International criminal law has been silent on transnational repression, but the tools to disrupt this pattern of impunity may already be available, write Brandon Silver and Kate McInnes. Their recommendations on how to address this gap, here: #TNR #Iran #Accountability

New open access article looks at how the critical humanities literature on GenAI can contribute depth to #sociology. Referencing the great work of people like Julia Velkova @melhogan.bsky.social @zgtcooper.bsky.social Patrick Brodie and more compass.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

More than 2,500 scientists urged Congress to reinstate the members of the National Science Foundation’s oversight board, calling Trump’s sudden dismissal of all 22 members an “alarming attack” on research funding that could cede scientific ground to China.

I can’t wake up to this shit every single day. Btw, it’s the UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN.

Although the monetary value of the deal is unknown, Instructure says the cybercriminals have returned the hacked personal data and offered assurance “that no Instructure customers will be extorted as a result of this incident.” www.insidehighered.com/news/tech-in...

This is fascinating: the Jamestown S'Klallam tribe is asking for full control of Dungeness Spit, a federal wildlife refuge. It's a great idea, and we should start doing a lot more transfer of federal land to Indigenous nations here in #Cascadia: www.kuow.org/stories/wash...

This database pulls information on around 2,000 grid connected data centers from FracTracker’s great U.S. Data Centers Tracker. It then matches data center location to information on the grid serving it to provide estimated energy use and emissions data for facilities in 48 states. 3/12

ACLS / MLA / AHA / Authors Guild won the NEH case against the mass termination of grants.

"The humanities are not a luxury. They are how a democracy understands itself." www.nytimes.com/2026/05/07/a...

[email protected] and I are so excited to announce that THE AI CON has been selected as Book in Common for 2026-27 at Cal State Chico! We're excited for thousands of folks to read and engage with our work. We'll be visiting campus on April 7, 2027 for a public event.

Is Richard Dawkins' recent article about AI consciousness silly? Yes. He seems to fall victim to the very cognitive tendency he claims gave rise to religion: a hyperactive agency detection device. BUT, the question of AI consciousness is complicated. I explain why here:

“An AI generator for posts would turn this into a clanker forum of AI's talking to each other..." Someone talking about their hatred of AI... on a cybercrime forum

New data shows the EPA’s scientific output has dropped sharply in the wake of recent staffing cuts, with peer-reviewed publications down significantly from just a year ago. Figures from Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility show the

You've heard of Cory Doctorow's book Enshittification. But what about the dissenshittication process? Join Cory and Wendy Liu to learn more on May 14 at 11 am PT eff.org/livestream-...

What a cool idea! Keep the pressure! @redactedreadingroom put all 3.5 million pages of the Epstein files bound together in 3,437 volumes of books, on display in a new exhibit in Tribeca. David Garrett, one of the organizers, says the goal is to push for the release of all of the files. #Pinks

interactions.acm.org/archive/view... Meanwhile, an update on work with many dear friends and colleagues in the Indigenous critical tech space.

So our AI + Ethics research team's paper just got majorly misquoted in @chrishanlon.bsky.social Chronicle piece today. Aside from that (and a need to learn from Black digital studies colleagues) its fair enough to say ASU Atomic is a problem. See safe.sur.ly/o/alex.halav... The Atomized Professor

To help in that task, we've brought together a fantastic group of long-standing Twitter and social media researchers, including (deep breath) Elizabeth Dubois, Leysia Palen, @timothyjgraham.bsky.social, @mwhitehorse.bsky.social, @toledobastos.bsky.social, Christoph Neuberger, ...

The U.S. just killed five more people in its latest boat strikes. The death toll of these extrajudicial killings is almost 170 civilians. And more deaths are on the horizon. Pentagon Reveals Attacks in Latin America Are Just the Beginning theintercept.com/2026/03/23/t...

Changes to NEPA and other rules and policies by the Trump administration could sideline tribal nations’ efforts to take part in land management projects and decisions on federal lands.

“A growing number of NHS staff are refusing to work on Palantir’s health data platform over ethical concerns about the controversial US tech company” Good www.ft.com/content/dbb6...

Secretary of State Marco Rubio signed a cable this week directing embassies and consulates to launch campaigns countering foreign propaganda, and specifically endorsed X as a tool for the effort. @klonick.bsky.social explores the consequences of the government using social media for statecraft.

Oh to be a little Tardigrade walking around a microscopic volvox algae colony. 🫧🐻🧪

Looking back now, it’s clear that in 2011, governments were caught off guard by the Arab Spring uprisings. But in the years since, states have systematically adapted, transforming what were once reactive measures into lasting systems of control www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...

Today’s Litigation Tracker updates: -Former FBI special agents file class action lawsuit against FBI and DOJ, alleging unlawful firing based on perceived political views -Judge orders admin to pause White House ballroom project until Congress authorizes completion

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... A paper we wrote. In this moment of calls for transparency across many domains.

techcrunch.com/2026/03/28/b... Ugh. Whatevs. Gross.

A major artificial-intelligence conference has rejected 497 papers whose authors violated AI-use policies go.nature.com/4bNV4bA

Administrators spend $17 million of CSU money on ChatGPT while shuttering departments essential to the job of a university in developing, archiving, and teaching all kinds of knowledge

youtu.be/H9Y5Rm_s9JI?... Because today I wept for the women and girls hurt by Cesar Chavez and others in the movement, and because we have yet to pull the kings from their thrones, an act that some of us were born to do, and will teach our daughters and granddaughters to do, unrelentingly.

The FCC’s WiFi router ban is “an extremely blunt instrument, and it’s going to impact many harmless products in order to stem a real problem,” EFF’s @legind.bsky.social told @CNET.com. www.cnet.com/home/intern...

Protect Democracy spells out Trump's "rigged election" strategy for 2026: "to spread disinformation & conspiracy theories; tilt the electoral playing field and manipulate election outcomes; and, if necessary, try to overturn unfavorable results." Here's a rough graphic of how this strategy works:

Meta gets hit with a pivotal, $375 million penalty stemming from a New Mexico court case that held the social-media giant and owner of Facebook responsible for content on its platforms that allowed adults to prey on children. www.wsj.com/tech/landmar...

There's very little procurement research out there so I read a lot of conference proceedings and anyway this one is super fun because it reinforces that, at least in the US regulatory environment, universities can't confirm anything vendors promise about data privacy. Neat!

On Lawfare Daily, @jshermcyber.bsky.social sat down with @tomkemp00.bsky.social to discuss California’s new Delete Request and Opt-out Platform, the data broker industry, and California’s ongoing efforts to ensure residents can effectuate their privacy rights. www.lawfaremedia.org/article/lawf...

If you're a tech worker who's interested in reading Marx's Capital with other tech workers, there's a free online course that's starting later this month cftw.ohrg.org

They’re crossing party lines to renew Section 702 of FISA. Jamie Raskin asks, “What could go wrong with that?”

#BigTech is lumping together generative AI with traditional AI. Find out why from independent climate & energy researcher @ketanjoshi.co🕵️‍♂️ #GreenSky

These are the airports where ICE is currently present: - Chicago-O'Hare International Airport - Cleveland Hopkins International Airport - Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport - Houston's William P. Hobby Airport - Houston's Bush intercontential

ICE has been hacked! And you can explore the data, which includes every DHS contract, in this convenient new tool micahflee.github.io/ice-contracts

In a federal lawsuit filed today, AFSCME and @afscme31.bsky.social have sued the Trump-Vance administration, which is unlawfully terminating hundreds of millions of dollars in public health grants for political reasons. www.afscme.org/blog/afscme-...

We recently answered a ton of questions about ICE, Palantir, Flock, the surveillance industry, and more. This is our breakdown of the state of surveillance in 2026: www.404media.co/flock-ice-su...

Digital Geographies of Hope: The Transformative Power of Media. Special issue of Media and Communication edited by Cornelia Brantner, Kaarina Nikunen and Georgia Aitaki. doi.org/10.17645/mac...

Palantir ad in Palm Springs airport

The Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribe’s approach to water management is helping to integrate sovereignty and conservation into water policy in Montana.

I wonder what percentage of Americans knows that the CIA helped overthrow a democracy in Iran in 1953, installing a brutal dictator who tortured and murdered people. Republicans keep citing the 1979 Islamic Revolution as if that was the start of U.S.-Iran hostilities. Go back 26 years earlier.