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gertmeyers.bsky.social @gertmeyers.bsky.social · 1d

Geef hem 10000 luchtballonnen.

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The Pembroke Center at Brown University @pembrokecenter.bsky.social · 2d

Applications open for 26-27 postdocs. Welcoming apps from any field that relates to the theme of the Seminar, "The Meanings of Merit: Labor, Categories of Difference, and the Creation of Knowledge." See: pembroke.brown.edu/funding-oppo.... Due 11/24. @pajaf.bsky.social @brownanthro.bsky.social

2026-27 Postdoctoral Research Fellowships at the Pembroke Center. Applications Now Open. Applications due Monday Nov 24 2025. Complete applications must include curriculum vitae, cover letter, writing sample.

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gertmeyers.bsky.social @gertmeyers.bsky.social · 2d

Anuj Puri leaving @tilt-tilburgu.bsky.social , but if course staying a Tiltie

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Andy Brockman @andybrockman.bsky.social · Sep 19

Everybody makes money out of academic authors except the authors...News.

Wiley is the latest academic publisher to reach a multi-million deal to allow access to its content to AI developers, with no opt out, let alone payment, for the authors who created that content.

Wiley set to earn $44m from AI rights deals, confirms “no opt-out" for authors

The US publisher is the latest to capitalise on deals to give tech firms access to its authors’ content to train their Large Language Models (LLMs).

www.thebookseller.com

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Hans Schnitzler @hansschnitzler.bsky.social · 8d

Hier de bijbehorende illustratie. Letten jullie op, beste journalisten, debatleiders en talkshowhosts?

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Cas Ⓜ️udde @casmudde.bsky.social · 7d

This is quite something... 🤯

Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 8d

NEW—US Department of Education sent out standard Out of Office language to employees on Wednesday in light of shutdown. Later yesterday, workers tell me they found someone had updated their auto-responses without consent to a new one blaming Democrats.

Version of original on left, updated on right:

Thank you for your email. There is a temporary shutdown of the U.S. government due to a lapse in appropriations. I will respond to your message as soon as possible after the temporary shutdown ends. Please visit ED.gov for the latest information on the
Department's operational status.
Thank you.

Thank you for contacting me. On September 19, 2025, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 5371, a clean continuing resolution. Unfortunately, Democrat Senators are blocking passage of H.R. 5371 in the Senate which has led to a lapse in appropriations. Due to the lapse in appropriations I am currently in furlough status. I will respond to emails once government functions resume.

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Steven (with a PH) @sjksalisbury.bsky.social · 12d

Fella tried to rush me and said 'C'mon, the clock is ticking...' but that's not an urgent matter to me. Clocks are supposed to do that. Stick around and you might even experience a tock or two.

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Bieke Zaman @biekezaman.bsky.social · 24d

Stefania Milan points to critical issues of today's data governance infrastructures but also empowering ways to safeguard democracy in the digital society @digisoc.bsky.social IDS2025 conference

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gertmeyers.bsky.social @gertmeyers.bsky.social · 25d

Towards a more than human ethics of AI with @rosamundevb.bsky.social

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gertmeyers.bsky.social @gertmeyers.bsky.social · 25d

@biekezaman.bsky.social opens the international conference for an inclusive digital society, continuing the 600th anniversary celebration of @kuleuvenuniversity.bsky.social

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gertmeyers.bsky.social @gertmeyers.bsky.social · Sep 9

Topboek

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Mariana Z @mariana057.bsky.social · Sep 8

Patient: Doc, I can't stop singing "What's new Pussycat"

Doc: Sounds like you’ve got Tom Jones Syndrome

Patient: Is it common?

Doc: It's not unusual...

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Politie Eenheid Amsterdam @politie-amsterdam.bsky.social · Aug 27

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Jérôme Denis @jrmdns.bsky.social · Aug 7

The Center for the sociology of innovation learned with great sadness that Michel Callon has passed away.

A graduate of the École des Mines, Michel joined the center in the late 1960s and was its director from 1982 to 1994.

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Sylvain Bourmeau @sylvainbourmeau.bsky.social · Aug 7

Je suis triste ce soir d’apprendre la mort de Michel Callon, que j’ai commencé à lire au mitan des années 1980, en même temps que son ami et co-auteur Bruno Latour. Quel choc ce fut, en 1986, de lire son article (devenu célèbre) sur les coquilles Saint-Jacques dans la baie de Saint-Brieuc…

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michael veale @michae.lv · Aug 3

This is a stupid argument.

ZKPs aren’t bad because they’re not confidential enough.

Worry instead because people can ask you to prove anything, at any time, to provision or deny you access to services, while saying ‘privacy is solved’! Rules, not disclosure, are the risk.

Do better @eff.org.

Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · Aug 3

Zero‑Knowledge Proofs let users prove they are over 18 without exact birth dates, but they don’t stop verifiers from collecting information like your IP address. These alone aren’t enough to protect privacy and shouldn’t be pushed forward without proper protections in place.

Zero Knowledge Proofs Alone Are Not a Digital ID Solution to Protecting User Privacy

In the past few years, governments across the world have rolled out digital identification options, and now there are efforts encouraging online companies to implement identity and age verification re...

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gertmeyers.bsky.social @gertmeyers.bsky.social · Jul 27

Het gemiddeld aantal ledematen is lager dan vier, jammer genoeg.

gertmeyers.bsky.social @gertmeyers.bsky.social · Jul 26

1. Bovengemiddeld aantal ledematen .

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gertmeyers.bsky.social @gertmeyers.bsky.social · Jul 17

He @jbaert.bsky.social , nog steeds niet de burgemeester van Boom?

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gertmeyers.bsky.social @gertmeyers.bsky.social · Jul 10

Help je me op weg? Wat betekent agile? (12j werkervaring)

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gijs van maanen 🟥 @gijsvanmaanen.bsky.social · Jul 5

Job alert: Universitair docent in AI Beleid en Ethiek

Come work with @linnetelwin.bsky.social , @gertmeyers.bsky.social , me, and many other nice colleagues

www.academictransfer.com/en/jobs/3533...

This link will take you to a page that’s not on LinkedIn

lnkd.in

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gertmeyers.bsky.social @gertmeyers.bsky.social · Jun 24

Jolien van de Sande presenting the second study of her postdoc at the @algosoc.org consortium meeting in Zeist, near the (Dutch) Austerlitz. @tilt-tilburgu.bsky.social

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Jan Balliauw @balliauw.bsky.social · Jun 24

Vaak wordt gedaan alsof een stijging van defensie-uitgaven ten koste gaat van de sociale zekerheid. Niemand lijkt te beseffen dat België 17,9 miljard uitgeeft aan subsidies voor fossiele brandstoffen, die de EU "economisch inefficiënt" noemt....
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Energiecrisis duwde fossiele subsidies omhoog: in 2022 gaf België 17,9 miljard euro steun aan brandstoffen | VRT NWS: nieuws

In 2022 keerde de federale overheid 17,9 miljard euro uit aan directe en indirecte subsidies voor fossiele brandstoffen. Dat blijkt uit de nieuwste cijfers over die steun, die VRT NWS kon inkijken. De...

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gertmeyers.bsky.social @gertmeyers.bsky.social · Jun 17

Opening keynote at #IMSW @stockholm-uni.bsky.social by Linsey McGoey. For me, she is an Oracle on oracular (market) power!

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Robbie James @r-james.bsky.social · Jun 14

Investigating ✨hyped✨ technologies means much more than just ‘debunking’ - this is what the amazing range of presenters at the critical hype studies panel at STS Italia 2025 showed

They also made a very kind audience for my first time presenting my research at @sociodigfutures.bsky.social

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