Timothy Graham
@timothyjgraham.bsky.social
Associate Professor at Queensland University of Technology. Computational communication, social theory. Interests: Propaganda, dark political communication, the relationship between technology, truth, and knowledge
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In case you hadn’t seen it yet, this is just brilliant, brilliant news – very excited for our wonderful early-career researchers at the @qutdmrc.bsky.social.
#AANZCA25 folks, you might be interested in hearing about these projects too…
#AANZCA25 folks, you might be interested in hearing about these projects too…
ARC DECRA Success - QUT Digital Media Research Centre
Three QUT researchers affiliated with the Digital Media Research Centre have been successful in the Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (DECRA) scheme.The...
research.qut.edu.au
November 26, 2025 at 11:05 PM
In case you hadn’t seen it yet, this is just brilliant, brilliant news – very excited for our wonderful early-career researchers at the @qutdmrc.bsky.social.
#AANZCA25 folks, you might be interested in hearing about these projects too…
#AANZCA25 folks, you might be interested in hearing about these projects too…
Note to self; less caffeine before radio interviews
November 26, 2025 at 4:24 AM
Note to self; less caffeine before radio interviews
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If I’m understanding this correctly, X is owned by a white nationalist who pays poor people of color in developing countries to pretend to be working class white Americans to scare other white Americans into being afraid poor people of color from developing countries are going to ruin America?
November 23, 2025 at 7:30 PM
If I’m understanding this correctly, X is owned by a white nationalist who pays poor people of color in developing countries to pretend to be working class white Americans to scare other white Americans into being afraid poor people of color from developing countries are going to ruin America?
If this was the premise of a Philip K. Dick novel, I’d think it was a step too far.
futurism.com/artificial-i...
futurism.com/artificial-i...
AI-Powered Toys Caught Telling 5-Year-Olds How to Find Knives and Start Fires With Matches
AI-powered toys are flying off the shelves -- but they're engaging in horrifically inappropriate conversations with children.
futurism.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:39 AM
If this was the premise of a Philip K. Dick novel, I’d think it was a step too far.
futurism.com/artificial-i...
futurism.com/artificial-i...
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🇮🇹 Oh look what just arrived in the office – I guess I’ve been published in Italian again ! Congratulations on a fine collection, @gboccia.bsky.social (and what a cover !)…
Guess now we know how many Zs it takes to translate “destructive polarisation” into Italian, too (‘polarizzazione’ 😲).
Guess now we know how many Zs it takes to translate “destructive polarisation” into Italian, too (‘polarizzazione’ 😲).
November 25, 2025 at 4:49 AM
🇮🇹 Oh look what just arrived in the office – I guess I’ve been published in Italian again ! Congratulations on a fine collection, @gboccia.bsky.social (and what a cover !)…
Guess now we know how many Zs it takes to translate “destructive polarisation” into Italian, too (‘polarizzazione’ 😲).
Guess now we know how many Zs it takes to translate “destructive polarisation” into Italian, too (‘polarizzazione’ 😲).
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ARC DECRA funding news is out - congrats especially to my fantastic @qutdmrc.bsky.social colleagues @kathaesa.bsky.social & @zahrastardust.bsky.social, and the brilliant @amymcquire.bsky.social @emvdn.bsky.social @hansasenbaum.bsky.social, all successful this round. 🎉
rms.arc.gov.au/RMS/Report/D...
rms.arc.gov.au/RMS/Report/D...
Research Management System - Scheme Round Statistics for Approved Applications - Discovery Early Career Researcher Award 2026 round 1
RMS is the ARC's Research Management System, a web-based system used by eligible researchers to prepare and submit research proposals and assessments under the ARC National Competitive Grants Program ...
rms.arc.gov.au
November 25, 2025 at 12:52 AM
ARC DECRA funding news is out - congrats especially to my fantastic @qutdmrc.bsky.social colleagues @kathaesa.bsky.social & @zahrastardust.bsky.social, and the brilliant @amymcquire.bsky.social @emvdn.bsky.social @hansasenbaum.bsky.social, all successful this round. 🎉
rms.arc.gov.au/RMS/Report/D...
rms.arc.gov.au/RMS/Report/D...
X now reveals the locations of user accounts, pulling back the curtain on the scale and scope of manipulation and “coordinated inauthentic behaviour” on the platform. At the least, I hope it helps us reevaluate platforms as “neutral” infrastructure.
www.businessinsider.com/x-shows-loca...
www.businessinsider.com/x-shows-loca...
X erupts after the platform reveals the locations where accounts are based
X, formerly Twitter, launched a feature that shows accounts' locations, in an effort to promote transparency.
www.businessinsider.com
November 24, 2025 at 10:25 PM
X now reveals the locations of user accounts, pulling back the curtain on the scale and scope of manipulation and “coordinated inauthentic behaviour” on the platform. At the least, I hope it helps us reevaluate platforms as “neutral” infrastructure.
www.businessinsider.com/x-shows-loca...
www.businessinsider.com/x-shows-loca...
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A new article by me in @theconversation.com about forthcoming research with fab colleagues @snurb.info, @riedlinm.bsky.social, @phzerosounds.bsky.social, @timothyjgraham.bsky.social, and @antmandan.bsky.social. Looking forward to presenting this at the #AANZCA2025 conference this week! 🎉
PhD researcher Kate FitzGerald has a new article out in The Conversation today looking at generative AI chatbots and conspiracy theories.
AI chatbots are encouraging conspiracy theories – new research
If you interact with chatbots about conspiracy theories, research shows you can can easily fall down the rabbit hole.
theconversation.com
November 24, 2025 at 3:42 AM
A new article by me in @theconversation.com about forthcoming research with fab colleagues @snurb.info, @riedlinm.bsky.social, @phzerosounds.bsky.social, @timothyjgraham.bsky.social, and @antmandan.bsky.social. Looking forward to presenting this at the #AANZCA2025 conference this week! 🎉
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Release day! Here is Diabaig, a traditional #ascii #roguelike.
conornally.itch.io/diabaig
Descend through #procedural floors facing increasing adversity and creatures to defeat the dragon at the bottom. Make your way back out with only the resources you find along the way.
#indiedev #opensource
conornally.itch.io/diabaig
Descend through #procedural floors facing increasing adversity and creatures to defeat the dragon at the bottom. Make your way back out with only the resources you find along the way.
#indiedev #opensource
September 6, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Release day! Here is Diabaig, a traditional #ascii #roguelike.
conornally.itch.io/diabaig
Descend through #procedural floors facing increasing adversity and creatures to defeat the dragon at the bottom. Make your way back out with only the resources you find along the way.
#indiedev #opensource
conornally.itch.io/diabaig
Descend through #procedural floors facing increasing adversity and creatures to defeat the dragon at the bottom. Make your way back out with only the resources you find along the way.
#indiedev #opensource
(Not my usual content on this account, so please excuse the cross-post.)
I’ve just released a game about representation, mimesis, and escape. You load an image from your computer and it converts it to an ascii dungeon for you to try and escape.
EIKASIA
#indiegames #indiedev #philosophy
I’ve just released a game about representation, mimesis, and escape. You load an image from your computer and it converts it to an ascii dungeon for you to try and escape.
EIKASIA
#indiegames #indiedev #philosophy
Humbly presenting EIKASIA
A #roguelike game like no other, where a demon of Greek myth entraps you in an image dungeon, and you are the one who chooses this prison. Will you reach the higher truth?
Download for free on Mac, Windows, and Linux now
timothyjgraham.itch.io/eikasia
A #roguelike game like no other, where a demon of Greek myth entraps you in an image dungeon, and you are the one who chooses this prison. Will you reach the higher truth?
Download for free on Mac, Windows, and Linux now
timothyjgraham.itch.io/eikasia
Eikasia by Timothy Graham
A traditional roguelike where a demon has trapped you inside an image. Plot twist: YOU choose the image!
timothyjgraham.itch.io
November 14, 2025 at 11:18 PM
(Not my usual content on this account, so please excuse the cross-post.)
I’ve just released a game about representation, mimesis, and escape. You load an image from your computer and it converts it to an ascii dungeon for you to try and escape.
EIKASIA
#indiegames #indiedev #philosophy
I’ve just released a game about representation, mimesis, and escape. You load an image from your computer and it converts it to an ascii dungeon for you to try and escape.
EIKASIA
#indiegames #indiedev #philosophy
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New thing just dropped on @itch.io. Can you find that one perfect glitch setting in the infinite sea of e̶r̶r̶o̶r̶s̶ possibilities?
For the 0.00000014% of people on the planet who see beauty in destructive generativity.
timothyjgraham.itch.io/glitchify
#art #glitch #indiegames #graphics #beauty
For the 0.00000014% of people on the planet who see beauty in destructive generativity.
timothyjgraham.itch.io/glitchify
#art #glitch #indiegames #graphics #beauty
Glitchify by Timothy Graham
Create glitch art from source images with ease and a growing sense of power and madness
timothyjgraham.itch.io
November 13, 2025 at 12:00 PM
New thing just dropped on @itch.io. Can you find that one perfect glitch setting in the infinite sea of e̶r̶r̶o̶r̶s̶ possibilities?
For the 0.00000014% of people on the planet who see beauty in destructive generativity.
timothyjgraham.itch.io/glitchify
#art #glitch #indiegames #graphics #beauty
For the 0.00000014% of people on the planet who see beauty in destructive generativity.
timothyjgraham.itch.io/glitchify
#art #glitch #indiegames #graphics #beauty
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Vale John Laws.
Back in 1993 there was no fucking around. Prime Minister Paul Keating went into the studio and told the listeners directly what was happening on the Mabo decision. PMs can't do that these days. #auspol
youtu.be/pn1SnTVYe_4
Back in 1993 there was no fucking around. Prime Minister Paul Keating went into the studio and told the listeners directly what was happening on the Mabo decision. PMs can't do that these days. #auspol
youtu.be/pn1SnTVYe_4
Paul Keating 2UE - 1992 on Mabo - Talk Back Radio - John Laws
YouTube video by Luke McMahon
youtu.be
November 9, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Vale John Laws.
Back in 1993 there was no fucking around. Prime Minister Paul Keating went into the studio and told the listeners directly what was happening on the Mabo decision. PMs can't do that these days. #auspol
youtu.be/pn1SnTVYe_4
Back in 1993 there was no fucking around. Prime Minister Paul Keating went into the studio and told the listeners directly what was happening on the Mabo decision. PMs can't do that these days. #auspol
youtu.be/pn1SnTVYe_4
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🚨 New preprint 🚨
Can AI agents coordinate influence campaigns without human guidance? And how does coordination arise among AI agents? In our latest research, we simulate LLM-powered AI agents acting like users on an online platform, some benign, some running an influence operation
Can AI agents coordinate influence campaigns without human guidance? And how does coordination arise among AI agents? In our latest research, we simulate LLM-powered AI agents acting like users on an online platform, some benign, some running an influence operation
November 3, 2025 at 7:46 PM
🚨 New preprint 🚨
Can AI agents coordinate influence campaigns without human guidance? And how does coordination arise among AI agents? In our latest research, we simulate LLM-powered AI agents acting like users on an online platform, some benign, some running an influence operation
Can AI agents coordinate influence campaigns without human guidance? And how does coordination arise among AI agents? In our latest research, we simulate LLM-powered AI agents acting like users on an online platform, some benign, some running an influence operation
My contemplation for this evening
October 29, 2025 at 8:59 AM
My contemplation for this evening
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Who the fuck is this dude who rolled in saying what women researchers have been saying for years? He came on my thread here once to tell me I was wrong about something — I wasn’t. I responded, he said nothing, and disappeared. @alexhanna.bsky.social @safiyanoble.bsky.social
Ed Zitron Gets Paid to Love AI. He Also Gets Paid to Hate AI
He’s one of the loudest voices of the AI haters—even as he does PR for AI companies. Either way, Ed Zitron has your attention.
www.wired.com
October 27, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Who the fuck is this dude who rolled in saying what women researchers have been saying for years? He came on my thread here once to tell me I was wrong about something — I wasn’t. I responded, he said nothing, and disappeared. @alexhanna.bsky.social @safiyanoble.bsky.social
They want to hammer the truth away from mind-independent correspondence to reality, towards an ideological version of truth that lacks any internally consistent norms or rules beyond the unblinking drive for more power and capital
"Elon Musk on Monday launched an early version of Grokipedia, an online encyclopedia written by AI that the billionaire has touted as a less biased alternative to the venerable online resource Wikipedia."
Sigh.
Sigh.
Elon Musk launches a Wikipedia rival that extols his own ‘vision’
The right-leaning tech magnate is touting his own online encyclopedia as an unbiased alternative to the world’s most widely cited online source.
www.washingtonpost.com
October 28, 2025 at 1:45 AM
They want to hammer the truth away from mind-independent correspondence to reality, towards an ideological version of truth that lacks any internally consistent norms or rules beyond the unblinking drive for more power and capital
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[New Research] Pro-Russian channels on Telegram employ long-standing narrative strategies that blame the West for escalating the conflict, emphasize Western domestic crises, & amplify divisive social & political issues such as LGBTQ rights, immigration, & inflation. socialmedialab.ca/2025/10/27/n...
[New Paper Alert] Who's Telling the Story of the Russia-Ukraine War on Telegram? - Social Media Lab
What happens when one of the world’s biggest wars plays out on one of the least understood platforms? In the aftermath of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022, Telegram quietly...
socialmedialab.ca
October 27, 2025 at 7:32 PM
[New Research] Pro-Russian channels on Telegram employ long-standing narrative strategies that blame the West for escalating the conflict, emphasize Western domestic crises, & amplify divisive social & political issues such as LGBTQ rights, immigration, & inflation. socialmedialab.ca/2025/10/27/n...
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One of the stallholders at the Brisbane Disability Expo is not like the others.
October 25, 2025 at 12:45 AM
One of the stallholders at the Brisbane Disability Expo is not like the others.
For sale: America
The amount is meaningless — less than one day of salary. But the principle is important: once the armed services are paid by the oligarchs, they become a private militia, and we no longer have a country.
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...
Trump Administration Live Updates: Pentagon Accepts $130 Million Donation to Help Pay Troops During Shutdown
www.nytimes.com
October 24, 2025 at 9:28 PM
For sale: America
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"My son - is he alive?"
A Russian KAB struck a residential building in Kostiantynivka, Donetsk region, leaving the family trapped under debris. Ukrainian Warriors from the Khyzhak and Azov Brigades pulled a woman from the rubble. Unfortunately, her son did not survive.
A Russian KAB struck a residential building in Kostiantynivka, Donetsk region, leaving the family trapped under debris. Ukrainian Warriors from the Khyzhak and Azov Brigades pulled a woman from the rubble. Unfortunately, her son did not survive.
October 24, 2025 at 12:54 PM
"My son - is he alive?"
A Russian KAB struck a residential building in Kostiantynivka, Donetsk region, leaving the family trapped under debris. Ukrainian Warriors from the Khyzhak and Azov Brigades pulled a woman from the rubble. Unfortunately, her son did not survive.
A Russian KAB struck a residential building in Kostiantynivka, Donetsk region, leaving the family trapped under debris. Ukrainian Warriors from the Khyzhak and Azov Brigades pulled a woman from the rubble. Unfortunately, her son did not survive.
It’s so important that we maintain a clear compass during these times: this is an immoral, inhuman way to address complex security issues. It’s not normal and it should not be the new norm. Human life is precious and people deserve a fair trial and transparent, accountable processes. Not #JudgeDredd
Trump has now murdered 34 people in international waters.
No one has any idea if any were criminals, and of course it doesn't matter, because it was a war crime to kill even a single one of them.
Drug trafficking is a felony, but it's not a violent crime and isn't punishable by summary execution.
No one has any idea if any were criminals, and of course it doesn't matter, because it was a war crime to kill even a single one of them.
Drug trafficking is a felony, but it's not a violent crime and isn't punishable by summary execution.
Trump administration announces another strike on alleged drug-carrying boat, in the Pacific Ocean
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says in a social media post the U.S. military conducted its eighth strike against an alleged drug vessel
www.independent.co.uk
October 22, 2025 at 9:31 PM
It’s so important that we maintain a clear compass during these times: this is an immoral, inhuman way to address complex security issues. It’s not normal and it should not be the new norm. Human life is precious and people deserve a fair trial and transparent, accountable processes. Not #JudgeDredd
A new level of What Is Going On, USA?
October 20, 2025 at 2:14 AM
A new level of What Is Going On, USA?
Probably one of the most literal and problematic examples of shitposting in the history of the Internet
President Trump posted what appeared to be an A.I.-generated video on social media showing him wearing a crown and flying a jet labeled “King Trump” that dumps brown liquid on protesters. He shared the video on Saturday, the same day that protesters participated in mass “No Kings” demonstrations.
Trump Posts Fake A.I. Video of Himself Flying a ‘King Trump’ Jet Over Protesters
President Trump shared what appeared to be an A.I.-generated video on social media. It shows Mr. Trump wearing a crown and flying a jet that dumps brown liquid on demonstrators.
nyti.ms
October 19, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Probably one of the most literal and problematic examples of shitposting in the history of the Internet
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incredible interactive story of the Australian timeline. a real eye opener with so many important stories.
www.abc.net.au/news/deeptim...
www.abc.net.au/news/deeptim...
Australia is seen as a young country — but do you really know its ancient story?
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples' story goes way, way back… take an awe-inspiring journey into Deep Time.
www.abc.net.au
October 19, 2025 at 8:28 PM
incredible interactive story of the Australian timeline. a real eye opener with so many important stories.
www.abc.net.au/news/deeptim...
www.abc.net.au/news/deeptim...
What distinguishes legitimate military action from extrajudicial killing (read: cold-blooded murder) is usually: clear legal authority, genuine combatant status of targets, proportionality, and accountability mechanisms. None of that appears to be the case here. #StateSanctionedMurder
This is an international disaster. They targeted a disabled fishing boat in Colombian territorial waters and killed fishermen.
October 19, 2025 at 8:30 PM
What distinguishes legitimate military action from extrajudicial killing (read: cold-blooded murder) is usually: clear legal authority, genuine combatant status of targets, proportionality, and accountability mechanisms. None of that appears to be the case here. #StateSanctionedMurder