Dan Golding
@dangolding.com
Professor and Chair of Media Comms at Swinburne University. Composer for games like Untitled Goose Game, Frog Detective, Mars First Logistics. Host of ABC Classic’s ‘Screen Sounds’ (Sat 6pm).
dangolding.com
dangolding.com
If you search my music on Spotify, you'll now find nothing.
News from me: after years of not being able to have my soundtrack for Untitled Goose Game on Bandcamp - it's now on @bandcamp.com.
I'm also in a slow process of having my music (including Goose Game) removed from Spotify, for their treatment of artists, their politics, and their embrace of AI.
I'm also in a slow process of having my music (including Goose Game) removed from Spotify, for their treatment of artists, their politics, and their embrace of AI.
Untitled Goose Game (Original Soundtrack), by Dan Golding
14 track album
dangolding.bandcamp.com
December 22, 2025 at 5:59 AM
If you search my music on Spotify, you'll now find nothing.
After almost eleven years, today is effectively my last day at Swinburne. I’m on leave for some time until Feb, when I start as Professor of Media at Monash.
December 18, 2025 at 8:55 PM
After almost eleven years, today is effectively my last day at Swinburne. I’m on leave for some time until Feb, when I start as Professor of Media at Monash.
A friend no longer on this platform some time ago said that one day we'll wake up and google will have shut down google scholar with absolutely no notice, and i really can't help but feel he's very right
Grading and googling hallucinated citations, as one does nowadays, and now that LLMs have been around for a while, I've discovered new horrors: hallucinated journals are now appearing in Google Scholar with dozens of citations bc so many people are citing these fake things
December 16, 2025 at 11:30 AM
A friend no longer on this platform some time ago said that one day we'll wake up and google will have shut down google scholar with absolutely no notice, and i really can't help but feel he's very right
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Discord, who recently leaked a heap of personal data in a security breach, wants my personal data to let me access a channel I created in a server I created. Thank you, Australian government.
December 10, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Discord, who recently leaked a heap of personal data in a security breach, wants my personal data to let me access a channel I created in a server I created. Thank you, Australian government.
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Here’s my Spotify Wrapped 🎵✨
December 3, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Here’s my Spotify Wrapped 🎵✨
News from me: after years of not being able to have my soundtrack for Untitled Goose Game on Bandcamp - it's now on @bandcamp.com.
I'm also in a slow process of having my music (including Goose Game) removed from Spotify, for their treatment of artists, their politics, and their embrace of AI.
I'm also in a slow process of having my music (including Goose Game) removed from Spotify, for their treatment of artists, their politics, and their embrace of AI.
Untitled Goose Game (Original Soundtrack), by Dan Golding
14 track album
dangolding.bandcamp.com
December 3, 2025 at 1:34 AM
News from me: after years of not being able to have my soundtrack for Untitled Goose Game on Bandcamp - it's now on @bandcamp.com.
I'm also in a slow process of having my music (including Goose Game) removed from Spotify, for their treatment of artists, their politics, and their embrace of AI.
I'm also in a slow process of having my music (including Goose Game) removed from Spotify, for their treatment of artists, their politics, and their embrace of AI.
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It is with deep sadness that we share the passing of Emeritus Professor Graeme Turner AO FAHA FQA — one of Australia’s most influential humanities scholars and a towering figure in the Academy’s history. humanities.org.au/our-communit...
November 26, 2025 at 6:26 AM
It is with deep sadness that we share the passing of Emeritus Professor Graeme Turner AO FAHA FQA — one of Australia’s most influential humanities scholars and a towering figure in the Academy’s history. humanities.org.au/our-communit...
Just want to say that Emily who I am absurdly lucky to be married to has done amazing things and I am so glad and proud that against all reasonable odds she has been funded for a DECRA
So happy, and a bit overwhelmed, to find out my DECRA project, 'Social, ethical and regulatory challenges in the social media porn industry', has been awarded. What an immense privilege to have the next three years to dedicate to research!
November 25, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Just want to say that Emily who I am absurdly lucky to be married to has done amazing things and I am so glad and proud that against all reasonable odds she has been funded for a DECRA
It’s not important that Australia wins. It’s important that England loses.
November 21, 2025 at 2:34 AM
It’s not important that Australia wins. It’s important that England loses.
Horrible guy.
Bill Gates softens 'Climate Disaster' approach, says too many resources are going to fight the problem
Bill Gates softens 'Climate Disaster' approach, says too many resources are going to fight the problem
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates says countries and leaders need to shift their approach to climate change and focus on 'improving lives'
cnb.cx
October 28, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Horrible guy.
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Also: anyone who wants to use this as a chance to wallow in doom and despair can fuck right off - every tonne of CO2 matters, every fraction of a degree we prevent saves lives and ecosystems. We need to fight like HELL to save what we can, grieve what we can’t, and lock up those responsible.
As the single most important news story this year, I can't wait to see the detailed and central coverage this will get in every media outlet we have
‘Change course now’: humanity has missed 1.5C climate target, says UN head
Exclusive: ‘Devastating consequences’ now inevitable but emissions cuts still vital, says António Guterres in sole interview before Cop30
www.theguardian.com
October 28, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Also: anyone who wants to use this as a chance to wallow in doom and despair can fuck right off - every tonne of CO2 matters, every fraction of a degree we prevent saves lives and ecosystems. We need to fight like HELL to save what we can, grieve what we can’t, and lock up those responsible.
As the single most important news story this year, I can't wait to see the detailed and central coverage this will get in every media outlet we have
‘Change course now’: humanity has missed 1.5C climate target, says UN head
Exclusive: ‘Devastating consequences’ now inevitable but emissions cuts still vital, says António Guterres in sole interview before Cop30
www.theguardian.com
October 28, 2025 at 1:00 AM
As the single most important news story this year, I can't wait to see the detailed and central coverage this will get in every media outlet we have
has anyone considered sending or receiving an email blast
October 27, 2025 at 5:16 AM
has anyone considered sending or receiving an email blast
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The dream of every Muslim is simply to be treated the same as any other New Yorker.
And yet, for too long, we have been told to ask for less than that, and endure hatred and bigotry in the shadows.
No more.
And yet, for too long, we have been told to ask for less than that, and endure hatred and bigotry in the shadows.
No more.
My Message to Muslim New Yorkers — and Everyone Who Calls This City Home.
YouTube video by Zohran Mamdani for NYC
www.youtube.com
October 25, 2025 at 3:27 AM
The dream of every Muslim is simply to be treated the same as any other New Yorker.
And yet, for too long, we have been told to ask for less than that, and endure hatred and bigotry in the shadows.
No more.
And yet, for too long, we have been told to ask for less than that, and endure hatred and bigotry in the shadows.
No more.
Had just a great time with the TSO in Hobart last night. Thanks so much for coming along Jason (and anyone else who was there too)!
So wonderful to see your friend and mine @dangolding.com in his element being a HUGE NERD about Hans Zimmer alongside the TSO, for Art of the Score
October 23, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Had just a great time with the TSO in Hobart last night. Thanks so much for coming along Jason (and anyone else who was there too)!
Ha ha ha what the hell
So Adam Driver and Steven Sodenbergh pitched a Ben Solo movie to Lucasfilm, they loved it, but Bob Iger said no. 😡🤬
apnews.com/article/adam...
apnews.com/article/adam...
Adam Driver on Jarmusch, 'Star Wars' and putting filmmakers first
In an interview with The Associated Press, Adam Driver says he developed a Kylo Ren “Star Wars” movie that would have been directed by Steven Soderbergh.
apnews.com
October 21, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Ha ha ha what the hell
This looks to be a really good move from my employer.
Swinburne University to pursue historic treaty with Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung Traditional Owners
A Victorian university has announced plans to pursue a treaty with the Traditional Owners of the land it occupies - the first agreement of its kind in the state.Swinburne University of Technology conf...
nit.com.au
October 17, 2025 at 1:31 AM
This looks to be a really good move from my employer.
If you’re a mainstream thinker about technology in Australia right now you’re holding two ideas in your head: one technology, speculative and futuristic, is inevitable and inescapable and impossible to resist (AI); and another, already here and dominant, must be restricted (social media)
October 13, 2025 at 11:21 PM
If you’re a mainstream thinker about technology in Australia right now you’re holding two ideas in your head: one technology, speculative and futuristic, is inevitable and inescapable and impossible to resist (AI); and another, already here and dominant, must be restricted (social media)
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Parallels was great last night. Absolutely wild that Freeplay has been both the anchor and the beacon for experimental and independent game development in this country for 21 years now.
October 9, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Parallels was great last night. Absolutely wild that Freeplay has been both the anchor and the beacon for experimental and independent game development in this country for 21 years now.
Does this feel like the final migw or is it just me
October 7, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Does this feel like the final migw or is it just me
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“I urge everyone to join the global uprising for justice, freedom, and equality. And to apply real pressure on our governments and institutions to fulfill their legal obligations to ensure human rights for everyone. We have truth, morale, international law, justice, love, history, solidarity with...
October 6, 2025 at 8:47 PM
“I urge everyone to join the global uprising for justice, freedom, and equality. And to apply real pressure on our governments and institutions to fulfill their legal obligations to ensure human rights for everyone. We have truth, morale, international law, justice, love, history, solidarity with...
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““They dragged little Greta [Thunberg] by her hair before our eyes, beat her, and forced her to kiss the Israeli flag. They did everything imaginable to her, as a warning to others,” the Turkish activist ErsinÇelik, a participant in the Sumud flotilla, told Anadolu news agency.”+
Israel accused of detaining Greta Thunberg in infested cell and making her hold flags
Activist tells Swedish officials she has been subjected to harsh treatment, including insufficient food and water
www.theguardian.com
October 4, 2025 at 6:21 PM
““They dragged little Greta [Thunberg] by her hair before our eyes, beat her, and forced her to kiss the Israeli flag. They did everything imaginable to her, as a warning to others,” the Turkish activist ErsinÇelik, a participant in the Sumud flotilla, told Anadolu news agency.”+
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Dan is right.
At the risk of sounding like someone who might install Linux, recently I have been digging out CDs, old mp3s, listening in lossless, and watching my old dvd/blu-rays. What have we been doing with streaming? Why did we do this to our ears and eyes?
October 3, 2025 at 10:13 AM
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