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Praba Pilar

@pilarva.bsky.social
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Interdisciplinary artist, working with & critiquing emerging technologies, with a focus on technologies of life. Critical Theory professor, Co-director of Bioart Ethical Advisory Kommission. More at www.prabapilar.com

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Data & Society @datasociety.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Speaking to @politico.com, D&S board member @geomblog.bsky.social has some advice for lawmakers: "Stop worrying about superintelligence, and start making companies pay for putting out unreliable and error-prone systems that could and have harmed people." www.politico.com/newsletters/...
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5 Questions for Suresh Venkatasubramanian
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Praba Pilar @pilarva.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
absolutely worth a read if you're in #AI and #EA circles
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Josh Shepperd @joshshepperd.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Today’s John Coltrane’s centennial. Listening to his music taught me as much about thinking as Gramsci, Husserl, Hall, or Anderson. One of the very few historical figures who I’d call a hero. 
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India (Live From Village Vanguard/November 1,1961)
YouTube video by John Coltrane - Topic
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Praba Pilar @pilarva.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Never stop celebrating queer joy and fun trouble!
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Praba Pilar @pilarva.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
As Meta Cartel blocks publicity for a Virginia Woolf play on Instagram/Facebook because “any mention of civil rights, #feminism or social reform are usually classified as ‘social topics’ by our automatic system” and filtered out, QUIT QUIT QUIT. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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Meta bans ads for Virginia Woolf play in Spain because they relate to feminism
Theatre told that Facebook and Instagram filter out ads mentioning ‘social topics’ such as civil rights or feminism
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Praba Pilar @pilarva.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
much needed solidarity and push back
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Matt Leeds @mleeds2048.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
International Criminal Jared Kushner He is owned by the Saudis for $2B. He serves Israel & Russia. He’s Trying To Steal An Island In Albania. SA MBS,Putin & Netanyahu,are his handlers. The list is long! He is an International Criminal,& Future Prison Inmate. youtube.com/shorts/IGVs_...
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Jared Kushner’s Dollar Diplomacy
YouTube video by The New Yorker
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Matt Leeds @mleeds2048.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
International Criminal Jared Kushner He is owned by the Saudis for $2B. He serves Israel & Russia. He’s Trying To Steal An Island In Albania. SA MBS,Putin & Netanyahu,are his handlers. The list is long! He is an International Criminal,& Future Prison Inmate. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
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Praba Pilar @pilarva.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Revolting. Fuck Converse. Disgusting.
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Praba Pilar @pilarva.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Meme of woman in EU tshirt walking by, man in Canada flag shirt turning and looking while his girlfriend, Trump, looks at him in anger  in his ill fitting US flag dress
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Women Eco Artists Dialog - WEAD @wead-women-ecoart.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Art+ Online Speaker Series: Art+ Activism #23 UN Climate Change Conference: Celebrating Art, Activism, & Resistance with Shelley White Wednesday, Sept. 30, 4 pm PT / 7 pm ET Register here: www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticket...
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Praba Pilar @pilarva.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Here's a perfect video to share with classes, groups, relatives, everyone. Fight end times fascism! www.youtube.com/watch?v=aK2n...
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How modern fascism works | End Times Fascism | Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor
YouTube video by Naomi Klein
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Praba Pilar @pilarva.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
must read thread
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Praba Pilar @pilarva.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Fascinating development in the fight against Trump and MAGA
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Praba Pilar @pilarva.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
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AI Excreta, by Praba Pilar
from the album La Inteligencia Artifecal
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Una Mullally @unamullally.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
The Irish musicians, Beoga, who play alongside Ed Sheeran, have withdrawn from Sheeran’s tour. This is the statement they published on Instagram:
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James Ryan @jdryan08.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Apologies that link appears broken. This one works: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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Open Letter from Academics and Researchers Condemning the Mass Detention of LGBTI+ Human Rights Defenders in Turkey
We, the undersigned academics and researchers from around the world, strongly condemn the mass detention of LGBTI+ human rights defenders in Turkey and urge their immediate release. In the early morn...
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Angela Mitropoulos @mitropoulos.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
The anti-lgbt raids, arrests & social media blocks in Turkey were "part of the government's 'My Family is Safe' operations" and "the 'Decade of the Family' proclaimed by Erdogan, aimed at 'protecting our children, the institution of the family and social order'." www.france24.com/en/asia-paci...
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Turkey detains dozens in raids of bars, homes in crackdown on LGBTQ community
Turkish authorities on Sunday launched raids on gay bars, nightclubs, LGBTQ association offices and activists' homes in a sweeping crackdown in several cities as part of the government's "My Family is...
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Praba Pilar @pilarva.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
As eulogies to Gloria Steinem spread, I remember my LIVED EXPERIENCE of this unapologetic CIA agent derailing the feminist movement by voiding class issues. Redstockings, the Combahee River Collective, Barbara Ehrenreich, even Betty Freidan outed her-she chose $$ hrnews1.substack.com/p/feminist-i...
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Feminist Icon Gloria Steinem Was An Anti-Communist CIA Operative who Kept Feminism From Discussing Class
Declassified Cold War Ties Show How U.S. Intelligence Shaped Feminism’s Focus On Gender Over Class.
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Praba Pilar @pilarva.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
absolutely fantastic work!!! with cyanoprints that can be bought to support this fabulous artists. no se lo pierda!
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Caræsten 🇵🇸 @cara.city · 13/09/2026
in 30 years people are going to wonder how we got caught up in the AI extinction hysteria while a real mass extinction was happening and we did very little to stop it
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Caræsten 🇵🇸 @cara.city · 13/09/2026
I do think the reason techies go so hard on pushing this line is that they get off on telling other people the stuff they devoted their life to is less important than Computer
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journalism? ai is getting there medical? ai is getting there legal? ai is getting there farming? ai is getting there art? ai is getting there you can absolutely be a part of the creative and design process with ai, and you very well may keep a job! but your job is going to be very different 
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Robin Berjon @robin.berjon.com · 27/08/2026
The US State Department has designated A/I, a small Italian provider of open source infrastructure for political activists, as a global terrorist group. They will reach into our very homes to grab us — if we let them. www.state.gov/releases/off...
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Designation of Autistici/Inventati as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist - United States Department of State
Today, the Department of State, in partnership with the Department of the Treasury, is announcing the designation of Autistici/Inventati as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist. Autistici/Inventati...
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Chris⚖️Justice @chrisjustice01.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
ISRAEL: New reporting in Haaretz reveals that Hamas offered to release the hostages at 7pm on October 7th and the Israelis weren't interested. @mehdirhasan.bsky.social @zeteo.com www.youtube.com/watch?v=sS1X...
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Praba Pilar @pilarva.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Revisiting the old days when ChatGPT demanded Sundar Pichai shift Alphabet Inc. towards community-centric design, ethical algorithms, privacy by design, positive user experiences, and a commitment to sustainable and nourishing innovation. www.prabapilar.com/chatgpt_pichai
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ChatGPT Letter to Sundar Pichai — Praba Pilar
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everyripple.bsky.social @everyripple.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Drop interprovincial trade barriers. Build out wind, solar, wave and battery power across the Canada creating a million new Canadian jobs. Reinstate the digital services tax that Carney Liberals axed, Scrap planned build-up of $300billion U.S. tech nuclear reactors. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
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Canada has leverage in this trade fight, but economists warn it comes with a cost | CBC News
With the Trump administration's promise to impose more tariffs on us in January, many Canadians are asking: What leverage should we use to get them to change course?
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Praba Pilar @pilarva.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
It's been a long time that you could not trust US Tech companies. Share the movement to drop US tech, which continues growing - disconnect.blog/getting-off-... -
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Getting off US tech: a guide
I’m in the process of dropping US tech services. Here’s how I did it, and options you should consider.
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Praba Pilar @pilarva.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
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Praba Pilar @pilarva.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Please sign
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Praba Pilar @pilarva.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Just did a live interview about my art practice, from #maiz to Artificial & #Artifecal Intelligence, to Techno Dictatorship, with Zoe Lebrun & Derek Brueckner for Eat Your Arts & Vegetables, Arts Talk Radio Show, CKUW 95.9 FM, Winnipeg, Canada. archive.ckuw.ca/128/20260820...
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Social Media Lab @socialmedialab.ca · 18/08/2026
"US sanctions international criminal court president and prosecutor. Marco Rubio targets ICC’s Tomoko Akane and Abdoulaye Seye, who was investigating Israeli war crimes in Gaza" www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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US sanctions international criminal court president and prosecutor
Marco Rubio targets ICC’s Tomoko Akane and Abdoulaye Seye, who was investigating Israeli war crimes in Gaza
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Social Media Lab @socialmedialab.ca · 19/08/2026
But the hurdles to achieving #digitalsovereignty are very high and getting higher: "U.S. orders diplomats to fight data sovereignty initiatives: Reuters" bsky.app/profile/soci...
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vijay iyer @vijayiyer.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
"I have to be blunt here: Our critics are really fucking stupid, and we’ve given them way too much leeway to conjure senile fantasies out of their own illiteracy. We need to stop taking their trolling in good faith, and we need to stop apologizing for our work." defector.com/humanists-ha...
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Humanists Have Done Nothing Wrong | Defector
For many years, I’ve held a pet theory that cultural consumers can be grouped into two broad categories: Primary Source People and Secondary Source People. The former are the book lovers, cinephiles, ...
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vijay iyer @vijayiyer.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Please enjoy this first taste of our new album FIFTEEN, out in August on @nonesuch.com, featuring legendary Henry Threadgill, genius Cuban drummer Dafnis Prieto, & myself!!! !!!!!!! youtu.be/LKj7-JwzhHw?...
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Henry Threadgill, Vijay Iyer, Dafnis Prieto - I Wanted a Map (Official Video)
YouTube video by Vijay Iyer
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Stelios Katsanevakis @skatsanevakis.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
#CO₂ may be changing more than our climate—it may be changing us. A striking study finds rising atmospheric CO₂ parallels shifts in human blood chemistry, including ↑ bicarbonate and ↓ calcium & phosphorus. A worrying signal? www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202... 🧪 #ClimateChange #HumanHealth
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Scientists detect a surprising shift in human blood as atmospheric CO2 rises
Rising carbon dioxide in the atmosphere may be leaving a measurable imprint inside the human body. Researchers analyzing more than two decades of U.S. health data found that blood bicarbonate levels h...
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Praba Pilar @pilarva.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Take a look at the latest list of universities under attack. Relentless.
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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 17/08/2026
“The report raised concerns about the enormous amounts of energy and water these facilities can consume, as well as their potential impacts on air quality, cultural resources, and noise and light pollution.”
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Cherokee Nation Bans Hyperscale Data Center Projects on Tribal-Owned Lands
The tribe cited concerns over energy, water use, and the relatively small number of permanent jobs these massive facilities create.
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Praba Pilar @pilarva.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Describe your musical taste in three artists, no genres; Patricia Brennan Ava Mendoza Black Midi
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 17/08/2026
The same climate experts whose model overestimated the potential of geological carbon storage have repeatedly underestimated solar power — one of the energy technologies that would allow more oil to remain in the ground. ➡️ Read our full story w/ @drilledmedia.bsky.social: propub.li/4gdTCBc
Two line charts are depicted. At the top, the line chart is labeled "Carbon Capture Capacity." The y-axis is "megatons" and the x-axis is years (2010-2040). More than a dozen blue lines show a steady increase from the left edge of the chart to the right edge of the chart. Some of the blue lines exceed 4,000 megatons between years 2030 and 2040. The blue lines are labeled "Projections". A maroon line is at around 0 megatons from 2010 to 2025. The maroon line is labeled "Actual carbon storage". 

The second chart is labeled "Solar Power". The y-axis is "terawatt-hour" and the x-axis is years (2010-2040). Dozens of blue lines increase from around 0 on the left side of the chart, showing moderate growth from 2010 to 2040. The blue lines are labeled "Projections". A maroon line starts at 0 in 2010 and rises sharply to over 2,000 in 2024. The maroon line is obviously increasing much faster than the blue lines. The maroon line is labeled "Actual solar electricity production."
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Praba Pilar @pilarva.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
😃🤣🤩
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Praba Pilar @pilarva.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
These are the sick racist pieces of shit organizing a global 'revolution' against the rest of us. FUCK YOU FOREVER.
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Praba Pilar @pilarva.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
YOU TOO can HELP DESIGN this monument against the rich & racist sad little bitch with no friends Elon Musk, sign up at www.cardsagainsthumanity.com/elonhasnofri...
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Who wants to help Cards Against Humanity f*** with Elon Musk?
We got Musk off our land. Let's build a monument to remind him he's a sad little b**** with no friends.
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NYTimes: affirmative action for mediocre editors angry at MeToo @originalist.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Biased editors and their elite owners of "the media can't even entertain the idea that they decide what stories to focus on why won't this story go away? in reality, because it speaks to the insecurities, pathologies, & prejudices of media middle management. that's it" bsky.app/profile/polp...
The Independent Follow X
No one could have predicted it: a scandal over one academic's career at Cambridge University, suddenly propelled into the heart of a transatlantic culture war

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Why the culture war over Cambridge professor Jason Arday won't go away
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Jacobo Dopico @jacobodopico.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Artículo en The Lancet: Se estima que las decisiones políticas de Elon Musk habrán causado en 2030 14 millones de muertos (de ellos, 4,5 millones de niños por debajo de 5 años).
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Praba Pilar @pilarva.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
we've been hearing about coming severe water shortages for so long and carrying on - this is a hell of a report in a hellish time.
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Jameel Jaffer @jameeljaffer.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
This excellent, just-filed amicus brief from @thefireorg.bsky.social defends the plaintiffs' central claims in AAUP v. Rubio--that noncitizens are protected by the First Amendment, and that deportation for political speech is flagrantly unconstitutional. knightcolumbia.org/documents/9j...
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North Shore Progressives @nsprogressives.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Must-read op-ed about the threat big tech’s surveillance infrastructure poses to democracy. Salem’s successful #FlockOff campaign & others are cited: “These activists remind us that we have a say in the technologies that govern our lives and the way our data are used.” ✊🏻✊🏻✊🏻 #GetTheFlockOut
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Praba Pilar @pilarva.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
This is so vile - art & tech people, how can these be neutralized? Dissipation, humidity, ionization, flooding the air, gear, how?????????????????????????????
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Praba Pilar @pilarva.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
The greatest of all human capacities is the capacity to FORGET. This is why artists LOVE James Baldwin, who told us "Art is here to prove, and to help one bear, that fact that all safety is an illusion." Through our creativity, we can help navigate a worlded world of constant struggle.
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Joel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
The US is now intervening in German politics to support the far-right. www.reuters.com/business/med...
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German far-right influencer applies for US funding for new media network
A German far-right influencer whose online posts have been amplified by Elon Musk ​has applied for funding from the U.S. ‌State Department to launch a media network for political content, Germany's Ha...
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