Reposted by Tanja WiehnSarah T Roberts, PhD @ubiquity75.xyz · 25/08/2026Dolly Parton, an American hero if ever the was one. 422236
Reposted by Tanja WiehnKashmir Hill @kashhill.bsky.social · 15/06/2026Great profile of Hany Farid who recently left Bay Area for Vermont: "I can’t stand this place anymore... These major tech giants will burn everything to the ground as long as they’re making a profit.” www.nytimes.com/2026/06/14/u...nytimes.comThe World’s Leading Deepfake Expert No Longer Trusts His Own Eyes 16728
Tanja Wiehn @postdigitanja.bsky.social · 21/05/2026CFP for a special issue of Surveillance & Society on Everyday Surveillance and Intimate Partner Violence ojs.library.queensu.ca/index.php/su...ojs.library.queensu.ca CFP: Everyday Surveillance and Intimate Partner Violence | Surveillance & Society 030
Reposted by Tanja WiehnAnnalee Newitz @annaleen.bsky.social · 20/05/2026With its new AI-based "search," Google is literally killing the infrastructure that its entire business is built on. Instead of linking people to the web, it will lock users into an "interactive" mode that slorps up data what is rapidly becoming the now-neglected and unvisited web. (1/3) 432658735
Reposted by Tanja WiehnMél Hogan / The Data Fix @melhogan.bsky.social · 24/03/2026a reminder that sora, like chatgpt, is a commercial product that can come and go like any other website, which is another reason why a lot of us remain critical of “AI” — and why we focus more on its political economy than its technological mechanisms 138290
Reposted by Tanja WiehnLinus Westheuser @lwestheuser.bsky.social · 04/12/2025An English translation of our book "Trigger Points. Inequality and Political Polarization in Contemporary Society" will come out @brisunipress.bsky.social: bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/triggerpoints It studies the social bases of political divides over migration, climate, diversity & redistributionbristoluniversitypress.co.ukTrigger PointsTrigger Points - Inequality and Political Polarization in Contemporary Society; Available open access digitally under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. Is society really polarized? This book explores key conflicts... 09225
Reposted by Tanja WiehnNanna B Thylstrup @nannathylstrup.bsky.social · 10/06/2025✨Looking so much forward to welcoming @whkchun.bsky.social at @ucph.bsky.social next week to discuss the politics of data loss w our @erc.europa.eu Data Loss project. Please feel more than welcome to join us for Chun's public lecture June 19, 14-15.30 co-organized w @mariaa.bsky.social @aicentre.dk. 23313
Reposted by Tanja WiehnDuke University Press @dukepress.bsky.social · 04/04/2025The contributors to "Technocreep and the Politics of Things Not Seen," edited by Neda Atanasoski & @nassimparvin.bsky.social , capture the ambivalence of new and emerging technologies that provoke a sense of creep. #CulturalStudies #CriticalEthnicStudies buff.ly/fpyRyYE 23111
Reposted by Tanja WiehnLisa Spantig @lisaspantig.com · 07/05/2025In the German system, the professor is - supervisor - employer - examiner of "their" PhD students. Plus, they usually function as gatekeeper to the relevant scientific community. What can possibly go wrong? 🤔 810124
Reposted by Tanja Wiehnkatie mackinnon @ktmac.bsky.social · 11/04/2025I contributed some #dataloss research for this great piece by @nannathylstrup.bsky.social and @richove.bsky.social in the NYT today! 0144
Reposted by Tanja WiehnCharlotte Högberg @chogberg.bsky.social · 01/04/2025Any students interested in critical perspectives on datafication? This fall I am giving a newly minted course: "The Data-driven Society: Social, Political, and Ethical Aspects of Datafication" (3 ECTS, in English, part-time) at Lund Uni. Apply before April 15! www.antagning.se/se/search?pe...antagning.seHitta utbildningar på Antagning.seHitta och anmäl dig till utbildningar på alla Sveriges högskolor och universitet. Du kan använda sökord och filtrera för att hitta dina utbildningar. 143
Tanja Wiehn @postdigitanja.bsky.social · 13/03/2025Uncovered: Abuse at top German science institution The Max Planck Society is Germany's preeminent research organization, boasting 31 Nobel laureates. But insufficient oversight leaves international scientists exposed to abuse and the whims of the institutes' directors. www.dw.com/en/abuse-eli...dw.comUncovered: Abuse at top German science institution – DW – 03/13/2025The Max Planck Society is Germany's preeminent research organization, boasting 31 Nobel laureates. But insufficient oversight leaves international scientists exposed to abuse and the whims of the inst... 030
Reposted by Tanja Wiehnsouthpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 29/01/2025Sucks when people take your stuff and use it to make their stuff and don’t pay for it, eh? 644234680
Reposted by Tanja WiehnKaren Hao @karenhao.bsky.social · 27/01/2025As someone who has reported on AI for 7 years and covered China tech as well, I think the biggest lesson to be drawn from DeepSeek is the huge cracks it illustrates with the current dominant paradigm of AI development. A long thread. 1/ 21161242339
Reposted by Tanja WiehnJessica A. Holmes @holmesjessica.bsky.social · 30/12/2024CFP: "Depression in Popular Music," an interdisciplinary conference from Jun 26-27 2025 at @sorbonne-universite.fr Pierre Louis Institute of Epidemiology and Public Health, co-organized by myself and iPLesp. Proposals due Feb 15. See CfP for details: depressioninpopconference2025.com 188
Reposted by Tanja Wiehnrebekka endler @rebekkaendler.bsky.social · 24/12/2024Da kann er noch so suffisant gucken, hier ist meine Zusammenfassung der Causa #Mischke . Mit zahlreichen Gründen dafür, warum es um mehr als nur eine problematische Personalie geht. Danke @uebermedien.de für den Stall! uebermedien.de/101568/ein-b...uebermedien.deEin Bro für die Kultur: Die Berufung von Thilo Mischke zu „ttt“ ist ein schlimmes Signal | ÜbermedienGegen den Moderator spricht nicht nur sein Buch „In 80 Frauen um die Welt“, sondern vor allem, wie er sich seitdem über Männer und Frauen äußert. 812143763
Tanja Wiehn @postdigitanja.bsky.social · 11/12/2024Very glad to be part of this dialogue section on synthetic data and surveillance! Many thanks to the editors @bcnewell.bsky.social and @empo11on.bsky.social for facilitating this collection and the other authors for their wonderful contributions! 081
Reposted by Tanja WiehnSurveillance Studies Network @survstudiesnet.bsky.social · 06/12/2024A fabulous new issue of Surveillance & Society is out now, the last one of 2024. This open issue offers six original articles, a special Dialogue Section on the surveillance dimensions of “Synthetic Data,” and two book reviews. #surveillance #data #academicsky ojs.library.queensu.ca/index.php/su...ojs.library.queensu.ca Vol. 22 No. 4 (2024): Open Issue | Surveillance & Society 04620
Reposted by Tanja WiehnM. Beatrice Fazi @mbfazi.bsky.social · 18/11/2024The Journal of Continental Philosophy has just published my latest article, “The Computational Search for Unity: Synthesis in Generative AI”. I address the representational reality of LLMs through the philosophical concept of synthesis. Online First PDF here: www.pdcnet.org/pdc/bvdb.nsf... 710618