Andrea L. Guzman, PhD

Truly one of the greatest cultural issues of our time.

Companion species, revisited Dr. Julie Carpenter (she/her) published a post on Ko-fi

I wrote about how AI systems function less like sentient companions and more like infrastructural cohabitants: persistent, influential, and embedded in the small decisions that structure contemporary life. "Companion species, revisited" (no paywall!): ko-fi.com/post/Compani...

Remind me to send the Pope a thank you card.

Need to make this my morning affirmation.

AANZCA 2025 | Snurblog — Axel Bruns Australia Aotearoa New Zealand Communication Association conference, Sunshine Coast, 26-28 Nov. 2025

That was a great session on news, polarisation, hyperpartisanship, and disinformation at #AANZCA, also featuring my @qutdmrc.bsky.social colleague @gklaus.bsky.social. Liveblog here:

Our representative survey of 1000+ journalists reveals:

• Which journalists are using AI, how often & for what tasks
• How they perceive its impact on their work & journalism more broadly
• Their newsrooms' approaches to AI integration & policies

reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/ai-adoption-...

you know, what if they aren't actually a commentary on journalism or the state of media. what if these people are just extremely weird

Support Dr. Julie Carpenter (she/her) Support Dr. Julie Carpenter (she/her)

If you’d like to support my writing and help me stay afloat while I’m job searching and managing medical care costs, it means a lot! Sharing this link helps, too. You can check out my blog posts at ko-fi.com/drjuliecarpe...

i can't believe i'm describing this, but a rainbow bagel rests on a gray couch. it is vibrant and beautiful. to the untrained eye, one might the rainbow bagel is actually a tan greyhound wearing a colorful striped sweater and a colorful wavy design collar resting in a perfectly round circle position.

You're kidding me. We only rate dogs. This is a rainbow bagel. I really need you all to start sending us dogs, because we only rate dogs. Thank you... 12/10 (IG: mrpeanutbutter.69)

Today, after months of requests, I toured the Broadview ICE Processing Facility. I want to share what I saw.

The facility has no food vendor, no medical care, and detainees have to use toilets in the middle of shared cells. These are in no way suitable conditions to be holding anyone — period.

Zohran Mamdani just keeps making winning moves. Alondra on your technology committee is pretty much as good as it gets. Hot Damn.

Call for Papers: The Imaginative Landscape of AI – Visions, Positions, Conflicts Few technological developments spark more debate today than artificial intelligence. From promises of human advancement to fears of existential risk, AI generat

‼️REMINDER: The International Journal of Communication is launching a Special Section on “THE IMAGINATIVE LANDSCAPE OF AI – VISIONS, POSITIONS, CONFLICTS”. The deadline (December 1, 2025) for our Call for Abstracts is approaching!

More info:

Meta halted internal research suggesting social media harm, court filing alleges Meta is alleged to have halted internal research suggesting social media harm, according to court documents.

Meta halted internal research that purportedly showed (young) people who stopped using Facebook became less depressed and anxious, according to an unredacted legal filing released on Friday. www.cnbc.com/2025/11/23/m...

Labor has brushed aside concerns over the social media ban. But what if it doesn’t work as promised? If Meta, the world’s biggest social media company, expects problems after a year of preparation, then what should the rest of us be expecting?

I spoke to @australia.theguardian.com about the unworkability of Australia’s #SocialMediaBan for children and young people:

Robert Redford’s Daughter Speaks Out Against “Extra Challenging” AI Tributes Amy Redford, daughter of Robert Redford, is speaking out about how AI content related to her father has been “extra challenging” for her family following his death.

Amy Redford, daughter of Robert Redford, is speaking out about how AI content related to her father has been “extra challenging” for her family following his death.

Sending good vibes.

Coast Guard Says Swastika and Noose Displays Are No Longer Hate Incidents

Currently in Germany. Germans routinely ask me re U.S. politics: "Why did you not learn from what happened here?" I've explained that we are not taught about the rise of fascism, and only see overt actions/symbols as problematic. But that isn't even the case anymore. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/u...

True, but let me tell you, the number of people who suddenly feel empowered by AI, is something ... It's a thing, and not a crackpot thing.

It is the year 2025, and we are just now getting crash test dummies modeling women. Please tell me again how we are ruining everything.

This is bad. The lack of “AI literacy” is disturbing, but this also is the direct result of purposeful design choices and claims by AI companies. They need AI to be a “revolutionary tech” to keep the money coming in and user interaction for data monetization.

As an AI expert, people ask me all the time whether AI will end the world. No, AI is the distraction. Humans are perfectly capable of endangering our own existence. It is people that kill other people. Always. People like to blame AI for misinformation, but it stems from humans.

Tech companies: "Trust us. Don't regulate us. We always watch out for consumers."
Also tech companies: ...

Call for Papers: AI, Public Opinion, and Democratic Resilience Special Issue of the International Journal of Public Opinion Research Guest Editors: Homero Gil de Zuñiga and Hugo Marcos-Marne Editor-In-Chief: Porismita Bora

Call for papers:

IJPOR has a call for a special issue on AI, public opinion and democratic resilience.

1000 word initial abstract submission

🗓️: deadline February 15, 2026

@ddc-sdu.bsky.social @aimediademlab.bsky.social @algosoc.org @polcomm.bsky.social #commsky

academic.oup.com/ijpor/pages/...

This is me at 15. I’m a child.
I’m a CHILD.

Read Jeffrey Epstein’s newly released emails about Trump Late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein specifically referenced his relationship with President Donald Trump in writing before Trump was elected to office and in the runup to the 2020 election, ac...

PBS did us a solid and dropped the whole Epstein emails.

www.pbs.org/newshour/pol...

My former upstairs neighbor, out there doing the work <3

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This is Goose. His stick didn't fit through the door at first. But Goose believed in himself, and more importantly, so did his doorman. 13/10 (TT: bigstickgoose)

Taina Bucher (University of Oslo): Tech Transitions - Presenting AI: Slowing down the future Abstract AI promises speed, efficiency, and seamless automation, yet in pursuing these ideals, we risk marginalizing practices and temporalities that matter: s

ZeMKI Reminder: Save the Date 📢

On November 25th The last ComAI lecture with Taina Bucher on the topic “Tech Transitions - Presenting AI: Slowing down the future” will take place at the Bremen Press Club!

More information:
zemki.uni-bremen.de/en/event/tai...