George Buchanan
@georgerbuchanan.bsky.social
DIrector, University of Melbourne iSchool
For #TransAwarenessWeek - trans computer scientists have driven the frontiers of digital technology. If you're reading this on a mobile device, it almost certainly has an ARM chip, pioneered by Sophie Wilson, who I was lucky enough to know via Acorn. blog.sciencemuseum.org.uk/celebrating-...
Celebrating Sophie Wilson and 40 years of the ARM microprocessor - Science Museum Blog
To mark 40 years since the production of the first ARM microprocessor, Assistant Curator Cait Scott explores computing history and the career of one of ARM’s pioneering programmers, Sophie Wilson.
blog.sciencemuseum.org.uk
November 18, 2025 at 2:41 AM
For #TransAwarenessWeek - trans computer scientists have driven the frontiers of digital technology. If you're reading this on a mobile device, it almost certainly has an ARM chip, pioneered by Sophie Wilson, who I was lucky enough to know via Acorn. blog.sciencemuseum.org.uk/celebrating-...
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Watching senior MPs twist the intent of Baby Priya’s Bill into a culture war about abortion, I felt that familiar hollow ache, writes Katherine Berney.
womensagenda.com.au/latest/the-c...
womensagenda.com.au/latest/the-c...
The confected outrage over Baby Priya’s Bill turned women’s pain into cruel political theatre
Watching senior MPs twist the intent of Baby Priya’s Bill into a culture war about abortion, I felt that familiar hollow ache.
womensagenda.com.au
November 4, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Watching senior MPs twist the intent of Baby Priya’s Bill into a culture war about abortion, I felt that familiar hollow ache, writes Katherine Berney.
womensagenda.com.au/latest/the-c...
womensagenda.com.au/latest/the-c...
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arXiv will no longer accept review articles and position papers unless they have been accepted at a journal or a conference and complete successful peer review.
This is due to being overwhelmed by a hundreds of AI generated papers a month.
Yet another open submission process killed by LLMs.
This is due to being overwhelmed by a hundreds of AI generated papers a month.
Yet another open submission process killed by LLMs.
Attention Authors: Updated Practice for Review Articles and Position Papers in arXiv CS Category – arXiv blog
blog.arxiv.org
November 1, 2025 at 5:28 PM
arXiv will no longer accept review articles and position papers unless they have been accepted at a journal or a conference and complete successful peer review.
This is due to being overwhelmed by a hundreds of AI generated papers a month.
Yet another open submission process killed by LLMs.
This is due to being overwhelmed by a hundreds of AI generated papers a month.
Yet another open submission process killed by LLMs.
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Dr Emma Briant, an expert on propaganda, sees a worrying pattern: “Pochin’s arguments reflect a public discourse where ‘dog whistles’ to the far right have done their job—they’ve made way for explicit racism to be voiced boldly in public.”
October 29, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Dr Emma Briant, an expert on propaganda, sees a worrying pattern: “Pochin’s arguments reflect a public discourse where ‘dog whistles’ to the far right have done their job—they’ve made way for explicit racism to be voiced boldly in public.”
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Precisely. Banning young people from social media just so ill-informed boomers can get over their made-up moral panic simply ends up harming the most vulnerable, for whom social media are a critical lifeline. 👇👇👇
LGBTQIA+ advocates say social media ban will 'cut off' regional queer teens
LGBTIQA+ advocates are concerned the social media ban will have a significant impact on queer youth in regional and remote areas of Australia. They say there are not enough offline, physical supports for these teens to access when the ban comes into effect.
www.abc.net.au
October 13, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Precisely. Banning young people from social media just so ill-informed boomers can get over their made-up moral panic simply ends up harming the most vulnerable, for whom social media are a critical lifeline. 👇👇👇
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Um. There’s a woman presenting this too.
Rylan Clark is set to delve into the eerie world of witchcraft in his new show, The Witches Of Essex.
Rylan Clark slams 'misogyny' in British witch hunt as he fronts new Sky show
Rylan Clark shares the spotlight with professor Alice Roberts in The Witches Of Essex, where the pair delve into the dark history of witch hunts - and one discovery rattled Rylan.
www.ok.co.uk
October 13, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Um. There’s a woman presenting this too.
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CASE has also published today a useful explainer on the background to the case, in which O'Malley's action has resulted in suppression for the last 9 months of the entire LGBTQI+ special edition of the Journal of Irish Counsellors & Psychotherapists.
www.the-case.eu/latest/slapp...
www.the-case.eu/latest/slapp...
It’s a SLAPP: Stella O’Malley Targets Psychotherapist and Rights Advocate Leonie O’Dowd – CASE
www.the-case.eu
October 9, 2025 at 7:44 PM
CASE has also published today a useful explainer on the background to the case, in which O'Malley's action has resulted in suppression for the last 9 months of the entire LGBTQI+ special edition of the Journal of Irish Counsellors & Psychotherapists.
www.the-case.eu/latest/slapp...
www.the-case.eu/latest/slapp...
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Council of Europe adopts landmark Recommendation on Equal Rights for Intersex Persons www.coe.int/en/web/sogi/...
Council of Europe adopts landmark Recommendation on Equal Rights for Intersex Persons
Strasbourg, 7 October – Today, the Council of Europe’s Committee of Ministers has adopted Recommendation CM/Rec(2025)7 to member States on Equal Rights for Intersex Persons, marking a historic...
www.coe.int
October 8, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Council of Europe adopts landmark Recommendation on Equal Rights for Intersex Persons www.coe.int/en/web/sogi/...
Over the weekend, Deloitte's contentious report for the Australian Government was 'updated' minus the AI hallucinations it originally had in July. Government policy work, like law, is too important to permit AI use without the very strictest conditions. www.theage.com.au/business/wor...
A botched government report should be wake-up call on AI hype
Beating up management consultants may have become something of an Australian sport these days, but Deloitte Australia’s headache with AI is the latest example of why technology must be carefully manag...
www.theage.com.au
October 6, 2025 at 5:49 AM
Over the weekend, Deloitte's contentious report for the Australian Government was 'updated' minus the AI hallucinations it originally had in July. Government policy work, like law, is too important to permit AI use without the very strictest conditions. www.theage.com.au/business/wor...
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An 🇦🇺 report evaluating the Cass Review has recommended that it should not be used as a guide of any kind in regards to the care of young trans people.
The new report was one of a series published in a special edition of The Medical Journal of 🇦🇺
www.mja.com.au/journal/2025...
The new report was one of a series published in a special edition of The Medical Journal of 🇦🇺
www.mja.com.au/journal/2025...
Cass Review does not guide care for trans young people
Good medicine is guided by the values of the patient, not those of a clinician, politician or commentator. The Cass Review, lacking expertise and compromised by implicit stigma and misinformation, doe...
www.mja.com.au
October 6, 2025 at 12:41 AM
An 🇦🇺 report evaluating the Cass Review has recommended that it should not be used as a guide of any kind in regards to the care of young trans people.
The new report was one of a series published in a special edition of The Medical Journal of 🇦🇺
www.mja.com.au/journal/2025...
The new report was one of a series published in a special edition of The Medical Journal of 🇦🇺
www.mja.com.au/journal/2025...
It seems the social media industry, which profits significantly from misinformation, is deliberately misrepresenting the problem. Despite Digi's claims, many (often most) responses to misinformation disagree with it. All engagement increases the chances of hate material being seen by others.
October 1, 2025 at 1:53 AM
It seems the social media industry, which profits significantly from misinformation, is deliberately misrepresenting the problem. Despite Digi's claims, many (often most) responses to misinformation disagree with it. All engagement increases the chances of hate material being seen by others.
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Disturbingly we now have a further report of Optus triple zero calls not getting through in NSW; when will this shambles end?
September 28, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Disturbingly we now have a further report of Optus triple zero calls not getting through in NSW; when will this shambles end?
The @theguardian.com editors need to be more on top of things: now is not the time for the following headline: www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...
And if your head explodes: Pink Floyd’s 20 best songs – ranked!
Fifty years after the release of Wish You Were Here, we count down the best of the band’s Syd Barrett years, their difficult recovery and later reunion
www.theguardian.com
September 11, 2025 at 11:55 PM
The @theguardian.com editors need to be more on top of things: now is not the time for the following headline: www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...
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You either
a) believe political violence is bad because it makes civil society impossible for all
b) believe violence is bad only if it affects your tribe, but when it does it offers an opportunity to go after the other tribe
a) believe political violence is bad because it makes civil society impossible for all
b) believe violence is bad only if it affects your tribe, but when it does it offers an opportunity to go after the other tribe
September 11, 2025 at 3:10 AM
You either
a) believe political violence is bad because it makes civil society impossible for all
b) believe violence is bad only if it affects your tribe, but when it does it offers an opportunity to go after the other tribe
a) believe political violence is bad because it makes civil society impossible for all
b) believe violence is bad only if it affects your tribe, but when it does it offers an opportunity to go after the other tribe
The economic dependence of social media on hate speech and pejorative posts has to be broken or democracy is in serious trouble.
Extreme views are heavily over-represented on social media
Social platforms’ tendency to reward hostile content creates incentives that systematically reward simplistic messages and extreme positions and this fuels populism www.ft.com/content/9251... via @jburnmurdoch.ft.com
Social platforms’ tendency to reward hostile content creates incentives that systematically reward simplistic messages and extreme positions and this fuels populism www.ft.com/content/9251... via @jburnmurdoch.ft.com
September 8, 2025 at 11:07 PM
The economic dependence of social media on hate speech and pejorative posts has to be broken or democracy is in serious trouble.
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Kobi Leins notes that the book reports that removing explicit material from the training data led to a drop in performance; that this revealed ethical and bias problems with the data chosen for training @karenhao.bsky.social #EmpireofAI
September 5, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Kobi Leins notes that the book reports that removing explicit material from the training data led to a drop in performance; that this revealed ethical and bias problems with the data chosen for training @karenhao.bsky.social #EmpireofAI
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Now @karenhao.bsky.social is in conversation with Kobi Leins ; she starts on the links between AI empires and methods of colonialism.
September 5, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Now @karenhao.bsky.social is in conversation with Kobi Leins ; she starts on the links between AI empires and methods of colonialism.
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Our @lisagiven.bsky.social is introducing @karenhao.bsky.social at Storey Hall ; on the theme of the Empire of AI.
September 5, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Our @lisagiven.bsky.social is introducing @karenhao.bsky.social at Storey Hall ; on the theme of the Empire of AI.
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They’re excluded from Government support that's available for other museums, art galleries and theatres.
The Association of Science and Discovery Centres is calling on the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) to safeguard these vital institutions for the next generation… 2/3
The Association of Science and Discovery Centres is calling on the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) to safeguard these vital institutions for the next generation… 2/3
LinkedIn
This link will take you to a page that’s not on LinkedIn
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August 30, 2025 at 2:04 PM
They’re excluded from Government support that's available for other museums, art galleries and theatres.
The Association of Science and Discovery Centres is calling on the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) to safeguard these vital institutions for the next generation… 2/3
The Association of Science and Discovery Centres is calling on the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) to safeguard these vital institutions for the next generation… 2/3
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For over 25 years, science and discovery centres have been at the heart of inspiring millions of people to explore, question, and be part of UK science and technology.
But they're seriously under threat… 1/3
But they're seriously under threat… 1/3
August 30, 2025 at 2:04 PM
For over 25 years, science and discovery centres have been at the heart of inspiring millions of people to explore, question, and be part of UK science and technology.
But they're seriously under threat… 1/3
But they're seriously under threat… 1/3
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Information and Misinformation by Andrew Perfors: https://doi.org/10.21428/e2759450.a2555670
September 2, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Information and Misinformation by Andrew Perfors: https://doi.org/10.21428/e2759450.a2555670
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Keir Starmer just appointed Tim Allan, a board member of the anti trans hate group, Sex Matters, to be his new communications director.
September 1, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Keir Starmer just appointed Tim Allan, a board member of the anti trans hate group, Sex Matters, to be his new communications director.
Looking forward to the new Florence and the Machine album… due out 31st October it seems!
August 26, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Looking forward to the new Florence and the Machine album… due out 31st October it seems!