Jose A. Cañada
@joseacanada.bsky.social
Mallorquí a Helsinki. Academy Fellow at University of Helsinki. STS, Microbes and aquatic environments at socialmicrobes.org. Quan el cos m'ho demana i hi ha energia, producció musical.
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Situating Microbes Within Complex Ecologies
| Engaging Science, Technology, and Society
estsjournal.org
Out now! With Salla Sariola and Matthäus Rest we argue for a more situated social analysis of microbes in our introduction to a thematic collection @estsjournal.bsky.social with fantastic contributions by @anthrobite.bsky.social @heymayahey.bsky.social A.Butcher, R.Soncco. L.Whiteley, V.Koski-Karell
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Hello friends. In the early days of Bsky, it was trans and other LGBTQ+ folk, along with s*xworkers, n s f w art folk, and Alf aficionados that built the platform—early refugees from X. Now @bsky.app made a change that auto blocks such posts. You must manually opt out.
bsky.app/profile/bsch...
bsky.app/profile/bsch...
Wondering why no one likes your posts anymore, even among your friends? It's because @jay.bsky.team and team have decided to hide a huge amount of content from all of our feeds by default.
Here's how to turn it off.
First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner
Here's how to turn it off.
First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner
November 7, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Hello friends. In the early days of Bsky, it was trans and other LGBTQ+ folk, along with s*xworkers, n s f w art folk, and Alf aficionados that built the platform—early refugees from X. Now @bsky.app made a change that auto blocks such posts. You must manually opt out.
bsky.app/profile/bsch...
bsky.app/profile/bsch...
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Wondering why no one likes your posts anymore, even among your friends? It's because @jay.bsky.team and team have decided to hide a huge amount of content from all of our feeds by default.
Here's how to turn it off.
First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner
Here's how to turn it off.
First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner
November 6, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Wondering why no one likes your posts anymore, even among your friends? It's because @jay.bsky.team and team have decided to hide a huge amount of content from all of our feeds by default.
Here's how to turn it off.
First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner
Here's how to turn it off.
First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner
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Un periodista italiano, despedido por preguntar en Bruselas si Israel debía hacerse cargo de la reconstrucción de Gaza
www.eldiario.es/internaciona...
www.eldiario.es/internaciona...
November 5, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Un periodista italiano, despedido por preguntar en Bruselas si Israel debía hacerse cargo de la reconstrucción de Gaza
www.eldiario.es/internaciona...
www.eldiario.es/internaciona...
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Mamdani es BlueSkyero desde el principio y la conversación en X sobre su candidatura estaba llena de odio y rechazo. A ver si más figuras relevantes en prensa y política empiezan a entender que la otra red no representa en absoluto un sentir popular o relevante para juzgar desarrollos políticos.
November 5, 2025 at 7:48 AM
Mamdani es BlueSkyero desde el principio y la conversación en X sobre su candidatura estaba llena de odio y rechazo. A ver si más figuras relevantes en prensa y política empiezan a entender que la otra red no representa en absoluto un sentir popular o relevante para juzgar desarrollos políticos.
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🆕✍️La viñeta de @pedripol.bsky.social para este miércoles trepidante resume bastante bien la declaración, o sea.
'El drama de Amad'or'
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'El drama de Amad'or'
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November 5, 2025 at 9:14 AM
🆕✍️La viñeta de @pedripol.bsky.social para este miércoles trepidante resume bastante bien la declaración, o sea.
'El drama de Amad'or'
ctxt.es/es/20251101/...
'El drama de Amad'or'
ctxt.es/es/20251101/...
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Se coge la baja para tratarse del dolor de espalda que le provocan ESOS TREMENDOS COJONAZOS DE HORMIGÓN.
El todavía presidente de la Generalitat valenciana pretende coger una baja médica, lo que le permitiría eximirse de la obligación de comparecer en las comisiones de investigación sobre la dana. La primera cita era el próximo 17 de noviembre
La baja médica permitiría a Mazón eludir las comisiones de investigaciones sobre la dana
Susana Camarero asumiría la presidencia de la Generalitat en funciones
elpais.com
November 3, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Se coge la baja para tratarse del dolor de espalda que le provocan ESOS TREMENDOS COJONAZOS DE HORMIGÓN.
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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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Best metaphor I've heard is that using AI is like bringing a forklift to lift the weights at the gym. The point is to build YOUR muscles, not to make the weights go up and down.
I love to see stuff like this because it helps explain to people trapped in tech-sponsored information bubbles the actually obvious fact that universities teach people to know & think things, and AI is a way to produce the effect of knowing & thinking things w/o actually knowing & thinking them.
Opinion | Why Even Basic A.I. Use Is So Bad for Students
www.nytimes.com
October 31, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Best metaphor I've heard is that using AI is like bringing a forklift to lift the weights at the gym. The point is to build YOUR muscles, not to make the weights go up and down.
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This IS a great metaphor! #AI is akin to outsourcing your brain to a 5-year-old on acid. It doesn't know a lot, and what it does know comes out like gibberish.
Best metaphor I've heard is that using AI is like bringing a forklift to lift the weights at the gym. The point is to build YOUR muscles, not to make the weights go up and down.
I love to see stuff like this because it helps explain to people trapped in tech-sponsored information bubbles the actually obvious fact that universities teach people to know & think things, and AI is a way to produce the effect of knowing & thinking things w/o actually knowing & thinking them.
October 31, 2025 at 1:28 PM
This IS a great metaphor! #AI is akin to outsourcing your brain to a 5-year-old on acid. It doesn't know a lot, and what it does know comes out like gibberish.
I am one of the editors of EASST review. It's a great and approachable way to get your thoughts about STS out. Feel free to reach out if you have any questions!
Would you like to write something for EASST Review? We welcome contributions that report on events, showcase STS networks, delve into a STS topic or debate, or discuss publishing, practices and philosophies. Interested? Please contact the editorial team at review@easst.net
easst.net/easst-review/
easst.net/easst-review/
EASST Review
Editorial: Beyond Big Conferences
This issue reaches readers at the end of the teaching year for many and the start of the summer, when we look forward to being reunited with our writing projects, att...
easst.net
October 28, 2025 at 8:06 PM
I am one of the editors of EASST review. It's a great and approachable way to get your thoughts about STS out. Feel free to reach out if you have any questions!
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Late to the party - but at long last this wonderful collection of papers came out in the summer. Thanks @joseacanada.bsky.social and Salla Sariola for doing this together
Out now! With Salla Sariola and Matthäus Rest we argue for a more situated social analysis of microbes in our introduction to a thematic collection @estsjournal.bsky.social with fantastic contributions by @anthrobite.bsky.social @heymayahey.bsky.social A.Butcher, R.Soncco. L.Whiteley, V.Koski-Karell
Situating Microbes Within Complex Ecologies
| Engaging Science, Technology, and Society
estsjournal.org
October 28, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Late to the party - but at long last this wonderful collection of papers came out in the summer. Thanks @joseacanada.bsky.social and Salla Sariola for doing this together
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Another reason to add to the list of why proton is a good alternative right now to US-based tech companies for e-mail, calendar, etc
- They do not harvest your data
- Its paid tier is affordable and worth the money
- It's not under US influence
- Some of your money will be used for worthy causes
- They do not harvest your data
- Its paid tier is affordable and worth the money
- It's not under US influence
- Some of your money will be used for worthy causes
To help alleviate the humanitarian disaster in Gaza, Proton has donated $100,000 to the Palestinian Red Crescent Society and other aid organizations working on the ground.
October 24, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Another reason to add to the list of why proton is a good alternative right now to US-based tech companies for e-mail, calendar, etc
- They do not harvest your data
- Its paid tier is affordable and worth the money
- It's not under US influence
- Some of your money will be used for worthy causes
- They do not harvest your data
- Its paid tier is affordable and worth the money
- It's not under US influence
- Some of your money will be used for worthy causes
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I'll never forgive generative a.i
Having to ask "is this real?" so often has really done a number on me
I miss being able to trust art.
Having to ask "is this real?" so often has really done a number on me
I miss being able to trust art.
September 30, 2025 at 5:35 AM
I'll never forgive generative a.i
Having to ask "is this real?" so often has really done a number on me
I miss being able to trust art.
Having to ask "is this real?" so often has really done a number on me
I miss being able to trust art.
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He visto llamar a la IA gen "amianto digital". Como el amianto, parecía útil y lo metieron en todas partes, hasta que se comprobó que envenena todo lo que toca... y eliminarlo es tan complicado y caro que costará más que el supuesto ahorro que prometía. Limpiar el fango IA de la red va a ser jodido.
Tener que comprobar cada mentira es agotador y una lucha constante.
October 20, 2025 at 4:03 PM
He visto llamar a la IA gen "amianto digital". Como el amianto, parecía útil y lo metieron en todas partes, hasta que se comprobó que envenena todo lo que toca... y eliminarlo es tan complicado y caro que costará más que el supuesto ahorro que prometía. Limpiar el fango IA de la red va a ser jodido.
This happening next year!
SAVE THE DATE! The CSSM is organizing a conference in 2026 to celebrate its first 5 years of life. More info coming soon through this channel, our website socialmicrobes.org and our mailing list. Looking forward to welcoming you all in Helsinki!
October 21, 2025 at 7:36 AM
This happening next year!
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Academics! Sign the Uppsala declaration of conscientious objection. More than 3000 signatures, organizers are trying to reach 10000 before the next European Commission meeting:
No academia as usual during Israeli occupation, apartheid and genocide in Palestine.
uppsaladeclaration.se/europe/#stat...
No academia as usual during Israeli occupation, apartheid and genocide in Palestine.
uppsaladeclaration.se/europe/#stat...
EUROPEAN DECLARATION OF CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTION – Uppsala Declaration
uppsaladeclaration.se
October 6, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Academics! Sign the Uppsala declaration of conscientious objection. More than 3000 signatures, organizers are trying to reach 10000 before the next European Commission meeting:
No academia as usual during Israeli occupation, apartheid and genocide in Palestine.
uppsaladeclaration.se/europe/#stat...
No academia as usual during Israeli occupation, apartheid and genocide in Palestine.
uppsaladeclaration.se/europe/#stat...
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Los grandes medios españoles, de radio, televisión y prensa, están muy preocupados por las #FakeNews tras dos años llamando «conflicto» al asesinato indiscriminado de inocentes.
Solo cuando han visto que la población está mejor informada que ellos se han decidido a decir #Genocidio
Son lamentables.
Solo cuando han visto que la población está mejor informada que ellos se han decidido a decir #Genocidio
Son lamentables.
October 4, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Los grandes medios españoles, de radio, televisión y prensa, están muy preocupados por las #FakeNews tras dos años llamando «conflicto» al asesinato indiscriminado de inocentes.
Solo cuando han visto que la población está mejor informada que ellos se han decidido a decir #Genocidio
Son lamentables.
Solo cuando han visto que la población está mejor informada que ellos se han decidido a decir #Genocidio
Son lamentables.
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Page project for More-than-human Aquatic Relations and Algal Blooms (MARBLOOM) just went up on the website of @cssmicrobes.bsky.social Project is still a baby (22 days old) but we'll get up to some really cool stuffy soon.
www.socialmicrobes.org/projects/mar...
www.socialmicrobes.org/projects/mar...
More-than-human Aquatic Relations and Algal Blooms
MARBLOOM analyses from a social scientific perspective the changing relationship between humans and the environment in connection to algal blooms, a growing global phenomenon that is altering marine a...
www.socialmicrobes.org
September 22, 2025 at 7:56 AM
Page project for More-than-human Aquatic Relations and Algal Blooms (MARBLOOM) just went up on the website of @cssmicrobes.bsky.social Project is still a baby (22 days old) but we'll get up to some really cool stuffy soon.
www.socialmicrobes.org/projects/mar...
www.socialmicrobes.org/projects/mar...
He eliminat comptes de meta a Facebook i Instagram, WhatsApp encara no impossible. Molt trist renunciar a tants records i converses en aquestes plataformes, però ja tocava. La majoria d'amigues encara no són aquí, però ho havia de dir en algun lloc. Pensant també en substack. Algú ho fa servir?
September 22, 2025 at 5:56 AM
He eliminat comptes de meta a Facebook i Instagram, WhatsApp encara no impossible. Molt trist renunciar a tants records i converses en aquestes plataformes, però ja tocava. La majoria d'amigues encara no són aquí, però ho havia de dir en algun lloc. Pensant també en substack. Algú ho fa servir?
I just deleted my meta account for facebook and instagram (whatsapp not doable yet). Sad to give up on so many memories, conversations in those platforms, buy it was long due. Most friends are not here yet, but had to mention it somewhere. Thinking about turning to substack too. Any experiences?
September 22, 2025 at 5:53 AM
I just deleted my meta account for facebook and instagram (whatsapp not doable yet). Sad to give up on so many memories, conversations in those platforms, buy it was long due. Most friends are not here yet, but had to mention it somewhere. Thinking about turning to substack too. Any experiences?
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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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36 mo postdoc / research fellow position in Philosophy, History, and/or Social Studies of the Life Sciences in the STS dept. at Technical Universtiy of Munich, apps due Oct 31: #histphil #histsci #histSTM
www.sts.sot.tum.de/en/sts/arbei...
www.sts.sot.tum.de/en/sts/arbei...
Jobs
www.sts.sot.tum.de
September 19, 2025 at 2:00 PM
36 mo postdoc / research fellow position in Philosophy, History, and/or Social Studies of the Life Sciences in the STS dept. at Technical Universtiy of Munich, apps due Oct 31: #histphil #histsci #histSTM
www.sts.sot.tum.de/en/sts/arbei...
www.sts.sot.tum.de/en/sts/arbei...