The Digital Intimacies Conference started yesterday with the presentation of the enriching work done by @jessicaringrose.bsky.social Today @paulibyron.bsky.social is sharing “Rethinking mental health, care and friendship through Tiktok’s resonance”👏🏻 Follow us on Instagram for real-time updates!🩷

wow already received like 40~ suggestions. keep em coming!

What it’s like to be a Middle East Studies Professor in fall 2025 - my new post surveys the field, and my colleagues. Basically it sucks and it’s getting worse. But we haven’t given up. abuaardvarkghost.ghost.io/what-its-lik...

🔥 Excited to share some great news 🔥 Our article 'Teletherapy Matters – Mental health and materialities of care in domestic more-than-digital assemblages' co-authored by @dalupton.bsky.social & myself, has just been published in Social Science & Medicine. #OpenAccess link: doi.org/10.1016/j.so...

Columbia just expelled or suspended 80 students for protesting in favor of Palestinian rights. Suspended students can only be readmitted if they "apologize"--otherwise the suspension converts to an expulsion. www.axios.com/2025/07/22/c...

new writing from me about age verification and content moderation beyond social media. with endless thanks to @kgt.bsky.social @drwaus.bsky.social @katha.bsky.social @antmandan.bsky.social Zahra Stardust @lucinda-nelson.bsky.social whose research and advocacy continue to inform my thinking

For any mob interested, please participate.

Pleased to share a new paper from me & Tisha Dejmanee on queer & trans influential peers. Thanks to @jngardiner.bsky.social for research support, @jinlee.bsky.social for encouraging us at ANZCA many moons ago, and our wonderful participants! ❤️ journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

"This is a call to health workers: betray your training when it demands cruelty. If it means someone gets what they need to live—betray your bosses, your licensing board, your EMR .. Care is not your credential, it’s your calling." @reallandsend.bsky.social blindarchive.substack.com/p/where-is-t...

This (completely anonymous) form was sent out by HHS for NIH staffers to fill out, asking them to report on any Biden-era DEI practices they felt were discriminatory. Does anyone have thousands and thousands of responses to this request? forms.office.com/g/HXGhXVdGKZ...

CFP is out for the next (11th) Digital Intimacies symposium, hosted by @liksamchan.bsky.social at USyd, Dec 3-5. The theme is The Love of Machines & abstracts are due by Aug 29. I'm very happy to be part of the organising committee. Send us your abstracts! digitalintiamcies11.wordpress.com

My PhD framework is now LIVE! We co-designed 5 recommendations for improving social media health communication to young people, with young people and health orgs📱 🔗: www.sydneyhealthliteracylab.org.au/social-media-comms-for-young-people-framework #AcademicSky #PhDSky #PhDSky #PublicHealth 🦘🎓

Alright everyone, one last push. If you or anyone you know is: - LGBTQ+ - 13-24 years old - In the US Trevor Project is recruiting responses for their survey on LGBTQ+ mental health. It has HUGE impacts on policy, please take it and share widely if you can :) trvr.org/survey2025

First, Israel cut Gaza’s last internet cable—blacking out 2.3 million people. Then it bombed Iran with no UN approval, no imminent threat. As eyes shift to Iran, Israel will escalate its ethnic cleansing in Gaza—and create more regional instability.

Join us for this upcoming virtual panel organized by INQYR! This event features Dr. Shelley Craig, Dr. Lauren McInroy, Dr. Dane Marco Di Cesare, Dr. Ignacio Lozano-Verduzco, Dr. Yael Perry, and Dr. Liam Cahill. Reserve your ticket at mobilizinghope.eventbrite.com (1/6)

African developers make a game where African characters steal back actual artefacts that are actually kept in Western museums and private collections while teaching you about the artefacts. This looks awesome.

Every person on Bluesky should know: * Every post on Bluesky is PUBLIC forever * Every post on Bluesky is archived by ICE, NSA, and many other agencies * Even if you delete a post, it’s already been captured * Judges don’t care if you were “kidding” or being ironic www.404media.co/the-200-site...

I made a new zine! It's full of advice on how allies can work alongside trans people to take action in the current moment, lovingly cut-and-pasted over the words of my enemies. Plus lots of nice pictures and memes. Available as a free PDF! Read online or print your own copy! Share with everyone!

🚨 We're recruiting a Postdoctoral Research Fellow to join an NIHR-funded study exploring mental health help-seeking among care-experienced young people in England. 📅 Deadline: 01/06/2025 🔗 More details here: shorturl.at/EK0YD Please share with your networks!

🥳📣 Call for abstracts: Special Issue of JQTSIE: "Critical Approaches to Queering STEM Education" edited by @drjgutz.bsky.social & @ftmathteacher.bsky.social! Abstracts are due SOON: May 30, 2025! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ www.jqtsie.com @kamdenstrunk.bsky.social @drantonioduran.bsky.social @sashelton.bsky.social

Have a writing project you're working on? If you'll be at #ICA25, let's chat! I'm offering 20-minute meetings to talk about your writing project. You can schedule yours right now! The link is below in my last newsletter and is free with a signup ⬇️ ⬇️ ⬇️ www.indeliblevoice.com/newsletters/...

In awe of the bravery of college students standing up for Palestinian lives in their graduation speeches knowing they can have their degree withheld for the apparent sin of asserting that human beings shouldn’t be murdered indiscriminately

Israel will allow only nine aid trucks into Gaza after nearly 80 days of total siege. The decision comes as more than 2.4 million Palestinians face worsening famine. Gaza requires over 500 trucks of humanitarian aid every day to meet basic needs. qudsnen.co/gaza-faces-w...

When @lifehacker.com’s Jake Peterson used EFF’s Cover Your Tracks to find out how his browser stacked up, he was surprised to find out that his super-private setup wasn't as anonymous as he thought.

Job Opportunity!💡We’re looking for a Research Assistant to join the #DiscoveringLiveability team in Lincoln 🔍 In addition to a salary, this 5 year role is accompanied by tuition for a part-time Social Sciences PhD programme at the University of Lincoln. To find out more, click on the link below:

NEW: I obtained two internal Google reports that indicate the company has little control over Project Nimbus, its contract with the Israeli gov/military, and is largely in the dark about how it's being used. theintercept.com/2025/05/12/g...

from @caseyjohnston.bsky.social, worth considering

We made a class war reading list for you.

Introducing our keynote speakers! 🎤 🌈 Paul Byron (UTS, Sydney) explores digital cultures of care, particularly among LGBTQ+ youth. 📚 Professor Jessica Ringrose (UCL, London) researches teens, social media, and postdigital feminism. We can’t wait to hear their insights! #DIGIT2025 #Conference

This event is happening tomorrow! Make sure you don’t miss out on this amazing conversation by registering at lu.ma/opzbgs46

Western media outlets repeatedly fail to even cover genocidal statements by Israeli leaders. That's despite these statements revealing Israel's genocidal intent. This is known as 'lying by omission' 👇 www.owenjones.news/p/bomb-gazas...

📣Registrations are open for our free online conference: Digital Pasts & Futures: Internet Histories, Digital Interculturality & Reimagining Digitality 📆 23-24 June 2025 Keynotes: Valérie Schafer, @sesamescholar.bsky.social @ethanz.bsky.social, Ramesh Srinivasan 🔗 www.uni-jena.de/en/313137/re...

It was great to see that some of our researchers, @tariqchoucair.bsky.social, @katemfitzgerald.bsky.social and @lucinda-nelson.bsky.social, got this important article about the weaponisation of transgender issues out before the election this weekend. 360info.org/fake-threats...

Welcome to our new Research Lab! This is what we do!

Postdoc opportunity at UTS ⬇️

The UK Supreme Court’s transphobic ruling on the definition of woman last week is a defeat for all women—even, ultimately, the self-described feminists celebrating it, and the women who will gain in the short term from their alliance with the carceral state. my latest for @thenation.com

Expect the anti-immigrant Right to go harder than usual on the "protect women", "women's safety" angle. The public has been primed for this kind of rhetoric by anti-trans activists and their enablers in politics and the media.

It's that time again! The Call for Papers for the 2025 ROLES Sexuality and Gender Studies Conference is now open! More info below, and visit rolesbham.wixsite.com/home/confere... for more info/to submit! Welcome to all researching in Gender and Sexuality Studies!

Just a reminder I've created a queer and trans studies feed to collate discussions, publications, news and academic jobs relevant to our field. Please like and pin it for easy access, use the 🌈🎓 emojis together to post to it, and share it with your colleagues!

This statement about the transphobic Supreme Court ruling by the UK's Crab Museum (yes a museum about crabs) is better than 99% of the statements I've seen on the topic www.crabmuseum.org/visit 🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀

New writing guide for writing to MPs and Kier Starmer from TransActual bsky.app/profile/tran...

I'm pleased to announce that my paper 'Trans* people’s perceptions of political participation in the wake of voter identification requirements: evidence from the UK', co-authored with Ash Stokoe, is now available Open Access with the European Journal of Politics and Gender doi.org/10.1332/2515... 🌈🎓

It's launch day for the data donation platform we're using to explore Australians' relationship with the TikTok algorithm(s) - fantastic ABC Story Lab piece here. Includes links to the project and platform so you can sign up now and help us track the TikTok election! www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04...

Very happy to be a keynote presenter at the Digital Intimacies, Young People and Everyday Life conference in Padua, Italy, Sep 25-26. Abstracts close April 27, so get yours in soon! digitalintimacies.eu/conference/

🇵🇸 PALESTINE: A Sociological Issue 🇵🇸 Join us for the second in our Conversations series as we put a sociological lens on the ongoing genocide in Palestine. 🍉 Thu 8 May 18.30-20.00 UTC+1 online 🍉 Ashjan Ajour, Yasmin Gunaratnam, Cairsti Russell & Rafeef Ziadah 🍉 Register: buff.ly/xE1NHos

Whenever "gender criticals" organise a protest it's thirty people max. And that includes the actual Nazis that turn up to support them. This rally for trans rights was organised in a couple of days and there are protests like this in cities and towns over the whole country

Is there any other minority where you could write "stripping this group of their rights & protections is dignified, actually"?

Do you want all your Facebook and Instagram photos, posts and data to be used by Meta to train AI? If not, then *now* is the time to object. This article explains how. datenschutz-hamburg.de/news/meta-st...

trans exclusionary feminism is fascist feminism

A reminder as we hear election announcements about mental health policies — the evidence points to the need to think more deeply. 🧵 1/7