Sian Troath
@siantroath.bsky.social
Postdoc at ANU working on politics of expertise and emerging weapons tech, political economy of militarism, Australian foreign & defence policy. Views my own
the main genAI problem is not students, it is unis: apparently we should not be using "deficit language" about genAI because the university is "embracing" it. The language of "embracing genAI" is going in subject outlines without our consent & academics are being urged to use it for "efficiencies"
November 24, 2025 at 3:19 AM
the main genAI problem is not students, it is unis: apparently we should not be using "deficit language" about genAI because the university is "embracing" it. The language of "embracing genAI" is going in subject outlines without our consent & academics are being urged to use it for "efficiencies"
Book launch for Search for Security: AUKUS and the New Militarism this Saturday at Gleebooks in Sydney - please come along if you're around! gleebooks.com.au/event/search...
Search for Security – Gleebooks.com.au
gleebooks.com.au
November 10, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Book launch for Search for Security: AUKUS and the New Militarism this Saturday at Gleebooks in Sydney - please come along if you're around! gleebooks.com.au/event/search...
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I've posted my seminar on 'The role of the university is to resist AI', which takes as its text Ivan Illich's 'Tools for Conviviality'. danmcquillan.org/cpct_seminar...
June 23, 2025 at 5:59 AM
I've posted my seminar on 'The role of the university is to resist AI', which takes as its text Ivan Illich's 'Tools for Conviviality'. danmcquillan.org/cpct_seminar...
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“Most infuriating was that as long as Israel said it was adhering to IHL and taking measures to mitigate civilian harm, that was enough for not only U.S. politicians but U.S. lawyers.”
nymag.com/intelligence...
nymag.com/intelligence...
Israel’s Crimes of the Century
How Israel, with the help of the U.S., broke not only Gaza but the foundations of humanitarian law.
nymag.com
June 16, 2025 at 10:19 AM
“Most infuriating was that as long as Israel said it was adhering to IHL and taking measures to mitigate civilian harm, that was enough for not only U.S. politicians but U.S. lawyers.”
nymag.com/intelligence...
nymag.com/intelligence...
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Tehran's population is ~9million... there is no way for Israel to do this that isn't an outright war crime.
Once again Israel is announcing it's atrocities to the world, knowing that leaders in the west will side with them and pretend it's "self defence". Something has to give.
Once again Israel is announcing it's atrocities to the world, knowing that leaders in the west will side with them and pretend it's "self defence". Something has to give.
June 16, 2025 at 4:12 AM
Tehran's population is ~9million... there is no way for Israel to do this that isn't an outright war crime.
Once again Israel is announcing it's atrocities to the world, knowing that leaders in the west will side with them and pretend it's "self defence". Something has to give.
Once again Israel is announcing it's atrocities to the world, knowing that leaders in the west will side with them and pretend it's "self defence". Something has to give.
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A short op-ed I wrote today. theconversation.com/iran-war-fro...
Iran war: from the Middle East to America, history shows you cannot assassinate your way to peace
Far from having solved the issue of Middle East peace, assassinations continue to pour oil on the flames.
theconversation.com
June 16, 2025 at 7:56 AM
A short op-ed I wrote today. theconversation.com/iran-war-fro...
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I've got a new article out that speaks to the flaws and weaknesses of the campaign against autonomous weapons and of humanitarian disarmament narratives in general. In this one I'm specifically concerned with the use of 'human dignity' as a reason to ban or regulate AWS. doi.org/10.1163/2772...
From Humane War to Pacifism: Critiquing the Use of ‘Human Dignity’ in the Debate Over Autonomous Weapons Systems
Abstract Criticism of ‘humane war’ has become commonplace over recent years as a number of studies have emerged exploring the perverse effects of discourses and practices surrounding arms control, int...
doi.org
May 28, 2025 at 10:43 PM
I've got a new article out that speaks to the flaws and weaknesses of the campaign against autonomous weapons and of humanitarian disarmament narratives in general. In this one I'm specifically concerned with the use of 'human dignity' as a reason to ban or regulate AWS. doi.org/10.1163/2772...
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“The Silicon Valley right doesn’t just borrow from Tolkien; they reforge his moral vision into a weapon for a new age. They envision a new kind of privatized national-security state, … a military-industrial complex with Tolkienesque characteristics.”
Mythic Capital | ARC: Religion, Politics, Et Cetera
In 1993, Giorgia Meloni—now Italy’s prime minister and leader of the far-right Brothers of Italy—attended a revival of Camp Hobbit. The original Camp Hobbit was staged in 1977 by the youth wing of the...
arcmag.org
May 6, 2025 at 1:52 AM
“The Silicon Valley right doesn’t just borrow from Tolkien; they reforge his moral vision into a weapon for a new age. They envision a new kind of privatized national-security state, … a military-industrial complex with Tolkienesque characteristics.”
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"Select all the numbers that feel like enemy combatants"
"Air Force Communications Command," slide 20 of 24 [gallery]
April 16, 2025 at 1:01 AM
"Select all the numbers that feel like enemy combatants"
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Going to be doing a lunch time seminar online tomorrow on AUKUS - looking at what sustains it, the thinking and interests behind it, and why for both Australia and NZ it's working as a distraction from the broader issues of being tied to the US events.humanitix.com/why-aukus-ex...
Why AUKUS exists and why it’s the least of our worries
Join us to explore and understand the AUKUS security agreement from multiple perspectives.
events.humanitix.com
April 14, 2025 at 6:32 AM
Going to be doing a lunch time seminar online tomorrow on AUKUS - looking at what sustains it, the thinking and interests behind it, and why for both Australia and NZ it's working as a distraction from the broader issues of being tied to the US events.humanitix.com/why-aukus-ex...
Going to be doing a lunch time seminar online tomorrow on AUKUS - looking at what sustains it, the thinking and interests behind it, and why for both Australia and NZ it's working as a distraction from the broader issues of being tied to the US events.humanitix.com/why-aukus-ex...
Why AUKUS exists and why it’s the least of our worries
Join us to explore and understand the AUKUS security agreement from multiple perspectives.
events.humanitix.com
April 14, 2025 at 6:32 AM
Going to be doing a lunch time seminar online tomorrow on AUKUS - looking at what sustains it, the thinking and interests behind it, and why for both Australia and NZ it's working as a distraction from the broader issues of being tied to the US events.humanitix.com/why-aukus-ex...
Fascinating piece on how the politics of disinformation expertise reifies the power of US platforms -"Disinformation expertise is a practice that remains within the spatiotemporal power of platforms as Silicon Valley coheres the academics and NGOs that define the field, through access and funding."
SPICY POLEMIC: Finally published this article with my pal @islates.bsky.social on Disinformation Studies and hybrid war governance as a form of American platform imperialism in Platforms & Society journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Platform imperialism and disinformation in Aotearoa-New Zealand - Olivier Jutel, Leon A. Salter, 2025
This article looks at how the emergence of the disinformation field in Aotearoa-New Zealand is indicative of the territorial power of American platforms in poli...
journals.sagepub.com
March 27, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Fascinating piece on how the politics of disinformation expertise reifies the power of US platforms -"Disinformation expertise is a practice that remains within the spatiotemporal power of platforms as Silicon Valley coheres the academics and NGOs that define the field, through access and funding."