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Judith Beyer @judithbeyer.bsky.social · 4d

On the Pedagogy of #Freedom:
I live by this and try to adapt the requirements of university education to this outlook on what it truly means to learn and to educate. I think it is possible to do so even in times of increasing market competition, decreasing funding & time constraints
#highereducation

Long text excerpt from „Transformative Learning“ on the „Pedagogy of Freedom“; from: Satish Kumar and Pavel Cenkl, 2021: 7

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Sarah Kendzior @sarahkendzior.bsky.social · 1d

"An underrated strategy of surviving an authoritarian takeover is to seem like an absolute moron who can't figure out orders well enough to follow them."
sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/panopticon...

PanoptiCon Artists: Your Questions Answered

On digital surveillance, ICE city raids, the need for new parties, and more.

sarahkendzior.substack.com

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David Daniel @daviddaniel.bsky.social · 1d

@sarahkendzior.bsky.social as always lyrically on target:

"The first step is admitting the scope of the crisis, and proceeding from there, finding points of leverage against oligarch assault. At the same time, build your own refuge. Refuge can become subterfuge when you’re up against the soulless."

PanoptiCon Artists: Your Questions Answered

On digital surveillance, ICE city raids, the need for new parties, and more.

sarahkendzior.substack.com

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emma bolton @ebolton.bsky.social · 2d

This looks like a fantastic resource. Can't wait to work through it

Olivia Guest · Ολίβια Γκεστ @olivia.science · 27d

I collected some materials on critical AI from my perspective; hope it's useful: olivia.science/ai

"CAIL is as an umbrella for all the prerequisite knowledge required to have an expert-level critical perspective, such as to tell apart nonsense hype from true theoretical computer scientific claims"

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Charlotte Weatherill @ckweatherill.bsky.social · 2d

On Monday I'm presenting virtually at the Adaptation Futures conference, on the 'Beyond Adaptation: Loss and Damage and Justice' panel. 8am BST / 8pm NZT.

My paper is titled 'Narrating climate un/futures through Loss and Damage and Reparations'. It'll be the first time I present on this new area.

breakdown of the panel, other panellists are Luka Hamel-Serenity, Alicia N'Guetta, Emily Boyd, and Lydia Pedoth.

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Claira Turvey @clairaturvey.bsky.social · 3d

‘This database tracks legal decisions in cases where generative AI produced hallucinated content – typically fake citations, but also other types of AI-generated arguments.’

www.damiencharlotin.com/hallucinatio...

AI Hallucination Cases Database – Damien Charlotin

Database tracking legal cases where generative AI produced hallucinated citations submitted in court filings.

www.damiencharlotin.com

Claira Turvey @clairaturvey.bsky.social · 3d

“It was like having God up there responding to my questions,” White said after using the chatbot and an AI-powered search engine called Perplexity to help represent herself in court.

Sheryl Weikal and the colorful Parrotlegals @leftistlawyer.com · 3d

I beg you. I implore you.

DO. NOT. USE. CHATGPT. OR. AI. AS. YOUR. LAWYER. @nbcnews.com, this is unbelievably dangerous and you're going to get people seriously hurt or worse.

www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...

People are using ChatGPT as a lawyer in court. Some are winning.

From pickleball disputes to eviction cases, litigants are using ChatGPT to fight their court battles — and they’re starting to win.

www.nbcnews.com

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Leverhulme Centre for Nature Recovery @naturerecovery.bsky.social · 3d

📢OUR NEW PODCAST discusses legal personhood of nature, also known as rights of nature or more-than-human rights.

We talk to lawyer and professor Cesar Rodriguez-Garavito, the founding director of the More-than-Human Life (MOTH) Collective. @ecioxford.bsky.social @biology.ox.ac.uk

Podcast: More than Human Rights with César Rodríguez-Garavito

naturerecovery.ox.ac.uk

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dag @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 5d

NEW

Freedom is just another word for "a gap in the law"

The Home Secretary wants to ban more things

By me

Substack
emptycity.substack.com/p/freedom-is...

Personal blog
davidallengreen.com/2025/10/free...

Home Secretary tells Sky News that “there is a gap in the law” when it comes to frequent, repeated protests on the same issue. Hence she will be giving police greater powers to move them to another location or time.

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Lorna Richardson @lornarichardson.bsky.social · 6d

Sorting out dad's digital legacy is proving to be a bigger task than expected for the internet footprint of an 81 year old man.
Do any of us really plan for our digital accounts after death? This is a useful resource to kick off a conversation: digitallegacyassociation.org/for-the-publ...

For the public - Digital Legacy Association

Information and tutorials to empower the general public Martin Lewis speaking about making plans for one’s digital life and using the Digital Legacy Association’s ‘Social Media Will’ Template. Eductio...

digitallegacyassociation.org

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Jeanne Timmons @mostlymammoths.bsky.social · 6d

"...the Standing Buffalo Dakota Nation is working across the US border to revive centuries-old trade routes as part of a new Indigenous-governed trade corridor." - Sonal Gupta

www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Indigenous Nations Plan Tariff-Free Trade Corridor Across US-Canada border

“We’re not begging for crumbs anymore. We’re demanding what’s rightly ours."

www.motherjones.com

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dr nicky imrie @njimrie.bsky.social · 7d

Such a moving, thought-provoking and vibrant exhibtion @edinburghprints.bsky.social
reflecting on and exploring Asqa Arif's lived experiences of seeking asylum, housing injustice, culture/art-washing and maintaining and negotiating cultural heritage in Glasgow. Highly recommend!

Edinburgh Printmakers @edinburghprints.bsky.social · 7d

✨Aqsa Arif: Raindrops of Rani
Until 2 November
Edinburgh Printmakers
Free to Enter

Photos by Alan Dimmick

#edartfest #edinburghartfestival #edinburghexhibition #scottishartist #contemporaryscottishart

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Brook @wombattitude.bsky.social · 8d

The most horrific thing about this is the comments suggesting there ANY possible circumstances that this could be valid.

Dr. Jens Foell @jensfoell.de · 8d

People are running stats on LLM-generated participants and think they’re being social scientists when in fact they’re technically just playing a very strange video game. This is like saying you’re doing math research because you’re playing sudoku.

www.science.org/content/arti...

AI-generated ‘participants’ can lead social science experiments astray, study finds

Data produced by “silicon samples” depends on researchers’ exact choice of models, prompts, and settings

www.science.org

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David Clark @clarkeocrinus.bsky.social · 9d

This plate of crinoids is from Crawfordsville, Indiana. The Mississippian aged Edwardsville Fm. has tremendous density and diversity. There are over 85 crinoid species found here, often tangled together.

#FossilFriday

Three crinoids tangled together on a large plate

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Sandeep Bakshi @sandeepbak.bsky.social · 9d

20th Nov 2025 at 2.00 pm (Paris time), I'll be giving a talk on queer & decolonial thinking & how it is evolving in our times. It's co-badged by Université Paris Cité & CLAGS, CUNY. Everyone is welcome.
Image courtesy: Mario Patiño
Hybrid event. Registration required: u-paris.fr/universite-o...

Flyer of Decolonial Queer Thinking. Image by Mario Patiño, artist. Image of a person of colour with a white veil and naked torso with a flower in their mouth.

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Aparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 9d

"Medical professionals are also raising questions about whether families of the dead have any idea that their loved ones might be used to train soldiers. USC says it operates the programs in accordance with regulations."

southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 9d

I love when student journalists break a crazy story, especially about their own school. This one is extraordinarily macabre. www.uscannenbergmedia.com/2025/10/01/u...

USC sold dead bodies to U.S. military to train IDF medical personnel

A review of seven years’ worth of contracts unveiled more than $860,000 to use cadavers in surgical trainings involving the Israeli Defense Forces.

www.uscannenbergmedia.com

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Claira Turvey @clairaturvey.bsky.social · 9d

A mind-melting and horrifying read ☹️ The implications are grave…

Julia Carrie Wong @joolia.bsky.social · 10d

Some parents are letting their kids talk to ChatGPT in the guise of characters. Some are using it to tell bedtime stories or create coloring books.

"My son thinks ChatGPT is the coolest train loving person in the world. The bar is set so high now I am never going to be able to compete with that.”

‘My son genuinely believed it was real’: Parents are letting little kids play with AI. Are they wrong?

Some believe AI can spark their child’s imagination through personalized stories and generative images. Scientists are wary of its affect on creativity

www.theguardian.com

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performative male @milesklee.bsky.social · 9d

the bedtime thing rips my heart in half. i would not have a fraction of the creativity i possess without my dad not only reading us books but literally making up stories on the spot every night. cannot express how lucky i was and how sad i am for children being raised by chatbots

Julia Carrie Wong @joolia.bsky.social · 10d

Some parents are letting their kids talk to ChatGPT in the guise of characters. Some are using it to tell bedtime stories or create coloring books.

"My son thinks ChatGPT is the coolest train loving person in the world. The bar is set so high now I am never going to be able to compete with that.”

‘My son genuinely believed it was real’: Parents are letting little kids play with AI. Are they wrong?

Some believe AI can spark their child’s imagination through personalized stories and generative images. Scientists are wary of its affect on creativity

www.theguardian.com

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Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 11d

OpenAI employees are very excited about how well their new AI tool can create fake videos of people doing crimes and have definitely thought through all the implications of this

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Spencer Beswick @spencerbeswick.bsky.social · 9d

Albert Camus: "The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion."

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performative male @milesklee.bsky.social · 10d

This is the biggest, toughest article I’ve done about so-called “AI psychosis.” It’s the story of a man who committed a horrific crime in his youth but served his time and against all odds found love and a new life—one that completely unraveled after he started talking to Google’s Gemini chatbot.

He Grew Obsessed With an AI Chatbot. Then He Vanished in the Ozarks

Jon Ganz committed a terrible crime in his youth, but he survived prison, fell in love, and started over. His new life unraveled in a way nobody could have predicted.

www.rollingstone.com

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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 11d

This is why we fund scientists to study things like oyster slobber even if you don’t think it sounds important

Leah 🐸 McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 13d

⚠️ Chinese researchers have invented bone glue that mimics how oysters stick to surfaces underwater.

The adhesive can reportedly repair orthopedic fractures in 2-3 minutes, even in blood-rich environments, and is bioabsorbable.

interestingengineering.com/science/chin...

China's oyster-inspired 'bone glue' bonds fractures in minutes

A new oyster-inspired Bone-02 adhesive can revolutionize bone repair without metal fasteners.

interestingengineering.com

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samuel @quilombo.bsky.social · 10d

The Executive Vice-President of the European Commission just posted this X post.

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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 10d

'In a tragic turn, Mākereti Papakura – believed to be the first woman from an Indigenous community to study at the university – died just weeks before completing her thesis, and in the decades since, her family has fought to have her degree recognised.'

Nearly 100 years after her death, Oxford’s first female Indigenous scholar honoured

Mākereti Papakura died weeks before handing in her thesis at Oxford university documenting the life and customs of her tribe, work that is still used by Māori today

www.theguardian.com

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Naomi Klein @naomiaklein.bsky.social · 11d

Close to 65k watching the livefeed from the Global Sumud Flotilla off the coast of Gaza.

Israel seems to be intercepting right now.

All eyes needed.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEN2...

24/7 LIVESTREAM OF GLOBAL SUMUD FLOTILLA

YouTube video by Global Sumud Flotilla

www.youtube.com

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