Ruth De Souza
@desouzarn.bsky.social
She/her. Critical RN. PhD, FACN. Editorial Board JAN. Cultural Safety in health and in the arts. Diasporic Goan via East Africa and Aotearoa on Bunurong country. Gardening, reading, surfing and cooking. Free Palestine.
Podcaster http://www.ruthdesouza.com
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Ruth De Souza
@desouzarn.bsky.social
· Apr 10
Birthing and Justice with Dr Ruth De Souza
Childbirth is supposed to be empowering, but for many birthing people it is not. For Indigenous women, immigrant women and women of colour, birthing within the western healthcare system can be anythin...
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Writing an article about nursing and AI, and this is so good.
Did we learn nothing from robodebt? NDIS automation will put vulnerable lives at the mercy of machines | Georgia Van Toorn
Did we learn nothing from robodebt? NDIS automation will put vulnerable lives at the mercy of machines | Georgia Van Toorn
It’s hard to overstate the potential dangers of replacing discretion with algorithms in a system as consequential as the national disability insurance scheme
Never again. That was the resounding message delivered via the robodebt royal commission from the thousands of Australians whose lives and livelihoods were upended by the cruellest experiment in bureaucratic automation the country has ever seen.
Now, with plans under way to automate the calculation of individual NDIS support plans, it appears we’ve reached new heights of institutional amnesia. Once again, vital lifelines to support will be placed at the mercy of automated systems. Only this time, the mechanisms for review and redress will be vanishingly thin. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
December 8, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Writing an article about nursing and AI, and this is so good.
Reposted by Ruth De Souza
the baby (17 months) raised both her hands and said “WEADY?” so I said “ready!” and then she slapped me in the face
November 22, 2025 at 2:53 PM
the baby (17 months) raised both her hands and said “WEADY?” so I said “ready!” and then she slapped me in the face
Reposted by Ruth De Souza
My employer, Dartmouth College, today boasts it's 1st Ivy "to launch AI at an institutional scale." It is doing this by partnering--"more than a collaboration"--with Anthropic, a company that stole the books of many faculty, me included, which many of us are suing.
December 4, 2025 at 9:38 PM
My employer, Dartmouth College, today boasts it's 1st Ivy "to launch AI at an institutional scale." It is doing this by partnering--"more than a collaboration"--with Anthropic, a company that stole the books of many faculty, me included, which many of us are suing.
When the people who make AI seem trustworthy are those who trust it the least, however, experts believe it signals a much larger issue. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Meet the AI workers who tell their friends and family to stay away from AI
When the people making AI seem trustworthy are the ones who trust it the least, it shows that incentives for speed are overtaking safety, experts say
www.theguardian.com
November 23, 2025 at 2:15 AM
When the people who make AI seem trustworthy are those who trust it the least, however, experts believe it signals a much larger issue. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
“the problem is not AI itself, but the fact that we live in a fundamentally careless society, one that leaves millions psychically unmoored, vulnerable to a particular kind of breakdown”psychosis? howtodresswell.substack.com/p/i-guess-il...
i guess i'll weigh in on ai psychosis
i saw a tweet #1: AI psychosis, noopolitics, and the collapse of care: can we reckon as a global society with what can only be described as “a psychological and social disaster whose overriding conseq...
howtodresswell.substack.com
November 23, 2025 at 12:00 AM
“the problem is not AI itself, but the fact that we live in a fundamentally careless society, one that leaves millions psychically unmoored, vulnerable to a particular kind of breakdown”psychosis? howtodresswell.substack.com/p/i-guess-il...
I still really love this piece about intersectionality, beautifully put together by @jordanas.bsky.social and bringing together some of my favorite thinkers www.auswhn.com.au/blog/interse...
Intersectionality, resistance and history-making | Australian Women's History Network
The following post presents reflections on intersectionality and history from a panel held at the 2016 Australian Women's History Network conference.
www.auswhn.com.au
November 7, 2025 at 12:41 AM
I still really love this piece about intersectionality, beautifully put together by @jordanas.bsky.social and bringing together some of my favorite thinkers www.auswhn.com.au/blog/interse...
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Dick Cheney’s legacy is that he turned 9/11 from a national tragedy into a global disaster. He did so through a mixture of arrogance, stupidity and greed and blighted the last quarter century.
November 4, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Dick Cheney’s legacy is that he turned 9/11 from a national tragedy into a global disaster. He did so through a mixture of arrogance, stupidity and greed and blighted the last quarter century.
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Live Updates: Mamdani Wins N.Y.C. Mayor’s Race After Highest Turnout in Decades
www.nytimes.com
November 5, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Rights are not a zero-sum game. First Nations rights are often painted that way. If we give you native title, I will lose my backyard. If I give you a greater say about things that affect you — a voice — my rights to tell you how to live your life will be diminished www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
At the heart of the constitution, there lies an historic and structural wound
I want to reflect on what I have come to see, through my own experience, as both the illuminating strengths and the shadowed weaknesses of the Australian legal system and its role in our democracy.
www.abc.net.au
November 4, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Rights are not a zero-sum game. First Nations rights are often painted that way. If we give you native title, I will lose my backyard. If I give you a greater say about things that affect you — a voice — my rights to tell you how to live your life will be diminished www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
If you know anyone suitable please pass it on!
We are seeking participants for research about #FirstNations experiences of #pallative care with @e-rooney.bsky.social rmit.au1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
October 30, 2025 at 8:42 AM
If you know anyone suitable please pass it on!
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We have armed secret police kidnapping people off the street based on the color of their skin.
When we win: we will haul them before a Senate committee. The masks will come off. There will be consequences.
When we win: we will haul them before a Senate committee. The masks will come off. There will be consequences.
October 12, 2025 at 4:44 PM
We have armed secret police kidnapping people off the street based on the color of their skin.
When we win: we will haul them before a Senate committee. The masks will come off. There will be consequences.
When we win: we will haul them before a Senate committee. The masks will come off. There will be consequences.
Reposted by Ruth De Souza
"We're going to create superintelligence" How about making outlook search work first. How about that
October 3, 2025 at 5:18 PM
"We're going to create superintelligence" How about making outlook search work first. How about that
“The transition of human activities on to surveillance platforms means that truth and falsehood, fact and rumour, become mere data points of equal value.”https://www.theguardian.com/news/2025/oct/02/critique-pure-stupidity-understanding-donald-trump-2
October 3, 2025 at 12:09 AM
“The transition of human activities on to surveillance platforms means that truth and falsehood, fact and rumour, become mere data points of equal value.”https://www.theguardian.com/news/2025/oct/02/critique-pure-stupidity-understanding-donald-trump-2
“Part of the misunderstanding of the deepfake threat stems from the idea that it is a problem of bad information, rather than a problem of desire (or the material conditions that shape desire).” www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/se...
Claire Wilmot | Fascistic Dream Machines
Part of the misunderstanding of the deepfake threat stems from the idea that it is a problem of bad information, rather...
www.lrb.co.uk
September 27, 2025 at 11:08 AM
“Part of the misunderstanding of the deepfake threat stems from the idea that it is a problem of bad information, rather than a problem of desire (or the material conditions that shape desire).” www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/se...
Yes!
A mass walkout of the UN General Assembly as Netanyahu prepares to speak.
September 26, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Yes!
I hope it makes it to Australia. My primary schooling was in Nairobi.
I saw this in the cinema recently and it’s brilliant. About Kenyan ghostwriters and the epidemic of cheating among students in rich countries. Nuanced, thoughtful and enraging. You can catch it on uk tv tonight 10pm, channel 4
#academicsky
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#academicsky
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“I don’t want passive viewing”: how The Shadow Scholars goes inside the academic cheating industry
Eloise King’s debut documentary explores the hidden world of Kenya’s ‘shadow scholars’ – ghostwriters powering a global academic industry. Ahead of screenings in cinemas and on Channel 4, she joined u...
www.bfi.org.uk
September 26, 2025 at 6:34 AM
I hope it makes it to Australia. My primary schooling was in Nairobi.
This is chilling. www.texastribune.org/2025/09/19/t...
How a secret recording of a gender identity lecture upended Texas A&M
Officials have struggled to detail the exact reasons for the A&M professor’s termination, citing a technical issue with her course description. Faculty say the move was politically motivated.
www.texastribune.org
September 26, 2025 at 6:25 AM
This is chilling. www.texastribune.org/2025/09/19/t...
“The sense of male victimhood is widespread...38% of men in their 20s believed women face serious discrimination in society, 79% believed men do. Seventy per cent of men in their 30s saw themselves as victims of gender discrimination.” www.theguardian.com/society/2025...?
‘Men don’t know why they became unhappy’: the toxic gender war dividing South Korea
Toxic masculinity is a global phenomenon, but nowhere is it more virulent than in this hypermodern, connected society. What can other countries learn from this ‘ground zero’ of misogyny?
www.theguardian.com
September 26, 2025 at 6:11 AM
“The sense of male victimhood is widespread...38% of men in their 20s believed women face serious discrimination in society, 79% believed men do. Seventy per cent of men in their 30s saw themselves as victims of gender discrimination.” www.theguardian.com/society/2025...?
“...the activist group Moms for Liberty has found a MAGA way of naming the practice: it described the call for denunciation of teachers for DEI activism as ‘putting power back in the hands of parents’. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Sheila Fitzpatrick · Diary: Two Cultures of Denunciation
Among the difficulties of talking about denunciation is that there are so many words for it, along with sharply opposed...
www.lrb.co.uk
September 26, 2025 at 6:10 AM
“...the activist group Moms for Liberty has found a MAGA way of naming the practice: it described the call for denunciation of teachers for DEI activism as ‘putting power back in the hands of parents’. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
"This is the road to totalitarianism, and it does not end with one man losing his television show" www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
The Constitution Protects Jimmy Kimmel’s Mistake
Free speech is under assault.
www.theatlantic.com
September 26, 2025 at 6:08 AM
"This is the road to totalitarianism, and it does not end with one man losing his television show" www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
This is an absolutely brilliant piece connecting grief for CK with faith, survival, and misplaced allegiance in Pasifika communities.
marliwesley.substack.com/p/when-pasif...
marliwesley.substack.com/p/when-pasif...
When Pasifika Weep for Empire
What our grief for Charlie Kirk exposes about faith, survival, and misplaced allegiance
marliwesley.substack.com
September 26, 2025 at 6:06 AM
This is an absolutely brilliant piece connecting grief for CK with faith, survival, and misplaced allegiance in Pasifika communities.
marliwesley.substack.com/p/when-pasif...
marliwesley.substack.com/p/when-pasif...
"Just as the genocide in Gaza shatters the illusions of international law and liberal democracy, it has shattered the previously long-held belief in the radicality of art institutions.” hyperallergic.com/1040816/the-...
The Twisted Logic of Documenta’s “Artistic Freedom”
The consensus of the German art world is aligned with the status quo of the State of Israel: Anything goes, except Palestine.
hyperallergic.com
September 26, 2025 at 6:03 AM
"Just as the genocide in Gaza shatters the illusions of international law and liberal democracy, it has shattered the previously long-held belief in the radicality of art institutions.” hyperallergic.com/1040816/the-...
Worth a read.
www.bostonreview.net/forum/the-re...
www.bostonreview.net/forum/the-re...
The Responsibility of Intellectuals in the Age of Fascism and Genocide - Boston Review
Speaking the truth and exposing lies is not enough.
www.bostonreview.net
September 26, 2025 at 6:02 AM
Worth a read.
www.bostonreview.net/forum/the-re...
www.bostonreview.net/forum/the-re...
As a disabled wahine Māori, I see how our systems deliberately keep people poor. You struggle to get healthcare or disability support; face racism and ableism at school or work; and you have fewer chances to connect with culture, which affects mental health". thespinoff.co.nz/books/25-09-...
‘Poverty in Aotearoa is not accidental’: How our systems deliberately keep people poor
All of this is avoidable – so how do we fix what's broken?
thespinoff.co.nz
September 26, 2025 at 6:01 AM
As a disabled wahine Māori, I see how our systems deliberately keep people poor. You struggle to get healthcare or disability support; face racism and ableism at school or work; and you have fewer chances to connect with culture, which affects mental health". thespinoff.co.nz/books/25-09-...
“A tiny state that’s willing to fight two mighty ones in court simultaneously allows the Mandovi’s degradation. The offshore casinos that dot the river’s promenade don’t just signal an “enclosure of the commons.” theprint.in/opinion/shou...
Should Goa share Mhadei waters? A living river can’t be divided like property
Asking Goa to give up 4% of a river’s flow to help parched districts seems reasonable, moral. But it masks a deeper ethical problem: who bears the burden of the ‘greater common good’?
theprint.in
September 26, 2025 at 5:59 AM
“A tiny state that’s willing to fight two mighty ones in court simultaneously allows the Mandovi’s degradation. The offshore casinos that dot the river’s promenade don’t just signal an “enclosure of the commons.” theprint.in/opinion/shou...