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Lauren Kate Kelly @laurenkatekelly.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

After eight years, I have moved on from United Workers Union. Our members deserve the world. I’ll be rooting for them, always. I’m so grateful for every worker who opened up to me over the years & told me about their lives. It has been an honour. Working for the union changed my life for the better

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Kean Birch @keanbirch.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Just out! My introduction to a new special issue in @sciasculture.bsky.social on "Tech Oligarchy" - go check it out and the papers in the special issue (under "Latest" articles) #techoligarchy #assetization #techbro #bigtech www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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Tech oligarchy

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Lauren Kate Kelly @laurenkatekelly.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

An historic internal election is building within United Workers Union. This interview serves as a great explainer for anyone wondering how this happened and where to next: jacobin.com/2026/03/aust...

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A Fight for the Soul of One of Australia’s Biggest Unions

The United Workers Union is one of Australia’s largest unions, and an upcoming ballot will see members choose between militancy and the status quo.

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Thao Phan @thaophan.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

Annnnnd we're live! Get your proposals in for #AusSTS2026 in Te Herenga Waka - Victoria University of Wellington ⛰️🌫️ This year's theme is 'Antipodean Interruptions'. Think antipodean methodologies, ontologies, epistemologies, legacies. Interruptions across scales, sites, subjects. Some inspo ✨👇

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Jathan Sadowski @jathansadowski.com · 17/01/2026

This is the AI bubble’s end game: “when AI has infiltrated work processes to the point that exit costs are prohibitive, the customer base will be unable to escape and coerced into paying up. The world will be hooked on AI, and the tech firms will collect handsome profits.”

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Cédric Durand, After AI — Sidecar

Legacies of the bubble.

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Lauren Kate Kelly @laurenkatekelly.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

I am honoured to have been awarded the Dr Daryll Hull Memorial Fellowship In Industrial Relations. Very grateful to Emeritus Professor Michael Quinlan for his support of my PhD research. A big thank you Anthony Forsyth and Ramon Lobato for their incredibly generous letters of support.

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Lauren Kate Kelly @laurenkatekelly.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

To make it internet official - I completed my PhD Third Milestone last month, and am gearing up to submit early next year. Some new writing coming soon, too ✌️

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Tom Barnes @drtombarnes.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

Very happy to see this out & about in the real world - thanks to @laurenkatekelly.bsky.social & Chris O'Neill for co-editing... checkout all the articles from our special issue here: www.scienceopen.com/journal-issu...

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Journal Issue Page – ScienceOpen

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AusSTS @aussts.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

We're at Deakin Downtown for day 2 of #AusSTS25 and it's a full house for our keynote on "Noisy Experiments: the strange history of incubator baby shows" from Elizabeth Stephens #signalsandnoises

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Lauren Kate Kelly @laurenkatekelly.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

Our Special Issue of WOLG has been published--New Worlds of Logistical Labour: Space, places, technologies, workers A big thank you to our incredible contributors and co-editors @drtombarnes.bsky.social and @blueskychris.bsky.social for making this happen 🎉 www.scienceopen.com/hosted-docum...

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