Tijs Sikma
@tijssikma.bsky.social
Political Historian | PhD Radboud University: history of the Dutch public debate surrounding digitalisation | Researcher Rathenau Institute (parliamentary technology assessment institute): project about Planetary Health | Computational methods in history
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It's a straightforward relationship: high #inequality leads to the triumph of the far right. It will keep winning until governments deliberately seek to make societies more equal. I'm looking at you, Keir Starmer.
This week's column. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
This week's column. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Rightwing populists will keep winning until we grasp this truth about human nature | George Monbiot
Economic inequality breeds resentment and a desire to get even. That’s what fuels support for even incompetent regimes, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
April 13, 2025 at 1:47 PM
It's a straightforward relationship: high #inequality leads to the triumph of the far right. It will keep winning until governments deliberately seek to make societies more equal. I'm looking at you, Keir Starmer.
This week's column. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
This week's column. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Wat een verhaal: 'Radicale klimaatactivisten' die ruim 270 auto's beschadigden en met Groenen-stickers beplakten, bleken in werkelijkheid door Rusland aangestuurde 'amateuragenten'. Bedoeld om afkeer tegen de Groenen te vergroten.
Verhaal van Spiegel: www.spiegel.de/panorama/jus...
Verhaal van Spiegel: www.spiegel.de/panorama/jus...
(S+) Hunderte Autos beschädigt: Deutschlandweite Sabotageserie offenbar aus Russland gesteuert
Auspuffrohre mit Bauschaum verklebt, Robert-Habeck-Sticker auf Scheiben gepappt: Was wie das Werk radikaler Klimaaktivisten aussieht, soll nach SPIEGEL-Recherchen auf das Konto russischer Auftraggeber...
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February 5, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Wat een verhaal: 'Radicale klimaatactivisten' die ruim 270 auto's beschadigden en met Groenen-stickers beplakten, bleken in werkelijkheid door Rusland aangestuurde 'amateuragenten'. Bedoeld om afkeer tegen de Groenen te vergroten.
Verhaal van Spiegel: www.spiegel.de/panorama/jus...
Verhaal van Spiegel: www.spiegel.de/panorama/jus...
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The logic of the coup that is going on now. And how to resist it.
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The Logic of Destruction
And how to resist it
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February 2, 2025 at 6:50 PM
The logic of the coup that is going on now. And how to resist it.
snyder.substack.com/p/the-logic-...
snyder.substack.com/p/the-logic-...
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Tech giants have used their social media & advertising monopolies to manipulate our behaviour for profit at the expense of privacy, open markets & democratic debate.
As this study suggests, giving the same actors control over AI will make matters much worse.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
As this study suggests, giving the same actors control over AI will make matters much worse.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
AI tools may soon manipulate people’s online decision-making, say researchers
Study predicts an ‘intention economy’ where companies bid for accurate predictions of human behaviour
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December 30, 2024 at 9:24 AM
Tech giants have used their social media & advertising monopolies to manipulate our behaviour for profit at the expense of privacy, open markets & democratic debate.
As this study suggests, giving the same actors control over AI will make matters much worse.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
As this study suggests, giving the same actors control over AI will make matters much worse.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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1/ 🧵 Radicaal-rechtse Facebookpagina’s gebruiken AI voor racistische propaganda. Samen met @jorisveerb.bsky.social onderzocht ik hoe dit terug te leiden is tot binnen de PVV-fractie zelf.
Bedreigende nepbeelden van asielzoekers– ze worden in meerderheid verspreid door één PVV-Kamerlid
Teleurgesteld door het gebrek aan echt migrantengeweld fabriceren PVV’ers met behulp van AI dan maar hun eigen hordes allochtone bloedhonden. Uit onderzoek blijkt: die ophitsende beelden komen uit Wil...
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December 12, 2024 at 6:51 AM
1/ 🧵 Radicaal-rechtse Facebookpagina’s gebruiken AI voor racistische propaganda. Samen met @jorisveerb.bsky.social onderzocht ik hoe dit terug te leiden is tot binnen de PVV-fractie zelf.
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Vandaag lanceren we de website Goetgevonden, waarmee je kunt zoeken in alle besluiten van de Staten-Generaal van de Republiek der Verenigde Nederlanden (1576-1796). Goetgevonden is wereldwijd de krachtigste zoekmachine voor historische teksten die ooit is gemaakt. Je vindt ons via goetgevonden.nl!
December 9, 2024 at 4:58 AM
Vandaag lanceren we de website Goetgevonden, waarmee je kunt zoeken in alle besluiten van de Staten-Generaal van de Republiek der Verenigde Nederlanden (1576-1796). Goetgevonden is wereldwijd de krachtigste zoekmachine voor historische teksten die ooit is gemaakt. Je vindt ons via goetgevonden.nl!
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Why did Silicon Valley turn right?
During stable times, institutions shape people's understanding of their interests and alliances. In crises, certainties crumble. This creates opportunities for political entrepreneurs armed with new ideas to reshape how people understand their interests.
During stable times, institutions shape people's understanding of their interests and alliances. In crises, certainties crumble. This creates opportunities for political entrepreneurs armed with new ideas to reshape how people understand their interests.
Why did Silicon Valley turn right?
The "pounded progressive ally" thesis has limits
www.programmablemutter.com
December 6, 2024 at 9:58 AM
Why did Silicon Valley turn right?
During stable times, institutions shape people's understanding of their interests and alliances. In crises, certainties crumble. This creates opportunities for political entrepreneurs armed with new ideas to reshape how people understand their interests.
During stable times, institutions shape people's understanding of their interests and alliances. In crises, certainties crumble. This creates opportunities for political entrepreneurs armed with new ideas to reshape how people understand their interests.
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What can Americans learn from Yoon Suk Yeol's less-than-a-day dictatorship?
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Dictators for a Day
South Korea and America
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December 4, 2024 at 7:17 PM
What can Americans learn from Yoon Suk Yeol's less-than-a-day dictatorship?
snyder.substack.com/p/dictators-...
snyder.substack.com/p/dictators-...
Dit kwam ik net tegen in het boek 'Welvaart in zwart-wit' (2000) van C.J.M. Schuyt en Ed Taverne. Blijkbaar werkte oa het CBS al in de jaren zestig aan een classificatie voor milieuvervuiling:
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December 5, 2024 at 11:13 AM
Dit kwam ik net tegen in het boek 'Welvaart in zwart-wit' (2000) van C.J.M. Schuyt en Ed Taverne. Blijkbaar werkte oa het CBS al in de jaren zestig aan een classificatie voor milieuvervuiling:
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📢NEW: 'Open' AI systems aren't open. The vague term, combined w frothy AI hype is (mis)shaping policy & practice, assuming 'open source' AI democratizes access & addresses power concentration. It doesn't.
@smw.bsky.social, @davidthewid.bsky.social & I correct the record👇
nature.com/articles/s41...
@smw.bsky.social, @davidthewid.bsky.social & I correct the record👇
nature.com/articles/s41...
Why ‘open’ AI systems are actually closed, and why this matters - Nature
A review of the literature on artificial intelligence systems to examine openness reveals that open AI systems are actually closed, as they are highly dependent on the resources of a few large corpora...
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December 2, 2024 at 2:23 PM
📢NEW: 'Open' AI systems aren't open. The vague term, combined w frothy AI hype is (mis)shaping policy & practice, assuming 'open source' AI democratizes access & addresses power concentration. It doesn't.
@smw.bsky.social, @davidthewid.bsky.social & I correct the record👇
nature.com/articles/s41...
@smw.bsky.social, @davidthewid.bsky.social & I correct the record👇
nature.com/articles/s41...
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New from 404 Media: Bluesky may have said it won't use user data to train generative AI, but someone else just published a dataset of million Bluesky posts for "machine learning research". Already very popular dataset, your data may be scraped www.404media.co/someone-made...
Someone Made a Dataset of One Million Bluesky Posts for 'Machine Learning Research'
A Hugging Face employee made a huge dataset of Bluesky posts, and it’s already very popular.
www.404media.co
November 26, 2024 at 11:29 PM
New from 404 Media: Bluesky may have said it won't use user data to train generative AI, but someone else just published a dataset of million Bluesky posts for "machine learning research". Already very popular dataset, your data may be scraped www.404media.co/someone-made...
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Je kunt nu nog tekenen! Straks niet mee. campagnes.degoedezaak.org/campaigns/st...
Stop de bezuinigingen op het hoger onderwijs!
campagnes.degoedezaak.org
November 26, 2024 at 11:15 AM
Je kunt nu nog tekenen! Straks niet mee. campagnes.degoedezaak.org/campaigns/st...
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Ik reken op een grote opkomst, morgen: collega’s van alle faculteiten, van alle universiteiten in Nederland. Acties zoals deze tonen aan dat er nog steeds solidariteit bestaat, en dat wetenschappers zich betrokken voelen bij álle vormen van het verwerven van kennis.
November 24, 2024 at 7:58 PM
Ik reken op een grote opkomst, morgen: collega’s van alle faculteiten, van alle universiteiten in Nederland. Acties zoals deze tonen aan dat er nog steeds solidariteit bestaat, en dat wetenschappers zich betrokken voelen bij álle vormen van het verwerven van kennis.
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🧵 Thrilled to announce our new paper in Memory Studies Review exploring how AI chatbots are reshaping historical memory! With @riksmit.bsky.social and @socmerrill.bsky.social
#memorystudies
doi.org/10.1163/2949...
#memorystudies
doi.org/10.1163/2949...
Stochastic Remembering and Distributed Mnemonic Agency
Abstract This paper introduces the concept of stochastic remembering and uses two prompt engineering techniques to critically examine the text generated by ai chatbots. These techniques – step-by-step...
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November 22, 2024 at 11:16 AM
🧵 Thrilled to announce our new paper in Memory Studies Review exploring how AI chatbots are reshaping historical memory! With @riksmit.bsky.social and @socmerrill.bsky.social
#memorystudies
doi.org/10.1163/2949...
#memorystudies
doi.org/10.1163/2949...
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🔴 Monopoly Power and the cost of shareholder compensation
The trend of increasing shareholder payouts is particularly notable among the top 1%, highlighting the intersection between monopoly power and financialisation
a thread🧵
www.somo.nl/taking-stock...
The trend of increasing shareholder payouts is particularly notable among the top 1%, highlighting the intersection between monopoly power and financialisation
a thread🧵
www.somo.nl/taking-stock...
Taking Stock: 50 Years of prioritising shareholders - SOMO
More information?
www.somo.nl
November 21, 2024 at 4:02 PM
🔴 Monopoly Power and the cost of shareholder compensation
The trend of increasing shareholder payouts is particularly notable among the top 1%, highlighting the intersection between monopoly power and financialisation
a thread🧵
www.somo.nl/taking-stock...
The trend of increasing shareholder payouts is particularly notable among the top 1%, highlighting the intersection between monopoly power and financialisation
a thread🧵
www.somo.nl/taking-stock...
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De eerste versie van de 'Human Cell Atlas' is er, een gigantische database met beelden en beschrijvingen van alle cellen in het menselijk lichaam. Hiermee zullen wetenschappers allerlei ziekten beter begrijpen, zo hopen de makers. https://buff.ly/3Z0mDIg
Het landschap van alle menselijke cellen in kaart
Geneeskunde: Met de beschrijving van alle cellen in een mensenlichaam zullen wetenschappers ook allerlei ziekten beter begrijpen, zo hopen de makers van de Human Cell Atlas.
buff.ly
November 20, 2024 at 4:06 PM
De eerste versie van de 'Human Cell Atlas' is er, een gigantische database met beelden en beschrijvingen van alle cellen in het menselijk lichaam. Hiermee zullen wetenschappers allerlei ziekten beter begrijpen, zo hopen de makers. https://buff.ly/3Z0mDIg
This is an interesting website that amongst others has a 3d visualisation of a 20 percent random sample of a scientists’ network on Bluesky (of 39,030 scientists).
The community of scientists and science-lovers is gathering on Bluesky, it seems. Have a look at lassehjorthmadsen.github.io/blueskyanaly...
🌍 We have just released a NEW global top 100 list of scientist and science communicators on Bluesky. @lassehjorthmadsen.bsky.social and I map out the new emerging community: How are the research fields clustered? All likes, reshares, and love 😍 is appreciated! mikeyoungacademy.dk/bluesky-is-e...
November 20, 2024 at 8:25 AM
This is an interesting website that amongst others has a 3d visualisation of a 20 percent random sample of a scientists’ network on Bluesky (of 39,030 scientists).
Fascinating stuff. In an interview from 1957, Dutch futurologist Fred Polak predicted that in the year 2000 thanks to automation, we would only have to work 2 days a week (around 10 hours).
November 18, 2024 at 1:33 PM
Fascinating stuff. In an interview from 1957, Dutch futurologist Fred Polak predicted that in the year 2000 thanks to automation, we would only have to work 2 days a week (around 10 hours).
Fascinerend. In een interview uit 1957 voorspelt futuroloog Fred Polak dat we dankzij automatisering in het jaar 2000 nog slechts 2 dagen in de week, circa 10 uur hoeven te werken.
November 18, 2024 at 1:25 PM
Fascinerend. In een interview uit 1957 voorspelt futuroloog Fred Polak dat we dankzij automatisering in het jaar 2000 nog slechts 2 dagen in de week, circa 10 uur hoeven te werken.
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I have been waiting for @hannahritchie.bsky.social to run the numbers on this question:
What’s the impact of artificial intelligence on energy demand?
www.sustainabilitybynumbers.com/p/ai-energy-...
What’s the impact of artificial intelligence on energy demand?
www.sustainabilitybynumbers.com/p/ai-energy-...
November 18, 2024 at 7:13 AM
I have been waiting for @hannahritchie.bsky.social to run the numbers on this question:
What’s the impact of artificial intelligence on energy demand?
www.sustainabilitybynumbers.com/p/ai-energy-...
What’s the impact of artificial intelligence on energy demand?
www.sustainabilitybynumbers.com/p/ai-energy-...
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NEW: The great Trump-Musk crackdown is coming. And it will hit hard & fast. Journalists will be first. But everyone else is next.
I urge you to read my 20 lessons in How to Survive the Broligarchy, inspired by & featuring the great @timothysnyder.bsky.social
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www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
I urge you to read my 20 lessons in How to Survive the Broligarchy, inspired by & featuring the great @timothysnyder.bsky.social
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www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
How to survive the broligarchy: 20 lessons for the post-truth world | Carole Cadwalladr
In the wake of Trump’s unnerving appointees, the investigative journalist and veteran of the libel court offers pointers on coping in an age of surveillance
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November 17, 2024 at 10:18 AM
NEW: The great Trump-Musk crackdown is coming. And it will hit hard & fast. Journalists will be first. But everyone else is next.
I urge you to read my 20 lessons in How to Survive the Broligarchy, inspired by & featuring the great @timothysnyder.bsky.social
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www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
I urge you to read my 20 lessons in How to Survive the Broligarchy, inspired by & featuring the great @timothysnyder.bsky.social
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www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...