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Maha Shaikh

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Academic @esadebsls.bsky.social I research #OpenSource, #Open #innovation, material #agency, #governance of #OSS

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Richard Morris @ahistoryinart.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
In 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.
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Dan Waterfield @danwaterfield.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Coupled with the rise of LLMs, the decline of universities forms a civilisational threat. People will forget how to build, think, write, reason, and make.
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Christine Hall @brideoflinux.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
My interview with RMS: The FOSS Force Interview With Richard Stallman - FOSS Force buff.ly/i7kP4Pn
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The FOSS Force Interview With Richard Stallman - FOSS Force
Richard Stallman on why free software remains the essential question—and discusses LLMs, SaaSS, connected devices, and digital surveillance.
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Maha Shaikh @mahashaikh.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
For #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. #Trekkie
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Star Trek - Live Long and Prosper | The Royal Mint
We’re celebrating 60 years of adventure with two intergalactic coins.
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Ronald Hartz @ronaldhartz.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Call 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...
Call 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

Session Type: To be decided based on submissions

Session Convenors: Dave Watson, Senior Lecturer in Organisation Studies & HRM, Essex Business School – University of Essex; Yousaf Nishat-Botero, Assistant Professor Birmingham Business School – University of Birmingham; Benjamin Richards, Lecturer in Organisation Studies, Northumbria University.

Proposal:
For Marx and Engels, communism loomed like a spectre across Europe (Marx and Engels, 1848/1976), a spectre still conjured only to be exorcised by the forces of reaction (Derrida, 2006). Capital too requires a spectral phenomenology to uncover and follow its movements. It is, to quote Chris Arthur (2019: 369), ‘a shape opposed to all materiality, a pure form which
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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Everyone: Heathrow, where are you getting your flood water? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Heathrow Airport warns of disruption following floods
Water in the central terminal area means passengers cannot use roads to the airport
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Chris Bertram @crookedfootball.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
But it will not send shockwaves through the British media or its online echo-chambers, where things will continue as before.
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Jason Arday's death will send shockwaves through a divided academia
The academic's Cambridge appointment in 2023 drew worldwide attention
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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
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Maha Shaikh @mahashaikh.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Viva Espana!!!!!! #WorldCupFinal #Spain Champions!!!!! #FIFA2026
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Maha Shaikh @mahashaikh.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
What 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
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Ronald Hartz @ronaldhartz.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Good 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...
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The Crisis in Britain’s Universities
The 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"?
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Chuck and Jim 🟧🟦 - Chat Disabled @fireman452.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
The 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
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Jsantiago gomez @jesussantiagogomez.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Gaudi
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Cerebro Digital @cerebrodigital.net · 11/06/2026
TV en DIRECTO | Asi ha sido el espectaculo de luminoso en homenaje a Gaudi para inaugurar la nueva torre de la Sagrada Familia
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Maha Shaikh @mahashaikh.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Condolences: Remembering those dear to @lseblogs.bsky.social - In memory of Frank Land (1928-2026) blogs.lse.ac.uk/condolences/...
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In memory of Frank Land (1928-2026) - Condolences
Frank 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...
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Tech Policy Press @techpolicypress.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
The 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/2FBHcLo
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Why Palantir’s UK Health Data System Matters Beyond Surveillance Fears
Kicking out Palantir, experts warn, may not solve the problems its Federated Data Platform has created, report Jade-Ruyu Yan and Aman Sethi.
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Ronald 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
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Paul Nightingale @paulnightingale.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
This is good on military innovation and the danger of gadget hype around drones.
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Ethan Mollick @emollick.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
The 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...
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Who Will Actually Thrive in the Hybrid A.I.-Human Work Force
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Chris Bertram @crookedfootball.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
Shorter: there are no jobs and pay and conditions are getting worse
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Why young academics are leaving academia
As more PhD holders compete for limited university jobs, many are reconsidering the appeal of industry careers
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Giles Wilkes @gilesyb.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
UK 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 liberal
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UK 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
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Rob 🏳️‍🌈 @rotster.net · 25/05/2026
The 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.
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Aleksandra Lazić, PhD @alelazic.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
Recordings 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
A photo of the chair and panelists from left to right: Barbara Prainsack, Aleksandra Lazić, Rachel Ankeny, Antonia Schrader, Tony Ross-Hellhauer, Louise Bezuidenhout.
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Neil 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 etc
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Home - Financial Times
News, analysis and opinion from the Financial Times on the latest in markets, economics and politics
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Alondra Nelson @alondra.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Three 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/...
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Field Theory: AI as Social Science Question, Object & Tool
Uses 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...
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Jana Bacevic 🌲🌳✊🏴 @unsocialtheory.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
Reading 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...)
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Spelling Mistakes Cost Lives @darrencullen.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
On the tube
Photo of a fake OpenAi ad on the overground. Text: "Yes, we built a machine that tells teenagers to kill themselves.

But — it might also help them with their homework."

Chatgpt logo
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Jo Grady @drjogrady.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Nearly 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?
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Paul Nightingale @paulnightingale.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
What China is doing with major projects is stunning. The contrast with other nations is striking.
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Kate Devlin @drkatedevlin.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Buckle 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
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OpenForum Europe @openforumeurope.org · 12/05/2026
The 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...
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Emily M. Bender @emilymbender.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Some reflections on frequently unasked questions about stochastic parrots (the phrase and the paper): medium.com/@emilymenonb...
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Stochastic Parrots 🦜: Frequently Unasked Questions
It’s been a bit over five years since the Stochastic Parrots paper (Bender, Gebru et al 2021) was published (and somewhat longer since…
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Dr Di Cook @visnut.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
Super 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
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Climatologist49 @climatologist49.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
An epic webcam capture of the sun skirting the horizon at Utqiaġvik, Alaska, this morning. @alaskawx.bsky.social
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
In other news UK news shows continue to fail to call out bull**** like this from Nigel Farage and Reform
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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
Scary 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...
Complex flow chart showing reliance on US tech in daily life
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Malcolm 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.’
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Professor John Curtice says that voting shows the Green Party are doing more damage to the Labour Party than Reform
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Bremain in Spain @bremaininspain.com · 08/05/2026
Interesting from Sir John Curtice, the UKs top polling expert on Englands council election and the Reform surge
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Dr Kevin D. Tennent @kevindtennent.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
This 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.
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Jun Otsuka @junotk.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
My 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...
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What Does It Mean to Understand AI?
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Critical AI https://read.dukeupress.edu/critical-ai/issue @criticalai-journal.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
For 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...
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Dr. Emily Bender, Co-Author of The AI Con
Dr. Emily Bender will be in conversation with Dr. Tiffany Li, Computer Science, and Dr. Sandeep Mertia, Science and Technology Studies.
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
BREAKING: 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
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Charles Logan @charleswlogan.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
I 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:
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Introducing Middle School Students to "The Secret Ghost Workers of 'Artificial Intelligence'" — Civics of Technology
Upcoming 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...
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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
BBC 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?
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Maha Shaikh @mahashaikh.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
Research: 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.
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Maha Shaikh @mahashaikh.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
O'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...
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Generative AI in the Real World: Aishwarya Naresh Reganti on Making AI Work in Production
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Maha Shaikh @mahashaikh.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
New 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....
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Beyond the tool view of AI: Intelligent technologies and the emergence of new epistemic regimes - Anastasia V Sergeeva, Paul M Leonardi, Samer Faraj, 2026
What distinguishes contemporary intelligent technologies is that they produce knowledge claims that are grounded in logics quite different from those that have ...
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Christine Hall @brideoflinux.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
Just published on FOSS Force: FunOS: Ubuntu LTS with JWM and No Snaps fossforce.com/2026/04/funo...
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Dr. Jens Foell @jensfoell.de · 15/04/2026
OpenAI: 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
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