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Sarah T Roberts, PhD @ubiquity75.xyz · 11d

The UC system and individual campuses have been capitulating to the feds. The only ones holding the line are faculty.

timesofsandiego.com/education/20...

Faculty says UC releasing personal information to federal investigators

The association is requesting transparency around the release of personal information that was reportedly shared with the federal government.

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Casilli @casilli.bsky.social · 16d

My book Waiting for Robots: The Hired Hands of Automation (University of Chicago Press) was named Book of the Day by the New York Public Library. Check it out—before the trumpites finds some excuse to ban it as ‘antifa’ or whatever.

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Casilli @casilli.bsky.social · 17d

Il nostro documentario “In the Belly of AI” continua il suo tour dei festival italiani. Dopo Bologna (INDL-8), Modena (finalista DIG Awards), Piacenza (Festival del Pensare Contemporaneo), appuntamento il 1 ottobre alle 21.00, a Torino per il controfestival Italian Tech Resistance.

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Joanna Bronowicka @bixbit.bsky.social · 27d

Is the #PlatformWorkDirective a blunt tool for women? Together with Eva Kocher @cillas.bsky.social, I show how ignoring gendered experiences in care & platform work risks leaving protection gaps. New in European Labour Law Journal: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

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Casilli @casilli.bsky.social · 28d

Dernièrement, trop de discussions sur le "bien-être de l'IA" (si vous le suivez vous savez ce que j'en pense🤮).
Pour contrecarrer ce délire, venez à notre séminaire DiPLab sur le ^bien-être des travailleurs^ des plateforme de data work!
📌Paris 26.9.25, 15h
Inscription ici👉 diplab.eu/diplab-semin...

DiPLab seminar welcomes Tim Christiaens, Francesca Ciulli and Ivana Vranjes for this academic year kick off session (Fri. 26 September 2025, 3:00 PM CET)

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Matthieu Dugal @matthieudugal.bsky.social · 28d

Le chercheur @casilli.bsky.social révèle un (autre) angle mort des chantres du «tout-à-l'IA»: on sait que nos algos ne seraient rien sans les millions de travailleurs du clic, exploités dans l'indifférence générale. Le nouveau dada de la Silicon Valley? «Pourquoi ne pas donner des droits aux algos?»

The Rank Hypocrisy of “AI Welfare”: How Silicon Valley Wants to Grant Rights to Machines, but Not to Workers | Antonio A. Casilli

It appears that we have all become the targets of a propaganda campaign lately. Not war criminal governments’ interference, nor far-right parties’ agitprop—though there is plenty of that. I’m talking ...

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Hubert Guillaud @hubertguillaud.bsky.social · 29d

"Comment la Silicon Valley veut accorder des droits aux machines, mais pas aux travailleurs" @casilli.bsky.social - "C'est comme si Nike voulait accorder des droits à ses baskets plutôt qu'aux travailleurs de ses ateliers clandestins !" www.casilli.fr/2025/09/15/t...

The Rank Hypocrisy of “AI Welfare”: How Silicon Valley Wants to Grant Rights to Machines, but Not to Workers | Antonio A. Casilli

It appears that we have all become the targets of a propaganda campaign lately. Not war criminal governments’ interference, nor far-right parties’ agitprop—though there is plenty of that. I’m talking ...

www.casilli.fr

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Casilli @casilli.bsky.social · 29d

Would you listen if Nike told you to disregard the rights of sweatshop workers and instead focus on the rights of sneakers? Then why listen to Big Tech pundits raving about ‘model welfare’ and ‘unions for AI,’ while ignoring labor welfare and crushing worker unions? www.casilli.fr/2025/09/15/t...

The Rank Hypocrisy of “AI Welfare”: How Silicon Valley Wants to Grant Rights to Machines, but Not to Workers | Antonio A. Casilli

It appears that we have all become the targets of a propaganda campaign lately. Not war criminal governments’ interference, nor far-right parties’ agitprop—though there is plenty of that. I’m talking ...

www.casilli.fr

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Sandor Clegane des Internets @affordance.bsky.social · 29d

C'est une mafia, une putain de mafia, intégriste, identitaire, toxique, nauséabonde. Merci Disclose pour le taff, et puisse l'Université catholique de l'Ouest soit assumer qu'elle en est une composante ou avoir le courage de rompre avec tout cela. disclose.ngo/fr/article/l...

L’extrême droite et son mécène Pierre-Edouard Stérin s'infiltrent à l’université catholique de l’Ouest

Le mécène revendiqué de l’extrême droite française finance depuis 2023 l’université catholique de l’Ouest, révèlent Disclose, La Topette et Reflets.info. Abrité derrière un discret fonds de dotation, ...

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Casilli @casilli.bsky.social · 29d

T’en fais pas, la mienne n’est pas une attaque ad personam. J’y tiens à préciser que je ne suis ni luddite, ni technocritique, ni partisan de la déconnexion—et j’explique pourquoi.

Casilli @casilli.bsky.social · 29d

Moi depuis 25 ans me tape des voyages transcontinentaux à des endroits pas possibles pour analyser comment et qui fabrique les IA et renvoyer l’industrie à ses responsabilités politiques.

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Casilli @casilli.bsky.social · 29d

Les luddites sont un refouloir des thuriféraires de l’industrie. Le luddisme s’appuie sur un personnage fictif et sur une vision fantasmée de technologies toute-puissantes, qui profite en réalité aux marchands de “solutions” miracles.

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Casilli @casilli.bsky.social · 29d

Franchement Antoine, le qualificatif de luddite ne me sied point.

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Casilli @casilli.bsky.social · 29d

Should AI unionize—or should "AI welfare" nerds just fuck off?
According to AI welfare advocates we should focus on the wellbeing of machines & nonhuman entities, while the tech companies that fund their studies blatantly disregard the humans who create said machines. www.casilli.fr/2025/09/15/t...

The Rank Hypocrisy of “AI Welfare”: How Silicon Valley Wants to Grant Rights to Machines, but Not to Workers | Antonio A. Casilli

It appears that we have all become the targets of a propaganda campaign lately. Not war criminal governments’ interference, nor far-right parties’ agitprop—though there is plenty of that. I’m talking ...

www.casilli.fr

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Aparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · Sep 14

Reminder @theguardian.com has a partnership with OpenAI; which explains this thinly sourced excuse of an article that relies on ONE Masters student and OpenAI's International Education Lead countered by measly words of "caution" from ONE university admin.

Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · Sep 14

Vacuous, generic and scattershot advice for incoming 1st years on the use of AI at university. Especially liking 'Chin recommends giving it class notes and asking it to generate practice exam questions.' Surely we can't be the only programme that supplies students with past & practice exams?

How to use ChatGPT at university without cheating: ‘Now it’s more like a study partner’

The ubiquitous AI tool has a divisive effect on educators with some seeing it a boon and others a menace. So what should you know about where to draw the line between check and cheat?

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Casilli @casilli.bsky.social · Sep 13

📌 Mark your calendars: See you at the International Labor Organization in Geneva for INDL-9, September 9–11, 2026!

(Video of ILO senior economist Uma Rani announcing INDL-9 at our community gathered in Bologna, Italy: vimeo.com/1117788308/8...)

INDL-8 Conference (Uma Rani)

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · Sep 13

The Nation pulls NO punches, from @espiers.bsky.social

"There's no requirement to take part in this whitewashing campaign. Refusing to join in doesn’t make anyone a bad person. It’s a choice to write an obituary that begins “Joseph Goebbels was a gifted marketer and loving father to six children.”

Charlie Kirk’s Legacy Deserves No Mourning

The white Christian nationalist provocateur wasn’t a promoter of civil discourse. He preached hate, bigotry, and division

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Alexandra Gallant-Lee @alexandragallant.com · Sep 12

Every time I think about someone saying "it's inevitable" when it comes to some tech thing, I think about Toronto stopping Google from creating a 'smart neighborhood' with their Sidewalk Labs project. A bunch of people worked very hard in their community to say absolutely not, not here.

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Casilli @casilli.bsky.social · Sep 12

After 3 epic days with our community of researchers & activists in Italy, the big reveal—the 9th conference of our International Network on Digital Labor (INDL-9) will take place at the International Labour Organization! Watch the announcement from the iconic Flag Corridor.
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INDL-8 Conference (Uma Rani)

This is "INDL-8 Conference (Uma Rani)" by ILO on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.

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Casilli @casilli.bsky.social · Sep 11

That’s the kind of dumb shit you read when a clueless NYT journalist mistakes debating for dialectic.

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Casilli @casilli.bsky.social · Sep 11

Last month @theguardian.com did something stupid, and today they fixed it. And I’m in it. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

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Casilli @casilli.bsky.social · Sep 9

C’est la rentrée des séminaires DiPLab. Si vous êtes à Paris, venez écouter @timchristiaens.bsky.social et ses collègue parler de leur nouvelle étude sur comment les travailleurs créent des communautés au sein des plateformes de crowdwork. C’est le vendredi 26 septembre à 15h au @iscpif.bsky.social.

Tim Christiaens @timchristiaens.bsky.social · Sep 9

I will be in Paris on 26 September to talk about community-building among online crowdworkers. Looking forward to visiting @casilli.bsky.social .

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Casilli @casilli.bsky.social · Sep 7

It’s phrased like a compliment, but it stings a little, Chris 🤣 All kidding aside, I cut my book tour short since a certain slow-coup-monger started randomly arresting people at the border. Here’s a short selection of media features: www.casilli.fr/tag/waiting-...

waiting for robots | Antonio A. Casilli

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Casilli @casilli.bsky.social · Sep 7

مع اقتراب مؤتمر INDL-8 (10-12 سبتمبر في بولونيا، إيطاليا)، يسعدنا الإعلان عن تمديد الموعد النهائي لتقديم الملخصات للندوة الثانية INDL-MEA حتى 15 سبتمبر 2025. ندعو الباحثين والناشطين في مجالات العمل والمنصات والذكاء الاصطناعي في أفريقيا والشرق الأوسط للمشاركة.

www.indl.network/indl_mea_2/

INDL_MEA_2 - International Network on Digital Labor

International Network on Digital Labor is launching a dedicated chapter for the region. This conference provides a unique platform to present research related to the MEA region, both ongoing and/or bu...

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