Paul Prinsloo 🏳️🌈🇿🇦🇵🇸
@14prinsp.bsky.social
Was born curious and in trouble and nothing has or will change. Open, distributed and digital learning research #highered #edtech #socialjustice #humanrights #learninganalytics #privacy #life Blog at: https://opendistanceteachingandlearning.wordpress.com
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In early 2025, the Israeli military launched an operation that emptied three Palestinian refugee camps. They've blocked their residents from returning and razed many of their homes.
In a new report, HRW finds that Israeli forces carried out war crimes, ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity.
In a new report, HRW finds that Israeli forces carried out war crimes, ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity.
November 20, 2025 at 5:30 AM
In early 2025, the Israeli military launched an operation that emptied three Palestinian refugee camps. They've blocked their residents from returning and razed many of their homes.
In a new report, HRW finds that Israeli forces carried out war crimes, ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity.
In a new report, HRW finds that Israeli forces carried out war crimes, ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity.
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Absolute must read on the AI bailout-in-progress: apparently it's not enough that lifetimes of human ingenuity and creativity have been stolen and enclosed to create generative AI and balloon billionaire wealth - much more public looting is in store...
This week Open AI walked back a call for the govt to backstop financing for its trillion dollar investments in data centers. This was only the tip of the iceberg; a slow bailout for AI firms is already underway. Read more from @ambakak.bsky.social and I in @wsj.com: www.wsj.com/opinion/you-...
Opinion | You May Already Be Bailing Out the AI Business
Washington is treating the industry as if it’s too big to fail, even as the market sends lukewarm signals.
www.wsj.com
November 13, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Absolute must read on the AI bailout-in-progress: apparently it's not enough that lifetimes of human ingenuity and creativity have been stolen and enclosed to create generative AI and balloon billionaire wealth - much more public looting is in store...
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every large public institution (esp, universities & schools) reliant on big tech infrastructure should take note as the "bursting of the AI bubble" will bring these sectors down with it
do you now see how the likes of Oxford signing contracts with OpenAI was a grave mistake
do you now see how the likes of Oxford signing contracts with OpenAI was a grave mistake
No firm is immune if AI bubble bursts, Google CEO tells BBC reut.rs/43D5Zl4
No firm is immune if AI bubble bursts, Google CEO tells BBC
Alphabet Chief Executive Sundar Pichai said no company would be unscathed if the artificial intelligence boom collapses, as soaring valuations and heavy investment in the sector fuel concerns of a bubble.
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November 18, 2025 at 1:06 PM
every large public institution (esp, universities & schools) reliant on big tech infrastructure should take note as the "bursting of the AI bubble" will bring these sectors down with it
do you now see how the likes of Oxford signing contracts with OpenAI was a grave mistake
do you now see how the likes of Oxford signing contracts with OpenAI was a grave mistake
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Like it or not this technology is here to stay and if you don’t use it you’ll fall behind in your industry
November 16, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Like it or not this technology is here to stay and if you don’t use it you’ll fall behind in your industry
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Texas A&M Tightens Rules on Talking About Race and Gender in Classes
www.nytimes.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:40 AM
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apparently the unprecedented wealth and inflcuence big tech is amassing at the cost of the most marginalised is not enough. big tech ceos are not that different from drug cartels
www.irishtimes.com/business/202...
www.irishtimes.com/business/202...
EU set to water down landmark AI Act after pressure from big tech
European Commission proposes pauses to provisions in digital rule book amid concerns over implications for EU competitiveness
www.irishtimes.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:29 PM
apparently the unprecedented wealth and inflcuence big tech is amassing at the cost of the most marginalised is not enough. big tech ceos are not that different from drug cartels
www.irishtimes.com/business/202...
www.irishtimes.com/business/202...
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This a big deal: "China’s carbon dioxide emissions have been flat or falling for 18 months"
China's economy has grown by ~5% in the last year, so this comprehensively debunks the idea (again) that emissions are tied to growth. So yes, faster progress needed, but this is how you turn the corner.
China's economy has grown by ~5% in the last year, so this comprehensively debunks the idea (again) that emissions are tied to growth. So yes, faster progress needed, but this is how you turn the corner.
China’s CO2 emissions have been flat or falling for past 18 months, analysis finds
World’s biggest polluter on track to hit peak emissions target early but miss goal for cutting carbon intensity
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 9:20 AM
This a big deal: "China’s carbon dioxide emissions have been flat or falling for 18 months"
China's economy has grown by ~5% in the last year, so this comprehensively debunks the idea (again) that emissions are tied to growth. So yes, faster progress needed, but this is how you turn the corner.
China's economy has grown by ~5% in the last year, so this comprehensively debunks the idea (again) that emissions are tied to growth. So yes, faster progress needed, but this is how you turn the corner.
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"[U]niversities are not tech companies. Our role is to foster critical thinking, not to follow industry trends uncritically."
‘Study after study shows that students want to develop these critical thinking skills, are not lazy, and large numbers of them would be in favor of banning ChatGPT and similar tools in universities’, says @olivia.science www.ru.nl/en/research/...
‘Opposing the inevitability of AI at universities is possible and necessary’ | Radboud University
Since the widespread release of ChatGPT in December of 2022, AI has taken over much of the world by storm – including academia. Most of this happened with very little pushback, despite a myriad of iss...
www.ru.nl
November 9, 2025 at 9:17 AM
"[U]niversities are not tech companies. Our role is to foster critical thinking, not to follow industry trends uncritically."
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“The problem is that when it is installed in a health sector that prizes efficiency, surveillance and profit extraction, AI becomes not a tool for care and community but simply another instrument for commodifying human life.”
What we lose when we surrender care to algorithms | Eric Reinhart
A dangerous faith in AI is sweeping American healthcare – with consequences for the basis of society itself
www.theguardian.com
November 9, 2025 at 3:09 PM
“The problem is that when it is installed in a health sector that prizes efficiency, surveillance and profit extraction, AI becomes not a tool for care and community but simply another instrument for commodifying human life.”
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New book in the PDSE series - take a look, and email / PM me for your free pdf :)
Link in first comment.
Link in first comment.
November 3, 2025 at 7:05 AM
New book in the PDSE series - take a look, and email / PM me for your free pdf :)
Link in first comment.
Link in first comment.
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"I DON'T NEED YOU TO FUCKING REWRITE WHAT I'VE JUST WRITTEN!"
October 28, 2025 at 10:46 AM
"I DON'T NEED YOU TO FUCKING REWRITE WHAT I'VE JUST WRITTEN!"
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Blogpost (ENG/ESP) Autorretrato académico de 2025 – una reflexión sobre quién soy en términos académicos, mientras preparo una estancia www.lindacastaneda.com/mushware/aut...
Autorretrato académico de 2025 – Linda Castañeda
www.lindacastaneda.com
October 29, 2025 at 8:39 AM
Blogpost (ENG/ESP) Autorretrato académico de 2025 – una reflexión sobre quién soy en términos académicos, mientras preparo una estancia www.lindacastaneda.com/mushware/aut...
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US revokes visa for Wole Soyinka
www.france24.com/en/live-news...
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October 29, 2025 at 8:11 AM
US revokes visa for Wole Soyinka
www.france24.com/en/live-news...
www.france24.com/en/live-news...
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this is a warm and hopeful piece i wish would become a reality but I fear it undermines a few factors:
1)the power and influence the industry has to sabotage anything that gets the way of its business model
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1)the power and influence the industry has to sabotage anything that gets the way of its business model
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I wrote a piece for @bakerinstitute.bsky.social about how decentralized social media is the future, leading to a sector that is more global and with smaller players.
I probably should have run all this by someone like @mmasnick.bsky.social first, but hopefully I didn't botch things too badly!
I probably should have run all this by someone like @mmasnick.bsky.social first, but hopefully I didn't botch things too badly!
Is US Big Tech’s Dominance of Social Media Waning? | Baker Institute
Is the age of American Big Tech social dominance ending? In a new commentary for the Center for the U.S. and Mexico, Simon Lester describes how the future of social media could be smaller and more glo...
www.bakerinstitute.org
October 27, 2025 at 8:02 PM
this is a warm and hopeful piece i wish would become a reality but I fear it undermines a few factors:
1)the power and influence the industry has to sabotage anything that gets the way of its business model
1/
1)the power and influence the industry has to sabotage anything that gets the way of its business model
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On-Demand Learning in a Changing World: Philosophical, Technological, and Practical Perspectives on Workforce and Vocational Education #Springer #OpenAccess Closing date for submissions of proposals is 29 October 2025.
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CALL FOR CHAPTERS – International Association of Smart Learning Environments
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October 27, 2025 at 9:05 AM
On-Demand Learning in a Changing World: Philosophical, Technological, and Practical Perspectives on Workforce and Vocational Education #Springer #OpenAccess Closing date for submissions of proposals is 29 October 2025.
iasle.net/call-for-cha...
iasle.net/call-for-cha...
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we need accountable spaces in education #altc25 @gabiwitthaus.bsky.social
October 24, 2025 at 9:20 AM
we need accountable spaces in education #altc25 @gabiwitthaus.bsky.social
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'What's At Stake? Young People's Take on AI and Education' - brilliant looking zine produced by young people in the UK telling education leaders & teachers what they want 'responsible AI' to look like in their classrooms.
ai-and-education.shorthandstories.com/zine/index.h...
ai-and-education.shorthandstories.com/zine/index.h...
What's at stake? Young people's take on AI and education
This zine represents the messages young people wanted to share with decision-makers and educators, to help you make responsible AI a reality in education.
ai-and-education.shorthandstories.com
October 25, 2025 at 4:45 AM
'What's At Stake? Young People's Take on AI and Education' - brilliant looking zine produced by young people in the UK telling education leaders & teachers what they want 'responsible AI' to look like in their classrooms.
ai-and-education.shorthandstories.com/zine/index.h...
ai-and-education.shorthandstories.com/zine/index.h...
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So lovely to see images of the #femedtech quilt peppered through @gabiwitthaus.bsky.social keynote this morning - here's a post about it from a previous conference howsheilaseesit.net/oer/transcen.... #altc25 - @lornamcampbell.bsky.social @francesbell.bsky.social @catherinecronin.bsky.social
Transcending the digital and physical at #altc22 – the #femedtechquilt
It’s always tricky to try and summarize a conference experience in one post, so this post like so many other of my past conference posts is not going to try to do that. Instead I want to take…
howsheilaseesit.net
October 24, 2025 at 9:23 AM
So lovely to see images of the #femedtech quilt peppered through @gabiwitthaus.bsky.social keynote this morning - here's a post about it from a previous conference howsheilaseesit.net/oer/transcen.... #altc25 - @lornamcampbell.bsky.social @francesbell.bsky.social @catherinecronin.bsky.social
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Weekend read?
In honour of D Harvey’s birthday, I revisit Marx, Capital & the Madness of Economic Reason. I challenge the ‘polycrisis’ narrative, focus on capital & use a physics analogy to explain value.
Happy birthday, David Harvey! 🎉🎂
www.versobooks.com/en-gb/blogs/... @versobooks.bsky.social
In honour of D Harvey’s birthday, I revisit Marx, Capital & the Madness of Economic Reason. I challenge the ‘polycrisis’ narrative, focus on capital & use a physics analogy to explain value.
Happy birthday, David Harvey! 🎉🎂
www.versobooks.com/en-gb/blogs/... @versobooks.bsky.social
Polycrisis, or the 'Madness of Economic Reason'
There could hardly be a more urgent moment to revisit David Harvey’s (2017) Marx, Capital and the Madness of Economic Reason. The economic rationality that has dominated the twenty-first century is no...
www.versobooks.com
October 25, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Weekend read?
In honour of D Harvey’s birthday, I revisit Marx, Capital & the Madness of Economic Reason. I challenge the ‘polycrisis’ narrative, focus on capital & use a physics analogy to explain value.
Happy birthday, David Harvey! 🎉🎂
www.versobooks.com/en-gb/blogs/... @versobooks.bsky.social
In honour of D Harvey’s birthday, I revisit Marx, Capital & the Madness of Economic Reason. I challenge the ‘polycrisis’ narrative, focus on capital & use a physics analogy to explain value.
Happy birthday, David Harvey! 🎉🎂
www.versobooks.com/en-gb/blogs/... @versobooks.bsky.social
Submissions welcome until 29 October - please consider submitting? This is an exciting opportunity of mapping the different dimensions of the notion of "on-demand learning" iasle.net/concept-note/
Concept Note: On-Demand Learning in a Changing World – International Association of Smart Learning Environments
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October 23, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Submissions welcome until 29 October - please consider submitting? This is an exciting opportunity of mapping the different dimensions of the notion of "on-demand learning" iasle.net/concept-note/
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"At stake [...] is not simply the use of new tools, but the redefinition of education through a datafied epistemology that prioritises visibility and calculability over dialogue and experience." Insightful new paper on data-driven classrooms by @lulushi.bsky.social doi.org/10.1080/1743...
Making education manageable: school management systems and the discursive construction of data-driven classrooms
This study investigates the growing influence of school management systems in U.K. schools, focusing on how these tools discursively conceptualise core aspects of classroom education. Through a dis...
doi.org
October 22, 2025 at 5:05 AM
"At stake [...] is not simply the use of new tools, but the redefinition of education through a datafied epistemology that prioritises visibility and calculability over dialogue and experience." Insightful new paper on data-driven classrooms by @lulushi.bsky.social doi.org/10.1080/1743...
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Is it good when your product is reviewed by everyone but they all say it sucks.
‘I’m suddenly so angry!’ My strange, unnerving week with an AI ‘friend’
The ad campaign for the wearable AI chatbot Friend has been raising hackles for months in New York. But has this companion been unfairly maligned – and could it help end loneliness?
www.theguardian.com
October 22, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Is it good when your product is reviewed by everyone but they all say it sucks.
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curious about the current state of AI companions, how they are used, various problems that arise w developing intimate r\ship w these bots & how we are approaching evaluation of companions at @aial.ie.. then this indepth conversation w @mbrauh.bsky.social is for you
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uAaY...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uAaY...
October 22, 2025 at 11:15 AM
curious about the current state of AI companions, how they are used, various problems that arise w developing intimate r\ship w these bots & how we are approaching evaluation of companions at @aial.ie.. then this indepth conversation w @mbrauh.bsky.social is for you
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uAaY...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uAaY...
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“AI continues to be the aesthetic of fascism: fast, easy, ugly. When we lose the ability to say what it is, we’re losing a lot more than the chance to pun on poop.”
News Outlets Won't Describe Trump's AI Video For What It Is: The President Pooping on America
Major outlets said the President dumped "brown liquid" that "appeared to be feces" in an AI-generated video. They refused to call a spade a spade, or poop, poop.
www.404media.co
October 20, 2025 at 4:48 PM
“AI continues to be the aesthetic of fascism: fast, easy, ugly. When we lose the ability to say what it is, we’re losing a lot more than the chance to pun on poop.”