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Internazionale @internazionale.it · Sep 9

La Global sumud flotilla ha condiviso un video girato dalla telecamera di sorveglianza dell’imbarcazione. Le sei persone a bordo dell’imbarcazione sono rimaste incolumi.

La Global sumud flotilla denuncia di essere stata colpita da un drone al largo di Tunisi

Il 9 settembre la Global sumud flotilla, diretta a Gaza con un carico di aiuti umanitari, ha affermato che una delle sue imbarcazioni è stata colpita da un drone al largo di Tunisi, mentre le autorità...

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Paolo Bory @paolobory.bsky.social · 29d

Non è più una tranquilla notte di regime
#stefanobenni #baol

Paolo Bory @paolobory.bsky.social · Jul 9

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Paolo Bory @paolobory.bsky.social · Jul 9

After months of pain and crazy writing, this OA book, written by Chris Hesselbein and me, is finally out.
Behind the bleeding cover, you'll find our analysis of the metaverse (no, it’s not dead!), or rather of the current metaverses as "infrastructures of reality". link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

Infrastructures of Reality: Metaverse Stories, Spaces, Bodies

This open access book focuses on two dimensions of the development of the metaverse that are crucial to ‘reality’, namely spatiality and embodiment.

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Shannon Vallor @shannonvallor.bsky.social · Jun 11

Thank you @ruha9.bsky.social for opening STS Italia with such moral clarity and urgency

Final slide of Ruha Benjamin’s opening keynote at STS Italia, featuring artwork by Blackmau (2019) and a quote from Octavia Butler: ‘It may be the end of the world…but there are other worlds!’

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Paolo Bory @paolobory.bsky.social · May 5

Our special issue co-edited with @chrish6699.bsky.social and @stefanocanali.bsky.social is finally out!
"Metaverse Datafication: Technologies, Definitions, and Futures"

www.tandfonline.com/toc/rics20/2...

Information, Communication & Society

Special Issue: Metaverse Datafication: Technologies, Definitions, and Futures. Guest Editors: Chris Hesselbein, Paolo Bory and Stefano Canali. Volume 28, Issue 5 of Information, Communication & Societ...

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Gabriele Balbi @gabrielebalbi.bsky.social · Apr 3

Why do we confuse the "Internet" with the "Web"? And how was this confusion addressed at @cern.bsky.social ?

Paper co-authored with the #WWWHistory Project @snf-fns-ch.bsky.social team: Deborah Barcella, @fandomistheanswer.bsky.social, and Martin Fomasi.

journals.sagepub.com/doi/epub/10....

Stop calling the Web the Internet: CERN’s tactics to fight ‘brand confusion’ in the mid-1990s

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Andrea Daniele Signorelli @adsignorelli.bsky.social · Apr 20

Un’epoca in cui anche la gentilezza base causa esternalità negative* 🥲 [*negative per l’impatto ambientale, non perché Altaman ci smena soldi]

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Paolo Bory @paolobory.bsky.social · Mar 31

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Au CERN, le berceau du web (ECREA workshop)

En ce début février 2025, j’ai eu la chance de participer à la conférence-atelier de la section « Histoire de la communication » de l’ECREA qui portait sur l&rsquo…

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anya shchetvina @anya-shchetvina.bsky.social · Mar 28

> I had a pleasure of interviewing @pbory.bsky.social about his book "The Internet Myth", network ideology and AI imaginaries. It was fun, the full interview is here!
matterofimagination.neocities.org/blog8

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Paolo Bory @paolobory.bsky.social · Mar 25

Naples, 3 April. Chinese scholars and our Prin crew
#prin22 #metaverse #china

Paolo Bory @paolobory.bsky.social · Mar 24

I now see why we don't hear of whistle blowers anymore. They already whistle, pretending to whisper @philipdisalvo.bsky.social?

The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · Mar 24

American war planning usually takes place in highly secure facilities. But the Trump administration planned its strikes on the Houthis using a group chat—and accidentally included The Atlantic’s editor in chief, @jeffreygoldberg.bsky.social. theatln.tc/AmsjsuT6

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Paolo Bory @paolobory.bsky.social · Jan 31

A few days left, #STSItalia
Don't miss it!
#STS #Technoscience #Milan

Call for Abstracts - STS Italia

Join the 10th Biennial STS Italia Conference, 'Technoscience for Good,' on 11-13 June 2025 at Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy. Explore cutting-edge discussions on ethical, social, and political di...

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Paolo Bory @paolobory.bsky.social · Jan 29

Deadline 3 february, join us in Milan for a collective investigation of the "metaverse" #sts #metaverse #ar #vr #mr #etc

Paolo Bory @paolobory.bsky.social · Dec 16

Cfa: Searching for the Metaverse. Mapping and disentangling the imaginaries of VR-MR

Join us in Milan for the X STS Italia conference, panel 10 (like D10s) on the imaginaries of VR/MR organized by me, my brilliant brother Stefano Bory and the great Gianluigi Negro:

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Information, Communication & Society @icsjournal.bsky.social · Jan 16

#OutNow in #iCS
Gianluigi Negro and Tonio Savina’s article, “Yuanyuzhou 元宇宙: yesterday, today, tomorrow,” provides a historical overview of the Chinese Metaverse, highlighting its unique development and future prospects within China’s digital landscape.

Yuanyuzhou 元宇宙: yesterday, today, tomorrow. Historical roots, current visions, and future dynamics of real-world integration in the Chinese governmental narrative on the Metaverse

As one of the most searched buzzwords on the Chinese Internet in 2021, the ‘Metaverse' (yuan yuzhou 元宇宙) has gained significant momentum in the People’s Republic of China (PRC), attracting the atte...

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Techmeme @techmeme.com · Jan 13

Starlink has disrupted Kenya's existing ISP industry since its launch in July 2023, forcing legacy providers to lower prices and increase internet speeds (Rest of World)

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Carola Frediani @carolafrediani.bsky.social · Jan 8

Oggi torniamo dalle vacanze col sito Guerre di Rete pubblicando una bella analisi di Andrea Daniele Signorelli su tutti i fronti di #OpenAI.
www.guerredirete.it/tutti-i-guai...

Tutti i guai di OpenAI - Guerre di Rete

Malgrado goda ancora di enorme fiducia da parte dei finanziatori, la società sinonimo di ChatGPT deve fronteggiare costi esorbitanti, divisioni interne e possibili, imminenti barriere tecnologiche.

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Information, Communication & Society @icsjournal.bsky.social · Dec 17

#OutNow in #iCS
In "Six Provocations for Metaverse Datafication," Chris Hesselbein, Paolo Bory, and Stefano Canali analyze how metaverse data shapes knowledge, privacy, and social inequality, highlighting its cultural, technological, and scholarly impacts.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Six provocations for metaverse datafication: an emergent cultural, technological, and scholarly phenomenon

Although the ‘metaverse’ is still the feverish pipedream of tech companies and venture capitalists, it is also a powerful imaginary for channelling enormous resources towards deepening and extendin...

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polecopub @polecopub.bsky.social · Dec 14

Call for abstracts STS Italia in Milano next June, with a promising session on scientific publishing #STS stsitalia.org/call-for-abs...

Call for Abstracts - STS Italia

Join the 10th Biennial STS Italia Conference, 'Technoscience for Good,' on 11-13 June 2025 at Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy. Explore cutting-edge discussions on ethical, social, and political di...

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · Dec 18

#HistSTM #STS 🧪

Ian Milligan @ianmilligan1.bsky.social · Dec 10

Averting the Digital Dark Age: How Archivists, Librarians, and Technologists Built the Web a Memory is released _today_.

You can buy a copy, or, you can read it FOR FREE via Project MUSE. Please spread the news to your colleagues, your friends, your syllabus makers.

muse.jhu.edu/book/123276

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Stefano Canali @stefanocanali.bsky.social · Dec 17

New paper out with @pbory.bsky.social and Chris Hesselbein!

We discuss new forms of data and datafication in the metaverse and, echoing seminal work by @zephoria.bsky.social and @katecrawford.bsky.social, we present six provocations for metaverse datafication.

doi.org/10.1080/1369...

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Paolo Bory @paolobory.bsky.social · Dec 16

Cfa: Searching for the Metaverse. Mapping and disentangling the imaginaries of VR-MR

Join us in Milan for the X STS Italia conference, panel 10 (like D10s) on the imaginaries of VR/MR organized by me, my brilliant brother Stefano Bory and the great Gianluigi Negro:

stsitalia.org/wp-content/u...

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Philip Di Salvo @philipdisalvo.bsky.social · Dec 14

Former OpenAI researcher and whistleblower found dead at age 26: www.cnbc.com/2024/12/13/f...

Former OpenAI researcher and whistleblower found dead at age 26

Suchir Balaji, a former OpenAI researcher, was found dead in his San Francisco apartment in recent weeks, officials confirmed to CNBC.

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WEFAIL @wefail.bsky.social · Dec 13

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Dr. Vassilis Galanos, SFHEA - each one teach one @velocitygravity.bsky.social · Dec 13

👾Fresh Call for Abstracts!👁️ Come visit #STSItalia in Milan this summer to share your research at our panel on Critical Hype Studies exploring the many sociopsychotechnoenvironmental faces of hype. Deadline: Feb 3. @imaginaries.bsky.social

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Call for Abstracts - STS Italia

Join the 10th Biennial STS Italia Conference, 'Technoscience for Good,' on 11-13 June 2025 at Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy. Explore cutting-edge discussions on ethical, social, and political di...

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