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Jacque(line) Wernimont

@wernimont.bsky.social

Northern Woods dwelling nerd who thinks about how we turn people into numbers. Currently working on history of eugenics, health data, and death certificates. Into fibers, sports, and not falling over. Wrote Numbered Lives (MIT)

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Soraya Nadia McDonald@soraya.press · 2w ago

Wait a damn minute. The things Arday did, like the marathons, had been previously covered, with first hand primary sources, by English news orgs, contemporaneously?!?! And yet the Telegraph and others just kept repeating that he'd lied about them, despite tons of documentation they happened?! 🤬🤬🤬

Jason Arday's marathon challenge and football claims found to be true after his death

Claims the late academic made which were widely derided as false in media and online discourse this month appear to be true, an MEE analysis has found

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Frankie de la Cretaz@thefrankiedlc.news · 2w ago

Turning Point USA aligning themselves with Cunningham should answer any lingering questions abt the impact of her statements & the groups who are rallying behind her. Somehow, I still don't think people will wake up to the reality bc transphobia is still an acceptable form of bigotry to most people.

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Jacque(line) Wernimont@wernimont.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Further reflection has me thinking about why we encourage students to cite rather than how professional citations work - though I understand that in a perfect world these are linked I think they often are not

Maria Antoniak@mariaa.bsky.social · 9mo ago

The idea of citing AI tools is perplexing to me. Documenting your use in a transparent way is definitely necessary, but *citing* feels like the wrong framework for that documentation. Am I an outlier, or does this feel wrong to others as well?

Rob Whelan 🌱@robw.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Same. Citation is valuable to let a reader find the original source (with research or data, complete coherent ideas, other related work, etc) and give credit — with AI generated content, original sources are all boiled down, I guess, and not even recoverable. Can't do anything with that citation.

Jenny Crane@jennycrane.bsky.social · 9mo ago

If anyone wants to form a panel where any of the following fit, please get in touch... ~in/out classifications (intelligence testing&its impacts) ~in/out of 'trauma' (reparative archiving around birth 'trauma' v. 'experience') ~in/out of the academy (expertise/engagement) sshm.org/sshm-2026/

SSHM 2026: In/Out

Location: University of Leeds Dates: 30 June to 3 July 2026 Submission Deadline: 5.00pm (GMT) 11th January 2026 Conference Co-Convenors: Dr Alexia Moncrieff & Dr Katherine Rawling Conference Co…

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Olivia Guest · Ολίβια Γκεστ@olivia.science · 10mo ago

To all my new followers, please check this out before much else, but also my research is all available freely here (see the little pdf icons): olivia.science#publications

Olivia Guest

Hi! I am an Assistant Professor of Computational Cognitive Science. I work in the Department of Cognitive Science and Artificial Intelligence in the Donders Centre for Cognition and the School of Arti...

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Olivia Guest · Ολίβια Γκεστ@olivia.science · 12mo ago

Finally! 🤩 Our position piece: Against the Uncritical Adoption of 'AI' Technologies in Academia: doi.org/10.5281/zeno... We unpick the tech industry’s marketing, hype, & harm; and we argue for safeguarding higher education, critical thinking, expertise, academic freedom, & scientific integrity. 1/n

Abstract: Under the banner of progress, products have been uncritically adopted or even imposed on users — in past centuries with tobacco and combustion engines, and in the 21st with social media. For these collective blunders, we now regret our involvement or apathy as scientists, and society struggles to put the genie back in the bottle. Currently, we are similarly entangled with artificial intelligence (AI) technology. For example, software updates are rolled out seamlessly and non-consensually, Microsoft Office is bundled with chatbots, and we, our students, and our employers have had no say, as it is not considered a valid position to reject AI technologies in our teaching and research. This is why in June 2025, we co-authored an Open Letter calling on our employers to reverse and rethink their stance on uncritically adopting AI technologies. In this position piece, we expound on why universities must take their role seriously toa) counter the technology industry’s marketing, hype, and harm; and to b) safeguard higher education, critical thinking, expertise, academic freedom, and scientific integrity. We include pointers to relevant work to further inform our colleagues.
Alondra Nelson@alondra.bsky.social · 10mo ago

The #ConstellationPrize celebrates engineers whose work embodies environmental protection, social justice, human rights, and peace. Nominations open through January 7 for US-based engineers and their collaborators who are reimagining what engineering is for: www.constellationprize.org/nominations

Award + Nomination | The Constellation Prize | United States

The Constellation Prize sheds a light on new modes of engineering engagement, research, development, and design. The prize promotes engineering for environmental protection, social justice, human righ...

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Roopika Risam@roopikarisam.bsky.social · 10mo ago

This essay talks about a major turning point in my approach to digital humanities, which has directly shaped what I've been doing for the last 5 years. I can show it to you soon once we finish dealing with some UI issues and do a little bit more data cleaning. But really, it freed me.

David Mimno@dmimno.bsky.social · 10mo ago

The second half of #ComputationalHumanities ("asking about") starts with @roopikarisam.bsky.social on the multiple, overlapping challenges faced in computational ethnic studies, and concrete suggestions for how everyone can help reduce them! dhdebates.gc.cuny.edu/projects/com...