Weil sie rechten Politik gut finden. Die Erzählung der "Protestwähler" ist kuschelig, weil sie nicht anerkennt, dass ein erheblicher Teil der Gesellschaft rechte Politik will, sondern sich nur "verirrt" hätten. So kann man die Augen vor dem eigentlichen Problem verschließen.

*taps the sign*

My new podcast comes out on Saturday. It *only* took a decade to research. It's got it all: AI, Maoists, Scientology, CIA, LSD, Rockefellers. And music by Brian Eno. Here's a teaser: the slightly underdressed Warren McCulloch, the father of neural networks, talks AI in 62.

B. Stark-Watzinger hat sich bislang durch Abwesenheit ausgezeichnet. Nun tritt sie durch einen Angriff auf die #Wissenschaftsfreiheit in Erscheinung. Der Versuch, Forschungsgelder zu entziehen, ist eine Grenzüberschreitung. Wir fordern ihren #Rücktritt. mittelbau.net/stark-watzinge…

Unten könnt ihr eine "Offene Stellungnahme zum Vorgehen der Bundesbildungsministerin angesichts des offenen Briefes Berliner Hochschullehrer:innen" unterschreiben. #starkwarzinger tinyurl.com/5ewwrwnk

Yes! gizmodo.com/robots-are-not…

Sure starting to feel like this bubble is getting ready to pop. Nvidia is the most valuable company in the world—worth more than Microsoft, more than Apple, more than *every stock in the UK combined*. Yet McDonald's and others are canceling AI programs because they don't work.

❗️👇 #IchBinHanna #IchBinReyhan #WissZeitVG

When you realise German academia is catching up on digitalisation by introducing applications portals 🤡

J.D. Vance is deeply influenced by a San Francisco man who once suggested turning "unproductive people" into "biodiesel." Meet Curtis Yarvin, the Peter Thiel political guru who ♥️ dictatorship & whose ideas may reach the White House, via The New Republic 👉newrepublic.com/article/183971…

Neoreaction a Basilisk sales are up 300% this month, and I’d like to take this opportunity to pour one out for the leftist press that passed on a reissue last year because it had already sold too many copies and was unlikely to continue performing.

🎉1/ Today is Autonomy’s 7th Birthday – thank you to all our friends, colleagues and collaborators for supporting us over the last 12 months. 🧵Here’s a thread showcasing some highlights from the previous year at the Institute:

Crack open an ice-cold Diet Mt. Dew after mowing the lawn and listen to the NEW episode of Know Your Enemy on Trump's VP pick J.D. Vance. We set out to answer the question: What's wrong with this guy? It's a good one, please share and spread the word …ow-your-enemy-1682b684.simplecast.com/episodes/whats…

If someone finds a transcript of Elon Musk’s Trump campaign ad from last night, please let me know. Won’t submit myself to listening to their ugly fascist killer clown voices.

Die Kolleg:innen an der FU schreiben gerade zwei WiMi-Dauerstellen aus (falls es jemand noch nicht mitbekommen hat). fu-berlin.de/universitaet/b…

📖The book has a cover! With my brilliant co-author Helen Hester. Coming out in early 2025 through Bloomsbury Books UK. Updated web information coming soon.

I genuinely think this is the worst thing to ever happen to a repository of information since the burning of the library of alexandria

Internet Archive Responds to Appellate Opinion in Hachette v. Internet Archive "We are disappointed in today’s opinion about the Internet Archive’s digital lending of books that are available electronically elsewhere. We are reviewing the court’s opinion and will continue to

The Institute of Communication, Culture, Information, and Technology at the University of Toronto Mississauga is seeking applications for a tenure-stream Assistant Professor in the area of game studies. jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Mississaug…

You have a PhD in media or cultural studies, visual culture or art history, and you want to do research on generative AI, synthetic media, and the role of digital visual literacy in religious education? Join us Digital Religion(s) in Zurich! jobs.uzh.ch/job-vacancies/…