Nora Draper @noradraper.bsky.social · 07/04/2026Cannot wait to teach with this! Congratulations all! 030
Reposted by Nora DraperProPublica @propublica.org · 03/04/2026Researchers at Stanford University modeled how many people could die or be disabled in 25 years if vaccines for polio, measles, rubella or diphtheria were no longer available. We decided to illustrate it.projects.propublica.orgThe Horrors That Could Lie Ahead if Vaccines VanishResearchers at Stanford University modeled how many people could die or be disabled in 25 years if vaccines for polio, measles, rubella or diphtheria were no longer available. 11133641962
Reposted by Nora DraperLilly Irani @gleemie.bsky.social · 13/03/2026Take control of AI at your uni! @aaup.org now compiles guidance and tools for artificial intelligence, including working group reports, bargaining and union resources, auditing and public records request tools, and sample syllabus language. Please share widely: www.aaup.org/issues-highe...aaup.orgArtificial IntelligenceThe uncritical adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) poses a threat to academic professions through potential work intensification and job losses and through its implications for intellectual prope... 02014
Reposted by Nora DraperProPublica @propublica.org · 28/01/2026Under DHS’ use-of-force policy, moves that cut off a person's breathing “must not be used as a means to control non-compliant subjects or persons resisting arrest.” But videos we reviewed showed agents using these restraints to do just that.propublica.orgWe Found More Than 40 Cases of Immigration Agents Using Banned Chokeholds and Other Moves That Can Cut Off BreathingCivilians have had apparent seizures. One had his eyes roll back. Another had ribs broken. “I felt like I was going to pass out and die,” said a 16-year-old citizen put in a chokehold. The government ... 21800363
Reposted by Nora DraperProPublica @propublica.org · 15/01/20261/ Ciji Graham was the mother of 2-year-old SJ, a sister to 9 younger siblings, a beloved friend. She's also the 7th case we’ve found of a pregnant woman in a state restricting abortion who died after being unable to access standard care. This is her story. 3925011247
Reposted by Nora DraperTressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 17/09/2025“Debate Me” culture is not organic, endemic, or apolitical. This mode of high jacking discourse is and has been central to a 30-year conservative training program that has produced untold numbers of people to do this for every reason but “civil discourse” 2234171020
Reposted by Nora DraperKim Weeden @weedenkim.bsky.social · 30/08/2025Saddened to hear of the passing of Dr. Rossiter, who told the stories of the many forgotten and underappreciated women of science. Like many women of her generation, she survived academia by developing a tough exterior, but her support for jr women, myself included, was unwavering. RIP, Margaret.nytimes.comMargaret W. Rossiter, 81, Dies; Wrote Women Scientists Into History 393258686
Reposted by Nora DraperEvan Greer @evangreer.bsky.social · 26/08/2025Online age verification is not like "showing ID to buy alcohol" because a) the liquor store doesn't get to scan your ID and store a digital copy of it forever in a database that will inevitably get hacked b) you don't have to show ID to go to the library because they have cocktail recipe books 76102314078
Reposted by Nora DraperJonathan Horowitz @jonathanhorowi1.bsky.social · 01/08/2025Our department at the University of Toronto is hiring an assistant professor of sociology of race / ethnicity this fall. I'm not on the hiring committee but am very happy to talk to you about the position if you are interested. You can email, DM, or find me at ASA. jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Toronto-...jobs.utoronto.caAssistant Professor - Sociology of Race and EthnicityAssistant Professor - Sociology of Race and Ethnicity 24754
Reposted by Nora DraperLuke Stark @lukestark.bsky.social · 17/07/2025My university has announced a fund to essentially poach doctoral students from US institutions. DM me if you do work on the history/social impacts of AI and are interested in being poached 😂 16590277
Nora Draper @noradraper.bsky.social · 30/04/2025Essential thread on the (lack of) ethics in the ChangeMyView Reddit research project and how/why to do better 010
Nora Draper @noradraper.bsky.social · 30/04/2025Looks beautiful and fascinating! Congratulations!! 110
Reposted by Nora DraperParis Marx @parismarx.com · 29/04/2025can’t tell you how much joy i get from seeing pierre poilievre lost his seat 2758441
Reposted by Nora DraperTimnit Gebru @timnitgebru.blacksky.app · 25/04/2025He could, for instance, have written about any number of topics. Here are some ideas for free. 1. What cults are the Anthropic crew in, and what is the ideological ancestry of these cults? (We've done the work for him here, hint hint, its eugenics: firstmonday.org/ojs/index.ph...). 922262
Reposted by Nora DraperGillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 22/04/2025When I left the Washington Post in 2023, my colleagues and I were worried AI would hoover up our work and enable "zombies" to churn out stories based on our reporting and writing styles. Today WaPo announced a partnership with OpenAI. And here it is: Zombie Gillian Brockell. I DID NOT WRITE THIS. 255100614172
Reposted by Nora DraperACLU of New Hampshire @aclu-nh.bsky.social · 18/04/2025BREAKING: We filed a class action lawsuit today to protect international students in New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Maine, Rhode Island, and Puerto Rico from the Trump administration's abrupt and unlawful termination of their legal status. 849094
Reposted by Nora DraperKaren Campbell @karampbell.bsky.social · 15/04/2025Wow, we are now being officially advised against travel to the USA by the Canadian Association of University Teachers. I never thought I'd see the day. ☹️ #AcademicChatter 19953211397
Reposted by Nora DraperTobias Ewé @sonocculture.com · 03/04/2025“It is 2025, and seemingly everyone wants us in the humanities to do stuff ‘with AI,’ informed not by what the technology avails but by the hopes it encodes.” 1258
Reposted by Nora DraperHypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 28/03/2025Review of Careless People written by former head of public policy for Bangladesh at Meta.restofworld.orgA former Meta employee reviews the new Facebook memoirSarah Wynn-Williams’ memoir is a courageous feat, but it glosses over her own indifference to warnings from policymakers, civil society, and internal teams outside the U.S. about serious harm to commu... 512931
Nora Draper @noradraper.bsky.social · 14/03/2025Sandra Harding’s writing highlights science’s political role in the everyday lives of everyday people. May we remember her words and celebrate her vision. A tremendous loss 020
Reposted by Nora DraperGina Neff @ginasue.bsky.social · 26/02/2025Come work with me! 1 year postdoc opportunity to work with me on workers' roles in AI safety. Social science and participatory methods a must, experience working with trade unions a + More info & apply here --> qmul-jobs.tal.net/vx/mobile-0/... 02319
Reposted by Nora DraperAndrea Houston @dreahouston.bsky.social · 18/02/2025In all the bluster and the threats of tariffs and annexation, nationalist jokes and hockey game boos, this is where my mind always went. You can always count on @brandimorin.bsky.social to bring the perspective that mainstream media ignores. #landback 13216
Reposted by Nora DraperDavid Dayen @ddayen.bsky.social · 14/02/2025CFPB's former chief technologist issues an urgent warning to the court that several years' worth of sensitive data is about to be destroyed, with damaging consequences storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us... 5235001539
Reposted by Nora DraperACLU of New Hampshire @aclu-nh.bsky.social · 06/02/2025VICTORY: The NH House just voted to withdraw HB 476, a 15-week abortion ban. Extreme and baseless anti-abortion rights policies have no place in the Granite State, period. #nhpolitics 05516
Nora Draper @noradraper.bsky.social · 24/01/2025Also provides really great context for that VC interview from last week that framed the tech worker resistance as a employees getting caught up in fashionable progressive causes 010
Nora Draper @noradraper.bsky.social · 24/01/2025This new article from @histoftech.bsky.social provides essential testimony of resistance within tech industry. It’s also valuable for anyone (like me!) researching the history of worker organizing w/in science and tech companiesfirstmonday.org History in the making: Whistleblowers and big tech | First Monday 1102
Nora Draper @noradraper.bsky.social · 24/01/2025“People, young and old, have particular needs that they’re satisfying by moving time and attention to these phones. Again, that may not be ideal. But there is a huge gap between “not ideal” or even “bad for us” on balance and being the chief cause of such a high level of distress among youth.” 000
Nora Draper @noradraper.bsky.social · 24/01/2025A thoughtful and nuanced response to claims that social media and smartphones are the root cause of a crisis in teen mental health 142
Nora Draper @noradraper.bsky.social · 24/01/2025One thing getting me through this week is all the reminders of the wonder of Ichiro Suzuki. What a gift to be a baseball fan while that guy was playing 000
Reposted by Nora DraperChanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 21/01/2025Sharing this because what Mia says here about the Wired headline is an important lesson about how to do your job when it really fucking matters 231771
Reposted by Nora DraperMary Gillis @marygillis.bsky.social · 19/01/2025As a Canadian I still have access to TikTok and will describe what's happening there for the low low price of $10.00CAD per minute. 982563219
Nora Draper @noradraper.bsky.social · 18/01/2025We did a nat’l survey after that election and people were *even more* concerned about behavioral data use for political messaging than commercial messaging. People have never loved this part of the tech/politics romance, no matter who is involved. 010
Nora Draper @noradraper.bsky.social · 15/01/2025This is disappointing. The best thing about conferences is hearing smart people grapple with timely topics and issues. But sometimes they feel more like showcases for already “finished” work 010
Nora Draper @noradraper.bsky.social · 15/01/2025Really proud of this special theme and profoundly grateful to the authors and guest editors for sharing their insights! Thanks to @bigdatasoc.bsky.social for hosting us! 050
Reposted by Nora DraperBrooke Erin Duffy @brookeerinduffy.bsky.social · 15/01/2025I know that many folks are following along with the astonishing uptick in RedNote downloads (comm/creator studies researchers have been studying Xiaohongshu *for years*). This news is worrisome: www.advocate.com/news/what-is...advocate.comWhat is RedNote? The TikTok alternative that doesn't allow showing skin or LGBTQ+ contentWith heavy censorship of bodies and LGBTQ+ topics, RedNote might not be everything TikTok refugees are seeking. 0186
Reposted by Nora DraperKat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 10/01/2025Hard to overstate just how much of the tech industry’s horrifically dystopian present grew right out of its transparently misogynistic past 168142032441
Reposted by Nora DraperNancy Baym @nancybaym.bsky.social · 18/12/2024I’m hiring a (well paid) Ph.D. intern to work with me and the Viva UX research lead on a qualitative research project about employee connection, organizational culture, and Copilot adoption. Based in Cambridge MA. Deadline January 31. jobs.careers.microsoft.com/global/en/jo...jobs.careers.microsoft.comSearch Jobs | Microsoft Careers 27935
Reposted by Nora DraperShannon Mattern @shannonmattern.bsky.social · 09/12/2024"Women full professors are 19% more likely than men at the same career stage to leave academia, as compared with 6% for women assistant professors and 10% for associates."science.orgWomen faculty feel ‘pushed’ from academia by poor workplace climateThe gender gap in faculty attrition worsens after tenure, according to a new study 15572289
Nora Draper @noradraper.bsky.social · 05/12/2024I love this moving account of the shifting and ambivalent relationship to surveillance that can come with becoming a parent from @kristenradtke.bsky.social in @theverge.comtheverge.comHow to watch a babyA digital comic by Kristen Radtke. 120
Reposted by Nora DraperEileen Guo (is on leave for rest of 2026) @eileenguo.bsky.social · 20/11/2024New from me: I profiled Clear, the airport biometric company that is looking to become the “universal identity platform” of the physical world...and which has (according to its CTO) “1 of the largest private repositories of identities on the planet." www.technologyreview.com/2024/11/20/1...technologyreview.comInside Clear’s ambitions to manage your identity beyond the airportThe company that has helped millions of people cut security lines wants to give you a frictionless future—in exchange for your face. 811267
Reposted by Nora DraperMoira Donegan @moiradonegan.bsky.social · 18/11/2024Democrats also blamed their 2004 election loss on gay marriage, which Kerry had distanced himself from. 526752
Reposted by Nora DraperDaniel Solove @daniel-solove.bsky.social · 16/11/2024Privacy Law Starter Pack - Part 2 - Privacy Strikes Back I was capped at 150 for my Privacy Law Starter Pack - Part 1, so I created a new pack bsky.app/starter-pack... 3209
Reposted by Nora DraperDaniel Solove @daniel-solove.bsky.social · 14/11/2024Privacy Law Starter Pack Check back from time to time, as I will plan to keep this updated. And ping me if you want to be added. bsky.app/starter-pack... 179755
Reposted by Nora DraperRafael Grohmann @grohmannrafael.bsky.social · 15/11/2024Job Position, Assistant Professor of Social Sciences and Digital Technologies, University of Toronto (Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy) jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Toronto-...jobs.utoronto.caAssistant Professor - Social Sciences and Digital TechnologiesAssistant Professor - Social Sciences and Digital Technologies 03024
Nora Draper @noradraper.bsky.social · 16/11/2024I have such deep admiration for good science writing. I am so excited that this new biography of the mathematical physicist Roger Penrose written by a beloved family member is being deservedly praised for its candid portrayal of a deeply complex figure 031