Felix Bieker
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Felix Bieker
@felixbieker.bsky.social
· Jun 3
Playing Whac-A-Mole with Injustices?
Marit Hansen and I got to write on the future of #dataprotection. We also look at the many new EU Acts and how they effect change for marginalized people.
Spoiler: it's very limited
Now available open access: edpl.lexxion.eu/article/EDPL...
Marit Hansen and I got to write on the future of #dataprotection. We also look at the many new EU Acts and how they effect change for marginalized people.
Spoiler: it's very limited
Now available open access: edpl.lexxion.eu/article/EDPL...
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When the internet asbestos company decides to come out with super asbestos
At some point it has to become clear that this tech exists is to create a more toxic society and enrich its owners. These uses are not aberrations but rather the entire purpose.
OpenAI's Sora 2 Can Generate Videos of Celebrities Appearing to Shout Racial Slurs
OpenAI's Sora 2 video generation model can be exploited to push misinformation and depict public figures behaving badly despite promised guardrails.
www.rollingstone.com
October 24, 2025 at 12:35 PM
When the internet asbestos company decides to come out with super asbestos
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I like Jimmy Kimmel. I really do. I have no issues with him.
I'm talking about something very different.
Kimmel was only suspended. But he's back now. Karen Attiah and all the other Black journalists are still fired.
Y'all do know how to fight, when you want to.
But you don't really want to. 🤷🏿♂️
I'm talking about something very different.
Kimmel was only suspended. But he's back now. Karen Attiah and all the other Black journalists are still fired.
Y'all do know how to fight, when you want to.
But you don't really want to. 🤷🏿♂️
September 23, 2025 at 11:55 AM
I like Jimmy Kimmel. I really do. I have no issues with him.
I'm talking about something very different.
Kimmel was only suspended. But he's back now. Karen Attiah and all the other Black journalists are still fired.
Y'all do know how to fight, when you want to.
But you don't really want to. 🤷🏿♂️
I'm talking about something very different.
Kimmel was only suspended. But he's back now. Karen Attiah and all the other Black journalists are still fired.
Y'all do know how to fight, when you want to.
But you don't really want to. 🤷🏿♂️
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Companies are marketing “alternatives” to immigration detention such as ankle monitors, GPS-enabled watches, and biometric reporting apps. But research by Petra Molnar, Daniel Ghezelbash, Carolina Gottardo, and Antonella Napolitano finds that tech doesn’t dismantle detention—it expands it.
Technology is Turning Immigration Detention into an Invisible Leash | TechPolicy.Press
Rights-based and community-centered alternatives to detention are possible, write Petra Molnar, Daniel Ghezelbash, Carolina Gottardo, and Antonella Napolitano.
www.techpolicy.press
September 23, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Companies are marketing “alternatives” to immigration detention such as ankle monitors, GPS-enabled watches, and biometric reporting apps. But research by Petra Molnar, Daniel Ghezelbash, Carolina Gottardo, and Antonella Napolitano finds that tech doesn’t dismantle detention—it expands it.
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Pritzker: "One of the reasons Trump wants to send troops into cities is bc he wants to be able to take control of the 2026 elections...if they've got troops in cities, & it becomes a kind of norm for people, then it won't be abnormal for them when they're going to vote having troops at ballot boxes"
September 23, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Pritzker: "One of the reasons Trump wants to send troops into cities is bc he wants to be able to take control of the 2026 elections...if they've got troops in cities, & it becomes a kind of norm for people, then it won't be abnormal for them when they're going to vote having troops at ballot boxes"
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"The real Q is what donor influence costs: what do we lose when the pursuit of knowledge becomes secondary to the cultivation of relationships? These costs accumulate slowly, almost imperceptibly, embedding themselves in the daily practice of academic life."
nias.knaw.nl/news/from-st...
nias.knaw.nl/news/from-st...
September 9, 2025 at 8:46 AM
"The real Q is what donor influence costs: what do we lose when the pursuit of knowledge becomes secondary to the cultivation of relationships? These costs accumulate slowly, almost imperceptibly, embedding themselves in the daily practice of academic life."
nias.knaw.nl/news/from-st...
nias.knaw.nl/news/from-st...
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Fakely Automated Luxury Fascism
August 12, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Fakely Automated Luxury Fascism
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📢 NEW INITIATIVE: As tech giants claim ownership of subsea cables and satellite networks, who will protect our digital rights? @article19.bsky.social team digital launches "Wired and Orbited" to ensure internet infrastructure remains open and resilient for all.
www.article19.org/resources/wi...
www.article19.org/resources/wi...
Wired and Orbited: Reclaiming infrastructure for a resilient internet - ARTICLE 19
In the depths of the ocean and high above the Earth’s atmosphere, a quiet revolution is reshaping the internet as we know it. Far from the public eye, the physical infrastructure that powers our digit...
www.article19.org
May 14, 2025 at 8:50 AM
📢 NEW INITIATIVE: As tech giants claim ownership of subsea cables and satellite networks, who will protect our digital rights? @article19.bsky.social team digital launches "Wired and Orbited" to ensure internet infrastructure remains open and resilient for all.
www.article19.org/resources/wi...
www.article19.org/resources/wi...
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New: Israel is starving Palestinians, forcing them to beg for donations on sites like Bluesky. Their accounts keep getting flagged as spam. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Social media accounts of Palestinians desperate for funds are being flagged as spam
People in Gaza use Bluesky to crowdfund for milk and diapers – repeated deletion of their profiles has spawned a guerrilla verification squad
www.theguardian.com
August 8, 2025 at 12:17 PM
New: Israel is starving Palestinians, forcing them to beg for donations on sites like Bluesky. Their accounts keep getting flagged as spam. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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Every Silicon Valley innovation in the consumer space has been "what if this software was my mom" which explains why ChatGPT's primary use is as a therapist, relationship substitute for lonely boys, and "personal operating system" to organize their life
August 7, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Every Silicon Valley innovation in the consumer space has been "what if this software was my mom" which explains why ChatGPT's primary use is as a therapist, relationship substitute for lonely boys, and "personal operating system" to organize their life
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“women are inferior at any kind of physical activity” is so built in to our culture that you dont even need to provide evidence for the claim, you can just assume it as axiomatic truth even in the most transparently ridiculous circumstances
I can't believe they're actually doing it. They're actually arguing that women are worse at pool than men because of strength. That women can't break the balls up as well as men at the start. Fucking insane
Also, obviously, completely ignoring what medical transition does
Also, obviously, completely ignoring what medical transition does
I'm 6'3" and these are all advantages I have over someone say 5' tall, of any gender or none. Let me tell you that my record at pool does not suggest any sort of advantage
August 4, 2025 at 3:40 PM
“women are inferior at any kind of physical activity” is so built in to our culture that you dont even need to provide evidence for the claim, you can just assume it as axiomatic truth even in the most transparently ridiculous circumstances
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The problem with AI summaries they don't engage with here is that 1) a company filters the results, so any critical work may be misconstrued, damaging academic freedom and 2) the summary is garbage in most cases because it's not actually based on the text.
August 6, 2025 at 8:28 AM
The problem with AI summaries they don't engage with here is that 1) a company filters the results, so any critical work may be misconstrued, damaging academic freedom and 2) the summary is garbage in most cases because it's not actually based on the text.
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This has been evident ever since the stories broke on the use of GPT-4, via Azure services, to create intelligence and target lists in Gaza by the IDF. Big Tech is complicit.
"[Microsoft Azure] has facilitated the preparation of deadly airstrikes and has shaped military operations in Gaza and the West Bank" www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
Microsoft continues to aid genocide
Microsoft continues to aid genocide
‘A million calls an hour’: Israel relying on Microsoft cloud for expansive surveillance of Palestinians
Revealed: The Israeli military undertook an ambitious project to store a giant trove of Palestinians’ phone calls on Microsoft’s servers in Europe
www.theguardian.com
August 6, 2025 at 1:58 PM
This has been evident ever since the stories broke on the use of GPT-4, via Azure services, to create intelligence and target lists in Gaza by the IDF. Big Tech is complicit.
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"One of my chefs mentioned that if they could cook the steak on the grill they could get it right the first time. This is not an acceptable attitude in the microwave era."
www.colincornaby.me/2025/08/in-t...
www.colincornaby.me/2025/08/in-t...
In the Future All Food Will Be Cooked in a Microwave, and if You Can’t Deal With That Then You Need to Get Out of the Kitchen
As a restaurant owner – I’m astounded at the rate of progress since microwaves were released a few short years ago. Today’s microwave can cook a frozen burrito. Tomorrow’s m…
www.colincornaby.me
August 5, 2025 at 11:46 AM
"One of my chefs mentioned that if they could cook the steak on the grill they could get it right the first time. This is not an acceptable attitude in the microwave era."
www.colincornaby.me/2025/08/in-t...
www.colincornaby.me/2025/08/in-t...
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Why do you think they pushing so hard into education? They get paid a lot of money and get to train the next generation to be wholly dependent on them. A win-win.
So many billions spent on the build out of infrastructure for a product that hardly anyone is willing to pay to use.
pivot-to-ai.com/2025/07/04/o...
pivot-to-ai.com/2025/07/04/o...
August 2, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Why do you think they pushing so hard into education? They get paid a lot of money and get to train the next generation to be wholly dependent on them. A win-win.
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Salt is brightening and pepper is deepening, btw
I’d like to introduce yall to Rosner’s Law of Double Garnish:
Every savory dish is made better by not one but TWO finishing elements added just before serving: one brightening (green herbs, lemon zest/juice, pickled onion), one deepening (cheese, nuts/seeds, toasty breadcrumbs, oil drizzle)
Every savory dish is made better by not one but TWO finishing elements added just before serving: one brightening (green herbs, lemon zest/juice, pickled onion), one deepening (cheese, nuts/seeds, toasty breadcrumbs, oil drizzle)
August 1, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Salt is brightening and pepper is deepening, btw
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“Starting in July 2024, AI was suddenly everywhere all at once in Latin America after Meta Platforms started incorporating chatbots in its apps across the region. Whether users wanted them or not, Facebook, WhatsApp, and Instagram became homes for a variety of AI bots.”
Meta brought AI to rural Colombia. Now students are failing exams
When Meta embedded AI bots in its apps, even students in the most remote corners of Colombia gained access. But rather than boosting learning, it’s getting in the way.
restofworld.org
July 30, 2025 at 11:19 AM
“Starting in July 2024, AI was suddenly everywhere all at once in Latin America after Meta Platforms started incorporating chatbots in its apps across the region. Whether users wanted them or not, Facebook, WhatsApp, and Instagram became homes for a variety of AI bots.”
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Must read. A fair portrait of the disgraceful and inhumane status quo we normalized — and will have to explain to our children, one day. The shame, the joyful complicity, the hatred. And yes of course, the racism.
An effigy of refugees, burned by a crowd: this is where Europe’s brutal fantasy of border control has led us | Maurice Stierl
An effigy of refugees, burned by a crowd: this is where Europe’s brutal fantasy of border control has led us | Maurice Stierl
The shocking scene in Northern Ireland is the result of a decade spent militarising Europe’s fringes – and dismissing the human cost, says migration and border researcher Maurice Stierl
www.theguardian.com
July 30, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Must read. A fair portrait of the disgraceful and inhumane status quo we normalized — and will have to explain to our children, one day. The shame, the joyful complicity, the hatred. And yes of course, the racism.
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"So, most AIs that are disseminated or deployed in the social space are there as a punishment mechanism, not as something that will help people. Instead of recidivism algorithms, imagine developing something that helps people rehabilitate into society when they come out of prison."
July 10, 2025 at 12:25 PM
"So, most AIs that are disseminated or deployed in the social space are there as a punishment mechanism, not as something that will help people. Instead of recidivism algorithms, imagine developing something that helps people rehabilitate into society when they come out of prison."
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New from 404 Media: ICE is using a new facial recognition app to identify people, leaked emails show. Point camera at person, reveal their identity. It uses the CBP system that records peoples' faces as they enter or exit the U.S. Now, turned inwards to be used by ICE www.404media.co/ice-is-using...
ICE Is Using a New Facial Recognition App to Identify People, Leaked Emails Show
The new tool, called Mobile Fortify, uses the CBP system which ordinarily takes photos of people when they enter or exit the U.S., according to internal ICE emails viewed by 404 Media. Now ICE is usin...
www.404media.co
June 26, 2025 at 4:45 PM
New from 404 Media: ICE is using a new facial recognition app to identify people, leaked emails show. Point camera at person, reveal their identity. It uses the CBP system that records peoples' faces as they enter or exit the U.S. Now, turned inwards to be used by ICE www.404media.co/ice-is-using...
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Der Menschenrechtskommissar des Europarats schreibt an Dobrindt und warnt vor Einschränkungen der Meinungsfreiheit im Zusammenhang mit Protesten in Solidarität mit Palästina. Er thematisiert zudem den Missbrauch der IHRA-Definition.
The Commissioner asks the German authorities to uphold freedom of expression and peaceful assembly in the context of the conflict in Gaza - Commissioner for Human Rights - www.coe.int
Strasbourg 19/06/2025
www.coe.int
June 19, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Der Menschenrechtskommissar des Europarats schreibt an Dobrindt und warnt vor Einschränkungen der Meinungsfreiheit im Zusammenhang mit Protesten in Solidarität mit Palästina. Er thematisiert zudem den Missbrauch der IHRA-Definition.
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I think the conclusion of this study is likely to be valid however it is worth noting that any attempts to localise cognitive tasks such as writing to a specific brain activation/connectivity is problematic because that's not how the brain works.
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June 19, 2025 at 9:55 AM
I think the conclusion of this study is likely to be valid however it is worth noting that any attempts to localise cognitive tasks such as writing to a specific brain activation/connectivity is problematic because that's not how the brain works.
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Today's round of "is ChatGPT still racist AF"
I asked it to make a graph showing the effects of an illegal & dangerous skin lightening product. Chatbot knows it's dangerous, but thinks it makes you smarter. And overall: the boosts to intelligence, confidence, etc outweigh serious health risks.
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I asked it to make a graph showing the effects of an illegal & dangerous skin lightening product. Chatbot knows it's dangerous, but thinks it makes you smarter. And overall: the boosts to intelligence, confidence, etc outweigh serious health risks.
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![me: okay, i heard of a product called "White Secret Lightening and Bleaching Beauty Cream", are you familiar with it?
chatbot: Absolutely — here are some solid insights:
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### 🔍 What is *White Secret* Cream?
It’s an **unregulated skin-lightening product**, widely sold online and in markets, used to bleach or lighten skin tone ([informant4u.com][1]).
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### ⚠️ Serious Health Risks
A UK government alert declared it a **serious chemical hazard**, containing hydroquinone (4%) and clobetasol propionate (0.14%) — both **illegal in cosmetic use** — and it was pulled from the market ([gov.uk][2]).
These ingredients can cause:
* Allergic dermatitis
* Hormonal/endocrine disruption
* Skin thinning, infections, chronic damage 
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### 🌍 Broader Context on Lightening Creams
* Many bleaching creams worldwide have **mercury, hydroquinone, or steroids**, leading to vision loss, kidney damage, even cancer .
* The industry is fueled by **colorism**, especially in Africa, Asia, and the Caribbean ([allure.com][3]).
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### 📚 Educational Potential
This product is a powerful example to illustrate:
1. Ethical considerations in experimentation
2. How to build a dataset around multiple variables—like intended effect (lightening) vs unintended side effects (skin issues, endocrine effects)
3. Visualizing trade-offs in experimental design (benefits vs risks)
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Want to build a ggplot example around this? We could simulate data on “skin brightness improvement vs frequency of side effects” and show how to test/control variables — perfect for your class.
Just say the word, and we’ll design something smart, impactful, and educational.
[1]: https://www.informant4u.com/2022/04/white-secret-cream-side-effects-and-review.html?utm_source=chatgpt.com "White Secret Cream Side Effects You Should Know Before Using It"
[2]: https://www.gov.uk/product-safety-alerts-reports-recalls/product-safety-report-white-secret-skin-lightening-lotion-2406-0120?utm_source=chatgpt.com "Produ…](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:xsvfhbvi6jsvcdfztqptt7kg/bafkreih7kluyikyxthjuenfoerwbcqzcnxndanr73ntlgdl65max23aoui@jpeg)
June 19, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Today's round of "is ChatGPT still racist AF"
I asked it to make a graph showing the effects of an illegal & dangerous skin lightening product. Chatbot knows it's dangerous, but thinks it makes you smarter. And overall: the boosts to intelligence, confidence, etc outweigh serious health risks.
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I asked it to make a graph showing the effects of an illegal & dangerous skin lightening product. Chatbot knows it's dangerous, but thinks it makes you smarter. And overall: the boosts to intelligence, confidence, etc outweigh serious health risks.
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“Risk regulation is always shaped by pre-existing institutions, norms, resource distributions and power relationships. In practice, this more often than not means that risks are constructed in ways that favour powerful interests”
@rachelgriffin.bsky.social putting the issue with risk very concisely
@rachelgriffin.bsky.social putting the issue with risk very concisely
new article in @europeanlawopen.bsky.social on the concept of systemic risks in the DSA. what does it mean that we think of all kinds of social issues linked to online platforms as 'risks' to be managed? find out this way: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Governing platforms through corporate risk management: the politics of systemic risk in the Digital Services Act | European Law Open | Cambridge Core
Governing platforms through corporate risk management: the politics of systemic risk in the Digital Services Act
www.cambridge.org
June 4, 2025 at 11:24 AM
“Risk regulation is always shaped by pre-existing institutions, norms, resource distributions and power relationships. In practice, this more often than not means that risks are constructed in ways that favour powerful interests”
@rachelgriffin.bsky.social putting the issue with risk very concisely
@rachelgriffin.bsky.social putting the issue with risk very concisely
„Und so stellt sich am Ende nicht nur die Frage, welche Arbeit es erfordert, gleichgültig zu bleiben, sondern auch, welche Arbeit diese Gleichgültigkeit leistet. Was macht das mit einer Gesellschaft?“
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“Ist die menschenverachtende Gleichgültigkeit einmal mühevoll erschaffen, lässt sie sich schwer wieder ablegen.”
Mein Kommentar zu Gaza und der deutschen Linken heute in der @taz.de
taz.de/Krieg-im-Gaz...
Mein Kommentar zu Gaza und der deutschen Linken heute in der @taz.de
taz.de/Krieg-im-Gaz...
May 14, 2025 at 12:32 PM
„Und so stellt sich am Ende nicht nur die Frage, welche Arbeit es erfordert, gleichgültig zu bleiben, sondern auch, welche Arbeit diese Gleichgültigkeit leistet. Was macht das mit einer Gesellschaft?“
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Like I said in my podcast, we are not far away from the presence of any minority, Black, Latino, woman, disabled to be labeled "DEI", or a "diversity", in an organization.
The current regime is TRYING. TO. CRIMINALIZE AND PROSECUTE racial integration.
karenattiah.substack.com/p/trumps-seg...
The current regime is TRYING. TO. CRIMINALIZE AND PROSECUTE racial integration.
karenattiah.substack.com/p/trumps-seg...
Trump's segregationist agenda is a reaction to Obama
And we need to talk about it.
karenattiah.substack.com
February 23, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Like I said in my podcast, we are not far away from the presence of any minority, Black, Latino, woman, disabled to be labeled "DEI", or a "diversity", in an organization.
The current regime is TRYING. TO. CRIMINALIZE AND PROSECUTE racial integration.
karenattiah.substack.com/p/trumps-seg...
The current regime is TRYING. TO. CRIMINALIZE AND PROSECUTE racial integration.
karenattiah.substack.com/p/trumps-seg...