please apply! come do something weird in the Media Archaeology Lab!

If you're an anthropologist of science/tech in the Boston area and want to teach an intro-level class at Tufts on the same this fall, well you're in luck: apply.interfolio.com/188534

@jonathanzong.com I'm still thinking about your article on how tech companies exploit accessibility design in ways that make environments less accessible. Another example is this case of self-driving cars that veer into bike lanes in order to do pickups and drop-offs. futurism.com/future-socie...

We're over halfway to our funding goal. Yay! But we have more to go before the match deadline on June 30. If you haven’t had a chance to give yet, now is a great time—your gift still counts for 2x. Funds support undergrads facing financial difficulty, senior capstone projects, and student travel.

why do they call it road work if road not work while it happen

I know this place is no 🐦app when it comes to crowdsourcing creative ideas, but... Might anyone be able to share e.g. of urban exploration-oriented viewfinders — e.g. kits to focus + frame observation in the physical world? Here's my class experimenting w/ Katie Giritlian's photo frames.... [1/2]

super excited to share a big update to olli! olli is a library for converting visualizations into accessible, keyboard-navigable descriptions. in v3, we expand support for new types of charts, introduce support for diagrams, and more data-and-design.org/blog/2026/05...

I’m helping the CU Information Science department launch a crowdfunding campaign to support undergraduate students through emergency financial assistance, senior capstone projects, conference travel, and visiting speakers. Every dollar matched through June 30! giveto.colorado.edu/double-your-...

For years, people have tried hard to get websites to build accessibility affordances. Now developers are willingly building them for AI.

i've been thinking about the work we're doing at varying levels to organize against AI, and maybe i've also been in the headspace of gardening and getting rid of weeds. i can't shake the feeling that AI takes up space opportunistically where people's needs are not being met. a little like weeds.

New piece out with @jonathanzong.com where we look at how accessible infrastructure has been continually coopted by technological advancements, and both people with disabilities and everyone else now must compete for use of these spaces.

As agentic AI rapidly transforms internet infrastructure, how do we ensure disabled people's needs are not displaced? In a new article by me and @frank.computer, we argue that accessibility must not be treated as an incidental benefit of rapid AI expansion. Read below:

A very interesting and important new piece from Dave Pozen and Daniel Hemel! papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

From the creator of #ButterflySoup and #PomGetsWiFi, The Crane Rider's Tale is a mystery game inspired by Disco Elysium, Zero Escape, and Chinese folktales. 🪽On Kickstarter now! www.kickstarter.com/projects/psy...

gotta keep iterating on the STS program shirt design, probably

Fun to see that "Bears Will Be Boys," which I wrote with folks from the @puddingviz.bsky.social, won a 2025 Digital Humanities Award! pudding.cool/2025/07/kids...

A common misconception holds that LLM-based text-to-speech is relevant to accessibility for blind users. This is a great explainer from a blind person working in accessibility tech. The starvation of resources and presumptions made by sighted people are poised to cause regressions in accessibility.

the top horse girl in all of japan (with the exception of gojo satoru of course)

New trailer for "Sekiro: No Defeat" anime series (based on the game). Directed by Kenichi Kutsuna at Qzil.la studio. Coming to Crunchyroll this year. >> www.youtube.com/watch?v=y5Mi...

Amidst overwhelming Epstein revelations, I've heard from many scientists, especially women, about the deafening silence from so many corners. Many ask "how could things be different?" In this post, I answer with three metaphors, grounded in the science he tried to own medium.com/p/61a537ee8e...

Being a Luddite Is Cool and All, but Have You Seen the Hilarious Tapestries These New Looms Are Making? @mcsweeneys.net

feels weird to go to chinese museums, see an ancient artifact, and go “oh i recognize that from genshin” or “that’s where the star rail codex entry is from” 😂

"I don’t know what school was like before all of these tools, but I don’t necessarily feel like any of them really help me learn... [I like to do 🎨 assgnmts by hand, yet] these analog methods are completely ignored in favor of modern, technological approaches... It almost feels 'over-engineered.'"

A Minnesota woman observing ICE agents in her car was cornered on one-way streets. An agent approached, called her by name—citing facial recognition. Days later, her Global Entry and TSA privileges were revoked, with no explanation.

CS ArXiv recently banned “review and position” papers, but what are those? Do they include more generated content? Who is most affected by this change? @yanai.bsky.social and I dug into the data to find out! Nearly 50% of Computers & Society papers might be censored, vs 3% of Computer Vision ‼️

me, emotionally writing an essay on the use of force by federal agents: ok but what if i packaged this in the most insane way possible www.theverge.com/policy/86857...

"The secret fear of the morally depraved is that virtue is actually common, and that they’re the ones who are alone." www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

Here's a regular white guy (literally "Chad") not a protester. because, "It seemed pointless, or just a way for people to expiate their sense of guilt." Chad witnessed something shattering. And, that all changed in a moment. Excellent article!

"Boredom feels like a trap not because it is a static experience, but because it is an all-encompassing way of being; a fog that dissipates attention and dissolves meaning." I liked this essay on boredom (and where it leads us) from @emptysetmagazine.bsky.social www.emptysetmag.com/articles/ent...

“Safety experts and tech critics have long condemned the Ring devices for security risks and privacy violations, not to mention their role in building the largest civilian surveillance network in US history.”

You cannot overstate how startling it is to see a politician just say the thing with clarity and poise. No fearful hemming. No overwrought qualifying down til it’s meaningless. No lingering sense that there is a loyalty to a donor class or an ideology of stasis that they’d never admit to.

you're telling me there's a SECOND semester???

front splits progress!

I'm excited to share a complete draft syllabus for my new special topics class at CU Boulder, INFO 4871 Design for Accessibility. data-and-design.org/classes/4871/

Should scientists apply to OpenAI's fund for research on AI & mental health? Should policymakers consider it a credible safety effort? Avriel Epps & I see it as "grantwashing," and it's an insult to anyone whose loved one's death involved chatbots. We explain: www.techpolicy.press/beware-of-op...

The ACM Digital Library, where a LOT of computing-related research is published (I'd say at least 75% of my own publications), is now not only providing (without consent of the authors and without opt-in by readers) AI-generated summaries of papers, but they appear as the *default* over abstracts.

the @data-and-design.org and information visions (@peck.phd) labs celebrated the end of the semester together yesterday! thanks for a great 2025!

HCI accessibility folks: what are your favorite systems/design papers in accessibility? I'm looking for examples that: - meaningfully involve disabled co-designers - produce artifacts informed by disability studies (either implicitly or explicitly) - have an impact, whatever that might mean to you

Honored to serve on Mayor-elect @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social Transition Committee on Technology. For too long, too many New Yorkers have been left behind. NYC deserves governance that centers affordability, equity, and the public good-looking forward to the work ahead. www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news...

Did you know that Slices of Life is generally available for purchase now?? It is and boy will it make a great gift for the holidays! Get your orders in now! Book: www.bulgilhanpress.com/store/p/slic... Book & Print Bundle: www.bulgilhanpress.com/store/p/slic...

this week, i was so fortunate to have @kayserifserif.place as a guest speaker in my user-centered design class! in her talk, katherine shared work from her creative practice as a programmer and poet, and from her professional work with @fathom.info data-and-design.org/blog/2025/11...

Interested in accessibility, visualization, or data ethics? I'm looking for Ph.D. students to join @data-and-design.org at CU Boulder Info Sci in Fall 2026. data-and-design.org/recruiting/phd

Can’t stop thinking about all the robber baron fucks that held secret meetings and spent MILLIONS AND MILLIONS in bribes and campaign investments and attack ads and media manipulation trying to tank Mamdani currently having the dawning realization that their money is completely and utterly useless.

Hiding participant identities is standard research ethics practice. But is it always the best fit for HCI accessibility work? For the VIS access workshop, I argue that crediting disabled participants by their real names (with consent) advances citational justice data-and-design.org/publications...

hello #ASSETS2025! 1) check out Catherine's Monday talk about Benthic, a system for perceptually congruent screen reader interfaces for diagrams. 2) i'm looking for phd students interested in accessibility and design to join @data-and-design.org next year! data-and-design.org/recruiting/phd

Charts and diagrams use visual structure to convey meaning. For example, spacing and alignment groups data, spatial proximity links labels to elements. But this visual structure is typically invisible to screen readers. Introducing Benthic, new research at #ASSETS2025 vis.mit.edu/pubs/benthic/

✨I’m on the academic job market ✨ I’m a PhD candidate at @hcii.cmu.edu studying tech, labor, and resistance 👩🏻‍💻💪🏽💥 I research how workers and communities contest harmful sociotechnical systems and shape alternative futures through everyday resistance and collective action More info: cella.io

I will be speaking next week at CU Boulder's Access, Innovation & Disability Symposium on @data-and-design.org's work co-designing accessible data visualization tools with blind and low-vision people. Free and open to the public www.colorado.edu/artsandscien...

This short paper by @jonathanzong.com has been brought up in more discussions in my day to day than any other piece. I love it immensely and it's something that anybody who is doing work with people (disabled, marginalized, or not) should at least read and consider.

be my colleague! information science at CU Boulder is hiring a tenure-track assistant professor in environmental justice. jobs.colorado.edu/jobs/JobDeta...