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Tiziano Bonini

@tbonini.bsky.social

Associate professor of Sociology of culture and Communication at @unisi. Co-author of Algorithms of Resistance (MIT Press 2024), available in OA, MIT press website

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L'uomo che porta la pace. Eterna.

02.03.2026 12:57 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Women Are Falling in Love With A.I. It’s a Problem for Beijing.

"China’s ruling Communist Party wants young women to prioritize getting married and having babies. Instead, many of them are finding romance with chatbots"

www.nytimes.com/2026/02/26/t...

26.02.2026 10:29 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 3
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The machines that will predict the criminals of the future The Ministry of Justice will deploy machine learning to identify at-risk children for early intervention and to help prevent them falling into a life of crime

History repeats itself "A programme launched by the Ministry of Justice last week will aim to develop a system that can alert schools, health staff, police and other professionals to individuals most likely to be drawn into crime." #ryogens #preemptivesurveillance www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...

17.02.2026 13:24 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 13    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 2

But the article also says that democrats are β€œlargely unaffected” so maybe it is the same old story of a kind of (media) power that works only on audiences ideologically prepared to receive a conservative message?

18.02.2026 21:25 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Pure evil

11.02.2026 01:40 β€” πŸ‘ 55    πŸ” 17    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 1

Looking for alternatives to Gmail and G-Drive?

Two years ago I switched to #Posteo for emails and to @nextcloud.bsky.social for personal online storage (via #Hetzner).

It costs me the equivalent of a good flat white per month & gives me peace of mind that my personal data isn't scraped or abused.

11.02.2026 05:42 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Take away Spanish and there's no San Francisco or Los Angeles or Sacramento, no San Diego or Santa Rosa or Sierra nevada and actually there's no California, because that's a Spanish word...

10.02.2026 01:43 β€” πŸ‘ 301    πŸ” 34    πŸ’¬ 9    πŸ“Œ 3

Bello, ma forse questo si spiega con il fatto che il modello di business di Anthropic per l’80% Γ© b2b, quindi hanno meno bisogno di monetizzare da utenti comuni che non sono la loro base di clienti maggioritaria.

10.02.2026 22:25 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The role of #GenAI in children’s development is ambivalent, and their opportunities (scaffolding learning) can easily turn into harmful consequences (deskilling and disempowerment). Read more here researchonline.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/13... #SaferInternetDay

10.02.2026 08:40 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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PerchΓ© Claude Cowork β€œterrorizza” i mercati? C'Γ¨ chi teme l’apocalisse del lavoro Il lancio di nuovi strumenti di Anthropic in grado sostituire i software specialistici ha fatto crollare le borse in India (e non solo): il timore Γ¨ che numerose professioni spariranno

PerchΓ© 11 plugin di Claude hanno fatto crollare le azioni IT (soprattutto in India) e perchΓ© l’apocalisse del lavoro ventilata dallo stesso CEO di Anthropic potrebbe essere iniziata – e a pagare il conto saranno soprattutto i lavoratori junior www.wired.it/article/clau...

10.02.2026 09:20 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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il 20% di bambin* e adolescenti italian* chiede consigli all'AI su salute e forma fisica ma non si fida al 100%. questi e altri risultati nel report di @eukidsonline.bsky.social researchonline.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/13...

10.02.2026 10:39 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Why fear still sells research on screen time - Impact of Social Sciences Regardless of quality research that deploys fear based framing drives public debate on screen time for children.

"A balanced reading of existing research shows the impact of digital media depends on what children are watching, when, and why." but the debate on #ScreenTime is dominated by 6 papers that sell fears blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsoci...

15.01.2026 09:23 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Inside an AI start-up’s plan to scan and dispose of millions of books Court filings reveal how AI companies raced to obtain more books to feed chatbots, including by buying, scanning and disposing of millions of titles.

Absolutely damning from @aaronschaffer.com, @willoremus.com, & @nitasha.bsky.social.

To get more data, Anthropic:
* "destructively scanned" millions of books
* downloaded the shadow library LibGen
* hailed another shadow library's arrival as "just in time!!!"

www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

28.01.2026 13:49 β€” πŸ‘ 337    πŸ” 169    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 48

Curioso di leggerlo!

09.02.2026 19:08 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Israel’s border tech is a tool for ethnic cleansing In the West Bank, we are the unwilling test subjects for digital advancements in methods of population control

"Israel uses technology as a tool for ethnic cleansing, designed to drive us out of Hebron’s city centre and make way for the Israeli settlement expansion taking place in breach of international law."

www.opendemocracy.net/en/israel-bo...

09.02.2026 09:08 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Algorithmic resistance da parte degli adolescenti! Curioso che usino le stesse tattiche usate dai rider per aggirare il riconoscimento facciale. Dovremmo fare un seminario insieme!

09.02.2026 17:08 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Two months into the social media ban, a teenager says it's 'useless' Australia's world-first social media ban for under-16s is two months old, but teenagers say they have found ways around it.

"Probably around 10 per cent of them actually have been banned, and half of that 10 per cent has been unbanned by just using basically the same thing that I did: use other people's faces, use their driver's licence. #SocialMediaBan www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02...

09.02.2026 10:23 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Trump Super PAC Raised More Than $100 Million in Recent Months

Why I refuse using chatGPT, latest short answer -> Trump Super PAC:
"The biggest donations were $12.5 million each from Greg Brockman, a co-founder of the artificial intelligence firm OpenAI, and his wife" "https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/02/us/politics/trump-super-pac-maga-inc-fundraising.html

09.02.2026 13:37 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Algorithms of Resistance: The Everyday Fight Against Platform Power | Critical AI | Duke University Press

@emilianotrere.com @tbonini.bsky.social I really enjoyed your book and have it on my syllabus. Thanks for your work. I wrote a review of it for Critical AI:
read.dukeupress.edu/critical-ai/...

08.01.2026 08:28 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks @gleemie.bsky.social for this review. Finding out that you enjoyed our book means a lot to us, we loved all your work!

14.01.2026 20:48 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Algorithms of Resistance: The Everyday Fight against Platform Power How global workers, influencers, and activists develop tactics of algorithmic resistance by appropriating and repurposing the same algorithms that control

Given what is happening with X, it's a good time to propose for anyone interested to read the "Algorithms of Resistance" by T. Bonini & E. Trere. It offers ways to challenge the logic of the platform, and there is a lot of research backing up the arguments of the book. It's open access too!

23.01.2025 10:16 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Tell us how it was the reading! Thanks!

08.11.2025 13:54 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Israel accused of detaining Greta Thunberg in infested cell and making her hold flags Activist tells Swedish officials she has been subjected to harsh treatment, including insufficient food and water

β€œβ€œThey dragged little Greta [Thunberg] by her hair before our eyes, beat her, and forced her to kiss the Israeli flag. They did everything imaginable to her, as a warning to others,” the Turkish activist ErsinΓ‡elik, a participant in the Sumud flotilla, told Anadolu news agency.”+

04.10.2025 18:21 β€” πŸ‘ 6396    πŸ” 3846    πŸ’¬ 211    πŸ“Œ 516

"AI it’s not going to replace everyone. But if we think about AI, language models are the industrial production of language. It’s the same way that the factories in the 1800s were the industrial production of cloth. And I think we get a much clearer picture of what is going on." (Hagen Blix)

02.10.2025 07:45 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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This year’s Nancy Baym Book Award committee would also like to give an Honourable Mention to @tbonini.bsky.social and @emilianotrere.com for Algorithms of Resistance: The
Everyday Fight Against Platform Power (@mitpress.bsky.social).

Congratulations also!

12.09.2025 01:36 β€” πŸ‘ 23    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0
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Il piano di Israele, con le figure, così magari viene più facile comprenderlo.

28.05.2025 16:12 β€” πŸ‘ 33    πŸ” 13    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 1
Medi(t)azioni #15

da qualche mese faccio una newsletter, si chiama mediamedi(t)azioni. oggi ho pubblicato l'episodio 15, contro i tecno-libertarians. per leggerla: mailchi.mp/bda6aef7173c... per iscrivervi: mediameditazioni.com/meditazioni-...

28.05.2025 11:56 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Blackout: la rete e le infrastrutture | Tiziano Bonini C’era un afroamericano con una tuta da basket, enorme, con le treccine, che vendeva ghiaccio. Montagne di ghiaccio. I sacchi di ghiaccio erano ammonticchiati come trincee di sabbia sul marciapiede. So...

sull'importanza delle infrastrutture invisibili e sul perchΓ© dovremmo prendercene cura www.doppiozero.com/blackout-la-...

02.05.2025 10:43 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Furthering the agenda of algorithmic resistance: Integrating gender and decolonial perspectives - Tiziano Bonini, Emiliano TrerΓ©, 2025 Not only are books written from positions that are never neutral, but they are also read from positions which are also never neutral. The three commentaries we ...

And we conclude with reviews of Algorithms of Resistance by @tbonini.bsky.social and @emilianotrere.com followed by the authors' response engaging with these diverse readings of their work... journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.... 6/7

17.04.2025 08:30 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0