Catch @jailynz.bsky.social presenting “Learning Ecological Justice and Game Design by Creating Transformational Games“ on Thursday and… Natalie presenting our paper “I can take what I want and adapt as needed”: BIPOC Identity Making and Resistance Through Internet Aesthetics…” Friday! #CHI2026

Enormously looking forward to this event on April 21 at 6:30pm ET (online!) with the amazing @emilymbender.bsky.social and @alexhanna.bsky.social talking about their new book, The AI Con. Register here: virginia.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

If you're in Oakland this weekend, I'm facilitating a FREE session on overcoming personal barriers to organizing. If you or a loved one, is unsure of what to do, how much risk to take, or generally has an aversion to thinking of themselves as an organizer. Everyone welcome! oacc.cc/event/activa...

Come work with me! The DIS community is incredible and this is a great chance to engage with and shepherd really cool cutting edge critical computing work. The primary responsibilities fall roughly late-January to late-March.

It’s that time of year~~ 12 month tarot spread. I know it looks really intimidating but it’s actually very very beginner friendly. #tarot

Call for Papers/Pictorials for #DIS2026! Abstracts are due January 9th, and full papers/pictorials are due January 19th, 2026. 👉 Papers dis.acm.org/2026/papers/ 👉 Pictorials dis.acm.org/2026/pictori... Join us in Singapore 🇸🇬 #DIS2026 #HCI #DesignResearch #Singapore #BeyondInteraction

I finally cut a clip of what multiple people told me was their favorite joke from this set.

Do I add this to my CV as an invited lecture? 🤔

AOC: "This is about, do you understand the assignment of fighting fascism right now? And they assignment is to come together across difference no matter what."

Early Voting this weekend at the Margarita Muniz Academy in JP (20 Child St) from 11 to 7. Here's our updated endorsement flyer!

A friend at EA asked me to share this. Time for solidarity... again 😞 actionnetwork.org/petitions/ma...

Do you teach boardgames? We have just launched a survey asking about your experience! It takes about ten minutes to complete - please share! Survey link: go.unimelb.edu.au/45qp

Our paper, "Constructing a Community of Play: Black Sims Players and Game Modding," is up now on the ACM DL and won an Honourable Mention Paper Award at #CHIPLAY2025!! This paper was a huge labor of love and a bittersweet sendoff to the Sims. dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...

BREAKING: WE WON!!! 💥 💥 💥 Federal Judge William G. Young ruled today in our lawsuit against the Trump administration that the policy of arresting, detaining, & deporting noncitizen students & faculty members for their pro-Palestinian advocacy violates the 1st Amendment. Full ruling here:

Catch @jailynz.bsky.social tomorrow afternoon @qgcon.bsky.social talking about joy and play as resistance, TTRPGs, pleasure activism, and how spite motivates us to keep doing cool shit. ❤️

University of Michigan School of Information has four faculty positions ranging from Presidential Postdoc to Full. They're all linked here. PPFP due Sep 26, the others Nov 1 or 15. www.si.umich.edu/people/facul...

Recent coverage in msm on the use of coded memes and humor by the far-right looks at this phenomenon as a new problem or development, a product of genZ or social media. But the far right has been weaponizing violent humor over the last 5 decades. And it has gone from the fringes to the White House

This is one of the ways that white supremacy weaponizes civility: by implying that certain people get to be served, and other kinds of people (you know what kinds) need to be grateful, without interrogating it.

For a Student Who Used AI to Write a Paper

Intro thread! 👋🏼 I’m Alexandra, an Assistant Professor in Art+Design and Computer Science. I research transformational game design and racial justice & identity using human-computer interaction methods. I get to work with incredible students and collaborators! Some recent projects include…

presenting this work at #usesec25 friday morning at 11am! please come by and say hello to an academic job market candidate (me 👩🏻‍🏫) official link to paper: www.usenix.org/system/files...

Crashed out and sought answers at the bookstore: The Hundred Years’ War on Palestine Why I’m no Longer Talking to White People About Race Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men The Selected Works of Audre Lorde The Origins of Totalitarianism

Are they able to diminish or nullify Gay Marriage rights? Yes.. here’s how - and what my wife Natalie and I did to prepare. youtu.be/hOhIHdmnBM0?...

Israel claimed responsibility for killing five Al Jazeera staff in Gaza, including Anas al-Sharif, in a strike on their media tent outside al-Shifa Hospital, bringing the total journalists killed to 237 since the war began. 🔴 Follow our LIVE coverage: aje.io/1490et

Just finished @ijeomaoluo.bsky.social's latest, Be A Revolution: How Everyday People are Fighting Oppression and Changing the World - and How You Can, Too. Brilliant as always and also incredibly important reading for folks who want to make a difference but aren't sure where to start.

"Ideological Deportation": AAUP v. Rubio Trial Challenges Trump Crackdown on Pro-Palestine Students

POWERFUL RALLY today in Boston at the conclusion of our first day of trial in our case against the Trump administration to end the practice of ideological deportations of students & faculty they disagree with. #DefendHigherEd

Reshare to scare the data bros and popularism acolytes

Do not split

This year's Summer Game Fest included the announcement of a brand new Wu-Tang Clan game from Brass Lion Entertainment: a cooperative action RPG called Wu-Tang: Rise of the Deceiver. #IGNSummerofGaming #SummerGameFest

Battle the forces of a corrupting entity called the Deceiver as you harness the mythical abilities of the Wu-Tang Clan! Check out the trailer below, and wishlist Wu-Tang: Rise of the Deceiver on the Steam & Epic Game Store! Steam – bit.ly/ROTDSTEAM Epic Store - bit.ly/ROTDEPIC

I'll be speaking at this panel on "Academic Freedom & Research Ethics" this afternoon! In preparation I re-read Vannevar Bush's 1945 report, "Science, The Endless Frontier" - it's good reading, would highly recommend if you interact at all with the NSF! nsf-gov-resources.nsf.gov/2023-04/Endl...

Excited to be presenting our latest work "Why Can’t Black Women Just Be? : Black Femme Content Creators Navigating Algorithmic Monolith” at @TheOfficialACM's #CHI2025 Conference in Yokohama, Japan on April 29th #HonorableMention dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...

University leaders need to understand: they are holding INCREDIBLY good cards. It is so rare in today's polarized era to have the support of 70+ percent of the public against the Trump admiministration on anything. Universities have that—AND winning legal arguments.

A reimagined Harvard home page that makes the case for universities. Research on cancer, Alzheimer’s, stroke, hearing loss, aging, autism, MS, sickle cell, diabetes, education and on and on. Powerful account of the way Harvard “touches countless lives” as it rejects Trump’s demands. www.harvard.edu

Harvard has set an example for other higher-ed institutions - rejecting an unlawful and ham-handed attempt to stifle academic freedom, while taking steps to make sure students can benefit from an environment of intellectual inquiry, rigorous debate and mutual respect. Let’s hope others follow suit.

With the White House using OpenAi to make racist propaganda in studio ghibli art style there has never been apt scene in anime history:

Slowly making my way through Sunrise on the Reaping and Suzanne Collins really said we’re done with subtly. 😂😂❤️ Re: universities today, a mostly-spoiler-free-quote, “[district x] said no? They said they wanted to remain neutral so the careers don’t target them.” 🙃🙃

The US is scheduled to co-host the World Cup in 2026 and the Olympics in 2028. Why would thousands of international athletes and millions of fans from around the world come to a country where tourists, asylum seekers, and visa holders are being disappeared to foreign prisons?

every college, corporate, and nonprofit president right now

You cannot negotiate with terrorists. If the Ivies give in to any regime demands, the goal posts will move. If the massive ivy endowments aren’t deployed to preserve institutional integrity and academic freedom, what on earth are they for?

Chilling report from Brown University. Administration advises all foreign students, staff, and faculty to postpone or reconsider (ie cancel) international travel, due to federal government's crackdown on universities. Brown also warns against *domestic travel* -since it's unclear what ICE will do.

"But I'm a citizen," you say. "This doesn't apply to me." It's a pretty short step from deporting lawful residents without due process to "show me your papers, you don't LOOK like a real American to ME" on the street.

Scenes from the demonstration in support of Mahmoud Khalil today in Boston. Free Mahmoud Khalil! Free Palestine! 🇵🇸

Columbia University’s immediate submission & betrayal of the core mission of higher education reflects cowardice and capitulation to a government that appears intent on destroying US higher education. Full statement from AAUP President Todd Wolfson: www.aaup.org/news/cowardi...

"Schools across America have a choice: defend their students against Trump or be complicit in his crimes." www.thenation.com/article/soci...

Please read and consider signing the letter demanding the immediate release of Palestinan Columbia student activist Mahmoud Khalil from DHS detention centre 👇🏻 actionnetwork.org/letters/dema...

Finally getting into my copy of “Let This Radicalize You: Organizing and the Revolution of Reciprocal Care” by Kelly Hayes and Mariame Kaba over our spring break ❤️❤️ www.haymarketbooks.org/books/1922-l...