Dr Taylor Rockhill PhD
@tayroc122.bsky.social
PhD Development Economics, SOAS, University of London. Specialise in digital automation, AI automation, gig economy, informalisation of labour and impacts on wages and employment in Nigeria. Mind you, I'm an AI sceptic, so don't try to sell it.
Here, for example, is my take on Algospeak by Adam Aleksic cyberspace.online/tayroc/d3Qvz...
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Social media de-imagined.
cyberspace.online
November 20, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Here, for example, is my take on Algospeak by Adam Aleksic cyberspace.online/tayroc/d3Qvz...
If, for some reason, you want to see me write book recommendations based on books I come across in my research, you can find me here: cyberspace.online/tayroc. I also recommend cyberspace.online in general, as its a nice bare-bones internet 1.0 social media site.
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Social media de-imagined.
cyberspace.online
November 20, 2025 at 12:09 PM
If, for some reason, you want to see me write book recommendations based on books I come across in my research, you can find me here: cyberspace.online/tayroc. I also recommend cyberspace.online in general, as its a nice bare-bones internet 1.0 social media site.
Well, there you go. They did it to themselves. Another good day to remember that we've handed over global internet infrastructure to a handful of companies we refuse to hold accountable.
Cloudflare broke the internet with a bad DB query
: Thought it was the victim of a ‘hyper-scale DDoS attack’ before finding the fix
www.theregister.com
November 20, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Well, there you go. They did it to themselves. Another good day to remember that we've handed over global internet infrastructure to a handful of companies we refuse to hold accountable.
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Goes without saying, but the Starmer government needs things spelt out for it.
Why the Doctors Need to Win
Wes Streeting blames industrial action for NHS chaos, but it is his own backing for underfunding and privatisation that has driven doctors onto picket lines. They deserve our full support.
tribunemag.co.uk
November 19, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Goes without saying, but the Starmer government needs things spelt out for it.
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Labour will close every single hotel that has been used to accommodate asylum seekers and the people who asked them to do this will reward them by voting for Reform, who gave them the idea to do this in the first place lol
November 19, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Labour will close every single hotel that has been used to accommodate asylum seekers and the people who asked them to do this will reward them by voting for Reform, who gave them the idea to do this in the first place lol
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A Government of cowards.
Rather than tackle inequality - they've gone for pensioners, disabled people and now it's people fleeing war and persecution.
They can't get away with this.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
Rather than tackle inequality - they've gone for pensioners, disabled people and now it's people fleeing war and persecution.
They can't get away with this.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
November 17, 2025 at 11:16 PM
A Government of cowards.
Rather than tackle inequality - they've gone for pensioners, disabled people and now it's people fleeing war and persecution.
They can't get away with this.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
Rather than tackle inequality - they've gone for pensioners, disabled people and now it's people fleeing war and persecution.
They can't get away with this.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
Didn't think I'd start the day agreeing with a YouTube channel called 'How Money Works', but here we are.
If We Tax Rich People... They Will Just Leave!
YouTube video by How Money Works
www.youtube.com
November 17, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Didn't think I'd start the day agreeing with a YouTube channel called 'How Money Works', but here we are.
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Utter hypocrisy’: British American Tobacco lobbied against rules in Africa that are law in UK.
The he company makes money by selling products proven to inflict disease, disability and premature death, but profits always come before people.
Corporate power responsible for so many problems.
The he company makes money by selling products proven to inflict disease, disability and premature death, but profits always come before people.
Corporate power responsible for so many problems.
‘Utter hypocrisy’: tobacco firm lobbied against rules in Africa that are law in UK
British American Tobacco pushed Zambian ministers to drop or delay ad bans, health warnings and restrictions on flavoured products, letter shows
www.theguardian.com
November 13, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Utter hypocrisy’: British American Tobacco lobbied against rules in Africa that are law in UK.
The he company makes money by selling products proven to inflict disease, disability and premature death, but profits always come before people.
Corporate power responsible for so many problems.
The he company makes money by selling products proven to inflict disease, disability and premature death, but profits always come before people.
Corporate power responsible for so many problems.
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I really think everyone, all users, should subscribe to blacksky's moderation. @moderation.blacksky.app I've said it before. Nonblack users laugh it up with & boost accounts we can see are flagged for antiblackness all the time. Keeping watch for antiblackness should be part of an ally's journey.
November 11, 2025 at 1:41 PM
I really think everyone, all users, should subscribe to blacksky's moderation. @moderation.blacksky.app I've said it before. Nonblack users laugh it up with & boost accounts we can see are flagged for antiblackness all the time. Keeping watch for antiblackness should be part of an ally's journey.
In a way, I guess we should be glad that for a lot of these business folk their understanding of the world never progressed beyond that of the first year and a half of undergrad.
Tech's Control Grab Fuels Flight to Open Source
Opinion: AI slop, Trump tantrums, and zero humans answering phones
www.theregister.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:07 PM
In a way, I guess we should be glad that for a lot of these business folk their understanding of the world never progressed beyond that of the first year and a half of undergrad.
Corporations going to behave like corporations. No such thing as a good corporation.
"Ah shit, here we go again": GTA 6 developers speak from the picket line about Rockstar North "union-busting"
RPS report from the picket line outside GTA 6 developers Rockstar North in the wake of some mass firings described as union-busting by laid-off workers.
www.rockpapershotgun.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Corporations going to behave like corporations. No such thing as a good corporation.
Well bye Nvidia. Used to be nice, but lately you've been a real pain, so can't say I'll miss you.
November 11, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Well bye Nvidia. Used to be nice, but lately you've been a real pain, so can't say I'll miss you.
Meta: Creepy products made for creepy people.
What’s the Difference Between AI Glasses and an iPhone? A Helpful Guide for Meta PR
Meta thinks its camera glasses, which are often used for harassment, are no different than any other camera.
www.404media.co
November 10, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Meta: Creepy products made for creepy people.
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New DG, a shoo in
Gary Lineker: "This is the mistake the BBC makes. The BBC tries to appease the people that hate the BBC, rather than worrying about the people that love the BBC."
November 10, 2025 at 10:30 AM
New DG, a shoo in
I know who I want to see at the BBC:
Futurama - Windmills Do Not Work That Way!
YouTube video by Wii DuB
youtu.be
November 10, 2025 at 9:27 AM
I know who I want to see at the BBC:
Huh, basing our digital infrastructure on a foreign profit-extracting corporation isn't going well. Who would've thought.
UK dept spent £312M moving to Win 10 as support D-day hits
: After a £312M upgrade to the retiring OS, Defra still has 24,000 devices to replace
www.theregister.com
November 7, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Huh, basing our digital infrastructure on a foreign profit-extracting corporation isn't going well. Who would've thought.
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Also, @graceblakeley.substack.com is great on the links between capitalism, neoliberalism and distress:
open.substack.com/pub/gracebla...
open.substack.com/pub/gracebla...
The voice in your head is political
Market ideology teaches us to blame ourselves for a rigged economy - and doing so makes us feel in control.
open.substack.com
November 6, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Also, @graceblakeley.substack.com is great on the links between capitalism, neoliberalism and distress:
open.substack.com/pub/gracebla...
open.substack.com/pub/gracebla...
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@graceblakeley.substack.com is just one of life’s good comrades. It’s a real privilege writing a piece on cooperatives for her newsletter. open.substack.com/pub/gracebla...
When the World is on Fire, Cooperate
Why worker cooperatives matter, what Piketty got wrong, and how economic democracy can still be born amid crisis.
open.substack.com
November 6, 2025 at 10:17 AM
@graceblakeley.substack.com is just one of life’s good comrades. It’s a real privilege writing a piece on cooperatives for her newsletter. open.substack.com/pub/gracebla...
Another reason to be sceptical of AI, if you're going to ignore my and others' arguments about computers simply not being anywhere near some of the lofty claims, the computers we do have are being built in castles built on same.
OpenAI CFO walks back remarks about federal loan guarantees
updated: Money-losing biz says it does not need help to meet massive infrastructure commitments
www.theregister.com
November 7, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Another reason to be sceptical of AI, if you're going to ignore my and others' arguments about computers simply not being anywhere near some of the lofty claims, the computers we do have are being built in castles built on same.
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“Education is one of those areas where every asshole thinks they know what’s best, and where supposed innovators think undermining teachers is a net positive.”
Resisting the AI push into education - Halifax Examiner
Technology has long been pushed as a way of revolutionizing and personalizing education. But there are no panaceas.
www.halifaxexaminer.ca
November 6, 2025 at 10:37 AM
“Education is one of those areas where every asshole thinks they know what’s best, and where supposed innovators think undermining teachers is a net positive.”