What a great, fun conversation this was! It’s not often the case that you get to do a podcast with IRL friends who are also experts in your field. There’s some pretty mind blowing insights esp from @cassiusa.bsky.social highly recommend!

Absolutely dying at these hot takes, I’m so unserious. Thank you @disconetwork.bsky.social and Atticus! youtu.be/Qak0S-cZ3Os?...

We conducted short interviews with @remiyergeau.bsky.social, @vashetc.bsky.social, Kim Fernandes, & Cheng-Hsiu (Shin) Yang to talk about disabled peoples' experiences with technology, surveillance, and opting in vs. opting out. Watch now: youtube.com/playlist?lis...

We conducted short interviews with @steelecat717.bsky.social @jamilahlemieux.bsky.social @brooklyne.bsky.social & AE Stevenson to talk about discord within Black digital communities, racialized disinformation, and how Black women have shaped the internet. Watch now: youtube.com/playlist?lis...

Two weeks ago, the DISCO Network hosted @brianjchen.bsky.social, Julie Chu, Jasmine Ehrhardt, Tara Fickle, @huandirection.bsky.social, Grace Hong, Paul Kim, @lnakamura.bsky.social, & K. Ian Shin, for a five day Book Jam at the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity.

New video out now! Watch our panel titled ""Against Surveillance & Spectacle: Building Global Resistance to Tech-Mediated Oppression," featuring @vashetc.bsky.social , Kim Fernandes, & Cheng-Hsiu (Shin) Yang in conversation w/ @remiyergeau.bsky.social youtu.be/GXEjOPdpfa0?...

New video out now! Watch our panel titled "Content Creation and the End of Social Media," featuring Crystal Abidin, @brookeerinduffy.bsky.social, and @kelechnekoff.bsky.social in conversation with @steelecat717.bsky.social📱💬 youtu.be/k4XiiGZ1Sz4?...

We interviewed the panelists of our Black Boys and the Future of Technology panel (Rayvon Fouché, John Pasmore, Kareem Edouard, and Jonathan Cropper) about Black boys in STEM, Black innovation, the era of AI, and building an equitable digital future for all. Watch now: youtube.com/playlist?lis...

Here's the link to the free pdf of my new book The Inattention Economy: How Women of Color Built the Internet. Access is so important and I'm grateful that the press is platforming it as one file that is easy to download. www.upress.umn.edu/978081669906...

I love the New Books Network podcasts, and many thanks to Miranda Melcher for interviewing me about my new one: _The Inattention Economy: How women of color build the internet_ podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/n...

Excited to speak on #PredatoryData @U-M's Digital Studies Institute tom/Tues @ 3P ET-US. Join online or onsite. Thx @Yousif Hassan @Center for Ethics, Society & Computing @Amer Culture @English Lang & Lit @Film, TV & Media @Instit for Research on Women & Gender + @Sci, Tech, & Public Policy Program!

Last call folks! 🌐🏥 Join @umichdigital.bsky.social TODAY at 3:00 PM [EST] for Anita Say Chan & Yousif Hassan's conversation on "Predatory Data: Eugenics in Big Tech and Our Fight for an Independent Future" This event is HYBRID w/ free copies for the first 25 in-person attendees 📙🚫 myumi.ch/n1zqb

We're excited to announce the 2026 cohort of our DISCO Network Affiliate Program! 🪩💫 We are so excited to support this incredible group of scholars this year! Learn more about our affiliates and their work at www.disconetwork.org/affiliate-pr...

i love and adore hybrid events and am so grateful for them but it is always so funny seeing the in-person set up. im just this looming presence 😆

So happy with how this event went, with it being my first official live public engagement in three years. Thank you to @disconetwork.bsky.social, Cherice, and Remi for making the space accessible for me. I'm so grateful! ❤️ and thanks to folks who tuned in!

this is happening now!

Today! Remi will be reading responses for me and I’ll come off mute for Q+A. This helps me retain my voice because I have laryngeal spasms. Really grateful for conveners that took my access needs into consideration so that I could participate in my first panel since 2023. ❤️

Last call y'all! Join us this afternoon at 4:00 PM [ET] ‼️ To register and learn more about each of our panelists, visit: myumi.ch/R35pz & hey! If you're coming in-person, four of our DISCO staff just walked several boxes of sandwiches down State Street-- come on by and get some food 🥪🥤

Two weeks from today! @umichdigital.bsky.social Interested in exploring the throughline between the 19th century's anti-immigration & eugenics movements and today's sprawling systems of surveillance & algorithmic discrimination? Join the conversation at 3:00 PM [ET] on Tuesday, March 24th

Sad you couldn't make it to this event? Wish you could hear specific quotes again? 🔥💫 The full recording will be posted on our YouTube channel (DISCONetwork) on Thursday, March 12th at 11:00 AM [ET]!

To all who attended "Content Creation & the End of Social Media" last week, ty for such an insightful afternoon w/ Crystal Abidin, @brookeerinduffy.bsky.social @kelechnekoff.bsky.social & @steelecat717.bsky.social!! We felt connected, learned so much, & sincerely appreciated everyone who joined 🌐🌌

Last call everyone-- register and join us on Zoom for a conversation about "Content Creation and the End of Social Media" later this afternoon at 4:00 PM [ET] 🌟🎤 moderated by DISCO's own @steelecat717.bsky.social (Director, @bcatlab.bsky.social) 🔗💻 myumi.ch/g3Xxq

☀️🪟 Happening Tomorrow! 🪟☀️ Is social media still social? Where is the space for sociality in social media? Is content creation a business, political strategy, pastime, or somehow all of the above at once? Explore these questions w/ us tmrw on Zoom at 4:00 PM ET Register/info: myumi.ch/g3Xxq

Can you believe it? Our upcoming community panel "Against Surveillance & Spectacle" is just TWO WEEKS AWAY! ❤️‍🔥🌟 We're very much looking forward to hearing this remarkable group's insights on building resistance to tech-mediated oppression-- join the conversation on Zoom 🖥️ More info: myumi.ch/R35pz

IN ONE WEEK: Join us via Zoom for "Content Creation and the End of Social Media" next Thursday, February 24th from 4:00 - 5:30 PM [ET] 🌟🎤 Ft. Crystal Abidin, Brooke Erin Duffy, & Kelechi Okafor in conversation w/ Catherine Knight Steele 💻🔗 Learn more by visiting the link in our bio or myumi.ch/g3Xxq

One week from today! 📅 Don't miss this DSI Lecture Series event with @michacard.bsky.social as we explore trans ecologies, art, and digital worlds. Join us online Tuesday the 24th at 3:00PM ET

starting soon!! (12 pm ET) with not one but TWO of our beloved 2025 DISCO Affiliates 🌐🔔 an incredibly timely and important conversation about AI's impact on workers and how govt/industry priorities shape access to opportunity datasociety.net/events/404-j...

We’re proud to celebrate our 2025 DISCO Network Affiliates! 🎉🪩 21 affiliates from a diverse range of disciplines participated this past year, engaging in work-sharing, collaborative writing, and mentorship through monthly small-group meetings and workshops with our DISCO Network PIs.

REMINDER: Two weeks from today we will be hosting our VIRTUAL panel conversation "Content Creation and the End of Social Media" 📅 We're beyond excited for this one, 4:00 PM ET on Thursday, February 26th cannot come soon enough!

We're honored to have hosted this conversation and are looking forward to future collaborations with all of the folks involved with this event-- including those in the audience! Thank you everyone for attending, watching, and engaging 🪩🌐 We appreciate you being in our Network

Sharing the link to our most recent VIP panel "Black Boys and the Future of Technology" featuring Jonathan Cropper, Kareem Edouard, and John Pasmore in a community discussion moderated by our own Rayvon Fouché (Director, HAT Lab) youtu.be/-A72zhzckAI?...

📸🟧 UPCOMING 🟧📸 Tuesday, March 10th at 4:00 - 5:30 PM [ET] Join us for "Against Surveillance & Spectacle" featuring @vashetc.bsky.social, @meg-fereday.bsky.social, Kim Fernandes, @wells.bsky.social, & Shin Yang in conversation w/ @remiyergeau.bsky.social (Director, DAF Lab)

Just looked at the presenter list for the Symposium for Disability and Accessibility at Yale and I feel very grateful to be in the same row as @caseydoherty.bsky.social and my DISCO Network cohort-mate Kim Fernandes 😍 dandasymposium.yale.edu/organizers-a...

🌐🟣 UPCOMING 🟣🌐 We're proud to share that we're co-sponsoring @umichdigital.bsky.social's Lecture Series talk "Trans Ecologies of the Real and the Virtual in Contemporary Art" w/ @michacard.bsky.social 📅Tuesday, February 24th at 3:00 PM ET 📍Online (via Zoom) 🔗Register directly here: myumi.ch/G23ey

Shared by one of our incredible panelists, Kareem Edouard (pictured first slide w/ the two kids), a paper cooked up by him and Taquan S. Stewart, Ed.D. on supporting Black boys' representation across STEM careers: repository.usfca.edu/be/vol2/iss1...

🌌🌟 UPCOMING 🌟🌌 Thursday, February 26th at 4:00 - 5:30 PM [ET] Join us VIRTUALLY for "Content Creation and the End of Social Media" featuring Crystal Abidin, @brookeerinduffy.bsky.social, & @kelechnekoff.bsky.social in conversation w/ @steelecat717.bsky.social (Director, @bcatlab.bsky.social)

Sad you didn't catch this one live? No worries! We're posting an edited recording this upcoming Thursday, February 12th at 10:00 AM [ET] to our YouTube -- w/ human-generated captions and links for all resources mentioned during the talk www.youtube.com/@DISCONetwork

We're taking a moment to thank everyone who came to our "Black Boys and the Future of Technology" panel last Thursday! We were delighted to host this dynamic group in Ann Arbor and appreciated all of the amazing conversation had and wisdom shared 📔💚

research thread! i study queer histories of computing -- how LGBTQ+ people seize the means of connection & computation to build community and keep each other safe. here are a few pieces that might interest you:

⏳Reminder on behalf of our beloved @umichdigital.bsky.social that applications for the 6th Annual Digital IDEAS Summer Institute close in just under two weeks! Apply by Sunday, February 1, 2026 and visit myumi.ch/QwAbz

Two weeks from today!!

🌐📺💚 UPCOMING 💚📺🌐 With the start of the semester, we're already looking forward to our first event: "Black Boys and the Future of Technology" featuring Jonathan Cropper, Kareem Edouard, and John Pasmore in conversation with Rayvon Fouché (Director, HAT Lab) 🔗 Learn more and register: myumi.ch/rAgVZ

📅🔔 ICYMI 🔔📅 Applications for our 2026 DISCO Network Affiliate Program close this Sunday, January 11, 2026 at 11:59PM! For more information and to access the application, please visit: www.disconetwork.org/affiliate-app

What happens when an intergenerational, interdisciplinary group of fourteen scholars spend five days in semi-remote Pennsylvania writing together?

Applications now open for the 2026 DISCO Network Affiliate Program! Join a diverse, interdisciplinary community of scholars and get support developing writing on pressing issues at the intersection of technology and social justice. Open to grad students, early-career professionals, & junior faculty!

Come visit next summer for the DSI's annual Digital IDEAS! ☀️🗓️ Led by faculty director Sarah Murray, IDEAS brings together those working at the intersection of critical digital studies, social justice, and public intellectualism for a week-long community-building workshop Learn more: myumi.ch/rAP6M

Thank you to everyone who came to our "Diaspora Wars and Going 50/50: Sowing Disunity in Black Communities Through Digital Propaganda" panel discussion!! We're honored to have hosted this incredible group of speakers in Ann Arbor last week and were delighted by the lively audience engagement 💜💜

💟🗓️ TOMORROW: Register for the next panel in our Voices in Protest series, happening tomorrow from 4:00 - 5:30 PM ET 🔗 Register by visiting the link in our bio, or myumi.ch/z9GJZ

Starting shortly! 🌟🍔 If you're in the UMD-College Park area, stop by Skinner 3115 for BCaT Eats this afternoon More BCaT Lab events & details can be found: www.bcatlab.org/events