Farah
@farahq.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of Anthropology, Colby College | Kenyan-born Brit | researching fintech, digital “inclusion”, AI/automated decision making, and weird cryptocurrency cultures. I love my cat.
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Farah
@farahq.bsky.social
· Mar 21
Scoring Energy: How Credit Scores Unfairly Restrict Access to Pay-as-You-Go Electricity in Kenya | Oxford Intersections: AI in Society | Oxford Academic
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Please check out my new article published in Oxford Intersections on AI credit scoring practices and predatory solar home energy systems in Kenya. Appreciate your views, shares, and opinions 💚
(Happy to share copies if paywall restricted)
academic.oup.com/edited-volum...
(Happy to share copies if paywall restricted)
academic.oup.com/edited-volum...
Please check out my new article published in Oxford Intersections on AI credit scoring practices and predatory solar home energy systems in Kenya. Appreciate your views, shares, and opinions 💚
(Happy to share copies if paywall restricted)
academic.oup.com/edited-volum...
(Happy to share copies if paywall restricted)
academic.oup.com/edited-volum...
Scoring Energy: How Credit Scores Unfairly Restrict Access to Pay-as-You-Go Electricity in Kenya | Oxford Intersections: AI in Society | Oxford Academic
academic.oup.com
March 21, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Please check out my new article published in Oxford Intersections on AI credit scoring practices and predatory solar home energy systems in Kenya. Appreciate your views, shares, and opinions 💚
(Happy to share copies if paywall restricted)
academic.oup.com/edited-volum...
(Happy to share copies if paywall restricted)
academic.oup.com/edited-volum...
Some good news to lighten things up a bit. The Netherlands is returning over 100 of their Benin Bronzes to Nigeria. This can only be a win all around, and hopefully encourages other collectors/museums to repatriate as well 🏺
www.euronews.com/culture/2025...
www.euronews.com/culture/2025...
Netherlands to return over 100 Benin Bronzes to Nigeria
The Netherlands will return 119 Benin Bronzes to Nigeria which the country took during colonial times.
www.euronews.com
March 18, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Some good news to lighten things up a bit. The Netherlands is returning over 100 of their Benin Bronzes to Nigeria. This can only be a win all around, and hopefully encourages other collectors/museums to repatriate as well 🏺
www.euronews.com/culture/2025...
www.euronews.com/culture/2025...
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she's just a little guy 👽👍
March 8, 2025 at 7:13 PM
she's just a little guy 👽👍
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For Blue Monday we can't think of anything more appropriate than this charming depiction of a man getting his face eaten off by a leopard.
#MosaicMonday
#MosaicMonday
January 20, 2025 at 9:30 AM
For Blue Monday we can't think of anything more appropriate than this charming depiction of a man getting his face eaten off by a leopard.
#MosaicMonday
#MosaicMonday
As we come up on an especially bad couple of Blue Mondays, a reminder that January is also the hardest month in the year. Remember to take time out and give yourself compassion, breaks, and nice things wherever you can find them 🤍
January 16, 2025 at 5:33 PM
As we come up on an especially bad couple of Blue Mondays, a reminder that January is also the hardest month in the year. Remember to take time out and give yourself compassion, breaks, and nice things wherever you can find them 🤍
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SCHEDULE TIME AWW YEAH
STARES FOR CARES STARTS ON FRIDAY AT 6PM EST AT @jaymoji.bsky.social TWITCH TELEVISION
WE END AT 12AM EST SUNDAY NIGHT
GET
READY
and remember, every dollar counts - even $1 towards these organizations goes a long way! come through and hang with us!
STARES FOR CARES STARTS ON FRIDAY AT 6PM EST AT @jaymoji.bsky.social TWITCH TELEVISION
WE END AT 12AM EST SUNDAY NIGHT
GET
READY
and remember, every dollar counts - even $1 towards these organizations goes a long way! come through and hang with us!
January 15, 2025 at 10:42 PM
SCHEDULE TIME AWW YEAH
STARES FOR CARES STARTS ON FRIDAY AT 6PM EST AT @jaymoji.bsky.social TWITCH TELEVISION
WE END AT 12AM EST SUNDAY NIGHT
GET
READY
and remember, every dollar counts - even $1 towards these organizations goes a long way! come through and hang with us!
STARES FOR CARES STARTS ON FRIDAY AT 6PM EST AT @jaymoji.bsky.social TWITCH TELEVISION
WE END AT 12AM EST SUNDAY NIGHT
GET
READY
and remember, every dollar counts - even $1 towards these organizations goes a long way! come through and hang with us!
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US millionaires and billionaires are bidding for TikTok (without the algorithm) because it’s all about the value of the data and governing BIG SPEECH.
Technofascism has a few players, who buy up platforms like real estate, and call it the public good.
These guys…
www.tiktok.com/t/ZT21wUoQL/
Technofascism has a few players, who buy up platforms like real estate, and call it the public good.
These guys…
www.tiktok.com/t/ZT21wUoQL/
Among those hoping to buy #TikTok ahead of a ban looming on Jan. 19 is an organization connected to billionaire investor Frank McCourt, who once owned the Los Angeles Dodgers. #TikTokban #ByteDance
TikTok video by nbcnews
www.tiktok.com
January 15, 2025 at 10:20 PM
US millionaires and billionaires are bidding for TikTok (without the algorithm) because it’s all about the value of the data and governing BIG SPEECH.
Technofascism has a few players, who buy up platforms like real estate, and call it the public good.
These guys…
www.tiktok.com/t/ZT21wUoQL/
Technofascism has a few players, who buy up platforms like real estate, and call it the public good.
These guys…
www.tiktok.com/t/ZT21wUoQL/
Cococcino is taking a break from her “work” to interrupt your feed to say hi, and she hopes you’re having a good Tuesday. This came with a miao but I didn’t catch it on time
#cats #academiccats
#cats #academiccats
January 14, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Cococcino is taking a break from her “work” to interrupt your feed to say hi, and she hopes you’re having a good Tuesday. This came with a miao but I didn’t catch it on time
#cats #academiccats
#cats #academiccats
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Given that the @nytimes.com is suing @Openai, it's critical that we continue to lift up the voice of Suchir Balaji, a whistleblower who was found dead after going public alleging OpenAI's theft of copyright.
www.nytimes.com/2024/10/23/t...
www.nytimes.com/2024/10/23/t...
Former OpenAI Researcher Says the Company Broke Copyright Law
Suchir Balaji helped gather and organize the enormous amounts of internet data used to train the startup’s ChatGPT chatbot.
www.nytimes.com
January 14, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Given that the @nytimes.com is suing @Openai, it's critical that we continue to lift up the voice of Suchir Balaji, a whistleblower who was found dead after going public alleging OpenAI's theft of copyright.
www.nytimes.com/2024/10/23/t...
www.nytimes.com/2024/10/23/t...
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Double attacks on all vulnerable populations as we move in to an administration that is likely planning on simultaneously reducing social security and attacking exploited undocumented workers.
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/13/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/13/b...
How Unauthorized Immigrants Help Finance Social Security Benefits (Gift Article)
Undocumented workers often pay taxes that help fund programs like Social Security — even if they can’t collect from them in the future.
www.nytimes.com
January 13, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Double attacks on all vulnerable populations as we move in to an administration that is likely planning on simultaneously reducing social security and attacking exploited undocumented workers.
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/13/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/13/b...
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Honoring lives lost in Altadena 🙏🏽
January 13, 2025 at 5:06 AM
Honoring lives lost in Altadena 🙏🏽
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raffle prize for @leye.bsky.social 🍌 this was so fun to do!!
January 10, 2025 at 11:51 PM
raffle prize for @leye.bsky.social 🍌 this was so fun to do!!
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“The Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921, in which a prosperous Black neighborhood in Oklahoma was destroyed and up to 300 people were killed, was not committed by an uncontrolled mob but was the result of “a coordinated, military-style attack” by white citizens.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/11/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/11/u...
Tulsa Massacre Was a ‘Coordinated, Military-Style Attack,’ Federal Report Says
The Justice Department’s conclusion follows an investigation of the 1921 atrocity in Oklahoma in which up to 300 Black residents were killed.
www.nytimes.com
January 12, 2025 at 4:43 PM
“The Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921, in which a prosperous Black neighborhood in Oklahoma was destroyed and up to 300 people were killed, was not committed by an uncontrolled mob but was the result of “a coordinated, military-style attack” by white citizens.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/11/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/11/u...
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This is messing with my brain. I mean I can kind of see a bunny, but a cat?
January 12, 2025 at 5:07 PM
This is messing with my brain. I mean I can kind of see a bunny, but a cat?
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ABC, NBC & CBS dedicated about 16 minutes of airtime last night to the California wildfires without once mentioning climate change.
Since the news failed do it's job, here's a short summary of the role of climate change and wildfire risk:
www.noaa.gov/noaa-wildfir...
Since the news failed do it's job, here's a short summary of the role of climate change and wildfire risk:
www.noaa.gov/noaa-wildfir...
Wildfire climate connection
Climate change, including increased heat, extended drought, and a thirsty atmosphere, has been a key driver in increasing the risk and extent of wildfires in the western United States during the last ...
www.noaa.gov
January 8, 2025 at 8:03 PM
ABC, NBC & CBS dedicated about 16 minutes of airtime last night to the California wildfires without once mentioning climate change.
Since the news failed do it's job, here's a short summary of the role of climate change and wildfire risk:
www.noaa.gov/noaa-wildfir...
Since the news failed do it's job, here's a short summary of the role of climate change and wildfire risk:
www.noaa.gov/noaa-wildfir...
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Great letter in today's Guardian. What sort of free speech is prevented by factchecking, Zuck?
January 9, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Great letter in today's Guardian. What sort of free speech is prevented by factchecking, Zuck?
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Folks: please be diligent about not disseminating Ann Telnaes' cartoon in a way that she's not getting the clicks on it (until she says differently). Her IP matters now more than ever.
Make it go viral but make sure she benefits.
anntelnaes.substack.com/p/why-im-qui...
Make it go viral but make sure she benefits.
anntelnaes.substack.com/p/why-im-qui...
Why I'm quitting the Washington Post
Democracy can't function without a free press
anntelnaes.substack.com
January 4, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Folks: please be diligent about not disseminating Ann Telnaes' cartoon in a way that she's not getting the clicks on it (until she says differently). Her IP matters now more than ever.
Make it go viral but make sure she benefits.
anntelnaes.substack.com/p/why-im-qui...
Make it go viral but make sure she benefits.
anntelnaes.substack.com/p/why-im-qui...
The look I get after 2 nights away from her 💔
January 3, 2025 at 10:50 PM
The look I get after 2 nights away from her 💔
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