makes me think of the warnings people have often made of the unaccountable power of server owners on “decentralized” social media

In the past, the tech religions were satirical. Now they’re just fooling people into believing the tech really is God to prey on them.

I think this implies that Berliner Polizei is the strongest Hamas supporter, because it associates asking for stopping genocide, justice and freedom with "Hamas".

24 hours after the Israeli army announced it would reopen the Zikim crossing, it remains closed, with no trucks entering Gaza, Al Jazeera’s Hani Mahmoud reports. The shutdown leaves all of northern Gaza without a functioning entry point for humanitarian or commercial supplies... Image: Anera

Die Sitation kranker Kinder und Erwachsener in Gaza ist aussichtslos. Wir fordern die Bundesregierung auf, evakuierte kranke Kinder und Erwachsene aus humanitären Gründen aufzunehmen und dadurch Leben zu retten. Bitte unterzeichnen und teilen! weact.campact.de/petitions/me...

Sari Hanafi, french-palestinian sociologist, was asked to write an op-ed by le monde about the "after-gaza". Two weeks of silence later, the paper refused to print because the terminology "doesn't suit our publication". @sarihanafi.bsky.social @lemonde.fr orientxxi.info/magazine/la-...

The world is complicite :(

This article in @taz.de about settler violence opens with @amnesty.org Apartheid report, claiming misleadingly that this report speaks of "'Apartheid' in the palestinian territories". They even link to the report. If they had looked at the report, they would know better taz.de/Siedlergewal...

Just like vague innovation wont solve it, neither will AI. It's all the same jumbled mishmash don't let anybody especially the billionaires fool you.

"Even as the hunger and fear of living under siege and bombardment made him desperate to leave, Douda remained inside El Fasher, constantly working to let the outside world know what was happening to the people there."

🔔 Tomorrow: Join us for a conversation with journalists abducted by Israel from Gaza aid flotillas, featuring @recolston.bsky.social, Emily Wilder, and Noa Avishag Schnall, and moderated by @chipgibbons.bsky.social. 🗓️ Nov. 3, 12 p.m. EST/9 a.m. PST RSVP: freedom.press/gaza-flotillas

It means you don't know these skills at any depth and have decided to stunt your growth. Truly saddening! bsky.app/profile/oliv...

2. the strange but often repeated cultish mantra that we need to "embrace the future" — this is so bizarre given, e.g. how destructive industry forces have proven to be in science, from petroleum to tobacco to pharmaceutical companies. (Section 3.2 here doi.org/10.5281/zeno...) 4/n

I've collected them all here if useful olivia.science/ai#blogs cc @irisvanrooij.bsky.social

Die Bundesregierung kürzt munter im Sozialen – und das trifft Frauen besonders hart: Alleinerziehende, Pflegekräfte und Beschäftigte in Bildung und Soziales verlieren nicht nur Jobs, sondern auch wichtige Leistungen (F+) 🔗 www.freitag.de/autoren/marl... 📝 Marlen Hobrack 📷 Foto: Ipon/Imago Images

I have seen students who are scared NOT to use GenAI. To me it seems like the same anxiety I’ve been seeing for years, where students are terrified of submitting work with any mistakes. (Bless the arts/humanities faculty, who have bucked this trend by terrifying students about using GenAI at all.)

Must read! @apache.be hits the nerve of a debate almost lost: keep that nonsense out of our educational structure. Why should we instruct our students how to adjust to these utterly ridiculous systems? Learn them to think instead, that’s why society pays us!

Replacement of cognitive activity is not neutral. It removes the activity from consciousness

We’ve never solved the frame problem, yet the AI industry believes (or wants us to believe) that they can make tractable context-sensitive “agents” osf.io/preprints/ps...

“Universities are not tech companies. Our role is to foster critical thinking, not to follow industry trends uncritically.”

THIS. People say just using it for stuff like writing abstracts is a great time saver, but if your paper is well structured, writing an abstract is very quick work. If you get stuck at the abstract, this might hint at deeper problems you should SOLVE, even if it's hard.

Is there any hope German Politicians will ever realize how silly they sound?! Alarm: you don't represent your people anymore when you start speaking your sick mindset and present it as "people mind-set". Listen to the free and rational people who speak truth to power before spitting such ****!

‘Study after study shows that students want to develop these critical thinking skills, are not lazy, and large numbers of them would be in favor of banning ChatGPT and similar tools in universities’, says @olivia.science www.ru.nl/en/research/...

Monday 3 Nov, 8 pm CET 👇🏽

German government funds a project that spreads missinformatiin and hate! The sadest part? I'm not shocked anymore of how immoral the German government can go!! Reading now Michael Lüders's book "Dricks Arbeit", to restore my faith that the German society still have people who speak truth to power.

🔗 Jeffrey Epstein and the Mossad: How The Sex-Trafficker Helped Israel Build a Backchannel to Russia Amid Syrian Civil War www.dropsitenews.com/p/jeffrey-ep...

Documents reveal Germany coordinated with Israel on what to disclose to the ICJ about arms exports. Records show some export details were withheld, with testimony about “medical supplies and helmets” made “in agreement” with Israel under a confidentiality deal. www.stern.de/politik/deut...

Would him winning help fighting racism? Or like Obama's: increase racism and white supremacy?

With news about Ukraine, Sudan or other places attrocities are committed (other than Palesrine) you cannot escape making comparisons. Few strak examples: letting fire fighters help survivors, buildings around are still standing, intl. media coverage, no veto in security counsel, no everyday horror!

Gaza’s youth are haunted by trauma amid uncertainty over ceasefire; over 80 percent suffer symptoms, psychologists warn.

The Senate at the UK’s School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), the university’s academic governing body, has published a statement condemning what it describes as “scholasticide” in Gaza and demanding a complete government arms embargo on Israel. aje.io/auyyba?updat...

Open letter by @hannakienzler.bsky.social @christinebinzel.bsky.social and myself addressed to @zdfde.bsky.social with regards to their appalling and dehumanising statement from 27.10.2025 (presseportal.zdf.de/pressemittei...) drive.google.com/file/d/10KK_...

With @michaelbarenboim.bsky.social and @christinebinzel.bsky.social, I’ve written an open letter to @zdfde.bsky.social. Their statement on the killing of a Palestinian media worker in Gaza is dehumanising and unethical. Our demands: 🔗 drive.google.com/file/d/10KK_...

@cloudquistador.bsky.social is honestly making me cry; amazing interview/vodcast. This explains a lot of the dynamics of how the companies have captured educational institutes: www.youtube.com/live/sey7TS4... (more CAIL videos: olivia.science/ai#talks & allies: olivia.science/ai#allies) 1/n 🧵

Boycott UAE, if you didn't already have.

Israel has once again violated the ceasefire deal. Here’s the list so far today - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israel-has-once-again-violated-ceasefire-deal-list-so-far-today

Israel's genocide in Gaza never stopped. But UK media have enabled this latest lie - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israels-genocide-gaza-never-stopped-uk-media-have-enabled-latest-lie

Tech Won’t Save Us is celebrating 300 episodes! 🎉 This week @parismarx.com took over the show to discuss an issue that’s been motivating a lot of his work this year: the problem with our dependence on US tech and why we need digital sovereignty! Full ep: techwontsave.us/episode/300_...

I was selfish and took the milestone episode to explain why we must get off US tech, some options that are already available to us, but also why our governments need to step up. We can’t keep allowing the US government and Silicon Valley billionaires to have so much power over us!

"Today’s Republicans &conservatives are laser-focused not on Fuentes, Carlson, or Young Republican group chats but on the true antisemitic threat facing America: ZoHrAn MaMdAnI!" Have you subscribed to our morning newsletter? For First Draft, Peter Rothpletz on the right's white supremacy problem.

Death toll likely to ‘increase by the hour’ as wounded die amid lack of medical supplies. The latest Israeli attacks have killed 104 people in Gaza, among them 46 children. 200 Palestinians have been killed since the start of the so called "ceasefire". aje.io/0kagkm?updat...

No privacy, security, hygiene, or protection from Israel’s bombs. That’s what life has been like for two years in Gaza’s shelters.

This, like the Gaza genocide, must not go without holding those committing these atrocities accountable.

"Israel demanded Google and Amazon use secret ‘wink’ to sidestep legal orders" www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Mass trauma hurts people & communities. When we retreat into isolation to cope with our shared trauma that’s when authoritarians move in. They feed on disconnection and sell control as safety. I feel this is important reading for today. antiauthoritarianpla... #Democracy 2️⃣ 1/3

While San Francisco's mayor Daniel Lurie is opening his arms to autonomous vehicles, other cities are more resistant. Boston, for instance, has considered a ban on autonomous vehicles in the city.

Whoever could not take the heat of burning truths in these replies deleted their post, but this response thread is still🔥. And there's plenty more where Post Not Found came from - stereo-type generic, bland, condescending white male grifters fawning #AIHype. So, sharing.

Community Networks and Community Infrastructures bridge the digital divide and create affordable connectivity and first class Internet participation for underconnected communities. The Internet Society (ISOC) is currently selecting its Special Interest Groups (SIG) for 2026-2027. The five […]

Breaking free from the Atlassian Jira & Confluence lock-in. I'm excited to speak at @nextcloud Enterprise Day in #Copenhagen on October 22! After March 28, 2029, #Jira Data Center licenses will expire. Are you looking for a feature-rich alternative that also […] [Original post on fosstodon.org]