Devina Sarwatay @devinasarwatay.bsky.social · 07/10/2026With @lisadittmer.bsky.social @sakshighai.bsky.social @jessicaringrose.bsky.social @sonialivingstone.bsky.social @devinasarwatay.bsky.social @lsemedia.bsky.social @5rightsfound.bsky.social @ucl.ac.uk @citystgeorges.bsky.social 010
Devina Sarwatay @devinasarwatay.bsky.social · 07/10/2026We often think of children & childhood in a particular way & are swift to fly into protection mode citing saftey. As govts ban/plan on banning social media for children, we ask: Whose childhood, whose safety? Join us: www.lse.ac.uk/events/margi... Thu 19 Nov 6.30 pm @lsemedia.bsky.social & Online 122
Reposted by Devina SarwatayAram Sinnreich @aramsinn.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Trillionaires and democracies are incompatible 022
Reposted by Devina SarwatayJed Brown @jedbrown.org · 05/10/2026If you are an academic who uses arXiv, please consider signing this. **Give Authors Control: Let Us Decide If AI Bots Can Read Our arXiv Papers** math.mit.edu/~elmos/petit... 913974
Reposted by Devina SarwatayMar Hicks @histoftech.bsky.social · 06/10/2026ProPublica has made a database of all the incidents they could find where ICE detained citizens. Important work. This kind of data is too often hidden and lost. 0214118
Devina Sarwatay @devinasarwatay.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Celebrating new chapters with friends & food 000
Devina Sarwatay @devinasarwatay.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Dear academic hive mind Please help If you've recently signed a contributor/ editor contract protecting your rights against AI, could you please email me on devina[dot]sarwatay@citystgeorges[dot]ac[dot]uk? + let me know of publishers who allow opting out of AI too? Tysm 🥹💗 000
Reposted by Devina SarwataySocial Media Lab @socialmedialab.ca · 29/09/2026Fascinating new research: "1 in 8 cancer cases worldwide are caused by infections, study finds. Researchers estimate infections caused 2.3 million new cancer cases worldwide in 2024" www.cbc.ca/news/health/...cbc.caResearchers are discovering more infections that can cause cancer | CBC NewsNew global research suggests 12 per cent of cancers were caused by infections, predominantly caused by HPV and H. pylori 12518
Reposted by Devina SarwataySocial Media Lab @socialmedialab.ca · 29/09/2026Quick answer: They often don't. 011
Reposted by Devina SarwataySocial Media Lab @socialmedialab.ca · 29/09/2026This raises an important question: How well do theories and findings developed in the U.S. apply to countries with different political systems, cultures, media environments, and histories? 101
Reposted by Devina SarwataySocial Media Lab @socialmedialab.ca · 29/09/2026"A new paper in Nature Communications brings together an international, interdisciplinary team of experts to rethink how political polarization is studied around the world." socialmedialab.ca/2026/09/23/n...socialmedialab.ca[New Paper Alert]Toward an Integrated and Globally Equitable Understanding of Political Polarization - Social Media LabA new paper in Nature Communications brings together an international, interdisciplinary team of experts to rethink how political polarization is studied around the world. Political polarization is in... 152
Reposted by Devina SarwatayDavid Gerard @davidgerard.circumstances.run.ap.brid.gy · 26/09/2026stupidest email chain: them: long rant about how I use AI pictures for my youtube thumbnails me: they're stock images them: well they're AI my AI checker says so me: that image was drawn in 2015, here's the link them: why are you being so rude i was trying to be helpful 610911
Reposted by Devina SarwatayOlivia Guest · Ολίβια Γκεστ @olivia.science · 29/09/2026> my AI checker says so 16112
Reposted by Devina SarwatayCRASSH @crasshlive.bsky.social · 28/09/2026📣 Open for applications Leverhulme Trust Early Career Fellowship Apply to spend time at CRASSH as a salaried fellow from September 2027 to May 2028 ⬆️ Read the eligibility criteria and FAQs at bit.ly/44IBme6 ⏳ Apply by 16 October 2026 064
Reposted by Devina SarwatayDr. Elinor Carmi @elinorcarmi.bsky.social · 29/09/2026I argue "digital consent serves as an authorizing & legalizing instrument to the business model of spying, selling & trading ppl in the online ecosystem... & show the way digital consent is a mechanism that transfers responsibility to ppl & enables an exploitative-extractivist market to exist". 152
Reposted by Devina SarwatayDr. Elinor Carmi @elinorcarmi.bsky.social · 29/09/2026I see that digital consent is brought up a lot this week because Meta's Muse seems to do a lot of actions without people's consent (insert surprised face) So I want to share again my open access paper about the myth of digital consent journals.oslomet.no/index.php/se... ->journals.oslomet.no A feminist Critique to digital consent | Seminar.net 12214
Reposted by Devina SarwataySocial Media Lab @socialmedialab.ca · 27/09/2026"X Blocks Account of National Conference of Bishops of Brasil As Catholics Back Lula" paydayreport.com/x-blocks-acc...paydayreport.comX Blocks Account of National Conference of Bishops of Brasil As Catholics Back LulaPolls show Catholics backing Lula as the church denounces foreign interference. 11210
Reposted by Devina SarwataySocial Media Lab @socialmedialab.ca · 26/09/2026Don't forget in early 2025, Trump said he will use 'economic force' to annex Canada. Then proceeded to impose a series of tariffs. youtube.com/shorts/Dcf2j... Tariffing is war by other means. bsky.app/profile/soci...youtube.comTrump suggests he could use 'economic force' to annex CanadaYouTube video by NBC News 1125
Reposted by Devina SarwatayWear The Peace @wearthepeace.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Actress Susan Sarandon being arrested earlier today for protesting Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech at the United Nations. One is speaking out against genocide, one is committing it. One was arrested, one was not. 870286168260
Reposted by Devina SarwatayHannes Cools @hannescools.bsky.social · 18/09/2026The academic grant system is extremely broken. 21.627 submissions... That is how many proposals the Marie Curie Postdoctoral Fellowships received this month. Two years ago it was 10,360. The budget did not move. The success rate went from around 16% to something close to 7%. 3278
Reposted by Devina SarwatayProf Julia Steinberger 🌹🌱🌍 #ClimateAction #Fightfascism @jksteinberger.bsky.social · 25/09/2026In case it wasn't clear, academia is crumbling under the enormous flood of AI-generated content. The latest victim is the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) flagship EU postdoctoral fellowships. The number of submissions has more than doubled in the past 3 years. 411052
Reposted by Devina SarwatayFan Studies Network @fanstudies.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Job at University of Bristol Research Associate in Fan Cultures Join the AHRC-funded project Popular Classics: Western Art Music and the Everyday Listener... You will contribute to research into historical practices of listening and classical music fandom. www.bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/de...bristol.ac.ukDetails | Working at Bristol | University of Bristol 044
Reposted by Devina SarwatayMarcus Bösch @boesch.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Christiansen and Page found that in confirmed AI content from 50 profiles, automatic detection accounted for just three of the 481 labelled video www.medrxiv.org/content/10.6...medrxiv.org 001
Reposted by Devina SarwatayHetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 21/09/2026And in a separate piece on valuation models the FT notes ‘Clearly, if AI really does make humans extinct, every investment goes to zero’ www.ft.com/content/01a7... 1143
Reposted by Devina SarwatayHetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 21/09/2026FT asking the big questions here - could Anthropic maintain its growth trajectory if AI destroys humanity? www.ft.com/content/96d0... 813540
Reposted by Devina Sarwatay5Rights Foundation @5rightsfound.bsky.social · 15/09/2026✏️ Tech companies have spent two decades redrawing childhood. 🇪🇺 Tomorrow, President von der Leyen delivers her State of the Union address - we're telling policymakers to prove products are safe before they reach a child. Join us 🔗 5rightsfoundation.com/childhood-re... #ChildhoodRedrawn #SOTEU 023
Reposted by Devina SarwatayClaes de Vreese @claesdevreese.bsky.social · 14/09/20265️⃣ quick thoughts on letters, leaders, and the dangers of AI. Last point: If you direct a company that develops and deploys a technology, you are responsible for it. If you are not in control, you are irresponsible and in breach. 0218
Reposted by Devina SarwatayMalevolent Miss @malevolent-miss.bsky.social · 14/09/2026I like to remind the people who say things like "but it's automated" or "it's an algorithm" that humans had to set that up. Those people bring all weird baggage and financial motivations with them when they set up said automation. 0115
Devina Sarwatay @devinasarwatay.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Home cooked self love Indian: Mughlai parantha Italian: Tagliatelle with mackerel 050
Reposted by Devina SarwataySocial Media Lab @socialmedialab.ca · 06/09/2026This is not good news. If Germany goes hard right, the EU project might start to fracture, with the bloc’s traditional center of gravity shifting toward nationalism and away from deeper integration. 2187
Reposted by Devina SarwatayJohn Nichols @nicholsuprising.bsky.social · 05/09/2026“I think what we have right now is a level of corporate capture of our politics, in every single part of American society, that is loading more on and running the system in reverse (of the interests of the people).” — Abdul El-Sayed No one is speaking more clearly about the politics of 2026! 👇thenation.comAbdul El-Sayed Diagnoses American PoliticsA conversation with Michigan’s Democratic Senate nominee about public health, outside money, and a new kind of politics. 3377101
Reposted by Devina SarwatayVictor Pickard @victorpickard.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Excellent conversation with Abdul El-Sayed. I especially liked his explanation of public goods like infrastructure and healthcare and why the market won't support them. 2288
Reposted by Devina SarwatayJason Hindle @jasonhindle.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Flow is a god damn masterpiece 0256
Reposted by Devina SarwataySocial Media Lab @socialmedialab.ca · 02/09/2026Welcome to the Gulf/Lake of Digital Imperialism. Last year, the Gulf of America was a wake-up call showing us clearly that we need digital sovereignty. If you value freedom, encourage your government to support data and cloud sovereignty initiatives. 33820
Reposted by Devina SarwataySocial Media Lab @socialmedialab.ca · 02/09/2026In case you think data and cloud sovereignty are not important, tell that to these judges... bsky.app/profile/soci... 32511
Reposted by Devina SarwatayMohsen Mosleh @mmosleh.bsky.social · 31/08/2026New preprint: Community Notes are good at correcting posts. But do they change the people behind them? We tracked 19,854 corrected accounts on X — 11.9M posts, 4 weeks before/after each correction. The answer: it depends who you are. @oii.ox.ac.uk 📎 arxiv.org/abs/2608.27526arxiv.orgCommunity corrections have divergent downstream effects across corrected accountsCommunity-based fact-checking can reduce the spread of annotated misleading posts, but whether it produces lasting behavioral change among corrected authors remains unclear. Here, we conduct a large-s... 2158
Reposted by Devina SarwatayBen Williamson @benpatrickwill.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Schools in England start returning from summer break next week, and this term many will become AI testing sites as the Department for Education plans to trial AI tutoring, scale it up sector-wide, and create new standards for classroom AI codeactsineducation.wordpress.com/2026/08/27/p...codeactsineducation.wordpress.comPrototype testing, scaling, and standardizing AI tutors in schoolsAs students and teachers return to classrooms for the new academic year, the schools sector in England is set to become a testing ground for experimental AI applications this autumn. Following the … 73017
Devina Sarwatay @devinasarwatay.bsky.social · 26/08/2026...PhD alumna of the Department of Communication, University of Hyderabad Catch the interview here: lnkd.in/p/eKN3xWNN (3/3)lnkd.in#academiccareers #womeninacademia #highereducation #postdoclife #phdcareers | The Academic CommonsCongratulations to Devina Sarwatay, who is starting a new role as Lecturer in Digital Sociology at City St George’s, University of London. From a fully funded PhD in India to a Presidential Fellowshi... 000
Devina Sarwatay @devinasarwatay.bsky.social · 26/08/2026& Global Affairs @citystgeorges.bsky.social as Lecturer in Digital Sociology w absolutely brilliant colleagues & continuing my work w academic associations & avenues like: @iamcr.org @icahdq.bsky.social @aoir.bsky.social @britishacademy.bsky.social Media Education Lab @mcsjournal.bsky.social (2/3) 110
Devina Sarwatay @devinasarwatay.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Thank you Pallavi for featuring me in The Academic Commons (linkedin.com/company/the-academic-commons/) There are so many people & networks that have guided & supported me in this journey & I'm so grateful! Super excited to join the Department of Sociology & Criminology, School of Policy... (1/3) 100
Reposted by Devina SarwataySarah T Roberts, PhD @ubiquity75.xyz · 25/08/2026Dolly Parton, an American hero if ever the was one. 422236
Reposted by Devina SarwatayMo Ryan @moryan.bsky.social · 25/08/2026every billionaire & tech mogul, they all want to be adored & celebrated without doing the things Dolly did with a fraction of the power & money. What she had, she gave away. I'm sure she was comfortable (& that's good!). But she just relentlessly helped. It's not that difficult. Love. Care. Help. 💚🌸 1188862402
Devina Sarwatay @devinasarwatay.bsky.social · 23/08/2026Pictures of puppies in paintings & prints is my passion; also alliteration 🐶💜 020
Reposted by Devina SarwatayTimnit Gebru @timnitgebru.blacksky.app · 23/08/2026As Maya Angelou said, when people show you who they are, believe them. I'd rather have a klan member clearly articulating his views of how I should be eliminated than these garbage people dressing up their racism in intellectualism. You can fuck all the way off. 149383
Reposted by Devina SarwatayAparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 22/08/2026So Cofnas lied? Color me shocked. 38921
Devina Sarwatay @devinasarwatay.bsky.social · 22/08/2026🎀😇 Career update! I start on 1 Sep as Lecturer in Digital Sociology at Dept of Sociology & Criminology, School of Policy & Global Affairs. A new chapter begins...please wish me luck! So grateful to all the lovely people in my life! 🤞🏻🫰🏻 @citystgeorges.bsky.social #CityStGeorges #DigitalSociology 040
Reposted by Devina SarwatayJamie @late2stuff.bsky.social · 19/08/2026"AI adoption raises homework scores by 18% and reduces completion time by 30%, but lowers monthly exam scores by 20% within six months." papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....papers.ssrn.comThe Generative AI Learning Penalty: Evidence from Chinese Secondary EducationUsing 30 months of panel data on 26,811 Chinese students in grades 7-12, we study how generative AI affects homework productivity and learning. The data combine 3857200
Reposted by Devina SarwatayROCKY MOUNTAIN VIEWS @rockymountviews.bsky.social · 17/08/2026Something very wrong with a society that has billions of dollars to build data centers, but won't properly fund public schools. 15352361353
Reposted by Devina SarwataySeptima P. Snark @drsubini.blacksky.app · 16/08/2026I just had to tell a grown man not to touch a teenage girl on the bus today. She got off the bus with me & said he’d been bugging her for 10 minutes but she didn’t know what to do. another man got off & told me good job after but didn’t help. Y’all teach the dudes in your life to stop being gross 1145593
