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Farah

@farahq.bsky.social
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Assistant Professor of Anthropology, Colby College | Kenyan-born Brit | researching fintech, digital “inclusion”, AI/automated decision making, and weird cryptocurrency cultures. I love my cat.

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Farah @farahq.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
This cutie really wants to eat the cheese but only managed to lick it. She got frustrated and stopped after this. Silly baby.
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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
you love to see it
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Farah @farahq.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Completely fair ask
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Maggie Tokuda-Hall @maggietokudahall.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Member of @authorsabb.bsky.social @jerroldconnors.bsky.social came through in the best way and assembled this for us all! Know thine shitty bills!
Three poop colored circles in a Venn diagram, 8705: mandates teaching propagandistic US history, HR 7661: will banned undefined "sexually oriented" materials, HR 2616 will mandate teachers to put trans and nb students. ALL 3 will ban books. ALL THREE are transphobic bs.
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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
I’ve said it before and will say it a few more times. When Trump 2.0 came for accreditation I knew we had crossed into a different era of white reclamation. Precise, focused, stealth. Anyway, you probably don’t want these reforms.
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Antiquity Journal @antiquity.ac.uk · 12/05/2026
Archaeologists excavating the historic palace of Benin City, looted and destroyed by the British in AD 1897. The project reveals a comprehensive picture of the influential African kingdom's urban infrastructure and artisanal crafts. 🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy... 🏺 #Archaeology
Work in progress on the Rainforest Gallery site 2. Several archaeologists excavating in trenches.
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Farah @farahq.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Overheard today, at a glass art pop-up, visitor asking how glass pieces are made: "That looks almost professional quality!" "Well, this is my full time job and I teach here, so I hope."
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Farah @farahq.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
"If you believe in genetics, WHICH I DO" ffs
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Data & Society @datasociety.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Since ChatGPT debuted in the fall of their freshman year, the Class of 2026 has been the testing ground for a technology that upended higher education. What happens after they graduate? www.businessinsider.com/graduating-c...
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This year's college grads are AI-savvy — and a little brain-rotted
This year's college grads have adapted to AI. That makes them prime job-market candidates — even if they have a little bit of brain rot.
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Farah @farahq.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
Shantiara a security officer, wearing INA the label. Arlene is a warehouse worker with the Amazon Labor Union, 63 years, wearing a look from City Castro. Dickey is a software developer demanding no AI for violence surveillance or deportation in Amazon. Alexia also wearing Cindy Castro!
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Farah @farahq.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
Full show available to watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=jR-5... Added praise to @everyonehateselon.bsky.social for creative pre-gala protest
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Ball Without Billionaires - LABOR IS ART!
YouTube video by SEIU
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Farah @farahq.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
The #ballwithoutbillionaires had amazing fashion with even richer stories to them. Much better than the farce of the #MetGala. Thank you to @seiu.org, @stratorgcenter.bsky.social, the Amazon Labor Union for the show. Here's 4 amazing pieces and people from the show.
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Farah @farahq.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
I tell her she's a beautiful baby. She knows. #cat #caturday
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Stephen C. Rea @stevierea.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
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Dispute over fate of Kenyan workers who saw Meta AI glasses films
Meta and its subcontractor disagree over why over 1000 Kenya-based workers were made redundant.
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Farah @farahq.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
So true 😂
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Farah @farahq.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Every time an ad loads on your phone, irrespective of if you asked for it or not, personal data including demographic information, location, and device ID can be shared in minutes, and that's up for sale. Government security agencies now buy it. Use Adblocks. stateofsurveillance.org/news/how-ad-...
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How the Ad Industry Built a Surveillance Machine: The Real-Time Bidding Pipeline Police Use to Track Your Phone - State of Surveillance
The advertising ecosystem broadcasts your location to thousands of companies every time an ad loads. Citizen Lab revealed how Webloc turns that data into warrantless police surveillance of 500 million...
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Siobhan Beeman @siobhan.northsky.social · 13/04/2026
The “Calvin’s dad explains two types” meme, inspired by a Calvin and Hobbes cartoon.

Clockwise from top left:
1) Calvin’s dad walks into frame to find Calvin trying to operate a record player. The dad says: “There are only two industries left in America: gambling, and fraud.”

2) The dad shows where the record goes, and how to turn on the player, while Calvin watches. Dad says “Derivatives? Gambling. AI? Fraud. Video games? Gambling. Social media? Fraud.” Calvin says “yeah”.

3) With one hand open palm up, Calvin’s dad cheerfully explains to Calvin out of frame below him, “The stock market looks like gambling, but it’s actually fraud.”

4) In bed in a dark room, Calvin clutches at his pillow, eyes wide in existential terror. There is no text in the panel.
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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 06/04/2026
Where on the Democracy Index does it fall when the government bans entire fields of education?
miamiherald.com
Florida bans sociology from core curriculum at state universities
For years, Republican lawmakers and education leaders have argued that sociology — especially high-enrollment introductory courses — has been overtaken by progressive ideology
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Farah @farahq.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
Has to be over Sonic www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Bn5...
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Chill77, Unjaps, mikeeysmind - Papaoutai (Afro Soul) | SONIC
YouTube video by SILEM TAERT
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Farah @farahq.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
LOVE this by Cate Cleo Alexander and Lauren Knight on AI generated music, and what that definition even means. Afro Soul Papaoutai slaps, but has a benefit of being popular for legal fairness. The song is undeniably powerful and emotional. I hate that I like it. theconversation.com/could-you-te...
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Could you tell if your favourite song was made with AI? The viral ‘Papaoutai’ cover controversy suggests not
Ninety-seven per cent of us cannot tell the difference between AI-generated and human-authored music. When an AI cover recently went viral, it sparked questions about ethics and transparency.
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Farah @farahq.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
Omg congrats LeYe!
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Farah @farahq.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
Was going to link to the song, but I'll do one better and link the song over Sonic the Hedgehog version, because why not at this point. State of 2026 I guess. youtu.be/1Bn5Ho_lFYw?...
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Chill77, Unjaps, mikeeysmind - Papaoutai (Afro Soul) | SONIC
YouTube video by SILEM TAERT
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Mar Hicks @histoftech.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
You can’t really learn much if you’re having AI generate your homework, your papers, and everything else you need to complete a class, but for some reason universities keep shoving AI into the learning environment on the assumption that it’s an improvement.
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Dan "Mr. Bones and Me" Greene @dmgreene.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
Cause of death: money and litigation pit. And thank goodness too.
wsj.com
Exclusive | OpenAI Set to Discontinue Sora Video Platform App
The app, released last year, allowed people to insert themselves into famous movie scenes, among other functions.
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Farah @farahq.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
@kellyclancy.bsky.social this was such an important email to end up in my inbox. Thank you so much, gave me extra motivation to just be a badass.
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Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 23/02/2026
Relevant to today's conversation about AI's inherent sexism, here's an email from cognitive psychologist and early AI theorist Roger Schank, arguing to Epstein that women can't be truly intelligent, because they care too much about what other people think.
To: Jeffrey epstein[jeevacation©gmail.com]
From: roger schank
Sent: Mon 1/4/2010 12:15:13 PM
Subject: there is a simpler explanation about women and intelligence
intelligence comes about in part from real focus (goal-directed
(this is why you have the absent minded professor caricature)
it is a rare woman who is not first and foremost focussed on what
thinking and feeling about her
hard to be brilliant if you are worrying if you look fat or why
hates you or why you dont own a kelly bag
roger schank
http://www.rogerschank.com/
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Farah @farahq.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
Please check out my new article published in Oxford Intersections on AI credit scoring practices and predatory solar home energy systems in Kenya. Appreciate your views, shares, and opinions 💚 (Happy to share copies if paywall restricted) academic.oup.com/edited-volum...
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Scoring Energy: How Credit Scores Unfairly Restrict Access to Pay-as-You-Go Electricity in Kenya | Oxford Intersections: AI in Society | Oxford Academic
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Farah @farahq.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
Some good news to lighten things up a bit. The Netherlands is returning over 100 of their Benin Bronzes to Nigeria. This can only be a win all around, and hopefully encourages other collectors/museums to repatriate as well 🏺 www.euronews.com/culture/2025...
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Netherlands to return over 100 Benin Bronzes to Nigeria
The Netherlands will return 119 Benin Bronzes to Nigeria which the country took during colonial times.
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paniel daniel @pandanflavor.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
she's just a little guy 👽👍
tuxedo cat dressed up as an alien cat named glorp. text says luna glorp!!
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nixCraft @cyberciti.biz · 27/01/2025
😂
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Farah @farahq.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
I’m learning to knit 😸
Flame point cat under knitted scarfFlame point cat under knitted scarf now yawning
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Fishbourne Roman Palace @romanpalace.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
For Blue Monday we can't think of anything more appropriate than this charming depiction of a man getting his face eaten off by a leopard. #MosaicMonday
A horrific image of a someone who seems to have his hands tied behind his back. A big cat (the predator kind, not the overfed pet kind) has jumped up at him and is devouring his face. Blood splashes on the floor.
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Farah @farahq.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
As we come up on an especially bad couple of Blue Mondays, a reminder that January is also the hardest month in the year. Remember to take time out and give yourself compassion, breaks, and nice things wherever you can find them 🤍
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cam @veemocam.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
SCHEDULE TIME AWW YEAH STARES FOR CARES STARTS ON FRIDAY AT 6PM EST AT @jaymoji.bsky.social TWITCH TELEVISION WE END AT 12AM EST SUNDAY NIGHT GET READY and remember, every dollar counts - even $1 towards these organizations goes a long way! come through and hang with us!
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Farah @farahq.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
Why are they so much cuter unfilled
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BostonJoan 🏳️‍🌈 🦫 @bostonjoan.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
US millionaires and billionaires are bidding for TikTok (without the algorithm) because it’s all about the value of the data and governing BIG SPEECH. Technofascism has a few players, who buy up platforms like real estate, and call it the public good. These guys… www.tiktok.com/t/ZT21wUoQL/
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Among those hoping to buy #TikTok ahead of a ban looming on Jan. 19 is an organization connected to billionaire investor Frank McCourt, who once owned the Los Angeles Dodgers. #TikTokban #ByteDance
TikTok video by nbcnews
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Farah @farahq.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
I gave her pets from you Ryadge! Got some purrs
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Farah @farahq.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
Cococcino is taking a break from her “work” to interrupt your feed to say hi, and she hopes you’re having a good Tuesday. This came with a miao but I didn’t catch it on time #cats #academiccats
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BostonJoan 🏳️‍🌈 🦫 @bostonjoan.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
Given that the @nytimes.com is suing @Openai, it's critical that we continue to lift up the voice of Suchir Balaji, a whistleblower who was found dead after going public alleging OpenAI's theft of copyright. www.nytimes.com/2024/10/23/t...
nytimes.com
Former OpenAI Researcher Says the Company Broke Copyright Law
Suchir Balaji helped gather and organize the enormous amounts of internet data used to train the startup’s ChatGPT chatbot.
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Jonathan Slater @jonathanslater.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
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Farah @farahq.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
Double attacks on all vulnerable populations as we move in to an administration that is likely planning on simultaneously reducing social security and attacking exploited undocumented workers. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/13/b...
nytimes.com
How Unauthorized Immigrants Help Finance Social Security Benefits (Gift Article)
Undocumented workers often pay taxes that help fund programs like Social Security — even if they can’t collect from them in the future.
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Farah @farahq.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
@zurcasi.bsky.social
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 13/01/2025
Honoring lives lost in Altadena 🙏🏽
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Farah @farahq.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
Happy birthday Cam love you!
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Farah @farahq.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
Love this so much
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paniel daniel @pandanflavor.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
raffle prize for @leye.bsky.social 🍌 this was so fun to do!!
pet portrait of my friend's cat chai! she's holding her banana catnip toy and her bright blue eyes are widened with excitement
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Mark Abraham @markabraham.bsky.social · 12/01/2025
“The Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921, in which a prosperous Black neighborhood in Oklahoma was destroyed and up to 300 people were killed, was not committed by an uncontrolled mob but was the result of “a coordinated, military-style attack” by white citizens.” www.nytimes.com/2025/01/11/u...
nytimes.com
Tulsa Massacre Was a ‘Coordinated, Military-Style Attack,’ Federal Report Says
The Justice Department’s conclusion follows an investigation of the 1921 atrocity in Oklahoma in which up to 300 Black residents were killed.
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