Yes every woman has been harassed, many assaulted. But every woman has also experienced invisible loss from moments she avoided harassment. She felt a space becoming unsafe, so she left, while men stayed on. And in leaving, she lost: opportunities, experiences, learning, promotions, even simply fun.

This presents a serious challenge to those of us in 'AI positive' institutions, where we have no choice but to engage with AI to some extent. (Tho' students here have an ethical opt-out, teachers do not.) We must educate our students about ALL aspects of AI, including the (un)ethical underpinning.

Dr Surekha Davies, Historical Monster Consultant (she/her)@drsurekhadavies.bsky.social · yesterday

"GenAI is here, so I'm going to teach my students how to use it well." Are educators who choose to do this aware that they're complicit in exploiting and traumatizing data labellers in Global Majority countries? I guess they would have willingly enslaved people 200 years ago.

Insects provide protection, sanitation and even shelter to vertebrates, making them a priority for conservation efforts

Insects play critical role in ecosystems beyond just providing food, new research shows

theguardian.com

Ik heb toch zo'n vreselijke hekel aan muggen

Nichijou: Mosquito Overkill Spray

Alt: Nichijou: Mosquito Overkill Spray

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The WAR ON WALKING has taken many forms around the world. It’s often as simple as how we signal who space is and isn’t for. Once our eyes are opened to all the ways we’ve prioritized cars over people, we can’t unsee it. Frustrating photo contributed by @stadsplanering.bsky.social. #WarOnWalking

AI neemt ons veel werk uit handen. We hoeven onszelf nu zelfs niet meer zelf uit te roeien!

Friends, if you've ever worked in the Dutch National Archives, consider signing this petition. Its administrators want to completely shut down its public educational programs and turn it into a repository of exclusively government records. #skystorians 🗃️

Judith Pollmann@judithpollmann.bsky.social · 2w ago

Belangrijke petitie. Ik heb meteen getekend! Jij ook?

This is just a spectacular unintentional self-own

None of the stuff about “AI slowdown” actually explains what that means or what’s being slowed down. Anthropic’s blog about it says they’ll still train new models. I guess if it’s a “slowdown” maybe that’s how hyperscalers could reconcile with letting them out of compute deals?

On the one-year anniversary of EMPIRE OF AI, I am so, so excited to announce The AI Resist List, a new project that documents examples of resistance to the AI empires around the world 😍 airesistlist.org

When an "AI" provider announces a new result, remember they have a product to sell. Watch for the careful and systematic ways human labour is elided at every step and claims about the model and the 'discovery' process are shielded from direct inspection Today's specimen: openai.com/index/model-...

An OpenAI model has disproved a central conjecture in discrete geometry

An OpenAI model solved the 80-year-old unit distance problem, disproving a major conjecture in discrete geometry and marking a milestone in AI-driven mathematics.

openai.com

Tot vandaag bij de Klimaatmars ❤️ En tekenen jullie ook allemaal de petitie voor groen in de buurt, betaalbaar ov, biologische landbouw en andere positieve klimaatmaatregelen die ons veilig houden, maar vervuilers laten betalen? 💚💚💚 👇🏽

Petitie: Rob Jetten, voer je eigen goede klimaatplannen uit!

De Partij voor de Dieren staat voor duurzaamheid, mededogen, persoonlijke vrijheid en persoonlijke verantwoordelijkheid. Doe mee en word lid!

partijvoordedieren.nl

Went to an incredibly cute market of local independent artists today. The best antidote to the AI slop #supportsmallbusiness

"Vermist. Klimaatdrammer. Voor het laatst gezien in verkiezingstijd"

In Flanders, a 25-year study of 54 forests found ground beetle captures nearly halved, while species richness fell from 97 to 83. Cold-adapted species declined by up to 70%, with little increase among warm-adapted species. #Biodiversity 🔗 doi.org/10.1002/oik....

Not to brag, but our product has been foldable since 1828.

Culture Crave 🍿@culturecrave.co · 2y ago

Apple is aiming to release a foldable iPhone in 2026 📱 (via WSJ)

"AI flattens the historical record by relying on the most popular sources, eliminating minority voices" www.hnn.us/article/ai-i...

AI Is an Anti-Primary Source Machine

Real voices from the past are threatened by chatbots designed to amplify — and ultimately become — the loudest voices in the room.

hnn.us

So these are now free for non-commercial use! #transphobessmelllikewetdogs (There are other cool things in my free downloads, go ham!) If you need another language, send me the translation. Use them well and with lots of love....

Ja, mensen, allemaal aan de turfvrije potgrond, gerne!

De Correspondent@decorrespondent.nl · 3w ago

Dat kamerplantje in je woonkamer is misschien niet zo onschuldig als je denkt 🪴 Wil je dieper in dit verhaal van journalist Jan van Poppel duiken? Lees of luister dan het volledige artikel: corr.es/f27567

Great new open access book by Pim Edelaar: "The Selective Organism: An Expanded Theory of Adaptive Evolution" Check it out here: academic.oup.com/book/63165?l... #HPBio #PhilSci

Every Harry Potter book or shirt you buy directly funds the persecution of trans people. There's absolutely no excuse to support anything Harry Potter anymore unless you hate trans people.

As a new Harry Potter trailer makes the rounds, it bears repeating that there’s no way to watch this show without supporting J.K. Rowling’s bigotry and the structural violence she’s inflicting on the trans community.

There is no ethical consumption of HBO’s Harry Potter series

You can’t without supporting Rowling’s transphobic bigotry.

theverge.com

“There’s a new Mr. Beast book.” You bolt awake in your workshop in Mainz. It’s 1450. You’re Johannes Gutenberg, and you’ve changed your mind. The future cannot come to pass. Your printing press must burn.

Ahh the joys of working in academia

Maar echt… hahaha. Het geklaag is alweer overal. Net als ‘het was een prachtige zomer.’ Dude; fik overal, veel te lage waterstanden, mislukkende oogsten. Maar priem. Heerlijk zomertje.

Boswachter Tim 🕊️🇺🇦@boswachtertim.bsky.social · last mo.

Dat er mensen zijn die klaar zijn met drie dagen regen. Hallo Piet, zijn jullie nú al vergeten wat voor een zomer het is geweest?? Was dit echt niet genoeg zomer? Stelletje gekken. We hebben überhaupt nog twee maanden regen nodig voor de natuur en ik hoop dan ook dat dat gaat gebeuren.

Ik heb stickers gemaakt! Ik zal vertellen waarom. TL;DR: Fuck AI. Support real artists. 1/6

Stickervellen • Stop AI • Support real artists

Stickers tegen AI. Stickers die je kunt plakken op elke saaie eenheidsworst die je tegenkomt. Of waar dan ook, als de boodschap maar overkomt.

heteilandneus.com

We put a tracking device in a shipment of rare books acquired by an anonymous buyer. It ended up at an Amazon facility where the company scans books for training data and destroys them in the process: www.404media.co/we-tracked-a...

We Tracked a Shipment of Rare Books. It Ended at an Amazon AI Training Facility

We placed a tracking device in a shipment of rare books to see which AI company was buying it, and found an Amazon facility where Amazon scans and destroys books.

404media.co

Eindelijk weer wakker worden met het geluid van regen op de ramen 🩵

Watch this short clip to the end to understand what level (maximum) of white supremacy we're dealing with here. 1/n

Gregory Kohn@kohngregory.bsky.social · 2mo ago

In the wake of Arday's death, Nathan Cofnas (who led the X mob against him) states his motivation. Beyond whistleblowing, he states that after a 'revolution' removes professors like Arday, it will open opportunities for him to become 'head of the department of eugenics and race science at Harvard'.

Jason Arday is dood door racisme. Door de racistische academische wereld - er zijn witte plagiaatplegers die zelfs jatten van studenten, die hun baan nog hebben. Door racistische media, ook hier. Door de gore obsessie met zwarte mensen die die nooit fouten mogen maken. Gefeliciteerd allemaal.