Are you an alum from one of the 9 schools the federal government just attacked? Sign this alumni petition now to support your school, defend democracy, and build a grassroots movement for campus freedom across America. alumni.standforcampusfreedom.org/petitions/tr...

Amazing work by my sister Iris Halpern @Iris defending the first amendment! Librarian Fired in Books Dispute to Receive $700,000 Settlement www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/u...

NOW LIVE: PLANETARY URBANISMS againstcatastrophe.net Reclaiming Futures: Planetary Urbanisms is an exhibition put together to engage the past and futures of urbanism in an age of environmental and political crisis.

✨Very excited to share details of our British Academy-funded one-day symposium at Lancaster University in July: SPECULATIVE MACHINES AND US: HISTORIES AND FUTURES OF AI. ✨💥Featuring @ohalpern.bsky.social @mbfazi.bsky.social @aleenachia.bsky.social and more💥 tinyurl.com/bde6x7ub Please share widely!

New podcast with me on AI, history, science, and the imagination on.soundcloud.com/WlEH1X8r3hhE...

It's out, free and open access: Thinking _with_ AI: Machine Learning the Humanities. 11 essay on AI and how to think with it – by Peli Grietzer (@peligrietzer.bsky.social), Leif Weatherby (@leifw.bsky.social), Mercedes Bunz (@mrsbunz.bsky.social), Fabian Offert, Lev Manovich…

My new article on planetary infrastructures out now and freely available: link.springer.com/referencewor...

“It’s an escalation of a kind that is unheard of,” said Joan Scott, a historian & member of the academic freedom committee of the AAUP. “Even during the McCarthy period in the United States, this was not done.” apnews.com/article/colu...

The destruction of scientific research is also destroying the future. It’s not just a matter of funding but also of modes of inquiry, and education, a nation that cannot ask questions cannot create anything or imagine anything new www.technologyreview.com/2025/02/21/1...

Genuinely having trouble believing this is where we are now.

I am excited to be running for the SD 31 seat. I have been a dedicated civil and economic rights advocate my entire career. I have helped pass significant civil rights legislation at the Capitol. Colorado has a vital role to play as a beacon of hope, progress, and justice in the next four years.

Planetary Design: Reclaiming Futures Exhibition is now Live!!!! A three part publication and art exhibition engaging the future of the planet. againstcatastrophe.net Part of the Against Catastrophe Research Group, directed by Orit Halpern and funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation

Deeply concerning letter by Ted Cruz claiming foreign I fluency on AI policy in USA and seeking censorship of engagement with European policy makers and against academics or critics of AI www.commerce.senate.gov/services/fil...

We are looking for new colleagues @geogdurham.bsky.social & any questions just ask. Just think, next year you too could be at the Xmas party bake-off 🙌

New book out! Of interest to anyone working on logistics, infrastructure, and politics in media studies. With articles by myself and a range of amazing people! Edited by Marc Steinberg and Joshua Neves! networkcultures.org/blog/publica...

For everyone who thinks the democrats just need to change their stance on transgender rights… this excellent article demonstrates precisely how this is part of a broader republican strategy and what is at stake www.nytimes.com/2024/11/22/o...

Some useful if sad advice: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Experimental event in Vienna starting tomorrow for those in twin and interested in media, imaginaires, and new practices… so necessary in our present: ail.angewandte.at/program/medi...

"To be as clear as I can be, the second Trump administration with Elon Musk embedded within it represents the most direct and sustained threat to the First Amendment and the freedom of the press any of us will ever experience."

Sharing my recent interview with Clarín magazine. It was a privelage to get to discuss neo-liberalism, AI, reactionary politics and education with informed journalists at this moment in politics both in Argentina and around the world… www-clarin-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.clar...

Published in Science Breakthrough Radar a report supported by the Geneva Science and Diplomacy Accelerator on Ecoaugmentation authored by myself and colleagues.We examine the possible futures and ethics of Ecoaugmentation radar.gesda.global/the-philosop...