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Wade Kelly

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Senior Lecturer, Researcher Development Academy, Deakin University. Research Engagement and Impact is my main jam. I love a good terrazzo floor, typewriters, plaques and every dog I meet. he/him | 🏳️‍🌈 | 🇨🇦 in 🇦🇺

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Wade Kelly @wadekelly.com · Jan 27

Deactivated Instagram, Threads, and, after nearly 20 years, FB. After I’m confident of my backups they’ll be deleted. I’ll be weening myself off Messenger and WhatsApp next. Zuck’s lost the plot and my business. I can choose to not be a cog in an unjust, unethical, and immoral machine. Facts matter.

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Wade Kelly @wadekelly.com · 3d

Normally it’s dark by now. Love Daylight Saving time. We should never leave it.

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Wade Kelly @wadekelly.com · 12d

You can drive 9 hours and still be in Chongqing.

Wade Kelly @wadekelly.com · 12d

I’d say the worst part of that he’s destroyed western democracy.

Wade Kelly @wadekelly.com · 12d

You can drive over 35 hours and still be in Western Australia.

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Wade Kelly @wadekelly.com · 12d

You can drive over 25 hours and still be in British Columbia.

John of the North @shutupmac.bsky.social · 12d

You can drive over 12 hours and still be in Texas

Mr. Silky @mrsilkydmv.bsky.social · 12d

You can drive 10 hours & still be in Florida.

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Wade Kelly @wadekelly.com · 13d

A slightly less feral photo.

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Wade Kelly @wadekelly.com · 17d

@ronsexsmith.bsky.social's new album is giving me all the feels. My uncle unexpectedly passed a few weeks ago, and the song House of Love feels like the perfect song to encapsulate my memory of him. Ron, you've done it again! See you in April in Melbourne. www.youtube.com/watch?v=uxvd...

Ron Sexsmith - House of Love (Official Audio)

YouTube video by Ron Sexsmith

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Wade Kelly @wadekelly.com · 19d

Lovely tiles.

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Dr. Nick Posegay @nposegay.bsky.social · 22d

I'm sorry, worldwide, irrevocable, non-exclusive, transferable permission to my voice and likeness? For what now? In any manner for any purpose???

This is in academia/.edu's new ToS, which you're prompted to agree to on login. Anyway I'll be jumping ship. You can find my stuff at hcommons.org.

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Wade Kelly @wadekelly.com · 25d

One curse word does not constitute “ridden”. Grow up.

Wade Kelly @wadekelly.com · 27d

So glad. It’ll be interesting what actors we may or may not see again (without spoiling the finale).

Wade Kelly @wadekelly.com · 27d

This season of Foundation was incredible.

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Ryan "Ghost Town / Why?" the Randalls @ryanpatrickrandall.com · 27d

Among all the other epistemological harms caused by the hasty & uncritical adoption of these tools, it feels much riskier to collaborate with other people unless you all can firmly agree on whether languaging tools just make documents with relevant language or somehow magically make "knowledge".

Jennifer Ouellette @jenlucpiquant.bsky.social · 27d

Education report calling for ethical AI use contains over 15 fake sources arstechnica.com/ai/2025/09/e...

Education report calling for ethical AI use contains over 15 fake sources

Experts find fake sources in Canadian government report that took 18 months to complete.

arstechnica.com

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Lola @lolat42.bsky.social · 28d

‘Australian National University research has revealed the ACT's superb fairy-wren population has declined by 60 per cent since counting began in the 1980s.’
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...

For 40 years researchers have counted fairy-wrens — 2025 was 'confronting'

The ACT's superb fairy-wren population has declined by 60 per cent since counting began in the 1980s, but this last winter the figures were even worse, new research has revealed.

www.abc.net.au

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Wade Kelly @wadekelly.com · Sep 9

Only Murders is back. Everything that’s wrong with the world is still wrong, but also, Only Murders is back.

Wade Kelly @wadekelly.com · Sep 7

He’s a bringer of joy.

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Wade Kelly @wadekelly.com · Sep 7

The cafe has dog treats and Oli knows it.

Beaglier jumping at outdoor window at cafe for a treat.

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Wade Kelly @wadekelly.com · Sep 7

Feels. Prepare for the feels.

Wade Kelly @wadekelly.com · Aug 30

In Cairns and delighted to have missed it. Hopefully spring is on the way for Melbourne.

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Wade Kelly @wadekelly.com · Aug 30

Had the best vacation over the last week in Cape Tribulation and Palm Cove. Today we ventured into town and the Cairns Festival provided the perfect end to a wonderful week away.

Fireworks over a crowd of onlookers, many of whom are also taking pictures, with their phones.

Wade Kelly @wadekelly.com · Aug 22

I wish Apple would ban @jamfsoftware.bsky.social from being installed on its systems. Jamf basically allows Macs to function like PC's in 2004, restarting randomly and without notice. Also, the MS Word update is not THAT urgent.

Wade Kelly @wadekelly.com · Aug 21

Classic story of unintended consequences. Now do open research for HASS 😝

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The Conversation AUNZ @aunz.theconversation.com · Aug 19

Advances in imaging, text recognition and machine learning are transforming what can be done with collections of plants and fungi in herbaria and museums globally.

Botanical time machines: AI is unlocking a treasure trove of data held in herbarium collections

theconversation.com

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Wade Kelly @wadekelly.com · Aug 14

Gotta be the right dog.