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"wow...everything is computer" tech and political economy researcher. lawyer. tired. // divij.me
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404 Media
10 days ago
Google is hosting a CBP app that uses facial recognition to identify immigrants, while simultaneously removing apps that report the location of ICE officials because Google sees ICE as a vulnerable group.
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Google Has Chosen a Side in Trump's Mass Deportation Effort
Google is hosting a CBP app that uses facial recognition to identify immigrants, while simultaneously removing apps that report the location of ICE officials because Google sees ICE as a vulnerable gr...
https://www.404media.co/google-has-chosen-a-side-in-trumps-mass-deportation-effort/
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The Canary
11 days ago
šØBREAKING: GRETA THUNBERG ARRESTED UNDER TERRORISM ACT FOR SUPPORTING 'PALESTINE ACTION PRISONERS'
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Owen Jones
16 days ago
Qesser Zuhrah and Amu Gib have been on hunger strike for 46 days. They are at serious risk of death. They are in prison because the UK would prefer to lock up young opponents of mass murder than stop facilitating genocide. The Home Secretary must intervene.
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The Guardian
16 days ago
Palestine Action-linked hunger striker Qesser Zuhrah taken to hospital
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Palestine Action-linked hunger striker Qesser Zuhrah taken to hospital
Protesters had gathered outside prison to demand 20-year-old, who is on day 46, receive urgent medical attention A 20-year-old woman taking part in the hunger strike by Palestine Action-affiliated prisoners has been taken to hospital after protesters gathered outside the jail where she was being held to demand she receive urgent medical attention. Qesser Zuhrah, who is being held at HMP Bronzefield, Kent, while awaiting trial, is on day 46 of her hunger strike. Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/dec/17/palestine-action-linked-hunger-striker-qesser-zuhrah-taken-to-hospital?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=bluesky&CMP=bsky_gu
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Zarah Sultana MP
17 days ago
We demand immediate hospital care now for Qesser Zuhrah.
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Todd Davies
23 days ago
I'm in Tech Policy Press today exploring the intersection of competition law and tech expertise. Who are tech experts? What do they know? And how might competition regulators use them best in an increasingly digital economy?
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Who are Tech Experts and What Can They Bring to Competition Enforcement? | TechPolicy.Press
Tech experts are playing an increasingly large role in competition enforcement, writes Todd Davies. But who are these experts, and what are they experts in?
https://www.techpolicy.press/who-are-tech-experts-and-what-can-they-bring-to-competition-enforcement/
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23 days ago
Ongoing decimation of British universities part 252: Apx. 1000 academic staff at University of Essex just received formal ārisk of redundancyā letters via email. Please share
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Jack Stilgoe
23 days ago
Our researcher and
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alumna Ananya Karanam has just published this excellent post with some findings from our survey of AI researchers
rai.ac.uk/hed-are-ai-r...
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HED: Are AI researchers concerned about the existential threat of AI? ā Responsible AI
https://rai.ac.uk/hed-are-ai-researchers-concerned-about-the-existential-threat-of-ai/
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Nature
23 days ago
Achal Agrawal realised how ingrained research misconduct had become, and resolved to do something about the issue He is part of Natureās 10, a list of people who shaped science in 2025
go.nature.com/3Yk3d0T
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This science sleuth revealed a retraction crisis at Indian universities
Achal Agrawal is part of Natureās 10, a list of people who shaped science in 2025.
https://go.nature.com/3Yk3d0T
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Fabio Chiusi
23 days ago
āAI was the answerā? To what, exactly? Automating mass deportations? Waging automated genocide? Producing disinformation at scale? This is the kind of framing I expect from corporate PR, not journalism.
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Rachel Coldicutt
23 days ago
Okay, hive mind! I'm doing a foresight review on the safe adoption of AI in engineering - am planning a research trip to the Bay Area in Feb, and am looking to speak to folk working on - transparent approaches to the full AI supply chain, inc data, labour practices, environmental footprint (1/2)
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Drop Site
about 1 month ago
āI suspect hundreds if not thousands of Gazans have been executed in the same manner. This is a war on occupied peopleāa war on civilians. There is no army in the West Bank. Israel is not fighting with anybody. They are just conducting attacks on civilian population⦠praised by Israeli army and...
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Al Jazeera English
about 1 month ago
Israeli forces target buildings in central Gaza's Bureij and eastern Khan Younis.
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Israel escalates aerial assault of southern, central Gaza past yellow line
Israeli forces target buildings in central Gaza's Bureij and eastern Khan Younis.
https://bit.ly/3XFcxfL
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Dr Alex Fitzpatrick
about 1 month ago
Settlement being ānear automaticā is a huge surprise to me, a person who only recently settled permanently and had to provide evidence of travel and residency over the past decade and paid Ā£4000 for the privilege of just being considered for it. š¤
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Dan Sohege
about 1 month ago
Ploughing through this and is Mahmood really that shocked that her policies are being endorsed by the far right? The language alone, such as describing the last government's hideous policies as "open borders" contains enough dog whistles to set every one of them in the country barking.
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Burying the lede here ... "59% of novelists reported they knew their work had been used to train GenAI models. Of these, 99% said they did not give permission and 100% said they were not remunerated for this use."
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Peter Walker
about 2 months ago
Asked about Shabana Mahmood's plans to shake-up asylum, Tice says the home secretary "is beginning to sound as if she is sort of putting in an application" to join Reform.
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(Serious Question) What (books/articles) should someone read to understand the british political class's obsession with immigration and refugees, for someone relatively unfamiliar with the longer history of british politics?
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Zack Polanski
about 2 months ago
The Labour Government reeling off the same far-right talking points on immigration. And look who is celebrating. The far-right. There is a political alternative that wonāt ever scapegoat those fleeing war, persecution and torture
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Martin Calladine
about 2 months ago
I can only imagine how frustrating it must be for Labour that voters refuse to recognise the difference between the government's progressive, well-intentioned racism and the destructive, toxic racism of Reform and the far-right.
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Zarah Sultana MP
about 2 months ago
Opposing genocide is the moral duty of our time. Yet Palestine Action activists have been held in prison for over a year without trial. Six are now on hunger strike. Detaining peaceful protesters under counter-terror powers is indefensible. This is political imprisonment in all but name.
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Middle East Eye (Unofficial)
2 months ago
Full list of Israel's ceasefire violations in Gaza -
https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/full-list-israels-ceasefire-violations-gaza
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Full list of Israel's ceasefire violations in Gaza
<article data-history-node-id="430946" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/full-list-israels-ceasefire-violations-gaza" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/full-list-israels-ceasefire-violations-gaza" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Full list of Israel's ceasefire violations in Gaza</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>Since the Gaza ceasefire was signed last month, <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/countries/israel" target="_blank">Israel</a> has continued to violate the agreement.</p> <p>From air strikes and shootings to arrests and incursions beyond the deployment lines, most of the violations appear unprovoked.</p> <p>Israel has cited alleged breaches by Hamas and other <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/countries/palestine" target="_blank">Palestinian</a> groups to justify its actions.</p> <p>Hamas, however, has denied the accusations, insisting it has fully complied with the terms of the ceasefire.</p> <p>Many of the violations targeting civilians, meanwhile, have occurred without justification.</p> <h3>Read more: <a aria-label="Full list of Israel's ceasefire violations in Gaza" href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/full-list-israels-ceasefire-violations-gaza">Full list of Israel's ceasefire violations in Gaza</a></h3> <p><img alt="A woman reacts after an Israeli strike in Khan Yunis, in the southern Gaza Strip, on 29 October 2025 (AFP/Bashar Taleb)" src="https://www.middleeasteye.net/sites/default/files/styles/max_2600x2600/public/images-story/000_82CE7HT%20%281%29.jpg.jpg?itok=st5prIg4"></p> </div> </div> </article>
https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/full-list-israels-ceasefire-violations-gaza
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Al Jazeera English
2 months ago
UNRWA says October 'on track to be the most violent month' since it began tracking settler violence in 2013.
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Israeli attacks on olive harvest āthreaten Palestinian way of lifeā: UN
UNRWA says October 'on track to be the most violent month' since it began tracking settler violence in 2013.
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Middle East Eye (Unofficial)
2 months ago
'Almost wiped out': Israeli restrictions stifle recovery of Gaza's farmlands -
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/almost-wiped-out-israeli-restrictions-stifle-recovery-gazas-farmlands
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'Almost wiped out': Israeli restrictions stifle recovery of Gaza's farmlands
Almost no agricultural equipment or even seeds have entered Gaza since October 2023 as farmlands lie in ruin
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/almost-wiped-out-israeli-restrictions-stifle-recovery-gazas-farmlands
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Doug Henwood
2 months ago
"The first prohibits Google and Amazon from restricting how Israel uses their productsā¦. The second obliges the companies to secretly notify Israel if a court orders them to hand over the countryās data stored on their cloud platformsā¦."
www.972mag.com/project-nimb...
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Inside Israelās deal with Google and Amazon
To secure Project Nimbus, the tech giants agreed to disregard their own terms of service and tip Israel off if a foreign court demands its data.
https://www.972mag.com/project-nimbus-contract-google-amazon-israel/
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The Guardian
2 months ago
Revealed: Israel demanded Google and Amazon use secret āwinkā to sidestep legal orders
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Revealed: Israel demanded Google and Amazon use secret āwinkā to sidestep legal orders
The tech giants agreed to extraordinary terms to clinch a lucrative contract with the Israeli government, documents show When Google and Amazon negotiated a major $1.2bn cloud-computing deal in 2021, their customer ā the Israeli government ā had an unusual demand: agree to use a secret code as part of an arrangement that would become known as the āwinking mechanismā. The demand, which would require Google and Amazon to effectively sidestep legal obligations in countries around the world, was born out of Israelās concerns that data it moves into the global corporationsā cloud platforms could end up in the hands of foreign law enforcement authorities. Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/29/google-amazon-israel-contract-secret-code?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=bluesky&CMP=bsky_gu
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Al Jazeera English
2 months ago
Among the dead are 24 children as Israeli military says one of its soldiers killed.
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Death toll from Israelās attacks on Gaza rises to 63, testing fragile truce
Among the dead are 24 children as Israeli military says one of its soldiers killed.
https://bit.ly/47ekKgl
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Middle East Eye (Unofficial)
2 months ago
āNothing has changedā: Gaza health workers report almost no medical aid entering the strip -
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/nothing-has-changed-gaza-health-workers-report-almost-no-medical-aid-entering-strip
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āNothing has changedā: Gaza health workers report almost no medical aid entering the strip
Israel continues to block medical supplies, equipment and assistive devices classified as 'dual-use' items
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/nothing-has-changed-gaza-health-workers-report-almost-no-medical-aid-entering-strip
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Al Jazeera English
2 months ago
Palestinians returning to their homes in Gaza face danger from unexploded ordnance, with at least 53 people killed.
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Unexploded bombs threaten lives in Gaza; search for dead captives continue
Palestinians returning to their homes in Gaza face danger from unexploded ordnance, with at least 53 people killed.
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Al Jazeera English
2 months ago
Israel strikes multiple targets in Gaza as returning Palestinians face another danger: buildings at risk of collapse.
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One Palestinian killed as Israeli attacks across Gaza threaten ceasefire
Israel strikes multiple targets in Gaza as returning Palestinians face another danger: buildings at risk of collapse.
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The Guardian
2 months ago
ICJ orders Israel to allow aid into Gaza and says blockade had been a breach
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ICJ orders Israel to allow aid into Gaza and says blockade had been a breach
Court also found that Israel had a duty not to impede supply of aid by UN organisations including Unrwa Israel must allow aid into Gaza, and its restrictions on doing so over the past two years have put it in breach of its obligations, the UNās top court has found. The stinging advisory opinion by the International Court of Justice in The Hague also found that Israel had a duty not to impede the supply of aid by UN organisations including the beleaguered UN Palestinian relief agency Unrwa, which has been in effect banned from the territory since January. Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/oct/22/icj-orders-israel-to-allow-aid-into-gaza-and-says-blockade-had-been-a-breach?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=bluesky&CMP=bsky_gu
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Sunder Katwala (sundersays)
2 months ago
Idi Amin deported 80,000 Asians from Uganda in 1972. So although the Conservatives want to propose the first mass deportation of legal migrants since Idi Amin - especially with the retrospective changes in ILR - Lam is proposing to deport 20 times as many people as Idi Amin.
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Drop Site
2 months ago
š“ REPORT | 11 Days After Ceasefire Declaration Only 520 Trucks of Food Have Entered Gaza: WFP š Gaza Aid Assessment: šŗš³ World Food Program says aid deliveries into Gaza are increasing but remain far below target, with just two crossings open. No crossings are open into the famine-hit north, and...
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never a bad time for this classic
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Dependency
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Making discrimination and exclusion the explicit goal of a society-wide digital ID infrastructure is a really bad way to go about both technical design but also the social/cultural shifts you need for it to work in practice.
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Rachel Coldicutt
3 months ago
I have a whole range of observations about digital ID, but the main one is it's a mistake to launch a complex, measurable, highly scrutinisable infrastructure project to achieve a specific measurable target when there is no evidence that the complex project will result in the measurable outcome
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Running Dog
3 months ago
The fox needs access to the hen coop ASAP, to prevent disaster
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Lighthouse Reports
3 months ago
Revealed: How Tony Blair is lobbying on behalf of tech billionaire Larry Ellison We expose former PMās unprecedented influence over the UK govt & how this is shaped by the interests of his Instituteās largest donor & one of the worldās richest men
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Inside the Tony Blair Institute
Who really benefits from the former PMās tech evangelism?
https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2025/09/inside-the-tony-blair-institute
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Zarah Sultana MP
3 months ago
We must make this work ā there is no other choice.
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Prof Mike Yearworth
3 months ago
"In a landmark study, OpenAI researchers reveal that large language models will always produce plausible but false outputs, even with perfect data, due to fundamental statistical and computational limits."
www.computerworld.com/article/4059...
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OpenAI admits AI hallucinations are mathematically inevitable, not just engineering flaws
In a landmark study, OpenAI researchers reveal that large language models will always produce plausible but false outputs, even with perfect data, due to fundamental statistical and computational limi...
https://www.computerworld.com/article/4059383/openai-admits-ai-hallucinations-are-mathematically-inevitable-not-just-engineering-flaws.html
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Tech Policy Press
4 months ago
Lobbying efforts by technology companies diluted Indonesia's tech regulations by reducing burdens for algorithmic transparency, revenue sharing with publishers, and obligations to cooperate with media companies, Krisna Adhi Pradipta and Raymundus Rikang report.
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How Big Tech Lobbying Changed Indonesiaās Tech Regulations | TechPolicy.Press
Krisna Pradipta and Raymundus Rikang report on how technology companies have intervened in the making of regulations in Indonesia.
https://buff.ly/u0kd5Cq
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Yair Wallach
4 months ago
A horrific bombing and shelling, and now tanks reported in the centre of Gaza. The ground invasion of Gaza city appears to have started. Thousands fleeing for their lives
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The Guardian
4 months ago
What I saw at Saturdayās rally was racism, pure and simple. Labour wonāt tackle it until we can call it what it is | Diane Abbott
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What I saw at Saturdayās rally was racism, pure and simple. Labour wonāt tackle it until we can call it what it is | Diane Abbott
Silence about the bigotry inherent in events like Tommy Robinsonās march will be seen by the thugs as tacit approval of their message, says Labour MP Diane Abbott
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/sep/14/diane-abbott-tommy-robinson-london-rally-labour?utm_term=Autofeed&CMP=bsky_gu&utm_medium=&utm_source=Bluesky#Echobox=1757869861
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Chaminda Jayanetti
4 months ago
Want to be clear that the predictable violence against the police wasn't the only problem with yesterday's march It's that 100,000 angry racists gathered in London for the biggest racist march in 50 years, and anyone not white had to steer clear The govt can't see that because they are inadequate.
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Saul Staniforth
4 months ago
Govt minister Peter Kyle this morning: "We live in a country where free speech, free association, is alive and well"
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Chris Marsden
4 months ago
āFor 22 months Iāve been leading pro-Palestine marches which have been demonised by the police. But today, they seemed unable or unwilling to stop fascists effectively imprisoning fellow citizens for three to four hours" Police choose their side not so subtly
www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
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Bottles thrown at police as 100 officers clash with āunite the kingdomā marchers ā UK politics live as it happened
Met police estimate 110,000 people attended rally, with smaller number of counter-protesters āpenned inā
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2025/sep/13/uk-politics-latest-news-unite-the-kingdom-march-far-right-rally-london-labour-keir-starmer#top-of-blog
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Rob
4 months ago
Met Policeās policy on when they use oppressive facial recognition technology is made pretty clear here⦠ā Black community celebration / event ā White supremacist rally
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Jess O'Thomson
4 months ago
The far right turnout today is much smaller than the number of people who came to protest at London Trans Pride this year, but the far right will of course get infinitely more press coverage.
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