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Alex Örtegren

@alexortegren.bsky.social
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Postdoctoral researcher | teacher education, digital competence & democracy | Umeå University , www.umu.se/en/staff/alex-ortegren

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Aubrieta E Rose 🔞 💗💛💙 @aubrietarose.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
Seems more promising than "there was an em dash it must be fake!" And yeah, I might not be able to remember every detail about the stuff I've written, owing to my moth-brained memory, but you risk me launching into a loving 6 hour presentation if you ask me questions about a scene or character.
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I talked with someone who works in book publishing, and they mentioned they get a lot of AI slop these days. I asked how they know what's human-written, and they said that there's one thing that will reveal AI slop without error, and that's the author not knowing their own creation.

A real author can talk about their story for hours. They love to elaborate every character, every twist, every detail. Because those existed in their head long before they ever made it to the paper. They were loved before they were written.

AI slop wasn't. It was just vomited into existence.

Someone who generates their story with AI will never bond with their story the way real writers do. That's why they may not know what to say when they're asked why did the character do this, or even remember the scene in the first place. It's something they read, not something they wrote. And to a writer, those are not the same.

There's a unique bond between the creator and the creation. If your writing doesn't come of you, you'll always lack that.

I keep hearing soon we won't be able to tell. And perhaps, in a superficial sense, that's true. But there is a difference. It's not em dashes or repeated words. It's whether the story was made by someone who loves it and cares about it.

If the writer's eyes light up when asked why did the character do that? and they start their very own Ted Talk about that specific scene...

then it's real.
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Sara BP @saraback.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
Den bild som ges av skolans historia i kulturkanonutredningen är direkt felaktig. Dåligt.
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Alex Örtegren @alexortegren.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
Food for thought.
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European Educational Research Association - EERA @ecer-eera.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
𝗖𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗮𝗹𝘀 for #𝗘𝗖𝗘𝗥𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 𝗧𝗮𝗺𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗲 "𝘒𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘈𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨: 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘢𝘭𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘦𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩". 17 - 21 August 2026. Submission deadline: 31 January 2026 eera-ecer.de/conferences/ecer-2026-…
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Alex Örtegren @alexortegren.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
AI use strengthening rather than undermining democracy: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Four ways AI is being used to strengthen democracies worldwide | Nathan E Sanders and Bruce Schneier
The dangers of artificial intelligence and its potential to consolidate power are clear. But used fairly, it can be a boon for good government
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Alex Örtegren @alexortegren.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
"you encounter AI videos more often on your social media timeline. In some cases, fake can no longer be distinguished from real" -- from the @aimediademlab.bsky.social 👏 www.folia.nl/en/wetenscha...
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Realistic AI videos pose a threat to democracy, warns UvA researcher
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Higher Education Research and Development @herdjournal.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
Call for EOIs - Higher Education Research & Development is seeking expressions of interest from guest editorial teams for our 2027 Special Issue Due date – 19 December 2025 More information → www.tandfonline.com/journals/che...
Distracted Boyfriend meme with the 2027 HERD Special Issue being the distraction
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Rachel Coldicutt @rachelcoldicutt.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
There is one more post to be written here, about how AI is now often an austerity technology, inserted into a human process to compensate for the fact that there is just not enough time and money, and many workers are expected to do more and more with less and less.
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Sandra Wachter @swachter.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
GenAI is extremely prone to hallucinate. If people use LLMs to ask questions they don’t know the answer to, how would they be able to spot a mistake? And now think what can happen if we implement these systems in areas where truth and detail matter e.g. investment decisions, stock market or medicine
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Postdigital Science and Education @pdse.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
One more debate - addressing a hugely important topic! Link in first comment
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Jack Stilgoe @jackstilgoe.bsky.social · 16/11/2025
We’re often asked whether we’re optimistic or pessimistic about technologies. That’s the wrong question. If any of this matters, we need to stop seeing technology like the weather, to be merely forecasted, and instead see it like politics, to be collectively shaped.
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Felicitas Macgilchrist @discoursology.social.coop.ap.brid.gy · 15/11/2025
“Medienbildung ist demokratische Infrastruktur.“ #gmk25
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Alex Örtegren @alexortegren.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
Vi är en grupp som i torsdagens SvD pekar på riskerna med att utelämna skolan från den nationella AI-strategin. Redan tillgänglig här: www.svd.se/a/Pp6eKb/ai-...
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”Skolan stängs ute från AI-strategi”
DEBATT. Regeringen arbetar just nu med en nationell AI-strategi, som dock inte ska omfatta skolan. Men utan nationell styrning lämnas frågan till enskilda lärare eller rektorer, skriver debattörer.
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Alex Örtegren @alexortegren.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
"Any hope of an 'Intelligence Age' that would see the cure for cancer and the end of climate change is seeming less likely ... these companies are happy to settle for making us dependent on the products in our leisure time." www.thecut.com/article/woul...
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The People Using ChatGPT to Cheat at Their Hobbies
Why are so many of us letting AI have all the fun?
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Thesiswhisperer @thesiswhisperer.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
I'd appreciate help circulating this survey, part of our overall work on neurodivergence. This one is on behalf of the graduate deans, to develop better supervision guidelines. You can help by boosting and circulating the link in your various networks 🙏 redcap.unisq.edu.au/surveys/?s=D...
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Developing guidelines for supervising Neurodivergent HDR students
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Postdigital Science and Education @pdse.bsky.social · 08/11/2025
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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A Multidisciplinary Research Agenda for Artificial Intelligence, Education, Learning, and Instruction - Postdigital Science and Education
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is reshaping education, learning, and instruction, yet current research in this area is fragmented, often tool-specific, and dominated by short-term perspectives. This art...
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Alex Örtegren @alexortegren.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
Great start to the day with @neilselwyn.bsky.social problematizing AI in education and society. Can't wait until the new book hits stores. We need to make education AI a political issue, not getting distracted from how it's entangled with deeper structural issues and challenges to public education.
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Alex Örtegren @alexortegren.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
Information on NordiCHI'26 conference up on the website for people interested in human-computer interaction: sites.uwasa.fi/nordichi2026/. October 2026, Vaasa, Finland.
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NordiCHI 2026 – Nordic Conference on Human-Computer Interaction
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Postdigital Science and Education @pdse.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
New book in the PDSE series - take a look, and email / PM me for your free pdf :) Link in first comment.
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Alex Örtegren @alexortegren.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
Uppskattar tydligheten och att det på SvD åtminstone fanns en redaktionell human-in-the-loop (eller at-the-end-of-the-loop). Hur ser framtidsutsikterna ut för översättare?
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Alex Örtegren @alexortegren.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
It's #AcWriMo — this blog post by @thesiswhisperer.bsky.social is a great place to begin: thesiswhisperer.com/2012/10/23/w.... Annotating papers and incorporating notes into Notion is essential to my writing process, so that's where I've started. How was your start this year? #AcademicSky
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Alex Örtegren @alexortegren.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
Interesting postdoc opportunity (in critical data studies) at Södertörn: www.sh.se/english/sode.... Deadline: Nov 25, 2025.
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Vacant positions
Welcome – apply for a position at Södertörn University! Here, we combine subjects, perspectives, people and experiences. We are worldminded, curious and questioning, searching for surprising syntheses...
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Olof Sundin @olofsundin.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
Är du lärare i sve/sva eller SO-ämnen (7-9, gy), eller skolbibliotekarie, som vill bidra med en timme av din tid per termin till ett forskningsprojekt om informationssökning och AI? I så fall söker vi dig, oavsett var du bor i landet. Mer information finns i bifogad fil. Dela gärna vidare!
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Alex Örtegren @alexortegren.bsky.social · 25/10/2025
"securing a grant has become less about advancing science and more about staying in science" — doi.org/10.1038/d415...
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Is academic research becoming too competitive? Nature examines the data
Applications for European research grants increased in 2025. Scientists say they’re feeling the competition.
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Alex Örtegren @alexortegren.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
Call for panels open for 4th International Conference of the journal Scuola Democratica. Great place for dialogue for anyone interested in democracy and education: www.scuolademocratica-conference.net/call-for-pan...
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Call for panels – Fourth International Conference of the journal Scuola Democratica
The Fourth International Conference of the journal Scuola Democratica welcomes panel proposals that engage with our shared effort to rethink and reimagine the deep relationship between learning and de...
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Strömberg @cs1891.bsky.social · 12/10/2025
Alltid intressant att läsa Martin Gelin. www.dn.se/kultur/marti...
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Martin Gelin: Nu flyr allt fler unga från internet till verkligheten
I dag söker sig många tillbaka till en analog kultur. Martin Gelin ser ett försök att återta maken från Silicon Valleys techjättar.
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Alex Örtegren @alexortegren.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
Interesting opportunity to do a #PhD in #politicalscience at Stockholm Uni, focusing on AI and politics: su.varbi.com/en/what:job/...
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PhD student in Political Science with an orientation towards Politics & AI
The Department of Political Science is a dynamic and strong education and research department at the Faculty of Social Sciences at Stockholm University. The Department aims to be nationally leading an
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David Larsson Heidenblad @dlheidenblad.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
Input önskas! Nytt blogginlägg om en ny bokidé som börjar ta form. 👇 davidlarssonheidenblad.substack.com/p/uppfoljare... #tadintid #görettgenombrott
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Uppföljare på gång. Behöver er hjälp!
Planerna på en uppföljare till "Ta din tid" börjar ta form. Men än finns det chans att vara med och påverka. Läs om vad som är på gång och ge din input när den kan göra som störst skillnad.
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Alex Örtegren @alexortegren.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
🔊 CfP for the NERA 2026 conference in Denmark: nera-conference-2026.via.dk/registration. Deadline for abstracts: Nov 3, 2025.
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Registration
Read more about the registration for NERA 2026 - Courage and Agency in Education for the Present here.
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Alex Örtegren @alexortegren.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
🔊 CfP for the NOKSA 2026 conference (Stockholm) on social science education: www.su.se/institutione.... Deadline for abstracts: January 9, 2026.
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NOKSA: Nordisk konferens i samhällskunskapsdidaktik – Call for papers - Institutionen för ämnesdidaktik
Deadline för bidrag är den 9 januari, 2026.
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Alex Örtegren @alexortegren.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
Tickets bought to Refused's farewell gig in December. Millencolin to support. Almost feel like 15 again.
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Alex Örtegren @alexortegren.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
🔊 Controversies of AI society conference in Copenhagen in April 2026. CfP and deadlines: www.dasts.dk?tribe_events...
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Alex Örtegren @alexortegren.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
Intressant seminarium för dig som är i Stockholm 7 oktober: barns och ungas medborgarskap - www.iffs.se/kalendarium/...
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Mötesplats barnkultur: Barn i vår tid - vad betyder deras medborgarskap och delaktighet?
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Ben Williamson @benpatrickwill.bsky.social · 07/09/2025
Academic authors, here's a peek into the black box of journal publishing from an journal editor if you can bear it:
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Alex Örtegren @alexortegren.bsky.social · 06/09/2025
Inspired by @roberttalisse.bsky.social, I tried to find some of my old concert tickets the other day but haven't found the right box so far. One of my social media apps then reminded me of this, posted on this day 12 years ago. Cornell's voice and lyrics are dearly missed.
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Claes de Vreese @claesdevreese.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
Cool new Call for Papers from Algorithm, Data & Democracy project: Conference April 9-10, 2026, Copenhagen 🇩🇰 Deadline December 1, 2025 🚀 algoritmer.org/call-for-pap...
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Call for papers - Algoritmer
ADD-projektet arbejder for, at demokratiet styrkes af den digitale udvikling gennem forskning, øget teknologiforståelse, digital dannelse og dialog.
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Thesiswhisperer @thesiswhisperer.bsky.social · 30/08/2025
Braving myself for impact with this blog post: thesiswhisperer.com/2025/08/30/s...
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Stuck in the middle with you
The middle is a hard place to be. The middle of a thesis or a book can be excruciating. Things are underway, but not finished. The end is in sight, but not yet reached. In the middle, it’s easy to …
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Claes de Vreese @claesdevreese.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
Bluesky is for sure the (?) top platform for scientific chatter currently (with LinkedIn). But frankly, more engagement is needed here and transitioning from #academictwitter is part of broader fragmentation. And 🦋 is still incredibly US based, also for research. www.wired.com/story/bluesk...
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Scientists Are Flocking to Bluesky
Academics once loved Twitter—but in the age of X they’ve abandoned it in droves.
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Journal of Democracy @jodemocracy.bsky.social · 13/08/2025
Democracies often fail to reverse authoritarian takeovers. "Autocratizing leaders have an inherent advantage over their democratic counterparts: They may simply break the rules to achieve rapid political change." muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/a...
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Alex Örtegren @alexortegren.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
Läsvärt ang. lärarutbildningsutredningen. Bitvis är debatten rejält polariserad just nu.🤦‍♂️ Lärarutbildningarna, lärarutbildningsprofessionen och inte minst läraryrket förtjänar bättre. #skola #lärarutbildning
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Alex Örtegren @alexortegren.bsky.social · 10/08/2025
Enjoyed this conversation between Adam Grant and Ed Helms. Might resonate at times with academia - applications for funding, rejection, peer-review, etc. - learning to deal with "a festival of failtures", "building calluses" and the importance of community: youtu.be/hYYNCYmlbVA?... #AcademicSky
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Ed Helms on The Office, comedic snafus, and learning from failures | ReThinking with Adam Grant
YouTube video by TED Audio Collective
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Marcus Luther @marcusluther.bsky.social · 09/08/2025
This. When people throw around "evidence-based practices" and "science of ______," they aren't engaging in conversation or nuance. They aren't acknowledging complexity or, consequently, reality. These have become euphemisms for "My way or the highway" in education. And they're being weaponized.
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Alex Örtegren @alexortegren.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
As people in the northern hemisphere are beginning to return to work, I'm bumping a post about our new paper on #postdigital GenAI literacy that came out earlier this summer. Close to 4000 accesses on Springer already! Hope it can contribute to interesting discussions. 🌱 doi.org/10.1007/s424...
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Critical GenAI Literacy: Postdigital Configurations - Postdigital Science and Education
Critical Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) literacy cannot be reduced to a universal framework. Rather, it must be understood as a constellation of situated literacies, shaped by disciplinary...
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Alex Örtegren @alexortegren.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
This. 👇 Only had positive experiences — some only a few exchanged emails, others grew into research collabs. I hope to send more such emails this coming semester.
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Dave Karpf @davekarpf.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
I spent seven years writing a book on this and she just… said it in three succinct paragraphs to politico.
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Cas Mudde @casmudde.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
"Taken together, the combined effect of these factors means that countries are unlikely to improve their democracies after an authoritarian episode—or even to maintain the level of democracy they had before- hand for very long." Sobering but important read in @jodemocracy.bsky.social
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Thomas Nygren @thnygren.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
Available preorder now! 📚 My new book on AI in schools – challenges and opportunities. It presents the latest research and its practical implications for classrooms. With students’ learning in focus, I show what makes great teaching possible and how AI can both … www.cambridge.org/universitypr...
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Artificial Intelligence in Schools | Cambridge University Press & Assessment
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