“Debate Me” culture is not organic, endemic, or apolitical. This mode of high jacking discourse is and has been central to a 30-year conservative training program that has produced untold numbers of people to do this for every reason but “civil discourse”

Saddened to hear of the passing of Dr. Rossiter, who told the stories of the many forgotten and underappreciated women of science. Like many women of her generation, she survived academia by developing a tough exterior, but her support for jr women, myself included, was unwavering. RIP, Margaret.

Online age verification is not like "showing ID to buy alcohol" because a) the liquor store doesn't get to scan your ID and store a digital copy of it forever in a database that will inevitably get hacked b) you don't have to show ID to go to the library because they have cocktail recipe books

Our department at the University of Toronto is hiring an assistant professor of sociology of race / ethnicity this fall. I'm not on the hiring committee but am very happy to talk to you about the position if you are interested. You can email, DM, or find me at ASA. jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Toronto-...

My university has announced a fund to essentially poach doctoral students from US institutions. DM me if you do work on the history/social impacts of AI and are interested in being poached 😂

Essential thread on the (lack of) ethics in the ChangeMyView Reddit research project and how/why to do better

can’t tell you how much joy i get from seeing pierre poilievre lost his seat

He could, for instance, have written about any number of topics. Here are some ideas for free. 1. What cults are the Anthropic crew in, and what is the ideological ancestry of these cults? (We've done the work for him here, hint hint, its eugenics: firstmonday.org/ojs/index.ph...).

When I left the Washington Post in 2023, my colleagues and I were worried AI would hoover up our work and enable "zombies" to churn out stories based on our reporting and writing styles. Today WaPo announced a partnership with OpenAI. And here it is: Zombie Gillian Brockell. I DID NOT WRITE THIS.

BREAKING: We filed a class action lawsuit today to protect international students in New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Maine, Rhode Island, and Puerto Rico from the Trump administration's abrupt and unlawful termination of their legal status.

Wow, we are now being officially advised against travel to the USA by the Canadian Association of University Teachers. I never thought I'd see the day. ☹️ #AcademicChatter

“It is 2025, and seemingly everyone wants us in the humanities to do stuff ‘with AI,’ informed not by what the technology avails but by the hopes it encodes.”

Review of Careless People written by former head of public policy for Bangladesh at Meta.

Sandra Harding’s writing highlights science’s political role in the everyday lives of everyday people. May we remember her words and celebrate her vision. A tremendous loss

Come work with me! 1 year postdoc opportunity to work with me on workers' roles in AI safety. Social science and participatory methods a must, experience working with trade unions a + More info & apply here --> qmul-jobs.tal.net/vx/mobile-0/...

In all the bluster and the threats of tariffs and annexation, nationalist jokes and hockey game boos, this is where my mind always went. You can always count on @brandimorin.bsky.social to bring the perspective that mainstream media ignores. #landback

CFPB's former chief technologist issues an urgent warning to the court that several years' worth of sensitive data is about to be destroyed, with damaging consequences storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

VICTORY: The NH House just voted to withdraw HB 476, a 15-week abortion ban. Extreme and baseless anti-abortion rights policies have no place in the Granite State, period. #nhpolitics

This new article from @histoftech.bsky.social provides essential testimony of resistance within tech industry. It’s also valuable for anyone (like me!) researching the history of worker organizing w/in science and tech companies

A thoughtful and nuanced response to claims that social media and smartphones are the root cause of a crisis in teen mental health

One thing getting me through this week is all the reminders of the wonder of Ichiro Suzuki. What a gift to be a baseball fan while that guy was playing

Sharing this because what Mia says here about the Wired headline is an important lesson about how to do your job when it really fucking matters

As a Canadian I still have access to TikTok and will describe what's happening there for the low low price of $10.00CAD per minute.

Really proud of this special theme and profoundly grateful to the authors and guest editors for sharing their insights! Thanks to @bigdatasoc.bsky.social for hosting us!

I know that many folks are following along with the astonishing uptick in RedNote downloads (comm/creator studies researchers have been studying Xiaohongshu *for years*). This news is worrisome: www.advocate.com/news/what-is...

Hard to overstate just how much of the tech industry’s horrifically dystopian present grew right out of its transparently misogynistic past

I’m hiring a (well paid) Ph.D. intern to work with me and the Viva UX research lead on a qualitative research project about employee connection, organizational culture, and Copilot adoption. Based in Cambridge MA. Deadline January 31. jobs.careers.microsoft.com/global/en/jo...

"Women full professors are 19% more likely than men at the same career stage to leave academia, as compared with 6% for women assistant professors and 10% for associates."

I love this moving account of the shifting and ambivalent relationship to surveillance that can come with becoming a parent from @kristenradtke.bsky.social in @theverge.com

I asked more than three dozen tech companies that sell, possess, or help analyze personal data whether they would help facilitate Trump's promised mass deportation operations—Only six responded, and only one said no theintercept.com/2024/12/02/l...

New from me: I profiled Clear, the airport biometric company that is looking to become the “universal identity platform” of the physical world...and which has (according to its CTO) “1 of the largest private repositories of identities on the planet." www.technologyreview.com/2024/11/20/1...

Democrats also blamed their 2004 election loss on gay marriage, which Kerry had distanced himself from.

Privacy Law Starter Pack - Part 2 - Privacy Strikes Back I was capped at 150 for my Privacy Law Starter Pack - Part 1, so I created a new pack bsky.app/starter-pack...

Privacy Law Starter Pack Check back from time to time, as I will plan to keep this updated. And ping me if you want to be added. bsky.app/starter-pack...

Job Position, Assistant Professor of Social Sciences and Digital Technologies, University of Toronto (Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy) jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Toronto-...

I have such deep admiration for good science writing. I am so excited that this new biography of the mathematical physicist Roger Penrose written by a beloved family member is being deservedly praised for its candid portrayal of a deeply complex figure