Mastodawn

S.E.MacRae Apr 11, 2024

Mar Hicks Apr 11, 2024

Online Conference➡️
Rethinking the Inevitability of AI: The Environmental and Social Impacts of Computing in Historical Context

April 22, 2024: 300-500 word paper proposals due

July 18, 2024: Date of online conference

https://uva.theopenscholar.com/rethinking-the-inevitability-of-ai/

Rethinking the Inevitability of AI

S.E.MacRae Aug 8, 2023

tante Aug 8, 2023

We've always had gender ideology.
(Title: The Time Before Gender Ideology) https://leftycartoons.com/2023/08/03/the-time-before-gender-ideology/

The Time Before Gender Ideology

Another collaboration with Becky Hawkins! TRANSCRIPT OF CARTOON This cartoon has four panels, each showing a different scene. PANEL 1 Three children are playing on the carpeted floor; behind them w…

Lefty Cartoons

S.E.MacRae Jul 18, 2023

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Ben Waber Jun 14, 2023

Next was an absolute banger by @safiyanoble on how #algorithms can perpetuate and reinforce systemic inequalities at the #UBC School of Public Policy and Global Affairs. Noble is always a must-watch, and this talk is no exception, absolutely eviscerating the cavalier attitude of much of tech development and so much more. Highly recommend https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sbsu_xMiUK4 (8/9) #AI #AIEthics

UBC Phil Lind Initiative 2023 Presents: Dr. Safiya Noble

YouTube

S.E.MacRae Jul 11, 2023

Frank Pasquale Jul 10, 2023

“The internet we inhabit isn’t so much made for us as it is made for us to operate in. We are mice in the maze, constantly having objects put in our way or removed to see how we’ll react, or whether we’ll do the thing that someone else wants us to do.”
https://wheresyoured.at/p/the-internet-is-already-broken

The Internet Is Already Broken

My personal inbox, as it stands, is largely useless. Of the 100 emails I can see at a glance, two of them are things I asked for — changes to a profile, an order receipt – and the rest are adverts from companies that I have absolutely unsubscribed from.

Ed Zitron's Where's Your Ed At

S.E.MacRae Jul 2, 2023

Will Jennings Jul 2, 2023

Elon Musk liked to talk about Twitter as a town square but really it was a global informational commons, and by ruining its reliability and trustworthiness he has destroyed it.

S.E.MacRae Jul 1, 2023

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Rod Hilton Jul 1, 2023

Imagine how stupid you have to be to take your web site which traffics in popular posts driving engagement, and disincentivize 99% of your users from loading the most popular posts with the most interest around them because it will eat their daily allotment of reads if they do.

S.E.MacRae Jun 6, 2023

Johan Farkas Jun 6, 2023

Big news: After successfully defending my PhD thesis, I started today as a postdoc at the University of Copenhagen. I will be part of the project 'Tell Me the Truth: Fact-Checkers in an Age of Epistemic Instability,' led by Associate Professor Mette Bengtsson.

S.E.MacRae May 23, 2023

@huwcdavies and I quoted, and our paper referenced, by Nesrine Malik in her column this week here https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/may/21/tories-opposition-danger-national-conservatism-conference-rightwing

Don’t celebrate the prospect of the Tories in opposition – that’s the real danger zone

The NatCon conference showed how a rightwing network is spreading toxic ideology – away from government, it will only escalate, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik

The Guardian

S.E.MacRae May 15, 2023

So happy to say the War on Woke paper I worked on with @huwcdavies is published online today! It's open access and we'd love to know what you think https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/03063968231164905

S.E.MacRae May 14, 2023

claudiakincaid May 14, 2023

No music or joy allowed. Lol.
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/may/14/musician-forced-london-flat-fiona-fey-mediaeval-babes-noise-abatement?CMP=fb_gu&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook&fbclid=IwAR281pncwxoVy92EgtC39Z1_Cg-iJV_mRM0jL8nJCotZoWinFPblLK-DRvA#Echobox=1684051379

‘I felt so betrayed’: classical musician forced out of London flat after noise complaints

Fiona Fey, of popular choir Mediaeval Baebes, says her livelihood was threatened by noise abatement order

The Guardian