This is what peak masculinity looks like in 2025

My first ever paper, in Royal Society Open Science shows how large language models can cluster short text more effectively than traditional methods—letting researchers condense massive social media corpora into easy-to-digest groups. Check it out: royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...

I lined up for over two hours last night to see #putricia. Was she really that stinky? Honestly… not really. Somehow familiar and sweeter than I expected. Kinda Parmesan-y, with a side of fruit that’s been left inside a hot car. Was it worth it? Yes, of course ☺️

The front row at the inauguration... Pretty telling sign of what's to come over the next 4 years. If like me you're trying to get your head around what this means for comms and media scholars, consider joining #ICA25 our pre-conference on Media, Trust & Technology at CU Boulder on June 11th.

Yes it's obviously bad Facebook is getting rid of fact checkers, but no amount of Meta-funded fact checkers would address the real problem of the entire digital commons and all forms of public socialising and communication being captured by and dependent on for-profit tech companies.

Don't get me wrong. A tax on Big Tech to support journalism is a solid idea, but this "negotiate or else" setup is broken. It shouldn’t be a backstop for failed deals; it should be the system! A transparent, fair tax with clear quality benchmarks would serve the public far better than backroom deals

I was given about 35 seconds to write a quick update for The Conversation on the news media bargaining code and what is essentially the Albanese govt trying to force Meta back to the bargaining table with a a fully offset levy. You can read about it here: theconversation.com/news-bargain...

Realising you haven't posted in 12 months... probably time to **post something** So, here's my article for the AANZCA 2023 special issue of Communication Research and Practice - I probably didn't need to wait for the issue to come out to share, but still! www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

We somehow managed to sneak in a second publication before the end of the year! It was a genuine pleasure working with Terry Flew, Petrie Iosifidis, and @jammh.bsky.social on “Digital platforms and the future of news: regulating publisher-platform relations in Australia and Canada”

The last bit of my PhD journey happened Friday 8th Dec 2023. It was an honour to stand up with these awesome humans who helped me get all the way to the end (pic 1 L-R: @dhutchman.bsky.social, me, Mama Stepnik, Assoc Prof Fiona Martin, Dr Olga Boichak). Dr Jo Gray was there in spirit too. 🎓🎉

@svegaard.bsky.social hey! We have a booking at Beach Babylon for 18:30 - see you there? I realise this is public… but, well, yay?

Heading to Wellington for #ANZCA2023 to present on the ethical considerations for social media research, and on the value of news. First time in NZ too 😊 - will I see anyone here over there? #ANZCA23

Ok so apparently I was conferred 2 days ago…

My thesis was awarded on Monday 4th September, 2023. Yes, that *is* surreal. And while I can't use the title "Dr" until it's officially conferred, I can share my thesis now! So, for anyone curious and wanting a very, very, VERY long and dense read... here it is :)