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Miriam Posner

@miriamposner.com
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Tired person, fighter. Labor, data, DH, obsolete software, database history, etc. Seeing Like a Supply Chain out Oct 2026: yalebooks.yale.edu/book/97803002514…. Speaking for myself, not my employer.

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Timnit Gebru @timnitgebru.blacksky.app · 15h
Friends, while they're trying to talk about fictional machine gods, don't lose sight into what they're all actually powering in real life. You can browse the the entities on the website and use the API, and learn more about it on the DAIR project site: dair-institute.org/projects/sur....
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Surveillance Watch
This interactive map reveals the intricate connections between surveillance companies, their funding sources and affiliations.
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Miriam Posner @miriamposner.com · 28/09/2026
It’s REAL??!!
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Miriam Posner @miriamposner.com · 26/09/2026
Why is UCLA (admin) LIKE THIS? The week before the fall quarter starts, we got told that all computers will be disappearing from classrooms. Especially frustrating for those faculty who don’t have a UCLA-supplied device. Thanks to @ucaft.bsky.social for pushing back. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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UC-AFT: Computer Removal/BYOD Survey
It has come to UC-AFT’s attention that the University has begun the transition to a Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) model for computer access in classrooms, and has already removed computers from several...
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Miriam Posner @miriamposner.com · 25/09/2026
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Johanna Winant @johannawinant.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
The English department at Reed College—my department—is hiring a TT prof in post-45 US fiction and/or narrative. This position includes teaching in the interdisciplinary humanities program (mostly the freshman core course) as well as possibly contributing to upper level interdisciplinary programs.
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Tenure-Track Assistant Professorship in Post-1945 Fiction and/or Narrative of the United States - Office of the Dean of the Faculty - Reed C...
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Miriam Posner @miriamposner.com · 25/09/2026
I don’t know anything about the Brook Farm Institute for Critical Studies, but they definitely have some cool-looking classes. (Grad level, non-degree-granting.) brookfarminstitute.com
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Brook Farm Institute for Critical Studies — Humanities Seminars in Cambridge, MA
Brook Farm Institute for Critical Studies offers humanities seminars in Cambridge, MA — exploring literature, philosophy, history, and political thought with leading scholars.
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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
I like this notetaking example. it is a good case of how gender works. Notetaking has never been about producing a transcript. It is a bureaucratic skill in the 20th c. organixarion because it is SENSEMAKING. Those women socialized to take notes? They have been doing men’s metacognition for them
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Miriam Posner @miriamposner.com · 24/09/2026
Evil www.nytimes.com/2026/09/22/u...
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Hospitals Shut Youth Gender Clinics in Deal with Trump Administration (Gift Article)
At least six hospitals have struck agreements with the Trump administration to pay fines and stop providing gender-transition treatments to minors.
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Miriam Posner @miriamposner.com · 23/09/2026
Anyone at Penn able to log in to their directory to get someone's email address?
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Miriam Posner @miriamposner.com · 22/09/2026
“Financial Stability Strategies Across Campus FY 2027,” a document emerging from UC Irvine provost’s office. Stuff of nightmares and very much the same playbook as UCLA. What are we even doing here? It has gotten so hard to just…do my job. archive.org/details/UCI-...
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UC Irvine: Financial Stability Strategies Across Campus FY 2027
This is a copy of the University of California, Irvine (UCI) document, Financial Stability Strategies Across Campus for Fiscal Year (FY) 2027. It is on the letterhead of the UCI Office of the Provost ...
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Rebecca Colesworthy @rcolesworthy.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
PSA: you know what scholars love? Talking about their books! You know what you can do? Invite them to your class to do so. It’s great! You absolutely do not have to use AI or tell students to use AI to understand their books. You can get the actual real life person to help with that! For free!
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Brandon Walsh @walshbr.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
ICYMI I wrote a short piece over at the @openbookpublish.bsky.social blog to celebrate the launch of my book. It's a capsule-sized overview of the arguments Embedded Pedagogies makes. Text is openly available: buff.ly/kQau5oV Launch event on 10/5 at 1:00 ET: cal.lib.virginia.edu/event/17640296
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Miriam Posner @miriamposner.com · 21/09/2026
How tired am I? I’m “managed to sleep through the second half of the Dog Man musical” tired.
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Miriam Posner @miriamposner.com · 19/09/2026
New kind of chess
A girl is shown setting up an elaborate domino series, apparently designed to knock over the pieces on a chess board
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Elise A. Mitchell @bydreamphd.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
I’ve been curious about the AHA’s upcoming AI & History conference. So I spent some time on the site today deciding whether I would attend virtually. Some thoughts…
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Miriam Posner @miriamposner.com · 16/09/2026
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Arrested Development But It Might Work For Us
Alt: Clip from the show Arrested Development features a couple conversing. The woman says, “well, did it work for those people?” The man replies, “No, it never does…but It might work for us.”
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Lee Vinsel @leev.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
We are super excited to share the launch of our new talk show, How to Think About Technology, on which we examine . . . well, how to think about . . . .
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Adam L @adam-lg.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
"[T]he ability to dismiss an argument with a “that sounds nuts,” without needing recourse to a point-by-point rebuttal, is anathema to the rationalist project. But it’s a pretty important skill to have if you want to avoid joining cults." (from @maxread.info) maxread.substack.com/p/the-zizian...
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The Zizians and the Rationalist death cults
What is the deal with Rationalism and cults?
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Miriam Posner @miriamposner.com · 16/09/2026
What an absolute cluster dailybruin.com/2026/09/09/u...
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UCPD received notice of suspected child sex abuse years before childcare teacher's arrest - Daily Bruin
This post was updated Sept. 10 at 7:58 a.m. A 4-year-old student at a UCLA childcare center was reported to child protective services for exhibiting symptoms of sexual abuse in May 2018.
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Miriam Posner @miriamposner.com · 16/09/2026
Thank you, @aaup.org www.aaup.org/news/aaup-ca...
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AAUP Calls on UCLA Chancellor Frenk to Defend, Not Undermine, Academic Freedom
The AAUP calls on UCLA Chancellor Julio Frenk to withdraw his public repudiation of a UCLA School of Law symposium and to reaffirm the academic freedom of UCLA faculty.
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Nick Seaver @nickseaver.website · 08/09/2026
First class of the semester is completed. Running iteration 9 of my seminar, How to Pay Attention. Doing it fully on paper this year, but the web copy of the syllabus is here: classes.nickseaver.net/HTPA/
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How to Pay Attention
Undergraduate seminar critically examining attention: how it is measured, valued, and managed in social, cultural, and technical contexts, from driver monitoring to AI.
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fka Pierre Bartleby @crankyresearcher.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
@veenadubal.bsky.social is a treasure dissentmagazine.org/article/gig-...
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The Myth of the Gig Economy - Dissent Magazine
App-controlled labor is less a technological novelty than yet another chapter in a much longer history of employer legal circumvention.
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Shobita Parthasarathy @shobitap.org · 16/09/2026
🌏 CFP: Global Political Economy in the Age of AI 🌍 Through the Science, Technology, and Social Values Lab at the Institute for Advanced Study, @alondra.bsky.social, Taberez Neyazi, Ayesha Omer, Lucas Pinheiro, and I are organizing a June 2027 workshop, edited volume to follow. Abstracts due 11/1!
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CFP: Global Political Economy in the Age of AI
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Surprised Eel Historian, PhD @greenleejw.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
I wrote a thread the other day about eels' life cycle, 'cause it's a wild story. Fun stuff! But did you know that I also did a map? And that you can own it? It's true! I drew a map of the eels' life cycle, from their perspective, and you can order one for your wall! #eels #maps etsy.me/3Nvk5jK
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Eel Life Cycle Map - Etsy
This Wall Decor item by SurprisedEelMaps has 15 favorites from Etsy shoppers. Ships from Hialeah, FL. Listed on Jun 15, 2026
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Miriam Posner @miriamposner.com · 13/09/2026
Never ever ever again
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Miriam Posner @miriamposner.com · 08/09/2026
Remembering beloved UCLA librarian Robert Gore. newsroom.ucla.edu/stories/in-m...
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In memoriam: Robert Gore, 67, UCLA visual arts librarian and champion of artists’ books
For more than two decades, Gore's innovative approach to library instruction connected and inspired students, faculty and researchers across the university.
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Miriam Posner @miriamposner.com · 04/09/2026
This is driving me UP THE WALL. Do you have a gas-spring monitor arm? The arm is supposed to move, right? Mine will not budge, no matter how many times I turn the tension bolt. Like not at all, not even a hint of loosening. What am I doing wrong?
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Miriam Posner @miriamposner.com · 02/09/2026
It would be so so great if anyone involved in care for children recognized administrative burden as a real thing. How many times have I filled out the same paperwork?
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Miriam Posner @miriamposner.com · 28/08/2026
Never ever apply for a car loan. Or do whatever I did to bring this on.
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Miriam Posner @miriamposner.com · 21/08/2026
Did you know that the songwriter behind the Spidey and His Amazing Friends soundtrack is also the co-frontman of Fall Out Boy? Fun fact.
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Matthew Harrison @matthewharrison.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
As people are finalizing syllabi, I wanted to signal boost @miriamposner.com's lesson on power mapping.
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Miriam Posner @miriamposner.com · 18/08/2026
Aaaah what do I do with my grandmother’s baby blanket?! It’s like, duh, obviously you can’t throw that away, you need to hang on to it and…do what with it?
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Miriam Posner @miriamposner.com · 17/08/2026
Finally dispatched the latest batch of postcards featuring my book cover! If you'd like one (or several), just LMK--I have SO many. Makes great home decor? docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
A hand holds a colorful postcard that reads Seeing Like a Supply Chain: The Hidden Life of Logistics by Miriam Posner. The illustration is a multicolored series of lines that branch out as they descend.
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Karen Gregory @karengregory.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Exactly this. You need more people. And you need to teach writing (and by extension reading) through your research topics. But this is precisely the labour fight we're losing (or maybe have lost already).
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Sarah T Roberts, PhD @ubiquity75.xyz · 16/08/2026
UCLA administrators, on a summer Friday, announced that they are closing the childcare centers on campus upon which faculty, staff and student parents rely — albeit expensive and exclusive options, but far better than none. The admin cited budget deficit. The story is hardly just that.
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UCLA childcare program, which faced 2024 sex abuse case, to close amid budget deficit - Daily Bruin
UCLA will shut down two of its childcare centers – one of which employed a teacher arrested for child sexual abuse in 2024 – next June, university leadership announced Thursday evening.
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Miriam Posner @miriamposner.com · 16/08/2026
6yo came home from camp last week with a very large box of raisins in her backpack and has been very tightlipped about their provenance. Finally she told me yesterday, “I don’t know how to explain it.” 🤷‍♀️
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Miriam Posner @miriamposner.com · 11/08/2026
13yo making me SIT in the CAR during SCHOOL REGISTRATION due to being UNC which is VERY UNFAIR
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Christopher Mims @mims.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Wow. I wrote about this at length in my book on logistics, I never thought any politician would do anything about it. For decades companies of every kind have used subcontracting to dodge responsibility for their workers.
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Miriam Posner @miriamposner.com · 07/08/2026
Thank you to the therapist who just told me my daughter was "too young to even be aware of that" ("that" presumably = her gender). Still vibrating with anger.
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Miriam Posner @miriamposner.com · 06/08/2026
This is what my book is about! More or less! (I call it "advantageous agnosis.")
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Miriam Posner @miriamposner.com · 05/08/2026
I should tell the bookstore/cafe the 13yo go to every single day that I have a book coming out, right? That’s a normal thing to do?
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Lookout Santa Cruz @lookoutsantacruz.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
California’s uninsured rate could nearly double by 2030, with the sharpest losses hitting Black, Asian, and Latino residents in Southern California. A new documentary reveals the human toll behind the numbers, including families navigating Medi-Cal amid immigration raids and looming benefit cuts.
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California nearly achieved universal healthcare. Now, millions are losing coverage
California’s uninsured rate could nearly double by 2030, with the sharpest losses hitting Black, Asian, and Latino residents in Southern California. A new documentary reveals the human toll behind…
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jessamyn @librarian.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
I work at a public library. People who want to use AI seem to have no trouble doing so. People who don't want to use AI have a harder time. I crowdsourced and then finalized this document "How to disable or avoid intrusive AI" and then gave it a short URL: notoai.org Please pass along if it's useful
An aircraft passenger oxygen mask: a drop down passenger mask with air bag and yellow plastic mouth and nose cover, oxygen tube has been cut; Demonstration model used by flight attendant crew for passenger instruction. Has text on the side indicating that it's non-functional.
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Miriam Posner @miriamposner.com · 01/08/2026
Never in my life have my explanatory powers been as taxed as trying to explain to the 6yo that if she no longer wants bangs, she needs to grow them OUT, not cut them OFF. I tried drawing a diagram. I’ve had an easier time explaining Foucault to 19yo’s.
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Miriam Posner @miriamposner.com · 31/07/2026
New headshot! If you’re in LA and need yours done, may I recommend Aaron Hanz Santos? Reasonable prices, a very talented photographer, and a total sweetheart. aaronhanz.myportfolio.com
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Miriam Posner @miriamposner.com · 31/07/2026
All kinds of stuff for sale on LA’s FB Marketplace
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THAT LIGHTS UP ONE OF A KIND B...
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MINIONS THE RISE OF GRU PROMO FOOSBALL TABLEA man is dwarfed by a huge none depiction of Paul McCartney as seen in Yellow Submarine. GIANT ONE-OF-A-KIND PAUL
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Pat Walshe - Privacy Matters 🇮🇪🇬🇧🇪🇺 @privacymatters.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
‘The Government Hopes To Set a Precedent’: An Interview With the Man Charged for Allegedly Wiping His GrapheneOS Phone www.404media.co/the-governme...?
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‘The Government Hopes To Set a Precedent’: An Interview With the Man Charged for Allegedly Wiping His GrapheneOS Phone
The U.S. government has charged Samuel Tunick with allegedly typing in a passcode to wipe his phone before officers could search it. “I hope people understand that the charges against me are meant to ...
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Lauren Klein @laurenfklein.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
@miriamposner.com's SEEING LIKE A SUPPLY CHAIN, out in October from @yalepress.bsky.social, which offers a timely lesson on how capitalism shapes software design--and thus what we can and cannot know about the information (and people) our software rests upon. yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300... 5/
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Seeing Like a Supply Chain
A history of the technology of supply-chain management from punch cards to neural nets, and how the ambiguity built into that technology helps companies and ...
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Lauren Klein @laurenfklein.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Britt Rusert's AFRIC-AMERICAN PICTURE GALLERY, out in September with @dukepress.bsky.social, which reanimates and theorizes William J. Wilson's speculative museum of Black art, decades if not centuries before an actual museum of Black art came to be: www.dukeupress.edu/the-afric-am... 4/
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The Afric-American Picture Gallery: William J. Wilson's Speculative Museum of Black Art
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Lauren Klein @laurenfklein.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
@mollyfarrell.bsky.social's NEW WORLD CALCULATION, in many ways a prehistory of DATA BY DESIGN, which shows how settler colonialism and racial capitalism set our current data practices in motion. It's out next month with @stanfordpress.bsky.social: www.sup.org/books/litera... 3/
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