sam vilkins
@vilkins.bsky.social
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sam vilkins
@vilkins.bsky.social
· Jan 28
yeah sorry. i forgot how to post
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I’m still dreaming about the @vilkins.bsky.social plan for a Digital Posts Office
May 18, 2025 at 11:42 PM
I’m still dreaming about the @vilkins.bsky.social plan for a Digital Posts Office
thank you to cam for distilling my overlong email about this. perhaps we should fund national institutions somewhat
Each election, Australia's National Library collects materials from every candidate, party and group involved.
It's one blind spot? Social media. The NLA can't archive content from platforms like TikTok which "risks a lot of it ending up missing in our collective memory"
www.crikey.com.au/20...
It's one blind spot? Social media. The NLA can't archive content from platforms like TikTok which "risks a lot of it ending up missing in our collective memory"
www.crikey.com.au/20...
May 18, 2025 at 11:35 PM
thank you to cam for distilling my overlong email about this. perhaps we should fund national institutions somewhat
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Each election, Australia's National Library collects materials from every candidate, party and group involved.
It's one blind spot? Social media. The NLA can't archive content from platforms like TikTok which "risks a lot of it ending up missing in our collective memory"
www.crikey.com.au/20...
It's one blind spot? Social media. The NLA can't archive content from platforms like TikTok which "risks a lot of it ending up missing in our collective memory"
www.crikey.com.au/20...
May 16, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Each election, Australia's National Library collects materials from every candidate, party and group involved.
It's one blind spot? Social media. The NLA can't archive content from platforms like TikTok which "risks a lot of it ending up missing in our collective memory"
www.crikey.com.au/20...
It's one blind spot? Social media. The NLA can't archive content from platforms like TikTok which "risks a lot of it ending up missing in our collective memory"
www.crikey.com.au/20...
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They were processes designed to redact actual accomplishment into numbers in a spreadsheet. They were made to be marked easily in a systematic manner not impart information. They were basically designed to be not useful in the real world but very easy for computers to emulate
May 8, 2025 at 6:23 AM
They were processes designed to redact actual accomplishment into numbers in a spreadsheet. They were made to be marked easily in a systematic manner not impart information. They were basically designed to be not useful in the real world but very easy for computers to emulate
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there is nothing good about writing an essay. it's good to be able to research, organise your thoughts, to make arguments, even to write at length. you can probably figure out ways to train and test a lot of those skills without demanding 15 pages on the history of the Westminister system
May 8, 2025 at 3:54 AM
there is nothing good about writing an essay. it's good to be able to research, organise your thoughts, to make arguments, even to write at length. you can probably figure out ways to train and test a lot of those skills without demanding 15 pages on the history of the Westminister system
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I had the opportunity to have a quick chat with @vilkins.bsky.social for the Read Them Sideways podcast about our recent work on the Australian federal election campaign. We talk about the trends we've observed on Facebook and Instagram so far. #ausvotes #auspol
open.spotify.com/episode/2eHG...
open.spotify.com/episode/2eHG...
Episode 24: Social Media Trends During the Australian Federal Election Campaign with Sam Vilkins
Read Them Sideways · Episode
open.spotify.com
April 29, 2025 at 8:56 AM
I had the opportunity to have a quick chat with @vilkins.bsky.social for the Read Them Sideways podcast about our recent work on the Australian federal election campaign. We talk about the trends we've observed on Facebook and Instagram so far. #ausvotes #auspol
open.spotify.com/episode/2eHG...
open.spotify.com/episode/2eHG...
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🗳️ As #ausvotes 2025 staggers towards the finishing line, my @qutdmrc.bsky.social colleague and I have written up some observations about campaigning patterns on social media so far:
Researchers from our Laureate team, @snurb.info, @vilkins.bsky.social, @voddenlaura.bsky.social, and @katemfitzgerald.bsky.social have written a mid-campaign update on the Australian Federal Election.
research.qut.edu.au/dmrc/2025/04...
research.qut.edu.au/dmrc/2025/04...
2025 Federal Election: Mid-Campaign Update - QUT Digital Media Research Centre
As in previous elections the QUT Digital Media Research Centre team is tracking how election campaigning is unfolding across the social media landscape, with a particular focus on candidate and party ...
research.qut.edu.au
April 23, 2025 at 6:18 AM
🗳️ As #ausvotes 2025 staggers towards the finishing line, my @qutdmrc.bsky.social colleague and I have written up some observations about campaigning patterns on social media so far:
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Researchers from our Laureate team, @snurb.info, @vilkins.bsky.social, @voddenlaura.bsky.social, and @katemfitzgerald.bsky.social have written a mid-campaign update on the Australian Federal Election.
research.qut.edu.au/dmrc/2025/04...
research.qut.edu.au/dmrc/2025/04...
2025 Federal Election: Mid-Campaign Update - QUT Digital Media Research Centre
As in previous elections the QUT Digital Media Research Centre team is tracking how election campaigning is unfolding across the social media landscape, with a particular focus on candidate and party ...
research.qut.edu.au
April 23, 2025 at 6:15 AM
Researchers from our Laureate team, @snurb.info, @vilkins.bsky.social, @voddenlaura.bsky.social, and @katemfitzgerald.bsky.social have written a mid-campaign update on the Australian Federal Election.
research.qut.edu.au/dmrc/2025/04...
research.qut.edu.au/dmrc/2025/04...
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Great work from @pwik.bsky.social and the team. You can anonymously donate your TikTok data at the website below to help researchers understand how TikTok algorithms influence public debates in Australia, particularly in the lead up to the Federal Election.
We’re featured by ABC!
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04...
Explore your TikTok data and contribute to a study examining how TikTok influences political discourse: foryouparticipate.net/tiktok/
#ForYouProject #CitizenScience #TikTokResearch #QUT #auspol
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04...
Explore your TikTok data and contribute to a study examining how TikTok influences political discourse: foryouparticipate.net/tiktok/
#ForYouProject #CitizenScience #TikTokResearch #QUT #auspol
Peering inside his TikTok viewing history, one user finds it is 'not just raw, pointless data'
A new tool created by researchers at the Queensland University of Technology is allowing people to see themselves through the eyes of the algorithm.
www.abc.net.au
April 16, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Great work from @pwik.bsky.social and the team. You can anonymously donate your TikTok data at the website below to help researchers understand how TikTok algorithms influence public debates in Australia, particularly in the lead up to the Federal Election.
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🤜🤛 For a while now I've been involved in a highly multi-authored effort to call for a broadening of the scope of polarisation research, especially also beyond the US example. Led by @maxfalken.bsky.social, we've now released it as a perspective article on this via arXiv:
arxiv.org/abs/2504.1...
arxiv.org/abs/2504.1...
April 16, 2025 at 11:53 PM
🤜🤛 For a while now I've been involved in a highly multi-authored effort to call for a broadening of the scope of polarisation research, especially also beyond the US example. Led by @maxfalken.bsky.social, we've now released it as a perspective article on this via arXiv:
arxiv.org/abs/2504.1...
arxiv.org/abs/2504.1...
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It was great to have @carlylubicz.bsky.social on the Read Them Sideways podcast this week!
💡 A new episode of the Read Them Sideways podcast for your long weekend! 💡
PhD researcher Carly Lubicz-Zaorski @carlylubicz.bsky.social chatted with @phzerosounds.bsky.social about energy and climate debates in the lead up to the 2025 Australian Federal election. 🗳️
open.spotify.com/episode/3FEc...
PhD researcher Carly Lubicz-Zaorski @carlylubicz.bsky.social chatted with @phzerosounds.bsky.social about energy and climate debates in the lead up to the 2025 Australian Federal election. 🗳️
open.spotify.com/episode/3FEc...
Episode 23: Debating Energy and Climate in the Australian Election with Carly Lubicz-Zaorski
Read Them Sideways · Episode
open.spotify.com
April 16, 2025 at 10:22 PM
It was great to have @carlylubicz.bsky.social on the Read Them Sideways podcast this week!
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book cover was done by the incredible George Saad. I love the little vaccine kangaroo and 5g emu
(pre-order link again 😈: bio.to/ConspiracyNa...)
(pre-order link again 😈: bio.to/ConspiracyNa...)
April 16, 2025 at 11:48 AM
book cover was done by the incredible George Saad. I love the little vaccine kangaroo and 5g emu
(pre-order link again 😈: bio.to/ConspiracyNa...)
(pre-order link again 😈: bio.to/ConspiracyNa...)
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NEW: Entire scientific fields have been wiped out by the nearly 800 grants cancelled at NIH, finds a @nature.com analysis of the unprecedented cuts.
About half of all 2024 NIH projects related to LGBT+ health or vaccine hesitancy — gone.
See the other topics and US states hardest hit here:
About half of all 2024 NIH projects related to LGBT+ health or vaccine hesitancy — gone.
See the other topics and US states hardest hit here:
How Trump 2.0 is slashing NIH-backed research — in charts
Nature analyses which fields of science and US states are being hit hardest by grant terminations.
www.nature.com
April 10, 2025 at 8:36 PM
NEW: Entire scientific fields have been wiped out by the nearly 800 grants cancelled at NIH, finds a @nature.com analysis of the unprecedented cuts.
About half of all 2024 NIH projects related to LGBT+ health or vaccine hesitancy — gone.
See the other topics and US states hardest hit here:
About half of all 2024 NIH projects related to LGBT+ health or vaccine hesitancy — gone.
See the other topics and US states hardest hit here:
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Endometriosis Australia spent only $180k on research despite $1.2m in donations, grants www.news.com.au/finance/endo...
www.news.com.au
April 6, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Endometriosis Australia spent only $180k on research despite $1.2m in donations, grants www.news.com.au/finance/endo...
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Utterly moronic decision-making by BOTH duopoly parties - sacrificing the hugely important education sector when it should be thriving, all because they’re incapable of tough decisions on real estate investment rorts.
Cutting students is not the solution to housing.
amp.abc.net.au/article/1051...
Cutting students is not the solution to housing.
amp.abc.net.au/article/1051...
Coalition pledges to limit new international student enrolments to 240,000 per year - ABC News
amp.abc.net.au
April 6, 2025 at 7:52 AM
Utterly moronic decision-making by BOTH duopoly parties - sacrificing the hugely important education sector when it should be thriving, all because they’re incapable of tough decisions on real estate investment rorts.
Cutting students is not the solution to housing.
amp.abc.net.au/article/1051...
Cutting students is not the solution to housing.
amp.abc.net.au/article/1051...
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It's really weird seeing the NYT and Time cover the ban from a global view and basically describe it as uncontroversial because they're just going by what the two major parties think.
April 4, 2025 at 9:11 PM
It's really weird seeing the NYT and Time cover the ban from a global view and basically describe it as uncontroversial because they're just going by what the two major parties think.
the AEC shouldn't stop at population-based redistributions they should scramble the whole board's boundaries each election for the fun of the game
March 28, 2025 at 12:51 AM
the AEC shouldn't stop at population-based redistributions they should scramble the whole board's boundaries each election for the fun of the game
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The highest level of reported climate denial in Australia for a looong time
Has been rising consistently since 2021
essentialreport.com.au/questions/cl...
Has been rising consistently since 2021
essentialreport.com.au/questions/cl...
March 27, 2025 at 9:03 PM
The highest level of reported climate denial in Australia for a looong time
Has been rising consistently since 2021
essentialreport.com.au/questions/cl...
Has been rising consistently since 2021
essentialreport.com.au/questions/cl...
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Caretaker mode
More like Take Care of Yourself mode
More like Take Care of Yourself mode
March 27, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Caretaker mode
More like Take Care of Yourself mode
More like Take Care of Yourself mode
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Precisely. @vilkins.bsky.social and I cover this in our recent piece for 360info:
360info.org/how-digital-...
360info.org/how-digital-...
March 14, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Precisely. @vilkins.bsky.social and I cover this in our recent piece for 360info:
360info.org/how-digital-...
360info.org/how-digital-...
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🚨 5 signs of toxic division – and how to beat them 🚨
Australia’s election season heats up, destructive polarisation threatens to drown out public debate. In our 360info piece, we break down how to spot these tactics and push back.
360info.org/5-signs-of-t...
@snurb.info @tariqchoucair.bsky.social
Australia’s election season heats up, destructive polarisation threatens to drown out public debate. In our 360info piece, we break down how to spot these tactics and push back.
360info.org/5-signs-of-t...
@snurb.info @tariqchoucair.bsky.social
5 signs of toxic division — and how to beat them - 360
Australian voters are being targeted by divisive ‘them vs us’ strategies that overshadow policy debate. Here are the signs and ways to move past the soundbites. Politicians and media organisations are...
360info.org
March 13, 2025 at 10:13 PM
🚨 5 signs of toxic division – and how to beat them 🚨
Australia’s election season heats up, destructive polarisation threatens to drown out public debate. In our 360info piece, we break down how to spot these tactics and push back.
360info.org/5-signs-of-t...
@snurb.info @tariqchoucair.bsky.social
Australia’s election season heats up, destructive polarisation threatens to drown out public debate. In our 360info piece, we break down how to spot these tactics and push back.
360info.org/5-signs-of-t...
@snurb.info @tariqchoucair.bsky.social
in the Brisbane CBD, we're currently represented by the LNP locally, ALP at the state level and Greens federally. I only noticed this recently because of this spectrum of helpful communication on the cyclone from my representatives
March 6, 2025 at 10:45 PM
in the Brisbane CBD, we're currently represented by the LNP locally, ALP at the state level and Greens federally. I only noticed this recently because of this spectrum of helpful communication on the cyclone from my representatives
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🗳️ As we creep towards #ausvotes 2025, my @qutdmrc.bsky.social colleague @vilkins.bsky.social and I took stock of critical scrutiny options for social media campaigning, and the picture is sobering. Australian politicians must do more to demand social media data access.
360info.org/how-digi...
360info.org/how-digi...
How digital giants let poll scrutiny fall - 360
The changing social media world, already hostile to oversight, is making monitoring election activity even more difficult. Yet policymakers still have options. A seismic change in the social media landscape — described by one industry insider as a ‘Cambrian explosion’ in digital options — poses fundamental challenges to those who would monitor the digital world. […]
360info.org
February 27, 2025 at 11:14 PM
🗳️ As we creep towards #ausvotes 2025, my @qutdmrc.bsky.social colleague @vilkins.bsky.social and I took stock of critical scrutiny options for social media campaigning, and the picture is sobering. Australian politicians must do more to demand social media data access.
360info.org/how-digi...
360info.org/how-digi...