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Marielza

@marielza.bsky.social
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Retired UNESCO Dir for Digital Inclusion, Policies & Transformation. Chair, UN University, eGov Institute. UNESCO Women in STEM Committee Some pottery and cyanotyping Profile picture is of my face and torso Banner is a picture I took of a light garden

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AlternativePhotography.com @alternativephotography.com · 16h
How do you make a cyanotype that is over 2 metres wide? Elizabeth Bourne divided her photograph into 200 individual sections and created a tiled paper negative. Read the full process: 👉 www.alternativephotography.com/tiled-cyanot... #cyanotype #cyanotypes #digitalnegatives #negatives #altprocess
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AlternativePhotography.com @alternativephotography.com · 7h
💙 World Cyanotype Day 2026 💙 has become Cyanotype WEEK! We love seeing it grow. Today’s cyanotypes: ➥ Ginette Desroches ➥ Kai Tormod Hansen ➥ Karin Matter-Locher ➥ Laurinda Bellew @bluelumiereart.bsky.social BLUEtiful cyanotypes: 👉 www.alternativephotography.com/world-cyanot... #cyanotypes
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Dr Abeba Birhane @abeba.blacksky.app · 6h
Huge congratulations to our colleagues at @iccl.bsky.social on this win! In a landmark ruling on 25 Sep, the ICCL secured a precedent that will reshape how Big Tech companies defend themselves in GDPR class actions that impact their operations across the entire EU enforce.ie/digital-data...
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ICCL secures landmark precedent against Big Tech - Enforce
Landmark ruling will reshape how Big Tech companies defend themselves in court for EU-wide GDPR class actions
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Marielza @marielza.bsky.social · 7h
"Much of today’s AI risk discussion treats it as an objective property of AI models themselves. Risks are named, bounded, & mitigated (...) in technical vocabularies that confer legitimacy. Yet what is presented as objective risk is the result of human choices about what to name, measure & address."
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Data & Society @datasociety.bsky.social · 9h
"Algorithmic wages & prices are symptoms of a political economy built on the continuous conversion of movement, delay, fatigue, debt, location, browsing, hunger, punctuality, & desperation into commercial leverage." @veenadubal.bsky.social @katiejwells.bsky.social dissentmagazine.org/article/algo...
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Life Under the Algorithm - Dissent Magazine
Algorithmic wages and prices don’t just squeeze workers in the present. They make them predictably poor into the future.
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Marielza @marielza.bsky.social · 13h
Supersize my price: surveillance pricing comes to McDonald's.
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Marielza @marielza.bsky.social · 13h
"...for me to make money and for fascism to advance." There, completed the phrase. Do I get a 🍪?
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Marielza @marielza.bsky.social · 13h
JFC
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Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 28/09/2026
To the people complaining these sex abuse cases have created a world where men now have to think 10 times before they touch a woman. Yes, that's the point. It's called consent. Welcome to human decency.
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Eileen Clancy 🧿 @clancyny.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Where's the lie?
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Audit the Department of War @asthepalacesburn.bsky.social · 22h
Part of the reason stuff like this happens is that the US is the only country in the world that has not ratified the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. It says children should get legal representation, the state should act in their interest, etc. bsky.app/profile/asth...
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Daphne Keller @daphnek.bsky.social · 15h
Bad drama with Meta over at GIFCT www.wired.com/story/indepe...
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Meta-Led Anti-Terrorism Group Faces Mass Resignation of Expert Advisers
Meta and other tech giants are pushing through structural changes at the Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism that outside researchers allege will weaken oversight of an already embattled consor...
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United Nations University @ununiversity.bsky.social · 16h
What do 1.4 billion hectares look like? Nearly 2 BILLION football fields ⚽ That's the total area used to grow food that's never eaten. This International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste, learn how you can play your part: go.unu.edu/fBaYX #FLWDay via @fao.org
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Tech Policy Press @techpolicypress.bsky.social · 16h
Meta is testing Community Notes in 16 Latin American countries. Stephan Mündges writes that the announcement offers numbers designed to signal success but no criteria for what success would actually mean.
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Meta Brings Community Notes to LatAm Without Showing What Success Looks Like
As Meta brings Community Notes to Latin American countries, its numbers reveal little about effectiveness, writes Stephan Mündges.
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Dr. Elinor Carmi @elinorcarmi.bsky.social · 17h
I argue "digital consent serves as an authorizing & legalizing instrument to the business model of spying, selling & trading ppl in the online ecosystem... & show the way digital consent is a mechanism that transfers responsibility to ppl & enables an exploitative-extractivist market to exist".
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Marielza @marielza.bsky.social · 17h
"What information about AI should companies publish, for whom, and what decisions might these reports inform? How can we move toward greater consistency and comparability of disclosure across the AI industry and over time, while remaining nimble amid AI's changing dynamics and impacts?"
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Marielza @marielza.bsky.social · 17h
"[The UN] claiming without evidence that AI will be a 'great equalizer' is yet another example of global powers and tech oligarchs distorting reality and disregarding African lives, argues Alison Gillwald, adjunct professor at the Univ of Cape Town’s Nelson Mandela School of Public Governance." 💯
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Chatham House @chathamhouse.org · 19h
A Flávio Bolsonaro victory in Brazil would create another friendly South American government for the Trump administration — adding to the White House’s list of Trump-aligned leaders.
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Brazil’s presidential election is more than just another polarized contest
A Bolsonaro victory would mean Trump-aligned governments dominate South America.
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University of Cincinnati, Department of Philosophy @ucphilosophy.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
We’re hiring for two positions! One is TT in Ancient, the other an open-rank TT position in mind, science, or ethics. Please share widely! See more on PhilJobs: TT Ancient: philjobs.org/job/show/32273 Open-rank Mind, Science, or Ethics: philjobs.org/job/show/32265
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Assistant Professor, University of Cincinnati - PhilJobs:JFP Assistant Professor, University of Cincinnati
An international database of jobs for philosophers
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Scotland's No1 Comrade @scotlandscomrade.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Israel has committed genocide in the Gaza Strip, UN Commission finds 16 September 2025 GENEVA – Israel has committed genocide against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, the UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and Israel.
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Marielza @marielza.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
"Ao garantir o direito de acesso à informação, a LAI possibilita que a sociedade fique mais bem informada para o exercício do controle social sobre as ações do poder público."
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Marielza @marielza.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Mia Mottley · Prime Minister of Barbados · Sept. 24 Said every state should have a say: AI is “a technology that will affect every State” and therefore “must be governed by rules that every State has had the opportunity to shape.”
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Marielza @marielza.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I found it reprehensible that this podcast faked clips of world leaders' voices and speeches. Neither China nor Cuba EVER speak in English at the UNGA, as Mandarin and Spanish are official UN languages. Lula does not speak English. Do better, @meidastouch.com.
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United Nations University @ununiversity.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
THE PROMISE OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE Co-organized by UNU, the World Bank Group Institute for Economic Development and partners, the event will explore key findings and policy recommendations from the World Development Report 2026, with a focus on Asia. Register now: go.unu.edu/PF0De #WDR2026
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Jaz @jaz.sh · 27/09/2026
Okay so I've built a new Atlas, this time it lets you explore the conversations on Bluesky over the past 7 days graphically. It should update every ~6 hours and help you navigate the information environment that exists on here. I've learned a LOT about what people do here today... atlas.jazco.dev
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Atlas
A living map of what Bluesky is talking about: the past week's conversations, grouped into topics and regions and rebuilt every six hours.
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Rebecca L ❌ 👑 @rlen10.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
"What we are facing near-term, anyway, is not extinction. And it’s not superintelligence… It’s wholesale deepfaked disinformation, and unreliable but persistent AI systems stealing credentials and launching cyberattacks, at scale." @garymarcus.bsky.social garymarcus.substack.com/p/big-news-a...
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Big news at the UN
Sometimes, maybe dreams come true?
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amyhellerartist.bsky.social @amyhellerartist.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Happy World Cyanotype Day! Here is my entry for this year's theme GLOBAL BLUEPRINT... "Global Blues: Hands, Flora & Fauna" Reimagined from my original cyanotypes on silk painted with gold acrylic paint by Amy Heller.💙 Thank you Malin Fabbri, AlternativePhotography.com & World Cyanotype Day!
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Stereoscopy Blog @stereoscopyblog.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Camera stereoscopica A cheeky tribute to Anna Atkins on #WorldCyanotypeDay @alternativephotography.com
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Mark @reprographix.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Happy World Cyanotype Day!!! This is my first try at cyanotyping on book pages, and it turned out really cool! It's giving me ideas for gifts for my book club this holiday. #Cyanotype #WorldCyanotypeDay
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Marielza @marielza.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Learned a new, very apropos word: squeeveillance.
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JW Mason @jwmason.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
This is the master key to deciphering contemporary debates about free speech. www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2026/se...
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brendanamartin.bsky.social @brendanamartin.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Here is more detail on X restricting access to Brazil’s Catholic Church (h/t @marielza.bsky.social). It started with them objecting to Bolsonarista Evangelicals’ efforts to dethrone Brazil’s patron saint (maybe they want to replace her with Trump, or Musk, or the NFL commissioner)….
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Eileen Clancy 🧿 @clancyny.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Won't sell you an advertising slot if you might say mean things about Elon Musk. But if you are a Medicare scammer using deep fake celebrities, buy all the ad space you desire!
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Social Media Lab @socialmedialab.ca · 27/09/2026
"X Blocks Account of National Conference of Bishops of Brasil As Catholics Back Lula" paydayreport.com/x-blocks-acc...
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X Blocks Account of National Conference of Bishops of Brasil As Catholics Back Lula
Polls show Catholics backing Lula as the church denounces foreign interference.
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Accessibility Awareness @a11yawareness.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The same image can be used in multiple contexts and need to have different alt text in each instance. As Sheri Byrne-Haber points out in this blog post, context is a critical aspect of alt text that many people miss. www.sheribyrnehaber.com/context-is-t...
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Context is the most critical aspect of alt-text everyone seems to miss - Sheri Byrne-Haber's Blog
This is the article I SWORE I would never write. But I have a different perspective on alt-text than most accessibility managers, so I decided to share it.
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Marielza @marielza.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
New assignment dropped: spread this info to every Brazilian. Nova tarefa, gente: espalhar essa noticia para a brasileirada toda!!!
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Social Media Lab @socialmedialab.ca · 27/09/2026
Wow ... "X Blocks Account of National Conference of Bishops of Brasil As Catholics Back Lula" paydayreport.com/x-blocks-acc...
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X Blocks Account of National Conference of Bishops of Brasil As Catholics Back Lula
Polls show Catholics backing Lula as the church denounces foreign interference.
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Matthew J Kuiper @matthewjkuiper.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Great reporting. “their safeguards work” is about as believable as “smoking is good for you”
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Marielza @marielza.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Since BIG Tech social media companies are refusing to air this trailer as a paid ad, it needs to be disseminated for free. This is the assignment.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
AI is being used to... -Facilitate online scams -Process health insurance claims, leading to wrongful denials -Price gouge customers via surveillance pricing -Set higher car insurance premiums using personal data The dangers of AI aren’t in some far-off future. They're already here.
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Astra Taylor @astra.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Forget grandiose talk of curing cancer - this is what AI is actually doing to healthcare. In the words of one cardiologist: “it’s bots fighting bots, agents fighting agents, a horrible dystopic future nobody wants to live in.”
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Kaliakra 🏺 @kaliakra.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
This one fired so nicely. The #PowerTurquoise blended beautifully in the #Paladium #glaze. #pottery #glazing #ceramics #clayart #handbuilding #kaliakrapottery
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Marielza @marielza.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Volkswagen to customers: screw you.
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Marielza @marielza.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The silliest con.
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Marielza @marielza.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Parabens Presidente Lula. As bets sao puramente extrativas, tirando de quem mais precisa sem oferecer nada em troca.
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Marielza @marielza.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
👏 decision by President Lula to prohibit / ban "prediction markets" (online gambling, popularly called "bets") operations in Brazil. These POS companies take R$ 175+ BILLION from the Brazilian economy every year, & have ruined more families than we can count while also laundering corruption $.
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Revista Fórum @revistaforum.com.br · 25/09/2026
URGENTE: Lula assina MP que proíbe bets no Brasil: Ao lado do ministro da Fazenda, Dario Durigan, o presidente Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva assinou Medida Provisória que proíbe todos os tipos de bets no Brasil. Também está vetada a publicidade de jogos de apostas online.   Matéria em… #revistafórum
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URGENTE: Lula assina MP que proíbe bets no Brasil
Ao lado do ministro da Fazenda, Dario Durigan, o presidente Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva assinou Medida Provisória que proíbe todos os tipos de bets no Brasil. Também está vetada a publicidade de jogos de apostas online.   Matéria em atualização.  
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Guardian US @us.theguardian.com · 25/09/2026
Watch the official trailer for NAZA, an award-winning documentary produced by the Guardian that details the systems behind Israel’s mass killings in Gaza. It will be released in cinemas in more than 50 countries in the coming weeks, and then will stream on the Guardian’s website, for free.
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NAZA - official trailer
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Marielza @marielza.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Nice, a new book to illuminate an often overlooked but critical aspect of technology sovereignty. Promises to be super interesting! 👁
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Ben #ActNow 🔥🌳🌊 @benaldo.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
New job role at GDS: Deputy Director for Digital Standards and Inclusive Design. Deadline end of 8th October. Public sector only... Come be my boss! If you're nice, and good. www.civilservicejobs.service.gov.uk/csr/index.cg...
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