Dr Belinda Barnet

Snr Lecturer digital media at Swinburne Uni, author, researcher, chicken whisperer. Also on Bluesky @manjusrii.bsky.social

Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/manjusrii.bsky.social

Last Notes

2026-05-26 07:44:54 UTC

Does anyone here have a small-medium Australian business that needs a boost on social media?
I have some social media students who need a practical project (will require control of an account for a limited period) and we can help you build your community :)
DM or email me for details - email address here https://experts.swinburne.edu.au/611-belinda-barnet

2025-11-15 20:15:32 UTC

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?)

2025-11-15 06:09:06 UTC

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In 2011 a brilliant young programmer called Aaron Swartz had hell rained upon him by the US government when he tried to crack this system open. We remember. I remember.

2025-11-15 06:08:44 UTC

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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.

2025-11-15 06:08:17 UTC

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.
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/578897/universities-in-battle-of-the-century-with-journal-publisher-elsevier

2025-05-03 10:46:11 UTC

Canada: it was a close fight, but even the conservative leader lost his seat
Australia: hold my beer

2024-09-27 03:21:27 UTC

Dear mastodon: are there any academics (preferably media or mass comms) here from Vancouver or Toronto? Please get in touch 🙏

2024-09-26 21:01:28 UTC

The “free speech absolutist” has once again silenced a journalist he didn’t like.
Elon just suspended journalist Ken Klippenstein for sharing a leaked dossier on JD Vance.
https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/113/205/869/628/457/030/original/c7dd73d76c03413f.jpeg

2024-09-20 02:23:30 UTC

LinkedIn has decided to use your data to train its AI. You’ll notice it is turned on by default (we don’t have GDPR in Australia)
Turn it off:
Settings > Data Privacy > Data for Generative AI Improvement
https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/113/167/499/700/405/298/original/660a0e2e3ea1b4f5.jpeg
https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/113/167/499/700/640/078/original/7041ce870ecadc75.jpeg

2024-08-05 07:39:35 UTC

X has permanently silenced a non-profit & non-partisan environmental organisation called the Australian Conservation Foundation (ACF).
Where are all the free speech warriors now?
https://au.news.yahoo.com/free-speech-fears-after-aussie-group-suspended-by-elon-musks-x-062348290.html?guccounter=1