Safiya Umoja Noble
@safiyanoble.bsky.social
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Living in Los Angeles. Native Californian. #MacFellow Writer, professor. Artist. Author, “Algorithms of Oppression: How Search Engines Reinforce Racism,” which is unfortunately still relevant to understanding today’s LLMs and AI. safiyaunoble.com .. more

Safiya Umoja Noble is the David O. Sears presidential endowed chair of social sciences and professor of gender studies, African American studies, and information studies at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). She is the director of the UCLA Center on Race & Digital Justice and co-director of the Minderoo Initiative on Tech & Power at the UCLA Center for Critical Internet Inquiry (C2i2). She serves as interim director of the UCLA DataX Initiative, leading work in critical data studies. .. more

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safiyanoble.bsky.social
I got to share a stage with the incomparable Karen Hao this morning and she is The Truth in every way. ♥️
palumboliu.bsky.social
OpenAI is anything but “open”—very early on, it left behind that marketing tag to become increasingly closed, elitist, and inherently anti-democratic. Empire of AI had a rather different subtitle in its UK edition: “Inside the reckless race of total domination.”

safiyanoble.bsky.social
Maybe we just aren’t abundant enough to appreciate him, lololol

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I'm proud to share a new project that @alexreisner.bsky.social and I launched at @theatlantic.com today! It's called AI Watchdog, and it's our new home for all of the investigations into training data sets, such as LibGen, Books3, and OpenSubtitles. www.theatlantic.com/category/ai-...
AI Watchdog landing page AI Watchdog Data Set Search

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evystadium.bsky.social
the way someone was like “let’s invent an AI necklace that records and listens to your convos and berates you for said convos” when we have these horrific stories of chatbots influencing self harm is just expanding my understanding of hell
I Hate My Friend
The chatbot-enabled Friend necklace eavesdrops on your life and provides a running commentary that’s snarky and unhelpful. Worse, it can also make the people around you uneasy.
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palumboliu.bsky.social
OpenAI is anything but “open”—very early on, it left behind that marketing tag to become increasingly closed, elitist, and inherently anti-democratic. Empire of AI had a rather different subtitle in its UK edition: “Inside the reckless race of total domination.”

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One of my science colleagues at UCLA flatly told me that Columbia should have just shut down the college and leave only the med school because the scientists aren’t the problem and they are being punished over the Gaza protests. He was so clear and certain.

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Yes!! And what if those same scientists weren’t so willing to trade in and lob off their humanist, art, and social scientist colleagues they claim are the reason their funds are threatened, flatly misunderstanding the very nature of the politics of their actions and of this moment.

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Excited to announce that I am following in the footsteps of my mentors @safiyanoble.bsky.social and @kishonna.bsky.social as the 2025 keynote speaker for the Digital Library Federation at CLIR Forum in Denver! forum2025.diglib.org/speakers/
rygraham.bsky.social
Texas Republicans are holding a Black woman, a Democratic state rep, hostage in the legislative chamber. They have locked the doors and have banned her from leaving.
tusk81.bsky.social
“‘I refuse to sign away my dignity as a duly elected representative just so Republicans can control my movements and monitor me with police escorts,’ Collier said in a statement that called her a ‘political prisoner’ for refusing Republican ‘surveillance protocol.’” www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...
Texas Democratic legislator to stay in state capitol after refusing law enforcement escort to leave
State Rep. Nicole Collier of Fort Worth on Monday said she will remain locked in the Austin statehouse chamber until the House reconvenes on Wednesday morning.
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Attention chumps: If you, despite all our dire warnings, decided to put your newsletter on Substack, the untrustworthy asses who run the company just did what we all knew they would, and made it impossible to take your subscribers with you if you want to leave. support.substack.com/hc/en-us/art...
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Substack now includes external links in the iOS app that take readers to the web to complete their purchase. Subscriptions made this way are treated like standard web purchases—creators receive the...
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safiyanoble.bsky.social
If you think cuts to funding science is somehow caught up in the “culture wars that have nothing to do with science,” you are missing the point. The entire project of education as a public good is under threat, and a threat to one university is a threat to all. We have to stand together #UCLAResist

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In other mob boss fascist move, Trump is now trying to extort UCLA for $1B, force it to adopt his racist, transphobic, xenophobic policies & accept a “monitor” to control the university.

Hard no. UCLA is a California public university subject to CA law & built on CA values.

The answer is no.
Trump administration seeking $1 billion settlement from UCLA | CNN Politics
The Trump administration is seeking a $1 billion settlement from the University of California, Los Angeles, CNN has exclusively learned, marking the latest effort by the White House to shape higher ed...
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jp262.bsky.social
The absurdity continues. UCLA should counter sue the Administration for not rooting out antisemitism among its supporters.
AP Headline: Trump Administration seeks $1 billion settlement from UCLA, a White House official said. Picture of a 1/6 insurrectionist wearing a “Camp Auschwitz” sweatshirt to the riot. Some dickhead nazi in Florida on a boat with two sets of Trump flags accompanied by swastikas. Guardian headline: American Nazi party leader sees “a real opportunity” with a Trump presidency.

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BREAKING: The Trump administration is seeking $1 billion+ from the University of California to restore UCLA's frozen federal funding. The payout would far exceed any made by universities so far. UC has not agreed to it, sources say. www.latimes.com/california/s...
Trump seeking $1 billion fine from UCLA over antisemitism allegations
The Trump administration has proposed the University of California pay more than a $1 billion to settle antisemitism charges and restore frozen grant funding at UCLA.
www.latimes.com

safiyanoble.bsky.social
Sad that we provided the evidence over a decade and no one seemed to care. Now they want to convince us we should replace ourselves with it. No thank you.