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Safiya Umoja Noble @safiyanoble.bsky.social · 6h

Some news ♥️🎉

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Safiya Noble to receive honorary doctorate from Leiden University

The degree will be granted by the Netherlands-based university’s Institute of Cultural Anthropology and Development Sociology.

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 7d

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Nicki Washington, Ph.D. @drnickiw.bsky.social · 7d

We're hiring a postdoc in Duke GSF!!

academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/30734

Duke University, Gender, Sexuality and Feminist Studies

Job #AJO30734, Duke Black Feminist Postdoc, Gender, Sexuality and Feminist Studies, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, US

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Jaweed Kaleem @jaweedkaleem.bsky.social · 22d

Facing a proposed $1.2-billion fine and severe medical research grant cuts at UCLA, the University of California has not gone head-to-head with Trump in court.

So on Tuesday, groups representing more than 100,000 of its employees did.

www.latimes.com/california/s...

UC employees, not waiting on leaders, sue Trump for 'financial coercion' over UCLA cuts

University of California faculty, students and staff on Tuesday sued President Trump over a $1.2-million penalty against UCLA and federal demands over campus changes. They argued that the actions camp...

www.latimes.com

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Safiya Umoja Noble @safiyanoble.bsky.social · 27d

a woman wearing a blue shirt that says stemnist on it

ALT: a woman wearing a blue shirt that says stemnist on it

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David Palumbo-Liu @palumboliu.bsky.social · Sep 8

OpenAI is anything but “open”—very early on, it left behind that marketing tag to become increasingly closed, elitist, and inherently anti-democratic. Empire of AI had a rather different subtitle in its UK edition: “Inside the reckless race of total domination.”

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Safiya Umoja Noble @safiyanoble.bsky.social · 27d

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Safiya Umoja Noble @safiyanoble.bsky.social · 27d

I got to share a stage with the incomparable Karen Hao this morning and she is The Truth in every way. ♥️

David Palumbo-Liu @palumboliu.bsky.social · Sep 8

OpenAI is anything but “open”—very early on, it left behind that marketing tag to become increasingly closed, elitist, and inherently anti-democratic. Empire of AI had a rather different subtitle in its UK edition: “Inside the reckless race of total domination.”

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Safiya Umoja Noble @safiyanoble.bsky.social · 27d

Maybe we just aren’t abundant enough to appreciate him, lololol

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evy kwong @evystadium.bsky.social · Sep 8

the way someone was like “let’s invent an AI necklace that records and listens to your convos and berates you for said convos” when we have these horrific stories of chatbots influencing self harm is just expanding my understanding of hell

I Hate My Friend

The chatbot-enabled Friend necklace eavesdrops on your life and provides a running commentary that’s snarky and unhelpful. Worse, it can also make the people around you uneasy.

www.wired.com

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Damon Beres @damonberes.com · 28d

I'm proud to share a new project that @alexreisner.bsky.social and I launched at @theatlantic.com today! It's called AI Watchdog, and it's our new home for all of the investigations into training data sets, such as LibGen, Books3, and OpenSubtitles. www.theatlantic.com/category/ai-...

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Safiya Umoja Noble @safiyanoble.bsky.social · Aug 31

What is that? Need it!

Safiya Umoja Noble @safiyanoble.bsky.social · Aug 29

These dangerous, faulty, copyright infringing, psychosis-inducing consumer products need to be made illegal now.

Sarah T Roberts, PhD @ubiquity75.xyz · Aug 29

www.wsj.com/tech/ai/chat...

A Troubled Man, His Chatbot and a Murder-Suicide in Old Greenwich

“Erik, you’re not crazy.” ChatGPT fueled a 56-year-old tech industry veteran’s paranoia, encouraging his suspicions that his mother was plotting against him.

www.wsj.com

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Safiya Umoja Noble @safiyanoble.bsky.social · Aug 28

One of my science colleagues at UCLA flatly told me that Columbia should have just shut down the college and leave only the med school because the scientists aren’t the problem and they are being punished over the Gaza protests. He was so clear and certain.

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Safiya Umoja Noble @safiyanoble.bsky.social · Aug 28

Yes!! And what if those same scientists weren’t so willing to trade in and lob off their humanist, art, and social scientist colleagues they claim are the reason their funds are threatened, flatly misunderstanding the very nature of the politics of their actions and of this moment.

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Tricia Ghoulish 👻📚💻🇵🇭🇺🇲 @trishgreen.bsky.social · Aug 21

While reading and retention go more slowly for me nowadays...

Last completed: "How to Stand Up to A Dictator", Maria Ressa.
Right now, I'm rereading @safiyanoble.bsky.social 's "Algorithms of Oppression" because it is still relevant, even today.

Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · Aug 21

In response to this, name the last book that you read that you would recommend.

abcnews.go.com/Health/ameri...

Americans spend less time reading for fun and more time on screens: Study

Fewer Americans are opening a book for fun each day, with reading for pleasure in the U.S. down 40% over the past 20 years, a new study published Wednesday found.

abcnews.go.com

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Safiya Umoja Noble @safiyanoble.bsky.social · Aug 19

Woot!

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Kay Thee Abortion Doula, PhD.♎ @drkalyncoghill.blacksky.team · Aug 19

Excited to announce that I am following in the footsteps of my mentors @safiyanoble.bsky.social and @kishonna.bsky.social as the 2025 keynote speaker for the Digital Library Federation at CLIR Forum in Denver! forum2025.diglib.org/speakers/

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Texas AFL-CIO @texasaflcio.org · Aug 19

Solidarity with pro-worker champion Rep. Nicole Collier – we've got your back! 🔥 #txlege

Fort Worth Rep. Collier refuses to leave Texas House, protesting state trooper escorts

Texas Democrat Nicole Collier said she won't sign "permission slip" to leave the chamber, which would require accepting round-the-clock monitoring by state troopers.

fortworthreport.org

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Anil Dash @anildash.com · Aug 18

Attention chumps: If you, despite all our dire warnings, decided to put your newsletter on Substack, the untrustworthy asses who run the company just did what we all knew they would, and made it impossible to take your subscribers with you if you want to leave. support.substack.com/hc/en-us/art...

Can my subscribers pay on the Substack iOS app?

Substack now includes external links in the iOS app that take readers to the web to complete their purchase. Subscriptions made this way are treated like standard web purchases—creators receive the...

support.substack.com

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🇬🇾🗽Sydette The Dreaded Gorgon🗽🇬🇾 @blackamazon.bsky.social · Aug 19

Republicans are holding her

And Dems let her sit in there alone

Renée Graham 🏳️‍🌈 @rygraham.bsky.social · Aug 19

Texas Republicans are holding a Black woman, a Democratic state rep, hostage in the legislative chamber. They have locked the doors and have banned her from leaving.

Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · Aug 19

“‘I refuse to sign away my dignity as a duly elected representative just so Republicans can control my movements and monitor me with police escorts,’ Collier said in a statement that called her a ‘political prisoner’ for refusing Republican ‘surveillance protocol.’” www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...

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✪ Jonathan H. Gray: “Professor of Halloweenery” ✪ @jongraywb.bsky.social · Aug 18

Jackson, Mississippi, a primarily black city and the state’s capital, hasn’t had a proper running water treatment facility since late August of 2022.

Steve Herman @newsguy.bsky.social · Aug 18

Mississippi becomes the fourth state to deploy National Guard troops to Washington, DC. governorreeves.ms.gov/governor-ree...

Governor Reeves Statement On Mississippi National Guard Deployment to Washington, D.C.

Governor Tate Reeves today released the following statement on approving the deployment of approximately 200 Mississippi National Guard Soldiers to Washington , D.C.:

governorreeves.ms.gov

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Safiya Umoja Noble @safiyanoble.bsky.social · Aug 8

If you think cuts to funding science is somehow caught up in the “culture wars that have nothing to do with science,” you are missing the point. The entire project of education as a public good is under threat, and a threat to one university is a threat to all. We have to stand together #UCLAResist

Maggie M. @maggiemck.bsky.social · Aug 8

Headline writer finally gets it right: ‘Extortion’: Newsom Threatens to Sue After Trump Fines UCLA $1 Billion www.kqed.org/news/1205152...

‘Extortion’: Newsom Threatens to Sue After Trump Fines UCLA $1 Billion | KQED

University of California President James Milliken said President Donald Trump’s proposal would “completely devastate” the system.

www.kqed.org

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Joey Blue @jp262.bsky.social · Aug 8

The absurdity continues. UCLA should counter sue the Administration for not rooting out antisemitism among its supporters.

AP Headline: Trump Administration seeks $1 billion settlement from UCLA, a White House official said.

Picture of a 1/6 insurrectionist wearing a “Camp Auschwitz” sweatshirt to the riot.

Some dickhead nazi in Florida on a boat with two sets of Trump flags accompanied by swastikas.

Guardian headline: American Nazi party leader sees “a real opportunity” with a Trump presidency.

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Senator Scott Wiener @scottwiener.bsky.social · Aug 8

In other mob boss fascist move, Trump is now trying to extort UCLA for $1B, force it to adopt his racist, transphobic, xenophobic policies & accept a “monitor” to control the university.

Hard no. UCLA is a California public university subject to CA law & built on CA values.

The answer is no.

Trump administration seeking $1 billion settlement from UCLA | CNN Politics

The Trump administration is seeking a $1 billion settlement from the University of California, Los Angeles, CNN has exclusively learned, marking the latest effort by the White House to shape higher ed...

amp.cnn.com

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