Today my 9 yo child won a children's literature prize here in Germany. When submitting their contribution, my child only gave their German surname and did not disclose their Spanish surname “we don't know who is on the jury, Mom.” Elementary school children with migrant parents in Germany are scared

Mein Kind hat heute ein Kinder-Literaturpreis gewonnen. Bei der Einreichung gab mein Kind nur den deutschen Nachnamen an, der spanische Nachname wurde verschwiegen "weil wir wissen nicht, wer alles in der Jury sitzt, Mama".

Today in luxury surveillance.

As Palestinian movement rises to more prominence, various actors with other intrrests are trying to piggyback on it -- inc those who are denying Tigray genocide. Important to identify & take a stance against these & not to platform them -- very informative thread by @timnitgebru.bsky.social 👇

So, to recap, a few days ago, I saw someone I respect heavily promoting this conference, "The People's Conference for Palestine" and someone else I respect sending me a screenshot of a number of genocidal being listed as co-organizers & collaborators. Lets learn more about them🧵

Die linksradikale Spinner von EnBW, Betreiber der drei Atomkraftwerke Neckarwestheim, Philippsburg und Obrigheim haben mal was zur Kernenergie geschrieben. Es ist vorbei. Endgültig. Und das ist auch gut so.

Continuing on these genocidal organizations trading on Palestine while aiding other genocides, I see ANSWER coalition is in the mix. Another organizer of People's Conference for Palestine. Isn't this great! I also see the so-called "The People's Forum," with the usual suspects, Breakthrough News. 🧵

Machine rights erode human and environmental rights. Machine rights are merely hidden privileges for big tech.

Here the same genociders who were not only denying #TigrayGenocide but literally orchestrating rallies and campaigns with the genociders, talking about Gaza. If you want to read about what Eugene Puryear & his ilk were doing, read this: theanarchistlibrary.org/library/mb-s....

This is also a form of technological racism (Signet - tigray - tigré)

So new studies showcase that the more you know how GenAi works, the less likely you are to use it! 😌 This reminds me of ai advocates who claim that those who refuse to use GenAi do so because they dont know how it works, yet it’s the opposite! The less you know the more you are likely to use GenAi

The IAGS has declared that Israel’s policies and actions in Gaza meet the legal definition of genocide: genocidescholars.org/wp-content/u...

The Guardian has today printed the names, and where possible, images, of all the media workers killed in Gaza, as part of an international day of action involving more than 150 media organisations. www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

The A.I. companies selected to oversee the program would have a strong financial incentive to deny claims. Medicare plans to pay them a share of the savings generated from rejections.“ www.nytimes.com/2025/08/28/h...

I am BEYOND excited to tell you that our new interview on #AI in #education is up - and it's with @alexhanna.bsky.social and @emilymbender.bsky.social Enjoy, and do share widely! Also featuring @darrenmacey.bsky.social being suitably quiet 🤐 youtu.be/HlB6pOnPm5s

Meine Rede zum #AmoFest 2025 " #AntonWilhelmAmoStraße steht für Wertschätzung: Und zwar für ein wirklich wertschätzendes Erinnern an afrikanische Menschen im Deutschland des 18. Jahrhunderts" @isdbund.bsky.social @decolonizeberlin.bsky.social @tahirdella.bsky.social @dedesimone.bsky.social

"Plastic...is very difficult to avoid. But we are at a moment with "AI" where things aren't so deeply integrated, though corporate interests are pushing for them to be...every act of refusal is especially powerful & meaningful now..." @emilymbender.bsky.social buttondown.com/maiht3k/arch...

As an anthropologist, I'm inclined to try to understand stuff that looks like magical thinking rather than mock it, but proposing to build a God and then expecting him to tell you how to get rich is really testing all of my professional training...

Im #Gaza-Krieg wurden mehr Journalisten getötet als in den beiden Weltkriegen, dem Vietnam, Jugoslawien und Afghanistan Krieg zusammen. Trotzdem fehlt die Solidarität mit unseren getöteten Kolleg*innen schmerzlich, findet unsere Kolumnistin @mithu.bsky.social. 👉 buff.ly/M508lY4

Still remember one study where they had "AI" look at photos to diagnose cancer and it had like a 98% or 99% accuracy... ...except all the photos of actual tumors had a ruler next to them for scale. And the algorithm just got really good at spotting rulers in a photograph.

“More than 50 writers and moderators have withdrawn from the Bendigo Writers Festival over concerns about their freedom of speech.” www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08...

AI slop and the destruction of knowledge irisvanrooijcogsci.com/2025/08/12/a...

Three Sonorans (local blogger) did a phenomenal job of summarizing the last public meeting before the vote where over 1000 Tucsonans (including me—I’m Melanie Cooley referred to in the article) told the developers HELL NO threesonorans.substack.com/p/ya-basta-t...

“It’s All Marketing” - Dr. @TimnitGebru.bsky.social on the Smoke and Mirrors of #AIHype - Part I www.youtube.com/watc...#AIHype #GenerativeAI

Speaking of serious journalism, its the likes of Teen Vogue, Rolling Stone and Vanity Fair that are doing serious journalism on Silicon Valley because other so-called serious news outlets are doing a press-releases-as-journalism service to maintain their access. www.vanityfair.com/news/story/c...

New Release! Most AI deepfakes aren't political. 90% of deepfakes are non-consensual intimate imagery. 99% of victims are women. Max Hoppensted, @rechercheur.bsky.social, @romanhoefner.bsky.social, and I uncover a deepfake community and the business behind undress apps www.spiegel.de/netzwelt/web...

Look at the way the avatar has sanitized and "cleaned up" the "refugee," this is profoundly offensive. She "talks" with a staunchly American accent, despite supposedly being based on a refugee in Chad. Why does anyone need a "digital persona" when the actual people exist/WANT to be heard?

There’s so much wrong here, but in particular it’s noted in the article that the creator of this project met with a bunch of stakeholders who told him the idea was shit, and he did it anyway.

Long COVID is now the number one chronic illness afflicting children, surpassing asthma. Yet we're refusing to use tools that could prevent recurrent infections in kids, like clean air or Far UVC, preferring to repeat propaganda about COVID's harmlessness www.thegauntlet.news/p/long-covid...

"'It's a killing field,' one soldier said." "This thing called killing innocent people – it's been normalized. We were constantly told there are no noncombatants in Gaza, and apparently that message sank in among the troops." www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...

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Cannot be overstated that the dominant project for people boosting this tech is to convince users that they can’t trust their own senses and they should give their body over to the machine.

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🎙️ Big tech companies aren't planning for global warming; they're busy building data centers for their AI, some of which are coming to WI. On today's show we hear from a local lawyer with Clean Wisconsin and @lopalasi.bsky.social about water and tech. Listen here: www.wortfm.org/ai-data-cent...

Wait, demnach sind noch Deutsche unter den Geiseln - und zeitgleich liefert Deutschland weiter Kriegswaffen an Israel, die auch auf die Geiseln niedergehen und übt sich in politiksimulierenden Bitten nach dem Zulassen völkerrechtlich verbriefter Hilfe, die auch die Geiseln nicht erreichen kann?

Deutsche Medien, wir müssen reden. Jetzt online: Mein Vortrag „Verlorenes Medienvertrauen, gefährdete Demokratie?“ auf der republica 2025. Thema: die deutsche Berichterstattung über Palästina und Israel. Und ihre Auswirkungen auf Vertrauen in Medien, Zusammenhalt und Demokratie. Ein Thread: 1/x

Vielen Dank 🙏 Nadia Zaboura @nadiazaboura.bsky.social für diesen Vortrag über deine Grimme-nominierte Medienanalyse zur deutschen Nahost- Berichterstattung youtu.be/XhDy5JG6Xks?...

Der Vorsitzender der Polizeigewerkschaft Roßkopf will Prävention “mit KI, die Verhaltensauffälligkeiten erkennt” betreiben. Das ist so ähnlich als würde ein Zahnarzt Prävention mit Märchen von der Zahnfee durchführen.

Der zunehmend verzweifelte Versuch des stellvertretenden Regierungssprechers Sebastian Hille, in der BPK den Frauenmangel in Merz‘ innerem Team zu erklären, ist schon fast mitleiderregend. (Video: Deutsche Welle)

Neue Folge: Mit Shai Hoffmann analysiere ich im Podcast "Über Israel und Palästina sprechen" die deutsche Nahost-Berichterstattung - tief und faktenbasiert. Im Zentrum: die Rolle des Springer-Konzerns, Doppelstandards, Selbstzensur, außenpolitische Korridore und Verantwortungslosigkeit (...) 1/x

Danke für die Rückmeldung. Unverständlich ist, dass hiermit zwei nicht vergleichbare Positionen - die Aushöhlung von internationalem Völkerrecht und die Verteidigung internationalen Menschenrechts - äquidistant dargestellt werden, als seien es zwei Seiten einer Medaille.

Authoritarians love "Gen AI" because it - Sounds confident even when factually wrong - Broadly conforms to & reproduces their biases, off the shelf - Lets them create bespoke realities (text, audio, moving & still image) which agree w/ their biases - Degrades trust in knowledge/evidence/expertise…

Was die Einstufung einer rechtsextremen Partei als rechtsextrem für Medien und Journalismus bedeutet - ein Thread mit Thesen, Fragen und Forderungen: 1. Wenn Medien es ernst meinen, ist exakt jetzt der richtige Zeitpunkt, um eine breite öffentliche Debatte über die Konsequenzen zu führen und 1/x

I’m going to print out multiple copies of this and just hand them out to anyone asking for an explanation of my stance on ai.

Automation is a form of moral distancing

hi, i wrote a post - "destroy AI". ali-alkhatib.com/blog/fuck-up...

Our EU idea of digital sovereignty sounds rather like colonial arms race for raw materials, data workers, global supply chain routes... These are the main suppliers for the raw material needs of the EU👇