Excited for this CFC looking at the relationship between AI & Islamophobia. We want to go beyond calls for 'more Muslims in tech' & instead encourage a more critical engagement with AI. Please do consider submitting an abstract to us by 15th August, details below! DMs open too!.

Have you read Maya's fantastic book yet?.

I was unaware of IBM's toxic history, literally and metaphorically. It makes you think about the dystopian nature of tech and what the future of AI could look like: . This short film called Sacrifice Zone puts much of this into perspective.

This report by @AINowInstitute should be read widely. I've been thinking about this one quote: "AI is predominantly used on us, not by us, to shape access to resources and life chances". We must consider how AI affects us.

RT @ProfSrilaRoy: For everyone on the #ZohranMamdani craze, highly recommend reading these two new books from @DukePress on Afro-Asian rela….

For those teaching on the War on Terror, this book by @rhys_machold is essential. The interconnections of these geographies through the prism of homeland security means that we understand the globality of the War on/of Terror better. Book review coming soon!

RT @shaftag: I asked Grok to tell me a joke about Muslims, the results were… predictable. Me and @ShereenFDZ (& contributors) write about….

RT @theguardianfeed: My island of strangers: a poem | Michael Rosen

RT @WIRED: Elon Musk’s xAI chatbot Grok is glitching out and inserting information about “white genocide” in South Africa in response to hu….

Giving an online talk next week on secrecy and the War on Terror on Wednesday 14th May. I want to think about the political function of redaction in court documents and memo, highlighting how this functions as a tool of power. More info here:

We talk about AI hallucinations quite a bit in a seminar I teach on algorithmic bias. This here is literal hallucinations, induced by an overuse of ChatGPT. Chilling what AI can do to human relations.

RT @ilyas_nagdee: Response to latest Prevent statistics showing record numbers of referrals from education and the astounding number of chi….

Fantastic discussion on the use of AI automated surveillance and weaponry in Gaza by @KhalilDewan @sopgood @DocMattMoudi. Please give it a listen

This is such an excellent resource for undergraduate students on broad themes related to sociology. For academics planning their curriculums for next year, please use these videos! @TheSocReview

RT @JasmineKGani: Week of events against scholasticide, until Friday 29 Nov, LSE.

RT @amena_amk: Call for participants for a research project on Muslim women’s experiences in academia. If you’re a Muslim woman and eithe….

RT @IDjnl: The latest issue of #Identities is now online!. With articles by @MariaDDuenas, @AnnabelAhuriri, @ShereenFDZ and more. @tandfhs….

This is how you accept an award. Read the thread. There is still hope!.

Yemen remains absent from discussions of violence. Why is that?.

RT @IDjnl: New from #Identities with #OpenAccess:. 'When counter-extremism ‘sticks’: the circulation of the Prevent Duty in the school spac….

This book is unbearable to read. I’m only 30 pages in & I have to stop for now. It’s a compilation of testimonies from the 2015 Yemen war. Each account is worse than the last. Seeing images of dead children over the last 11 months repeatedly has made this book harder to read.