iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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Our AI Collective CIC @our-ai-collective.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Guest blog from Aleksandra Peeroo & Christina Wolf on engagement with communities impacted by the proposed Potters Bar hyperscale data centre. “There needs to be a better assessment of what do we actually need, how much of it, and then where should it go.” www.our-ai-collective.info/news-and-blo...

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“Would You Want to Have a Data Centre in Your Back Garden?” — Our AI Collective

What Potters Bar residents told us about who benefits, who pays, and who gets a say. Guest blog from Aleksandra Peeroo and Christina Wolf from University of Hertfordshire

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Devon Dympsy @devondympsy.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Love this... (artist: Janis Goodman)

Image shows a drawing by artist Janis Goodman and it shows a huge computer that is plugged into 4 electrical sockets and is guzzling water via a hose attached to 2 taps. There is a woman sat nearby. This drawing is titled "The Data Centre Who Came To Tea"

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Irregular Galaxy Doods @igdoods.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

I'll put the kettle on

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Steph Wright @elmosmoe.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

If like me you’re enraged by the whole “AI will kill us all so we need to slow down” 💩 that the media have gone gaga over, here’s a fantastic piece by @tante.cc published in English by @hypestudies.bsky.social hypestudies.org/blog/oh-the-...

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Oh, the concerned “AI” bros | Hype Studies

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Our AI Collective CIC @our-ai-collective.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Our co-founder @mhairi-aitken.bsky.social was on @news.sky.com this morning responding to OpenAI's ChatGPT for Teens launch. Her segment got cut short due to some breaking news but here's her full response! www.our-ai-collective.info/news-and-blo...

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Steph Wright @elmosmoe.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

I hear you… it can be weird in terms of knowing whether you have the audience’s attention. I try to treat it like a live talk and imagine a live audience and not having to awkwardly look at my phone etc when I need a prompt for where I am is much easier.

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Steph Wright @elmosmoe.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

I actually love doing online talks… it makes having my notes available much easier!

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Steph Wright @elmosmoe.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

In Edinburgh on Sat 22 Aug and want to watch a fab documentary about the origins of AI and hear from amazing people discussing it afterwards? We've got the event just for you! Get your tickets now! www.our-ai-collective.info/events/ghost...

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Ghost in the Machine special screening and Q&A — Our AI Collective

A special screening of Valerie Veatch’s acclaimed documentary, Ghost in the Machine on Saturday 22 August 2026. Organised by Our AI Collective in partnership with The Filmhouse in Edinburgh.

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Steph Wright @elmosmoe.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Superb article from Katherine Rundell - "And I hate what it is doing to the minds, and the happiness, of the young [...] if justice for all is to be our organising principle, AI is not for children and not for young people." www.theguardian.com/books/ng-int...

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‘I hate what AI is doing to the minds and happiness of the young’: Katherine Rundell on the view from the classroom

Education is at a crossroads, argues the author and academic. Should we embrace new technology in the name of efficiency, or is it time to fight back?

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Eryk Salvaggio @eryk.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

We're doing "rogue AI" discourse again so here's my live read / rant of the AISI report with the ominous title "Security Incident INC-2026-07-28-01." Link to the full technical report: www.aisi.gov.uk/blog/inciden...

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Incident Report: unsanctioned agent behaviour during cyber testing | AISI Work

During a routine cyber evaluation, AISI identified an incident in which AI agents took sustained, unsanctioned action directed at real people and organisations. We are disclosing what we found, what i...

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Steph Wright @elmosmoe.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Beautiful song about AI resistance, AI hype, technofascism, capitalism .. backed up by academic sources. #resist youtu.be/i6Sbu2Zf2SM?...

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The man with money in his hands - Jessie Mazin (cover and edit by Ajuna Soerjadi)

YouTube video by Ajuna Soerjadi

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Our AI Collective CIC @our-ai-collective.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

What do AI models model anyway? Check out this guest blog from Sarah Immel from the Designing Responsible NLP CDT! Image courtesy of @betterimagesofai.bsky.social www.our-ai-collective.info/news-and-blo...

A red-toned illustration shows a man's head surrounded by swirling AI icons, with small, mischievous witch-like figures flying around him. The man's expression appears disoriented and fatigued, symbolizing the mental overload caused by the overwhelming flood of AI tools and news. The witches represent the chaotic, cackling nature of rapid AI developments, adding to the sense of dizziness and confusion.

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Steph Wright @elmosmoe.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

In my neverending list of things to read, I came across this beautiful post open.substack.com/pub/shawnsmu...

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Please Use AI

Be sure to use AI when making

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Steph Wright @elmosmoe.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

MUST WATCH FILM ALERT - For those of you in and around Edinburgh on 22 Aug, come along to the @filmhouseedinburgh.bsky.social to watch the fantastic Ghost in the Machine documentary. In partnership with @our-ai-collective.bsky.social Find out what AI is really about! youtu.be/i9DAv0D7tnY?...

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GHOST IN THE MACHINE (2026) OFFICIAL TRAILER

YouTube video by Ghost in the Machine

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Steph Wright @elmosmoe.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Come join us for these online workshops next week! What if AI futures were not something delivered to us, but something we could deliberate, contest, and build together? What if diverse publics could gather to imagine technological futures grounded in real societal and ecological needs?

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Steph Wright @elmosmoe.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Fantastic video from the new @better-than-this.bsky.social campaign. Share widely!

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Steph Wright @elmosmoe.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

And the wonderful Society for Hopeful Technologists is a go go go! 🚀

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Steph Wright @elmosmoe.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

The most awesome day of events from @weandai.bsky.social and friends all about countering AI inevitability, as part of London Data Week, is happening tomorrow… hope you manage to get to some!

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We and AI @weandai.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

The official launch event for The AI Resist List is finally here, and you can join in person or online! The airesistlist.org has met a seemingly urgent public need for examples of ways communities around the world are moving against extractive AI and exploring more equitable technology futures.

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The AI Resist List

A living directory of ways communities resist AI harms—and build alternatives worth fighting for.

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Steph Wright @elmosmoe.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

So excited for this screening with our partners @filmhouseedinburgh.bsky.social It's a must see and we've sorting out a fabulous line up for the Q&A after! So if you're in and around #edinburgh in August 2026, check this out!

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Steph Wright @elmosmoe.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

I would argue that he shows no signs of basic humanity

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Everyone Hates Elon @everyonehateselon.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

🚨Elon Musk is set to become the world's first TRILLIONAIRE today. Immigrants are not the reason you can’t afford groceries 📍near Tesla’s flagship London store, Tottenham

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Steph Wright @elmosmoe.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

Latest blog from us.. this time from our co-founder Dr Mhairi Aitken in response to the government’s consultation Growing Up Online

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Alex Hanna @alexhanna.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Today @dairinstitute.bsky.social is releasing the Luddite Lab Resource Hub. The hub hosts case studies, resources, and political education for unions, labor organizations, and workers who want to fight “AI” and automation at work. labor.dair-institute.org

Screenshot of the Luddite Lab website. The word Luddite Lab is in the top left corner. The tables in the top read: Case Studies, Primers, Resource Library, Contact Us, and About. The text below reads: “The Luddite Lab Resource Hub provides resources for unions, labor organizations, and worker-organizers fighting AI and automation at work. The lab provides strategies for worker-led governance and oversight of new technology through case studies, primers, and a resource library.” Below, there are five cards: Case Studies (Stories from worker organizers resisting AI), Primers (Applied research insights into AI, automation, and the future of work), Resource Library (Additional resources from partners), Contact Us (Ways to connect with the Luddite Lab team), and About (About the Luddite Lab project and team)

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We and AI @weandai.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

The collaboration was inspired by the pillars of the AI empire exposed in Karen’s book, and our 4Rs Countering Inevitability Framework - notinevitable.ai linked here:

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notinevitable.ai – Countering AI Inevitability Narratives

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We and AI @weandai.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

Introducing: The AI Resist List - airesistlist.org Our latest collaboration that illuminates the ways that people, communities, and organisations are pushing back against extractive AI development and deployment around the world.

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AI Resist List

AI Resist List website

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Steph Wright @elmosmoe.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

Honoured to have been invited to speak at this. AI is not the root cause of gendered harms, it is merely the latest force multiplier of the bigger societal problem of misogyny and violence against women and girls. We need to tackle that or we'll repeat the conversation with each new technology.

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Steph Wright @elmosmoe.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

It’ll be recorded for catch up after!

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Steph Wright @elmosmoe.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

Amazing free event online Friday 22 May that I've/ @our-ai-collective.bsky.social had the pleasure of getting involved with. @aiequality.bsky.social @womenatthetable.bsky.social. Global conversations to reframe AI through the lens of human rights. Sign up here! aiequalitytoolbox.com/2026-festiva...

A graphic with a gradient colour backgroun from green to blue, left to right. Text in the middle says Festival of Ideas 2026, a global conversation, May 22.

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Martha Dark @marthadark.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

NEW: @foxglovelegal.bsky.social's investigation is published in The Guardian today. Google is hugely misstating the carbon emissions of their UK data centres. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

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Google developers significantly misstate carbon emissions of proposed UK datacentres

Emissions understated by factor of five in Essex plans for tech giant, while Greystoke’s Lincolnshire plans show similar error

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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 10/05/2026

Google understated emissions for a huge UK project by a factor of five. These 3 data centres alone will account for the same emissions as Bristol (1% of UK's total GHGs). For what, exactly? www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Google developers significantly misstate carbon emissions of proposed UK datacentres
Emissions understated by factor of five in Essex plans for tech giant, while Greystoke’s Lincolnshire plans show similar error

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Prefer the Guardian on Google
Developers working for Google have significantly misstated how much carbon two proposed AI datacentres will contribute to the UK’s total emissions in planning documents reviewed by the Guardian.

The tech company wants to build two huge datacentres – one 52-hectare (130 acre) project in Thurrock and another at an airfield in North Weald, both in Essex. To do so, developers are required to submit planning documents calculating how much carbon these projects will emit as a proportion of the UK’s total carbon footprint.

In both cases, they appear to have compared one year of the proposed datacentre’s emissions with the UK’s entire five-year carbon budget, understating the significance of their emissions by a factor of five, according to experts at the tech justice nonprofit Foxglove.

Greystoke, a company planning to build another datacentre in north Lincolnshire, one of the largest in the UK, also appears to have misstated the emissions of its project in the same way. Taken together, the three developments will account for more than 1% of the UK’s carbon budget in 2033. This is the equivalent to the emissions of a mid-sized city such as Bristol.

“Google has serious questions to answer about its dubious datacentre pollution figures,” said Tim Squirrell, the head of strategy for Foxglove, which discovered the errors. “By comparing one year of datacentre emissions with five years of UK emissions, they’re making the environmental impact look five times smaller than it really is.”

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Steph Wright @elmosmoe.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

A wee bit later than we had hope but the pulse report from our People’s Panel on AI and Climate is out! Read it here! static1.squarespace.com/static/5dc00... @scottishaialliance.bsky.social #aiclimate

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Iris van Rooij 💭 @irisvanrooij.bsky.social · 15/11/2025

“While the AI industry claims its models can “think,” “reason,” and “learn,” their supposed achievements rest on marketing hype and stolen intellectual labor. In reality, AI erodes academic freedom, weakens critical reading, and subordinates the pursuit of knowledge to corporate interests.”

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AI Is Hollowing Out Higher Education

Olivia Guest & Iris van Rooij urge teachers and scholars to reject tools that commodify learning, deskill students, and promote illiteracy.

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Steph Wright @elmosmoe.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

Had so much fun recording this in the summer!

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