AlanaMQ
@alanamq.bsky.social
Faculty Librarian in the Arts, academic sector. Fact based information, metrics for proof, the power of respectful conversation.
Good luck to Julie Inman Grant; we want it and need it, but what a battle
Come December, the task of enforcing Australia's first-of-its-kind law banning kids on social media will fall to regulator Julie Inman Grant, who is bracing for battle with Silicon Valley's most powerful companies, Rebecca Kern reports for Tech Policy Press:
Australian Regulator Girds for Fight Over Social Media Ban for Kids | TechPolicy.Press
Australian eSafety Commissioner Julie Inman Grant will soon be tasked with enforcing the country's social media ban for kids, Rebecca Kern reports.
www.techpolicy.press
October 28, 2025 at 3:57 AM
Good luck to Julie Inman Grant; we want it and need it, but what a battle
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A joint Macquarie/St Andrews fully funded PhD scholarship is available to optimise the design of oyster reef restoration projects for biodiversity outcomes. The PhD will be jointly supervised by @melaniejbishop.bsky.social and me. See lnkd.in/e_Tr2EXQ
October 16, 2025 at 6:50 PM
A joint Macquarie/St Andrews fully funded PhD scholarship is available to optimise the design of oyster reef restoration projects for biodiversity outcomes. The PhD will be jointly supervised by @melaniejbishop.bsky.social and me. See lnkd.in/e_Tr2EXQ
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CA governor Gavin Newsom vetoed both of the major AI bills on his desk that Silicon Valley meaningfully opposed—one making it illegal for bosses to use AI to fire workers with no oversight, one requiring chatbot sellers to ensure their products do not harm children before marketing to them.
Silicon Valley's capture of our political institutions is all but complete
The tech lobby kills off two key California AI bills, and why it matters. Plus: How Sam Altman played Hollywood with Sora 2, organized mass social media deletions, and more.
www.bloodinthemachine.com
October 16, 2025 at 10:46 PM
CA governor Gavin Newsom vetoed both of the major AI bills on his desk that Silicon Valley meaningfully opposed—one making it illegal for bosses to use AI to fire workers with no oversight, one requiring chatbot sellers to ensure their products do not harm children before marketing to them.
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New, creative thinking is needed to address the tech policy challenges of the coming decade, writes José Marichal. In an increasingly irrational environment, tech policymakers need to broaden their views of policymaking, moving away from pure rationality towards storytelling, he says.
We Aren’t Ready to Live in a World of Algorithmic Enchantment | TechPolicy.Press
New, creative thinking is needed to address the tech policy challenges of the coming decade, writes José Marichal.
www.techpolicy.press
October 16, 2025 at 2:11 PM
New, creative thinking is needed to address the tech policy challenges of the coming decade, writes José Marichal. In an increasingly irrational environment, tech policymakers need to broaden their views of policymaking, moving away from pure rationality towards storytelling, he says.
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Tasmanian salmon is still being used by the Sushi Jiro chain with an RSPCA tick associated. Huon is not an ethical farmer of salmon and the RSPCA has not endorsed them. Objections here: sushijiro.com.au/contact-us/ @simplysushijiro #responsiblefishing #crueltyfree
July 8, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Tasmanian salmon is still being used by the Sushi Jiro chain with an RSPCA tick associated. Huon is not an ethical farmer of salmon and the RSPCA has not endorsed them. Objections here: sushijiro.com.au/contact-us/ @simplysushijiro #responsiblefishing #crueltyfree
So important to keep misinformation and information literacy in the spotlight. Getting caught in echo chambers a real threat to compassion, logic, truth etc.
@eliothiggins.bsky.social, writing for @bylinetimes.bsky.social, perfectly sums up the scale of threat from #Misinformation: "Entire communities are now becoming locked into dangerous belief systems that are almost impossible to challenge."
Claims that Online Misinformation Fears Are Overblown 'Radically Understates' the Scale of the Threat
Entire communities are now becoming locked into dangerous belief systems that are almost impossible to challenge, argues Eliot Higgins
bylinetimes.com
July 2, 2025 at 1:28 AM
So important to keep misinformation and information literacy in the spotlight. Getting caught in echo chambers a real threat to compassion, logic, truth etc.
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Unforgiveable vandalism www.smh.com.au/environment/...
Trump cuts satellite data on Antarctic sea ice just as it’s needed most
Scientists at the Australian Antarctic Partnership Program are just beginning to understand the dire effects of extremely low sea ice in the Antarctic summer, but they will lose access to their main d...
www.smh.com.au
July 1, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Unforgiveable vandalism www.smh.com.au/environment/...
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日本語話者と日本語学習者共に見られる『横文字アレルギー』に付いて研究した論文。
カタカナに関係する社会的な信仰(信念？思い込み？)を日本語話者と日本語学習者両方の視点を交えて見るそうです。
なんと、無料で読めるとの事！
カタカナに関係する社会的な信仰(信念？思い込み？)を日本語話者と日本語学習者両方の視点を交えて見るそうです。
なんと、無料で読めるとの事！
Hey! I have a new research paper out called "Yokomoji arerugī"! This study examines social beliefs about katakana among both Japanese natives and Japanese learners in the journal Japan Forum. And guess what, it's open access (you can read it FREE)! Check it out @ www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
June 17, 2025 at 8:23 AM
日本語話者と日本語学習者共に見られる『横文字アレルギー』に付いて研究した論文。
カタカナに関係する社会的な信仰(信念？思い込み？)を日本語話者と日本語学習者両方の視点を交えて見るそうです。
なんと、無料で読めるとの事！
カタカナに関係する社会的な信仰(信念？思い込み？)を日本語話者と日本語学習者両方の視点を交えて見るそうです。
なんと、無料で読めるとの事！
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Excellent coverage of Macquarie Uni’s proposed restructure:
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Proposed Macquarie University restructure will ‘hollow out’ humanities, academics say
Macquarie blames prospect of international student caps and ‘uncertainty’ about domestic student numbers for proposed academic job cuts, fewer arts courses
www.theguardian.com
June 12, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Excellent coverage of Macquarie Uni’s proposed restructure:
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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" #Libraries are a cornerstone of #democracy — where information is free and equally available to everyone. People tend to take that for granted, and they don’t realize what is at stake when that is put at risk."
Carla Hayden www.rmwritersfest.org/dr-carla-hay...
#Librariesmatter
Carla Hayden www.rmwritersfest.org/dr-carla-hay...
#Librariesmatter
Dr. Carla Hayden Featured in AARP
Dr. Carla Hayden, the first woman and the first African American to lead the national library, was nominated to the position by President Obama. She was the first African American to receive Library J...
www.rmwritersfest.org
May 10, 2025 at 7:37 AM
" #Libraries are a cornerstone of #democracy — where information is free and equally available to everyone. People tend to take that for granted, and they don’t realize what is at stake when that is put at risk."
Carla Hayden www.rmwritersfest.org/dr-carla-hay...
#Librariesmatter
Carla Hayden www.rmwritersfest.org/dr-carla-hay...
#Librariesmatter
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Last day or two to submit an abstract to the ACANS/Macquarie University Ancient Societies and Ancient Artefacts conference if you are so inclined! A great exchange on how we use material culture in the classroom awaits! :-)
May 19, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Last day or two to submit an abstract to the ACANS/Macquarie University Ancient Societies and Ancient Artefacts conference if you are so inclined! A great exchange on how we use material culture in the classroom awaits! :-)
This is a very cool repository of Ashby's travels to Australia, via Sri Lanka and Malta.
May 28, 2025 at 11:42 PM
This is a very cool repository of Ashby's travels to Australia, via Sri Lanka and Malta.
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Calling all History and Archaeology students! We are looking for mentors to onboard for session 2, 2025. If you are passionate about History or Archaeology and wish to help students develop in the classroom and beyond, don't hesitate to apply!
May 27, 2025 at 2:57 AM
Calling all History and Archaeology students! We are looking for mentors to onboard for session 2, 2025. If you are passionate about History or Archaeology and wish to help students develop in the classroom and beyond, don't hesitate to apply!
MQ staff and researchers: we'll be presenting on Choosing a Journal next Tuesday. Find out about subscription tools to narrow the search, open access, predatory publishers and measuring journal reputation and impact, etc. Register at myrdc.mq.edu.au/registration...
myRDC - Researcher Development Calendar - Macquarie University
myrdc.mq.edu.au
May 27, 2025 at 3:48 AM
MQ staff and researchers: we'll be presenting on Choosing a Journal next Tuesday. Find out about subscription tools to narrow the search, open access, predatory publishers and measuring journal reputation and impact, etc. Register at myrdc.mq.edu.au/registration...
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One week 👀👀👀
Call for papers! I'm putting together an edited collection with @hedahlbergdodd.bsky.social on "Monstrous Language": studies of the language of monsters, "others", and the in/unhuman.
Please share with any interested scholars! Abstracts are due end of May, with the goal of a complete draft in Dec.
Please share with any interested scholars! Abstracts are due end of May, with the goal of a complete draft in Dec.
May 26, 2025 at 6:16 AM
One week 👀👀👀
Timely.
New book trailer! Something Between Us by @anandian.bsky.social is an anthropologist's quest to understand the deep social and political divides in American society, and the everyday strategies that can overcome them.
Learn more about the book here: www.sup.org/books/anthro...
#ReadUP
Learn more about the book here: www.sup.org/books/anthro...
#ReadUP
Something Between Us Book Trailer
YouTube video by Stanford University Press
youtu.be
May 14, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Timely.
More disturbing news from the US. The Library of Congress is is valued for it's integrity. The controlled vocabulary it manages allows us all to find each other's work - but not by reducing the word count, or policing wokeness. What now?
The Library of Congress is a research library.
The Congressional Research Service researches for Congress.
Scholars & researchers apply for passes to research.
NO children’s section.
Even the general public has very limited access.
The Congressional Research Service researches for Congress.
Scholars & researchers apply for passes to research.
NO children’s section.
Even the general public has very limited access.
Reporter: The president fired the Librarian of Congress. Why?
Leavitt: There were quite concerning things she had done at the Library of Congress in the pursuit of DEI and putting inappropriate books in the library for children.
Leavitt: There were quite concerning things she had done at the Library of Congress in the pursuit of DEI and putting inappropriate books in the library for children.
May 12, 2025 at 11:03 PM
More disturbing news from the US. The Library of Congress is is valued for it's integrity. The controlled vocabulary it manages allows us all to find each other's work - but not by reducing the word count, or policing wokeness. What now?
Opportunity knocks ....
Two weeks left for abstracts! We already have a great range of submissions, and interest from a potential publisher, so please do send us an abstract (200-500 words is fine) if you're keen to join the project. The more languages/context we cover, the better the book will be!
Call for papers! I'm putting together an edited collection with @hedahlbergdodd.bsky.social on "Monstrous Language": studies of the language of monsters, "others", and the in/unhuman.
Please share with any interested scholars! Abstracts are due end of May, with the goal of a complete draft in Dec.
Please share with any interested scholars! Abstracts are due end of May, with the goal of a complete draft in Dec.
May 12, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Opportunity knocks ....
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New experience for me--very cool. Doing a search for this narrative of the Napoleonic-era French expedition to Australia generated a sidebar prompting me about the particular subject librarians that might specialize in Pacific area studies. Very smart. 🗃️ 📚
December 15, 2023 at 7:59 PM
New experience for me--very cool. Doing a search for this narrative of the Napoleonic-era French expedition to Australia generated a sidebar prompting me about the particular subject librarians that might specialize in Pacific area studies. Very smart. 🗃️ 📚
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Just in case anyone's wondering how bad she's lying: the only people who can check books out of the LOC are congressional staff.
Library cards for use of the research centers are only available to people over the age of 16, and researchers under 18 need permission from a parent or guardian.
Library cards for use of the research centers are only available to people over the age of 16, and researchers under 18 need permission from a parent or guardian.
Reporter: The president fired the Librarian of Congress. Why?
Leavitt: There were quite concerning things she had done at the Library of Congress in the pursuit of DEI and putting inappropriate books in the library for children.
Leavitt: There were quite concerning things she had done at the Library of Congress in the pursuit of DEI and putting inappropriate books in the library for children.
May 9, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Just in case anyone's wondering how bad she's lying: the only people who can check books out of the LOC are congressional staff.
Library cards for use of the research centers are only available to people over the age of 16, and researchers under 18 need permission from a parent or guardian.
Library cards for use of the research centers are only available to people over the age of 16, and researchers under 18 need permission from a parent or guardian.