Reposted by WiLTressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 07/10/2026There’s no A.I. “literacy”. There is only power, to either rebuild or eradicate commonly shared knowledge production. They haz it. Remains to be seen if we haz some too. 10671164
Reposted by WiLrax ‘levon honkers’ king @raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 06/10/2026a little louder for the cheap seats in the back 3255931940
Reposted by WiL Cracked Lemonade @crackedlemonade.bsky.social · 07/10/2026I mean AI's core function is to automate unethical decisions that perpetuate systemic inequality 🤷🏿♂️ 04610
Reposted by WiLAnni Jyn @annijyn.com · 07/09/2026have YOU 🫵 been KIND to someone TODAY ??? ! 😤 322139
Reposted by WiLDr. Damien P. Williams, dread portent down from a mountain cave @wolven.blacksky.app · 20/09/2026InterRAI isn't even new! This was one of the companies i first learned about via my 1st time working w/ @cdt.org, back in 2020! Go look up "Challenging the Use of Algorithm-driven Decision-making in Benefits Determinations Affecting People with Disabilities"! What are we doing???! archive.is/d5RXZnbcnews.toA secretive computer algorithm is taking caregiving money away from disabled peopleAfter Nebraska used a new interRAI tool to slash Medicaid funding for nearly 900 people, NBC News uncovered the hidden logic behind some of the cuts. 6265139
Reposted by WiLAlan Au @alanau.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Periodic reminder that if you're flirting with me, you have to tell me because I'm not going to figure it out. 😆 0111
Reposted by WiLEll Huang ♠️🩶🤍💜 @nocturnalxlight.bsky.social · 20/09/2026And it’s not “neurodiversity inclusive,” it’s assisted assimilation. 03712
Reposted by WiLBlacklikewho @blacklikewho.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Opposing genocide is not an entrenched position. It is an ethical stance. 04420
Reposted by WiLTressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 19/09/2026When the powerful playact powerlessness it is always a ploy to avoid accountability. 91321416
Reposted by WiLTressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 07/09/2026We woke up thinking about the long shadow of all the workers’ wins and even their losses. We made it free to watch the short documentary that dominated my life this year. Happy Labor Day. vimeo.com/1224659811/7...vimeo.comPower to the People, Y'all [Happy Labor Day]Power to the People, Y’all is a character-driven documentary that explores aging, legacy, and resistance through interviews with five founding members of the Winston-Salem Chapter of the Black Panther... 39807277
Reposted by WiLJ. P. Gownder (கவுண்டர்) @jgownder.bsky.social · 20/09/2026AI's catastrophic potential is a self-serving story told by... AI CEOs, motivated by their own interests. By @tressiemcphd.bsky.socialnytimes.comOpinion | A.I. Is a Threat, but Not in the Way You Think (Gift Article)The threats from A.I. are real — and they’re ones we know how to deal with. 310726
Reposted by WiLCoyote / J. Stryker 🇨🇦 | Memento Vivere 🍃 @easterncoyote.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Emotional abuse is devastating. Often, it’s 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘴𝘦 than physical abuse. Here’s what researchers at Palo Alto University have found. PsyPost: Emotional abuse predicts self-loathing more strongly than other childhood traumas www.psypost.org/emotional-ab... #trauma #abuse #emotionalabusepsypost.orgEmotional abuse predicts self-loathing more strongly than other childhood traumasA new study suggests that verbal mistreatment drives malignant self-regard more than other forms of trauma. Researchers found that internalized shame is most closely linked to emotional abuse, with di... 671113432
Reposted by WiLDr Abeba Birhane @abeba.blacksky.app · 18/05/2026Through extensive scoping review of grey and academic literature, we first develop our taxonomy of mechanisms related to capture of AI regulation, spanning 5 dimensions: Direct Influence on Policy, Conflicting Involvement, Market Influence, Elusion of Law, & Epistemic & Discourse Influence 3/ 1549
WiL @willishmood.bsky.social · 05/07/2026Uhhhh, Black Torch is crisp! Excited for this new series 😅 000
Reposted by WiLDr Abeba Birhane @abeba.blacksky.app · 01/06/2026yet, the number of businesses and orgs that are integrating genai for "security and privacy" reasons is staggering 06622
Reposted by WiLThe Thadness (2021 film) @thaddeusjames.bsky.social · 01/06/2026"please talk about how great we are for humanity, but without mentioning any politics" is such a goofy thing to ask someone to try to do. Dr Birhane must have got them good. 1164
Reposted by WiLPer Axbom @axbom.com · 23/05/2026Three web browsers I recommend trying out and using to limit how much data you give away just by reading online. Mullvad (desktop) mullvad.net/en/browser DuckDuckGo (desktop+mobile) duckduckgo.com/browser Firefox Focus (mobile) www.firefox.com/en-US/mobile...mullvad.netFree the internet with Mullvad BrowserThe Mullvad Browser is a privacy-focused web browser developed in collaboration between Mullvad VPN and the Tor Project. It’s produced to minimize tracking and fingerprinting. 14719
Reposted by WiLAlondra Nelson @alondra.bsky.social · 21/05/2026The technologies are new. The questions--about power, meaning, knowledge, work, who gets counted, and who is at the table--are not. Social science has been asking them all along. The essay is an argument for showing up fully to a reckoning we're already in. www.amacad.org/publication/...amacad.orgField Theory: AI as Social Science Question, Object & ToolUses of advanced artificial intelligence are changing how societies organize labor, govern, produce knowledge, and make meaning. In light of these developments, this essay argues that AI models, tools... 28329
Reposted by WiLRutgersAAUP-AFT @ruaaup-aft.bsky.social · 11/05/2026We proposed this before the Canvas outage, but we’d like to thank the Canvas hackers for driving home the need for this language: "Provided instructors are meeting accessibility and pedagogical needs, faculty shall NOT be required to use ed-technologu." Full proposal here: loom.ly/rBZQFeA 210640
WiL @willishmood.bsky.social · 30/04/2026Without downloading anything new, where are you, mentally? 010
Reposted by WiLRua M. Williams @fractalecho.bsky.social · 29/04/2026One year ago today I submitted my finished manuscript to my editor. Every day the book remains relevant gives me psychic damage. It is my goal to become irrelevant. If my work becomes irrelevant it means we've changed. link.springer.com/book/10.1007... 1178
Reposted by WiLDr. Damien P. Williams, dread portent down from a mountain cave @wolven.blacksky.app · 29/04/2026More evidence of how fucking chock-full of eugenics silicon valley iss, has been, and will continue to be if steps aren't taken to name, acknowledge, and dismantle those connections. '“All my fundees have blue eyes.” [Jeffrey] Epstein and the tech world’s dark ideology'codastory.com"All my fundees have blue eyes." Epstein and the tech world's dark ideology - Coda StoryThe Epstein files reveal beliefs about race, eugenics, and engineering humans that run to the heart of Silicon Valley. 8371155
Reposted by WiLMichael Harriot @michaelharriot.bsky.social · 29/03/2026If a member of your family were accused of lying, hustling and robbing people in your community, would you: A. Acknowledge that your loved one has a problem, or B. Defend your family member and pretend everyone else is lyingdlvr.itThe First Crackhead PresidentAmerican media is not equipped to cover a lying, thieving commander-in-chief. 618240
WiL @willishmood.bsky.social · 28/03/2026Sigh...media.tenor.coma man in a suit and tie with the words wow again on his faceALT: a man in a suit and tie with the words wow again on his face 010
Reposted by WiLlalalyds @lalalyds.bsky.social · 05/02/2026Hey, you did a good job today. I'm proud of you 2726994
Reposted by WiLArrianna Marie Planey, PhD MA @arrianna-planey.bsky.social · 06/02/20262026 feels like the longest year ever 2323
Reposted by WiLElijah the TechnoShaman @eruditelijah.bsky.social · 01/02/2026youtube.com/shorts/YeNZK...youtube.comDon Lemon Got arrestedYouTube video by HopeGiselle 011
Reposted by WiLEric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 27/01/2026Economist/YouGov poll shows Trump's approval with White people: 47% approve 51% disapprove Hispanics: 27% 68% 18-29: 32% 63% Men: 43% 54% Women: 35% 60% 108714198
Reposted by WiLRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 17/01/2026$1.5T for the military budget $170B for ICE and Border Patrol $1B to refurbish Trump's Qatar jet $470M to send National Guard into cities $230M for Trump's DOJ "compensation" $200M for Kristi Noem's jets $100M for Trump's golf outings But no money to lower your healthcare costs. 26960942768
Reposted by WiLChanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 16/01/2026The people who haven’t seen Sinners because they “don’t do horror,” I wonder how many of them will readily watch films about enslavement If you watched films about enslavement and didn’t see horror, I have **questions** 1136428
Reposted by WiLMar Hicks @histoftech.bsky.social · 10/01/2026“History teaches, but it has no pupils.” —Antonio Gramsci 621246
Reposted by WiLBo Thompson @gaudipern.bsky.social · 10/01/2026(1/2) In this moment, this second, I want you to recognize how we Black Americans are not the same as our White counterparts: As White people begin to protest the death of one of their own you will not hear us call the protesters "thugs," or buy into spurious stories of theft and wanton destruction. 2609
Reposted by WiLEveryLibrary @everylibrary.bsky.social · 05/01/2026Like, follow, and share if you love libraries! 1277
WiL @willishmood.bsky.social · 23/12/2025And designed and implemented by people and institutions who genuinely care about the wellbeing of people. 030
Reposted by WiLRua M. Williams @fractalecho.bsky.social · 21/12/2025www.techpolicy.press/ask-the-expe...techpolicy.pressAsk The Experts: Teaching Disability Rights and Technology in 2025 | TechPolicy.PressAriana Aboulafia spoke to experts about how Trump’s policies are chilling the the academic study of tech's impact on society. 0107
Reposted by WiLIan Carrillo @iansociologo.bsky.social · 23/12/2025Important publication (by @ginnybraun.bsky.social and co-authors) to add to any critical AI reading list. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...journals.sagepub.comWe Reject the Use of Generative Artificial Intelligence for Reflexive Qualitative Research - Tanisha Jowsey, Virginia Braun, Victoria Clarke, Deborah Lupton, Michelle Fine, 2025Four hundred and nineteen experienced qualitative researchers from 32 countries invite readers of Qualitative Inquiry to consider their position on use of gener... 18441
WiL @willishmood.bsky.social · 23/12/2025Are there similar reports for #Uber and #Lyft? I had an urgent Dr appointment last week and took me over three hours to find a ride for a 20 minute trip, here we're the rates: 000
Reposted by WiLThe New York Times @nytimes.com · 09/12/2025Leaders of a Catholic church in Massachusetts kept a Nativity display with an anti-ICE message in place on Monday, defying an order from the Catholic Archdiocese of Boston to remove it. The display shows Mary, Joseph and baby Jesus missing, replaced by a sign reading “ICE WAS HERE.” trib.al/adPW46y 30687182349
Reposted by WiLJosh Shepperd @joshshepperd.bsky.social · 19/12/2025Do not cite an academic paper unless you’ve read itrollingstone.comAI Is Inventing Academic Papers That Don't Exist -- And They're Being Cited in Real JournalsAcademic articles from authors using large language model are creating an ecosystem of fake research that threatens human knowledge itself. 662036688
WiL @willishmood.bsky.social · 20/12/2025QTP with a gif of one of your favourite Christmas movies! 🎄media.tenor.coma man wearing a santa hat says " extra medium " in a dark roomAlt: Ricky Smiley dressed as the neighborhood Santa, looks at a sports jersey as a gift, and asks "extra medium?" in a dark room 020