In 2026, I will be working with others to organize a grassroots public history convening here in NYC. Excited to share more as planning gets underway.

“And it’s something that theorists can be experts in: tendering compelling ideas”, with metaphors, images, aesthetics. Said @annakornbluh.bsky.social www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blo... #counteraesthetics #activism #academia

The problem if we assume that freedom means individual sovereignty is that we either deny freedom (when we realise humans are not sovereign) or, as is happening now, we think “that the freedom of one [hu]man or a group can only be purchased at the price of the freedom of others.” Hannah Arendt

I trust Turnberry will receive the same treatment now Janey Godley is no longer with us.

🟨 New Publication in #LMT 🟪 As part of LMT's 20th anniversary, in this editorial eight current and former editors reflect on the journal's achievements and consider its future. Read more: tinyurl.com/yk7k2hkf

Everyone is talking about #Adolescence - here's an interesting take from educational theorists reflecting on today's digital culture. (in German, no spoilers included) dx.doi.org/10.13140/RG....

Reminder: Wer sich für Fragen rund um Technologien, Medien, Bildung, Gesellschaft, Nicht-Nachhaltigkeit und Planetare Grenzen interessiert, ist herzlich zum Online-Workshop am 6.6. eingeladen. Organisiert von: @ngruenberger.bsky.social & @discoursology.bsky.social bsky.app/profile/medi...

On the current crises and conspiracy theories: “immediacy is our most treacherous problem: our t has permeated all forms of the social and hence has effectively dismantled the social as a form.” Alenka Zupančič, Disavowal.

Happy to celebrate #mayday2025 with @mskellymhayes.bsky.social! We start talking about antifascism, which now has to include all types of mutual aid and direct action. What does it mean to meet fascists in the streets when they control every lever of federal government?

What is "participation" in participatory research? New publication (in German), co-written with inspiring colleagues! partizipation-als-zu-mutung.de

A new study has examined 8 million speeches from 140 years of Congress, showing a massive decline in evidence-based language since the 1970s. www.iflscience.com/use-of-facts...

Gut, die Union ist eh Team Ausländer raus, aber gibt es eigentlich für die SPD überhaupt keine Grenze nach unten?

Die Vorsitzende der Linken im Bundestag informiert im Pressestatement zu aktuellen politischen Themen. @heidireichinnek.de und @inesschwerdtner.bsky.social sprechen zur Vorstellung des Koalitionsvertrages. youtu.be/COP6n-g_lHs

@mrs-frazzled.bsky.social ‘s analysis of the recent reinterpretation of civil rights laws (that all schools have to stop DEI activities too): “obeying in advance” is going to be a key problem. I thought there was only a German phrase for this. #vorauseilenderGehorsam

At least it’s for a good purpose 🙄

Replace “games” and “art” with “education” and “teaching”, and the article sounds like it’s about the future of the profession #edtech

I am so excited to share the stage with @ruchowdh.bsky.social & Megan Smith 11 April at 11.20 am ET @rad-institute.bsky.social event "Gender and AI: Promise and Perils" www.radcliffe.harvard.edu/event/2025-g... - cannot wait! @oii.ox.ac.uk @ajlunited.bsky.social @ainowinstitute.bsky.social

Join us in the next @braiduk.bsky.social x IDI Online Seminar, where @danmcquillan.bsky.social from @goldsmithsuol.bsky.social will argue that having a responsible approach to #AI means #decomputing. 📅 Thu 24 Apr ⏰ 4 – 5pm 📍 Online via Zoom 🎟 edin.ac/40zUOao

This free event is part of the @edfuturesinstitute.bsky.social Making Waves Event Season, and is run in collaboration with @braiduk.bsky.social! 📅 Thursday 10 April at 18.00 📍 Edinburgh Futures Institute & online 🎟️ Tickets & more info ▶️ edin.ac/3WJhuUH

Dean Jackson writes that the country’s democratic crisis can no longer be treated as acute, with relief hiding one or two elections away; it is plainly chronic.

“On 15 February, a memo from the US General Services Administration removed an explicit ‘Prohibition of Segregated Facilities’ (like waiting rooms, restaurants and drinking fountains) for federal contractors.“

🤩🤩 #AcademicSky, too!

New book on radical democracy and education. So so so necessary right now. Looking forward to reading. In German, edited by W. Friedrichs, @larakierot.bsky.social, D. Lange & @olivermarchart.bsky.social. Radikale Demokratiebildung: Postfundamentale Streifzüge. Springer. doi.org/10.1080/0305...

“The real antidote to exclusion isn’t inclusion, it’s commoning.” Bcos keeping the binary “does nothing to challenge the fundamental premise on which exclusionary solutions are based.” Am just re-reading the end of @danmcquillan.bsky.social’s Resisting AI for a talk tmrw. #commons #civictech

Edith Weigert on working as a psychoanalyst in Germany in the 1930s:”At that time, I wondered how we could possibly work towards the goal of mental health in an insane society.”

Epistemic fracture—the broken relationship between information and its source. “Hannah Arendt defined this epistemic “loneliness” as a hallmark of totalitarianism.”

Wir haben das Verhandlungspapier von Union und SPD zur Innen- und Migrationspolitik analysiert und veröffentlichen es hier in Gänze. Um es kurz zu machen: Es ist eine Katastrophe für Menschen- und Bürgerrechte. netzpolitik.org/2025/koaliti...

What to do when “critique” becomes so smooth and acceptable?

New Dig: Second episode in two-part series with @iliasalami.bsky.social and @70sbachchan.bsky.social on global geopolitical and geoeconomic conjuncture. Why economic weapon failed against Russia and China, struggle to control energy transition, and so much more! www.thedigradio.com/podcast/new-...

🟨Volume 50, Issue 1 (2025) of LMT🟪 Let's introduce our new Special Issue! In their editorial @jkom.bsky.social, @keanbirch.bsky.social & Sam Sellar intruduce the dynamics of #rentiership and #assetisation in the digitalisation of education. Read all articles: tinyurl.com/a8bvzkxe

I like this one a lot.

A big part of the problem is stupid people have been convinced by rich people that AI is God, when AI is closer to an automatic dog food dispenser.

And had their tech confiscated.

"Radical change and consultation involving the whole academic community is required." - Mandy Hill, Managing Director We are conducting a 'radical' review of open research to identify sustainable solutions that support innovation and researchers’ needs. Read more 🔗 cup.org/4iWtV87

Very important reflections here on "Postdigital Science and Education & The Majority World" by @nicolasruiz.mastodon.scot.ap.brid.gy, @michaelgallagherr.bsky.social & R. Najjuma. I wonder what they say to scholars concerned that *any* concept to group a region is the problem doi.org/10.1007/s424...

Why are we not pressuring people more to divest from Twitter like Tesla? It's not enough to make a personal choice to leave Twitter you need to ask societies or institutions you are in to leave too. "I'm happy to work with you/speak at your event but not for you to share anything related on X"

“Asked about the importance of the humanities as an academic field, the Holberg Laureate stressed that the humanities must be supported because they teach the practice of learning rather than necessarily the production of knowledge.” Very relevant thought for #criticalAI

A French University is funding a Safe Place For Science program meant to recruit scientists who cannot continue their work in the US. www.univ-amu.fr/fr/public/a...

🚨Last week Helyeh Doutaghi, a scholar in international law, was barred from Yale and put on administrative leave: ‘The decision came three days after a news site powered by artificial intelligence, published a story calling her a member of a terrorist group.’ www.removepaywall.com/search?url=h...

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Returning to this. Now the use of “respect” last Friday makes sense.

1. You feel powerless? Don’t know what you can do to resist the rise of fascism? Here is an answer: Good Things. Fascism inflicts pain and harm as a matter of doctrine. Kindness, care and conviviality defend us from it. The more we build community, the less it can take root. 🧵

“But casting AI as autonomous is not just misleading, it is dangerous. Recognising this truth is critical for tackling the ethical and societal challenges AI presents today.” #criticalAI

This is definitely not the most scandalous part of the paper from initial coalition talks (Germany), but why on earth do they consistently say that more digital technology (“Digitalisierung”) will reduce bureaucracy? Have they tried any of these systems recently? #sondierungsgespräche

Mein Herz ist bei allen, die direkt von der Herzlosigkeit und grausamen Kälte dieser neuen Regierung betroffen sein werden. Die gerade da sitzen und einfach nur Angst haben. Ich habe keine Lösung, keine Idee. Ich sehe euch. Aber ich habe keine Idee. 🫂

Sondierungsgespräche setzen die Verbesserung des Alltags der Menschen und den gesellschaftlichen Zusammenhalt also nur an letzter (dritter) Stelle. Kann nur gut gehen.

Speculative methods (specifically speculative fiction) can be used to think about the impact of learning design roles and imagine strange but bright university futures for and of them, argues @eam0 on our #EERAblog. #LearningDesign #EduSci https://rdar.li/mNZ0Zl9

Call for Papers: Reclaiming 'Open' and 'Distance' Education in a ‘Digital’ world ojs.uni-oldenburg.de/journals/ojs...

Some round numbers: Amount invested on the premise that LLMs would built AGI: $500 billion Number of massive LLMs that have thus far led to AGI: 0 Amount Nvdia’s market cap has lost from its peak: $1 trillion

In the editorial, @roopikarisam.bsky.social and @readywriting.bsky.social problematise Big EdTech, with a nod to the pre-digital history of #edtech. They foreground the leading question of #minimalcomputing: What do we need? And ask what this means for education. #DH