Timothy Graham

@timothyjgraham.bsky.social

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Associate Professor at Queensland University of Technology. Computational communication, social theory. Interests: Propaganda, dark political communication, the relationship between technology, truth, and knowledge

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Timothy Graham @timothyjgraham.bsky.social · 4d

Why was Reddit overrun with accounts named “__-anus—__fungi_”, spamming 🍄 emojis?

And what does this have to tell us about the difference between bots and humans? And whether the distinction even matters?

New paper out today! With @domcarlon.bsky.social

journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

On the Internet no one knows you’re not a bot: ‘Botting’ on Reddit as participatory culture. A new paper by Dominique Carlon and myself

Timothy Graham @timothyjgraham.bsky.social · 4d

Thank you Dan!

Timothy Graham @timothyjgraham.bsky.social · 5d

There are several major platforms that in my opinion are unsafe for everyone, not just children. I'm not saying ban all social media. But the "product" is clearly harmful in multiple, complex, and longitudinal ways.

Timothy Graham @timothyjgraham.bsky.social · 5d

Thanks Gaurav for sharing this. Social media is complicated and ideally we would have pro-social, safely designed spaces. But we don't, and we almost certainly won't given current trajectory. So we must weigh the pros and cons - scales are tipped towards banning for most parents

Reposted by Jean Burgess

Timothy Graham @timothyjgraham.bsky.social · 5d

Excellent research out of Monash, led by @markandrejevic.bsky.social.

79% of adults (n=1,598) surveyed support the government’s under-16 social media ban

www.monash.edu/news/article...

4 in 5 Australian adults support social media ban for kids

A new survey shows almost four out of five Australian adults support the Australian government’s social media ban for children under 16.

www.monash.edu

Timothy Graham @timothyjgraham.bsky.social · 5d

Good question - the reviewers thought so

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Kashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 5d

We gotta come up with a better system than “everything rests on whether these twelve billionnaires are nice”

Timothy Graham @timothyjgraham.bsky.social · 6d

Any time Sky News Australia comes up in discourse, please feel most welcome and free to cite this research, which shows empirically that is is a propaganda machine.

journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Sky News Australia as network propaganda: how a niche cable channel became an international right-wing propaganda machine - Simon Copland, Axel Bruns, Timothy Graham, 2025

In the past decade or so, the right-wing news channel, Sky News Australia, has pivoted to publishing online content that speaks to broadly right-wing audiences ...

journals.sagepub.com

Timothy Graham @timothyjgraham.bsky.social · 6d

Can’t wait to see all the politicians and opinion leaders crying outrage over the widespread child abuse and misogyny on X, from their still-active X accounts www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02...

French police raid X offices in Paris as Musk summoned to hearing

A widening probe into the platform is investigating alleged abuse of algorithms and fraudulent data extraction.

www.abc.net.au

Reposted by Axel Bruns, Timothy Graham

QUT Digital Media Research Centre @qutdmrc.bsky.social · 8d

The Read Them Sideways podcast is back from summer hiatus! Our first episode of 2026 welcomes Ehsan Dehghan and Pardis Yarahmadi to discuss the ongoing Iranian digital blackout, its implications, and how digital activism can assist. An important listen for your Monday!

The Iranian digital blackout, and how you can help (#37)

Read Them Sideways · Episode

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Reposted by Gary D. Rawnsley, Timothy Graham

Dr Emma L Briant @emma-briant.co.uk · 12d

🔥America Once Sold ‘Democracy’ to the World—Now It’s Undermining Its Own Message

My latest article published in the CPD Blog: uscpublicdiplomacy.org/blog/america...

America Once Sold ‘Democracy’ to the World—Now It’s Undermining Its Own Message

As democracy weakens, imperial ambitions gain momentum and disinformation spreads, some foreign audiences now view the U.S. as a central locus of the problem, underscored by the country’s aggressive p...

uscpublicdiplomacy.org

Reposted by Rebecca Solnit, Brian J. Enquist, Mark A. Lemley , and 9 more Rebecca Solnit, Brian J. Enquist, Mark A. Lemley, Simon Roux, Howard Williams, Hugo Mercier, Michael Kevane, Timothy Graham, Mauro Gatti, Jonathan J. Buonocore, Nathan Richardson, Todd Hedrick

Mistress Usili (Sage) 🏳️‍⚧️ @usili.bsky.social · 13d

Bilbo looking at his phone top

on bottom is ChatGPT

After all, why not? Why shouldn't I keep it?

You're absolutely right — you found it, it's been with you a long while, and it's only natural to feel fond of something that's served you so well, especially when someone like Gandalf suddenly seems to want it for himself.

Reposted by Timothy Graham

Josh Taylor @joshtaylor.bsky.social · 14d

Timeless

sky news
Peta Credlin
'Greatest country on Earth': TV host gets emotional over Australia
Day significance

Followed by

Peta Credlin
'A decade of activism and anger: Reflecting on the state of the nation

Late Show image saying "the country's stuffed" followed by "mind you it's the best country in the world mate"

Reposted by Lisa W. Fazio, Dorothy Bishop, Gordon Pennycook , and 5 more Lisa W. Fazio, Dorothy Bishop, Gordon Pennycook, Carl T. Bergstrom, Robert C. Richards, Timothy Graham, Christina Pagel, Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò

Kate Starbird @katestarbird.bsky.social · 15d

Yesterday, I awoke to news of another ICE killing in MN. On Bluesky, the conversation was deeply critical of ICE. But I wanted to see how things were going on X. Surprisingly, the attempts there to blame the victim weren't getting as much traction as I suspected. So I wrote a thing.

Another Killing on ICE

The right wing propaganda machine can’t spin the killing of Alex Pretti

open.substack.com

Reposted by Christopher Wright, Timothy Graham, Jeroen Van Bouwel

Dr Jeremy Walker @jeremywalker.bsky.social · 15d

BREAKING! WORLD FIRST! 🔥Australia's public broadcaster publishes extended #AtlasNetwork explainer by Gareth Hutchens. When I went on ABC radio 3 years ago to talk about the global Atlas network of 550+ orgs, no one had heard of it. Atlas HQ wanted to keep it that way.
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...

Timothy Graham @timothyjgraham.bsky.social · 16d

Every sign has a story

#Hakuba

A sign asking people not to bring bear spray onto the bus

Timothy Graham @timothyjgraham.bsky.social · 16d

He looks like that gormless guy in the group who is just happy to be there and is completely oblivious to the enormous chain of dependencies and effort underpinning his existence

Reposted by Timothy Graham

Mike Jensen @mikejjensen.bsky.social · 16d

Patel perhaps needs a job that requires less professional dedication. The American people require more than he is willing to give.

FBI director ‘wanted to go to Premier League game instead of meeting MI5’ | The Independent share.google/inWT3pz0dMda...

FBI director ‘wanted to watch Premier League instead of meeting MI5’

A source said the FBI director did not want to go to office-based meetings

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Aaron Stewart-Ahn @badideas.bsky.social · 16d

A video of Alex Pretti reading out the final salute of an unnamed veteran he cared for until the end of his life in the ICU, posted to Facebook by his son.

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 16d

You have to read this. Firsthand affidavit from one of the women who was there and recording the video. She talks about how Alex Pretti was directing traffic when she arrived. She watched him be killed in front of her. She's afraid to go home, worried she'll be arrested.

1. I am a resident of the Whittier neighborhood of Minneapolis, Minnesota. I am over 18 years of age. I am a children's entertainer who specializes in face painting.
2. On Saturday, January 24, 2026, at about 8:50 am, I was getting ready to go to work when I heard whistles outside. I knew the whistles meant that ICE agents were in the area, so I decided to check it out on my way to work. I've been involved in observing in my community because it is so important to document what ICE is doing to my neighbors. Connecting to your local community and knowing who your neighbors are is something I profoundly value.
3. I drove to Nicollet Ave. and 26th where I could hear the whistles coming from. I turned south onto Nicollet. There were already several ICE agents there and they'd set up a sort of vehicle convoy on Nicollet and 28th. There were also about 15 observers there, recording and observing ICE.
4. I saw ICE agents surrounding cars and punching car windows. I also saw them stopping vehicles further down Nicollet, so I backed up because I didn't feel safe continuing on.
5. I noticed a man sort of acting to help traffic move more smoothly. He helped me find a place to park. I got out with my whistle and my camera. I went over to him and said something like, "I'm going to film and use my whistle."
6. It seemed like most ICE activity was happening a little farther down the street from us, near 27th. Someone was being thrown to the ground.

7. I started recording. There was an agent by a car across the street. Two observers were a few feet away from the agent, blowing their whistles. One was wearing a backpack.
8. I and the man who was observing and helping direct traffic were standing in the street. There was a phone in the man's hand recording a video.
9. An agent approached and asked us to back up, so I moved slowly back onto the sidewalk.
10. The man stayed in the street, filming as the other observers I mentioned earlier were being forced backward by another ICE agent threatening them with pepper spray. The man went closer to support them as they got threatened, just with his camera out. I didn't see him reach for or hold a gun.
11. Then the ICE agent shoved one of the other observers to the ground. Then he started pepper spraying all three of them directly in the face and all over. The man with the phone put his hands above his head and the agent sprayed him again and pushed him.
12. Then the man tried to help up the woman the ICE agent had shoved to the ground. The ICE agents just kept spraying. More agents came over and grabbed the man who was still trying to help the woman get up. All three of the observers looked to have been badly affected by the pepper spray. I could feel the pepper spray in my eyes.

13. The agents pulled the man on the ground. I didn't see him touch any of them-he wasn't even turned toward them. It didn't look like he was trying to resist, just trying to help the woman up. I didn't see him with a gun. They threw him to the ground. Four or five agents had him on the ground and they just started shooting him. They shot him so many times.
14.1 don't know why they shot him. He was only helping. I was five feet from him and they just shot him.
15. The video I recorded of what happened accurately depicts the events leading up to the agents shooting him and several minutes afterwards. The video is attached as Exhibit 1.
16. I have read the statement from DHS about what happened and it is wrong. The man did not approach the agents with a gun. He approached them with a camera. He was just trying to help a woman get up and they took him to the ground.
17. I feel afraid. Only hours have passed since they shot a man right in front me and I don't feel like I can go home because I heard agents were looking for me. I don't know what the agents will do when they find me. I do know that they're not telling the truth about what happened. I've heard that other witnesses might have been arrested and taken to the Whipple Building.
18. I am disgusted and gutted at how they are treating my neighbors and my state. I keep alternating between crying and feeling determined it is important to remember the value of documenting injustice. We show up for the people who need us to bear

witness, because it can't just be one group of people bearing the brunt of their tyranny. This is a struggle to protect our freedom and democracy, those things are on the line. He lost his life for those values.
I declare under penalty of perjury that everything I have stated in this document is true and correct.

Dated and signed on Jan 24, 2026 in Hennepin County, State of Minnesota.

Reposted by Ben H. Ansell, Brendan Nyhan, Robert C. Richards , and 3 more Ben H. Ansell, Brendan Nyhan, Robert C. Richards, Scott A. Imberman, Timothy Graham, Jeannette Sutton

Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 16d

This was murder. Pretti did not initiate the confrontation. He didn’t strike them. He didn’t brandish his gun. They tackled him, beat him, disarmed him, and shot him.

Joshua Reed Eakle 🗽 @joshuaeakle.com · 16d

Holy crap.

This is the most damning video yet.

It shows Border Patrol agents clearly taking Alex's firearm, running it away, and THEN executed him in cold blood by emptying a clip into his face.

Murder.

Reposted by Timothy Graham

Dave Earley @earleyedition.bsky.social · 17d

🚨 BREAKING* 📈 Australia's Top News website rankings from December came out on Friday, and GuardianAustralia is now the 4th biggest news website in the country. Grateful to the 8.4 million Australians who visited GdnAus in December 🙏

Reposted by Timothy Graham

Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 18d

Russian strike on Cherkaske rural settlement,Kramatorsk area:4 people killed,a 5-year-old child among them

A 32-year-old dad&his son were killed.Their two neighbors were killed, too.The boy's mom& 3 teenage girls were injured.

This is the kind of news us Ukrainians wake up to

📹: Radio Liberty

Reposted by Timothy Graham

Dave Earley @earleyedition.bsky.social · 19d

After months of denials, the Trump administration has finally acknowledged in a federal court filing that employees working for DOGE, Elon Musk’s supposed cost-cutting operation, accessed and improperly shared Americans’ sensitive social security data

Doge improperly shared sensitive social security data, DoJ court filing reveals

Trump administration acknowledges that Elon Musk’s cost-cutting operation accessed Americans’ sensitive data

www.theguardian.com

Reposted by Timothy Graham, David Murakami Wood

Center for Countering Digital Hate @counterhate.com · 19d

🚨 NEW: Around 3 MILLION sexualized images over just 11 days? That's what our findings estimate X's Grok AI generated.

CCDH researchers saw an unprecedented flood of photorealistic, sexualized images, including children, after X made the existing feature even easier to access.

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