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Kate FitzGerald

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PhD Candidate & Research Analyst @ Digital Media Research Centre, QUT. Research information disorder, conspiracy theories, and knowledge production practices. Read Them Sideways podcast co-host and producer. (she/her) ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡บ ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช

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So glad to see this article finally out! I loved working with this team and it was a great opportunity to develop qualitative methods for generative AI research. I feel this is an important contribution that we are currently expanding on in a multilingual context, so stay tuned! โœ๏ธ ๐Ÿ–ฅ๏ธ

06.03.2026 07:37 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 2 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Called out ๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜ญ

20.02.2026 09:41 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

A great read ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช

01.02.2026 21:17 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

This is a MUST-READ affidavit.

This eyewitness to Alex Prettiโ€™s murder โ€” who is too scared to even go home because she doesnโ€™t trust federal agents โ€” directly refutes what the feds are saying happened today:

25.01.2026 01:59 ๐Ÿ‘ 5359 ๐Ÿ” 2246 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 122 ๐Ÿ“Œ 94

And to clarify - these arenโ€™t even protestors; they are observers and bystanders.

24.01.2026 22:00 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

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Itโ€™s incredible that Alex Pretti apparently served as an ICU nurse. His death is tragic

But if theyโ€™re not employed, not white, not male, have drug offences, have been previously incarcerated, have mental health problems, etc etcโ€ฆ this does not undermine their victimhood & right to life

24.01.2026 21:52 ๐Ÿ‘ 12 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Weโ€™ve placed the available videos of the shooting of Alex Pretti by federal agents in Minneapolis today into the same synchronised timeline and are continuing to analyse further.

24.01.2026 20:39 ๐Ÿ‘ 3290 ๐Ÿ” 1261 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 74 ๐Ÿ“Œ 116

Media & Democrats should be ashamed for not specifically calling what the administration is doing as fascism at every single opportunity. The lack of ability to muster more than a verbal slap on the wrist and leaving citizens to protest and die in the streets is abhorrent.

24.01.2026 21:44 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

More active language would be stating what actually happened: a man was executed in the street by a nascent Gestapo.

I donโ€™t care that this post will disqualify me from ever getting a United States visa. Iโ€™m appalled and sick with worry about family in the US.

24.01.2026 21:44 ๐Ÿ‘ 4 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Watching Iga Swiatek and Eva Lys battle it out on the third day of the tennis season; womenโ€™s tennis is in such a good place right now ๐Ÿ’ช

05.01.2026 10:37 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Tattoo haver here; people might move away from searching for tattoo artists once they found one they like, and also most tattoo artists are on Instagram rather than a website as it allows for a portfolio + to change studios easily! $0.02c. Also - millennial Harry Potter tattoo regret?

22.12.2025 00:24 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Might have to pay for API access for that one, Tim ๐Ÿ˜…

22.12.2025 00:21 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

So good to get a dataset of that size!

22.12.2025 00:19 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Grok is spreading misinformation about the Bondi Beach shooting Grok has repeatedly misidentified video of the Bondi Beach shooting and the hero who disarmed a gunman.

Of course it f&&king is. Please don't use GenAI for news. Please don't use Grok for anything.

Grok is spreading misinformation about the Bondi Beach shooting www.theverge.com/news/844443/...

15.12.2025 08:48 ๐Ÿ‘ 9 ๐Ÿ” 6 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Quelle surprise! Great to have evidence-based research to demonstrate this bias.

10.12.2025 21:04 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Well done @carlylubicz.bsky.social, @cazuarina.bsky.social and @riedlinm.bsky.social!

09.12.2025 23:52 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Good chat between @phzerosounds.bsky.social and @antmandan.bsky.social today - a quick lightning talk on the pod about the social media ban, the shortcomings, and what we might see in the future.

09.12.2025 10:21 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Three presentations over the three days of #AANZCA2025, and I was really proud to share some theoretical work in progress from my PhD thesis. Thank you to my @qutdmrc.bsky.social colleagues for coming along to watch and support!

28.11.2025 10:49 ๐Ÿ‘ 9 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Making it into the @snurb.info live blog was the highlight of my week!

But seriously, #AANZCA2025 was fantastic and sincere thanks to the organisers for making it a genuinely hybrid conference that allows for folks with disabilities to attend - I appreciate the opportunity to share my work! ๐ŸŽ‰

28.11.2025 10:48 ๐Ÿ‘ 7 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Thank you for sharing, Kateryna!

25.11.2025 07:53 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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! ๐ŸŽ‰

24.11.2025 03:42 ๐Ÿ‘ 12 ๐Ÿ” 9 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Academic hot take: getting stood up for a research interview is significantly worse than getting stood up on a date ๐Ÿ˜ญ

13.11.2025 02:10 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Excellent new paper from an excellent colleague! Anybody looking at user practices online should engage with this paper and model. Well done @kkasianenko.bsky.social!

03.11.2025 03:20 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

It's the last day of October and the last day of the One Foot Forward challenge! I met my distance goal, but would love any last minute donations to help further my fundraising goal! Thanks in advance everyone.

31.10.2025 06:25 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

This is a cause super close to me and my family, and I would appreciate any donations, even a dollar can help!

Iโ€™m aiming to raise $1000 over the next month - this will help with services like training teachers in mental wellbeing and advancing clinical trials for depression treatment.

29.09.2025 22:26 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Support my 40km challenge for mental health research! Together, we can help create better mental health for all.

Hi all, in October I am participating in the One Foot Forward initiative by the Black Dog Institute, to raise money to support Australians impacted by mental illness.

www.onefootforward.org.au/fundraisers/...?

29.09.2025 22:26 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Charlie Kirk's martyrdom in the US is to be expected. Here, it's baffling

Australian media and politicians have taken a huge interest in an overseas figure the vast majority of their constituents would have never heard of prior to September 10, @theshufflediary.bsky.social writes.

16.09.2025 03:06 ๐Ÿ‘ 22 ๐Ÿ” 9 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

It was great to listen to @essideh.com discuss his new book, The Discursive-Digital Link this week! ๐Ÿ“– ๐Ÿ“š ๐ŸŽ‰

15.09.2025 03:45 ๐Ÿ‘ 4 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

You guys

18.08.2025 10:20 ๐Ÿ‘ 2712 ๐Ÿ” 484 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 200 ๐Ÿ“Œ 30

Some super interesting case studies in this issue - would highly recommend for fandom scholars!

18.08.2025 03:52 ๐Ÿ‘ 10 ๐Ÿ” 2 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1