Lecturer in International Comparative Literature and Translation Studies, University of Sydney

The joke's on us – how big tech is replicating our laughter online
Sep 21, 2023 11:58 am UTC| Technology
Human laughter as we know it likely developed between ten and 16 million years ago. For context, the stone tools our distant human ancestors made in the Early Stone Age date back around 2.6 million years. These are vast...

How Hitler memes made their way around the world and into the Fair Work Commission courtroom
Nov 24, 2019 22:15 pm UTC| Insights & Views Entertainment
In September, the Fair Work commission rejected an unfair dismissal claim by a BP worker who made a Downfall video meme about his boss. Fair Work called it inappropriate and offensive. Last week, the worker appealed...