Post doc opportunity on computational infrastructures
"How do computational infrastructures expand into sectoral organizations? Are current (digital) policies adequate in responding to their impact on administration of justice?"
careers.tudelft.nl/job/Delft-Po...
US tour dates here: www.bentarnoff.com/muskism/#eve...
Well-presented article on the IT oligarchs trying to outdo each other's hyperscale data centers.
#aistudies #ai #datacenters
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
we've got computers
we're tapping phone lines
I know that that ain't allowed.
Aaron Mendon-Plasek presenting.
Grateful to Purdue University, Junto Conf., & to session colleagues. Saturday, I participated in the "Computing, Power & Politics" session (on Critical AI, Cybernetics & Blockchain) w past Tomash Fellow Aaron Mendon-Plasek, Erin Wilcox, Daniel Melbert.
#aistudies #blockchain
A virtual/online talk that is on an absolutely amazing and very REAL book :-) (missed a needed comma). I purchased the electronic version to read early!
Talk flyer with Burcu Baykurt image and text on the May 5th event.
THRILLED to announce Smart as a City: A CBI Virtual Book Release Day Talk by @baykurt.bsky.social Burcu Baykurt on her tremendous book!! #mediastudies #aistudies #urbanstudies
Register today at
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So many harms to our Minneapolis St. Paul community by the unwanted occupation that continues, albeit at a substantially reduced level from the peak of over 3,000. #Minneapolis #iceout
CBI's MOSAICS logo, basic information on the MOSAICS Symposium, and list of the members of the Program Committee.
Call for Papers for CBI's MOSAICS Symposium: cse.umn.edu/cbi/call-pap...
Thrilled to announce this & to work with Sareeta Amrute, @babintsevak.bsky.social, @anitachan.bsky.social & Gerardo Con Diaz!!
MOSAICS Symposium: October 15-16, 2026
Proposal Deadline: May 29, 2026
#AIstudies #histtech
This looks tremendous (education modules) from @historians.org--contributions from a couple dozen top historians with expertise on authoritarianism & its many political, social, & cultural contexts!! #authoritarianism #fascism #postcolonialism #history
www.historians.org/news-publica...
"The latest effort by France to reduce its dependence on U.S. tech giants & use technology and cloud services originated within its borders, known as digital sovereignty." #Linux #Opensource
France to ditch Windows for Linux to reduce reliance on US tech TechCrunch share.google/NBrjFg3JIBCi...
Tomorrow!
Zoom registration: seow.scholars.harvard.edu/STinAsia
#histstm #histsci #histmed #envhist #envhum 🧪
Hey gang! Exeter’s looking for a 4-year postdoc in philsci & AI. Sweet gig at a great place - share around :D #philsci #philjobs www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DRD641/p...
bumping this for the #GreenSky #EnvHist #Booksky #infrastructure crowds: free e-book about wildlife conservation, coastlines, and infrastructure!! I'll put a review in the next post
Open box of books with two out showing front and back covers propped up on the balcony railing of my Minneapolis condo. Trees and sunshine are in the background. The book's full title is JUST CODE: Power, Inequality, & the Global Political Economy of IT, and it is in bold black lettering with pastel fading trails of the letters.
Copies of JUST CODE just arrived! Partnering w Con & teaming w 19 brilliant STS authors on the vital topic of code/codes & inequality was so special! Authors (full list ToC below) On bsky: @mysdick.bsky.social @histoftech.bsky.social @dmulvin.bsky.social & blurb from @anitachan.bsky.social #histtech
I will not be kept in line by merchandise
I will not.....
Will it be a prereq. for the Bad Brains course?
"Analysis by Bzdok and his colleagues found that the drugs actually boosted the crosstalk between brain regions. For participants who took the drugs, brain networks that are typically involved in advanced cognitive processing were 'much more connected among each other than in a sober individual.'"
So incredibly destructive to the nation, to the environment, to human health, to ecology...
What happens inside newsrooms after media capture? @ekoshy.bsky.social & I have Matt Powers (who co-authored a great paper w/ @ozanmask.bsky.social) to talk about the messy middle between heroic resistance and outright propaganda from TR to the US
itallhappenedbefore.substack.com/p/episode-4-...
Transition it to KoReader and be free of Amazon as overload of your devices' data.
Jailbreaking Kindle with Adbreak 2025 | by Naimul Kabir | Medium share.google/flsy0aaGzYTE...
Follow along as we do the 21-day #cybercleanse week-by-week! This weekend, ditch #Chrome, #Safari, or #Edge and move to a privacy-centric alternative. Already on #Firefox? There is a long list of easy, free, and freeing new ones to try!
#optout #bigtech
www.optoutproject.net/better-brows...
Congress prevented massive cuts to NSF once, please consider writing to your Rep. & Senators and hopefully they will work to step in again--and save NSF SBE Directorate from being eliminated! Congress.gov #nsf #histsci #science #socialscience
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Vibe Accessorizing at its finest!
This year more than ever - if you can get to Minneapolis on May 3 do it!
Molly Steenson presenting at the front of an auditorium classroom with slide on AI history above.
Past CMU Vice Provost, American Swedish Inst. CEO, & CBI Research Fellow Molly Steenson just delivered a fascinating & insightful lecture on AI History to @honghongtinn.bsky.social "Digital World" UMN class. So glad to attend!!
