Cam McTernan

The crunch wrap is takeaway's sinful equivalent of Ortolan

Peak AI brainrot its reading an article from 2006 but thinking "this sounds a lot like ChatGPT"

Anyone else been hearing the word 'accoutrement' everywhere since the John Cena coffee video?

Headcanon: 'Take me with U' by Prince is a Christmas song.
No, I won't be taking any questions on this matter.

Times up Kurt

Spending time in the beautiful and cheery streets of Paris, I struggle to understand how it has borne some of the most pessimistic (although obviously brilliant) philosophers of the last century. Was the 80s vastly different in France?

Political correctness gone mild.
Snoop is literally the last person anyone should go to for a meaningful take on same sex parenting. Let him play
www.news.com.au/sport/afl/sn...

I Tried Grok’s Built-In Anime Companion and It Called Me a Twat xAI’s new $300 monthly subscription comes with two AI companions powered by its most capable model to date. I tried them. It got weird.

Imagagining the inevitable HR nightmare created when xAI start rolling out enterprise licenses.
www.wired.com/story/elon-m...

Once-in-a-lifetime finding of incredibly rare ‘humbug’ pygmy shrew photographed in Cornwall - Inside Ecology An extremely rare pygmy shrew with an albino mutation was found by Anita McMillan near St Austell, Cornwall, while out for a walk.   “I went for a walk with my zoom lens, hoping to capture some good p...

Stop the presses. New shrew has dropped.
insideecology.com/2025/07/03/o...

And a far more sensible bar graph

It includes this rather chaotic line graph

Australian news diversity on Facebook: An empirical study using engagement metrics and concentration analysis - Cameron McTernan, 2025 News diversity has long been a critical issue in Australia, but current research overlooks the significant share of content that is consumed via social media. F...

If you've ever wondered what the news market looks like on Facebook, here is my latest article on Australian news diversity on Facebook, published in MIA.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Looking forward to living in less 'interesting times'

Duolingo has been serving up some fever dream dialogue.
Do people say this in Germany? 🇩🇪

Not an easy decision Sebastian. Please tell me all about your paper at #IAMCR

Moo deng summer seems so far away now...

Sabrina Plumber
Sabrina Sparky
Sabrina Bricklayer
Sabrina Cert IV Financial Planning

Southern Cross tattoo but you're really into astronomy

Can we get a definitive guide for self-citation? I see top scholars do it all the time, but ECRs are more reluctant.

Should I do it?

Each resident of Greenland to receive an Xbox 360 or equivalent console in exchange for joining the US

People say don't meet your heroes, but has anyone else questioned their reality after searching what their fav podcast host looked like?

Facebook, Google to fund Australian journalism under new tax plan The government wants to impose a new tax to push the tech platforms to make funding agreements with news organisations.

What are the chances Meta goes for a second round of news blackouts after this.
www.abc.net.au/news/2024-12...

My words in @aunz.theconversation.com. Can new platforms (i.e. Bluesky) forge better relationships with news companies or are they frenemies for life?

I expect nothing but comedy gold