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
The Upside Down: https://twitter.com/manjusrii
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
Microsoft has cut some services to the Israel Ministry of Defence because they were being used for mass surveillance.
This might seem trivial or insignificant but it is not: if all the major tech companies made decisions like this it could change the tide.
This might seem trivial or insignificant but it is not: if all the major tech companies made decisions like this it could change the tide.
September 25, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Microsoft has cut some services to the Israel Ministry of Defence because they were being used for mass surveillance.
This might seem trivial or insignificant but it is not: if all the major tech companies made decisions like this it could change the tide.
This might seem trivial or insignificant but it is not: if all the major tech companies made decisions like this it could change the tide.
This speech was like Dada performance art, at times completely nonsensical
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/23/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/23/u...
September 24, 2025 at 7:25 AM
This speech was like Dada performance art, at times completely nonsensical
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/23/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/23/u...
I feel sorry for the latest account he has picked on: the details shared underneath contain private and identifying information.
September 17, 2025 at 8:20 AM
I feel sorry for the latest account he has picked on: the details shared underneath contain private and identifying information.
Australians: you need to read about what happened to this Melbourne writer at the US border.
It makes me worried as an academic and writer too. Luckily my US family are mostly back in Oz now so I can stay away for a few years.
www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
It makes me worried as an academic and writer too. Luckily my US family are mostly back in Oz now so I can stay away for a few years.
www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
September 13, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Australians: you need to read about what happened to this Melbourne writer at the US border.
It makes me worried as an academic and writer too. Luckily my US family are mostly back in Oz now so I can stay away for a few years.
www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
It makes me worried as an academic and writer too. Luckily my US family are mostly back in Oz now so I can stay away for a few years.
www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
I wish we could just call a spade a spade.
This is starvation.
This is starvation.
August 16, 2025 at 11:55 PM
I wish we could just call a spade a spade.
This is starvation.
This is starvation.
UTS is going to axe 400 jobs. This is not solely the government’s fault, but it is yet another sign that the “Job-ready Graduates” package needs to be abolished. It punishes humanities students
August 14, 2025 at 9:11 PM
UTS is going to axe 400 jobs. This is not solely the government’s fault, but it is yet another sign that the “Job-ready Graduates” package needs to be abolished. It punishes humanities students
They said Australia. It’s so random isn’t it?
August 7, 2025 at 7:35 AM
They said Australia. It’s so random isn’t it?
As though people are like little UPS parcels you can just shuffle off to the opposite side of the round world.
(This excerpt is from WaPo)
(This excerpt is from WaPo)
August 7, 2025 at 7:29 AM
As though people are like little UPS parcels you can just shuffle off to the opposite side of the round world.
(This excerpt is from WaPo)
(This excerpt is from WaPo)
Trump is deploying the high-vis and hardhat look. Australians invented this political power move (they can even bring their own fake tradies)
July 24, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Trump is deploying the high-vis and hardhat look. Australians invented this political power move (they can even bring their own fake tradies)
I wonder if Murdoch (like Musk) is now regretting the destructive force he helped install in the White House
July 18, 2025 at 11:36 PM
I wonder if Murdoch (like Musk) is now regretting the destructive force he helped install in the White House
Of *course* the new Grok companion would be a flirty goth anime girl aged 22 who is totally head over heels in love with you
July 15, 2025 at 6:46 AM
Of *course* the new Grok companion would be a flirty goth anime girl aged 22 who is totally head over heels in love with you
Flash back to July 10, 2016 in The Age.
July 10, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Flash back to July 10, 2016 in The Age.
NYT on why Trump bombed Iran.
July 4, 2025 at 9:38 PM
NYT on why Trump bombed Iran.
YouTube is going to leverage its own user base to pressure the government over legislation it doesn’t like. It is going to mobilise creators.
Google (who own YouTube) tried to pit their users against the government once before in 2020.
Google (who own YouTube) tried to pit their users against the government once before in 2020.
July 4, 2025 at 8:17 AM
YouTube is going to leverage its own user base to pressure the government over legislation it doesn’t like. It is going to mobilise creators.
Google (who own YouTube) tried to pit their users against the government once before in 2020.
Google (who own YouTube) tried to pit their users against the government once before in 2020.
Ok this is fun (and I love that it’s represented by avatars). Do yours here skircle.me/skircle
June 28, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Ok this is fun (and I love that it’s represented by avatars). Do yours here skircle.me/skircle
He hasn’t managed to stop or even *de-escalate* war in the Middle East but at least you’ve got new flag poles, right?
June 18, 2025 at 3:11 AM
He hasn’t managed to stop or even *de-escalate* war in the Middle East but at least you’ve got new flag poles, right?
This is Orwellian. I’ve already been warned to avoid travelling to the US if at all possible, but didn’t realise it was at the “scrub your phone” point
June 16, 2025 at 10:35 AM
This is Orwellian. I’ve already been warned to avoid travelling to the US if at all possible, but didn’t realise it was at the “scrub your phone” point
Disney and Universal are going to take on generative AI.
They’ve filed a case in an LA court against Midjourney—and it has a pretty solid argument backed up with tons of examples. www.courthousenews.com/wp-content/u...
They’ve filed a case in an LA court against Midjourney—and it has a pretty solid argument backed up with tons of examples. www.courthousenews.com/wp-content/u...
June 14, 2025 at 7:06 AM
Disney and Universal are going to take on generative AI.
They’ve filed a case in an LA court against Midjourney—and it has a pretty solid argument backed up with tons of examples. www.courthousenews.com/wp-content/u...
They’ve filed a case in an LA court against Midjourney—and it has a pretty solid argument backed up with tons of examples. www.courthousenews.com/wp-content/u...
The man who brought us Robodebt and secret ministries. We are going to award him now.
June 8, 2025 at 10:04 PM
The man who brought us Robodebt and secret ministries. We are going to award him now.
The bombshell in all this, for me, is Musk admitting what we have been telling you for two years: Musk didn’t buy Twitter to liberate it, Freedom Of Speech, etc.
He bought the election.
He bought the election.
June 5, 2025 at 8:02 PM
The bombshell in all this, for me, is Musk admitting what we have been telling you for two years: Musk didn’t buy Twitter to liberate it, Freedom Of Speech, etc.
He bought the election.
He bought the election.
Claws out: while we were sleeping, the Musk-Trump breakup descended into pure hatred.
June 5, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Claws out: while we were sleeping, the Musk-Trump breakup descended into pure hatred.
Everybody was completely chill until the bag of fish heads came out
June 4, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Everybody was completely chill until the bag of fish heads came out
Can see some buyer’s remorse happening
June 4, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Can see some buyer’s remorse happening