iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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Matthew Kirschenbaum @mkirschenbaum.bsky.social · 4h

CFP: Generative Digital Humanities, a volume on AI and DH in the long-running Minnesota Debates in DH book series. To be co-edited by @zentralwerkstatt.org, @laurenfklein.bsky.social, @lnakamura.bsky.social, and myself. Deadline Nov. 1. Please share widely! dhdebates.gc.cuny.edu/page/cfp-gen...

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CFP: Generative Digital Humanities | Debates in the Digital Humanities

Transforming scholarly publications into living digital works

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Lauren Klein @laurenfklein.bsky.social · 3h

Opinion-havers! Historicists! Nerd friends! Leftists! All/none of the above! Submit a proposal to GENERATIVE DIGITAL HUMANITIES, a new volume on AI and DH to be edited by @mkirschenbaum.bsky.social @lnakamura.bsky.social @zentralwerkstatt.org and me! Deadline 11/1. Please share!

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Jason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 2h

New: Through a series of complex agreements with cities, the White House built a massive license plate camera database accessible to the feds. The program aggregates data across license plate companies (Flock, Axon, more) & is searchable by many agencies: www.404media.co/how-cities-a...

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How Cities Are Forced to Funnel License Plate Data to a Massive Federal Surveillance Program

How the federal government built a massive database of license plate reader data through an anti-drug trafficking program.

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Jeffrey Yost @justcode.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Zero surprise, it is the same vaporwaresque (THINK IBM) attempt to convey power it has been presenting all along. Of course some irony in the time to wipe out humanity & Anthropic's potential profitability are roughly the same. But neither, of course, will happen. www.reuters.com/business/fin...

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EXCLUSIVE: Anthropic warns AI may pose 'existential risks to humanity' in IPO filing

Anthropic plans to caution potential investors in its IPO that advanced AI could pose "catastrophic or existential risks to humanity," an extraordinary warning by a company seeking to profit from the...

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Jeffrey Yost @justcode.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

My article "Machine Learning"(a 12K word historical synthesis) was published today in Oxford Research Encyclopedia in Sci., Tech. & Society. SPECIAL THANKS to eds. Rayvon Fouché @histoftech.bsky.social @torinmonahan.bsky.social & referee @velocitygravity.bsky.social academic.oup.com/edited-volum...

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Jeffrey Yost @justcode.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Thrilled to announce that NSF just awarded PI TSU Historian of Science & Mathematics Roger Hart & me (Co-PI) a major 3-Year NSF grant on the history of quantum computing/quantum information science (scholarship, 30 CBI oral histories, infrastructural tools for study...) cse.umn.edu/cbi/news/new...

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Newly Awarded Multiyear NSF Project to TSU and CBI on “The Second Quantum Revolution”

MINNEAPOLIS / ST. PAUL (9/8/2026) — The Charles Babbage Institute (CBI) for Computing, Information and Culture is pleased to announce that in partnership Texas Southern University (TSU), we received a...

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Jeffrey Yost @justcode.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

CBI's MOSAICS (Meanings, Ontologies & Structures of AI in Culture & Society) Symposium Program/Registration now open (link below). Org. Cmt.: Sareeta Amrute; @babintsevak.bsky.social @anitachan.bsky.social; G. Con Diaz; me. 32 terrific critical AI scholars. Oct 15-16. cse.umn.edu/cbi/mosaics-...

Poster/flyer for CBI's MOSAICS Symposium. Photos of keynote speakers Paula Chakravartty, Roderic Crooks, Tiara Roxanne, Janet Vertesi, image of a laptop keyboard with hands typing, co-sponsors names and logos.

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Minnesota Center for Philosophy of Science @mcps-philsci.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

"Agent" might be the wrong word for AI. In another portion of MCPS Director Alan Love's interview with The Well, he argues that biology offers a more careful way to think about goal-directed behavior, function, and, eventually, machine intelligence. Watch on YouTube. buff.ly/pq5LpmI

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"Agent" might be the wrong word for AI | Alan Love

Our ability to build machine intelligence has outrun our ability to understand it. Professor Alan Love, director of the Minnesota Center for Philosophy of Science, thinks biology can help close that…

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Jeffrey Yost @justcode.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

"Thanks to today’s Supreme Court, more than a dozen such seats across the region could be drawn away in time for the 2028 elections, triggering the largest drop in Black congressional representation since the end of Reconstruction." www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

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Jim Crow was on the ash heap of history. Then came the Roberts court.

The disaster the justices have unleashed has its roots in one of the darkest periods of our past.

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Anna Kornbluh @annakornbluh.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

today in cultural capital no mo "Silicon Valley has about as much cultural capital as an airport. Its greatest cultural institution might be the two-million-sq-ft Westfield Valley Fair shopping mall...Silicon Valley’s power is is entirely inward-facing." www.nytimes.com/2026/09/21/o...

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Opinion | In the Land of Billionaire Barbarians

The center of the tech industry is culturally barren because wealthy executives have no interest in communities outside their fiefs.

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Lauren Valentino @sociologylauren.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

UNC Sociology is hiring! 🐏 We're looking for someone at assistant or associate level in ANY area, willing to teach in our dept's Management & Society program (i.e. courses on organizations, work and occupations, economic sociology, social psychology, non-profits, work and family, AI and work, etc).

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Assistant or Associate Professor

The Department of Sociology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill invites applications for an Assistant or Associate (tenure-track or tenured) faculty position to begin July 1, 2027. We w...

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Dr Heidy Khlaaf (هايدي خلاف) @heidykhlaaf.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

New from me in Nature. I discuss the need to look to regulated industries on how to govern AI, and not give into AI companies' self-regulation. Those actually serious about safety and security would start by applying safety critical techniques and legislation first. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

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Why AI companies can’t be trusted to self-regulate

From aviation to banking, high-risk industries are subject to independent oversight and meaningful penalties. AI companies should be no exception.

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Lauren Klein @laurenfklein.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Thrilled to welcome @kanarinka.bsky.social to Atlanta to launch DATA BY DESIGN into the world!

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Jeffrey Yost @justcode.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Sharing our (Roger Hart & my) just published "Electromechanical and Electronic Computing" (a 14K word synthetic, historical article) in Oxford Research Encycl. in STS. GRATEFUL to editors Rayvon Fouché, @histoftech.bsky.social & @torinmonahan.bsky.social #histtech academic.oup.com/edited-volum...

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Electromechanical and Electronic Computing

Abstract. Electromechanical computers began to emerge in the late 19th century and reached their apex in the late 1930s and 1940s, culminating in landmark

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Tech Policy Press @techpolicypress.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Democracy Forward research analyst Emily Froude argues that DHS is exploiting a loophole in the Trump administration's own AI policy — the "principal basis" standard — to avoid classifying its immigration enforcement AI tools as high-impact and evade disclosure requirements.

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The Influence of AI on Human Decisions in DHS Surveillance

DHS avoids classifying AI tools as high-risk by arguing a human reviews the AI’s output. But this defense rests on a fallacy, writes Emily Froude.

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sara m. b. simon @sarambsimon.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

oh, well this looks fabulous!

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Eileen Clancy 🧿 @clancyny.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

A lot of heavy hitters on this. All Virtual over Zoom. Check out the program! Thursday, October 15 – Friday, October 15 Both days, 9 am – 5:30 pm Central Daylight Time (UTC-5)

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Jeffrey Yost @justcode.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

"Libraries, schools, and guaranteed employment should be recognized as productive public assets rather than accounting costs. Public balance sheets should be organized around expanding democratic capacity instead of maximizing returns to creditors." #economics #democracy

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The Intellectualist @theintellectualist.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Umar Kremlev, who helped pay for Trump Jr.’s wedding, is tied to a group accused of abducting Ukrainian children and was honored by Vladimir Putin a month before the wedding. theintellectualistofficial.substack.com/p/russian-wh...

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Russian Who Helped Pay for Trump Jr.’s Wedding Tied to Group Accused of Abducting Ukrainian Children

Umar Kremlev, who helped pay for Trump Jr.’s wedding, is tied to a group accused of abducting Ukrainian children and was honored by Vladimir Putin a month before the wedding.

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MPR News @mprnews.org · 18/09/2026

Jadah Green lives near the Alex Pretti memorial and has been taking care of it since the beginning. Now, she and the neighborhood group called Whittier Alliance are calling on their neighbors to help plan for something more permanent.

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Caretakers of Alex Pretti memorial begin planning for more permanent remembrance site

Neighbors have been taking care of a makeshift memorial for Minneapolis nurse Alex Pretti since he was shot and killed by federal agents in January. Now, they’re making plans to create a more permanen...

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Caroline Krafft @ckrafftc.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

📣 New paper "Do employers discriminate against married women? Evidence from a field experiment in Egypt" published in the Journal of Development Economics! #EconSky #menasky www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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This research submitted fictitious resumes to online job postings in Egypt, randomizing gender and marital status. More job postings explicitly required men (14 per cent) than women (4 per cent). Despite the gender discrimination in postings, women were only slightly less likely to receive callbacks than men, with only a small difference between single and married women. Differences in callbacks by sex and marital status were not statistically significant. Women and especially married women were, however, particularly likely to be asked for more information rather than scheduled for an interview.

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professor tools for commensality (red scare edition) @inquiline.myatproto.social · 12/09/2026

meanwhile my own academic institution library won't acquire physical books any more, not even those written by its own faculty

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Jeffrey Yost @justcode.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

We saw a great performance of Bob Mould's band Sugar last night at Minneapolis' legendary club First Avenue, where he, w/ Husker Du (who I saw a bunch at this club decades back), The Replacements, & Prince got their start. #Sugar #BobMould #FirstAvenue

First Avenue Music club a photo of three person band Sugar on stage performing Bob Mould at right.

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Jeffrey Yost @justcode.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

"More than a record of a single moment, American Occupation places Operation Metro Surge in conversation with the longer history of American expansion, imperialism, borders, and the US government’s abuse of power against its own civilians." #Minneapolis #Minnesota lithub.com/heres-the-co...

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Here’s the Cover For American Occupation, a Powerful Document of Minnesota’s Resistance to ICE

Two days after Alex Pretti was murdered by federal ICE agents in Minneapolis, on January 24, 2026, we published a “Letter From Minnesota” from the poet Dobby Gibson. As I wrote at the time of the f…

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Jeffrey Yost @justcode.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

"Job postings and interviews with senior security officials at Anthropic show that the frontier AI lab is building out an extensive monitoring system to keep tabs on activists who oppose the rapid development of artificial intelligence." #surveillance #ai prospect.org/2026/09/09/a...

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Anthropic Is Building a Predictive Surveillance System to Monitor Activists - The American Prospect

New hires and comments in interviews show that the AI giant is using its capabilities against dissenters.

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Jeffrey Yost @justcode.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

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Newly Awarded Multiyear NSF Project to TSU and CBI on “The Second Quantum Revolution”

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Jeffrey Yost @justcode.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Please join Us!! (Sept. 16th 1pm C.). Absolutely thrilled to announce an online book talk w/ thought-leading scholar @stanforduniversity.bsky.social @xiaochang.bsky.social on her stellar new book Divination Engines on NLP & AI! #criticalAI #histtech Registration (free): cse.umn.edu/cbi/events/d...

Flyer for talk with an image of Prof. Xiaochang Li other images and maroon, gold, and gray design elements and info on the event.

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Tech Policy Press @techpolicypress.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Meta signed a settlement protecting teenagers in participating US states. Nighat Dad argues the rest of the world's teenagers are owed the same defaults.

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Meta Owes the Rest of the World Its Teen Protections

Meta's teen safety settlement proves protective defaults work. Nighat Dad argues the company should now extend them to teenagers worldwide.

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Karen Gregory @karengregory.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

"Such a framing, while seemingly appreciative, obfuscates the conditions under which these workers are employed and the systems that make this dynamic possible."

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Emily M. Bender @emilymbender.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Would you like to be more informed about so-called "AI"? Got an icky feeling about it, but not quite sure why? Curious for more in-depth history, delivered with some sly humor? This movie is for you!

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Jeffrey Yost @justcode.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

In Mpls burbs...So pleased today to attend a history doc. film showing of "A Chip Odyssey" on Taiwan Semi. Mfrg. Co. & an AMAZING panel organized by @honghongtinn.bsky.social @waynesoon.bsky.social (moderating) & @Gier Dullerud, Molly Steenson, @seungjoonyoo.bsky.social & I-Chun Catherine Chang

On stage L to R. Wayne Soon moderating, Honghong Tinn , Gier Dullerud, Molly Steenson, Seungjoo Yoon (not yet at table...soon to join stage & on screen) & I-Chun Catherine Chang

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Emily M. Bender @emilymbender.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Pithier point 1: I am not worried about students cheating; rather, I am worried about what students are getting cheated out of.

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Lauren Klein @laurenfklein.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Extra bonus! Preorder from B&N before Friday and get 25% off AND a bookplate (which you will be able to stick in the front of the book once it arrives) www.barnesandnoble.com/w/data-by-de...

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Data by Design: Visualization and Power from Abolition to the Dawn of Data Science

Barnes & Noble’s online bookstore for books, NOOK ebooks & magazines. Shop music, movies, toys & games, too. Receive free shipping with your Barnes & Noble Membership.

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Catherine D'Ignazio (she/her/ella) @kanarinka.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

I'm so proud to have contributed to this transnational, feminist labor of love!

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Torin Monahan @torinmonahan.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

🚨New article:🚨 “Flock on Campus: University Police as Appendages of a National Policing Apparatus.” Based on #FOIA requests & reviews of audit logs, this article documents at least 150 colleges & universities using #Flock. Unis have also permitted #ICE searches, even in sanctuary states. #openaccess

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Flock on campus: university police as appendages of a national policing apparatus

Dangerous new forms of networked surveillance are gaining traction with police departments across the United States. One popular example is Flock Safety’s Automated License Plate Recognition (ALPR)...

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Lilly Irani @gleemie.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Mechanical Turk may be shutting down, but AI will always depend on data workers whose knowledge trains and tunes models. AI runs on extracted cultural skills and knowledge, and culture is always changing. Less the end of an era, but the end of an early prototype.

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Jeffrey Yost @justcode.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

"There is the strictest definition of open source, which would come down to understanding all the data that went into training it on, all the evaluation systems, and what pre-training and post-training look like. I think that’s incredibly important, and we need to invest more in making that happen."

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Jeffrey Yost @justcode.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Deeply honored to have given a Keynote yesterday on AI History and Policy at the Humphrey School of Public Affairs' "7th World Conference on Remedies to Racial and Ethnic Economic Inequality." So glad to be a part of this wondrous and vital three-day global conference! #histtech #criticalai

Jeffrey Yost delivering lecture with a microphone in his right hand and gesturing with his left hand.

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Jeffrey Yost @justcode.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

"Attorney General Keith Ellison...said the law wasn’t aimed at restricting free speech, but rather placing guardrails on a tool that can cause harm to Minnesotans." Judge rejects effort by Elon Musk's company to block Minnesota's new ban on nude AI fakes | MPR News share.google/PsUvHdPm291K...

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Judge denies X.AI effort to halt ban on tech that depicts people nude without permission

Elon Musk’s company X.AI sought an emergency injunction blocking the law that bans nudification technology, a tool that can use someone’s likeness to make a realistic photo or video of them that’s fak...

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