anjakovacs.bsky.social @anjakovacs.bsky.social · 25/07/2026The Indian government is doing everything it can to crack down on the large protests taking place in the country for weeks now. #indiaprotests 000
Reposted by @anjakovacs.bsky.socialSaul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 24/06/2026"A breast feeding baby was shot by a quad copter through the head" Yesterday the UN commission of inquiry published a report detailing how Israel deliberately targets & kills Palestinian children 26371317
anjakovacs.bsky.social @anjakovacs.bsky.social · 04/06/2026Saddened to learn that Marjane Satrapi, artist, activist and creator of this master piece has passed away at age 56. I carried her books with me from Belgium to the UK to India, because I loved them so much. RIP 000
Reposted by @anjakovacs.bsky.socialPeter G @zigzackly.bsky.social · 02/06/2026From @article-14.com’s editor, Samar Halelarnkar, an appeal for support. They are one of the few — and vanishing — indie news outlets reporting with integrity on India. If you can afford to support them, see article-14.com/subscribe A basic subscription is INR 5000 (~ €46 / USD53 / £39)instagram.comInstagramCreate an account or log in to Instagram - Share what you're into with the people who get you. 102
Reposted by @anjakovacs.bsky.socialShreya Ila Anasuya - THE POISON PALACE @thresholdrose.bsky.social · 21/05/2026🐍 Cover Reveal 🐍 THE POISON PALACE retells the story of Alexander the Great's invasion of India from the point of view of a courtesan sent to assassinate him. Out with Dutton Books in Jan 2027, will link to pre-orders below. #booksky #amwriting #debutnovel #books 1429555
anjakovacs.bsky.social @anjakovacs.bsky.social · 01/05/2026With #RightsCon now officially cancelled, perhaps #FiFAFRICA is a good place to meet next, at least for those in Africa? Next edition is 28 Sept-1 Oct in Mauritius, which also happens to be home for me now. If you'll be joining, let me know! internetfreedom.africainternetfreedom.africaForum on Internet Freedom in Africa (FIFAFRICA) – Growing the #InternetFreedomAfrica Community 010
anjakovacs.bsky.social @anjakovacs.bsky.social · 30/04/2026A sad, difficult day for my community as #RightsCon the world's largest conference on digital rights was cancelled at the eleventh hour by the Zambian government. It was to start in less than a week www.indexoncensorship.org/2026/04/zamb...indexoncensorship.orgZambia censors an international conference…on censorship - Index on CensorshipGovernment demanded disclosure of critical information related to key thematic issues at RightsCon 010
anjakovacs.bsky.social @anjakovacs.bsky.social · 15/04/2026An excellent description of the experience of so many of us who has tried to keep an organisation running in the Global South. #philanthropy #movements 221
anjakovacs.bsky.social @anjakovacs.bsky.social · 06/11/2025#mustread Every day I wish there was a way to keep all the AI generated content out of my IG feed. So tired of seeing 'people' who don't actually exist. 021
Reposted by @anjakovacs.bsky.socialProton @proton.me · 31/10/2025Last chance to turn it off. On Monday, November 3rd, Microsoft will start using your LinkedIn data for AI training. And remember, you're opted in by default. To toggle it off 👉 Account - Settings & Privacy > Data privacy > Data for Generative AI Improvement. 8838493557
Reposted by @anjakovacs.bsky.socialEva Blum-Dumontet @evabd.bsky.social · 24/09/2025🇩🇪 Hey Berlin friends 👋 Chayn is throwing a little party for the launch of our feminist AI tool - Survivor AI - which helps survivors of image based abuse take content down. Come for the AI hype, stay for the drinks and good company. Register here: luma.com/rg71dkhbluma.comSurvivor AI Launch Party (In-person) · LumaOn 30 September, Chayn will launch Survivor AI, a groundbreaking feminist AI tool that empowers survivors of image-based abuse to request takedowns of harmful… 031
Reposted by @anjakovacs.bsky.socialFitzcarraldo Editions @fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social · 23/09/2025To celebrate the release of Alaa Abd el-Fattah from prison, the ebook edition of YOU HAVE NOT YET BEEN DEFEATED, tr. an anonymous collective, is available to download for free for the next week via all ebook platforms, including Kindle and Apple Books, until 30 September. 611871
anjakovacs.bsky.social @anjakovacs.bsky.social · 22/09/2025Oh wow. So good to finally have some good news 💜 #freeAlaa 010
Reposted by @anjakovacs.bsky.socialProf Mike Yearworth @mikeyearworth.bsky.social · 21/09/2025"In a landmark study, OpenAI researchers reveal that large language models will always produce plausible but false outputs, even with perfect data, due to fundamental statistical and computational limits." www.computerworld.com/article/4059...computerworld.comOpenAI admits AI hallucinations are mathematically inevitable, not just engineering flawsIn a landmark study, OpenAI researchers reveal that large language models will always produce plausible but false outputs, even with perfect data, due to fundamental statistical and computational limi... 12237071841
Reposted by @anjakovacs.bsky.socialDoctora Malka Older @older.bsky.social · 09/09/2025The protests in Nepal, and the governments violent repression of them, are an increasingly important story right now. @globalvoices.org has reporting from Nepal on the "Nepo Kid" movement, including what the "international media" are getting wrongglobalvoices.orgGen Z stands up to expose corruption in NepalYouth-led demonstrations against corruption erupted throughout Nepal on Monday September 8, 2025, resulting in at least 19 deaths and over 350 injuries. 28963
Reposted by @anjakovacs.bsky.socialThe Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy @timep.bsky.social · 08/08/2025📣 TIMEP is recruiting for an in-person Bassem Sabry Fellow to spend six months working full-time in our Washington, DC office. Check out this rare opportunity to immerse yourself in the world of MENA policymaking! Applications are due August 28: timep.org/2025/08/08/o... 0811
anjakovacs.bsky.social @anjakovacs.bsky.social · 11/08/2025'Out of space: Picturing the big, crowded business of satellite internet' - a gorgeously visualised, superinformative story by @restofworld.org. Impressive restofworld.org/2025/satelli...restofworld.orgOut of space: Picturing the big, crowded business of satellite internetSpace-based internet is remaking Earth’s orbit — and fueling a gold rush. 010
anjakovacs.bsky.social @anjakovacs.bsky.social · 06/08/2025Very insightful piece by @scotttimcke.bsky.social, with lessons valid across the Global South. #aigov 000
Reposted by @anjakovacs.bsky.socialOlúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 26/07/2025"Airdrops will not reverse the deepening starvation," UNRWA chief Philippe Lazzarini wrote on X on Saturday. "They are expensive, inefficient & can even kill starving civilians. It is a distraction & screensmoke." www.cbsnews.com/news/israel-...cbsnews.comIsraeli military says airdrops of aid into Gaza set to begin tonight amid increased starvation deathsFor months, the U.N. and experts have warned that Palestinians in Gaza are at risk of famine, with reports of increasing numbers of people dying from causes related to malnutrition. 261121523
anjakovacs.bsky.social @anjakovacs.bsky.social · 26/07/2025'The bench also stated that the foreign policy of the country differs from the stance the party has taken and warned it of potential diplomatic consequences of such protests.' 'Our country has enough issues. We don't want anything like this' . 000
Reposted by @anjakovacs.bsky.socialAnders S. Løvlie @anderslovlie.bsky.social · 25/07/2025Send these monsters to the Hague 032
Reposted by @anjakovacs.bsky.socialThe New York Times @nytimes.com · 24/07/2025Breaking News: President Emmanuel Macron said France would recognize the state of Palestine, making it the first of the G7 nations to do so.trib.alFrance Will Recognize Palestinian Statehood, Macron SaysThe announcement sets France apart from the United States and most of its close allies, and could cause friction with President Trump. 351091188
Reposted by @anjakovacs.bsky.socialAna Brandusescu @anabrandusescu.bsky.social · 24/07/2025Starving people to death is terrorism. 0213
Reposted by @anjakovacs.bsky.socialJulia Carrie Wong @joolia.bsky.social · 23/07/2025Tomorrow’s Guardian front page 24655419
Reposted by @anjakovacs.bsky.socialResist 🕎🍉 @antizionistjew.bsky.social · 17/07/2025#BREAKING Slovenia has imposed sanctions on Ministers Ben-Gvir and Smotrich, declaring them persona non grata due to statements "that encourage genocide" This is the first European Union country to impose sanctions on Ben-Gvir and Smotrich 29857276
Reposted by @anjakovacs.bsky.socialPeter G @zigzackly.bsky.social · 09/07/2025Hey Bluesky. If you come across opportunities for writers (calls for submissions, contests, jobs, gigs), please send them my way? I send out listings via Google Groups (when I have time to do a collection) and Telegram/WhatsApp (when I spot them). More: zigzackly.blogspot.com/2022/02/cafe...zigzackly.blogspot.comCaferati ListingsThe essentials. Caferati Listings carries opportunities for writers — calls for entries and submissions to contests and anthologies... 145
Reposted by @anjakovacs.bsky.socialAlix Dunn @alixdunn.com · 08/07/2025How can you talk about AI for Good if you won't let one of the most visionary thinkers on AI (and a keynote YOU invited) speak about the way AI is being used for evil? Total farce. 26517
Reposted by @anjakovacs.bsky.socialSarah Mohsen @sarah94.bsky.social · 19/06/2025The Guardian view on Egypt and Alaa Abd el-Fattah: Starmer and Lammy vowed to do all they can. So do it #FreeAlaa #SaveLailatheguardian.comThe Guardian view on Egypt and Alaa Abd el-Fattah: Starmer and Lammy vowed to do all they can. So do it | EditorialEditorial: The UK still has ways to press for the release of the British-Egyptian writer and bring an end to the hunger strike endangering his mother’s life 012
Reposted by @anjakovacs.bsky.socialMeredith Whittaker @meredithmeredith.bsky.social · 16/06/2025Use Signal. We promise, no AI clutter, and no surveillance ads, whatever the rest of the industry does. <3 8061781537
Reposted by @anjakovacs.bsky.socialElectronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 02/06/2025The UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention has confirmed: Alaa Abd el-Fattah is being held unlawfully. Egypt must release him, and the UK must use every tool to bring him home www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...eff.org245 Days Without Justice: Laila Soueif’s Hunger Strike and the Fight to Free Alaa Abd el-FattahLaila Soueif has now been on hunger strike for 245 days. On Thursday night, she was taken to the hospital once again. Soueif’s hunger strike is a powerful act of protest against the failures of two go... 05718
Reposted by @anjakovacs.bsky.socialS&D Group @socialistsanddemocrats.eu · 26/05/2025Last day to oppose Meta platforms training their AI with your personal data! Go to Privacy Centre in your account settings (Facebook or Insta) and click ‘object’ in blue. 1155
Reposted by @anjakovacs.bsky.socialWorld Central Kitchen @wck.org · 07/05/2025WCK trucks loaded with food and cooking fuel have been ready at the Gaza border since early March. Additional food and equipment are ready to be shipped to the border from Jordan and Egypt. Our vital work cannot continue without permission from Israel for this aid to enter. #ChefsForGaza (3/5) 3388182
Reposted by @anjakovacs.bsky.socialWorld Central Kitchen @wck.org · 07/05/2025After serving more than 130 million total meals and 26 million loaves of bread over the past 18 months, World Central Kitchen no longer has the supplies to cook meals or bake bread in Gaza. #ChefsForGaza (1/5) 371145870
Reposted by @anjakovacs.bsky.socialThe Costs of War Project @costsofwar.bsky.social · 01/04/2025BREAKING: More journalists have died in Gaza since Oct. 7, 2023 than in both World Wars and other major wars, combined. Our new report outlines the costs of war to journalists – and the journalism we all rely on. [THREAD, 1/8] watson.brown.edu/costsofwar/p... 23857492
anjakovacs.bsky.social @anjakovacs.bsky.social · 26/02/2025There is a big conversation I feel is missing in #RightsCon, but that I for one really would like to have. If you do too, come and find me. More about what I'm thinking here: www.linkedin.com/feed/update/... #TheWorldIsOnFirelinkedin.comAnja Kovacs, PhD on LinkedIn: #rightscon #theworldisonfire | 14 commentsWhen I first looked at the #Rightscon schedule last week, what really struck me about it was... what was not on it. Most editions, whether at Rightscon or the… | 14 comments on LinkedIn 020
anjakovacs.bsky.social @anjakovacs.bsky.social · 25/02/2025If you are at #RightsCon, join us today for a session on doing #quantitative surveys while #feminist. We'll talk about some of the challenges we faced and how we solved them, but most importantly, you'll learn hands-on how to get the most out of any data. It will be life-changing, I promise! :) 010
Reposted by @anjakovacs.bsky.socialDr Abeba Birhane @abeba.blacksky.app · 22/02/2025an old co-author emailed me looking for a confirmation a non-existent paper supposedly authored by me that one of her students has cited in an essay... so i got curious and prompted gpt-4o “papers by abeba birhane”. it listed 9 papers none of which I authored 18421125
Reposted by @anjakovacs.bsky.socialS G Dickinson @sgdickinson.bsky.social · 10/02/2025To #IGF2025 participants from developing countries: ⚠️ Lillestrøm travel support deadline is *17 February* ⚠️ intgovforum.org/en/content/s... This info hasn't been sent to social media or IGF news yet. It's only been sent to MAG list. Pls share link widely ASAP, given there's only 1 week to apply. 002
Reposted by @anjakovacs.bsky.socialIngrid Srinath @ingridsrinath.bsky.social · 29/01/2025“journalism does not serve any public purpose and therefore cannot be carried out as a non-profit exercise in India” If accurate, this is a bizarre and damning statement by the government of India. #FoE #journalism 034
anjakovacs.bsky.social @anjakovacs.bsky.social · 18/12/2024New research: in 'The cost of transgression: Gender, sexuality and online violence in India', I try to make sense of the sometimes surprising, even confounding India findings of a global survey on online violence. #OGBV #feministinternet #India #CIGI www.cigionline.org/publications...cigionline.orgThe Cost of Transgression: Gender, Sexuality and Online Violence in IndiaThis paper considers the findings for India from the Supporting a Safer Internet survey on online harms in 18 countries undertaken by the Centre for International Governance Innovation in partnership ... 052
anjakovacs.bsky.social @anjakovacs.bsky.social · 19/11/2024The only painting I have ever made (so far) was a canvas covered in sky blue paint. Because the point is not that every cloud has a silver lining, but rather that behind the clouds, the sky is always blue. The painting reminded me of that. It's good to be here, in these blue skies 💙 031