Elliott Bledsoe

A bumper reading list last week! All your things are listening to you, the debate over social media bans goes on and Creative Commons’ legal tools have been recognised as a digital public good. eb.wtf/3A95401 #Privacy #Cybersecurity #SocialMediaBan @creativecommons

There are two very exciting roles open at Wikimedia Australia to work on digitising the Ian Peter Archive. Give them a look if you are into Australian internet history. eb.wtf/3YihwE8 #WikimediaAU #WikiJobs @WikimediaAU @Wikimedia @Wikipedia

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Happy Ada Lovelace Day! eb.wtf/3Y3UVdg #Maths #WomenInSTEM #AdaLovelace #AdaLovelaceDay Image: Unknown artist, 1840, 'Watercolour portrait of Ada King, Countess of Lovelace'. Collection: @BarbicanCentre. Public domain.

Last week’s readings: leaving the ‘starving artist’ trope in the past, artistic censorship in many guises and AI companies are pushing out new features in rapid fire. eb.wtf/4eSlfNZ #AI #ArtisticFreedom #ArtisticCensorship #Wikimedia

Happy Mad Hatter Day!

Ah yes, thank you for recommending that classic romantic film Halloween Ends, Prime Video. 💘🔪😸 #HappyHalloween #RomanticHorror @jamieleecurtis @amazon @AmazonAustralia @PrimeVideo @PrimeVideoAUNZ @UniversalPicsAU

One of these looks a lot like the other one. The goal of content transparency is important but the Content Credentials pin looks too much like the @creativecommons icon if you ask me. eb.wtf/47RrXSg #CreativeCommons #ContentCredentials #Adobe #AI #Transparency @Adobe

Happy International Coffee Day to all who observe! ☕

Data and privacy concerns are back on the agenda with AI. Plus last week Musk announces he wants to wind back blocking on X and Zuckerberg said he thinks there’s no link between social media and teen mental health. eb.wtf/3Bl0Nqy #AI #DataBreaches #SocialMediaBans

@monamuseum's Ladies Lounge decision quashed and sent back to the Tasmanian Civil and Administrative Tribunal to reconsider its decision. abc.net.au/news/2024-09-2…

Happy birthday F Scott Fitzgerald, the greatest Gastby!

I dropped the readling list ball but I am recommitting! In the week gone there was lots of talk by AI developers of mitigating AI risks, Instagram announced accounts for teens and there’s an exciting a new roadmap for Queensland’s public libraries. eb.wtf/4eB3XVJ

'Reg. Office Nanango Dairy Co-op Ass. Ltd.'/'Estd 1905' #ForgottenType #NameSign #NameSigns #Nanango #Qld #Queensland #NanangoHistory #NanangoHeritage #HistoricNanango

As the new President of Wikimedia Australia I have put down some thoughts on potential areas for the organisation to focus on going forward: free knowledge, knowledge equity, good governance and celebrating our community. eb.wtf/4esrt7a #WikimediaAustralia @wm_au

Ticketing company Lyte has collapsed. Like Australian music festivals needed more chaos! eb.wtf/3zmz6x9 #Music #MusicFestivals #Ticketing

Organised around three themes the Public libraries and IKCs (Indigenous Knowledge Centres) Roadmap for Queensland sets out 16 strategies for local action and collective impact. eb.wtf/3TApDcx #Libraries #IndigenousKnowledgeCentres @slqld

Looks like @Google is adding a quick view of @GoogleCalendar on new @GoogleChrome tabs for Google Workspace users. It totally feels like they are inadvertently rebuilding iGoogle?! 😹 eb.wtf/3BaRSIp #GoogleCalendar #iGoogle #WhatGoesAround

A truly majestic and powerful place, even mediated through a screen. A great way to start a Monday! 😻

The first tab open on @googlechrome this morning shows me this absolutely stunning and surprising aerial view of Uluru! I love seeing different places each time I open a new browser tab with the Earth View from Google Earth extension but this one made me stop in awe for a moment.