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Nathanael Sheehan

@nathanaelsheehan.bsky.social
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Computer Science | Philosophy of Open Science // Post-Doc part of PHIL_OS (opensciencestudies.eu) (he/him) nsheehan.vercel.app

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Nathanael Sheehan @nathanaelsheehan.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
#RMU2 is well underway with @ian-burton.bsky.social giving a fantastic introduction talk on what is responsible modelling! "All models are wrong, but some are good...and some are harmful"
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Toby Buckle @polphilpod.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
wild way to frame one of the most aggressively anti-trans bathroom bans in the developed world
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Ben Zipperer @benzipperer.org · 04/08/2026
public libraries ftw
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Franz Berto @franzberto.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Philosophers, spread the word! The next Special Issue of The Philosophical Quarterly will be 'Philosophy and Climate Change' - Guest Editor Stephen Gardiner, call for papers here: academic.oup.com/pq/pages/cal...
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Ajuna Soerjadi 🌸 @ethicsofai.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
I did a thing!! I made a rendition of the song The Man with Money in his Hands by Jessie Mazin ❤️ This song was just perfect to be made into an anti-AI anthem. "Make life easier, just give up control. It's a chemical dependance, it's a bruise on your soul" Enjoy!!!!!!! 😃 youtu.be/i6Sbu2Zf2SM?...
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The man with money in his hands - Jessie Mazin (cover and edit by Ajuna Soerjadi)
YouTube video by Ajuna Soerjadi
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Iyad Rahwan | إياد رهوان @iyadrahwan.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
📣 I am hiring a 𝗣𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗱𝗼𝗰 𝗶𝗻 𝗦𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗥𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗰𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 & 𝗛𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻-𝗔𝗜 𝗛𝘆𝗯𝗿𝗶𝗱 𝗦𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗺𝘀 📍 Berlin 📅 3-year position 💡 Ideal for researchers with a PhD in Computer Science, Cognitive Science, Applied Math, Physics, etc. and a strong background in AI, RL, and computational social science. Details below
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Postdoctoral Fellow in Social Reinforcement Learning and Human-AI Hybrid Systems - Max-Planck-Institut für Bildungsforschung
The Center for Humans and Machines (CHM) at the Max Planck Institute for Human Development in Berlin conducts interdisciplinary science to understand, anticipate, and shape major disruptions from A...
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Sabina Leonelli @sabinaleonelli.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Link: www.pdcnet.org/pdc/bvdb.nsf... and #OA version here on @philsci-archive.bsky.social : philsci-archive.pitt.edu/26292/1/Berg... #philsci
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Contrasting Visions of Inquiry for an Open Society: Henri Bergson and Karl Popper Between Humane and Rational Openness - Volume 103, Issue 3, July 2026
This paper traces the intellectual lineage of the idea of openness as a guiding principle for scientific inquiry within democratic societies. To this aim, it contrasts Henri Bergson’s and Karl Popper’...
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Costa Samaras @costasamaras.com · 19/07/2026
Could Excel be conscious? We surveyed more than Jan 1 1900 people to find out.
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Anna Alexandrova @annaalexandrova.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Science coverage of this open letter with quotes from @bayesianboy.bsky.social @cailinmeister.bsky.social Craig Callender, Matthew Liao @naomioreskes.bsky.social and me. Journals, the ball is in your court now.
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Philosophers call for their journals to require conflict of interest disclosures
A new petition urges greater transparency amid growing ties to AI and other companies
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Mel Andrews @bayesianboy.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
As philosophy rushes to claim expertise on AI, AI companies rush to control the philosophical narrative. Unlike other disciplines, philosophy has no standards for reporting conflicts of interest. This petition endeavors to change that: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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Open Letter about Industry Funding and Disclosure in Philosophy
*For full list of signatories, updated every few hours, please click here.* In recent years, philosophical writing on areas such as climate change, technology, misinformation, and artificial intellige...
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Social Epistemology Journal @socialepistemology.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
➡️ 🔓 [OPEN ACCESS] "Critically Engaged Pragmatism: Scientific Norm and Social, Pragmatist Epistemology for AI Science Evaluation Tools" by Carole J. Lee www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Critically Engaged Pragmatism: Scientific Norm and Social, Pragmatist Epistemology for AI Science Evaluation Tools
AI science evaluation tools aim to assess research credibility. As with traditional metrics such as impact factors, their edicts can be decontextualised and repurposed in problematic ways. To addre...
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Social Epistemology Journal @socialepistemology.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
"Knowledge and Politics: Reflections on Challenges to Open Science" by Helen E. Longino www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Knowledge and Politics: Reflections on Challenges to Open Science
This comment focuses on the contradictions inherent in current conceptualizations and practices associated with Open Science and highlighted by the preceding set of articles. Using Longino’s Critic...
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Nathanael Sheehan @nathanaelsheehan.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Yippie! My first solo author paper has been published in Social Epistemology! The paper explores the philosophy of data formats and how they shape participation in open research data infrastructures.
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Adrian Currie @adrian-currie.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
#DefendExeterUni
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Sabina Leonelli @sabinaleonelli.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
I am heartbroken by University of Exeter’s decision to endanger the majority of staff in philosophy and qualitative social science, including #Egenis @exeterspspa.bsky.social No warning, no consultations, just an email dropped into inboxes announcing redundancy. c.org/zKbPJFDwBq #philsci #sts #hps
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CWTS | Leiden University @cwts.nl · 04/06/2026
🚨 New 𝐏𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐝𝐨𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐫 opportunity at CWTS on Evaluating Open Science Impact and Research Culture Change, working closely with Alex Rushforth and Louise Bezuidenhout. Apply until 18 June 👇 careers.universiteitleiden.nl/job/Postdoct... @leidensocial.bsky.social @opensciencenl.bsky.social
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Digital Research Academy @digiresacademy.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Still processing FOR2026 in Munich. We presented our poster on open & equitable research- great conversations, so much energy. The people stayed with us most. Scholars, activists, practitioners-passionate about Open Science & actively working towards it. So glad to be part of it.
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Olivia Guest · Ολίβια Γκεστ @olivia.science · 08/05/2026
updated to link to all I know of; please sign: openletter.earth/open-letter-... > Colleagues and I have written and published: Open Letter: Stop the Uncritical Adoption of AI Technologies in Academia. Also there are versions in Dutch, French, German, Italian, and Spanish olivia.science/ai/#activism
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Open Letter: Stop the Uncritical Adoption of AI Technologies in Academia
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LucyCes @lucyces.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Some incredibly rich discussions were held at #FOR2026, organized by the PHIL_OS team at @tum.de 👏🏼 So grateful for the opportunity to share this collage of ideas about open research infrastructures, and for the lovely meetings with old and new friends and colleagues. Until next time!
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Aleksandra Lazić, PhD @alelazic.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Great to see open education represented at #FOR2026 today! @rfarrow.bsky.social presented the GO-GN, a network of PhD candidates around the world whose research projects include a focus on #OpenEducation (i.e. OER, OEP, MOOC). go-gn.net #OpenScience
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GO-GN Global OER Graduate Network
Homepage of the Global OER Graduate Network, based in the Institute of Educational Technology at The Open University, UK
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LucyCes @lucyces.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
kudos to @alelazic.bsky.social for bringing up this wonderful piece at #FOR2026 - always worth resharing and rereading 👏 Equity in science is a beautiful lie — and I’m done pretending www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Equity in science is a beautiful lie — and I’m done pretending
Science isn’t really moving towards equity; institutions are just perfecting the appearance of equity. We need to build an alternative system.
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Alice Fleerackers (she/her) @fleerackers.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Pleasure to share our research on public desire to learn about preliminary science at #FOR2026 Check out the slides: www.canva.com/design/DAHH2... #openscience #scicomm #scholcomm
Janise and Alice stand in front of their slide titled "Open Research and Public Engagement: What Citizens want to know about preliminary and evolving science"
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Daniel S. Katz @danielskatz.org · 05/05/2026
At #FOR2026 yesterday, I learned from Carole Goble that Trust (in another person or organization) can be defined as their: (Credibility + Reliability + Intimacy) / Self-Orientation which is from Cathrin Stöver - Chief Communications Officer GÉANT
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Alexander Schniedermann @aschniedermann.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
„People aren’t FAIR, data might be“ but people failed to recognize data practices and efforts of others. We have a digital #TragedyOfTheCommons in research and open science. @carolegoble.bsky.social at #FOR2026 #OpenScience #ResearchData #RDA #FAIRData #TrustedResearchEnvironments
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Aleksandra Lazić, PhD @alelazic.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
Amazing to hear from Vaska Leshoska today at #FOR2026 about RISE-Open, a grassroots effort opening up psychological instruments & resources for Macedonian students & researchers. Nice to see the vibes of our Serbian #REPOPSI (2020-) spreading across the region. 😍 #OpenScience
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Daniel S. Katz @danielskatz.org · 04/05/2026
During #FOR2026, I learned that I should read "Thinking like a business: Reconfiguring relationships to sustain open data infrastructures" by Kathleen Gregory and Dorothea Strecker (arxiv.org/abs/2604.27580), which takes a political economy-based look at Dryad
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Thinking like a business: Reconfiguring relationships to sustain open data infrastructures
Sustaining open data infrastructures over time is a complex puzzle, involving dynamic funding models and relationships with customers, collaborators, and competitors. Despite their importance, these m...
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ResearchEquals @researchequals.com · 04/05/2026
At the Future of Open Research conference, sponging up ideas for concrete action. ResearchEquals creates spaces for experimental forms of research, which informs new policies. Since our inception, this has popularised the notion of more diverse outputs. #FOR2026
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Iris van Rooij 💭 @irisvanrooij.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
"AI is often pitched as a climate solution, optimizing energy and accelerating decarbonization. In reality, claims of sustainability obscure the deep ties between tech, fossil fuels, and the state." #Critical_AI_Literacy www.themaybe.org/reframing-im...
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Reframing "AI for Climate" with Naomi Klein
Claims of sustainability obscure the deep ties between tech, fossil fuels, and the state.
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Nathanael Sheehan @nathanaelsheehan.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
We (@sabinaleonelli.bsky.social, @elisj.bsky.social, Emma Cavazzoni & I) are collecting stories (voice notes/text) and images (drawings/photos) of Cicadas and Fireflies for an upcoming Pianeta Lab event. If you have any, we welcome you to share them via our website-> pianeta-lab-storia.vercel.app
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Storie di Insetti · Cicala o Lucciola
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Dr Abeba Birhane @abeba.blacksky.app · 02/01/2026
we did this work about 5yrs ago. disheartening to see things have gotten worse, generally speaking
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N Von Ho @sisbromcdudeho.bsky.social · 02/01/2026
We need to start asking major websites not to provide Share links to X.
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Nanoraptor @nanoraptor.danamania.com · 03/01/2026
It's fascinating to see the changes in one company's logo over the years.
A bunch of microsoft logos from the 70s, 80s, 90s and today but instead of saying Microsoft all of them spell Microslop in the vibe of the original logos.
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Sara Rouhi @rouhiroo.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
Gen AI consumes #openscience as raw fuel - how do we avoid losing that value to private, closed, corporate benefit only? It's a catch 22. #CMUOpenScience Mohammad Hosseini speaking on #openscience in #GenAI. Really dilemmas we have to address head on.
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Sabina Leonelli @sabinaleonelli.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
Can metadata curation count as experimental practice? We answer in this new paper on data reanalysis in #plant #spacebiology, a major outcome of #PHIL_OS & Paola Castaño‘s collaboration w NASA’s open data team! #philsci, #data, #experimentation, #modelling, #ISS. OA version: doi.org/10.1016/j.sh...
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CWTS | Leiden University @cwts.nl · 04/11/2025
📣 This Friday, we will have another seminar: @nathanaelsheehan.bsky.social from TU Munich will give a talk on 'Metascience of Past, Present, & Future'. 🎧 Make sure to join! 📅 Friday, 7.11.2025 | 3:00-4:15 PM (CET) 📌 Online & at CWTS www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/events/20...
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Metascience of Past, Present, & Future
This talk traces the trajectory of metascience from its origins in the Unity of Science movement to its contemporary form as an empirical reform project. I argue that while its methods and objects hav...
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Martin Paul Eve @eve.gd · 16/10/2025
"The protocol taught us that technology can be based on human values like ethics and morality. It showed that voluntary compliance works when all parties benefit." On robots.txt. www.heise.de/en/backgroun...
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Obituary: Farewell to robots.txt (1994-2025)
The voluntary compliance protocol that civilized the internet has departed, bids Henning Fries farewell.
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Adrian Currie @adrian-currie.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
If you’re interested in practicing the philosophy of science in practice why not come along to an online workshop “the philosophy of science in practice - in practice”? #philsci
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Dr Abeba Birhane @abeba.blacksky.app · 25/08/2025
a grifter who left a political career (former UK Deputy Prime Minister) to serve as Zucks lapdog, now says the most evil company is indeed 'evil' having actively created a hostile/anti-regulation culture & making millions doing it. cry me a fucking river www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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‘At Meta I found myself wrestling my deputy in an MMA gym’: Nick Clegg on the culture shock of Silicon Valley
In an exclusive extract from his new book, the former Meta number two recalls the mindset, the mantras and the man at the top
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Iris van Rooij 💭 @irisvanrooij.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
AI slop and the destruction of knowledge irisvanrooijcogsci.com/2025/08/12/a...
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AI slop and the destruction of knowledge
This week I was looking for info on what cognitive scientists mean when they speak of ‘domain-general’ cognition. I was curious, because the nuances are relevant for something I am researching at t…
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Goldstein (still not a pseudonym) @goldstein.latinsky.app · 09/08/2025
These Billionaires need you to believe that they are super smart like their friends from high school, not just rich. Its not enough for them to be richer, they have to be richer because they are smarter.
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Olivia Guest · Ολίβια Γκεστ @olivia.science · 09/08/2025
Likening PhD holders to a (non-functional) algorithm is a form of dehumanisation & anti-intellectualism that is a bellwether for contemporary fascism. Essentially it's a typical — if not the archetypal — first step towards fascism: to dehumanise, deskill, defund, and, ultimately, fire the academics.
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Nathanael Sheehan @nathanaelsheehan.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
Very excited for this to finally be published!! As someone who will soon graduate with a PhD in Environmental Intelligence (EI), it has always been difficult to explain what EI is. Sabina's new paper answers these questions and provides a roadmap for future EI research 🌿🐝👩🏻‍💻 🦠🎋
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Sabina Leonelli @sabinaleonelli.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
Just out / 1: “methods in philosophy of science”, #OA heroically assembled by Adrian Currie & Sophie Veigl. Comments welcome on mine & @Rachel Ankeny’s “Research design for philosophy of science in practice”, topic close to our hearts & constant source of questions! mitpress.mit.edu/978026255224...
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Methods in the Philosophy of Science
The last twenty years have seen multiple methodological revolutions in the philosophy of science: There has been increased diversity concerning the questions...
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Dr Abeba Birhane @abeba.blacksky.app · 04/08/2025
so I am one of the 12 people (including the “god-fathers of AI”) that will be at the Vatican this September for a two full-day working group on the Future of AI here is my Vatican approved short provocation on 'AI and Fraternity' for the working group
AI and Fraternity, Abeba Birhane, AI Accountability Lab  

I envision a future where human dignity, justice, peace, kindness, care, respect, accountability, and rights and freedoms serve as the north stars that guide AI development and use. Realising these ideals can’t happen without intentional tireless work, dialogues, and confrontations of ugly realities – even if they are uncomfortable to deal with. This starts with deciphering hype from reality. Pervasive narratives portray AI as a magical, fully autonomous entity approaching a God-like omnipotence and omniscience. In reality, audits of AI systems reveal a consistent failure to deliver on grandiose promises and suffer from all kinds of shortcomings, issues often swept under the rug. AI in general, and GenAI in particular, encodes and exacerbates historical stereotypes, entrenches harmful societal norms, and amplifies injustice. A robust body of  evidence demonstrates that — from hiring, welfare allocation, medical care allocation to anything in between — deployment of AI is widening inequity, disproportionately impacting people at the margins of society and concentrating power and influence in the hands of few. Major actors—including Google, Microsoft, Amazon, Meta, and OpenAI—have willingly aligned with authoritarian regimes and proactively abandoned their pledges to fact-check, prevent misinformation, respect diversity and equity, refrain from using AI for weapons development, while retaliating against critique. The aforementioned vision can’t and won’t happen without confrontation of these uncomfortable facts. This is precisely why we need active resistance and refusal of unreliable and harmful AI systems; clearly laid out regulation and enforcement; and shepherding of the AI industry towards transparency and accountability of responsible bodies. "Machine agency" must be in service of human agency and empowerment, a coexistence that isn't a continuation of modern tech corporations’ inequality-widening,
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Mel Andrews @bayesianboy.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
Methods in the Philosophy of Science: A User's Guide is now a real, live book. My chapter offers an appraisal of philosophy of science in its engagement with applied mathematics. With immense gratitude for the vision and execution of @phieveigl.bsky.social and @adrian-currie.bsky.social sky.social.
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Methods in the Philosophy of Science
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Dr Abeba Birhane @abeba.blacksky.app · 28/07/2025
all microsoft products are shit. my working days would be much more productive if I didn't have to use them
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The Ethical Data Initiative @edinitiative.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
Should we expect AI to be explainable? Read the new Ethical Data Blog post by Laura Gorrieri, EDI Affiliate from the University of Turin. A thought-provoking read for anyone interested in the ethical implications of AI. 👉 ethicaldatainitiative.org/2025/06/04/s...
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Aleksandra Lazić, PhD @alelazic.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
Just published: my 3rd & final PhD paper! (with @iriszez.bsky.social) 🧪📢 How should we talk about vaccination rates? Assuming rationality, normativity, or reasonableness leads to very different outcomes. Findings from 3 experiments: 🔓 doi.org/10.1177/0033... #PsychSky #AcademicSky #Psychology
A digital scan of the first page of a journal article titled “Should Public Communication of Vaccination Rates Assume Rationality, Normativity or Reasonableness? Insights from Three Preregistered Experiments.” The title is in bold black text. Authors are Aleksandra Lazić and Iris Žeželj, affiliated with the University of Belgrade – Faculty of Philosophy. The article is published in Psychological Reports (2025, Vol. 0(0), pages 1–26). A Creative Commons license and DOI link are included.Violin Plot Comparing Vaccination Intention by Message Type (Figure 1)Four Violin Plots Comparing Vaccination Intention Pre- and Post-Message Intervention (Figure 2)
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Nathanael Sheehan @nathanaelsheehan.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
I recently wrote a blog post for the @edinitiative.bsky.social summarising the EDI's first town hall! The blog post covers all of the talks and activities from the day! Check it out on the EDI website: ethicaldatainitiative.org/2025/05/02/s...
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Shaping the Future of Data Ethics: EDI Town Hall 2025 - The Ethical Data Initiative
It has now been little over one month since the Ethical Data Initiative (EDI) hosted its first annual multi-stakeholder town hall meeting titled "Shaping the Future of Data Ethics”. From early in the ...
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leon @leyawn.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
“is my calculator horny?“ our tech columnist asks. “i entered 5318008 into it and turned it upside down. what i saw surprised me”
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