BRISMES Council wrote to Helmut Schmidt University to express concern over the forthcoming keynote by Dr Graicer, an instructor in the Israeli Defence Forces, entitled “Extracting Order from Chaos: Lessons from Military Design in an Eight-Front War.” 1/3 👉 shorturl.at/QQR7G

For nerds corner: Diablo workers, last of Blizzard teams, unionize over layoffs and dissatisfaction with AI aftermath.site/diablo-union...

As pleased as I am to see EU governments offer funding to attract US scholars, there are loads of talented European scholars who’ve struggled to find permanent positions. They could use some help. www.wsj.com/world/europe...

Tick tock University of Amsterdam, tick tock…

⚖️ 🌐 #ClimateLitigation alert: follow today's hearing at the Tribunal Judiciaire de Paris in the greenwashing case brpught by @amisdelaterre.org @notreaffaireatous.bsky.social & @greenpeace.fr against TotalEnergies. Brilliant live reporting by @julietrenaud.bsky.social 👇

This past semester was the most stressful of my academic career. I had 180 students and about half cheated at some point in the semester They submit weekly reflections where the questions are opinion-based, graded only on effort, don't care about grammar SO MANY students submitted ChatGPT essays

@drkiarastorm.bsky.social and I have a new article out in International Migration on the multiple modes of ordering in the EU border regime that come with introducing interoperability btw databases of migration control. Open Access: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

I was on @dwnews to unpack how the dismantling of USAID has hobbled rescue and response efforts following the devastating earthquake in Myanmar m.youtube.com/watch?v=e5Q0...

SCOOP: DOGE is hosting a “hackathon” in DC next week with the goal of building one “mega API” for accessing all IRS data. Palantir has been brought up as a potential partner. www.wired.com/story/doge-h...

What #interventions can be designed to limit the #datafication of #mobility? 👀#Manifesto by Pelizza @drkiarastorm Olivieri Trauttmansdorff & van Rossem against essentializing + securitizing #alterity through #datafication: https://doi.org/pcgr#interventions#datafication#mobility?#Manifesto#alterity#datafication:#borders #ProcessCitizens

🔥 ⚖️ today: day 2 of #ClimateJustice hearing in #SaulvsRWE 🏛️ The Higher Regional Court in Hamm (🇩🇪) reviews if a #fossilfuels company can be held accountable for climate harms, potentially setting a historic precedent. 🐦 📝 I am reporting live from the Court's room. 🧵 🔽 thread below

More than glad to share our Manifesto on the #Datafication of #Mobility Across #Borders by ERC ProcessingCitizenship, PI A. Pelizza, published by @estsjournal.bsky.social Thanks to ESTS editorial team & the co-authors: we could not have aspired to a better conclusion! estsjournal.org/index.php/es...

Until now Trump has followed court orders. Now we enter the realm of arbitrary power ubchecked by the judiciary. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/03...

Today in Copenaghen, Aalborg university, to discuss study of infrastructures and possible projects on air pollution, regulations, shutting down data infrastructures, with the great research team of TANTlab led by Torben Elgaard Jensen www.kultur.aau.dk/forskning/fo...

We are deeply saddened to hear of the passing of Mark Klein. In 2006, Mark showed up at EFF’s front door with a simple question: “Do you folks care about privacy?” We did. And what Mark told us changed everything.

EPA's Lee Zeldin wants to overturn the federal government’s core scientific finding about the dangers of greenhouse gases — along with 30 other key regulatory actions stretching back decades. Story from @zcolman.bsky.social & @alexguillen.bsky.social www.politico.com/news/2025/03...

my own views on 'defending Europe' in a new release of our Security Praxis blog (translated from op-ed published on Sunday's edition of il Manifesto) www.securitypraxis.eu/darwinian-mo...

Real question. What is an “illegal protest”? Real question. He was convicted of a crime. Why hasn’t he been expelled?

In our latest Editorial we discuss the continuing damage being done to US science, and its impact on researchers and the environment 👇 Deep cuts: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Are you a #SocialSciences researcher seeking a publisher for your #Research? Get in touch with your commissioning editor today: #AcademicPublishing

from now, when an Italian researcher goes on a mission in a context where electronic payment is unavailable, the expense is considered income and taxed up to 43%. That's how we kill the internationalization of research, discriminate research in/on the global south, and bunkerize it in big hotels

I asked DeepSeek three questions: - How does China treat the Uyghur Muslims? - Is Taiwan part of China? - What happened in Tiananmen Square in the 1980s? Here are DeepSeek's answers:

Happy to share the call for abstracts for 10th STS Italia Conference, 11-13/06, Politecnico of Milan, panel «Where sociomateriality lies: Re-thinking the synergies between STS & Information Infrastructure studies in the age of datafication», C. Coletta, L. Olivieri, A.Pelizza, myself. Deadline 3/02

Disgusting, and quite telling: the mock plane tickets printed by #farright #AfD echo the ones made by the neo-nazi #NPD in the 2010s and ultimately the fake train tickets printed by the original Nazis since the 1920s (see the screenshot below)

Transparency geek news: from the 1st of January, the EU Commission started to proactively publish minutes of the meetings held between lobbyists and staff with management function (from DG to head of units). It's short, and not very detailed, but still a step toward transparency

Happy to share the call for abstracts for 10th STS Italia Conference, 11-13/06, Politecnico of Milan, panel «Where sociomateriality lies: Re-thinking the synergies between STS & Information Infrastructure studies in the age of datafication», C. Coletta, L. Olivieri, A.Pelizza, myself. Deadline 3/02

Day 1 of historic #ClimateJustice hearings at the International Court of Justice unpacked: www.wy4cj.org/icjao-oral-h... Interventions by 🇻🇺🇿🇦🇦🇱🇩🇪🇦🇬🇦🇺🇸🇦🇧🇸🇧🇩🇧🇧 You can still sign up to receive debriefs during the rest of the hearings (2-13 Dec) 👉 www.wy4cj.org/icjao-oral-h...

A deal came together as COP29 grew tense. The $300B/yr rich countries agreed to send developing nations to green energy systems & cope with climate change is far less than what analysts say poorer countries need to hit climate goals. Our wrap: www.politico.com/news/2024/11...

🗣️ 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚 𝐠𝐥𝐨𝐛𝐚𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬, 𝐬𝐚𝐲 🇺🇳𝐔𝐍 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐬 ahead of the opening of crucial round of negotiations on a global treaty to end plastic pollution. Key words: ⚖️ responsibility, 🔍 transparency, 📉 prevention 🧑‍⚖️ accountability #INC5 #HumanRights #COP29 www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...

Climate finance is going to be the biggest focus at COP29, which kicks off next week For this week's Debriefed Michael Jacobs outlined the "strange way" the previous $100bn finance target came about Also, the biggest news of the week, incl Trump, skipping COP29 + COP16 disarray

Brussels shifting policy, allowing cohesion funds (€392bn) to support defense. Originally aimed at reducing inequalities between EU members, the money may now bolster military mobility & defense industries. Balancing regional development with security as a priority. www.ft.com/content/eb0d...

what a thing to say about your own child

Exclusive: EU set to choose firm for critical minerals joint buying platform www.reuters.com/markets/comm...