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I’m sitting behind Krishnan Gurumurthy at the #GreenParty local election launch. In 2022 we had almost no press. Now we have everyone from Novara media to the Daily Mail.
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Talia Hussain
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mastodon 4.7.2PhD in problems, markets, and design for regenerative, inclusive, better outcomes in complex systems.
Elected Green Councillor for Highbury, Islington.
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Controversial opinion: if you're a white European man, with a full-time academic job, in a famous institution, winning awards from wealthy organisations, getting an all expenses paid trip to give a conference keynote, then you are ill-equipped to speak about "[discipline] from the margins".
I’ve just read 25 student essays, the vast majority of them extruded from ChatGPT. So depressing. I copy paste and tweak the feedback. What a waste of everyone’s time. #AI
Off to go door knocking with Hannah Spencer. Today's local election work for the #GreenParty
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@kirakira they must have stopped removing the bad internet, it seems that's 99% of it now
Putting two (el Nino) and two (AI bubble) and two (this article about all the capital pushing insurance prices down https://www.ft.com/content/3cae57bd-c2d8-4ed5-87a8-644a27c86d93?syn-25a6b1a6=1) together… it looks like it may be adding up to a horrific hurricane season precipitating a massive financial meltdown.
I want to be wrong. We’ll see.
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@cstross@wandering.shop My partner wrote something into a screenplay, which I then got to see on the big screen.
A laminated poster on a street lamp in my street had, over months, become sodden via the two holes punched for the zip tie. It filled up like a water balloon.
In the film, a character punches a small hole in a water-filled missing person poster, to drain it. It takes a second, and shows the length of time passed since the person disappeared.
Frequently I see academics describing themselves in their public profiles as "activists". I'm not sure what they think this means. In my experience, being an 'activist' puts you in conflict with exactly the kinds of institutions that employ academics. I do not advertise my activism on my CV etc. Should I though?
I'm curious about academics who do advertise their activism, and what that activism entails. Please share thoughts if this is you
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@adamgreenfield it is hard to continue believing in people's better nature when so many are determined to prove they don't have one.
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@nic@toot.wales god forbid the BBC might actually report on what’s actually happening! I suppose there is some limit to how much they feel able to distort reality
after 20 years, the key for my bike lock has broken off... in the lock.
I have a spare, so now going to try to remove the key end with some combination of blu tac, super glue, needle nosed pliers and toothpicks.
Hooray.
@katemorley@hachyderm.io
Indeed, focusing people's attention on a problem you are exacerbating with your policies is not a winning strategy.
It's incredible how bad they are at this.
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@eric@social.coop @markhburton@mstdn.social I can’t imagine skating on ice that thin 😵💫
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@susankayequinn this is very much on my to read pile. I suppose saying I’m looking forward to it is not quite right. But I am.
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@cstross@wandering.shop my household is planning a pilgrimage to see this festive wonder in person
Maybe we need some Mastodon merch, like a nice "AI people tears" mug
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@ghost_shit@aus.social I'm looking forward to discussing my activities with local police. The bike is locked up on the busiest intersection in the borough, across from a tube station. Hooray.
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@tellington @stavvers I was just wondering how unhinged it would get if you did a chain of interpretations, image to text to image to text to image... or would things rapidly converge to some bland and anodyne single image-description pattern?
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@cstross@wandering.shop a stretch, really? You’ve fleshed it out pretty nicely I think.
Petty personal conflict ends up at the heart of British political life, blowing up relations with Europe… tale as old as time I suppose
history rhymes. this passage from Dalrymple's history of the East India Company is about Britain in 1599 and the excised word is 'religion', but you could easily be talking about #Brexit today.
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@_elena@mastodon.social @samvie@chaos.social government is not “funded by taxpayers money”, too bad you’re spreading this pernicious myth with an otherwise good argument
Better to say “public money” which would be correct and accurate.
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@cstross@wandering.shop ah, a classic catch-22: speak out against AI and you're out of a job. Use AI and it becomes clear that you and your job are not needed at all.
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@jodmentum@apobangpo.space @sundogplanets@mastodon.social and yet, I still think sending all the data centres to space is a very good idea that we should implement immediately
I've set an alert for a used/out of print book and every time I get a notification the price has gone up. Now £250. Sigh.
#books
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@snippet@fe.disroot.org I agree with that basic thesis. But what i see in my area is people adopting the word ‘activist’ as a means to advancing their own position within the institution, or worse institutions adopting it as a ‘brand strategy’.
I’m curious about how people see themselves as ‘activists’ and what they think this work entails on a practical level.
One museum lease I met said that ‘activism’ was _commissioning_ work from non-euro American artists (instead of just plundering it)
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@danirabbit@mastodon.online I heard about a woman who’s vegan but eats cheese socially. I have a similar approach, veggie at home but burgers allowed if I’m eating out
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@helenczerski hi Helen. I'm glad the BBC is covering this topic, but don't you think you might have convened a more diverse panel? The vast majority of the people working in the fashion industry are not white (3/3 of your panel) and are not CEOs (2/3).
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@adamgreenfield not disagreeing with you, but note that this is a difficult / complicated position for a self-described anarchist to take.
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@markhburton@mstdn.social @eric@social.coop @jks@kolektiva.social well, I know that you’re doing more than just promoting yourself as an ‘activist’ on Linked in
Thoughts on this other type? It seems just a fashionable label that people want to adopt
I spoke to one who I swear to god explained their use of the word ‘activist’ with the phrase ‘brand strategy report’
Two of the establishments in this article are within spitting distance of my home, and frankly they are both overrated.