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Stav Zeitouni
@stzeitouni.bsky.social
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Postdoc, Berkeley Law
NYU Law & Hebrew University alum
Writing about privacy, copyright and law & psychology (and occasionally Israel/Palestine)
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stzeitouni.bsky.social
I refuse to believe this story is real and not a very successful modern iteration of War of the Worlds that will be shortlisted for a Hugo Award.
December 7, 2025 at 7:39 AM
stzeitouni.bsky.social
Always surprised at what will pop up at Goodwill!
Title page of Stone Butch Blues by Leslie Feinberg, with a handwritten dedication "To John - Leslie Feinberg"
December 6, 2025 at 9:08 PM
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cfiesler.bsky.social
Let me tell you a story. Perhaps you can guess where this is going... though it does have a bit of a twist.

I was poking around Google Scholar for publications about the relationship between chatbots and wellness. Oh how useful: a systematic literature review! Let's dig into the findings. 🧵
The Psychological Impact of Digital Isolation: How AI-Driven Social Interactions Shape Human Behavior and Mental Well-Being Felix Eling 3697-3705 Apr 30, 2025 Education The Psychological Impact of Digital Isolation: How AI-Driven Social Interactions Shape Human Behavior and Mental Well-Being Felix Eling Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Pharmacy, Gulu College of Health Sciences, Gulu City, Northern Uganda DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.47772/IJRISS.2025.90400265 Received: 13 March 2025; Revised: 22 March 2025; Accepted: 25 March 2025; Published: 30 April 2025 ABSTRACT The increasing integration of artificial intelligence (AI) in social interactions has transformed how humans experience companionship, communication, and mental well-being. This review examines the psychological impact of AI-driven social interactions, focusing on virtual assistants, AI chatbots, and digital companions. It explores the benefits, risks, and ethical concerns associated with AI companionship. A systematic review methodology was employed, detailing inclusion criteria, databases searched, and analysis techniques. Findings suggest that while AI can offer emotional relief and support, over-reliance may disrupt real-world social bonding. Ethical concerns such as data privacy, emotional manipulation, and regulatory gaps are highlighted. The study underscores the need for balanced AI integration in human socialization. The study also addresses gaps in previous literature by examining AI’s influence on different demographic groups and cultural contexts.
December 5, 2025 at 10:35 PM
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knightcolumbia.org
"People who study #misinformation and work on content-moderation teams aren’t engaged in ‘censorship’— they’re engaged in activities that the First Amendment was designed to protect. This policy is incoherent and unconstitutional," says @carriedecell.bsky.social. knightcolumbia.org/content/new-...
New Trump Administration Visa Vetting Policy Targeting Online Trust and Safety Workers is Unconstitutional, Knight Institute Says
knightcolumbia.org
December 4, 2025 at 7:04 PM
stzeitouni.bsky.social
Particularly galling because U.S.-based social media companies have routinely outsourced moderation to hubs and contractors outside the U.S.
klonick.bsky.social Kate Klonick @klonick.bsky.social · 4d
Holy shit.

Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa.

www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
The cable, sent to all U.S. missions on December 2, orders U.S. consular officers to review resumes or LinkedIn profiles of H-1B applicants - and family members who would be traveling with them - to see if they have worked in areas that include activities such as misinformation, disinformation, content moderation, fact-checking, compliance and online safety, among others.
December 4, 2025 at 6:52 PM
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mulchy.bsky.social
new: government contractors are increasingly invoking trade secrets protections to shield products like gunshot detection, dna analysis, and facial recognition from public scrutiny.

via max blaisdell + matt chapman
Trade secrets protections shield information from public view
When a government contractor’s right to privacy outweighs the public’s right to know
chicagoreader.com
December 1, 2025 at 4:53 PM
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adelreyhani.bsky.social
#Postdoc Researcher on #Externalization and #Rightlessness

Join our team in #Vienna to research externalization arrangements worldwide, the foundations of international refugee law, and theoretical perspectives inspired by Arendt's work.

shorturl.at/W0swQ

@rli-sas.bsky.social @lbg.ac.at
We are hiring: POSTDOC/SENIOR RESEARCHER (m/f/d) – LBI für Grund- und Menschenrechte
Das Ludwig Boltzmann Institut für Grund- und Menschenrechte (LBI-GMR) ist das führende Menschenrechtsinstitut in Österreich.
gmr.lbg.ac.at
November 29, 2025 at 1:37 PM
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jathansadowski.com
Call for PhD Student!

I'm recruiting a PhD student to work with me on a project related to my Future Fellowship at Monash University on the political economy of insurance, risk technology, climate governance, and the crisis of uninsurability. Here's the overview of my fellowship.
A necessary analysis of polycrisis and its consequences must account for the industries, technologies, and policies that govern risks-and, crucially, how they engage in socio-technical processes of defining, predicting, and valuing risks. By synthesising the following objectives into a cohesive research program, this Future Fellowship aims to create essential empirical knowledge about urgent problems of insurability, which will inform new policy solutions and critical theories, all for the purpose of understanding and tackling the complex polycrisis at the nexus of insurance markets, risk technologies, and climate governance regimes. • Objective 1: Examine the design and construction of climate risk models by insurance industry and risk analytics firms to identify the assumptions, trade-offs, values, and goals built into these systems. • Objective 2: Engage directly with governments and communities at the frontlines of risk vulnerability to understand how abstract computational models and simulations connect to lived experiences and ground truth. • Objective 3: Develop new policies and frameworks for climate risk justice, which are informed by original empirical work and contribute to greater equity and security in risk governance. • Objective 4: Generate critical theoretical contributions that guide analytical and applied work about the techno-politics of risk governance in an age of global polycrisis. This fellowship advances our understanding of climate risk governance across three Workstreams. Workstream 1 will conduct ethnography at insurance industry conferences and with companies building climate risk models. Workstream 2 will engage in research with governments and communities who are managing the risks and realities of uninsurability from natural disasters. Workstream 3 will collaborate with a climate policy think tank to develop innovative policies grounded in original empirical research and conceptual analysis-that advance climate justice.
November 25, 2025 at 10:44 PM
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yaelwrites.com
Avoiding public WiFi, QR codes, or public USB chargers doesn’t prevent you from being hacked. Happy to sign onto this open letter alongside 80+ cybersecurity veterans urging a shift from folklore to guidance that actually helps people avoid the most common attacks. www.hacklore.org
whimsical digital illustration
November 24, 2025 at 4:48 PM
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knithacker.bsky.social
Hey Library Kids & Book Lovers, This Knit Vest Pattern Is For You - It's A Borrowing Card! 👉 tidd.ly/4fIdLOv - designed by Jennifer Peacock of Pretty Grandpa and would make a perfect gift for the Gen-Xer on your list! #knitting #GenX #librarylove #handmade #etsy #affiliate #giftidea 📚❤️🧶
November 21, 2025 at 4:57 PM
stzeitouni.bsky.social
This is the best title any copyright paper will ever have
Cover in marbled red: The Demonology of Copyright by Barbara A. Ringer R.R. Bowker Memorial Lecture New Series October 24, 1974
November 20, 2025 at 7:08 PM
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kwi-essen.bsky.social
📣 Application deadline extended: The new application deadline for the Academy in Exile Fellowships is 30 November! Are you a researcher who is under threat because of your academic work or civic engagement? Then apply now!
📍KWI Essen / @tu-dortmund.de
INFO: www.academy-in-exile.eu
@mellon.org
Academy in Exile
www.academy-in-exile.eu
November 13, 2025 at 12:55 PM
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courtneymilan.com
Also sounds like people who don’t understand books. “I want to set my books up so nobody needs to talk about them online or writes fanfic” is such a wild thing for someone to say if they want to make money.
lindaholmes.bsky.social Linda Holmes @lindaholmes.bsky.social · 24d
I’ll say this much: This reads exactly like what it is: people who discovered romance five years ago and decided they had all kinds of amazing new ideas to “fix” it. Connections between books? That feel kind of cozy to the reader? How did no one ever think of that?? www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/b...
Publishers don't usually offer such ways to extend the story, leaving readers with what Mazur called "a book hangover," only partially cured via online discussion groups and fan fiction. 831 Stories wants to build in that kind of obsessiveness from the start. "We really want romance readers to want to collect all the books, to want to have an understanding of the entire set of characters, to understand the Easter egg in Book No. 8 that references Book No. 2," Cerulo said.
November 14, 2025 at 2:58 PM
stzeitouni.bsky.social
I turned my YouTube watch history off a few months ago and my Luddite hot take is that it's kind of nice not to be bombarded by an endless feed in at least one of my social media apps
Screenshot of YouTube app with search bar and a message below it reading "your watch history is turned off. You can change your setting at any time to get the latest videos tailored to you"
November 11, 2025 at 7:01 AM
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pranav-nlp.bsky.social
We're surveying researchers about name changes in academic publishing.

If you've changed your name and dealt with updating publications, we want to hear your experience. Any reason counts: transition, marriage, cultural reasons, etc.

forms.cloud.microsoft/e/E0XXBmZdEP
We're investigating how publishers handle name changes and the barriers scholars face. If you've changed your name (or are considering it) and dealt with updating your academic publications, we want to hear from you. Researchers who have changed their name for any reason, such as gender transition, marriage, divorce, immigration, cultural reasons, or citation formatting issues. Whether you've successfully updated your work, are currently trying, or decided not to because of barriers, your opinion matters. Your input will help us advocate for better, more inclusive policies in academic publishing. It takes around 5-10 minutes to complete. Survey Link: https://forms.cloud.microsoft/e/E0XXBmZdEP Please share with anyone who might benefit.
October 21, 2025 at 12:45 PM
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patdeklotz.bsky.social
“We must ally with strength over goodness“ is Saruman’s bargain.
November 2, 2025 at 3:58 PM
stzeitouni.bsky.social
I would be *overjoyed* to do an LOTR book club for anyone who thinks this is the storyline. Will throw in a Frodo Lives button or something for anyone who gets to Ch. VIII of ROTK. Hit me up!
sundersays.bsky.social Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · Oct 29
Elon Musk: "It is time for the English to ally with the hard men, like Tommy Robinson, and fight for their survival or they shall surely all die" 29th October 2025. 2 million views in its first hour.
November 2, 2025 at 6:27 PM
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stzeitouni.bsky.social
Got this email this morning from the folks @ Berkeley Food Network. A reminder that our most vulnerable neighbors are going to be hit the hardest in the coming weeks. If you can, please donate to a local org to give them a boost this month.

BFN donation 🔗
www.berkeleyfoodnetwork.org/get-involved...
I'm reaching out with urgent news that could impact thousands of families, seniors, and community members in our community. If the federal government shutdown continues through next Monday October 27th, 5.5 million Californians — including your Berkeley neighbors — will not receive their November CalFresh or SNAP benefits. This would increase the demand for Berkeley Food Network’s services as soon as next week. No one expects the government shutdown to end by this deadline. For many in our community, this isn't a distant policy debate. It’s happening right here at home. This is a matter of where their food will come from next week and we need to be prepared. For Berkeley Food Network, this means the need at our 9th Street pantry— which already surged 33% in the last year — is about to intensify dramatically. The nearly 1,300 households we serve weekly at the 9th Street Pantry could quickly become 1,600 or even 2,000 as families lose federal assistance and have nowhere else to turn. What’s more - work requirements for SNAP benefits are going into effect November 1st, two months early, creating another barrier for community members experiencing food insecurity and further increasing demand at BFN.
October 22, 2025 at 4:59 PM
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marklemley.bsky.social
All the major AI companies are training on your chats with them, Stanford's @kingjen.bsky.social finds

arxiv.org/abs/2509.05382
User Privacy and Large Language Models: An Analysis of Frontier Developers' Privacy Policies
Hundreds of millions of people now regularly interact with large language models via chatbots. Model developers are eager to acquire new sources of high-quality training data as they race to improve m...
arxiv.org
October 30, 2025 at 11:12 PM
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bradmossesq.bsky.social
If you are a service member or civil servant ordered to perform an operation in spite of concerns you raised about their legality, you have lawful options to blow the whistle. They do not involve leaking to the press.

Consult with qualified counsel. You can honor your Oath without breaking the law.
rgoodlaw.bsky.social Ryan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · Oct 24
Boat strikes put US service members in legal jeopardy:

"Some junior officers have asked military lawyers, known as judge advocates general or JAGs, for written sign-off before taking part in strikes .... It does not appear that such memos were furnished, said one of the people."
Top Democrats demand details of spy agencies’ role in boat strikes
Democrats are demanding that Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard share intelligence on lethal operations against alleged narcotics traffickers.
www.washingtonpost.com
October 25, 2025 at 3:52 PM
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CFP: Law Culture & Humanities 28th Annual Conference @ DePaul, Chicago, June 17/18 2026 lawculturehumanities.com/event/2026-t... We welcome proposals for papers, roundtables, work-in-progress sessions, you name it!
2026 Twenty-Eighth Annual Conference - Law, Culture, and the Humanities
2026 Twenty-Eighth Annual Conference June 17, 2026 @ 8:00 am - June 18, 2026 @ 7:00 pm DePaul University College of Law 25 E Jackson Blvd. Chicago, Illinois 60604 United States + Google Map Share this...
lawculturehumanities.com
October 22, 2025 at 6:05 PM
stzeitouni.bsky.social
Got this email this morning from the folks @ Berkeley Food Network. A reminder that our most vulnerable neighbors are going to be hit the hardest in the coming weeks. If you can, please donate to a local org to give them a boost this month.

BFN donation 🔗
www.berkeleyfoodnetwork.org/get-involved...
I'm reaching out with urgent news that could impact thousands of families, seniors, and community members in our community. If the federal government shutdown continues through next Monday October 27th, 5.5 million Californians — including your Berkeley neighbors — will not receive their November CalFresh or SNAP benefits. This would increase the demand for Berkeley Food Network’s services as soon as next week. No one expects the government shutdown to end by this deadline. For many in our community, this isn't a distant policy debate. It’s happening right here at home. This is a matter of where their food will come from next week and we need to be prepared. For Berkeley Food Network, this means the need at our 9th Street pantry— which already surged 33% in the last year — is about to intensify dramatically. The nearly 1,300 households we serve weekly at the 9th Street Pantry could quickly become 1,600 or even 2,000 as families lose federal assistance and have nowhere else to turn. What’s more - work requirements for SNAP benefits are going into effect November 1st, two months early, creating another barrier for community members experiencing food insecurity and further increasing demand at BFN.
October 22, 2025 at 4:59 PM
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jordfran.bsky.social
For all the #privacy academics out there: In case you missed it, submissions are open for FPF's annual Privacy Papers for Policymakers (PPPM) award! You have until Oct. 30 to submit the best privacy scholarship from the past year.

⏩ See details here: fpf.org/privacy-pape...
Privacy Papers for Policymakers Call for Papers
The Future of Privacy Forum (FPF) invites privacy scholars and authors with an interest in privacy issues to nominate finished papers for consideration for FPF’s annual Privacy Papers for Policymakers...
fpf.org
October 15, 2025 at 8:55 PM
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netopia.bsky.social
World map of copyright lawsuits v AI companies [80 suits filed]
October 19, 2025 at 1:19 PM