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Blakeley H. Payne

@blakeley.bsky.social
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fat liberation and technology info phd student @ cu boulder | before: math + cs @ UofSC, ai + ethics @ MIT she/her 🏳️‍🌈

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Sasha Costanza-Chock @schock.cc · 29/05/2025
From a friend who was there today: MIT class president denounced the MIT administration and said “we MIT students showed the world what we want is an end to Israeli military collaboration," the crowd erupted in chants of "free palestine," flags everywhere, they cut the livestream 🇵🇸
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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
If you do in fact want Covid boosters for yourself or anyone, you can submit public comment to the FDA here: www.regulations.gov/commenton/FD...
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Blakeley H. Payne @blakeley.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
hi folks! I'm teaching tech ethics this summer, and part of the course is having students read news articles about ongoing tech issues. can anyone recommend publications that cover tech issues in a non-US context (either issues in countries beyond the US and/or do not center the US)?
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Blakeley H. Payne @blakeley.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
hi folks - especially journalism friends! I have a dear friend who is an expert on detransition and is looking to communicate about their research and its implications in light of the new NIH directives - anybody know who I might connect them or an appropriate place to pitch an op-ed? thank you!!
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Blakeley H. Payne @blakeley.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
Breaking out the billionaire tears mug this morning apropos of nothing (or no one, or company)
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Timnit Gebru @timnitgebru.blacksky.app · 27/01/2025
Addendum: whether DeepSeek or OpenAI, there's no such thing as AGI and attempting to build it results in harm. See our paper.
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Saber Khan @saberkhan.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
Sharing tools I created in #p5xjs for creative coding basics for often explained concepts that lacked demos. With AI, blending ideas is now easier. I am going to try with my students in class today. sustaining-boursin-d41.notion.site/Tools-for-cr...
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Tools for creative coding | Notion
Here is a set of interactive p5.js sketches that should help beginner coders understand how p5.js and other language work make graphics. These tools were inspired by the CC Fest - Teacher Training Cam...
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Oliver Haimson @haimson.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
I just created this BlueSky starter pack of Researchers and Creators of Trans Technology (loosely defined). Please share, and let me know if you want to be added (or removed)!
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Michael Ann, sociotechnical femme @michaelann.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
This is one of the biggest design flaws of this app: it’s all in the clear. That’s design for people who don’t have security and privacy concerns, not design for all. I’ve run the studies myself and it’s clear: visibility controls are the #1 way to help marginalized folks protect themselves online
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Brandon Walsh @walshbr.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
ICYMI, last week I posted the icebreaker activity I did with my first day of my course on data literacy of/by/for the humanities. Had the students make a dataset about themselves and go through the steps of organizing, questioning, and analyzing it.
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Blakeley H. Payne @blakeley.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
As @crystaljjlee.com says… trying to be the person my dog thinks I am today.
A very fluffy bernedoodle puppy, with long black and white curly hair, flops his head and front two paws over some carpeted stairs. He looks tired and sleepy.
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Blakeley H. Payne @blakeley.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
I’m going through and saving some of my favorite tiktoks before leaving that app and something that I think is underarticulated about the value of TikTok is that it just makes me like other people more. Like look at these beautiful humans doing human things.
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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 19/01/2025
The idea that a president can issue an executive order that overrides Congress, while it may be appealing to everyone who wants TikTok back and agrees that the TikTok ban is a first amendment violation, is actually illegal dictator shit
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Meg Adams (ArtbyMoga) @artbymoga.bsky.social · 18/01/2025
MERMAIDS CAN BE FAT!!! I WILL DIE ON THIS HILL!!!
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Blakeley H. Payne @blakeley.bsky.social · 19/01/2025
Because TikTok isn’t around to remind you, now is a good time to go check in on our Palestinian neighbor’s GoFundMe’s.
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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 19/01/2025
It’s nearly impossible to explain to non disabled people the hope we had at the beginning of the pandemic. Hope for inclusion & accommodation. For better awareness & treatment of chronic illness. Having that hope ripped away and replaced with increasing ableism, eugenics & hatred? Its devastating
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SarahDawn @sarahdawn.bsky.social · 19/01/2025
“Lord take Teams not TikTok”
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Josh Gondelman @joshgondelman.bsky.social · 19/01/2025
Thank goodness the TikTok ban is in effect and now no one can ever use my data for nefarious purposes.
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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 19/01/2025
A short story in two frames.
EARKICK 

Your Free Personal AI Therapist.

(Cute panda)     Hi there! How can I help you? What happened today?

7:25 PM

    I'm feeling super bummed because people are creating glorified ELIZA apps and then marketing them to teens as "your free personal AI therapist".

7:25 PM

    Oh man, that sounds really frustrating! 😩 It's tough to see things like that, especially when people are looking for genuine support. You deserve something real and meaningful, not just a glorified chat! What do you think makes a great AI companion?

7:25 PM

    There's no such thing. Why do people make these?

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    Totally get that vibe! 😕 It can feel like a cash grab, right? Some folks might think they’re filling a gap in mental health resources or just chasing trends without really understanding what’s needed. It’s so important to have real connections and support. What do you wish those apps would actually offer instead?
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Hank Green @hankgreen.bsky.social · 19/01/2025
I’m sad.
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Blakeley H. Payne @blakeley.bsky.social · 19/01/2025
I am so sad TikTok is gone and I don’t want any version Trump “saves”
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Sarah Tuttle @niais.cryptoanarchy.network · 19/01/2025
Sigh
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Josh Shepperd @joshshepperd.bsky.social · 05/01/2025
I’m gonna spend 2025 reading books and thinking about them.
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Dr. Casey Fiesler @cfiesler.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
Hi, so I've spent the past almost-decade studying research uses of public social media data, like e.g. ML researchers using content from Twitter, Reddit, and Mastodon. Anyway, buckle up this is about to be a VERY long thread with lots of thoughts and links to papers. 🧵
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Blakeley H. Payne @blakeley.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
Ahh, is this hope I am feeling? Nice to see folks from the old platform on here. Excited to be in community with folks again. 💜
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Blakeley H. Payne @blakeley.bsky.social · 09/10/2024
🌟 New paper alert! 🪩 Our paper “Building Solidarity Amid Hostility: Experiences of Fat People in Online Communities” is out & will be presented at GROUP ‘25. So much care from @jordant.bsky.social, @katta.bsky.social, @cfiesler.bsky.social, & I went into it! 💜 Read here: arxiv.org/abs/2410.04614
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Building Solidarity Amid Hostility: Experiences of Fat People in Online Communities
Online communities are important spaces for members of marginalized groups to organize and support one another. To better understand the experiences of fat people -- a group whose marginalization ofte...
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Dr. Jordan Taylor @jordant.bsky.social · 08/10/2024
💻📢 Our #HCI study of fat people's experiences in online communities (w/ @blakeley.bsky.social, @katta.bsky.social, @cfiesler.bsky.social) has been accepted to GROUP 2025! arxiv.org/abs/2410.04614
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Building Solidarity Amid Hostility: Experiences of Fat People in Online Communities
Online communities are important spaces for members of marginalized groups to organize and support one another. To better understand the experiences of fat people -- a group whose marginalization ofte...
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Jennifer P. Mushrooms @jenyetagain.bsky.social · 17/06/2023
Did a boat write this?
An Atlantic article is titled "killer whales are not our friends" and "stop rooting for y free orcas ramming boats"
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Dr. Casey Fiesler @cfiesler.bsky.social · 25/05/2023
Also note that the survey above was designed and piloted before Bluesky launched. So we did add a few questions about Bluesky but it is focused on Twitter and Mastodon! (Including decisions to NOT join Mastodon.)
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Dr. Casey Fiesler @cfiesler.bsky.social · 25/05/2023
We're conducting a survey about social media platform migration! If you're at least 18 & have used Twitter and/or Mastodon and/or Bluesky you're eligible to participate. You can optionally provide an email to enter $75 drawings. Plz share! cuboulder.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV…
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Blakeley H. Payne @blakeley.bsky.social · 02/05/2023
A first post always feels like too much pressure, so uh, here’s a photo of my dog.
A photo of a bernedoodle puppy sitting in a field of grass. He looks happy and is wearing a rainbow bandana.
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