Reposted by Jean BurgessRural Indexing Project @ruralindexing.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Post Office Garfield, WA 339241
Jean Burgess @jeanburgess.bsky.social · 02/10/2026The Australian govt wants to give us an off switch for "the algorithm", which is misdirected. We need better public understanding, more imagination, and better independent oversight. Me, @antmandan.bsky.social & Amanda Third in @techpolicypress.bsky.social www.techpolicy.press/australia-wa...techpolicy.pressAustralia Wants an Off Switch for 'The Algorithm.' That's the Wrong FixConcerns about algorithms are real, but they are not the ‘bad guys’ in and of themselves, write Daniel Angus, Jean Burgess and Amanda Third. 0104
Jean Burgess @jeanburgess.bsky.social · 02/10/2026So the young folk are...re-inventing 2000s web culture? mercury.com/blog/small-w...mercury.comHow the small web is creating an anti-slop internetWhat is the small web? A new crop of platforms are answering algorithmic fatigue with a return to human-curated basics. 050
Reposted by Jean Burgessmichael veale @michae.lv · 01/10/2026The proposed social media ban, the EU KIDS Act, is perhaps the most chaotic law I have ever read! New paper: Are EU Kidding Me? Notes from a Poorly Drafted Social Media Ban. files.michae.lv/papers/veale_areEUkiddingme.pdf In the spirit of the proposal I have stayed offline and read no takes. 38758
Reposted by Jean BurgessPostcard From The Past @pastpostcard.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Having a nice time - saw lots of bears. 432961
Jean Burgess @jeanburgess.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Last week I was part of a very lively and challenging panel discussion about the politics and potential usefulness & downsides of the new AI labels mandated by Article 50 of the EU AI Act. Thanks to @aimediademlab.bsky.social for hosting! The video is now online: M youtu.be/FYt2KcOI4dY?...youtu.beThe Label Paradox: Can AI transparency create more distrust?YouTube video by AI, Media and Democracy Lab 120
Jean Burgess @jeanburgess.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Beautifully written statement from a bunch of Fields Medallists. It touches on something I've been thinking about a lot: how the use of AI to accelerate progress to a goal can perversely degrade its deeper value (cf. lit reviews, a task RAs used to help with). terrytao.wordpress.com/2026/09/11/a...terrytao.wordpress.comA Severe Misalignment of AI in MathematicsI am proud to be among the list of 25 initial signatories — all Fields Medallists — to the declaration below, which grew out of discussions between ourselves over the last week. We have… 110
Jean Burgess @jeanburgess.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Just discovered I'm in a starter pack called "Academic Dog Parents" and couldn't be more proud 190
Reposted by Jean BurgessAI, Media & Democracy Lab @aimediademlab.bsky.social · 03/09/2026🔔 Our online panel is 1 week away: Can AI transparency create more distrust? Featuring @jeanburgess.bsky.social, @anjabechmann.bsky.social, Anders Søgaard, @tomdivon.bsky.social & @laurensnaudts.bsky.social + Moderation by @natalihelberger.bsky.social 📅 10/09 👉 Sign up now! aim4dem.nl/events/aim4dem.nlEvents – AI, Media & Democracy LabAI, Media & Democracy Lab 001
Reposted by Jean Burgessderek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 28/08/2026If you haven’t heard, @trufelman.bsky.social and I started a new podcast about fashion and philosophy. Each month, we read canonical text — Voltaire, Rousseau, Hegel — and talk about how the author's ideas help us understand why we dress the way we do. 372250315
Reposted by Jean BurgessLuke O'Neil @lukeoneil47.bsky.social · 25/08/2026By almost any measure Dolly embodied "the American Dream." Some people will come from nothing and make it big and consider the problem now solved. Others will remember that there are still others with nothing and use what they have to help. 72655420
Reposted by Jean BurgessJay Willis @jaywillis.net · 25/08/2026I have really enjoyed the experience of reading story after story about how good and selfless and beloved a recently deceased famous person was 182688301
Reposted by Jean BurgessSarah T Roberts, PhD @ubiquity75.xyz · 26/08/2026The family has said that a great way to honor Dolly’s legacy is to donate to her Imagination Library. imaginationlibrary.comimaginationlibrary.comDolly Parton's Imagination Library | USA, UK, IE, CA, AUDolly Parton’s Imagination Library is a book gifting program that mails free books to children from birth until they begin school in participating areas. 13416
Reposted by Jean BurgessRebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 26/08/2026I had to say thank you.meditationsinanemergency.comIn Praise of Dolly Parton, 1946-2026, Our Goddess of KindnessWe will always love her, and there will never be another like her, this artist who came out of deep rural poverty in the 1960s to become not just a staggeringly great performer and songwriter but phil... 432843578
Reposted by Jean BurgessS.J. Pearce @homophonous.bsky.social · 26/08/2026I haven’t seen this mentioned yet: Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library has a bilingual English-Spanish option. She supported the literacy of young Spanish-language readers at a time when Spanish and Spanish-speakers were increasingly being demonized in politics. imaginationlibrary.com/bilingual-pr... 3638491069
Reposted by Jean BurgessADM+S Centre @admscentre.org.au · 24/08/2026How do audiences feel about Voice AI in Australian media? A new ADM+S report explores Australians’ experiences & perceptions, finding a clear desire for genuine human connection & concerns about authenticity & the impact of AI on creative workers Read more apo.org.au/node/335506 #VoiceAI #GenAI 032
Reposted by Jean BurgessAI, Media & Democracy Lab @aimediademlab.bsky.social · 19/08/2026Speakers for our upcoming panel on AI label effectiveness and transparency are confirmed! Featuring @jeanburgess.bsky.social, @anjabechmann.bsky.social, Anders Søgaard, @tomdivon.bsky.social & @laurensnaudts.bsky.social + Moderation by @natalihelberger.bsky.social 👇 Sign up now! 101
Reposted by Jean BurgessARC Tracker @arc-tracker.bsky.social · 18/08/2026Some substantial changes announced by ARC for next (supposedly final) rounds of some schemes, esp. Discovery Projects👇 🔹CIs can only be on one DP28 app 🔹CIs on successful DP26 or DP27 apps cannot apply 🔹Rejoinder process “has been removed and replaced with more detailed feedback to applicants” ⁉️arc.gov.au 83820
Reposted by Jean BurgessKendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis @kendrawrites.com · 15/08/2026There's actually research on this and it involves scrutiny. If you're Black people are going to look at your work looking for mistakes in a way they would never for white people.theatlantic.comBlack Workers Really Do Need to Be Twice as GoodAfrican American employees tend to receive more scrutiny from their bosses than their white colleagues, meaning that small mistakes are more likely to be caught, which over time leads to worse perform... 162202678
Reposted by Jean BurgessARC Centre of Excellence for Plant Success @coeplantsuccess.bsky.social · 03/08/2026We partnered with 8 other @arc-gov-au.bsky.social CoEs to participate in a friendly competition about creatively communicating research! People's Choice award voting is open now: scienceart.com.au/voting/ Winners will be announced during National Science Week! 032
Reposted by Jean BurgessBecca Petunia 🏳️⚧️ @tallgirlpetunia.northsky.social · 02/08/2026Some great new reaction images to use when people are obtuse on BlueSky. 6673892323
Reposted by Jean BurgessMateusz Fafinski @calthalas.bsky.social · 18/07/2026Remember, both the Iliad and the Odyssey were originally audiobooks. 18373501317
Reposted by Jean BurgessA.A. Dowd @aadowd.bsky.social · 18/07/2026THE ODYSSEY's instantly, predictably enormous success is Exhibit #32176 that the right wing's grievance-farming operation is not some great American cultural shift. Most people don't give a shit about their petty crusades. 11578721135
Reposted by Jean BurgessChristopher Mims @mims.bsky.social · 17/07/2026DOGE slashed 3/4 of the personnel from the CDC lab that’s supposed to prevent turbodiarrhea outbreaks www.wired.com/story/cdc-cy...wired.comThe CDC Has a Cyclospora Lab. DOGE Downsized It Last Year“Based on simple math, these outbreak responses—which require rapid, timely responses—are going to be greatly diminished,” the former CDC lab director tells WIRED. 1015277
Reposted by Jean BurgessREwadent Evil @ewacat.bsky.social · 16/07/2026God I hate it when bad things are funny 91828171
Reposted by Jean BurgessRebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 16/07/2026Reminder! There are alternatives to Substack! Which do not have its ethical problems! (My newsletter is on Ghost, which is fabulous, and Buttondown is among the others I've heard praised.) Thread-- 14782286
Reposted by Jean BurgessJack Grimes @jackapedia.design · 16/07/2026Furious that Chris Nolan would disregard historical accuracy in adapting The Odyssey by making a "movie" with "cameras" instead of memorizing the entire story and then going on a nationwide tour to sing it to us while tripping on ergotized barley 4134862799
Reposted by Jean BurgessDuncan Hothersall @dhothersall.bsky.social · 16/07/2026In interviews people sometimes ask me to sum up what was different for LGBT people in the early nineties when we first set up Pride Scotland. Thanks to @workingclasshistory.com for the reminder that the answer is "The press used to treat all LGBT people as badly as they now treat trans people." 824179
Jean Burgess @jeanburgess.bsky.social · 13/07/2026My Bluesky feed is wall to wall Sam Neill and I've never felt happier to be here. 0100
Reposted by Jean BurgessA.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 13/07/2026You write your eulogy in life. If you want people to mourn, make your life something to celebrate. If you want people to celebrate, make your life something to mourn. 101204314
Jean Burgess @jeanburgess.bsky.social · 03/07/2026Morning! Socceroos in extra time, you can see all the way to the ocean, and another glorious hinterland sunrise is on the way 020
Jean Burgess @jeanburgess.bsky.social · 03/07/2026Gonna be some messy watch parties tomorrow morning www.abc.net.au/news/2026-06...abc.net.auQld pubs to open early for Socceroos match with special licenceThe trial changes to licence laws will allow venues to apply to open from 3am to 7am to broadcast the game. 010
Reposted by Jean BurgessWOR$T GIRL IN ACADEMIA @medievaliste.bsky.social · 01/07/2026Do people not know that there are at least ten musicologists on here who want to explain the answer to your music question to you so badly that they will drop everything to do it? 1516428
Reposted by Jean BurgessAbbey @abbeyarletto.bsky.social · 23/06/2026When reality surpasses fiction! Top: fictional forecast for August 2050, broadcast by French TV in 2014 to warn about the consequences of global warming. Bottom: Real French forecast for yesterday, June 22, 2026. 236168277553
Jean Burgess @jeanburgess.bsky.social · 24/06/2026A wonderful example of how touching American humorist prose can be. Reminds me a bit of E.B. White on dogs. 😭 140
Reposted by Jean BurgessKateryna Kasianenko @kkasianenko.bsky.social · 17/06/2026I am helping @ashwinnag.bsky.social with an important project trying to understand what makes decentralised platforms like Bluesky prosocial. Anyone who sees this message and cares about the state of online platforms is eligible to participate - we'd really appreciate your help. 043
Reposted by Jean BurgessGretchen McCulloch @gretchenmcculloch.com · 14/06/2026I really wanted this to mean "it is solved by going for a little walk to think about it" because that's so often true for me Solvitur ambulando - Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solvitu... 1224647
Reposted by Jean BurgessJP @jpbrammer.bsky.social · 09/06/2026I went from reading a few books a year to around one a week. I wanted to write down how I got there, how it involved rethinking my relationship to attention, and why I believe reading books can heal your brain. I hope this gives you something useful! johnpaulbrammer.substack.com/p/how-i-lear...johnpaulbrammer.substack.comHow I Learned to Read Way, Way MoreI had to rethink my relationship to attention 231273374
Jean Burgess @jeanburgess.bsky.social · 13/06/2026Braised white beans with spinach, parmesan, and rocket from the garden on a rainy Saturday 3100
Reposted by Jean BurgessClaes de Vreese @claesdevreese.bsky.social · 08/06/2026It’s a wrap. Thanks @icahdq.bsky.social staff and all volunteers for a wonderful edition. Thanks for bringing #ica26 to Africa 🌍 See you #ica27 Glasgow 🏴 091
Jean Burgess @jeanburgess.bsky.social · 07/06/2026Following my usual practice of attending panels outside my usual orbit whether in terms of geography or topic is paying dividends as always. Here to learn new things #ica26 181
Reposted by Jean Burgessrasmuskleis.bsky.social @rasmuskleis.bsky.social · 06/06/2026"I was born for the second time when the Iron Curtain was lifted in 1989" @thanitzsch.bsky.social says in personal and profoundly important Presidential Address on academic freedom at #ICA26, noting attacks in his native Germany as well as the US, Hong Kong, destruction in Gaza, and many other cases 043
Reposted by Jean BurgessAlex Brown 🇵🇸 (they/them) @bookjockeyalex.bsky.social · 31/05/2026Hi. Librarian here. Let me settle this once and for all: audiobooks are reading. Graphic novels are reading. It's all fucking reading. Stop gatekeeping and stfu. Thank you an have a good night. 191634388
Reposted by Jean BurgessADM+S Centre @admscentre.org.au · 04/06/2026Leading researchers in digital governance & AI ethics from ADM+S & the Centre of Artificial Intelligence and Digital Ethics have released a new policy brief in response to the Australian Government's Issues Paper on a proposed Digital Duty of Care for online services admscentre.org/3ShnlAVadmscentre.orgDigital duty of careThis policy brief responds to an issues paper on a Digital Duty of Care. It argues for legislating a systems‑based framework to improve online safety, protect rights and deliver long‑term public value... 094
Reposted by Jean BurgessADM+S Centre @admscentre.org.au · 31/05/2026Have you ever received a phone call & wondered whether you were speaking to a human or an AI agent? Jean Burgess speaks to ABC Radio host about her recent experience with an AI cold-calling “real estate assistant” admscentre.org/3QaL9pC @jeanburgess.bsky.social #VoiceAI #GenerativeAuthenticityadmscentre.orgAI cold-calling “real estate assistant” raises issues of consent, trust and transparency - ADM+S CentreAn ABC Brisbane Radio host has described receiving a cold call from an AI “real estate assistant,” prompting discussion with ADM+S Associate Director Jean Burgess about the implications for transparen... 041
Jean Burgess @jeanburgess.bsky.social · 27/05/2026It's not quite as simple as an Encyclical "against AI" www.wired.com/story/anthro...wired.comWhy the Vatican Invited Anthropic to the Pope’s AI Encyclical PresentationPope Leo’s first encyclical marks an unprecedented alliance between the Church and Silicon Valley. 130