Rowena Squires
@rowenasquires.bsky.social
PhD candidate @ Cambridge University. History and depiction of outer space colonialism and the Walt Disney Company. She/her.
https://www.rowenasquires.com
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Rowena Squires
@rowenasquires.bsky.social
· Dec 16
The Final Fun-Tier: WALL-E, Treasure Planet and Disney’s Nazi Rocket Scientist
Podcast Episode · The Anti-Dystopians · 16/12/2024 · 1h 6m
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Hi everyone! I'm new to Bsky. I'm a PhD candidate in #childrensliterature looking at outer space colonialism in #Disney.
If you want to learn more about my research, check out the podcast episode below!
Look forward to connecting with y'all.
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If you want to learn more about my research, check out the podcast episode below!
Look forward to connecting with y'all.
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
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“Concerns over an AI bubble bursting have grown lately, with analysts recently finding that it’s 17 times the size of the dotcom-era bubble and four times bigger than the 2008 financial crisis.”
Hang onto your butts. This “correction” is gonna hurt.
futurism.com/artificial-i...
Hang onto your butts. This “correction” is gonna hurt.
futurism.com/artificial-i...
Bank of England Warns of Impending AI Disaster
The Bank of England has sounded the alarm, warning of an intensifying risk of a "sudden correction" due to an AI spending frenzy.
futurism.com
October 10, 2025 at 3:45 AM
“Concerns over an AI bubble bursting have grown lately, with analysts recently finding that it’s 17 times the size of the dotcom-era bubble and four times bigger than the 2008 financial crisis.”
Hang onto your butts. This “correction” is gonna hurt.
futurism.com/artificial-i...
Hang onto your butts. This “correction” is gonna hurt.
futurism.com/artificial-i...
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Ok. They’ve pissed me off.
I’m back to tell you 3 things about ID cards:
1. Migrants ALREADY HAVE biometric ID cards & govts have been trying to digitise them for years w repeated fuckups & failures causing complete chaos - they don’t work, you do not want that system for you.
I’m back to tell you 3 things about ID cards:
1. Migrants ALREADY HAVE biometric ID cards & govts have been trying to digitise them for years w repeated fuckups & failures causing complete chaos - they don’t work, you do not want that system for you.
September 26, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Ok. They’ve pissed me off.
I’m back to tell you 3 things about ID cards:
1. Migrants ALREADY HAVE biometric ID cards & govts have been trying to digitise them for years w repeated fuckups & failures causing complete chaos - they don’t work, you do not want that system for you.
I’m back to tell you 3 things about ID cards:
1. Migrants ALREADY HAVE biometric ID cards & govts have been trying to digitise them for years w repeated fuckups & failures causing complete chaos - they don’t work, you do not want that system for you.
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Get yourself a party that doesn't mess around with public ownership.
We own it.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
We own it.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
It's party conference season. We thought it was time to see where each party stands on public ownership. 🔎
Some of the results might surprise you!
Check out our full Public Ownership Party Scorecard via link in comments below👇
Some of the results might surprise you!
Check out our full Public Ownership Party Scorecard via link in comments below👇
September 22, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Get yourself a party that doesn't mess around with public ownership.
We own it.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
We own it.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
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Elizabeth Warren on people who say Dems needs to tone down their rhetoric: "Oh, please. Why don't you start with the president of the United States? And every ugly meme he's posted and every ugly word."
September 11, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Elizabeth Warren on people who say Dems needs to tone down their rhetoric: "Oh, please. Why don't you start with the president of the United States? And every ugly meme he's posted and every ugly word."
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No other party says the basic truth: migration is good for Britain.
The real problem? Inequality, soaring bills, underfunded public services.
That’s driven by the greed of the super rich and the Labour government who serve them - not by migrants.
The real problem? Inequality, soaring bills, underfunded public services.
That’s driven by the greed of the super rich and the Labour government who serve them - not by migrants.
September 10, 2025 at 7:50 PM
No other party says the basic truth: migration is good for Britain.
The real problem? Inequality, soaring bills, underfunded public services.
That’s driven by the greed of the super rich and the Labour government who serve them - not by migrants.
The real problem? Inequality, soaring bills, underfunded public services.
That’s driven by the greed of the super rich and the Labour government who serve them - not by migrants.
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Amazing how those democratic lawmakers who were hunted down in their homes in the middle of the night in Minnesota weren’t a watershed moment of political violence, huh?
The assassination of right-wing influencer Charlie Kirk marks a watershed moment in a surge of US political violence, one that some experts fear will inflame an already-fractured country and inspire more unrest reut.rs/41PWH4l
Nation on edge: Experts warn of “vicious spiral" in political violence after Kirk killing
The assassination of right-wing influencer Charlie Kirk marks a watershed moment in a surge of U.S. political violence, one that some experts fear will inflame an already-fractured country and inspire more unrest.
reut.rs
September 11, 2025 at 5:10 AM
Amazing how those democratic lawmakers who were hunted down in their homes in the middle of the night in Minnesota weren’t a watershed moment of political violence, huh?
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🎉 Lots of people have said they joined the party following this interview!
💚 So in case you missed it: here's how we're going to lower people's bills, protect our NHS and fight off the far right.
youtu.be/1KsgxOrgbOA?...
💚 So in case you missed it: here's how we're going to lower people's bills, protect our NHS and fight off the far right.
youtu.be/1KsgxOrgbOA?...
Is Zack Polanski the Left's answer to Nigel Farage?
YouTube video by Channel 4 News
youtu.be
September 7, 2025 at 6:40 PM
🎉 Lots of people have said they joined the party following this interview!
💚 So in case you missed it: here's how we're going to lower people's bills, protect our NHS and fight off the far right.
youtu.be/1KsgxOrgbOA?...
💚 So in case you missed it: here's how we're going to lower people's bills, protect our NHS and fight off the far right.
youtu.be/1KsgxOrgbOA?...
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Feel like one political party kidnapping an opponent should be bigger news
NEW:
“I’ve had enough…I’m refusing to back down.”
Texas state Rep. Nicole Collier speaks to MSNBC from the Texas State Capitol. She is stuck there after the Texas GOP required police surveillance as condition for release. She is refusing to sign a waiver for the law enforcement escort.
“I’ve had enough…I’m refusing to back down.”
Texas state Rep. Nicole Collier speaks to MSNBC from the Texas State Capitol. She is stuck there after the Texas GOP required police surveillance as condition for release. She is refusing to sign a waiver for the law enforcement escort.
August 19, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Feel like one political party kidnapping an opponent should be bigger news
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Umm. In all of NYC, only 956 new jobs were added from January to June? Versus 66,000 additional workers in the same period in 2024?
"It is shocking because we aren’t in a recession,” said economist @lmelodia.bsky.social.
[Maybe that should be called a recession? – Me.]
"It is shocking because we aren’t in a recession,” said economist @lmelodia.bsky.social.
[Maybe that should be called a recession? – Me.]
"Employers in New York City significantly reduced hiring in the first half of the year, adding just 956 private-sector jobs, the city’s slowest growth in payrolls outside a recession in decades." www.nytimes.com/2025/08/13/n...
New York City Companies All but Stopped Hiring in First Half of the Year
www.nytimes.com
August 13, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Umm. In all of NYC, only 956 new jobs were added from January to June? Versus 66,000 additional workers in the same period in 2024?
"It is shocking because we aren’t in a recession,” said economist @lmelodia.bsky.social.
[Maybe that should be called a recession? – Me.]
"It is shocking because we aren’t in a recession,” said economist @lmelodia.bsky.social.
[Maybe that should be called a recession? – Me.]
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Very excited for my piece out with @jacobinmag.bsky.social about Disney’s history on selling outer space! 🚀
jacobin.com/2025/08/disn...
jacobin.com/2025/08/disn...
Disney and NASA Keep Selling Space Travel. Nobody’s Buying.
Disney has made several big-budget films with the backing of the US government to sell space travel to a new generation. But audiences don’t seem to care.
jacobin.com
August 4, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Very excited for my piece out with @jacobinmag.bsky.social about Disney’s history on selling outer space! 🚀
jacobin.com/2025/08/disn...
jacobin.com/2025/08/disn...
Very excited for my piece out with @jacobinmag.bsky.social about Disney’s history on selling outer space! 🚀
jacobin.com/2025/08/disn...
jacobin.com/2025/08/disn...
Disney and NASA Keep Selling Space Travel. Nobody’s Buying.
Disney has made several big-budget films with the backing of the US government to sell space travel to a new generation. But audiences don’t seem to care.
jacobin.com
August 4, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Very excited for my piece out with @jacobinmag.bsky.social about Disney’s history on selling outer space! 🚀
jacobin.com/2025/08/disn...
jacobin.com/2025/08/disn...
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⏳Final week to sign up to the Green Party.
🗳️ Vote for Bold Leadership on August 1st.
🗳️ Vote for Bold Leadership on August 1st.
July 23, 2025 at 6:46 AM
⏳Final week to sign up to the Green Party.
🗳️ Vote for Bold Leadership on August 1st.
🗳️ Vote for Bold Leadership on August 1st.
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Just sickeningly inhumane. People are forced to take dangerous small boat journeys to flee danger because for the vast majority there is no other way to claim asylum in the UK. The ONLY way to prevent horrific channel deaths is to open safe routes and Yvette Cooper knows this
July 4, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Just sickeningly inhumane. People are forced to take dangerous small boat journeys to flee danger because for the vast majority there is no other way to claim asylum in the UK. The ONLY way to prevent horrific channel deaths is to open safe routes and Yvette Cooper knows this
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People, seriously, will you PLEASE knock it off with the AI/LLM usage. You are causing actual droughts, and for what? Bullshit and slop. It’s embarrassing. You are embarrassing.
June 17, 2025 at 8:40 AM
People, seriously, will you PLEASE knock it off with the AI/LLM usage. You are causing actual droughts, and for what? Bullshit and slop. It’s embarrassing. You are embarrassing.
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Only Iranians will free Iran.
Don't fall for it. Palestine will be free, and this nightmare in our region will end, but we must see past this truly perverse live manufacturing of propaganda and consent. [4/4]
Don't fall for it. Palestine will be free, and this nightmare in our region will end, but we must see past this truly perverse live manufacturing of propaganda and consent. [4/4]
June 16, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Only Iranians will free Iran.
Don't fall for it. Palestine will be free, and this nightmare in our region will end, but we must see past this truly perverse live manufacturing of propaganda and consent. [4/4]
Don't fall for it. Palestine will be free, and this nightmare in our region will end, but we must see past this truly perverse live manufacturing of propaganda and consent. [4/4]
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Speechless at how every media story related to the destruction in Iran somehow continues to miss the death toll, while photos extend only to obnoxious Israeli equipment of war. Meanwhile, Netanyahu's internal, self-imposed victimhood propaganda tour is getting the full bells and whistles. [1/4]
June 16, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Speechless at how every media story related to the destruction in Iran somehow continues to miss the death toll, while photos extend only to obnoxious Israeli equipment of war. Meanwhile, Netanyahu's internal, self-imposed victimhood propaganda tour is getting the full bells and whistles. [1/4]
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The Iraq playbook is back & the media won’t question it.
Iran has no nuclear weapons. Israel — on trial for genocide — does. Iran signed the NPT & allows IAEA inspections. Israel hasn’t — & its leaders face ICC arrest warrants.
Beware of politicians beating the drums of war.
Iran has no nuclear weapons. Israel — on trial for genocide — does. Iran signed the NPT & allows IAEA inspections. Israel hasn’t — & its leaders face ICC arrest warrants.
Beware of politicians beating the drums of war.
June 15, 2025 at 2:02 PM
The Iraq playbook is back & the media won’t question it.
Iran has no nuclear weapons. Israel — on trial for genocide — does. Iran signed the NPT & allows IAEA inspections. Israel hasn’t — & its leaders face ICC arrest warrants.
Beware of politicians beating the drums of war.
Iran has no nuclear weapons. Israel — on trial for genocide — does. Iran signed the NPT & allows IAEA inspections. Israel hasn’t — & its leaders face ICC arrest warrants.
Beware of politicians beating the drums of war.
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First, Israel cut Gaza’s last internet cable—blacking out 2.3 million people.
Then it bombed Iran with no UN approval, no imminent threat.
As eyes shift to Iran, Israel will escalate its ethnic cleansing in Gaza—and create more regional instability.
Then it bombed Iran with no UN approval, no imminent threat.
As eyes shift to Iran, Israel will escalate its ethnic cleansing in Gaza—and create more regional instability.
June 13, 2025 at 2:18 AM
First, Israel cut Gaza’s last internet cable—blacking out 2.3 million people.
Then it bombed Iran with no UN approval, no imminent threat.
As eyes shift to Iran, Israel will escalate its ethnic cleansing in Gaza—and create more regional instability.
Then it bombed Iran with no UN approval, no imminent threat.
As eyes shift to Iran, Israel will escalate its ethnic cleansing in Gaza—and create more regional instability.
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Hi everyone! I've written (and voiced) an audio tour all about the remarkable women of Cambridge who overcame adversity and resistance at the university to become pioneers in their fields, campaigners for reform and leaders of the world.
Available to download now! :)
voicemap.me/tour/cambrid...
Available to download now! :)
voicemap.me/tour/cambrid...
True Trailblazers: The Women of Cambridge | Cambridge self-guided audio tour | VoiceMap
Meet world-changing pioneers, campaigners, and leaders in these historic streets with this self-guided tour of Cambridge, the United Kingdom. For the best experience, install the VoiceMap audio guide ...
voicemap.me
June 7, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Hi everyone! I've written (and voiced) an audio tour all about the remarkable women of Cambridge who overcame adversity and resistance at the university to become pioneers in their fields, campaigners for reform and leaders of the world.
Available to download now! :)
voicemap.me/tour/cambrid...
Available to download now! :)
voicemap.me/tour/cambrid...
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If you're ever in Cambridge (or not, but wish you were) the wonderful @rowenasquires.bsky.social has an audio tour feminist history, incl the time male students literally started a riot & burned down shops in city centre to protest women being granted degrees
voicemap.me/tour/cambrid...
voicemap.me/tour/cambrid...
True Trailblazers: The Women of Cambridge | Cambridge self-guided audio tour | VoiceMap
Meet world-changing pioneers, campaigners, and leaders in these historic streets with this self-guided tour of Cambridge, the United Kingdom. For the best experience, install the VoiceMap audio guide ...
voicemap.me
June 7, 2025 at 12:56 PM
If you're ever in Cambridge (or not, but wish you were) the wonderful @rowenasquires.bsky.social has an audio tour feminist history, incl the time male students literally started a riot & burned down shops in city centre to protest women being granted degrees
voicemap.me/tour/cambrid...
voicemap.me/tour/cambrid...
Hi everyone! I've written (and voiced) an audio tour all about the remarkable women of Cambridge who overcame adversity and resistance at the university to become pioneers in their fields, campaigners for reform and leaders of the world.
Available to download now! :)
voicemap.me/tour/cambrid...
Available to download now! :)
voicemap.me/tour/cambrid...
True Trailblazers: The Women of Cambridge | Cambridge self-guided audio tour | VoiceMap
Meet world-changing pioneers, campaigners, and leaders in these historic streets with this self-guided tour of Cambridge, the United Kingdom. For the best experience, install the VoiceMap audio guide ...
voicemap.me
June 7, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Hi everyone! I've written (and voiced) an audio tour all about the remarkable women of Cambridge who overcame adversity and resistance at the university to become pioneers in their fields, campaigners for reform and leaders of the world.
Available to download now! :)
voicemap.me/tour/cambrid...
Available to download now! :)
voicemap.me/tour/cambrid...
This is an invaluable (and free!) resource for educators, students and anyone else who is curious or concerned about the implementation of AI in their workplace and daily life and what we can do about it!
People have been asking about what I think about GenAI in higher ed, so I put together a guide for students & educators that attempts to demystify what GenAI is & how it's bad.
Very much a work in progress, so do let me know if you have feedback/updates!
alinautrata.substack.com/p/the-anti-d...
Very much a work in progress, so do let me know if you have feedback/updates!
alinautrata.substack.com/p/the-anti-d...
The Anti-Dystopian's Guide to GenAI for students & educators
What is GenAI, Why is it Bad, and How Can Higher Education Resist It?
alinautrata.substack.com
June 6, 2025 at 12:36 PM
This is an invaluable (and free!) resource for educators, students and anyone else who is curious or concerned about the implementation of AI in their workplace and daily life and what we can do about it!