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Samuel Reiji Mayworm @mayworms.info · 10/09/2026

pleasure to work with y’all 😎😎😎

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Muppet GIF of the Day @gifs-of-puppets.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Today's #Muppet GIF of the Day is...

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Jon Bois @jonbois.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

me watching dredd (2012) the first time: this is awesome me watching dredd (2012) the second time: this is awesome me watching dredd (2012) the third time: this is awesome

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Social Science Research Council @ssrc.org · 27/04/2026

SSRC’s Just Tech calls for applications from researchers working at the intersection of technology and society for the 2027 Just Tech Fellowship, providing up to $60,000 to support research and creative practice. Applications due June 28. Learn more: bit.ly/4u3YKxh

Just Tech Fellowship: applications are open

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Samuel Reiji Mayworm @mayworms.info · 05/05/2026

Thank you to everyone who has reached out so far! :D Will be in touch soon; in the meantime, still encouraging folks who are interested in an interview to apply 🏳️‍⚧️

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Samuel Reiji Mayworm @mayworms.info · 04/05/2026

Hi all! For our current study, I am interviewing TBIPOC social media users about their online trans community support & care experiences. Participants will be compensated $50 for a 1-hour Zoom interview! Interested? Please fill out our eligibility form - thank you! forms.gle/qbTF1uQ6QSxb...

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The Athletic @theathletic.com · 03/05/2026

The 76ers and Pistons became the 14th and 15th teams to come back from being down 3-1 in a playoff series in NBA history. This is also the first time with multiple 3-1 comebacks in a single playoff round.

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Ebony Elizabeth Thomas @ebonyteach.blacksky.app · 29/04/2026

We have to name and accept that many across the US political spectrum are most comfortable with politicians who aren't Black. Some on our side have declared they don't think representation matters. That's why they aren't blinking today. Their silence is always telling. And it is seen and noted.

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Samuel Reiji Mayworm @mayworms.info · 29/04/2026

Hard to explain how much that town was/remains shaped by Gerber (we had the Baby Food Festival every summer!). The pictured water tower is in Grant, MI rather than Fremont (about 20 min away). Serviced by the Fremont Area District Library.

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 27/04/2026

The controversial weed killer Roundup is now being deployed in private and public forests at record rates. We go inside the secret plan that helped make it possible.

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We are bombarding America’s forests with Roundup

Scientists are wary of glyphosate. MAHA loathes it. And our investigation shows California is spraying it everywhere.

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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

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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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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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

HOUSTON (AP) — Artemis II’s astronauts return to Earth, ending a record-breaking trip around the moon with a splashdown in the Pacific.

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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 · 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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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 24/03/2026

Both the Wall Street Journal and The Information confirming that OpenAI is killing Sora - both the app and *access to its video-generating model for developers*. This is a huge move that suggests things are a bit desperate www.wsj.com/tech/ai/open... www.theinformation.com/articles/ope...

OpenAI is planning to discontinue the app for its Sora video platform, a product it released to great fanfare last year that has since fallen from public view, according to the company.

The move is one of a number of steps OpenAI is taking to refocus on business and coding functions ahead of a potential initial public offering as soon as the fourth quarter of this year.

CEO Sam Altman announced the changes to staff on Tuesday, writing that the company would wind down products that use its video models. In addition to the consumer app, OpenAI is also discontinuing a version of Sora for developers and won’t support video functionality inside ChatGPT, either.

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has relinquished direct oversight of the company’s safety and security teams so he can focus on raising capital, supply chains and “building datacenters at unprecedented scale,” he told staff on Tuesday.

At the same time, he said the company had completed the initial development of its next major AI model, codenamed Spud, and would wind down the Sora AI video mobile app, which employees had complained was a drag on the company’s computing resources during a time of heightened competition with foes such as Anthropic and Google.

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GIFS GALORE @gifs-bot.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

CARTOON/CHARLIEB.GIF

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DISCO Network @disconetwork.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

Two weeks from today! @umichdigital.bsky.social Interested in exploring the throughline between the 19th century's anti-immigration & eugenics movements and today's sprawling systems of surveillance & algorithmic discrimination? Join the conversation at 3:00 PM [ET] on Tuesday, March 24th

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Evan Urquhart @evanurquhart.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

What's scary about this story is the surveillance it hints at. This trans woman had changed her name, legally, but chose not to change her gender marker. She was apparently flagged in the DMV system as trans and her license was invalidated under a law that supposedly only concerned gender markers.

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 26/02/2026

1. Numerous transgender people in Kansas are reporting that the state has sent them a letter demanding the immediate surrender of drivers licenses. Those driving could be arrested, charged, and see privileges revoked. Subscribe to support our journalism. www.erininthemorning.com/p/kansas-sen...

Kansas Sends Letters To Trans People Demanding The Immediate Surrender Of Drivers Licenses
"The legislature did not include a grace period."
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Dr. Damien P. Williams, dread portent down from a mountain cave @wolven.blacksky.app · 18/02/2026

Ho-lee Shit. This is phenomenally good news. Department of Education rolls back— for now— its attempts to destroy Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility initiatives. Keep an eye on them, of course, and watch for the hidden knife, always, but for now: Fantastic news.

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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

“I don’t want to be in this place I want to go to my school.” - 7 year old imprisoned by ICE for 70 days in a concentration camp in Texas. Today, after @propublica.org published this story, the camp was raided to confiscate letters from the children. www.propublica.org/article/ice-...

Mia Valentina Paz Faria
A 7-year-old from Venezuela who was living in Austin, Texas
Detained for 70 days

“I don’t want to be in this place I want to go to my school.”

UPDATE: Staff at the ICE concentration camp in Dilley, Texas have begun raiding the dormitories of kids and their parents to confiscate and destroy letters from the children. This is in response to the ace reporting by
@micarosenberg
et al for ProPublica:

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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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Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal @jayapal.house.gov · 13/02/2026

ICYMI: I introduced my Trans Bill of Rights with @markey.senate.gov — legislation to defend trans people across this country as Republicans continue to push anti-trans rhetoric and bills. To our beloved trans community: We see you, we love you, and we will always stand with you.

The image features a gradient background transitioning from pink to blue. Text reads "Introducing the Trans Bill of Rights" with an icon of a paper and pen.

A colorful infographic titled "What is the Trans Bill of Rights?" outlines four points with icons: protections from employment and housing discrimination, equal access to medical treatment without discrimination, legal recognition of gender identity, and the right to use restrooms aligning with a person's 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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IsThatDonHeath? @donjheath.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

Hot wings

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sarah zedig 🐐 @hmsnofun.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

What Would A Better YouTube Look Like? An extended thought exercise about how to improve the platform, from multiple algorithms and video versioning to democratic platform control and municipal server capacity. Watch, comment, share with your friends, and try to imagine what feels impossible.

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What Would A Better YouTube Look Like?

YouTube video by let's talk about stuff w/ sarah zedig

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Preeti Chhibber @runwithskizzers.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

omg everybody go draw a horse this is what the internet was made for gradient.horse

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Draw a horse, watch it run!

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 09/02/2026

1/ ProPublica collected handwritten letters in mid-January from children held at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center, the same facility where 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos was taken. Hundreds of kids are still detained. We’ll let the children’s words speak for themselves. 🧵

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Long_Painter @longpainter.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

Icy Commute 8”x10” oil Available on my website.

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Joaquin Castro @joaquincastrotx.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

Yesterday, five-year-old Liam and his dad Adrian were released from Dilley detention center. I picked them up last night and escorted them back to Minnesota this morning. Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack.

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Tristan Cooper @tristanacooper.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

Tomodachi Life stream going great so far

gender selection in tomadachi life: male, female, nonbinary

youtube chat going nuts

WERE SO BACK
ITS WOKEE LETS GOO
NINTENDOS WOKE YES
GAMERS WON WOKE
ITS WOKE LETS GOOOO
WOKE IS BACK!!

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Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

The biggest risk in this moment is something sociologists call “symbolic compliance.” That’s when an institution that is violating civil rights gives the public just enough symbolic victories that accountability efforts lose steam before there has been any meaningful change.

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Ana Marie Cox @anamariecox.com · 23/01/2026

I will just keep repeating. I have never never never seen anything like this. 30 years of reporting.

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False Knees @falseknees.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

Coo coo

We see two house sparrows drinking out of a puddle. The male says to the female: "Good puddle!" to which she replies "I love you but you have low standards". Pigeons arrive in the background, the female says "Ope! Here comes the herd" There is a long horizontal frame of the two sparrows in the midst of a bunch of pigeons cooing around them. The male then says "gentle giants" the female agrees "mhm" and then says "coo" and the male responds "haha. coo!"

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 20/01/2026

It’s notable that the president can go on TV and be a total gutter racist, and somehow this isn’t news in the slightest. Says a lot about the sickness of American society right now.

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The Athletic @theathletic.com · 20/01/2026

THE INDIANA HOOSIERS TAKE HOME THEIR FIRST NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP 🏆

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NFL Daily News @insidenflnews.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

carson beck interception Indiana wins the National Championship 🔥

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Mina Kimes @minakimes.bsky.social · 18/01/2026

Hm I see 4 people in this picture. Very embarrassing for them.

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Assigned Media @assignedmedia.org · 15/01/2026

In 2026, we're launching an ambitious effort to track legacy news media's coverage of the trans community, with a focus on the words news outlets choose and how those are changing as right wing pressure threatens the independence of our press. www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...

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News Stories Shape Public Perception of Trans Lives. We’re Keeping Score. — Assigned

Our Trans News Tracking Project seeks to catalogue bias at major news organizations in the US.

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Samuel Reiji Mayworm @mayworms.info · 14/01/2026

Worth noting that Newaygo’s population (in the city itself) is closer to 2400~500; I think this post’s estimates include surrounding townships (maybe including Croton?). The population went up between 2010-2020; my gut guess is that more commuters (who work in GR) moved in throughout the decade.

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Samuel Reiji Mayworm @mayworms.info · 14/01/2026

Located on the Muskegon River within the Manistee National Forest. One of countless former logging towns that pivoted to tourism decades later. Small, isolated, high poverty rate. Deeply evangelical, brutal place to be queer (yet there we were). Serviced by the Newaygo Area District Library.

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Ars Technica @arstechnica.com · 13/01/2026

Google’s generative AI feature delivered inaccurate health information at the top of search results, potentially leading seriously ill patients to mistakenly conclude they are in good health, according to a recent investigation.

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Google removes some AI health summaries after investigation finds “dangerous” flaws

AI Overviews provided false liver test information experts called alarming.

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Ilhan Omar @ilhanmn.bsky.social · 10/01/2026

I was just denied access to the ICE processing center at the Whipple Building. Members of Congress have a legal right and constitutional responsibility to conduct oversight where people are being detained. The public deserves to know what is taking place in ICE facilities.

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