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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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M.J. Crockett @mjcrockett.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

I used to love this time of year, hearing from students applying to work in my lab. No more. Every day a fresh batch of nearly identical emails with nonsensical remixes of the text on my lab website. It makes me so sad.

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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 · 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 · 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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Oliver Haimson @haimson.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

new LGBTQ Nation article by @faefyx.bsky.social featuring research by me (w/ @mayworms.info, @shoreingber.bsky.social, @naz-andalibi.bsky.social) "Not everyone wants to use [AI] – [yet] they are often required to use it without meaningful consent." www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/12/ai-d...

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AI disproportionately discriminates against trans people. It doesn't have to be this way. - LGBTQ Nation

Trans people could experience tremendous benefits from AI if we worked to solve this problem.

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Nick Diakopoulos @ndiakopoulos.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

🚨 Postdoc opening -- Come work with us at Northwestern! 🚨 This position is to work on evaluating LLMs for sociopolitical value expression: postdocs.northwestern.edu/announcement... -- Please share!

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Postdoctoral Research Opportunity – Global LLM Values Benchmarking Working Group: Postdoctoral Affairs - Northwestern University

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Nazanin Andalibi @naz-andalibi.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

@cassidypyle.bsky.social and I have a recent #CSCW2025 paper in which we show just how far applicants' experiences and perspectives are from what these services and supporters claim. Open access here: dl.acm.org/doi/pdf/10.1...

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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 26/11/2025

“We reached out to Meta and came to the conclusion that almost none of the content that was reported to us actually violated their community standards,” EFF’s Lisa Femia told Medical Marketing + Media Magazine of our #StopCensoringAbortion project. www.mmm-online.com/news/meta-c...

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What healthcare marketers need to know about Meta’s censoring of abortion ads

The tech giant has been found to censor specific healthcare ads that touch on women’s health topics.

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Alice Ross @alice-ross.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

Such an inspiring, powerful event! Huge thanks: @naz-andalibi.bsky.social @haimson.bsky.social for their brilliant talks & sharing insights with me in the panel chat, @aies-edinburgh.bsky.social @kevinguyan.bsky.social @sj-bennett.bsky.social for putting it all together, & to everyone who attended!

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A photo of buildings at George Square, The University of Edinburgh, with text overlaid on a bright green background. The text is the title of last week's event, Gender and the Machine: Trans Tech, Emotion and AI

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Dr Kevin Guyan @kevinguyan.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

Just a few tickets left for tomorrow's GENDER AND THE MACHINE event! 🔥 Join us to explore entanglements of gender, marginalisation and emotion across tech and AI. 🗓️ 20 Nov 2025 📍 Edinburgh 👋 All welcome With @haimson.bsky.social, @naz-andalibi.bsky.social 🔗 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/gender-and...

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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 15/11/2025

The artwork of Jackie Morris, Wales based award-winning writer, artist and illustrator #womensart

Painting of a sitting fox facing left looking right with a butterfly balanced on its nose and another flying to the left, all against a gold background

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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 13/11/2025

As age verification laws proliferate around the world, people have predictably turned to VPNs to protect their privacy. Instead of taking this as a sign that surveillance isn't popular, lawmakers have decided they might as well ban VPNs altogether. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...

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Lawmakers Want to Ban VPNs—And They Have No Idea What They're Doing

Remember when you thought age verification laws couldn't get any worse? Well, lawmakers in Wisconsin, Michigan, and beyond are about to blow you away.It's unfortunately no longer enough to force

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Kate Starbird @katestarbird.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

Preprint w/ (rapid) analysis of Grokipedia, showing it to be “highly derivative of Wikipedia”, but differing, often on controversial topics, in that Grokipedia includes content/cites from low quality (hyper partisan & conspiracy laden) sources like Stormfront & Infowars. arxiv.org/pdf/2511.09685

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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 13/11/2025

"The questions people ask chatbots can reveal exceptionally sensitive information" about things like their health, finances, and relationships, EFF’s Lena Cohen told @pcmag.com. “People deserve meaningful control over who can access these AI prompts.”

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Asking ChatGPT About Affairs or Abortion? Be Careful, Marketers Are Peeking at Your Prompts

Browser extensions are potentially funneling your most personal queries to a company selling market insights about chatbot activity.

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Oliver Haimson @haimson.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

Heading to Edinburgh next week for this exciting event on 🤖🏳️‍⚧️Gender and the Machine🧟‍♀️🧑‍💻, where @naz-andalibi.bsky.social and I will be talking about our research! Thanks to @sj-bennett.bsky.social and @kevinguyan.bsky.social for organizing! Register here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/gender-and...

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Gender and the Machine: Trans Tech, Emotion and AI

Join us for this afternoon of events discussing gender, marginalisation and emotion in AI and digital technologies

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Luke Stark @lukestark.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

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Nazanin Andalibi @naz-andalibi.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

“Let’s see just how much pain you can endure, and then some more” is a common lived experience of women’s bodies. It’s “normal,” don’t worry.

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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 09/11/2025

DOGE and others in the administration want to build a giant database of records by haphazardly combining info the government collected for one purpose, like paying taxes, and use it for another purpose, like targeting immigrants. We can't let this happen. takebackctrl.org/get-a-warrant

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Alice Ross @alice-ross.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

Really looking forward to this upcoming @aies-edinburgh.bsky.social event, where the great @naz-andalibi.bsky.social and @haimson.bsky.social will be talking about emotion, gender, marginalisation and AI 🤩 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/gender-and...

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Gender and the Machine: Trans Tech, Emotion and AI

Join us for this afternoon of events discussing gender, marginalisation and emotion in AI and digital technologies

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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 05/11/2025

“When people understand that Flock data can be used to track them exercising reproductive freedom or to facilitate federal immigration enforcement, the calculus around ‘public safety’ technology changes entirely,” EFF’s @tsnvaa.bsky.social told @ArsTechnica.com. arstechnica.com/tech-policy...

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Flock haters cross political divides to remove error-prone cameras

Lawmakers’ calls for Flock probe may help kill local contracts, expert says.

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Dr Kevin Guyan @kevinguyan.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

📢 GENDER AND THE MACHINE Join us in Edinburgh on 20 Nov to explore entanglements of gender, marginalisation and emotion across tech and AI. 🗓️ Thurs 20 Nov 2025 📍 Edinburgh 👋 All welcome Register here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/gender-and... #data #AI #tech #emotion #trans #LGBTQ #queer

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AI Ethics & Society @aies-edinburgh.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

✨📣 Excited to announce our upcoming event GENDER AND THE MACHINE! Join us on Nov 20th for an afternoon exploring gender, marginalisation and emotion in tech - talks by @haimson.bsky.social and @naz-andalibi.bsky.social, plus panel discussion and networking reception ⬇️ sign up shorturl.at/QlMfx

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Gender and the Machine: Trans Tech, Emotion and AI

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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 29/10/2025

“The advertising industry has created a massive surveillance machine that can be co-opted by law enforcement, bad actors and anyone willing to pay,” EFF’s Lena Cohen told @AZMirror.com. azmirror.com/2025/10/29/...

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Tucson PD used border security money for controversial surveillance software

Tucson police Cobwebs surveillance tool funded by border security raises privacy concerns among Arizona lawmakers

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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 22/10/2025

A DHS warrant seeking ChatGPT user prompts “means it’s more important than ever for OpenAI and other AI companies to think about how to limit the amount of data they collect on their users,” EFF’s @jenlynch.bsky.social told @Forbes.com. www.forbes.com/sites/thoma...

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DHS Ordered OpenAI To Share User Data In First Known Warrant For ChatGPT Prompts

Filed by child exploitation investigators with the DHS, the warrant reveals the government can ask OpenAI to provide information on anyone who enters specific prompts.

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Nazanin Andalibi @naz-andalibi.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

Grateful for an amazing #CSCW2025 and especially @vitak.bsky.social and @fpinatti.bsky.social, and my co chair @myrlewko.bsky.social. My highlights were serving as a mentor for the doctoral consortium organized by @eagapie.bsky.social and Nervo Verdezoto. And also the lasting impact award session 💙

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ACLU @aclu.org · 20/10/2025

BREAKING: A court ordered the Department of Defense to stop censoring educational materials discussing race and gender in schools on military bases. Books removed from the schools must be returned to the shelves immediately.

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Jessica Vitak @vitak.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

Amy Bruckman (@asbruckman.bsky.social) is sharing updates on CSCW's shift to rolling deadlines. You can read more about the process and apply to be on the editorial board here: Read more details about rolling and apply to be on the editorial board: medium.com/acm-cscw/csc... #cscw2025

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CSCW Rolling Submissions

CSCW is experimenting with a new format: rolling submissions. You will be able to submit work to CSCW whenever it is ready (no deadlines)…

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Oliver Haimson @haimson.bsky.social · 18/10/2025

You gotta watch out when @cfiesler.bsky.social organizes an ethics workshop at CSCW - you just might meet your future spouse there! Happened to me and @naz-andalibi.bsky.social 10 years ago 🥰 #CSCW2025 #CSCW2015

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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 17/10/2025

Technology like Flock and Ring doesn’t make people safer, it just subjects them to a round-the-clock warrantless digital dragnet. “Privacy isn’t dangerous, but giving privacy up for a false sense of security is very dangerous,” EFF’s Jennifer Pinsof told @CNBC.com. www.cnbc.com/2025/10/16/...

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Meredith Whittaker @meredithmeredith.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

"I don't have anything to hide why should I care about privacy?"

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ACM CSCW @acm-cscw.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

Only a few hours left until registration rates go up by $50-100. Register soon — we hope to see you in beautiful Bergen, Norway! Registering for the in-person conference also grants you access to the virtual pre-conference. cscw.acm.org/2025/index.p...

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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 27/09/2025

Despite not violating Meta's Community Standards, organic, educational abortion content is still getting removed. Meta must be more accurate and consistent in the enforcement of their guidelines instead of singling out content about abortion. www.eff.org/pages/silen...

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The Abortion Hotline Meta Wants to Go Dark

BY KENYATTA THOMAS | September 26, 2025This is the sixth installment in a blog series documenting EFF's findings from the Stop Censoring Abortion campaign. You can read additional posts here. When we

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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 26/09/2025

The removal of educational abortion content from Meta platforms with little transparency or communication with users is unacceptable. Read the story of the Miscarriage and Abortion Hotline’s censorship on Instagram in the latest installment of our #StopCensoringAbortion blog series.

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Spencer Reynolds @sreynolds.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

NEW: Internal report reveals DHS intelligence portal was accidentally opened to tens of thousands of users for months, exposing sensitive intel about Americans. @brennancenter.org obtained the docs. @wired.com has the story. 🧵 www.wired.com/story/a-dhs-...

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Nazanin Andalibi @naz-andalibi.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

Tenure-track position on technology & society to be appointed to the John Derby Evans Professorship in Information at the rank of Assistant or Associate Professor. www.si.umich.edu/people/facul...

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Sarita @saritas.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

University of Michigan School of Information has four faculty positions ranging from Presidential Postdoc to Full. They're all linked here. PPFP due Sep 26, the others Nov 1 or 15. www.si.umich.edu/people/facul...

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Faculty recruiting | umsi

Learn about open faculty positions at UMSI.

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ACM CSCW @acm-cscw.bsky.social · 07/09/2025

The in-person program for #cscw2025 is online! View it here: cscw.acm.org/2025/index.p... The online pre-conference program will go live soon. Reminder: the early bird registration deadline is this Tuesday, September 9th.

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Program overview – CSCW 2025

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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 07/09/2025

Age verification mandates are a dream come true for Big Tech platforms, which will end up with more traffic and a whole lot more data. But these laws are a nightmare for users. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...

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Age Verification Is A Windfall for Big Tech—And A Death Sentence For

If you live in Mississippi, you may have noticed that you are no longer able to log into your Bluesky or Dreamwidth accounts from within the state. That’s because, in a chilling early warning sign

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 29/08/2025

The CDC is gutting a program that monitors foodborne illnesses. The program will now only track infections caused by two pathogens, rather than eight. Hello? How does this “Make America Healthy Again”?

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The CDC quietly scaled back a surveillance program for foodborne illnesses

As of July 1, a critical surveillance program is monitoring for only two pathogens instead of the usual eight.

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ACM CSCW @acm-cscw.bsky.social · 29/08/2025

#CSCW2025 registration is open! Join us in Bergen, Norway (Oct 18–22) or virtually. Early bird pricing for in-person ends Sept 2. Register now: cscw.acm.org/2025/index.p... ⬇️ A glimpse of what’s waiting for you… (1/3)

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Registration – CSCW 2025

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