Kean Birch

Like many others, Twitter has become a waste of time / hellhole, so I'm moving over to #Bluesky. I've found a way to add Twitter followers there, which is useful if anyone wants to know. Find me here: bsky.app/profile/keanbi…

"Ontario is home to over 40 per cent of the country's university system, but it provides the lowest amount of per-student funding for domestic students out of all the provinces, according to a 2021 auditor general report." cbc.ca/news/canada/to…

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Like many others, Twitter has become a waste of time / hellhole, so I'm moving over to #Bluesky. I've found a way to add Twitter followers there, which is useful if anyone wants to know. Find me here: bsky.app/profile/keanbi…

Tomorrow! Virtual seminar with @BPrainsack on "Making AI Ethical" (10.30am ET) #sts #ArtificialInteligence #aiethics #data #Solidarity

The grift is strong in #TonyBlair

Excited to welcome @BPrainsack to York's Institute for Technoscience & Society virtual seminar series. Barbara will talk about "Making AI Ethical: What is Data Solidarity & Why Do We Need It?" 10.30am EST via Zoom. Details: yorku.ca/research/its/e… #AIEthics #STS #Solidarity

How about we all donate the $200 bribe #DougFord is sending us to the #Liberals or #NDP or #Greens parties? Seems like a sensible action for a nonsense giveaway #onpoli #ontario

Earlier this month, an ad claiming the death of Jagmeet Singh appeared on multiple news outlets. The IJF has found similar ads are pushing get-rich-quick schemes worldwide. Why is no one accepting responsibility for the publication of these fake ads? Read our latest: theijf.org/fake-ads-jagme…

.@GaryMarcus: "Is OpenAI more like WeWork or Theranos?" #ArtificialIntelligence as scammy failure? Or fraud?

Without #Prime, #Amazon has become incredibly expensive for shipping & handling for books - is this new? They also default to paying (rather than any free options) #bigtech

We're hosting a talk this Friday @ YorkU: "Briefing on EU policy on secondary use of health data for biomedical research" by Iñigo de Miguel Beriain - 11.30am in Room 110 Founders College #biomedical #biomedicine #sts #EUpolicy #healthdata

MC Forelle & I wrote a paper about #assetization in the automotive sector, forthcoming in Engaging Science, Technology & Society. "Driving into a paywall: The subscriptionization of consumer vehicles." Pre-print here papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf…

@Prof_Rob_Smith Yes!

@keanbirch 100%. I think it started with the outrage with the “making a cup of tea” video

I'm convinced there's a whole movement of online American food trolls making disgusting food specifically to get reactions from Europeans & foodies - #foodtrolls?

Finally, some years of work and engagement have materialised in this encyclopedia of #STS. Many thanks to the + 90 authors who contributed! And what a pleasure it has been to go on that adventure with Alan Irwin - thanks for being such a great colleague, conspirator and friend!

Last year I was commissioned by the UK ministry of housing to write a report on the demand side-drivers of the housing affordability crisis. After some election-related delays, here it is. (1/13) ucl.ac.uk/bartlett/publi…

Had great day yesterday hosting the wonderful Koray Caliskan at ITS's 1st seminar of new academic year. Fantastic talk abt his book "Data Money", then engaging workshop taking apart #Google's search engine (picture credit to Koray). More events to follow! yorku.ca/research/its/e…

My book Digital Death, Digital Assets and Post-mortem Privacy is now available as a paperback and is much more affordable! With the code PAPER30 on the @EdinburghUP, you can get 30% off and get it for just around £17.5 #digitaldeath #postmortemprivacy edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-digital-d…

How is #Microsoft #Teams an actual product? Why would anyone buy it without being forced to? #bigtech