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Cory Dransfeldt :demi:

🔗 Kill your Feeds - Stop letting algorithms dictate how you think via @tomusher #Tech #Rss #Socialscience

We are being boiled like frogs. It happened gradually, one algorithmic tweak at a time. What started as a way to connect with friends has become a system that gives the corporations that run social media control over what we consume and the ability to subtly shape how we think.

usher.dev/posts/2025-03-08-kil

usher.devKill your Feeds - Stop letting algorithms dictate how you think
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Acta Sociologica

📣Publication alert🚨

This study on how social science researcher's contribute to and shape Finnish alcohol policy from 1994-2017 show that researchers are being heard more frequently but the use of experts trends towards a legitimising function.

"Scientification of politics or politicisation of science?" by Anu Katainen, Jukka Syväterä, Josefin Westermarck, and Katariina Warpenius is available open access 👇

journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.11

#sociology #socialscience @sociology @academicchatter

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Lupposofi

Toinen satunnainen löytö toisaalta liittyy tekoälyyn yliopistossa, languagemechanics.neocities.or

Nina Markl esittää 10 syytä välttää generatiivista tekoälyä sosiaalitieteiden opetuksessa ja oppimisessa. Osa perusteista on yleispäteviä. Vain sokea tuotoskeskeisyys pitää yhdentekevänä, miten niitä synnytetään. Marklin postaus kommentteineen löytyy tästä: bsky.app/profile/ninamarkl.bsk

languagemechanics.neocities.orgLanguage Mechanics: Language, Computers and Power
#tekoaly#yliopisto#ai
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Weizenbaum-Institut

Call for Papers: Workshop "Critical Theory of the Computational" (Berlin, October 16-17, 2025)

This workshop aims to use critical theories to explore how digital and computational systems are influencing societal changes and how these systems are also part of broader global transformations.

📌 Submit your abstract by April 30, 2025

More: weizenbaum-institut.de/news/de

Weizenbaum InstitutCall for Papers: Critical Theory of the ComputationalThis international workshop will take place at the Weizenbaum Institute on October 16-17, 2025. It uses critical theories to explore how digital and computational systems are influencing societal changes and how these systems are also part of broader global transformations. The deadline for submissions is April 30, 2025.
#research#cfp#philosophy
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A.Stringer

"Those were moments when #liberalleaders did what comes more naturally to followers of other #philosophies that emphasise action and force, rather than #evidence and rules - they chose to make #history themselves for #liberal ends. That road is still open. We can create, not merely study, the reality we live in.

#Politics with Proper Names - by Ben Ansell
benansell.substack.com/p/polit

#socialscience
#westernpolitics
#UKpol
#USpol

Political Calculus · Politics with Proper NamesBy Ben Ansell
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Three Chords and Forsooth!

Been thinking about this graphic for quite a while. A couple of years, I think. It's been going around social media for a while. At one point I hunted down its origin, and... anyway, I'm going to basically dump all my issues with this right here.

Right up front: some people will think I'm obviously racist for criticizing something intended to be antiracist. And I do think the creator (and definitely the people sharing this around) have their hearts in the right place. Unfortunately (maybe just for me), that's not how science works, and I think this graphic was created in a way that essentially asks for the legitimacy of science despite having no scientific foundation.

The unloadening of mine issues shall begin in the reply to this.

Terrorism - I would/have killed a black person simply for being black - I inflict fear upon black people on purpose - Violent black face (Depict Hangings, etc.) (unclear category) - I inflict fear upon black people "as a joke" Overt racism - Whites are the superior race - Blacks should be sent back to Africa - Whites are under attack/will be minorities soon (unclear category) - Blacks are naturally more violent/less intelligent Subconscious racism - The way things are is god's will - "I'm not racist but..." - Thugs - "Funny" black face (unclear category) - That is their problem, not mine Indifference - that has nothing to do with me - How am I privileged if I am poor? (unclear category) - But black on black crime! Defensive - It's just a joke - I just don't like "ghetto" - Calling the police because black folk makes you uncomfortable Justification - What about reverse racism? - If he/they had just... - I have black friends (unclear category) - we had a black president therefore black people are not oppressed Denial - I don't see color - Racism no longer exists - slavery ended 200 years ago White Savior - Whites were slaves too - There are plenty of successful POC; they just need to work harder - If we can't use the "N" word, they shouldn't either (alt text continued on the second copy of this image... there's a lot of text)
(very long alt text continued from first copy of this image) "Woke" justification - There is no need for POC to have their own safe spaces; we are all one - There is only 1 Race, the human race. - Love conquers all. (unclear category) - I will help you, but only if I lead - If they want our help they should be nicer/more respectful - Being involed in this will help my reputation (unclear catetgory) - I expect praise and/or publicity Awareness - My experience as a white person is drastically different than that of a POC Allyship - Yes, my life as a poor white person has been hard but it isn't as hard as if I were poor AND a POC - Systemic racism is very real and needs to be ended Abolitionist - I will make space for POC - I will put my safety, health & freddom on the line to fight for PIC. I will let them lead and not try to be at the center. Footnotes: @2019 @CristlinMD V4.0 RacismScale.weebly.com *Note: It is common for many people to move back & forth along the scale regularly, especially the middle parts ** The term “blacks” is used to be more familiar to anyone of those mentalities ***"Blacks” can be substituted with people of any nationality/ethnicity other than European white since it's people of European descent who have held institutional power in America since its inception.
#racism#antiracism#theory
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Aderenti Escapes su mastodon

#Racism and antisemitism in the hostile environment

Social Scientists Against the Hostile Environment #webinar
#socialScience
Monday, March 17 · 5 - 6:30pm GMT

How can we understand and combat antisemitism in an age of anti-migrant racism, and from the perspective of solidarity not competition?

eventbrite.co.uk/e/racism-and-

EventbriteRacism and antisemitism in the hostile environmentHow can we understand and combat antisemitism in an age of anti-migrant racism, and from the perspective of solidarity not competition?
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