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Prof. Katerina Teaiwa

@kteaiwa.bsky.social
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Professor of Pacific Studies 🌊🏝️ ANU @anu-chl.bsky.social Artist, 🍉Anti-Colonial, Mama. WNBL & NBA fan - UC Caps & Brooklyn Nets. My own views.

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🎃 🧙🏻‍♀️Yell 👻 Growler💀🎃 @yaelwrites.com · 14/05/2026
I wrote about AI notetakers, the erosion of consent, and the hidden cost of the permanent record. Have you changed the way you speak in meetings since the bots arrived? blog.yaelwrites.com/you-are-bein...
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You Are Being Recorded
On AI notetakers, the erosion of consent, and the hidden cost of the permanent record
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Megan McIntyre @rcmeg.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
The perpetuation of AI hype and boosterism is predicated on easy compliance. Refusal -- individually and collectively -- matters.
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Karen Hao @karenhao.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
The List underscores how the current trajectory of AI is not inevitable. Resistance is blossoming everywhere, and anyone can shape the future of AI development. Amid an onslaught of negative news, this project centers hope.
An illustration of bicycles, community, and nature
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Scott Dworkin @dworkin.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
Big Tech tried to bulldoze a small New York town to build a massive AI data center. They lied, deleted social media posts, and tried to sneak it past the locals. Instead, the village fought back—and WON. Read this incredible story of resistance: www.dworkinsubstack.com/p/the-resist...
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Karen Hao @karenhao.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
On the one-year anniversary of EMPIRE OF AI, I am so, so excited to announce The AI Resist List, a new project that documents examples of resistance to the AI empires around the world 😍 airesistlist.org
The gorgeous AI Resist List homepage
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 22/05/2026
Black text on white page that reads: 

Amazon is worth $2 trillion. But it didn't deign to pay the millions of dollars it racked up in unpaid fines as its’ trucks illegally polluted our air and forced New Yorkers to breathe in their exhaust. 

We collected every dollar they owe the people of this city — and will continue to hold them accountable. In New York, corporations are held to the same standard as everyone else. 

No company — no matter how large or powerful — is above the law.
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Prof. Katerina Teaiwa @kteaiwa.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
Group show curated by Dan Toua featuring Pacific artists opening this Friday evening at the Canberra Contemporary gallery. Tearia, Nick & I collaborated on new photo work inspired by Teresia Teaiwa’s poem “Fear of Flying (in broken Gilbertese).” www.canberracontemporary.com.au/current
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The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 12/07/2025
An A.I. company that promises to do your thinking for you is “also threatening, somewhere down the line, to scoot you off the stage for good,” Vinson Cunningham writes.
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What Do Commercials About A.I. Really Promise?
If human workers don’t have to read, write, or even think, it’s unclear what’s left for them to do.
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ANU Press @anupress.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
Get your copy today: doi.org/10.22459/AJBH.09.2025 @ausdictionarybiog.bsky.social @romiteshkant.bsky.social @anudpa.bsky.social @anu-chl.bsky.social @kteaiwa.bsky.social @amywayness.bsky.social @auswhn.bsky.social
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Australian Journal of Biography and History: No. 9, 2025
<p>This special issue of the <em>Australian Journal of Biography and History</em>, ‘Oceania Lives’, showcases a collection of writing and dialogue from an emerging group of Pacific scholars interested...
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Sara Horowitz Law @sarahorowitzpa.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
"The Quilters" is a #documentary that drops today on #Netflix. It is a healing, powerful story that follows incarcerated men at a Missouri #prison who take pride in creating quilts for foster children. #fostercare #netflixandchill #prisonreform #kids #filmmaking
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Watch The Quilters | Netflix Official Site
In this award-winning short documentary, men in a Missouri maximum-security prison design and sew beautiful, personalized quilts for foster children.
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Dr Liz Allen @drdemography.com · 22/04/2025
I just voted in @nteuact.bsky.social ANU Council endorsement. This and the university Council vote is unprecedented. It reflects the unprecedented times in university governance. Leaders are failing the university and nation. Get on board and support your colleagues. www.nteu.au/News_Article...
NTEU Endorsement of Nomination for ANU
Council Casual
Vacancy (Academic
Staff - Faculties)
Your vote has been received.
Thank you for voting!
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 19/04/2025
A federal judge in the US has ordered the government to transfer a pro-Palestine Turkish student, Rumeysa Ozturk, to Vermont for the court to assess legal challenges to her detention ⤵️ aje.io/s0t0k4
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US judge rules Rumeysa Ozturk must be transferred from Louisiana to Vermont
Court says detained pro-Palestine student has shown ‘significant evidence’ violations to her constitutional rights.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 19/04/2025
Breaking News: The Supreme Court temporarily blocked the Trump administration from deporting a group of Venezuelans under the Alien Enemies Act.
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Lawyers Urge Courts to Halt More Deportations of Venezuelans Under Alien Enemies Act
More than 50 Venezuelans were believed to be scheduled to be flown out of the country, presumably to El Salvador, from an immigration detention center in Anson, Texas.
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Tao Leigh Goffe | 道 | PhD @taoleighgoffe.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
4/9 Register for a Curatorial Lecture on Zoom to learn about how @cecilestudio.bsky.social and I developed our art exhibition on silence and militarism. 7pm Moderated by Dr. Tie Jojima.
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mr dog @firstdogonthemoon.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
Travelling to the USA? GOOD LUCK! Here are some handy hints to get you through US Customs. Or not. No correspondence will be entered into. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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So you want to go to the USA? Are you sure? Here’s how to prepare your machines for Trumpistan | First Dog on the Moon
Just reading this cartoon might get you thrown into an El Salvadoran jail – don’t do it!
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NTEU ACT @nteuact.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
Dr Liz Allen has resigned from #ANU Council. This follows the @nteunion.bsky.social Vote of No Confidence in ANU leadership. Liz is a credit to herself and her colleagues. The resignations we should be getting are from the Chancellor & Vice-Chancellor.
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‘Difficult decision’: ANU council member resigns
A member of ANU’s governing body has resigned, citing concerns about the council’s direction and a lack of accountability after months of turmoil.
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David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
Gigantic crowd in NYC for the #HandsOff march against Trump, Musk, and MAGA. So many people that the participants can barely move along. Signs decrying Trump and Co. on many fronts: immigration, science, Social Security, reproductive rights, tariffs, autocracy, kleptocracy & the price of eggs.
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 05/04/2025
Israel continues its deadly attacks on Gaza, with UNRWA saying that at least 100 Palestinian children have been killed or injured each day in the besieged enclave since Israel broke the ceasefire on March 18. 🔴 Follow our LIVE coverage: aje.io/7n8dex
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Zeb Larson @zeblarson.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
It’s a heist movie but just with a bunch of humanities scholars trying to get their grant money back.
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 05/04/2025
Video discovered on the mobile phone of one of the victims reveals the details of an Israeli attack that killed 15 medics, including eight from the Palestinian Red Crescent in Gaza. Read more: aje.io/6xwedh
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makena kelly @makenakelly.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
SCOOP: DOGE is hosting a “hackathon” in DC next week with the goal of building one “mega API” for accessing all IRS data. Palantir has been brought up as a potential partner. www.wired.com/story/doge-h...
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DOGE Is Planning a Hackathon at the IRS. It Wants Easier Access to Taxpayer Data
DOGE operatives have repeatedly referred to the software company Palantir as a possible partner in creating a “mega API” at the IRS, sources tell WIRED.
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Mary Lawrence @mlawrence1027.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
I’m just sayin’. St Augustine FL is a town of 14,000. In a red county. And we’re doing this. #handsoff #50501 #April5 AND we have some spicy signs!
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Gabrielle A. Perry, MPH @geauxgabrielle.blacksky.app · 05/04/2025
Y’all gotta go read books. There’s no way around it. Read books. Form your own opinions. LEARN THINGS. READ BOOKS WHILE LIBRARIES ARE STILL AROUND
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Robert P. Jones @robertpjones.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
Just saw my book, “White Too Long” was purged from the US Naval Academy library. Listed along w/ 380 other books from @antheabutler.bsky.social , @michaelericdyson.bsky.social , @revjimwallis.bsky.social , Bryan Massingale, and others. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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Blue Fairylicious Girl🧚 @bluesnowflake.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
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A penguin pointing w a stick at a pic sitting on an easel of a Tesla w a pigeon flying over head pooping on it as 3 pigeons look on
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 05/04/2025
The UN says at least 100 children have been killed or injured every day in Gaza since Israeli attacks resumed on March 18, even as the US underscores continued support for Israel.
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UN says 100 children killed or injured in Gaza every day since war resumed
Palestinian and UN bodies mark Palestine Children’s Day with ‘harrowing’ accounts of toll of Israel’s war on children.
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NTEU ACT @nteuact.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
The numerous #ANU scandals demonstrate why @nteunion.bsky.social is calling for university governance reform. Join the NTEU today at www.nteu.au/join. ✊
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Pocock calls for inquiry into ANU leadership over $1 million contract
Independent Senator David Pocock accuses the Australian National University of misleading a Senate estimates committee over how much it paid to a consulting firm.
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NTEU ACT @nteuact.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
A powerful response to recent #ANU claims. That the authors felt the need to protect their identities further demonstrates the climate of fear and intimidation at the ANU. @nteunion.bsky.social members have no confidence in ANU leadership.
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Critiquing a woman's leadership is not sexism. This is about power
Bell is using sexism to shield herself from scrutiny.
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welcometoyourdoom.bsky.social @welcometoyourdoom.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
#webcomic #theycantalk
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Peter Gleick @petergleick.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
If the military academies are purging libraries of “The Autobiography of Martin Luther King Jr.,” “Einstein on Race and Racism,” and a biography on Jackie Robinson, how long will it be before they eliminate classes on the Geneva Conventions and military obligations under international laws of war?
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Molly Crabapple @mollycrabapple.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
The reason that the US is locking up tourists for weeks in hellish detention centers rather than letting them book tickets back home is because the detention centers are owned by corporations. They are charging the taxpayers fortunes to cage these people, and making bonanzas off their suffering.
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Nina Turner @ninaturner.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
The ruling class wants us mad at our neighbors, not the billionaire CEOs cutting wages while giving themselves raises.
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Madhu Pai, MD, PhD @madhupai.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
Dark Laboratory: groundbreaking book argues climate crisis was sparked by colonisation @taoleighgoffe.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/news/2025/ma...
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Dark Laboratory: groundbreaking book argues climate crisis was sparked by colonisation
Tao Leigh Goffe argues climate breakdown is the mutant offspring of European scientific racism and colonialism
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The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 29/03/2025
“The smartphone changed from being our servant to being our master, for many people,” the social psychologist Jonathan Haidt says. What does this mean for the development of children and teens?
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Jonathan Haidt Wants You to Take Away Your Kid’s Phone
The social psychologist discusses the “great rewiring” of children’s brains, why social-media companies are to blame, and how to reverse course.
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The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 29/03/2025
In a time of unprecedented wealth disparities, the American economy appears increasingly oriented toward the needs of the most affluent.
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The Six-Figure Nannies and Housekeepers of Palm Beach
An influx of ultra-high-net-worth newcomers has increased demand for experienced—and discreet—household staff.
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John Chen @johnchen.com.au · 29/03/2025
hear hear
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 29/03/2025
bring woke back www.cnn.com/2025/03/28/u...
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Collision warning sounds in cockpit of Delta plane due to close call with Air Force jet near Reagan National Airport | CNN
A close call between a Delta Air Lines Airbus A319 taking off from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport and a US Air Force T-38 jet, often used by the military for training, sounded alarms in the...
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Yell In a War @jelenawoehr.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
Jeffrey Goldberg thinking he was being pranked and then realizing he was actually just in the war plans group chat is such a good microcosm of how it feels to be alive right now, everything seems fake until you realize it’s actually real and incredibly stupid
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Bookshelfie ⭐️ @bookshelfie.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
#booksky
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Prof. Katerina Teaiwa @kteaiwa.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
My new exhibition: “Dance Protest” is opening at the Chau Chak Wing Museum, University of Sydney, April 4 www.sydney.edu.au/museum/whats...
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Dance Protest: Project Banaba
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Pat Savage @patrickesavage.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
The first time I heard of OpenAI was in 2020 when they released Jukebox, which seemed technically impressive but a blatant copyright violation (www.theverge.com/2020/4/30/21...). Had no idea they would just double down and take over with this model applied to everything.
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OpenAI introduces Jukebox, a new AI model that generates genre-specific music
Your lutes, however, are safe.
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Mongabay @mongabay.com · 17/03/2025
The U.S. foreign aid freeze blocks the establishment of Ghana’s first Marine Protected Area (MPA). Ghana’s small pelagics — sardines, anchovy and mackerels — make up about 60% of local fish landings and serve as a primary source of protein for almost two-thirds of the country’s population.
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USAID funding cuts jeopardize creation of Ghana’s first Marine Protected Area
For more than 10 years, researchers, civil society and community members and government officials in Ghana worked to create the West African nation’s first marine protected area (MPA). In January, the...
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mr dog @firstdogonthemoon.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
Here's that cartoon about the giant utes you were asking about www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Giant ‘utes’ are ruining the landscape and rendering roads unpleasantly dangerous. They should be banned! | First Dog on the Moon
Get out of my way Jaxxon
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eve6 @eve6.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
Keith Richards is one thing but it's way more medically miraculous to me that every founding member of motley crüe is still alive
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Nina Turner @ninaturner.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
When they attack DEI and “woke” and CRT and BLM—they mean BLACK.
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 11/03/2025
A U.S. district judge ruled Monday that the Trump administration must pay nearly $2 billion in foreign assistance owed to its humanitarian partners around the world, saying the administration likely violated separation of powers by “unlawfully impounding” the congressionally appropriated money.
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‘Unlawful’ suspension of USAID funding likely violated Constitution, judge says
The Trump administration likely violated separation of powers by withholding nearly $2 billion in Congress-approved foreign aid funds, a U.S. district judge ruled.
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
aint no way we cut medicaid and housing assistance so jeff bezos could buy this shirt
Jeff Bezos and his girlfriend Lauren Sánchez. Bezos is in a tight fitting shirt, heart-shaped sunglasses, tight white pants, and a white belt. The shirt has a red, gold, and blue pattern in the style of a kitchen backsplash. Sánchez is in a two-piece, sparkly outfit.
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Nick Ng @nickngjournalist.bsky.social · 22/12/2024
From Dr. Stacey Patton: Listen, not everyone moves through the world content to take things at face value, regurgitate surface-level takes, or passively absorb information without question. For some of us, especially journalists, writers, college professors, it’s instinctive for us to probe deeper.
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Derrick ♎ 🟧 🟦#BLM 🏳️‍🌈 @spawn03.bsky.social · 09/02/2025
This Super Bowl Sunday, here's a reminder of what real courage looks like.
Colin Kaepernick taking a knee.
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Degrowth Collective @degrowth.bsky.social · 09/02/2025
It is time for a massive uprising to phase out the billionaires. There is no nice way to talk them out of psychopathy, no nice way to convince them to give up their power. Ban them now. Ban them all. Forever. gizmodo.com/palantirs-bi...
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Palantir’s Billionaire CEO Just Can’t Stop Talking About Killing People
Slow your roll, Alex Karp.
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