Anuja Cabraal
@anujacabraal.bsky.social
Sharing info on qualitative research. trainer/consultant; NVivo and Quirkos trainer, Using emoji as a tool for analysis @AnujaCabraal@aus.social #QualitativeResearch
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Anuja Cabraal
@anujacabraal.bsky.social
· Nov 24
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Turn off Gemini in Google!
It's been turned on by default.
Go to your Drive, click the gear icon, click settings, go to "manage apps" and uncheck that nasty "use by default" box.
www.zdnet.com/article/how-...
It's been turned on by default.
Go to your Drive, click the gear icon, click settings, go to "manage apps" and uncheck that nasty "use by default" box.
www.zdnet.com/article/how-...
How to turn off Gemini in your Gmail, Docs, Photos, and more - it's easy to opt out
It's a little hidden, but there is a way to remove Gemini from your favorite Google services.
www.zdnet.com
October 27, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Turn off Gemini in Google!
It's been turned on by default.
Go to your Drive, click the gear icon, click settings, go to "manage apps" and uncheck that nasty "use by default" box.
www.zdnet.com/article/how-...
It's been turned on by default.
Go to your Drive, click the gear icon, click settings, go to "manage apps" and uncheck that nasty "use by default" box.
www.zdnet.com/article/how-...
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Ever run researcher development sessions and noted a gender disparity? Our paper on this topic, simmering away since 2024, is out! Our fearless leader + heaviest lifter on this work is undeniably @drmeagantyler.bsky.social.
* insert 'We're not worthy' meme *
Thanks, @herdjournal.bsky.social! 🫰
* insert 'We're not worthy' meme *
Thanks, @herdjournal.bsky.social! 🫰
In researcher development, are we missing men, fixing women, or creating gender trouble?
@drmeagantyler.bsky.social, @tseenster.bsky.social & @danbendrups.bsky.social
→ doi.org/10.1080/0729...
#ResearcherDevelopment #HigherEd #AcademicDevelopment #Gender #GenderInequality #DoctoralEducation
@drmeagantyler.bsky.social, @tseenster.bsky.social & @danbendrups.bsky.social
→ doi.org/10.1080/0729...
#ResearcherDevelopment #HigherEd #AcademicDevelopment #Gender #GenderInequality #DoctoralEducation
In researcher development, are we missing men, fixing women, or creating gender trouble?
There is significant, extant literature on different aspects of gender inequality and gendered norms in higher education. However, there is relatively limited engagement with how these insights rel...
doi.org
October 27, 2025 at 6:24 AM
Ever run researcher development sessions and noted a gender disparity? Our paper on this topic, simmering away since 2024, is out! Our fearless leader + heaviest lifter on this work is undeniably @drmeagantyler.bsky.social.
* insert 'We're not worthy' meme *
Thanks, @herdjournal.bsky.social! 🫰
* insert 'We're not worthy' meme *
Thanks, @herdjournal.bsky.social! 🫰
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Informative thread.
📣THREAD: It’s surprising to me that so many people were surprised to learn that Signal runs partly on AWS (something we can do because we use encryption to make sure no one but you–not AWS, not Signal, not anyone–can access your comms).
It’s also concerning. 1/
It’s also concerning. 1/
PSA: we're aware that Signal is down for some people. This appears to be related to a major AWS outage. Stand by.
October 27, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Informative thread.
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So, Signal does what we can to provide a service w integrity in the concentrated ecosystem we're working in. We protect your comms w end-to-end encryption, so that we can use AWS and others as a highway across which to send Signal data in ways that don’t let AWS, or anyone else, gain access. 12/
October 27, 2025 at 10:38 AM
So, Signal does what we can to provide a service w integrity in the concentrated ecosystem we're working in. We protect your comms w end-to-end encryption, so that we can use AWS and others as a highway across which to send Signal data in ways that don’t let AWS, or anyone else, gain access. 12/
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In short, the problem here is not that Signal ‘chose’ to run on AWS. The problem is the concentration of power in the infrastructure space that means there isn’t really another choice: the entire stack, practically speaking, is owned by 3-4 players. 11/
October 27, 2025 at 10:38 AM
In short, the problem here is not that Signal ‘chose’ to run on AWS. The problem is the concentration of power in the infrastructure space that means there isn’t really another choice: the entire stack, practically speaking, is owned by 3-4 players. 11/
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In huge positive news, the Australian government just ruled out handing the work of their country’s creatives to AI companies for free 🙌
They resisted the well-funded tech lobby & shut down proposals to upend copyright law.
Other governments should do the same!
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
They resisted the well-funded tech lobby & shut down proposals to upend copyright law.
Other governments should do the same!
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
October 27, 2025 at 6:35 AM
In huge positive news, the Australian government just ruled out handing the work of their country’s creatives to AI companies for free 🙌
They resisted the well-funded tech lobby & shut down proposals to upend copyright law.
Other governments should do the same!
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
They resisted the well-funded tech lobby & shut down proposals to upend copyright law.
Other governments should do the same!
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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If you're from a discipline that's unfamiliar with qualitative research, or methods like questionnaires, it may seem easy to use them, but it's not.
Working with methodological experts will reduce research waste and mean you actually get useful answers to the things you want to know about.
Working with methodological experts will reduce research waste and mean you actually get useful answers to the things you want to know about.
October 10, 2025 at 6:24 PM
If you're from a discipline that's unfamiliar with qualitative research, or methods like questionnaires, it may seem easy to use them, but it's not.
Working with methodological experts will reduce research waste and mean you actually get useful answers to the things you want to know about.
Working with methodological experts will reduce research waste and mean you actually get useful answers to the things you want to know about.
When thinking about qualitative analysis, many think of coding by hand or software such as NVivo.
However, there are many other ways. We're running a workshop working with different analytical tools combining rigour, creativity & fun.
More info here: tinyurl.com/bzjpp2mk
#QualAnalysis #CRMethods
However, there are many other ways. We're running a workshop working with different analytical tools combining rigour, creativity & fun.
More info here: tinyurl.com/bzjpp2mk
#QualAnalysis #CRMethods
Bringing Qualitative Analysis to Life: Making the most of your senses
Central Edinburgh | Thursday, 13 November • 10:00 AM
active-qualitative-analysis.eventschedule.com
October 13, 2025 at 11:18 AM
When thinking about qualitative analysis, many think of coding by hand or software such as NVivo.
However, there are many other ways. We're running a workshop working with different analytical tools combining rigour, creativity & fun.
More info here: tinyurl.com/bzjpp2mk
#QualAnalysis #CRMethods
However, there are many other ways. We're running a workshop working with different analytical tools combining rigour, creativity & fun.
More info here: tinyurl.com/bzjpp2mk
#QualAnalysis #CRMethods
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I'm running an Edinburgh workshop this November on creative qualitative analysis, complete with art trips, chocolate tasting and emoji analysis! Details here:
www.ncrm.ac.uk/training/sho...
#qualitative #research #Edinburgh #training
www.ncrm.ac.uk/training/sho...
#qualitative #research #Edinburgh #training
Training course: Bringing Qualitative Analysis to Life: Making the most of your senses
Join Anuja Cabraal, Daniel Turner and Christina Silver for two days exploring creative, tactile and reflexive ways of working with qualitative materials. This workshop encourages you to go beyond rea
www.ncrm.ac.uk
October 9, 2025 at 10:16 AM
I'm running an Edinburgh workshop this November on creative qualitative analysis, complete with art trips, chocolate tasting and emoji analysis! Details here:
www.ncrm.ac.uk/training/sho...
#qualitative #research #Edinburgh #training
www.ncrm.ac.uk/training/sho...
#qualitative #research #Edinburgh #training
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With yet another university hosted event closed to 'non academics' (aka those not employed by a university)* I'm just going to leave this piece by @drhelenkara.bsky.social and myself here blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsoci...
* yes I know it's utter nonsense and academics/researchers exist outside unis
* yes I know it's utter nonsense and academics/researchers exist outside unis
Institutional affiliation should not be a requirement for doing research - Impact of Social Sciences
Universities espouse a universalist approach to creating research-based knowledge. Helen Kara & Petra Boynton argue, from the outside these claims are hollow.
blogs.lse.ac.uk
October 7, 2025 at 3:42 PM
With yet another university hosted event closed to 'non academics' (aka those not employed by a university)* I'm just going to leave this piece by @drhelenkara.bsky.social and myself here blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsoci...
* yes I know it's utter nonsense and academics/researchers exist outside unis
* yes I know it's utter nonsense and academics/researchers exist outside unis
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Recent post on the blog:
Help! I’m an Early Career Researcher and genAI doesn’t know who I am
"Discovering that my work was being inaccurately represented by genAI was frustrating and concerning." - Tess Shirefley
researchwhisperer.org/2025/05/20/h...
#AcademicSky
Help! I’m an Early Career Researcher and genAI doesn’t know who I am
"Discovering that my work was being inaccurately represented by genAI was frustrating and concerning." - Tess Shirefley
researchwhisperer.org/2025/05/20/h...
#AcademicSky
Help! I’m an Early Career Researcher and genAI doesn’t know who I am
I’ve been a relatively slow-adopter of the genAI movement in academia. For a while now I’ve been under the (misguided?) perception that if I used genAI in any way to conduct my research, I would so…
researchwhisperer.org
June 25, 2025 at 4:36 AM
Recent post on the blog:
Help! I’m an Early Career Researcher and genAI doesn’t know who I am
"Discovering that my work was being inaccurately represented by genAI was frustrating and concerning." - Tess Shirefley
researchwhisperer.org/2025/05/20/h...
#AcademicSky
Help! I’m an Early Career Researcher and genAI doesn’t know who I am
"Discovering that my work was being inaccurately represented by genAI was frustrating and concerning." - Tess Shirefley
researchwhisperer.org/2025/05/20/h...
#AcademicSky
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Good morning—some Monday morning motivation
September 1, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Good morning—some Monday morning motivation
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However you define political violence, the right is responsible for more of it.
The Anti-Defamation League (hardly a left-wing org) found that all “domestic extremist-related killings” in 2022 were done by right-wing extremists, the vast majority (84%) white supremacists. trib.al/SaMpxtS
The Anti-Defamation League (hardly a left-wing org) found that all “domestic extremist-related killings” in 2022 were done by right-wing extremists, the vast majority (84%) white supremacists. trib.al/SaMpxtS
It’s Time to Broaden Our Definition of Political Violence
In conversations about Charlie Kirk’s murder, pundits and politicians are using the term in troublingly narrow ways.
trib.al
September 20, 2025 at 9:19 PM
However you define political violence, the right is responsible for more of it.
The Anti-Defamation League (hardly a left-wing org) found that all “domestic extremist-related killings” in 2022 were done by right-wing extremists, the vast majority (84%) white supremacists. trib.al/SaMpxtS
The Anti-Defamation League (hardly a left-wing org) found that all “domestic extremist-related killings” in 2022 were done by right-wing extremists, the vast majority (84%) white supremacists. trib.al/SaMpxtS
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A thread you can direct some action to this Monday morning. The damage the policy has done, and the mindset it encourages, is significant and ongoing.
An Arts degree is good for so much more than getting a job (which it also does, contrary to popular mythology).
An Arts degree is good for so much more than getting a job (which it also does, contrary to popular mythology).
More than 100 high-profile and distinguished Australians -and BA graduates- have signed the @austhistassoc.bsky.social open letter calling for the repeal of Job-Ready Graduates: a policy that punishes humanities students with life-changing debts: www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Tim Winton among 100 high-profile Australians calling for university fees that don’t ‘punish’ arts students
Open letter urges Labor to reverse JRG scheme, introduced by Coalition in 2021, as cost of humanities degrees reaches more than $50,000
www.theguardian.com
July 27, 2025 at 10:56 PM
A thread you can direct some action to this Monday morning. The damage the policy has done, and the mindset it encourages, is significant and ongoing.
An Arts degree is good for so much more than getting a job (which it also does, contrary to popular mythology).
An Arts degree is good for so much more than getting a job (which it also does, contrary to popular mythology).
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"PhD-level experts in your back pocket" is a completely nonsensical description of AI but a pretty good description of social media if you follow the right people
August 9, 2025 at 11:07 PM
"PhD-level experts in your back pocket" is a completely nonsensical description of AI but a pretty good description of social media if you follow the right people
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Unless we're dumping on X and Musk (and we absolutely should be), the "Nazi AI" is a footnote. The headline is "LLMs are trivially manipulated by an unseen hand that can change how responses work after testing and promoting an app to prod and there's nothing you can do to mitigate this." 2/
July 8, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Unless we're dumping on X and Musk (and we absolutely should be), the "Nazi AI" is a footnote. The headline is "LLMs are trivially manipulated by an unseen hand that can change how responses work after testing and promoting an app to prod and there's nothing you can do to mitigate this." 2/
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Chatbots — LLMs — do not know facts and are not designed to be able to accurately answer factual questions. They are designed to find and mimic patterns of words, probabilistically. When they’re “right” it’s because correct things are often written down, so those patterns are frequent. That’s all.
June 19, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Chatbots — LLMs — do not know facts and are not designed to be able to accurately answer factual questions. They are designed to find and mimic patterns of words, probabilistically. When they’re “right” it’s because correct things are often written down, so those patterns are frequent. That’s all.
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I’m planning on running a 10 week course on doing conversation analysis - learner time commitment will be a few hours per week. It’ll be online, asynchronous, & with direct feedback from me. It will be available worldwide. Join the mailing list to find out more! www.bedsidemanners.com.au/contact
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April 9, 2025 at 6:37 AM
I’m planning on running a 10 week course on doing conversation analysis - learner time commitment will be a few hours per week. It’ll be online, asynchronous, & with direct feedback from me. It will be available worldwide. Join the mailing list to find out more! www.bedsidemanners.com.au/contact
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I was just remembering that 5 years ago at the start of the lockdowns @anujacabraal.bsky.social @patthomson.bsky.social started the #VirtualNotViral chat over on the other platform. It was honestly such a highlight joining the chat most weeks and really inspired me at the start of my PhD journey.
April 2, 2025 at 8:39 AM
I was just remembering that 5 years ago at the start of the lockdowns @anujacabraal.bsky.social @patthomson.bsky.social started the #VirtualNotViral chat over on the other platform. It was honestly such a highlight joining the chat most weeks and really inspired me at the start of my PhD journey.
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When I wanted to leave academia, I was worried I wouldn't find a use for my qual skillset because I had bought the idea that quant is more valuable. Actually, the demand for qual skills in applied spaces is HIGH! Soooo much of what we do in evaluation & technical assistance spaces requires qual 💪
February 22, 2025 at 6:12 PM
When I wanted to leave academia, I was worried I wouldn't find a use for my qual skillset because I had bought the idea that quant is more valuable. Actually, the demand for qual skills in applied spaces is HIGH! Soooo much of what we do in evaluation & technical assistance spaces requires qual 💪
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If you could plan the ultimate degree for building a society and culture in our contemporary world skillset, what disciplines/ topics would you expect a graduate to be across?
In 2012 the US Department of Defence suggested a skillset that included civic awareness, global knowledge and languages.
In 2012 the US Department of Defence suggested a skillset that included civic awareness, global knowledge and languages.
February 18, 2025 at 7:35 AM
If you could plan the ultimate degree for building a society and culture in our contemporary world skillset, what disciplines/ topics would you expect a graduate to be across?
In 2012 the US Department of Defence suggested a skillset that included civic awareness, global knowledge and languages.
In 2012 the US Department of Defence suggested a skillset that included civic awareness, global knowledge and languages.
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This is well worth reading if you're trying to work out your scholarly practice for social media - insightful and clear. Thanks, @proflaurenball.bsky.social. 🙌
#AcademicSky #PhDchat #SocialMedia #PublicScholarship
#AcademicSky #PhDchat #SocialMedia #PublicScholarship
Each month I write an article to support other researchers in their great work. Here's one I've been working on for a while regarding social media. I'd love to hear your tips, too. www.linkedin.com/pulse/how-ca...
How can researchers get started on social media, without wasting time?
Look around…you’ll likely notice that researchers who have a prominent online presence tend to lead large, high-profile research programs. And, researchers who lead large, high-profile research progra...
www.linkedin.com
February 11, 2025 at 4:41 AM
This is well worth reading if you're trying to work out your scholarly practice for social media - insightful and clear. Thanks, @proflaurenball.bsky.social. 🙌
#AcademicSky #PhDchat #SocialMedia #PublicScholarship
#AcademicSky #PhDchat #SocialMedia #PublicScholarship
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I've just added @leedslitfest.bsky.social to this Starter Pack, are you a book related event, festival, or award and would like to be added?Please let me know
go.bsky.app/PHw99bS
go.bsky.app/PHw99bS
February 7, 2025 at 6:27 AM
I've just added @leedslitfest.bsky.social to this Starter Pack, are you a book related event, festival, or award and would like to be added?Please let me know
go.bsky.app/PHw99bS
go.bsky.app/PHw99bS
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Hi everyone! We are finally here :D
February 5, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Hi everyone! We are finally here :D
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Christ almighty. Some of the replies I am getting here make me hope some of you will revert to twitter.
If you don't understand something when you are new, it is possible to read, then ask, rather than confidently asserting the wrong thing.
Yes, there is a discover feed. No-one uses it. Use this:
If you don't understand something when you are new, it is possible to read, then ask, rather than confidently asserting the wrong thing.
Yes, there is a discover feed. No-one uses it. Use this:
The Ultimate Directory of tools and applications for Bluesky
A curated collection of all things relating to the Blue Sky social media platform.
blueskydirectory.com
November 18, 2024 at 1:05 PM
Christ almighty. Some of the replies I am getting here make me hope some of you will revert to twitter.
If you don't understand something when you are new, it is possible to read, then ask, rather than confidently asserting the wrong thing.
Yes, there is a discover feed. No-one uses it. Use this:
If you don't understand something when you are new, it is possible to read, then ask, rather than confidently asserting the wrong thing.
Yes, there is a discover feed. No-one uses it. Use this: