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ana valdivia

@anavaldi.bsky.social

Lecturer in AI, Government & Policy at the OII (University of Oxford) | Author of "The Materiality of AI" (2027, Bristol University Press) | Associate Editor at Big Data & Society | Investigating algorithmic and environmental accountability of LLMs

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Annie Leymarie@annieleymarie.bsky.social · 6h ago

"This map shows a critical situation... It’s hard to avoid speaking of an ecological breakdown or point of no return for some of France's aquatic environments…When a riverbed dries up completely, almost all aquatic biodiversity—flora & fauna—disappears, with consequences for the entire food chain."

Dr. Serge Zaka@sergezaka.bsky.social · 6h ago

Cette carte est gravissime. Mais elle n'a pas fait la une de l'actualité. Pour moi, l'été 2026 marque un tournant. Après celui de 2022, il devient difficile de ne plus parler de "rupture écologique" ou de "point de non retour" pour une partie des milieux aquatiques français. 1/18

Iris van Rooij 💭@irisvanrooij.bsky.social · 4d ago

In my work, as in theoretical computer science, we distinguish between (exact) algorithms, heuristics (no guarantees), and approximation algorithm (approx. guarantees) Clear distinctions is relevant in many contexts, for instance this one in cognitive science link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Intractability and the use of heuristics in psychological explanations - Synthese

Many cognitive scientists, having discovered that some computational-level characterization f of a cognitive capacity $${\phi}$$ is intractable, invoke heuristics as algorithmic-level explanations of ...

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Brent Toderian@brenttoderian.bsky.social · yesterday

The lies and disinformation about #ClimateChange are constant. Don’t be fooled, and help call them out.

Bentley ****TALK CLIMATE****@bigclimate.bsky.social · 2d ago

They can say summers have always been hot and we’ve always had wildfires and they can tell themselves all day that everything is the same as it always was but you know better They can gaslight themselves but not you. #ExtremeHeat #Wildfires #Smoke #ClimateChange #abpoli #cdnpoli

Graph showing how much hotter our summers are
Peter Geoghegan@petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 2d ago

Behind the bewildering transformation of British universities, are management consultants being paid millions Really proud to have this vital piece on our unis are being gutted from the inside by @jheathershaw.bsky.social on Democracy for Sale. Do read democracyforsale.substack.com/p/inside-bri...

Inside Britain's university crisis

As teaching staff face job loss, their bosses have netted pay rises and bought advice from a “vampiric” management consultancy, writes Prof. John Heathershaw of the University of Exeter

democracyforsale.substack.com

Eileen Clancy 🧿@clancyny.bsky.social · 6d ago

@alexahagerty.bsky.social: Europe is having a summer of record-breaking heat. Forests are burning and hospitals and schools are overheating. But one place is staying cool: data centers. A new...essay on AI, climate, and the 30-trillion-tons of human-made stuff that geologists call the technosphere.

What Weighs More Than All Life on Earth?

This summer, while hospitals and schools overheat, data centers stay cool. A dispatch on AI, climate, and the technosphere.

alexahagerty.substack.com

Steffen Hope@hopesteffen.bsky.social · 6d ago

I have a lot of opinions about this, all of which are variations on the theme of "what the fucking Hell?" For now, I will note that this is a crucial part of what @anavaldi.bsky.social calls the materiality of AI, namely that the digital utopia peddled by AI companies requires physical matter.

Dr. Jeroen W.P. Wijnendaele@drdragases.bsky.social · last wk.

No longer content with pillaging intellectual work and dismembering our environment (already critically weakened), AI companies are now hellbent on destroying books galore including rare editions. Shut down these nefarious enterprises already.

ana valdivia@anavaldi.bsky.social · 6d ago

"The UK and Spain agreed that the climate crisis is an urgent policy priority and committed to co-leading the green transition, strengthening clean energy cooperation and advancing international climate action." www.gov.uk/government/n...

Joint Statement by the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Kingdom of Spain on Wildfires and Action on Climate Change

The UK and Spain agreed that the climate crisis is an urgent policy priority and committed to co-leading the green transition, strengthening clean energy cooperation and advancing international climat...

gov.uk

Tyler King@tyleraking.com · last wk.

I dunno but it should probably be a bigger deal that the White House announced it wants to slap a 100% tariff on drug imports at the same time it is eliminating Medicare drug subsidies. And we’re talking about critical life-saving drugs like insulin, blood thinners, antibiotics, and heart meds.

India supplies approximately 50% of all U.S. generic drugs, and these face the highest tariff rates: • Antibiotics: Penicillin, amoxicillin • Cardiovascular medications: Generic versions of cholesterol drugs, blood thinners • Diabetes medications: Metformin, insulin analogs • Pain relievers: Ibuprofen, acetaminophen 2. China-Dependent Active Ingredients China supplies active ingredients for: • >95% of ibuprofen and acetaminophen • ~45% of penicillin • Many other commonly used medications' base components
Pat Savage@patrickesavage.bsky.social · 2w ago

I completely re-wrote the AI section of my guide to academic reading/writing to be much stricter and more negative (now titled "AI-generated fabrications as academic misconduct"). Please use/share with your students, and let me know if you have any more changes to suggest! doi.org/10.31234/osf...

Hannah Murphy@hsmurphy.bsky.social · 2w ago

Please share! A rare PhD studentship @kingshistory.bsky.social *fully* funded by @slaveryinwar.bsky.social to work with myself and Maeve Ryan, supported by a broader community of experts in Caribbean history, transatlantic slavery, and the history of war. www.kcl.ac.uk/study/fundin... 🗃️

AHRC Studentship: Slavery and the Seven Years’ War within and across the Caribbean Archipelago | King's College London

The Leverhulme Centre for Research on Slavery in War (CRSW) is pleased to announce the availability of a fully funded AHRC doctoral studentship, to be jointly supervised across History and War Studies

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Preslia@preslia.cz · 2y ago

Preslia, a journal of the Czech Botanical Society, adheres to the principles for responsible publishing that promote a healthy publishing environment and supports the scientific community. See peeer.net/journals/

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Ketan Joshi@ketanjoshi.co · 2w ago

A government official in Australia says the Northern Territory needs data centres to use lots of water so......the Earth's axis doesn't flip

21 Group@21group.bsky.social · 2w ago

Goldsmiths has spent > £14m on consultants & legal fees since 2019 This includes £2.7m paid to KPMG for “independent business review” "At that time, Deputy Chair of Goldsmiths' council & Chair of its finance committee was retired KPMG partner Lynn Pearcy" It's rife in university management

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Brent Toderian@brenttoderian.bsky.social · 2w ago

France plans to ditch all fossil fuels by 2050. “France announced a ‘first of its kind’ plan to phase out coal by 2030, oil by 2045 & gas by 2050…The roadmap was published as dozens of nations gather for the first-ever international talks on how to transition away from planet-heating fossil fuels.”

France unveils plan to ditch all fossil fuels by 2050

France on Tuesday announced a “first of its kind” plan to phase out coal by 2030, oil by 2045 and gas by 2050 during a global conference aimed at breaking reliance on fossil fuels.

ctvnews.ca

Mallory Moore@sexabolition.blog · 2w ago

This shit sounds like magic to normies but someone left an open door at a data warehouse and some other useless wanker left a Roomba roaming around a public space and the Roomba wandered into the open door.

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Eddie Clark@dreddieclark.bsky.social · 2w ago

I do think the water thing with AI gets overplayed compared to the technology's other environmental and social harms, but AI boosters like to pretend it's entirely invented. The potable water industry in the UK - no tree huggers here - makes it clear than no, this is a very real issue.

Not enough water for UK’s datacentre plans, trade body says

Industry says government’s failure to address cooling demands means AI growth plans are ‘fatally flawed’

theguardian.com

ana valdivia@anavaldi.bsky.social · 3w ago

🚨 Excellent opportunity for grassroot organisations: The €2 million Building Narrative Power funding and learning programme offers grants of up to €150,000 to develop and test narrative strategies around three areas: data centres, jobs and young people’s lives europeanaifund.org/newspublicat...

Call for proposals: New €2m Building Narrative Power funding and learning programme - European AI & Society Fund

For too long the tech industry has dominated our understanding of Artificial Intelligence. To counter this, the European AI & Society Fund is launching the Building Narrative Power programme to help p...

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