Rasmus Birk
@rasmusbirk.bsky.social
Associate Professor in Psychology @ Aalborg University. I use qualitative methods to study mental health, focusing especially on the social, cultural and spatial contexts of experience.
https://www.rasmusbirk.org/
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“whatever club he’s invited to join has been devalued by the invitation”
November 11, 2025 at 3:05 AM
“whatever club he’s invited to join has been devalued by the invitation”
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It's a competitive field obviously, but this is a strong entity for stupidest article about AI and universities in the last year or so. www.timeshighereducation.com/opinion/univ...
Universities risk irrelevance by failing to engage fully with AI
It is difficult to think of another sector that has so dismally failed to strategically engage with the transformative potential of IT, says Ian Richardson
www.timeshighereducation.com
November 11, 2025 at 8:50 AM
It's a competitive field obviously, but this is a strong entity for stupidest article about AI and universities in the last year or so. www.timeshighereducation.com/opinion/univ...
This remake of Breaking Bad feels a bit contrived
November 11, 2025 at 7:58 AM
This remake of Breaking Bad feels a bit contrived
You’d think it would be easy to write about the modern far-right movement without fawning over their looks.
And yet.
And yet.
Why Nikki Haley’s son went radical: His generation inherited insecurity.
I profile Nalin Haley, a fascinating young man, who I believe will likely play an important role in conservative politics in years to come.
unherd.com/2025/11/why-...
I profile Nalin Haley, a fascinating young man, who I believe will likely play an important role in conservative politics in years to come.
unherd.com/2025/11/why-...
Why Nikki Haley’s son went radical
unherd.com
November 9, 2025 at 9:36 AM
You’d think it would be easy to write about the modern far-right movement without fawning over their looks.
And yet.
And yet.
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bro are you fucking kidding me
![quote from the Economist article which says "[study authors] are now looking at whether AI facial analysis can give lenders useful clues about a person’s propensity to repay loans. For people without access to credit, that could be a blessing."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:6ofjbklfvptnupad4lxumblw/bafkreia3yctiqd7ejumpd6novxjpiycphtfkc3bdgd573jw37faqdl7o7m@jpeg)
November 6, 2025 at 5:59 PM
bro are you fucking kidding me
Fun fact: In Musk’s self-proclaimed favourite books - The Culture series by Iain M Banks - the highly advanced space communist civilisation have solved crime by… having criminals followed by a robot to deter them from doing more crime.
"At the meeting, Musk claimed that Optimus robots 'will eliminate poverty,' 'give everyone amazing medical care,'...He also said the robots could be used for 'containment of future crime' by following criminals around and stopping them from 'doing crime.'"
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www.cnbc.com/2025/11/06/t...
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www.cnbc.com/2025/11/06/t...
Tesla says shareholders approve Musk's $1 trillion pay plan with over 75% voting in favor
Tesla shareholders approved CEO Elon Musk's historic pay package at the company's annual shareholders meeting in Austin, Texas.
www.cnbc.com
November 7, 2025 at 6:13 AM
Fun fact: In Musk’s self-proclaimed favourite books - The Culture series by Iain M Banks - the highly advanced space communist civilisation have solved crime by… having criminals followed by a robot to deter them from doing more crime.
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what exactly is "winning the AI race? environmental destruction, labor extraction, ever more intrusive surveillance, mass manipulation, and unprecedented power for the handful???
Nvidia's Jensen Huang says China 'will win' AI race with US, FT reports reut.rs/48YNsTM
Nvidia's Jensen Huang says China 'will win' AI race with US, FT reports
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has warned that China will beat the United States in the artificial intelligence race, the Financial Times reported on Wednesday.
reut.rs
November 5, 2025 at 9:40 PM
what exactly is "winning the AI race? environmental destruction, labor extraction, ever more intrusive surveillance, mass manipulation, and unprecedented power for the handful???
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In November 2024, Boris Johnson, Nigel Farage, Liz Truss, Robert Jenrick, and Lee Anderson (among other high-profile political figures) attended a dinner at the Carlton Club where guests laughed at Hitler jokes and sang ‘we’re all racist now’. #ToryRacism
www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/ins...
www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/ins...
Inside Carlton Club bash where guests laugh at Hitler jokes and sing 'we're all racist now'
The dinner was attended by Boris Johnson, Nigel Farage, Liz Truss, Robert Jenrick and Lee Anderson among other high-profile political figures.
www.thelondoneconomic.com
January 5, 2025 at 8:18 AM
In November 2024, Boris Johnson, Nigel Farage, Liz Truss, Robert Jenrick, and Lee Anderson (among other high-profile political figures) attended a dinner at the Carlton Club where guests laughed at Hitler jokes and sang ‘we’re all racist now’. #ToryRacism
www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/ins...
www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/ins...
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November 5, 2025 at 9:34 AM
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Cc dansk politik
This isn't the only takeaway of Mamdani's victory, but it is the most important one www.ft.com/content/92bf...
November 5, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Cc dansk politik
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Being told at the height of Black Lives Matter by a very close friend that they were becoming "more and more keen on Boris Johnson" was the turning point, I think. This idea that "the left just needs to reach out to the other side" is often a myth. Where was the outreach from him?
I have spent the majority of my life in circles that were solidly or harshly conservative if not far-right. I honestly don't even wish any of those people ill. I just wish they found other ways to occupy their time, or had more empathic viewpoints. But they haven't and they don't.
November 4, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Being told at the height of Black Lives Matter by a very close friend that they were becoming "more and more keen on Boris Johnson" was the turning point, I think. This idea that "the left just needs to reach out to the other side" is often a myth. Where was the outreach from him?
Ah yes, the best part of lecture prep: searching for meme generators
November 4, 2025 at 7:03 AM
Ah yes, the best part of lecture prep: searching for meme generators
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Again, this precise use case is why these systems exist-to proliferate people’s racist (transphobic, misogynistic…) imaginary at scale. This should not be seen as a “misuse” but rather the product being used exactly as intended.
Racist Influencers Using OpenAI's Sora to Make it Look Like Poor People Are Selling Food Stamps for Cash
Folks looking for evidence of SNAP recipients as welfare queens have no shortage of AI generated schlock to use as justification.
futurism.com
November 2, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Again, this precise use case is why these systems exist-to proliferate people’s racist (transphobic, misogynistic…) imaginary at scale. This should not be seen as a “misuse” but rather the product being used exactly as intended.
Explaining that the ‘elites’ are too condescending while being massively condescending is quite a feat, honestly
Trump does what he's really good at - owns the libs + appeals to the kind of people whose entire Facebook feed is photos of their kids (set to public because screw digital security) and AI slop. These people are the 99%.
November 1, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Explaining that the ‘elites’ are too condescending while being massively condescending is quite a feat, honestly
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consider this part one of what will be an ongoing series making the case for an imperial congress (gift link)
Opinion | The Empty Promises of Trump’s Imperial Presidency
www.nytimes.com
October 29, 2025 at 1:39 PM
consider this part one of what will be an ongoing series making the case for an imperial congress (gift link)
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This is absolutely right. It’s about creating a permission structure for violence, whether that violence is conducted by the state directly or simply permitted by the state.
The claim that "civil war is inevitable in the UK" is better understood as an expression of the author's desire to see blood spilt on British streets.
October 29, 2025 at 9:13 AM
This is absolutely right. It’s about creating a permission structure for violence, whether that violence is conducted by the state directly or simply permitted by the state.
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Zohran Mamdani caught lying that he understood Plato’s allegory of the cave, yet when asked to explain it, he seemed to instead explain Baudrillard’s theory of Simulacra and Simulation where reality has been replaced by symbols and signs, which seems similar to Plato’s theory but is not the same
October 29, 2025 at 3:28 AM
Zohran Mamdani caught lying that he understood Plato’s allegory of the cave, yet when asked to explain it, he seemed to instead explain Baudrillard’s theory of Simulacra and Simulation where reality has been replaced by symbols and signs, which seems similar to Plato’s theory but is not the same
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It's useful to recognise that, just 3 years ago, the UK government made it a specific CRIMINAL OFFENCE to procure a live person to complete university coursework for a student, but that government, and all major institutions, are now saying the use of a machine to complete such work is inevitable.
October 28, 2025 at 2:19 PM
It's useful to recognise that, just 3 years ago, the UK government made it a specific CRIMINAL OFFENCE to procure a live person to complete university coursework for a student, but that government, and all major institutions, are now saying the use of a machine to complete such work is inevitable.
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nobody:
absolutely no one:
evolutionary psychologists: we watched monkeys having sex so that we could annotate their facial expressions
absolutely no one:
evolutionary psychologists: we watched monkeys having sex so that we could annotate their facial expressions
October 28, 2025 at 6:06 AM
nobody:
absolutely no one:
evolutionary psychologists: we watched monkeys having sex so that we could annotate their facial expressions
absolutely no one:
evolutionary psychologists: we watched monkeys having sex so that we could annotate their facial expressions
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Yet another "gender critical" book coming out from Polity - this is really becoming a theme for what's still generally regarded as a mainstream, left-adjacent social science publisher. www.politybooks.com/bookdetail?b...
Hounded: Women, Harms and the Gender Wars
Hounded: Women, Harms and the Gender Wars, A shocking expose of the human cost of defending women’s rights by award-winning poet and essayist Jenny Lindsay, whose own ‘hounding’ offers a unique perspe...
www.politybooks.com
October 27, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Yet another "gender critical" book coming out from Polity - this is really becoming a theme for what's still generally regarded as a mainstream, left-adjacent social science publisher. www.politybooks.com/bookdetail?b...
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In recent months, a growing number of people have ended up hospitalized, divorced, or dead after having long, intense conversations with ChatGPT. Some of their loved ones allege the chatbot fueled their delusions and paranoia.
Here's How Many People May Use ChatGPT During a Mental Health Crisis Each Week
OpenAI released initial estimates about the share of users who may be experiencing symptoms like delusional thinking, mania, or suicidal ideation, and says it has tweaked GPT-5 to respond more effecti...
www.wired.com
October 27, 2025 at 5:06 PM
In recent months, a growing number of people have ended up hospitalized, divorced, or dead after having long, intense conversations with ChatGPT. Some of their loved ones allege the chatbot fueled their delusions and paranoia.
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Call for papers: Ian Hacking and the Philosophy of Psychiatry. Deadline: 1st February 2026. Guest editors: Şerife Tekin and Jonathan Y. Tsou. Submit your work! think.taylorandfranc... #philsky #philpsy #philsci
Ian Hacking and the Philosophy of Psychiatry
Submit work that examines how Hacking’s historical and pragmatic approach to philosophy has reshaped inquiries into psychiatry.
think.taylorandfrancis.com
October 24, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Call for papers: Ian Hacking and the Philosophy of Psychiatry. Deadline: 1st February 2026. Guest editors: Şerife Tekin and Jonathan Y. Tsou. Submit your work! think.taylorandfranc... #philsky #philpsy #philsci
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Lunacy. tech.yahoo.com/science/arti...
Jeff Bezos Says He Doesn't Understand Why Anybody Alive Now Would Be 'Discouraged'—Because Soon, 'Millions Of People Will Be Living In Space'
Jeff Bezos says the future is so bright, he "doesn't see how anybody can be discouraged who is alive right now." Speaking at Italian Tech Week 2025 earlier this month with Ferrari and Stellantis chair...
tech.yahoo.com
October 25, 2025 at 4:42 AM
Lunacy. tech.yahoo.com/science/arti...
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The world is suffering (grad school), but you can attain enlightenment and reach nirvana (get a job as a TT professor).
October 24, 2025 at 9:15 AM
The world is suffering (grad school), but you can attain enlightenment and reach nirvana (get a job as a TT professor).