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Ntina Tzouvala @ntinatzouvala.bsky.social · 7d

there is few (no?) more compelling cases for public control over investment than AI atm: the biggest misallocation of resources possibly in human history.

CNN @cnn.com · 8d

The artificial intelligence industry has a big problem: 95% of companies that try AI aren’t making any money from it, according to a recent report.

Most companies aren’t seeing a return on AI investments. This tech CEO wants to change that | CNN Business

The artificial intelligence industry has a big problem: 95% of companies that try AI aren’t making any money from it, according to a report from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology last month. O...

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Polly Pallister-Wilkins @pollypw.bsky.social · 7d

What's that the Italian navy shadowing the #GlobalSumudFlotilla is not about protection but is about using rescue as interception?

It's the logic of Mare Nostrum all over again and I wish some people weren't so naïve to think militarism had anything to offer a politics of solidarity and justice.

Global Sumud Flotilla Statement saying the Italian naval mission sent to shadow them is trying to disrupt their efforts through providing opportunities for rescue

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Emily Pawley @emilypawley.bsky.social · 8d

In food history, we notice how super-refined foods--gelatin, vienna sausage, white bread--lose class and become horrifying once they become industrialized. Suddenly, fingermarks in bread dough demonstrate skill, not clumsiness.

Post-chatGPT, I'm feeling this about writing. Smoothness feels gross.

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IPES-Food @ipes-food.org · 8d

📢ANNOUNCING our next webinar

🌱 Farmers & climate justice activists are rising up together.
Join this webinar on how #Nyéléni2025 can inform bold strategies for #COP30 in Brazil.

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RISING UP TOGETHER | Join the webinar

As COP30 approaches in Brazil, it’s time to converge. A webinar on uniting climate movements with farmer and peasant struggles at COP30.

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IPES-Food @ipes-food.org · 8d

“A scandal that the EU is funnelling large sums of public money [via the #CAP] into farms accused & even convicted of labour abuses.

“Social conditionality has proven toothless – failing to prevent abuse or trigger meaningful sanctions” says @deschuttero.bsky.social
www.desmog.com/2025/09/29/r...

Revealed: EU Farm Subsidy ‘Bankrolls’ Widespread Labour Abuse

This investigation was developed with the support of Journalismfund Europe. Farm owners convicted of exploiting migrant workers continue to claim millions in taxpayer-funded subsidies, DeSmog can reve...

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Vladimir Bogoeski @vbogoesky.bsky.social · 15d

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...

Disruption across Italy as tens of thousands protest against Gaza war

Schools and stations closed and ports blocked in one of Europe’s biggest demonstrations opposing Israel’s offensive

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BDS movement @bdsmovement.bsky.social · 16d

Historic: Italy is on strike, disrupting business as usual & protesting complicity in Israel’s genocide & apartheid against Palestinians, bringing major cities to a halt.

Hundreds of thousands are demonstrating across 80 cities & towns, from south to north, blocking roads, ports & railway stations.

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Agroecology Map @agroecologymap.bsky.social · 20d

🌱🎉 Agroecology Map turns 8! An open-source, volunteer-driven platform mapping agroecological practices worldwide 🌍🤝. Together we grow resilient food systems! 💚🌾

#Agroecology #Permaculture #Agroforestry #FoodSovereignty #SustainableAgriculture #OpenData #CitizenScience #ClimateJustice #Biodiversity

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Vladimir Bogoeski @vbogoesky.bsky.social · 17d

How horrific, and so sorry to hear this. Solidarity with her and others in similar situations.

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Vladimir Bogoeski @vbogoesky.bsky.social · 17d

oh no what happened

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Climate News @climatenews.bsky.social · 18d

Can someone tell Friedrich Merz and Emmanuel Macron and Keir Starmer?

IF YOU DON'T WANNA BE
CALLED FASCIST, DON'T DO FASCIST SHIT

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Leo Lucassen @leol.bsky.social · 18d

De depolitisering van extreemrechts geweld

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Vladimir Bogoeski @vbogoesky.bsky.social · 18d

Outright fascists are now just hooligans

Leo Lucassen @leol.bsky.social · 18d

Ah, hooligans.

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Sarah J. Martin @eatingpolitics.bsky.social · 20d

Yes!
I just spoke to a librarian and they are spending time trying to find fake citations - they are being given pages of fake references to find via inter-library loan
Again, digital asbestos - quick to produce, but so much cost and labour to clean-up.

Shannon Mattern @shannonmattern.bsky.social · 20d

Yet another demonstration that AI is not a labor-saving device; it merely displaces the cleanup and mitigation (in realms where care, caution, accuracy, etc., actually matter) onto other people

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Pesticide Action Network Netherlands (PAN-NL) @pannederland.bsky.social · 20d

🚨 Verboden pesticiden in bloemen! 🚨
In 🇧🇪 in 7 boeketten: 63 stoffen (26 verboden)
In 🇳🇱 eerder dit jaar in 13 boeketten: 71 stoffen (24 verboden)

Deze gifstoffen schaden mens, milieu & bijen.

🌱 teken op www.pan-netherlands.org/stopgifexport/
www.redactie24.be/lifestyle/pe...

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jon ben-menachem @jbenmenachem.com · 26d

If you are on the TPUSA list of professors or are an otherwise visible left academic, I strongly recommend reviewing your digital footprint. Is your address public information? What about your family members?

crimethinc.com/2020/08/26/d...

Doxcare

A step-by-step guide explaining how to protect yourself from online stalkers, why it's important, and what to do if you are targeted for doxxing.

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Hanno Hauenstein @hahauenstein.bsky.social · 21d

Deutsche Liberale, die zu Masha Gessen, Ghassan Hage oder Nancy Fraser kein Wort verloren haben, drehen jetzt frei wegen Jimmy Kimmel. Leben wir eig im selben Deutschland?

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Vladimir Bogoeski @vbogoesky.bsky.social · 20d

Truly grateful to the editors sharing this experience. Great piece and such an admirable level of integrity and courage anywhere but specifically in the German context.

Völkerrechtsblog @voelkerrechtsblog.org · 23d

Aren't silencing attempts against a symposium highlighting academic silencing ironic? Khaled El Mahmoud, Anna Sophia Tiedeke & Sissy Katsoni think so! In their contribution to the symp., the eds. of #Ö share the silencing attempts they faced while organising it. voelkerrechtsblog.org/isnt-it-ironic

Isn’t it Ironic?

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Clare Kelly @clarekelly.bsky.social · Sep 4

Academics are under unrelenting pressure to accept the narrative of the inevitability of #generativeAI & to embrace it in teaching & learning. We resist - because it is ecologically destructive, ethically corrupt, & because it undermines the thinking abilities that make us both human & intelligent.

The Irish Times @irishtimes.com · Sep 4

Opinion: We are lecturers in Trinity College Dublin. It is our responsibility to resist AI

Even if all the known issues were magically resolved, we would still not want our students to use GenAI

www.irishtimes.com

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 27d

A massive, dangerous and disgusting scandal, of which far too few people are yet aware. At @fightingdirty.bsky.social we'll keep pushing to stop it. Congrats to @rachelsalvidge.bsky.social for continuing to shine the light:
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Thousands of tonnes of toxic landfill liquid added to sewage and spread on English farms

Exclusive: Leachate is tankered to treatment works where it mixes with sewage and industrial effluent

www.theguardian.com

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Alix Kroeger @alixkroeger.bsky.social · Sep 6

Tear gas in Novi Sad. Protests focused on a university building taken over by police and Vucic loyalists last week #serbia

Tear gas fired at thousands of protesters in Serbia demanding free elections and justice

Riot police in northern Serbia have fired tear gas at peaceful protesters demanding free elections and justice.

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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · Sep 6

“So, the rise of these industrial-scale computing facilities that are needed for A.I. and other Internet applications is certainly one of the factors driving up prices.”

“And I think there’s a chance that A.I. is going to drive our bills even higher in the future.”

How AI infrastructure is driving a sharp rise in electricity bills

Electricity bills are climbing nationwide, rising faster than inflation in many places. The explosive growth of AI and the massive data centers behind it are driving demand and straining the grid. To ...

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Vladimir Bogoeski @vbogoesky.bsky.social · Sep 3

estudantespelapalestina.substack.com/p/gaza-is-st...

Gaza is starving but you’re worried about your tenure

I scroll and I see bones.

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Vladimir Bogoeski @vbogoesky.bsky.social · Sep 3

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Palestinians warned of a genocide in 2023. Why weren’t we believed? | Ahmed Ibsais

Western academics now speak of ‘genocide’ with newfound authority. Why weren’t our voices enough?

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Vladimir Bogoeski @vbogoesky.bsky.social · Sep 3

To friends who are doing field work & are recording stuff: I'm ready to replace my recording device with a more decent one. Do you have any suggestions for something very portable, easy to set up that will give decent quality audio of conversations inside (and sometimes outside: wind)? Thaaanks <3