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Centre for Digital Culture @digitalculturekcl.bsky.social · Apr 25

Symposium on Information Controls on 16th May, bringing together academic and civil society perspectives on information controls around the world: www.kcl.ac.uk/events/sympo...
#disinformation #algorithms #censorship #infrastructure #internetstudies
@kingsdh.bsky.social @kingsartshums.bsky.social

Symposium on Information Controls

The Symposium on Information Controls brings together academic and civil society perspectives on information controls from around the world.

www.kcl.ac.uk

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Zoë Glatt @zoeglatt.bsky.social · Apr 17

The inimitable @kat-hig.bsky.social is organising this extremely timely symposium on bodily autonomy, reproductive justice, gender, and the cultural politics of the global far-Right at @mediacomgold.bsky.social, 6th June. EPIC lineup of speakers!! 😍🔥💪

BOOK HERE: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/feminism-a...

Feminism and the Far-Right

A one-day symposium at Goldsmiths about bodily autonomy, reproductive justice, gender, and the cultural politics of the global far-Right.

www.eventbrite.co.uk

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Sebastián Lehuedé @slehuede.bsky.social · Apr 13

“Members of dominant populations are trying to avoid their dystopia by preserving our dystopia” - Kyle Whyte.

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Sebastián Lehuedé @slehuede.bsky.social · Apr 11

Many thanks to colleagues who joined the 'AI & Data Ecologies' panel at KCL on Wednesday.

Case studies included deforestation, urban biodiversity and the digitisation of sound.

Speakers: M Duggan, @jwyg.bsky.social , @lboungr.bsky.social , M Borie, @tavmos.bsky.social, G Williams and A Green.

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Alvaro Oleart @alvarooleart.bsky.social · Apr 10

Sick & tired of tech oligarchs & how disinformation is monetised? Check out the paper by Julia Rone (and follow her on Bluesky!) & I published today in @cogitatiomac.bsky.social: “Reversing the Privatisation of the Public Sphere: Democratic Alternatives to the EU’s Regulation of Disinformation” 👇

Julia Rone = Юлия Роне @juliarone.bsky.social · Apr 10

First post on Bsky after a very successful detox from social media.
Paradoxically, a post on our paper with @alvarooleart.bsky.social on how the EU failed to invest in alternatives and why it *did not* become a normative leader in regulating Tech.
Out today:
www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcomm...

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Liliana Bounegru @lboungr.bsky.social · Apr 8

Looking forward to sharing work on digital methods for critically engaging with environmental issues at this session with inspiring colleagues Mike Duggan, @jwyg.bsky.social, @tavmos.bsky.social Gavin Williams and Maud Borie. Thank you @slehuede.bsky.social for convening this panel!

Sebastián Lehuedé @slehuede.bsky.social · Mar 25

If you're around KCL on 9 April, join us for a timely panel on 'AI & DATA ECOLOGIES'.

We will have amazing speakers: Mike Duggan, @jwyg.bsky.social , @lboungr.bsky.social , @tavmos.bsky.social, Gavin Williams and Maud Borie.

You can register here:
lnkd.in/eQSTNGBp

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Sebastián Lehuedé @slehuede.bsky.social · Apr 1

'An insult to life itself'.

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Sebastián Lehuedé @slehuede.bsky.social · Mar 31

Thrilled to be joining this! Congrats @digitalgoodnet.bsky.social for putting together such a timely symposium.

ESRC Digital Good Network @digitalgoodnet.bsky.social · Mar 28

What kind of research is needed to make the digital future more sustainable?

Our two-day interdisciplinary symposium will include paper presentations, a workshop, and keynote talk by @slehuede.bsky.social

14-15 May 2025, University of Sheffield

Find out more: digitalgood.net/call-for-pap...

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ana valdivia @anavaldi.bsky.social · Mar 27

🌻 Barcelona has organised a space on "Sustainability and AI" to reflect on the social and environmental impact of technologies used in our daily lives.

🤖 On April 3rd at 6PM I'll be there talking about AI and its environmental impacts.

More 👉 comunitat.canodrom.barcelona/conferences/...

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Sebastián Lehuedé @slehuede.bsky.social · Mar 25

If you're around KCL on 9 April, join us for a timely panel on 'AI & DATA ECOLOGIES'.

We will have amazing speakers: Mike Duggan, @jwyg.bsky.social , @lboungr.bsky.social , @tavmos.bsky.social, Gavin Williams and Maud Borie.

You can register here:
lnkd.in/eQSTNGBp

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Sebastián Lehuedé @slehuede.bsky.social · Mar 17

Thrilled to be speaking on AI and sustainability at @unileiden.bsky.social on 3 April! I'll be sharing insights from my recent fieldwork in Colombia.

Both in person and online.

universiteitleiden.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

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jonathan w. y. gray @jwyg.bsky.social · Mar 12

Looking forward to forestscapes listening lab at @scigallerylon.bsky.social's Pulse of the Planet, Friday 21 March, 6.30pm: publicdatalab.org/2025/03/12/f...
with @maudbo.bsky.social @lboungr.bsky.social @asaenzdesicilia.bsky.social & Angela YT Chan

an image for forestscapes listening lab at Science Gallery London, Friday 21st March 2025, 6.30pm. There is a collage featuring images of forest related plants, creatures, infrastructures and objects. Concentric circles represent fields of sound. The background is a gradient from purple to yellow. In the top right is an image of the moon.

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Sebastián Lehuedé @slehuede.bsky.social · Mar 5

Hi. I'm sharing a pre-print by @anavaldi.bsky.social and me that is gaining traction @ssrn.bsky.social.

Critical minerals policies are generating pressures to create 'technological peripheries' in both the South and North. We look at Chile and Spain.

papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

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Sebastián Lehuedé @slehuede.bsky.social · Feb 28

Happy to have made a tiny contribution here 👇

sustainabilitymag.com/articles/the...

The ESG Cost of Meta, Google & Microsoft’s AI Investments

Research shows that the data centre emissions of big tech companies are responsible for an emerging public health crisis and worsening climate change

sustainabilitymag.com

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Sebastián Lehuedé @slehuede.bsky.social · Feb 28

Where’s Pabllo Vittar?

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Sebastián Lehuedé @slehuede.bsky.social · Feb 28

Kelly Key and Xuxa 😍 I hope there will be a chance to do some dancing at #AoIR2025! 🕺 (if I manage to go 🤞) As a Chilean I’m also highly appreciative of axé.

Ludmila Lupinacci @ludludlud.bsky.social · Feb 28

As we approach the final hours until the submission deadline for #AoIR2025 in 🇧🇷, I thought it could be useful to share this once again in case anyone needs further motivation to finish their abstracts 😅: open.spotify.com/playlist/1rM...

Brazilian Karaoke for Gringos

Playlist · Ludmila Lupinacci · 40 items · 6 saves

open.spotify.com

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Global Landscapes Forum @globallf.bsky.social · Feb 27

“If you consume water somewhere to the point where it affects biodiversity in one area, that cannot be offset by having a nice project elsewhere. You’re going to cause irreversible damage if you keep to that logic.”

Thanks for sharing your insights with us, Sebastián.
#ThinkLandscape

Sebastián Lehuedé @slehuede.bsky.social · Feb 27

I talked to @globallf.bsky.social about AI and sustainability.

We have to question how Big Tech is 'offsetting' AI's environmental harm.

thinklandscape.globallandscapesforum.org/72106/can-we...

Will AI destroy the planet?

AI is using more energy and water than ever. Will it ever be sustainable – or could it be the final nail in our climate coffin?

thinklandscape.globallandscapesforum.org

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Sebastián Lehuedé @slehuede.bsky.social · Feb 27

In this AI Energy Score, ChatGPT has ★★★★★

What is this communicating? 😔

huggingface.co/spaces/AIEne...

AI Energy Score Leaderboard - a Hugging Face Space by AIEnergyScore

Discover amazing ML apps made by the community

huggingface.co

Sebastián Lehuedé @slehuede.bsky.social · Feb 27

I talked to @globallf.bsky.social about AI and sustainability.

We have to question how Big Tech is 'offsetting' AI's environmental harm.

thinklandscape.globallandscapesforum.org/72106/can-we...

Will AI destroy the planet?

AI is using more energy and water than ever. Will it ever be sustainable – or could it be the final nail in our climate coffin?

thinklandscape.globallandscapesforum.org

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KCL Radio @handle.invalid · Feb 18

Thank you! It was lovely to speak with you 😊

Sebastián Lehuedé @slehuede.bsky.social · Feb 18

Super interesting chat with two brilliant KCL students @kclradio.co.uk. Can the environmental benefits of AI outweigh its costs? open.spotify.com/episode/4mbS...

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Digital Humanities @ King's College London @kingsdh.bsky.social · Feb 18

🎭 How is bias reproduced in text-to-image generative AI models? Join Dr. Stephanie Diepeveen for a public talk on Power, Representation & GenAI.

📅 26 February | 5PM
📍 King’s College London | Free event
🔗 Sign up: www.tickettailor.com/events/digit...

#AI #GenerativeAI #digitalmedia

Select tickets – Stephanie Diepeveen: Power, Representation and GenAI: A critical exploration of AI imaginaries across language and place – Safra Theatre, Strand Campus, King's College London

The Global Digital Cultures Research Group in the Department of Digital Humanities at KCL hosts Dr Stephanie Diepeveen, speakin...

www.tickettailor.com

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Sebastián Lehuedé @slehuede.bsky.social · Feb 18

Super interesting chat with two brilliant KCL students @kclradio.co.uk. Can the environmental benefits of AI outweigh its costs? open.spotify.com/episode/4mbS...

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Sebastián Lehuedé @slehuede.bsky.social · Feb 11

Is Big Tech shifting from green washing to all-out mass-scale pollution?

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Sebastián Lehuedé @slehuede.bsky.social · Feb 6

The Power of Quantum Thinking - Dr. Vandana Shiva www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4t8...

The Power of Quantum Thinking | Dr. Vandana Shiva at Consciousness Symposium (2024)

YouTube video by The Wonderstruck Podcast with Elizabeth Rovere

www.youtube.com

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Sebastián Lehuedé @slehuede.bsky.social · Jan 29

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Rafael Grohmann @grohmannrafael.bsky.social · Jan 28

Tomorrow, noon ET, book talk with @anitachan.bsky.social on the DigiLabour channel. She will talk about her new book, Predatory Data @ucpress.bsky.social . @estebanmorales.bsky.social and Paola Ricaurte will be the discussants www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tbye...

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