Grit Wesser

Wow @asanews.bsky.social this is really not a good look.

Shit like this is why members quit professional societies. Just saying

GERMAN RULE, AFRICAN SUBJECTS: State Aspirations and the Reality of Power in Colonial Namibia by Jürgen Zimmerer (@juergenzimmerer.bsky.social) is now available in paperback!

Find out more here: buff.ly/i3zESCb

#ColonialHistory #History

We have more data on ourselves than ever before. But can we really track our way into happiness? | Samantha Floreani Self-tracking is regularly promoted as a way toward self-improvement. But life is not a mathematical problem waiting to be solved

“I’m not particularly interested in assisting the process of flattening myself into an array of data points, to serve the interests of tech companies by making myself even more machine-readable. I’m not convinced that the best way to understand oneself is through quantification.“

‘Meta has stolen books’: authors to protest in London against AI trained using ‘shadow library’ Writers will gather at the Facebook owner’s King’s Cross office in opposition to its use of the LibGen database to train its AI models Authors and other publishing industry professionals will stage a demonstration outside Meta’s London office today in protest of the organisation’s use of copyrighted books to train artificial intelligence. Novelists Kate Mosse and Tracy Chevalier as well as poet and former Royal Society of Literature chair Daljit Nagra will be among those in attendance outside the company’s King’s Cross office. Continue reading...

‘Meta has stolen books’: authors to protest in London against AI trained using ‘shadow library’

On a lime background, people protesting Meta's use of LibGen, a large database of pirated material, to train its AI models. Poster reads: "Stop Thief! Meta must #DoTheWriteThing

1/Das freiheitlichste Kämpferherz, das ich kenne, hat gerade für immer aufgehört zu schlagen.Vier Wochen hat mein Freund, mein großes Vorbild Gerd „Poppoff“ Poppe gekämpft – diesen letzten Kampf hat er nun verloren.Ein großes Leben hat sich nur wenige Tage nach seinem 84. Geburts

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Peeps in/around Edinburgh: Check out this amazing 2 day CPD course on nature connection in May run by the wonderful Hannah McNeilly (not on here): www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/nature-con...

"Glauben Sie, es ist ein Zufall, dass die Tesla-Verkäufe in Deutschland um fast 80 % zurückgegangen sind? Sie wissen, was sein Gruß bedeutet."

#TeslaTakedown

The public really needs to understand this. Every university system in the world rests on public funding, there has never been an alternative model at any time in history.

We have universities for literally the same reason that we have roads and armies.

Sorry, but he ho so worth it! 😉

Totally passed me by that you're required to have an ETA!

Sehr schöner Text, der zeigt wie es vielen in der Wissenschaft geht

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Another way to see this:

White westerners have long told Eastern Europeans how they are not part of “the West,” not “as civilized” as they are, etc. a long history of discrimination against EE as a way to prop up alleged western superiority, including ideas of “democracy”

📰 Identical front page on every UK paper today, with homepage takeovers too. Only 2nd time this has happened.

As editors and reporters, we fear for the future of quality journalism - with unlawful scraping of content (theft) by AI firms. #MakeItFair

inews.co.uk/opinion/made...

UK ministers mulling to change AI plans to protect creative industries Exclusive: partial climbdown over use of work protected by copyright considered after intense lobbying by top artists Ministers are planning to offer key concessions to their plans to make it easier for artificial intelligence companies to use…

UK ministers mulling to change AI plans to protect creative industries

The Guardian has today joined the creative industries in a nationwide campaign to highlight the risks around content being given away for free to AI firms.

You can read more about how to get involved here: newsmediauk.org/make-it-fair/

As promised, here are the slides I shared with students to convince them to NOT use chatGPT and other artificial stupidity.

TL;DR? AI is evil, unsustainable and stupid, and I'd much rather they use their own brains, make their own mistakes, and actually learn something. 🪄

How AI is affecting the way kids learn to read and write Teachers are increasingly relying on AI to boost their student's reading and writing skills.

Destruction of critical thinking continues apace.

Two Weeks In The Death Spiral Of Cardiff University - Reading Time: 4 minutesBy an anonymous academic. Cover image by Adwitiya Pal On the second day of classes…

Two Weeks In The Death Spiral Of Cardiff University, by an anonymous academic.
This is truly shocking read.
The Cardiff executive board should hang their heads in shame.
voice.cymru/two-weeks-in...

James Ferguson, professor of anthropology and former department chair, dies at 65 James “Jim” Ferguson played a pivotal roles in the department's history and will be remembered for his remarkable character, kindness and contributions to the field.

A huge loss for us all. An important voice on the political economy and power of inequality falls silent.

Das ist katastrophal. Angesichts von Technologien, die so tiefgreifend in gesellschaftliche Verhältnisse und unser Verständnis von Kultur eingreifen wie das derzeit KI tut, bräuchte es im Gegenteil eine Stärkung historisch reflektierter Perspektiven in enger Auseinandersetzung mit den MINT-Fächern

Ich bekam meine Wahluunterlagen gestern per Expresspost und habe sie sofort abgeschickt, aber ich bezweifle sehr, dass diese rechtzeitig in DE ankommen werden. #nothappy

Vom Ernährer zum Fürsorger? Ein Rückblick auf Väter in der zweiten Hälfte des 20. Jahrhunderts Who Cares? Ökonomie und Sorgearbeit in der zweiten Hälfte des 20. Jhd. in der Bundesrepublik · Episode

Vielen Dank @janinefunke.bsky.social für die spannenden Einblicke in die Wissenschaftsvermittlung via Podcasts. Dringende Empfehlung ihr Podcast über die Entwicklung der Care-Arbeit. Denn, Who cares (for the children)? ist schon lange eine heiß debattierte Frage 👉 open.spotify.com/episode/6bvZ...

How about a kinship studies starter pack?

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