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Kate FitzGerald @katemfitzgerald.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

It was great to be part of this team! Check out our new article below. 👇 Thank you Kateryna for leading this project and my fab colleagues.

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Kate FitzGerald @katemfitzgerald.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Happy to have this podcast episode out! I loved working on this paper and collaborating with DMRC colleagues to explore a new way of researching conspiracy theories.

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

i think el-sayed winning the michigan senate primary will permanently break the brains that were being held together by string since mamdani

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Timothy Graham @timothyjgraham.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

Something strange is happening in the markets just before President Trump posts on Truth Social. Our latest article (with @phzerosounds.bsky.social and Ella Chorazy) tells a visual story via a large-scale empirical analysis. stories.theconversation.com/the-market-m...

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The market moves before Trump posts

Hundreds of millions of dollars are being made on well-timed oil bets occurring just before Trump posts. But can we call it insider trading?

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Kate FitzGerald @katemfitzgerald.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Great read, very relevant to current interests

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Kate FitzGerald @katemfitzgerald.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

📢 Call for Interview Participants for PhD Project 🗣️ I am seeking interview participants who 💫 currently hold or have previously held beliefs that could be called conspiracy theories 💫. I am assessing how knowledge and belief systems are formed online.

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Kate FitzGerald @katemfitzgerald.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

I'm very excited to be starting my Virtual Fellowship with DISC at Manchester Metropolitan University in collaboration with the Center for Digital Ethics & Policy at Loyola University this week! digitalsociety.mmu.ac.uk/virtual-fell...

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Virtual Fellowship - Digital Society Research Cluster

Virtual Fellowship 2026 Virtual Fellows

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Kate FitzGerald @katemfitzgerald.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

This was a fun one to host! Have a listen to our 20 years of Twitter roundtable now! 🐦 🎉

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Kate FitzGerald @katemfitzgerald.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

So glad to see this article finally out! I loved working with this team and it was a great opportunity to develop qualitative methods for generative AI research. I feel this is an important contribution that we are currently expanding on in a multilingual context, so stay tuned! ✍️ 🖥️

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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

This is a MUST-READ affidavit. This eyewitness to Alex Pretti’s murder — who is too scared to even go home because she doesn’t trust federal agents — directly refutes what the feds are saying happened today:

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Kate FitzGerald @katemfitzgerald.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

x 100 It’s incredible that Alex Pretti apparently served as an ICU nurse. His death is tragic But if they’re not employed, not white, not male, have drug offences, have been previously incarcerated, have mental health problems, etc etc… this does not undermine their victimhood & right to life

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Bellingcat @bellingcat.com · 24/01/2026

We’ve placed the available videos of the shooting of Alex Pretti by federal agents in Minneapolis today into the same synchronised timeline and are continuing to analyse further.

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Kate FitzGerald @katemfitzgerald.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

More active language would be stating what actually happened: a man was executed in the street by a nascent Gestapo. I don’t care that this post will disqualify me from ever getting a United States visa. I’m appalled and sick with worry about family in the US.

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Kate FitzGerald @katemfitzgerald.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

Watching Iga Swiatek and Eva Lys battle it out on the third day of the tennis season; women’s tennis is in such a good place right now 💪

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Tama Leaver @tamaleaver.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

Of course it f&&king is. Please don't use GenAI for news. Please don't use Grok for anything. Grok is spreading misinformation about the Bondi Beach shooting www.theverge.com/news/844443/...

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Grok is spreading misinformation about the Bondi Beach shooting

Grok has repeatedly misidentified video of the Bondi Beach shooting and the hero who disarmed a gunman.

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Kate FitzGerald @katemfitzgerald.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

Quelle surprise! Great to have evidence-based research to demonstrate this bias.

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Kate FitzGerald @katemfitzgerald.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

Good chat between @phzerosounds.bsky.social and @antmandan.bsky.social today - a quick lightning talk on the pod about the social media ban, the shortcomings, and what we might see in the future.

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Kate FitzGerald @katemfitzgerald.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

Three presentations over the three days of #AANZCA2025, and I was really proud to share some theoretical work in progress from my PhD thesis. Thank you to my @qutdmrc.bsky.social colleagues for coming along to watch and support!

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Kate FitzGerald @katemfitzgerald.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

Making it into the @snurb.info live blog was the highlight of my week! But seriously, #AANZCA2025 was fantastic and sincere thanks to the organisers for making it a genuinely hybrid conference that allows for folks with disabilities to attend - I appreciate the opportunity to share my work! 🎉

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Kate FitzGerald @katemfitzgerald.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

A new article by me in @theconversation.com about forthcoming research with fab colleagues @snurb.info, @riedlinm.bsky.social, @phzerosounds.bsky.social, @timothyjgraham.bsky.social, and @antmandan.bsky.social. Looking forward to presenting this at the #AANZCA2025 conference this week! 🎉

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Kate FitzGerald @katemfitzgerald.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

Academic hot take: getting stood up for a research interview is significantly worse than getting stood up on a date 😭

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Kate FitzGerald @katemfitzgerald.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

Excellent new paper from an excellent colleague! Anybody looking at user practices online should engage with this paper and model. Well done @kkasianenko.bsky.social!

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Kate FitzGerald @katemfitzgerald.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

It's the last day of October and the last day of the One Foot Forward challenge! I met my distance goal, but would love any last minute donations to help further my fundraising goal! Thanks in advance everyone.

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Kate FitzGerald @katemfitzgerald.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

Hi all, in October I am participating in the One Foot Forward initiative by the Black Dog Institute, to raise money to support Australians impacted by mental illness. www.onefootforward.org.au/fundraisers/...?

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Support my 40km challenge for mental health research!

Together, we can help create better mental health for all.

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Crikey @crikey.com.au · 16/09/2025

Australian media and politicians have taken a huge interest in an overseas figure the vast majority of their constituents would have never heard of prior to September 10, @theshufflediary.bsky.social writes.

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Charlie Kirk's martyrdom in the US is to be expected. Here, it's baffling

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Kate FitzGerald @katemfitzgerald.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

It was great to listen to @essideh.com discuss his new book, The Discursive-Digital Link this week! 📖 📚 🎉

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Kate FitzGerald @katemfitzgerald.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

Some super interesting case studies in this issue - would highly recommend for fandom scholars!

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Axel Bruns @snurb.info · 03/08/2025

Apparently a completely peaceful march across Sydney Harbour Bridge today was extremely perilous. Yet somehow fewer people (i.e. nobody) died today than when NSW Police were asked to assist with a 95-year-old nursing home resident behaving erratically.

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Kate FitzGerald @katemfitzgerald.bsky.social · 01/08/2025

Happy publication week! 🎉 I had the genuine pleasure of chatting with @arielbogle.bsky.social and @cameronwilson.bsky.social last week about their new book, CONSPIRACY NATION. Can confirm, it’s an excellent read. You can hear their thoughts on the link below: open.spotify.com/episode/00Go...

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Episode 31: Conspiracy Nation Book Launch with Ariel Bogle and Cameron Wilson

Read Them Sideways · Episode

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QUT Digital Media Research Centre @qutdmrc.bsky.social · 01/08/2025

We were lucky to be joined by @arielbogle.bsky.social and @cameronwilson.bsky.social on the Read Them Sideways podcast to talk about their new book with host, @katemfitzgerald.bsky.social. open.spotify.com/episode/00Go...

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Kate FitzGerald @katemfitzgerald.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

It was fantastic to collaborate with my colleague @phzerosounds.bsky.social on this piece! The Epstein files drama doesn't seem to be going away, so watch this space for further thoughts...

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David Gilbert @davidgilbert.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

New research shows that believers in conspiracy theories have no idea how fringe their own beliefs are, and they vastly overestimate their own abilities journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

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Kate FitzGerald @katemfitzgerald.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

This was one of the most fun (and longest...) episodes we have recorded! Was great to chat 10 years of Trumpism with @phzerosounds.bsky.social, @timothyjgraham.bsky.social, @kkasianenko.bsky.social and our excellent host @svegaard.bsky.social.

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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

BREAKING: Judge Breyer orders Trump to return control of the National Guard back to California, saying the call-up was illegal. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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Kate FitzGerald @katemfitzgerald.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

Great work from my co-host @svegaard.bsky.social and my good colleague Vish on the most recent episode of the podcast! They chat #Netflix Adolescence, #radicalisation, and the manosphere. Definitely worth a listen for everyone who also binge watched this show!

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Cayteya @cayteya.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

🚨 “Would the Coalition’s plan reduce energy bills by more than Labor’s?” The Conversation asked five experts, and all of them said “no”. Here are their detailed responses. ⤵️ #auspol theconversation.com/would-the-co...

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Would the Coalition lower energy bills by more than Labor? We asked 5 experts

Both Labor and the Coalition say their energy policies are the best way to bring household power costs down – but which side is right?

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Kate FitzGerald @katemfitzgerald.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

I had the opportunity to have a quick chat with @vilkins.bsky.social for the Read Them Sideways podcast about our recent work on the Australian federal election campaign. We talk about the trends we've observed on Facebook and Instagram so far. #ausvotes #auspol open.spotify.com/episode/2eHG...

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Episode 24: Social Media Trends During the Australian Federal Election Campaign with Sam Vilkins

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Kate FitzGerald @katemfitzgerald.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

So good to be surrounded by talented colleagues doing such innovative work in our field. :)

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Kate FitzGerald @katemfitzgerald.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

Some interesting insights we've observed so far in the election campaign! #auspol

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Kate FitzGerald @katemfitzgerald.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

It was great to have @carlylubicz.bsky.social on the Read Them Sideways podcast this week!

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Kate FitzGerald @katemfitzgerald.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

Can't wait to read this! My research looks largely at international conspiracy theories, so can't wait to see what Cam and Ariel have uncovered here at home.

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QUT Digital Media Research Centre @qutdmrc.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

We have just updated our Starter Pack to include some of our new additions to the DMRC and incoming PhD students - make sure you are following to keep up to date on everything coming out of the DMRC! 💪👀

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Kate FitzGerald @katemfitzgerald.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

Great work from my colleagues @kathaesa.bsky.social, @snurb.info and @tariqchoucair.bsky.social. Looking forward to reading the rest of the DMRC x 360Info collaborations over the coming weeks and months. 💪

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