Dr. Jenny Alexander
@drjennya.bsky.social
Lectures in Media & Politics UK (views own not employer's). Teaches Enviro Comms. Born 325ppm CO2, Loves human-created art > AI, LGB w the T 🏳️🌈
Wow, I see Silicon Valley missed the "Don't be evil" memo again...
ChatGPT firm blames boy’s suicide on ‘misuse’ of its technology
ChatGPT firm blames boy’s suicide on ‘misuse’ of its technology
OpenAI responds to lawsuit claiming its chatbot encouraged California teenager to kill himself
The maker of ChatGPT has said the suicide of a 16-year-old was down to his “misuse” of its system and was “not caused” by the chatbot.
The comments came in OpenAI’s response to a lawsuit filed against the San Francisco company and its chief executive, Sam Altman, by the family of California teenager Adam Raine. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 26, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Wow, I see Silicon Valley missed the "Don't be evil" memo again...
Beautiful solidarity in action
From Seattle to L.A., Chicago, and now Charlotte, communities are stepping up as Trump’s mass detention and deportation agenda grows more violent and indiscriminate.
"The ways that community members are helping their immigrant neighbors truly are ingenious and varied."
✍️ @tusk81.bsky.social
"The ways that community members are helping their immigrant neighbors truly are ingenious and varied."
✍️ @tusk81.bsky.social
Look For The Helpers: Americans Come Together To Protect Immigrant Neighbors
From buying out food vendors’ products to blowing whistles in order to warn about immigration agents, Americans are finding new and creative ways to defend immigrant communities.
americasvoicecnn.substack.com
November 22, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Beautiful solidarity in action
Excellent article - it is so grievous and so grieving to witness the rising tide of the slop machine seeking, for profit, to seep into our best human endeavours, our creativity
To “my students and to anyone who might listen, I say: Don’t surrender to AI your ability to read, write and think when others once risked their lives and died for the freedom to do so.”
www.huffpost.com/entry/histor...
www.huffpost.com/entry/histor...
I Set A Trap To Catch My Students Cheating With AI. The Results Were Shocking.
"Students are not just undermining their ability to learn, but to someday lead."
www.huffpost.com
November 21, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Excellent article - it is so grievous and so grieving to witness the rising tide of the slop machine seeking, for profit, to seep into our best human endeavours, our creativity
Reposted by Dr. Jenny Alexander
Trump calls female reporter "Piggy".
November 18, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Trump calls female reporter "Piggy".
Reposted by Dr. Jenny Alexander
I had the honor of making this painting for Guillermo del Toro's Frankenstein.
November 13, 2025 at 5:36 PM
I had the honor of making this painting for Guillermo del Toro's Frankenstein.
Dr. Bandy Lee "How do we contain a leader whose fragility fuels his power?" www.youtube.com/watch?v=m7wD...
November 17, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Dr. Bandy Lee "How do we contain a leader whose fragility fuels his power?" www.youtube.com/watch?v=m7wD...
"Relatively few Americans will read reporting in outlets like The New Yorker, but millions will see the frogs, dogs, and unicorns bip-bopping in the street, making it far harder to sell the narrative of a war-ravaged hellscape..."
More people need to know the name @jacobgrier.bsky.social. This, in @theunpopulist.net, is absolute gold.
Facing Down ICE in Portland as an Inflatable Dachshund
I barked at the agency led by a puppy killer and survived to tell the tale
www.theunpopulist.net
November 16, 2025 at 9:27 PM
"Relatively few Americans will read reporting in outlets like The New Yorker, but millions will see the frogs, dogs, and unicorns bip-bopping in the street, making it far harder to sell the narrative of a war-ravaged hellscape..."
Had a look at X today and need a shower - Grok's whole business model is catfishing - rolling out another AI "companion" called Mika, a "24-year-old anime-inspired biker babe with killer blue hair" and Eve "a beautiful British voice who's capable of rich emotion"
November 16, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Had a look at X today and need a shower - Grok's whole business model is catfishing - rolling out another AI "companion" called Mika, a "24-year-old anime-inspired biker babe with killer blue hair" and Eve "a beautiful British voice who's capable of rich emotion"
This excellent piece of reporting about Franco's Patronato de Protección a la Mujer ("Women's Protection Board") is a reminder of what the far right mean when they say (as Trump did in 2024, they will "protect women.. whether they like it or not") www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Patronato: My mum was a 17-year-old free spirit in Franco's Spain - so she was locked up and put in a coma
Marina's mother was held against her will in a convent in 1960s Spain under Franco's regime.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 16, 2025 at 11:15 AM
This excellent piece of reporting about Franco's Patronato de Protección a la Mujer ("Women's Protection Board") is a reminder of what the far right mean when they say (as Trump did in 2024, they will "protect women.. whether they like it or not") www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Beautiful piece of journalism on the heartbreak of one family caught in the rising tide of anti-refugee rhetoric and policy
A refugee’s deportation rattles a deeply conservative town: ‘What Trump has done is not Christlike’
www.theguardian.com
A refugee’s deportation rattles a deeply conservative town: ‘What Trump has done is not Christlike’
twp.ai
November 12, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Beautiful piece of journalism on the heartbreak of one family caught in the rising tide of anti-refugee rhetoric and policy
UK folks - Every Doctor does important campaigning work about keeping the NHS public - please donate to their latest work, exposing the possible return of private finance initiatives under Labour, if you can
We’re about to publish something *shocking* about lobbying…🚨🚨🚨
November 9, 2025 at 5:33 PM
UK folks - Every Doctor does important campaigning work about keeping the NHS public - please donate to their latest work, exposing the possible return of private finance initiatives under Labour, if you can
Important piece about Republican disinformation passed off as "bad memes" #polcomm
There is no left-wing violence in Chicago or Portland. It simply is not happening.
It's so not happening, in fact, that Republicans in Oregon took footage from two South American countries to create a hoax photo about Portland.
They have no actual violent footage to put forward.
It's so not happening, in fact, that Republicans in Oregon took footage from two South American countries to create a hoax photo about Portland.
They have no actual violent footage to put forward.
Republicans post fake image of Oregon protest – using photos of South America
A federal judge had blocked Trump’s request to deploy California national guard to Portland
www.theguardian.com
October 11, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Important piece about Republican disinformation passed off as "bad memes" #polcomm
To have people you love simply being disappeared to ICE sites... feels, in protean form, so chillingly akin to the systematic disappearances under the Videla dictatorship in Argentina
Indie director Barbara Marques has been kidnapped by ICE. She is legally married to a U.S. citizen & was at a green card mtg when she was abducted and prevented from seeing her lawyer. Her husband Tucker May does not know where she is. Please spread the word so he can find her /1
September 28, 2025 at 6:45 PM
To have people you love simply being disappeared to ICE sites... feels, in protean form, so chillingly akin to the systematic disappearances under the Videla dictatorship in Argentina
The de-recognition and othering of trans and enby people in the US and UK is one of the most shameful and appalling elements in our turbulent backlash times
Here's the operative portion of the memo. It is ominous but also vague, which will pressure admins towards overcompliance.
September 27, 2025 at 1:27 PM
The de-recognition and othering of trans and enby people in the US and UK is one of the most shameful and appalling elements in our turbulent backlash times
Amazing reporting - chaos monkeys trashing the public service machine...
What was it like when the DOGE overlords infiltrated the government? “For five months we were instructed to bring in our own toilet paper. I literally kept two rolls at my desk. I wish I were joking.” 🙃
The Story of DOGE, as Told by Federal Workers
WIRED spoke with more than 200 federal workers in dozens of agencies to learn what happened as the Department of Government Efficiency tore through their offices.
www.wired.com
September 25, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Amazing reporting - chaos monkeys trashing the public service machine...
Documenting LGTBQ+ representational backsliding (the retrenchment of "progressive" neoliberalism) is a sadly necessary task in the present era - I missed this from Disney at the time: www.theguardian.com/film/2024/de...
‘Very disheartened’: trans actor Chanel Stewart speaks out as Disney changes her Pixar character to be cisgender
Studio says ‘many parents would prefer to discuss certain subjects with their children on their own terms and timeline’
www.theguardian.com
September 24, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Documenting LGTBQ+ representational backsliding (the retrenchment of "progressive" neoliberalism) is a sadly necessary task in the present era - I missed this from Disney at the time: www.theguardian.com/film/2024/de...
Reposted by Dr. Jenny Alexander
The anti-science announcements on autism were always about messaging, with a side of prioritizing belief over information. That’s why RFK Jr. cut the research doing what he claimed he would do—replacing it by drawing conclusions from inconclusive studies.
www.propublica.org/article/rfk-...
www.propublica.org/article/rfk-...
RFK Jr. Vowed to Find the Environmental Causes of Autism. Then He Shut Down Research Trying to Do Just That.
While touting a $50 million initiative to identify the causes of autism, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is helping lead an administration that is rolling back protections against pollution and toxic chemicals,...
www.propublica.org
September 24, 2025 at 1:23 AM
The anti-science announcements on autism were always about messaging, with a side of prioritizing belief over information. That’s why RFK Jr. cut the research doing what he claimed he would do—replacing it by drawing conclusions from inconclusive studies.
www.propublica.org/article/rfk-...
www.propublica.org/article/rfk-...
Reposted by Dr. Jenny Alexander
Seems bad for our society when you can’t make racist terrorists the villains
Apple has pulled The Savant, its series starring Jessica Chastain’s about hunting down white supremacist cells across America, from its immediate release schedule.
Apple Pulls The Savant From Its Release Schedule
Apple has pulled The Savant, its series starring Jessica Chastain’s about hunting down white supremacist cells across America, from its immediate release schedule.
www.vulture.com
September 23, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Seems bad for our society when you can’t make racist terrorists the villains
Shocking to see and solidarity with those staff. No nation or its people is immune to democratic backsliding. For Hannah Arendt there is ever present danger of the disempowerment of the people in representative democracy, making them susceptible to autocratic elites cloaked in populism.
UC Berkeley shares 160 names with Trump administration in ‘McCarthy era’ move | US universities | The Guardian www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
UC Berkeley shares 160 names with Trump administration in ‘McCarthy era’ move
Prominent professor Judith Butler among students and faculty investigated for ‘alleged antisemitic incidents’
www.theguardian.com
September 23, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Shocking to see and solidarity with those staff. No nation or its people is immune to democratic backsliding. For Hannah Arendt there is ever present danger of the disempowerment of the people in representative democracy, making them susceptible to autocratic elites cloaked in populism.
Reposted by Dr. Jenny Alexander
I'm in the "Guardian" writing about Judith Butler and the new McCarthyism: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Judith Butler is being targeted by the US government. We must stand up | Joel Swanson
What is happening to Judith Butler – a Jewish intellectual – in the name of fighting ‘antisemitism’ is outrageous
www.theguardian.com
September 22, 2025 at 5:24 PM
I'm in the "Guardian" writing about Judith Butler and the new McCarthyism: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
AI will make our lives better, they said...
NEW: ChatGPT is causing chaos in marriages, as one spouse becomes deeply fixated on AI therapy/advice/spiritual wisdom — alienating the other spouse and, often, resulting in divorce.
In some cases, ChatGPT-enmeshed spouses are using the tech to bully their partners.
futurism.com/chatgpt-marr...
In some cases, ChatGPT-enmeshed spouses are using the tech to bully their partners.
futurism.com/chatgpt-marr...
September 22, 2025 at 10:46 PM
AI will make our lives better, they said...
Just deleted my account - so done with GenAI content theft and this new T&Cs identity theft
In addition to scraping your uploads for "generative AI" training, Academia dot edu is going to start claiming rights to your personal info— *including your signature & voice*— for anything they see fit.
So now'd be a good time to remove all of your uploaded works, & then delete your whole account.
So now'd be a good time to remove all of your uploaded works, & then delete your whole account.
September 21, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Just deleted my account - so done with GenAI content theft and this new T&Cs identity theft
"The slide toward competitive authoritarianism in America depends, crucially, on acquiescence — on the idea that people are unwilling to bear the costs of standing up to each individual attack on liberty before they can combine into true authoritarian control over society"
September 21, 2025 at 8:13 PM
"The slide toward competitive authoritarianism in America depends, crucially, on acquiescence — on the idea that people are unwilling to bear the costs of standing up to each individual attack on liberty before they can combine into true authoritarian control over society"
Important work here - I fear we are sleepwalking towards a hostile take-over of British democracy by US techno-fascism
🔴Peter Thiel’s Race Science Network Extends Its Reach Into Reform UK, Conservatives and Labour
A Byline Times investigation can reveal how Donald Trump’s key backer is now exporting discredited race science into mainstream politics in the UK
bylinetimes.com/2025/09/18/p...
A Byline Times investigation can reveal how Donald Trump’s key backer is now exporting discredited race science into mainstream politics in the UK
bylinetimes.com/2025/09/18/p...
Peter Thiel’s Race Science Network Extends Its Reach Into Reform UK, Conservatives and Labour
A Byline Times investigation can reveal how Donald Trump’s key backer is now exporting discredited race science into mainstream politics in the UK
bylinetimes.com
September 19, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Important work here - I fear we are sleepwalking towards a hostile take-over of British democracy by US techno-fascism
More AI theft incoming - but at least there's an opt out!
LinkedIn is changing its terms of use and will automatically opt you in to use your data for training their AI models...
Make sure you opt out in the settings..
I guess it's nice of them to warm people? 🥲
Great to see all those privacy by design regulations doing its magic 🫠
Make sure you opt out in the settings..
I guess it's nice of them to warm people? 🥲
Great to see all those privacy by design regulations doing its magic 🫠
September 18, 2025 at 11:20 AM
More AI theft incoming - but at least there's an opt out!