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Belinda Barnet

@manjusrii.bsky.social

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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

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Belinda Barnet @manjusrii.bsky.social · 17h

I’m sure Meta will say this has nothing to do with the ban. It is not in their interest to admit that the threat of legislation works to change their strategy

Belinda Barnet @manjusrii.bsky.social · 17h

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...

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

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Belinda Barnet @manjusrii.bsky.social · 2d

Ooh that looks delicious

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Roland Meyer @bildoperationen.bsky.social · 2d

There's still a tendency in academia (and I am no exception to this) to talk about authoritarianism and fascistization as if these are just things we could observe out there, somehow unrelated to and not directly affeciting us, and not forces already at work both within and against our institutions

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Belinda Barnet @manjusrii.bsky.social · 5d

Trump has posted nine times in ten minutes on Truth Social, so a post per minute pretty much. Did he just find out the Nobel went to someone else

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Belinda Barnet @manjusrii.bsky.social · 7d

“If the University of Virginia agrees to the terms dictated by a memo sent last Wednesday by Secretary of Education Linda McMahon, then this essay you are reading could cost the university all of its federal support.

newrepublic.com/article/2013...

Why This Essay Could Cause the University of Virginia to Shut Down

How Linda McMahon’s latest “compact” would do deep and permanent harm to American higher education

newrepublic.com

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 9d

Oof. 🤡

@financialtimes.com
www.ft.com/content/934c...

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Belinda Barnet @manjusrii.bsky.social · 10d

“When a court subsequently did order Rotondo to remove the images and not to share them, his response was to email them to 50 addresses, including to Inman Grant herself.

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

In a world where techlords rule us by whim, Australia’s stance against deepfakes is reason to celebrate | Van Badham

Could courage be contagious? Let’s hope so, because in the absence of powerful regulation, the normalisation of awful blooms

www.theguardian.com

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Belinda Barnet @manjusrii.bsky.social · 12d

Precisely

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Liz Darvill @lizdarvill.bsky.social · 12d

Them: gender is immutable as ordained by Nature and the Heavens

Also Them: gender is a precariously fragile idea that dissolves on contract with any alternative idea

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Belinda Barnet @manjusrii.bsky.social · 12d

I’m over American tech executives who think gender diversity is a contagious disease you can get by watching a Netflix cartoon.

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Asher Wolf @asherwolf.bsky.social · 15d

Haven’t watched episode 2 & 3 of The People v Robodebt.

Me on waking: why do I have an email from the production company reminding me of their standing offer of counselling sessions?

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Raffi Melkonian @rmfifthcircuit.bsky.social · 19d

I do not think this is a useful application of ChatGPT, to be honest.

also ChatGPT, “What does monkey ass mean?” (Sep. 23, 2025), https://perma.cc/SS32-JRUX
(explaining that monkey ass can be “potentially racial (depending on context)” but also an “insult
or put-down (non-specific),” “emphasizing someone acting wild or stupid,” or “used in joking or
aggressive banter” (citation modified)).

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Belinda Barnet @manjusrii.bsky.social · 19d

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.

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Belinda Barnet @manjusrii.bsky.social · 20d

“You guys are probably next, right?

…Stanley cites Australia’s history of Indigenous displacement, its “performatively vicious” treatment of asylum seekers and the fierce “anti-woke” rhetoric that pierces public discourse.

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...

A US fascism expert’s warning to Australia: ‘You guys are probably next’

The US’s slide towards authoritarianism is part of a global trend, says professor and fascism expert Jason Stanley. And distant Australia, far from being immune, is uniquely vulnerable

www.theguardian.com

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Belinda Barnet @manjusrii.bsky.social · 21d

This speech was like Dada performance art, at times completely nonsensical

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/23/u...

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Belinda Barnet @manjusrii.bsky.social · 22d

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Belinda Barnet @manjusrii.bsky.social · 23d

True.

Belinda Barnet @manjusrii.bsky.social · 23d

Elon bought Twitter and turned it into an effective right-wing media machine. Rupert & Lachlan wanting a piece of TikTok and its 170 million US users makes perfect sense

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Belinda Barnet @manjusrii.bsky.social · 23d

You can’t make this stuff up. Rupert & Lachlan Murdoch are possibly in a hand-picked (by Trump) consortium to buy TikTok in the US

www.theage.com.au/business/com...

‘A man named Lachlan is involved’: Trump reveals Murdochs set to have role in new TikTok deal

President Donald Trump’s disclosure is the latest twist in a fast-moving potential deal to keep TikTok operating in the US.

www.theage.com.au

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Belinda Barnet @manjusrii.bsky.social · 26d

“President Trump on Thursday floated revoking TV broadcast licenses for networks that cover him negatively, a day after ABC's indefinite suspension of Jimmy Kimmel.

www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/tru...

Trump says TV networks covering him negatively should "maybe" have their licenses revoked

On Thursday, ABC took Jimmy Kimmel off the air after the FCC chairman hinted at action against ABC over comments the comedian had made about the suspect in Charlie Kirk's killing.

www.cbsnews.com

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Belinda Barnet @manjusrii.bsky.social · 28d

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Belinda Barnet @manjusrii.bsky.social · 28d

One of his followers just posted a mobile number under it. Surely this is not ok.

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Belinda Barnet @manjusrii.bsky.social · 28d

Yes we do

Belinda Barnet @manjusrii.bsky.social · 28d

I feel sorry for the latest account he has picked on: the details shared underneath contain private and identifying information.

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