iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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The Privacy Center @georgetownprivacy.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

🧵How are data and automation shaping child welfare practice today? How can children and families be at the center of these conversations and decisions? What harms must we guard against? What might be coming down the pike?

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Lauren Woolsey @cgsunit.com · 19/09/2026

Do you want to read up on topics that are covered in the Ghost in the Machine documentary? I'd start with Disabling Intelligences by @fractalecho.bsky.social, who also covers the legacies of eugenics that the documentary begins with. My lengthy reading thread: tbsky.app/profile/cgsu...

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This will be my thread for thoughts while reading Disabling Intelligences by [@fractalecho.bsky.social](https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:qsavm6exsnbprmb2o5utdnst) this week. I'm all wrapped up in a f...

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Mar Hicks @histoftech.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

when you work at the BPAF but you’re beginning to realize there’s not going to be a successful IPO

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Rua M. Williams @fractalecho.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Seriously what the everloving fuck.

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Yan Basque @yanbasque.com · 10/09/2026

Everyone claiming this is an "accessibility feature" for Deaf people, I urge you to familiarize yourself with the term "disability dongle." blog.castac.org/2022/04/disa...

blog.castac.org

Disability Dongle | Platypus

Disability Dongles are contemporary fairy tales that appeal to the abled imagination by presenting a heroic designer-protagonist whose prototype provides a techno-utopian (re)solution to the design pr...

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Regular Eli @captainhelion.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Disabling Intelligences - Rua M. Williams, 2025. @fractalecho.bsky.social argues forcefully for an understanding of modern AI that incorporates the eugenicist histories involved, using disability as a lens and pivot point to understand the anti-human forces at play. Forceful, angry, and hopeful

An illustration of golden leaves and vines sits on a pink-purple background. In the centre is a box, with text reading as follows:
"Palgrave Pivot
Disabling Intelligences
Legacies of Eugenics and How We are Wrong about AI
Rua M. Williams
Palgrave Macmillan"

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Rua M. Williams @fractalecho.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

You ever see a kid that looks exactly like a high school friend from 25 years ago - from his face to his body shape right down to his pigeon toed walk and think damn they're really just recycling avatars huh?

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Rua M. Williams @fractalecho.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Why the fuck did my outlook just change to looking like gmail circa 2008.

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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 27/08/2026

In a short span of time we went from people speculating that companies were listening to their conversations to companies offering listening to your conversations as a feature.

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Plaud is launching AI earbuds

An AI wearable, but for your ears.

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Thinking Person's Guide to Autism @thinkingautism.com · 27/08/2026

#IACCAugust2026 #IACC career staff presenting summary of public comments now. They received comments from 4,778 people and orgs - they are giving a very high-level analysis of common themes in the comments. They coded the comments into 17 themes using AI-assisted analysis

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Rua M. Williams @fractalecho.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

The funniest (derogatory) thing about all of this is that these "tools" are not particularly difficult to use. The most difficult part is knowing what the fuck you are doing WITHOUT the AI so that you can argue with it effectively. And that's exactly what they are taking away from us!

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Rua M. Williams @fractalecho.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

I won't say I'm learning my lesson. But I'm definitely experiencing my lesson about not saying no to enough things.

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Rua M. Williams @fractalecho.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Have you noticed how all of these think peices about over preponderance of disability and neurodivergence are about how The Young Women Are Wrong? Nobody's complaining that there are too many men getting autism diagnosis. Despite the fact that for decades we've known we are underdiagnosing women.

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Rua M. Williams @fractalecho.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Some of you think "good trouble" means politely reminding folks in power, via established communication channels, that they might possibly maybe be making a mistake. It is very weird behavior. Anyway now I need an untitled goose shirt that says "goose trouble" and also a drink.

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Rua M. Williams @fractalecho.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Every University that is being asked to calculate and prove "RoI" for their majors is being told to report on how the government has defunded education and gutted the economy and then blame themselves for it.

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con questi nuovi ritmi americani (she/her) 🏳️‍⚧️🇵🇸🏳 @racheledini.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

I met Jason Arday in induction week in my first permanent academic job, at the University of Roehampton. We had been appointed during the same mass hiring, and spent a week together in more or less useless training sessions that felt like components of some kind of deranged summer camp. 1/

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Rua M. Williams @fractalecho.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

I know I'm old now because even the new faculty look like babies.

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Rua M. Williams @fractalecho.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

A little preview of my session with the AAPD Technology Forum on Monday August 17th at Noon eastern US time. Register here: forms.gle/8vTpYXq5k4Ha...

Slide titled "They have lied to us before..." with two images of news articles stating "Paralyzed Man Unable to Walk after Maker of His Powered Exoskeleton Tells Him It's Now Obsolete" and "Their Bionic Eyes are Now Obsolete and Unsupported." Subtitled "Vaporware"

Slide titled "They will lie to us again." with images of bluesky posts from Rua M. Williams. One says "There it is. From disability dongle to disability diversion to disability tax. Embrace extend extinguish." Skeet is a repost of Hypervisible sharing the disability tax enabled by subscription tiers for meta glasses. Next skeet says "Did you know the solution to ableism is turning every disabled person into a surveillance device? This is sarcasm." Last skeet says "We can have OCR Glasses without pervert net. We do actually. And the fact that they are more expensive than meta is a problem we can solve. By fighting for policy change rather than fighting for scraps from corporate overlords." with a response from TechnicallyOwen "Of course they are more expensive they can't sell your data to advertisers and law enforcement as easily."

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Dylan MacKay @dylanmackayphd.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Disabilitywashing or Disability Diversion as @fractalecho.bsky.social has defined. These pervert glasses should be broken wherever found

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Rua M. Williams @fractalecho.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

I'm sitting behind a car with a sticker that says "not a lesbian" and I have no idea what the point of that would be. But then I realized it is a Subaru... But no it still doesn't make any sense.

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Rua M. Williams @fractalecho.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Starting to notice citations of my work so outrageously out of context they can only be AI slop references and I am begging you to verify the existence of AND THE CONTEXT OF references the bullshit engine gives you.

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Craig 'VI' Slee: Pro Hatman @mrvi.cold-albion.net · 07/08/2026

Yes, and also: these constructs are ableist systems which in which we are currently and historically embedded. Eugenicism never went away. If folks are interested, I suggest @fractalecho.bsky.social 's work on on Metaeugenics and also, their book DISABLING INTELLIGENCES

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Disabling Intelligences

This book discusses the influences of eugenics on the AI industry and the impacts of AI opportunism on disabled people.

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Gregk Foley @gregk.co.uk · 06/08/2026

The same people who have been working doggedly to reinstate a rigid gender binary are now trying to do so with regards to dis/ability, and it won’t stop there. Binaries are social constructs, not realities, and ideological efforts to contain human society within such frameworks are dangerous.

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Rua M. Williams @fractalecho.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Attention all academic burnouts who kept saying yes to things because they weren't until fall semester. It is now fall sester.

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Rua M. Williams @fractalecho.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

A Real Request: We need your 7th grader to locate and to bring in to school a rock that is approximately the size of a large adult male fist. If it is a little larger than a fist that will be fine, however, if it is too small then their project will not be as successful.

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Luke Knox @lukeknox.me · 31/07/2026

this is my new favorite diagram

Brachiosaurus projectile vomiting: forces generated and resulting traces
Assuming 50 kg (110 Ibs) of regurgitant, impact velocity from 14 m (45 ft) height, and hard-packed sand as impact site.
h = 14 m (45 ft)
Impact velocity = V = V 2gh = 16.6 m/s; kinetic energy before impact = 6,860 J
Average impact force = 68,600 N

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Pavel @spavel.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Just to be clear this is a joke on the shitposting website Bluesky rather than serious economic analysis attempting to blame gungan rōnin and Sith lord Jar Jar Binks for the economic malaise of late capitalism

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Rua M. Williams @fractalecho.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

This event is going to be fun if you like robots, computers, or learning about how to do research differently! Also, the event is the day before my birthday, so you should come and wish me a happy birthday because I'm a Leo. Also, if you can't come live, registrants get a recording!

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Rua M. Williams @fractalecho.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

In this seminar, six scholars will discuss their research in Human-Robot Interaction and related research areas and describe how the Counterventions series supported their transformation and growth as researchers. purdue-edu.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Flyer for event. Date and Time: August 12th, Noon to 2pm eastern US time.
Session Title: Counterventional Reflections in Human-Robot Interaction and Beyond

Speakers: Rodolfo Cossovich, Krittapas Boonpasart, Angela Higgins, Bryan Cheung, Srishti Agrawal, Raj Korpan
Moderator: Rua M. Williams

This series is funded by NSF SES 24449001.

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Anna Holmes @annabookwriter.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

It’s really something how people get up in arms about accessibility and equity when the thing in question is pervert glasses or Dark Clippy. I don’t see you folks showing up when Ticketmaster says there’s no way a wheelchair user can come to concerts or that sign language is “too distracting”.

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Rua M. Williams @fractalecho.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Did you know the solution to ableism is turning every disabled person into a surveillance device? This is sarcasm.

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Better Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Yes, the Problems are bad, but this is no time for radical things like Solutions

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Rua M. Williams @fractalecho.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

BTW the definition of robotics researcher is very broad. "Robotics adjacent" or "robotics aspiring" or "robotics curious" may also apply. "I'm a little botcurious"

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Rua M. Williams @fractalecho.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Broke: pervert glasses designed to spy on everyone pretending they're for disabled people. Woke: tongue-controlled trackpad that let's disabled people feel a little bit naughty while browsing the internet.

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Rua M. Williams @fractalecho.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

I'm not 100% sure, but I think I might have found the winner of this year's Anti-Dongle awards. Something I made up just now for new tech that centers disabled people and isn't some kind of exploitative half-baked joke. www.augmental.tech

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MouthPad: the hands-free touchpad

A trackpad worn on the roof of the mouth: hands-free control of your devices, driven by the tongue. From Augmental.

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Rua M. Williams @fractalecho.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

An endorsement from Dr. Raj Korpan: "I had so much fun and also learned so much that I could directly apply in my research and teaching. We reflected deeply about how HRI research is done ... and the policy implications of our work." Even professors like it!

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Rua M. Williams @fractalecho.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Mace can help prevent assault so it is good to have tear gas to suppress protesters. This is a post about AI and the Disability Diversion.

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Rua M. Williams @fractalecho.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

I'm really excited about who I'm seeing in my registration for this series so far. I love working with our young researchers (I love corrupting the youth). But I am really hoping more senior people will allow me to play with them too! Don't be shy! Please play with me I swear I'm fun.

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Ro Encarnación @rone.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Please reach out/message me if you’d like to join!

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Rua M. Williams @fractalecho.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Interested in Critical HCI? @rone.bsky.social and I are launching Critical HCI Collabs discord. This server is designed to support collaborations between HCI researchers who are interested in critical approaches and methods, but who struggle to find the collaborators they need in their local areas.

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Rua M. Williams @fractalecho.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

I've been professionally complaining about autism research for 10 years. I've done detailed scholarly analysis. I've done qualitative research with autistic children (the only part of my dissertation that is still unpublished). I've done several summer camp events with mixed neurotype groups.

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Rua M. Williams @fractalecho.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Reply bots are much much worse than reply guys.

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Rua M. Williams @fractalecho.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

I must have missed it how do I block all bout accounts (those flagged as such anyway)

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Rua M. Williams @fractalecho.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

BTW the definition of robotics researcher is very broad. "Robotics adjacent" or "robotics aspiring" or "robotics curious" may also apply. "I'm a little botcurious"

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sam @samthielman.com · 18/07/2026

we went to the fucking moon, Milton

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Emily M. Bender @emilymbender.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

This is the weirdest request for input that I've seen in a while. It's almost like the ACM is sitting at the table with the "change my mind" sign. So, let's do it. Short thread with the input I gave them:

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