Reposted by Joanna Tai Rhea Liang @liangrhea.bsky.social · 25/09/202625 'Hiroshima Maidens' received worse care from US surgeons with much less expertise treating nuclear-related burns than Japanese surgeons; the women's bodies were exposed for publicity; and they were RE-IRRADIATED in the belief this would reduce keloid scarring. 😱 www.ovid.com/jnls/journal... 366
Reposted by Joanna Tai bronte lee @brontelee.bsky.social · 21/09/2026in case you missed it!! new release of @kudelka.bsky.social’s rusted-on bingo tea towels, with $5 from every tea towel sold going to the Jon Kudelka Fund for Glioblastoma Research at the Menzies Institute for Medical Research get yours now!! www.kudelkashop.com/product/rust... 17213128
Reposted by Joanna Tai Jonathan McDowell @planet4589.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Apparently the commander of the International Space Station brought her dancing pants to space with her 1163138704
Joanna Tai @drjot.bsky.social · 12/08/2026Apparently, 11 years ago I'd just about finished writing my PhD thesis... Didn't imagine I'd be an associate professor on her second parental leave 11 years later! 040
Reposted by Joanna Tai Rhea Liang @liangrhea.bsky.social · 04/08/2026In a world that rewards speed over competence (hello AI 👀)... go slower, go better. 091
Reposted by Joanna Tai The labor librarian @laborlibrarian.bsky.social · 14/07/2026I am yet again getting on my soapbox to tell y’all about how my previous job (public library) received a grant once to keep branches in some neighborhoods open until midnight on Fri and Sat. The neighborhoods were picked specifically because of higher crime rates and lack of support services (1/ ) 82380775
Joanna Tai @drjot.bsky.social · 14/07/2026Expanding my horizons for presentation images! world.hey.com/jordanacosta...world.hey.comFree-to-use Picture Resources for WritersYou have options other than Generative AI to illustrate your work. When I still used Substack I posted the following Note: My opinion was challenged with two now-familiar rebuttals: 1. The vast majori... 000
Reposted by Joanna Tai Alex Hanna @alexhanna.bsky.social · 25/06/2026There's something deliciously ironic about Ford--the assembly line innovator--having to hire back veteran engineers to fix quality problems induced by AI. www.bloomberg.com/news/article... 8338102
Joanna Tai @drjot.bsky.social · 17/06/2026At Glenferrie station for the first time in a while. Amusing that the old Aussie Disposals is now Swinburne's future student HQ... 000
Reposted by Joanna Tai Louise Milligan @milliganreports.bsky.social · 15/06/2026THREAD: 1. Some years ago women academics contacted me unsolicited on Twitter (which I no longer use) about an academic in Melbourne. They’d made complaints to a faculty head about the man’s targeted, obsessive bullying of women colleagues, including First Nations women. The university kept him on. 211752
Joanna Tai @drjot.bsky.social · 15/06/2026Idly wondering how many people have joined the union in recent weeks... 020
Reposted by Joanna Tai Ian M. Mackay, PhD (he/him) 🦠🤧🧬📑🦟🧀 @mackayim.bsky.social · 12/06/2026Australia continues to see the lowest charting Feb, Mar, Apr, May and June since pre-pandemic. I know media experts are quoting the huge 2025 winter & summer spillover, but don't forget there have been *consecutive* huge seasons every year since 2022. There's a lot of anti-flu immunity around. 2153
Reposted by Joanna Tai Rachel Navarre @rnavarre.bsky.social · 01/06/2026For non- Spanish speakers, this is announcement of the passing of Raúl Pacheco Vega. It doesn’t say when or what happened, but comments on his work and how generous he has been to colleagues not just at his home institution but around the world. 2025288
Joanna Tai @drjot.bsky.social · 02/06/2026Forecast is for rain. I hung the washing inside. Of course now it won't rain meaningfully. 000
Joanna Tai @drjot.bsky.social · 18/05/2026As an editor I've been increasingly compelled to run papers through crossref to ascertain references exist. This only works for journal articles though... 220
Reposted by Joanna Tai 🌈Dr. Frizzle @swilua.bsky.social · 15/05/2026I’m crying. I asked him to send me a screenshot so I could use it in class and it literally says “Cocaine is a bad, bad drug” 60826150
Reposted by Joanna Tai Dr Daniel Duke @djduke.bsky.social · 10/05/2026We have colleagues who put their blood, sweat and tears into detailed proposals for this funding scheme, only to find out they will all go in the bin. We still have no clarity on what ARC funding schemes are going to look like next year either. www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...abc.net.auAustralian science under strain - ABC listenAustralia’s research potential is not matched by funding. Belinda Smith speaks to scientists impacted and science minister Tim Ayres responds. 2116
Reposted by Joanna Tai ARC Tracker @arc-tracker.bsky.social · 08/05/2026This isn’t the ARC, but I can easily imagine it happening to an ARC scheme: The Government cancelled the Australia’s Economic Accelerator scheme, **including the round of submitted proposals currently under review**. Absolutely gutting for researchers involved. Enraging, and outrageous!innovationaus.com 44013
Reposted by Joanna Tai Ben Williamson @benpatrickwill.bsky.social · 09/05/2026"Students are uniquely at a disadvantage — required by their schools to use platforms like Canvas to get their assignments done almost from the moment they set foot in elementary school." Really bonkers that being educated has now become conditional on automatic enrolment into big edtech systems. 23214
Reposted by Joanna Tai Tricia Dearborn @triciadearborn.bsky.social · 01/05/2026When a work has been generated by AI, there *is* no unifying intelligence. 158852
Reposted by Joanna Tai Jessica Price @delafina777.bsky.social · 04/05/2026Hey so if you’re a man with an XX partner or child that you care about, I need you to read this thread because shit is not going to change unless cis men start not being okay with this stuff. 361417713
Reposted by Joanna Tai The Beaverton @thebeaverton.com · 02/05/2026Tooth Fairy admits she would also pay for other body partsthebeaverton.comTooth Fairy admits she would also pay for other body partsOSLO - In an exclusive interview with Norway’s NRK1, the Tooth Fairy, a magical being who is known for slipping into children’s rooms at night and leaving money in exchange for one of their baby teeth... 429559
Reposted by Joanna Tai Rhea Liang @liangrhea.bsky.social · 30/04/2026Astonishing Syme Oration by surgeon Mark Edwards, citing Maya Angelou before a careful exposition ending- 'one day even you will forget the details of operations you did... our legacy is not carved in stone. It is carried in people, who will never forget how you made them feel'. 3298
Joanna Tai @drjot.bsky.social · 30/04/2026😭 Why do so many episodes of Bluey make one cry??! Tonight's was just about chess... 130
Reposted by Joanna Tai Iris van Rooij 💭 @irisvanrooij.bsky.social · 09/04/2026I believe the frame that minoritized scholars are helped by unethical tech is a trap to avoid. We better fight the system of inequities ourselves & not buy into industry frames trying to sell their discriminatory, polluting, and exploitative tech as "inclusion". bsky.app/profile/iris... 423762
Reposted by Joanna Tai Dan Sheehan @dansheehan.bsky.social · 09/04/2026You know what doesn't get its support unceremoniously pulled by a tech company? Fuckin' books, brother 1342021013
Reposted by Joanna Tai André Brett @drdrehistorian.bsky.social · 02/04/2026If you wrote a satirical novel about the Melbourne media and called one of your characters Chip Le Grand, your editor would ring you up and berate you for hours about how you possibly could be so stupid to come up with a name like that 3358
Reposted by Joanna Tai Professor Euan Ritchie FAMS @euanritchie.bsky.social · 30/03/2026Ok, so I knew it would be an anger-inducing and triggering watch, but OMG. Bravo ABC Four Corners, and the brave souls that spoke out on the show. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03...abc.net.auCampus ChaosFour Corners is the home of Australian investigative journalism. 139743
Reposted by Joanna Tai Colin Simpson @gamerlearner.bsky.social · 25/03/2026Tiny toot on the horn blogs.deakin.edu.au/cradle/three...blogs.deakin.edu.auCRADLE Blog: Three new CRADLE Fellowships for 2026!We are pleased to announce that three CRADLE Fellowships have been awarded for 2026. Congratulations and welcome to Associate Professor Katrina Clifford, Dr Colin Simpson and Associate Professor Ma… 4112
Joanna Tai @drjot.bsky.social · 17/03/2026There's something particularly icky about being told I should have a 'playbook' for student engagement in higher education. It's not a game to improve statistics. If we don't recognise students as individual humans, it's not unsurprising they see HE as a customer service. 0121
Reposted by Joanna Tai Bizzario @rbizzario.bsky.social · 11/03/2026I saw a quote somewhere saying that it’s pointless dicking around with pedagogical strategies if you’re not going to address labour issues. That’s my paraphrasing. But I can’t remember who said it or where. #academicsky, any pointers? Feel free to make source recommendations. 072
Joanna Tai @drjot.bsky.social · 03/03/2026... Still waiting for the moon to be visible from our house... 000
Joanna Tai @drjot.bsky.social · 23/02/2026By some miracle, the bus was early and I'm on the 8:54 express train at Box Hill that skips Laburnum for no apparent reason. It's half empty, and early at Box Hill. Wonder when the last time they actually surveyed passenger load was? #melbournetrains 000
Joanna Tai @drjot.bsky.social · 23/02/2026So, the new metro tunnel frequency is great. Not so great is the inter-peak frequency on Belgrave/Lilydale...15 mins between trains really kills the transfer opportunities. 000
Reposted by Joanna Tai Leroy @leroylynch.bsky.social · 09/02/2026Cartoonist Jon Kudelka has passed away, his wife Margaret has confirmed. www.facebook.com/margaret.kud... 1821667
Reposted by Joanna Tai Ben Peake @reddishraven.bsky.social · 09/02/2026Vale, Jon Kudelka. And as always, Fuck Cancer. 5458142
Joanna Tai @drjot.bsky.social · 30/01/2026Never mind the jobs you had, tell me five classes you took at university (I had to make this up since it was an integrated curriculum! These were themes...) 🎓 Law & ethics in medicine 🏃Health promotion & knowledge management 🔍 Sociology of medicine 📈 Evidence based medicine ❤️🩹 Occupational medicine 010
Joanna Tai @drjot.bsky.social · 29/01/2026It's only Thursday (of a short week) but already feels like Friday ... also, how is it the end of January??? I have also done a lot of writing and commenting this month but still seem to have a stack of papers to be worked on and submitted 😲 070
Reposted by Joanna Tai Hannah Forsyth 🍉 @hannahforsyth.bsky.social · 28/01/2026open.substack.com/pub/hannahfo...open.substack.comGuess who hates university collegiality?Apparently collegiality is inconsistent with 'modern people management'. So it fucking should be. The university is not there to serve its own HR department. 192
Reposted by Joanna Tai Stilgherrian @stilgherrian.com · 26/01/2026Since it’s Australia Day you might like this piece about how Australia makes young people hot. “Are They Hot, or Is It the ‘Australia Effect’?” www.nytimes.com/2026/01/20/s... (gift link)nytimes.comAre They Hot, or Is It the ‘Australia Effect’? 221
Reposted by Joanna Tai abbi @abbis.bsky.social · 23/01/2026The thing about the bloke who lost stuff bc ChatGPT shows the extent to which people still haven't understood that TECHNOLOGY IS NOT BUILT FOR YOU ANY MORE. It is purely, entirely self-serving, with zero obligation to, or care for, its users. Everything is on you; you cannot rely on software. 24814
Reposted by Joanna Tai Melanie Mitchell @melaniemitchell.bsky.social · 21/01/2026NeurIPS reviewers typically review 6+ papers, each with 100 or so citations. The reviewers can't possibly check that every citation is real. But why don't we have an automated way to do this checking (and desk-rejecting if fake citations found) *before* the papers are sent to reviewers? 1312524
Reposted by Joanna Tai Sharon Goldman @sharongoldman.bsky.social · 21/01/2026NEW: NeurIPS,one of the world’s top academic AI conferences, accepted research papers with 100+ AI-hallucinated citations, new report claims fortune.com/2026/01/21/n...fortune.comNeurIPS papers contained 100+ AI-hallucinated citations, new report claims | FortuneAn analysis of NeurIPS 2025 papers by startup GPTZero reveals how AI-generated citations are slipping into elite academic research. 04120
Joanna Tai @drjot.bsky.social · 23/01/2026Competitive drinking (beer bong, beer pong, boat race etc) probably isn't a work transferable skill (welll, maybe in the good ol' days) but the ability to skol a drink comes in handy when you have to do the oral glucose tolerance test... 000
Reposted by Joanna Tai Brendan Keogh @brkeogh.bsky.social · 22/01/2026lmao get wrecked imo www.nature.com/articles/d41...nature.comWhen two years of academic work vanished with a single clickAfter turning off ChatGPT’s ‘data consent’ option, Marcel Bucher lost the work behind grant applications, teaching materials and publication drafts. Here’s what happened next. 4445