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Ben Lyall 💾

@benlyall.bsky.social
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👨‍💻 Digital sociologist 🔴 RMIT / Lecturer, Digital Communication 👣 Unceded Bunurong & Wurundjeri lands 💬 Digital civic lives / data cultures / wearables ➖ Em—dash enthusiast / Nintendo apologist

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Ben Lyall 💾 @benlyall.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
it me #census
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Ben Lyall 💾 @benlyall.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
widgets are so back
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Ben Lyall 💾 @benlyall.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
the absolute terror of being the foreground to someone's middle-distance stare 🥶
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Ben Lyall 💾 @benlyall.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
gettem
businessinsider.com
AI glasses have a new hater: Lorde
Lorde criticized AI glasses during a festival sponsored by Ray-Ban. The jab came right before Blackpink's Jennie, a brand ambassador, took the stage.
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Ben Lyall 💾 @benlyall.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
this stairwell overlooking richmond station is gagging for a mission impossible -esque chase sequence
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Ben Lyall 💾 @benlyall.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Hello! 🥸 Last week I had the pleasure of joining ABC RN's 'Life Matters' to chat about the latest push on smartglasses by Meta. Have a listen to the podcast here👂⤵️ www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
abc.net.au
Are smart glasses cool now? - ABC listen
Smart glasses — like dumb glasses with added computing power — have been around for well over a decade, without ever reaching broad commercial success in Australia. But this time the tech's had an AI ...
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Ben Lyall 💾 @benlyall.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
eleven linkedin notifications and not one meme 🥺
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Alex Beattie @drlxbt.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
Long weekend coming up!! Will you doomscroll or keep working? Get a screen time horoscope and look into your future... www.savingscreentime.com/tools/screen... @katemannell.bsky.social @binarythis.bsky.social @digitalchildau.bsky.social @maxsoar.bsky.social @courtneyaddison.bsky.social
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Ben Lyall 💾 @benlyall.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
"Vandals saw off road signs in protest against reduced speed limits on Victorian roads [...] A petition started by residents who oppose the changes [to speed limits] has been tabled in the Victorian parliament." www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05...
abc.net.au
Vandals cut down road signs in protest against lower speed limit
Police believe changes to speed limits on country roads in Victoria have led to vandalism including new road signs being cut down.
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Ben Lyall 💾 @benlyall.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Urgently divest from all "corpmanteau" (corporate portmanteau - yes, two can play at this game). Instructure and Explorance have already ruined my month.
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Ben Lyall 💾 @benlyall.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
‼️I'm going to be speaking at a Parliamentary Inquiry related to petitions later this morning (11:15am). Catch me on the stream here 🎥 www.youtube.com/live/tWwmO77...
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House Standing Committee on Petitions | 11/05/2026
YouTube video by Australian Parliament House Streaming Portal
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Matt Seybold @mattseybold.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
What I wish for everybody to remember when Canvas comes back online: The reason OUR data can be held for ransom is because Instructure, their owners (KKR private equity & Dragoneer venture capital), & our own employers (see ASU Atomic) monetize it. It's Canvas that hacked education & stole our IP.
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Crikey @crikey.com.au · 10/05/2026
AI is closer to electricity or the internet than ordinary software. Treating it as a productivity app with some privacy risks is like treating the steam engine as a faster horse. www.crikey.com.au/2026/05/07/a...
crikey.com.au
The way the Albanese government is regulating AI reflects its misunderstanding of the technology
Treating AI like a 'productivity' tool with some privacy risks is like treating the steam engine as a faster horse.
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Ben Lyall 💾 @benlyall.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
psst 🤫 canvas needs you more than you need canvas ✊
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Ben Lyall 💾 @benlyall.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
cookie clicker but its academics refreshing canvas
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The Australian Sociological Association (TASA) @sociologyaustralia.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Recent open access article by TASA members Giselle Newton & Ashely Barnwell et al.: Displaying family on the DNA platform
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Displaying family on the DNA platform - Giselle Newton, Ashley Barnwell, Romy Wilson Gray, 2026
Direct-to-consumer DNA platforms are significant yet overlooked social media platforms through which millions of users worldwide shape their identities. DNA pla...
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Ben Lyall 💾 @benlyall.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
this lil canvas turd is my new sleep paralysis demon
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Ben Lyall 💾 @benlyall.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
maybe it will all be worth it if the canvas / instructure debacle finally revives aca-twitter on bluesky 🥺
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Ben Lyall 💾 @benlyall.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
choose your fighter 🙄
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Ben Lyall 💾 @benlyall.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
what stage of capitalism is eighty dollar bucket?
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Ben Lyall 💾 @benlyall.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
convinced timtam is in the early stages of a subtle yet hostile takeover of the beauty industry
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Ben Lyall 💾 @benlyall.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
how I describe my local village cinema
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Ben Lyall 💾 @benlyall.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
introduced students to the ancient social media phenomenon of "facebook official" relationships today... ...it received the cringe it deserves
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Ben Lyall 💾 @benlyall.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
funny one from Word given the current clime
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Ben Lyall 💾 @benlyall.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
whelp
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Emily van der Nagel @emvdn.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
Hello Bluesky friends, I wrote a book about OnlyFans that is coming out SOON. Would you use this book as a set reading in your course/unit/subject? Would you like an inspection copy? Let me know! I'm thinking media studies (especially social media/internet studies), sociology, gender studies etc
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Kate FitzGerald @katemfitzgerald.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
So glad to see this article finally out! I loved working with this team and it was a great opportunity to develop qualitative methods for generative AI research. I feel this is an important contribution that we are currently expanding on in a multilingual context, so stay tuned! ✍️ 🖥️
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Ben Lyall 💾 @benlyall.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
google maps pinhole designers:
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a close up of a man 's face with the words more on the bottom right
ALT: a close up of a man 's face with the words more on the bottom right
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Ashwin Nagappa @ashwinnag.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
Are you active on platforms like Mastodon, Bluesky, Pixelfed, or Eurosky? Please consider participating in an asynchronous brainstorming activity to share your suggestions to make them safer. See project details and sign up here tinyurl.com/44adp9cx @qutdmrc.bsky.social @admscentre.org.au
This is a flyer inviting participants to join a study to share their thoughts on making new social media platforms safe and welcoming
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Ben Lyall 💾 @benlyall.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
damn, chicken crimpy has taken another size hit
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Ben Lyall 💾 @benlyall.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
📜 ‼️ In our recent paper, Laura Woodbridge, Zareh Ghazarian and myself reflect on the development of a new volunteering-led course. Read @ Journal of Political Science Education below ⤵️
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Volunteerism as Civic Education: Recommendations for University-Led Volunteer Courses
Higher education institutions often seek to integrate student volunteering with their community identity and course curricula. Focused on a newly designed course grounded in volunteerism and combin...
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Ben Lyall 💾 @benlyall.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
day for it
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Ben Lyall 💾 @benlyall.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
ai summaries calling it "US-Greenland tensions" is some dire shit
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Ben Lyall 💾 @benlyall.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
"there's a second season of Beast Games"
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AusSTS @aussts.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
A holiday treat from us to you - save the date for AusSTS 2026 in Aotearoa!
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Social Media Lab @socialmedialab.ca · 16/12/2025
We have just updated our Social Media Research Toolkit, a curated collection of over 50 research tools compiled by researchers at the Social Media Lab. The kit only features tools that have been used in peer-reviewed academic research. socialmedialab.ca/apps/social-...
socialmedialab.ca
Social Media Research Toolkit - Social Media Lab
The Social Media Research Toolkit is a curated collection of more than 50 tools compiled by researchers at the Social Media Lab.
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Ben Lyall 💾 @benlyall.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
nobody: me: new scimago colourway just dropped
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Ben Lyall 💾 @benlyall.bsky.social · 22/11/2025
death, taxes, and ARC RMS timeout
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Ben Lyall 💾 @benlyall.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
bumping into google scholar 'labs' ai and elsevier's ai on the same morning... what a treat 🙄
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Ben Lyall 💾 @benlyall.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
did they accidentally read the room when they called the feature "generative fill"?
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Ben Lyall 💾 @benlyall.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
i'm not afraid to say what you're all thinking... recaptcha getting too hard
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Ben Lyall 💾 @benlyall.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
📚 Double publication plug! I have some new works to share, conveniently related to the same project: AUTOWORK, led by Sarah Pink + co-authored w/ Hannah Korsmeyer. Although the research began some years ago, the focus of each still feels salient. Summaries and links in the next two replies ⤵️
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Ben Lyall 💾 @benlyall.bsky.social · 12/07/2025
i sure hope they do
Sign reading "trains stop here" at a train platform
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Ben Lyall 💾 @benlyall.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
weather modelling remodelling the weather; bill murray put on blast by a gramophone; tiktok demanding your baby has more tummy time; all of Shrek in one gif - and that's just the morning keynote session! #AusSTS25 #signalsandnoises 📶
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Ms. Kathy Reid (she/her) @kathyreid.au · 23/06/2025
Are you heading to @aussts.bsky.social #AusSTS25 #SignalsAndNoises in July in Melbourne? #STS If so I hand-curated a Bluesky list of people I could find from the conference program: bsky.app/profile/did:...
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Ben Lyall 💾 @benlyall.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
In our new paper 'Qualified Hope' we counter concern for a 'COVID generation' of young people with upended work and study plans. Despite hardship, hope is a psychosocial resource for sense-making and reflects young people’s resourcefulness and adaptability. 👀📃⤵️
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Qualified Hope: Young People’s Education and Employment Pathways in Times of Disruption - Journal of Applied Youth Studies
The pandemic and its aftermath have prompted an extended public and academic conversation about young people, with concerns about the increasing uncertainty of youth employment and education trajector...
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Ben Lyall 💾 @benlyall.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
probably the least of our worries, but not keen for wearables under Kennedy, who doesn't say anything about privacy and who thinks telehealth is an "AI nurse" youtu.be/X_fqH8rGtlE
youtu.be
RFK Jr. Tells Lawmakers That 'Wearables Are A Key To The MAHA Agenda'
YouTube video by Forbes Breaking News
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Ben Lyall 💾 @benlyall.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
i guess they finally made a mario kart where you need to use the brake
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