Reposted by @kendrabriken.bsky.socialUCU QMU @ucuqmu.bsky.social · 06/07/2026Morning folks, it's our first strike day against compulsory redundancies and reduction in research and scholarship time. Members, check your email for picket details, see you there ✊🏻 043
Reposted by @kendrabriken.bsky.socialKaren Gregory @karengregory.bsky.social · 23/06/2026A statement from Edinburgh Riders’ Movement ROOM following a spate of recent incidents on Edinburgh’s streets via @workersobservatory.org workersobservatory.org/news/room-st...workersobservatory.orgStatement from ROOM following incidents in EdinburghDelivery rider collective ROOM addresses recent attacks targeting delivery riders, and other incidents. 078
Reposted by @kendrabriken.bsky.socialGav Maclean @gavmaclean.bsky.social · 09/06/2026Want to know what's happening with restaurants?theguardian.comThe British food scene was booming. Why has it suddenly gone bust?Once mocked internationally, the UK became a gastronomic hotspot in recent decades – London was hailed as the foodie capital of the world. Now many Michelin-starred restaurants have closed and the rot... 112
Reposted by @kendrabriken.bsky.socialMiriam Posner @miriamposner.com · 01/06/2026There is something in here for everyone: Marxists, logistics obsessives, obsolete-software enthusiasts, and those are all the kinds of people I know about. yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300...yalebooks.yale.eduSeeing Like a Supply ChainA history of the technology of supply-chain management from punch cards to neural nets, and how the ambiguity built into that technology helps companies and ... 2231491
Reposted by @kendrabriken.bsky.socialMiriam Posner @miriamposner.com · 01/06/2026My book has a cover! I told the press I had a thing for the design of computer books from the 1970s and I was so excited they took that seriously. yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300...yalebooks.yale.eduSeeing Like a Supply ChainA history of the technology of supply-chain management from punch cards to neural nets, and how the ambiguity built into that technology helps companies and ... 5269089
Reposted by @kendrabriken.bsky.socialETUI @etui.bsky.social · 22/05/2026🌐🏫 'Governing artificial intelligence in the higher education sector: sociotechnical perspectives, regulatory challenges and working conditions' 📖 Download a copy of the new book here 🔗 etui.org/4qq 043
Reposted by @kendrabriken.bsky.socialdaniel loick @danielloick.bsky.social · 11/11/2025RIP Micha Brumlik. Seine Stimme fehlt sehr. www.fritz-bauer-institut.de/mitteilung/m...fritz-bauer-institut.deIn ehrender Erinnerung 1174
Reposted by @kendrabriken.bsky.socialJason Read @jasonread.bsky.social · 09/11/2025Another repost in memory of Paolo Virno www.unemployednegativity.com/2015/06/natu...unemployednegativity.comNaturally Historical: On Paolo Virno's When the Word Becomes Flesh and Déjà Vu and the End of History 091
Reposted by @kendrabriken.bsky.socialdaniel loick @danielloick.bsky.social · 08/11/2025RIP Paolo Virno. He was one of the funniest and warmest philosophers. vimeo.com/112510961?fl...vimeo.comLuoghi Comuni - Hegel & Techno RavesPaolo Virno talks about Virno and Techno. Excerpt from the Film "Luoghi Comuni" ("Common Places") 04421
Reposted by @kendrabriken.bsky.socialJason Read @jasonread.bsky.social · 08/11/2025Paolo Virno 1952-2025 04715
Reposted by @kendrabriken.bsky.socialJason Read @jasonread.bsky.social · 08/11/2025Reposted in memory of Paolo Virno who passed away last night. www.unemployednegativity.com/2025/10/inte...unemployednegativity.comInterpreting a Changing World: Labor Power in Virno and Macherey 0246
Reposted by @kendrabriken.bsky.socialBen Williamson @benpatrickwill.bsky.social · 28/05/2025A race is on to produce statistical evidence of the effects of AI in education. It's leading to a rush of viral studies that play well on social media but don't stand up so well to methodological scrutiny. New post codeactsineducation.wordpress.com/2025/05/28/e...codeactsineducation.wordpress.comEnumerating AI effects in educationPhoto by Igor Omilaev on Unsplash Over recent weeks, controversy has surfaced over research publications claiming to show statistical evidence that generative AI has beneficial effects on learning.… 16326
kendrabriken.bsky.social @kendrabriken.bsky.social · 06/05/2025Sad to lose this wonderful journal and thanks to all who did the work and care that made it so special 021
Reposted by @kendrabriken.bsky.socialValentin Niebler @vni.bsky.social · 02/05/2025SILICON LANDSCAPES. Imaginationen, Materialitäten und (Geo-)Politiken eines Rohstoffs 🗓️ Workshop vom 22. - 23.5.25 📍 IfEE, Anton-Wilhelm-Amo-Str. 40-41, 10117 Berlin Restplätze: www.euroethno.hu-berlin.de/de/das-insti... 166
Reposted by @kendrabriken.bsky.socialrobin celikates @robin-c.bsky.social · 05/05/2025Great episode on a fantastic and important book — very much looking forward to discussing it with @williammparis.bsky.social himself tomorrow in Berlin! 0187
Reposted by @kendrabriken.bsky.socialhannah proctor @hhnnccnnll.bsky.social · 01/05/2025In 1925, Berta Lask wrote a play to mark the 400th anniversary of the German Peasants’ War. In it, she imagines Thomas Müntzer waking up every hundred years to address the contemporary political situation. Sam Dolbear has translated it - happy May Day 🌈🌈🌈 www.rabrab.net/titles/muntzerrabrab.netBerta Lask - Thomas Müntzer — Rab-Rab Press 1207
Reposted by @kendrabriken.bsky.socialDr Abeba Birhane @abeba.blacksky.app · 02/05/2025now do emails 2754
kendrabriken.bsky.social @kendrabriken.bsky.social · 02/05/2025The thread below captures my point why the end of 'The Substance' with its blood spilling and screaming makes sense to some - and not to others. 000
Reposted by @kendrabriken.bsky.socialRiccardo Bellofiore @r-bellofiore.bsky.social · 29/04/2025#MichelAglietta passed away. He was a crucial figure in the 1970s and early 1980s for those working at the intersection of #Marx, #money, #unequaldevelopment, #stagesofcapitalism (and later international currency). The early #regulationschool was in dialogue with #SuzannedeBrunhoff. /1 12610
Reposted by @kendrabriken.bsky.socialDr Abeba Birhane @abeba.blacksky.app · 28/04/2025what a cool book cover. and our chapter is there at the top 🙌🏾 details here: www.e-elgar.com/shop/gbp/rob... 2409
Reposted by @kendrabriken.bsky.socialKaren Gregory @karengregory.bsky.social · 22/04/2025Looking forward to speaking at @britsoci.bsky.social "Science, Technology & Digital" Plenary this Wednesday, April 23rd. Come along if you're attending the conference. 164
Reposted by @kendrabriken.bsky.socialBen Williamson @benpatrickwill.bsky.social · 16/04/2025Nothing really exists in education until there is an OECD test for it. So we can now expect the international "AI literacy" ranking results in 2030, in case any countries wanted yet another way to be seen to perform on a made-up education metric. www.oecd.org/en/about/pro...oecd.orgPISA 2029 Media and Artificial Intelligence LiteracyThe PISA 2029 Media & Artificial Intelligence Literacy (MAIL) assessment will shed light on whether young students have had opportunities to learn and to engage proactively and critically in a world w... 23811
Reposted by @kendrabriken.bsky.socialmatt vidal @chukker.bsky.social · 14/04/2025The number of shoppers visiting Target stores has fallen for nine weeks in a row since it pulled back from DEI initiatives it had long promoted In contrast, footfall has kept growing at Costco, which fought a shareholder proposal aimed at undermining DEI initiatives www.ft.com/content/268a...ft.comThe pain of doing business under TrumpBuckling to a volatile administration has costs that are only starting to become apparent 021
kendrabriken.bsky.social @kendrabriken.bsky.social · 09/04/2025Join our livestream at 11am BST to hear more about the unique work of the IAERC advocating for workers rights for over 30yrs m.youtube.com/@ImprovingWo...m.youtube.comImprovingWorkingLivesWelcome to the livestream to the launch of our research report on the Inverclyde Advice & Employment Rights Centre (IAERC): Clients, Cases, Community. Our panel (Dr Eleanor Kirk, University of Glasgow... 000
Reposted by @kendrabriken.bsky.socialkendrabriken.bsky.social @kendrabriken.bsky.social · 09/04/2025Proudly announcing the launch of our report on the work of the Inverclyde Advice and Empliyment Rights Centre, first finding from our Amplifying Workers' Voice project improvingworkinglives.orgimprovingworkinglives.orgImproving Working LivesFair work does not exist in Inverclyde in Glasgow says University of Strathclyde research team. 012
kendrabriken.bsky.social @kendrabriken.bsky.social · 09/04/2025Proudly announcing the launch of our report on the work of the Inverclyde Advice and Empliyment Rights Centre, first finding from our Amplifying Workers' Voice project improvingworkinglives.orgimprovingworkinglives.orgImproving Working LivesFair work does not exist in Inverclyde in Glasgow says University of Strathclyde research team. 012
Reposted by @kendrabriken.bsky.socialDr Abeba Birhane @abeba.blacksky.app · 05/04/2025"we should shed the idea that AI is a technological artifact with political features & recognize it as a political artifact through & through. AI is an ideological project to shift authority & autonomy away from individuals, towards centralized structures of power" i finally read this & it's 🔥🔥🔥 527182
Reposted by @kendrabriken.bsky.socialBylines Scotland @bylines.scot · 23/03/2025Tonight: 5.00pm #SCOGRE 0308
Reposted by @kendrabriken.bsky.socialValerio De Stefano @valeriodeste.bsky.social · 20/03/2025Very thrilled to announce the publication of a special issue of the Comparative Labor Law & Policy Journal, titled "New Perspectives on Worker Subordination." Edited by Valerio De Stefano, Sara Slinn, & Eric Tucker (Osgoode Hall Law School, York University, Toronto). 🧵👇 171
Reposted by @kendrabriken.bsky.socialMiriam Posner @miriamposner.com · 13/03/2025I mentioned this @amoorelouise.bsky.social article to my grad students recently bc the more I think about it, the more important it seems. LLMs make decisions by altering parameters until you get a desired outcome, not by reasoning through principles. + www.cambridge.org/core/journal...cambridge.orgMachine learning political orders | Review of International Studies | Cambridge CoreMachine learning political orders - Volume 49 Issue 1 37924
Reposted by @kendrabriken.bsky.socialRuha Benjamin @ruha9.bsky.social · 12/03/2025🗓️ Updated events, would love to see u if I’m in your neck of the woods! For details, www.ruhabenjamin.com/events 6488
Reposted by @kendrabriken.bsky.socialMartin Krzywdzinski @martinkrz.bsky.social · 13/03/2025How do engineers and tech workers cope with the digital transformation, how far do they show similarities or different es? New paper by my colleagues and me in www.scienceopen.com/hosted-docum... @ursulahuws.bsky.socialscienceopen.comAn uncertain elite : Professional differences and similarities between engineers and tech workers in times of digital transformation<p xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" dir="auto" id="d1373472e208">The digital transformation of industries has given rise to new categories of tech workers, such as sof... 063
Reposted by @kendrabriken.bsky.socialBen Williamson @benpatrickwill.bsky.social · 13/03/2025Terrific special issue editorial on time, temporality and datafied governance of education "we need to know more about how futures (and pasts) are enacted in data and how the resulting anticipated or forecasted futures (and pasts) govern the present" doi.org/10.1080/1750...doi.orgIntroduction: time and temporality in the datafied governance of educationThis special issue offers an exploration of the interaction of datafication and temporality in educational governance and demonstrates the many ways in which this interaction can be framed, theoriz... 12110
Reposted by @kendrabriken.bsky.socialKaren Gregory @karengregory.bsky.social · 09/03/2025This is exactly what I wanted: 2205
Reposted by @kendrabriken.bsky.socialLinke Literatur @linkeliteratur.bsky.social · 07/03/2025Walther Müller-Jentsch ist verstorben: www.isb.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/mam/content/... @onachtwey.bsky.social @camlinger.bsky.socialisb.ruhr-uni-bochum.de 1106
Reposted by @kendrabriken.bsky.socialBylines Scotland @bylines.scot · 07/03/2025"Er...I'm no economist, you understand. But from whit I've seen it should be called craptocurrency." 3525
Reposted by @kendrabriken.bsky.socialKim TallBear @kimtallbear.bsky.social · 06/03/2025A dear feminist science studies mentor passed on March 5. Have a good journey Sandra Harding. ❤️ Harding was UCLA Distinguished Professor Emerita of Education and Gender Studies, former Director of the Center for the Study of Women. Link is an oral history interview with Sandra on her career.digital.sciencehistory.orgOral history interview with Sandra HardingSandra Harding was born in San Francisco, California, the first of five children born to Lloyd and Constance Harding. Her father's struggle to find work during the Great Depression led the family to L... 21834209
Reposted by @kendrabriken.bsky.socialKaren Gregory @karengregory.bsky.social · 06/03/2025March 13th in Edinburgh: AI Literacy and Institutional Responsibility w/ Liz Losh. 143
Reposted by @kendrabriken.bsky.socialAlt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 06/03/2025We are working on launching an ALT DOGE website. It will soon feature a team page listing all of Elon’s staffers, our own wall of receipts (tracking the money he’s taking from America), and a section to help Americans keep tabs on the false claims on Doge’s website—which now exceed 52%. 951301775274
Reposted by @kendrabriken.bsky.socialEmployment Research Unit @erucardiffu.bsky.social · 05/03/2025Today at @cu-cardiffbusiness.bsky.social it's happening! Fantastic scholars on Agents and Agency in the Implementation of Tech at Work, with Kendra Briken @unistrathclyde.bsky.social Dean Stroud and Caroline Lloyd @cusocsci.bsky.social Looking forward to it 🎉🎉🎉 042
Reposted by @kendrabriken.bsky.socialRonald Hartz @ronaldhartz.bsky.social · 03/03/2025Wed 5 Mar, 12.00–1.30 pm, Online Hosted by the Centre for Commons Organising Values Equalities and Resilience, @davidharvie.bsky.social, Simon Lilley and I will discuss our book about the purge of Critical Management Studies at Leicester. #CriticalManagementStudies www.essex.ac.uk/events/2025/...essex.ac.ukShaping for Mediocrity | University of Essex 043
Reposted by @kendrabriken.bsky.socialBen Williamson @benpatrickwill.bsky.social · 04/03/2025Excellent new editorial on rentiership, assetization and digital education for a special issue about to publish in @lmt-journal.bsky.social - and do come along to the whole SI launch events online on 20 and 27 March srhe.ac.uk/networks/dig... 0154
Reposted by @kendrabriken.bsky.socialRC44 Research Committee for Labour Movements (ISA) @labourrc44.bsky.social · 02/03/2025Please read & share the February 2025 issue of RC44's February newsletter, including our call for action regarding the exclusion of RC44’s flagship publication, Global Labour Journal, from journal rankings by the multinational corporation, Clarivate #labour #workers 044
Reposted by @kendrabriken.bsky.socialBen Williamson @benpatrickwill.bsky.social · 01/03/2025Consumer genetic IQ tests are now easily available if parents want to buy polygenic intelligence scores for their children. A short 🧵 293
Reposted by @kendrabriken.bsky.socialBen Williamson @benpatrickwill.bsky.social · 01/03/2025If buying a polygenic IQ test, you'd be paying to put your social class and privileges under the microarray scanner rather than your kids' DNA. Companies selling genetic IQ tests are predatory on parents' anxieties and ambitions regarding their children 173
Reposted by @kendrabriken.bsky.socialBen Williamson @benpatrickwill.bsky.social · 27/02/2025Chuffed our paper on edtech market forecasting - we called it "algorithmic futuring" - made it into this special issue on digital assetization in education doi.org/10.1080/1743... 0186
Reposted by @kendrabriken.bsky.socialSøren Mau @sorenmau.bsky.social · 16/02/2025of demands written a few weeks later that included access to the commons, the right to freedom, and the reduction of rent and “compulsory labor.” On my back is a tribute to the rebellion: a woodcut by the German artist Hans Holbein, created during the Peasants’ War (1524–25). 2/3 510211
