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Carl Gelderloos

@cgelderloos.bsky.social

Germ studs prof at Binghamton University (SUNY). I write and teach about German modernism, science fiction, Marx, critical theory, literature, visual studies, Philosophical Anthropology, and other things. In a union (UUP). Opinions my own.

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Carl Gelderloos@cgelderloos.bsky.social · last mo.

Hey academics, you really don't need to use AI to generate shitty images for your slide presentations! Better to have no images than slop. This kind of lazy use of AI contributes to the discourse of inevitability, and makes everything uglier. Why? Just why?

Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò@olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 2mo ago

for reference and comparison: conservatively, the United States spent two-thirds of that figure in the *first week* of the war on Iran. it's genuinely difficult to overstate how many world-historical own goals US politics has accumulated over the past few decades

Thiago Carvalho@cyrilpedia.bsky.social · 2mo ago

'The real surprise from the OECD’s subsidy numbers is that it cost China less than $18bn in sectoral support over 15 years to build an industry that can now provide more clean power than the world can readily absorb.' @adamtooze.bsky.social @financialtimes.com www.ft.com/content/b6ca...

Carl Gelderloos@cgelderloos.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Not only does the encyclical seem pretty solid on AI, the Pope is also better able to articulate the importance of humanities research better than most university presidents. What a time to be alive.

Spencer Ackerman@attackerman.bsky.social · 2mo ago

This is going to be an important struggle to wage. I wrote this in 2024:

Don't Let Democrats Whitewash What They Did on Gaza Once Trump Is in Office

During the last Trump presidency, the same people – then former Obama officials – suggested they had learned their lesson from Yemen.

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IMEU Policy Project@imeupolicy.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Van Hollen is right: Israel is guilty of ethnic cleansing, apartheid, & genocide against the Palestinian people. US officials, under Biden and Trump, who have aided and abetted these crimes by providing taxpayer dollars, bombs and political support to Israel have no place in future administrations.

Democrats must stand firm against these headwinds. Primary voters won't trust any Democratic presidential candidate who does not have a record of moral and strategic clarity on these issues, especially if, as a legislator, he or she voted to send Mr. Netanyahu bombs even as his overnment imposed a total blockade on Gaza. Nor will they support a candidate who plans to re-enlist the senior Democratic decision makers who whitewashed the truth during the Biden administration and refuse to acknowledge their complicity.
Carl Gelderloos@cgelderloos.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Just your periodic reminder that #Venmo is a privacy nightmare because its default settings are to make all transactions public, visible to anyone on the internet. You can do a lot of network mapping by knowing who people are paying for rent, childcare, utilities, donations, and everything else!

Hanno Hauenstein@hahauenstein.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Now that everyone is praising the New York Times for finally reporting on the sexual abuse of detained Palestinians - after spending months manufacturing consent for genocide - it’s worth remembering which outlets and journalists stayed consistent throughout

+972 Magazine@972mag.com · 3mo ago

In some cases, like that of the doctor Adnan Al-Bursh, the prisoners died reportedly as a direct result of the sexual abuse they suffered while in custody. From April, 2025 www.972mag.com/systematic-s...