iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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Ian Carrillo @iansociologo.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

This 🧵 will have readings that I assign in my Sociology of AI class.

A flyer for the class Sociology of AI

The overview says: SOC 3900 Sociology of AI uses a sociological lens to study what is popularly called "artificial intelligence." In this class students will learn about cutting edge research examining the origins, impacts, and struggles over the broad set of technologies and practices involving AI. Through an international focus, this class will cover numerous topics related to AI, including: gig work, algorithmic bias, data colonialism, resource extraction, digital labor, data center studies, and environmental and climate effects. This class will primarily focus on sociological research, but will also include scholarship from geography, history, international studies, and environmental studies, as well as other social scientific and humanistic disciplines. No prior knowledge of AI is required for this class

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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Thank you for this ambitious thread. I lack all ambition. It’s very generous.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 22/07/2026

uh...yes?

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Evan Urquhart @evanurquhart.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

This is a great read, and it's also a lesson. This is what everyone could be doing, at every level. This is the possibility open to every one of us, while every single cry of "we had no choice" was and is a cowardly lie.

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Alice Wickenden @awickenden.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

I agree with all the takes about an attack on the humanities being an attack on critical thinking, &c. It’s also about joy, though. ‘Why bother studying that’ is always also a sneer at — why do you think you should get to do something you enjoy? Grow up and be miserable all the time!

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 22/07/2026

The Heritage Foundation only wanted to protect women's sports when it was about trans athletes

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The Heritage Foundation only wanted to protect women's sports when it was about trans athletes

Not anymore.

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Orion Rummler @oriion.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

I wanted to visualize what it looked like when the 988 hotline’s LGBTQ+ youth services shut down. This is what it looks like: almost 70,000 people reaching out for help, then nothing. As of today, it’s been a year since "Option 3" went away.

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The 988 cliff for LGBTQ+ youth | Created with Datawrapper

From September 2022 to July 2025, LGBTQ+ youth and young adults had specialized help when they reached the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline. Then that help went away.

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Joshua Weitz @joshuasweitz.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

New Science & Community Impacts Mapping Project (#SCIMaP) analysis on the impact of the WH plan to eliminate NSF's Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences directorate. @malar0ne.bsky.social @asinclair.bsky.social @cl10.bsky.social @alexmusicwrites.bsky.social scienceimpacts.org/insights/SBE...

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"Cuts to NSF’s Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences (SBE) Directorate will have significant economic impacts nationwide"
https://scienceimpacts.org/insights/SBE-2026-07-13

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Jack Turban MD @turban.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

Our latest paper is out today in @jamapediatrics.com - discussing: (1) How structural and mental health disparities can lead to competitive *disadvantages* for trans youth in sports (2) The negative impacts of exclusionary sports policies on mental health jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

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Kathleen Gier @kgier.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Not to keep bringing ✨women✨ into it, but calling this "the most important match in U.S. Soccer history" is crazy work.

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Lambda Legal @lambdalegal.org · 02/07/2026

"'This isn’t a national mandate to ban trans athletes everywhere,' said Sasha Buchert, senior attorney and director of the nonbinary and transgender rights project at Lambda Legal. Instead, Buchert said, it sets up a brutal state-by-state, school-by-school fight. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

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What to know about the US supreme court’s ruling on trans athletes

Decision upholding bans on trans girls in women’s sports in two states is narrow, but could be broadly weaponized for anti-LGBTQ+ efforts

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Racheline Maltese @racheline.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Just because SCOTUS affirms a type of discrimination does not mean that discrimination is required. This decision should not cause us to weaken our efforts for trans inclusion in general or trans inclusion in sports in particular. Cis allies, you very specifically, need to double down.

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Anil Dash @anildash.com · 17/04/2026

Next week is 10 years since we lost Prince. Since then, the community of Prince scholars has come together regularly for academic symposia on his legacy and works; you can watch for free this weekend if you'd like to join us online or in person at NYU. Just register here! iwonderu.polishedsolid.com

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#IWonderU40 – April 17–19, 2026

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Alex Ip 葉清霖 @alexip718.com · 10/04/2026

BREAKING: in March 2026, *every single one* of the 1,341 refugees admitted in the United States were white South Africans: In FY 2026, the U.S. has admitted a total of 4,496 white South Africans, three Afghans (back in November), and nobody else. www.rpc.state.gov/documents/Re...

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Dreadnought Holiday @dreadships.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

It's Trans Day of Visibility, but a shout out to the invisible trans people - the ones who haven't realised, the ones who haven't shared it, and, sadly, the ones for whom it's just too dangerous to be yourself in public. I might not see you, but I know you're out there.

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Ygrene @ygrene.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

the human body was not designed to know what the worst person in the world is doing every fifteen minutes

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

The dementia-ravaged president is increasingly spewing nonsense and acting erratically, with dangerous consequences for the entire world and it seems like that really should be all we're talking about.

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

going to keep saying: to keep functioning, a society must discourage baldfaced lying, especially by authorities

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Elizabeth (Libby) Sharrow @esharrow.bsky.social · 08/02/2026

Really makes you wonder how many of these dudes are competing with messed up joint injures, taking the field anyway on a big day for their sport despite the potentially life-altering risk, and being heralded as gladiators for it, don’t it? No sexist double-standards to see here, Bluesky!

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Rodger Sherman @rodger.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

Jessie Diggins, Olympic cross-country skiing gold medalist, from the Twin Cities: “I want to make sure you know who I’m racing for…”

Instagram post from Jessie Diggins, showing her carrying the American flag and smiling:

I want to make sure you know who I'm racing for when I get to the start line at the Olympics. I'm racing for an American people who stand for love, for acceptance, for compassion, honesty and respect for others. I do not stand for hate or violence or discrimination.
I get to decide who I'm racing for every single day, and how I want to live up to my values. For everyone out there caring for others, protecting their neighbors and meeting people with love - every single step is for you.
YOU are the ones who make me proud to carry the flag, and I hope I can bring you joy over these next few weeks.

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Stacey Burns @wentrogue.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

“It seems our university leaders cannot even say that it is wrong to murder a former student in broad daylight because some people might disagree,” geography professor Kate Derickson

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Faculty, students push University of Minnesota to denounce ICE and killing of alumnus Alex Pretti

It illustrates the complex balancing act for colleges and universities in responding to ICE actions.

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

"Four hours after his arrest, he was taken to a hospital emergency room in Edina with swelling and bruising around his right eye and bleeding. A CT scan revealed at least eight skull fractures and life-threatening hemorrhages in at least five areas of his brain..." apnews.com/article/immi...

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ICE claim that a man shattered his skull running into wall triggers tension at a Minnesota hospital

Nurses in Minneapolis doubted federal immigration officers' claims about a Mexican immigrant's severe injuries.

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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 01/02/2026

“Children were in the crowd screaming.”

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Elizabeth (Libby) Sharrow @esharrow.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

They clear the cycling and running paths before the roads in Mpls, no joke.

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Elizabeth (Libby) Sharrow @esharrow.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

All eyes back on Minneapolis. The streets are full again.

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Eric Harris Bernstein @ehbinmn.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

Whatever we’re doing, it’s not enough.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

REP. OMAR after being attacked with liquid: “We will continue! These fucking assholes are not gonna get away with this! Here is the reality people like this ugly man don’t understand — we are Minnesota Strong. We’ll stay resilient in the face of whatever they might throw at us.”

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

Sending @repilhan.bsky.social sincere admiration tonight.

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Assigned Media @assignedmedia.org · 27/01/2026

@rikiwilchins.bsky.social 2026 Jan 27 Politico: As Minn state agencies continue to refused to comply with fed demands to adopt trans-exclusive sports policies, the Dept of Ed. has advanced its investigation of the state to the DOJ-- a step towards pulling federal funding.

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Education Department refers Minnesota trans athletes probe to Justice Department

The move could lead to the state losing its federal funding over its transgender athlete policies.

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Jonathan C Slaght @jonathanslaght.com · 26/01/2026

"ICE OUT" on Lake Nokomis in Minneapolis, as seen from my flight leaving MSP airport

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Sir Dumpy @sir-dumpy.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

It was a great showing tonight on the lake!

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Elizabeth (Libby) Sharrow @esharrow.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

Guys, luminaries on Mpls lakes is one of the best things in the city. Right under the flight path, and MSP is an international hub.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 27/01/2026

if bovino is out and conservatives are turning on noem then there is a real opportunity to demand that miller resign too.

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Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 26/01/2026

So, it looks like we need to chat about the pseudo-science of "hysteria," and how it's been used for centuries to gaslight women into believing--it's not the patriarchy; it's you. 1/🧵

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Elizabeth (Libby) Sharrow @esharrow.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

The demand is still: abolish ICE. Don’t let them trick you into thinking they aren’t leaving MN to go traumatize other communities. Justice for Renee, Alex, and the dozens of others who died in ICE detention in the last 12 months alone demands us not to concede to MN withdrawal. ABOLISH. ICE.

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Hakeem Jefferson @hakeemjefferson.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

Even when they show signs of weakness or forced regret, we must not give an inch. Authoritarian governments still respond to public opinion, which is why sustained pressure matters. We have to keep making clear that these thuggish actions are unconscionable and will not be tolerated. Don’t let up.

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Daniel Schwarcz @danielschwarcz.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

Proud to be one of 65 University of Minnesota Law faculty who signed this open letter condemning the federal government’s ongoing and lawless campaign of fear, intimidation, and violence against Minnesotans. docs.google.com/document/d/1...

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Open Letter to Minnesota Law CommunityJanuary 25

January 25, 2026 To the Minnesota Law Community: We, the undersigned faculty of the University of Minnesota Law School, write in our individual capacities to address the federal government's ongoin...

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Jen Mercieca @jenmercieca.bsky.social · 21/09/2025

Do y'all remember this from 2016? I think about this a lot. ❤️

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"If I gave you a bowl of skittles and three of them were poison would you still eat them?"
"Are the other skittles human lives?"
"What?"
"Like. Is there a good chance. A really good chance. I would be saving someone from a war zone and probably their life if I ate a skittle?"
"Well sure. But the point-"
"I would eat the skittles."
"Ok-well the point is-"

"I would GORGE myself on skittles. I would eat every single fucking skittle I could find. I would STUFF myself with skittles. And when I found the poison skittle and died I would make sure to leave behind a legacy of children and of friends who also ate skittle after skittle until there were no skittles to be eaten. And each person who found the poison skittle we would weep for. We would weep for their loss, for their sacrifice, and for the fact that they did not let themselves succumb to fear but made the world a better place by eating skittles.
Because your REAL question...the one you hid behind a shitty little inaccurate, insensitive, dehumanizing racist little candy metaphor is, IS MY LIFE MORE IMPORTANT THAN THOUSANDS UPON THOUSANDS OF MEN, WOMEN, AND TERRIFIED CHILDREN...
... and what kind of monster would think the answer to that question... is yes?"

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Elizabeth (Libby) Sharrow @esharrow.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

My body is trashed from shoveling almost two feet of snow in MA (so far, still falling) but I have half a mind to start trudging to Nokomis with shovel and tea lights in hand. Minnesota Forever.

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Better Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

I can't put into words the feeling of watching our government, a hive of evil antisocial filth, the absolute worst humanity has to offer, colliding with the best. Ordinary people trying to help each other, risking everything to stand up for what's plainly, unambiguously fair and right. It's unreal

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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

Let us all have the courage displayed by the residents of Minneapolis.

Woman on the right was using her walker to advance into the tear gas

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floating in lotus position @gallantdimwit.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

The beauty of mass nonviolent resistance and mutual aid is that every kidnapping, every murder, every beating, every lie—the only weapons they have—invigorates our solidarity and commitment and weakens them. It turns their violence and propaganda inside out. We’re winning and it’s not even close.

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ashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 25/01/2026

“I live on a rural island in Alaska, reachable only by plane or boat. In our little town, 50 to 100 people stand outside each week at our town's roundabout to protest and hold vigil and stand in solidarity with you. We hold signs supporting Minnesota and demanding ICE Out.” Rachel, Alaska

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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

a crime against human decency to lie about this

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