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Ross Carroll

@rosscarroll.bsky.social

Political theorist at Dublin City University. Author of Edmund Burke (Polity, 2024) and Uncivil Mirth: Ridicule in Enlightenment Britain (Princeton UP, 2021). Increasingly interested in abolition/emancipation and multigenerational democracy.

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Britain and Ireland Association for Political Thought @biapt.bsky.social · last wk.

There’s still time to submit to our Exeter conference. Our keynotes will be @davinacooper.bsky.social, @camilavergara.bsky.social, Stephen Gardiner, @raunaku.bsky.social, Richard Whatmore, and Musab Younis! This is not one to miss! Deadline is Friday, July 31st. Details 👇

Britain and Ireland Association for Political Thought @biapt.bsky.social · 2w ago

The deadline for submissions to our annual conference (this time in lovely Exeter) has been extended to July 31st. Full details 👇

Olivia Guest · Ολίβια Γκεστ@olivia.science · 11mo ago

"We are told that AI is inevitable, that we must adapt or be left behind. But universities are not tech companies. Our role is to foster critical thinking, not to follow industry trends uncritically." www.ru.nl/en/research/...

‘Opposing the inevitability of AI at universities is possible and necessary’ | Radboud University

Since the widespread release of ChatGPT in December of 2022, AI has taken over much of the world by storm – including academia. Most of this happened with very little pushback, despite a myriad of iss...

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Olivia Guest · Ολίβια Γκεστ@olivia.science · 11mo ago

Finally! 🤩 Our position piece: Against the Uncritical Adoption of 'AI' Technologies in Academia: doi.org/10.5281/zeno... We unpick the tech industry’s marketing, hype, & harm; and we argue for safeguarding higher education, critical thinking, expertise, academic freedom, & scientific integrity. 1/n

Abstract: Under the banner of progress, products have been uncritically adopted or even imposed on users — in past centuries with tobacco and combustion engines, and in the 21st with social media. For these collective blunders, we now regret our involvement or apathy as scientists, and society struggles to put the genie back in the bottle. Currently, we are similarly entangled with artificial intelligence (AI) technology. For example, software updates are rolled out seamlessly and non-consensually, Microsoft Office is bundled with chatbots, and we, our students, and our employers have had no say, as it is not considered a valid position to reject AI technologies in our teaching and research. This is why in June 2025, we co-authored an Open Letter calling on our employers to reverse and rethink their stance on uncritically adopting AI technologies. In this position piece, we expound on why universities must take their role seriously toa) counter the technology industry’s marketing, hype, and harm; and to b) safeguard higher education, critical thinking, expertise, academic freedom, and scientific integrity. We include pointers to relevant work to further inform our colleagues.
hell bent for cocaine football@theoilluminati.bsky.social · 3w ago

forever reminded of what jorge luis borges wrote on the falkland/malvinas war: two bald men fighting over a comb

Men in Blazers Media Network@meninblazers.bsky.social · 3w ago

Argentina’s Giovani Lo Celso that read “The Falklands are Argentine” after the World Cup semi-final win over England. The Falkland Islands remain under British control 44 years after Argentina briefly occupied and invaded the territory in the 74-day Falklands War.

John Gibbons 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🇪🇺@thinkorswim.bsky.social · 4w ago

Grim reminder of acute vulnerability of intensive livestock systems to soaring global temperatures, not to mention the hellish conditions suffered by so many animals. news.mongabay.com/short-articl...

Extreme heat wave in France kills hundreds of thousands of poultry

Record temperatures have been causing mass poultry deaths in western France since June 22, Reuters reported. The heat wave, with temperatures exceeding 40° Celsius (104° Fahrenheit), is also behind th...

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Melissa Terras@melissaterras.bsky.social · last mo.

I've just spent a day at Exeter with wonderful colleagues who are all wondering what is to become of them. It is disgraceful how staff are being treated. But sure, Lisa, enjoy your pimm's on the terrace... (and thanks rosscarroll.bsky.social‬ for sharing this).

Ross Carroll@rosscarroll.bsky.social · last mo.

Because I did a cert while working there, @universityofexeter.bsky.social considers me an alumnus. I’ve been invited to eat canapés in the House of Lords with the VC so I can hear the “latest news.” What news would that be now? That Exeter is laying off 150 of my former colleagues for no reason?

Des Fitzgerald@desfitzgerald.bsky.social · last mo.

This makes more sense when you understand "Oxford" as an institution largely formed around extraction and enclosure, practices laundered by its secondary function junction as an unchallenging elite finishing school.

Daniel Bellingradt@dbellingradt.bsky.social · last mo.

“This collaboration is a result of the University of Oxford’s participation in NextGenAI, a consortium with OpenAI and 15 leading research institutions dedicated to using AI to accelerate research breakthroughs and transform education.” www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/about/media/...

Dónal Hassett@donalh.bsky.social · last mo.

So much to love about Pico waving the Irish flag, not least that he, a proud Irishman of African heritage and as Dublin as can be, embodies the kind of Irishness that the far right can't abide but is a thriving feature in communities across the island.

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@olgacronin.bsky.social · last mo.

Tonight a Garda AI bill is set to pass in Seanad, allowing gardai - categorise ppl by skin tone, age, gender - identify an unknown suspect based on biometrics, - “localise” an identified person by tracking their movements Dr Róisín Costello and I outline issues👇#AIAct www.iccl.ie/news/garda-a...

Garda AI bill leaves Irish public vulnerable to discriminatory technologies without safeguards - ICCL and Trinity law professor

The government is giving gardaí AI powers to analyse our biometric data. This is a serious threat to our fundamental rights.

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Exeter Green Party@exetergreens.bsky.social · last mo.

Exeter Green Party stands in solidarity with the Exeter University and College Union in condemning the University of Exeter’s announcement of sweeping job cuts. These plans will recklessly imperil the University’s vital contributions to the social, cultural, and economic life of the city. 1/4

Graphic which reads: Statement of solidarity with Exeter University and College Union.
Ross Carroll@rosscarroll.bsky.social · 2mo ago

“Here we are at the 2046 World Cup hosted by the group of islands formerly known as the Netherlands. Argentina, as always, are captained by their talisman, Lionel Messi, who will turn 59 during the tournament.”