+++ Uns fällt kein Witz ein #SPÖ

Deshalb sollte man es sich immer zweimal überlegen, bevor man "sehr gute Excel-Kenntnisse" in den Lebenslauf schreibt

1. New York, 2023 2. San Francisco, 2020 3. Los Angeles, 2020 4. Sydney, 2019 In the past 4 years alone, each city has experienced it's worst day of wildfire smoke in recorded history. The Earth is on fire. Our negligence is killing our planet. We must change our ways.

Professor Judith Butler's 'Who Is Afraid of Gender?' lecture recording is now available online! You can view the lecture here: youtube.com/watch?v=yD6Uuk…

Dass wir für die Werbeindustrie gläsern sind, ist ja allen klar. Aber so gläsern? Egal ob "Spielsucht" oder "Essstörungen" -Werbetreibende können zwischen hunndertausenden Zielgruppen auswählen. Ein einmaliger Einblick in den Maschinenraum einer Branche, die außer Kontrolle ist:

Several data brokers including Epsilon (owned by French Publicis), Nielsen (UK), Neustar (TransUnion), Eyeota (Dun & Bradstreet), Oracle, Experian, LiveRamp sold lists of 'union members' via the Xandr data marketplace. ...which is highly problematic, not just under the GDPR.

whyyyyy — dashboards for pupils

Wissenschaftsfreiheit durch deren Einschränkung retten wollen, Gesinnungsabfragen und Wahlpräferenzen für Profs. leider nicht zu blöd um wahr zu sein. sagt nicht, Ihr habt es nicht gewusst kleine Anfrage der #noafd dserver.bundestag.de/btd/20/071/200…

"What my students paradoxically fail to realize, in their zeal to be responsible, is that describing things by certain characteristics rather than others merely because those characteristics are countable is a profoundly subjective decision." thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/the-myth-of-ob…

Lesenswerter Artikel unserer Kollegin Isabella Stingl über Plattformarbeiter:innen im Reinigungs- und Betreuungsbereich!

Consulting knowledge in a nutshell: PcW was hired by the Australian gov, then used secret information about government plans to tax multinational companies to work out a way to get around them and sold the plan to these companies, making millions. abc.net.au/news/2023-07-0…

For every "conversation," ChatGPT consumes the equivalent of one half liter of water. Yet, when 7 AI key companies signed voluntary commitments focused on protecting "rights and safety," they didn't mention sustainability... sfchronicle.com/opinion/openfo… An important op-ed by Internet Ethics.

I don’t understand how COVID is spiking once again after we’ve tried everything from pretending it’s over to pretending it never happened

1. "Amazon Used Secret ‘Project Nessie’ Algorithm to Raise Prices" A few highlights from this damning story... wsj.com/business/retai…