"It seems impossible to name the horror of war and at the same time the massacre as a caesura, to empathize with the pain of the relatives of the civilian victims on both sides". @mirjamwenzel.bsky.social in konkret 4/24
"Es scheint unmöglich zu sein, das Grauen des Krieges und zugleich das Massaker als Zäsur zu benennen, Empathie mit dem Schmerz der Angehörigen von zivilen Opfern auf beiden Seiten zu haben." @mirjamwenzel.bsky.social in konkret 4/24
Facing the privatization of essential urban resources such as housing ( #commons#KinCityberlinergazette.de/housing-in-t...
Facing the privatization of essential urban resources such as housing, and asking why reclaiming the infrastructure of life from capital has become even more urgent in the wake of the climate crisis, ...
“AI is being used as form of 'shock doctrine', where the sense of urgency generated by an allegedly world-transforming technology is used as an opportunity to transform social systems without democratic debate.” — @danmcquillan.bsky.socialdanmcquillan.org/ai_thatcheri...
Das nächste Thema, bei dem voraussichtlich in den kommenden Monaten Stück für Stück die Tabus fallen werden. Hoffe, die überm Krieg zerstrittenen Linken kriegen sich wenigstens hier zusammengerauft und sind solidarisch: NIEMAND muss für "sein*ihr" Land in den scheiß Krieg ziehen.
Since colonial times, Latin America has been central to the world’s supply of resources. Here, struggles against the predatory use of land/nature are always urban struggles, as Simone Gomes (@sims_zg) argues in her #KinCityberlinergazette.de/imaginaries-...
Since colonial times, Latin America has been central to the world’s supply of natural resources, and this remains true in the transition to “green energy.” Here, struggles against the predatory use of...
mines in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo are controlled by armed groups that frequently engage in conflict with nearby civilians. what happens when mines become certified as conflict-free. #congo#minesbfi.uchicago.edu/podcast/conf...
We look forward to hosting EEEFFF’s workshop ALGORITHMIC SOLIDARITY on the leaks of Russias IT corporation Yandex on February 23rd from 2PM at the Medientheater at Humboldt University in collaboration with @berlinergazette.bsky.socialfiles.eeefff.org/algoschool/c...
There are legitimate and worthwhile applications for machine learning in research and data science. Chatbots and image generators aren’t it. But it is these consumer-level products, fueling the massive proliferation of “AI”, which are creating the greatest threat to human labor and Earth resources.
The AI boom requires massive data centers that consume enormous amounts of water and energy. Tech CEOs have plans for hundreds more hyperscale facilities in the coming years, but activists around the world are fighting back and forcing us to ask who really benefits from Silicon Valley’s future.
Silicon Valley believes more computation is essential for progress. But they ignore the resource burden and don’t care if the benefits materialize.