Today is International Day of Sign Languages, a day commemorating the establishment of the World Federation of the Deaf and spotlighting the issues Deaf people face in their everyday lives. This year's theme is: No Human Rights Without Sign Language Rights❗

In Britain, every time you... — turn on a tap — flip a light switch — board a train or bus — post a letter — drop your child at nursery ... you take part in a system designed to extract wealth & concentrate power. 🧵 From cradle to grave, this is how a failed experiment has shaped your life.

Under the banner of progress, innovation and, most recently, productivity, the tech industry’s defence distils to ‘we stole because we could, but also because we had to’”

We've got a new report out over at @mctd.bsky.social! This time on how sign language AI in education, justice, and healthcare could worsen existing inequalities for Deaf communities – unless we improve the procurement process with Deaf-led governance. Summary below...💡

It's really weird to demand accountability from a NYC mayoral candidate for a deadly NYC shooting rather than the current NYC mayor, an ex-cop who campaigned on a "tough on crime" platform and promptly got indicted for crimes

Choose your swimwear colors carefully, too.

Thanks for the reminder @janemunday.bsky.social. Every summer, I repost this article DROWNING DOES NOT LOOK LIKE DROWNING. To date, I know of FOUR kids who were saved after someone who'd clicked on the link learnt how to spot actual drowning. Take time to read and pass on. slate.com/technology/2...

they want fascist "AI"

“The official X account for Life360, incidentally, feels very much geared towards younger generations, with posts such as, ‘i love it when someone says they checked my location. like thx for checking on me’ and ‘She follows you on Instagram and me on Life360 … we are not the same.’” 🥴

AI this, AI that, what about how much energy AI actually uses? “It blows my mind that you can buy a car and know how many miles per gallon it consumes, yet we use all these AI tools every day and we have absolutely no efficiency metrics, emissions factors, nothing." From the experts:

oh, we have some straightforward gutter racism. “the blacks and the browns are the reason white people can’t get ahead” www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

It'll be interesting to see if this sort of thing breaks through the trance in the K-12 AI-for-all-children-all-the-time movement

"We cannot back down because documenting the truth has become a moral duty before it is a profession," Palestinian journalist Ibrahim Abu Ghazaleh told @theintercept.com. Read the rest of the story produced in partnership with @freedom.press:

NEW 🚨🏭 The UK is betting big on AI to deliver growth, but plans to 'turbocharge' AI may put the UK’s climate goals at risk. In a new report, we address the gap that exists in trying to achieve two policy goals: decarbonising the UK and advancing AI infrastructure. ➡️ www.mctd.ac.uk/big-tech-cli...

“We are not facing a crisis of AI. We are facing a crisis of imagination – a failure to envision the full spectrum of possibilities that lie before us and, perhaps more critically, a failure to understand the work required to realize better futures." – Prof @ginasue.bsky.social 💡

"The future we deserve won’t emerge automatically – it demands active participation, thoughtful governance, and the courage to imagine alternatives." – Prof @ginasue.bsky.social,📍The Kyunghyang Forum, Seoul 🇰🇷

A really, really disturbing story. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

happy to profile our research in The Guardian today

Politicians are retreating from net zero because they think the public doesn’t care. But they’re wrong | Rebecca Willis

Customs and Border Protection has broad authority to search travelers’ devices when they cross into the United States. Here’s what you can do to protect your digital life while at the US border. wrd.cm/44sZoZT

Weekends are nano-retirements, after-work hours are pico-retirements, lunch breaks are femto-retirements, bathroom breaks are atto-retirements...

This is called "going on holiday"

Looking forward to seeing Karen Hao in Edinburgh in August. Just secured my ticket after starting off at 1,502 in the online queue! I got her new book about OpenAI yesterday. The firm and Sam Altman declined to be involved which of course makes me even more intrigued to read it…

these people are just evil

American urbanists: “airport transport is overrated. We should not spend any money to improve speed or frequency to the airport” European cities: “our airport has integrated train stations with city center service every few minutes and intercity high speed trains—plus we’re adding another train”

We're at @jesuscollegecam.bsky.social today hosting a forum on the impact of #GenAI on the novel. Our @braiduk.bsky.social Fellow Dr @clemicollett.bsky.social has convened authors, publishers, agents, and industry bodies to discuss copyright, creativity, and the value of books in the AI era.

Denmark to tackle deepfakes by giving people copyright to their own features

Absolute pleasure to speak at the Centre for Investigative Journalism summer school today about Democracy for Sale and fighting for Freedom of Information. So proud of my colleagues @lucasamin.bsky.social and @jennacorderoy.bsky.social and what we’re building ☺️☺️☺️

Great to be invited to Jesus College, Cambridge for a dinner last night and expert symposium today on '#GenAI and the #Novel', a brilliant research project led by Dr @clemicollett.bsky.social and funded by @braiduk.bsky.social / @mctd.bsky.social with support from @ifow.org.

"For AI-powered social transformation, we can’t just listen to big tech."❗ Our ED @ginasue.bsky.social delivered the keynote at the Kyunghyang Forum on 'The Age of Hyper-Acceleration - Beyond Fear to Hope'. Prior to the forum, she spoke to 경향신문 about AI regulation. ➡️ www.mctd.ac.uk/for-ai-power...

“An increase in military spending to 3.5% of GDP would cost the UK an extra £32bn annually ... further increases to military spending have a stark opportunity cost.” Our new analysis on the alternatives to increased military investment in @theguardian.com 👇 www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...

Join us next week to talk about THE #AI CON! Alex Hanna unpacks the myths and marketing that surround today’s #AI discourse, and @milamiceli.bsky.social‬ brings in critical insights from @dataworkersinquiry.bsky.social‬ about the invisible labor behind AI systems. June 30, 6pm 👉 buff.ly/47fMwFf

We were at @royalsociety.org celebrating their new report on disability tech! 🎉 Our Senior Research Associate @louhicky.bsky.social served on the steering committee, providing expertise on accessibility for disabled people and sharing her lived experiences. 👩‍🦼‍➡️👨‍🦽‍➡️🧑‍🦯‍➡️➡️ www.mctd.ac.uk/disability-t...

Nancy By Ernie Bushmiller June 23,1953

It's not just Good Reads. Having written three books I've discovered that there's a bitter little clique of angry people who try to sabotage book review ratings ... www.thebookseller.com/news/authors...

Disabled people should be involved from the outset in developing digital tools and services that are fundamental to work, life and play to maximise the transformative benefits they can bring says our new report on #DisabilityTechnology, released today.

We should be very suspicious of ANYONE in this country (and across the globe) who advocates for the deregulation of any industry. And make as much noise as possible when corporations start controlling government decisions. Important new docu on the Grenfell tragedy – watch it on @netflix.com ⬇️

yep! unpaywalled:

We have discussed this before of course- check this older story from @karenhao.bsky.social about why “fairness” is such a slippery ideal www.technologyreview.com/2019/10/17/7...

We got unprecedented access to the AI model that Amsterdam developed to try to fairly detect welfare fraud. The result is one of the first in-depth looks at a system using responsible AI guidelines—and what happens when those big promises meet messy reality.

Black Mirror has nothing on this reality.

Menstrual apps harvest data that ‘puts women’s safety at risk’ www.thetimes.com/article/3b7e...

NEW REPORT 🩸 Menstrual tracking apps turn personal health info into data points to be collected, analysed, and sold. In a new report, we investigate the governance of Femtech apps and map the existing and future harms of tracking menstruation by private companies. ➡️ www.mctd.ac.uk/femtech-high...

Really looking forward to this report being out in the world. Join the convo on #femtech and hear from @flsbrgr.bsky.social and experts on tracking apps and how your health data is commodified...

The BBC treats Farage as if he were just a fun Conservative character. But they know he has been praised and supported by Putin: that he admires Trump's autocratic instincts and supports the Neo Nazi AFD. They never mention this. What gives?

🔴BBC Scraps Pledge to Show Gaza Medics Documentary ‘As Soon as Possible’ The BBC has shelved plans to broadcast the harrowing ‘Gaza: Medics Under Fire’ documentary pending an “ongoing review” into its coverage of the conflict, @iainoverton.bsky.social reports bylinetimes.com/2025/06/09/b...