Ben Lyall 💾 @benlyall.bsky.social · 18/07/2026the absolute terror of being the foreground to someone's middle-distance stare 🥶 000
Ben Lyall 💾 @benlyall.bsky.social · 14/07/2026gettembusinessinsider.comAI glasses have a new hater: LordeLorde criticized AI glasses during a festival sponsored by Ray-Ban. The jab came right before Blackpink's Jennie, a brand ambassador, took the stage. 000
Ben Lyall 💾 @benlyall.bsky.social · 14/07/2026this stairwell overlooking richmond station is gagging for a mission impossible -esque chase sequence 020
Ben Lyall 💾 @benlyall.bsky.social · 14/07/2026Hello! 🥸 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.auAre smart glasses cool now? - ABC listenSmart 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 ... 100
Reposted by Ben Lyall 💾Alex Beattie @drlxbt.bsky.social · 29/05/2026Long 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 473
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.auVandals cut down road signs in protest against lower speed limitPolice believe changes to speed limits on country roads in Victoria have led to vandalism including new road signs being cut down. 120
Ben Lyall 💾 @benlyall.bsky.social · 26/05/2026Urgently divest from all "corpmanteau" (corporate portmanteau - yes, two can play at this game). Instructure and Explorance have already ruined my month. 000
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...youtube.comHouse Standing Committee on Petitions | 11/05/2026YouTube video by Australian Parliament House Streaming Portal 170
Reposted by Ben Lyall 💾Matt Seybold @mattseybold.bsky.social · 07/05/2026What 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. 242052767
Reposted by Ben Lyall 💾Crikey @crikey.com.au · 10/05/2026AI 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.auThe way the Albanese government is regulating AI reflects its misunderstanding of the technologyTreating AI like a 'productivity' tool with some privacy risks is like treating the steam engine as a faster horse. 092
Ben Lyall 💾 @benlyall.bsky.social · 08/05/2026psst 🤫 canvas needs you more than you need canvas ✊ 020
Reposted by Ben Lyall 💾The Australian Sociological Association (TASA) @sociologyaustralia.bsky.social · 08/05/2026Recent open access article by TASA members Giselle Newton & Ashely Barnwell et al.: Displaying family on the DNA platformjournals.sagepub.comDisplaying family on the DNA platform - Giselle Newton, Ashley Barnwell, Romy Wilson Gray, 2026Direct-to-consumer DNA platforms are significant yet overlooked social media platforms through which millions of users worldwide shape their identities. DNA pla... 011
Ben Lyall 💾 @benlyall.bsky.social · 07/05/2026this lil canvas turd is my new sleep paralysis demon 050
Ben Lyall 💾 @benlyall.bsky.social · 07/05/2026maybe it will all be worth it if the canvas / instructure debacle finally revives aca-twitter on bluesky 🥺 031
Ben Lyall 💾 @benlyall.bsky.social · 30/04/2026convinced timtam is in the early stages of a subtle yet hostile takeover of the beauty industry 010
Ben Lyall 💾 @benlyall.bsky.social · 30/03/2026introduced students to the ancient social media phenomenon of "facebook official" relationships today... ...it received the cringe it deserves 000
Reposted by Ben Lyall 💾Emily van der Nagel @emvdn.bsky.social · 10/03/2026Hello 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 2136
Reposted by Ben Lyall 💾Kate FitzGerald @katemfitzgerald.bsky.social · 06/03/2026So 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! ✍️ 🖥️ 022
Ben Lyall 💾 @benlyall.bsky.social · 04/03/2026google maps pinhole designers:media.tenor.coma close up of a man 's face with the words more on the bottom rightALT: a close up of a man 's face with the words more on the bottom right 000
Reposted by Ben Lyall 💾Ashwin Nagappa @ashwinnag.bsky.social · 02/03/2026Are 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 02111
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 ⤵️doi.orgVolunteerism as Civic Education: Recommendations for University-Led Volunteer CoursesHigher 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... 110
Ben Lyall 💾 @benlyall.bsky.social · 19/01/2026ai summaries calling it "US-Greenland tensions" is some dire shit 010
Reposted by Ben Lyall 💾AusSTS @aussts.bsky.social · 18/12/2025A holiday treat from us to you - save the date for AusSTS 2026 in Aotearoa! 1157
Reposted by Ben Lyall 💾Social Media Lab @socialmedialab.ca · 16/12/2025We 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.caSocial Media Research Toolkit - Social Media LabThe Social Media Research Toolkit is a curated collection of more than 50 tools compiled by researchers at the Social Media Lab. 03715
Ben Lyall 💾 @benlyall.bsky.social · 19/11/2025bumping into google scholar 'labs' ai and elsevier's ai on the same morning... what a treat 🙄 010
Ben Lyall 💾 @benlyall.bsky.social · 03/11/2025did they accidentally read the room when they called the feature "generative fill"? 000
Ben Lyall 💾 @benlyall.bsky.social · 15/10/2025i'm not afraid to say what you're all thinking... recaptcha getting too hard 011
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 ⤵️ 130
Ben Lyall 💾 @benlyall.bsky.social · 09/07/2025weather 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 📶 083
Reposted by Ben Lyall 💾Ms. Kathy Reid (she/her) @kathyreid.au · 23/06/2025Are 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:... 296
Ben Lyall 💾 @benlyall.bsky.social · 25/06/2025In 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. 👀📃⤵️link.springer.comQualified Hope: Young People’s Education and Employment Pathways in Times of Disruption - Journal of Applied Youth StudiesThe 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... 052
Ben Lyall 💾 @benlyall.bsky.social · 25/06/2025probably 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_fqH8rGtlEyoutu.beRFK Jr. Tells Lawmakers That 'Wearables Are A Key To The MAHA Agenda'YouTube video by Forbes Breaking News 000
Ben Lyall 💾 @benlyall.bsky.social · 05/06/2025i guess they finally made a mario kart where you need to use the brake 110