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Benjamin Shestakofsky

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Sociologist @cornellbowers.bsky.social studying work, technology, organizations, and political economy | Author of Behind the Startup: www.ucpress.edu/books/behind-the-st…

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Benjamin Shestakofsky @bshestakofsky.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Cornell Arts & Sciences is hiring up to 5 postdocs on AI in Social Sciences and Humanities: academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/327...
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Cornell University, College of Arts and Sciences Fellowships
Job #AJO32791, Postdoctoral Associate, AI in Social Sciences & Humanities, College of Arts and Sciences Fellowships, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, US
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danah boyd @zephoria.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Today is Pub Day for "Data Are Made, Not Found: A Story of Politics, Power, and the Civil Servants Who Saved the US Census"!!! ::bounce:: Please support me by buying a copy of the book or asking your library for a copy! press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...
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danah boyd @zephoria.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Want to see how Dan Bouk plays virtual Jenga? I do. Join Dan, Janet Haven, and I for a virtual discussion on protecting democracy's data on WEDNESDAY September 23 at 1PM ET. datasociety.net/news-events/...
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Protecting Democracy's Data - Data & Society
Join us as professor, researcher, and Data & Society founder danah boyd discusses her new book and its implications with historian and author Dan Bouk, in a conversation moderated by Data & Society Ex...
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danah boyd @zephoria.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
PhD students (& new PhDs): I'm hiring a postdoc at Cornell (Ithaca) to conduct a novel study at the intersection of political economy and tech. Applications are due Oct 16. There are a LOT more details in the job ad so make sure to read it thoroughly: academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/32502
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danah boyd @zephoria.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
PhD candidates/new grads: Postdoc opportunity with me focused on political economy and tech. See details here: academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/32502
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Cornell University, Department of Communication
Job #AJO32502, Postdoctoral Associate, Department of Communication, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, US
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danah boyd @zephoria.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
"Data Are Made, Not Found: A Story of Politics, Power, and the Civil Servants Who Saved the US Census" comes out in one month! Please pre-order the book if you can (or ask your library for a copy). You can choose French or English, audio, e-book, or hardcover.
Book title for danah boyd's book: "Data Are Made, Not Found: A Story of Politics, Power, and the Civil Servants Who Saved the US Census"
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Julián Posada @posada.website · 31/07/2026
We’re hiring at @yale.edu! The American Studies Program seeks an open-rank faculty member in U.S. Cultural History and Cultural Studies, starting July 1, 2027. Apply by Oct. 15, 2026 for full consideration: apply.interfolio.com/188467
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Larry Au @larryau.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Check out the final program for the SKAT Today Conference on Aug 7 at CUNY Grad Center, exciting line up! Link here: bit.ly/skattoday
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Kean Birch @keanbirch.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Just out! My introduction to a new special issue in @sciasculture.bsky.social on "Tech Oligarchy" - go check it out and the papers in the special issue (under "Latest" articles) #techoligarchy #assetization #techbro #bigtech www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Tech oligarchy
Published in Science as Culture (Ahead of Print, 2026)
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American Sociological Association @asanews.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
ASA member Juliet B. Schor @julietschor.bsky.social @bostoncollege.bsky.social discusses her latest research, which shows the benefits to workers and employers of shaving one day off the workweek. @21st.show @ilpublicmedia.bsky.social
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Journal of Cultural Economy @jcultecon.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
We love basically everything about @cyberlyra.bsky.social @zephoria.bsky.social @alex-taylor.bsky.social @bshestakofsky.bsky.social manifesto arxiv.org/abs/2604.16106 - with 1 exception. Several JCE authors have been working on this stuff for a while. It’s a whole field not just a few authors
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Reckoning with the Political Economy of AI: Avoiding Decoys in Pursuit of Accountability
The Project of AI is a world-building endeavor, wherein those who fund and develop AI systems both operate through and seek to sustain networks of power and wealth. As they expand their access to reso...
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Jathan Sadowski @jathansadowski.com · 16/05/2026
“That’s why the students are booing, I think. They’re experiencing AI in realtime as a forecloser of futures; as the cruel new face of hyper-scaling capitalism, as the prime agent moving a world that’s become a deck stacked against them.” — @bcmerchant.bsky.social really nails it, as usual
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AI as the new avatar of American capitalism
Why "AI populism" is just "populism"
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Dan "Mr. Bones and Me" Greene @dmgreene.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
I was lucky to write the lead article for a special issue of Academe on AI in the Corporate University. In "What does AI do?" I offer a provisional balance sheet of this technology's effects on our work, our finances, and our management, in a moment of rising fascist attacks on higher education.
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What Does AI Do?
The economic and political problems of “cost disease” in education have created a powerful incentive for the adoption of AI.
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Janet Vertesi @cyberlyra.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
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...
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Day Two: Better Browsing
According to statcounter.com, Google's Chrome browser currently enjoys over 68% marketshare, with Apple's Safari not even a close second at…
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Burcu Baykurt @baykurt.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
Smart as a City drops May 5th and on April 27th I’m hosting a launch event at UMass with some of my favorite thinkers in critical tech studies & ethnography. If you're anywhere in Western Mass or on the East Coast, I'd love to see you there! RSVP here: forms.gle/vthGWYE5Pp1A...
Smart as a City: The Politics of Test-Bed Urbanism -- Book Launch & Panel
Date: Monday, April 27, 4-5:30 pm
Location: UMass Amherst, ILC HUB (3rd Floor)
RSVP: https://forms.gle/LTnTi6Y7ZJrY8U1aA

Speakers: 
Burcu Baykurt (UMass Amherst)
Sareeta Amrute (Parsons, The New School)
Jonathan Ong (UMass Amherst)
Timothy Pachirat (UMass Amherst)
Supported by the Department of Communication, the Global Technology for Social Justice Lab (GloTech), and the Ethnography Collective at UMass.
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Benjamin Shestakofsky @bshestakofsky.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
Submission deadline extended to April 15th! ASA Pre-Conference: Science, Knowledge and Technology Today, 8/7 in NYC: asaskat.com/SKATtoday/
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2026 Pre-Conference
Science, Knowledge and Technology Today: Meeting the Moment, Engendering Just Futures The Science, Knowledge & Technology (SKAT) section of the American Sociological Association (ASA) will host…
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Tim White @timwhite100.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
New in @finandsoc.bsky.social: ‘The non-death of Adam Neumann’, unpacking the return of WeWork’s disgraced founder. It’s about Silicon Valley’s ambivalence to failure & fraud, and how venture capital rewards already-powerful, ruthless and deceptive serial founders. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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Julián Posada @posada.website · 16/03/2026
With the cover now finalized, I am pleased to announce my forthcoming book: 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦 𝐄𝐱𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐦: 𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐚 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐏𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐀𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞. Available this October from @ucpress.bsky.social s. 🧵 1/4
Book cover for "Platform Extractivism: Data Work and the People Powering Artificial Intelligence" by Julián Posada. Set against a bright yellow background, three vertical photographic panels at the top depict a crowd with digital bounding boxes over faces, a person coding at a computer, and a dense rack of glowing server cables. The title is in large, bold black text, followed by the red subtitle and the author’s name in blue at the bottom.
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danah boyd @zephoria.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
Janet Vertesi on the ways in which the pursuit of space is the new railroad fantasy. Yay for dreams of domination! ::groan:: www.techpolicy.press/in-the-twent...
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In the Twenty-first Century, Space is the New Railroad for Billionaire Ambitions
Billionaires are playing a game of orbital Monopoly, writes Janet Vertesi.
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Burcu Baykurt @baykurt.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
For this year's @4sweb.bsky.social I'm organizing an open panel on Remaking the State: Moral Economies of Gov-Tech and Automated Governance. Do you work on data infrastructures, tech vendors & automated governance? Submit a 250-word abstract; deadline April 30: www.4sonline.org/accepted_ope...
248 Remaking the State: Moral Economies of Gov-Tech and Automated Governance

As automated systems become embedded in everyday statecraft, they reconfigure not only
how governments operate but what governments are. This panel starts from the premise
that contemporary techno-power is co-produced through state institutions that
increasingly govern through code, contracts, and data. Across areas such as welfare
administration, tax systems, border control, public databases, and urban governance,
government data infrastructures are assetized, state legibility is monetized, and governing
knowledge becomes vendor-dependent. 

From major firms such as Palantir to smaller vendors aspiring to become the “Google of” housing, transportation, public health, or immigration data, gov-tech firms insert themselves in everyday practices of public administration. What values and moral claims justify sharing state capacity with technology vendors? How do procurement regimes carve out new boundaries between public and
private authority? And how do bureaucrats, civil society actors, and grassroots movements contest and reimagine the role and limits of state-held data? These questions probe the moral economies underlying state-tech partnerships, especially as they increasingly intersect with right-wing and authoritarian political projects and with technological experiments explicitly mobilized to enforce racist, anti-immigration, and anti-poor logics.

The panel invites theoretical and empirical papers drawing on STS, political economy, and critical infrastructure studies to develop frameworks to intervene in how state authority is dramatized, contested, and monetized through data infrastructures. Submissions addressing cases in the Global Majority and pursuing comparative approaches are particularly welcome.
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Kean Birch @keanbirch.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
Postdoc job! I'm looking to recruit a postdoc to work on a project about research evaluation & metadata. More info here: www.yorku.ca/research/wp-... Salary: CDN$70,000 (+ benefits) Location: Toronto, ON (can be remote in ON) Length: 18 months Deadline: 31 March 2026 Start date: 1 July 2026
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Robert Dorschel @robertdorschel.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
🎉 Just published in @bjsociology.bsky.social Tech entrepreneurs are increasingly reshaping society and politics, but how do they justify their advantageous positions? My article analyses and unpacks dominant narratives in the world's most famous and elite startup accelerator: YCombinator
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Entrepreneuring Legitimacy: A Case Study of the Cultural Codes and Boundary‐Makings of the Tech Elite
How do those who are pulling away economically justify their advantageous positions? This issue has acquired salience in the context of rising inequalities and propelled a reflourishing of sociologic...
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Science as Culture @sciasculture.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
An incredible contribution by @loicriom.bsky.social and @taschn.bsky.social to our Forum on Tech Oligarchy. 🔗 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Thinking tech oligarchy through venture capitalization
Published in Science as Culture (Ahead of Print, 2026)
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Benjamin Shestakofsky @bshestakofsky.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
@catherinebracy.com I don't think I ever reached out to let you know how much I enjoyed your book! And it's great for undergrad classes! I taught a chapter today alongside a chapter of The Power Law to draw out the contrasting perspectives.
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Aaron Shapiro @bricolageyumyum.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
this one's a banger (no mash)
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Dan "Mr. Bones and Me" Greene @dmgreene.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
They're not really pilots but they're always gonna be there. I like how Gray & Suri call this the last mile problem for automation. With us since the putting out process in textiles and early food factories. The question is always "who gets automated and who does the cleanup afterwards."
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Kean Birch @keanbirch.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
I'm co-chairing the Society for Social Studies of Science @4sweb.bsky.social Conference in Toronto, Oct 2026. #STS #scipol #innovation Theme: "TechnoPower • Technoscientific Futures". Open panel submissions portal is open! ls! Deadline: 2nd February 2026 www.4sonline.org/about_the_co...
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About the Conference
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Oxford Internet Institute @oii.ox.ac.uk · 19/01/2026
Just two weeks to go to submit your application for the @berkeleyischool.bsky.social and @oii.ox.ac.uk Summer Doctoral Programme 2026. Join us for a fantastic fortnight of study, collaboration and mentorship whilst building lifelong connections. Apply today! www.oii.ox.ac.uk/study/summer...
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OII | Summer Doctoral Programme
Researching the internet or technology? This annual programme brings together outstanding doctoral students from across the world for a fortnight of study.
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Alondra Nelson @alondra.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
🧵 Trump administration AI policy is widely described as deregulatory. This description is misleading. What's happening is not the absence of governance but its rearrangement--intensive state intervention operating through mechanisms we don't typically call regulation. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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The mirage of AI deregulation
One of the most interventionist approaches to technology governance in the United States in a generation has cloaked itself in the language of deregulation. In early December 2025, President Donald Tr...
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Allison Pugh @allisonpugh.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
With #TheLastHumanJob coming out in paperback January 27, I'm excited to share some upcoming appearances - it's going to be a busy spring! Come join the conversation about the value of human connection. For more info see allisonpugh.com or press.princeton.edu/books/paperb...
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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 02/01/2026
“I’m a developer for a major food delivery app. The 'Priority Fee' and 'Driver Benefit Fee' go 100% to the company. The driver sees $0 of it.” www.reddit.com/r/confession...
I’m a developer for a major food delivery app. The 'Priority Fee' and 'Driver Benefit Fee' go 100% to the company. The driver sees $0 of it.
I’m posting this from a library Wi-Fi on a burner laptop because I am technically under a massive NDA. I don’t care anymore. I put in my two weeks yesterday and honestly, I hope they sue me. I’ve been sitting on this for about eight months, just watching the code getting pushed to production, and I can’t sleep at night knowing I helped build this machine.

You guys always suspect the algorithms are rigged against you, but the reality is actually so much more depressing than the conspiracy theories. I’m a backend engineer. I sit in the weekly sprint planning meetings where Product Managers (PMs) discuss how to squeeze another 0.4% margin out of "human assets" (that’s literally what they call drivers in the database schemas). They talk about these people like they are resource nodes in a video game, not fathers and mothers trying to pay rent.

First off, the "Priority Delivery" is a total scam. It was pitched to us as a "psychological value add." Like I said in the title, when you pay that extra $2.99, it changes a boolean flag in the order JSON, but the dispatch logic literally ignores it. It does nothing to speed you up.

We actually ran an A/B test last year where we didn't speed up the priority orders, we just purposefully delayed non-priority orders by 5 to 10 minutes to make the Priority ones "feel" faster by comparison. Management loved the results. We generated millions in pure profit just by making the standard service worse, not by making the premium service better.

But the thing that actually makes me sick—and the main reason I’m quitting—is the "Desperation Score." We have a hidden metric for drivers that tracks how desperate they are for cash based on their acceptance behavior.

If a driver usually logs on at 10 PM and accepts every garbage $3 order instantly without hesitation, the algo tags them as "High Desperati…
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SASE | The Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economics @sasemeeting.bsky.social · 29/12/2025
Postdoctoral Position in the Gig Economy, University of Duisburg-Essen Applications are open for a PostDoc position within an ERC-funded research project on the gig economy & online labour markets ⏰ Deadline: 31 January Application details: sase.org/career-oppor...
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PostDoc Position (f/m/d) for 36 Months, University of Duisburg-Essen | Opportunities for SASE Members
Application Deadline: 31 January 2026Start Date: As soon as possibleLocation: Essen, Germany
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Chuncheng Liu @cliu.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
Northeastern University is hiring an Assistant Professor in AI Policy and Media. The tenure home would be either Communication Studies or Journalism, with a joint appointment with the policy school. Please apply and be my colleague :) northeastern.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/careers/job/...
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Assistant Professor in AI Policy and Media
About the Opportunity About the Opportunity The College of Arts, Media and Design (CAMD) at Northeastern University invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor in AI Policy and Media, ...
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Benjamin Shestakofsky @bshestakofsky.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
I'm recruiting PhD students @cornellbowers.bsky.social! Folks who are interested in the intersection of work, technology, organizations, and political economy: please consider applying! infosci.cornell.edu/phd-informat.... And if you're a faculty colleague, please send excellent candidates my way!
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Apply (Phd IS)
Below, you'll find the essential information you need to prepare a strong application to our graduate program, including qualifications, expectations, and application steps.
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Taylor M. Cruz @taylormcruz.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
Working on AI in public health? Check out this CFP! HEB invites submissions exploring the opportunities, impacts, and ethical dimensions of AI in health education, behavior, and public health. We encourage work on equity, transparency, accountability, and real-world applications. lnkd.in/dsCbT6aX
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Benjamin Shestakofsky @bshestakofsky.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
Teaching faculty search @cornellbowers.bsky.social! academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/30763
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Cornell University, Information Science
Job #AJO30763, 2025-2026 CORNELL INFORMATION SCIENCE FULL-TIME TEACHING FACULTY SEARCH (OPEN-RANK TEACHING PROFESSOR), ITHACA CAMPUS  , Information Science, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, US
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University of California Press @ucpress.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
UC Press is looking for a Publicist! Help amplify authors, pitch stories that spark conversation, & champion bold, field-defining books. Apply here. Or spread the word! careerspub.universityofcalifornia.edu/psc/ucop/EMP...
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Ian Petrie @icpetrie.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
JOB: TT Assistant Professor, Sociology, Western University Health and the Life Course or Work and the Economy universityaffairs.ca/search-job/?...
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Benjamin Shestakofsky @bshestakofsky.bsky.social · 06/09/2025
The Social Science Matrix @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social is hiring a Researcher/Program Manager in Finance and Democracy: careerspub.universityofcalifornia.edu/psc/ucb/EMPL...
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Benjamin Shestakofsky @bshestakofsky.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
Postdoc opportunity @cornelluniversity.bsky.social STS! academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/30301
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Cornell University, Society for the Humanities
Job #AJO30301, WDR-00046364 Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow in Science and Technology Studies, AY 2026-2028, Society for the Humanities, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, US
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Janet Vertesi @cyberlyra.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
Heads up, #4S2025 ! So excited for my Making and Doing workshop on "How to Get Off," teaching y'all how to evade Big Tech, on Thursday 1:30-3PM! Then reflections on long-term fieldwork on Friday at 1:30PM And my TECH/MONEY talk Friday at 3:40 on why NASA goes over budget ... See you in Seattle!
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Benjamin Shestakofsky @bshestakofsky.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
🙏 "Behind the Startup demonstrates, more fully than any work before it, the specific structural forces that so consistently ensure that platform startups betray their stated ideals....If this book does not achieve its purpose in reorienting future research, the field and not the book is to blame."
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Kean Birch @keanbirch.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
My new article "Do artifacts have political economy" out in @sthv.bsky.social - developing a constructivist #politicaleconomy as a way to understand the embedding of political economy in #technology (incl bridges, #generativeAI + #adtech)
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Dan "Mr. Bones and Me" Greene @dmgreene.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
Excited to share new work with the brilliant Zothan Mawii: "Gigs North & South." We describe gig platforms as accelerants to long-term informalization under premature deindustrialization. Gigs north and gigs south look similar but are distributed differently, through a process of uneven development.
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University of California Press @ucpress.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
Thanks to @wsj.com for the review of HEDGED OUT: Inequality and Insecurity on Wall Street by @megantobiasneely.bsky.social‬: "explain[s] the new financial order by dissecting the people who run the investment firms":
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Four Books Sound the Alarm About the Power of Private Equity
Private-managers now influence the U.S. economy and politics in ways few Americans understand.
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Sociologica - International Journal for Sociological Debate @sociologica.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
Such an interesting piece by Vertesi and Enriquez from our latest issue. Don't forget to check out the other fascinating contributions: sociologica.unibo.it/issue/view/1...
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Benjamin Shestakofsky @bshestakofsky.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
40% off Behind the Startup and a boatload of other great titles @ucpress.bsky.social, use promo code MAY40! www.ucpress.edu/books/behind...
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Behind the Startup by Benjamin Shestakofsky - Paper
Scholarship is a powerful tool for changing how people think, plan, and govern. By giving voice to bright minds and bold ideas, we seek to foster understanding and drive progressive change.
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Fairwork @towardsfairwork.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
The tech we rely on is powered by millions of low-paid, invisible cloudworkers. Our new report drops 20 May. Join us to talk fairness, AI, and platform accountability. 🕑 2 PM BST 🔗 wzb-eu.zoom.us/meeting/regi... #Fairwork #Cloudwork #WorkerRights #InvisibleLabour #AI
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Tanja Schneider @taschn.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
🗓️ The next #STS Switzerland conference will take place in Zurich on 10-12 Sept. 2025! Join @loicriom.bsky.social and me for our panel on: 💥What Holds #Startups Together? Exploring Infrastructures, Places, and Knowledge💥 🔗 sts-ch.org/sts-ch-2025/ @sts-ch.bsky.social
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STS-CH Conference 2025
Holding things together? Change, continuity, critique Conference date: Sept 10 – 12, 2025Venues in Zurich: University of Zurich, ETH, ZHdKKeynotes by Brit Ross Winthereik and Hannah Rogers Sp…
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