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Bhaskar Mitra | ভাস্কর মিত্র @bmitra.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Last week I presented a keynote at #SIGIR2026 titled "Emancipatory Information Retrieval: Towards Critical IR Theories and Practices". Slides: bhaskar-mitra.github.io/files/emanci... I went in nervously excited but several people appreciated talking openly about this topic. A quick thread. 🧵 1/

Photo of the stage at the beginning of the keynote address. The title slide of the keynote is being projected on a large screen in the background. Present on stage: Me (as keynote speaker) and Hannah Bast (SIGIR'26 PC Chair and session chair for the keynote). Also, in the background on stage are large lit-up letters spelling out "SIGIR 2026".

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JEDI Workshop @jedi-workshop.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

A huge thanks to everyone who joined us last Friday for @acmsigir.bsky.social 2026 JEDI Workshop. We may have laid down a few foundational bricks but the real work of building liberatory movements and research agendas within IR begins here! ✊🏽

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AltRecSys Workshop @altrecsys.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Deadline extension! We are extending the AltRecSys deadline for #RecSys2026 to **July 31**. Submit your strangest ideas! altrecsys.github.io/recsys26/

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JEDI Workshop @jedi-workshop.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Worried about corporate and authoritarian capture of our IR platforms? Do you wish IR platforms could support our pursuit for justice, emancipation, and democracy? If you are at #SIGIR2026, join us at the JEDI workshop on Friday. Let's work together to make it real! jedi.inertial.science/sigir2026/

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Bhaskar Mitra | ভাস্কর মিত্র @bmitra.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Looking forward to continuing the conversation on Friday at the Justice, Emancipation, Democracy, and Information Access (JEDI) Workshop. Please join us! jedi.inertial.science/sigir2026/ cc: @jedi-workshop.bsky.social

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AltRecSys Workshop @altrecsys.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

#RecSys2026 friends! There is *one week* left to submit your ideas to the second AltRecSys workshop — due date is July 20. Details and submission instructions in the call: altrecsys.github.io/recsys26/

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JEDI Workshop @jedi-workshop.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

What new research or practice agendas are important to realize information access as a force for justice, emancipation, and democracy? We asked at the @facct.bsky.social 2026 JEDI Social. The conversation continues at the @acmsigir.bsky.social 2026 JEDI workshop on July 24. #SIGIR2026 #FAccT2026

A horizontal bar chart showing results of a poll on the question "What new research or practice agendas are important to realize information access as a force for justice, emancipation, and democracy?". The options in order of votes (the most votes to the least votes) are:
* Decentralization of technological infrastructure (13 votes)
* Participatory design & designing from the margins (13 votes)
* Public and / or community ownership of platforms and platform components (12 votes)
* Movement building within the research community (11 votes)
* Regulations and policy (11 votes)
* Decentralization of governance and moderation (9 votes)
* Fairness and bias interventions (9 votes)
* External / public auditing (7 votes)
* Privacy mechanisms (7 votes)
* Transparency and explainability mechanisms (6 votes)
* Protective optimization technologies (1 votes)
* Other... (0 votes)

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Ronen Tamari @ronentk.me · 10/07/2026

I had a wonderful chat with @bmitra.bsky.social about the promising potential of atproto for creating emancipatory information access systems - check out @jedi-workshop.bsky.social and arxiv.org/abs/2601.09600 So much valuable know-how that would be amazing to apply for search/IR on atproto ✨ >

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Information Access of the Oppressed: Freirean Design for Emancipatory Information Access

Online information access (IA) platforms are targets of authoritarian capture. We explore the question of how to safeguard our platforms and ensure emancipatory outcomes through the lens of Paulo Frei...

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JEDI Workshop @jedi-workshop.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

THANK YOU everyone for your participation and all the amazing conversations last evening! See you all at SIGIR and ASIS&T later this year! #FAccT2026 #SIGIR2026 #ASIST2026

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Bhaskar Mitra | ভাস্কর মিত্র @bmitra.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

We have 30+ registrations already (and counting...) for the JEDI virtual social at @facct.bsky.social 2026. If you haven't registered yet, please do it soon! #FAccT2026 When: Friday, June 26, 6:00–7:30PM EST Register: drexel.zoom.us/meeting/regi... More information: jedi.inertial.science/facct2026/

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Bhaskar Mitra | ভাস্কর মিত্র @bmitra.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Dear IR & FAccT friends, The JEDI social at @facct.bsky.social 2026 is this Friday, 6:00–7:30 PM EST on zoom. Please register: drexel.zoom.us/meeting/regi.... More information: jedi.inertial.science/facct2026. #FAccT2026

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JEDI Workshop @jedi-workshop.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Are you curious about who you might run into at the online JEDI Social at @facct.bsky.social 2026 this Friday? Check out the list of registrations on our website: jedi.inertial.science/facct2026. Note: Only includes folks who have consented to being listed (approx. 2/3 of registrations). #FAccT2026

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Margaret Mitchell @mmitchell.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Come join us to socialize, virtually!

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Bhaskar Mitra | ভাস্কর মিত্র @bmitra.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

FAccT & IR friends, please register for the *virtual* JEDI social on June 26 6:00-7:30 pm EST. #FAccT2026 Details: jedi.inertial.science/facct2026/

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JEDI Workshop @jedi-workshop.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Dear FAccT and IR friends, announcing the Justice, Emancipation, Democracy, and Information Access (JEDI) virtual social at ACM FAccT 2026. 📣📣📣 #FAccT2026 Date: Friday, June 26 Time: 6:00–7:30 PM EST Location: Zoom Register: drexel.zoom.us/meeting/regi... More info: jedi.inertial.science/facct2026/

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Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: FAccT JEDI Social. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.

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JEDI Workshop @jedi-workshop.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

JEDI is going places! 🛫 In addition to the SIGIR 2026 workshop in Melbourne in July, we are also organizing a virtual social at FAccT 2026 in June and a workshop at ASIS&T 2026 in Bangkok in November. More details coming soon! #JEDIWorkshop #FAccT2026 #SIGIR2026 #ASIST2026 jedi.inertial.science

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JEDI Workshop @jedi-workshop.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

We have sent out the paper notifications for the ACM SIGIR 2026 JEDI Workshop. We accepted 7 proposals for presentation that will be part of the workshop program this year. Congratulations to all authors, see you all in Melbourne! 🦘🦘🦘 #JEDIWorkshop #SIGIR2026

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JEDI Workshop @jedi-workshop.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

Today is submission deadline day. If you have already submitted or putting the finishing touches on your abstract before you hit submit, we say A BIG THANK YOU for your contributions! 🙏🏽 The challenges we face require we work as a community. So, thank you for showing up! #JEDIWorkshop #SIGIR2026

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JEDI Workshop @jedi-workshop.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

Gentle reminder: Proposals for presentations (in the form of extended abstracts) for the ACM SIGIR 2026 Workshop on Justice, Emancipation, Democracy, and Information Access (JEDI) are due this Thursday, April 30. jedi.inertial.science/sigir2026/ Please spread the word. 📣 #JEDIWorkshop #SIGIR2026

Baby Yoda tea meme with the following text: "Submit your abstracts early" (Top) and "Be chill when deadline arrives" (Bottom).

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AltRecSys Workshop @altrecsys.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

Friends of AltRecSys may also be interested in the JEDI workshop at #SIGIR2026. Deadline extended to April 30.

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JEDI Workshop @jedi-workshop.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

ICYMI, deadline for proposal submission for SIGIR'26 JEDI Workshop has been extended to April 30. #JEDIWorkshop #SIGIR2026 jedi.inertial.science/sigir2026/ cc: @acmsigir.bsky.social @bmitra.bsky.social @danachatter.bsky.social @sannevrijenhoek.bsky.social @md.ekstrandom.net @maria-murray.bsky.social

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Bhaskar Mitra | ভাস্কর মিত্র @bmitra.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

The submission deadline for the ACM SIGIR JEDI Workshop has been extended by 2 weeks. Please spread the word! #JEDIWorkshop #SIGIR2026

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JEDI Workshop @jedi-workshop.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

**Important announcement** 📣📣📣 We are extending the presentation proposal submission deadline by two weeks. All extended abstracts are now due on April 30. #JEDIWorkshop #SIGIR2026 More info: jedi.inertial.science/sigir2026/

"Sad baby Yoda / Happy baby Yoda" meme. Top panel (sad baby Yoda) reads "Submission deadline is in 2 days" and bottom panel (happy baby Yoda) reads "Submission deadline has been extended by 2 weeks".

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Bhaskar Mitra | ভাস্কর মিত্র @bmitra.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

I might be a bit biased but I think Djoerd's got a point. 😄 Join us on July 24 in Melbourne! jedi.inertial.science/sigir2026/ Follow: @jedi-workshop.bsky.social

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Djoerd Hiemstra 🍉 @djoerd.idf.social.ap.brid.gy · 03/04/2026

I hope/wish I can go to the #SIGIR2026 Justice, Emancipation, Democracy, and Information Access #JEDI Workshop jedi.inertial.science/sigir2026

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JEDI Workshop @jedi-workshop.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

Gentle reminder: Proposals for presentations (in the form of extended abstracts) are due April 16. More info: jedi.inertial.science/sigir2026/ #JEDIWorkshop #SIGIR2026 cc: @danachatter.bsky.social @md.ekstrandom.net @sannevrijenhoek.bsky.social @maria-murray.bsky.social

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Bhaskar Mitra | ভাস্কর মিত্র @bmitra.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

Welcome to the resistance. Spread the word. #JEDIWorkshop #SIGIR2026 jedi.inertial.science

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JEDI Workshop @jedi-workshop.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

Welcome to the resistance. Proposals for presentation due April 16. Spread the word. jedi.inertial.science/sigir2026

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Bhaskar Mitra | ভাস্কর মিত্র @bmitra.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

Yes, we must. You are right, Yoda. Yes, we must. #JEDIWorkshop #SIGIR2026 jedi.inertial.science

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Bhaskar Mitra | ভাস্কর মিত্র @bmitra.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

Please share broadly! Call for presentations: jedi.inertial.science/sigir2026/ Proposals due: April 16 #JEDIWorkshop #SIGIR2026

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JEDI Workshop @jedi-workshop.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

Announcing the Call for Presentations for ACM SIGIR 2026 workshop on Justice, Emancipation, Democracy, and Information Access (JEDI). Proposals due: April 16 Call for presentations: jedi.inertial.science/sigir2026/ Please share broadly. #JEDIWorkshop #SIGIR2026 cc: @acmsigir.bsky.social >>

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Bhaskar Mitra | ভাস্কর মিত্র @bmitra.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

Aaaaaand we are live! 🎊 Please follow @jedi-workshop.bsky.social for workshop announcements (and occasional Yoda memes). #JEDIWorkshop #SIGIR2026 Workshop co-organized by: @bmitra.bsky.social, @danachatter.bsky.social, @md.ekstrandom.net, @sannevrijenhoek.bsky.social, and @maria-murray.bsky.social.

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