@alinau27
Tech & Politics. Career Development Research Fellow at St Johns College, Oxford. PhD from Uni of Cambridge via Queen's University Belfast & Stanford. Host of Anti-Dystopians. she/her Agent, @agentbal.bsky.social www.alinautrata.com
"Behind Meta’s new smart glasses lies a hidden workforce, uneasy about peering into the most intimate parts of other people’s lives. Bank details, sex and naked people who seem unaware they are being recorded."
great.
www.svd.se/a/K8nrV4/met...
Found my new mock essay question for Introduction to Political Theory:
“THE MOMENT WE LET OUR APPETITES RULE US, DEVISING EVER MORE INTRICATE BEVERAGES, WE KNOCK ONE MORE CHUNK FROM SOCIETY’S FOUNDATION.” Discuss.
We're very much looking forward to the @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social conference in Oxford at the end of this month!
We have EIGHT panels on political thought (programme here: www.psa.ac.uk/wp-content/u...)
🏫 All of our panels are in the Okinaga Room in Wadham College
www.psa.ac.uk/conference/p...
Really looking forward!
Political Thought panel 8
✊ Resistance and politics from below
🗣️ Panellists: Jess Mezo, @abhishek-choudhary.bsky.social, @alinau27.bsky.social, Vidhu Verma
⏰ 3:30pm Wednesday 1 April
It's simple really, it's because he faced no real accountability for his actions.
Bold politics live with Zack Polanski
Excited to be doing a live episode of @boldpolitics.bsky.social with Zoë Garbett & Dylan Law at EartH Theatre Hackney with another special guest (announced on Friday!)
Get your tickets here!
link.dice.fm/SLebil1bl1b?...
'Lord Paul Boateng said the findings exposed UK museums and universities as “imperial charnel houses where the bones of Indigenous peoples torn from Britain’s empire in the past, with little or no regard...continue to be retained to this day in circumstances that beggar belief”.'
"We saw that change in Gorton and Denton – and that result unlocked a new level of confidence for potential Green voters that they can truly vote for what they want and get it."
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
"In their book Social Murder? Austerity and Life Expectancy in the UK, the public health experts David Walsh and Gerry McCartney point out how Tory and Lib Dem policies effectively killed ordinary Britons."
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
I am once again tapping the "support independent, worker-owned, billionaire free news" sign. the most powerful people in the world should not be deciding whether or not we know about this sort of thing. putting Marisa's subscription link below
For politically active billionaires and their allies in Washington, social media is becoming an instrument of political power, writes Paddy Leerssen. Broadly, a new regulatory paradigm for content moderation is emerging: the EU writes laws, the US buys shares.
Even further and faster than I expected. news.sky.com/story/greens...
"Of those who voted Labour [in 2024], just 37% would vote Labour again".
Read that again to absorb the full, astonishing weight of what it means.
Starmer, Reeves and co have burnt their house down.
news.sky.com/story/greens...
Really concerned to hear the Defence Secretary refuse to rule out UK's involvement in future strikes on Iran.
Iraq lessons must be learned.
Further escalation in the Middle East makes us all less safe.
Starmer must rule out UK involvement immediately.
The morally bankrupt Trump administration has partnered with another morally bankrupt authoritarian to declare an unprovoked war on Iran, already killing scores of civilians.
We need an immediate vote from Congress on a War Powers Resolution. Then articles of impeachment.
Two people smiling. National press got hold of my number and tried to get me to dish the dirt and all I could say was what an incredible human being he has been and what he continues to be
Amused how many friends & old colleagues (actors, waiters, night club staff) keep getting in touch to say press keep phoning them or turning up at their door for stories.
They can't stand the growth of our movement - lower bills & take on power & wealth.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
Starmer’s response to yesterday feels like the end of his leadership
There’s no way can compare Greens to Reform and expect to win back the voters that have left you
New — I spoke to eight trans people in Kansas about the new state law that invalidated their driver’s licenses overnight, what’s it’s like to live there right now, plus details of two DMV emails exclusively obtained by The Handbasket that shed light on the law’s chaotic and cruel rollout:
Don’t buy it.
The SAVE Act was never just about voter ID. It’s about pressure, who gets flagged, who gets pushed off the rolls, and who has to jump through hoops to prove they belong in this democracy.
📌 Trump’s putting the heat on Republicans to pass it.
#SaveActTaxesYourVote
Beautiful seeing the faces of the media when @zackpolanski.bsky.social rightly points out they need to take some responsibility for enabling the state of things
@zackpolanski.bsky.social : "Once again Reform are spreading misinformation & smears, and the press & the media seem to repeat them.. its really important that the media.. take responsibility so when Reform or Farage says something they don't just keep repeating it"👏👏👏
Good morning.
If you've just woken up, the politics of hope just crushed the politics of fear and hatred (Labour-Reform).
It wasn't even close.
40.6% for the Greens. Reform second on 28.7%, Labour third on 25.4%.
@zackpolanski.bsky.social is my hero - he deals with all these ridiculous questions so well!
Derry Girls asking “is it worse than when we started cleaning?”
Clare replying I think it might be, yeah
Live footage of me *years* into revising this paper:
'Ministers are looking at changing the interest rate or repayment threshold on student loans to defuse graduates’ growing anger over spiralling student debts, The i Paper can reveal.'
I wish the New York Times hated rich pedophiles as much as they hate trans kids.
A troubling new problem has emerged in Minnesota: Immigrants are being released without documents proving their status.
According to 10 immigration lawyers we interviewed, immigrants have been released from detention centers without work permits, Social Security cards, and other documents.
This is cool as hell: An app designed to ping people about nearby smartglasses.
Also cool: The creator was inspired by @404media.co coverage, a great illustration of why their journalism is so essential. This kind of work is funded by paid subscribers so become one of those if you can.
