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Patrik Wikstrom

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Professor of Computational Communication at @qutdmrc.bsky.social, QUT, Brisbane, Australia. I research how technology shape digital culture. #recommendersystems #responsibleAI #music #tiktok

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bradspinsvinyl.bsky.social @bradspinsvinyl.bsky.social · Jun 25

Album release anniversary today…

Released June 25. 1984

Prince - Purple Rain

#albumanniversary #vinylsky #nowspinning #nowplaying
#vinylcommunity #vinyl #records #music

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Jean Burgess @jeanburgess.bsky.social · Apr 17

This is part of an ARC Discovery Project undertaken by @pwik.bsky.social & me at @qutdmrc.bsky.social , @ariadnamf.bsky.social at UCD, and @dhutchman.bsky.social & Jo Gray at Uni of Sydney, with help from the Australian Internet Observatory, and a vibrant team of PhD students and RAs. Be in it!

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Patrik Wikstrom @pwik.bsky.social · Apr 16

We’re featured by ABC!
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04...

Explore your TikTok data and contribute to a study examining how TikTok influences political discourse: foryouparticipate.net/tiktok/

#ForYouProject #CitizenScience #TikTokResearch #QUT #auspol

Peering inside his TikTok viewing history, one user finds it is 'not just raw, pointless data'

A new tool created by researchers at the Queensland University of Technology is allowing people to see themselves through the eyes of the algorithm.

www.abc.net.au

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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · Jan 19

Just making sure that everyone is aware of this crab that NOAA scientists found

Photo of a small crab from NOAA’s social media. It’s covered in spikes

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Rebekah Jones @georebekah.bsky.social · Jan 8

ABC, NBC & CBS dedicated about 16 minutes of airtime last night to the California wildfires without once mentioning climate change.

Since the news failed do it's job, here's a short summary of the role of climate change and wildfire risk:

www.noaa.gov/noaa-wildfir...