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Larry Nemecek — Dr. Trek! @larrynemecek.bsky.social · 10d

“AI is the asbestos we are shoveling into the walls of our society, and our descendants will be digging it out for generations.”

JB_AU @jbau.bsky.social · 11d

This whole section really.

Finally: AI cannot do your job, but an AI salesman can 100% convince your boss to fire you and replace you with an AI that can't do your job, and when the bubble bursts, the money-hemorrhaging "foundation models" will be shut off and we'll lose the AI that can't do your job, and you will be long gone, retrained or retired or "discouraged" and out of the labor market, and no one will do your job.
AI is the asbestos we are shoveling into the walls of our society and our descendants will be digging it out for generations:

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Saanchi Saxena @saanchi.bsky.social · Aug 30

I love conferences only because I get to meet all my amazing academic friends like @mtslep.bsky.social !

Melisa Slep @mtslep.bsky.social · Aug 29

Throughout the conference I met up with many of my @qmul.bsky.social colleagues, but also managed to catch up with people like the newly minted Dr @saanchi.bsky.social by the marquee 🫶🏽. A very friendly atmosphere for networking, indeed #RGSIBG25

The fanzine display inside the marquee at the University of Birmingham #RGSIBG25

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Saanchi Saxena @saanchi.bsky.social · Aug 13

Thank you!

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Area @areajournal.bsky.social · Aug 8

Many congratulations to one of our authors @saanchi.bsky.social on defending her PhD!

You can read Dr Saxena's work in an Area paper published last year: doi.org/10.1111/area...

If you are a PhD student looking for a place to publish, have a look at our author guidelines here tinyurl.com/bddtteey

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Saanchi Saxena @saanchi.bsky.social · Jul 25

I'm also now officially in the trenches of job applications so please do share any postdoc opportunities in urban/feminist geography, urban studies, etc.!

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Saanchi Saxena @saanchi.bsky.social · Jul 25

I'm officially a Dr. now!!

Passed my PhD defence cum laude with my thesis on gender, caste & street vending in Mumbai.

Thanks to my examiners Tatiana Thieme @snehakrishnan.bsky.social @andretwp.bsky.social Giulia Torino Francesco Chiodelli + my amazing supervisor @michelelancione.bsky.social

Gender, caste, and street vending in Mumbai: a situated intersectional geography

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Saanchi Saxena @saanchi.bsky.social · Apr 8

Very grateful to receive the Award for New and Emerging Scholars in feminist geography by Gender, Place and Culture!

genderplaceandculture.wordpress.com/2025/04/06/w...

Winners of the Gender, Place and Culture Annual International Conference Award for New and Emerging Scholars, 2025

The editorial team of Gender, Place and Culture is pleased to announce the winners of the Annual Award for New and Emerging Scholars. This award was established in 2007 with funds supplied by Taylo…

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Urban Studies Journal @urbanstudiesjournal.com · Apr 8

#UrbanStudies is delighted to announce our 2025 Annual Lecture – ‘New Directions for Southern Urban Praxis’ presented by Prof Gautam Bhan will take place at the #CityDebates conference on 16 April.

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Urban Studies 2025 Annual Lecture advert featuring a photograph of Professor Gautam Bhan.

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Saanchi Saxena @saanchi.bsky.social · Mar 13

Open access link to my article here: doi.org/10.1111/area...

Area | RGS Geography Journal | Wiley Online Library

Through an analysis of the available literature on women street vendors in the Global South, and then specifically in India, this paper identifies several knowledge gaps and future directions for res...

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Saanchi Saxena @saanchi.bsky.social · Mar 13

My first ever citation!! My paper on caste-gender & street vending was referenced in this interesting EPC article by Elmond Bandauko & Godwin Arku. Glad to see others also echoing the call for more intersectional perspectives on street geographies!
doi.org/10.1177/2399...

Highlighted quote in a journal article: Additionally, what is currently missing and urgently needed is "a critical, qualitative focus on the experiences of women street vendors, the gendering of vending spaces, and a socio-spatial analysis grounded in the Southern urban context" (Saxena, 2024: 2)

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Arrianna Marie Planey, PhD MA @arrianna-planey.bsky.social · Mar 13

My read: "AI" is a fundamentally anti-worker technology

1) it demands de-skilling of workers for its long-term viability. White collar 'consumers' are asked to lower our standards and accept regurgitated slop as a substitute for the products of careful reading and synthesis.

David Dayen @ddayen.bsky.social · Mar 13

Really amazing new paper on how Amazon used its algorithmic and surveillance tools to bust the union election at the Bessemer, AL warehouse a few years ago. Dan Boguslaw explains:
prospect.org/labor/2025-0...

Amazon Uses Arsenal of AI Weapons Against Workers

A study of a union election at an Amazon warehouse in Bessemer, Alabama, shows that the company weaponizes its algorithmic surveillance tools to prevent organizing.

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Saanchi Saxena @saanchi.bsky.social · Feb 24

Wonderful book by Michele, it was a privilege reviewing it!

michelelancione @michelelancione.bsky.social · Feb 13

@saanchi.bsky.social “[A] brilliant, thought-provoking contribution to the fields of urban studies and critical geography. Where the book shines is in its proposal of a radical epistemology that breaks the dichotomy of home and homelessness"

www.urbanstudiesonline.com/review/book-...

Book review forum: For a Liberatory Politics of Home - Urban Studies

Urban Studies book review forum of 'For a Liberatory Politics of Home' with an author response from Michele Lancione.

www.urbanstudiesonline.com

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Saanchi Saxena @saanchi.bsky.social · Nov 16

I found the music video scary as a kid. I used to scream and run from the TV, especially when the guy with long hair would move his hair round and round 😂🙃

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