@witchbabe.bsky.social
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"If Big Tech has the budget to put data centers 400 miles above the Earth’s surface, it absolutely has the budget to adequately compensate its workers on the ground. Big Tech cannot claim to be building the future while exploiting those who keep it running."
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The Human Cost of Big Tech’s Cosmic Dreams | The Opinion Pages
Imagine looking up at the night sky and noticing new constellations, only to find out they are made up of data centers. This may sound like science fiction, but Google has announced plans to make this...
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November 26, 2025 at 10:34 PM
"If Big Tech has the budget to put data centers 400 miles above the Earth’s surface, it absolutely has the budget to adequately compensate its workers on the ground. Big Tech cannot claim to be building the future while exploiting those who keep it running."
theopinionpages.com/2025/11/the-...
theopinionpages.com/2025/11/the-...
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🇪🇺 Eurosky is building EU-hosted social media infrastructure on ATProtocol. Priorities: Commons for Content Moderation (CoCoMo), decentralized architecture, and reducing Big Tech dependency.
Public funding + civil society collaboration = digital sovereignty. openfuture.eu/blog/eurosky...
Public funding + civil society collaboration = digital sovereignty. openfuture.eu/blog/eurosky...
Eurosky dawns: Building Infrastructure for Sovereign Social Media – Open Future
The Eurosky initiative is building European social media infrastructure on the ATProtocol, representing a new step in Europe's digital sovereignty agenda as policymakers seek alternatives to Big Tech ...
openfuture.eu
November 27, 2025 at 8:39 AM
🇪🇺 Eurosky is building EU-hosted social media infrastructure on ATProtocol. Priorities: Commons for Content Moderation (CoCoMo), decentralized architecture, and reducing Big Tech dependency.
Public funding + civil society collaboration = digital sovereignty. openfuture.eu/blog/eurosky...
Public funding + civil society collaboration = digital sovereignty. openfuture.eu/blog/eurosky...
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This is an incredible effort among Amazon employees to pressure their employer:
"We believe that the all-costs-justified, warp-speed approach to AI development will do staggering damage to democracy, to our jobs, and to the earth."
www.amazonclimatejustice.org/open-letter?...
"We believe that the all-costs-justified, warp-speed approach to AI development will do staggering damage to democracy, to our jobs, and to the earth."
www.amazonclimatejustice.org/open-letter?...
AI Open Letter — AECJ
Sign our open letter below to tell Amazon leadership that we need a more responsible rollout of AI. Every single signature makes our message stronger.
www.amazonclimatejustice.org
October 30, 2025 at 8:47 PM
This is an incredible effort among Amazon employees to pressure their employer:
"We believe that the all-costs-justified, warp-speed approach to AI development will do staggering damage to democracy, to our jobs, and to the earth."
www.amazonclimatejustice.org/open-letter?...
"We believe that the all-costs-justified, warp-speed approach to AI development will do staggering damage to democracy, to our jobs, and to the earth."
www.amazonclimatejustice.org/open-letter?...
I expect these inventions can allow us to add ‘contextual integrity’ in the algo feed. Digital public sphere on the horizon.
GreenEarth is creating open source AI-driven recommender infrastructure for BlueSky. Type a prompt, see your feed change. We are here for the users, the builders, the dreamers. Join us.
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greenearthsocial.substack.com/p/introducin...
Introducing GreenEarth
We're building advanced open source algorithms for social media
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November 5, 2025 at 4:40 AM
I expect these inventions can allow us to add ‘contextual integrity’ in the algo feed. Digital public sphere on the horizon.
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GreenEarth is creating open source AI-driven recommender infrastructure for BlueSky. Type a prompt, see your feed change. We are here for the users, the builders, the dreamers. Join us.
greenearthsocial.substack.com/p/introducin...
greenearthsocial.substack.com/p/introducin...
Introducing GreenEarth
We're building advanced open source algorithms for social media
greenearthsocial.substack.com
October 23, 2025 at 3:08 AM
GreenEarth is creating open source AI-driven recommender infrastructure for BlueSky. Type a prompt, see your feed change. We are here for the users, the builders, the dreamers. Join us.
greenearthsocial.substack.com/p/introducin...
greenearthsocial.substack.com/p/introducin...
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But I'll start with a key problem with "school choice," which is that it will create competition between schools, leading to improvement in all schools. But business and education don't mix. Schools like this one focus on marketing their "innovations" rather than on applying tested pedagogy...
October 27, 2025 at 12:06 PM
But I'll start with a key problem with "school choice," which is that it will create competition between schools, leading to improvement in all schools. But business and education don't mix. Schools like this one focus on marketing their "innovations" rather than on applying tested pedagogy...
少しぶりにファイル整理した。
September 19, 2025 at 2:01 PM
少しぶりにファイル整理した。
分割した部分を有意なものにするのに、formalizeしたりするのがspiritだと捉えることできるけど、recognitionゆえに、そのプロセスがただの物象化に陥る可能性があり、全体から遠ざかってしまう。
September 16, 2025 at 3:37 AM
分割した部分を有意なものにするのに、formalizeしたりするのがspiritだと捉えることできるけど、recognitionゆえに、そのプロセスがただの物象化に陥る可能性があり、全体から遠ざかってしまう。
Wholeていうのよくわからないよね。方便のため、混ぜないようにしている習慣を、やはり外在化、institutionalizeの過程で統合したり、協調、協働というweb2.0以降のテーマで、融合していく部分が、👾モンスター（キメラ、ヒドラ）になる可能性を示唆されてることに留意しながらどうエコロジーで見ることと両立するのか。
September 16, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Wholeていうのよくわからないよね。方便のため、混ぜないようにしている習慣を、やはり外在化、institutionalizeの過程で統合したり、協調、協働というweb2.0以降のテーマで、融合していく部分が、👾モンスター（キメラ、ヒドラ）になる可能性を示唆されてることに留意しながらどうエコロジーで見ることと両立するのか。
How is it that it’s always the two opposite things are happening at the same time? People push for peace actually rely on instruments that were developed for military. But this wouldn’t make me afraid of my tooth brush..
September 16, 2025 at 1:56 AM
How is it that it’s always the two opposite things are happening at the same time? People push for peace actually rely on instruments that were developed for military. But this wouldn’t make me afraid of my tooth brush..
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Costello, E., Ferreira, G., Hrastinski, S., McDonald, J.K., Tlili, A., Veletsianos, G., Marin, V.I., Huijser, H.& Altena, S. (2025). Artificial Intelligence in Education Research and Scholarship:Seven Framings.Journal of University Teaching and Learning Practice, 22(3). doi.org/10.53761/xs5...
Artificial Intelligence in Educational Research and Scholarship: Seven Framings
| Journal of University Teaching and Learning Practice
doi.org
September 14, 2025 at 6:58 AM
Costello, E., Ferreira, G., Hrastinski, S., McDonald, J.K., Tlili, A., Veletsianos, G., Marin, V.I., Huijser, H.& Altena, S. (2025). Artificial Intelligence in Education Research and Scholarship:Seven Framings.Journal of University Teaching and Learning Practice, 22(3). doi.org/10.53761/xs5...
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/ It discusses seven framings of AIED: methodological pluralism; metaphors; ethnographic studies; imagining futures through fiction; humanistic groundings of AI design and development; third space professionals in research; and open education.
September 14, 2025 at 6:57 AM
/ It discusses seven framings of AIED: methodological pluralism; metaphors; ethnographic studies; imagining futures through fiction; humanistic groundings of AI design and development; third space professionals in research; and open education.
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It's Saturday night and I have a cup of tea and I'm reading Apple security blog posts that I didn't get to earlier this week. I know how to party.
September 14, 2025 at 9:58 AM
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ひと昔まえにFacebook 上にコピペでライセンスdisclaimer貼ってる投稿が多く、それTnC内で無効でしょと思ったのを思い出しちゃうけど、今回のはサーバ通して、mediumやれyahoo!やれコンテンツ持ってるとこが組織的に汲み入れるのだから、有意義なのかな、、、
arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
Pay-per-output? AI firms blindsided by beefed up robots.txt instructions.
“Really Simple Licensing” makes it easier for creators to get paid for AI scraping.
arstechnica.com
September 12, 2025 at 5:51 AM
ひと昔まえにFacebook 上にコピペでライセンスdisclaimer貼ってる投稿が多く、それTnC内で無効でしょと思ったのを思い出しちゃうけど、今回のはサーバ通して、mediumやれyahoo!やれコンテンツ持ってるとこが組織的に汲み入れるのだから、有意義なのかな、、、
arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
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I have an op-ed out today in @resprofnews.bsky.social introducing my new book on the commercialisation of open access publishing.
Make academic publishing a commons, not a market - Research Professional News
Commercialisation has thwarted the promise of openness—it’s time for new priorities, says Samuel Moore
www.researchprofessionalnews.com
September 11, 2025 at 10:27 AM
I have an op-ed out today in @resprofnews.bsky.social introducing my new book on the commercialisation of open access publishing.
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It didn't turn out well for them. The Supreme Court ruled that copyright holders could not unilaterally dictate legal terms for reuse of works, and the 1909 Copyright Act codified this "right of first sale."
September 10, 2025 at 6:40 PM
It didn't turn out well for them. The Supreme Court ruled that copyright holders could not unilaterally dictate legal terms for reuse of works, and the 1909 Copyright Act codified this "right of first sale."
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Launched today: Really Simple Licensing (#rsl), a protocol allowing content owners to define #ai training rights and restrictions.
More from @coachtony on @medium:
https://medium.com/blog/finally-an-internet-standard-for-writers-rights-vs-ai-companies-07ffe09f15f8
More from @coachtony on @medium:
https://medium.com/blog/finally-an-internet-standard-for-writers-rights-vs-ai-companies-07ffe09f15f8
Finally, an internet standard for writers’ rights vs. AI companies
The launch of the Really Simple Licensing standard and an update on Medium’s policies for AI companies using your writing
medium.com
September 10, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Launched today: Really Simple Licensing (#rsl), a protocol allowing content owners to define #ai training rights and restrictions.
More from @coachtony on @medium:
https://medium.com/blog/finally-an-internet-standard-for-writers-rights-vs-ai-companies-07ffe09f15f8
More from @coachtony on @medium:
https://medium.com/blog/finally-an-internet-standard-for-writers-rights-vs-ai-companies-07ffe09f15f8
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Explores how people experience, produce, and manage misinformation in their everyday lives.
Governing Misinformation in Everyday Knowledge Commons by @profmrs.bsky.social & @melissa1776.bsky.social
Out Now & #OpenAccess
#LawSky 💙📚 cup.org/40cWUxU
Governing Misinformation in Everyday Knowledge Commons by @profmrs.bsky.social & @melissa1776.bsky.social
Out Now & #OpenAccess
#LawSky 💙📚 cup.org/40cWUxU
Governing Misinformation in Everyday Knowledge Commons
Cambridge Core - Media, Mass Communication - Governing Misinformation in Everyday Knowledge Commons
cup.org
May 5, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Explores how people experience, produce, and manage misinformation in their everyday lives.
Governing Misinformation in Everyday Knowledge Commons by @profmrs.bsky.social & @melissa1776.bsky.social
Out Now & #OpenAccess
#LawSky 💙📚 cup.org/40cWUxU
Governing Misinformation in Everyday Knowledge Commons by @profmrs.bsky.social & @melissa1776.bsky.social
Out Now & #OpenAccess
#LawSky 💙📚 cup.org/40cWUxU
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NEW: I spoke to @rondeibert.bsky.social ahead of his keynote at Black Hat today.
Ron travelled to Vegas to warn the cybersec industry that perhaps it’s time to get political.
“They should be aware of what’s going on and hopefully they can not contribute to it, if not help reverse it,” he said.
Ron travelled to Vegas to warn the cybersec industry that perhaps it’s time to get political.
“They should be aware of what’s going on and hopefully they can not contribute to it, if not help reverse it,” he said.
Citizen Lab director warns cyber industry about US authoritarian descent | TechCrunch
Ron Deibert, the head of the prominent digital human rights groups Citizen Lab, sounds the alarm at the Black Hat security conference about the "dramatic descent into authoritarianism," but one that t...
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August 6, 2025 at 3:17 PM
NEW: I spoke to @rondeibert.bsky.social ahead of his keynote at Black Hat today.
Ron travelled to Vegas to warn the cybersec industry that perhaps it’s time to get political.
“They should be aware of what’s going on and hopefully they can not contribute to it, if not help reverse it,” he said.
Ron travelled to Vegas to warn the cybersec industry that perhaps it’s time to get political.
“They should be aware of what’s going on and hopefully they can not contribute to it, if not help reverse it,” he said.
これか。 www.theguardian.com/world/2023/f... ‘Aims’: the software for hire that can control 30,000 fake online profiles | Technology | The Guardian
‘Aims’: the software for hire that can control 30,000 fake online profiles
Exclusive: Team Jorge disinformation unit controls vast army of avatars with fake profiles on Twitter, Facebook, Gmail, Instagram, Amazon and Airbnb
www.theguardian.com
August 8, 2025 at 10:18 AM
これか。 www.theguardian.com/world/2023/f... ‘Aims’: the software for hire that can control 30,000 fake online profiles | Technology | The Guardian
Check in 機能ないのか at Goethe Institute
August 8, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Check in 機能ないのか at Goethe Institute
同名のSeven story press（open media pamphlet series) のは持ってるけど、MIT press でも似たようなのでてたのね
Public broadcasting is dead, long live public broadcasting
My first book, Low Power to the People, is ten years old this month 📻 💚
mitpress.mit.edu/978026253476...
For the research, I hung out with people who, in a moment of simply boundless enthusiasm for the internet, said, ok but we want to build community #radio stations instead
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For the research, I hung out with people who, in a moment of simply boundless enthusiasm for the internet, said, ok but we want to build community #radio stations instead
August 2, 2025 at 12:43 AM
同名のSeven story press（open media pamphlet series) のは持ってるけど、MIT press でも似たようなのでてたのね
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Thanks! SomaFM isn't in the book, but Free Radio Berkeley is. More about the politics of trying to DIY media than music, but a lot of very cool and eclectic and indie and regional kinds of music devotees are definitely a part of the trajectory. (Future of Music Coalition too)
March 5, 2025 at 5:56 AM
Thanks! SomaFM isn't in the book, but Free Radio Berkeley is. More about the politics of trying to DIY media than music, but a lot of very cool and eclectic and indie and regional kinds of music devotees are definitely a part of the trajectory. (Future of Music Coalition too)
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Ten years out: radio activists were right about everything
Decentralized, noncommercial media that includes local journalism is at the foundation of any social change issues we might care about; platforms have both killed local journalism & centralized control of our comms. See: today's Meta news
Decentralized, noncommercial media that includes local journalism is at the foundation of any social change issues we might care about; platforms have both killed local journalism & centralized control of our comms. See: today's Meta news
January 7, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Ten years out: radio activists were right about everything
Decentralized, noncommercial media that includes local journalism is at the foundation of any social change issues we might care about; platforms have both killed local journalism & centralized control of our comms. See: today's Meta news
Decentralized, noncommercial media that includes local journalism is at the foundation of any social change issues we might care about; platforms have both killed local journalism & centralized control of our comms. See: today's Meta news
ここにもでじたる約束いてニューアメリカ追ってた頃からからじぶんなにもかわらん
August 1, 2025 at 4:51 PM
ここにもでじたる約束いてニューアメリカ追ってた頃からからじぶんなにもかわらん