Dr Ingrid M
@ingridm.bsky.social
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Dr Ingrid M
@ingridm.bsky.social
· Jul 30
Former cop who tasered 95yo woman avoids jail after appeal
An appeal against the non-custodial sentence handed to a former NSW police officer who tasered a 95-year-old woman in a nursing home has been dismissed.
www.abc.net.au
if everyone before the courts was shown the same leniency as killer cops, we could shut down all the prisons.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07...
it’s not the em dash, or any one thing. In 2022 we were told the key indicator was citations after 2021. There is no cheat sheet. We either teach students to use their own brains and why, or we do what we are told, like “lean into” ie subsidise the pervert slop machine economy.
This is going to sound conspiratorial, but it is serves the LLM techbros for the 'em-dash = AI' lay-belief to persist.
While em-dashes are diagnostically unreliable, it undermines the legitimacy of real writing/scholarship. And when real can't be discriminated from false, the false can thrive.
While em-dashes are diagnostically unreliable, it undermines the legitimacy of real writing/scholarship. And when real can't be discriminated from false, the false can thrive.
I don't doubt this—but it does bug me that em-dashes are used as a heuristic to spot LLM-generated text.
Fortunately I can point to my 2020 doctoral thesis and show that I was overusing and abusing ems well before el el ems.
Fortunately I can point to my 2020 doctoral thesis and show that I was overusing and abusing ems well before el el ems.
December 5, 2025 at 10:21 AM
it’s not the em dash, or any one thing. In 2022 we were told the key indicator was citations after 2021. There is no cheat sheet. We either teach students to use their own brains and why, or we do what we are told, like “lean into” ie subsidise the pervert slop machine economy.
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People need to boycott this show and not just half ass. Shame everyone who plans on watching it. This isn't about Eurovision, it's about Israel getting away with committing genocide because THERE ARE NEVER ANY CONSEQUENCES. They should be untouchable by now. Everybody needs to walk the fucking walk.
Eurovision has allowed Israel to compete in 2026.
Ireland, Spain, Slovenia, and the Netherlands have pulled out of the competition following the decision.
Ireland, Spain, Slovenia, and the Netherlands have pulled out of the competition following the decision.
December 5, 2025 at 3:20 AM
People need to boycott this show and not just half ass. Shame everyone who plans on watching it. This isn't about Eurovision, it's about Israel getting away with committing genocide because THERE ARE NEVER ANY CONSEQUENCES. They should be untouchable by now. Everybody needs to walk the fucking walk.
recall that colonisers including white scientists have been told by Indigenous peoples for hundreds of years that what the whites are doing is lethal and appears to be primarily for more money and/or status than the next white dude which is not worth it.
Warming seas and the changes they cause in salinity are leading to the starvation of the African Penguin.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
60,000 African penguins starve to death after sardine numbers collapse – study
Climate crisis and overfishing contributed to loss of 95% of penguins in two breeding colonies in South Africa, research finds
www.theguardian.com
December 5, 2025 at 9:41 AM
recall that colonisers including white scientists have been told by Indigenous peoples for hundreds of years that what the whites are doing is lethal and appears to be primarily for more money and/or status than the next white dude which is not worth it.
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ever notice how politicians bang on about power bills - for coal industry donations and worker votes, obvs - but never about water bills? Guess who will pay more for the one thing we need above all else, to subsidise planet-burning slop billionaires?
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Thirsty work: how the rise of massive datacentres strains Australia’s drinking water supply
The demand for use in cooling in Sydney alone is expected to exceed the volume of Canberra’s total drinking water within the next decade
www.theguardian.com
December 5, 2025 at 7:32 AM
ever notice how politicians bang on about power bills - for coal industry donations and worker votes, obvs - but never about water bills? Guess who will pay more for the one thing we need above all else, to subsidise planet-burning slop billionaires?
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
former Liberal Party operative Tony Barry says incoming women Liberal Party oppo leaders are “over-achievers” and the party cannot achieve its goals unless it reaches a higher level of achievement than where they currently are hahaha omg tell us more about <achieving> pls Liberal Party blokes.
December 5, 2025 at 7:16 AM
former Liberal Party operative Tony Barry says incoming women Liberal Party oppo leaders are “over-achievers” and the party cannot achieve its goals unless it reaches a higher level of achievement than where they currently are hahaha omg tell us more about <achieving> pls Liberal Party blokes.
male from “high profile family” - eg white wealthy colonisers - is not once referred to as sex offender despite two guilty verdicts. Courts give him a suppression order and media give him a pseudonym. Rape culture is top-order colonial white patriarchy.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
Man from high-profile Victorian family found guilty of rape
A County Court jury finds a man guilty of two charges of raping a woman in his home after a night of drinking with friends.
www.abc.net.au
December 5, 2025 at 7:10 AM
male from “high profile family” - eg white wealthy colonisers - is not once referred to as sex offender despite two guilty verdicts. Courts give him a suppression order and media give him a pseudonym. Rape culture is top-order colonial white patriarchy.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
congratulations Spain, Ireland, Slovenia and Netherlands for boycotting whitovision #BDS #CulturalBDS
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
Eurovision heavyweights to boycott after Israel allowed to perform
Public broadcasters in Spain, Ireland and the Netherlands say they will not participate in next year's event and more are expected to follow.
www.abc.net.au
December 5, 2025 at 1:30 AM
congratulations Spain, Ireland, Slovenia and Netherlands for boycotting whitovision #BDS #CulturalBDS
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
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The High Court of Australia has refused Kirralie Smith’s bid for special leave to appeal the NSW Supreme Court’s ruling that she unlawfully vilified two trans women
She was also ordered to pay costs
She was also ordered to pay costs
December 4, 2025 at 8:52 PM
The High Court of Australia has refused Kirralie Smith’s bid for special leave to appeal the NSW Supreme Court’s ruling that she unlawfully vilified two trans women
She was also ordered to pay costs
She was also ordered to pay costs
the Victorian government amended bail laws to ensure that more presumptively innocent people are incarcerated for longer periods, causing more trauma and poverty.
The system is working as designed.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
The system is working as designed.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
Victorian prisoners held in police stations for weeks, lawyer says
A Victorian lawyer says a "crisis" is unfolding in the state's jails, with remand centres so crowded prisoners are instead being kept in police holding cells for up to a month.
www.abc.net.au
December 4, 2025 at 8:11 PM
the Victorian government amended bail laws to ensure that more presumptively innocent people are incarcerated for longer periods, causing more trauma and poverty.
The system is working as designed.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
The system is working as designed.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
I can’t find any economists observing that investment (up) is in data centres that use enormous amounts of power (prices up) while productivity (a known impact is workers now forced to manage huge volumes of slop) is too low to counter inflation (up, a known impact of high energy demand).
December 3, 2025 at 11:32 PM
I can’t find any economists observing that investment (up) is in data centres that use enormous amounts of power (prices up) while productivity (a known impact is workers now forced to manage huge volumes of slop) is too low to counter inflation (up, a known impact of high energy demand).
Appeal judges accepted there is supporting evidence that Lehrmann knew Higgins was not consenting. Judgement is unanimous. Lead justice is male.*
*the Pell appeal was from a 2-1 Vic Supreme Court Criminal Appeal with woman CJ and male dissenter).
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
*the Pell appeal was from a 2-1 Vic Supreme Court Criminal Appeal with woman CJ and male dissenter).
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Five takeaways from Bruce Lehrmann’s failed defamation case appeal
What the appeals judges said about the former Liberal staffer’s knowledge of Brittany Higgins’ lack of consent and the reasonableness of Lisa Wilkinson’s journalism
www.theguardian.com
December 3, 2025 at 7:28 AM
Appeal judges accepted there is supporting evidence that Lehrmann knew Higgins was not consenting. Judgement is unanimous. Lead justice is male.*
*the Pell appeal was from a 2-1 Vic Supreme Court Criminal Appeal with woman CJ and male dissenter).
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
*the Pell appeal was from a 2-1 Vic Supreme Court Criminal Appeal with woman CJ and male dissenter).
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
police took out a five year intervention order after Lynne used a sledgehammer to break into Lisa’s house. After she was found dead, police accepted Lynn’s claim that his death threats were “not serious” and decided they found no “suspicious circumstances”.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
Suppression order lifted on High Country killer's past police run-ins
Victoria's Supreme Court lifts a suppression order that prohibited reporting on convicted murderer Greg Lynn's past interactions with police and the death of his first wife.
www.abc.net.au
December 3, 2025 at 2:24 AM
police took out a five year intervention order after Lynne used a sledgehammer to break into Lisa’s house. After she was found dead, police accepted Lynn’s claim that his death threats were “not serious” and decided they found no “suspicious circumstances”.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
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New preprint! @marentierra.bsky.social @irisvanrooij.bsky.social & I have been working on what CAIL means to showcase & propagate the idea of thinking very differently to tech industry norms on "artificial intelligence"
Towards Critical Artificial Intelligence Literacies doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
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Towards Critical Artificial Intelligence Literacies doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
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December 2, 2025 at 6:58 AM
New preprint! @marentierra.bsky.social @irisvanrooij.bsky.social & I have been working on what CAIL means to showcase & propagate the idea of thinking very differently to tech industry norms on "artificial intelligence"
Towards Critical Artificial Intelligence Literacies doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
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Towards Critical Artificial Intelligence Literacies doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
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the climate and energy bill costs of billionaires shoving slop machines into every conceivable corner of digital activity, deliberately enshittifying outputs and decreasing productivity with promises of ~one day~ doing the exact opposite, which is not a thing.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Datacentres demand huge amounts of electricity. Could they derail Australia’s net zero ambitions?
Banks of servers operating 24/7 generate massive amounts of heat, requiring power to run and cool them
www.theguardian.com
December 2, 2025 at 9:23 PM
the climate and energy bill costs of billionaires shoving slop machines into every conceivable corner of digital activity, deliberately enshittifying outputs and decreasing productivity with promises of ~one day~ doing the exact opposite, which is not a thing.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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Data centres planned in NSW alone will need enough power for 1m homes www.afr.com/policy/energ...
Data centres planned in NSW alone will need enough power for 1m homes
The state wants to be a hub for computing infrastructure but is considering ways to make their developers pay for more of their massive energy needs.
www.afr.com
December 2, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Data centres planned in NSW alone will need enough power for 1m homes www.afr.com/policy/energ...
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Official #PoveratiXmas thread! 🎅🧵
Drop your wishlist links or paylink details with your Xmas wishes in the thread below with the hashtag #PoveratiXmas
Share widely and hopefully some #PoveratiXmasAngels will make some wishes come true!
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Share widely and hopefully some #PoveratiXmasAngels will make some wishes come true!
November 30, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Official #PoveratiXmas thread! 🎅🧵
Drop your wishlist links or paylink details with your Xmas wishes in the thread below with the hashtag #PoveratiXmas
Share widely and hopefully some #PoveratiXmasAngels will make some wishes come true!
Drop your wishlist links or paylink details with your Xmas wishes in the thread below with the hashtag #PoveratiXmas
Share widely and hopefully some #PoveratiXmasAngels will make some wishes come true!
this derives directly from the legitimising “ethical ai use” discourse, the white centrism of ai, of weak and gutless FOMO driven managers, who fucking REFUSE to prioritise student learning and the actual planet ahead of a self-serving careerism that involves subsidising pervert billionaires.
Universities are assembling larger and larger teams to deal with academic integrity issues--mostly focused on AI--while simultaneously holding AI "writing" contests, AI-themed events, "hey, come play with these fun tools!" The messages are so mixed, it's criminal. Because AI is bloated with money.
November 29, 2025 at 2:26 AM
this derives directly from the legitimising “ethical ai use” discourse, the white centrism of ai, of weak and gutless FOMO driven managers, who fucking REFUSE to prioritise student learning and the actual planet ahead of a self-serving careerism that involves subsidising pervert billionaires.
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It's only a matter of time before humanities departments will be forced to accept AI-authored assignments, as part of revised university policy to cooperate with these billionaires. It's already happening, and our response needs to be decisive. Because our students' ability to *think* is at stake.
November 28, 2025 at 10:37 PM
It's only a matter of time before humanities departments will be forced to accept AI-authored assignments, as part of revised university policy to cooperate with these billionaires. It's already happening, and our response needs to be decisive. Because our students' ability to *think* is at stake.
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5 Nannas aboard a tinnie first to break through the police line at Newcastle Harbour. Ship about to enter the harbour turns back …. we turned the ship around! #RisingTide #ClimateAction
November 29, 2025 at 2:03 AM
5 Nannas aboard a tinnie first to break through the police line at Newcastle Harbour. Ship about to enter the harbour turns back …. we turned the ship around! #RisingTide #ClimateAction
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Or rather destroying them by restructuring the workforce, so that poorly paid workers are made to service corporate-owned machines to foster the illusion of their 'autonomy,' ensuring wealth flows upwards...the Jacquard loom strikes again
The markets are staying afloat right now on the hope that AI will destroy American workers. What a bleak thing.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/b...
November 29, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Or rather destroying them by restructuring the workforce, so that poorly paid workers are made to service corporate-owned machines to foster the illusion of their 'autonomy,' ensuring wealth flows upwards...the Jacquard loom strikes again
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“Reflecting on the harms of AI is not itself harm reduction. It may even contribute to rationalizing, normalizing, and enabling harm. Critical reflection without appropriate action is thus quintessentially critical washing.”
Suarez [et al. (2025, par. 7)]
zenodo.org/records/1567...
Suarez [et al. (2025, par. 7)]
zenodo.org/records/1567...
Critical AI Literacy: Beyond hegemonic perspectives on sustainability
How can universities resist being coopted and corrupted by the AI industries’ agendas? Originally published here: https://rcsc.substack.com/p/critical-ai-literacy-beyond-hegemonic
zenodo.org
November 27, 2025 at 11:54 PM
“Reflecting on the harms of AI is not itself harm reduction. It may even contribute to rationalizing, normalizing, and enabling harm. Critical reflection without appropriate action is thus quintessentially critical washing.”
Suarez [et al. (2025, par. 7)]
zenodo.org/records/1567...
Suarez [et al. (2025, par. 7)]
zenodo.org/records/1567...
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Nannas standing with First Nations Tiwi and Timor Leste in their battle to protect Country (Land and Sea) to stop Gas expansion disaster. Building communities of hope at The People’s Blockade #RisingTide #KnittingNannas #SeoofNations
November 28, 2025 at 6:19 AM
Nannas standing with First Nations Tiwi and Timor Leste in their battle to protect Country (Land and Sea) to stop Gas expansion disaster. Building communities of hope at The People’s Blockade #RisingTide #KnittingNannas #SeoofNations
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Welcome to all the foolish carryings on at the end of the year - here is a cartoon about [insert unpleasant spectacle here] www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
What to buy (and not buy) your ungrateful little darlings this festive season | First Dog on the Moon
Black Friday Christmas sale specials holiday vacation savings savings!
www.theguardian.com
November 28, 2025 at 6:17 AM
Welcome to all the foolish carryings on at the end of the year - here is a cartoon about [insert unpleasant spectacle here] www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Tonight on Spin Cycle on @3rrrfm.bsky.social we talk to Ben Smee from @australia.theguardian.com about their 2-yr investigation into alleged failures by police and courts in QLD DV deaths. And tomorrow we join Walk Against Family Violence. With @rachelwithers.bsky.social @theshufflediary.bsky.social
Broken trust | The Guardian
<p>A two-year Guardian Australia investigation into alleged failures by the police and coroner's court in domestic violence deaths in Queensland</p>
www.theguardian.com
November 27, 2025 at 3:52 AM
Tonight on Spin Cycle on @3rrrfm.bsky.social we talk to Ben Smee from @australia.theguardian.com about their 2-yr investigation into alleged failures by police and courts in QLD DV deaths. And tomorrow we join Walk Against Family Violence. With @rachelwithers.bsky.social @theshufflediary.bsky.social