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Neuer Sammelband:
"Künstliche Intelligenz: Perspektiven auf Technik, Arbeit und Geschlecht"
Themen:
_ Wie verändert KI die Arbeitswelt
_ Welche geschlechterspezifischen Effekte hat KI
_ Inwiefern werden Macht- und Geschlechterverhältnisse im Kontext von KI neu verhandelt?
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Neuer Sammelband:
"Künstliche Intelligenz: Perspektiven auf Technik, Arbeit und Geschlecht"
Themen:
_ Wie verändert KI die Arbeitswelt
_ Welche geschlechterspezifischen Effekte hat KI
_ Inwiefern werden Macht- und Geschlechterverhältnisse im Kontext von KI neu verhandelt?
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This Social Spec initiative is quite interesting, very old-internet and I like it.
https://socialspec.org

My department (Sociology) is hiring for a *second* tenure-track position, this time jointly with Jewish Studies. Apply to come work with amazing colleagues and students in a fantastic city!
#academicjobs #sociology #jewishstudies

Event TONIGHT! at the Ol'55 in Galway City.
Speakers Richard Boyd Barrett TD with People Before Profit and Emma Bally of New York City Democratic Socialists of America.
Discussions to include the Mamdani mayor campaign and labour organising as well as a broader look at how we must organise and act now to fight for an alternative to the capitalist system.
#Galway

How anyone can even consider voting for any Republicans anymore is beyond me.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2026/sep/21/trump-deportation-deals
"Nika is one of more than 25,000 people deported by the Trump admi…

Theory: the rise of YouTube gamers has kind of ruined new games, especially sequels.
Nintendo saw countless hours of YouTubers horsing around in Breath of the Wild, so they made a sequel built entirely about horsing around in the same world with a bunch of goofy sandbox toys, rather than giving us a proper adventure/exploration/puzzle game.
Team Cherry saw YouTubers get incredibly skilled at precision combat in Hollow Knight, so they made Silksong all about precision…

I always find polished fan sequels interesting -- you see a different perspective on the original series and what was special to that group of devs. Although I wonder why "Donkey Kong Country 4: The Kong's Return" uses a *square* aspect ratio. Maybe they're inspired by some gameplay constraints of Donkey Kong Land?
https://www.

So, as a social scientist, I am absolutely fascinated with the longstanding issue about AirBNB guests being requested to do the cleaning of a home that they then have to play a cleaning fee in anyway.
I want to know: has there been any sociologist or economist who's taken a look at this moment where we can, for the first time, put an actual price tag and some data on the economic cost of the maintenance of a home? The ongoing work of homemaking is one of continuous tasks throughout a day, including exactly the list that guests often get, like stripping beds to start loads of laundry with very explicit directions on the washing machine settings...that would normally be stored in the emotional and logistical load of the primary homemaker/caregiver. This is often seen as "too much work" or "not important" or "why are they so picky about the washing machine settings" and the answer, of course, is that for the first time, people who don't have to manage a home have to understand the sheer effort it takes to manage a clean and welcoming home. And now, there has been a specific price tag on it.
I hope someone goes and does this work now, because the data is likely there.
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/oct/22/airbnb-guests-freed-from-chores-involving-significant-effort-under-new-global-rules

RE: https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:eronyhtcn3eycaxa4k2i4xtf/post/3myfnkfg7u22l
Interessante Umfrage, aber was verstehen US-Amerikaner unter Sozialismus?