Rasmus Fleischer

@rsmsflschr.bsky.social

Forskare i ekonomisk historia (Stockholms universitet). Kulturskribent i Flamman, GP och Aftonbladet. Musiker i Vox Vulgaris, etc. https://linktr.ee/rasmusfleischer https://voxvulgaris.bandcamp.com/

"We celebrate five years with our most ambitious lineup yet. Leftfield techno, medieval rave, black metal, krautrock, chiptune breakcore, avant-indie, flute-pop, some kind of real party, and much, much more. The biggest event of the Stockholm underground. Ten days to go." www.gravrosetfestival.se

Hem | Gravröset Festival

Gravröset Festival - Experimentell musikfestival strax utanför Stockholm, Sverige. Upptäck underground musik, konst och kreativa upplevelser i natursköna omgivningar nära Stockholm.

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hi, social scientist here. assigning a label of "ADHD" to a pattern of genetic markers, behavior, and response to medication is a process of social construction. the switch from calling it ADD to ADHD? redefining the criteria to catch it more in girls? both products of social (re)construction.

Dr Dean Burnett@drdeanburnett.bsky.social · 3d ago

Only just found out about this For the record, you don't get multiple genetic markers and one of the most effective medications known to science with 'social constructs' Channel 4, this is, in scientific parlance, an absolute fu*king disgrace that will genuinely endanger lives #c4 #ADHD

New Channel 4 documentary, The Great ADHD Myth?, seeks to determine whether ADHD is a genuine neurodevelopmental disorder, or a social construct

"socially constructed" does not mean there is no basis for a phenomenon in the physical world. it just means how we describe and categorize that thing is not a given and can vary across time and culture. what is life? are viruses alive? how many biological kingdoms? all socially constructed.

anyway, the question being posed is something more akin to "is ADHD defined too broadly, such that everyone gets a diagnosis, treatment, and accommodations even if I don't think they deserve them?" and the answer to *that* is a hearty "fuck you."

Gång på gång ser vi att regeringen lägger uppdrag där som förväntas ge bränsle åt regeringens hårda linje mot invandrare och "bidragstagare". Men fakta sparkar och rapporterna visar en helt annan bild än vad tidölaget förväntat sig. Då väljer man att möta rapporterna och statistiken med tystnad.

A good read from an expert in the field. The new ethnic unity law has received some coverage in the press but it’s important to recognize the ways in which it is an escalation of an existing assimilative trajectory in ethnic policy.

Foreign Affairs@foreignaffairs.com · 6d ago

China’s new ethnic unity law codifies, “under the guise of civic inclusion,” a requirement that Mongols, Tibetans, and Uyghurs “become part of a single, party-defined Chinese identity,” write James Leibold and Tenzin Dorjee.

Meta is spending $600 billion+ to build out its AI model. That model is being aggressively integrated into platforms used by 3.9 billion people. This week, Meta announced its AI will be trained on content from Newsmax, the far-right website with a history of promoting pro-Trump conspiracy theories.

Pride är inte bara protest och motstånd, det är också glittrande parader, glädje och fest. För det är också vår queera glädje och våra queera begär som hatas av fientliga krafter. Därför är också festandet radikalt. Så minns Stonewall, men glöm inte heller att dansa i sommarnatten. Happy Pride!!

Detta att jämställdhetsministern har mage att uttala sig om vilka den ideella föreningen Stockholm Pride borde bjuda in till sina egna arrangemang. Uttalandet hade klassats som ministerstyre om Pride varit en myndighet. Men är visst normalt, liberalt agerande gentemot en förening i civilsamhället?

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Everyone is discussing who is behind - and what lies behind - Kazakhstan’s President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev’s message to Putin that the war in Ukraine must end. These words were repeated three times. Pay attention to Putin's body language: he looked shocked, angry, and displeased⤵️

this is some very fine ambient/poetry! music subtly related to Chicago footwork plus words sharing a psychogeographical exploration of EU peripheries, released on a very interesting cassette label from Wrocław:

AGF 🎧 poemproducer@poemproducer.bsky.social · 10mo ago

I have a new c-cassette and also bandcamp release with a Polish producer duo on a small fine Polish label @outlineslabel.bsky.social give it a listen ;) East-West Logistics by IFS meets AGF outlineslabel.bandcamp.com/album/east-w...

NEW POST: 'Wiley’s Acquisition of Emerald: Some observations from Copim': copim.pub/wileys-acqui... The post explores issues of scale and corporate consolidation in academic publishing raised by the acquisition, heightened by the emphasis on the anticipated role of #AI. #Scale #AcademicPublishing

Wiley’s Acquisition of Emerald: Some observations from Copim - Copim

Copim reflects on Wiley’s acquisition of Emerald and the issues of scale and corporate consolidation in academic publishing.

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Ideologically, generative AI is a 19th century technology: the flawed dream that once you have assembled a supposedly total archive of culture via technical media, you can use it to statistically derive new meaning from patterns of the past