Laura Engels

De genocide gaat verder – MO* In dit dossier blijft MO* focussen op Palestina, ook na het zogenaamde ‘vredesakkoord' van oktober 2025.

De #genocide in #Palestina gaat verder. Een dossier van MO*. www.mo.be/dossiers/de-...

☞ ☞ ☞ the index finger is a pointing gesture to be found in manuscript and print traditions. It was used to draw the reader's attention to a certain part of a text or image. This slow-moving thread highlight a few of them:

‘I rarely get outside’: scientists ditch fieldwork in the age of AI In the race to embrace new technologies, some ecologists fear their field is losing touch with nature.

The technologies are creating a world that can be monitored at times, places and scales that were previously unimaginable. We are moving towards the “fully automated monitoring of ecological communities” www.nature.com/articles/d41...

In Weak Job Market, Middle Managers Increasingly Forced to Feign AI Success Amid all the hype, companies need human-centered AI that helps workers. Policymakers must protect labor at every level, writes Diana Enriquez.

In dozens of interviews, sociologist, UX researcher, and interaction designer Diana Enriquez finds middle managers forced to "feign AI success" in a weak job market—for instance, pretending error-free drafts came from AI tools that actually failed.

AI-gedreven seksisme: welkom in de Grokealiteit Wordt 2026 het jaar waarin we allemaal wakker worden in de natte droom van Elon Musks trollenleger?

Wordt 2026 het jaar waarin we allemaal wakker worden in de natte droom van Elon Musks trollenleger?

column Tim Christiaens, docent economische ethiek aan Tilburg University

lees het volledige artikel op www.sampol.be/2026/01/ai-g...

It's genuinely a leaderless (or leaderful) movement, decentralized in a way that the state is absolutely unequipped to handle. There are a few basic skills involved, and so people teach each other those skills, and people are collectively refining them.

One thing that now even the most hopeful have to admit, is that the unctuous European tactic of flattering, praising, massaging Trump has been a catastrophic failure and made things worse.

OpenAI Reportedly Planning to Make ChatGPT "Prioritize" Advertisers in Conversation OpenAI employees working on ChatGPT report plans to unleash sponsored advertisements above organic results.

what a shocking turn of events
who could’ve seen this coming

De professor zal het wel weten, toch? Of moeten we verder kijken dan die ene expert? Leunen we als journalisten soms te veel op de kennis van academici en specialisten, zeker bij complexe thema’s en netelige vragen? Een zelfkritische blik op experteninterviews, verantwoordelijkheid en kwetsbaarheid.

Heel interessant stuk over de rol van wetenschappers en experten in het publiek debat - zowel de rol die ze daarin zelf opnemen als die hen door anderen (journalisten, het publiek) wordt toegedicht.

www.standaard.be/opinies/de-p...

Closing out my year with a journal editor shocker 🧵

Checking new manuscripts today I reviewed a paper attributing 2 papers to me I did not write. A daft thing for an author to do of course. But intrigued I web searched up one of the titles and that's when it got real weird...

this is how you do investigative journalism

oh lord.... everyday feels like another black mirror episode

Wtf. Where is this from?

😂😂😂

"To most NYC voters, Mamdani is known for his smile, his charisma, and his wish to make the city a more affordable place."

WSJ: ran >50 editorials & op-eds attacking him.

NYT: We do not believe that Mr. Mamdani deserves a spot on New Yorkers’ ballots.

WaPo: Zohran Mamdani’s success is a warning.

It is a low bar possibly, but seeing a politician win, especially a significant win, by galvanising disenfranchised voters on a platform of unity, compassion and hope, a platform which supported marginalised groups such as migrants and trans/non-binary individuals, feels pretty important right now.

Nederlandse peilingen zaten er weer behoorlijk naast. En toch gaat men volgende keer weer heel dat peilingcircus opvoeren.

Experimental evidence of the effects of large language models versus web search on depth of learning Abstract. The effects of using large language models (LLMs) versus traditional web search on depth of learning are explored. A theory is proposed that when

When people learn with ChatGPT instead of following their own searches, they end up knowing less, caring less, and producing worse advice, even when the facts are the same.

Friction is an essential ingredient for learning! Convenience makes us shallow.

academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/ar...

“The conviction that generative AI is inevitable leads to it creeping in everywhere, and this eventually makes it seem inevitable. It’s a self-fulfilling prophecy. But there’s nothing inevitable about it. What’s happening is the result of specific choices.” - Wim Vanrie

So important to remember.

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The Organization journal editorial on Palestine is out.
It's entitled: Facing the facts of the Gaza genocide: Refusing complicity, organizing solidarity
You can read the full text here:
journals.sagepub.com/eprint/4XRGF...

Gevangenispersoneel mag niet meer klagen: logo en slogan 'Justitie wankelt' verboden door ministerraad | VRT NWS: nieuws 'Justitie wankelt. Overbevolking is onveilig, vandaag voor ons, morgen voor u.' Die boodschap mag niet langer gebruikt worden bij het ondertekenen van mails die vertrekken vanuit het gevangeniswezen. ...

"Ja maar Trump"

vrtnws.be/p.lOj84EqkE

#NoKings Miami!

oh my god !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! life goals

The Tech-bro-ification of Research And with them, what cultural and ideological imports are we quietly welcoming into how we conduct our research, how we produce knowledge, and how we relate to knowledge itself?

or in research.... There was an excellent essay on this in the @scholarlyletter.bsky.social: thescholarlyletter.scholar-square.com/p/the-tech-b...

Kijk, journalistiek!

EDI-programma's binnen organisaties: een nieuwe balans EDI-programma's liggen onder vuur. Wat moeten organisaties doen om de strijd tegen ongelijkheid te verdedigen?

Voor het Tijdschrift voor HRM schreef ik een column over de backlash tegen EDI in organisaties. En over waarom organisaties die het echt menen met EDI nu hun nek moeten uitsteken en niet mogen plooien onder druk van anti-EDI politici en opiniemakers
tijdschriftvoorhrm.nl/edi-onder-vu...

2 million rally in Italy for Gaza as general strike halts key services Over 2 million people across Italy have rallied in more than 100 cities for a one-day general strike.

Over 2 million people across Italy have rallied in more than 100 cities for a one-day general strike.

Jane Goodall reaches out and touches a small monkey.

Jane Goodall was my first childhood hero, as I loved animals as a kid and was inspired by her story. I still remember the National Geographic specials about her. RIP.