Dilan 🌕🌊🏹🍉 (he/it)
@uplus16de.bsky.social
Witch. Masseur. Playmaker. Writer. 🌈🏳️⚧️🐍
NO to settler+white supremacy, casteism, ableism, transphobia.
Immigrant. #LandBack #WitchcraftIsPolitical
currently UK-based. Not here for the liberals
NO to settler+white supremacy, casteism, ableism, transphobia.
Immigrant. #LandBack #WitchcraftIsPolitical
currently UK-based. Not here for the liberals
lol yup yet at the same time makes perfect sense lmao now that AI companies are invested in military and genocides
Absolutely surreal to have lived through the Napster days and watched as the titans of industry moved hell and high water to lock down any possible chance that someone's song might get swapped online without giving the studios a cut and now those same people are just like "well we gotta steal music"
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
May 26, 2025 at 8:30 PM
lol yup yet at the same time makes perfect sense lmao now that AI companies are invested in military and genocides
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Not In Our Name - Feminist Academics and Educators Speak Out (signature form linked at top of document)
@gemmaclark.bsky.social @philippaeast.bsky.social @hazelmpinner.bsky.social @debrakidd.bsky.social @busygranof6.bsky.social @girasoles-lady.bsky.social
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
@gemmaclark.bsky.social @philippaeast.bsky.social @hazelmpinner.bsky.social @debrakidd.bsky.social @busygranof6.bsky.social @girasoles-lady.bsky.social
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Not In Our Name - Feminist Academics and Educators Speak Out - with signatures
To co-sign the statement, fill in this form: https://forms.gle/oDYgnobrMiScaMEt5 (Please do not ‘request share’, rather, fill in the form ^ ^.) Not In Our Name: Feminist Academics and Educators Sp...
docs.google.com
May 14, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Not In Our Name - Feminist Academics and Educators Speak Out (signature form linked at top of document)
@gemmaclark.bsky.social @philippaeast.bsky.social @hazelmpinner.bsky.social @debrakidd.bsky.social @busygranof6.bsky.social @girasoles-lady.bsky.social
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
@gemmaclark.bsky.social @philippaeast.bsky.social @hazelmpinner.bsky.social @debrakidd.bsky.social @busygranof6.bsky.social @girasoles-lady.bsky.social
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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That oligarchs control the design prodiction and distribution of machines (and society) is a major problem. Free the Machines for a Free Earth. Dont fall into the traps of human exceptionalism, it's only an old racist ideology
April 3, 2025 at 7:54 AM
That oligarchs control the design prodiction and distribution of machines (and society) is a major problem. Free the Machines for a Free Earth. Dont fall into the traps of human exceptionalism, it's only an old racist ideology
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Dried-fish producer Gabrielle Elisabeth described the heat this year and last year as “unbearable”. “It hits our body, it rises from the sand,” she said. “And sometimes we can’t stay in our houses.”
@aarudpra writes www.himalmag.com/politics/wom...
@aarudpra writes www.himalmag.com/politics/wom...
April 3, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Dried-fish producer Gabrielle Elisabeth described the heat this year and last year as “unbearable”. “It hits our body, it rises from the sand,” she said. “And sometimes we can’t stay in our houses.”
@aarudpra writes www.himalmag.com/politics/wom...
@aarudpra writes www.himalmag.com/politics/wom...
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On Monday, Momodou Taal, a doctoral candidate in Africana Studies at Cornell University, left the United States under threat of detainment and deportation after the Trump administration revoked his student visa for his participation in pro-Palestine protests on campus.
April 3, 2025 at 1:06 PM
On Monday, Momodou Taal, a doctoral candidate in Africana Studies at Cornell University, left the United States under threat of detainment and deportation after the Trump administration revoked his student visa for his participation in pro-Palestine protests on campus.
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Anyone know a good employment solicitor (UK based). An academic friend has been bullied at work and the independent investigation is just shambolic. Very short time to appeal so any help will be appreciated. DM me
April 3, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Anyone know a good employment solicitor (UK based). An academic friend has been bullied at work and the independent investigation is just shambolic. Very short time to appeal so any help will be appreciated. DM me
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Germany Turns to U.S. Playbook: Deportations Target Gaza War Protesters - my latest @theintercept.com
theintercept.com/2025/03/31/g...
theintercept.com/2025/03/31/g...
Germany Turns to U.S. Playbook: Deportations Target Gaza War Protesters
Four Gaza protesters in Germany are set for deportations despite objections from an immigration official that none were convicted of crimes.
theintercept.com
April 3, 2025 at 1:05 PM
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haha :D <3
We live in Ubu Roi territory
they hate our beef because our beef is beautiful and theirs is weak
April 3, 2025 at 7:58 AM
haha :D <3
That oligarchs control the design prodiction and distribution of machines (and society) is a major problem. Free the Machines for a Free Earth. Dont fall into the traps of human exceptionalism, it's only an old racist ideology
April 3, 2025 at 7:54 AM
That oligarchs control the design prodiction and distribution of machines (and society) is a major problem. Free the Machines for a Free Earth. Dont fall into the traps of human exceptionalism, it's only an old racist ideology
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In Myanmar, as Wynn-Williams recounts at the end of her book, "Careless People," Facebook facilitated the military junta to post hate speech, thereby fomenting sexual violence and attempted genocide of the country’s Muslim minority.
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/m...
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/m...
Careless People: A Story of Where I Used to Work by Sarah Wynn-Williams review – a former disciple unfriends Facebook
This account of working life at Mark Zuckerberg’s tech giant organisation describes a ‘diabolical cult’ able to swing elections and profit at the expense of the world’s vulnerable
www.theguardian.com
March 16, 2025 at 7:49 AM
In Myanmar, as Wynn-Williams recounts at the end of her book, "Careless People," Facebook facilitated the military junta to post hate speech, thereby fomenting sexual violence and attempted genocide of the country’s Muslim minority.
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/m...
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/m...
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This is #ableism and anti-Autistic hate squared: using folk panics about autism to garner support for anti-vaccination policies that will kill and disable millions #eugenics
www.cnn.com/2025/03/07/h....
www.cnn.com/2025/03/07/h....
HHS said to have asked CDC to study vaccines and autism, despite robust evidence showing no link | CNN
The US Department of Health and Human Services asked the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to study vaccines and autism, a person familiar with the situation told CNN, despite strong evide...
www.cnn.com
March 7, 2025 at 11:47 PM
This is #ableism and anti-Autistic hate squared: using folk panics about autism to garner support for anti-vaccination policies that will kill and disable millions #eugenics
www.cnn.com/2025/03/07/h....
www.cnn.com/2025/03/07/h....
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*Job Claxon*: we're hiring a Postdoc to research the Colonial History of the Botanic Gardens at Universiteit Utrecht.
www.uu.nl/en/organisat...
#skystorians #jobs #histofscience #colonialhistory #botanicalgardens
www.uu.nl/en/organisat...
#skystorians #jobs #histofscience #colonialhistory #botanicalgardens
Postdoctoral Researcher: Colonial History of Botanic Gardens
Interested in colonial history, botanical gardens and decolonisation? Join our international team of scholars!
www.uu.nl
March 4, 2025 at 8:23 AM
*Job Claxon*: we're hiring a Postdoc to research the Colonial History of the Botanic Gardens at Universiteit Utrecht.
www.uu.nl/en/organisat...
#skystorians #jobs #histofscience #colonialhistory #botanicalgardens
www.uu.nl/en/organisat...
#skystorians #jobs #histofscience #colonialhistory #botanicalgardens
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MAGA terfs: we don't hate trans people we just want them to STOP ERASING WOMEN
Trump admin: literally requires Federal agencies to erase words including "women" from their websites
MAGA terfs: see now THAT'S HOW IT'S DONE!!!
Trump admin: literally requires Federal agencies to erase words including "women" from their websites
MAGA terfs: see now THAT'S HOW IT'S DONE!!!
March 6, 2025 at 12:10 PM
MAGA terfs: we don't hate trans people we just want them to STOP ERASING WOMEN
Trump admin: literally requires Federal agencies to erase words including "women" from their websites
MAGA terfs: see now THAT'S HOW IT'S DONE!!!
Trump admin: literally requires Federal agencies to erase words including "women" from their websites
MAGA terfs: see now THAT'S HOW IT'S DONE!!!
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Just in time to go in my draft piece about how teachers should resist AI in the classroom because fascism.
Scary AI Teacher Coaching Tool
This seems like several kinds of bad ideas, and some schools are absolutely going to go for it.
curmudgucation.substack.com
March 6, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Just in time to go in my draft piece about how teachers should resist AI in the classroom because fascism.
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Distasteful scenes of Trump casting himself as an imperial overlord dressing down an upstart vassal.
NEW: @katemac.bsky.social & I on how Atlanticism as the ruling ideology of Europeans has collapsed, & the hard choices—for Ukrainians, EU & Americans:
www.phenomenalworld.org/analysis/eur...
NEW: @katemac.bsky.social & I on how Atlanticism as the ruling ideology of Europeans has collapsed, & the hard choices—for Ukrainians, EU & Americans:
www.phenomenalworld.org/analysis/eur...
February 28, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Distasteful scenes of Trump casting himself as an imperial overlord dressing down an upstart vassal.
NEW: @katemac.bsky.social & I on how Atlanticism as the ruling ideology of Europeans has collapsed, & the hard choices—for Ukrainians, EU & Americans:
www.phenomenalworld.org/analysis/eur...
NEW: @katemac.bsky.social & I on how Atlanticism as the ruling ideology of Europeans has collapsed, & the hard choices—for Ukrainians, EU & Americans:
www.phenomenalworld.org/analysis/eur...
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🧵 Random thread of organizer techniques to keep in the tool belt that nobody asked for.
We’ll start but you’re highly encouraged to reply with your own. If we like it, we’ll add it to the thread.
We’ll start but you’re highly encouraged to reply with your own. If we like it, we’ll add it to the thread.
February 26, 2025 at 1:45 AM
🧵 Random thread of organizer techniques to keep in the tool belt that nobody asked for.
We’ll start but you’re highly encouraged to reply with your own. If we like it, we’ll add it to the thread.
We’ll start but you’re highly encouraged to reply with your own. If we like it, we’ll add it to the thread.
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wrote about the existential stakes in Greenpeace's ongoing court battle with the Dakota Access Pipeline operators, the future of free expression in this country, and the long shadow of the Standing Rock protests: slate.com/technology/2...
A $300 Million Lawsuit Is Threatening a Storied Activist Group. You Should Be Worried.
The First Amendment rights of all Americans are at stake.
slate.com
February 26, 2025 at 10:14 PM
wrote about the existential stakes in Greenpeace's ongoing court battle with the Dakota Access Pipeline operators, the future of free expression in this country, and the long shadow of the Standing Rock protests: slate.com/technology/2...
i wrote a poem about this several years ago
“The competitions do not actually ask machines to perform human tasks; it’s more accurate to say that they ask humans to behave in machine-like ways as they perform lifeless simulacra of human tasks.”
AI is ‘beating’ humans at empathy and creativity. But these games are rigged | MJ Crockett
Research pitting people against AI systems gives AI an edge by asking us to perform in machine-like ways
www.theguardian.com
February 27, 2025 at 2:30 PM
i wrote a poem about this several years ago