Belinda Barnet
@manjusrii.bsky.social
Snr Lecturer digital media Swinburne Uni, chicken whisperer, researcher. Smells books. Maybe we can build a new thing here 🌱
The Upside Down: https://twitter.com/manjusrii
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Belinda Barnet
@manjusrii.bsky.social
· May 3
Canada: it was a close fight, but even the conservative leader lost his seat
Australia: hold my beer
Australia: hold my beer
The CDC just published really alarming *misinformation* on its official website.
This kind of behaviour just fuels vaccine hesitancy over here too
This kind of behaviour just fuels vaccine hesitancy over here too
November 20, 2025 at 11:54 PM
The CDC just published really alarming *misinformation* on its official website.
This kind of behaviour just fuels vaccine hesitancy over here too
This kind of behaviour just fuels vaccine hesitancy over here too
Iconic Melbourne sight: A phalanx of hot air balloons passing so close to your house at 7am that you can hear the flame and see the excited faces of people in the basket
(Do they ever crash into stuff?)
(Do they ever crash into stuff?)
November 15, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Iconic Melbourne sight: A phalanx of hot air balloons passing so close to your house at 7am that you can hear the flame and see the excited faces of people in the basket
(Do they ever crash into stuff?)
(Do they ever crash into stuff?)
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Research should not be hidden behind for-profit paywalls. Universities should not have to pay $30 million for work we’ve done for free.
November 15, 2025 at 12:13 PM
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I keep trying to think of ways we could break the system, but they've got us running around like trained rats pressing the buttons that keep the whole system going. Perhaps we could avoid citing the most egregious journals except where absolutely unavoidable.
It’s a deeply ingrained system, and it is tied in to international research ranking systems. It’s been going on for years and is profoundly wrong
November 15, 2025 at 6:58 AM
I keep trying to think of ways we could break the system, but they've got us running around like trained rats pressing the buttons that keep the whole system going. Perhaps we could avoid citing the most egregious journals except where absolutely unavoidable.
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Absolutely broken! Researchers who leave academia can lose access to their own research. Not to mention the research that others do.
November 15, 2025 at 6:42 AM
Absolutely broken! Researchers who leave academia can lose access to their own research. Not to mention the research that others do.
The irony here is that academics don’t just write the articles for free—we also referee and edit for them for free. Something is deeply broken.
“New Zealand's eight universities spent $30-million a year on journal licences and about half of that sum went to Elsevier.
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
“New Zealand's eight universities spent $30-million a year on journal licences and about half of that sum went to Elsevier.
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
Universities in 'battle of the century' with journal publisher Elsevier
One New Zealand university told its staff all universities in New Zealand and Australia would "lose some degree of access" to the publisher's 1600 titles from the start of next year.
www.rnz.co.nz
November 15, 2025 at 5:50 AM
The irony here is that academics don’t just write the articles for free—we also referee and edit for them for free. Something is deeply broken.
“New Zealand's eight universities spent $30-million a year on journal licences and about half of that sum went to Elsevier.
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
“New Zealand's eight universities spent $30-million a year on journal licences and about half of that sum went to Elsevier.
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
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It blows my mind that the Liberal party looked at all the seats they lost to teals last election almost entirely on the issue of climate change, and thought “we need more of that”.
They’ve just given Labor a huge gift. The majority of Australians want action on climate change (around 70% depending on the poll). This surely makes it hard to even compete with them?
28 Liberals voted to dump net zero by 2050,17 voted to keep it and 4 are still scratching their arse😂🤣🤣true. Ian
November 14, 2025 at 1:18 AM
It blows my mind that the Liberal party looked at all the seats they lost to teals last election almost entirely on the issue of climate change, and thought “we need more of that”.
They’ve just given Labor a huge gift. The majority of Australians want action on climate change (around 70% depending on the poll). This surely makes it hard to even compete with them?
28 Liberals voted to dump net zero by 2050,17 voted to keep it and 4 are still scratching their arse😂🤣🤣true. Ian
November 12, 2025 at 6:47 AM
They’ve just given Labor a huge gift. The majority of Australians want action on climate change (around 70% depending on the poll). This surely makes it hard to even compete with them?
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Gough Whitlam’s removal as prime minister by the governor-general in 1975 — and the Queen rumoured role in the crisis — still rankles republicans decades later
How ‘the dismissal’ still haunts Australian politics 50 years on
www.thetimes.com
November 11, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Gough Whitlam’s removal as prime minister by the governor-general in 1975 — and the Queen rumoured role in the crisis — still rankles republicans decades later
Good on them.
“We are finally drawing a line in the sand," minister for digital affairs Caroline Stage said.
www.sbs.com.au/news/article...
“We are finally drawing a line in the sand," minister for digital affairs Caroline Stage said.
www.sbs.com.au/news/article...
'The world is watching': Denmark follows Australia's youth social media ban
As the deadline looms for tech platforms to comply with Australia's youth social media ban, Denmark has announced a similar policy.
www.sbs.com.au
November 8, 2025 at 5:55 AM
Good on them.
“We are finally drawing a line in the sand," minister for digital affairs Caroline Stage said.
www.sbs.com.au/news/article...
“We are finally drawing a line in the sand," minister for digital affairs Caroline Stage said.
www.sbs.com.au/news/article...
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oh my god they actually did it lmao
November 6, 2025 at 12:36 AM
oh my god they actually did it lmao
We’ve got a new rule in our house that if you just sat Methods and survived you get the burger of your choice right now
November 6, 2025 at 4:34 AM
We’ve got a new rule in our house that if you just sat Methods and survived you get the burger of your choice right now
Very glad Reddit is being included—it is not a safe place for kids and never has been. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
Reddit and Kick added to child social media ban
Reddit and Kick will be included in the world-first social media ban for children under 16, which begins next month.
www.abc.net.au
November 4, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Very glad Reddit is being included—it is not a safe place for kids and never has been. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
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Literally opened the app to cancel Apple TV+, to get a popup notifying that the price of subscription is about to increase by almost 25%
🤔 kthxbai
Includes a teeny tiny link to 'review your subscription' that is placed dangerously close to the massive OK button to accept the price increase.
🤔 kthxbai
Includes a teeny tiny link to 'review your subscription' that is placed dangerously close to the massive OK button to accept the price increase.
October 30, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Literally opened the app to cancel Apple TV+, to get a popup notifying that the price of subscription is about to increase by almost 25%
🤔 kthxbai
Includes a teeny tiny link to 'review your subscription' that is placed dangerously close to the massive OK button to accept the price increase.
🤔 kthxbai
Includes a teeny tiny link to 'review your subscription' that is placed dangerously close to the massive OK button to accept the price increase.
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lmao, Bolt lives in Victoria but I feel like he's never seen people here?
October 28, 2025 at 9:55 PM
lmao, Bolt lives in Victoria but I feel like he's never seen people here?
Musk has hated Wikipedia for a long time.
Mainly because it’s a reliable source of up-to-date and factual information that he can’t purchase or undermine (he has tried both, unsuccessfully btw)
So now he’s launching a “competitor” called Grokipedia that’ll churn out AI-slop.
Mainly because it’s a reliable source of up-to-date and factual information that he can’t purchase or undermine (he has tried both, unsuccessfully btw)
So now he’s launching a “competitor” called Grokipedia that’ll churn out AI-slop.
October 29, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Musk has hated Wikipedia for a long time.
Mainly because it’s a reliable source of up-to-date and factual information that he can’t purchase or undermine (he has tried both, unsuccessfully btw)
So now he’s launching a “competitor” called Grokipedia that’ll churn out AI-slop.
Mainly because it’s a reliable source of up-to-date and factual information that he can’t purchase or undermine (he has tried both, unsuccessfully btw)
So now he’s launching a “competitor” called Grokipedia that’ll churn out AI-slop.
Imagine if Gina and Clive actually had to give something back to us for everything they extract from the land. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Mining giants must pay rent tax so Australians don’t miss out on critical minerals cash boom, MPs say
David Pocock, Allegra Spender and Kate Chaney say past policy decisions on taxing gas profits must not be repeated as next resources opportunity beckons
www.theguardian.com
October 24, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Imagine if Gina and Clive actually had to give something back to us for everything they extract from the land. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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Here’s the original clip of Ronald Reagan from April 25, 1987, where he delivered a complete and total rebuke against tariffs. Trump's calling Reagan’s words here “FAKE” and “fraudulent.” They’re 100% real. And the original clip is actually far worse for Trump, as much is left out of the ad:
October 24, 2025 at 3:51 AM
Here’s the original clip of Ronald Reagan from April 25, 1987, where he delivered a complete and total rebuke against tariffs. Trump's calling Reagan’s words here “FAKE” and “fraudulent.” They’re 100% real. And the original clip is actually far worse for Trump, as much is left out of the ad:
“An AAP FactCheck investigation reveals a wave of AI-generated avatar videos spreading online, pushing claims of a "migrant invasion" and election rigging, sometimes with violent overtones.
www.aap.com.au/factcheck/th...
www.aap.com.au/factcheck/th...
The AI avatars rallying Australians to their cause
They appear to be real but the many faces calling on Australians to
www.aap.com.au
October 23, 2025 at 5:45 PM
“An AAP FactCheck investigation reveals a wave of AI-generated avatar videos spreading online, pushing claims of a "migrant invasion" and election rigging, sometimes with violent overtones.
www.aap.com.au/factcheck/th...
www.aap.com.au/factcheck/th...
This is so exciting.
“People with severe vision loss have been able to read again, thanks to a tiny wireless chip implanted in one of their eyes and a pair of high-tech glasses.
www.newscientist.com/article/2500...
“People with severe vision loss have been able to read again, thanks to a tiny wireless chip implanted in one of their eyes and a pair of high-tech glasses.
www.newscientist.com/article/2500...
Eye implant and high-tech glasses restore vision lost to age
Age-related macular degeneration is a common cause of vision loss, with existing treatments only able to slow its progression. But now an implant in the back of the eye and a pair of high-tech glasses...
www.newscientist.com
October 21, 2025 at 4:25 AM
This is so exciting.
“People with severe vision loss have been able to read again, thanks to a tiny wireless chip implanted in one of their eyes and a pair of high-tech glasses.
www.newscientist.com/article/2500...
“People with severe vision loss have been able to read again, thanks to a tiny wireless chip implanted in one of their eyes and a pair of high-tech glasses.
www.newscientist.com/article/2500...
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Until the next elections. To do otherwise is to give him a civil war only the administration can ever win.
October 19, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Until the next elections. To do otherwise is to give him a civil war only the administration can ever win.
The President of the United States has just posted an AI-generated video of an aeroplane saying “king trump” dropping piles of sh*t on his own population.
How long are you going to put up with this for? Serious question.
How long are you going to put up with this for? Serious question.
October 19, 2025 at 2:07 AM
The President of the United States has just posted an AI-generated video of an aeroplane saying “king trump” dropping piles of sh*t on his own population.
How long are you going to put up with this for? Serious question.
How long are you going to put up with this for? Serious question.
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October 18, 2025 at 3:42 PM
This is evidence that the proposed ban is working exactly as intended.
In the long term what we want to see is platforms taking responsibility for the content kids are exposed to. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
In the long term what we want to see is platforms taking responsibility for the content kids are exposed to. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
Instagram to limit teens to PG-13 content, Meta says
Teenagers on Instagram will be restricted to seeing PG-13 content by default and won't be able to change their settings without a parent's permission, Meta has announced.
www.abc.net.au
October 14, 2025 at 10:17 PM
This is evidence that the proposed ban is working exactly as intended.
In the long term what we want to see is platforms taking responsibility for the content kids are exposed to. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
In the long term what we want to see is platforms taking responsibility for the content kids are exposed to. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...