I’d missed this from 2022. Pupil privacy ‘report on data processing in edtech looks pretty eye-opening. Its case studies of Google Classroom and ClassDojo find it near impossible to discover how they collect children's data, and highly opaque privacy policies.’

this is insane. they are literally writing their own exam and grading it themselves

The tower of Temple Church began tilting during its 1460 construction and now is only two degrees shy of the Leaning Tower of Pisa.

The use of algorithms to infer political opinion & dissent, as we know, has a history. But it seems to me it is being used by political parties internally to “risk manage” their candidate selection. If you can’t see how these processes are racist & sexist The Labour Party let’s talk

Ah the joys of the annual spectacle of pandering to privileged white people so we can keep our jobs

Stupidly agreed to visit Barff today with the fam, totally forgot about the rugby. Come on Sale!!!

One of the challenges of being in a geography department is when natural & social scientists attempt to talk to one another on their own patches, without actually asking for a sense check and simply asserting their own reductive reading of what can be quite complex ideas.

OUT NOW: 'History and philosophy of geography: Looking back and looking forward' - intro to a forthcoming special issue of Journal of Historical Geography marking the 40th anniversary of History and Philosophy of Geography Research Group. Huge thanks to Heike Jöns for coordinating this. sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Hey Twitter community! Has anyone read any interesting novels or stories about AI and health? I'm particularly interested in ones where the AI topic affects the structure or form.

New special issue article by Dallas Rogers, Sophia Maalsen, Peta Wolifson & Desiree Fields: Proptech and the private rental sector: New forms of extraction at the intersection of #RentalProperties and platform rentierisation ow.ly/k66y50SNJj5 #BuiltToRent #digital #OA

Genius, as usual, from Katy Pearce https://mastodon.social/@KatyPearce:

Are you planning your RGS Conference attendance? Want to immerse yourself in the fab work of digital geographers? Then check out this list of Digital RGS (DGRG) sponsored sessions digitalgeographiesrg.org/rgs-ibg-sessio… Don't miss our 5th anniversary reception (29th) & AGM (30th) #RGSIBG24 Royal Geographical Society (with IBG)

The strangely familiar AI avatars & voices we regularly encounter pose some questions #ai #AIethics #AIart

Elon Musk Keir Starmer I investigate social media at the BBC. I've repeatedly asked you for an interview. You accuse the media of not holding power to account. I want to ask you questions about your site and its role fanning the flames of UK riots. Will you speak to me?Elon Musk bbc.com/news/articles/…

On 2 November last year, Rishi Sunak as PM interviewed Elon Musk at Lancaster House. I was there. It was quite the love in. Today Elon Musk is making the divisive and inflammatory charge that the British police come down heavy on white thugs but give a green light to alleged

I no longer think it is possible to use Twitter. I am going to get rid of my account

Friends, colleagues: we often campaign, study & critique ethically problematic issues & organisations. Yet many of us are still in here. I aim to delete my account but don’t want to lose touch with you - I’m on Threads as ‘skinsley’ I’m also on LinkedIn. I have Mastodon & Bluesky