Ulrich Pennig

@pennigulrich.bsky.social

Senior Lecturer in Algebra and Topology at Cardiff University. All views are my own.

A small group of transphobes are protesting on High St, Cardiff city centre. An impromptu gathering of trans folks an allies have formed an already bigger counter demo, supported by local businesses handing out rainbow drops and blasting Lady Gaga! Anyone in the area should join us!

A group of trans-affirming counter-demonstrators have gathered to show their displeasure at an organised but small transphobic demo on Cardiff’s High St.

It has been ten years since Jo Cox MP was murdered by a far-right extremist while serving her constituents in Batley and Spen. Today, we pause to remember Jo and her belief that “we have more in common than that which divides us”.

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Since Google revealed its plans for an AI search overhaul, visits to our "No AI" search page have tripled…and they’re still rising! Want to make it your default on Chrome or Firefox? Grab our No-AI extensions and banish AI-assisted answers, chat, and AI images. (1/3)

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Last week, Cardiff University hosted the latest meeting of Operator Algebras in the South, which is a regional network bringing together researchers in operator algebras and related areas across the South of the UK. We had a fantastic line-up of speakers and were funded by the LMS and the INI.

Participants of the workshop "Operator Algebras in the South of the UK" posing for a group photo on the staircase of the Abacws building in Cardiff.

"I hate Reform and everything they stand for". Welsh grandmother doesn't hold back as she breaks down why she would never vote for Nigel Farage's party. You can see analysis and news from Welsh politics by signing up for my news letter (see comments).

Gedenkstätten, Lernorte, Museen und Archive haben einen offenen Brief veröffentlicht: „𝗞𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗲𝗾𝘂𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝘀 𝗩𝗼𝗿𝗴𝗲𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗴𝗲𝗴𝗲𝗻 𝗞𝗜-𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗲 𝗛𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗰𝗮𝘂𝘀𝘁-𝗩𝗲𝗿𝗳ä𝗹𝘀𝗰𝗵𝘂𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗻 𝗮𝘂𝗳 𝗦𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗠𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗮-𝗣𝗹𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗲𝗻“. Hier geht es zum ganzen Text: www.gedenkstaetten-hamburg.de/de/aktuelles...

KI-generiertes Fake-Bild eines KZ-Häftlings, dazu der Text "Dieses Bild wurde mit KI generiert" davor der Text "Fake-KI-Bilder verzerren Geschichte."Das gleiche Bild, davor der Text: "Das ist schlimm für Angehörige. Und es unterdrückt vielfältige Stimmen. Echte historische Fotos aus den Lagern sind eine Rarität und oftmals Propagandabilder."Das gleiche Bild, davor der Text: "Wir fordern eine deutlich sichtbare Kennzeichnungspflicht von KI in den Sozialen Medien. Wir wünschen uns in der Bildung einen stärkeren Fokus auf Medien- und KI-Kompetenz."Das gleiche Bild, davor der Text: "Was du konkret tun kannst: Like und teile diese Beiträge nicht. Melde sie. Folge den Accounts von Gedenkstätten und Lernorten, die recherchebasierte Geschichten erzählen."

Cardiff University students are demanding that the university authorities answer a series of searching questions following a traumatic year in which more than 1,800 academics were originally put ‘in scope’ for redundancy ✍️Martin Shipton

Students call on Cardiff University to 'open the books' as cuts concerns continue

Martin Shipton Cardiff University students are demanding that the university authorities answer a series of searching questions following a traumatic year in which more than 1,800 academics were origi...

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