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Simon Farrell

@psy-farrell.bsky.social

Professor, Psychological Science, University of Western Australia. Researching the things I am not good at (memory, decision making, goal pursuit)

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Reo Eveleth@reveleth.com · 2mo ago

There is something brutally psychically injurious to being constantly told "just do good work and you'll be successful" while watching people who do the most dogshit work possible do all the succeeding.

Frederik Aust@frederikaust.com · 4mo ago

ICYMI: If you work with (sensitive) research data and use Copilot, be aware that, starting April 24, Copilot inputs, outputs, code snippets, and associated context will be used to train its models. You should probably opt out: github.com/settings/cop... Details: github.blog/news-insight...

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Dana Bui@theeddesigner.bsky.social · 7mo ago

“We are seeing the rise of an AI Blakface that is utilised with ease thanks to the availability and prevalence of AI. Non-Indigenous people and entities are able to create Indigenous personas through AI, often grounded in stereotypical representations that both amalgamate and appropriate cultures.”

This TikTok star sharing Australian animal stories doesn’t exist – it’s AI Blakface

The ‘Bush Legend’ is bringing us short videos of an Aboriginal person teaching us about native animals. But he isn’t real.

theconversation.com

Daniel Hurst@danielhurst.bsky.social · 8mo ago

This is the way #Meanjin ends — not with a bang but a whimper. New FOI story from me for @crikey.com.au: www.crikey.com.au/2025/12/17/m...

FOI docs reveal Meanjin axing never debated by Melbourne Uni. And why were all bids to save it rejected?

The University of Melbourne's finance committee didn't invite members to question the closure of the 85-year-old literary journal, instead only waving it through. Meanwhile, all external offers to sav...

crikey.com.au

Erika Hall@erikahall.bsky.social · 8mo ago

It's so fucked up to have been a kid during the D&D is the devil freakout and the Tipper Gore dirty lyrics freakout and live to see the teen suicide machine get such a pass.

Meade Krosby@meadekrosby.bsky.social · 8mo ago

My teen, who had dreamt of being an astrophysicist, just told me he wants to go to law school because, “Science isn’t going to be a priority in the US in the future…I don’t want a job where I’ll be constantly worried my funding will be taken away.” Gutting. How many future scientists have we lost?

ARC Tracker@arc-tracker.bsky.social · 9mo ago

“CSIRO has announced it will slash up to 350 jobs as the national science agency grapples with long-term financial challenges … with current funding failing to keep pace with the rising costs of running a modern science agency.” Not “challenges”. They’re choices. 😡

CSIRO to cut up to 350 research jobs in major overhaul

After 440 positions were slashed last year, the CSIRO has announced more staff cuts across the country in a bid to remain financially viable.

abc.net.au

Ketan Joshi@ketanjoshi.co · 9mo ago

I guess it's unlikely but if Aus does end up winning COP31 this is probably a good taste of how the government will treat the Pacific nations it's claiming to be elevating

View Beibei Yin’s graphic link Beibei YinBeibei Yin • 1st1st Advising global changemakers on China and climateAdvising global changemakers on China and climate 20h • 20 hours ago • Visible to anyone on or off LinkedIn Third day at hashtag#COP30, I woke up to the news that dozens of Indigenous protesters forced their way into the venue, clashing with security to demand real climate action and forest protection. I share their anger and frustration. I came to COP hoping Indigenous peoples, whose lands, knowledge, and leadership are central to solving the climate crisis, would finally have the visibility and space they deserve. Instead, their absence in the “blue zone,” where the main negotiations take place, is striking. On the first day, I asked how to visit the Green Zone, where the Indigenous Peoples Pavilion is located. The staff told me it was “still under construction,” “far away,” and even asked, “Why would you go there?” Yesterday, after a long day of sessions, I tried again. I was told it’s a one-kilometer walk or a 30 to 60 minute shuttle wait. For contrast: Saudi Arabia’s pavilion, one of the world’s largest oil exporters, is just a one-minute walk from the main entrance. If someone like me, deliberately seeking to learn from Indigenous communities, can barely reach their space, what chance do the other tens of thousands of participants have? COP30 was meant to center the voices of the Amazon. Yesterday’s protests are a reminder that those voices are still being kept outside the rooms where decisions are made. https://lnkd.in/dcniMjQ9 An Indigenous demonstrator is held by a staff member. REUTERS/Anderson Coelho Protesters force their way into COP30 summit venue, clash with security reuters.com
Ven Popov@venpopov.bsky.social · 9mo ago

A recent redesign of OSF by @cos.io led to widespread access failures. What began as a few broken download links became for me a total disappearance of eight years of DOI-registered work. What happened, how was it resolved, and what it reveals about trust and infrastructure in open science

Open Science needs reliable infrastructure – Ven Popov

After OSF’s October 2025 redesign, I discovered that eight years of DOI-linked preprints and materials were silently hidden by an automated spam flag. What happened, how it was resolved, and what it r...

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Mark Rubin@markrubin.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Report on Australian Higher Education finds: 🔹️ Council members have no lived experience of universities 🔹️ Council members have COIs with consultancy firms 🔹️ Council meetings are closed affairs that lack transparency 🔹️ Leaders' exorbitant salaries could not be justified

One submission said leaders’ salaries could not be “justified by the quality of executive decision-making, nor by the scope of executive duties. The core business of a university – teaching and research – is co-ordinated virtually entirely by ordinary non-executive staff”.
Ketan Joshi@ketanjoshi.co · 11mo ago

Another HOT TAKE on Australia's 2035 targets, but also a comment more generally on rise of climate "realism" and "pragmatism", where simply giving up on trying to stop us being killed by fossil fuels is presented as the Very Reasonable and Very Serious thing to do.

The Australia Institute@australiainstitute.org.au · 11mo ago

Now the media is reporting that "significant progress" has been made on the negotiations and final approval could be imminent "subject to new conditions". What's different? Has the level of pollution that would damage the rock art changed?

The Australia Institute@australiainstitute.org.au · 11mo ago

The Government has revealed conditions for Woodside's North West Shelf gas project approval: strict limits on nitrous oxide pollution. Woodside says the conditions are "not technically feasible." If the project isn't feasible without damaging Murujuga, it shouldn't be allowed to go ahead. #auspol

Kieron Gillen@kierongillen.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Just deleted that Alan Moore course I linked to, as it appears to just be the Maestro course straight pirated - that it's been up there in parts for a year makes you wonder why it hasn't been pulled, but doesn't seem credible. If you want to buy it, it's here... www.bbcmaestro.com/courses/alan...

Alan Moore | Storytelling

Learn the craft of storytelling with literary maestro, Alan Moore. Discover how to build story, character, setting and plot in this online writing course.

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