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Sarah Gilbert @sarahagilbert.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

In my stage debut I'll be playing a sales rep for VitalSynth Industries who totally just wants to help the hospital save lives with her company's amazing new product (why would I deceive you?) #CSCW2026

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Michaelanne Thomas @michaelannephd.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Come see my return to the stage as Dr. Putnam, in the original play, AI Powder, at #CSCW2026!

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Oliver Haimson @haimson.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Great to be part of @cra-hq.bsky.social Congressional Visit Day, where @naz-andalibi.bsky.social I met with our MI members of Congress to ask them to support NSF research funding. Especially appreciated meeting @peters.senate.gov and hearing about his support for science funding and AI regulation.

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Oliver Haimson @haimson.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

We have a stellar lineup of "actors" for the AI Powder play at #CSCW2026! I'll be announcing our cast gradually leading up to the performance. To start, we have @michaelannephd.bsky.social playing Dr. Putnam, a trauma surgeon who uses AI Powder to "heal" his patients.

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Oliver Haimson @haimson.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

This is a post of appreciation for my PhD advisees, some of my favorite collaborators! Here's a photo from our recent lab retreat. From left to right: Denny Starks, Senami Kojah, me @mayworms.info, @hibbythach.com, Mel Monier, @lameiro.bsky.social

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Ben Waber @bwaber.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

First was “Trans Technologies” by @haimson.bsky.social. This is a unique, insightful book, using a critical studies and HCI lens to examine different trans technologies and the thoughts of their creators. Highly recommend Full review: bookwyrm.social/user/bwaber/... (2/5)

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Trans Technologies

Mainstream technologies often exclude or marginalize transgender users. Trans Technologies describes what happens when trans people take technology design in...

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Oliver Haimson @haimson.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

"Just sprinkle some AI on it..." We're staging a live PLAY🎭 at #CSCW2026 and looking for amateur actors - no experience needed! It's based on AI Powder, our speculative fiction piece on AI techno-solutionism (forthcoming in Catalyst), paired with an academic panel. Reply/message if interested!

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Oliver Haimson @haimson.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

When I published my book Trans Technologies, I pledged to donate half of my author royalties to a trans BIPOC organization. This year I donated to BTFA Collective - Black Trans Femmes in the Arts. Learn more and donate here: fundraise.givesmart.com/form/P_jkVg?...

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Noah Pevie @noahpevie.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Also finished Trans Technologies by @haimson.bsky.social (2025). Not a trans history book, but relevant for a peripheral argument I’m making in my comps exam. That said, incredibly cool to have a book that provides perhaps the most comprehensive list of trans technologies.

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Oliver Haimson @haimson.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

I completely missed posting this during June, but thanks to @acm.org and ACM Digital Library for highlighting some of our research for Pride Month! 🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ www.acm.org/diversity-in... www.linkedin.com/pulse/what-d...

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Celebrate Pride Month 2026 with ACM

This Pride Month, ACM is celebrating the contributions and innovations of LGBTQ+ computing researchers. Selected research articles will be featured throughout June, exploring the intersection of techn...

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Oliver Haimson @haimson.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Tomorrow (Tuesday) morning at #DIS2026 I'll be presenting our work on "Queer Zineographies: Materializing Tactics for Resisting AI and Data Systems" - a paper led by Alexandra (Allie) Teixeira Riggs and with an amazing team of researchers! read the pictorial here: dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...

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Oliver Haimson @haimson.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

Monday morning @ #DIS2026 in the Intimate Data, Consent, & Harm session, Aloe DeGuia presents our paper: "Bridging Trans Community Knowledge with Verified Information: Design Considerations for Patient-Surgeon Digital Communication Platforms for Gender-Affirming Surgery" dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...

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Bridging Trans Community Knowledge with Verified Information: Design Considerations for Patient-Surgeon Digital Communication Platforms for Gender-Affirming Surgery | Proceedings of the 2026 Designing Interactive Systems Conference

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blair @blairaf.com · 02/06/2026

I'm looking for a new PhD student to come join me at UAlberta & Amii to study trans perspectives on AI policy & the future of AI as part of my new lab. The position is fully funded and offers access to a range of supports - more details in the poster below!

Flyer with qualifications and details for the PhD position.

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Oliver Haimson @haimson.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

Next week I'm speaking as part of this Bergen Pride event on Queer Games and AI Resistance. Looking forward to being in conversation with co-panelists Daniella Gati and Joakim Johansen Østbye. Thanks to @jilltxt.bsky.social for the invitation! www4.uib.no/en/research/...

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Bergen Pride: Queer Games and AI Resistance | UiB

Join us for a series of investigations of queer representations in gaming culture and the frontiers of AI resistance.

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Jill Walker Rettberg @jilltxt.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

At 18:30-21:00 on June 2 at Pride House (Kvarteret) in Bergen you can hear Daniella Gáti who's writing a book, "A Queer Theory of AI and Algorithmic Knowledge", Joakim Johansen Østbye, an expert on queer gaming and Oliver Haimsaon, whose book Trans Technologies came out last year. Plus free food!!!

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Jill Walker Rettberg @jilltxt.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

On June 2, CDN and Bergen Pride invite you to an evening of Queer Games and AI Resistance featuring talks by Daniella Gáti, Oliver Haimson, Joakim Johansen Østbye and CDN scholars Sérgio Roxo and Tom Legierse, with Lin Prøitz as moderator. www4.uib.no/en/research/...

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Bergen Pride: Queer Games and AI Resistance | UiB

Join us for a series of investigations of queer representations in gaming culture and the frontiers of AI resistance.

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Oliver Haimson @haimson.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

And also this pictorial at #DIS2026, led by Allie Teixeira Riggs and Louie Søs Meyer and co-authored with a long list of amazing queer HCI scholars including @magpiecircuits.bsky.social, @jordant.bsky.social, @caitielustig.bsky.social, and many more! link: deepblue.lib.umich.edu/items/8fb952...

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Oliver Haimson @haimson.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

Excited to have a paper accepted for #DIS2026 next month! led by Aloe DeGuia (her first first-authored paper 🤩!) and co-authored with @sociologymary.bsky.social, Tee Chuanromanee, Gaines Blasdel, @julesmadzia.bsky.social, and @meglane.bsky.social deepblue.lib.umich.edu/items/5a1c02...

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Oliver Haimson @haimson.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

So glad I got the chance to collaborate with @cal-liang.bsky.social, @katbamkapow.bsky.social, & @karmacap.bsky.social on this #CHI2026 paper! We brought together our experiences working with community advisory boards on three different tech design research projects. dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...

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Hibby @hibbythach.com · 17/04/2026

Go Denny Starks! They just presented our paper (with Aloe Deguia, Tawanna Dillahunt, and @haimson.bsky.social), Safety With Community: Technologies of Care, Connection, Collective Safety, and Mutual Aid for Transgender Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (TBIPOC) at #CHI2026 in Barcelona.

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Hibby @hibbythach.com · 17/04/2026

Go Denny Starks AGAIN! They just presented our paper (with Aloe Deguia, Tawanna Dillahunt, and @haimson.bsky.social), Navigating Safety and Technology: The Everyday Safety Labor of Transgender Black, Indigenous, and People of Color in the United States at #CHI2026 in Barcelona.

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Oliver Haimson @haimson.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

This morning is the BIPOC Sovereignty and Care session at #CHI2026! My PhD advisee Denny Starks will be presenting two papers, both co-authored by @hibbythach.com, Aloe DeGuia, and Tawanna Dillahunt: links to the two papers: dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/... dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...

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Safety With Community: Technologies of Care, Connection, Collective Safety, and Mutual Aid for Transgender Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (TBIPOC) | Proceedings of the 2026 CHI Conference on H...

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Hibby @hibbythach.com · 17/04/2026

I had the pleasure of presenting my co-authors (Sena Kojah, @haimson.bsky.social, and @michaelannephd.bsky.social) and I’s paper, The Burden of Bearing Witness: Digital Practices of Marginalized Social Media Users in High-Stakes Contexts at #CHI2026 in Barcelona.

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Oliver Haimson @haimson.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

This morning at #CHI2026, @hibbythach.com will be presenting our paper "The Burden of Bearing Witness: Digital Practices of Marginalized Social Media Users in High-Stakes Contexts," led by Senami Kojah and co-authored with @michaelannephd.bsky.social. paper link: dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...

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The Burden of Bearing Witness: Digital Practices of Marginalized Social Media Users in High-Stakes Contexts | Proceedings of the 2026 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

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Oliver Haimson @haimson.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

Spotted my PhD advisees @hibbythach.com and Denny Starks hard at work at the #CHI2026 conference hotel 💻💻

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Noor @infosciguy.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

Tomorrow, UMSI alumnus Ben Zhang will be celebrated at #CHI2026 for earning an Outstanding Dissertation Award! “UMSI prepared me not only as a researcher, but also as a teacher, mentor and contributor to academic service,” he says. Read about his dissertation: www.si.umich.edu/about-umsi/n...

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UMSI alumnus Ben Zhang earns 2026 ACM SIGCHI Outstanding Dissertation Award | umsi

Zhang’s dissertation examines the labor, institutions and data infrastructures that shape AI systems.

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Phoebe Toups Dugas 🏳️‍⚧️ @snapdragoness.itch.io · 14/04/2026

WHEW! Exhausted, but feel like I nailed our talk on #agender euphoria in #games. #CHI2026

Photograph of Phoebe on a stage with a microphone. Behind her is a large screen with an agender pride flag and the text "Imagine a world where... where no one cares what gender you are or..."

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Michaelanne Thomas @michaelannephd.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

Can't wait to celebrate my first graduated PhD advisee @bzfzhang.bsky.social at @chi.acm.org this week on winning a 2026 ACM SIGCHI Outstanding Dissertation Award!

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Pedro Lopes @pedrolopes.org · 13/04/2026

The ACM CHI 2026 paper program is live on the ACM Digital Library, so please enjoy all the new 1702 pieces of science that #CHI2026 has for you: dl.acm.org/doi/proceedi... (cc @acm_chi ). p.s.: You can read our welcome message at dl.acm.org/action/showF...

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Proceedings of the 2026 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems | ACM Conferences

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Oliver Haimson @haimson.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

If you're interested in my weird brand of blog posts that analyze academic data in strange ways, I got another one for you! the tldr: It turns out that my lucky numbers are lucky - my papers with lucky submission ID numbers are actually more likely to be accepted. medium.com/p/a92c71ecd5...

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What if lucky numbers are correlated with paper acceptances?

One researcher’s journey into the collision of statistics and numerology

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Oliver Haimson @haimson.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

@hibbythach.com and I have a chapter in this new book "Epistemic Genres: New Formations of Play" - our chapter is "The Trans Game Genre: Sometimes Queer, Always Trans" 🎮 🏳️‍⚧️ (book is expensive but hopefully avail. in libraries; if you can't access, get in touch!) www.bloomsbury.com/us/epistemic...

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Epistemic Genres

This anthology brings together scholars from around the world to theorize and explore “epistemic genres” of digital games, which are defined by the social uses…

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Oliver Haimson @haimson.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

Looking forward to #CHI2026 coming up soon in Barcelona! Extremely proud of my PhD advisees Denny Starks and Senami Kojah whose first-authored papers were accepted 🤩 Here are our group's four papers this year:

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Jill Walker Rettberg @jilltxt.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

Study from @haimson.bsky.social et al. found transgender, nonbinary and disabled people are more negative to AI. doi.org/10.1145/3715... Perhaps because of AI's tendency to want fixed categories, Haimson says in this new article about it: www.advocate.com/technology/c...

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Oliver Haimson @haimson.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

Tomorrow at Victorian Pride Centre! This is going to be a fun conversation with @snapdragoness.itch.io 🏳️‍⚧️ 🎮 📱 🌈 RSVP: www.eventbrite.com.au/e/trans-tech...

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Phoebe Toups Dugas 🏳️‍⚧️ @snapdragoness.itch.io · 26/02/2026

Tomorrow (Fri, 27 Feb) @haimson.bsky.social and I will give short talks on our work on trans technology, design, and euphoria at the Victorian Pride Centre at 10:30. If you're in the area and interested, we'd love to see you! #trans #queer #hci Sign up: www.eventbrite.com.au/e/trans-tech...

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Trans technologies: A discussion

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Oliver Haimson @haimson.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

Truly so happy for my now-graduated PhD advisee @bzfzhang.bsky.social (co-advised by @michaelannephd.bsky.social) for receiving a 2026 ACM SIGCHI Outstanding Dissertation Award! So proud of you, Ben, and honored to have been your advisor 🤩 medium.com/sigchi/2026-...

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2026 ACM SIGCHI Awards and Special Recognitions

We are excited to announce this year’s ACM SIGCHI awardees, Academy inductees, and Special Recognition recipients!

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Oliver Haimson @haimson.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

Currently on my way to Australia for the first time! 🐨 🦘 🇦🇺 @naz-andalibi.bsky.social and I will be at Monash University to visit @snapdragoness.itch.io and her lab, and we'll both be giving talks there this Thursday morning.

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Oliver Haimson @haimson.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

If you're in or near Stockholm, please consider attending this upcoming workshop that @naz-andalibi.bsky.social and I are co-organizing! sign-up link: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... Designing Care, Refusing Harm: Feminist Red and Green Lines for AI in Gendered Health

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Oliver Haimson @haimson.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

“When people are questioning their gender, digital ways to explore different appearances can be extremely important. Games often provide highly customizable avatars, which can help people in exploring how they might want to look.” article by @faefyx.bsky.social www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/12/how-...

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How video games help trans people find gender euphoria - LGBTQ Nation

Video games are giving trans people a safe space to explore gender identity.

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Oliver Haimson @haimson.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

My research featured in @advocate.com “People who don’t fit into these standard boxes in terms of gender or race are going to be skeptical of a technology that’s forcing everything into boxes.” w/ @mayworms.info, @shoreingber.bsky.social, @naz-andalibi.bsky.social www.advocate.com/technology/c...

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Can queer and trans folks trust AI?

Artificial intelligence’s need to categorize the world may be the root of distrust among LGBTQ+ people.

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Oliver Haimson @haimson.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

If you're looking for someone to hire for a research position this summer, look no further than @hibbythach.com! This PhD student has it all: methods, ideas, motivation, community-based approach ++ keywords: live streaming, content moderation, games, trans tech, online identity www.hibbythach.com

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Oliver Haimson @haimson.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

I have a talk coming up on February 19 at Digital Futures at KTH Royal Institute of Technology here in Stockholm, where I'm a Scholar-in-Residence. If you're in the area, I’d love to see you there - and if not, you’re welcome to join on Zoom. more info: www.digitalfutures.kth.se/event/semina...

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Oliver Haimson @haimson.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

Thanks to @morganklauss.bsky.social, the Queer in HCI community on Slack is now a fun and thriving space - join us! 🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ invite link: join.slack.com/t/queerhci/s...

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Oliver Haimson @haimson.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

Our new piece about how AI misinformation can impact medical care: "Beyond Autonomy: A Plastic Surgeon's Responsibility in the Face of AI-Driven Misinformation." Led by Pranav Rajaram, w @meglane.bsky.social, @naz-andalibi.bsky.social, Rachel Hooper, Hannes Prescher journals.lww.com/annalsplasti...

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Hibby @hibbythach.com · 17/01/2026

The Burden of Bearing Witness: Digital Practices of Marginalized Social Media Users in High-Stakes Contexts (with Senami Kojah, @haimson.bsky.social, and @michaelannephd.bsky.social) [Second Author]

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Hibby @hibbythach.com · 17/01/2026

Navigating Safety and Technology: The Everyday Safety Labor of Transgender Black, Indigenous, and People of Color in the United States (with Denny Starks, Aloe DeGuia, @haimson.bsky.social, and Tawanna Dillahunt) [Second Author]

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Hibby @hibbythach.com · 17/01/2026

Safety With Community: Technologies of Care, Connection, Collective Safety, and Mutual Aid for Transgender Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (with Denny Starks, Aloe DeGuia, @haimson.bsky.social, and Tawanna Dillahunt) [Second Author]

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