Manu Luksch

Terrorist picnic I got arrested again on Saturday.

"Absurd and deadly serious", the proscription of #PalestineAction and mass arrests of citizens. thanks @chrishaughton for this close up write up substack.com/@chrishaught...

Photo of Brewster Kahle at the Internet Archive’s physical archive site. He is leaning forward and looking into a large shipping container used for storage, with palettes visible inside.

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#Wayback1T

instead the job was done by ExH Productions based in Dubai "discretion is at the heart of everything we do" ... crazy propaganda!

YouTube video by lux TV programme featuring arts projects about surveillance and censorship

Farsi television programme about two of my art projects about data protection #DPA, #censorship and lack of political #transparency - from 16 years ago! ... and still trying to crunch it 🤷‍♀️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2OP...

Pride und freien Protest schützen! Ausbreitung von biometrischer Massenüberwachung stoppen Ob die Pride-Parade dieses Jahr in Budapest stattfinden kann, war lange unklar. Die ungarische Regierung wollte mit einer queerfeindlichen Gesetzesänderung die Parade verhindern. Alle, die die Parade ...

Gegen biometrische Massenüberwachung unterzeichnen! #AlgorithmWatch #CCTV #biometric #surveillance weact.campact.de/petitions/pr...

More than 100 arrested across UK at protests related to Palestine Action Police in London detain scores of people and confiscate placards under section 13 of the Terrorism Act 2000

“Our government is not only arming a #genocide, they are using terrorism laws to silence people who speak out.“ www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

The Great American Heist You’re Paying For Rep. Summer Lee on how Trump’s megabill is the biggest wealth transfer in history and how money in politics is fueling authoritarianism.

Happening right now: „the largest #transferofwealth in history — taking money away from working people and giving it to the nation’s elite“ theintercept.com/2025/07/11/p...

Social media incentivised spread of Southport misinformation, MPs say Committee finds firms’ business models endangered public and two-year-old Online Safety Act ‘not up to scratch’

after a decade and a few deaths too many UK is waking up to the fact that #socialmedia advertising systems incentivise the monetisation of harmful and misleading content - with toothless suggestions www.theguardian.com/media/2025/j...

#poweroftrees blood beech in South London

Leila’s Shop Battles Tower Hamlets Council Rent Hike in Shoreditch Leila’s Shop in Shoreditch faces closure after Tower Hamlets Council demands a massive rent hike, sparking community outcry and calls for support.

@towerhamletsnow.bsky.social council is acting like an irresponsible #capitalist entity and threatening small community-focussed local shops out of existence eastlondontimes.co.uk/local/tower-...

What the app? What will WhatsApp's pursuit of revenue mean for no-strings encryption It feels like WhatsApp is everywhere. Who isn’t familiar with the gentle ding as a message arrives - the relentless group chats, or the customer service bots?

Ads are coming to WhatsApp - but what does that mean for their encrypted messaging?

Privacy and online business models haven't always got along...

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Together Yet Alone: art exhibition opening at G21 Olomouc, Czech Republic # sites.google.com/a/xyolomouc....

The government should not ban public servants from speaking in public | Institute for Government New guidance will damage the quality of government and public discourse.

#AIpolicy Shocked to learn about this oppression of discourse www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/comment/gove...

#iphoneapp HEAR/HERE TO SEE is an artist-led audio guide that takes you around the political heart of London exposing the use of automated decision-making systems behind historical facades that impinge upon daily life. #algorithms #publicart #AI #automation #ADM #publicvoicesinAI shorturl.at/cLyog

HERE/HEAR 2 SEE by Manu Luksch & Mukul Patel Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.

Relaunch! HEAR/HERE TO SEE is an arts project & GPS-enabled free iphone app & audio-tour around the political heart of #London through encounters with some of the #algorithmic systems that impinge upon daily life. The walk is approx 20min #AIgovernance #criticalart shorturl.at/tMcXc

The book in your hands is a message in a bottle that has washed ashore ten years after it was sent. Armin Medosch began documenting self-managed local networking initiatives with his book Freie Netze, published in 2004 (German only). He iteratively developed The Rise of the Network Commons in draft chapters published on his website The Next Layer before his untimely death in 2017. The Rise of the Network Commons is a cultural history of wireless community network projects that spread from their origins in London, Berlin, Vienna, and Copenhagen to Spain, Greece, North and South America, and Africa. The movement drew together a panoply of technical, social, and artistic hackers in the development of new computational and social technologies. Medosch develops a twofold thesis: that involving non-experts in building a network commons has a profound emancipatory effect on the participants, while also contributing to a radical democratisation of technology. In community, we begin to shape future technologies to serve local needs rather than commercial interests. Only growing in relevance since it was written, The Rise of the Network Commons reminds us how we build the data/information/knowledge commons – by becoming sovereign neighbours of practice and expertise.

📚Book launch📚 #London 13June 📚 
#Vienna 17June 2025 Rise of Network Commons #ArminMedosch a cultural history of #wireless community networks to shape future tech to serve local needs rather than commercial interests 📚print on demand + free PDF📚 @archive.org @odihq.bsky.social
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The Rise of Network Commons by Armin Medosch :: join us at the book launch Friday 13 June 2025 www.networkcommons.org/posts/202506...

#NotMyKing End medieval privileges!

FIGURA presents 'Seeing in Dreams' - FRIDAY Tickets | From £24.99 | 9 May @ HERE at Outernet, London | DICE *\*For accessibility information please see the accessibility information button/link below* FIGURA presents ‘Seeing In Dreams’ Seeing in dreams unifies th...

#London #OuternetHERE Join us tonight at 6:30pm to listen to the live performance of talented sound artist Nunguja to an imersive projection of my CCTV critique and sci-fi film FACELESS. Sound acts till 4am! dice.fm/event/wwqq8g...

Donate to Summer School in hurricane-hit St Vincent and the Grenadines, organised by Yvette Thomas For 15 years, the Danny Scrubb Summer School (DSSS), a projec… Yvette Thomas needs your support for Summer School in hurricane-hit St Vincent and the Grenadines

#UnionIsland I am sharing my friend’s #fundraiser in support of the kids of this hurricane struck island as I saw how resourceful funds are reaching the community, offering free classes in Math, English, Science, sports, arts. Please consider giving to this initiative! gofund.me/22ba7824

Don't Pay for Dirty Water - Extinction Rebellion UK Join the boycott: Don’t Pay for Dirty Water is an autonomous campaign, withholding payment until water companies clean up our coasts and waterways.

#SaveTheRivers #XR extinctionrebellion.uk/act-now/camp...

Craig Unger: Trump Won’t Betray Putin After 40 Years of Russian Money <p><dropcap>E</dropcap>ver wonder why a US president would consistently align with Russian interests for decades? Investigative journalist Craig Unger has spent over ten years untang...

‚factual reality does not penetrate to the other side‘ must read interview with #CraigUnger about Putin‘s #assetTrump www.rsn.org/001/craig-un...

I am wondering if it comes with money-back garantuee in case it doesn’t deliver the promised stress-free life 😆

#Streetart spotted in #Bolzano #socialmedia

#Ai #UK 😱Shocking how potential investment is overriding potential societal harm

#BlueskyResistance #Voices4Victory #ProudBlur
Advertisement at a London bus stop. Ya gotta love the British…

How do users of health&social care services feel about introduction of #AI? Is there space for #chatbots in therapy? Our #DataShadowTheatre w/clients of @mindcharity.bsky.social explored qs vimeo.com/1049704629 ...
@braiduk.bsky.social @carefultrouble.bsky.social @connectedbydata.org @mukul.works

Independent information infrastructure is an important form of resistance to profit-over-people BigTech. Proud to have contributed to this publication by servus.at DavideBevilacqua

We had a wonderful eve at Streets of Growth celebrating outcomes of community workshops that explored public attitudes tw AI through creative tools as part of Responsible #Ai UK's PublicVoices in AI. To share yr ideas to advance inclusivity across the AI lifecycle join
rai.ac.uk/events/publi...

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