Katie Freund
@katiedigc.bsky.social
#HigherEd, #FanStudies, #MedEd, #SocMed, #DigPed, #CriticalEdTech, and Marvel tragic. Canadian in Australia. She/her. Learning design manager at Australian National University School of Medicine and Psychology. Living on Ngunnawal country.
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January 27, 2026 at 5:37 PM
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as we celebrate the most sacred holiday in the calendar I just want to let everyone know that every small boulder is just a large boulder the size of a small boulder please use caution.
January 27, 2026 at 4:47 PM
as we celebrate the most sacred holiday in the calendar I just want to let everyone know that every small boulder is just a large boulder the size of a small boulder please use caution.
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Wait is this an actual job? Because I love found my calling!
"I’m talking about overthinking so intense that it could power a good-sized factory building. Throw in a giant hamster wheel and a steady source of caffeine, and your electricity bills are a thing of the past."
I Will Be Your Chief Executive Worrier
In these uncertain times, you need a steady hand at the wheel. An unblinking beacon of sure-footed decisiveness. A fearless, damn-the-torpedoes lea...
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January 21, 2026 at 1:41 PM
Wait is this an actual job? Because I love found my calling!
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ah well at least we restructured the entire contemporary university, the product of many centuries of slowly accumulating human ingenuity, to boost this
“One notable MIT study found that 95 percent of companies that integrated AI saw zero meaningful growth in revenue. For coding tasks, one of AI’s most widely hyped applications, another study showed that programmers who used AI coding tools actually became slower at their jobs.”
AI Completely Failing to Boost Productivity, Says Top Analyst
AI may or may not excel at a lot of things, but from an economic standpoint, it's definitely not making us more productive.
futurism.com
January 20, 2026 at 3:24 AM
ah well at least we restructured the entire contemporary university, the product of many centuries of slowly accumulating human ingenuity, to boost this
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107. Decolonizing Ethnography: A Reimagined Framework for Teaching Radical Ethnography
In this spirit of decolonization, radical ethnography seeks to dismantle antiquated methodologies of anthropology that supported & sustained the colonial agenda
#TabClosed2026 #AnthroSky
In this spirit of decolonization, radical ethnography seeks to dismantle antiquated methodologies of anthropology that supported & sustained the colonial agenda
#TabClosed2026 #AnthroSky
Decolonizing Ethnography: A Reimagined Framework for Teaching Radical Ethnography
“For a colonized people the most essential value, because the most concrete, is first and foremost the land: the land which will bring them bread...
www.culanth.org
January 18, 2026 at 9:14 PM
107. Decolonizing Ethnography: A Reimagined Framework for Teaching Radical Ethnography
In this spirit of decolonization, radical ethnography seeks to dismantle antiquated methodologies of anthropology that supported & sustained the colonial agenda
#TabClosed2026 #AnthroSky
In this spirit of decolonization, radical ethnography seeks to dismantle antiquated methodologies of anthropology that supported & sustained the colonial agenda
#TabClosed2026 #AnthroSky
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Well, there goes the metaverse! Few will miss it. techcrunch.com/2026/01/19/w...
Well, there goes the metaverse! | TechCrunch
The metaverse is on its last legs as VR is eclipsed by AI. But that's not the only thing that went wrong for Meta's VR ambitions.
techcrunch.com
January 20, 2026 at 3:44 AM
Well, there goes the metaverse! Few will miss it. techcrunch.com/2026/01/19/w...
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"I'm a woman" ad spot to help fix company
January 20, 2026 at 12:21 AM
"I'm a woman" ad spot to help fix company
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museums are cool because the people who work there are like look at this neat thing and you're like wow that is neat and you just do it over and over again until it is time to go
January 20, 2026 at 3:03 AM
museums are cool because the people who work there are like look at this neat thing and you're like wow that is neat and you just do it over and over again until it is time to go
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I second John’s recommendation
I highly recommend educators of all stripes read 7th grade Micha's reviews/impressions of the edtech that he uses in his day-to-day activities for school. micahblachman.beehiiv.com/p/is-educati...
Is Educational Technology All It's Cracked Up to Be?
A seventh-grader's perspective, part 2
micahblachman.beehiiv.com
January 19, 2026 at 7:28 PM
I second John’s recommendation
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My review in @aunz.theconversation.com of Zhou Xiaoping's brilliant exhibition "Our Story: Aboriginal-Chinese People in Australia" at the National Museum of Australia 👇🏼
"Our Story celebrates the complex layering of culture as a lived experience of multiple connections"
#ArtSky #Canberra #Museums
"Our Story celebrates the complex layering of culture as a lived experience of multiple connections"
#ArtSky #Canberra #Museums
Tracing the long history of Aboriginal-Chinese people in Australia, through archives and art
Our Story: Aboriginal Chinese People at the National Museum of Australia brings together contemporary art, personal reflections and archival photographs
theconversation.com
January 19, 2026 at 12:13 AM
My review in @aunz.theconversation.com of Zhou Xiaoping's brilliant exhibition "Our Story: Aboriginal-Chinese People in Australia" at the National Museum of Australia 👇🏼
"Our Story celebrates the complex layering of culture as a lived experience of multiple connections"
#ArtSky #Canberra #Museums
"Our Story celebrates the complex layering of culture as a lived experience of multiple connections"
#ArtSky #Canberra #Museums
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January 19, 2026 at 8:58 AM
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We couldn’t possibly change the date. It’s just not something we do.
January 19, 2026 at 7:35 AM
We couldn’t possibly change the date. It’s just not something we do.
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I would like to become as beautiful and terrible as the dawn, as treacherous as the sea. For all to love me and despair!
what is the biggest writerly goal you are willing to cop to publicly? I would like to be nominated for a Lammy
January 17, 2026 at 2:35 AM
I would like to become as beautiful and terrible as the dawn, as treacherous as the sea. For all to love me and despair!
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“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
January 14, 2026 at 11:33 PM
“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.”
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Cultural safety is a First Nations practice based on their/our ways of knowing, being, doing. It provides a practitioner with a model that respects First Nations clients. Takes into account a client's culture, and impacts of historical/current discrimination, institutional bias, systemic whiteness
January 12, 2026 at 2:56 AM
Cultural safety is a First Nations practice based on their/our ways of knowing, being, doing. It provides a practitioner with a model that respects First Nations clients. Takes into account a client's culture, and impacts of historical/current discrimination, institutional bias, systemic whiteness
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Cultural safety was developed by Irihapeti Ramsden, a Maori nurse, to improve provision of health services for Maori people. It's an interpersonal method of communication that starts with practitioners reflecting on their own biases. It's been adopted by First Nations peoples in Canada & Australia
January 12, 2026 at 2:56 AM
Cultural safety was developed by Irihapeti Ramsden, a Maori nurse, to improve provision of health services for Maori people. It's an interpersonal method of communication that starts with practitioners reflecting on their own biases. It's been adopted by First Nations peoples in Canada & Australia
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I know I'm severely Frankenstein-pilled, but I'm still sad Frankenstein didn't win any Golden Globes 😞
Guillermo put his whole Del Tussy into directing that film.
Guillermo put his whole Del Tussy into directing that film.
January 12, 2026 at 4:23 AM
I know I'm severely Frankenstein-pilled, but I'm still sad Frankenstein didn't win any Golden Globes 😞
Guillermo put his whole Del Tussy into directing that film.
Guillermo put his whole Del Tussy into directing that film.
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Excellent read to start my Monday morning:
What's the scarier prospect?
That chatbots are analyzing people's data? Or that this practice is seen as unremarkable?
www.civicsoftechnology.org/blog/when-co...
That chatbots are analyzing people's data? Or that this practice is seen as unremarkable?
www.civicsoftechnology.org/blog/when-co...
When Copilot is the Data Analyst — Civics of Technology
Civics of Technology Announcements Next Tech Talk: Please join us for our next Tech Talk where we meet to discuss whatever critical tech issues are on people’s minds. It’s a great way to connect, l...
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January 12, 2026 at 8:19 AM
Excellent read to start my Monday morning:
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