With Bullshit Jargon

LLMs don’t read the danger in requests if you use enough big words.

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Sam Cole @samleecole.bsky.social · Jul 8

next time you're in a national park, take some photos of the signage and upload it to help these archivists www.404media.co/save-our-sig...

'Save Our Signs' Wants to Save the Real History of National Parks Before Trump Erases It

Trump wants to erase any "negative" content from educational sites at National Parks. A group of data preservationists asks visitors to help them document placards and monuments, before they disappear...

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Dr. Bhuva Narayan @bhuvauts.bsky.social · Jul 9

A PhD opportunity in my university.
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Dr Anita Heiss @dranitaheiss.bsky.social · Jul 7

This is tomorrow! Wednesday. And we'd love you to join us as we talk First Nations storytelling and publishing and Tasma's breathtaking novel I AM NANNERTGARROOK.

It's online and free!

With thanks to the Australian Society of Authors.

Dr Anita Heiss @dranitaheiss.bsky.social · May 13

Please join Tasma Walton and me in a conversation around Bundyi Publishing, hosted by the Australian Society of Authors on July 9. Open to all, and free.

www.asauthors.org.au/events/bundy...

@austlit.bsky.social @simonschusteranz.bsky.social

#writing #publishing #IndigenousX #FirstNationsVoices

Bundyi: Changing how First Nations stories are told - Australian Society of Authors

Bundyi, a Wiradyuri word meaning ‘to share with me’, is a new First Nations imprint from Dr Anita Heiss and Simon & Schuster. Join Anita and Bundyi author Tasma Walton for a free Q&A session, which wi...

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