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"Il fascismo in Italia non è nato con le grandi adunate da migliaia di persone. E' nato ai bordi di un marciapiede qualunque, con...
https://mastodon.online/@giovann..."Il fascismo in Italia non è nato con le grandi adunate da migliaia di persone. E' nato ai bordi di un marciapiede qualunque, con la vittima di un pestaggio per motivi politici che è stata lasciata a se stessa da passanti indifferenti. 'Odio gli indifferenti' diceva un grande italiano, Antonio Gramsci, che i fascisti chiusero in carcere fino alla morte, impauriti come conigli dalla forza delle sue idee"
23.2.2023 08:30"Il fascismo in Italia non è nato con le grandi adunate da migliaia di persone. E' nato ai bordi di un marciapiede qualunque, con...https://mastodon.online/@giovann...
Camrbidge Analytica, the assault on Capitol Hill in 2021, the attempted insurrection in Brasil, now the CA reloaded aka #TeamJorge......
https://mastodon.online/@giovann...Camrbidge Analytica, the assault on Capitol Hill in 2021, the attempted insurrection in Brasil, now the CA reloaded aka #TeamJorge... That's more than enough for my Politics & Media class, thanks, now it's time we stopped!
16.2.2023 08:41Camrbidge Analytica, the assault on Capitol Hill in 2021, the attempted insurrection in Brasil, now the CA reloaded aka #TeamJorge......https://mastodon.online/@giovann...
I am passionate about every alternative to Big Tech (currently using Neeva as my default search engine) but I have my reservations that...
https://mastodon.online/@giovann...I am passionate about every alternative to Big Tech (currently using Neeva as my default search engine) but I have my reservations that #Scinapse scinapse.io/ is better than Google Scholar. It is meant to identify your advisors and your most notabel students. But in my case, it got it all wrong!
8.2.2023 14:38I am passionate about every alternative to Big Tech (currently using Neeva as my default search engine) but I have my reservations that...https://mastodon.online/@giovann...
Some findings of the #Children's Commissioner for England report on #online #pornography: "-79% had encountered violent...
https://mastodon.online/@giovann...Some findings of the #Children's Commissioner for England report on #online #pornography: "-79% had encountered violent pornography before the age of 18.
- 47% stated that girls ‘expect’ sex to involve physical aggression, a further 42% stated that most girls ‘enjoy’ acts of sexual aggression.
- Twitter is the platform where the highest percentage of children had seen pornography;
41% ... Dedicated pornography
sites came next (37%), followed by Instagram (33%)" https://www.childrenscommissioner.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Pornography-Survey-CCo-27.01-1.pdf
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How can one work with someone alternating walk and ‘I am terribly hungry mum!’ gaze since 3pm? #DogsOfMastodon
https://mastodon.online/@giovann...How can one work with someone alternating walk and ‘I am terribly hungry mum!’ gaze since 3pm? #DogsOfMastodon
23.1.2023 16:40How can one work with someone alternating walk and ‘I am terribly hungry mum!’ gaze since 3pm? #DogsOfMastodonhttps://mastodon.online/@giovann...
An interesting take on #ChatGPT by @datasociety@mastodon.social highlighting the question of #trust, that will add up to misinformation,...
https://mastodon.online/@giovann...An interesting take on #ChatGPT by @datasociety@mastodon.social highlighting the question of #trust, that will add up to misinformation, #disinformation and affective polarization in our contemporary (broken) democracies): "We will see ChatGPT and tools like it used in adversarial ways that are intended to undermine trust in information environments, pushing people away from public discourse to increasingly homogenous communities.” https://www.niemanlab.org/2022/12/chatgpt-and-the-future-of-trust/
13.1.2023 09:29An interesting take on #ChatGPT by @datasociety@mastodon.social highlighting the question of #trust, that will add up to misinformation,...https://mastodon.online/@giovann...
CFP The #Datafied #Family: free, online event 28 June organised by Surrey Sociology's @ProfRanjanaDas...
https://mastodon.online/@giovann...CFP The #Datafied #Family: free, online event 28 June organised by Surrey Sociology's @ProfRanjanaDas https://www.ias.surrey.ac.uk/event/the-datafied-family-algorithmic-encounters-in-care-intimacies-routine-and-play/
10.1.2023 08:15CFP The #Datafied #Family: free, online event 28 June organised by Surrey Sociology's @ProfRanjanaDas...https://mastodon.online/@giovann...
"Trumpism and Bolsonarismo share a narrative of stolen elections, with supporters drawn from the right who support issues such as gun...
https://mastodon.online/@giovann..."Trumpism and Bolsonarismo share a narrative of stolen elections, with supporters drawn from the right who support issues such as gun rights and traditional family structures.
An important difference is the role of the military" #Brazil https://theconversation.com/democracy-under-attack-in-brazil-5-questions-about-the-storming-of-congress-and-the-role-of-the-military-197396
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Shocked to hear that #Bolsonaro is planning to ask Italian citizenship and live here, to avoid lawsuits in Brasil. Guess what Meloni’s...
https://mastodon.online/@giovann...Shocked to hear that #Bolsonaro is planning to ask Italian citizenship and live here, to avoid lawsuits in Brasil. Guess what Meloni’s government will do! https://istoe.com.br/bolsonaro-quer-morar-na-italia-com-cidadania-e-evitar-eventual-prisao/
7.1.2023 08:47Shocked to hear that #Bolsonaro is planning to ask Italian citizenship and live here, to avoid lawsuits in Brasil. Guess what Meloni’s...https://mastodon.online/@giovann...
interesting post on #AlgorithmicBias: subjectivity enters at several points:1. datasets and algorithms are social products2. human (social)...
https://mastodon.online/@giovann...interesting post on #AlgorithmicBias: subjectivity enters at several points:
1. datasets and algorithms are social products
2. human (social) decisions are made in choosing issuess to be addressed through algorithms & automation
3. data classification and labelling is biased
4. data shape (=narrow down?) the way we know the world, so what is deemed worth kowing about the social world. Biased datasets today = biased data collected tomorrow
5. design is biased & more... https://www.scu.edu/ethics/internet-ethics-blog/on-biased-humans-and-algorithms/
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If I needed more signs to persuade me that moving to Mastodon was the right choice, this is definitely one: “Twitter will once again allow...
https://mastodon.online/@giovann...If I needed more signs to persuade me that moving to Mastodon was the right choice, this is definitely one: “Twitter will once again allow political ads” https://www.pcmag.com/news/twitter-will-once-again-allow-political-ads
5.1.2023 08:22If I needed more signs to persuade me that moving to Mastodon was the right choice, this is definitely one: “Twitter will once again allow...https://mastodon.online/@giovann...
Starting 2023 with good news: "#Meta (Facebook and Instagram) prohibited from using personal data for advertisement" and fined for...
https://mastodon.online/@giovann...Starting 2023 with good news: "#Meta (Facebook and Instagram) prohibited from using personal data for advertisement" and fined for violating #GDPR. Another sign that #DataCapitalism is finally being challenged? or am I too optimistic? https://noyb.eu/en/breaking-meta-prohibited-use-personal-data-advertisment
4.1.2023 16:22Starting 2023 with good news: "#Meta (Facebook and Instagram) prohibited from using personal data for advertisement" and fined for...https://mastodon.online/@giovann...
Also from #Italy: #hunting will be allowed all year round, including in cities' parks. No joke.
https://mastodon.online/@giovann...Also from #Italy: #hunting will be allowed all year round, including in cities' parks. No joke.
22.12.2022 08:52Also from #Italy: #hunting will be allowed all year round, including in cities' parks. No joke.https://mastodon.online/@giovann...
After 15 years (in 2007 the first pronouncement of the then Ministry of education banning #smartphones from #schools) the new Italian...
https://mastodon.online/@giovann...After 15 years (in 2007 the first pronouncement of the then Ministry of education banning #smartphones from #schools) the new Italian Minister of #education adopts the same restriction. As with the #ScreenTime discourse, no discussion about how, when, for what activities and with whom smartphones are used. Just restrictions. Decades of research about and with #children and media simply ignored.
22.12.2022 08:50After 15 years (in 2007 the first pronouncement of the then Ministry of education banning #smartphones from #schools) the new Italian...https://mastodon.online/@giovann...
Btw, we happily survived without a car for 9 months, renting one when we really needed it. So probably time to reconsider!
https://mastodon.online/@giovann...Btw, we happily survived without a car for 9 months, renting one when we really needed it. So probably time to reconsider!
21.12.2022 21:30Btw, we happily survived without a car for 9 months, renting one when we really needed it. So probably time to reconsider!https://mastodon.online/@giovann...
2022 has brought some bad luck (infected with Covid 3 times, car stolen 3 times, now without cars) but also some great non academic reads I...
https://mastodon.online/@giovann...2022 has brought some bad luck (infected with Covid 3 times, car stolen 3 times, now without cars) but also some great non academic reads I have enjoyed and loved. In a purely chronological order:
- Medicine Walk by Richard Wagamese
- Last Things and Dept. of Speculation by Jenny Offill
- Fight Night by Miriam Toews
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@cyber_marie welcome!
https://mastodon.online/@giovann...@cyber_marie welcome!
12.12.2022 21:32@cyber_marie welcome!https://mastodon.online/@giovann...
"Publicly, Musk appears deeply committed to the right’s culture war against progressivism in most forms. His purchase of Twitter was...
https://mastodon.online/@giovann..."Publicly, Musk appears deeply committed to the right’s culture war against progressivism in most forms. His purchase of Twitter was an explicitly political act couched in the notion of preserving free speech. But Musk’s notion of free speech is a broad course correction that involves amplifying and advancing the interests of right-wing reactionaries while trolling the left. [...] Musk’s far-right activism clearly seems to be personally motivated ...accumulation of money" https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2022/12/elon-musk-twitter-far-right-activist/672436/
12.12.2022 08:23"Publicly, Musk appears deeply committed to the right’s culture war against progressivism in most forms. His purchase of Twitter was...https://mastodon.online/@giovann...
I have always enjoyed reading Miriam Toews’ work. But Fight night is superb, and left me with a bittersweet wish it never ended. I’ll...
https://mastodon.online/@giovann...I have always enjoyed reading Miriam Toews’ work. But Fight night is superb, and left me with a bittersweet wish it never ended. I’ll miss the characters, especially the granny. Definitely one of her best along with All my puny sorrows.
7.12.2022 21:13I have always enjoyed reading Miriam Toews’ work. But Fight night is superb, and left me with a bittersweet wish it never ended. I’ll...https://mastodon.online/@giovann...
How is it possible that one leaves a platform, only occasionally logs in to keep up with friends and colleagues, and finds has quite a few...
https://mastodon.online/@giovann...How is it possible that one leaves a platform, only occasionally logs in to keep up with friends and colleagues, and finds has quite a few new followers? In spite of being inactive…
6.12.2022 07:46How is it possible that one leaves a platform, only occasionally logs in to keep up with friends and colleagues, and finds has quite a few...https://mastodon.online/@giovann...