fascinating deep dive (😎) into the system of subsea cables and oil pipeline infrastructure, with its history and connotations. Part of the @globalvoices.org Big Tech and Authoritarianism Spotlight!
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ana valdivia
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DPhil Programme Director and Lecturer at the OII (University of Oxford) | Author of "The Ecologies of Algorithmic Machines" (2027) | Editor at Big Data & Society | Investigating algorithmic and environmental accountability of LLMs
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@openrightsgroup.orgReposted by @anavaldi.bsky.social🚨 BREAKING 🚨 ORG has carried out a 6-month investigation into AI use in the UK asylum system. We've found high error rates and claimants unaware that AI is being used. This could have catastrophic consequences for people whose future is in the hands of Home Office decision-making. Read more ⬇️
@openrightsgroup.orgReposted by @anavaldi.bsky.socialAsylum claimants continue not to be told when AI is used to summarise their case and country information. This is despite our legal opinion from March concluding that this lack of transparency would mean that the use of AI in asylum decision-making is likely to be unlawful. Find out more ⬇️
@frederikthieme.bsky.socialReposted by @anavaldi.bsky.socialWhy do green parties struggle electorally despite widespread support for climate action? My new (first 😱) paper explores why green parties remain uniquely challenged in economic crisis & that the mechanism is not only about sociotropic concerns, but also voters’ pocketbooks 🧵
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@nataliegreenpeer.bsky.socialReposted by @anavaldi.bsky.socialMicroplastics have been found in human placentas, Antarctica and clouds. The planetary boundary we've smashed through the hardest - novel entities. Plastics, pills and pesticides, we've been poisoning the planet and ourselves with a cocktail of synthetic chemicals for decades.
@benjaminjriley.bsky.socialReposted by @anavaldi.bsky.socialI'm very grateful to @aliciastoller.bsky.social for her guest essay this week on reclaiming education. "Love for the world as it is, and as it could be. Our schools, all of our schools, must reclaim and redeem this humane possibility."
@smcgrath.phdReposted by @anavaldi.bsky.socialarXiv Is Rate Limiting Submissions Because It Can’t Keep up With AI Slop
@anavaldi.bsky.socialYou have an opportunity to watch "Ghost in the Machine" in Oxford (UK).
Tuesday 20 October, 2026 at 6pm.
@joysuperstar01.bsky.socialReposted by @anavaldi.bsky.socialI am forever a student of history (REAL history, not made-up history), & this documentary connected a lot of dots for me.
This is a MUST WATCH to not only understand the encroachment of AI evils, the mindset, & also about the history of race pseudo-science bullshit.
HIGHLY RECOMMEND.
#sheshed
@allouryesterdays.bsky.socialReposted by @anavaldi.bsky.socialVol. 3, no. 2 of CO2 Newsletter, is now downloadable. Founded by American geologist William Barbat, each was 8 pages of excerpts from recent reports, editorials & deeply-researched articles.
“Accelerating sea level rise is attributed to climate change”
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@dougparr.bsky.socialReposted by @anavaldi.bsky.socialLatest announcement from Tory shadow chancellor strongly suggests a party stuck in an idealogical rut, unable to learn
1. Scrapping regulations on low carbon home building - was done in 2015 by Tory govt, ended up costing UK many ££ billions in fuel & retrofit
@oii.ox.ac.ukReposted by @anavaldi.bsky.socialGhost in the Machine, Valerie Veatch's documentary on the history of AI, comes to Oxford's Ultimate Picture Palace on 22 October. The OII's Dr @anavaldi.bsky.social, who features in the film, joins Valerie for a Q&A after the screening. Screening 6pm, Q&A 8:30pm.
@older.bsky.socialReposted by @anavaldi.bsky.socialKicking off the @globalvoices.org October Spotlight on Big Tech and Authoritarianism with this insightful reporting about how the extractive, neo-colonial aspects of data centers, cloud computing, and "AI" play out through China's new computing hubs in Xinjiang.
@yoehanee.bsky.socialReposted by @anavaldi.bsky.socialUpdate: My article "Tech oligarchy meets developmental state" is now officially assigned to Vol. 35, Issue 3 of Science as Culture: Tech Oligarchy Forum - Part 1 (pp. 398-413)!
Grab free full-text access via my ePrint link (first 50 downloads):
www.tandfonline.com/eprint/GD9NQ...
@oii.ox.ac.ukReposted by @anavaldi.bsky.socialDr Valdivia highlights that alternatives such as chip-level cooling and renewable energy remain at an early stage, while many governments still lack specific legal frameworks to regulate the industry.
@oii.ox.ac.ukReposted by @anavaldi.bsky.socialAs AI fuels a rapid global expansion of data centres, the OII's Dr Ana Valdivia published commentary in Cell Reports Sustainability to discuss how data centres can be built and operated sustainably across environmental, technological & social dimensions.
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@elinorcarmi.bsky.socialReposted by @anavaldi.bsky.social🤩 I had an amazing time yesterday giving my keynote "Leaving Dark Patterns Behind: Moving Toward Bright Patterns" at the #HCID2026 conference "Rage against the machines" yesterday at City St. George's 👩💻 .
Loved so many talks at conference but the highlights were ->
@cara.cityReposted by @anavaldi.bsky.socialguys please stop falling for this, this is not “rogue AI” it’s “environments with lax cybersecurity controls”
@faineg.comReposted by @anavaldi.bsky.socialThere is also worrisome evidence that Effective Altruism's pivot from a core focus on "distributing bed nets to help poor people survive malaria" to a core focus on "funding think-tanks dedicated to worrying about if AI will kill us all" might have been a planned bait-and-switch from the start: