iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

every day of my life I think about the people using “she” to describe this computer program who still need to be convinced to use it for trans women

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Alex von Tunzelmann @alexvont.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

If you feel like donating to the RNLI, here’s a link. I just have. Their minimum donation is £2: I think it might be nice for them to receive a lot of donations this week, even if they’re mostly very modest. Just so they know a lot of people out here appreciate their work. rnli.org/support-us/g...

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Donate to the RNLI and help save lives at sea

Your donations really make a difference. We depend on your generosity to educate people to stay safe and prevent tragedies on and offshore. Donate here.

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Musa Okwonga @okwonga.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

More importantly, what will immigrants do? The AfD and their voters are not in any great physical danger. The fears have been deified, their bigotry has been indulged. What will their scapegoats do?

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Nathalie Weidhase @nweidhase.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Great to be part of such a fantastic panel!

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Joel @itsjoels.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

This is the letter kids got at the end of Dolly’s Imagination Library. I defy you to read this and not cry.

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Musa Okwonga @okwonga.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

No joke - was just considering the fact that the Nazis are eight points clear in the German polls when, twice in ten minutes, two different white German men barged into my back as I was carrying two handfuls and a rucksack of groceries. Just a perfect illustration of the growing misanthropy here.

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Tobias Wilson-Bates @phdhurtbrain.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

James Bond: you think I haven’t faced death before? Supervillain: oh, I don’t expect you to die, Mr. Bond. I expect you to suffer. *opens travel funding reimbursement software I think you will find your motorboat rental and casino reservations especially complex James Bond: no. no. pls kill me

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Holly Gramazio @hollygramazio.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Hey @artsemergency.bsky.social has their call open for mentors again! You get paired with a young person approx. 16-17 and talk to them once a month, it's great and not very much work at all and the organisation is ALWAYS short of mentors who work in games

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Shannon Vallor @shannonvallor.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

the pervert glasses company is not beating the allegations

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Sinead Carter @sineadcarter.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

still looking! please share with your networks ☺️

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Isabel Sykes @isabel-sykes.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

I'm running the London marathon!😱🏃‍♀️On Sunday 25th April 2027 I will be running 26.2 miles in aid of the National Autistic Society, which is a great cause that is close to my heart. Below is the link to my fundraising page. Thank you for the support! 2027tcslondonmarathon.enthuse.com/pf/isabel-he...

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Isabel's page

Thank you for visiting my 2027 TCS London Marathon fundraising page! I’m proud to be taking on this incredible 26.2 mile challenge through the heart of London in support of the National Autistic Socie

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Jo Littler @jolittler.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

⭐🎨 NOW LIVE: 2026 GOLDSMITHS UCU ART RAFFLE!! 🎨 ⭐ Raising money to support striking staff resisting savage redundancies at Goldsmiths Win art by Florence Peake Jeremy Deller Peckham Keffiyeh Louis Pohl Koseda Anna Higgins Eddie Peake &many more! Tickets £5, draw 26 July 🔥 www.gucu-raffle.com

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Goldsmiths UCU ART RAFFLE 2026

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Dr Rukmini Pande @rukminipande.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Hello everyone, I'm currently writing about fan experiences with collective protest actions against media companies such as boycotts, letter campaigns etc. If you are above 18 and would like to participate please get in touch! More details in the form: forms.gle/FbgMDV1SfqkC...

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Call for Interviews: Fan Boycott Experiences

Fan boycotts of media companies are undertaken as an act of collective protest aimed at using fan consumer power to bring attention to diverse issues. These include but are not limited to political, e...

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Dr Death and Bones (she/her) @memorieschild.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

My contract ends in August and I'm not sure what the future holds after that, so this is just a note to let people know that I'm open to work! I'm an experienced qualitative researcher with expertise in fandom (both the positive and negative elements), participatory culture and digital media.

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Amelia Shepherd: You Should Hire Me!

ALT: Amelia Shepherd: You Should Hire Me!

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Dr Abeba Birhane @abeba.blacksky.app · 12/06/2026

one of the most comprehensive surveys on children’s use of AI--conducted March 18-26, 2026, among 9-17yr olds in the US (N = 1,204)--has been released www.commonsensemedia.org/sites/defaul... highlighting key findings 🧵 "Nearly 9 in 10 kids age 9 to 17 (86%) use/interact with AI"

Nearly 9 in 10 kids age 9 to 17 (86%) use or interact
with AI, including about one in four (24%) who do so
on a daily basis.
Teens use AI more often, but use is widespread even among younger
adolescents, with 81% of 9- to 12-year-olds, 89% of 13- to 15-year-olds, and
92% of 16- to 17-year-olds saying they use or interact with AI. Nearly 3 in 10
teens (29% of 13- to 17-year-olds) and 17% of 9- to 12-year-olds use AI daily.
AI-generated summaries in search engine results are the most widely used
form of AI among 9- to 17-year-olds, with 75% having used or interacted with
them. Just over two-thirds (67%) have used AI chatbots, including 58% of 9- to
12-year-olds, 71% of 13- to 15-year-olds, and 77% of 16- to 17-year-olds.
However, when kids are asked which AI they use most often, ChatGPT is by far
the most frequently mentioned (by 40% of all 9- to 17-year-olds), followed by
Google’s AI offerings, including Gemini, AI summaries, or other Google AI
tools (24%).

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Dr Rebecca Johnson @researching-reb.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Are you a current university student aged 18+? Have you ever asked an AI tool for wellbeing advice? E.g., asked it questions about or for information on your own wellbeing? We'd love to chat! Fraser is funded by the Carnegie Vacation Scholarship and supervised by me! 📚 🤓 @frasercarey.bsky.social

A yellow white and blue poster advertising a study. 'We are looking for participants' is at the top. Have you ever engaged with an AI-Based wellbeing application (e.g., Chat GPT). University Students (18+) are invited to take part in a 45-60 minute interview.

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Hannah Robbins (they/them) @drhannahrobbins.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

SKILLS FOR SOLIDARITY! @uonucu.bsky.social are on an Assessment Boycott + related strike action. I am on externally funded leave and have no marking so I am raising fighting funds. Please share + donate! DM with proof of payment to redeem your item. Link here: www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding...

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Skills for Solidarity play edition

£10 - recieve a (short) bespoke poem on a topic of your choice

£20 - recieve a personalised tarot reading and video explaination

£30 - commission a bespoke star or reward chart with stickers

£50 - commission a fairytale retelling (video or prose) from any fictional character or public figure of your choice

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Skills for Solidarity work edition

£10 - recieve a copy of my zine on colourblind casting

£20 - get peer review and/or proofreading on upto four pages

£30 - get peer review and/or proofreading on a grant application

£50 - have a 90-minute coaching session on your professional goals

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Professor Peter Matthews @urbaneprofessor.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

I'm writing this having not heard the full speech, but this announcement, for me, just typifies where they're going wrong. The steel industry is TINY now. And this is the thing, there's no sense they understand what the country is actually like now, and what the progressive aspirations of people...

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Joanna Bryson @j2bryson.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Good luck with AI without humanities, UK.

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Thomas Dekeyser @thomas-dekeyser.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

New paper with @casey-lynch.bsky.social on AI refusal, an introduction to our special issue on the topic. We examine cultural practices as potentially privileged, if messy and imperfect, sites of AI refusal. DM me for a PDF journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

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Mina Kimes @minakimes.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

I can't stop laughing at this post. It's perfect.

A guy asking ChatGPT to review a series of fart sound effects and getting a serious kiss ass response that calls it atmospheric

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Dave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

🚨What you won't read in the British media: on X, journalist @twelves.bsky.social has looked at Matt Goodwin's new book, Suicide of a Nation, and found that is packed full of fake quotes and material that appears to have been made up by AI.

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Thread by @andytwelves on Thread Reader App

@andytwelves: EXC: .@GoodwinMJ’s new book “Suicide of a Nation: Immigration, Islam, Identity” is out now, and I’m only 5 chapters in and have found a huge amount of what appears to be false quotes and...

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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

Fully-funded AHRC Collaborative Doctoral PhD Studentship at UCL and the V&A: 'Invisible Hands: Migrant Labour and British Craft in the 18th Century' Ignore the 'top ten' hype; focus on the ace resources, environment and support. Deadline 15 April. #Skystorians

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UCL – University College London

UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).

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jess m. ☕🍂 @jametc.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

see? here's the thing. A lot of people are like, the earth is fucked, it's beyond salvation, it's hit the tipping point, but time and time again we see that if we just fucking fixed the problem, it rebounds so incredibly fast. Imagine what could be done if people actually cared

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Sharon 🪳🌹 @sharonk.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

you are not prepared for the soundtrack

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ASCoR @ascor.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

We are seeking two ambitious postdoctoral researchers to join the interdisciplinary Research Priority Area AI & Politics. 📅Deadline: 23 March 2026 🔗Read More: werkenbij.uva.nl/en/vacancies...

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Nathalie Weidhase @nweidhase.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

Join us! If you can't make that date, but would like to participate, get in touch with me - we might be able to arrange another/alternative session.

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Nathalie Weidhase @nweidhase.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

My Politics and Popular Culture class is updating itself this year

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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

I don’t really pay attention to charges of doomerism. I don’t know what it means offline. I do know that refusing a version of how the future will unfold forecloses on the power that actually shapes that future. That’s not disavowing that tech changes are happening but they are in now a given.

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MeCCSA Women's Network @meccsawomensnet.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

We’re back with our research profile series! Next up is network member and PhD student @isabel-sykes.bsky.social who presented this research at MeCCSA 2025

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Natalia Cecire @ncecire.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

Consultation closes Wednesday; please respond if you can.

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Becky Hammer @beckyhammer.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

Disturbingly detailed analysis of my first rewatch incoming

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gwen howerton @kissphoria.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

who is this diva

Another NFC defensive player: “Florence & The Machine. But I don’t know if everybody would rock with that.”

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Holger Hestermeyer @hhesterm.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

If anyone doubts how prescient and important the German Constitutional Court‘s 1983 decision on self-determination regarding information was - the US offers a powerful example of how things can go wrong

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Andrew Cherry @kolektiv.xyncro.com · 28/01/2026

I think I might take one of these "under 20 minutes" AI skills courses the UK Govt. seems very keen on everyone doing and live-post it here... Maybe we can all learn something together! The press release sends me to aiskillshub.org.uk/aiskillsboost/ - let's go and see!

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AI Skills Boost - AI Skills Hub

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Renata Avila @avilarenata.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

We cannot aim at Digital Sovereignty or even some degree of digital autonomy if both students and workers are trained to serve the interests of Big Tech. And they are influencing every curricula and capacity building program in private, public and social sector!

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Isabel Sykes @isabel-sykes.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

Sign-ups are currently FREE and OPEN for the next two seminars in the class-themed online seminar series I have been co-organising with fellow PhD student Samantha Dick. More info and how to sign up here: www.eventbrite.com/cc/techne-st...

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Techne Student-Led Event Series: 'Uneven Ground'

Through the diverse and nuanced perspectives of researchers across the arts and humanities, this seminar series explores how class, place, and identity intersect, encouraging critical reflection on ho...

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Mark Taylor @markrt.co.uk · 23/01/2026

work with me and @drdaveobrien.bsky.social as part of @creativepec.bsky.social! we're recruiting a postdoc to work on the arts, culture and heritage sectors using quantitative methods. please share, please feel free to email me directly with any Qs! jobsite.sheffield.ac.uk/job/Sheffiel...

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Research Associate in Creative Industries (Quantitative)

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Marie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · 21/01/2026

The New World asked me to speak to some British trans women about what life has been like for them over the past few years - here's what they had to say, in their own words: www.thenewworld.co.uk/marie-le-con...

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Centre for Technomoral Futures @technomoralfutures.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

What's the story with AI? Find out at the next event in our Technomoral Conversations series, exploring AI narratives and counter-narratives! 🗓️ Wednesday 11 February 18.00-19.30 GMT 📍 Edinburgh Futures Institute & online 🎟️ edin.ac/3MZEm0a

Blue to green gradient image with text reading: "Technomoral Conversations: What's the Story with AI? Exploring AI Narratives and Counter-Narratives. Wednesday 11 February, 18.00 - 19.30 GMT. Location: Edinburgh Futures Institute (in person & online). Chaired by Dr Alex Taylor (University of Edinburgh), this event will feature Dr Abeba Birhane (Trinity College Dublin), Professor Louise Amoore (Durham University) and John Thornhill (Financial Times)."

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Simon Hammann @simonhammann.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

DFG erlaubt Einsatz von KI in der Begutachtung. Wenn wir jetzt noch die AI dazu kriegen, die komplette Forschung zu machen, haben wir den Menschen komplett von der Last des Forschungsprozzeses befreit und er kann sich komplett auf wichtige Dinge wie Reisekostenerstattungsanträge konzentrieren.

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Künstliche Intelligenz in der Begutachtung

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Rachel Brooks @rachelbrooks.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

Conducting sociological research on students and politics? Then do submit an abstract for our special issue of @bjse.bsky.social - deadline 1st Feb, and details below think.taylorandfrancis.com/special_issu...

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Students and Politics

Explore the relationship between higher education and students' political beliefs and activities. Submit work on students and politics for this special issue.

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Rian Johnson @rianjohnson.bsky.social · 30/12/2025

This is true and I was the only one on set excited about it (and playing the song on my phone to blank stares)

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Anna Aslanyan @anna-aslanyan.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

British Library staff asked for a decent pay. Instead they got ‘a few money-saving present ideas’, such as ‘consider not giving presents this holiday season’. They are on strike this week. I wrote about it for @lrb.co.uk. www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/de...

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Anna Aslanyan | On the Picket Line

On Monday morning, more than a hundred people formed a picket line outside one of the entrances to the British Library...

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MeCCSA Women's Network @meccsawomensnet.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

A reminder of our last writing group session for the year tomorrow!

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