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@profdancy.bsky.social
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Assoc. Prof of IEng, CS & Eng @ PSU #CogSci, #AI, Critical Black Studies, Hum. Factors. AfAm. 1stGen. THiCC lab PI (sites.psu.edu/thicc). Incoming Co-Director @digblk.bsky.social. Co-lead at AI-SDM (www.cmu.edu/ai-sdm). All opinions my own

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elia ayoub @ayoub.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
7 months old. He was in his mum’s arms when the Israelis shot him dead. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
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Palestinian baby shot dead by Israeli troops in occupied West Bank
The seven-month-old, Sam Fahd Abu Haikal, was in his mother’s arms when soldiers fired on family in Hebron
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Sarah J. Jackson @sjjphd.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
Like every Mother's Day today I am asking that you consider a donation to @nationalbailout.bsky.social to help free mamas who are separated from their families by the injustices of pretrial detention systems. secure.actblue.com/donate/freeb...
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Donate to #FreeBlackMamas
With your generous support we are able to continue to bail out community members, provide life-changing supportive services and resource groups who are organizing to transform the criminal justice sys...
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 07/05/2026
I joined NY’s Cutest on the Bergen Bike Bus that they ride to school every Wednesday, rain or shine. We’re adding bike boulevards and more pedestrian space on Bergen and Dean Street, from Court Street to East New York Ave. It was a wonderful kind of day.
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Lana Sinapayen @sinalana.eurosky.social · 06/05/2026
The return of runic magic! Golems! The Word made true. If you find the right magic spell, the genie has to obey you. Only you can tame the monkey's paw! It's SCIENCE
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Nathan K. Hensley @nathankhensley.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
honestly if some venture capitalist /tech mogul can remake an entire university in a matter of a year or two in exchange for around 2 days of Bezos’s salary(USC founded 1880), it means that any rich person can do anything to any of our institutions at any time unless we take them back systematically
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Center for Black Digital Research 🖤 #DigBlk @digblk.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
🎤Getting the word out: Application review will begin on Monday, May 4th. If you are interested, apply today! bit.ly/cbdr-ds26
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Alejandro Soto @soto.space · 29/04/2026
It's great to learn more about @cdelawalla.bsky.social who leads @standupforscience.net I hope that once she's done helping us win the good fight, she gets to go back to research (if she wants to!). The same hope I have for all scientists! www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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She set out to become a clinical psychologist. Now she’s leading a US movement to save science
Colette Delawalla launched Stand Up for Science to push back against Trump’s cuts to medical and scientific research
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THiCC PI @profdancy.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
Reviews of apps to begin soon. Apply or forward to those you think may be interested and a good fit!
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Sam Cole @samleecole.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
ASU's new AI tool cannibalizes nuanced, thoughtful faculty lectures into sound bites and chatbot junk text: www.404media.co/asu-atomic-a...
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University Professors Disturbed to Find Their Lectures Chopped Up and Turned Into AI Slop
ASU Atomic, a new tool in beta at Arizona State University, takes faculty lectures and chops them into extremely short clips, that AI then attempts to turn into learning materials.
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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 28/04/2026
I can't imagine what would more effectively recruit US scientific talent to other countries around the world than destroying universities, eliminating research funding, and demonizing the very concept of expertise.
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Interrupting Criminalization @interruptcrim.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
Young artists aged 16-24 who have been directly impacted by criminalization/policing/punishment can apply for this residency & get $2500 to work on a creative project! Visit bit.ly/diyresidency26 to learn more. Please help us spread the word!
2026 Stevie Wilson DIY Young Artists Residency Design your own creative residency get $2500 to work on a creative idea or project applications due May 11
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EPIC @epic.org · 21/04/2026
On Monday, EPIC filed an amicus brief arguing that the Virginia city of Norfolk’s use of Flock’s Automated License Plate Reader system creates a warrantless mass surveillance program and constitutes an unreasonable search in violation of the Fourth Amendment.
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EPIC files amicus brief arguing city’s use of Flock ALPRs violated Fourth Amendment
Updates
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sam blickhan @snblickhan.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
Huge news for Zooniverse -- 3 million registered volunteers! Next milestone for 2026: 1 BILLION classifications... coming soon!
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THiCC PI @profdancy.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
If I had more energy id take the time to change bees to “LLMs” or “AI”. But yall get it
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a group of people sitting in front of a screen that says tbs hd on it
Alt: A modification of Oprah’s famed “you get a car” segment where instead of cars, everyone gets bees
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Ambassador Ken Fairfax (ret) @portlandken.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
Trump is reported close to a "deal" with himself under which US taxpayers would pay him $10 billion. I served in multiple communist and authoritarian dictatorships, but I never witnessed corruption on this scale or this blatant.
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Trump, IRS In Talks To Settle U.S. President's $10 Billion Lawsuit
Trump's adult sons, Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump, and the Trump Organization are also plaintiffs.
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Victor Ray @victorerikray.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
Right. I would be gunning for something bigger, like Secretary of War.
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THiCC PI @profdancy.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
The misunderstanding of embodiment such that social and cultural groundings are excluded (in addition to the often narrowly invoked views of the physical/affective) remains so problematic and seems to only be getting worse at the uncritical expansion of systems such as LLMs
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THiCC PI @profdancy.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
Excited to go out to Cornell and talk with some folks tomorrow! events.cornell.edu/event/chris-...
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Chris Dancy, "A framework for the human in human-AI interaction"
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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
what next? what, are we gonna provide *roads* for the wealthy too? gonna have health inspectors keep contaminants out of their groceries? are we just gonna have gutters and sewer systems around rich people's homes?
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THiCC PI @profdancy.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
Really excited for @digblk.bsky.social LibTech Scholar Fitsum Beyene to have an opportunity to talk about our ongoing work with OCR systems and Black Digital archives at @facct.bsky.social in June! Preprint - arxiv.org/abs/2603.25761
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A Survey of OCR Evaluation Methods and Metrics and the Invisibility of Historical Documents
Optical character recognition (OCR) and document understanding systems increasingly rely on large vision and vision-language models, yet evaluation remains centered on modern, Western, and institution...
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THiCC PI @profdancy.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
“CRITICAL AI literacy”, he yelled into the void…
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dr. thrasher, an american writer in ex(archia)(xile) @thrasherxy.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
1 Just passed through security at La Guardia. ICE entirely doing security! 100% of ID and identity checks done by ICE…Truly icky and dystopian. Some thoughts.
Ice agents
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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 26/03/2026
We removed the barriers and created an accessible space because resistance is for everyone, everywhere. The *official* No Kings Accessible Rally will be a virtual event to protect our health, defend our democracy, and say NO KINGS. Details: zurl.co/TXWd7 #NoKings #NoKings3 #Democracy #NK3VR
Graphic with logos for No Kings and STand Up for SCience, and an image of a laptop with protest imagery popping out, like a raised fit and American flag. Text reads: An online and inclusive rally for everyone, everywhere: March 28th, 12:30 - 2PM CT. Stand Up for Science presents the official No Kings 3 Accessible Rally
Also a URL with details: tr.ee/nk3ar
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THiCC PI @profdancy.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
1st two categories are associated in terms of info/knowledge production. Also considerations of control (e.g., “chatbots” is a dominated, centralized category) and related considerations of problems of a centralized (probabilistic, opaque) system (also TESCREAL associated control)
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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
it's incredible that as long as you do the right amount of bigotry you can just rob the country blind and enough people will not care, even though those same people will be filled with incandescent rage if someone uses food stamps to buy a 12 pack of diet coke
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 26/03/2026
TRUMP: I did a mail in ballot for elections in Florida because I felt I should be here REPORTER: You were in Palm Beach the last few weekends TRUMP: Yeah. And I decided that I was going to vote by mail in ballot because I had a lot of different things
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THiCC PI @profdancy.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
Reading a Black Geographies convo and confronted with this reminder from McKittrick. “Part of what I am sharing here is animated by premature death and scholars of color in the academy doing a lot of heavy lifting and wearing out.” Which reminded me of a similar convo Bell Hooks had with Stuart Hall
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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 19/03/2026
The most consistently accurate frame to understand the appearance of articles like this is knowing that The Guardian and OpenAI have a partnership.
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I asked AI to explain my mother to me. It translated her worldview
A chatbot won’t fix your family drama, but it might help you hear what someone’s really trying to say
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The Intercept @theintercept.com · 20/03/2026
Entire neighborhoods in Gaza remain effectively cut off, not by checkpoints but by devastation.
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Israel Destroyed Gaza’s Roads and Transit. Now, We Walk Everywhere.
Israeli bombing left cars in Gaza immobile and roads impassable. The assault on Iran has only spiked prices and worsened conditions.
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Eryk Salvaggio @eryk.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
“AI ethics must move beyond the concepts of race-based representation and bias, and towards those that probe the deeper relations that impact how these systems are designed, developed, and deployed.” Via @timnitgebru.blacksky.app — arxiv.org/abs/2111.03687
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AI and Blackness: Towards moving beyond bias and representation
In this paper, we argue that AI ethics must move beyond the concepts of race-based representation and bias, and towards those that probe the deeper relations that impact how these systems are designed...
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THiCC PI @profdancy.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
That FlyHouseParty has me vibin every time
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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
Etcetera etcetera we are all LowerEd www.newsobserver.com/news/local/e...
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Students say NC State cybersecurity course left them in debt and without prospects
NC State offers an online cybersecurity bootcamp powered by a third-party company. Some students say it made false promises.
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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
normal caveats about wealth measures vs GSP aside, we should not be surprised that the elite impunity political environment has been good economically for the people on top, and that all of this is not solely about getting to say slurs during business hours
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Shannon Heffernan @shannonheffernan.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
After detaining children and parents for weeks, or months, inside Dilley detention center, ICE is dumping them at a shelter in Laredo, TX. They are often thousands of miles away from where they were arrested, with no money to get back home. THREAD (1/) www.themarshallproject.org/2026/03/02/i...
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After Detention, Families Stranded in Border Town Face Harrowing Journey Home
Parents and children from a detention center in Texas found themselves dropped at a border town shelter with few means to leave.
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Suresh Venkatasubramanian @geomblog.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
It's been a journey of nearly 3 years, but I'm very excited to announce the CNTR AISLE Portal! 🚀 cntr-aisle.org It’s a new way to review and evaluate the 1,000+ AI bills introduced in the U.S. over the last three years. Check out the Bill Library and our Profiles#AIPolicy #OpenData
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CNTR AISLE
CNTR AISLE Portal
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Alex Hanna @alexhanna.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
This is fantastic, and it's something that we've been saying for years. When companies say that are using "AI for climate change", they are referring to much smaller models used for doing things like climate modeling. Massive generative AI models are NOT USEFUL for mitigating climate change.
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THiCC PI @profdancy.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
Was a great opportunity to catch up and consult with some experts on 19th century text while transcribing for the day. Hope folks got to experience a Douglass day near them!
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aliii✨✨ @gigixmelo.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
When I say I stand on business this what I mean.
Kid with his fist back to punch someone for saying they like ice
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Anne Cong-Huyen @anitaconchita.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
#DouglassDay is off to a great start at UCSB! Join us tomorrow for the public transcribe-a-thon and birthday party! douglassday.org/ucsb/
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Douglass Day at UC Santa Barbara – Douglass Day
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 13/02/2026
“You starve your public schools to feed your private schools and charter schools,” said one superintendent about the state’s efforts to grow charter schools. “Our foundation was set up for a free and appropriate education for all kids. All kids!” (Published Oct. 2025)
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This Is Ground Zero in the Conservative Quest for More Patriotic and Christian Public Schools
Oklahoma has spent years reshaping public schools to integrate lessons about Jesus and encourage pride in America’s history. By the time the second Trump administration began espousing its “America Fi...
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Hayes Brown @hayesbrown.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
shorter ring commercial: your spy camera’s auto-search function will only be used to track down lost dogs AND NEVER TO HUNT HUMANS (probably)
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THiCC PI @profdancy.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
That guy from Narcos pretty good.
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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
By the way, for those of you not in MN: Homan’s strategy was to withdraw some agents, so it felt like we were in the denouement of the crisis, and then escalate hard against observers. They’re being incredibly aggressive with observers now. National media may not want to check out just yet
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Bookshop.org @bookshop.org · 27/01/2026
While independent bookstores are giving out free whistles, hosting protest sign making events, and donating proceeds to mutual aid, Amazon is *checks notes* providing technology that assists ICE in their terrorizing of communities. Independent bookstores deserve your support. Amazon does not.
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Sunrise Movement @sunrisemvmt.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
BREAKING: 4 students at the University of Minnesota are currently chained to Morrill Hall, demanding that their school end all cooperations with ICE and establish itself as a sanctuary campus.
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