The depth of the shame of a country this wealthy and abundant allowing its people to go hungry is impossible to measure. The fact that a handful of people could fix this by paying their fair share of taxes while still remaining obscenely wealthy makes it even worse.

In conversation tomorrow: Olivia Banner and Nassim Parvin @nassimparvin.bsky.social. Oct. 21, 1 p.m. PT, on campus and virtual. Held on the publication day of Banner’s new book, "Crip Screens: Countering Psychiatric Media Technologies" (@dukepress.bsky.social). depts.washington.edu/societytech/...

Can’t decide what to buy on Prime Day? Try: absolutely nothing, and then go support indie bookstores instead 📚

Catch authors @burrata.bsky.social, @pepepierce.bsky.social, @nassimparvin.bsky.social, @erinmcel.bsky.social , & @emmaamador.bsky.social at events in October! buff.ly/piYqz0R

My co-author Neda Atanasoski and I will be in Michigan (myumi.ch/R3N28) next week, discussing our recent book Technocreep and the Politics of Things Not Seen, published by Duke University Press. Join us if you are around!

Something (techno)creepy this way comes👻. Join us Wed October 8 @ 4 PM to celebrate the release of Neda Atanasoski and @nassimparvin.bsky.social 's book Technocreep and the Politics of Things Unseen from @dukepress.bsky.social. RSVP at go.umd.edu/technocreep 🌈🎓 #academicsky #CriticalEthnicStudies

Planning to apply to our master's or Ph.D. programs? If you are preparing to take the TOEFL exam and would like a discount code, contact Admissions Director Christine Noyes-Williams via LinkedIn message or email by Oct. 20 for a code. And good luck - you've got this! ischool.uw.edu/programs/phd...

💜 Special iSchool 25th anniversary question for our alumni 💜 Tell us about your favorite iSchool professor. How did they affect you? Your responses could appear in the next edition of iNews, our alumni magazine. Comment below or fill out our alumni survey with your answers! bit.ly/ischalumnisu...

Nassim Parvin and Neda Atanasoski with their fabulous new book Technocreep and the Politics of Things Not Seen. 💖 #4S2025 @dukepress.bsky.social @nassimparvin.bsky.social

"Technocreep" book launch tonight at 7 p.m.! There will be a discussion with editors Neda Atanasoski and @nassimparvin.bsky.social and contributors Marjan Khatibi, Vernelle A. A. Noel, @hayri4.bsky.social, @erinmcel.bsky.social, and @drjessolivares.bsky.social. www.elliottbaybook.com/events/47682

Join us in Seattle 9/2 at Elliot Bay Books for the release of Technocreep! @nassimparvin.bsky.social www.elliottbaybook.com/events/47682

Parvin and Atanasoski's Seattle book launch will be on Sept. 2 at Elliott Bay Book Company at 7 p.m. The authors will present and discuss "Technocreep" alongside five of the contributing authors and artists. @nassimparvin.bsky.social www.elliottbaybook.com/events/47682

The Comedy of Computation is out! In this cultural history of the computer, Benjamin Mangrum shows that comedy has been central to how we've made sense of the technology's sweeping effects on public life and private experience. www.sup.org/books/li... #ReadUP

In The Global Journey of Racism, Michelle Christian provides a unified narrative of how the world's racial hierarchies came to be. "Michelle Christian's book is a foundational text...It is destined to be an impactful and well-cited book." —Jean Beaman, CUNY Graduate Center www.sup.org/books/so...

New episode! In this fantastic episode we talk to Nassim Parvin and Neda Atanasoski about their new book Technocreep: The Politics of Things Unseen 👀 Watch now on YouTube or stream on Apple, Spotify and more! 🤩 Watch us on YouTube: youtu.be/ScKSG9VjqxY

“This conflict not only obliterates infrastructure and takes civilian lives—it poses a dire threat to the very foundations of human civilization.” https://trib.al/A97BjQ9

CFP on under-explored & novel feminist methods & interventions on AI ethics for the Special Issue of Australian Feminist Studies, co-edited by Eleanor Drage, Jennifer Rhee, & myself. We welcome traditional research articles alongside artistic & experimental ones across the globe. shorturl.at/Kd4Wl

Why public sector investment in basic research and innovation is irreplaceable ⤵️

excited to get my hands on a copy of @nassimparvin.bsky.social and Neda Atanasoski's new (and very good looking) @dukepress.bsky.social book, Technocreep and the Politics of Things Not Seen. i've got a chapter in there offering some preliminary thoughts on transductive labor in vocal biomarker AI

DUP authors, if you have any readings or talks (except conference panels) in June, please let us know so we can share them! Email Laura at [email protected]

I'm thrilled to announce that Technocreep and the Politics of Things Not Seen, co-authored and co-edited with my amazing collaborator Neda Atanasoski, is officially out now from Duke University Press! You can download the first chapter and buy the book here: www.dukeupress.edu/technocreep-...

“Following records requests from The Post, officials paused the first known, widespread live facial recognition program used by police in the United States.”

This week's newsletter is on why the 'Island of Strangers' phrase was damaging, even if you broadly support the measures in the Immigration White Paper. And how communication is not just a string of sentences, but a way we cohere, as a society and as a political project.

It’s publication day for Ideas on Fire authors Neda Atanasoski and Nassim Parvin @nassimparvin.bsky.social! Their book Technocreep and the Politics of Things Not Seen is out now from @dukepress.bsky.social. www.dukeupress.edu/technocreep-... #IoFAuthors

"For me, the answer now lies in refusal, the withdrawal of participation from systems that require dishonesty as the price of belonging." Today I am resigning from the National Science Board and the Library of Congress Scholars Council. I wrote about my decision in TIME. time.com/7285045/resi...

Tomorrow in the South Bay for those around @dukepress.bsky.social

Congrats to @nassimparvin.bsky.social and Neda Atanasoski on their new @dukepress.bsky.social book, Technocreep and the Politics of Things Not Seen Excited to finally have my little piece about pregnancy tracking apps and histories of DIY feminist care out in the world

Co-host Eleanor Drage has released a call for papers on the topic of underexplored and novel feminist methods and interventions on AI ethics. This special Issue (SI) of Australian Feminist Studies explores insights on AI beyond the mainstream. Academics - please share widely! shorturl.at/Kd4Wl

Save 30% #NewBook "Technocreep and the Politics of Things Not Seen," edited by Neda Atanasoski & @nassimparvin.bsky.social , which captures the ambivalence of new and emerging technologies that provoke a sense of creep. #TechnologyStudies #CulturalStudies buff.ly/gCDoq6G

Have you heard? WGSS Chair Dr. Neda Atanasoski and @nassimparvin.bsky.social's new edited volume "Technocreep and the Politics of Things Not Seen" is out now! Make sure to check out this beautiful, full color book! #academicsky #CulturalStudies #CriticalEthnicStudies #UniversityofMaryland

“ChatGPT may be the White House’s latest economic advisor.” — magical thinking sbout “genius “ oligarch con men meets magical thinking about the “intelligence” of LLMs —> global financial catastrophe

The contributors to "Technocreep and the Politics of Things Not Seen," edited by Neda Atanasoski & @nassimparvin.bsky.social , capture the ambivalence of new and emerging technologies that provoke a sense of creep. #CulturalStudies #CriticalEthnicStudies buff.ly/fpyRyYE

“My job as a leader of the university is to speak up for the values that we claim to believe in, especially when they’re at odds with people with enormous power.” — Wesleyan University’s President Michael Roth in @newyorker.com (proud to have him continually and publicly defending #HigherEd)

Thank you for sharing news of our initiative... we are an interdisciplinary team of researchers from U of Maryland, UPenn, and Georgia Tech + more whose aim is to communicate the impacts of federal cuts on science and health research nationwide. Full explainer thread here: bsky.app/profile/josh...

Follow and repost @joshuasweitz.bsky.social to spread awareness of the costs of this intentional destruction of American strength in science and medicine

Volunteers from ‪@datarescueproject.org have come together to save as much of the nation’s public data as possible, before it is gone for good. www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...

Feminism Against the Carceral State

Just listened to a great conversation between Peniel Joseph and @darrickhamilton.bsky.social. Hamilton breaks down the racial wealth gap and why we need policy that invests in people. His insights on the path forward from neoliberalism and oligarchy are essential. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...

I offer practical guidance here on ways to address last Friday’s frightening ‘Dear Colleague’ letter from the U.S. Department of Education. Please share widely.

Reflecting on her participation in the Paris AI Summit, @abeba.bsky.social pushes back on the “deeply mistaken assumption that AI technologies are inherently good and that mass adoption inevitably leads to public benefits” — and outlines a clear vision for public interest AI. aial.ie/pages/aiparis/

In "Rhetorics of Value," Corinne A. Kratz explores how exhibition design creates and conveys values that have the potential to touch, educate, and engage visitors. Read the intro for free on our website now! #ArtHistory #MuseumStudies https://buff.ly/4b45MtH

New #BookReview forum: For a Liberatory Politics of Home with @colinmcfarlane.bsky.social @kbrickell.bsky.social @erinmcel.bsky.social and @saanchi.bsky.social featuring an author response from Michele Lancione https://buff.ly/40SadTH @dukepress.bsky.social

BREAKING: In response to doctors' lawsuit, Judge John Bates, a George W. Bush appointee, orders CDC, NIH, and FDA to put back up websites and datasets cited by the doctors in their lawsuit as having been relied upon and pulled down without notice. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

People are being targeted now. How long before they come for me or you?

All funding in any way related to transgender people has been pulled. www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...

Beyond Big Tech: A manifesto for a new digital economy peoplevsbig.tech/beyond-big-t...

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