@PrecAnthro mentioned here as one of the good examples of academics organising against precarity and raising awareness of it
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Tsvetelina Hristova
204 posts
Tsvetelina Hristova
@TsvetMachine
Balkan post-soc doing critical digital studies
Inscrit le Temmuz 2012
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Tsvetelina Hristova retweeté
Young victim of Israel’s pager attack tells Iraqi TV “I was playing on my phone at home. I heard the pager ring, I didn't know that sound. I grabbed it, and I barely had time to press OK before it exploded”
When Biden officials make pager jokes, this is what they’re laughing at:
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Tsvetelina Hristova retweeté
Tracing the infrastructure of AI to mines, chip factories, data centers, and e-waste dumps, our video of the week unveils the environmental harms of the supply chain capitalism data centers.
Feat. Ana Valdivia at @oiioxford
buff.ly/4fXKlw5
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Tsvetelina Hristova retweeté
Using AI to simulate its architects and generate alternate histories, our hidden gem of the week revisits Chile’s Cybersyn project as a means to counter neoliberal capitalist realism and expand economic imagination.
By @lukemunn & @liam_magee
buff.ly/4fSSwt8
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@VictorPPetrov @aseeestudies And geomagnetic storms! They are still listing the days with strong magnetic storms on TV in Bulgaria. I was shocked when I found out that this was never a thing in non post-soc countries. They didn't have a clue what I was talking about lol
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Obligatory #ASEEES2024 @aseeestudies post of offerings:
1) Learn of spooky goings-on in transition Bulgaria - from Baba Vanga & poltergeists to bio-energies & more. First session Thursday!
2) Friday - presentation & discussion of the excellent new Everyday Postsocialism volume!
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Tsvetelina Hristova retweeté
Y'all write about them creating "superintelligent" machines when they can't even have speech transcription tools that don't randomly add things.
apnews.com/article/ai-art…
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@AlexHealeyAudio @SMARTYMobileUK I had issues arranging a medical appointment last month and this because I could not take the triage call, so it had real consequences for me, even if 999 is possible to call. And it's been now over a month with no ability to make or receive calls and no solution from smarty
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@TsvetMachine @SMARTYMobileUK 999 will work without signal Tbf. But yes signal is terrible. As soon as I’m out of that area fine.
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@SMARTYMobileUK please could you turn it off and on again in the LS12 area. Not been able to ring anyone here for weeks now.
:( Works fine everywhere else.
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@SMARTYMobileUK Sure. I'll ask them to call me on my smarty network that is NOT working lol
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@TsvetMachine You are able to request a call back from the complaints team in the link I have provided. -Rebekah
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Raise your hand if you are with @SMARTYMobileUK and have not had mobile reception for weeks or months on end. Major failure of this company and no solution offered to customers so far. Can a mobile provide even be allowed to operate if they don't provide reception for months?
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Tsvetelina Hristova@TsvetMachine
Raise your hand if you are with @SMARTYMobileUK and have not had mobile reception for weeks or months on end. Major failure of this company and no solution offered to customers so far. Can a mobile provide even be allowed to operate if they don't provide reception for months?
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@SMARTYMobileUK My phone isn’t working, the signal and network has totally gone - what do I do?
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Tsvetelina Hristova@TsvetMachine
Raise your hand if you are with @SMARTYMobileUK and have not had mobile reception for weeks or months on end. Major failure of this company and no solution offered to customers so far. Can a mobile provide even be allowed to operate if they don't provide reception for months?
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@SMARTYMobileUK Hi, don't both of these, I've been with you a few months so many times turned off and I reset the network settings this morning turned on and off, but still the same so far. Thanks
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@SMARTYMobileUK Hi, brought a SIM from you, changed my number using PAC, but SIM card is still showing the original number. Android phone. Phone working fine, just about settings and text messages showing old number. Any idea how to update this ? Thanks
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Tsvetelina Hristova@TsvetMachine
Raise your hand if you are with @SMARTYMobileUK and have not had mobile reception for weeks or months on end. Major failure of this company and no solution offered to customers so far. Can a mobile provide even be allowed to operate if they don't provide reception for months?
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@SMARTYMobileUK @RevertedWolf I have had the same issue for 4 weeks, and the customer service just leads to an unhelpful bot.
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@SMARTYMobileUK are genuinely the worst provider have EVER been with. Unable to make, or receive calls since 3G was phased out. Customer service directed me to the manufacturer despite confirming I have a 4G phone.
Went back to @giffgaff today & perfect service has resumed #AVOID
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Tsvetelina Hristova@TsvetMachine
Raise your hand if you are with @SMARTYMobileUK and have not had mobile reception for weeks or months on end. Major failure of this company and no solution offered to customers so far. Can a mobile provide even be allowed to operate if they don't provide reception for months?
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Tsvetelina Hristova@TsvetMachine
Raise your hand if you are with @SMARTYMobileUK and have not had mobile reception for weeks or months on end. Major failure of this company and no solution offered to customers so far. Can a mobile provide even be allowed to operate if they don't provide reception for months?
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Come on @SMARTYMobileUK
Abysmal service right now in the North east
Can't do nothing with this kind of service
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Tsvetelina Hristova@TsvetMachine
Raise your hand if you are with @SMARTYMobileUK and have not had mobile reception for weeks or months on end. Major failure of this company and no solution offered to customers so far. Can a mobile provide even be allowed to operate if they don't provide reception for months?
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@SMARTYMobileUK How do you speak to someone in customer services. I've been trying for the last hour to.work it out
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Don't waste your energy on Pants Caps... be a SMARTY Pants and switch to the mobile network with no annual price rises. 💸
Martin Lewis@MartinSLewis
It's time to rename the energy Price Cap, the energy Pants Cap. No one, who's capable of switching, should be on it right now. You can either - Fix at 9% less than the Cap - Get a discounted tariff (ie price cap but cheaper) - Get a special EV tariff - Sophisticated users can go for Octopus Agile/tracker tariffs with rapid price moves All smash the Price / Pants cap. clubs.moneysavingexpert.com/cheapenergyclub
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Tsvetelina Hristova@TsvetMachine
Raise your hand if you are with @SMARTYMobileUK and have not had mobile reception for weeks or months on end. Major failure of this company and no solution offered to customers so far. Can a mobile provide even be allowed to operate if they don't provide reception for months?
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@SMARTYMobileUK Looks like a 5G issue in Plymouth - all 3 devices lost 5G signal. No out of hours support for urgent issues?
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Tsvetelina Hristova@TsvetMachine
Raise your hand if you are with @SMARTYMobileUK and have not had mobile reception for weeks or months on end. Major failure of this company and no solution offered to customers so far. Can a mobile provide even be allowed to operate if they don't provide reception for months?
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@SMARTYMobileUK what is going on I have 6 phone contracts with you guys and half the time the signal won’t even make a phone call?
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Tsvetelina Hristova@TsvetMachine
Raise your hand if you are with @SMARTYMobileUK and have not had mobile reception for weeks or months on end. Major failure of this company and no solution offered to customers so far. Can a mobile provide even be allowed to operate if they don't provide reception for months?
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@SMARTYMobileUK my mobile network doesn't seem to be working. Is there an issue in Manchester currently?
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@SMARTYMobileUK You have not addressed my concern of the concern of a lot of other customers through the contact forms either. I've had multiple contacts so far. Why don't you try calling me? Oh, wait ...
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@TsvetMachine Hey Tsvetelina, I am unable to address your concerns on this platform here are all the ways to get in touch with us directly smarty.co.uk/contact -Rebekah
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