Belinda Barnet
@manjusrii.bsky.social
Snr Lecturer digital media Swinburne Uni, chicken whisperer, researcher. Smells books. Maybe we can build a new thing here 🌱
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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
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Bondi: National cabinet has agreed to look at gun control options in Australia including potential changes to:
- licensing
- limiting the number of guns able to be held by one person
- further restrictions to guns permitted
- limiting firearms licenses to Australian citizens
- licensing
- limiting the number of guns able to be held by one person
- further restrictions to guns permitted
- limiting firearms licenses to Australian citizens
December 15, 2025 at 6:52 AM
Bondi: National cabinet has agreed to look at gun control options in Australia including potential changes to:
- licensing
- limiting the number of guns able to be held by one person
- further restrictions to guns permitted
- limiting firearms licenses to Australian citizens
- licensing
- limiting the number of guns able to be held by one person
- further restrictions to guns permitted
- limiting firearms licenses to Australian citizens
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This is fucking grim. Somebody invented a white guy, an "IT professional" named Edward Crabtree, who stopped the Bondi shooting and spread it all over the internet, which was picked up by AI agents and slop aggregation sites.
The real hero is a fruit stand owner named Ahmed el Ahmed.
The real hero is a fruit stand owner named Ahmed el Ahmed.
December 14, 2025 at 8:02 PM
This is fucking grim. Somebody invented a white guy, an "IT professional" named Edward Crabtree, who stopped the Bondi shooting and spread it all over the internet, which was picked up by AI agents and slop aggregation sites.
The real hero is a fruit stand owner named Ahmed el Ahmed.
The real hero is a fruit stand owner named Ahmed el Ahmed.
The father was licensed for six firearms. How can you possibly be licensed for SIX firearms? We need to tighten our gun laws
December 14, 2025 at 8:33 PM
The father was licensed for six firearms. How can you possibly be licensed for SIX firearms? We need to tighten our gun laws
Many of the accounts on X that are now opportunistically spreading anti-immigration content in the wake of the Bondi attack are *not even located in Australia*
December 14, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Many of the accounts on X that are now opportunistically spreading anti-immigration content in the wake of the Bondi attack are *not even located in Australia*
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My heart filled with dread when I saw the news this evening. I’m absolutely devastated by the horrific violence at Bondi beach tonight. This is an appalling and unforgivable act of violence.
December 14, 2025 at 10:35 AM
My heart filled with dread when I saw the news this evening. I’m absolutely devastated by the horrific violence at Bondi beach tonight. This is an appalling and unforgivable act of violence.
Absolutely gut-wrenching. Families, children, people enjoying the festival.
If this was intended to divide us, to send a message of hate and division, we should damn well do the opposite.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
If this was intended to divide us, to send a message of hate and division, we should damn well do the opposite.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Bondi beach attack: what we know so far about the shooting in Sydney
Police say 10 people are dead after a mass shooting at Bondi beach on Sunday evening, including one shooter
www.theguardian.com
December 14, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Absolutely gut-wrenching. Families, children, people enjoying the festival.
If this was intended to divide us, to send a message of hate and division, we should damn well do the opposite.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
If this was intended to divide us, to send a message of hate and division, we should damn well do the opposite.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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The underground cellars at the Unicorn Brewery.
Built in 1873 at Burra, it's my favourite part of the Burra Heritage Passport Tour.
A very worthwhile self-guided tour if you are ever visiting Burra.
Built in 1873 at Burra, it's my favourite part of the Burra Heritage Passport Tour.
A very worthwhile self-guided tour if you are ever visiting Burra.
December 11, 2025 at 8:27 AM
The underground cellars at the Unicorn Brewery.
Built in 1873 at Burra, it's my favourite part of the Burra Heritage Passport Tour.
A very worthwhile self-guided tour if you are ever visiting Burra.
Built in 1873 at Burra, it's my favourite part of the Burra Heritage Passport Tour.
A very worthwhile self-guided tour if you are ever visiting Burra.
I support the social media ban for under 16s.
No I don’t have any affiliation with the government. No I don’t work for Murdoch/special interests/all the other things people accuse you of when you think a piece of platform regulation is a good idea (not my first rodeo).
No I don’t have any affiliation with the government. No I don’t work for Murdoch/special interests/all the other things people accuse you of when you think a piece of platform regulation is a good idea (not my first rodeo).
December 10, 2025 at 12:58 AM
I support the social media ban for under 16s.
No I don’t have any affiliation with the government. No I don’t work for Murdoch/special interests/all the other things people accuse you of when you think a piece of platform regulation is a good idea (not my first rodeo).
No I don’t have any affiliation with the government. No I don’t work for Murdoch/special interests/all the other things people accuse you of when you think a piece of platform regulation is a good idea (not my first rodeo).
Predictably, lemon8 is on fire today.
The thing is, though, it’ll end up getting locked down too: they are already on notice to self assess.
Set up a WhatsApp group people
The thing is, though, it’ll end up getting locked down too: they are already on notice to self assess.
Set up a WhatsApp group people
December 9, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Predictably, lemon8 is on fire today.
The thing is, though, it’ll end up getting locked down too: they are already on notice to self assess.
Set up a WhatsApp group people
The thing is, though, it’ll end up getting locked down too: they are already on notice to self assess.
Set up a WhatsApp group people
To all the students waiting anxiously for their ATAR on Thursday: it actually isn’t as important as you think it is.
The only number that will follow you through life is your shoe size.
The only number that will follow you through life is your shoe size.
December 8, 2025 at 7:58 PM
To all the students waiting anxiously for their ATAR on Thursday: it actually isn’t as important as you think it is.
The only number that will follow you through life is your shoe size.
The only number that will follow you through life is your shoe size.
The EU has fined X for breaches to the bloc’s regulations protecting users.
Musk did not respond by listening to the concerns or trying to make X safer.
He’s decided to be utterly infantile.
Musk did not respond by listening to the concerns or trying to make X safer.
He’s decided to be utterly infantile.
December 6, 2025 at 7:50 PM
The EU has fined X for breaches to the bloc’s regulations protecting users.
Musk did not respond by listening to the concerns or trying to make X safer.
He’s decided to be utterly infantile.
Musk did not respond by listening to the concerns or trying to make X safer.
He’s decided to be utterly infantile.
At one point soon the platforms are going to realise they must either protect users and remove harmful content - or they get fined. Or blocked.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
EU hits Musk's X with $210 million fine for breaching bloc's social media law
European Union regulators say the breaches of the bloc's digital regulations could leave users exposed to scams and manipulation.
www.abc.net.au
December 6, 2025 at 6:19 AM
At one point soon the platforms are going to realise they must either protect users and remove harmful content - or they get fined. Or blocked.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
To all the beautiful teens who are looking for a place to set up camp: if lemon8 meets the criteria for a social media app it’ll just get locked down too.
Don’t build your house on sand. Pick a messaging app
Don’t build your house on sand. Pick a messaging app
December 4, 2025 at 9:06 PM
To all the beautiful teens who are looking for a place to set up camp: if lemon8 meets the criteria for a social media app it’ll just get locked down too.
Don’t build your house on sand. Pick a messaging app
Don’t build your house on sand. Pick a messaging app
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Here’s the latest summer release of designer jean shorts brought to by fashion icon The House Of Unit😳😂😂🤣🤣🤣Ian
December 4, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Here’s the latest summer release of designer jean shorts brought to by fashion icon The House Of Unit😳😂😂🤣🤣🤣Ian
All those 1st amendment patriots, free speech absolutists etc over there….
Why are you not up in arms about trump’s hint here that he intends to break (or otherwise circumvent) the 22nd amendment?
Why are you not up in arms about trump’s hint here that he intends to break (or otherwise circumvent) the 22nd amendment?
November 29, 2025 at 9:49 AM
All those 1st amendment patriots, free speech absolutists etc over there….
Why are you not up in arms about trump’s hint here that he intends to break (or otherwise circumvent) the 22nd amendment?
Why are you not up in arms about trump’s hint here that he intends to break (or otherwise circumvent) the 22nd amendment?
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Your universe is a photocopy of a photocopy of a…
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on.ft.com/4ahkNKa
November 27, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Your universe is a photocopy of a photocopy of a…
on.ft.com/4ahkNKa
on.ft.com/4ahkNKa
I’m so embarrassed that Pauline Hanson is a Senator in this country. Her stunt was designed to stoke anger and division but actually I’m just embarrassed that she sits there at all
November 24, 2025 at 9:04 AM
I’m so embarrassed that Pauline Hanson is a Senator in this country. Her stunt was designed to stoke anger and division but actually I’m just embarrassed that she sits there at all
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A reminder that this pattern of activity including the stupid handles and bio lines and emojis was catalogued in the Senate reports on Russia’s election interference in 2016 — a thing which actually happened!
Pretend Americans 🦅🇺🇸⭐️2A has been the game all along
www.thedailybeast.com/top-maga-inf...
Pretend Americans 🦅🇺🇸⭐️2A has been the game all along
www.thedailybeast.com/top-maga-inf...
Top MAGA Influencers Accidentally Unmasked as Foreign Actors
A new feature on Elon Musk’s X has given deeper insight into the online “America First” movement.
www.thedailybeast.com
November 24, 2025 at 1:18 AM
A reminder that this pattern of activity including the stupid handles and bio lines and emojis was catalogued in the Senate reports on Russia’s election interference in 2016 — a thing which actually happened!
Pretend Americans 🦅🇺🇸⭐️2A has been the game all along
www.thedailybeast.com/top-maga-inf...
Pretend Americans 🦅🇺🇸⭐️2A has been the game all along
www.thedailybeast.com/top-maga-inf...
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”.