Marie VC, PhD
@marievc.eurosky.social
Postdoctoral Researcher (elle/she) • Internet & Cultural Studies • Legal Knowledge & Environmental Law • Social & Climate Justice • Brussels Sprouts Appreciation Society • Arts & Crafts • Gardening • Sailing
FR/EN (Belgium/Luxembourg)
FR/EN (Belgium/Luxembourg)
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Excited to announce that I've signed a contract with @mitpress.bsky.social for a new book! It's about ImageNet, a dataset of 14 million photos. Without it, we likely wouldn't have "AI" as we currently know it.
I've been thinking about this book for over 5 years, and am excited to finally write it.
I've been thinking about this book for over 5 years, and am excited to finally write it.
September 21, 2026 at 6:00 PM
Excited to announce that I've signed a contract with @mitpress.bsky.social for a new book! It's about ImageNet, a dataset of 14 million photos. Without it, we likely wouldn't have "AI" as we currently know it.
I've been thinking about this book for over 5 years, and am excited to finally write it.
I've been thinking about this book for over 5 years, and am excited to finally write it.
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best as a pair I think
September 12, 2026 at 10:50 AM
best as a pair I think
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This 👇
As a society we must do a better job of listening to disabled people.
As the incomparable Alice Wong used to say… we’re oracles.
We can offer a window into what comes next for you and your loved ones.
We have wisdom to share.
We also know how to fight systems of oppression.
As the incomparable Alice Wong used to say… we’re oracles.
We can offer a window into what comes next for you and your loved ones.
We have wisdom to share.
We also know how to fight systems of oppression.
September 21, 2026 at 5:02 AM
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Bloomsbury Philosophy. New release 📖
In this urgent analysis, Jordi Maiso asks whether, under conditions of authoritarian regression and damaged subjectivity, critical theory can still resist resignation and keep alive the possibility of transformation.
Learn more:
In this urgent analysis, Jordi Maiso asks whether, under conditions of authoritarian regression and damaged subjectivity, critical theory can still resist resignation and keep alive the possibility of transformation.
Learn more:
New release 📖
In this urgent analysis, Jordi Maiso asks whether, under conditions of authoritarian regression and damaged subjectivity, critical theory can still resist resignation and keep alive the possibility of transformation.
Learn more: https://bit.ly/4h0351g
In this urgent analysis, Jordi Maiso asks whether, under conditions of authoritarian regression and damaged subjectivity, critical theory can still resist resignation and keep alive the possibility of transformation.
Learn more: https://bit.ly/4h0351g
September 20, 2026 at 11:11 AM
Bloomsbury Philosophy. New release 📖
In this urgent analysis, Jordi Maiso asks whether, under conditions of authoritarian regression and damaged subjectivity, critical theory can still resist resignation and keep alive the possibility of transformation.
Learn more:
In this urgent analysis, Jordi Maiso asks whether, under conditions of authoritarian regression and damaged subjectivity, critical theory can still resist resignation and keep alive the possibility of transformation.
Learn more:
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Last night, an exhibition I've been working on was launched at Cromford Mills in Derbyshire to mark 250 years since building of 2nd mill (blue print for cotton factories worldwide) and early industrial housing. It's open all weekend, with lots of activities. Critique my graphic design efforts!
September 19, 2026 at 12:51 PM
Last night, an exhibition I've been working on was launched at Cromford Mills in Derbyshire to mark 250 years since building of 2nd mill (blue print for cotton factories worldwide) and early industrial housing. It's open all weekend, with lots of activities. Critique my graphic design efforts!
Are you rich enough to afford honesty?
A few weekends ago I went to Miami and attended 9 open houses in extremely high-risk flood areas to see what agents are telling prospective buyers about them.
Here is my journey
Here is my journey
The open houses at the edge of disaster
What are buyers being told about climate risk in Miami? I posed as one to find out.
heated.world
September 19, 2026 at 5:20 AM
Are you rich enough to afford honesty?
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if you are reviewing an unpublished manuscript and you have the sheer unmitigated audacity, cheek, gall and laziness to upload it into an LLM to generate a review, let me tell you, you should be shunned and tarred and feathered
September 18, 2026 at 8:59 PM
if you are reviewing an unpublished manuscript and you have the sheer unmitigated audacity, cheek, gall and laziness to upload it into an LLM to generate a review, let me tell you, you should be shunned and tarred and feathered
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A paper is finished when the embarrassment of submitting it becomes smaller than the embarrassment of still working on it
September 18, 2026 at 9:43 AM
A paper is finished when the embarrassment of submitting it becomes smaller than the embarrassment of still working on it
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Je rappelle que les pré-commandes sont ouvertes pour cet incroyable projet: 5 autrices ont écrit les aventures de 5 écrivaines des temps modernes aux prises avec 5 grands méchants.
Ma novella s’appelle Hazel Heald contre Herbert West. Elle est gore, drôle et féministe.
fr.ulule.com/leetm/?utm_c...
Ma novella s’appelle Hazel Heald contre Herbert West. Elle est gore, drôle et féministe.
fr.ulule.com/leetm/?utm_c...
La Ligue des Écrivaines Extraordinaires : Les Temps modernes
5 nouvelles aventures inédites de La Ligue des Écrivaines Extraordinaires
fr.ulule.com
September 18, 2026 at 4:22 AM
Je rappelle que les pré-commandes sont ouvertes pour cet incroyable projet: 5 autrices ont écrit les aventures de 5 écrivaines des temps modernes aux prises avec 5 grands méchants.
Ma novella s’appelle Hazel Heald contre Herbert West. Elle est gore, drôle et féministe.
fr.ulule.com/leetm/?utm_c...
Ma novella s’appelle Hazel Heald contre Herbert West. Elle est gore, drôle et féministe.
fr.ulule.com/leetm/?utm_c...
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Picked up my copies of Frontières Queer!! Que je suis content que cet ouvrage existe dans ce monde.
Dans les libraires le 24 septembre.
Merci @rotbokrik.bsky.social xo xo
Dans les libraires le 24 septembre.
Merci @rotbokrik.bsky.social xo xo
September 15, 2026 at 2:45 PM
Picked up my copies of Frontières Queer!! Que je suis content que cet ouvrage existe dans ce monde.
Dans les libraires le 24 septembre.
Merci @rotbokrik.bsky.social xo xo
Dans les libraires le 24 septembre.
Merci @rotbokrik.bsky.social xo xo
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Nice campaign by the Norwegian Consumer Council about the declining lifespan of products. Enjoy!
September 17, 2026 at 7:34 AM
Nice campaign by the Norwegian Consumer Council about the declining lifespan of products. Enjoy!
I’ve got two sleeves 🧶 (and a cold 🤧).
September 17, 2026 at 6:07 AM
I’ve got two sleeves 🧶 (and a cold 🤧).
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I have had some great teachers in this life, and she was the one who taught me what I could call the survival techniques to being a writer. I wouldn't have made it this far without her. I'm grateful to her, for her. Rest in peace, Annie.
Breaking News: Annie Dillard, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of the modern classic “Pilgrim at Tinker Creek,” has died at 81.
Annie Dillard, Meditative Author of ‘Pilgrim at Tinker Creek,’ Dies at 81
Her Thoreau-like account of journeys in the woods, published when she was 28, was the first of many ruminations on life and nature, good and evil.
nyti.ms
September 16, 2026 at 2:28 PM
I have had some great teachers in this life, and she was the one who taught me what I could call the survival techniques to being a writer. I wouldn't have made it this far without her. I'm grateful to her, for her. Rest in peace, Annie.
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This post is making the rounds again for some reason and therefore I feel I must inform you that they’ve hired another one so there are now TWO forensic pathologists working in Iceland.
My favourite fact about Iceland is that we have many, many crime writers but only one forensic pathologist, and he was so busy answering all of their questions that he decided to have a small seminar for writers to get some peace.
It immediately sold out so he had another one that also sold out.
It immediately sold out so he had another one that also sold out.
September 15, 2026 at 1:18 PM
This post is making the rounds again for some reason and therefore I feel I must inform you that they’ve hired another one so there are now TWO forensic pathologists working in Iceland.
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Pétition pour honorer les meufs avec des photos où elles sont vieilles (quand elles ont eu la chance de mourir vieilles)
September 15, 2026 at 8:20 PM
Pétition pour honorer les meufs avec des photos où elles sont vieilles (quand elles ont eu la chance de mourir vieilles)
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Not to brag, but Oslo is competing in the European Tram Driving Championship.
Skal forsvare Norges ære i trikke-EM: – Vi går for å vinne
Alt må gå på skinner om Norge skal stikke av med seieren i trikke-EM. De norske førerne vil vinne hele greia.
www.nrk.no
September 15, 2026 at 12:26 PM
Not to brag, but Oslo is competing in the European Tram Driving Championship.
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I am bone-deep exhausted but also bone-deep delighted. WE DID IT! I will probably write a short blog post review of the day in a bit. In essence, it was everything we dreamed of and more. The conversation was profound, deep, critical, funny and necessary.
3 MORE DAYS!!!
A scholarly community dedicated to advancing conversations about race, empire, coloniality, justice, and transformative approaches to legal education.
Join the network.
Connect with colleagues.
Share ideas and resources.
Attend our launch event.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/launching-...
A scholarly community dedicated to advancing conversations about race, empire, coloniality, justice, and transformative approaches to legal education.
Join the network.
Connect with colleagues.
Share ideas and resources.
Attend our launch event.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/launching-...
Launching the Critical Legal Pedagogies of Race and Empire Network
Join us to kick off a fresh network diving into race, empire, and legal education with some great minds.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
September 15, 2026 at 10:21 AM
I am bone-deep exhausted but also bone-deep delighted. WE DID IT! I will probably write a short blog post review of the day in a bit. In essence, it was everything we dreamed of and more. The conversation was profound, deep, critical, funny and necessary.
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It's ACLA #CFP season, and we are seeking papers for our virtual seminar, "(Re)composing Rot," on everything from translation, ruins, burnout, bureaucracy, brainrot, debility, waste, memory, and the e(rot)ic. Come decay with us!
Inbox open for queries.♻️🚯
#CFP #ACLA
www.acla.org/seminar/d909...
Inbox open for queries.♻️🚯
#CFP #ACLA
www.acla.org/seminar/d909...
View Seminar | American Comparative Literature Association
www.acla.org
September 15, 2026 at 8:24 AM
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Humans are reading your ChatGPT chats. Just like humans are behind your food delivery robots and various other applications of automated technology. Usually underpaid humans in other countries.
this is so fucking crazy. huge huge huge scoop www.404media.co/inside-proje...
September 14, 2026 at 3:30 PM
Humans are reading your ChatGPT chats. Just like humans are behind your food delivery robots and various other applications of automated technology. Usually underpaid humans in other countries.
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JOB: Senior Lecturer in environmental ethics and environmental philosophy, University of Lausanne (Switzerland). Fluency in French after 2 years expected.
#envhum #philosophy
#envhum #philosophy
Career Opportunities: Professoral staff (22966)
career5.successfactors.eu
September 14, 2026 at 9:52 AM
JOB: Senior Lecturer in environmental ethics and environmental philosophy, University of Lausanne (Switzerland). Fluency in French after 2 years expected.
#envhum #philosophy
#envhum #philosophy
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'The enormous scale of Britain’s centuries-long trafficking of enslaved African people, supported by parliament and the monarchy, has been laid bare by new research.'
Expect kickback, and continued confusion among commentators between the slave trade and slavery, & their abolitions. #Skystorians
Expect kickback, and continued confusion among commentators between the slave trade and slavery, & their abolitions. #Skystorians
Monarchs, MPs and merchants: the register laying bare Britain’s slave-trading past
Exclusive: New research identifies thousands who profited from trafficking enslaved Africans and traces some financial links to institutions still operating today
www.theguardian.com
September 14, 2026 at 6:11 AM
'The enormous scale of Britain’s centuries-long trafficking of enslaved African people, supported by parliament and the monarchy, has been laid bare by new research.'
Expect kickback, and continued confusion among commentators between the slave trade and slavery, & their abolitions. #Skystorians
Expect kickback, and continued confusion among commentators between the slave trade and slavery, & their abolitions. #Skystorians
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if you’ve ever wondered why historians are very reluctant to talk about how their own experiences / backgrounds relate to their writing, i wrote a book about some who have tried, and how we all can be more self-conscious & analytical about it. i used myself as a case study. it is free to download!
September 13, 2026 at 8:17 AM
if you’ve ever wondered why historians are very reluctant to talk about how their own experiences / backgrounds relate to their writing, i wrote a book about some who have tried, and how we all can be more self-conscious & analytical about it. i used myself as a case study. it is free to download!
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Celeste-Marie Bernier presents the first standalone biography of Anna Murray Douglass, wife and co-revolutionary of Frederick Douglass, honoring her history-making role as a campaigner, liberator, and freedom-fighter. Read a sample for free now:
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September 10, 2026 at 2:30 PM
Celeste-Marie Bernier presents the first standalone biography of Anna Murray Douglass, wife and co-revolutionary of Frederick Douglass, honoring her history-making role as a campaigner, liberator, and freedom-fighter. Read a sample for free now:
buff.ly/4etAj6v
buff.ly/4etAj6v
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Posting tips for women on how not to get murdered according to Dateline NBC. Will update with more tips
1. Don’t go on a boat with a man
2. Don’t go on a hike with a man
3. Don’t go near a hot tub or bath tub with a man.
1. Don’t go on a boat with a man
2. Don’t go on a hike with a man
3. Don’t go near a hot tub or bath tub with a man.
September 10, 2026 at 9:34 PM
Posting tips for women on how not to get murdered according to Dateline NBC. Will update with more tips
1. Don’t go on a boat with a man
2. Don’t go on a hike with a man
3. Don’t go near a hot tub or bath tub with a man.
1. Don’t go on a boat with a man
2. Don’t go on a hike with a man
3. Don’t go near a hot tub or bath tub with a man.