Flyer for the course at TUDelft called "Introduction to Cloud as Infrastructure: The effects of the new business of computing on practice". The flyer depicts a pixelated copy of the public domain image The Big Wave of Kanagawa, has the title of the course, some questions, learning objectives, course structure and details. The same details can be found using the qr code which connects to the Study Guide of students at TU Delft. https://studyguide.tudelft.nl/courses/study-guide/educations/19990

"Introduction to Cloud as Infrastructure: the effects of the new business of computing on practice" is taking place for the 6th time this year. If you are in the vicinity and want to attend (commitment required), please get in touch (max 40 students). We take off on April 22nd.
#PIP #TUDelft

Cloud Capitalism​ Owned and controlled by a handful of mega-corporations, clouds and mobile devices in our pockets have become the taken-for-granted foundations of contemporary society. What are the consequences of thi...

Last call:
We are hosting @devikanarayan.bsky.social at 8pm at SPUI25 where she will be giving a talk on "Cloud Capitalism" and discussing the futures of computatinal infrastructures with Miriyam Aouragh.
Live stream: spui25.nl/live
More info:
spui25.nl/programma/th...
#Algosoc #PIP #titipi

If I was a head of state, I would simply be less enthusiastic about legitimising executing heads of state

illegal use of force by every measure, domestic & international

US AND ISRAEL ATTACK IRAN Multiple explosions heard in Tehran, elsewhere, as Israel launches attacks on Iran with US help.

The world's two rogue states, Israel and the USA, have started a war not against Iran but against the whole world. We stand with Iranians, with Humanity, against the notion that Israel and the US can bomb anyone their fancy takes them to bomb. www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblo...

The military is bailing out the AI industry. We interview author and activist @naomiaklein.bsky.social on our latest episode of Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000. Check out episode 72: How the War Department Learned to Stop Worrying and Love AI.

(with @emilymbender.bsky.social)

Near the White House, Hundreds of High School Students Protest ICE

NYT: Near the White House, hundreds of high school students protest ICE.

By Campbell Robertson and Callie Holtermann

Hundreds of students walked out of high schools across Washington on Friday for a rally in front of the Lincoln Memorial.

#NoWar

Preach…also “mass surveillance is not ok, but targeted is fine” is dog whistling to the security establishment.
There is a serious drift in what we have come to think is a good political act.

No war with Iran

Also available as video on PeerTube:
peertube.dair-institute.org/w/tJgaVZmiGw...

How Jack Dorsey Explained Cutting Almost Half of Block’s Staff The entrepreneur said fewer employees is better in the AI age.

"Dorsey acknowledged that such a big cull could risk Block’s ability to serve its customers in the short term" www.wsj.com/business/how... expect a whole new level of Enshittification...

Secretary of State Marco Rubio at the Munich Security Conference - United States Department of State SECRETARY RUBIO:  Thank you very much.  We gather here today as members of a historic alliance, an alliance that saved and changed the world.  When this conference began in 1963, it was in a nation – ...

Rubio's #Munich speech was met with a 'sigh of relief' in Europe: grateful for reassurance of partnership. THIS IS BAFFLING when you examine the white Christian nationalist undertones of his speech

See here for the full speech: www.state.gov/releases/202...

Attack on Rojava is an attack on hope As a result of various international agreements and directives behind the scenes, the Syrian transitional government of Ahmed al-Sharaa and Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) have declared war on the Democ...

Η επίθεση στην Ροζάβα είναι επίθεση στην ελπίδα english.anf-news.com/news/attack-...

in acknowledgement of the fact that There Is A Lot Going On, the deadline for this CFP has been extended by one week! oddletters.com/tech-money/

hey!

hey!!!

if you are an academic of any rank in the critical tech studies space who cares about how money, finance, and business structures work in science and technology, i want to see your abstracts for a collected volume! they're due tomorrow!!!

https//oddletters.com/tech-money/

92% of ICE Detention Growth in FY 2026 Driven by Immigrants with No Criminal Convictions ICE published new detention data today that brings the current population to a record-high of 68,990. Get the full breakdown below. Plus: ICE records first detention death of 2026.

92% of ICE Detention Growth in FY 2026 Driven by Immigrants with No Criminal Convictions

ICE published new detention data today that brings the current population to a record-high of 68,990. ICE records first detention death of 2026.

austinkocher.substack.com/p/92-of-ice-...

Renee Good’s wife says she was supporting neighbors when killed by ICE Renee Nicole Good was a devoted mother and artist before she was fatally shot and became a flash point of anger against U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

Renee Good’s Wife Says She Was Supporting Neighbors When Killed by ICE

By Molly Hennessy-Fiske, Annie Gowen, and Praveena Somasundaram

Gift link! @mollyhf.bsky.social @praveenavsoma.bsky.social

In case you needed a reminder that the maintenance of the fascist state and one's fragile masculinity go hand-in-hand.

Driving in San Francisco with no traffic lights apparently isn't difficult enough, so Waymo was gracious enough to stop two of their AVs at 17th and Valencia

Peer pressure?

You know, post-snowden privacy advocates said “no to mass surveillance, but targeted is ok” 😉Some of us said: you are throwing people of color, Muslims and those impacted by war on terror under the bus. And, here we are!

Me 😊: this proceeding should contribute to preparing the ground for a new DMA market investigation with the aim to updating obligations with regard to AI (ICYMI, there's one already ongoing for cloud) - as suggested in the @article19.bsky.social Report competitionwave.blogspot.com/2025/12/comm...

I mean, in what sense will you be able to say the college “survived”?

Join Joining the AAUP says that you’re concerned about academic freedom, and about the way that basic freedom protects your teaching and research. Join today.

The @aaup.org beat Marco Rubio in court, with a Reagan-appointed judge ruling that ideological deportations obviously violate the first amendment.

These cases cost money. And we need millions of people moving together to make them stick. If you're faculty in the US, join AAUP and join the fight.

"...signal to consumers everywhere that A.I. isn’t an unstoppable tsunami about to overwhelm us. Now is the time for ordinary Americans to recognize our agency and act to put in place the guardrails we want"

Postdoc Impact of Computational Infrastructures on Public Institutions and Administration of Justice Postdoc Impact of Computational Infrastructures on Public Institutions and Administration of Justice

Post doc opportunity on computational infrastructures

"How do computational infrastructures expand into sectoral organizations? Are current (digital) policies adequate in responding to their impact on administration of justice?"

careers.tudelft.nl/job/Delft-Po...

Postdoc Impact of Computational Infrastructures on Public Institutions and Administration of Justice Postdoc Impact of Computational Infrastructures on Public Institutions and Administration of Justice

Interested in empirically and critically studying how computational infrastructures (clouds+end devices) expand into public organizations?

Then please consider applying to this 2 yr postdoc position within the algosoc project and situated at TUD:
careers.tudelft.nl/job/Delft-Po...