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Naomi Smith @deadtheorist.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

I'd rather stop using Blue Sky than verify my age using some third party service, so bbyeeeee I guess?

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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

Datacenters are increasing growth... so good???... but err they're going to take up a tenth of energy use so that's pretty bad. My column on how we need to think about the shape of the economy, not just the growth www.theguardian.com/business/gro...

Charts showing the investment in the info media and IT industry and how in the past year it has increased around 65%

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Dr Liz Allen @drdemography.com · 16/09/2025

BREAKING | ANU staff in the College of Arts and Social Sciences have received a Cease Work Order due to dangerous working conditions. Under the WHS Act staff will be paid while this order is in place. The order seeks to protect lives and wellbeing.

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Cease Work Order in CASS A CASS Health and Safety Representative
(HSR) has ordered that unsafe work cease due to psychosocial hazards and psychological injury resulting from Renew ANU
NTEU is supporting the HSR and members in CASS.
This email contains information on your rights in this situation

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Gareth Bryant @garethbryant.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

Wonderful profile of Raewyn Connell just published in the SMH www.smh.com.au/national/rae... - her Wheelwright Lecture, “Should we abolish universities?” is on tomorrow night! www.ppesydney.net/2025-wheelwr...

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Raewyn’s groundbreaking work changed how we think about men. Its origins were deeply personal

Raewyn Connell has a global reputation and is speaking at an event marking one of the PM’s intellectual influences.

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Naomi Smith @deadtheorist.bsky.social · 16/08/2025

THAT WAS AN EARTHQUAKE (in QLD)

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John Warner @biblioracle.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

This piece illustrates and explores one of my chief worries about LLM use in writing and thinking work: self-alienation. Automating the writing experience by substituting LLM outputs leads to a distancing from your own life, your own mind and a flattened experience. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/18/o...

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Opinion | The Seductions of A.I. for the Writer’s Mind

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Josh Taylor @joshtaylor.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

In Nov last year, I reported that an encrypted messaging app Sessions was forced to move offshore after the AFP visited. After a 9-month FOI fight with the AFP, I got emails around Sessions, including that the AFP wanted to keep an eye on them because of "their stated commitment to privacy".

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The Australian Women’s and Gender Studies Association @awgsa.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

Update for tomorrow's seminar: all welcome to our first AWGSA seminar for the year, now featuring Dr Naomi Smith @deadtheorist.bsky.social and Chelsea Wallis. Free! (though you can opt to provide a donation) #AWGSA #Feminist #GenderStudies

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ARC Tracker @arc-tracker.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

I've made my submission to the review of the ARC grant system. Have you? 5 more days, people.

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The Australian Sociological Association (TASA) @sociologyaustralia.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

Psst! If you're NOT a TASA member but you would like to know more about what we do, you can subscribe to our weekly newsletter; it contains information on members' publications, events & much more. Subscribe via

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Mailing List - The Australian Sociological Association

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Leah Williams Veazey @leahmouse.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

JOB ALERT: I'm hiring a part-time research fellow to work with me @healthy-societies.bsky.social at @sydneyuni.bsky.social on my research program on migration, im/mobility and belonging, with a specific focus on healthcare worker migration. Applications close 27 April bit.ly/4iAohs3 #Academicsky

Beige background with a black line drawing of a handheld megaphone. Text reads: We're hiring! Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Sociology. Work with Dr Leah Williams Veazey and the Sydney Centre for Healthy Societies team to generate foundational knowledge about healthcare worker migration. Part-time (0.5FTE) for 1 year. Academic level A. Start May/June 2025.

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Sonja Drimmer @sonjadrimmer.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

One thing that needs to get repeated until it sinks in is that “AI” does not simply function as a tool that people in power are using; it’s even more powerful as a permission structure for the destructive & extractive things they wanted to do in the first place.

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Crikey @crikey.com.au · 25/02/2025

Pete Evans is back on Facebook and Instagram after being banned for sharing COVID-19 misinformation. Meta knows, but isn't booting him off, @CameronWilson.bsky.social reports.

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Pete Evans is back on Facebook and Instagram. Meta knows but isn't doing anything

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Naomi Smith @deadtheorist.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

School of Law and Society is recruiting sessionals across humanities and social sciences. Share very widely. We also do online teaching, so even if you know someone/ you are beyond the Sunshine Coast/Southeast, we'd still love to hear from you www.seek.com.au/job/81497717...

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EOI: School of Law and Society talent pool Job in Brisbane QLD - SEEK

Discover opportunities for casual employment at UniSC's School of Law and Society! Interested in exploring suitable roles aligned with your expertise?

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Naomi Smith @deadtheorist.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

I think it might be time to write a paper I’ve been kicking around in my head for a while about social media, the image and the spectacularisation of the climate crisis.

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Naomi Smith @deadtheorist.bsky.social · 23/12/2024

There is no 'quickly submit' for a journal article, it always takes three times as long as you expect and is freshly irritating in unanticipated ways.

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Naomi Smith @deadtheorist.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

Digital intimacies vibes are particular good this year. Kudos to the organising team @bradyjay.bsky.social, Emily van Der Nagel et al.

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Altmetric @altmetric.com · 03/12/2024

Ben McLeish of Altmetric also commented; "We are the only altmetrics provider we know of that tracks Bluesky for mentions of research. Also, why are you writing that down, I'm not allowed to make public statements on behalf of the company STOP WRITING, MOTHER, THEY'RE STILL WRITING!"

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Brady Robards @bradyjay.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

This time next week we will be welcoming an incredible line-up of researchers to Monash's Caulfield campus in Naarm/Melbourne and via Zoom, for our tenth (!!) Digital Intimacies conference! Draft program here: drive.google.com/file/d/1o3A5...

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Digital Intimacies DRAFT PROGRAM November 2024.pdf

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Anthony Klan @anthonyklan.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

🚨NACC has "systemic issues" far beyond Robodebt, Inspector finds. A NACC official was offered a bribe - but boss Brereton took no action, claiming it was doubtful briber "knew the NACC officer's position". NACC actions "inadequate and flawed". Explosive👇 theklaxon.com.au/v662

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NACC has “systemic issues” far beyond Robodebt: Inspector

An official at the National Anti-Corruption Commission was offered a bribe but its boss Paul Brereton took no action, reveals explosive new report.

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Naomi Smith @deadtheorist.bsky.social · 09/11/2023

Taylor Swift day take 2 in Australia tomorrow. Readying my clicking finger.

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Maria Zhu @mariabzhu.bsky.social · 01/11/2023

I am starting a new project with Mackenzie Alston on the academic job market. Hoping to informally chat with 5 econ PhDs and 5 PhDs from psych, sociology, or polisci who graduated last year. If you're available for a 15-minute Zoom convo in Nov., please DM or email mjalston@illinois.edu!

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Naomi Smith @deadtheorist.bsky.social · 02/11/2023

I am so out of practice with tweeting/posting that typing out public thoughts feels slightly unhinged. But I like the platform the best of all the pretenders so far and community only grows through activity so here I am.

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ARC Tracker @arc-tracker.bsky.social · 31/10/2023

It's harder to get funding for basic research projects than ever before in Australia. The @arc_gov_au Discovery Projects scheme now has the lowest “success rate” ever: 16.3%. Only 1 in 6 grants are funded. Why? The funding available has plummeted. Please help, Jason Clare MP❗️

Graph showing funded providing to Australian Research Council Discovery Projects, and the success rate of proposals, each year since 2002. The success rate has declined sharply since 2020, and is now at its lowest point ever (16.3%). The funding in this graph has been adjusted for inflation to 2023$.
Data: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1AyITNrCVt7pdLiUzyvC99q7l_X99rCS68r8_3i3h85s/edit?usp=sharing

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Bartosz Slosarski @slosarski.bsky.social · 25/10/2023

As part of introducing myself, I'm sharing my recent article in @bigdatasoc.bsky.social, in which I explore the concept of data arenas as a relational field for strategic actors in diverse areas of the contentious politics of data: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... #Sociology #STS #PhilTech

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Data arenas: The relational dynamics of data activism - Bartosz Ślosarski, 2023

The article proposes the theoretical category of data arenas as a relational field for strategic actors in diverse areas of the contentious politics of data (Be...

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