I hope there are whole majors dedicated to the study of news written in the exonerative case in the future because it's really an art

Over at the newsletter I wrote about the unholy scourge that is "CEO said a thing!" journalism:

This coming Thu 26/03 the @bertelsmannst.bsky.social Transformation Index 2026 drops. Stay tuned for updated, comparative country info on democratic and economic status, incl. obvs on #Angola...

Newly-elected Mayor of Paris Emmanuel Grégoire @egregoire.bsky.social rides toward City Hall on Vélib bike-share, waving to applauding Parisians after his election victory. Important messaging as he succeeds @annehidalgo.bsky.social as leader for the next era of better city-building for people.

Modern cargo bikes don't replace bicycles, they replace cars. If you haven't ridden since childhood, the capability will shock you. Groceries are the perfect gateway errand for daily mobility. The bikes are ready. We just need the infrastructure.

"World's most important mayoral election" might sound like an exaggeration, but it isn't. The standard Paris has set for public space provision shows what is possible for cities everywhere, and this election will determine whether that positive trend will continue. Good luck @egregoire.bsky.social.

falta pouco... www.ics.ulisboa.pt/livros/o-sis... O #sistema: etnografia política da nova #Angola informação sobre os lançamentos a seguir.

surpris ET en colère

Make it stick.

Very happy to see the first output of a particularly productive and joyful co-writing process out here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... with @nitin-bathla.bsky.social and @sabrinastallone.bsky.social First (probably incomplete) thoughts on incomplete projects.

some of you are looksmaxxing when you need to be booksmaxxing

People’s electric bills are tripling and quadrupling because of data centers. We can’t buy RAM or Hard Drives because of data centers. Black communities are suffocating in generator exhaust because of data centers. And OpenAI is raising $100 BILLION in venture capital to accelerate it all.

For those who want joy... deadline approaching with intent easaonline.org/event/ethnog...

There is a really obvious solution, and that requires TAXING THE RICH. Because, the people who know best where these funds are needed, and how best to spend them, are the people working to teach the students themselves. Those who, genuinely want to be a part of a special place of learning,

Ah FFS, VUB! what’s with the 0.1fte positions? 🙄

What is critique? Starts tomorrow, 4pm CET: allegralaboratory.net/what-is-crit...

Zu den zahlreichen bevorstehenden 🇨🇭 Kommunalwahlen: Die SVP ist die Partei, die Kriegsverbrecher Putin unterstützt, dem kriminellen Trump nacheifert, bekennende Neonazis in ihren Reihen hat und mehr verurteile Straftäter beherbergt, als jede andere Partei. Kein Vertreter dieser Bande ist wählbar!

Man I'm so goddamn sick of ai. "Wahhh you can't have a reasonable conversation about ai on here," yeah maybe be mad about the two year parade of scam artists and financial charlatans and environmental ruiners who have radicalized everyone against the spell check that agrees with you

allegralaboratory.net/ethnographie... We’ve cooked up something…

I think I might take one of these "under 20 minutes" AI skills courses the UK Govt. seems very keen on everyone doing and live-post it here... Maybe we can all learn something together! The press release sends me to aiskillshub.org.uk/aiskillsboost/ - let's go and see!

Also there are so many cool free learning resources yay. F AI slop forever, learn real shit from real people.

majorly crushing article reviews today... TGIF.

9. We’ve become so used to all this that we hardly notice it. But isn’t it extraordinary? Almost everyone wants one thing, and almost everyone who represents us – whether in politics or the media – wants the opposite. Yet we tell ourselves we live in a democracy.

Left: writing the damn paper in the shadows of an archive nearby. Right: presenting the said paper as a keynote at a fancy conference. #academicchatter

Great article by Cory Doctorow ( #Enshittification) about why the #AI bubble will be collapsing...

Ces hommes prétendent (et depuis des années d'ailleurs) que la révolution FÉMINISTE portée par des FEMMES et dont les LEADEUSES sont bien identifiéEs, aurait pour objectif... De ramener au pouvoir un HOMME, un MONARQUE, dont le père a construit LA FUCKING PRISON DANS LAQUELLE ELLES SONT TORTURÉES

Excellent stuff!

When ppl are like “if AI is so bad for you why does everyone use it” I’m like oh ya why would that be 🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔

"...the more one relies on vice signaling as a style of action and communication, the less relevant and powerful the in-group’s moral compass is as a practical constraint on anyone’s behavior." latest for @bostonreview.bsky.social www.bostonreview.net/articles/emp...

living the life...

Happy New Year!

Great post about generative AI. Happy Holidays. Don't say I never gave you anything. anthonymoser.github.io/writing/ai/h...

Amazing 😳 digital archaeology How AI’s annoying blandness “accidentally replicated the linguistic ghost of the British Empire”

Der hervorragende Schweizer ÖV war das Resultat politischer Weitsicht, vieler staatlicher Investments und einer Service-Public-Mentalität. All das fehlt heute. Vor allem in diesen vollkommen vergifteten deutschsprachigen Bullshitdiskurs.

"Rein statistisch ist die Kantonsratsfraktion der SVP-Schwyz einer der gefährlichsten Orte des Landes, gerade für Frauen. Sie finden das Beispiel empörend und willkürlich? Sie haben vollkommen Recht." cedricwermuth.ch/der-gefaehrl...

4hs to go to back this project: wemakeit.com/projects/res...

Happy ACAB Day!

Framing GenAI as a battle between teachers and students is a red herring. Students and educators are on the same side. The real opposition are the data extraction firms and brokerages and their allies among the managerial class.

Are you an African scholar looking to publish your #research? Apply for @miasa-ug.bsky.social Publishing Workshop and get in-depth feedback from editors @africaspectrum.bsky.social & Contemporary Journal of #AfricanStudies. ➡️ Apply now by 19 Dec: www.giga-hamburg.de/en/press/cal...

In der Schweiz gibt es Armut. Zur Wahrheit gehört aber auch, dass die durchschnittlichen Schweizer:innen zu den reichsten zehn Prozent der Weltbevölkerung zählen. Und das zeigt sich dann an der Urne. Der Leitartikel von @lukastobler.bsky.social

La majorité du Conseil national vote un changement de loi qui permettra l’exportation de matériel de guerre dans des conflits armés internationaux voire dans des conflits internes. Business first. Une tache sur la neutralité de la Suisse et l’engagement de promotion de la paix. Référendum en vue..

Same and same. Us haters should all come out together at the same time to show our strength in numbers. I live, breathe and practice my hatred of AI as a vocational calling. It gives me purpose.

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Comment freiner cette croissance effrénée? 1️⃣ En rétablissant un prix adéquat des billets de trains et d'avion. 2️⃣ En finançant le train, pour offrir des alternatives efficaces: 80% des destinations au départ de la Suisse sont en Europe! [5/]

But the point (there is a point) is, people fetishise the idea over the hard work of plotting and character development and research and internal consistency and just writing the fucker, because the Idea is the sparkly magic bit. And this is what makes them put value in the AI prompt.

UCU Edinburgh strike rally. 1pm, Wed 19 Nov, on the concourse outside the Scottish Parliament. Speakers from @ucuedinburgh.bsky.social UCU, Unite and Unison branches at the university and students #StopTheCuts #StopStaffCutsatUoE

I'm on strike for the next three days in protest at my employer's refusal to rule out compulsory redundancies as part of their cost-cutting vision for a radically diminished university. My school makes a healthy profit, most of which goes back into central coffers, yet still we're told to save more.

Zum ChatGPT-"Interview" in der Sonntagszeitung. Es hat mich unglaublich fest aufgeregt. Vielleicht merkt man es. Ich poste aus Platzgründen meinen Rant von Linkdin als Screenshot. Zum "Interview" (Paywall): www.tagesanzeiger.ch/hey-chatgpt-...