An important, powerful paper by @oliviamason.bsky.social on #precarity in academia: "the experiences of what it means to enter, get a job in, and then stay in the neoliberal academy are defining mine and others' experiences of being an academic."
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Assistant Professor of Sociology with a focus on “Communication and Sociological Theory" (100%, tenure track)
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Mar Hicks
Mohamsson, liberal, tycker vi kan avvakta med klimatåtgärder tills kärnkraftverk är på plats…
Jag tror ett problem med AI är att ”artificiell intelligens” låter som en bra grej.
Men om vi byter namn till artificiell HITLER, då är det inte lika kul längre va???
gillian rose
Concordia U is hosting this event — we’re going to make it into an episode of The Data Fix.
I think that anyone can register and attend online or in person:
I met with AI data labelers in Kenya who are organizing their colleagues to fight the brutal working conditions and horrible pay given to the workers at the "bottom of the AI supply chain." They believe the NDAs they've signed are unenforceable so are speaking out:
www.404media.co/ai-is-africa...
Häromdagen skrev Bengt Ohlsson att han hade slutat "kallsvettas" inför Sverigedemokraterna – och det är helt enligt planen. Vissa ska kunna leva normalt, jobba på och sova lugnt – andra ska leva i skräck.
www.dn.se/kultur/krist...
Sophie Mützel
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Precarity is shaping what it means to do geography, who can do geographical research, and how we do geographical research. In this short intervention I reflect personally on the relationship between ...