iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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Johnny Ryan @johnnyryan.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Google event in Brussels this evening “to celebrate Ireland’s Presidency” of the EU Council. “Google is delighted to bring together Irish policymakers…” rsvp.withgoogle.com/events/irish... (they have wisely now removed some of this text)

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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

In practice, AI literacy doesn’t start with building the tool for your personal use. It starts with understanding yourself as a collection of tasks who should subcontract those out to a machine. Almost no regular person’s life currently exists as such.

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Dan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Anything short of total and vocal condemnation of these far right thugs, and none of this bs about "understanding legitimate concerns" from Labour can at this stage only be seen as a tacit acceptance of their actions, which is exactly how the far right sees it and which ultimately emboldens them.

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Dan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Not a dicky bird about thugs trying to sink a dinghy with a rescue worker on board or their claims to be "forming an army". Two boats of people seeking safety land and bingo bango they're the ones portrayed as the issue. Labour is complict in the rise of the far right. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

bbc.co.uk

Home Secretary hits out at 'unacceptable' migrant landings in Kent

Usually brought ashore by Border Security Command or the RNLI, these are the first uncontrolled landings since 2025.

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James Bridle @jamesbridle.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Ugh, two emails from students on the same day, saying how important my work is to them and asking for help and collaboration. Both 100% AI-generated verbiage, referencing disparate works no human would put together. Because they don't, in fact, know my work. What a waste of everything.

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Shannon Vallor @shannonvallor.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

They’re gonna hold hearings one day about what happens to these kids

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Catelli @catelli.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

In summary, the tool has become more important than the people using the tool. The tool is good, the tool is god. All hail the tool.

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Zeerak Talat زیرک طلعت (they/them) @zeerak.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Turns out the link isnt working anymore so here's the list or less-than-acceptable colleagues: johnarmstrongmaths.com/openletters/... And here's the letter and space to sign the letter supporting due process: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

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As academics, we are concerned that Ghent University's disciplinary proceedings against Dr Cofnas appear to constitute retaliation, at least in part, for publicizing academic misconduct that occurred in British universities.

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I Travel Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 25/08/2026

Again this guy is in charge of publicly traded companies totally propped up by public dollars allocated by ostensibly democratic governments.

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Zeerak Talat زیرک طلعت (they/them) @zeerak.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

It's nice when racists name themselves. In case you wanted to check if you need to have a chat with anyone, here's the list of people who've signed the letter in support of cofnas and in favour of academic misconduct and harassment without consequences. xcancel.com/priyamvadago...

xcancel.com

Verifying your browser…

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Ireland against Fascism @irlagainstfascism.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

WTF ❗️

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Olivia Guest · Ολίβια Γκεστ @olivia.science · 19/08/2026

We should keep posting this until the media writes about this and more... I did not become an academic to watch it go more racist. We're supposed to improve year on year — and not revert back to full blown eugenics and scientific racism.

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Olivia Guest · Ολίβια Γκεστ @olivia.science · 15/08/2026

With respect to Cofnas, why is nobody talking about this in the MSM? > We find it [improbably] that [he] was the best out of 14 candidates for this job[. His boss] repeatedly stated in the press that [he] published in highly ranked journals and had been affiliated with leading institutions. 1/n

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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

7/ "Lying is wrong" I agree! It pisses me off greatly. And there should be proportionate consequences for it, which might extend to losing a job in serious cases. But seriously: in a world when Trump etc lie massively and daily with real consequences for millions, you're obsessed with *this* guy?

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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Ok, some thoughts, as an olde tyme academic, on the Arday tragedy. First, allegations about causes. We don't know what was in his mind, but many people are keen to blame him, or woke lefties/academia, or the media. Some people are absolutely certain that the media are faultless. 1/

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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 17/08/2026

One more time.

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ddɐ˙ʎʞsʞɔɐlq˙uǝʌs@ @sven.blacksky.app · 31/07/2026

"AI" is indeed transformative in the sense that it makes every day stupider than the day before.

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Jo Grady @drjogrady.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Rest in peace, Jason.

The death of Jason Arday is devastating.

There are so many questions that need to be answered. The level of harassment he suffered and the racism he was subjected to, has been sickening. It must be investigated.

Right now, a young man has lost his life. All of my thoughts and love are with Jason’s family, friends and colleagues.

Rest in peace, Jason.

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Timnit Gebru @timnitgebru.blacksky.app · 13/08/2026

🔇 🔇 🔇 My book, Deep Unlearning, is now available for preorders! I don't know how people write so many books because this one took a lot out of me. It turns out, I had a lot to say 😂, with editors cutting out 50k of my words 🫣 ✴️ You can now preorder it at www.simonandschuster.com/books/Deep-U....

Cover of my new book, Deep Unlearning: The Rise of AI and The Radicalization of a Tech Idealist.

There are two concentric circles in the book, the left being circuits in black an white, and the right being a bunch of dots with orange accents. The cover background is cream. And the words are written in black except for "Un" which is in orange.

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Zeerak Talat زیرک طلعت (they/them) @zeerak.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Come through and say hi if you're in Edinburgh on the 22nd!

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Zeerak Talat زیرک طلعت (they/them) @zeerak.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

I don't normally post about new papers coming out, but this one gets an exception: My student has just had her first paper (and my first paper with my own PhD student) accepted to AIES! We look at how speech technology research engages, or rather doesn't engage, with questions of surveillance!

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Elle Cordova @ellecordova.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Data centers

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michael veale @michae.lv · 03/08/2026

You can now access many more digital laws, not just the GDPR, at the UCL Massively Crossreferenced Digital Laws page: EU: GDPR, DSA, DMA, AI Act, UCPD, NIS2 UK: OSA, DPA18, ...+ Each article/para/recital, links to what-cites-it in int'l cases/statutes/guidance homepages.ucl.ac.uk/~ucqnmve/law...

UCL Massively Crossreferenced Digital Laws

Varying digital legal instruments across jurisdictions, each able to be clicked on a section/article/paragraph basis to find the hard and soft law instruments that cite and interpret each specific part (or substantively very similar parts of previous/neighbouring laws.) Snippets provided for each citing source along with original links to that source. Typically thousands of citations for each. Citing documents can be ordered by date, citation numbers, or 'authority/influence' (PageRank algorithm).

Database of citing documents maintained and updated daily/weekly; the below documents intended to be updated weekly. Last update 3 August 2026.

Document coverage and national grammar for document detection is strongest and best tested for UK, Ireland, France, Germany, the Netherlands, EU and ECHR, but the database contains and attempts to link administrative decisions and guidance from other jurisdictions. Unlike Westlaw or other providers, this is not only free, with links to the originals, and incorporates a large amount of guidance and secondary material.

Documents generated from a dataset held and maintained by Michael Veale, Professor of Technology Law and Policy, Faculty of Laws, University College London. If you wish to study these instruments and the tech and practices that interact with them, consider learning about it at UCL Laws: on our LLM in Law and Technology, or our week-long executive education on AI for Lawyers: Technological Understanding for Compliance and Litigation.

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Jason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

New: Police are being told to hide the fact that they're using Flock to pull people over and arrest them in both encounters with citizens but ALSO in their official police reports: www.404media.co/do-not-menti...

404media.co

‘DO NOT MENTION ALPR USAGE’: How Cops Are Trying to Hide Their Use of Flock

“DO NOT MENTION ALPR USAGE TO THE OCCUPANTS OF THE VEHICLE. DO NOT MENTION ALPR USAGE IN YOUR REPORT OR COMPLAINT."

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DM Howcroft 🦔 @davehowcroft.com · 04/08/2026

Are you a new researcher in #NLG? An MSc or PhD student or a postdoc new to natural language generation? Do you want to find advice and community? Check out the #YNLG workshop happening at #INLG2026! (One week left to submit) ynlg-workshop.github.io

ynlg-workshop.github.io

YNLG 2026 - Young Researchers in Natural Language Generation

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the Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

cursed age

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Dr. Amanda Licastro @amandalicastro.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Ok, I have been MIA on this platform because life has been busy, but I want to remind you Digital Humanities Quarterly invites abstracts for a special issue on the topic of artificial intelligence (AI) in relation to digital humanities pedagogy due August 1 dhq.digitalhumanities.org/submissions/...

dhq.digitalhumanities.org

DHQ: Digital Humanities Quarterly: Calls for Proposals

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Board Certified Skramz Enthusiast @tysche.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Interesting that the "trans women are predators" crowd are all predators

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Oisín McGann @oisinmcgann.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

All the perverts following women around with Meta glasses saying 'JK Rowling told me to do it.'

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Murderers As Leaders @morbidhegel.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Fascist account posing as antifascist: 👀

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Aparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

But all jokes aside, this is deeply cynical and manipulative. As with "AI in education", Musk and his fellow billionaires are pushing this line of thinking so they can secure funding, but also to build consensus for a 2-tier system: humans for them, robots for the rest of us.

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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 27/07/2026

“Barring a dramatic overhaul, it’s going to be hard for Meta and Big Tech at large to change the current narrative [about smart glasses].” Worth a read.

theverge.com

With smart glasses, Meta holds all the cards but fails to play them well

It’s Meta’s move.

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Zeerak Talat زیرک طلعت (they/them) @zeerak.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

The workshop accepts ARR-reviewed papers, so if you've got one, then do submit by the 3rd of August!

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Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Academic organizations hadde bettir actuallye be brave and protecte each othir or else the last one ther will have no taske besydes turninge out the lightes and leavinge the key yn the envelope for big businesse.

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Dale Vince @dalevince.com · 24/07/2026

There’s massive fallacy at the very start and heart of this story - no amount of new oil and gas from the North Sea can bring down the cost of living - global markets set the price, even when we make it here - not us. www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...

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e.w. niedermeyer @niedermeyer.online · 22/07/2026

this comparison leaves out a key point: the Edsel sold roughly twice the Cybertruck's volume at a time when the overall car market was just 6m units/year instead of the current 16m units/year that makes the Cybertruck the much, much bigger flop, hands down

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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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Owen Jones @owenjones.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Wes Streeting has been made Defence Secretary. In his released correspondence with Peter Mandelson, he said: “Israel is committing war crimes before our eyes.” Journalists should ask him: 1) Does he stand by that? 2) What legal obligations does the UK therefore have?

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Rima I Anabtawi @rimaanabtawi.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

ICE executes the nonwhite while the White House and State Department look to declare the U.S. left a Foreign Terrorist Organization. We've been heading here since 9/11 @attackerman.bsky.social

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Dave Andress @davidandress.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

A twelve thousand percent increase in articles about "the trans probem" in a decade. Manufacturing "the trans problem" out of thin air and bile.

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Zeerak Talat زیرک طلعت (they/them) @zeerak.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Reupping this because ACM is still considering a dumbass decision and of you haven't communicated to them that there are, in fact, good decisions to be made, like not selling your authors out for hot air and promises (i think we were suppressed to be at Mars by now right), it's still a good time!

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Steph Wright @elmosmoe.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

MUST WATCH FILM ALERT - For those of you in and around Edinburgh on 22 Aug, come along to the @filmhouseedinburgh.bsky.social to watch the fantastic Ghost in the Machine documentary. In partnership with @our-ai-collective.bsky.social Find out what AI is really about! youtu.be/i9DAv0D7tnY?...

youtu.be

GHOST IN THE MACHINE (2026) OFFICIAL TRAILER

YouTube video by Ghost in the Machine

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Eileen Clancy 🧿 @clancyny.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

People may honestly labor under the belief that ChatGPT is a search engine comparable to the Google of yesteryear. They're mistaken. That's not a difference of opinion. Calling it a search engine, shows you don't understand how LLMs work. ChatGPT is deeply flawed, often in ways invisible to users.

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