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Clare Southerton

@claresoutherton.bsky.social
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senior lecturer in digital education at Monash Uni. Interested in social media, misinfo/conspiracy, digital cultures. Views are my own. She/her 🌈

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 06/09/2026
ProPublica spoke to dozens of people who had lived in homeless encampments when cities cleared them out in “sweeps.” We distributed notecards so people could tell us about the toll in their own words. ➡️ This is what they wrote:
Handwritten notecard. Prompt at the top asks: What object was most devastating for you to lose, and how have you been coping? Answer below: Dentures. Were thrown away and coping isn't somthing I can do. It’s made me feel ugly, unworthy, can’t go get a job with no teeth. So how can get off the streets until another pair can be made?
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Clare Southerton @claresoutherton.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Is anyone studying the absolutely unbearable proliferation of AI grifters on LinkedIn?? who find your post, lack basic comprehension and generate comments recommending their AI tools??? I feel like I’m losing my mind 🤖🤖🤖
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Jason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Scoop: The AI music generator Suno was hacked. Hacker shared source code that shows how the tool was made and part of the music and podcasts that were scraped to create it. Decades worth of music, lyrics, and podcasts from YouTube, Deezer, Genius & more www.404media.co/hack-reveals...
# youtube_nusic: ~l.5h runtine # 113,879 hours of youtube_rusic 12,287 hours of youtube_rusic_lyrics 16,843 hours of youtube_rusic_lyrics_for genius_hg: -1.3h runting 17,615 hours of genius_hq 41, 544 hours of genius_hq lyrics 17,387 hours of genius ha_lyrics_ foreign freesound: -B.2h runting 410 hours of freesound # insip: -B.2h runtine 19,514 hours of insip # jamendo: ~B.1h runtine 3,726 hours of janendo * ponds_music: ~1.1h runtine # 62,117 hours of ponds_music # deezer: -8. 5h runtine 12,287 hours of deezer 10,175 hours of deezer_lyrics 6,699 hours of deezer_lyrics_foreign * ytn_tagged: ~2h runtine # 152,162 hours of ytn_ tagged # musescore: -B.1h runtine 183 hours of nusescore_lyrics
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Clare Southerton @claresoutherton.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
NotebookLM is not an RA. This article explains the difference perfectly: "Statistical methods of text extrusion are misaligned with users’ needs for precise, consistent results... Summarization is a decidedly rhetorical and embodied activity with a different objective." dl.acm.org/doi/full/10....
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Thinking Smarter, not Harder? Google NotebookLM's Misalignment Problem in Education | Proceedings of the 43rd ACM International Conference on Design of Communication
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Eman Abdelhadi @emanabdelhadi.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Among many great points, addresses false claims made by critics of the resolution 1) that the boycott petition excludes people based on nationality. False the boycott is of institutions. 2) that ASA hasn’t taken positions before. Also false. Ukraine, same-sex marriage and more.
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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 09/04/2026
Burn everything down.
aboveto imagine untold numbers of users taking its summaries at their word.
Oumi conducted the analysis using a test called SimpleQA, a widely used benchmark for Al accuracy in the industry which was designed by OpenAl. The first round of tests, conducted in tober, used a version of the Al Overviews powered by Google's Gemini 2 model. A follow-up conducted in February tested the feature after it was switched to Gemini 3, its
much-hyped upgrade.
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Clare Southerton @claresoutherton.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
We are all watching the US government use AI for their war propaganda, doing military deals directly with some of the largest AI companies. AI is not neutral. Now is not the time to make AI slop for your linkedin post 🫠
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Nat Osborne she/her @drnatosborne.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
This is clearly a strategy by Microsoft to artificially inflate the numbers of Copilot users. Once again - if these tools were half as good as they say they are they wouldn't have to force us to use them
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AusSTS @aussts.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
A wonderful write up from the AusSTS2024 team reflecting on decolonial practices in conference organising: What would it look like to run a genuinely decolonial event? Is it possible to run a genuinely decolonial event at a settler institution? decoloyarns.org/2025/08/11/h...
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How to (start to) decolonise a science studies conference: reflections on AusSTS 2024
This is the first part of a four-part series that has come from the 2024 and 2025 AusSTS conferences.  What would it look like to run a genuinely decolonial event? Is it possible to run a genu…
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Clare Southerton @claresoutherton.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
“Blended learning” is just me nervously shifting my gaze from the screen class then back to the IRL class, awkwardly making jokes about the “zoomies” and the “roomies” and ultimately nobody has a good time 💀 pls let’s stop doing blended #edusky
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Preeti Chhibber @runwithskizzers.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
an updated debbie downer sketch but it's friends showing her funny videos and she has to respond like this to every single one like this:
A screenshot of Rachel Dratch from SNL. She's a white woman with short dark hair and blue eyes, and she's making an awkward expression that implies, "Sorry I have to tell you this and ruin your good time. But also I'm kind of not sorry about it." I've added a subtitle that reads, "That's AI."
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Jay Van Bavel, PhD @jayvanbavel.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
NYU is hiring two postdocs at the Center for Social Media, AI & Politics: csmapnyu.org/jobs And a grant manager in Sociology with the Social Science Research Hub: uscareers-nyu.icims.com/jobs/15327/g... I'm part of both groups--please share with anyone who is interested!
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Victor Ray @victorerikray.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
I do want to shout-out my fellow sociologists, who have collectively created a discipline so woke that not a single one of our introductory textbooks can make it past Florida's censors. Great work everyone.
The Board of Governors decided, unilaterally, that no published textbook in the field of sociology could be used in compliance with the law for an Intro to Sociology class. None.
Victor: There's not a single existing textbook on the market that could be used that would qualify under state law?
Zachary: Correct.
Victor: I'm sorry, that's kind of funny. Like, the absurdity of not a single sociology textbook getting past the censors. I mean, it makes me kind of proud of our colleagues, but...
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Nick Fleisher @nickfleisher.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
Love how all these academics try to excuse their Epstein associations as owing to genuine intellectual stimulation and meanwhile his big thought-provoking questions are like "why do women live past menopause?"
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Solomon @solomonrmissouri.com · 30/01/2026
4 Black journalists have been kidnapped by the federal government
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Kate Knibbs @knibbs.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
X is hiring a creative writing specialist at $40 an hour to make Grok better at writing and a true LOL at the qualifications
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Tech Won’t Save Us @techwontsave.us · 15/12/2025
🚨 THE BATTLE BEGINS 🚨 Your favorite year-end contest is back. It’s time to choose who will be this year’s Worst Person In Tech for 2025! Each day of this week new matchups will drop until we choose the winner on Friday. 🗳️ Cast your ballot: twsu.forms.app/worst-person...
Bracket showing the 32 names in the Worst Person in Tech 2025
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Clare Southerton @claresoutherton.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
Great to have the chance to talk about our research in this article for The Point! In it we emphasise the risks GenAI raises for Indigenous Education and what came from our recent study testing LLMs on Indigenous topics. 🦘🎓 #edusky #academicsky thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
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What teachers need to know before using AI for Indigenous education
If you ask ChatGPT to write a Welcome to Country, it might caution that only an elder can deliver a Welcome and instead offer you a template of an Acknowledgement of Country. There’s just one problem:...
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Clare Southerton @claresoutherton.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
This is devastating and will have significant long term consequences. Solidarity with those impacted.
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Clare Southerton @claresoutherton.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
Horrifying to see Victoria seeking adult jail sentences for children. 14 year old could be deemed too young for social media in Aus but old enough for a life sentence in prison. So little care for actual children, but politicians happy to invoke "protect the children" to win political points #auspol
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Clare Southerton @claresoutherton.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
Where's the bit in the ROPE thingo on grant applications for: I'm a renter so I have to move house every 1-1.5 years at the whim of my landlord and it consumes a month of my life 🫠🫠🫠 #🦘🎓
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Newcastle Youth Studies Centre @newcastleyouth.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
Hope to see you at today’s seminar on The Political Dynamics of the Weird World of Wellness at 3pm, please see details and register at the below
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The Political Dynamics of the Weird World of Wellness
Explore how contemporary discourses of wellness are aligned with the enactments and dynamics of everyday politics, and their consequences.
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Clare Southerton @claresoutherton.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
Great to see this article is finally published! Written with the brilliant Jess McLean, we explore how young Australians think about their agency on TikTok. With the incoming ban, there's a lot of talk about young people on social media, but we need to listen: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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‘I feel like I get something else to think about’: How do Australian young people see their relationship with TikTok?
TikTok has become a significant site for youth culture and simultaneously the focus of a moral panic surrounding its impact on young people. The social media platform's content recommendation algor...
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Brendan Keogh @brkeogh.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
So much for the (terrible) social media ban not including games. We’re already seeing proof that the ban’s definition of social media is broad enough to be applied to any internet service or website the minister of the day wishes to ban. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...
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Not just 'big fish': eSafety reveals new platforms may be forced to ban teens
WhatsApp, Roblox, Reddit and Discord are among an expanded list of platforms which may be covered by the teen social media ban, the ABC can reveal.
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Clare Southerton @claresoutherton.bsky.social · 13/08/2025
In awe of the bravery of @drdemography.com to expose this culture of bullying and threats from leadership at ANU. Julie Bishop should resign www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08...
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Julie Bishop accused of bullying by ANU staff member, senate inquiry hears
Former member of the Australian National University council Liz Allen has used a Senate inquiry investigating university governance to allege Chancellor Julie Bishop harassed, bullied, and threatened ...
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Clare Southerton @claresoutherton.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
Absolutely loved this paper from Tanja Bosch - "As a method, decolonisation demands more than critique. It requires a commitment to building alternative ways of knowing, citing, collaborating and theorising that do not extract from the margins to enrich the centre"
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Decolonisation is not a vibe: On anti-capitalist praxis, citation politics and epistemic refusal - Tanja Bosch, 2025
This paper argues that decolonisation in media and communication studies must be rooted in anti-capitalist praxis, not just symbolic critique. While the field i...
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Calla Wahlquist @callawahlquist.bsky.social · 03/08/2025
So proud to work with Lorena, Sarah and Ella on this series. Here is part one: www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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The killing code: strange symbols in a WA settler’s diaries lay bare frontier atrocities
Exclusive: Stories of murders passed down by Yamatji elders are confirmed by a cipher hidden in the 1850s journals of prominent pastoralist Major Logue. Now descendants on both sides want to break the...
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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
"Two leading human rights organisations based in Israel, B’Tselem and Physicians for Human Rights, say Israel is committing genocide against Palestinians in Gaza and the country’s western allies have a legal and moral duty to stop it." www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
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Israel committing genocide in Gaza, say Israel-based human rights groups
Reports detailing intentional targeting of Palestinians as a group, and systemic destruction of Palestinian society, add to pressure for action
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Clare Southerton @claresoutherton.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
Awful to see ANU making these cuts to Gender Studies
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Dr Liz Allen @drdemography.com · 21/07/2025
ANU cuts are impacting an innumerable amount of people. Here are just some of their stories. www.shoesofanu.com
Shoes of ANU
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Naomi Smith @deadtheorist.bsky.social · 19/07/2025
My latest with @claresoutherton.bsky.social - on AI and Aesthetic Alienation - aka the thorny issue of ai slop. Completely open access. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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Newsroom NZ @newsroom.co.nz · 13/07/2025
Opinion from Victoria University: It’s not appropriate to use generative AI to produce national-level policy, especially the document that will define our approach to AI itself, writes Chris McGavin.
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NZ can't afford to be careless with its AI strategy
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Andy Greenberg @agreenberg.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
McDonald's uses an AI bot called "Olivia" for hiring. A pair of hackers found they could access every conversation job applicants had with it—including all the personal info they shared—by exploiting security vulnerabilities as basic as using the password "123456". www.wired.com/story/mcdona...
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McDonald’s AI Hiring Bot Exposed Millions of Applicants’ Data to Hackers Who Tried the Password ‘123456’
Basic security flaws left the personal info of tens of millions of McDonald’s job-seekers vulnerable on the “McHire” site built by AI software firm Paradox.ai.
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Rosanna Stevens @wordress.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
Absolutely died that not only was Marita making a profoundly bland vision board (perfection) but it included in big font “GUT HEALTH” *chefs kiss*. #QueerUltimatum
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Clare Southerton @claresoutherton.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
Back at Aarhus Uni, where I used to be a postdoc, to give a talk about Australia's social media ban. Wonderful to catch up with colleagues and take the opportunity to walk around one of my favourite university campuses.
Aarhus University buildings, pale brick covered in greeneryAarhus University buildings, pale brick covered in greenery, in the distance, in the foreground a large green hill
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dylan‽ @audhdylan.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
Bluesky right now:
A bunch of 90s kids gathered around a desktop computer, stoked by what's happening on screen
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🌈 Hailey Piper 🌈 @haileypiperfights.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
I sure do love KING KONG VS GODZILLA (1962), I mention for no particular reason
a screenshot from King Kong vs Godzilla (1962) where a Japanese official says "if we're lucky, both will die"
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Hayes Brown @hayesbrown.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
this is a day for those of us who have spent the last six months terminally online. this is for us and honestly, we deserve it.
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Clare Southerton @claresoutherton.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
What I can’t understand is how people think that something they couldn’t be bothered to write (and instead got AI to generate) would be worth reading. There’s already so much to read, why would I waste time on something you didn’t deem worthy of your time??
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Rachael King @rachaelking70.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
This was just posted by @tbretc.bsky.social on another platform. The Chicago Sun-Times obviously gets ChatGPT to write a ‘summer reads’ feature almost entirely made up of real authors but completely fake books. What are we coming to?
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Clare Southerton @claresoutherton.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
How can education researchers speak directly to teachers? This is such a great article with incredible ideas from teachers themselves!!
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Researchers, teachers aren’t reading your stuff now. Here’s what they think would help
We work on disseminating research through various avenues with the hopes that it reaches teachers - and contributes to change. But does it?
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Lisa M Given, FASSA, FASIS&T @lisagiven.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
Here is my latest article for @aunz.theconversation.com where I analyse Google’s announcement that its Gemini AI chatbot will be rolled out to kids under 13. This is a risky move. The system can generate fake information and mimic social behaviour, which will be confusing for young users #AIethics
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Hector Diaz @iamhectordiaz.com · 08/05/2025
A Chicago Pope implies the existence of an MLA Pope and APA Pope
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Terrence Peterson @tgpeterson.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
New Pope Declares All Style Manuals Other Than Chicago As Schismatic
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Spencer Beswick @spencerbeswick.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
The right-wing attack on universities and the widespread use of ChatGPT to replace thinking and writing are two sides of the same relentless assault on what the Greeks called paideia: the education and development of citizens as ethical beings engaged in their communities.
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Peter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
it's jolting how little AI skepticism has reached the general public. i've had many acquaintances ask whether i use AI for research and seem shocked when i tell them it's completely useless for that purpose. my wife recently told her colleagues about hallucinations and it was news to all of them.
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Clare Southerton @claresoutherton.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
The only thing I want AI to “summarise” is all the tedious AI slop I’m wading through these days #academia #academicsky
Meme where girl A is putting a tuba over girl B’s face. Girl B is labelled “me just trying to do my job” and girl A is labelled with a range of annoying AI generated things including AI generated assignments, AI generated peer reviews, AI generated emails and AI training about how to integrate AI into your workflow
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Carly Goodman @carlygoodman.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
lol if you don’t realize that teaching computers is teaching about systems of power I don’t think you should be a professor at a university
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Bec Shaw @brocklesnitch.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
"i cant see how the coalition wins from here"
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