Reposted by Maha ShaikhRichard Morris @ahistoryinart.bsky.social · 16/09/2026In February 2027, Tate Modern will present its first ever exhibition focusing on the work of Claude Monet. Staged 100 years after his death, the show will feature more than 60 paintings, it will be the UK’s largest presentation of Monet’s work in nearly a decade. 113130
Reposted by Maha ShaikhDan Waterfield @danwaterfield.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Coupled with the rise of LLMs, the decline of universities forms a civilisational threat. People will forget how to build, think, write, reason, and make. 14312
Reposted by Maha ShaikhChristine Hall @brideoflinux.bsky.social · 30/08/2026My interview with RMS: The FOSS Force Interview With Richard Stallman - FOSS Force buff.ly/i7kP4Pnfossforce.comThe FOSS Force Interview With Richard Stallman - FOSS ForceRichard Stallman on why free software remains the essential question—and discusses LLMs, SaaSS, connected devices, and digital surveillance. 034
Maha Shaikh @mahashaikh.bsky.social · 03/09/2026For #StarTrek fans out there celebrating 60 years here is something that might interest you: www.royalmint.com/shop/limited... The Royal Mint is releasing two 50p coins with the #Vulcan salute and the Enterprise. #Trekkieroyalmint.comStar Trek - Live Long and Prosper | The Royal MintWe’re celebrating 60 years of adventure with two intergalactic coins. 000
Reposted by Maha ShaikhRonald Hartz @ronaldhartz.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Call for Abstracts - Beyond the Horrors of the Academy: The end of academia, and other ghost stories Critical Management Studies beyond the Academy? 30th June – 2nd July 2027, Lancaster University #CriticalManagementStudies #HigherEd wp.lancs.ac.uk/icms-lancast... 034
Reposted by Maha ShaikhJo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 15/08/2026Everyone: Heathrow, where are you getting your flood water? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukHeathrow Airport warns of disruption following floodsWater in the central terminal area means passengers cannot use roads to the airport 34812
Reposted by Maha ShaikhChris Bertram @crookedfootball.bsky.social · 15/08/2026But it will not send shockwaves through the British media or its online echo-chambers, where things will continue as before.bbc.co.ukJason Arday's death will send shockwaves through a divided academiaThe academic's Cambridge appointment in 2023 drew worldwide attention 111320
Maha Shaikh @mahashaikh.bsky.social · 04/08/2026#AOM2026 Enjoyed an amazing PDW with brilliant experts in different theories: Flows, Paths, Processes, and Matter: Developing and Applying Theories for Emerging Technologies: Emmanuelle Vaast, Susan Scott, Shaila Miranda, Reza Baygi and Brian Pentland! #AI #RelationalTheories 001
Maha Shaikh @mahashaikh.bsky.social · 19/07/2026Viva Espana!!!!!! #WorldCupFinal #Spain Champions!!!!! #FIFA2026 021
Maha Shaikh @mahashaikh.bsky.social · 19/07/2026What a brilliant game!! It was clearly one of the best games of the tournament. Both sides were awesome. A real joy to watch! Such amazing camaraderie between both sides. #FRAENG #FIFA2026 030
Reposted by Maha ShaikhRonald Hartz @ronaldhartz.bsky.social · 26/06/2026Good grief! "[W]e are scored from 0-3 across eight categories including two categories of “future strategic alignment” which ... count for 40% of the total score. There is a great deal of confusion about what “future strategic alignment” means". #UKHE johnheathershaw.substack.com/p/the-crisis...johnheathershaw.substack.comThe Crisis in Britain’s UniversitiesThe cuts that have been proposed at the University of Exeter demonstrates the crisis of purpose in Britain’s universities. Should not universities also be places to prepare for "eternal dwellings"? 214
Reposted by Maha ShaikhChuck and Jim 🟧🟦 - Chat Disabled @fireman452.bsky.social · 19/03/2025The National Geographic Photograph of The Year. The black shades you see are shadows of Zebras. If you zoom in you will be able to see what is casting the shadow. 🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂😜😜 #NationalGeographic 56721
Reposted by Maha ShaikhCerebro Digital @cerebrodigital.net · 11/06/2026TV en DIRECTO | Asi ha sido el espectaculo de luminoso en homenaje a Gaudi para inaugurar la nueva torre de la Sagrada Familia 87025
Maha Shaikh @mahashaikh.bsky.social · 09/06/2026Condolences: Remembering those dear to @lseblogs.bsky.social - In memory of Frank Land (1928-2026) blogs.lse.ac.uk/condolences/...blogs.lse.ac.ukIn memory of Frank Land (1928-2026) - CondolencesFrank Land, who has died aged 97, was a computer pioneer from the era of LEO (Lyons Electronic Office), the world’s first business computer. He was also one of the leading figures in shaping the intel... 000
Reposted by Maha ShaikhTech Policy Press @techpolicypress.bsky.social · 09/06/2026The United Kingdom's health system is rolling out a Palantir-built data platform that consolidates fragmented patient data, while experts raise concerns about transparency, oversight, and potential use in future, report Jade-Ruyu Yan and Aman Sethi. buff.ly/2FBHcLobuff.lyWhy Palantir’s UK Health Data System Matters Beyond Surveillance FearsKicking out Palantir, experts warn, may not solve the problems its Federated Data Platform has created, report Jade-Ruyu Yan and Aman Sethi. 1144
Reposted by Maha ShaikhRonald Hartz @ronaldhartz.bsky.social · 09/06/2026"Seeing whole areas of the country without an accessible Chemistry department, a Drama school, a Languages faculty – so that young students who can’t afford to move away from the parental home simply can’t consider those subjects. What a waste." New blogpost from @gsoh31.bsky.social. #UKHE 1199
Reposted by Maha ShaikhPaul Nightingale @paulnightingale.bsky.social · 09/06/2026This is good on military innovation and the danger of gadget hype around drones. 001
Reposted by Maha ShaikhEthan Mollick @emollick.bsky.social · 09/06/2026The New York Times published a roundtable discussion among Daron Acemoglu, Dean Ball, Clara Shih & myself about the future of AI & who wins at work. I think it is a really nice overview of the core debates on the topic, and has some fun examples. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/09/m...nytimes.comWho Will Actually Thrive in the Hybrid A.I.-Human Work Force 1519
Reposted by Maha ShaikhChris Bertram @crookedfootball.bsky.social · 25/05/2026Shorter: there are no jobs and pay and conditions are getting worseft.comWhy young academics are leaving academiaAs more PhD holders compete for limited university jobs, many are reconsidering the appeal of industry careers 516243
Reposted by Maha ShaikhGiles Wilkes @gilesyb.bsky.social · 25/05/2026UK universities cut jobs, research and teaching amid squeeze in overseas students - www.ft.com/content/ded7... I don't really understand why any administration would not try to reverse the fall in overseas student numbers, but I guess I'm a naive liberalft.comUK universities cut jobs, research and teaching amid squeeze in overseas students‘Very sharp downturn’ in enrolments risks hitting economic innovation and academic pipeline, lobby group says 29333106
Reposted by Maha ShaikhRob 🏳️🌈 @rotster.net · 25/05/2026The very same vice-chancellors will be congratulating each other and telling themselves that taking ‘difficult decisions’ like this is what makes them worth their £350k salaries. 24223
Reposted by Maha ShaikhAleksandra Lazić, PhD @alelazic.bsky.social · 24/05/2026Recordings from the #FOR2026 are now available! Our panel on Equity and Justice in Open Research Implementation is under Day 2: opensciencestudies.eu/for-2026-con... Thank you to the PHIL_OS project led by @sabinaleonelli.bsky.social for being such wonderful hosts. #OpenScience @abrir.bsky.social 085
Reposted by Maha ShaikhNeil Turkewitz @neilturkewitz.bsky.social · 25/05/2026“Technology in & of itself is not a solution to humanity’s problems just as it is not inherently evil. In practice, however, technology is never neutral, because it takes on the characteristics of those who devise, finance, regulate & use it.” Sounds like the Pope’s been reading Mumford, Ellul etcft.comHome - Financial TimesNews, analysis and opinion from the Financial Times on the latest in markets, economics and politics 36021
Reposted by Maha ShaikhAlondra Nelson @alondra.bsky.social · 21/05/2026Three things said about AI and social science: it's a topic to study, a thing to critique, a tool to use. My new Daedalus essay argues these aren't three conversations; they're one. A 🧵 on "Field Theory: AI as Social Science Question, Object, and Tool." www.amacad.org/publication/...amacad.orgField Theory: AI as Social Science Question, Object & ToolUses of advanced artificial intelligence are changing how societies organize labor, govern, produce knowledge, and make meaning. In light of these developments, this essay argues that AI models, tools... 8277126
Reposted by Maha ShaikhJana Bacevic 🌲🌳✊🏴 @unsocialtheory.bsky.social · 25/05/2026Reading my (2014) book and crying a little 🥲 (CEU Press basically did no promotion back in the day, which means they were also slow to respond when it got nominated for the Rotschild prize. Amsterdam University Press bought them and now sells it for 130EUR. It's here: www.aup.nl/en/book/9786...) 062
Reposted by Maha ShaikhSpelling Mistakes Cost Lives @darrencullen.bsky.social · 21/05/2026On the tube 71137713655
Reposted by Maha ShaikhJo Grady @drjogrady.bsky.social · 20/05/2026Nearly half of our universities are forecasting deficits. Institutions across the country are closing departments and issuing redundancy notices. The government don’t yet consider this a crisis. How many more jobs must be lost before ministers act? 37646
Reposted by Maha ShaikhPaul Nightingale @paulnightingale.bsky.social · 16/05/2026What China is doing with major projects is stunning. The contrast with other nations is striking. 023
Reposted by Maha ShaikhKate Devlin @drkatedevlin.bsky.social · 13/05/2026Buckle up, buttercup! I'm going to do a thread with all the cool stuff going on in our King's Digital Futures Institute free Festival of Storytelling, taking place in central London on 2-4 July and open to EVERYONE. @kings-dfi.bsky.social @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social @kingsartshums.bsky.social 4147
Reposted by Maha ShaikhOpenForum Europe @openforumeurope.org · 12/05/2026The European Commission’s Open Source Observatory (OSOR) has published its second update of the Belgium Country Report, examining the evolution and recent developments in open source software adoption in the country over the past three years. interoperable-europe.ec.europa.eu/collection/o... 011
Reposted by Maha ShaikhEmily M. Bender @emilymbender.bsky.social · 12/05/2026Some reflections on frequently unasked questions about stochastic parrots (the phrase and the paper): medium.com/@emilymenonb...medium.comStochastic Parrots 🦜: Frequently Unasked QuestionsIt’s been a bit over five years since the Stochastic Parrots paper (Bender, Gebru et al 2021) was published (and somewhat longer since… 613347
Reposted by Maha ShaikhDr Di Cook @visnut.bsky.social · 11/05/2026Super excited to get this at my door today! Ursula Laa and my book on exploring high-d data and models is in print! Book website is www.routledge.com/Interactivel... if interested I think my 30% discount code might work for you - msg me. Time to update dicook.github.io/mulgar_book/ too! #rstats 415832
Reposted by Maha ShaikhClimatologist49 @climatologist49.bsky.social · 10/05/2026An epic webcam capture of the sun skirting the horizon at Utqiaġvik, Alaska, this morning. @alaskawx.bsky.social 552521605
Reposted by Maha ShaikhPeter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 10/05/2026In other news UK news shows continue to fail to call out bull**** like this from Nigel Farage and Reform 13530183
Reposted by Maha ShaikhHetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 11/05/2026Scary diagram on how much of our daily lives would fall apart if somehow we were cut off from US tech. Tech sovereignty and resilience is going to be costly! www.ft.com/content/4c3a... 1312067
Reposted by Maha ShaikhMalcolm Quinn @malrog.bsky.social · 11/05/2026‘If you’re a nativist, you believe in mono-ethnicity, you believe in mono-religion, then London is the antidote and the antithesis, because we are diverse, we are pluralistic, we are liberal and we are incredibly successful on any objective criteria.’ 22571155
Reposted by Maha ShaikhPeter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 08/05/2026Professor John Curtice says that voting shows the Green Party are doing more damage to the Labour Party than Reform 45320116
Reposted by Maha ShaikhBremain in Spain @bremaininspain.com · 08/05/2026Interesting from Sir John Curtice, the UKs top polling expert on Englands council election and the Reform surge 19301140
Reposted by Maha ShaikhDr Kevin D. Tennent @kevindtennent.bsky.social · 07/05/2026This is quite something - the #AoM - an American institution in management studies which attracts 10,000 people annually and traditionally cycles around places like Chicago, Boston, Atlanta and Seattle is moving its next few meetings after 2027 out of the US. 041
Reposted by Maha ShaikhJun Otsuka @junotk.bsky.social · 01/05/2026My article "What does it mean to understand AI?" is out now in Harvard Data Science Review! I discuss mechanistic interpretability, representation engineering, world models, and Potemkin understanding from philosophical perspectives. hdsr.mitpress.mit.edu/pub/w1tfg5lx...hdsr.mitpress.mit.eduWhat Does It Mean to Understand AI? 2149
Reposted by Maha ShaikhCritical AI https://read.dukeupress.edu/critical-ai/issue @criticalai-journal.bsky.social · 27/04/2026For those in the NY/NJ area tomorrow evening, don't miss this event with @emilymbender.bsky.social at Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken: www.stevens.edu/events/dr-em...stevens.eduDr. Emily Bender, Co-Author of The AI ConDr. Emily Bender will be in conversation with Dr. Tiffany Li, Computer Science, and Dr. Sandeep Mertia, Science and Technology Studies. 0177
Reposted by Maha ShaikhPeter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 27/04/2026BREAKING: The Commons Speaker has confirmed MPs will be given a debate on whether Keir Starmer should be referred to the privileges committee over whether he knowingly mislead parliament over Mandelson appointment 209724
Reposted by Maha ShaikhCharles Logan @charleswlogan.bsky.social · 19/04/2026I really appreciate @elizabethwithaz.bsky.social's reflections on how she explored the social impacts of technology with her students by introducing them to the people - the ghost workers - whose labor makes “AI” systems possible. Read this week’s @civicsoftech.bsky.social and find the lesson at:civicsoftechnology.orgIntroducing Middle School Students to "The Secret Ghost Workers of 'Artificial Intelligence'" — Civics of TechnologyUpcoming Book Clubs: We’re reading The Digital Delusion: How Classroom Technology Harms our Kids’ Learning - And How to Help Them Thrive Again by Jared Cooney Horvath. Join us on Wednesday, Ap... 28944
Reposted by Maha ShaikhJo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 18/04/2026BBC reporting that Anthropic has a new AI product so powerful - especially good at hacking - that it will not make it generally available but will let a few companies and maybe the US government have it. What could possibly go wrong? 65617
Maha Shaikh @mahashaikh.bsky.social · 18/04/2026Research: What China’s AI Agents Reveal About the Future of Commerce hbr.org/2026/04/rese... by Mark J. Greeven, Fabrice Beaulieu and Wei Wei. 010
Maha Shaikh @mahashaikh.bsky.social · 18/04/2026O'Reilly - Generative AI in the Real World: Aishwarya Naresh Reganti on Making AI Work in Production with Ben Lorica and Aishwarya Naresh Reganti - www.oreilly.com/radar/podcas...oreilly.comGenerative AI in the Real World: Aishwarya Naresh Reganti on Making AI Work in Production 000
Maha Shaikh @mahashaikh.bsky.social · 16/04/2026New paper: Beyond the tool view of AI: Intelligent technologies and the emergence of new epistemic regimes - Anastasia V Sergeeva, Paul M Leonardi, Samer Faraj, 2026 journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....journals.sagepub.comBeyond the tool view of AI: Intelligent technologies and the emergence of new epistemic regimes - Anastasia V Sergeeva, Paul M Leonardi, Samer Faraj, 2026What distinguishes contemporary intelligent technologies is that they produce knowledge claims that are grounded in logics quite different from those that have ... 020
Reposted by Maha ShaikhChristine Hall @brideoflinux.bsky.social · 16/04/2026Just published on FOSS Force: FunOS: Ubuntu LTS with JWM and No Snaps fossforce.com/2026/04/funo... 012
Reposted by Maha ShaikhDr. Jens Foell @jensfoell.de · 15/04/2026OpenAI: We’re burning money like the Joker. A miracle needs to happen for us to turn a profit Microsoft: Please please use our AI systems, we’re teetering on the edge here Anthropic: I wonder what’ll kill us first: lawsuits, regulations or model collapse Media and universities: AI is here to stay 120111864070