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Caroline Difficult Gardam

@cazuarina.bsky.social
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Writes, studies, gets muddy on stolen Jagera and Turrbal land. QUT DMRC PhD student researching multimodality and climate denial. Occasional ceramicist.

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Caroline Difficult Gardam @cazuarina.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Feedback from the @qutdmrc.bsky.social regarding Australia's draft Digital Duty of Care Bill tldr: It is a very good idea.
eprints.qut.edu.au
QUT Digital Media Research Centre Submission to the Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional development, Communications, Sport and the Arts: Exposure Draft Digital Duty of Care Bill (2026)
Angus, Daniel, Burgess, Jean, Gardam, Caroline, McTernan, Cameron, Whelan-Shamy, Dan, Luong, Khanh, Nagappa, Ashwin, FitzGerald, Kate, Esau, Katharina, Sharmin, Sadia, Lubicz-Zaorski, Carly, & Nelson, Lucinda (2026) QUT Digital Media Research Centre Submission to the Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional development, Communications, Sport and the Arts: Exposure Draft Digital Duty of Care Bill (2026). (Unpublished)
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Caroline Difficult Gardam @cazuarina.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Australia is complicit @davemilbo.bsky.social 👏
theshot.net.au
Penny! Are 191.5 tons of nitrocellulose we sent to Israel “nonlethal in nature”?  - The Shot
Like Macklemore and Ed Sheeran, and Ed Sheeran’s band and Ed Sheeran, relations between Penny Wong and myself are “complicated”....
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Caroline Difficult Gardam @cazuarina.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Beautifully driven by Dr. Kasianenko, of course.
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Odd This Day @oddthisday.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Well, happy 29th anniversary to the greatest ‘reverse ferret’ ever issued by a media outlet
“We apologise for the Princess Diana page one headline DI GOES SEX MAD, which is still on the stands at some locations. It is currently being replaced with a special 72-page tribute issue: A FAREWELL TO THE PRINCESS WE ALL LOVED.”
Statement published by the National Enquirer, August 31, 1997
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Tim Hirschel-Burns @timhirschelburns.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Live report from the Minnesota State Fair, located in the heart of American democracy, where there’s an ICE Out adaptation of Picasso’s Guernica made entirely from crops
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Caroline Difficult Gardam @cazuarina.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Another must read. It frustrates me no end when I hear people describing Australia’s two major political parties as left and right when the reality is centre-right and a little further right.
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Caroline Difficult Gardam @cazuarina.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
What could possibly go wrong?
404media.co
Meta Patents AI Glasses to Use Facial Recognition to Identify People, Make Highlight Reels of Your Dinner Party
A new Meta patent published Thursday says a system, like its AI glasses, would use facial recognition to identify people, create a series of video clips, then provide you with a highlight reel of your...
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Caroline Difficult Gardam @cazuarina.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Amazon can go scan itself raw. So depressing.
404media.co
We Tracked a Shipment of Rare Books. It Ended at an Amazon AI Training Facility
We placed a tracking device in a shipment of rare books to see which AI company was buying it, and found an Amazon facility where Amazon scans and destroys books.
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Caroline Difficult Gardam @cazuarina.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Made meself a new muggy favourite.
A handsome ceramic cup
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Caroline Difficult Gardam @cazuarina.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
What a crock. That was a legit goal.
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Pup Fiction @pupfiction.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
The colour perple
Andrew Tate being arrested wearing a purple shirt
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Caroline Difficult Gardam @cazuarina.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
There’s one upside to the kids taking up (real) smoking again. Lighters!
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Caroline Difficult Gardam @cazuarina.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Excellent!
cps.gov.uk
CPS decides to prosecute Tate brothers with additional sexual offences | The Crown Prosecution Service
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Caroline Difficult Gardam @cazuarina.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Ne'er thought I'd be cheering for Belgium in any capacity but there you go...
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Caroline Difficult Gardam @cazuarina.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Learning that it might be me. I am Reviewer 2.
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Pete Milne @petemilne.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
If you don't subscribe to Boiling Cold, you missed: 🔥 Glitch shuts 20% of WA's gas 🌲 Another jarrah forest mining threat 🪓 Santos culls Perth office 😶‍🌫️ Is the sunk cost fallacy driving Woodside's Browse? 👨🏻‍🍳 Roger Cook's gas propaganda 🗞️ The West 🧡 Pauline www.boilingcold.com.au/email/cc9b99...
boilingcold.com.au
Santos culls Perth office
Wheatstone down • Browse sunk costs mount • Telupac
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Caroline Difficult Gardam @cazuarina.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Love a Scot win. Sad it’s against Haiti. And now…
static.klipy.com
Bart Simpson Points to Australia on Globe
ALT: Bart Simpson Points to Australia on Globe
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Caroline Difficult Gardam @cazuarina.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
I hear soccer balls bouncing backyards
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Caroline Difficult Gardam @cazuarina.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
These insects don’t give a damn about how much is being invested in AI
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Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 30/05/2026
I’m a climate scientist. Let me fix this headline. “Nearly a century ago, scientists showed that burning fossil fuels warms the planet. Today, we know human emissions account for over 100% of the warming. Yet dark money and disinformation still work to keep Americans addicted to fossil fuels.”
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Caroline Difficult Gardam @cazuarina.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
Things we need to talk about, number 724
theguardian.com
AI platforms reference Nigel Farage more than other leaders when prompted on UK politics, study shows
Reform UK is ‘doing something right when it comes to visibility’ on multiple AI systems, say researchers
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Caroline Difficult Gardam @cazuarina.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Nailed it @ronnisalt.bsky.social 🎯 Where One Nation lies theshot.net.au/uncategorize...
theshot.net.au
Where One Nation lies - The Shot
One Nation wants more victims, more people pissed off at political parties and big business so One Nation can build a big business and a political party out of them.
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Led By Donkeys @ledbydonkeys.org · 17/05/2026
Immigration make Britain brilliant
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dc2daylight.bsky.social @dc2daylight.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Isn't the reflecting pool beautiful now?
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Caroline Difficult Gardam @cazuarina.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
This morning, in the service of unsolicited oversharing — and task-avoidant behaviour — I offer you: my desk.
A small desk, cluttered with ephemera.
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Caroline Difficult Gardam @cazuarina.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Global sinus flotilla is sailing again. Updates: actionnetwork.org/forms/follow...
actionnetwork.org
Subscribe to updates from the Australian crew of Global Sumud Flotilla to Gaza
Stay in the loop with the flotilla crew and get ready to stand up for Palestine 🇵🇸
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Caroline Difficult Gardam @cazuarina.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
I just wrote a @theactionnetwork.bsky.social letter: URGENT: Call on Penny Wong and your MP to stand up for Australians onboard the Global Sumud Flotilla. Write one here: actionnetwork.org/letters/urge...
actionnetwork.org
To Minister Wong: Stand up for Australians onboard Global Sumud Flotilla
Send a message to Penny Wong and your local MP now to secure the safe release of all Australians intercepted by Israeli military.
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Ursula K. Le Guin Bot @leguinbot.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
Women were likely, as women, to take the next generation’s part, not this one’s; they wove the links men saw as chains, the bonds men saw as bondage.
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Axel Bruns @snurb.info · 24/04/2026
🆕 I am exceptionally pleased to announce the release of the 'twitter' issue of M/C Journal, which I co-edited with @hermida.bsky.social. This celebrates / commiserates / memorialises / laments the 20th anniversary of what used to be #Twitter. #mcjournal journal.media-culture.org.au/index.php/mc...
M/C Journal 'twitter' issue cover image, created by Alfred Hermida using Google Nano-banana.
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Caroline Difficult Gardam @cazuarina.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
I am so over this timeline. FU , #uqp
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
Almost everything we argue about is a substitute for the thing we should be arguing about: the immense wealth & power of an oligarchic class, which captures governments, ruins lives and wrecks the living planet. This class redirects our rage at scapegoats. To resist its lies is to resist its power.
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Caroline Difficult Gardam @cazuarina.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
#sadbuttrue
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Caroline Difficult Gardam @cazuarina.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
WHAT SAY YOU, @albomp.bsky.social ?
theintercept.com
Israel’s “Black Wednesday” Massacre Leaves Lebanese Families Giving DNA to ID Loved Ones’ Remains
In Lebanon, an unprecedented campaign of DNA tests is being used to identify mangled bodies left trapped under rubble by Israel’s blitz.
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Caroline Difficult Gardam @cazuarina.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
Interesting campaign
mumumelon.co
mumumelon - violating copyright, not the planet
We copied lululemon's designs and made them less terrible for the environment.
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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Dr Trump at work
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Caroline Difficult Gardam @cazuarina.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
A story. Was at suburban Hammerbarn when a bloke started yelling abuse at the information desk assistants next to me. Immediately hostile, nasty: this is the fifth Bunnings I’ve visited… you’re all fucking arses, etc So I turned and said hey mate thats not her fault, calm down. Control yourself. 1/
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Caroline Difficult Gardam @cazuarina.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
And a cleanser. Good night.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
cc: @nytimes.com
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PEIPolitical 🇨🇦 @peipolitical.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
Spanish PM Pedro calls for the IMMEDIATE ARREST of Netanyahu He said: "Netanyahu launched the worst possible unjustified attack against Lebanon. His contempt for life and international law is intolerable. He is a criminal that must be arrested immediately.” #cdnpoli
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Caroline Difficult Gardam @cazuarina.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
It's past time to expel the Israeli ambassador, too
abc.net.au
'Running on the street screaming': Beirut faces war's most intense attacks
As a shaky ceasefire struggles to get under way, deadly Israeli strikes on Lebanon risk worsening the Middle East conflict.
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Caroline Difficult Gardam @cazuarina.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
Got me a new favourite from The Shot. 10/10, would recommend. Not too keen on the subject matter tho
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Caroline Difficult Gardam @cazuarina.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
Damn straight -- it's already too late!
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Ashwin Nagappa @ashwinnag.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
Whether you use, develop, or moderate decentralised social media, your ideas for making these spaces safer and more welcoming matter. Join our ongoing asynchronous brainstorm and share your thoughts. Signup form here forms.office.com/r/mMbjjvXgXB Project details here tinyurl.com/44adp9cx
This is a flyer inviting participants to join a study to share their ideas on making new social media platforms safe and welcoming.
Signup form here forms.office.com/r/mMbjjvXgXB Project details here tinyurl.com/44adp9cx
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Caroline Difficult Gardam @cazuarina.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Remember, if the Naomi be Klein, you're doing fine, but if the Naomi be Wolf, honey... oooof. Sometimes it is worth popping back to the hellsite for a laugh.
A screenshot of a social media post featuring images of the far side of the moon, with sceptical commentary
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Caroline Difficult Gardam @cazuarina.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Working from my parents' place today. They have a popular birdbath. Right now, three young wattle birds are taking turns diving in, each time a little further away, at increased velocity... like teenagers diving from a bridge into a river, egging each other a little further, faster, each time.
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Caroline Difficult Gardam @cazuarina.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
This is not my screenshot, so I can't say it's true, but how lovely, anyway.
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Richard Chirgwin @rchirgwin.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
This should become part of the national psyche, alongside the Nutbush, the Farnsy Flash mob. Do it, Sydney!
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Caroline Difficult Gardam @cazuarina.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
I fear their bar for 'expert' is not set particularly high newsguard-reality-check.github.io/newsguard-qu...
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Caroline Difficult Gardam @cazuarina.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
Feels like being stuck in an eddy
youtu.be
Mike Moore Nails Pauline Hanson! | #Frontline
YouTube video by Working Dog Productions
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Caroline Difficult Gardam @cazuarina.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
Snark aside, it is interesting to note how parenthood *derails* all careers, mens just less. This is not just in academia, obvs. Perhaps we are all working in a system that's not particularly conducive to healthy family/community/society? (Why the career v life framing of opposition?)
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