Naomi Smith
@deadtheorist.bsky.social
Digital sociologist, bodies, affect, misinformation and conspiracy. Materiality of immaterial things.
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love when you get Microsoft Teams as a source of traffic -- lets you know that an article is being shared around people's offices
October 7, 2025 at 11:23 PM
love when you get Microsoft Teams as a source of traffic -- lets you know that an article is being shared around people's offices
Bird of the year voting is OPEN - run, don't walk and vote PELICAN
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Australian bird of the year 2025: vote for your favourite #birdoftheyear in the Guardian / BirdLife Australia poll
From little penguins to (very big) cassowaries, every bird has its fans. Vote for your favourite in the 2025 Guardian/BirdLife Australia poll
www.theguardian.com
October 7, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Bird of the year voting is OPEN - run, don't walk and vote PELICAN
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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BREAKING | ANU staff in the College of Arts and Social Sciences have received a Cease Work Order due to dangerous working conditions. Under the WHS Act staff will be paid while this order is in place. The order seeks to protect lives and wellbeing.
September 16, 2025 at 10:15 PM
BREAKING | ANU staff in the College of Arts and Social Sciences have received a Cease Work Order due to dangerous working conditions. Under the WHS Act staff will be paid while this order is in place. The order seeks to protect lives and wellbeing.
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Wonderful profile of Raewyn Connell just published in the SMH www.smh.com.au/national/rae... - her Wheelwright Lecture, “Should we abolish universities?” is on tomorrow night! www.ppesydney.net/2025-wheelwr...
Raewyn’s groundbreaking work changed how we think about men. Its origins were deeply personal
Raewyn Connell has a global reputation and is speaking at an event marking one of the PM’s intellectual influences.
www.smh.com.au
September 9, 2025 at 6:41 AM
Wonderful profile of Raewyn Connell just published in the SMH www.smh.com.au/national/rae... - her Wheelwright Lecture, “Should we abolish universities?” is on tomorrow night! www.ppesydney.net/2025-wheelwr...
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maybe we shouldn't run "neo-nazi does [anything]" as the top story on national news websites unless it's meaningfully newsworthy/impactful? these are people who want to exterminate australians + are actively trying to get attention. we can't treat them as normal political players
September 2, 2025 at 2:40 AM
maybe we shouldn't run "neo-nazi does [anything]" as the top story on national news websites unless it's meaningfully newsworthy/impactful? these are people who want to exterminate australians + are actively trying to get attention. we can't treat them as normal political players
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Tomorrow, I'm on a panel to talk about academic freedom. I'm talking about the social contract between universities and society. I think that contract has been broken, and not just by the government. I think universities have failed their students as places to interrogate ideas.
August 18, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Tomorrow, I'm on a panel to talk about academic freedom. I'm talking about the social contract between universities and society. I think that contract has been broken, and not just by the government. I think universities have failed their students as places to interrogate ideas.
THAT WAS AN EARTHQUAKE (in QLD)
August 15, 2025 at 11:55 PM
THAT WAS AN EARTHQUAKE (in QLD)
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This piece illustrates and explores one of my chief worries about LLM use in writing and thinking work: self-alienation. Automating the writing experience by substituting LLM outputs leads to a distancing from your own life, your own mind and a flattened experience. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/18/o...
Opinion | The Seductions of A.I. for the Writer’s Mind
www.nytimes.com
July 18, 2025 at 12:51 PM
This piece illustrates and explores one of my chief worries about LLM use in writing and thinking work: self-alienation. Automating the writing experience by substituting LLM outputs leads to a distancing from your own life, your own mind and a flattened experience. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/18/o...
My latest with @claresoutherton.bsky.social - on AI and Aesthetic Alienation - aka the thorny issue of ai slop.
Completely open access.
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Completely open access.
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July 19, 2025 at 7:13 AM
My latest with @claresoutherton.bsky.social - on AI and Aesthetic Alienation - aka the thorny issue of ai slop.
Completely open access.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Completely open access.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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In Nov last year, I reported that an encrypted messaging app Sessions was forced to move offshore after the AFP visited. After a 9-month FOI fight with the AFP, I got emails around Sessions, including that the AFP wanted to keep an eye on them because of "their stated commitment to privacy".
July 11, 2025 at 1:59 AM
In Nov last year, I reported that an encrypted messaging app Sessions was forced to move offshore after the AFP visited. After a 9-month FOI fight with the AFP, I got emails around Sessions, including that the AFP wanted to keep an eye on them because of "their stated commitment to privacy".
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💥 ✊ Australian Women’s and Gender Studies Association: Statement in support of sociology at Macquarie University
FULL STATEMENT:
awgsa.asn.au/awgsa-statem...
Sign here: www.megaphone.org.au/petitions/sa...
#MacquireUniversity #Sociology #HigherEducation #AWGSA
FULL STATEMENT:
awgsa.asn.au/awgsa-statem...
Sign here: www.megaphone.org.au/petitions/sa...
#MacquireUniversity #Sociology #HigherEducation #AWGSA
AWGSA STATEMENT: STATEMENT IN SUPPORT OF SOCIOLOGY AT MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY
10 July 2025Australian Women’s and Gender Studies Association: Statement in support of sociology at Macquarie UniversityTo Whom it May Concern:Re: Opposition to Proposed Elimination of Sociology Di…
awgsa.asn.au
July 10, 2025 at 2:34 AM
💥 ✊ Australian Women’s and Gender Studies Association: Statement in support of sociology at Macquarie University
FULL STATEMENT:
awgsa.asn.au/awgsa-statem...
Sign here: www.megaphone.org.au/petitions/sa...
#MacquireUniversity #Sociology #HigherEducation #AWGSA
FULL STATEMENT:
awgsa.asn.au/awgsa-statem...
Sign here: www.megaphone.org.au/petitions/sa...
#MacquireUniversity #Sociology #HigherEducation #AWGSA
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🎓 What an incredible first online seminar with AWGSA recently. Thank you to Chelsea Clementine Wallis and Dr Naomi Smith @deadtheorist.bsky.social for their thoughtful keynotes.
Learn more here:
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#AWGSA #WomensStudies #GenderStudies #DV
Learn more here:
www.linkedin.com/posts/the-au...
#AWGSA #WomensStudies #GenderStudies #DV
🎓 What an incredible first online seminar with the Australian Women's and Gender Studies Association recently. | The Australian Women’s and Gender Studies Association (AWGSA)
🎓 What an incredible first online seminar with the Australian Women's and Gender Studies Association recently. Thank you to Chelsea Clementine Wallis and Dr Dr Naomi Smith for their thoughtful key...
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June 16, 2025 at 2:05 AM
🎓 What an incredible first online seminar with AWGSA recently. Thank you to Chelsea Clementine Wallis and Dr Naomi Smith @deadtheorist.bsky.social for their thoughtful keynotes.
Learn more here:
www.linkedin.com/posts/the-au...
#AWGSA #WomensStudies #GenderStudies #DV
Learn more here:
www.linkedin.com/posts/the-au...
#AWGSA #WomensStudies #GenderStudies #DV
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Update for tomorrow's seminar: all welcome to our first AWGSA seminar for the year, now featuring Dr Naomi Smith @deadtheorist.bsky.social and Chelsea Wallis. Free! (though you can opt to provide a donation) #AWGSA #Feminist #GenderStudies
May 29, 2025 at 5:38 AM
Update for tomorrow's seminar: all welcome to our first AWGSA seminar for the year, now featuring Dr Naomi Smith @deadtheorist.bsky.social and Chelsea Wallis. Free! (though you can opt to provide a donation) #AWGSA #Feminist #GenderStudies
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Really chuffed that CONSPIRACY NATION with @arielbogle.bsky.social has debuted #1 on Amazon’s trending book charts and, more importantly, is beating RFK’s book “The Real Anthony Fauci”
If you’re thinking of picking it up, pre-ordering now helps us the most!
LINK: http://bio.to/conspi...
If you’re thinking of picking it up, pre-ordering now helps us the most!
LINK: http://bio.to/conspi...
April 20, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Really chuffed that CONSPIRACY NATION with @arielbogle.bsky.social has debuted #1 on Amazon’s trending book charts and, more importantly, is beating RFK’s book “The Real Anthony Fauci”
If you’re thinking of picking it up, pre-ordering now helps us the most!
LINK: http://bio.to/conspi...
If you’re thinking of picking it up, pre-ordering now helps us the most!
LINK: http://bio.to/conspi...
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Our secret plot has finally been revealed:
Ariel Bogle and I have written a book: 'CONSPIRACY NATION: Exposing the dangerous world of Australian conspiracy theories'
We have a lot to share about what we uncovered, but for now you can pre-order it here: bio.to/ConspiracyNation
Ariel Bogle and I have written a book: 'CONSPIRACY NATION: Exposing the dangerous world of Australian conspiracy theories'
We have a lot to share about what we uncovered, but for now you can pre-order it here: bio.to/ConspiracyNation
April 16, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Our secret plot has finally been revealed:
Ariel Bogle and I have written a book: 'CONSPIRACY NATION: Exposing the dangerous world of Australian conspiracy theories'
We have a lot to share about what we uncovered, but for now you can pre-order it here: bio.to/ConspiracyNation
Ariel Bogle and I have written a book: 'CONSPIRACY NATION: Exposing the dangerous world of Australian conspiracy theories'
We have a lot to share about what we uncovered, but for now you can pre-order it here: bio.to/ConspiracyNation
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I've made my submission to the review of the ARC grant system. Have you?
5 more days, people.
5 more days, people.
The ARC Board has proposed a major shake-up of the National Competitive Grants Program ▶️ www.arc.gov.au/engage-us/co...
I've only skimmed so far, but they propose reducing 13 grant schemes to 6, with intent & scope in the table👇
Submissions are being accepted in response until 13 April. Get to it!
I've only skimmed so far, but they propose reducing 13 grant schemes to 6, with intent & scope in the table👇
Submissions are being accepted in response until 13 April. Get to it!
April 8, 2025 at 6:35 AM
I've made my submission to the review of the ARC grant system. Have you?
5 more days, people.
5 more days, people.
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April 8, 2025 at 8:00 AM
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JOB ALERT: I'm hiring a part-time research fellow to work with me @healthy-societies.bsky.social at @sydneyuni.bsky.social on my research program on migration, im/mobility and belonging, with a specific focus on healthcare worker migration. Applications close 27 April bit.ly/4iAohs3 #Academicsky
March 10, 2025 at 4:29 AM
JOB ALERT: I'm hiring a part-time research fellow to work with me @healthy-societies.bsky.social at @sydneyuni.bsky.social on my research program on migration, im/mobility and belonging, with a specific focus on healthcare worker migration. Applications close 27 April bit.ly/4iAohs3 #Academicsky
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As a #sociologist, what have you sought to understand? Share #research #stories on our #blog (www.tasa.org.au) via admin@tasa.org.au
Home - The Australian Sociological Association
TASA:
.furthers sociology in Australia
.provides a network for sociologists in Australia
.furthers links with other sociological associations
.addresses issues of relevance to Australian sociology
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February 9, 2025 at 6:24 PM
As a #sociologist, what have you sought to understand? Share #research #stories on our #blog (www.tasa.org.au) via admin@tasa.org.au
Hey! It’s me (again)
As climate change accelerates and trust in authority declines, natural disasters trigger waves of easy – but false – explanations.
Why conspiracy theories and misinformation spread in the long wait for Cyclone Alfred
theconversation.com
March 11, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Hey! It’s me (again)
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One thing that needs to get repeated until it sinks in is that “AI” does not simply function as a tool that people in power are using; it’s even more powerful as a permission structure for the destructive & extractive things they wanted to do in the first place.
Every time someone says they won’t try to use ai to replace teachers, you should put “yet” at the end of their sentence.
Outrage as university says AI tutors will run lectures in course
Three AI programs are set to replace lecture slides in a university course this semester.
www.nzherald.co.nz
March 3, 2025 at 1:30 PM
One thing that needs to get repeated until it sinks in is that “AI” does not simply function as a tool that people in power are using; it’s even more powerful as a permission structure for the destructive & extractive things they wanted to do in the first place.
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Pete Evans is back on Facebook and Instagram after being banned for sharing COVID-19 misinformation. Meta knows, but isn't booting him off, @CameronWilson.bsky.social reports.
Pete Evans is back on Facebook and Instagram. Meta knows but isn't doing anything
www.crikey.com.au
February 25, 2025 at 3:27 AM
Pete Evans is back on Facebook and Instagram after being banned for sharing COVID-19 misinformation. Meta knows, but isn't booting him off, @CameronWilson.bsky.social reports.
School of Law and Society is recruiting sessionals across humanities and social sciences. Share very widely. We also do online teaching, so even if you know someone/ you are beyond the Sunshine Coast/Southeast, we'd still love to hear from you
www.seek.com.au/job/81497717...
www.seek.com.au/job/81497717...
EOI: School of Law and Society talent pool Job in Brisbane QLD - SEEK
Discover opportunities for casual employment at UniSC's School of Law and Society! Interested in exploring suitable roles aligned with your expertise?
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January 21, 2025 at 3:27 AM
School of Law and Society is recruiting sessionals across humanities and social sciences. Share very widely. We also do online teaching, so even if you know someone/ you are beyond the Sunshine Coast/Southeast, we'd still love to hear from you
www.seek.com.au/job/81497717...
www.seek.com.au/job/81497717...