Diami
@diami.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of Communication
University of Mount Saint Vincent
MSV Virtual Life Lab
Bx strong
University of Mount Saint Vincent
MSV Virtual Life Lab
Bx strong
Not a single lie told, but it's also largely symptomatic of an intensification of reliance on digital tools that has occurred specifically since the pandemic. One of many post-pandemic realities we've refused to societally acknowledge. We gave tech companies too much power.
An issue we're seeing at all levels of university is that many students are simply refusing to do *anything*. They aren't reading the syllabus, aren't following assignment guidelines, aren't engaging with material, ignoring deadlines. And this might seem like old news, but it truly has ramped up.
November 29, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Not a single lie told, but it's also largely symptomatic of an intensification of reliance on digital tools that has occurred specifically since the pandemic. One of many post-pandemic realities we've refused to societally acknowledge. We gave tech companies too much power.
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Yall are really gonna “it’s not that deep” us right back into slavery.
November 29, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Yall are really gonna “it’s not that deep” us right back into slavery.
Erich Fromm tried to tell us, but they stopped teaching him in the Frankfurt units
The heart and soul of Trumpism in one tweet
November 29, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Erich Fromm tried to tell us, but they stopped teaching him in the Frankfurt units
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EFF obtained datasets representing more than 12 million searches logged by more than 3,900 agencies between 2024 and 2025. The data shows that agencies logged hundreds of searches related to the 50501, Hands Off, and No Kings protests, among other protests in between. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
How Cops Are Using Flock Safety's ALPR Network to Surveil Protesters
Through an analysis of 10 months of nationwide searches on Flock Safety's servers, we discovered that more than 50 federal, state, and local agencies ran hundreds of searches through Flock's national
www.eff.org
November 28, 2025 at 7:03 PM
EFF obtained datasets representing more than 12 million searches logged by more than 3,900 agencies between 2024 and 2025. The data shows that agencies logged hundreds of searches related to the 50501, Hands Off, and No Kings protests, among other protests in between. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
Qualitative research should be poised to explode to debunk all the AI slop findings we're about to get.
www.scientificamerican.com/article/trum...
www.scientificamerican.com/article/trum...
U.S. Launches Apollo-Style Mission to Harness AI and Big Data for Scientific Discovery
A new federal initiative aims to accelerate scientific discovery by uniting artificial intelligence with large federal datasets
www.scientificamerican.com
November 28, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Qualitative research should be poised to explode to debunk all the AI slop findings we're about to get.
www.scientificamerican.com/article/trum...
www.scientificamerican.com/article/trum...
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Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
How many of the "peace plans" this administration has proposed recently were created by LLMs? Likely all of them.
November 26, 2025 at 2:09 PM
How many of the "peace plans" this administration has proposed recently were created by LLMs? Likely all of them.
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Now here’s the kind of news you drop going into a long holiday weekend. Maybe no one will notice. 🤡
@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
November 26, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Now here’s the kind of news you drop going into a long holiday weekend. Maybe no one will notice. 🤡
@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
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‘It’s hell for us here’: Mumbai families suffer as datacentres keep the city hooked on coal
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
‘It’s hell for us here’: Mumbai families suffer as datacentres keep the city hooked on coal
As Mumbai sees increased energy demand from new datacenters, particularly from Amazon, the filthiest neighbourhood in one of India’s largest cities must keep its major coal plants
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2025 at 8:04 PM
‘It’s hell for us here’: Mumbai families suffer as datacentres keep the city hooked on coal
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
People should be asking this about every private platform.
I'm a recovering heroin addict and the Twitter-cooked people make my addiction look like amateur hour.
Nazis weren't enough. Proof Elon thumbs the algo not enough. 2 likes on posts from 100K 'follower' accounts not enough. And now this shit. What's it gonna take?
Nazis weren't enough. Proof Elon thumbs the algo not enough. 2 likes on posts from 100K 'follower' accounts not enough. And now this shit. What's it gonna take?
If you’re a journalist who’s still on Twitter, from now on in your writing you have to replace “the American people want” with “troll bots in Eastern Europe demand”
Being there makes your judgment suspect. I don’t care how savvy you think you are, you’re marinating in a disinformation campaign.
Being there makes your judgment suspect. I don’t care how savvy you think you are, you’re marinating in a disinformation campaign.
November 23, 2025 at 6:40 PM
People should be asking this about every private platform.
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“Meta shut down internal research into the mental health effects of Facebook after finding causal evidence that its products harmed users’ mental health, according to unredacted filings in a lawsuit by U.S. school districts against Meta and other social media platforms.”
Meta buried 'causal' evidence of social media harm, US court filings allege - The Economic Times
Meta reportedly halted internal research into the mental health impacts of Facebook and Instagram after finding causal evidence of harm. Internal documents revealed users reported lower depression and...
m.economictimes.com
November 23, 2025 at 4:46 PM
“Meta shut down internal research into the mental health effects of Facebook after finding causal evidence that its products harmed users’ mental health, according to unredacted filings in a lawsuit by U.S. school districts against Meta and other social media platforms.”
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DOGE was created for data theft and infrastructure dismantling and it wildly succeeded on both counts within the first few weeks of its existence. It will take a generation to rebuild what it destroyed and the breach of data is unprecedented.
Bye bye, “DOGE”.
It no longer exists as a “centralized entity”, according to the Office of Personnel Management.
@reuters.com
www.reuters.com/world/us/dog...
It no longer exists as a “centralized entity”, according to the Office of Personnel Management.
@reuters.com
www.reuters.com/world/us/dog...
November 23, 2025 at 3:01 PM
DOGE was created for data theft and infrastructure dismantling and it wildly succeeded on both counts within the first few weeks of its existence. It will take a generation to rebuild what it destroyed and the breach of data is unprecedented.
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y'know, if tech companies weren't so fired up to call every single thing "AI" it would be a lot easier to distinguish "ML spam filter that is well-sandboxed and tuned on your emails" from "giant context and IP-eroding foundation model that makes people paranoid and unhappy"
since the "google is now training gemini on your email contents" thing keeps bumping around here: it's _not happening_. I say this not to defend google but because I know a lot of people that have broken their filtering and made their lives much more annoying from sheer misinformation.
The malwarebytes Google opting-your-emails-into-ai-training thing is not true. The post is based on one bad tweet.
I know anti-tech lamenting is a Bluesky core principle, but please use the same judgement you would for any other clickbait.
www.theverge.com/news/826902/...
I know anti-tech lamenting is a Bluesky core principle, but please use the same judgement you would for any other clickbait.
www.theverge.com/news/826902/...
November 23, 2025 at 12:58 PM
y'know, if tech companies weren't so fired up to call every single thing "AI" it would be a lot easier to distinguish "ML spam filter that is well-sandboxed and tuned on your emails" from "giant context and IP-eroding foundation model that makes people paranoid and unhappy"
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This is actually a fascinating “cost of labor in the tech sector” dataset…
Meanwhile on Hellsite, who knew all the Elon bots were Nigerian? 🤡
November 23, 2025 at 2:23 PM
This is actually a fascinating “cost of labor in the tech sector” dataset…
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Privacy Lost is an award-winning short film that explores the oddity of human life when we all wear AI powered devices.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=IsE_...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=IsE_...
PRIVACY LOST
YouTube video by Privacy Lost
www.youtube.com
June 14, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Privacy Lost is an award-winning short film that explores the oddity of human life when we all wear AI powered devices.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=IsE_...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=IsE_...
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Was thrilled to help consult for this fantastic John Oliver segment on the tragic plight of U.S. public media and why, if we hope to be a democracy, we still need public media for so many things that commercial media will never provide. Deserves a wide viewership. www.youtube.com/watch?v=yknM...
Public Media: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
YouTube video by LastWeekTonight
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November 17, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Was thrilled to help consult for this fantastic John Oliver segment on the tragic plight of U.S. public media and why, if we hope to be a democracy, we still need public media for so many things that commercial media will never provide. Deserves a wide viewership. www.youtube.com/watch?v=yknM...
All these years and people still believe he’s just an idiot. My unfortunate read of this is remember Trump has literal WWE employees running his communication team. His strategy is to pull everyone into the Trump show as bit players in his ongoing storylines. So what storyline could this fit?
November 21, 2025 at 10:41 PM
All these years and people still believe he’s just an idiot. My unfortunate read of this is remember Trump has literal WWE employees running his communication team. His strategy is to pull everyone into the Trump show as bit players in his ongoing storylines. So what storyline could this fit?
Excellent set of studies in the Lancet on the problem with our diets. Spoiler: the finding is that it's capitalism.
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Towards unified global action on ultra-processed foods: understanding commercial determinants, countering corporate power, and mobilising a public health response
The rise of ultra-processed foods (UPFs) in human diets is harming global public health.
However, policy responses are still emerging—much like tobacco control efforts decades
ago—indicating the need ...
www.thelancet.com
November 19, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Excellent set of studies in the Lancet on the problem with our diets. Spoiler: the finding is that it's capitalism.
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
The Empire Strikes Back. The city budget has long been the Death Star looming over the social democratic plan to remake NYC, but Lina Khan is the Cassian Andor sent to figure out how to take care of it.
www.thecity.nyc/2025/11/17/b...
www.thecity.nyc/2025/11/17/b...
Adams Boosts Budget, Leaving a $4.7 Billion Hole for Mamdani
Looming budget deficits, no provisions for federal aid cuts and new commitments mark the departing mayor’s last word on the city’s financial plan.
www.thecity.nyc
November 18, 2025 at 5:47 PM
The Empire Strikes Back. The city budget has long been the Death Star looming over the social democratic plan to remake NYC, but Lina Khan is the Cassian Andor sent to figure out how to take care of it.
www.thecity.nyc/2025/11/17/b...
www.thecity.nyc/2025/11/17/b...
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Finally! 🤩 Our position piece: Against the Uncritical Adoption of 'AI' Technologies in Academia:
doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
We unpick the tech industry’s marketing, hype, & harm; and we argue for safeguarding higher education, critical
thinking, expertise, academic freedom, & scientific integrity.
1/n
doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
We unpick the tech industry’s marketing, hype, & harm; and we argue for safeguarding higher education, critical
thinking, expertise, academic freedom, & scientific integrity.
1/n
September 6, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Finally! 🤩 Our position piece: Against the Uncritical Adoption of 'AI' Technologies in Academia:
doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
We unpick the tech industry’s marketing, hype, & harm; and we argue for safeguarding higher education, critical
thinking, expertise, academic freedom, & scientific integrity.
1/n
doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
We unpick the tech industry’s marketing, hype, & harm; and we argue for safeguarding higher education, critical
thinking, expertise, academic freedom, & scientific integrity.
1/n
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Really need politicians to stop confusing the shiny coated charlatan salesmen and women of Silicon Valley for serious minded research scientists
"We thought AI would only approach human reasoning around 2050. Now we expect this to happen already next year." — Ursula von der Leyen
November 18, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Really need politicians to stop confusing the shiny coated charlatan salesmen and women of Silicon Valley for serious minded research scientists
The central challenge of the timeless time of virtual time
Nobody who should fuck off actually fucks off anymore. We're stuck with all these fucking people.
November 18, 2025 at 12:49 PM
The central challenge of the timeless time of virtual time
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"Agencies within the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, including ICE, ERO, and CBP intend to implement a comprehensive plan to target Spanish-speaking churches across the country during the upcoming holiday season between Thanksgiving, Nov. 27, and Christmas, Dec. 25."
Exclusive: Trump DHS Plans Immigration Raids on Churches Over Holidays
The Trump Dept. of Homeland Security is briefing federal agencies on plans for immigration enforcement operations inside churches over holidays.
thisweekinworcester.com
November 18, 2025 at 1:12 AM
"Agencies within the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, including ICE, ERO, and CBP intend to implement a comprehensive plan to target Spanish-speaking churches across the country during the upcoming holiday season between Thanksgiving, Nov. 27, and Christmas, Dec. 25."
Does everyone not get that Trump was dropping a Muppets reference here? That's where his brain is.
When asked if there was anything "incriminating" in Epstein's emails, Trump pointed a finger in a female reporter's face and snapped. 'Quiet. Quiet, Piggy.'
people.com/donald-trump...
people.com/donald-trump...
Donald Trump Snaps at Female Reporter Who Asks About Epstein Files: 'Quiet Piggy'
Donald Trump Says 'Quiet Piggy' to Female Reporter Asking About Epstein Files
people.com
November 18, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Does everyone not get that Trump was dropping a Muppets reference here? That's where his brain is.