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BostonJoan πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆ 🦫

@bostonjoan.bsky.social

I am the founder of The Critical Internet Studies Institute and an Assistant Professor of Journalism and Emerging Media Studies at Boston University www.criticalinternet.org

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Can’t uninvent the πŸ’£, but we can πŸ›‘ KILLER πŸ€– πŸ€– πŸ€–

02.03.2026 01:10 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

First, we organize the evidence and lay out the facts.

Second, we raise public awareness through promotion of these findings.

Third, we look for local interventions into laws or regulations that meaningfully protect the dignity of human life against silicon death rays.

02.03.2026 01:10 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I never thought I’d need to say this, but here we go…

We must pass legislation against autonomous killer robots.

It’s that simple.

Worldwide ban on killer robots.

If you do investigations into this, please link your work #NoKillerRobots to be included in a syllabus on weaponized agentic AI.

02.03.2026 01:10 β€” πŸ‘ 39    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

*Mario voice* here we go!

28.02.2026 18:22 β€” πŸ‘ 4770    πŸ” 589    πŸ’¬ 96    πŸ“Œ 8

babe wake up, they're doing insider trading on war crimes

03.01.2026 20:38 β€” πŸ‘ 16464    πŸ” 5551    πŸ’¬ 216    πŸ“Œ 129
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Jayme Lawson from Sinners hit the nail on the head and said how I felt with the whole BAFTAs situation.

01.03.2026 05:23 β€” πŸ‘ 8506    πŸ” 2905    πŸ’¬ 116    πŸ“Œ 359
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Meta won’t let morality get in the way of a product launch What a great time to add facial recognition to everything!

β€œJust because you are outside of your home doesn’t mean you have consented to having a random bozo collect your face and your name, the latter of which can enable them to search for your digital presence or even home address. The act of existing in public should not carry those risks.”

01.03.2026 14:19 β€” πŸ‘ 749    πŸ” 299    πŸ’¬ 23    πŸ“Œ 26

We are really going to regret the technology we have built.

01.03.2026 14:26 β€” πŸ‘ 1485    πŸ” 204    πŸ’¬ 32    πŸ“Œ 21

Truer words never spoke

01.03.2026 16:37 β€” πŸ‘ 18    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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a group of women standing in front of a sign that says union on it ALT: a group of women standing in front of a sign that says union on it

Let’s goooooo!

01.03.2026 16:35 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Luxury Surveillance β€” Real Life People pay a premium for tracking technologies that get imposed unwillingly on others

This really real dystopia is here. Mobile networked perpetual ambient recording is luxury surveillance. My colleague @hypervisible.blacksky.app is finishing a book on such contradictions between privacy, power, and public space.

Read about this core concept here: reallifemag.com/luxury-surve...

28.02.2026 18:10 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Meta Plans to Add Facial Recognition Technology to Its Smart Glasses

Has anyone thought about remaking the film β€œThey Live,” where the alien-detecting sunglasses are replaced with MetaRayBans?

In this version: The MetaRayBans unmask human beings by instantly identifying anyone by applying facial recognition.

True story: Meta wants to launch this feature IRL soon

28.02.2026 18:10 β€” πŸ‘ 16    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 1

NO KILLER ROBOTS

NO KILLER ROBOTS

NO KILLER ROBOTS

NO KILLER ROBOTS

NO KILLER ROBOTS

NO KILLER ROBOTS

NO KILLER ROBOTS

NO KILLER ROBOTS

28.02.2026 15:09 β€” πŸ‘ 28    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It’s 2am and I’m reading about killer robots.

I’m going to be ready for it.

Pull the plug.

28.02.2026 06:56 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

More: we need to be the author of and first signatory on the worldwide no-autonomous-weapons treaty.

28.02.2026 05:56 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Das Anthropic Verbot hat nichts mit nationaler Sicherheit zu tun, im Gegenteil.

Unternehmen sollten solche Entscheidungen nicht treffen!

Der Kongress muss den Einsatz von KI in autonomen Waffensystemen und zur Überwachung verbieten.

‼️FΓΌr jede Nation sollte dies hΓΆchste PrioritΓ€t haben‼️

28.02.2026 06:26 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Banning Anthropic from government contracts is not about national security, it’s the opposite.

No business should make that decision in the first place!

CONGRESS must ban AI from being used in autonomous weapons and for domestic surveillance.

This should be a topline issue for every nation.

28.02.2026 05:29 β€” πŸ‘ 103    πŸ” 25    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 1

It looks like they took down the original post.

27.02.2026 03:51 β€” πŸ‘ 39    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
CUNYΒ BaruchΒ College Hosts Black History Month Edit-a-Thons – CUNY Newmark Wikimedian-in-Residence

CUNY history is NYC history! CUNY SEEK Program is featured in a new Wikipedia article, thanks to @baruch.cuny.edu Black History Month Edit-a-Thons w/ @CUNYedu @wikimedianyc.bsky.social @craignewmark.bsky.social #WikipedianInResidence – more at: tinyurl.com/58zzz9fmΒ #CUNYpediaFocusArticle

27.02.2026 18:42 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Alex Jones: β€œHow do you think the British Empire took over India? It was anthropology, it was sociology.”

He’s not wrong, per se… 😬

27.02.2026 17:21 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Handbasket 100% independent journalism by Marisa Kabas

Now that CNN and WBD are set to become state media in a sale to Paramount/Oracle/TikTok, it is especially important to support independent media.

Off the top of my head:

www.thehandbasket.co
404media.co
www.garbageday.email

Add your favorites in the replies. Fuck state-backed media monopolies.

26.02.2026 23:46 β€” πŸ‘ 9568    πŸ” 3148    πŸ’¬ 525    πŸ“Œ 116
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The High-Stakes Fight Between Hegseth and Anthropic Even when companies vow to develop AI responsibly, geopolitics may force them to abandon that commitment.

Even when companies vow to develop AI responsibly, geopolitics may force them to abandon that commitment, Idrees Kahloon writes.

26.02.2026 23:15 β€” πŸ‘ 46    πŸ” 15    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

There should be a global ban on fully autonomous weapons.

26.02.2026 23:02 β€” πŸ‘ 25    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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This is my whole career actually :

26.02.2026 06:05 β€” πŸ‘ 1796    πŸ” 231    πŸ’¬ 29    πŸ“Œ 0
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Democrats and activists opposed to Donald Trump held a counter-event as the president delivered his State of the Union address. Among the speakers, actor Robert De Niro said he felt 'betrayed' by his ... TikTok video by Reuters

This is what happened to that Taxi Driver www.tiktok.com/t/ZThsjFXLu/

26.02.2026 05:26 β€” πŸ‘ 102    πŸ” 25    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Who is doing the photo bombing here?

26.02.2026 03:49 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Pink slop? Too soon?

25.02.2026 20:46 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This is the least that should happen.

25.02.2026 20:46 β€” πŸ‘ 20    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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Kristi Noem Repeatedly Claimed ICE Deported a Cannibal. It Was β€œCompletely Made Up.” Law enforcement sources told The Intercept that Noem’s tale about a cannibal was a fabrication.

β€œThe false story about a supposed cannibal shows that a willingness to deceive the American public began long before Minneapolis."

25.02.2026 20:31 β€” πŸ‘ 64    πŸ” 25    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 1

shame is back on the menu boys

25.02.2026 17:27 β€” πŸ‘ 4151    πŸ” 577    πŸ’¬ 109    πŸ“Œ 13