Off with the pixies:Musk’s X defectors discover their utopia

Off with the pixies:Musk’s X defectors discover their utopia

Millions of former tweeters have taken their spotless minds and ridden,on a butterfly’s wings,to an alternative reality:Bluesky,the microblogging site for progressive idealists.

  • byParnell Palme McGuinness

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Australians send and receive 8.1 billion emails a day. Most of them are a waste of time
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Analysis

Australians send and receive 8.1 billion emails a day. Most of them are a waste of time

Australia ranks tenth in the world when it comes to how many emails we produce,with 8.1 billion circulated every day. And it’s a big blind spot for us.

  • byTim Duggan
Once I felt love,connection,excitement … but it’s time to break up with my X

Once I felt love,connection,excitement … but it’s time to break up with my X

I’ve gone from ‘Tweet Ups’ where we’d meet at a cafe to explore this exciting media frontier,to a terrifying digital wasteland straight out of Mad Max.

  • byNic Hayes
Perth family’s trauma shows how social media has polluted our society

Perth family’s trauma shows how social media has polluted our society

Financial crime,sexual exploitation,mental abuse,narcissism,intimidation and misinformation is flooding these platforms,and we need to make it stop now.

  • byGary Adshead
Without a filter,I saw my face and cried. This is the reality for teens on social media

Without a filter,I saw my face and cried. This is the reality for teens on social media

In high school,I covered my mirror with paper to avoid seeing my own reflection. The only time I looked at myself was with a beauty filter applied.

  • byLucia Frazzetto
A social media ban for under-16s won’t work. Here’s what will

A social media ban for under-16s won’t work. Here’s what will

Calls have been growing louder for age limits to be raised from 13 to 16. To add to the momentum,some say a ban is the only way to protect our kids. But is it?

  • byNicole Jameson
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As it happened:WA news on Wednesday,May 22

As it happened:WA news on Wednesday,May 22

Only got a little time between commitments? We’ve collected the day’s headlines here for you to catch up in a flash.

  • byHolly Thompson
I don’t let my Perth students have phones at school. It’s time others followed

I don’t let my Perth students have phones at school. It’s time others followed

While our premier has joined other states’ calls for an enforced age limit on social media – a welcomed announcement – there is no doubt society has left it quite late.

  • byBelinda Provis
Spring-clean your spend:How to go dark on digital and save big dollars
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Spring-clean your spend:How to go dark on digital and save big dollars

Our digital devices try to seduce us to spend every time we pick them up. Here’s how to go incognito online and give yourself some mindful money and mental space.

  • byNicole Pedersen-McKinnon
Musk to relaunch Twitter premium service,again

Musk to relaunch Twitter premium service,again

In the latest version,companies will get a gold check,governments will get a gray check,and individuals who pay for the service,whether they’re celebrities or not,will get a blue check.

  • byKelvin Chan
2022:The year digital creep got too creepy
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Elon Musk

2022:The year digital creep got too creepy

The less you engage,the more interested they are in your every moment,but the digital revolution has become so monetised,now it’s just losing digits.

  • byMalcolm Knox