Phoebe Matich @phoebesophist.bsky.social · 24/06/2026Thought experiment for contemporary journalists: How impartial can you get before you emerge from the other side of the cloud as a fascist? 032
Phoebe Matich @phoebesophist.bsky.social · 18/06/2026I was waiting to see what the old boys' journo club digest had to say about this. Sigh. Nobody with a megaphone has learned anything. Shameful. 000
Phoebe Matich @phoebesophist.bsky.social · 18/06/2026www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comThe ocean has shielded us from the worst of climate change. Now it is running a fever | Karina Von SchuckmannNearly every indicator of climate change is flashing red. But we still hold the tools available to bring the planet back into balance 000
Reposted by Phoebe MatichKateryna 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
Phoebe Matich @phoebesophist.bsky.social · 17/06/2026This should be shared very very widely. Super important. 000
Phoebe Matich @phoebesophist.bsky.social · 11/06/2026Imagine if instead of selling the house investment racket all these years they’d left house prices alone and kept wages growth moving… Can you imagine a 100k deposit without any interventionist policy? It’s almost like this neoliberal fever dream was always arbitrary 000
Reposted by Phoebe MatichGreg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 11/06/2026House prices might fall 10% gee, that would take the average dwelling price from $1.1m to... err $1m www.theguardian.com/business/gro... 510723
Phoebe Matich @phoebesophist.bsky.social · 27/05/2026*Dystopia intensifies* (god this does make some AI cos seem a bit fasc doesn’t it - is fasc capitalism a thing yet?) 020
Reposted by Phoebe MatichThe Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 26/05/2026The Australia Institute has proposed a Climate Disaster Levy on fossil fuel exports to ensure the companies exporting fossil fuels pay for some of the damage they are causing, rather than leaving Australians to foot the bill. ✍️ Add your name to the petition now! theaus.in/4dL8Cp0 07432
Reposted by Phoebe MatichEthan Plaut @ethanplaut.bsky.social · 15/05/2026“…hallucinated references disproportionately assign credit to already prominent and male scholars, suggesting that LLM-generated errors may reinforce existing inequities in scientific recognition…” 🧪 arxiv.org/abs/2605.07723arxiv.orgLLM hallucinations in the wild: Large-scale evidence from non-existent citationsLarge language models (LLMs) are known to generate plausible but false information across a wide range of contexts, yet the real-world magnitude and consequences of this hallucination problem remain p... 13429160
Reposted by Phoebe MatichDavid Milner @davemilbo.bsky.social · 30/04/2026Here's @lucyham.bsky.social "We do not have a sovereign PM, we have a PR manager for corporate extraction"theshot.net.auWe do not have a sovereign PM, we have a PR manager for corporate extraction - The ShotThe ultra rich are crushing living standards and protest rights. There is a parallel in the brutality against Palestinians and in America's gulags. We do not have long to challenge the trajectory. 20364165
Phoebe Matich @phoebesophist.bsky.social · 30/04/2026Aforementioned siq article is here - open access!! Here we problematise dominant discourse of authenticity as indexicality to demonstrate how the concept is subject to practical and political negotiation in AI controversies. Me and coauthors are very, very proud doi.org/10.1177/0163...doi.orgAuthenticity controversies: Witness media and generative AI imagery - Phoebe Matich, Michael Richardson, Jean Burgess, 2026This article explores how AI-generated content reconfigures struggles over authenticity in witness media. Media witnessing is traditionally understood as a rela... 010
Phoebe Matich @phoebesophist.bsky.social · 30/04/2026I’ve been off this app for a MINUTE but after a really intense six (~14) months post-PhD, I’ve now deleted instagram, exited a situation that was way too cognitively heavy, published a sick (siqq) article, and am falling in love with my life again ✨💐 also Brisbane is getting cold again! Huzzah! 130
Phoebe Matich @phoebesophist.bsky.social · 14/04/2026It’s the very last week to complete our Voice AI survey - closing 17 April! We’re dying to hear what everyday Australian adults think about this emerging tech - it’s v important to us that our data reflects non-academic, lay viewpoints. Please submit a response if you haven’t already!admscentre.org.auVoice AI Authenticity and Media - ADM+S Centre 000
Phoebe Matich @phoebesophist.bsky.social · 23/03/2026We are so thrilled to have launched our Voice AI survey last week!! As part of the ADM+S's Generative Authenticity project, we're finding out everyday Australians' thoughts and feelings about Voice AI in audio media, so we can design targeted future media research. We would love to hear from you! 021
Reposted by Phoebe MatichAmy Remeikis @amyremeikis.bsky.social · 16/12/2025Who the fuck would listen to Howard push back against gun reform in the wake of the biggest tragedy in decades (and no one is saying it’s just gun reform which is needed, ofc hate in all forms, including anti-Semitism is horrendous) and come to the conclusion that THIS is the take?! 5547495
Reposted by Phoebe MatichStephen Harrington @phzerosounds.bsky.social · 10/12/2025With the social media ban starting in Australia today for Australians under 16, it was great to sit down with @antmandan.bsky.social to talk about what the ban entails, and what it'll mean for Australian teens and their parents. open.spotify.com/episode/6IES...open.spotify.comThe social media ban: how we got here and what to expect (#37) 031
Phoebe Matich @phoebesophist.bsky.social · 07/10/2025www.theguardian.com/media/2025/o... “The political and cultural winds in the US have shifted sharply in the right’s favor – and many media companies are proving that they are not pillars of principle so much as extremely sensitive weathervanes.”theguardian.comBari Weiss’s ascension to top of CBS News highlights the political winds driving US media rightwardUS media giants have bowed before Maga after Trump’s many lawsuits and the Jimmy Kimmel firestorm 010
Reposted by Phoebe MatichAnna Merlan @annamerlan.bsky.social · 06/10/2025Let it never again be said that a woman with no real reporting experience who fell for a Twitter account called "Official Antifa" cannot be the head of a huge news organization 217153302844
Phoebe Matich @phoebesophist.bsky.social · 07/10/2025www.theguardian.com/environment/... It can be done. And Anglo fossil fuel magnates will continue to lose customers before they accept the change, so really governments are the ones who need to clear the path forward by (properly and greenly) regulating the transition!theguardian.comGlobal renewable energy generation surpasses coal for first timeRecord solar expansion and steady wind growth driving world’s shift away from fossil fuels in 2025, report finds 010
Reposted by Phoebe MatichStarfire’s Deranged Neocon Foreign Policy Podcast @irhottakes.bsky.social · 06/10/2025A naked descent into authoritarianism is weirdly boring because what’s being debated is fundamentally uninteresting. Is the antifa legion burning down Portlan real or not? Well, let’s have someone look out the window over there. No? Okay. Facts are settled. It either matters or it doesn’t. 241277187
Reposted by Phoebe MatichGreg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 23/09/2025Head of the AMA, Danielle McMullen: "There are no studies showing that paracetamol use in pregnancy causes autism." Any journalists giving one iota of credence to Trump's claims deserve to be sacked for propagating lies. 925573
Phoebe Matich @phoebesophist.bsky.social · 23/09/2025“The wave of demands are outlined in one of almost 150 submissions to a parliamentary inquiry examining the prevalence of climate change-related misinformation and disinformation.” One of the biggest concerns I have is that environmental interests are misidentified as misinformation 😠theguardian.comIntelligence agencies should report on foreign interests in ‘activist groups’, Australian coal lobby group arguesCoal Australia also wants government to broaden restrictions on foreign donations to stop money flowing to environmental groups 141
Reposted by Phoebe Matichderek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 18/09/2025i just know we're all going to have to sit through a three minute clip of joe rogan saying "i can't believe censorship is happening" 240138041377
Reposted by Phoebe MatichThe Conversation U.S. @us.theconversation.com · 17/09/2025Contrary to Trump’s claim that “the radical left causes tremendous violence,” sociologists find that right-wing extremists account for the vast majority of attacks and deaths from domestic terrorism. buff.ly/XOaVJUZtheconversation.comRight-wing extremist violence is more frequent and more deadly than left-wing violence − what the data showsDonald Trump and top administration officials confidently assert that left-wing political violence is a huge problem in the US. They’re wrong, say researchers who study extremism. 57644
Reposted by Phoebe Matichsouthpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 15/09/2025November 17, 2021 www.mypanhandle.com/news/local-n... 17994053127
Reposted by Phoebe MatichSteveG @trenchdiggr.bsky.social · 14/09/2025Is it still AI when Elon Musk is just dictating the responses? 1021712
Reposted by Phoebe MatichThe Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 15/09/2025“Approving new fossil fuel exports is destroying the future. It isn’t just a betrayal of our Pacific neighbors, it is a betrayal of all Australians, putting the profits of foreign-owned fossil fuel corporations ahead of our wellbeing, security & prosperity,” said @richarddenniss.bsky.social. #auspol 614989
Reposted by Phoebe MatichIndigiTrans @indigitrans.bsky.social · 08/09/2025In The Hobbit, the dragon Smaug is described: "Beneath him, under all his limbs and his huge coiled tail, and about him on all sides stretching away across the unseen floor, lay countless piles of precious things, gold wrought and unwrought, gems & jewels, & silver red-stained in the ruddy light." 15316
Reposted by Phoebe MatichAram Zucker-Scharff @chronotope.aramzs.xyz · 07/09/2025The lack of mainstream coverage of regular huge protests reminds me of a talk from a Twitter employees who explained that they had to drop BLM off the Trending Tags section because otherwise it would have been there permanently. The modern media environment has no appetite for sustained movements. 103146965476
Reposted by Phoebe MatichJean Burgess @jeanburgess.bsky.social · 01/09/2025We just released a *big* working paper on Voice AI and Authenticity as part of the ARC CoE for Automated Decision-Making and Society @admscentre.org.au It surveys the history of the tech, emerging issues, and what can be done Check it out at Australian Policy Online here: apo.org.au/node/331920apo.org.au 12210
Reposted by Phoebe MatichADM+S Centre @admscentre.org.au · 01/09/2025Voice technologies are being rapidly integrated into AI systems, raising new questions & intensifying old ones, across everyday life. This paper surveys the history & current developments, highlighting emerging responses in real-world settings. apo.org.au/node/331920 #AI #VoiceTech #Authenticity 11610
Reposted by Phoebe MatichMaria Popova @mariapopova.bsky.social · 29/08/2025“Rage, rage against the dying of the light.” The story behind the Dylan Thomas classic and a rare recording of the poet himself reading it www.themarginalian.org/2017/01/24/d... 0236
Reposted by Phoebe Matichjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 28/08/2025i find this image so fascinating. it is both a literal example of authoritarianism but also a second-hand reproduction of the aesthetics of other authoritarian states. it's like a simulacra of authoritarianism whose purpose is to attempt to make the simulacra real. 781228426219
Reposted by Phoebe MatichEvan Greer @evangreer.bsky.social · 26/08/2025Online age verification is not like "showing ID to buy alcohol" because a) the liquor store doesn't get to scan your ID and store a digital copy of it forever in a database that will inevitably get hacked b) you don't have to show ID to go to the library because they have cocktail recipe books 76102314078
Reposted by Phoebe MatichGuardian Australia @australia.theguardian.com · 25/08/2025Does Australia supply weapons to Israel? The government has consistently denied the claim and criticised “misinformation” surrounding exports, arguing it has “raised tensions in this country”. So what do we know about Australia’s role in the F-35 jet's supply chain, and what constitutes a weapon? 54819
Reposted by Phoebe MatichDan @dannno0o.bsky.social · 24/08/2025Proud to be here—free Palestine 🇵🇸 192
Reposted by Phoebe MatichDana Stevens @thehighsign.bsky.social · 13/08/2025Wow. The University of Chicago, a world-class institution whose humanities faculty in the past has included Homi Bhabha & Lauren Berlant & Ralph Ellison & Hannah freaking Arendt, is getting rid of basically every graduate department involving the acknowledgment that other cultures & languages exist. 4639541780