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Hilde Van den Bulck
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The New Arab @thenewarab.bsky.social · 3d
One in every five Palestinians killed by Israeli forces so far in 2025 across the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, was a child, according to the UN ⬇️
Israel breaks record for killing Palestinian children in WB
One in every five Palestinians killed by Israeli forces so far in 2025 across the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, was a child, according to the UN.
www.newarab.com

Reposted by Diane Coyle, Richard S.J. Tol, Ken Caldeira , and 12 more

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Lauren Leek @laurenleek.eu · 6d
I wanted dinner recommendations so I scraped 13,000+ London restaurants and accidentally discovered Google Maps is running a shadow economy. Anyway here's a dashboard and a political economy thesis: open.substack.com/pub/laurenle...
How Google Maps quietly allocates survival across London’s restaurants - and how I built a dashboard to see through it
I wanted a dinner recommendation and got a research agenda instead. Using 13000+ restaurants, I rebuild its ratings with machine learning and map how algorithmic visibility actually distributes power.
open.substack.com

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Hilde Van den Bulck @hildevdb.bsky.social · 16d
I'm not from but work in Philly - knowing my Philly colleagues, this feelS like you are trying to reduce your circle of friends :)

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Hilde Van den Bulck @hildevdb.bsky.social · 22d
What integrity? Long gone

Reposted by Hilde Van den Bulck, Juan Cole

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 27d
‘They have total impunity’: West Bank settler violence surges after Gaza ceasefire
‘They have total impunity’: West Bank settler violence surges after Gaza ceasefire
UN logs 260 attacks in October alone, its highest monthly tally, as settlers attack farmers and burn olive trees
www.theguardian.com

Reposted by Hilde Van den Bulck, Búi K. Petersen

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Dr Abeba Birhane @abeba.bsky.social · 28d
Europe’s policy makers continue to echo corporate hype and tech CEOs' speculations about “AGI” and “superintelligence”. In this piece, @krisshrishak.bsky.social & I call on our policy makers to be grounded in empirical evidence

www.techpolicy.press/ai-hype-is-s...
AI Hype Is Steering EU Policy Off Course | TechPolicy.Press
Kris Shrishak and Abeba Birhane say policymakers should stop peddling in unscientific discourse about "AGI" and "superintelligence."
www.techpolicy.press

Reposted by Rebecca Solnit, Will Jennings, Steve Peers , and 9 more

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Dan of the Year @downwithdan.bsky.social · Nov 9
lol she got his ass and he knows it
Joyce Carol Oates @Joyce... 17h O So curious that such a wealthy man never posts anything that indicates that he enjoys or is even aware of what virtually everyone appreciates— scenes from nature, pet dog or cat, praise for a movie, music, a book (but doubt that he reads); pride in a friend's or relative's accomplishment; condolences for someone who has died; pleasure in sports, acclaim for a favorite team; references to history. In fact he seems totally uneducated, uncultured. The poorest persons on Twitter may have access to more beauty & meaning in life than the "most wealthy person in the world." Elon Musk ' @elonmusk X.com Oates is a liar and delights in being mean. Not a good human.

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Hilde Van den Bulck @hildevdb.bsky.social · Nov 8
Musk: swindler? yes. charismatic? not so much.

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Hilde Van den Bulck @hildevdb.bsky.social · Nov 5
Hell yeah!

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Hilde Van den Bulck @hildevdb.bsky.social · Oct 31
Yep! Super happy with this publication, even more happy with the collaboration!
manuelpuppis.ch Manuel Puppis @manuelpuppis.ch · Oct 29
New publication:
"Epistemic welfare and PSM's algorithmic recommender systems: A theoretical framework, operationalization and relevance for governance."

Out now in the European Journal of Communication; and it is open access.

Shout out to @hildevdb.bsky.social, M. Kulig, A. Hyzen & S. Paulussen.
Epistemic welfare and public service media's algorithmic recommender systems: A theoretical framework, operationalization and relevance for governance - Hilde Van den Bulck, Michelle Kulig, Aaron Hyze...
This contribution introduces the comprehensive framework of epistemic welfare to discuss how public service media (PSM) can engage with algorithmic recommender ...
doi.org

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Manuel Puppis @manuelpuppis.ch · Oct 29
New publication:
"Epistemic welfare and PSM's algorithmic recommender systems: A theoretical framework, operationalization and relevance for governance."

Out now in the European Journal of Communication; and it is open access.

Shout out to @hildevdb.bsky.social, M. Kulig, A. Hyzen & S. Paulussen.
Epistemic welfare and public service media's algorithmic recommender systems: A theoretical framework, operationalization and relevance for governance - Hilde Van den Bulck, Michelle Kulig, Aaron Hyze...
This contribution introduces the comprehensive framework of epistemic welfare to discuss how public service media (PSM) can engage with algorithmic recommender ...
doi.org

Reposted by Hilde Van den Bulck, Rebecca Tushnet, Greg Linden

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Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · Oct 29
So the $20,000 humanoid robot housekeeper actually just webcams your house to a random person in a call center with an Xbox controller www.wsj.com/tech/persona... @joannastern.bsky.social
I Tried the Robot That’s Coming to Live With You. It’s Still Part Human.
1X’s Neo wants to be your housekeeper. First, it needs to be controlled by a human in your home. Cool with you?
www.wsj.com

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Hilde Van den Bulck @hildevdb.bsky.social · Oct 12
He could have also just pay taxes and let democratically elected representatives decide where the money was best spent

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Hilde Van den Bulck @hildevdb.bsky.social · Sep 9
For thr first time in my life, I feel like I want to retire (or just quit and start an art gallery) and pretent I can stop paying attention to this shit show

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Reuters Institute @reutersinstitute.bsky.social · Aug 26
"All our staff got out safely. But that group probably lost more than 50 family members. Every single one of them had their house destroyed and some would appear to have been targeted strikes"

AFP's Phil Chetwynd on AFP's staff journalists in Gaza
reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/news/starved...
Starved, displaced and exhausted: Inside AFP’s fight to protect its Gaza reporters
“Some of our freelancers have lost 20 or 30 kilos. Their daily battle to find food and to feed their family is immense,” says Global News Director Phil Chetwynd.
reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk

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Hilde Van den Bulck @hildevdb.bsky.social · Aug 21
I realize that even just reposting this interesting piece adds to the environmental pressures created by AI :(
us.theconversation.com The Conversation U.S. @us.theconversation.com · Aug 21
Google's data center in Council Bluffs, Iowa used 1 BILLION gallons of water in 2024 - enough to supply all of Iowa's residential water for five days.

Researchers in water law and policy explain how companies rarely tell the public exactly how much water data centers consume:
Data centers consume massive amounts of water – companies rarely tell the public exactly how much
In 2024, one data center in Iowa consumed 1 billion gallons of water, enough to supply all the state’s residences with water for five days.
buff.ly

Reposted by Hilde Van den Bulck, David Murakami Wood, Alexandra Filindra

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The Conversation U.S. @us.theconversation.com · Aug 21
Google's data center in Council Bluffs, Iowa used 1 BILLION gallons of water in 2024 - enough to supply all of Iowa's residential water for five days.

Researchers in water law and policy explain how companies rarely tell the public exactly how much water data centers consume:
Data centers consume massive amounts of water – companies rarely tell the public exactly how much
In 2024, one data center in Iowa consumed 1 billion gallons of water, enough to supply all the state’s residences with water for five days.
buff.ly

Reposted by Hilde Van den Bulck, Robert Black, S. J. Holmes

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Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social · Aug 21
AI does appear to be rapidly accelerating human selection of the fittest….

except it’s doing it by straight-up killing people who rely on ChatGPT to plan dangerous trips, not by improving human cognition like the techbros want us to believe:
Why Are the Italian Alps So Deadly This Summer?
On average, three hikers have died every day throughout the summer in Italy’s high peaks. Experts explain why.
www.outsideonline.com

Reposted by American Library Association, Hilde Van den Bulck, Robert C. Richards

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Matt Pearce @mattdpearce.com · Aug 20
It’s important to pay for local journalism but not like this.

www.thecity.nyc/2025/08/20/w...
Eric Adams Advisor Winnie Greco Handed a CITY Reporter Cash Stuffed in a Bag of Potato Chips
THE CITY reported the incident to law enforcement and was promptly contacted by the Brooklyn U.S. attorney’s office.
www.thecity.nyc

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Hilde Van den Bulck @hildevdb.bsky.social · Aug 20
Congrats!

Reposted by Hilde Van den Bulck, J. Ignacio Criado

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Tech Policy Press @techpolicypress.bsky.social · Aug 19
Top Republicans and US tech leaders are ramping up a pressure campaign against the EU’s platform regulations, calling it foreign “censorship.” Tech Policy Press unpacks how Washington and Silicon Valley are working to sway Brussels on softening enforcement.
How US Officials Are Pressuring Europe Over Its Platform Regulations | TechPolicy.Press
Republicans are using trade talks, immigration threats and diplomatic messaging to counter Europe's platform regulations, Cristiano Lima-Strong writes.
www.techpolicy.press

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Tech Policy Press @techpolicypress.bsky.social · Aug 19
The story of Andrew Carnegie’s libraries, originally created to spur the "diffusion of knowledge," has resonance in our present digital age, where information is both readily abundant and increasingly scarce or inaccessible, Stefaan Verhulst writes.
Why We Need a Carnegie Moment for the Age of AI | TechPolicy.Press
Building modern data libraries, embedding principles of the commons, could restore openness to information online, Stefaan Verhulst writes.
www.techpolicy.press

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Hilde Van den Bulck @hildevdb.bsky.social · Aug 15
What can go wrong? 🤣

Will be interesting to see how AI deals with Mar a Lago Face

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Hilde Van den Bulck @hildevdb.bsky.social · Aug 14
'Warning' soinds overly dramatic, given that virtually nobody expects any real result. Anyway... :(

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Hilde Van den Bulck @hildevdb.bsky.social · Aug 12
And with a focus on affordable ways of actual learning rather expensive-but-empty 'campus experience'

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Hilde Van den Bulck @hildevdb.bsky.social · Aug 12
Interesting, to say the least!

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Hilde Van den Bulck @hildevdb.bsky.social · Aug 10
Lovely comeback. Also: shout out to JamieLeeCurtis having her back now and when many were eager to thrash he

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Hilde Van den Bulck @hildevdb.bsky.social · Aug 10
We love you, Jack!!

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Hilde Van den Bulck @hildevdb.bsky.social · Aug 7
No "probably" about it, stop being dishonest about this :( :(

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Hilde Van den Bulck @hildevdb.bsky.social · Aug 6
I have not (yet) read the piece (sorry, really busy atm), but as a researcher I like that rather than talking about you are actually talking to kids