"There is only basically one way to make everyone wealthy, and that is AI and robotics," Musk says, conveniently replacing the word "me" with the better-testing "everyone."

Yikes. #ClaudeAI used for "large-scale cyberattack executed without substantial human intervention." "... a highly sophisticated espionage campaign. The attackers used AI’s “agentic” capabilities... using AI not just as an advisor, but to execute the cyberattacks" www.anthropic.com/news/disrupt...

Usual feeling in the last few weeks in the run up to Christmas break. #AcademicSky

🐇 Follow the White Rabbit: In Defence of Conspiracy Theories Join journalist Gabriel Gatehouse (The Coming Storm Podcast) & Gary Younge for a deep dive into conspiracy theories and why they matter. 🗓️ 3 December ⏱️ 18:00–19:30 Register: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/follow-the... @digitaluom.bsky.social

Beautiful, book friendly, wildlife friendly. This is the way to mark Halloween 🎃 👏

✉️ Join the SPRITE+ Extended Reality TIPSS Community of Interest! Sign up to our Community of Interest to get involved in online events, receive an ad hoc newsletter, and stay up to date on opportunities within our Deep Dive project: www.spritehub.org/sprite-commu... #SPRITEplus #XR #DigitalTIPSS

#AcademicSky #PhDSky #VAWG

Research Associate – Women’s Road Safety in Greater Manchester 0.6 FTE for 12 months To work with my colleagues Caroline Miles and Rose Broad www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...

this is fine meme but with sam altman instead of the dog

PhD scholarship opportunity, to work with @sherilynmacgregor.bsky.social and myself on the 'local politics of climate backlash' at @uompols.bsky.social and @justcentre.bsky.social. Please circulate to anyone who might be interested! www.findaphd.com/phds/project....

As we are marking her 100th birthday, I think it's finally time to tell the story of when I met Margaret Thatcher. #Thatcher

Call for papers - The Social #Psychology of Anti-Gender Movements and the #Manosphere Deadline for expressions of interest 15 Nov 2025 #AcademicSky onlinelibrary.wiley.com/page/journal...

🚨Hiring a fully funded (3.5 years) PhD for the @ldnsocmedobs.bsky.social to research social media and politics. Candidates should have quantitative/computational skills and/or be interested in content curation/moderation. UK home candidates only unfortunately. www.royalholloway.ac.uk/media/hquftp...

Enough of puff pieces on AI in academia, THIS is the guidance we've been waiting for 😂 #AcademicSky

Don't forget to join our mailing list and receive all our latest updates, from upcoming events to funding opportunities. Sign up here: digitalgood.us21.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=...

Either real-time bidding data or app SDK data is being bought and used by ICE to seize people from the streets. If you didn’t believe that the adtech stack is a human rights concern, I’m not sure what more evidence you need. www.404media.co/ice-to-buy-t...

The entire special issue on terrorist motivation has just been published, with several pieces #openaccess. Check it out. www.tandfonline.com/toc/ftpv20/3...

📢 Our first Project Partner Challenge is now live! We welcome applications to co-develop an outcome evaluation of public awareness campaigns with the City of London Police. 🔗Apply here: www.spritehub.org/project-part... #SPRITE #NetworkPlus #CoLP #TIPS #ProjectPartner #ProjectPartnerChallenge

🌟 The programme is now live for our 2025 Showcase! 🌟 Whether you can attend the full day, or there's a particular talk you'd like to tune in for, we're excited to see you there! 🔗 View the programme and register here: www.spritehub.org/event-detail... #SPRITE #showcase #TIPS #NetworkPlus

Is it OK to post jobs here? Hoping so, as we're recruting 7 3-year Research Fellowships as part of a new Leverhulme Centre for the Study of Slavery in War. (More details below). Please share widely, and apply! jobs.nottingham.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx...

But tell me again how I should delete old emails to save water. BBC News - Data centres to be expanded across UK as concerns mount www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

🚨Call for proposals to run your own SPRITE+ funded event! 🚨 Successful applicants will have access to a budget of up to £1500, which can cover: ➡️ Venue hire ➡️ Speaker payments ➡️ Food and drink 🔗 Apply here: www.spritehub.org/2025/03/16/c... #SPRITE #SpritePlus #FundingCall #events #activities

📢 Funding Opportunity: Behavioural Research UK (BR-UK). As part of ESRC’s investment in building national capability for behavioural research, a £1.3 million fund is being administered by BR-UK. Join the webinar, this Wednesday @ 1pm to learn more: usher.ed.ac.uk/behavioural-...

🌟 SPRITE+ and RBOC are hosting a co-funded workshop to develop future research leaders working in TIPS 🌟 📆 Thursday 11th September, 10:30 – 16:30 📍 NEC Campus, Birmingham Learn more and apply here: www.spritehub.org/event-detail... #SPRITE+ #TIPS #ResearchLeaders #ECRs #resilience

Together with the Alan Turing Institute, we are hosting a co-funded workshop on Resilience in Digital Identity - Systemic Risks from Emerging Technologies. 📆 Wednesday 9th July, 10am-1pm 📍 Online ⏱️ Applications close: Thursday 3rd July 🧷 Apply here: www.turing.ac.uk/events/resil... #SPRITE #AI

Are you a SPRITE+ ECR or PhD student? 🤔 Don't miss out on your chance to help shape the future plans of SPRITE+ at our ECR Feedback session! 📆 Friday 4th July, 12-1pm 📍 Online Learn more and register here: buff.ly/QT8BnVY #SPRITE #ECR #PhDStudents #feedback #OnlineEvent #TIPS #community

New posts to support the development of the teaching curriculum at Manchester Centre for Digital Trust & Society: 1) Lecturer in Crime, Security and Technology; 36 months: www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai... 2) Lecturer in Microcredentials; 15 months: www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...

Come and work with me! The XRCET TIPSS project is a deep dive into future trust, identity, privacy, safety & security risks that arise through convergence of immersive tech & other emerging tech. I am so excited about this project! If you are too, please get involved! #AcademicSky #VR #XR #AR

📣 We are seeking to appoint a new Lecturer in Quantitative Criminology to support core teaching on our BA Criminology and postgraduate programmes. 0.5FTE, 12 months www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...

I shall try not speak with my mouthful at the upcoming SPRITE+ Lunch and Learn (June 18). Expect some plain sailing across the seas of risk to a happier land where people and technology live in harmony... 🙈 www.linkedin.com/events/lunch...

📢 Calling all Early Career Researchers! Seminar: Doing emotionally demanding research - A dual perspective of supervisor and researcher Date: Thurs 3rd July, 11.00-12.00, via Teams Panel: Dr Juliane Kloess & Dr Amy Burrell To register please email NABS+ : [email protected]

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Come and work with me! The XRCET TIPSS project is a deep dive into future trust, identity, privacy, safety & security risks that arise through convergence of immersive tech & other emerging tech. I am so excited about this project! If you are too, please get involved! #AcademicSky #VR #XR #AR

Want to stay up to date with the latest developments and opportunities at SPRITE+? From funding calls to job vacancies, our 'Latest News' page is home to a variety of TIPS related opportunities and updates⬇️ buff.ly/VSAPqce #SPRITE #news #opportunities #vacancies #jobs #events #TIPS

Is AI reshaping the fraud landscape... for better and for worse⁉️ I’ve been working with @profnicklord.bsky.social on a project exploring AI’s dual role in enabling and preventing fraud. This chapter that offers an accessible overview of how AI is transforming this space: doi.org/10.21428/cb6...

Come and work with me! The XRCET TIPSS project is a deep dive into the future trust, identity, privacy, safety and security risks that may arise through the convergence of immersive tech and other emerging tech. #AcademicSky #VR #XR #AR

📢Job alert! Come join us at @criminologyuom.bsky.social ! We're advertising for full-time Lecturer (Teaching and Scholarship) to develop innovative teaching in trust and security in a digital world. Deadline 4 June 2025. #AcademicSky #AcademicJob www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...

Come and work with me! The XRCET TIPSS project is a deep dive into the future trust, identity, privacy, safety and security risks that may arise through the convergence of immersive tech and other emerging tech. #AcademicSky #VR #XR #AR

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Amazing achievements from my brilliant @criminologyuom.bsky.social colleagues! This project started with a modest @n8prp.bsky.social grant and shows what great researchers can do, even without huge funding 🥳 (Now, someone pls give them huge funding!) www.n8prp.org.uk/home/researc... #AcademicSky

NPCC and UKRI have just announced the nine Policing Academic Centres of Excellence. Delighted to report that the Manchester P-ACE (MMU and UoM) was successful, as were two other centres representing @n8prp.bsky.social universities. news.npcc.police.uk/releases/npc...

The next webinar in our 'Digital good in progress' series will be on May 21. Dylan Yamada-Rice will be exploring 'Children’s attitudes towards notions of digital good/bad.' Register here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/childrens-...

Full article free to download and access here with Carlotta Rigotti academic.oup.com/ojls/advance...

For the first time, CrimRxiv reached a million views in a month. We're grateful for your participation in open criminology. Special shoutout to The Home of CrimRxiv, UoM's Department of Criminology, and other Members of CrimRxiv Consortium. Learn more: http://dlvr.it/TKRsZJ

🚨 Job opportunity 🚨 @uoysbs.bsky.social are looking for a Research Trainee to work on an ESRC-funded research project aimed at understanding the interactions between the police and people who use drugs. Apply by 29 April 2025 jobs.york.ac.uk/vacancy/rese...

If you identify as an Early Career Researcher and you are interested in applying for the research fund, register for our support webinar on 29 April. Visit our website to find out more: digitalgood.net/digital-good...

You can make a change 📢 Protect authors’ livelihoods from the unlicensed use of their work in AI training by signing this open letter ✒️ authr.uk/sp40 #MakeitFair #MetaBookThieves #DoTheWriteThing

All gone: “grants that supported crime victims, including for transgender victims; hotlines used by crime victims; grants to fight human trafficking that have gone to organizations working with immigrants; programs to curb juvenile delinquency…and funding for state-run hate-crime reporting.”

"Irregular timberland"

NEW: A secretive surveillance company is building "AI persona" bots for cops intended to gather evidence on people. Personas include "college protesters," "radicalized" divorced moms, children. We have docs that shows how it works and what cops can do with it: www.404media.co/this-college...