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juliachan.bsky.social
Assistant Professor in the Department of Communication, Media, and Film at University of Calgary.
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There’s a parallel track of tech barons becoming more comfortable w/being openly fascist while their companies push devices that are more and more invasive, and I don’t think it ends with people happily installing these things in their homes, and wearing them on their faces.

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“…hope is not a guarantee of success, but the insistence that working for justice is meaningful in and of itself.”

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OpenAI furious DeepSeek might have stolen all the data OpenAI stole from us 🔗 www.404media.co/openai-furio...

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“The already formidable environmental toll of generative AI is even worse than it seems because businesses aren't being transparent about the emissions given off by their enormous new AI datacenters.” futurism.com/the-byte/not...

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Anyone else finding it next to impossible to concentrate on anything for more than 10 seconds right now?

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If you have an idea related to tech/culture/enviro that you want to share -- consider writing a 1500-word piece for Heliotrope: www.heliotropejournal.net

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2024 year in review! We were very proud of this issue. Many thanks to the journal’s team, and especially to @torinmonahan.bsky.social for much support, patience, and guidance through the process!

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A first-of-its-kind study highlights the stark gender disparity in AI-generated nonconsensual intimate images — and puts into focus the evolving risks for women in politics and public life. 19thnews.org/2024/12/ai-s...

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We're looking for new Associate Editors to join the Network & Editorial Board of @survstudiesnet.bsky.social / Surveillance & Society. Could one of them be you?

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Support for at-risk researchers: 60 fully-funded fellowships (up to 24 months) for doctoral and postdoctoral researchers of any non-EU nationality to work at a research institution in the EU.

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