MJ Lira
@mjlira.bsky.social
Digital sociology MSc from @uoe-sps.bsky.social | Digital rights advocacy and research | Peruvian in London
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MJ Lira
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Just wrapped up a fantastic reading group session with the unbeatable @karenhao.bsky.social. Thank you so much @rachelcoldicutt.bsky.social for making this happen and all who attended!
✨ alternative digital futures are possible! ✨
✨ alternative digital futures are possible! ✨
Ok but was he being nice towards Zohran or lowkey patronizing… 😶
November 22, 2025 at 6:37 AM
Ok but was he being nice towards Zohran or lowkey patronizing… 😶
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I literally could not stop myself from inappropriately laughing out loud for real
November 21, 2025 at 12:24 AM
I literally could not stop myself from inappropriately laughing out loud for real
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"Parasocial bonds with technology aren't a personal failing; they're an expected outcome of systems built to optimize attention and retention." I’m quoted in Star today about how AI systems are built to feel familiar and likable through social cues. starmagazine.com/parasocial-r...
Parasocial Relationships With AI Inspire Cambridge Dictionary Word Of The Year — And Warnings From Experts
The Cambridge Dictionary 2025 Word of the Year is “parasocial,” a term long used to describe the one-sided relationship between an obsessed fan and a celebrity, but which is now used to describe one-s...
starmagazine.com
November 20, 2025 at 6:51 PM
"Parasocial bonds with technology aren't a personal failing; they're an expected outcome of systems built to optimize attention and retention." I’m quoted in Star today about how AI systems are built to feel familiar and likable through social cues. starmagazine.com/parasocial-r...
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À la COP30, nous sommes en train d'être évacués après qu'un important incendie se soit déclaré sur le site.
À un jour de la fin des négociations climatiques qui s'avèrent très tendues, le symbole est hallucinant.
(Le feu est maitrisé et tout le monde va bien)
À un jour de la fin des négociations climatiques qui s'avèrent très tendues, le symbole est hallucinant.
(Le feu est maitrisé et tout le monde va bien)
November 20, 2025 at 5:46 PM
À la COP30, nous sommes en train d'être évacués après qu'un important incendie se soit déclaré sur le site.
À un jour de la fin des négociations climatiques qui s'avèrent très tendues, le symbole est hallucinant.
(Le feu est maitrisé et tout le monde va bien)
À un jour de la fin des négociations climatiques qui s'avèrent très tendues, le symbole est hallucinant.
(Le feu est maitrisé et tout le monde va bien)
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Drumrolls, please! I’m thrilled to share the cover for my forthcoming #book from @doubledaybooks.bsky.social
(Penguin Random House), #PROPHECY. This is the best book I’ve written: the boldest, the most innovative, the most personal. I have poured my soul into it like never before. 1/
(Penguin Random House), #PROPHECY. This is the best book I’ve written: the boldest, the most innovative, the most personal. I have poured my soul into it like never before. 1/
November 17, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Drumrolls, please! I’m thrilled to share the cover for my forthcoming #book from @doubledaybooks.bsky.social
(Penguin Random House), #PROPHECY. This is the best book I’ve written: the boldest, the most innovative, the most personal. I have poured my soul into it like never before. 1/
(Penguin Random House), #PROPHECY. This is the best book I’ve written: the boldest, the most innovative, the most personal. I have poured my soul into it like never before. 1/
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'After Technocolonialism' - a book panel @mediacomgold.bsky.social to discuss 'Technocolonialism: when technology for good is harmful' published by @politybooks.bsky.social with Helen Kennedy, @andreamedrado.bsky.social Nirmal Puwar & @jolittler.bsky.social November 26th, 5-7pm, all welcome! ⬇️
After Technocolonialism
A panel discussion about the book 'Technocolonialism: when technology for good is harmful' with Helen Kennedy, Jo Littler, Mirca Madianou, Andrea Medrado and Nirmal Puwar.
www.gold.ac.uk
November 18, 2025 at 9:55 AM
'After Technocolonialism' - a book panel @mediacomgold.bsky.social to discuss 'Technocolonialism: when technology for good is harmful' published by @politybooks.bsky.social with Helen Kennedy, @andreamedrado.bsky.social Nirmal Puwar & @jolittler.bsky.social November 26th, 5-7pm, all welcome! ⬇️
Come on Scotland! 🏴
November 18, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Come on Scotland! 🏴
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Open AI loses copyright case in Germany.
Judge Elke Schwager summarized the case saying that if you want to build something and need components, "then you purchase them and do not use the property of others."
Judge Elke Schwager summarized the case saying that if you want to build something and need components, "then you purchase them and do not use the property of others."
Blow for OpenAI in Germany as court rules song lyrics used illegally
A German court ruled on Tuesday that OpenAI violated copyright on nine popular songs in a lawsuit that marked another attempt to prevent the free use of artists' content online. The Munich Regional Co...
www.yahoo.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Open AI loses copyright case in Germany.
Judge Elke Schwager summarized the case saying that if you want to build something and need components, "then you purchase them and do not use the property of others."
Judge Elke Schwager summarized the case saying that if you want to build something and need components, "then you purchase them and do not use the property of others."
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My imagination makes me human and makes me a fool; it gives me all the world and exiles me from it.
November 17, 2025 at 2:23 AM
My imagination makes me human and makes me a fool; it gives me all the world and exiles me from it.
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this is how you do investigative journalism
Microsoft, Google say their data centers create thousands of jobs. Their permit filings say otherwise
https://restofworld.org/2025/data-centers-jobs-microsoft-google-chile/?utm_campaign=row-social&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_content=1763146621
https://restofworld.org/2025/data-centers-jobs-microsoft-google-chile/?utm_campaign=row-social&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_content=1763146621
November 15, 2025 at 9:09 AM
this is how you do investigative journalism
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Nuestro nuevo informe “Resistir para existir: Pueblos indígenas en aislamiento” destaca las enormes amenazas que enfrentan.
November 10, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Nuestro nuevo informe “Resistir para existir: Pueblos indígenas en aislamiento” destaca las enormes amenazas que enfrentan.
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New thing! The @carefultrouble.bsky.social Careful Consequence Check is now live and free to use. Based on research with the Bristol Digital Futures Institute, this practical tool will help you answer the question "is my AI product creepy and weird" www.careful.industries/consequences
November 13, 2025 at 4:23 PM
New thing! The @carefultrouble.bsky.social Careful Consequence Check is now live and free to use. Based on research with the Bristol Digital Futures Institute, this practical tool will help you answer the question "is my AI product creepy and weird" www.careful.industries/consequences
Fantastic resource! 🃏
♥️ We’ve created a deck of tech, data and elections playing cards! They give electoral observers and civil society the necessary tools to explore the role of technologies in the electoral process. privacyinternational.org/long-read/57...
November 13, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Fantastic resource! 🃏
“When Microsoft offers a cloud designed for “government sovereignty,” or when Google presents digital sovereignty […] these are not just corporate responses to external demands, they are strategic appropriations of a concept that historically belonged to political communities, not private firms.” 👏👏
💥 Sovereignty as a service. New article in Media, Culture & Society on how big tech companies are co-opting and redefining digital sovereignty. Co-authored by me and Alexandre Costa Barbosa
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
November 13, 2025 at 11:37 AM
“When Microsoft offers a cloud designed for “government sovereignty,” or when Google presents digital sovereignty […] these are not just corporate responses to external demands, they are strategic appropriations of a concept that historically belonged to political communities, not private firms.” 👏👏
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OpenAI pierde juicio en Alemania. Esta es la primera sentencia histórica en Europa sobre IA generativa que falla a favor de los creadores de obras. La forma en que OpenAI gestiona actualmente ChatGPT viola las leyes europeas pertinentes en materia de derechos de autor 🔥
November 13, 2025 at 1:05 AM
OpenAI pierde juicio en Alemania. Esta es la primera sentencia histórica en Europa sobre IA generativa que falla a favor de los creadores de obras. La forma en que OpenAI gestiona actualmente ChatGPT viola las leyes europeas pertinentes en materia de derechos de autor 🔥
Fantastic interview with @anavaldi.bsky.social pointing out the risks of facial recognition. But, lo and behold, the caption is very misleading. Gracias Ana por hablar sobre este tema tan importante para quienes migramos a UK.
November 11, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Fantastic interview with @anavaldi.bsky.social pointing out the risks of facial recognition. But, lo and behold, the caption is very misleading. Gracias Ana por hablar sobre este tema tan importante para quienes migramos a UK.
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Karen was an absolute legend. Completely amazing book group and we have some short interview
clips to come.
clips to come.
Just wrapped up a fantastic reading group session with the unbeatable @karenhao.bsky.social. Thank you so much @rachelcoldicutt.bsky.social for making this happen and all who attended!
✨ alternative digital futures are possible! ✨
✨ alternative digital futures are possible! ✨
November 11, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Karen was an absolute legend. Completely amazing book group and we have some short interview
clips to come.
clips to come.
Just wrapped up a fantastic reading group session with the unbeatable @karenhao.bsky.social. Thank you so much @rachelcoldicutt.bsky.social for making this happen and all who attended!
✨ alternative digital futures are possible! ✨
✨ alternative digital futures are possible! ✨
November 11, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Just wrapped up a fantastic reading group session with the unbeatable @karenhao.bsky.social. Thank you so much @rachelcoldicutt.bsky.social for making this happen and all who attended!
✨ alternative digital futures are possible! ✨
✨ alternative digital futures are possible! ✨
Weather is too mild for this time of year. I’m a bit concerned. 😟
November 7, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Weather is too mild for this time of year. I’m a bit concerned. 😟
Tonight! ✨ Looking forward to co-facilitate our first meet-up with @rachelcoldicutt.bsky.social, @elinorcarmi.bsky.social & many more!
Just two slots left at the Hopeful Technologists meet-up on Thursday - and more than 200 people have signed up to our online events over the next three weeks luma.com/cr7kwsxy
Hopeful Tech: Community Event - Open House 1 · Luma
Our first open house to help shape the UK's Society for Hopeful Technologists. Come along and discuss the draft charter, develop the theory of change and help…
luma.com
November 6, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Tonight! ✨ Looking forward to co-facilitate our first meet-up with @rachelcoldicutt.bsky.social, @elinorcarmi.bsky.social & many more!
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I was interviewed by @goldsmithsuol.bsky.social about the exhibition 'Reimagining Digital ID' with drawings by Karen refugees from the Thailand-Myanmar border. Exhibition will officially open during conference on November 8th and will run until Nov 27th, details ⬇️ @mediacomgold.bsky.social
Reimagining Digital ID
Reimagining Digital ID, a new exhibition supported by Goldsmiths’ Migrant Futures Institute (MFI) showcases the artwork of Karen refugees living in camps along the Thailand–Myanmar border.
www.gold.ac.uk
November 6, 2025 at 11:42 AM
I was interviewed by @goldsmithsuol.bsky.social about the exhibition 'Reimagining Digital ID' with drawings by Karen refugees from the Thailand-Myanmar border. Exhibition will officially open during conference on November 8th and will run until Nov 27th, details ⬇️ @mediacomgold.bsky.social
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Seeing this bubble grow from the front row and yelling into the void as we head towards 2008 part deux is making me lose my mind.
BREAKING: OpenAI is requesting US government support to help guarantee financing for the massive investments in AI chips and data centers it needs for expansion, per Bloomberg.
November 6, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Seeing this bubble grow from the front row and yelling into the void as we head towards 2008 part deux is making me lose my mind.
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this! the AI industry and CS at large literally treats the human condition as a problem to be solved
"We are tearing people down by convincing them that they can't function without these tools. And we are doing this purely because some very rich unhappy oligarchs would like to become even richer if no more happier. There is nothing benevolent about this."
November 5, 2025 at 7:00 PM
this! the AI industry and CS at large literally treats the human condition as a problem to be solved
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NEW: NYC's mayor-elect must now grapple with the sweeping NYPD surveillance apparatus that has historically targeted Muslims and other minority groups. @awinston.bsky.social reports for @wired.com www.wired.com/story/welcom...
Zohran Mamdani Just Inherited the NYPD Surveillance State
In addition to affordability, New York City’s mayor-elect will be forced to reckon with the NYPD’s sweeping mass surveillance operations.
www.wired.com
November 5, 2025 at 5:53 PM
NEW: NYC's mayor-elect must now grapple with the sweeping NYPD surveillance apparatus that has historically targeted Muslims and other minority groups. @awinston.bsky.social reports for @wired.com www.wired.com/story/welcom...