Hossein Derakhshan
@h0d3r
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PhDing on mass personalization @MediaLSE. Ex @MediaLab @Shorensteinctr+ Iran Evin prison (6yrs). co-wrote ‘Information Disorder’, wrote 'Web We Have to Save'.
London, UK ✉️ [email protected]
Joined October 2008
I wrote this essay based on my prison experience on dangers of 'society-of-one': Living by different personalized truths in both the mental and physical worlds, with little chance to experience the truths of others. [Open version: https://t.co/fJKD72MM3f]
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So excited about the upcoming release of @Equatormag: "We began to imagine a new cultural venture, one that rejects the nihilistic idea that the powerful do what they please, and success is the only measure of moral virtue." Check out their editorial declaration in next post ->
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Decolonization is not a vibe. Excellent article by Tanja Bosch published in Media, Culture & Society. https://t.co/wn2CBBqk8Y
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Moods = Affect + Temporality Vibes = Spatiality + Scociality
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Israeli Strikes Kill Civilians Across Iran- hundreds have been killed, among them a poet and her family, an equestrian national champion, an eight-year-old, a graphic designer & 80 yr old grandparents. Our story w/ @Parinlalala & Leily Nikounazar https://t.co/9oid8jkCrv
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Israel has said it does not target Iranian civilians, but hundreds have died in the violence, among them a poet and her family, an equestrian and a graphic designer.
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Iran: Weeks away from having nuclear weapons since 1995
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Post-Enlightenment is basically medieval mind + AI!
Nothing I have ever studied or taught has prepared me for this phase. When a sitting U.S. president publicly threatens a civilian capital with annihilation on social media, turning genocidal language into official communication, IR’s clean theories of calibrated violence and
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Thomas Piketty, a hugely influential economist, explicitly says that colonial extraction and unequal exchange have caused global inequality. This is considered a fringe opinion in the mainstream economics community, so kudos to Piketty for rocking the boat.
Colonial extraction and unequal exchange have shaped two centuries of North-South inequality. 🧵A thread on a NEW STUDY written with @gatonievas [1/9] 🔗
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1/ Sharing my story with the NYTimes was not an easy decision. My north star goal is always liberation and a free Palestine. That led me to decide to participate in this article despite my concerns. https://t.co/70kMKt1ifx
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Maura Finkelstein is one of many scholars discovering that the traditional protections of academic freedom are no longer holding.
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NEW: The Israeli army is using an algorithm it knows to be inaccurate to declare Gaza neighborhoods as “green,” or cleared of residents, and carry out airstrikes — killing hundreds of civilians in recent weeks. By @yuval_abraham @mekomit
https://t.co/lBKZLCTyFH
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The army is using a crude algorithm to declare neighborhoods cleared of residents and carry out airstrikes, a joint investigation reveals.
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Splendid first study of one of audiovisual culture’s biggest creative spaces: library music. Just out and ready to make waves. @johnston_nessa #librarymusic #filmmusic
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New report from @hrw: a deep dive on the gig economy in the US, from @LenaSimet, @AmosToh and me. It looks at 7 major platform companies, the extractive business model, and a growing workforce reliant on precarious work that denies them hard-won rights.
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Major digital labor platforms, also known as gig companies, operating in the United States misclassify gig workers as independent contractors, denying them labor rights.
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The fact that @BBCNews are reporting more about @GaryLineker than they are the ongoing genocide, tells you everything you need to know about the BBC.
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Tell your children that you saw many highly educated people who were more worried about AI bias than tens of thousands of civilians killed as collateral damage in Gaza.
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extraordinary ❤️
Absolutely extraordinary: Pope Francis made 470 daily video calls to Gaza during Israel’s murderous genocidal campaign.
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Ultimately it is breastfeeding that draws a solid line between us animals and them machines!
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It really makes a lot of sense for Canada to join the EU.
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The perfect AI agent is one that books me a complete holiday package and pays for it with its own money, not mine! It's actually not a far-fetched idea.
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