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The Cost of Transgression: Gender, Sexuality and Online Violence in India
This paper considers the findings for India from the Supporting a Safer Internet survey on online harms in 18 countries undertaken by the Centre for International Governance Innovation in partnership ...
www.cigionline.org
New research: in 'The cost of transgression: Gender, sexuality and online violence in India', I try to make sense of the sometimes surprising, even confounding India findings of a global survey on online violence. #OGBV #feministinternet #India #CIGI www.cigionline.org/publications...
#mustread Every day I wish there was a way to keep all the AI generated content out of my IG feed. So tired of seeing 'people' who don't actually exist.
"How we choose to act now will determine whether our shared basis for reality — what we see and hear — remains trustworthy."
Generative video's threat to visual truth and what we can do about it, and why concerted action matters now, in @transformernews.ai
www.transformernews.ai/p/sora-is-he...
Generative video's threat to visual truth and what we can do about it, and why concerted action matters now, in @transformernews.ai
www.transformernews.ai/p/sora-is-he...
Sora Is Here. The window to save visual truth is closing
Opinion: Sam Gregory argues that generative video is undermining the notion of a shared reality, and that we need to act before it’s lost forever
www.transformernews.ai
November 6, 2025 at 9:26 AM
#mustread Every day I wish there was a way to keep all the AI generated content out of my IG feed. So tired of seeing 'people' who don't actually exist.
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Last chance to turn it off.
On Monday, November 3rd, Microsoft will start using your LinkedIn data for AI training. And remember, you're opted in by default.
To toggle it off 👉 Account - Settings & Privacy > Data privacy > Data for Generative AI Improvement.
On Monday, November 3rd, Microsoft will start using your LinkedIn data for AI training. And remember, you're opted in by default.
To toggle it off 👉 Account - Settings & Privacy > Data privacy > Data for Generative AI Improvement.
October 31, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Last chance to turn it off.
On Monday, November 3rd, Microsoft will start using your LinkedIn data for AI training. And remember, you're opted in by default.
To toggle it off 👉 Account - Settings & Privacy > Data privacy > Data for Generative AI Improvement.
On Monday, November 3rd, Microsoft will start using your LinkedIn data for AI training. And remember, you're opted in by default.
To toggle it off 👉 Account - Settings & Privacy > Data privacy > Data for Generative AI Improvement.
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🇩🇪 Hey Berlin friends 👋
Chayn is throwing a little party for the launch of our feminist AI tool - Survivor AI - which helps survivors of image based abuse take content down. Come for the AI hype, stay for the drinks and good company.
Register here: luma.com/rg71dkhb
Chayn is throwing a little party for the launch of our feminist AI tool - Survivor AI - which helps survivors of image based abuse take content down. Come for the AI hype, stay for the drinks and good company.
Register here: luma.com/rg71dkhb
Survivor AI Launch Party (In-person) · Luma
On 30 September, Chayn will launch Survivor AI, a groundbreaking feminist AI tool that empowers survivors of image-based abuse to request takedowns of harmful…
luma.com
September 24, 2025 at 8:18 PM
🇩🇪 Hey Berlin friends 👋
Chayn is throwing a little party for the launch of our feminist AI tool - Survivor AI - which helps survivors of image based abuse take content down. Come for the AI hype, stay for the drinks and good company.
Register here: luma.com/rg71dkhb
Chayn is throwing a little party for the launch of our feminist AI tool - Survivor AI - which helps survivors of image based abuse take content down. Come for the AI hype, stay for the drinks and good company.
Register here: luma.com/rg71dkhb
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To celebrate the release of Alaa Abd el-Fattah from prison, the ebook edition of YOU HAVE NOT YET BEEN DEFEATED, tr. an anonymous collective, is available to download for free for the next week via all ebook platforms, including Kindle and Apple Books, until 30 September.
September 23, 2025 at 12:58 PM
To celebrate the release of Alaa Abd el-Fattah from prison, the ebook edition of YOU HAVE NOT YET BEEN DEFEATED, tr. an anonymous collective, is available to download for free for the next week via all ebook platforms, including Kindle and Apple Books, until 30 September.
Oh wow. So good to finally have some good news 💜 #freeAlaa
British-Egyptian activist Alaa Abd el-Fattah to be freed from prison
British-Egyptian activist Alaa Abd el-Fattah to be freed from prison
State media say writer has also been given a presidential pardon
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Middle East crisis – live updates
The British-Egyptian human rights activist, Alaa Abd el-Fattah, will be released from jail after serving six years for liking a Facebook post, Egyptian state media have reported.
President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi granted him his freedom after intensive lobbying by the UK government and pressure from Egypt’s national human rights council. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
September 22, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Oh wow. So good to finally have some good news 💜 #freeAlaa
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"In a landmark study, OpenAI researchers reveal that large language models will always produce plausible but false outputs, even with perfect data, due to fundamental statistical and computational limits."
www.computerworld.com/article/4059...
www.computerworld.com/article/4059...
OpenAI admits AI hallucinations are mathematically inevitable, not just engineering flaws
In a landmark study, OpenAI researchers reveal that large language models will always produce plausible but false outputs, even with perfect data, due to fundamental statistical and computational limi...
www.computerworld.com
September 21, 2025 at 12:50 PM
"In a landmark study, OpenAI researchers reveal that large language models will always produce plausible but false outputs, even with perfect data, due to fundamental statistical and computational limits."
www.computerworld.com/article/4059...
www.computerworld.com/article/4059...
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The protests in Nepal, and the governments violent repression of them, are an increasingly important story right now. @globalvoices.org has reporting from Nepal on the "Nepo Kid" movement, including what the "international media" are getting wrong
Gen Z stands up to expose corruption in Nepal
Youth-led demonstrations against corruption erupted throughout Nepal on Monday September 8, 2025, resulting in at least 19 deaths and over 350 injuries.
globalvoices.org
September 9, 2025 at 8:12 AM
The protests in Nepal, and the governments violent repression of them, are an increasingly important story right now. @globalvoices.org has reporting from Nepal on the "Nepo Kid" movement, including what the "international media" are getting wrong
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📣 TIMEP is recruiting for an in-person Bassem Sabry Fellow to spend six months working full-time in our Washington, DC office.
Check out this rare opportunity to immerse yourself in the world of MENA policymaking! Applications are due August 28: timep.org/2025/08/08/o...
Check out this rare opportunity to immerse yourself in the world of MENA policymaking! Applications are due August 28: timep.org/2025/08/08/o...
August 8, 2025 at 1:21 PM
📣 TIMEP is recruiting for an in-person Bassem Sabry Fellow to spend six months working full-time in our Washington, DC office.
Check out this rare opportunity to immerse yourself in the world of MENA policymaking! Applications are due August 28: timep.org/2025/08/08/o...
Check out this rare opportunity to immerse yourself in the world of MENA policymaking! Applications are due August 28: timep.org/2025/08/08/o...
'Out of space: Picturing the big, crowded business of satellite internet' - a gorgeously visualised, superinformative story by @restofworld.org. Impressive restofworld.org/2025/satelli...
Out of space: Picturing the big, crowded business of satellite internet
Space-based internet is remaking Earth’s orbit — and fueling a gold rush.
restofworld.org
August 11, 2025 at 7:05 AM
'Out of space: Picturing the big, crowded business of satellite internet' - a gorgeously visualised, superinformative story by @restofworld.org. Impressive restofworld.org/2025/satelli...
Very insightful piece by @scotttimcke.bsky.social, with lessons valid across the Global South. #aigov
"AI systems are reshaping Africa’s relationship with the global economy, determining whether the continent remains locked into extractive relationships or develops genuine technological sovereignty." And journalists are missing this story. www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/...
African media must follow the money and treat AI as a story about power, not tech
AI systems are reshaping Africa’s relationship with the global economy, determining whether the continent remains locked into extractive relationships or develops genuine technological sovereignty.
www.dailymaverick.co.za
August 6, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Very insightful piece by @scotttimcke.bsky.social, with lessons valid across the Global South. #aigov
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"Airdrops will not reverse the deepening starvation," UNRWA chief Philippe Lazzarini wrote on X on Saturday. "They are expensive, inefficient & can even kill starving civilians. It is a distraction & screensmoke."
www.cbsnews.com/news/israel-...
www.cbsnews.com/news/israel-...
Israeli military says airdrops of aid into Gaza set to begin tonight amid increased starvation deaths
For months, the U.N. and experts have warned that Palestinians in Gaza are at risk of famine, with reports of increasing numbers of people dying from causes related to malnutrition.
www.cbsnews.com
July 26, 2025 at 10:58 PM
"Airdrops will not reverse the deepening starvation," UNRWA chief Philippe Lazzarini wrote on X on Saturday. "They are expensive, inefficient & can even kill starving civilians. It is a distraction & screensmoke."
www.cbsnews.com/news/israel-...
www.cbsnews.com/news/israel-...
'The bench also stated that the foreign policy of the country differs from the stance the party has taken and warned it of potential diplomatic consequences of such protests.' 'Our country has enough issues. We don't want anything like this' .
The Bombay High Court says it isn't patriotic for Indians to protest against the genocide in Gaza.
thewire.in/law/this-is-...
thewire.in/law/this-is-...
'This is Not Patriotism': Bombay HC Rejects CPI(M)'s Plea For Permission to Protest Against Gaza Genocide
The bench also stated that the foreign policy of the country differs from the stance the party has taken and warned it of potential diplomatic consequences of such protests.
thewire.in
July 26, 2025 at 8:09 AM
'The bench also stated that the foreign policy of the country differs from the stance the party has taken and warned it of potential diplomatic consequences of such protests.' 'Our country has enough issues. We don't want anything like this' .
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Send these monsters to the Hague
July 25, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Send these monsters to the Hague
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Breaking News: President Emmanuel Macron said France would recognize the state of Palestine, making it the first of the G7 nations to do so.
France Will Recognize Palestinian Statehood, Macron Says
The announcement sets France apart from the United States and most of its close allies, and could cause friction with President Trump.
trib.al
July 24, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Breaking News: President Emmanuel Macron said France would recognize the state of Palestine, making it the first of the G7 nations to do so.
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Starving people to death is terrorism.
July 24, 2025 at 4:25 AM
Starving people to death is terrorism.
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Tomorrow’s Guardian front page
July 23, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Tomorrow’s Guardian front page
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#BREAKING
Slovenia has imposed sanctions on Ministers Ben-Gvir and Smotrich, declaring them persona non grata due to statements "that encourage genocide"
This is the first European Union country to impose sanctions on Ben-Gvir and Smotrich
Slovenia has imposed sanctions on Ministers Ben-Gvir and Smotrich, declaring them persona non grata due to statements "that encourage genocide"
This is the first European Union country to impose sanctions on Ben-Gvir and Smotrich
July 17, 2025 at 3:18 PM
#BREAKING
Slovenia has imposed sanctions on Ministers Ben-Gvir and Smotrich, declaring them persona non grata due to statements "that encourage genocide"
This is the first European Union country to impose sanctions on Ben-Gvir and Smotrich
Slovenia has imposed sanctions on Ministers Ben-Gvir and Smotrich, declaring them persona non grata due to statements "that encourage genocide"
This is the first European Union country to impose sanctions on Ben-Gvir and Smotrich
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Hey Bluesky.
If you come across opportunities for writers (calls for submissions, contests, jobs, gigs), please send them my way?
I send out listings via Google Groups (when I have time to do a collection) and Telegram/WhatsApp (when I spot them).
More: zigzackly.blogspot.com/2022/02/cafe...
If you come across opportunities for writers (calls for submissions, contests, jobs, gigs), please send them my way?
I send out listings via Google Groups (when I have time to do a collection) and Telegram/WhatsApp (when I spot them).
More: zigzackly.blogspot.com/2022/02/cafe...
Caferati Listings
The essentials. Caferati Listings carries opportunities for writers — calls for entries and submissions to contests and anthologies...
zigzackly.blogspot.com
July 9, 2025 at 3:58 AM
Hey Bluesky.
If you come across opportunities for writers (calls for submissions, contests, jobs, gigs), please send them my way?
I send out listings via Google Groups (when I have time to do a collection) and Telegram/WhatsApp (when I spot them).
More: zigzackly.blogspot.com/2022/02/cafe...
If you come across opportunities for writers (calls for submissions, contests, jobs, gigs), please send them my way?
I send out listings via Google Groups (when I have time to do a collection) and Telegram/WhatsApp (when I spot them).
More: zigzackly.blogspot.com/2022/02/cafe...
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How can you talk about AI for Good if you won't let one of the most visionary thinkers on AI (and a keynote YOU invited) speak about the way AI is being used for evil?
Total farce.
Total farce.
a couple of hours before my keynote, I went through an intense negotiation with the organisers (for over a hour) where we went through my slides and had to remove anything that mentions 'Palestine' 'Israel' and replace 'genocide' with 'war crimes'
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my keynote happening in a few mins. registration here to stream it
aiforgood.itu.int/summit25/reg...
aiforgood.itu.int/summit25/reg...
July 8, 2025 at 10:54 AM
How can you talk about AI for Good if you won't let one of the most visionary thinkers on AI (and a keynote YOU invited) speak about the way AI is being used for evil?
Total farce.
Total farce.
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The Guardian view on Egypt and Alaa Abd el-Fattah: Starmer and Lammy vowed to do all they can. So do it
#FreeAlaa
#SaveLaila
#FreeAlaa
#SaveLaila
The Guardian view on Egypt and Alaa Abd el-Fattah: Starmer and Lammy vowed to do all they can. So do it | Editorial
Editorial: The UK still has ways to press for the release of the British-Egyptian writer and bring an end to the hunger strike endangering his mother’s life
www.theguardian.com
June 19, 2025 at 2:41 PM
The Guardian view on Egypt and Alaa Abd el-Fattah: Starmer and Lammy vowed to do all they can. So do it
#FreeAlaa
#SaveLaila
#FreeAlaa
#SaveLaila
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Use Signal. We promise, no AI clutter, and no surveillance ads, whatever the rest of the industry does. <3
June 16, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Use Signal. We promise, no AI clutter, and no surveillance ads, whatever the rest of the industry does. <3
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The UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention has confirmed: Alaa Abd el-Fattah is being held unlawfully. Egypt must release him, and the UK must use every tool to bring him home www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...
245 Days Without Justice: Laila Soueif’s Hunger Strike and the Fight to Free Alaa Abd el-Fattah
Laila Soueif has now been on hunger strike for 245 days. On Thursday night, she was taken to the hospital once again. Soueif’s hunger strike is a powerful act of protest against the failures of two go...
www.eff.org
June 2, 2025 at 7:17 PM
The UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention has confirmed: Alaa Abd el-Fattah is being held unlawfully. Egypt must release him, and the UK must use every tool to bring him home www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...
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Last day to oppose Meta platforms training their AI with your personal data!
Go to Privacy Centre in your account settings (Facebook or Insta) and click ‘object’ in blue.
Go to Privacy Centre in your account settings (Facebook or Insta) and click ‘object’ in blue.
May 26, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Last day to oppose Meta platforms training their AI with your personal data!
Go to Privacy Centre in your account settings (Facebook or Insta) and click ‘object’ in blue.
Go to Privacy Centre in your account settings (Facebook or Insta) and click ‘object’ in blue.