Marion Walton
@marionwalton.aoir.social.ap.brid.gy
I teach digital media production and computational methods in the Centre for Film & Media Studies at the University of Cape Town. Working on approaches to […]
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Reposted by Marion Walton
_Tools for Conviviality_ by Ivan Illich is an essay that anyone who wants to better understand economic and societal trends in tech should probably read.
Written in 1972, it analyzes technological revolutions such as the sewing machine and the car, but it’s surprising how the same patterns can […]
Written in 1972, it analyzes technological revolutions such as the sewing machine and the car, but it’s surprising how the same patterns can […]
Original post on manganiello.eu
manganiello.eu
January 2, 2026 at 11:43 PM
_Tools for Conviviality_ by Ivan Illich is an essay that anyone who wants to better understand economic and societal trends in tech should probably read.
Written in 1972, it analyzes technological revolutions such as the sewing machine and the car, but it’s surprising how the same patterns can […]
Written in 1972, it analyzes technological revolutions such as the sewing machine and the car, but it’s surprising how the same patterns can […]
Snow in summer?!
December 22, 2025 at 5:55 AM
Snow in summer?!
Reposted by Marion Walton
How to disable #gemini on #android, #gmail, #chrome, Photos, & #google apps
https://tuta.com/blog/how-to-disable-gemini-on-android
#privacy #guide #ai
https://tuta.com/blog/how-to-disable-gemini-on-android
#privacy #guide #ai
How to disable Gemini on Android, Gmail, Chrome, Photos, & Google apps. Opt out of AI tracking now!
Earlier this year, we warned you to turn off Gemini on Android because Google decided that its AI would have access to its users' apps - even if they had previously turned tracking for Gemini Apps Activity off. So regardless of whether you told Google’s Gemini not to track you in the past, its AI tool might be able to run tasks like send WhatsApp messages, set timers, and even make calls on your Android device. Worryingly, Google's AI invasion does not stop there. Now, Google has turned on settings like smart features, without your consent, and Gemini can scan your Gmail emails, Photos, Drive, and other apps. In this guide, we show you how to turn off Gemini on Android and all your Google apps – Gmail, Chrome, Photos, and more. Protect your privacy and your data from invasive AI tracking!
tuta.com
November 22, 2025 at 7:01 AM
Reposted by Marion Walton
"People aren’t misguided to want shelter from surveillance and harassment, or to seek high-context, community-centric moderation; all echo-chamber punditry notwithstanding, those are necessary conditions when life online has such direct and dramatic effects on the character of our offline […]
Original post on aoir.social
aoir.social
October 22, 2025 at 10:49 PM
"People aren’t misguided to want shelter from surveillance and harassment, or to seek high-context, community-centric moderation; all echo-chamber punditry notwithstanding, those are necessary conditions when life online has such direct and dramatic effects on the character of our offline […]
Reposted by Marion Walton
If anyone wants a copy of my presentation today at #aoir2025 (talking about the #fediverse in #canada), here are the slides:
https://robertwgehl.org/presentations/CanadaFediASM.html
If you click on a button at the bottom (presenter view) it will show my 'script.'
Here's a copy of that script […]
https://robertwgehl.org/presentations/CanadaFediASM.html
If you click on a button at the bottom (presenter view) it will show my 'script.'
Here's a copy of that script […]
Original post on aoir.social
aoir.social
October 16, 2025 at 8:15 PM
If anyone wants a copy of my presentation today at #aoir2025 (talking about the #fediverse in #canada), here are the slides:
https://robertwgehl.org/presentations/CanadaFediASM.html
If you click on a button at the bottom (presenter view) it will show my 'script.'
Here's a copy of that script […]
https://robertwgehl.org/presentations/CanadaFediASM.html
If you click on a button at the bottom (presenter view) it will show my 'script.'
Here's a copy of that script […]
Reposted by Marion Walton
How convenient.
The US military is falling behind in the race to field combat drones
https://www.businessinsider.com/us-military-lags-global-drone-race-2025-9
#TrumpDidThis #republicansdidthis #gopkakistocracy #americanfascistparty #project2025 #norepublicanseveragain #USpol
The US military is falling behind in the race to field combat drones
https://www.businessinsider.com/us-military-lags-global-drone-race-2025-9
#TrumpDidThis #republicansdidthis #gopkakistocracy #americanfascistparty #project2025 #norepublicanseveragain #USpol
The US military is falling behind in the race to field combat drones
US troops are almost certain to face swarms of cheap drones in a future conflict. The Pentagon has been slow to adapt to this new reality.
www.businessinsider.com
September 14, 2025 at 4:46 AM
How convenient.
The US military is falling behind in the race to field combat drones
https://www.businessinsider.com/us-military-lags-global-drone-race-2025-9
#TrumpDidThis #republicansdidthis #gopkakistocracy #americanfascistparty #project2025 #norepublicanseveragain #USpol
The US military is falling behind in the race to field combat drones
https://www.businessinsider.com/us-military-lags-global-drone-race-2025-9
#TrumpDidThis #republicansdidthis #gopkakistocracy #americanfascistparty #project2025 #norepublicanseveragain #USpol
Reposted by Marion Walton
An incomplete list of people excluded from 'international' conferences that are in-person only and aren't streamed or recorded
- People with caring responsibilities
- People with disabilities
- People with health vulnerabilities
- People who don't fly in recognition of climate emergencies
- […]
- People with caring responsibilities
- People with disabilities
- People with health vulnerabilities
- People who don't fly in recognition of climate emergencies
- […]
Original post on post.lurk.org
post.lurk.org
July 13, 2025 at 8:50 AM
An incomplete list of people excluded from 'international' conferences that are in-person only and aren't streamed or recorded
- People with caring responsibilities
- People with disabilities
- People with health vulnerabilities
- People who don't fly in recognition of climate emergencies
- […]
- People with caring responsibilities
- People with disabilities
- People with health vulnerabilities
- People who don't fly in recognition of climate emergencies
- […]
Reposted by Marion Walton
i may have told a very senior administrator that the daily grind of administering research grant administrivia kills the desire to ever apply for anything ever again.
July 4, 2025 at 5:53 PM
i may have told a very senior administrator that the daily grind of administering research grant administrivia kills the desire to ever apply for anything ever again.
Reposted by Marion Walton
Wikipedia has a cheat sheet of well-known tells for identifying generated text. (With an appropriate warning not to over-index on minor ones as absolute proof) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_AI_Cleanup/AI_catchphrases
Wikipedia:WikiProject AI Cleanup/AI catchphrases - Wikipedia
en.m.wikipedia.org
July 1, 2025 at 5:39 AM
Wikipedia has a cheat sheet of well-known tells for identifying generated text. (With an appropriate warning not to over-index on minor ones as absolute proof) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_AI_Cleanup/AI_catchphrases
Reposted by Marion Walton
I have this idea of building a "Luddite Library". A set of information, tools and processes to harness luddite thinking when analyzing technological developments and "innovation".
Something that interested parties could use to understand that there might be a different way to think about what […]
Something that interested parties could use to understand that there might be a different way to think about what […]
Original post on tldr.nettime.org
tldr.nettime.org
June 19, 2025 at 1:26 PM
I have this idea of building a "Luddite Library". A set of information, tools and processes to harness luddite thinking when analyzing technological developments and "innovation".
Something that interested parties could use to understand that there might be a different way to think about what […]
Something that interested parties could use to understand that there might be a different way to think about what […]
Reposted by Marion Walton
As someone who uses #llm s a fair bit, this sort of hallucination is good for reminding yourself that it's just bashing words together until it looks sort of like what's in its training data, especially in various RAG-type setups
June 22, 2025 at 8:52 AM
As someone who uses #llm s a fair bit, this sort of hallucination is good for reminding yourself that it's just bashing words together until it looks sort of like what's in its training data, especially in various RAG-type setups
Fabulous winter solstice sunrise swim this morning
June 21, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Fabulous winter solstice sunrise swim this morning
Reposted by Marion Walton
General PSA: don’t apply for a job at Canonical. Do NOT apply for a job at Canonical. Treat the blatantly artificially enormous number of job openings they post as the mirages of trickster fae. They are unhinged. Mark Shuttleworth is unhinged. They will drag you through the mud, disrespect you […]
Original post on infosec.exchange
infosec.exchange
June 2, 2025 at 9:16 AM
General PSA: don’t apply for a job at Canonical. Do NOT apply for a job at Canonical. Treat the blatantly artificially enormous number of job openings they post as the mirages of trickster fae. They are unhinged. Mark Shuttleworth is unhinged. They will drag you through the mud, disrespect you […]
Reposted by Marion Walton
A race is on to produce statistical evidence of the effects of AI in education. It's leading to a rush of viral studies that play well on social media but don't stand up so well to methodological scrutiny. New post codeactsineducation.wordpress.com/2025/05/28/e...
Enumerating AI effects in education
Photo by Igor Omilaev on Unsplash Over recent weeks, controversy has surfaced over research publications claiming to show statistical evidence that generative AI has beneficial effects on learning.…
codeactsineducation.wordpress.com
May 28, 2025 at 7:41 PM
A race is on to produce statistical evidence of the effects of AI in education. It's leading to a rush of viral studies that play well on social media but don't stand up so well to methodological scrutiny. New post codeactsineducation.wordpress.com/2025/05/28/e...
Reposted by Marion Walton
Reposted by Marion Walton
Hang on by Seth Globepainter for Street Art Fest Grenoble Alpes in Grenoble, France. <3 34 Murals That Turn Walls Into Wonders: Seth’s Street Art Will Blow Your Mind: https://streetartutopia.com/2025/05/08/seth-street-art/
May 8, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Hang on by Seth Globepainter for Street Art Fest Grenoble Alpes in Grenoble, France. <3 34 Murals That Turn Walls Into Wonders: Seth’s Street Art Will Blow Your Mind: https://streetartutopia.com/2025/05/08/seth-street-art/
Reposted by Marion Walton
Superb thread reasserting the importance of higher education in the context of AI - much here is transferable outside of legal education
How should legal education respond to AI? Together with 11 UCL Laws colleagues, this paper is our vision for the sector. It's rooted in academic integrity, fundamental competences, and concerns around impacts on learning to learn and intellectual risk taking. (🧵)
discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10...
discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10...
May 6, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Superb thread reasserting the importance of higher education in the context of AI - much here is transferable outside of legal education
Reposted by Marion Walton
As a person who has survived a cancer I find it utterly baffling that you'd leave that experience unaware of this, I feel like I have a more acute awareness of the effect of the conditions you find yourself in, the role of privilege, and the sheer arbitrariness of the specific cancer you get […]
Original post on glasgow.social
glasgow.social
May 3, 2025 at 12:50 PM
As a person who has survived a cancer I find it utterly baffling that you'd leave that experience unaware of this, I feel like I have a more acute awareness of the effect of the conditions you find yourself in, the role of privilege, and the sheer arbitrariness of the specific cancer you get […]
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If you want to get into African scifi, there is a story bundle with lots of good books on it, including my collection of short stories, Where Rivers Go To Die.
https://storybundle.com/scifi
@bookstodon #writing #sff #sffbooks #writingcommunity #scifi
https://storybundle.com/scifi
@bookstodon #writing #sff #sffbooks #writingcommunity #scifi
StoryBundle
Pay what you like and get a bundle of awesome ebooks and more!
storybundle.com
May 1, 2025 at 7:16 AM
If you want to get into African scifi, there is a story bundle with lots of good books on it, including my collection of short stories, Where Rivers Go To Die.
https://storybundle.com/scifi
@bookstodon #writing #sff #sffbooks #writingcommunity #scifi
https://storybundle.com/scifi
@bookstodon #writing #sff #sffbooks #writingcommunity #scifi
Reposted by Marion Walton
Reposted by Marion Walton
I've got a quick favour to ask. If you're reading this post on Mastodon (or the Fediverse), please click share.
How come?
I recently moved across to my own self-hosted single-user server (using GoToSocial.org). For a bunch of reasons, including visibility across the Fedi, it would really help out.
How come?
I recently moved across to my own self-hosted single-user server (using GoToSocial.org). For a bunch of reasons, including visibility across the Fedi, it would really help out.
April 20, 2025 at 6:59 AM
I've got a quick favour to ask. If you're reading this post on Mastodon (or the Fediverse), please click share.
How come?
I recently moved across to my own self-hosted single-user server (using GoToSocial.org). For a bunch of reasons, including visibility across the Fedi, it would really help out.
How come?
I recently moved across to my own self-hosted single-user server (using GoToSocial.org). For a bunch of reasons, including visibility across the Fedi, it would really help out.
Reposted by Marion Walton
Now I need to learn to swear professionally! 😂
@linguistics @linguisticsmemes @humour
#linguisticmemes #memes #linguistics #words #humor #humour
#repost #from #old #account
@linguistics @linguisticsmemes @humour
#linguisticmemes #memes #linguistics #words #humor #humour
#repost #from #old #account
April 19, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Now I need to learn to swear professionally! 😂
@linguistics @linguisticsmemes @humour
#linguisticmemes #memes #linguistics #words #humor #humour
#repost #from #old #account
@linguistics @linguisticsmemes @humour
#linguisticmemes #memes #linguistics #words #humor #humour
#repost #from #old #account