MJ Lira
@mjlira.bsky.social
Digital sociology MSc from @uoe-sps.bsky.social | Digital rights advocacy and research | Peruvian in London
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MJ Lira
@mjlira.bsky.social
· Nov 18
Please help me spread the word on my Global Majority focused starter pack for digital rights advocates and academics. Let’s diversify this space! Please let me know if you’d like to be added. go.bsky.app/AkTwncy
Weather is too mild for this time of year. I’m a bit concerned. 😟
November 7, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Weather is too mild for this time of year. I’m a bit concerned. 😟
Tonight! ✨ Looking forward to co-facilitate our first meet-up with @rachelcoldicutt.bsky.social, @elinorcarmi.bsky.social & many more!
Just two slots left at the Hopeful Technologists meet-up on Thursday - and more than 200 people have signed up to our online events over the next three weeks luma.com/cr7kwsxy
Hopeful Tech: Community Event - Open House 1 · Luma
Our first open house to help shape the UK's Society for Hopeful Technologists. Come along and discuss the draft charter, develop the theory of change and help…
luma.com
November 6, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Tonight! ✨ Looking forward to co-facilitate our first meet-up with @rachelcoldicutt.bsky.social, @elinorcarmi.bsky.social & many more!
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I was interviewed by @goldsmithsuol.bsky.social about the exhibition 'Reimagining Digital ID' with drawings by Karen refugees from the Thailand-Myanmar border. Exhibition will officially open during conference on November 8th and will run until Nov 27th, details ⬇️ @mediacomgold.bsky.social
Reimagining Digital ID
Reimagining Digital ID, a new exhibition supported by Goldsmiths’ Migrant Futures Institute (MFI) showcases the artwork of Karen refugees living in camps along the Thailand–Myanmar border.
www.gold.ac.uk
November 6, 2025 at 11:42 AM
I was interviewed by @goldsmithsuol.bsky.social about the exhibition 'Reimagining Digital ID' with drawings by Karen refugees from the Thailand-Myanmar border. Exhibition will officially open during conference on November 8th and will run until Nov 27th, details ⬇️ @mediacomgold.bsky.social
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Seeing this bubble grow from the front row and yelling into the void as we head towards 2008 part deux is making me lose my mind.
BREAKING: OpenAI is requesting US government support to help guarantee financing for the massive investments in AI chips and data centers it needs for expansion, per Bloomberg.
November 6, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Seeing this bubble grow from the front row and yelling into the void as we head towards 2008 part deux is making me lose my mind.
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this! the AI industry and CS at large literally treats the human condition as a problem to be solved
"We are tearing people down by convincing them that they can't function without these tools. And we are doing this purely because some very rich unhappy oligarchs would like to become even richer if no more happier. There is nothing benevolent about this."
November 5, 2025 at 7:00 PM
this! the AI industry and CS at large literally treats the human condition as a problem to be solved
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NEW: NYC's mayor-elect must now grapple with the sweeping NYPD surveillance apparatus that has historically targeted Muslims and other minority groups. @awinston.bsky.social reports for @wired.com www.wired.com/story/welcom...
Zohran Mamdani Just Inherited the NYPD Surveillance State
In addition to affordability, New York City’s mayor-elect will be forced to reckon with the NYPD’s sweeping mass surveillance operations.
www.wired.com
November 5, 2025 at 5:53 PM
NEW: NYC's mayor-elect must now grapple with the sweeping NYPD surveillance apparatus that has historically targeted Muslims and other minority groups. @awinston.bsky.social reports for @wired.com www.wired.com/story/welcom...
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jump scare
October 31, 2025 at 10:07 PM
jump scare
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“Relying on chatbots isn’t fringe — it’s the predictable result of care made scarce, stigmatized, and costly. Recognizing that doesn’t mean uncritically embracing chatbot care, but it’s past time to name what’s happening: Privately owned chatbots are functioning as public health resources.”
‘AI psychosis’ discussions ignore a bigger problem with chatbots
Don’t frame chatbot failures as human “insanity.”
www.statnews.com
October 29, 2025 at 12:54 PM
“Relying on chatbots isn’t fringe — it’s the predictable result of care made scarce, stigmatized, and costly. Recognizing that doesn’t mean uncritically embracing chatbot care, but it’s past time to name what’s happening: Privately owned chatbots are functioning as public health resources.”
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If you're in the Seattle area, join us in stretching our collective imagination muscles.
POSSIBLE FUTURES WORKSHOP
🗣️ Looking for a fun, hopeful activity to stretch your imaginative muscle?
🌻 If you’re in the Seattle area, @dylnbkr.bsky.social will be hosting a free in person Possible Futures workshop on November 16 @ 2pm PST.
🪴 RSVP at www.eventbrite.com/e/dair-prese... to attend.
🗣️ Looking for a fun, hopeful activity to stretch your imaginative muscle?
🌻 If you’re in the Seattle area, @dylnbkr.bsky.social will be hosting a free in person Possible Futures workshop on November 16 @ 2pm PST.
🪴 RSVP at www.eventbrite.com/e/dair-prese... to attend.
October 28, 2025 at 11:43 PM
If you're in the Seattle area, join us in stretching our collective imagination muscles.
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I wrote about how "Grokipedia" is a new front on the war against reality itself. It's an attempt by the oligarchic class to seize the means of knowledge production itself and create a weaponized unreality.
www.thedissident.news/grokipedia-a...
www.thedissident.news/grokipedia-a...
Grokipedia and the Coup Against Reality Itself
Grokipedia, the copycat of Wikipedia launched by Elon Musk isn’t just a string of AI generated slop, it is a weapon. The launch of "grokipedia" is a calculated, strategic escalation by the billionaire...
www.thedissident.news
October 28, 2025 at 4:33 PM
I wrote about how "Grokipedia" is a new front on the war against reality itself. It's an attempt by the oligarchic class to seize the means of knowledge production itself and create a weaponized unreality.
www.thedissident.news/grokipedia-a...
www.thedissident.news/grokipedia-a...
I mean, wouldn’t -you- have an identity crisis (digital or not) as well? @privateeyenews.bsky.social
October 28, 2025 at 10:15 PM
I mean, wouldn’t -you- have an identity crisis (digital or not) as well? @privateeyenews.bsky.social
Looking forward to this! ✨
📣 Registration is open for our event Reimagining Digital ID @mediacomgold.bsky.social @goldsmithsuol.bsky.social w/ findings from our www.redid.net project and talks by colleagues working on implications of Digital ID in Global South, migrant & refugee contexts explore.gold/digital-id All welcome! ⬇️
October 28, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Looking forward to this! ✨
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Friends choose your so-called "critics" carefully.
Its not a binary.
If people do circular citations and happen to never cite the women who laid the groundwork for decades and pay the price, there's a problem.
Its not a binary.
If people do circular citations and happen to never cite the women who laid the groundwork for decades and pay the price, there's a problem.
Who the fuck is this dude who rolled in saying what women researchers have been saying for years? He came on my thread here once to tell me I was wrong about something — I wasn’t. I responded, he said nothing, and disappeared. @alexhanna.bsky.social @safiyanoble.bsky.social
Ed Zitron Gets Paid to Love AI. He Also Gets Paid to Hate AI
He’s one of the loudest voices of the AI haters—even as he does PR for AI companies. Either way, Ed Zitron has your attention.
www.wired.com
October 27, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Friends choose your so-called "critics" carefully.
Its not a binary.
If people do circular citations and happen to never cite the women who laid the groundwork for decades and pay the price, there's a problem.
Its not a binary.
If people do circular citations and happen to never cite the women who laid the groundwork for decades and pay the price, there's a problem.
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This an excellent thread explaining why AWS is si popular and raises important concern of the concentration of power for internet/digital infraestructure.
📣THREAD: It’s surprising to me that so many people were surprised to learn that Signal runs partly on AWS (something we can do because we use encryption to make sure no one but you–not AWS, not Signal, not anyone–can access your comms).
It’s also concerning. 1/
It’s also concerning. 1/
PSA: we're aware that Signal is down for some people. This appears to be related to a major AWS outage. Stand by.
October 27, 2025 at 10:44 AM
This an excellent thread explaining why AWS is si popular and raises important concern of the concentration of power for internet/digital infraestructure.
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Should we worry about AI's circular deals?
AI companies are borrowing more money to invest more in AI...
www.noahpinion.blog/p/should-we-...
AI companies are borrowing more money to invest more in AI...
www.noahpinion.blog/p/should-we-...
October 26, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Should we worry about AI's circular deals?
AI companies are borrowing more money to invest more in AI...
www.noahpinion.blog/p/should-we-...
AI companies are borrowing more money to invest more in AI...
www.noahpinion.blog/p/should-we-...
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Another depiction if the circularity of capital flows between OpenAI, Microsoft, Nvidia, CoreWeave, AMD, and Oracle.
October 22, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Another depiction if the circularity of capital flows between OpenAI, Microsoft, Nvidia, CoreWeave, AMD, and Oracle.
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Re-up for rhis! Reading group on 11 Nov. A chance for Q&A with the brilliant @karenhao.bsky.social and small group discussions on Empire of AI luma.com/lgaw69m8?utm... @elinorcarmi.bsky.social @mjlira.bsky.social
Hopeful Tech Reading Group: Empire of AI with Karen Hao · Luma
For our fourth reading group meeting we’ll be joined by Karen Hao, author of Empire of AI: Dreams and Hopes in Sam Altman’s Open AI. Karen will join us for the…
luma.com
October 22, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Re-up for rhis! Reading group on 11 Nov. A chance for Q&A with the brilliant @karenhao.bsky.social and small group discussions on Empire of AI luma.com/lgaw69m8?utm... @elinorcarmi.bsky.social @mjlira.bsky.social
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Migrants, have you been able to access your eVisa since the Amazon Web Services outage?
If you have had problems, please do let us know in the comments or by emailing info@openrightsgroup.org
If you have had problems, please do let us know in the comments or by emailing info@openrightsgroup.org
October 21, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Migrants, have you been able to access your eVisa since the Amazon Web Services outage?
If you have had problems, please do let us know in the comments or by emailing info@openrightsgroup.org
If you have had problems, please do let us know in the comments or by emailing info@openrightsgroup.org
Autumn and it’s colours ❤️ 🍂
October 21, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Autumn and it’s colours ❤️ 🍂
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Para todos los que están celebrando el posible desembarco de OpenAI en la Patagonia Argentina en formato de Gigafábrica de mierda sintética, les sugerimos revisar un poco mejor el prontuario de la que están mal-catalogando como «empresa de vanguardia global» y de Scam Altman ⛔️🇦🇷
Translation: After we built an addictive tool based on stolen data, exploited labor and plundering the environment, which pushes kids to commit suicides, we were like, why not cash in on "erotica"? After all, this is what building so-called AGI that "benefits humanity" looks like.
October 20, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Para todos los que están celebrando el posible desembarco de OpenAI en la Patagonia Argentina en formato de Gigafábrica de mierda sintética, les sugerimos revisar un poco mejor el prontuario de la que están mal-catalogando como «empresa de vanguardia global» y de Scam Altman ⛔️🇦🇷
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The marketing of AI-driven surveillance solutions to schools is outpacing administrators’ capacity to establish reasonable and clear policies to ensure that new technology is used safely, write a team of researchers who looked at data related to vape detection technologies installed in US schools.
Unproven Vape Detection Tech Expands Surveillance in Schools, Threatening Privacy | TechPolicy.Press
The marketing of AI-driven surveillance solutions to schools is outpacing administrators’ capacity to establish good policies, says a team of researchers.
buff.ly
October 17, 2025 at 2:31 PM
The marketing of AI-driven surveillance solutions to schools is outpacing administrators’ capacity to establish reasonable and clear policies to ensure that new technology is used safely, write a team of researchers who looked at data related to vape detection technologies installed in US schools.
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Despite a somewhat low unemployment rate — job searches are notably hellish, dragging out to four or eight or 14 months.
The Job Search Has Become a Humiliation Ritual
Despite a somewhat low unemployment rate — job searches are notably hellish, dragging out to four or eight or 14 months.
www.thecut.com
October 16, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Despite a somewhat low unemployment rate — job searches are notably hellish, dragging out to four or eight or 14 months.
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And we have a Hopeful Tech Reading Group on 11/11 at 5pm GMT, talking about Empire of AI, with a live Q&A from special guest @karenhao.bsky.social luma.com/lgaw69m8
Hopeful Tech Reading Group: Empire of AI with Karen Hao · Luma
For our fourth reading group meeting we’ll be joined by Karen Hao, author of Empire of AI: Dreams and Hopes in Sam Altman’s Open AI. Karen will join us for the…
luma.com
October 16, 2025 at 7:29 AM
And we have a Hopeful Tech Reading Group on 11/11 at 5pm GMT, talking about Empire of AI, with a live Q&A from special guest @karenhao.bsky.social luma.com/lgaw69m8