Elsevier sues Meta over copyright infringement through large language model scraping and training: www.nature.com/articles/d41...

A really thought provoking article on the value of academic papers as well as how modern academic publishing is a failing knowledge commons: pardoguerra.org/2026/05/09/i...

Seems to line up with what Teixeira, Tschopp and @annajobin.bsky.social highlight in their paper given the lack of transparency with commercial AI tools that make them unsuitable for qualitative research: arxiv.org/abs/2511.08461

Regarding Canvas, after discussions with colleagues this reinforces to me that (as much as I would like to Retvrn to Moodle), commercial LMS are going to be devoured by Microsoft/Google shortly. Both can offer far better infrastructure and security than shonky venture capital backed LMS vendors.

Tired: students using LLMs will force us into pen and paper exams or oral vivas Wired: hackers using Mythos level models will force us into pen and paper exams or oral vivas #RetvrnToMoots

It’s a real shame I still need to use Windows for work. This looks stunning.

Good decision!

Latest Australian Generative AI practicing note just dropped.

Vale Ellen: www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04...

Wow! Great news: au.pcmag.com/operating-sy...

humanrights.gov.au/about-us/med... happy news amidst all the horrors that face us now.

The idea-expression distinction strikes again. Well played indeed.

Gentle reminder to join your union and attend your union meetings. I went to the @nteunion.bsky.social’s meeting at Flinders University and I got a cool t-shirt made by one of my favourite Australian made clothing brands Qualitops. Hooray for unions (and t-shirts)!

Watching a livestream of Tasmania playing its first VFL men’s game at North Hobart and feeling intensely nostalgic for my childhood.

I’m now curious as to what cause of action this might give rise to (privacy/copyright/identity theft).

Last week I taught Health Law and Ethics at @flindersuniversity.bsky.social’s city campus. This is one of my favourite courses to teach, as it is cross listed in both our health admin and JD programs, so we get a really interesting and diverse cohort of students which makes for great discussions.

Rest in peace Jon Kudelka.

Interesting news. France is really pushing ahead with digital sovereignty.

Well fancy that

Good.

Australia’s privacy regulator will start 2026 with its first-ever compliance sweep, conducting a targeted review of selected businesses’ privacy policies to ensure they meet strict rules. See www.oaic.gov.au/news/media-c...

Australia’s gun laws have long been the envy of the world. They must remain so, especially after Bondi www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

A paper I coauthored with Amanda Müller, Ellen Fraser-Barbour and Georgia Geller has just been published in Disability & Society. Our paper compares pathways for assistance dog handlers to report when they are refused access to public places across Aus states: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

The paper I co-authored with Hui Yun Chan has just been published in the Journal of Law and the Biosciences. In this paper, we compare Singaporean and Swiss data privacy and human research regulations, and how these may act as a barrier to cross border data sharing: academic.oup.com/jlb/article/...

I just published a new article with Tina Hardin, Wendy Keech and Bernadette Richards that compares data sharing legislation in Australia at both federal and state level and its impact on health and social welfare data sharing: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Interesting recent decision from the CJEU that states pseudonymisation may be enough to prevent individuals from being identified in a dataset. This appears to be the direction the OAIC is heading in w.r.t deidentification techniques.

Is it a mournful ode to a relationship that’s now over, or a paean to repairability? Either way, absolutely loving track number 6 by the Radium Dolls: radiumdolls.bandcamp.com/album/all-do...

I do some online teaching, and this is one of the benefits, along with opening up education to people in rural and regional areas. However, to quote a friend, if you want to build a house you gotta push concrete. There are skills you get from face to face that are difficult to replicate with online.

Brave New World by Iron Maiden

Followed up by a paper I’ve been working on for two years getting accepted for publication. Huzzah!

That feel when a manuscript you’ve been working on for a year and a half gets accepted for publication

Ah, Bluebook, my nemesis… we meet again…

It has to be a two way tie between Robert E. Howard and H.P. Lovecraft for similar reasons.

This is an excellent article by Mazzucato and Gernone. There is more than one way to regulate AI than stretching copyright: www.project-syndicate.org/onpoint/how-...

This week, the Italian DPA issued warnings about the risks of incorrect use of medical reports and AI. In that same line, the @OAICgov just published a report on I-MED, at www.oaic.gov.au/privacy/priv...

As @drdebgleeson.bsky.social notes, the US may also place pressure on Australia to provide drug manufacturers with greater notice of when a generic drug could enter the market. This would permit manufacturers to delay access to cheaper generics in Australia.

It's all getting going in Victoria now. Covid, flu, RSV, it's even looking like a good year for Influenza B. This would be an excellent weekend to book in covid & flu shots at your pharmacy. And pleasepleaseplease: If you're feeling sick, stay home.🙏 www.health.vic.gov.au/infectious-d...

Only a 2 for me!

Reminder for these positions - wanna come work with @drnajimagi.bsky.social and I in Adelaide? Applications close soon www.linkedin.com/posts/ruth-h...

One of my hobbies involves seeing how often I can drop an otherwise contextually appropriate quote from a film in an everyday conversation without the other person noticing:

Agreed, well worth reading.

It’s a really nice feeling when you mark an incredibly well researched and written student assignment. Really makes my day :)

Fantastic development

As the US pulls out of the WHO (official departure is Jan 21st, 2026) its budget contribution loss means that China replaces it as the largest funder. It will go from effectively funding ~15% to 20% of the total fees paid by states. The US has withdrawn US$600m in annual funding. 🤔🤦🏾

Reminder that in Australia the shingles #vaccination is free for a number of age groups and risk conditions and this now covers the newer (arguably better) Shingrix vaccine compared to the older Zostavax. Source: www.health.gov.au/topics/immun...

A very thoughtful and measured article by James Gurney of Dinotopia fame on the legal and ethical issues raised by AI generated artworks. Well worth a read: jamesgurney.substack.com/p/ai-art-pro...

Movies you’ve watched more than six times using gifs (“Hard mode” no Star Wars, Star Trek or LOTR”)

Good step in the right direction

If governments want to increase spending on defence in the name of ‘national security’, they also need to increase spending on health and welfare.