divijualsuspect
@divijualsuspect.bsky.social
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tech and political economy researcher. lawyer. tired.
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The cognitive dissonance of reviewing FAccT submissions while being around the 'India AI Impact Summit'
February 17, 2026 at 6:29 AM
The cognitive dissonance of reviewing FAccT submissions while being around the 'India AI Impact Summit'
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Palestine Action have WON their judicial review in the High Court!
A massive victory for free speech, freedom of association and the right to protest.
A massive defeat for the draconian attempts by Keir Starmer's government to curtail our fundamental rights.
A massive victory for free speech, freedom of association and the right to protest.
A massive defeat for the draconian attempts by Keir Starmer's government to curtail our fundamental rights.
February 13, 2026 at 10:13 AM
Palestine Action have WON their judicial review in the High Court!
A massive victory for free speech, freedom of association and the right to protest.
A massive defeat for the draconian attempts by Keir Starmer's government to curtail our fundamental rights.
A massive victory for free speech, freedom of association and the right to protest.
A massive defeat for the draconian attempts by Keir Starmer's government to curtail our fundamental rights.
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The High Court’s decision that the proscription of Palestine Action was unlawful is significant. But there is still a lot left to play out, writes dag
The High Court rules the proscription of Palestine Action was unlawful. What next?
This is a big judgment. But not everything has changed
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
February 13, 2026 at 12:50 PM
The High Court’s decision that the proscription of Palestine Action was unlawful is significant. But there is still a lot left to play out, writes dag
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Thrilled our paper with @zephoria.bsky.social (in the works since 2022!) is accepted at #CHI2026. In the paper, we look at how “fake” state data perform institutional work, tracing how fakeness gets produced and de/stabilized inside of the Chinese and US bureaucracy.
arxiv.org/abs/2602.10944
arxiv.org/abs/2602.10944
February 12, 2026 at 2:00 PM
Thrilled our paper with @zephoria.bsky.social (in the works since 2022!) is accepted at #CHI2026. In the paper, we look at how “fake” state data perform institutional work, tracing how fakeness gets produced and de/stabilized inside of the Chinese and US bureaucracy.
arxiv.org/abs/2602.10944
arxiv.org/abs/2602.10944
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"Colonised" is a territorial claim, about dispossessiom, dominance & erasure.
In Britain, post-imperial society where most post-2020 migrants are from the Commonwealth, its a deliberate unsubtle appeal to racialised grievance, in spirit of Powellite claim: non-white migrants have the whip hand now
In Britain, post-imperial society where most post-2020 migrants are from the Commonwealth, its a deliberate unsubtle appeal to racialised grievance, in spirit of Powellite claim: non-white migrants have the whip hand now
February 12, 2026 at 7:33 AM
"Colonised" is a territorial claim, about dispossessiom, dominance & erasure.
In Britain, post-imperial society where most post-2020 migrants are from the Commonwealth, its a deliberate unsubtle appeal to racialised grievance, in spirit of Powellite claim: non-white migrants have the whip hand now
In Britain, post-imperial society where most post-2020 migrants are from the Commonwealth, its a deliberate unsubtle appeal to racialised grievance, in spirit of Powellite claim: non-white migrants have the whip hand now
"...civic authorities are carrying out extensive clean-up and beautification drives across key parts of the capital, a process that will once again displace large numbers of homeless residents from public spaces."
www.businessworld.in/article/in-i...
www.businessworld.in/article/in-i...
In India, Delhi’s Cityscape Adjusts As Global AI Summit Nears - BW Businessworld
Delhi authorities prepare to relocate homeless residents ahead of a global AI summit, raising questions about urban policy, livelihoods and the human cost of event-led beautification
www.businessworld.in
February 12, 2026 at 7:34 AM
"...civic authorities are carrying out extensive clean-up and beautification drives across key parts of the capital, a process that will once again displace large numbers of homeless residents from public spaces."
www.businessworld.in/article/in-i...
www.businessworld.in/article/in-i...
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Lots of excitement around the India AI Summit, and it's great to see the interest, but the policy hustle can get a bit exhausting. Anyone here interested in finding some time for some quieter, critical, grounded (maybe hopeful, reflective) gatherings around AI futures while in Delhi?
February 6, 2026 at 12:22 PM
Lots of excitement around the India AI Summit, and it's great to see the interest, but the policy hustle can get a bit exhausting. Anyone here interested in finding some time for some quieter, critical, grounded (maybe hopeful, reflective) gatherings around AI futures while in Delhi?
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We’re dropping the first 4 essays in Reframing Impact: AI Summit 2026, our new series with Aapti Institute and @themaybe.org that takes a clear-eyed look at the narratives shaping the India AI Impact Summit and insists we collectively build the conversations that are missing 🧵
February 3, 2026 at 5:12 PM
We’re dropping the first 4 essays in Reframing Impact: AI Summit 2026, our new series with Aapti Institute and @themaybe.org that takes a clear-eyed look at the narratives shaping the India AI Impact Summit and insists we collectively build the conversations that are missing 🧵
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A study at U Mass Amherst finds that Elon Musk manipulated Twitter to bolster the voice of the Neo Nazi Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) before the German 2025 parliamentary elections. No surprises here. groups.cs.umass.edu/equate-ml/20...
February 5, 2026 at 4:57 PM
A study at U Mass Amherst finds that Elon Musk manipulated Twitter to bolster the voice of the Neo Nazi Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) before the German 2025 parliamentary elections. No surprises here. groups.cs.umass.edu/equate-ml/20...
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Canada did a consultation on a new national AI strategy, formed an expert task force to write 32 reports, then used AI to analyze the responses & reports. The result is a summary that strings together 100s of vague action items & flattens nuance and policy trade-offs into false consensus
February 4, 2026 at 7:37 PM
Canada did a consultation on a new national AI strategy, formed an expert task force to write 32 reports, then used AI to analyze the responses & reports. The result is a summary that strings together 100s of vague action items & flattens nuance and policy trade-offs into false consensus
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Interviewed for this doc years ago & have yet to see the final cut. Most of what I recall is how much Daniel had truly riled himself up - the confusion & chaos of this exaggerated boogyman version of "AI" had excited a genuine emotional response, despite successfully disguising AI's real terrors.
And despite an early clip of @rajiinio.bsky.social appropriately problematizing the term "AI", it's immediately followed by a long series of tech bros spouting their fantasies about thinking machines and literally nothing else in the film disaggregates the various technologies sold as AI.
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Bluesky
no.bsky.social
January 29, 2026 at 7:38 PM
Interviewed for this doc years ago & have yet to see the final cut. Most of what I recall is how much Daniel had truly riled himself up - the confusion & chaos of this exaggerated boogyman version of "AI" had excited a genuine emotional response, despite successfully disguising AI's real terrors.
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NEW: Google’s “Auto Browse” AI tool includes a warning that attributes responsibility to users for the bot’s actions.
“Use Gemini carefully and take control if needed,” reads a disclaimer on the demo version. “You are responsible for Gemini’s actions during tasks.”
www.wired.com/story/google...
“Use Gemini carefully and take control if needed,” reads a disclaimer on the demo version. “You are responsible for Gemini’s actions during tasks.”
www.wired.com/story/google...
Google’s New Chrome ‘Auto Browse’ Agent Attempts to Roam the Web Without You
Google’s latest addition to its Chrome browser puts generative AI behind the wheel and you in the passenger seat.
www.wired.com
January 28, 2026 at 6:09 PM
NEW: Google’s “Auto Browse” AI tool includes a warning that attributes responsibility to users for the bot’s actions.
“Use Gemini carefully and take control if needed,” reads a disclaimer on the demo version. “You are responsible for Gemini’s actions during tasks.”
www.wired.com/story/google...
“Use Gemini carefully and take control if needed,” reads a disclaimer on the demo version. “You are responsible for Gemini’s actions during tasks.”
www.wired.com/story/google...
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Is it just me or is the UK gov getting mates rates from big tech to take some of their downsized staff off their hands, while locking our public sector into US controlled tech at a time when even EU has realised need for digital sovereignty?
Reuters share.google/WM8rn9kw09aS...
Reuters share.google/WM8rn9kw09aS...
UK announces Meta-backed AI team to upgrade public services
The British government said on Tuesday it had recruited a team of artificial intelligence specialists to build AI tools to improve transport, public safety and defence, using funding from Meta .
share.google
January 28, 2026 at 4:20 PM
Is it just me or is the UK gov getting mates rates from big tech to take some of their downsized staff off their hands, while locking our public sector into US controlled tech at a time when even EU has realised need for digital sovereignty?
Reuters share.google/WM8rn9kw09aS...
Reuters share.google/WM8rn9kw09aS...
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just build a software product that becomes a load bearing dependency for the stock market and the government will be forced to become a distribution partner and build a citizen sales channel for you
BREAKING: Free AI training will be offered to every adult in the UK, with short courses to teach people how to use simple AI tools effectively in the workplace.
Technology Secretary Liz Kendall tells #BBCBreakfast about the scheme
Technology Secretary Liz Kendall tells #BBCBreakfast about the scheme
January 28, 2026 at 9:54 AM
just build a software product that becomes a load bearing dependency for the stock market and the government will be forced to become a distribution partner and build a citizen sales channel for you
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After announcing it in the summer, today the UK government launched free training courses to AI upskill workers. It's free because it's funded by big-tech companies such as Amazon, Google, Microsoft and others, and not by local organisations in the UK who have been working with communities->
January 28, 2026 at 9:33 AM
After announcing it in the summer, today the UK government launched free training courses to AI upskill workers. It's free because it's funded by big-tech companies such as Amazon, Google, Microsoft and others, and not by local organisations in the UK who have been working with communities->
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Please spread this far and wide, as stories don't get much bigger than this. When the government blocks even the intelligence services from telling us we're heading for environmental catastrophe, you know we have a problem. A very big problem.
Thank you.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Thank you.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The UK government didn't want you to see this report on ecosystem collapse. I'm not surprised | George Monbiot
It took an FOI request to bring this national security assessment to light. For ‘doomsayers’ like us, it is the ultimate vindication, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
January 28, 2026 at 7:18 AM
Please spread this far and wide, as stories don't get much bigger than this. When the government blocks even the intelligence services from telling us we're heading for environmental catastrophe, you know we have a problem. A very big problem.
Thank you.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Thank you.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Planning slides first reported by Drop Site & now detailed by the Guardian outline a US- & Israeli-backed plan for Gaza’s first “planned community” near Rafah, which the Guardian’s Cate Brown reports is set to be financed by the UAE.
Housing, aid, jobs, and movement are conditioned on biometric...
Housing, aid, jobs, and movement are conditioned on biometric...
January 24, 2026 at 5:59 PM
Planning slides first reported by Drop Site & now detailed by the Guardian outline a US- & Israeli-backed plan for Gaza’s first “planned community” near Rafah, which the Guardian’s Cate Brown reports is set to be financed by the UAE.
Housing, aid, jobs, and movement are conditioned on biometric...
Housing, aid, jobs, and movement are conditioned on biometric...
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So, the "Board of Peace" [sic] not only doesn't mention Gaza in particular; it proposes to make Donald Trump in particular (not the president of the United States) king of the world.
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reason.com/volokh/2026/...
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reason.com/volokh/2026/...
The Charter of the Board of Peace
The Times of Israel published the text of the Charter of the Board of Peace. As I suspected, this is...
reason.com
January 21, 2026 at 3:21 PM
So, the "Board of Peace" [sic] not only doesn't mention Gaza in particular; it proposes to make Donald Trump in particular (not the president of the United States) king of the world.
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reason.com/volokh/2026/...
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reason.com/volokh/2026/...
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Fascinating piece by @cedricdurand.bsky.social . A key issue here - as per Microsoft’s recent laments - is the impossibility of forcing firms to adopt a technology that demoralises them and delivers no near-term profit. The limits of financial and cultural hype. newleftreview.org/sidecar/post...
Cédric Durand, After AI — Sidecar
Legacies of the bubble.
newleftreview.org
January 21, 2026 at 9:49 AM
Fascinating piece by @cedricdurand.bsky.social . A key issue here - as per Microsoft’s recent laments - is the impossibility of forcing firms to adopt a technology that demoralises them and delivers no near-term profit. The limits of financial and cultural hype. newleftreview.org/sidecar/post...
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New research maps the campaign to erase trans people from UK data 🔢
This peer-reviewed article offers the first detailed account of how UK campaign groups have sought to define sex as strictly biological across the census, policing, healthcare and digital ID.
doi.org/10.1080/0958...
This peer-reviewed article offers the first detailed account of how UK campaign groups have sought to define sex as strictly biological across the census, policing, healthcare and digital ID.
doi.org/10.1080/0958...
January 19, 2026 at 1:42 PM
New research maps the campaign to erase trans people from UK data 🔢
This peer-reviewed article offers the first detailed account of how UK campaign groups have sought to define sex as strictly biological across the census, policing, healthcare and digital ID.
doi.org/10.1080/0958...
This peer-reviewed article offers the first detailed account of how UK campaign groups have sought to define sex as strictly biological across the census, policing, healthcare and digital ID.
doi.org/10.1080/0958...
Last week, I successfully defended my PhD Thesis, ‘Platform Politics and Data Publics: Sovereignty, Statecraft and Citizenship in the India Stack’, at the Faculty of Laws, University College London.
January 19, 2026 at 11:09 AM
Last week, I successfully defended my PhD Thesis, ‘Platform Politics and Data Publics: Sovereignty, Statecraft and Citizenship in the India Stack’, at the Faculty of Laws, University College London.
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I returned today to check on her welfare and to press how MPs must support urgent demands for immediate bail — especially as Palestine prisoners are being held far beyond the legal pre-trial Custody Time Limit.
January 13, 2026 at 8:08 PM
I returned today to check on her welfare and to press how MPs must support urgent demands for immediate bail — especially as Palestine prisoners are being held far beyond the legal pre-trial Custody Time Limit.
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In case you've seen the story about “grok now only generates images for paid users”, it's untrue. Apparently everyone just reported it because… it was what grok told them 🤦🏼
www.theverge.com/news/859309/...
www.theverge.com/news/859309/...
No, Grok hasn’t paywalled its deepfake image feature
X’s sexual deepfake machine is still running, despite Grok saying otherwise.
www.theverge.com
January 9, 2026 at 3:56 PM
In case you've seen the story about “grok now only generates images for paid users”, it's untrue. Apparently everyone just reported it because… it was what grok told them 🤦🏼
www.theverge.com/news/859309/...
www.theverge.com/news/859309/...