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Hi! are you a 2026 graduate who has thoughts and feelings about this? I would love to talk to you for a story on the Verge hello @ janusrose.com

In light of last week's Met Gala, I wrote some thoughts based on my research studying a model used to curate generative AI training data medium.com/@jtaylor_hci...

Looking to talk to one or two queer / trans people who moved from Texas to Seattle because of anti-LGBTQ+ laws passed in Texas for a short piece today. Lmk if that's you, dms are open and my signal is kissphoria.57

"For too long, the university has ignored the wisdom of the donor class and hired based on academic excellence. Regrettably, this has led to the underrepresentation of discredited viewpoints in elite higher education." www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/wer...

Great coverage from Brian Merchant on our research into the impacts of generative AI on professional visual artists ⬇️

I don't think folks realize how deeply unpopular AI is among young people

Google Docs now slaps a massive "write with Gemini" pop up at the bottom of blank documents 🙃

And also this pictorial at #DIS2026, led by Allie Teixeira Riggs and Louie Søs Meyer and co-authored with a long list of amazing queer HCI scholars including @magpiecircuits.bsky.social, @jordant.bsky.social, @caitielustig.bsky.social, and many more! link: deepblue.lib.umich.edu/items/8fb952...

I do wish it was better understood by now—especially by folks in the media—that these "warnings" from large AI corporations in fact function as "advertisements" www.axios.com/2025/04/22/a...

the government of zambia is announcing that it canceled RightsCon. this is a serious attack on civil society, the global & local ones. thousands of people - activists, academics, govt etc - are en route to lusaka. to cancel at this late stage is just horrible.

Just defended my dissertation "Art in the AI of the Beholder: How Queer Art and Artists Challenge Algorithmic Aesthetics" 🎨🌈💾

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The CEO of Palantir posted a fascist manifesto on X. I pointed out that it was fascist—which resulted in a permanent suspension from X (my second time!). So, when you hear the tweeters complaining that BlueSky is intolerant, remember why many of us came here in the first place.

I'm not at CHI but I hear that there's expected "oh god what do we do about reviewing, we have had an exponential explosion in paper submissions" discussion. I think a good start would be to stop making everyone feel like they have to publish 10 first author CHI papers to get a job. :-\

I wonder if my arXiv submissions are always put "on hold" because they include the word "queer"

“Bellesa Boutique said today that Instagram permanently deleted its account for using the word clitoris.”

BREAKING: in March 2026, *every single one* of the 1,341 refugees admitted in the United States were white South Africans: In FY 2026, the U.S. has admitted a total of 4,496 white South Africans, three Afghans (back in November), and nobody else. www.rpc.state.gov/documents/Re...

A fundamental friction exists between secure messaging apps and the OSes upon which they sit. Turn off push notifications for Signal or at least restrict their content.

Didn’t expect 100 gecs to make it into my dissertation but here we are

Jesus Christ: VHB is partnering with marta to evaluate how autonomous cars could "provide new mobility to communities" in South Metro Atlanta, including Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport and the surrounding area. Atlanta politicians would do anything but expand rail transit:

How are professional visual artists dealing with generative AI in the workplace? In our #CHI2026 poster, @hhj14.bsky.social, @willie-agnew.bsky.social and I share results from a survey of 378 verified professional visual artists 🧵 Preprint here: arxiv.org/abs/2603.04537

Excited to be presenting "How Professional Visual Artists are Negotiating Generative AI in the Workplace" as a poster at CHI! We surveyed 378 visual artists. They *hate* generative AI (92% strong dislike, 99% dislike), but are facing pressure from bosses to use it. arxiv.org/pdf/2603.04537

The NSF 2027 budget has noted that they will close out the Social, Behavioral, and Economic Science Program (SBE). This is not a good thing. nsf-gov-resources.nsf.gov/files/FY-202...

Bellingcat found 31 posts with AI-generated imagery shared on social media by India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Assam and West Bengal in December that appeared to meet the United Nations’ definition of hate speech. www.bellingcat.com/news/2026/03...

When lawmakers and advocacy groups frame queer existence itself as a threat to young people, age-verification laws become ideological enforcement instead of regulatory policy. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...

This is absurd: after plans with @culdesac.bsky.social (which is building out a car-free neighborhood in Tempe, Arizona) fell through, Atlanta BeltLine officials are now planning to build only 625 residential units but 1,711 parking spaces at Murphy Crossing next to the BeltLine and marta heavy rail

The people who cancelled Jimmy Kimmel after Charlie Kirk's assassination will now control television stations that reach 80% of Americans, twice that what was legally allowed before Trump's takeover. The state capture of network television is almost complete.

Love is Blind is like an ethnography of straight culture

This is so so upsetting. So Grammerly is violating the memory of bell hooks AND making AI versions of the rest of us before we're even dead. Someone tell me who to sue, not even joking.

New for @theverge.com: i wrote about how Kansas' trans ID law and the "age verification" systems popping up everywhere tie into larger efforts to force trans people to out themselves both IRL and online

🎨💻 What is a “high-quality” or “aesthetic” image according to generative AI developers? Happy to share that our investigation of the LAION-Aesthetics Predictor has been accepted at #FAccT2026! 🧵 (1/5) Take a look at a preprint here: arxiv.org/abs/2601.09896

Bump: Please join our #CHI2026 workshop on ⭐ Participation, Procurement, and Proof of Impact in Public Sector AI Innovation ⭐! Join via Google Form (lnkd.in/enwfV3sp) 𝘰𝘳 email short SoI to [email protected] by 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 14 𝐀𝐨𝐄. 🏛️ 👥 Learn more: lnkd.in/ePEfZxyQ DM me for any questions!

Even if the destruction somehow stopped today, it will take years to rebuild.

Now in the brief window of time between US and European daylight savings that ruins my calendar every year

Fell really badly on a run right when I moved to Pittsburgh in 2021. Now right at the end of my PhD, I’ve fallen again on the terrible sidewalks 😭

"Stripping anonymity from the internet would constitute one of the most sweeping rollbacks of civil rights in recent history. It would allow for unprecedented levels of mass surveillance and censorship, endangering the most marginalized members of society."

ALPRs are “incredibly ripe for abuse,” EFF’s @mguariglia.bsky.social told @SFstandard.com. “No matter how many legal or bureaucratic guardrails you put on those searches, officers are going to find a way to use it for their own personal reasons.” sfstandard.com/2026/02/27/...

Having collaborated on 2 of the FAccT papers and 1 of the CHI posters I can attest to how much Willie uplifts more junior scholars 👇🏻

New — I spoke to eight trans people in Kansas about the new state law that invalidated their driver’s licenses overnight, what’s it’s like to live there right now, plus details of two DMV emails exclusively obtained by The Handbasket that shed light on the law’s chaotic and cruel rollout:

So tired of non-sensical AI integration. I don't need to "refine" the text on my slides, but I *do* need to be able to see what I'm writing behind this uncontrollable AI pop-up.

Don't be fooled by this bill's name-- this is a book banning bill that will exclude LGBTQ books from all public schools NATIONWIDE. Call your congresspeople and tell them to VOTE NO on this nakedly bigoted book banning bullshit. www.congress.gov/bill/119th-c...

The new American Football single sounds like a bad Mountain Goats B-side

Underscores how deeply unserious many so-called AI alignment “experts” are

OpenAI is a menace. Two recent stories make that clearer than ever. One day you have Sam Altman denigrating humanity to defend AI. The next, WSJ reveals OpenAI could have alerted Canadian police of a potential mass shooter, but refused pressure from employees. That person went on to kill 8 people.

Oops. Turns out Persona, Discord’s age-verification service, was secretly screening selfies against government watchlists AND accessible by the feds. It's backed by Peter Thiel. “The state wants to see everything. The corporations want to see everything. And they've learned to work together.”

EFF, CJJ, and IPVM have teamed up on a resource for journalists looking to better cover the growing police surveillance technology industry. www.eff.org/document/se...

Both this year and last I've been really impressed by the quality and consistency of reviews at FAccT relative to more HCI-focused venues S/o to all the ACs who make this possible