I'm attending a digital humanities event in Montreal. There was a keynote on AI and something about the talk made me wonder if it had been written by Claude. I said as much in the Q&A. As I posed the question, the speaker shifted, looking slightly uncomfortable. What he said next shocked the room +

just had an idea for a conference: [philosophical topic] and AI

Hay muchísimas muchísimas muchísimas cosas jodidas en este mensaje y esta idea, pero la que más me inquieta es que la foto que ilustra todo esto no busca representan ninguna idea de ejército ni siquiera mínimamente moderno, sino la vuelta de la vieja mili y un nuevo mandato sonre "ser un hombre".

This is not at all what happens at the Writing Center I run but interesting that Turnitin is suggesting that human tutors are less competent than the "instructor controlled AI assistant"

University administrators two years ago: we can’t allow social justice movements to change the university as we know it University administrators today: in order to accommodate the new probabilistic bullshit generator no one likes we must change everything about the university

Quim Sosa

make sure to send your submissions by the end of the week!

Imagine being the dominant videocall app for more than a decade to the point that the app name became a verb in many languages only for Microsoft to buy it, break it, and retire it at the peak of COVID, when so many depended on videocalls.

The deadline for the CSSM conference CFP has been extended until tomorrow (Tuesday May 5) following a website crash on Friday May 1, which was the original extended deadline. Abstracts can be submitted here: www.lyyti.fi/reg/CSSM_Con...

Study finds that students using chatGPT learned and remembered less than students who did not use it. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Confluences in Aquatic Science and Technology Studies easst.net/easst-fund-r... The workshop will take place at the Lorentz Centre in Leiden, 6-10 July 2026, with support from the University of Leiden, the European Union, ISHPSSB, NWC and the EASST Fund.

Deadline coming soon! Applications can be submitted until Sunday midnight (Finnish time).

📣OPEN CALL: Seminar on the Social Studies of Microbes for Doctoral Students and Early-Career Scholars, October 2026. An opportunity to develop your ongoing research with the help of mentors and build international networks. Apply by 24 May 2026 More info: www.socialmicrobes.org/current/cssm...

Three times and it’s becoming a tradition. We’re delighted to announce the third creative writing competition for the EASST community. Winners will be announced during the EASST2026 conference, 10 September 2026. Deadline 1 July 2026 easst.net/conference/e...

Last week to register!

We're hiring! Looking for a #postdoc (3 years) and #PhD (4 years) in #STS and aquatic restoration! Hired researchers will join University of @oulu.fi, the amazing SAFIRE multidisciplinary research programme, and a growing team of researchers interested in water and environment. Deadline 03.05.26.

To honor Trans Day of Visibility: I had a trans student years ago who asked me to write them a letter of rec for grad school. They didn't tell me if they wanted their birth gender or their real gender used (they said maybe birth but ?) SO I wrote the entire letter without using ANY gender refs.

Really excited to share some news: in May I will become Assistant Professor of Science and Technology Studies at @oulu.fi It feels like a big change after 13 years at @helsinki.fi Although I'll stay connected with @cssmicrobes.bsky.social, I'll miss greatly the day to day and many great colleagues.

just this week: -- OpenAI killed Sora -- Disney subsequently cancelled its investment in OpenAI -- Wikipedia is now banning LLM-generated content ...tell me again how this is all "inevitable" and you have to "get on board or get left behind"?

Interested in thinking about your relationship with our changing environments, e.g. through algae blooms? Then join our workshop in April that brings together artists, citizens, social & natural sciences! @cssmicrobes.bsky.social @joseacanada.bsky.social More info and registration via link below 👇

❇️Register now for CSSM workshop: How to fall in love with blue-green algae? The workshop is open to anyone interested in thinking about their relationship with our changing environments. There are no specific requirements to participate. Full event info + registration: www.lyyti.in/Workshop_How...

Las trans en España nunca han tenido ningún problema

if Wikipedia, an org with a shoestring budget and volunteer workforce can ban use of llms, what excuse do large orgs and universities have

Dear all at #STS sky! Last week we published the Winter 2026 issue of EASST Review, which comes accompanied by an EASST website renewal. You can find the entire issue here: easst.net/easst-review...

Calling care suicidal empathy when it's at the core of social cooperation for survival is such a clear indication that they have not read care scholarship nor are interested in doing so. Criticism of such a huge body of work without engaging with it once is clearly the good social science we need 👌🏼

everyone is going to be assigned Deleuze and Guattari readings until we figure out what is going on

With some really cool panels accepted, we open our call for papers. This does not include just traditional papers to open panels. We also invite flash talks (shorter presentations to initiate conversation) and writeshops (an opportunity to dive in and develop own work during the conference).

We've been working hard to rethink how academia could work in more equal and just ways. One of those ways has been this protocol for collective publishing. Really proud of it and of the discussions that led to it!

For anyone seeing this, deadline was extended until 9th of March, so you still have time to apply! I am myself convening an open panel on microbial niches and a M&D session on methods for research of aquatic environments.

"Los españoles no se iban a enterar de nada", defiende el presidente. Lee la noticia completa en la web: www.elmundotoday.com/2026/03/pedr...

I will give a lecture on imaginaries of care in conservation and restoration of aquatic ecosystems next April in Oslo and staying around for the whole week. This is part of the Science Studies Colloquium Series at the Centre for Technology, Innovation and culture. First visit to @uio.no, excited!

FYI, Academia.edu has changed its terms of service to give an irrevocable worldwide license for anything uploaded to its site to be used for generative AI. I do not consent to this and have pulled all my papers.

Yes in thunder. My syllabus statement:

No, these are very serious comments. ChatGPT has absolutely no goddamn place in graduate education. It steals from other authors, routinely gets major facts wrong, hallucinates sources, and generally makes the prose flat and boring as hell. And if you shill for it in my mentions, I'll block you.

wikipedia turns 25 today! the last unenshittified major website! backbone of online info! triumph of humanity! powered by urge of unpaid randos to correct each other! somehow mostly reliable! "good thing wikipedia works in practice, because it sure doesn't work in theory" - old wiki adage

📣 #STS folks contemplating EASST 2026 @easst.bsky.social panels, please consider joining me and @hetatarkkala.bsky.social as we consider watery encounters. Wastewater epidemiology, water security, infrastructures, pollution, toxicity, disease, disasters… get amongst it 👇

Oletko jo katsonut Havumetsän lapset -dokumenttielokuvan? Tämä Virpi Suutarin filmi löytyy Yle Areenasta ja on nyt ajankohtainen, koska kaksi dokumentissa seurattua metsäaktivistia, Ida (kuvassa) ja Ville, ovat parhaillaan syytettynä metsänhakkuiden pysäyttämisestä Aalistunturilla.

🔉Call for Papers! This September Jay Todd @jaytoddgla.bsky.social & I will be organising a session on "Queering Environmental Justice" at the RGS-IBG Annual International Conference @rgsibg.bsky.social ⏰ Abstract deadline: 18 February 2026 🔗 Conference website: www.rgs.org/research/ann...

El “Make Venezuela Great Again” de Trump significa devolverla al periodo 1908-1935 cuando el dictador Juan Vicente Gómez cedió a cambio de mordidas el control del 98% del petróleo nacional a 3 compañías extranjeras. En 1976 Carlos Andrés Pérez lo nacionalizó en defensa de la soberanía económica👇

We have a conference next year and the call for panels and sessions just opened! Might be the first conference in SSH to focus exclusively on microbes (to my knowledge?) Broad and niche at the same time, fun! Also, our keynotes are the fantastic @charlottebrives.bsky.social and Steve Hinchliffe.

A great opportunity to spend some time with a dynamic and thoughtful team. I loved my time with CSSM as a Visiting Fellow in 2023, which led to long lasting collaborations and friendships. Go for it!

Jose Cañada & Joaquin Valdivielso doi.org/10.1080/2572...

🎉 Our thematic cluster for @tapuya.org is now complete😍 with this editorial: Botero, A., & Pérez-Bustos, T. (2025). The making of methodologies/methodologies of making. When precarity matters. Tapuya: Latin American Science, Technology and Society. doi.org/10.1080/2572...

Ayer, nuestra sede de UNRWA en Jerusalén Este fue atacada por Israel: entraron por la fuerza, cortaron comunicaciones y reemplazaron la bandera de la Naciones Unidas. Otro golpe para millones de palestinos. Que esto no pase desapercibido. Apoya a UNRWA.

Do you love AI? Worry about it? Join our critical discussion of the environmental and social costs of AI in Tiedekulma today at 5pm! tapahtumat.helsinki.fi/fi-FI/page/6... @helsus.bsky.social @scientistrebellion.bsky.social

“AI is here to stay” from the visionaries who brought you “NFTs are the future.”

EASST Review - the publication of the European Association for the Study of Science and Technology - is looking for an editorial assistant. Duties are copy-editing and communication with authors. We have two issues every year with about 10 submissions each. Reach out if interested!

Os recuerdo que ahora más que nunca es altamente recomendable para habitar un mejor cielito azul que os suscribáis a bsky.app/profile/aimo... para poder silenciar o filtrar mejor el contenido generado con IAgen. Ahí tenéis todos los filtros personalizables para un mejor TL.