Payal Parekh

‘In the end, you feel blank’: India’s female workers watching hours of abusive content to train AI Women in rural communities describe trauma of moderating violent and pornographic content for global tech companies

Who trains AI content moderation by viewing hours of images & videos of violence, harm & abuse, often suffering psychological numbing?

Dalit & Adivasi women in rural India as reported by @anujbehal.bsky.social

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Leute mit verschiedenen Hintergründen draussen auf zwei Tische sitzen und spielen.

Oft bin ich die einzige Migrantin bei Freizeitaktivitäten.

Deshalb veranstalte ich einen interaktiven Workshop über Inklusion & Freizeit im Rahmen der Aktionswoche gegen Rassismus in Bern.

🎯 Ziel: Lernen, wie Freizeitangebote antirassistisch & divers gestalten werden kann.

Sei dabei!

und warum ich zum Zahnarztgehe, wenn ich zu Hause in Indien bin 😀

Stop Swiss Complicity in Genocide Premiers soutiens - Erste Unterstützer·innen -  Primi sostenitori • Jean-Daniel Vigny Ancien resp. politique droits humains au DFAE Ehem. Verantwortlicher für Menschenrechtspolitik im EDA Ex resp...

‼️ 25 lawyers are pressing charges against Swiss Federal Councillor Ignazio Cassis for complicity in genocide in Gaza at the International Criminal Court.

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Wer hat gestern #Tatort geschaut?

Hast du auch den Hipster-Prepper gruselig empfunden?

Schau doch diesen Workshop, den ich mit Jayda Sauseng von Humus entwickelte: «Solidarität im Angesicht von Klimakatastrophen» skills4crisis.org

Workshop Concept Solidarity in the Face of Climate Disasters: Mutual aid as an antidote From the experiences and content of the online and offline Workshop, we produced a Workshop Concept to share with you and your groups. It contains methods and proposals for timeslots and breaks.

Wer hat gestern #Tatort geschaut?

Hast du auch den Hipster-Prepper gruselig empfunden?

Schau doch diesen Workshop, den ich mit Jayda Sauseng von Humus entwickelte: «Solidarität im Angesicht von Klimakatastrophen»

skills4crisis.org/resource/wor...

Der Fokus vieler liegt auf #COP30. Meiner ist auf dem alltäglichen #Rassismus & #Sexismus

«da du braun & Frau bist, haben wir genügend Diversität»
«es gibt keine Frauen in diesem Bereich»
«jetzt wird Frau-Chefin politische Korrektheit verlangen»

Beeinflusst Letzteres das Ergebnis von Ersterem?

We can’t trust the billionaires of Davos to solve a climate crisis they created | Payal Parekh It’s time to turn away from the World Economic Forum and its mass-polluting ‘affiliates’, says climate activist Payal Parekh

some of us wrote about this ages ago, www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Collapse Camp or not? My reflections on the Kollapscamp that took place in Germany from 28–31 August 2025

I took part in the first ever collapse camp in Germany at the end of August. Read my reflections, if you're interested!

Thanks to @scully78.bsky.social , @tadziomueller.bsky.social , @squirrelista.bsky.social & many others who put in countless hours to make it happen!

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Kollapscamp oder nicht? Meine Gedanken zum Kollapscamp, das vom 28. bis 31. August 2025 in Deutschland stattfand

Ende August nahm ich am 1. Kollapscamp teil. Meine Gedanken dazu könnt ihr lesen!

Danke an @scully78.bsky.social , @tadziomueller.bsky.social , @squirrelista.bsky.social & alle anderen, die zahllose Stunden investieren, um das Camp eine Realität zu machen!

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Morgen in Zürich, ein Podium zu Solidarisch durch den Kollaps mit @tadziomueller.bsky.social , Psychologists for Future und Empathiestadt moderiert von dem hervorragenden @maxrud.bsky.social

This online workshop will discuss how a shift towards mutual aid, cooperative networks for collective action to meet the needs of a community for common benefit, could be indispensable for withstanding climate disasters justly.

Register at skills4crisis.org/workshop/ext...

It's good to try, even symbolically. But it is also true that the amount they are carrying on board is a drop in the bucket and so much of the focus is on "brave" (mostly) Europeans, some with celebrity status; it's like an action film.

Middle East Eye on X: "'Children had bits of their arms and legs blown off. As if somebody had specifically blown them up, as if they were the target of that bomb.' Dr. Victoria Rose, a British surgeon who just returned from Gaza, recalls her 3.5 weeks treating patients amid non-stop Israeli bombings https://t.co/ZPZU9FnTl2" / X 'Children had bits of their arms and legs blown off. As if somebody had specifically blown them up, as if they were the target of that bomb.' Dr. Victoria Rose, a British surgeon who just returned from Gaza, recalls her 3.5 weeks treating patients amid non-stop Israeli bombings https://t.co/ZPZU9FnTl2

Report from British plastic surgeon Dr. Victoria Rose on what she observed in Gaza -

Children as young as 6-7 being cleay targeted, starving of the population and increasingly desperate situation eating away at resilience of Palestinians

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Guten Morgen Zürich! Falls ihr @tadziomueller.bsky.social im April verpasst hat, ist er auf einem Podium zu Solidarisch durch den Kollaps am 20. Juni in Zürich zu sehen!

✏️ Tragt den Termin in eure Agenda ein!

@lorz.bsky.social @bluelle.bsky.social @astiro.bsky.social @oliclassen.bsky.social @danielstern.bsky.social @klimastreik.bsky.social @edwinmoser.bsky.social @samluethi.bsky.social

Grossartiges Podium mit @tadziomueller.bsky.social, Teresa Dawson v. Psych. for Future und Lara Hunziker von Empathie Stadt am 20. Juni in Züri, moderiert von
@maxrud.bsky.social

Erfahrt wie die Akzeptanz des Klimakollapses nicht zur Resignation führt, sondern neue Kraft zum Handeln freisetzt!

Conclusions from Al’s presentation: • Iron limitation will not make a significant contribution to ocean carbon dioxide removal, even if tech challenges to scalability are dealt with • ~4 years of emissions assuming the most optimal (impossible to achieve) scenario • The similarity of the 'fingerprint' of OlF on ocean biogeochemistry to climate change will make MRV very difficult • Negative impacts on fisheries will compound climate effects and may emerge after 15-20 years after initiation of OlF • Hampering our ability to reverse course or cease 🌊

@altagliabue.bsky.social making a presentation at @ucl.ac.uk telling us that ocean iron fertilization won’t do jack for climate and will further harm fisheries.

Yet, it’s the marine CO₂ removal (mCDR) method that has sold the most credits so far. 🤷🏻‍♂️

What if the right of Kashmiris to self-determination was respected?

Seems like a much better way to create peace and security than tit for tat with Pakistan...

What if the right of Kasmiris to self-determination was respected?

Seems like a much better way to create peace and security than tit for tat with Pakistan...

This Thursday - an all-star cast of global anthropologists in Bern!

For those far away, a recording of the evening will be made available.

This doesn't happen often - a chance to hear from an all-star cast of global South anthropologists in BERN!!

They'll speak about how communities on the margin resist & develop alternatives. The role, responsibility & identity of researchers will also be discussed.

8 May, 19:00
Living Room

What is the antidote to the climate catastrophe? Experimentation, courage & creativity. More of the same won't cut it.

It was refreshing and an honour to speak to fellow travellers Guy Ritani and @itslouisvi.bsky.social about all this & more

Thanks to @juliesbicycle.bsky.social for organising!

I used a Kinesis keyboard during my Phd. and Post-doc. Was great for coding and writing!

If you want to hear about the recent Pahalgam attack in Kashmir from critical voices, join this online panel.

Sign up for free: tiny.cc/kashmirsolid...

This Saturday, 3 May at 15:00 CEST/18:30 IST

This doesn't happen often - a chance to hear from an all-star cast of global South anthropologists in BERN!!

They'll speak about how communities on the margin resist & develop alternatives. The role, responsibility & identity of researchers will also be discussed.

8 May, 19:00
Living Room

FRN: Lesung "Zwischen friedlicher Sabotage & Kollaps. Wie ich lernte die Zukunft wieder zu lieben" von Tadzio Müller Wie kann oder soll es weitergehen mit der Klimabewegung? Was gibt noch Hoffnung in Zeiten der absoluten Verzweiflung angesichts des Weltgeschehens? Damit unter anderem setzt sich der langjährige Klima...

Falls du @tadziomueller.bsky.social in der CH verpasste, höre doch die Aufnahme aus Basel!

Danke @klimainfo-lora.bsky.social!

Tadzio ist wieder im Lande am 20.06. um 19:00 in Züri, Karl der Grosse- er spricht auf einem Podium mit Empathiestadt & Psych. for Future

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This is potentially very important. There are some obvious follow-ups that could tighten the argument but the basic conclusion that emitters of CO2 (direct or indirect, scope 1 or scope 3) can be linked (proportionately) to damages seems clear.

exactly!

Buchrezension: «The Deluge» von Stephen Markley Obwohl ich mich seit über 25 Jahren mit dem Klima befasse, erst als Wissenschaftlerin, später als Campaignerin, erlebte ich nie eine tiefe…

Ich habe mich intensiv mit @tadziomueller.bsky.social, über Kollaps ausgetauscht. Obwohl unsere Meinungen nicht gleich sind, waren die Gespräche sehr bereichernd.

Lese meine Rezension zur Klimafiktion, The Deluge von Stephen Markley, um mein Blick auf Klimaschutz und Kollaps zu verstehen.