Dr Caitlin McGrane
@caitlinaithne.bsky.social
she/her Researcher at RMIT. Board member of Digital Rights Watch. Interested in gender and technology in everyday life, and how we can build a better digital world. Ultra-marathoner in my spare time 🌿
Too little too fucking late. The fact this worm managed to get another job at a university after being fired from Cambridge is mind-blowing. If this is “merit” then count me out, thanks. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
Academic who accused Jason Arday of plagiarism suspended by his university
Researcher Nathan Cofnas previously claimed Black people would hold few high-profile positions in a meritocracy
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Immaculate vibes only for Em’s AMA or I will go postal
Emily van der Nagel@emvdn.bsky.social · last wk.Have decided to start tomorrow morning in a very chill manner by doing an Ask Me Anything on Reddit about my OnlyFans book. Is this a good idea? Will the internet be mercilessly unkind? Will anyone even ask a question at all? Let's find out, shall we. imgur.com/a/iQ1ko6G
A company which began as a book seller became a company which destroys books. Capitalism really is eating itself
404 Media@404media.co · last wk.SCOOP: 404 Media placed a tracking device in a shipment of rare books to see which AI company was buying it. What did we find? It ended up at an Amazon facility where Amazon scans and destroys books. Yes. This is literally the logo outside the Amazon warehouse door. Read now:
The department admitted there had been no live trial of the final algorithm and was unable to name any expert clinicians who validated it. The government plans to use the IAT algorithm for the NDIS soon as well
ABC News Australia@news.abc.net.au · last wk.Inside the aged care algorithm deciding support for older Australians
Are the editors at The Guardian ok? Publishing a defence of Kemi Badenoch is quite a choice. But publishing anything complimentary about Thatcher seems like a massive betrayal of the paper's core values. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
As a Tory, I say things are looking up. Farage is fading, and the looming threat to No 10 is called Kemi | Simon Hart
My party has seen difficult times – but with a few canny moves, the leader is finally cutting through, says former Conservative party chief whip Simon Hart
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Anyone who buys these glasses is a fucking lunatic. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Kmart sells out of low-cost rival to Meta camera glasses across Australia amid warnings of ‘privacy nightmare’
Expert says people face being filmed without their consent as $89 Anko smartglasses sell out in stores and online
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Just comical with that disallowed goal back there. What is VAR for if not to review such crucial, borderline decisions. More fuel for my argument that VAR is not built in service of accuracy at all, but for other ends altogether: www.bloodinthemachine.com/p/what-var-t...
What VAR tells us about AI
FIFA's semi-automated refereeing system promises neutrality but brims with bias. It's widely despised yet embraced by elites. It is, in other words, a lot like AI.
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Cabo Verde are the true winners of this World Cup.
So.......how the hell did the New York Times get Australia's AI data centre story so wildly wrong? Albanese's new AI rules **WORSEN** their position by allowing more room for gas Check out my new piece at @thepointau.bsky.social for all the lovely, gory details thepoint.com.au/opinions/260...
Read the letter sent by MEAA to Tasmanian Premier, Jeremy Rockliff, and Minister for Police, Fire and Emergency Management, Felix Ellis, seeking an apology from Minister Ellis for a social media post where Ellis targeted a journalist for asking a question he didn’t like. meaa.io/4w7b553
Meanwhile, we still have zero mobile phone coverage in a suburb of the capital, and the vast majority of the country has dismal internet access and speeds, at exorbitant prices. But I guess consumer tech doesn't bribe the government sufficiently.
Nick Feik@nickfeik.bsky.social · last mo.“greater clarity and speed for (data centre) approvals, and a streamlined process for verifying compliance” sounds a lot like waving through the worst shit imaginable in return for baubles
NEW: The first major review of AI's impact on the Australian job market by the federal government has found that there is no significant labour upheaval yet — but picked up some early warning signs that growth in jobs that are most exposed to AI is slowing www.abc.net.au/news/...
⚠️ It's the last month to submit extended abstracts for our (w Mora Matassi + @trinesy.bsky.social) special issue on mobile disconnection in @mobilemediacomm.bsky.social (due 31 July). CfP below: journals.sagepub.com/page/mmc/mob...
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Morgan Quinn Ross@mqrmobile.bsky.social · 3mo agoTwo more months! ⏳ Feel free to translate any mobile disconnection energy from #ICA26 into a submission 🙂
every data piece on big cars is like Revealed: How The Childcrusher 3000 Is Making Our Roads More Dangerous
The Australia-USA match is going worse than I could have possibly imagined. An absolute shambles, the Socceroos need a massive half-time bollocking
I urge all communication scholars to sign this statement in support of Palestine that was written as a result of the ICA 2026 conference on inequality: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
CAPE TOWN DECLARATION AT ICA 2026
We, as ICA members and attendees of the main 76th Annual ICA Conference and its pre- and post-conferences in Cape Town, South Africa, make the following statement in support of journalists, healthcare...
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yeah this is weird, sick leave entitlements and super are literally part of your income/salary/whatever
Jeremy Poxon@jeremypoxon.bsky.social · 4mo agoThis is the report they're basing this story on can someone tell the ABC that sick leave isn't an income support payment?
Today, the day of the Met Gala, the unionized workers of the Met posted this image to their Instagram. www.instagram.com/p/DX64ioYjecG/
If you love teaching books, come work with us at La Trobe (0.6FTE until 2029). We are great and love teaching books too. careers.pageuppeople.com/mob/533/caw/...
Lecturer English and Creative Writing
Deliver curriculum, coordinate, and teach subjects through lectures, tutorials, and practical classes and contribute to admin and course design at La Trobe.
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Australia's government has signed $60m of Palantir contracts. It owns $160m of Palantir shares. But what does the pro-Trump company actually do for us? Internal documents shows how an agency uses it to analyse 42 million call records, messages and other data points
Calls, messages, police records: How Palantir helped an intelligence agency analyse 42 million data points on Australians
Internal and public government records reveals how the federal government has spent $60 million on contracts with the Trump-aligned company, bought a stake worth more than $160 million, but has never considered if it is a responsible investment.
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