Sam Kinsley
@samkinsley.uk
Bristolian. Snr Lecturer Digital Geographies, Exeter. RGS-IBG Deputy Chair Digital Geographies Research Group. See also @geocritbot.uk
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Saddened to learn that First Monday will cease publication. It was a quality open-access journal that eschewed the traps of big publishing and promoted innovative thinking & research regarding tech and society. #academicsky
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February 6, 2026 at 10:22 PM
Saddened to learn that First Monday will cease publication. It was a quality open-access journal that eschewed the traps of big publishing and promoted innovative thinking & research regarding tech and society. #academicsky
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William Nordhaus received the Nobel Memorial Prize for these flawed economic models, and Bjorn Lomborg built a highly lucrative career on them.
They told rich and powerful people what they wanted to hear.
While helping to consign us all to catastrophe.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
They told rich and powerful people what they wanted to hear.
While helping to consign us all to catastrophe.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Flawed economic models mean climate crisis could crash global economy, experts warn
States and financial bodies using modelling that ignores shocks from extreme weather and climate tipping points
www.theguardian.com
February 5, 2026 at 8:28 AM
William Nordhaus received the Nobel Memorial Prize for these flawed economic models, and Bjorn Lomborg built a highly lucrative career on them.
They told rich and powerful people what they wanted to hear.
While helping to consign us all to catastrophe.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
They told rich and powerful people what they wanted to hear.
While helping to consign us all to catastrophe.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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This is good, as far as it goes - but sometimes the only way to avoid burnout and stress is for there to be more staff to do the work. That does not seem something that is of interest to university SMTs at the moment.
NEW on Wonkhe: Overwork and staff illness have become central issues for the future of the sector. Helen Rimmer draws lessons from the government’s recent review of employment and ill-health buff.ly/a63Lb6d
February 5, 2026 at 8:36 AM
This is good, as far as it goes - but sometimes the only way to avoid burnout and stress is for there to be more staff to do the work. That does not seem something that is of interest to university SMTs at the moment.
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Excellent little investigation by Rowland Manthorpe on AI music www.youtube.com/watch?v=9x4H...
The truth about AI music
YouTube video by Sky News
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February 4, 2026 at 12:40 PM
Excellent little investigation by Rowland Manthorpe on AI music www.youtube.com/watch?v=9x4H...
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Lauren Berlant wrote the book on this and it has nothing to do with AI. It’s the eternal human dilemma - the inconvenience of other people. giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...
Workers are ‘friction-maxxing’ to resist AI
Real-life meetings, in-person hiring and learning skills from scratch: the future may be intentionally inconvenient
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February 4, 2026 at 12:59 PM
Lauren Berlant wrote the book on this and it has nothing to do with AI. It’s the eternal human dilemma - the inconvenience of other people. giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...
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NEW on Wonkhe: With the majority of providers now having published financial accounts for 2024-25, David Kernohan takes an in-depth look at what we can learn buff.ly/sOvupzF
February 2, 2026 at 12:10 PM
NEW on Wonkhe: With the majority of providers now having published financial accounts for 2024-25, David Kernohan takes an in-depth look at what we can learn buff.ly/sOvupzF
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NEW on Wonkhe: We now have a sense of the government’s intended approach to possible university insolvencies. Neil Smyth takes a look buff.ly/Q5OL3dV
February 3, 2026 at 7:05 AM
NEW on Wonkhe: We now have a sense of the government’s intended approach to possible university insolvencies. Neil Smyth takes a look buff.ly/Q5OL3dV
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Remember when Labour focused on "Education, Education, Education", happy days. Now, with a miniscule proportion of university budgets being provided by the public purse, we will see what's happening in Southend-on-Sea repeated across the country. Shameful.
Incandescent. One of the best pieces I've read about what university means to people and their communities - and what will happen to a city and people after one closes. The *Labour* government and Jaqui Smith in particular should be ashamed of themselves and shamed into doing something. Deplorable.
‘If I think about what this means, I want to cry’: what happens when a city loses its university?
When Essex University’s Southend campus opened, it was a message of hope for a ‘left behind’ UK seaside town. Its closure will be felt far beyond its 800 students, some of whom will not get their degr...
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February 4, 2026 at 8:53 AM
Remember when Labour focused on "Education, Education, Education", happy days. Now, with a miniscule proportion of university budgets being provided by the public purse, we will see what's happening in Southend-on-Sea repeated across the country. Shameful.
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Sign and share this call on CSU to cancel its multimillion dollar OpenAI contract. CSU is in a budget crisis, OpenAI wants to reduce us all into tools of AI, and our public money should be invested in humans!
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Cancel ChatGPT Edu. Invest in Humans.
In February 2025, the California State University system announced a $17 million contract with OpenAI to provide ChatGPT Edu to all faculty, staff, and students on its 22 CSU campuses as part of a lar...
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February 4, 2026 at 3:10 AM
Sign and share this call on CSU to cancel its multimillion dollar OpenAI contract. CSU is in a budget crisis, OpenAI wants to reduce us all into tools of AI, and our public money should be invested in humans!
actionnetwork.org/petitions/ca...
actionnetwork.org/petitions/ca...
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I can offer no insights but as an amateur noodler that likes their stuff, the announcement of Native Instruments going into insolvency is sad 😔 There is seemingly nothing the private equity bros cannot ensh*tify…
January 28, 2026 at 11:24 AM
I can offer no insights but as an amateur noodler that likes their stuff, the announcement of Native Instruments going into insolvency is sad 😔 There is seemingly nothing the private equity bros cannot ensh*tify…
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Dr. Gladys West, the pioneering mathematician whose work laid the foundation for modern GPS technology, has died. She was 95.
Dr. Gladys West, Mathematician Whose Work Made GPS Possible, Dies at 95
ALEXANDRIA, VA — Dr. Gladys West, the pioneering mathematician whose work laid the foundation for modern GPS technology, has died. She passed away
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January 19, 2026 at 6:00 PM
Dr. Gladys West, the pioneering mathematician whose work laid the foundation for modern GPS technology, has died. She was 95.
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a good time to share this report: ips-dc.org/resource-ric...
January 19, 2026 at 5:22 PM
a good time to share this report: ips-dc.org/resource-ric...
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Happy New Year, Everyone!
January 3, 2026 at 1:44 PM
Happy New Year, Everyone!
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X still allowing users to post sexualised images generated by Grok AI tool www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
X still allowing users to post sexualised images generated by Grok AI tool
Despite restrictions announced this week, Guardian reporters find standalone app continues to allow posting of nonconsensual content
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January 16, 2026 at 8:03 AM
X still allowing users to post sexualised images generated by Grok AI tool www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Thinking of leaving Spotify. Have a family account. Does anyone have any recommendations for alternatives please?
January 16, 2026 at 8:02 AM
Thinking of leaving Spotify. Have a family account. Does anyone have any recommendations for alternatives please?
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🌐 Registration NOW OPEN for 'The Visual Politics of Digital Ecologies' 🌐
Join us to explore how emerging visual regimes are shaping environmental governance and knowledge politics
With wonderful keynotes: @joannazylinska.bsky.social & Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-visual...
Join us to explore how emerging visual regimes are shaping environmental governance and knowledge politics
With wonderful keynotes: @joannazylinska.bsky.social & Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-visual...
January 13, 2026 at 11:45 AM
🌐 Registration NOW OPEN for 'The Visual Politics of Digital Ecologies' 🌐
Join us to explore how emerging visual regimes are shaping environmental governance and knowledge politics
With wonderful keynotes: @joannazylinska.bsky.social & Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-visual...
Join us to explore how emerging visual regimes are shaping environmental governance and knowledge politics
With wonderful keynotes: @joannazylinska.bsky.social & Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-visual...
🎶Watch us wreck the mic
Watch us wreck the mic
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Watch us wreck the mic
Watch us wreck the mic🎶
January 15, 2026 at 7:13 PM
🎶Watch us wreck the mic
Watch us wreck the mic
Watch us wreck the mic🎶
Watch us wreck the mic
Watch us wreck the mic🎶
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Making geography a career-defining subject… before it’s too late
Making geography a career-defining subject… before it’s too late
Rob Parker and Tim Parker from Time for Geography outline why geography careers are critical at this time and ways to take action. The post Making … Making geography a career-defining subject… before it’s too late
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November 27, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Making geography a career-defining subject… before it’s too late
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“AI firms want to woo us with frictionless interfaces for everything. The antidote is sitting across the table from the people we care about, and all the friction they come with, to discuss our interesting times & everything else.” Indeed! Happy Thanksgiving all! www.fastcompany.com/91447431/tha...
Face it, AI will come up at Thanksgiving dinner
It’s not common ground, but it’s a near-all-encompassing cultural touchpoint.
www.fastcompany.com
November 26, 2025 at 6:33 PM
“AI firms want to woo us with frictionless interfaces for everything. The antidote is sitting across the table from the people we care about, and all the friction they come with, to discuss our interesting times & everything else.” Indeed! Happy Thanksgiving all! www.fastcompany.com/91447431/tha...