Justin Canty
@justbc.bsky.social
Nerding out on social work, social interaction, EMCA, academia, miscellanies, and nexus of research, teaching, and prof practice.
Posh profile here: https://discover.utas.edu.au/justin.canty
Posh profile here: https://discover.utas.edu.au/justin.canty
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‘University appears to prioritise commercial over community interests in its core functions’.
Tasmanian parliamentary report criticises corporatisation in operation and governance of the University of Tasmania.
graemeturner.org/2025/01/20/t...
#HigherEducation #universities
Tasmanian parliamentary report criticises corporatisation in operation and governance of the University of Tasmania.
graemeturner.org/2025/01/20/t...
#HigherEducation #universities
January 21, 2025 at 9:32 PM
‘University appears to prioritise commercial over community interests in its core functions’.
Tasmanian parliamentary report criticises corporatisation in operation and governance of the University of Tasmania.
graemeturner.org/2025/01/20/t...
#HigherEducation #universities
Tasmanian parliamentary report criticises corporatisation in operation and governance of the University of Tasmania.
graemeturner.org/2025/01/20/t...
#HigherEducation #universities
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So @matspike.bsky.social's answer to this question provides the best (short) explanation I have ever seen of what LLMs do and why it makes no sense to use them to explore human understanding of language
What is the cognitive science evidence that LLMs have any genuine understanding rather than mimicking understanding through their core design as language prediction models?
January 21, 2025 at 4:07 AM
So @matspike.bsky.social's answer to this question provides the best (short) explanation I have ever seen of what LLMs do and why it makes no sense to use them to explore human understanding of language
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Fully funded #PhD see www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DLN059/p... Deadline 28 Feb. Please share.
PhD Studentship: Identity Work in Palliative Care: A Conversation Analytic Study of Interactions with Newly Diagnosed Patients at Midlands Graduate School Doctoral Training Partnership
jobs.ac.uk are now advertising a PhD Studentship: Identity Work in Palliative Care: A Conversation Analytic Study of Interactions with Newly Diagnosed Patients. Discover exciting PhD opportunities on ...
www.jobs.ac.uk
January 20, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Fully funded #PhD see www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DLN059/p... Deadline 28 Feb. Please share.
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Using #data critically can reduce the risks posed by EdTech platforms. @lucipangrazio.bsky.social writes for ABC Education
www.abc.net.au/education/te...
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Data about children is being collected at schools, but teachers can take control - ABC Education
Digital data has become integral to schools today. While this data can be used to enhance learning, it also raises concerns over privacy and data misuse in education.
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January 16, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Using #data critically can reduce the risks posed by EdTech platforms. @lucipangrazio.bsky.social writes for ABC Education
www.abc.net.au/education/te...
www.abc.net.au/education/te...
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Okay, a quick heads-up because I'm seeing people worrying/panicking about this: the UK press headline about a trans teenager being non-fatally stabbed is about something that originally happened in *February 2024* - it's in the news now because the court case is happening now.
January 16, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Okay, a quick heads-up because I'm seeing people worrying/panicking about this: the UK press headline about a trans teenager being non-fatally stabbed is about something that originally happened in *February 2024* - it's in the news now because the court case is happening now.
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Misinformation isn't random - it's strategic. 🧵
In the first cross-national comparative study, we examine 32M tweets from politicians.
We find that misinformation is not a general condition: it is driven by populist radical right parties.
with @julianachueri.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1177/1940...
In the first cross-national comparative study, we examine 32M tweets from politicians.
We find that misinformation is not a general condition: it is driven by populist radical right parties.
with @julianachueri.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1177/1940...
January 14, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Misinformation isn't random - it's strategic. 🧵
In the first cross-national comparative study, we examine 32M tweets from politicians.
We find that misinformation is not a general condition: it is driven by populist radical right parties.
with @julianachueri.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1177/1940...
In the first cross-national comparative study, we examine 32M tweets from politicians.
We find that misinformation is not a general condition: it is driven by populist radical right parties.
with @julianachueri.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1177/1940...
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To an LLM, the only difference between "did" and "did not" is the statistical frequency of the word "not".
*They don't have any knowledge*. Just strings of words.
*They don't have any knowledge*. Just strings of words.
January 16, 2025 at 9:10 AM
To an LLM, the only difference between "did" and "did not" is the statistical frequency of the word "not".
*They don't have any knowledge*. Just strings of words.
*They don't have any knowledge*. Just strings of words.
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and we are live with 360mash - find the download link at www.dote.aau.dk/downloads or visit our github repo: github.com/BigSoftVideo...
DOTE & DOTEbase - Software to support Transcription and Qualitative Analysis of Social Conduct and Multimodal Interaction
DOTE and DOTEbase are software tools to support transcription and qualitative analysis of audio-visual data. Our motto is make qualitative analysis fun again!😜
www.dote.aau.dk
January 16, 2025 at 8:49 AM
and we are live with 360mash - find the download link at www.dote.aau.dk/downloads or visit our github repo: github.com/BigSoftVideo...
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I'm returning to Wittig for inspiration on the issue of scientism in the anti-trans movement and wishing that more people read "The Straight Mind" (1979). It's one of those short but remarkably powerful essays that offers insights far beyond its notional subject matter
January 15, 2025 at 9:21 AM
I'm returning to Wittig for inspiration on the issue of scientism in the anti-trans movement and wishing that more people read "The Straight Mind" (1979). It's one of those short but remarkably powerful essays that offers insights far beyond its notional subject matter
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Today's #ResearcherRenew task is for anyone who's feeling overwhelmed or overworked and knows their physical health is being neglected. It's a bit more sensitive than previous tasks, so go gently.
#AcademicSky #PhDSky #AcademicChatter #gradschool #HigherEd
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#AcademicSky #PhDSky #AcademicChatter #gradschool #HigherEd
theresearchcompanion.com/wellbeing-in...
Prioritise your health - The Research Companion
A gentle invitation to check your physical and mental health and prioritise essential appointments, investigations and treatments this year.
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January 12, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Today's #ResearcherRenew task is for anyone who's feeling overwhelmed or overworked and knows their physical health is being neglected. It's a bit more sensitive than previous tasks, so go gently.
#AcademicSky #PhDSky #AcademicChatter #gradschool #HigherEd
theresearchcompanion.com/wellbeing-in...
#AcademicSky #PhDSky #AcademicChatter #gradschool #HigherEd
theresearchcompanion.com/wellbeing-in...
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I love one of the reasons Braun & Clarke provided (written as a footnote) as to why they use the term "phase" rather than "step" in their six phase approach to doing reflexive thematic analysis:
"Steps and stairs are also one of the ways our physical environments are made inaccessible for many"
"Steps and stairs are also one of the ways our physical environments are made inaccessible for many"
January 11, 2025 at 5:17 PM
I love one of the reasons Braun & Clarke provided (written as a footnote) as to why they use the term "phase" rather than "step" in their six phase approach to doing reflexive thematic analysis:
"Steps and stairs are also one of the ways our physical environments are made inaccessible for many"
"Steps and stairs are also one of the ways our physical environments are made inaccessible for many"
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NDIS and ministers talk big game on fraud & rorting but biggest budget savings booked under new legislation come from kicking (mostly) kids off scheme, cutting plans under cover of 'integrity'. Half a BILLION a year just on eligibility revocations alone. www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/health/...
Exclusive: Children targeted in NDIS crackdown
Despite claims the government’s reform of the National Disability Insurance Scheme is focused on fraud, a third of the savings will come from pushing children off the scheme.
www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au
January 10, 2025 at 10:51 PM
NDIS and ministers talk big game on fraud & rorting but biggest budget savings booked under new legislation come from kicking (mostly) kids off scheme, cutting plans under cover of 'integrity'. Half a BILLION a year just on eligibility revocations alone. www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/health/...
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My first paper with my amazing collaborator Dr. Emma Tennent. Come with us and unravel (in frankly masochistic detail) the sequential and categorial reasoning that organises transmisogynistic talk. If you do not have access but would to read it, let me know and I can share a copy. #EMCA 🌈🎓
Sex, Gender, and Bodies: Transmisogyny and Garfinkel's Status Degradation Ceremony
Hatred and fear of trans people, particularly trans women, are worldwide social phenomena. Transphobic rhetoric rests on essentialist understandings of sex and gender, but ethnomethodology shows how ...
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January 7, 2025 at 10:30 AM
My first paper with my amazing collaborator Dr. Emma Tennent. Come with us and unravel (in frankly masochistic detail) the sequential and categorial reasoning that organises transmisogynistic talk. If you do not have access but would to read it, let me know and I can share a copy. #EMCA 🌈🎓
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What is the Children's Internet? Professor Michael Dezuanni explains for ABC Education www.abc.net.au/education/a-...
You can read about Principles for a Better Children's Internet here: digitalchild.org.au/research/pub...
#medialiteracy @abcnewsbot.bsky.social #childrensinternet
You can read about Principles for a Better Children's Internet here: digitalchild.org.au/research/pub...
#medialiteracy @abcnewsbot.bsky.social #childrensinternet
January 10, 2025 at 12:59 AM
What is the Children's Internet? Professor Michael Dezuanni explains for ABC Education www.abc.net.au/education/a-...
You can read about Principles for a Better Children's Internet here: digitalchild.org.au/research/pub...
#medialiteracy @abcnewsbot.bsky.social #childrensinternet
You can read about Principles for a Better Children's Internet here: digitalchild.org.au/research/pub...
#medialiteracy @abcnewsbot.bsky.social #childrensinternet
A brilliant augmentation to an already awesome suite of data handling tech tools for #EMCA and related observational methods. Will be keen to see and play when it's released 🤩
We are finalising our new software package 360mash to support basic video editing tasks needed for qualitative video research. 360mash is a free, cross-platform, lightweight tool for clipping, reframing and anonymising 2D, 180 and 360 videos and exporting the resulting video as fast as possible.
January 10, 2025 at 12:49 AM
A brilliant augmentation to an already awesome suite of data handling tech tools for #EMCA and related observational methods. Will be keen to see and play when it's released 🤩
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You don’t need to approach everything in Hard Mode. There are often useful things you can contribute that are not the best, most complete version of the thing you are working on...#TeamNoBurnout
January 9, 2025 at 5:35 PM
You don’t need to approach everything in Hard Mode. There are often useful things you can contribute that are not the best, most complete version of the thing you are working on...#TeamNoBurnout
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November 18, 2024 at 5:36 PM
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Tusiata on Hana, in which one queen honours another
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November 14, 2024 at 6:38 PM
Tusiata on Hana, in which one queen honours another
tusiata.substack.com/p/in-praise-...
tusiata.substack.com/p/in-praise-...
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Came down for a visit to say loudly what I think as tangata Tiriti.
Simply: Toi tū Te Tiriti
⚫️⚪️🔴
Simply: Toi tū Te Tiriti
⚫️⚪️🔴
November 18, 2024 at 4:00 AM
Came down for a visit to say loudly what I think as tangata Tiriti.
Simply: Toi tū Te Tiriti
⚫️⚪️🔴
Simply: Toi tū Te Tiriti
⚫️⚪️🔴
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Few more pictures from a truly historic day.
So glad I made the drive down to join the hīkoi. The mood was phenomenal, the movement cannot be stopped.
Toitū te Tiriti
So glad I made the drive down to join the hīkoi. The mood was phenomenal, the movement cannot be stopped.
Toitū te Tiriti
November 19, 2024 at 3:37 AM
Few more pictures from a truly historic day.
So glad I made the drive down to join the hīkoi. The mood was phenomenal, the movement cannot be stopped.
Toitū te Tiriti
So glad I made the drive down to join the hīkoi. The mood was phenomenal, the movement cannot be stopped.
Toitū te Tiriti
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“The rights we’re fighting to hold on to were fought for and guaranteed to us by our tīpuna who signed Te Tiriti on our behalf, almost 200 years ago. We know our job is to protect those rights for our mokopuna, for the next 200 years.” — Herewini Ammunson.
'They dishonour all our ancestors' | E-Tangata
“The rights we’re fighting to hold on to were fought for and guaranteed to us by our tīpuna who signed Te Tiriti on our behalf, almost 200 years ago. We know our job is to protect those rights for…
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November 18, 2024 at 6:16 PM
“The rights we’re fighting to hold on to were fought for and guaranteed to us by our tīpuna who signed Te Tiriti on our behalf, almost 200 years ago. We know our job is to protect those rights for our mokopuna, for the next 200 years.” — Herewini Ammunson.
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I know so many of my lovely #EMCA colleagues are great and supportive but I'd really love to see more of our bigger names and (though I gate to call them this) "CA spokespeople" do and say more actively and openly to oppose transphobia in our academic community.
A large part of why I've stopped actively working in conversation analysis / #EMCA is because we have senior colleagues like Ruth Parry, Celia Kitzinger, and Sue Wilkinson who openly and proudly embrace being TERFs on social media, and colleagues who see this seem to treat it like business as usual.
November 16, 2024 at 10:40 PM
I know so many of my lovely #EMCA colleagues are great and supportive but I'd really love to see more of our bigger names and (though I gate to call them this) "CA spokespeople" do and say more actively and openly to oppose transphobia in our academic community.
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Shahan is a PhD student and a teaching assistant in my Calling Bullshit course. He's a great follow if you care about our information ecosystem.
I am blown away by the level of introspection that Shahan exhibits with respect to lecturing in our course. I wish I'd been so thoughtful 30 year ago. 🧵
I am blown away by the level of introspection that Shahan exhibits with respect to lecturing in our course. I wish I'd been so thoughtful 30 year ago. 🧵
Recently, I had the opportunity to give a guest lecture on "automating #bullshit" as part of my advisor
@jevinwest.bsky.social and his advisor @carlbergstrom.com's course on "Calling Bullshit." One could say it was a "bullshit" lesson shaped by 3°s of mentorship -- a humbling experience, no doubt.
@jevinwest.bsky.social and his advisor @carlbergstrom.com's course on "Calling Bullshit." One could say it was a "bullshit" lesson shaped by 3°s of mentorship -- a humbling experience, no doubt.
November 15, 2024 at 6:29 AM
Shahan is a PhD student and a teaching assistant in my Calling Bullshit course. He's a great follow if you care about our information ecosystem.
I am blown away by the level of introspection that Shahan exhibits with respect to lecturing in our course. I wish I'd been so thoughtful 30 year ago. 🧵
I am blown away by the level of introspection that Shahan exhibits with respect to lecturing in our course. I wish I'd been so thoughtful 30 year ago. 🧵