Normalize laughing derisively in men's faces when they deserve it.
Normalize laughing derisively in men's faces when they deserve it.
De Amerikaanse overheid heeft Google, Meta en andere techbedrijven honderden dagvaardingen gestuurd om informatie te krijgen over gebruikers van socialemedia-accounts die immigratiepolitie ICE volgen en bekritiseren. Dat schrijft The New York Times.
De #genocide in #Palestina gaat verder. Een dossier van MO*. www.mo.be/dossiers/de-...
β β β the index finger is a pointing gesture to be found in manuscript and print traditions. It was used to draw the reader's attention to a certain part of a text or image. This slow-moving thread highlight a few of them:
The technologies are creating a world that can be monitored at times, places and scales that were previously unimaginable. We are moving towards the βfully automated monitoring of ecological communitiesβ www.nature.com/articles/d41...
In dozens of interviews, sociologist, UX researcher, and interaction designer Diana Enriquez finds middle managers forced to "feign AI success" in a weak job marketβfor instance, pretending error-free drafts came from AI tools that actually failed.
Wordt 2026 het jaar waarin we allemaal wakker worden in de natte droom van Elon Musks trollenleger?
column Tim Christiaens, docent economische ethiek aan Tilburg University
lees het volledige artikel op www.sampol.be/2026/01/ai-g...
It's genuinely a leaderless (or leaderful) movement, decentralized in a way that the state is absolutely unequipped to handle. There are a few basic skills involved, and so people teach each other those skills, and people are collectively refining them.
One thing that now even the most hopeful have to admit, is that the unctuous European tactic of flattering, praising, massaging Trump has been a catastrophic failure and made things worse.
what a shocking turn of events
who couldβve seen this coming
Heel interessant stuk over de rol van wetenschappers en experten in het publiek debat - zowel de rol die ze daarin zelf opnemen als die hen door anderen (journalisten, het publiek) wordt toegedicht.
www.standaard.be/opinies/de-p...
Closing out my year with a journal editor shocker π§΅
Checking new manuscripts today I reviewed a paper attributing 2 papers to me I did not write. A daft thing for an author to do of course. But intrigued I web searched up one of the titles and that's when it got real weird...
this is how you do investigative journalism
oh lord.... everyday feels like another black mirror episode
Wtf. Where is this from?
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"To most NYC voters, Mamdani is known for his smile, his charisma, and his wish to make the city a more affordable place."
WSJ: ran >50 editorials & op-eds attacking him.
NYT: We do not believe that Mr. Mamdani deserves a spot on New Yorkersβ ballots.
WaPo: Zohran Mamdaniβs success is a warning.
It is a low bar possibly, but seeing a politician win, especially a significant win, by galvanising disenfranchised voters on a platform of unity, compassion and hope, a platform which supported marginalised groups such as migrants and trans/non-binary individuals, feels pretty important right now.
Nederlandse peilingen zaten er weer behoorlijk naast. En toch gaat men volgende keer weer heel dat peilingcircus opvoeren.
When people learn with ChatGPT instead of following their own searches, they end up knowing less, caring less, and producing worse advice, even when the facts are the same.
Friction is an essential ingredient for learning! Convenience makes us shallow.
academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/ar...
βThe conviction that generative AI is inevitable leads to it creeping in everywhere, and this eventually makes it seem inevitable. Itβs a self-fulfilling prophecy. But thereβs nothing inevitable about it. Whatβs happening is the result of specific choices.β - Wim Vanrie
So important to remember.
The Organization journal editorial on Palestine is out.
It's entitled: Facing the facts of the Gaza genocide: Refusing complicity, organizing solidarity
You can read the full text here:
journals.sagepub.com/eprint/4XRGF...
#NoKings Miami!
oh my god !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! life goals
or in research.... There was an excellent essay on this in the @scholarlyletter.bsky.social: thescholarlyletter.scholar-square.com/p/the-tech-b...
Kijk, journalistiek!
Voor het Tijdschrift voor HRM schreef ik een column over de backlash tegen EDI in organisaties. En over waarom organisaties die het echt menen met EDI nu hun nek moeten uitsteken en niet mogen plooien onder druk van anti-EDI politici en opiniemakers
tijdschriftvoorhrm.nl/edi-onder-vu...