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@justwaterfutures.bsky.social. Our seminars are now live!
@gemmagasseau.bsky.social, @blue-community.net, @icruxen.bsky.social, @rachel-woods.bsky.social etc.

Check out: What´s Public about Public Water? www.youtube.com/watch?v=MjvC...

Private Equity in the Global South: Locusts? Vampires? The contagion effect The effectiveness of private equity has been a subject of ongoing debate in countries of the Global North. There is substantial evidence highlighting the extractive practices associated with privat…

The brilliant Farwa Sial on the growing role of private equity in the global South, writing for the Developing Economics blog:

developingeconomics.org/2025/07/23/p...

Water regulator Ofwat to be abolished after official review Overhaul prompted by public anger at pollution and high executive pay

Replacing regulator without addressing ownership issues — in Brazil we’d call this “tapar o sol com uma peneira” or attempting to block the sun with a sieve:
on.ft.com/4o0DB4G “Water regulator Ofwat to be abolished after official review”

We're celebrating 5y of the
#DataAgainstFeminicide project. Join us to reflect on the project's results and insights (with new report out!), and to launch the Swahili version of our tools, co-designed with Femicide Count Kenya!
Register here: mit.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

US utilities plot big rise in electricity rates as data centre demand booms Customers face higher bills to upgrade infrastructure needed to power AI systems

Utility agreements with data centres should be subject to broader public consultation and debate. The recipe here is an old one: socialize costs while private actors pocket the benefits. www.ft.com/content/c5f2...

Absolutely gutted for Dimitrov, was playing a beautiful match. One of the saddest moments I’ve seen in tennis

Se pá tá na hora de começar a chamar o Congresso brasileiro de #CongressoTioPatinhas

#CongressoInimigodoPovo

Freedom as Autonomy: platform workers’ struggles and the future of work in Argentina — CLaSP Blog Sofia Negri asks how we can build a future of work that transforms the salaried relationship to reconcile autonomy with social protection.

New on the CLaSP blog: Looking at platform workers in Argentina, Sofia Negri asks how we can build a future of work that transforms the salaried relationship to reconcile autonomy with social protection

www.claspblog.org/blogposts/ac...

Please read this article in full. Every aspect of this Palantir, OpenAI & Meta millionaire (self-)appointment to the Army Reserves should raise alarms about escalating tech industry capture of defence. While none of them will risk their lives, they are explicitly tasked with making war more lethal.

Wild how the Fed chair saying that *entire regions of the United States* won’t be able to get a mortgage in the next decade barely registered as a news event

AI boom means regulator cannot predict future water shortages in England Datacentres, which do not have to report amount of water used to cool servers, leave Environment Agency with no idea of shortfalls

'The artificial intelligence boom means the Environment Agency has no idea how much water England will be short of in future decades, as datacentres do not have to report how much they are using to cool their servers.' Maybe the policy of 'turbocharging' AI everywhere & all the time needs thought?

Incredible Roland Garros final with Sinner and Alcaraz —listening on the radio but on the edge of my seat

Congrats, Ben! I just got the book and am looking forward to reading it!

This project wouldn't be possible without an incredible group of collaborators, partners and students, including @alejungs.bsky.social, @harinisuresh.bsky.social, Rahul Bhargava, ILDA, @wonyoungso.bsky.social, @marielgm.bsky.social, Angeles Martinez Cuba and many others!

Valeu, Carol!

Data Against Feminicide: AI tools, transnational community, and data activism Data Against Feminicide is a feminist participatory action research and technology design project. We collaborate with data activists, artists, nonprofits, communities, governments, and journalists wh...

Amazing to see our project, #DataAgainstFeminicide, receive an Honorary Mention for the European Commission's 2025 S+T+ARTS Prize, recognizing innovation in tech + society + arts @ladelentes.bsky.social @silvanavf.bsky.social @kanarinka.bsky.social: starts-prize.aec.at/en/data-agai...

Using algorithms to deny people healthcare in bulk

The Global Data Barometer 2nd edition: A Shared Compass for Navigating the Data Landscape

🌍 The 2nd edition of the Global Data Barometer is here!

Dive into fresh insights on how 43 countries are governing, and managing data for the public good.

📖 Read the launch blog ⬇️
#TheGDB #GDB2025
globaldatabarometer.org/2025/05/the-...

It’s out! I’m deeply proud and grateful for this book — especially for the chance to collaborate with such brilliant & bold minds.

Here’s to hoping its ideas spark fresh conversations and inspire meaningful change in our field. #economics #eurocentrism #decolonisation

I was born in Brazil’s futuristic capital and let me tell you: this likely AI generated image is not what Brasília looks like.

Wonderful conversations in Day 2 today on the challenges of studying the #MaterialitiesOfAI and on the politics of how we transform and/or resist them. Thanks to @anavaldi.bsky.social and @jamesmuldoon.bsky.social for brilliant interventions and to everyone who participated! @clasp-qmul.bsky.social

More Than a Dozen U.S. Officials Sold Stocks Before Trump’s Tariffs Sent the Market Plunging Records show well-timed trades by executive branch employees and congressional aides. Even if they had no insider information, ethics experts say such trading undermines faith in government and the ma...

NEW: More than a dozen high-ranking executive branch officials and congressional aides made well-timed trades since Trump took office, most of them selling stock before the market plunged amid fears that Trump’s tariffs would set off a global trade war.

The Cambridge Global Handbook of Financial Infrastructure Cambridge Core - Finance and Accountancy - The Cambridge Global Handbook of Financial Infrastructure

Thrilled to share that the Cambridge Global Handbook of Financial Infrastructure, co-edited with Malcolm Campbell-Verduyn and Barbara Brandl, has been published!

You can find all chapters open access: doi.org/10.1017/9781...

🌿Join us to discuss "The Global AI Supply Chain and its Values", my keynote at the "Towards a Decolonized Artificial Intelligence" seminar series, organised by the Dept of Philosophy at the University of Milan.

🏵️Friday 23/5 8.30am (BST) online.

Register here: www.eventbrite.it/e/the-global...

Our end of the year event is just two weeks away! Over two days and four sessions, we will be covering the social and environmental aspects of the AI industry, including the politics and methodologies for researching AI. Register here: www.tickettailor.com/events/centr...

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The deadline (May 30) is approaching for submissions to our workshop at the Aarhus Conference 2025! 👇

The AI Boom Is Draining Water From the Areas That Need It Most A Bloomberg News analysis finds that roughly two thirds of new data centers built or in development in the US since 2022 are in places with high levels of water stress.

We know AI chatbots are thirsty; the data centers that power them are draining already water-stressed regions. Who bears the costs of increasing AI use? www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...

Global Challenges to Democracy Cambridge Core - Comparative Politics - Global Challenges to Democracy

The first comprehensive, cross-regional comparative study of democratic backsliding and resiliency around the world.

Global Challenges to Democracy eds. Valerie J. Bunce, @tompepinsky.com, @beattyriedl.bsky.social, & Kenneth M. Roberts

Out Now #Politics #BookSky

cup.org/3F5YRV7

Trump Admin's FY 2026 budget: Proposes cuts to state rental assistance block grant of $26.7 billion. In the text: The Budget empowers States by transforming the current Federal dysfunctional rental assistance programs into a State-based formula grant which would allow States to design their own rental assistance programs based on their unique needs and preferences. The Budget would also newly institute a two-year cap on rental assistance for able bodied adults, and would ensure a majority of rental assistance funding through States would go to the elderly and disabled. A State-based formula program would also lead to significant terminations of Federal regulations. In combination with efforts related to opening up Federal lands, this model would incentivize States and the private sector to provide affordable housing. This proposal would encourage States to provide funding to share in the responsibility to ensure that similar levels of recipients can benefit from the block grant. The Budget includes $25 million in housing grants for youth aging out of foster care.

The FY 2026 Trump budget proposes eliminating the CDBG and HOME programs entirely, as well as reducing native american programs, homeless assistance programs, the lead hazard program, and self-sufficiency programs.

The FY 2026 Trump budget would kill the PRO Housing program and fair housing grants.

Trump Admin has released its proposed budget for FY 2026. The cuts proposed to housing would be brutal, eliminating:
—$26.7 b for affordable housing assistance
—All community development block grants and the HOME program ($4.55 b)
—The PRO Housing program ($100 m)

www.whitehouse.gov/omb/informat...

The state is back, and it means business!

Just CLaSP for an in-person event with Ilias Alami, University of Cambridge, co-author of the book 'The Spectre of State Capitalism' in discussing this new state capitalism.

When/where: 1st of May at Queen Mary, Mile End Campus

www.claspblog.org/events