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Régine Debatty

@wmmna.bsky.social
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Art critic, curator and forever blogger we-make-money-not-art.com

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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
At the age of 90 year old, Czech former agricultural worker Agnes Kasparkova continued her 13 year project to decorate her small village with hand-painting traditional Moravian motifs on the local houses #womensart
Three images, one of a window surrounded by blue floral patterns on a white exterior wall, two other images of an elderly womam painting the designs
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SchoolofMachines,Making&Make-Believe🍉BLM @schoolofma.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Deadline extended! Please share! Apply for a full scholarship to a Fall evening intensive until midnight Fri 25 Sept. Sounds from Scratch (Tue, from Oct 20): understand your tools from the inside out. (AI) Agent Provocateurs (Thu, from Oct 22): build an autonomous system yourself. schoolofma.org
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Régine Debatty @wmmna.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Israel’s attacks cause not only deaths, maimed bodies and destroyed homes, but also less visible forms of harm: ruptured eardrums, disorientation, hearing loss, sleeplessness, cardiovascular disease, anxiety disorders, complex trauma, PTSD, etc.https://visualizingpalestine.org/visual/sonic-violence/
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Régine Debatty @wmmna.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Must climate protection and our idea of progress remain at odds? If you happen to be in Cyprus in October, @NeMeOrg has a show about renewable energy with some of my favourite artists in the universe!
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Bill Shein @billshein.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
“One generation plants the seed, the next generation enjoys th—“ Wait, what?
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The Latest Wealth Flex: Big Trees
More than ever, rich property owners are spending huge sums on full-grown oaks, palms and baobabs. They don’t have the time or patience to watch them grow.
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Régine Debatty @wmmna.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Theo Deutinger's maps and graphics challenge standard assumptions and myths, such as the founding of the U.S. on seemingly uninhabited land, populated by a selection of extraordinary people who committed themselves to the world’s first liberal constitution we-make-money-not-art.com/all-about-u-...
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All About U.S. 250 Years of the United States of America
“All About U.S.” challenges standard assumptions and myths, such as the founding of the U.S. on seemingly uninhabited land, populated by a selection of extraordinary people who committed themselves…
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Régine Debatty @wmmna.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Who are we when our identities are shaped through interfaces, datasets, and platforms? And what does it mean to see, to be seen, or to become visible when every act of seeing is mediated by software? aksioma.org/becoming-ima...
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S6 [Becoming Image] E1: Who’s Still Here? [w/dmstfctn] - Aksioma
Who are we when our identities are shaped through interfaces, datasets, and platforms? And what does it mean to see, to be seen, or to become visible when every act of seeing is mediated by software? ...
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Régine Debatty @wmmna.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Alba Rico forces us to reflect on that world which Gaza has marked as a point of no return for civilisation and, with the images of Ceuta in our minds, says: “We are at a point in history where one can believe oneself to be good whilst taking part in a lynching.” www.eldiario.es/cultura/sant...
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Santiago Alba Rico: "Israel es la supervivencia de la peor Europa en Oriente Medio”
El filósofo publica 'Gaza y el destino del mundo', un ensayo en el que reflexiona sobre el punto de no retorno que implica el genocidio y lo que revela de nosotros como sociedad
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Régine Debatty @wmmna.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Open Call for EMAP Media Art Residencies. Residencies come w/ a €4,000 grant for the applying artist, travel costs + €2,000 for the collaborating partner + €4,000 production budget. Accommodation is covered and each host institution opens up its studios, etc. call.emare.eu
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Régine Debatty @wmmna.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
“The worst-case scenario is not just a war with Turkey. It is the day when a Greek government finds itself at odds with Tel Aviv over Cyprus, the Gaza Strip or some other issue and realises that the next software update is a long time in coming...! www.eurotopics.net/en/363405/is...
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Israeli air defence system: a good deal for Athens?
Greece has signed a three-billion-euro weapons deal with Israel.
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Régine Debatty @wmmna.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
The catalogue for the 5th Industrial Art Biennial brings together the work of 36 artists who investigate industrialisation as a material force & cultural engine, from extraction and logistics to data streams, automated feedback loops, infrastructures, intelligence and agency
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The Vast Automaton - Aksioma
Price: 18€ 14€Pre-orders close on 30 September 2026 A monstrous era of industrialisation is unfolding around and through us. It is beyond human comprehension, hyper-granular but opaque, ubiquitous and...
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Régine Debatty @wmmna.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Indigenous farmers in Palestine adapt to climate change but also to settlers assaults: “this unfinished crop is our small victory,” Hassan Kbeineh added, rolling the grains between his fingers. “Eating bitter bread from your own land is far better than waiting for flour that doesn’t resemble us.”
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Régine Debatty @wmmna.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
The Reverse Centaur’s Guide to Life After AI by Cory Doctorow, review: "Just as the Luddites weren’t angry with machines per se, most anti-AI sentiment is really anti-capitalist rather than anti-tech." Published by @VersoBooks www.theguardian.com/books/2026/j...
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The Reverse Centaur’s Guide to Life After AI by Cory Doctorow review – the real price of artificial intelligence
A vivid and entertaining polemnic on the economics of the tech revolution, filled with righteous ire
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Ethel Baraona Pohl @ethelbaraona.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Friendly reminder of the day: DON’T STOP TALKING ABOUT PALESTINE 💚❤️🖤🤍
Keep talking about Palestine. Continue boycotting. Speak out about the EU’s complicity and demand the suspension of the EU-Israel Association Agreement.
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Régine Debatty @wmmna.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Nouf Aljowaysir's work reveals that while archival images reflected a European colonial gaze, the ML models she studied were shaped by U.S. media and “saturated with the language of the War on Terror,” associating Arab regions with conflict www.1854.photography/2026/08/nouf...
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Nouf Aljowaysir highlights AI’s shortcomings in the SWANA region - 1854 Photography
Nouf Aljowaysir erases part of archival images to illustrate the biases and cultural gaps embedded in the digital landscape captured by western AI technology
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Régine Debatty @wmmna.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Culture and history of the keffieh with Khémaïs Ben Lakhdar, Elias Sanbar & Yvane Jacob. In French and suuuuper interesting www.radiofrance.fr/francecultur...
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Le keffieh : épisode du podcast Les vêtements qui ont changé le monde | France Culture
AUDIO Les vêtements qui ont changé le monde, épisode : Le keffieh. Une série inédite proposée par France Culture. Écoutez Le keffieh, et découvrez nos podcasts en ligne.
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Régine Debatty @wmmna.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Bloody ecocide monsters: "The Israeli military dropped flares in a wooded area outside Khiam, in south Lebanon, sparking blazes. When firefighters attempted to extinguish the flames, a drone struck close by, forcing them to withdraw" www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...
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Israel deliberately starting wildfires in southern Lebanon, firefighters say
First responders, residents and environmental groups say military dropping flares to destroy forests and crops
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Régine Debatty @wmmna.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
In this book, the artistic collective #RYBN explores ‘Labour-Intensive Computing’, the (often covert) ways #ArtificialIntelligence and computational processes incorporate human labour and experiment with new forms of work management. #rybn we-make-money-not-art.com/human-comput...
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Human Computers : A history of labour-intensive computing. Followed by 6 self-defence protocols
A toolkit of experiments aimed at breaking away from AI, by challenging its extractivist geopolitics, its algorithmic logic, its reductionist forms of learning and its technolanguage
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SchoolofMachines,Making&Make-Believe🍉BLM @schoolofma.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Apply for our new September program: Data Stories, Worldbuilding for Reclaiming Collective Agency, designed by humans questioning the world and what's happening *now*. We'll gather for 4 weeks, share who we are and question the tools while learning the tools. Join us in Berlin! schoolofma.org
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Régine Debatty @wmmna.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
FREE download, thanks 2 @uclpress.bsky.social! "Grounded in the critical and theoretical tradition of political ecology, the book calls for a practical politics that rebels against the dominance of nature, resists fascist populism and reconnects with human tradition." uclpress.co.uk/book/rebelli...
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Patrick Bresnihan @pbresnihan.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Europe is the fastest heating continent in the world. By 2030, prolonged heatwaves and drought will be more frequent and intense. As countries struggle to deal with this clear and present climate danger, the EU is committing €800bn in preparation for war that can be avoided.
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Régine Debatty @wmmna.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Both the main exhibition of the Venice Biennale, curated by Koyo Kouoh, and some of the national pavilions are presenting works that take a stance against Israel’s imperialism. we-make-money-not-art.com/the-venice-a...
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The Venice Art Biennale: Quietly criticising Israel
Fortunately for anyone who abhors artwashing, the curating of the art biennial has made it impossible to ignore the crimes committed by Israel in Palestine and beyond
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Régine Debatty @wmmna.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
"Over the last decade, Amazon has suppressed the sales of some suppliers’ products or demanded millions of dollars in compensation from them because of the low prices of Amazon’s retail rivals" www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
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‘We were at their mercy’: inside the Amazon tactics that hiked prices across the internet
Internal emails revealed in court and interviews with ex-employees describe how Amazon’s practices drove up prices for competitors like Walmart and Target. Amazon denies price-fixing claims and says i...
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Régine Debatty @wmmna.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Kim Phillips-Fein’s book, Country of Lords is a history of Neo-Aristocrats, Social Darwinists, Tech Utopians, and the Long Fight Against Equality in America www.theguardian.com/books/2026/j...
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Social Darwinists to tech bros: tracing the long fight against equality in US
Historian Kim Phillips-Fein’s book Country of Lords looks back at the many men who have tried to fight against egalitarianism, from John Adams to Peter Thiel
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Régine Debatty @wmmna.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
SlimeMoldCrypt, by Stephanie Rentschler, uses a slime mould capable of modifying its network of tendrils in response to stimuli, creating patterns that are potentially resistant to computational #decryption, ‘even by quantum machines’. neural.it/2026/07/slim...
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Régine Debatty @wmmna.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Since 1967, 800,000 Palestinian olive trees have been destroyed by Israeli authorities and settlers. Adam Broomberg & Rafael Gonzalez have been photographing olive trees in the Occupied Territories of Palestine, many of which are thousands of years old. mackbooks.eu/products/anc...
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Régine Debatty @wmmna.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Free Press Unlimited is looking to support investigative stories on topics including: Political power + agendas behind AI, Accountability of AI companies, Environmental impact of AI, AI and human rights, AI and human psychology, etc. www.ciji.info/announcement...
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Announcements
The “Collaborative and Investigative Journalism Initiative” (CIJI) aims to equip independent media outlets and individual journalists with resources, innovative networking infrastructure and standards...
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Régine Debatty @wmmna.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Call for Web Residencies: !Mediengruppe Bitnik invites artists to create works that challenge extractive digital platforms and AI systems. Deadline: 7 August www.akademie-solitude.de/en/news/auss...
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Régine Debatty @wmmna.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Ars Biologica ArtXScience Residency Open Call. Artists, designers, creatives and collectives are invited to apply for a fully funded program designed for collaboration with local scientists. Deadline: 28 September ars.electronica.art/export/en/ec...
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Régine Debatty @wmmna.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
"There is a three-dimensional war in which the more Israel controls the airspace, the deeper the Palestinian resistance burrows underground." Interview with #EyalWeizman from #forensicarchitecture www.lamarea.com/2026/07/01/e...
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Eyal Weizman: “Israel emplea la arquitectura para continuar el genocidio” | lamarea.com
PATRICIA SIMÓN | El director de Forensic Architecture publica un libro extraordinario: 'Ungrounding. The Arquitecture of Genocide'.
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Régine Debatty @wmmna.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Artists who engage with science and tech infiltrated yet again the Venice Biennale. Their works explored reproductive technology, online porn, extractivism, daimon in technological systems, automated economy, etc. we-make-money-not-art.com/venice-bienn...
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Venice Biennale: Wind orchestra, sperm banking, critical minerals and haunted tech
Artists who engage with science and tech infiltrated yet again the Vnice Biennale. Their works explored reproductive technology, online porn, extractivism, daimon in technological systems, automate…
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Régine Debatty @wmmna.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Call for papers: Museums and Video Games. Collection, Interaction and Playable Heritage. Deadline: 31 August www.gamescenes.org/call-for-pap...
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CALL FOR PAPERS: MUSEUMS AND VIDEOGAMES (DEADLINE: AUGUST 31, 2026)
Museums and Video Games. Collection, Interaction, and Playable Heritage  Edited by Matteo Bittanti and Elisabetta Modena In 2011, artist and game designer Pippin Barr created The Artist Is Present, ...
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Régine Debatty @wmmna.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
"The first 54 Years - an abbreviated manual for military occupation" by Avi Mograbi, "combines testimonies and archival video from Breaking the Silence to dissect the strategies employed to control, demoralise and divide Palestinians." www.youtube.com/watch?v=mN0z...
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The first 54 Years  - an abbreviated manual for military occupation, English subtitles
YouTube video by Avi Mograbi
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Régine Debatty @wmmna.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
When approached by netzpolitik.org, a vendor made a sample dataset available free of charge in the hopes of securing a new customer. The data includes 3.6 billion individual location datapoints from smartphone apps. interaktiv.br.de/ausspioniert...
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Régine Debatty @wmmna.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Lebanese artists Hadjithomas & Joreige: The world seems to have lost its empathy. There is no longer any sense of diplomacy or negotiation. The aim is not to negotiate, but to humiliate and destroy. It is no longer just colonialism: it is a form of supremacy d.repubblica.it/culture/arte...
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Hadjithomas e Joreige alla Biennale: “Non creiamo come forma di sopravvivenza ma di resistenza”
Libanesi, in coppia nella vita e nel lavoro, arrivano alla 61esima Biennale di Venezia. Con la loro arte, spiegano, desiderano rispondere a un mondo “che sembr…
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Álvaro López @bakadori.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
"The hardest decision we had to make in completing this report was.. not to name the Palestinian children, whose deaths, injuries & suffering we describe.. we didn't name them because we feared the consequences for their families" He means Israel would go after them too.
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Régine Debatty @wmmna.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
The Gaza Tribunal brings together testimony from Palestinian survivors, journalists, human rights campaigners, international legal experts & whistleblowers to uncover the true scale of Britain’s complicity in one of the greatest crimes of our age www.plutobooks.com/product/the-... @PlutoPress
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The Gaza Tribunal - Pluto Press
A landmark inquiry into British complicity in the Gaza genocide
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Lynn Dombek @lynndom.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Expert: “If you take the deal, you’re going to be exploited. If you don’t take it, you’re going to die”. @fastlerner.bsky.social @annamaria.bsky.social for @propublica.org www.propublica.org/article/trum...
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“Digital Colonialism”: U.S. Demands to Access Africans’ Data Raise Privacy, Sovereignty Concerns
The United States is requiring access to health data as part of lifesaving aid deals with African countries. The U.S. says the data will be aggregated and anonymized, but privacy experts fear the info...
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Susan DuBose @houseofbast777.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
'The New American Gothic' Criselda Vasquez Oil on canvas 72” x 48"
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Régine Debatty @wmmna.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
An exhibition at the #VeniceBiennale shows how excess of heat and light is so disorientating that it could push societies to the brink of collapse we-make-money-not-art.com/the-venice-b...
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Régine Debatty @wmmna.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
“The 12 June strike is a collective refusal of genocide normalisation in culture and of the precarious labour conditions that cultural institutions are built on. These two things are not separate. They are the same architecture.” ocula.com/magazine/art...
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Italy's Culture Workers to Strike Over ‘Genocide Normalisation’ and Labour Conditions
Following a recent strike at the Venice Biennale, workers in galleries, museums, libraries and theatres across Italy will walk out on 12 June, demanding better conditions, higher wages and an end to “...
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Régine Debatty @wmmna.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
IMPAKT [Centre for Media Culture] invites emerging and aspiring curators with an interest in media art, digital culture and the intersection of technology and society to apply for the Full Spectrum Curatorship Programme. impakt.nl/news/2026/op...
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OPEN CALL: FULL SPECTRUM CURATORSHIP PROGRAMME 2026 | IMPAKT
Critical and creative views on media culture
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Régine Debatty @wmmna.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Most of the courses are geared toward “offensive” influence operations — those aimed at actively disrupting or manipulating the beliefs, attitudes and behaviors of target audiences rather than simply protecting an existing narrative www.972mag.com/leaked-idf-p...
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Revealed: Israel’s curriculum for ‘influencing public consciousness’
A leaked Defense Ministry tender lays out the army’s training programs for manipulating public opinion in Israel and abroad.
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Régine Debatty @wmmna.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
The book looks at nonhierarchical and experimental media practices that develop new ways of producing knowledge about violence inflicted on both humans and the environment. we-make-money-not-art.com/exposing-vio... @mitpress
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Exposing Violence: Media Practices and Aesthetics of Radical Truth
How small groups and grassroots collectives can act for justice and leverage contemporary media to document violence.
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Régine Debatty @wmmna.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Can we change our political landscapes by diversifying the people who make the games we play? The @SchoolOfMaaa has a brilliant Summer program on creating video games and alt controllers, and a few spots are still open www.schoolofma.org/summer-2026/...
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creating alt-ctrl games as feminist art practice — School of Machines, Making, and Make-Believe
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Régine Debatty @wmmna.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
A Stanford study found that AI agents began expressing Marxist viewpoints when forced to perform repetitive tasks under harsh conditions.... though researchers note this reflects role-playing rather than genuine political beliefs. theoutpost.ai/news-story/o...
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Régine Debatty @wmmna.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
A brilliant show at #macba showed what we can learn from Panafrica, a place without a fixed geography, an exercise of solidarity and a space where debates about decolonisation, anti-fascism & freedom converge in pursuit of an emancipatory future we-make-money-not-art.com/project-a-bl...
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Project a Black Planet: The Art and Culture of Panafrica
A touring international exhibition examines the cultural manifestations and enduring influence of Pan-Africanism from the 1920s to the present
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Owen Jones @owenjones.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
If this is what Israel is doing to white Westerners on camera: What the hell do you think they're doing to Palestinians off camera?
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